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The Laurens Advertiser. $i.<)0 Per Year in Advance. A KLU KLUX R1JMINISCKNC?. How Dr. J. Rufus Brattoei waa Kidnapped at His Home in Can ada. Dr. H. ,1. Massoy, u former rosUlcut of South Carolina, now living lu At lanta, (Ja., was a compauion in the Confederate army with Dr. J. Huf us r.ration, now deceased, of Yorkvlllo, S.O.,and reviveB tho story of the kidnap ping case that attracted much atten tion in the early '70s, a case that with a little contrariness on the part of Genoral Grant, then president, might have caused war between England and the United States. Dr. Musscy's story is as follows: Dr. .7. lt. Bratton, formeily of York ville, S. C, is koowu by Ins hosts of friends throughout the South as Dr. "Rufe Rratton." Many years before the beginning of the civil war, he had become a very popular physician and eminent surgeon. And after the sus pension of hostilities and the surrender of tho Confederate forces, his name had become familiar in almost every Southern household on account of his having been kidnapped in London, Canada, and brought by force without show of law or authority back to the United States. Dr. D. H. Uratton, a incmbor of Iir;i,!on's ph ru .cy of Atlanta, relates the following W ;ts: During the trying ordeal through which all the Southern States passed iu t!io bitter lin r^ of reconstruction, South Carolina is thought to have suf fered more than any other Slate. Owing to thu l ading part she assumed in the act of secession she was made to feel in every possible conceivable man ner the direful effects of her action. As all the older residents of the South ern States will remember, there came down amongst us from the North vast hordeB of adventurers, whom we fitly dubbed as "carpetbaggers." These mc l were unscrupulous and uncom promising to the last degree, and com bining with a resilient element of whites favoring their nefarious acts and designs, quickly availed themselves of the advantages which they could easily gain by taking under their management and guidance tho ignor ant and unsuspecting negroes who had just been freed and felt that they owed -qomelhing to the present government for having given them their "freedom," as they called it. Through iho agency of these carpet baggers and scalawags, as the white people who joined them were called, these black* literally held sway and were made to do everything In their power to humiliate and persecute the former slave-owner or respectable ele ment of the while people. This stato of affairs coulinucd daily to grow worse until tho whites in their desper ation could stand it no longer. Tbey prepared themselves for defense. The spirit of independence and resentment for constant and repeated wrongs at the hands of theso peoplo compelled them to self-protection, even at the point of bayonols. In many instances they took great delight in punishing the negroes for their iusolenco, impu dences and other mean practices. About this timo there was a secret organization formed all over tho South known as the Ku-Klux-Klan. If it did not originate in South Carolina, she was by no means slow to have ku kluxcs nil over the State. What these Ku-Klux-Klans did and what they didn't, I am unable to say, but many mysterious and almost miraculous deeds were ascribed to them. One thing certain, however, they became the great terror of every riarkoy in tho South, besides sometimes exer cising a very wholesome influence in a great many instances over the above mentioned carpetbaggers and scala wags. At other limes tho acta and doings of the three Ks gave the bad whites color and pretense for other acts of oppression and violence on their part. Often, between sunset and Bunrisc, a mean and turbulent negro was said to pass out of existence, to be heard of no more, henceforth and forever, and it is whispered that some times a white man of unsavory charac ter traveled the same path. Of these things J know nothing except what Al.idame K.uior hath said. However, in tho late 'OOs a very mean negro who possessed quite auinllucnco over other blacks iu persecuting the whites, was disposed of one night. In the disposal of him Dr. Bratton was said to be connected. It was nover proven that he had anything to do with tho tragic ending of this negro. There was, however, a warrant sworn out for the doctor from tho United States court, and placed iu the hands of a marshal by tho name of Hester, for service. Dr. Bratton was arrested by Hester ono night, eluded tho vigil ance of this olllcor and quietly trans ferred himself to the Dominion of Canada. Ho took tho oath of citizen ship to Great Britain, settled in .Lon don and resumed tho practice of his profession. Ho had been thore but a few months when, ono Sunday after noon, out walking on tho lawn, a mar shal by tho namo of J. D. Conwell, who was hired by the same Hester, slipped up behind Bratton and with tho assistance of a hack man, seized him, threw him down and handcuffed I him. Generally the doctor carried a ' pistol, but this particular afternoon he had none. Dr. Bratton asked him whom he was arresting and for what purpose. "Show mo your authority. You have arrested the wrng oman." The marshal said, ?? Wo know what wo are doing; we've got tho right man." Dr. lirallon replied, "Show rao your papers, you d?d rascals." They re fused. M I'll make you pay well for this," tho doctor said. Carry mo to a magis trate." Instead, they carried him up and down the road and across tho lawn and around about until the train ar rived. They put him on the train and hept him in a dark room. The first thing he recognized was the calling out of "Detroit," United States of America. They had brought him across the line. It doveloped that they ? had no warrant for the doctor, hut a warrant for a Dr. Avery, and whon this was found out they wanted to turn him loose. Bratton would not bo re- j leased, saying, " You scoundrels, you J have arrested the wrong man, and i Will make you pay woil for this. I am a citizen of Canada and a British sub ject, and I will call upon my country for protection." Dr. Bralton was then taken to York villo, 8. C, and having a friend in court, he was roloasod upon what is called a h straw bond." lie at once wont to Washington city, called upon the minister representing Great Britain and laid the co?e of kidnapping before him. who at once rofeirod the whole matter to Queen Victoria. The queen immediately, through her ministor at I Washington, made a requisition upon (Jcneral Grant, then president of the United States, to have Dr. Bratton re leased and restored immediately to I. " don, his placo of residence. It heing plainly a casus belli, General Grant saw at onco tho importance of prompt action, aud promptly honored her majesty's requisition. Dr. Bratton was forthwith roleased aud restored to liberty. Dr. Dralton, after spending a few days with bis family at Y?rkvillo, S. 0?j went back to L mdon to.egraph iug his nephew, D. 11. BtatU'U, at 'Jharlolto, N. C, to meet him a( that placo on tho arrival of the train and to go with him to Canada. Young Brat ton did so, and escorted the doctor to Canada. Upon meeting Iiis nophow, Dr. Brat- ] ton said, u Havo you a pistol?" Tho reply was, ?] havo one." Dr. Bratton said, " All right. I havo two. You sit right here behind me ou tho next seat. 1 fear nothing till wo get to tho herder. There may bo troublo when crossing ovor the bridgo at Niagara Falls. When you hear mo shoot you tire, too, and flic to kill." There was no trouble, howovor, and I they lauded in London on Sunday morniug, went to the hotel aud re gistered under aasum d nomes. Dr. Bratton aseumcd tbat of Johnson. IIo did not want it known that he had got ten back. Dr. Ikallon at ouco wont to consult his lawyer, who was a broth er South Carolinian, and who kept him I at his houso until next morning. Next morning the case of J. D. Con well was called in court charged with kidnapping. After boing fully under way Dr. Hat ton walked into the couit room, vory much to the surprise of tho court and great dismay of the prisoner. No one savo tho lawyer and neplrjw knew that Dr. Bratton was in London. The prisoner turned palo aud became very faint for some time when he saw Dr. Bratton. Dt. I; rat I on wau culled to the stand I and testified to tho facts as above re lated, Identified (Jonwell as the man who threw him down, handcuffed him and carried him to Dotroil. Uouwcll was found guilty and sentenced to six years' hard labor in the penitentiary, and tho hackinan to three years for being accessory to the act. It is said even to this day that at tho termina tion of these two cases iu court, there never had been up to that time or has been sincu such a demonstration as tho people of London made. They were v so rejoiced that they actually took Dr. ' liratton up iu person on their shoul ders and carried him around the town for almost an hour. They entreated the doctor to permanently locate with them. Thereupon the doctor sent to South Carolina for his family. It is said that no man over enjoyed more fully the confidence of the people of London than did Dr. Ii rat ton. Re suming his practice shekels came to his coffer fast and thick, lie probably did the best practice at one timo that has ever fallen to the lot of |nny phy sician in the whole Dominion of Canada, soon became rich, and he and his family, as long as they icmained there, had the confidence and love of the people. But after many years, when South Carolina became quiet, peaceful and prosperous, Dr. Bratton and family returned to Yorkville among their former friends. Here the doctor lived for a number of years aud quietly closed at a npo old age an eventful and checkored life of usefulness. No man in South Carolina is held in fonder memory than Dr. "Hufe " Bratton. Taldkkt's Jokes,?The Washing ton Tost prints occasionally one of Jas. Talbert's numerous jokes, two of which are herewith appended: ^Representative Talhert, of South Carolina, who wauts to be the Gover nor of his State, has a fund of stories with which ho enlivens up his stump speeches, so that his campaign never lacks iu interest. He gave ono of his stories a practical application the other night, when he was a guest at a diu ner. Several courses had been served and three were yet more to follow, when Mr. Talbcrt turned to the guest next lo him. " Down in South Carolina," he said, " there was a negro preacher who delivered a sermon on 'Miracles.' 'My beloved friends and breddren,' ho said, 'do greatest of all miracles was about do loaves and fishes. Dey was live thousand loaves and two thousands fishes, and du apos'les had lo cat dem all. Now, de miracle was dal dey didn't bust.' " If this dinner doesn't oud soon," said Mr. Talhort, laughing, " nothing but a miracle wdl save me." ** Down in South Carolina," said Representative Talocrt, " I onco at tended a colored church. The preach er, ono of these negroes with an oily faco and big spectacles, was talking about the prophets. Ho had taken nn hour to discourse upon tho major pro phets and then he took ud tho minor ones. In course of time ho reached Hoaea. * My brcdtlen,' he exclaimed, 'wo como now tc Ilosoa. Lot us con sider him. Where shall we put Ilosea?' At that moment an old negro who had been peacefully slumbering in one of the back pews woko up and looked at the pastor. 'Ilosea can tako my seat,' he said, *1 am so d?n tired that I am going homo.' " lady's 0T\y Lunch ^?*r Has been nulely defined by notni cynic as "slops and sweet*." And after all there's more truth than poetry In the definition. Tee cream and cake may satisfy the palate, but they are far from satisfying to the stomach, which requires that food be nutritious first and nice afterward. By careless eating women pave the way for stomach "trouble," and its kindred miseries. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov ery is confidently commended as a cure for diseases of the stomach and other organs of digestion und nutrition. By curing diseases which prevent the assimilation of food it enables the body to be built up and strengthened in the only way known to nature ? by food digested and assimilated. "For twelve long'months I suffered untold misery," writes Mrs. Mollle Colgate, of Han dolph, Charlotte Co., V?. "No tongue oould ex press the pain that t endured before f com menced taking Dr. PleWa medicine, I was not able to do anything at si!. Could not eat ?nythlng except bread And tea?or if t did the top of my head hurt so It seemed It would kill me; with all that I could do it would burn like fire. I tut now, since using your ' Ooldeii Med ical Discovery' and 'Favorite Prescription,' I f ai. eat a little of almoat ouythinir I want, and Wan do a good day's work aa well as anybody lean. Am better tnan I hava been for years. \ Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure kick headache. Colds " I had a terrible cold and could hardly breathe. I then tried Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, and it gave me im mediate relief. W. C. Layton, Sidell, 111. How will your cough be tonight? worse, prob ably. For it's first a cold, then a cough, then bron chitis or pneumonia, and at last consumption. Coughs always tend downward. Stop this downward tendency by taking Ayer's Cherry Pec toral. Three glut: 25c., 50c.tl. All dmrJcti. Consult your doctor. If ho s*Y? tftko It. then do ns lio tnya. it he tollt you not to tnko It, thou don't take It. Ho know*. Loaro It with hlin. We i?ro willing. J. C. AY UK CO.. Lowell, Mm. A MUCH TRAVELED DARKEY Uncle Mlngo Tells of Primus Pig track's Visit to Town. "I '?poso Uncle," remarked the waiter, " dat you has a lot o' mighty crackcrish peoplo out to Possum Hol low?" " Dat's a fack," said Uuclo Mlngo. " It wasn't worry long sonco Primus Tigtrackcomo to town for do fus' time. He had to rido 'bout ten miles on his olo mule to git to du railroad, an' dat was as fur as ho obbcr becu. Wen he git on do train an' rido 'bout forty or fifty milo, ho begin to wonder how con do worl' ho was ebbor goin' to git back homo all right again. 44 Wen ho git to town, ho gouo con a eto' for a pair oh shoos. l)o shoo man he come up. 44 4Wot kin I do for you, sah?' ho say. 44 4 1 want to git some shoes,' Primus say. 44 ?All riyht, suh,' say do man, *wot number?' 44 Prunus didn't want nobody to gib him no nonsense by axin' no sich a fool question like dat; so ho git mad an' holler out: 44 4 Wot number I want?' ho say; 4I want twol You t'ink I got fo' foot like a mule, cnty?' 44 Well, ho git do shoes, an' den he gono to anuudcr place for sorno per wlsipns. He ax for a quart o' 'lasses, an' wile dc man was po'in it een a little jug, Primus he peep ober de counter. 14 'Look here!' he say, 'you ain't po' all do hisses con do jug I You douo gono lof a whole lot ecu do medgcr!" 44 4I know dat,' say do man, *but, you see, dat beon een derc btfo'.' 44'Oh, I uebber know dat,' say Pri mus; 'den I axes your pahdon; sah.' 44 * Wot else, sub?' say do man. 44 *I wants somo sugar swectcuiu',' say Primus. 44 4 A.U right, sub,' say dc man; 4wot kin?' 44 4 Wot kin'?' say Primus; 4I want short swee.temu; ain't you seo I done got dc long sweetenin' iu de jug?' 44 At las' he come back homo wid all his t'ings eon a big crocus bag. W'eu he git on his mule at dc railroad depot, he take do bag on bis shoulder. 44 4 W'y, Primus,' somebody say; 4wot make you tote de bag on your shoulder? W'y ain't you put it ou do mule?' 44 4Caii8e 1*80 got some feelin's for do mule, if you hasn't,' say Primus. 4J)e mule got 'nough to do to toto mo, so 1 'lows I've gwino to toto do bag myself.' 44 An' dat 'mind mo," said Uncle Mingo, as he paused to relight his half consumed cheroot, 44 ob all dis talk 'bout dc nigger school an' do nigger liberty, an' dem smart people wot say do nigger ain't titled to none, cause ho don't pay no tax. De nigger is like a nude, de. w'ito man say ho pay do tax, but do po' nigger at do bottom' he's totin' do tax an' de w'ite man also." 44 Did your friend Primus git home safe?" asked the waiter. 44 ?, yes," said Uncle Mingo, 44 ho git home all right. W'cn do chillun see him ridin' up wid do crocus bag on bis shoulder, doy all ruu out an' let dewn de bars, so he ride up to de do', an' jump down. 44 'Pap,' do chilluus say, 4is town fur?' 44 4FurI' say Primus; 4furl W'y, gemaneddy,' he say, 4ef do worl' is as big tuddor on' o' dc road as wot it is dat en', I tell you it's a wopperl"? Savannah Morning News. A Little Too Late,?The minis, tcr of a Scotch parish had a great wish that an old ouple should hecomc tco totalors, but thoy were in nowiso eager to comply. After much pressing, however, they consented to try the ex periment, but laying down as a condi tion that they should ho allowed to keep a bottle of "Auld Kirk " for me dicinal purposes. About a fornight after John began to feel his resolution weakoning, but he was detormined not to ho tho Urst to give way. In another wcok, however, he collapsed entirely. "Jenny, woman," he said, "'Ivo an a win' pain in my hold. Ye mlcht gie me a woo drappio an' see gin it'll dae mo ony guid." " Weel, guidraan," she replied, " ye're owre late o' askiu', for ever sin' that bottlo cam' into the hooso I'vo been bothered sao wi' pains i' my hoid 'tis a' dune, an' thero's nao drappie left." Rev. Joe Jones, brother of Rov. Sam Jones, is conducting a revival in At chison County, Kan. The other night ho delivered a sermon on tho family re lation. " Toll tho old woman," ho said, " that ehe is protty and sweet?it may be a lie, but let 'or go anyway. You'll see her get up on her hind feet and roar around liko a cnt having a lit." To the womon ho said: 44 Dress up and look neat around tho houso. lloro you aro sloshin' uround tho house with a Mother Hubbard on and ono sock down. You go to moetin' and say you've got tho perfect love and the old man's got no buttons on his breeches." Parvln Wright of Donvor, Col., an airship Inventor, will be a competitor for the $200,000 pi izo offered by the St. Louis World's Fair Company. In a letter to tho exposition company ho declares that he will sail from Denver to St. Louis in his airship. " I will not send it there by rail," he says. The city of Easton, Pa., claims the distinction of having the oldest super intendent of put lie schools In tho United Statos. He is William White Oottingham, and he has been superin tendent of the public schools at Eas ton since 18G8. OASTOniA. Bwuithe ^llw Kind You Haw Always Bought ?ig?ntur* et Small crops, unsalable veg etables, result from want of Potash. Vegetables ?i~o especially fond of Potash. Write for our free pamphlets. GERMAN KALI WORKS, 93 Nassau St., New York. A BIT OP SHARP PRACTICE The Session Closes With an Abor tive Attempt to Pass a Liquor Bill. Tho closing hours of tho legislative session woro marked by an incident which docs not roll ect credit upon tho State, in an effort to socuro the passage of a mcasuro that was not iutroduced in tho regular way. Tho occurrence is roportod as follows by Tho State : The House spout last night in usual rollicking stylo, Mr. Hollis and Mr. Spoors furnishing music on tho violins and Mr. Ashley leading in the singing. It is on such occasions as this that radical legislation is sometimes gotten through the Genral Assembly unless tho members aro watchful. Just such an effort was frustrated last night, an effort to pass a bill which had not been introduced or discussod in tho House this session, a bill to allow tho Stalo board of directors to elect beor dispen sers 10 cities of over 20,000 inhabitants. Those olectious are now within the pro vince of tho county boards. Tho dis pensary law itself was brought in as a tree conference committee repoit in 1808, but history failed to repeat itself last night. It was staled laat night that tho Sen ators who had signed the free confer ence committee report were not aware of the nature of tho report to which they affixed their signatures and that they wero indignant over tho matter. The report was rejected by the House and was never presented to the Senate. When the House met last night there was nothing to do, so it was decided to lake a recess until '.)..'10 o'clock to give the engrossing department time to catch up?and the members to go to the opera. Free conferences wero in session and about 10 o'clock one of these commit tees signified its readiness to report. Then ensued quite a commotion caused by a piece of legislation which appears to be radicalism in the extreme. Mr. Domiuick on behalf of a free confer ence committee submitted a dipensary bill outright for a bill to uffoct the county government. The House feil upon tho report, kuifed it iu the neck, and the whole business was rejected. Tho followiug is a copy of the report: The conimillco on freo conference to whom was referred a bill to amend an act entitled u An act to amend an act entitled 1 an act to amend an act entitled " An act to provide for tho county govcrumeut of the various coun ties of this State," approved tho (5th day of March, ISO!),'" approved Feb ruary 10th, 11)00, respectfully report that they have carefully considered the same and recommend ihat the title thereof and all after tho enacting words bo stricken out and the following be inserted in lieu thereof : A bill to authorize and empower tho boaid of directors of tho State dispen sary to grant permits for tho establish ment and operation of dispensaries for tho salo of beer by retail or otherwise in cities of over 20,000 population and to provide for the bonding of the hold ers of such permits and to appoint said dispensers. Ho it enacted by the General Assem bly of tho Stalo of South Carolina: Section 1. That tho board of direc tors of the State dispensary be, and they are hereby, authorized to grant permits for the establishment and operation of dispensaries for the sale of beer by retail or otherwise, in all cities of this State of over 20,000 popu lation, and they arc furthor authorized and empowered to nppoiut the dispon soia who shall conduct the said estab lishments. Sec. 2. That said permits shall con tinue and bo of force for a term of four years, unless sooner revoked for cause by Stato board of directors. And tho holders thorcof shall have power to manufacture, bottle and sell, by retail or otherwise, bcor according lo tho restrictions now provided by law. Sec. 8. That tho holders of such per mits shall bo required to give bond in tho same amount, and to bo approved in tho same manner as now provided by law for the bond of county dispen sers. W. C. Houoii, Will ildeiiton, j. T. Douglass, Commilteo on part of Sonalo. W. O. Tatum, Fred EL. Dominick, TlIOS. 11. BlJTLKll, Committee on part of Houoe. In supporting this report Mr. Domi nick said that under a ruling of tho chair a fow days sinco it would bo competent for tho committco to in troduce tins roport. As to tho merits of tho mattor he said that the bill seeks to correct a dofectivo statuto of I no I which makes almost identical provisions It is proposed to take tho beer dispon sarios out of local politics. Spoakor Slovonson had called Mr. Moses to tho chair. Tho IIouso was in somowhat of a quandary. This was an innovation in legislation. Tho point of order was raised that the bill was not germano to tho bill on which tho comautteo had been appointed. Tho matter was discussed by Messrs. Izlar, Sinklcr, Williams, Wingo and Ashley, who opposed accepting the re port. Mr. Mosos declared thai it was im necessary foi tho chair to rule whether or not the report could bo presontcd, but it was competent for tho House to do whatevor it pleased with tho bill. Tho I louse, with but two or thrcodhv sonting voicos rojecled the report of tho committeo. The matter is apparently on its face a bill of local purpoit, an innocent lit tle affair which bad gotten into a free conference committee. Tho chair in such matters appoints a coramitloo on free conference, the members of which are by courlosy suggested by those in toresled in the bill. Tho substitution of extraneous matter by thocommittoe caused no little indignation, for it was a proposition which had not been oven remotely discussed by tho IIojho this session. Last year the identical bill passed tho House, but was tied up in the Sen ate. Similar radical legislation w.?s carried through at that limo, but has been held to bo unconstitutional, be cause the bill is uotacomtniMcobill, and it was also a mullet of innocent ap pearance in the beginning, relating to distilleries in Pickens County, but by tho timo tho I reo conform cecommitteo finished with it the bill eliminated Pickeus from consideration and mado it possible lor the big distillery to he established in Columbia and for the State board of control to elect the beer disponsers in Charleston. At the timo thoro was a big light on in Charleston between rival lY.otions trying to control the beer business. The county boaid preforred one side while the Si ate board is said to have had Ienning9 to ward the other side. A long and bitter controversy and l?gal light oasucd, and tho act of l'JUl was disregarded, and tho county board mado its appoints meats. Those appoint incuts cxpito in April of this year, and the bill which tho free conference committee at tempted to get through would have put tho election of their successors into the hands of the State board, with a four year toriu for the beer dispensers so elected. I Disregarding nil merits or demerits ' of tho case, tho report of the free cou 1 ference committee last night was evon moro oxtrome iu the way of legislation thau was Iho amendment put through last year. The ruling of Speaker Stevenson a few nights ago might have given rise in a measure to this attempt. Mr. Stevenson ruled that a bill notgermano to tho question might bo inserted after tho enacting words, according to .lef for8on's manual. However, he declared subsequently that a little common souse should be used in legislation and while it is permissible to make such a motion, yet it is not commendnble practice and tho enacting body should not look favorably upon such propo sitions. The act which was passed last year will hardly give tho relief for which it was intended, and tho beer light iu Charleston which is said to have ai lected local and county politics is not yet settled. Tili.man's Wkkd Bxpkrt.?Once upon u timo, not so very long ago, says tho Washington Post, Senator i Tillman sought a place under the Dis trict government for one of his con stituents. It so happened thai just then an electnctian was wanted, and so Mr. Tillman was told that if he had a man who could till the place the ap pointment would he made at once. Remembering a young man who had studied chemistry and physics, Senator Tillman wired him to come to Washington. He came. He was a raw-boned South Carolina country lad, and, all unconscious of the work for which he was desired, he re ported for duty. At the end of two or three weeks he returned to Senator Tillman. "Senator," ho said, " I'vo been dis charged." "That's too bad," replied Mr. Till man, " but I think that if you go down to the navy yard and register you can get another job." The young man went down to the navy yard, but came back with a long face. " Thoy will not let mo regis ter," ho remarked, "unless 1 get a rec ommendation from my last employer." "And can not you get that?" asked Tillman. " I don't think I can," confessed the youth. "Down at the navy yard they want an electrician. While I was wot king for the District Commis sioners I was an inspector of weeds on vacant lots." J. S. J. Monks, the American painter of sheop, has pursued his favorite subject on two continents, in the New England hills and the Swiss mountains, and has slept with tho shep herds and lived with the farmers in his efforts to study this most difficult of animals for painting. There is a rich and royal treat in store for tho Irishmen of New York. The 12th anniversary of the birth ol Robert Emmet, Ii eland's patriot-mar tyr, will be celebrated March 2 at the Academy of Music thcro under tho aus pices of *ho Clan-na-Gael. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, will deliver tho oration. PROM A BACHELOR'S VIEW. Let not your left band know what your right hand does not do. Men seldom talk when thoro is noth ing to saj ; womon seldom don't. A womau would ralhor bo not lovod but noticed, than to ho loved but not noticed. Lending monoy isn't any moro risky than speculating in Wall strcot, hut it. makes more enemies. Fa'liug in love is inspiration; staying there is habit. Tho witty man is never tho wise man; the wise man is never the happy man. Wheu a man says ho is ruiued it al ways means money; when it is a wo mas we!!, she never ^ays it. There is one road to heaven, which is never overcrowded; there are 40,000 to perdition, and all have rapid transit problems. Modesty uover blushes at what im modesty pretends to. It takes a father to point an cxamplo, but a mother to be one. Boys and girls cau got infatuated with each other without the help of co education. A man who will bring sbamo to his pareuts will not lu sifato to bring shame to himself. Tho way to insult a woman in a slroot car is to insist that thero is room j enough for one moro when sho is ac cupying three seals. Lots of suburbanites know bettor but can't help themselves. There is no groat harm in falling down unless you stay down. Tho man who doosu't lovo a dog doesn't know how to lovo a woman. When a man gives his wife money to pay hei bills she always feels lie hasn't given auyilnng to her, but to the shops. Tho moro a womau loves a man the moro sho pities other people for lack ing tho discrimination to appreciate good qualities as she docs. A man of strong will can niako any woman do anything thai sho wants to. A litLlo bit of sweetness comes out of a kiss every time you take it off the same Hps. It isu't necessary for a man to be a hypnotist in order to get bis mind con centrated on iho toothache. The same woman who has money enough to have her red hair called gold en tresses can stc.d and have it culled Kleptomania. Nine men out of ten who start at the top reach gibe b>'toni, but nine out of ten who Start at the bottom stay there. If sonic preacher was only smart enough to put a side door in his church he would have it filled with men who would go in from force of habit. When a very young man begins to know how much less he knows than ho thinks ho known then he knows something that is really worth know ing. "During my absence," says a phyisi cian quoted by The Rochester Posl lOxprcss, " my two boys got into my consulting room, where they began to play at being 'doctors.' Presently one of them unlocked the door and dis closed a skeleton. 'Pooh. What are you 'fraid of?' he asked. ' It's noth ing but an old skcllinglon.' 'W-wh where did it come fron?' asked tho other with chattering teeth. 'Oh, I don't krow, Papa's had it a long lime. I expect it was Iiis liest patient.' " That sparrows arc not tho pet they are painted has just been proved by tho woll known English naturalist, Bradley, who observed that a pair of sparrows brought to the nests of Iben* youngsters no less thau .'5 ,'200 insects during a single week. In tho course of one summer, Bradley states, a pair of sparrows destroys at least fiO.000 in 8CCt8. The principal motor car used by the King of the Belgians is a small palace on wheels, and as commodious as a railway carriage. It contains a sitting and a sleeping room, a drcssina room, as well as servants' quarters; in fact, it is a motor llat, and cost the sum of .1'10,000. King Leopold is the most ardent and experienced of royal mo torists. Joncsboro, a new village now being laid out at Fort Lee, llvo miles from Richmond, Va., is to be populated by negroes only. 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It is probablo that wo will re tain it as a United Stales poesossion. Tho small-pox opidemic in London shows nu alarming increaso, and as a rosult the wholo royal family has been vaccinated. King Edwnrd is now going about with his arm in a sling and tho Queen was rendered quite ill after tho inoculation. Lord Koseborry and other leading diplomats havo fol lowed tho sovereign's cxaraplo, and indeed the wholo episodo is said to bo an oxamplo to make the common peo ple submit to vaccinatiou in spito of a prejudico that exists ngainst it. It is a rcmarkablo coincidence that tho pre sent outbreak coincidos with that of tho coronation year of 1838. Bishop Doane of Albany, N. Y., was standing in front of a drug storo in that oily tho other dny talking to the druggist and a well known surgoon. Noarby stood an undertaker's wagon which tho drivor had left thoro for a few moments whilo ho went into a store to mako a purchase. Presently a friend of tho bishop came along. 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