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ALLEGED EVIOENUES OF IT AT THIE
NATIONAL OAlTAL.
The Appointment of J. F. tichard[on, of
(Irconvillo, as 1'abtumnster is Attributet to
thiat Iufluonoo-Tho LIyely Uontest Over
this Appolintmont, anI tho success of
the Man whioinm Mr. AlcLaurin Hooked,
Loid Mr. MoLaurln's Frtol to Ex
pct that Otier I'lumns will bo
)roplpad whon ho Shakes
Uncle Hamu's 1'lum Tree.
[Special to Nons and Courier.]
Washington, July 2. - Senator
McLauric continues to have a pull
on the administration. At his in
stance Jefferson F. Richardson has
boon appointed by the president to
be postmastor of Oreenville, South
Uaarolina.
Outside of Charleston and Colum
bia, Greenville is one o the largest
cities in the State and the postmas.
ter at that place is a very desirable
position. There had boon a lively
contest over the appointment-con
seq^ently Senator McLaurin's friends
are looking for favors to come his
way. Before the appointment of
Mr. Richardson was announced at
the White House postoflico officials
freely predicted that Senator Mc
Laurin's man would be selected,
thus giving color to the report fre
quently heard hero to the effect that
Senator McLaurin is to have a voice
in the distribution of federal patron
age in South Carolina.
LOADING A FOURTH OF JULY OUN.
Senator McLaurin is here, prepar
ing the Fourth of July oration which
he is to deliver at Spartanburg on
Thursday. The junior senator from
South Carolina is still in an aggres
sive mood and he will probably give
utterance to certain expressions
which will call f~rth further com
ments from Senator Tillnan. Sona
McLaurin's Spartanburg speech will
be his first utterance since his sensa
ti,nal tilt with Gov. McSweeney's
refusal to accept the double-barrelled
resignation of the two South Caro
lina senators.
THE SENATOR's HOPES.
Senator McLaurin says he has
given a great deal of care to his
Fourth of July speech and he will
endeavor to show that there is an
other side to expansion than mere
cpmmeroialism. "It is not merely a
question of dollars and cents," said
he. "If that were all I would not
endorse, and certainly I would not
endure all that I have endured and
sacrifice all that I have sacrificed.
I can show that there is a moral and
religious side to the question which
ought to c 'mmend it to all right
thinking and high-minded people."
When asked if he expected to make
many converts he replied, "I do. I
believe the day has passed when the
Democratic party will be dominated
by Populist theories and Populist
leaders. I think it is not, only possi
blo, but [extremely probable, that in
the Democratic convontion the same
thoughtful, conservative element will
prevail, and thus the way will be
paved to victory.
. DELIEVEs IN 5UBsI1DIEs.
"I read with a great deal of inter
) est," continued Senator McLaurin,
"the recent interview with Senator
Clay, of Georgia, in which he said
that the time had come for the Dem
ocratic party to drop Populism and
win thne confidence and support of
the business element of the contry.
The trouble with Senator Clay, how
ever, is that he does not go far
enough. He does not carry his posi
tion to a logical concelusion. He be
lieves, aIs I do, that there are great
possibilities for the South in the
markets of the Orient anid there he
stops. I go further and say that if
we are to have commerce we want
the ships to carry it. Therefore I
am for the subsidy bill, which Sena
tor Clay opposes."
idn. I'LAUIN USES AN UoLY woRD.
Referring to the story that he had
.. opposed the appropriation for the
Charleston Exposition, on the
grounds that the passage of the
bill would have added too largely
to the prestige of Senator Tillmen,
y enator McLaurin denounced the ro
port as an.infamous lie. He said: "I
never heard of the story before, but
anyone who makes that statement
utters an inifamous lie." It was re
Ported that he consulted Speaker
Henderson and Senator Hanna,
with a view of defeating the appro
priation. "I never spoke a word
about the matter to Speaker ionder
sOn in my life," said Senator Mo
Laurin with emphasis. "And I never
mentioned it to Senator Hanna, ox
copt to ask him to help it through.
It is true I was not prominently
identified with the original effort to
have the appropriation passod. Sena
tor Tillman, is a member of the com
inittee on appropriations, introduced
the bill the first. day of the session
and took charge of it in the Senate.
Mr. Latimer was its recognized Po)011
80r in the House, and Congressman
Elliott, in whose district Charleston
is, was allowed to have but little to
do with the measure in the House.
But the statement that I opposed
the appropriation or wanted to se it
fail, or endeavored to secure its fail
ure, is untrue in every sense of the
word."
TILLMAN CAUGIT ON THE FLY.
Sonator Tilliman, by a strange co
incidence, happened to be in the city
at the samo time with senator Mc
Laurin, although the two Senators
did not happen to come together.
Senator 'I'illrnan passed through the
city on his way to Nebraska, where
he is to lecture. As to the future of
the Democratic party Senator Till
man has his own views on that sub
ject. He says all this talk about get
ting rid of Populism is mere t'mddle.
Populism has kept the Republican
party from being a great deal worse
than it is and the Democrats have
acted wisely in adopting all the prin
ciples of the Populists which could
be properly and prudently incorpora
ted in our platform. It is stupid to
talk of the Democratic party being
an enemy to business interests. We
did endorse the free coinage of silver,
but events have proven that our con
tention as to the nQed of more money
is correct, for the prosperity which
the country has experienced is simply
due to the large increase in the sup
ply of gold through the discoveries
in Alaska and South Africa.
'ILLMAN SEES TROUBLE AHEAD.
Senator Tillman went on to say
that he does not believe prosperity
will continue. - "We are riding now
on the crest of the wave," said he,
"but it will not be long before we
get into the trough. Hard times
will come and then what are the Re
publicans to do? They have enacted
a high tariff, and given us a gold
standard, and when they find that
neither of these will avert disaster
they will seek to Iind some other
remedy, the result of wvhich will be
to help the rich without regard to
the poor." The Senator said he
could not see a presidential candidate
in sight, but lhe added that he is in
favor of some one who has been H'en
titfied with the party during the past
four years.
A soLDIER REwARDED.
Wade Heiskell Westmoreland, of
Adlanta, was notified today by the
Secretary of War of his appointment
to a lieutenancy in the regular army.
(Ca~pt. Westmoreland served in the
Spanish war as captain in Col. Ray's
3d immunes, with a record of eight
months' active duty in Cuba. His
appointment today was due to the
personal efforts of Representative
Livingston, supported by many of
the moat influential men in Georgia
and South Carolina. He will be or
dered before an examining board
within the next two weeks to qualify
for his commission.
Capt. Westmoreland is a member
of one of the distinguished families
of Greenville, South Carolina, and
received his military education at
the Citadel in Charleston. During
the~ past nine years he has resided
in Atlanta -and has been actively
identified with local military organi
zations. He was among the early
volunteers at the outbreak of the
Spanish war, and in recruiting his
company half of his command was
composed of the Naval Reserves
from Savannah, who, failing to get
into the naval service, volunteered
for military duty. One of Capt.
Westmoreland's strongest endorsers
was Col. T. S. Wylly, well-known in
Georgia military circles.
RUM BUSINESS FOR
LAST FOUR MONTHS,
SEVELKAL TiHOUSAND DOLLARCS MORN
TILAN LAST YEAK.
Tho LogIhl0 ivt Comulhltteo That Body
suItn,Itts 11141teportm to tho Govornor
Hisowing Itesult of the Usual
11x1it,IatlfnIOU.
[The State, July 2.]
The report of the legislative ex
amining conmittoo for the quarter
ending May 31 was mado yesterday
and prosente<d to the governor. The
committoo 1i1bi year is composed of
Sonator Shar anrl<(11(1 l;oprosent.atives
A..1B. St.rmnn and T. B. But bnr.
.1In the p1-ts'nItttion of the report
tlh comunl it t ve sayst: "The stock on
hand was taken on May 31st and
Juno lst by Thos. B. Butler, repro.
senting the State board of directors.
All stock 111(1 supplies v ore actually
exhibited, count0d and valuod.
"This institution is still in a most
thriving condition. Every depart
ment is in thorough working order.
Your committee with the closest
scrutiny can discern nothing but the
highest oxcellenco."
The receipts for the quarter wore
$447,080.22.
The receipts for the samo months
last year wore:
March ...........$147,017 34
April ............ 128,800 08
lay............. 147,057 58
Total......... $422,034 90
This shows an increase of $24,
145.32 in favor of 1901. However,
there was a falling off of $12,500 in
the receipts for the month of May
this year compared with the same
month last year. This may be an
indication that the farmers, begin
ning to realize the desperate condi
tion of their crops, will buy less
booze and save their money "agin
hard times."
The quarterly statement is as fol
lows:
ASSETS.
Cash in State treasury May
31, 1901..............$ 38,572 77
Teams and wagons (invento
ry May 31, 1901)............... 64 00
Supplies (Inventory May 31,
1901) ............................... 71,517 05
Machinery and office fixtures
(inventory May 31, 1901)... 3,178 51
Contraband (Inventory May
31, 1901)........................... 642 30
Iteal estate.......................... 38,655 82
Merchandise in hands of dis
pensers M ay 31, 1901......... 262,394 48
Merchandise (inventory of
stock at State dispensary
May 31, 1901)................... 255,383 87
Personal accounts duo State
for empty barrc's, alcohol,
et c......................... 2,085 24
Total assets...........$72,495 041
L IA Br ITI E~S.
School fund.................$539,923 13
Personal accounts due by the
State for supplies, wis-.
key s, winces, beoer, alcohol,
etc .......................132,5711 01
Total liabilities.........$672,495 04
The stat,ement of the profit and loss
account for the quarter is as follows:
l'ROFITS.
G ross profits on merchandise
sold during quarter..,$109,518 50
Contraband seizures.......... 2,511 40
Permit fees.................... I 50
State's share of profits on
beer sold by the Germnania
Brewing Co., Charleston,
during quarter .............. 369 48
Amount collected from C.
Sartor, ox-dispenser at
Union................. ........ 109 13
Amount collected from M. Tr.
Pitts, ex dispenser, Salud a 25 00
Total gross profits..$112,535 01
LOSSES.
Supplies-Bottles, corks, la
bels, wire, nails, sealing
wvax, etc., etc., used during
quarter....................46,048 42
Insurance fremniums........... 1,087 85
Breakage and leakage...... 75 82
Freight and express charges 22,871 35
Labor (pay rolls).............. 4,878 4..
Expense account-Salaries,
expenses of inspectors, per
diem and mileage of mem
bers of State board of di
rectors and legislative ex
amining committee, office
supplies, ligh ts, telegrams,
postage, stock-feed, Ice,
printing, revenue stamps,
telephone rent, etc........7,258 58
Constabulary................ 10,882 44
Loss by robbery at Darling
ton dispensary April 6,
1001.......................... 2311
Total expenses..........$ 92,418 70
Not profits on Pales for the
(Inarter, passed to the ered
it of the school fund........ 20,11o 21
Total .........................$112,500 (11
Here is the cash statement for the
quarter:
l;ECF 1l'TS.
Balance In State treasury
Feb. 28, 1 901.....................$ 22,411 (6
March receipts...$15l 1,927 29]
April .................. 1:5,7.13 77
M ay .................. 131,409 11
Total receipts for (Iuarter.. 117,080 22
T otal ................................$1 9,52.1 88
March ......... ......$1091,2I $ .,1
A pri1:.'..,.......... .... .1136,87:3 5,)
A 1.....................185,86o 07
Total <lisbursemient.s for Lhr?
.Iiat erct ........... ................ .10,llt, 11
IIalanee in State treasury
M a.y 31, 1901 ..................... :38,572 77
'.'otal ................................... t16,521 88
Till,E (OV ERNoit'S (uUeiti)5.
1(eorgi,ization ofr I 11 Coth pany 1.s1.t
Night.
[The State, 3 inst]
The Governor's Guards mot at
their armory at 9 o'clock last night.
It was an enthusiastic mooting. The
company is now composed of lino
material and under ihe officers, com.
missioned and non.commissioned, has
a bright future bofore it. Wado
H. Manning was elected secretary,
and W. H. Squier treasurer. Those
gentlemen have been with the com
pany since its reorganization after
the late war.
The following is a list of the names
of the officers, sergeants and corpor
als elected at this meeting:
Captain--Augustus M. Doal.
First Lioutenant-Geo. I. Rom.
bort.
Second bieutenant--Thos. J. Lips
comb.
First Sorgeant-Joseph E. Leach.
Quartermaster Sergeant-Benj. M.
Second Sergeant-Wi. P. Bull.
Third Sorgoant-E. L. Smith.
Fourth Sergeant-~Alex. T. Gibbs.
Fifth Sergeant-John D. Boll.
Corporals-Samuel C. Session,
Jno. E. Thomas, James L. West,
Silas B. Wetmore, Douglas G. Rich
ardson and William Watson.
Secretary-Wade H. Manning.
Treasurer-A. C. Squier.
Chaplain-Rev. W. R. Witsell.
Surgeon-Dr. Samuel M. Deal.
From this time forth every effort
will be made to bring the guards up
to a state of perfection both in drill
and discipline. The company will con
test for prizes both at the State fair
and at the Charleston exposition.
The election of non. comm issionled
ofilcers are lance appointments, the
regular election for those p)ositions
will be held about three months from
The drill for the Calamity cups will
occur when the hot weather has pass
ed away.
RCiolAiti)sON APPO0I NTED).
A P'opular 1 Iipaper Man Maide Green
villo's Postinastor--Ho succed
Nichols, Whlo Is a
Northerner.
Washington, July 2.-President
McKinley today app)ointed Jeffer son
F. Richardson postmaster of Green
ville, to succed postmaster Nichols,
who was originally from the north,
but has been living in this state a
number of years.
Mr. Richardson is one of the most
popular men in Greenville. Hoe is
young, active and progressive and
has always taken the lhveliest inter
est in municipal matters, Hie is now
an alderman of Greenville and has
served in city council before.
Mr. Richardson, with Mr. A. B.
Williams, owns the Greenville Daily
News and is the business manager
of that paper. His appointment,
and that of A. J. Knight, of Ben
nettsvillo, as postmaster inspector,
were made upon the recommenda
tion of Senator McLaurin.
Papa (soveroly)-"Did you ask
mamma if you could have that apple ?"
Five-Year Old--"Yes, papa." Papa
"B3e careful now. Ill ask mamma,
and if she says you didn't ask her 1i1
whip you for tolling a story. Did
you ask mamma ?" Five-Year Old
"Papa, I asked her. (A pause.)
She said T couldn't have it."
HORRORS F TLE HEAT
IN GROANING GOTHAM.
OVErlt TilliC1 I11UND)tED) PEIlSONS
1ltOSTKATE:1.
litniuredi and Fiity-Elght 1)cas--calis for
Am1ulannel Cnme at iato of Ono at
i1ntt nnt liuitttlw Crowd
'd ttH Never nefore,
Now York, July 2.-The heat
which has worked such havoc in this
city siceo last Satulrday was some
what m itigated today b,y I suCcesHion
of t.hundorstorsIH whih cleared the
at Imosplor ind H(llt, t 1lo 11nwreutry
t.lmling down 110 cltgrenn between
the hours of -I.:1O ard p. i. Never
Ial Id dowolurt tf rain -I'oivo hileh
an ent.htusiastic reception 1t1 did this
one. T ho tlhrulner and lightning
wore heavy and many houses wore
struck causing fires, but, no far ais
known Ino persons1 were hilled or in
jured. During the last downpour
hail fell in quantities.
As the furious wind blow across
Battery Park it scornod to gain more
energy as it entered Bowling Groon
and the narrow port of lower Broad
way.
In spito u>: 'll tho rain there was
little sign of it on the streett; throe
hours after it fell.
It was the hottest July 2nd in tho
history of the local weather bureau
and a day that almost reached the
record of September 7, 1881.
The marning opened with thelton
l)eraturo at 83 at 0 a. m., and in an
hour it had gone to 87, and in an
other hour had climbed a point higher,
jumping all the way to 93 by 9
o'clock. The wind was scarcely per
coptiblo and the humidity which was
59 per cent. aggravated the condi
tions.
Then the mercury kept on climb.
ing, registering 95 at 10 o'clock and
and going up a point an hour until
it reached 98 in the hour between 12
and 1 and stayed there until after 3
o'clock, the little eight miles an hour
breeze meanwhile dwindling to an
absolutely imperceptible movement
of the air that could be determined
only by instruments that recorded a
velocity of six miles an hour, the hu
midity, however, had fallon to 41 per
cent.
The suf'ering caused i"y the heat
was unprecedented. All the ainbu
lances in the city na well as the pat
rol wagons and many other vehicles
were kept busy answering calls. At
the rate of one a minute the calls
came in over the police wires through
out the day b)ronking all records of
demands upon01 the anmbulance service
and providing p)atients enough to
crowd all the hospitals of the city as
theyhave never hefore been crowded.
While the official temperature up in
the lofty tower of the weather bureau
remained at 98, the thermometer on
the street level rangeod all t,he way
from 100 to 106.
The terrible fatality of tLoe heat
was shown in the large percentages
of deaths among those prostrated.
Out of 328 cases of prostration ro
ported up to 11.30 tonight, 148 re
suited fatally.
Among the more prominent vie
tims were the Rtev. Dr. Newland
Maynard, the Ep)iscopal clergyman
and lecturer and Jacob S. Rogers,
the former locomotive builder.
Between the hours of 2 yesterday
and 1 2 tonight, there were in the
boroughs of Manhattan and Bronx
155 deaths and 178 p)rostrations.
The same weather conditions which
prevailed ini this city ob)tained mn
Erooklyn. It was estimated by the
police at idmlnghlt that during Tues
day there had been 60 deaths and
150 prostrat ions by tihe boat in B3rook
lyn.
HOWY 8OLIENslt WEREC1' ~ED) BY POW
EICS IN CHlINA.
Amerieonna Fared hatter thai Anl the Rlest.
Rtussians Uot Fat Onx Soup.
[Atlanta News, July 2.]
Tihe Washington correspondent of
the Philadelphia Public Ledger
gives this interesting account of the
manner in which the different armies
of China are fed, olothed and other
wise pr->vided for:
Captain Thomas Franklin, of the
oomm3idsarv diemartment h wva o,.,
duty with the United States troops
in China, was doasiginted to exanino
and report upon the equipment and
provisions mnado for miniitaining the
troops of the several nations oin duty
in China and to cspoecially observe
how the American troops compared
with those of the other nations.
Captain lF ranklin in his report do
clares ihat th American soldier was
the bost fod and host cared f,,, of all
the allied army, and was t ho host all
round fighting mtla n. Tihe sol(ior ro
(uir( anid received botter food than
tho soldior of atny other army, a fact,
which astonished European Iilitary
ollivor. Whet a British ollicer, who
had obsOrved th1 (uality andi (lpmn
tii of ,taupplioH i.s111(d to tho Amneri
can soldior, inquired how oftet th
excellent bacon that wits issued Vas
given the Imeni, was informed they
could hove it three times if they do
sire(1, he waS incro,ltiouts. liut,
while our supplios of every descrip
tion wore moro generous in qullanlttity
and superior in quality than those of
other nationis, they wore not packed
with the same care to insuro safo
transportation and ready handling.
in this particular tho British and
Japanese woro in advance of the
others. With tle Japanese few
packages exceeded in weight 10()
pounds and wero arranged to fit the
coolio labor. Considorablo quainti
ties of food woro lost by the Ameri
cans in transit because of tho weight
of the packages, which was 0100
pounis. These wore diflicult to han.
(li and in cons(leunce woro liable
to atcci(lent and breakage, with in
ovitablo loss by theft. In the Brit
ish army the weight of packages was
limited to 100 pound for pack ani
ials, which enabled thom to ho moved
oasily and rapidly. E xcept a gon
?rous supply of ammunition, the
ltissians ldid not soenm to have any
stores to move. Most of the sup
plis for the French troops woro
purchased in the east, for the reason
that they were dispatchod hurriedly
from ?rance. Their commissariat.,
therefore, could not b compared
with that of the 'UitOd States.
'1'he Gormans wore handicapped
with big packages, and in that ro
spect were as bad as the United
States. In addition to bulk, the
packages were insuflicint in strength,
leadirg to breakage and colse(uent
loss.
In addition to rice, broad, dried
fish and tent, the Japanese ration was
varied with boof and mut ton. The
Sikhs used only mnutton or goat, but
tihe Mohmmoidanus aite everything ox
cept pork. Theo Russians scoedt to
have 1no.comnmisisary, and1( plractienmlly
lived on black bread anid a soup1 miade
of every and anly tihing, yet they
thrived and woere aipparently content
ed. Th'le ]hussians, however, hmad
cooking airranlgements superior to
tihe otherd. Upon a springloss car
riage was mnounlted an iron furnace
under a boiler with a water jacket.
Into this b->ilor tihe Russians lput
everything in tihe way of material for
soup) that camoe into their possession.
The cover was then screwed down,
the fire lighted and the poeramblulat
ing caldron was sent after its corm
painy. When camp was made, all
thme men had to (10 was to stack their
arms and march past time soupj ma
cline. As tihey passed each soldier
received his ration of hot, wvell cooked,
thick soup, which was drawvn from a
faucet. Meanwhile the cook was
chopping bread with a hatchet. Thme
b)read seemed to have been made of
equal11 parts of bran, sand and saw
dust, and was sour. The Russians
looked hearty and( strong. therefore
it is inferred they thrived on their
diot.
"John Thompson, of Ottawa, had a
finger amputated the other day as tihe
result of putting chomicals on1 a wart,"
says the Kansas City Journal. "And
there will be but little pulic symnpa.
thy with Mr. Thompson. The idea of
putting chemicals on a wart, when
everybody knows that the scientifie
way to remove warts is to touch them
with a gizzard of a chicken and then
bury the gizzard at the left hand oor
nor of thme grave of a politician, say.
ing: 'Like loves like; come like, takt
lik!' "
BOMBSHELL FOR THE
CHARLESTON BLINDS,
STATE llt)Alt1) ASi(S MAYOIC ANDI
U1IIF ' F1 Hi10W CAUSE.
itntdtcal ActIi In Takeit--lnonreI H001ms to
Taki l" t lai In I outh Ini Ma ettr of
: nforce c,Int. of Di)
peeaary l.aw.
[1l'e State, July 3.]
At the oponing session of the rog
ular mnonthly meeting of the Stato
board of control yesterday afternoon
it good siztld bolmsllholl wa' dropped
upon thtt matltor of the ellforceelllnt
of o the:i8pes11try hiw in ('harleston.
it 0IalmO in, tIn forim. of the following
1s0:l4utioll Which WaH promptly alopt.
"Iesolvtd, '1'hat the mayor and
chief of polico of tho city of Charles
ton irO horeby accordod th privi
logo, and ilo so retuestod to appear
at the office of the State board of ii
roctors in Columbia, S. C., on the
I1th inst., at 10 o'clock a. nm., to
show caus0, if any they have, why
the disponsary profits accruing to
said city should not be withheld un
dor Soc. 9 of th disponBary law, to
bo used for tho better enforcement of
said law."
This stop on the part of the board
sooms to bo entirely unexpected.
Thore was no intimation of the mat
ter until tho rosolution was prosented
and adopted so far as th public is
awaro. Tho resolution is, however,
very plain and emphatic in its tormw,
and has the ring of "something do
ing" about it. No doubt it will oro
ato quito at siir in Uharloston. I t
may moan the inauguration of a now
plan to bring about the enforcement
of the law in Charleston, its possi
bilities aro iany.
IHE SPAItT'ANliUltO MATTEIR.
In executivo session yesterday
morning tho board considered the
recent suit ontored in Spartanburg in
regard to the bour privilogos in that
city. What was done is not known.
Ex Gov. John Gary Evans and Son
ator Iydrick, attorneys interested,
woro in consultation with the board.
01T1Eli BU051NEs.9.
At y sterday's 15ionl E. M. Rod
gors was appointed a meimbor of the
county board of )arlingtonl County.
'l'he board collirmod its previous
action il al lowing a dispensary at
Central.
''ho county board of control of
Newborry (.>nlC t y was authorized to
itatblishl at dispesary at Prospority.
P. J. (Gourdin was1 appointedI a
member of tihe county b)oardI of WViI
liamsburg County.
J. F. Goforth was grantedl a license
to (distill in York County.
The matter of the establiihmenit of
a boor dlispensairy at the Southern
dlepot in the city of Greenvillo has
not yet beenl settled.
TIhe chairman was instructed to
ask tile governor to make a uniform
rulo and instruct constables as to tihe
seizure of malt tonic. All comnmuni
cations on the subject were referred
to him.
The CosmnopolItan.
The mnidsummor fiction ntumber of
the July Cosmopolitan contains tile
best story liret Harte has written in
a long time. 'rTe wvel-known Jack
Hlamlin is the hlero, and he will he
eagerly welcomed back by the public.
Desperado anid gambler that ho is,
theoretically we ought not to like hinm,
but lie has that line courage too rare
ly met with in real life or in fiction,
and those who roadl "A Mercury in
the Foothills" will probably lose
sight of his faults in following the
events which take place upon "that
heaven-kissing hill." Katrina Trak's
story in the same number should be
read by every woman, It is one of
thoso homely tragedies constantly go.
ing on in modern society. It is
probably the cleverest piece of work
Mrs. Trask lius ever done. RI. K.
.Munkittxick's quamnt New England
coast yarn has a breeziness about it
that makes it really refreshing. The
July instalment of Egerton Castle's
story begins to raise the curtain on
the myventable ruin which the Duke
of Cluny's weakness must bring on
those who love him.