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ijv , no mm to ro Items of State News Gathered Here b- ''" ft , And There. ft- . _ i IA TRAVELING CONVICT CAMP. Charleston Celebrates "Carolina Day" ? Commencement Week. Board of Health to Investigate. Governor Ellerbe last week acted opon the finding and recommendations of the court of inquiry by issuing the following order: The report and recommendations, IDS'. gather with the record of the proceedtngp of the court of inquiry, consisting )? erf Brigadier-General Joseph L. Stoppelbein, Col. J. G. Wardlaw and Cept. Henry T. Thompson, appointed by ff - reneral order from this office, has been only considered. The report of the rourt of inquiry and record of its proceedings will be at the L proper time transmitted to the General Assembly for such action as ;that body ' may deem proper with referenoe to the Hp adjutant and inspector general, who is ?a in this State a constitutional offloer. And it is ordered: 1. That Private Fishburne, of the Bichland Yolnnteers be discharged from P the military service of the State. A That tne captain of the Richland Volunteers publish an order repriSF sanding Private Dunning of said company for leaving ranks without perw { - mission. Sfe A The eoort of inquiry having corns' alaijJ tit* dnttoa Asaiumea. it is hereby | commander-in-chief desires to ?zpr?M high appreciation of the complete and careful manner in which the court has performed its duty. Governor Ellerbe was * asked his reasons for approving of every recommendation of the court 6a ve* that of reprimanding General Watts. To this be replied that while he approved the court's action in its entirety, he did not think he should attempt to reprimand General Watts as he was a constitutional officer responsible only to the electors. General Watts' duties were defined by law and it was not provided that should he prove derelict to his duties that he should be reprimanded by anyone other than the people or by them through their representatives. The* overnor felt that he would have aa much right to reprimand the attorney general, Secretary of State or any other official as to reprimand General Watts. Governor Ellerbe did not express himself inst as above, bat this is the idee which he wished understood. The actual cost cUhe court of inquiry was $827.65. The members of the court Motived $4 per day with $2 for board and mileage. Had the officers insisted . on being paid on just what the law allows, General Stoppelbein would hare received $13 per day, Col. Wardlaw$l2, Judge Advocate General Mayfield $10, and Captain Thompson $6.50. The " stenographers were paid $75, and with other expenses ran the cost up to |B7.$pL-The State. At Charleston on the S8th there was observed what is called Carolina Day, in meat err ol the brave defense of Fort Moultrie by the gallant men who held the fort against the British fleet just ana hundred and twenty-one years ago. Asia thsnsual custom, the Paimette Guard played the most oonspicuous part is the day's celebration. The members of this command formed at their anhory and marched to the Battery. where a salute was fired in honor -? A * .1 . I stands there. Later is the day the members of the Guard repaired to the SchuetzenplsU, where they gave their enseal maroon and picnic. A Large crowd vaa present and and the picnic was an exceedingly enjoyable one. All the oily offloes Was closed in honor of the day, and moat of their business sms gave their olerkra half holiday. Up to a recent date the guards of the chain gang in Richland ooonty have been weeping in tenta. It waa found thai cooking utensils could not be very well kepi in the tents, end that they were not ae comfortable as they might bn The tents have been abandoned and a wagon, thirty feet long and eight feet wide, has been constructed for the nse of the guards. It ie found that this kink of Pullman oar arrangement can be % easily moved from place to olww by the mules used in the work ana that it is V cheap luxury. JJ1 COnpinUNV HU VU? |^<<ciuw a iwqueat the State board of health has gone toClemeon to investigate the causes of V lever at that institution. The different theories of the sources of fever are already known, but which is the right one is still unanswered. That something is radically wrong with the hygienic conditions is admitted, so that the report of the State board of health * will be awaited with interest A farmer of Barnwell oountv, Angus Williams, becoming enraged at his ;r mother-in-law, Mrs. Burrett, attempted to literally "eat her up," tearing at the sT woman's shoulders, arms ana throat with his teeth, lacerating her terribly. The attending physician says the woman is in a critical condition and that blood poisoning is almost sore to result The neighborhood Is deeply stirred and Williams is not safe from* mob violence. k.; The commencement exercises of "t 8outh Carolina College were held last jr.- week and were the best in many years. The feature of commencement was ihe baccalaureate sermon delivered by ^ Dr. James Woodrow, the president. On an excnrsion train from Atlanta to Charleston, two negroes became involved in a row as it was approaching Biackville, one stabbing and cutting the other so badly that he died on the train. Both were from Atlanta and the one that did the cutting is now in jail. ?M> Congressman Stanyame Wilson is working hard and faithfully for a free deliver}- system in Spartanburg, and he has assurances from PoetmaaterOeneral Gary that a system will be Mtablished in 'that city next winter. Kr - . r ' /. , i T ' - - - -.v. SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS. Ex-Senator Irby Will Try for the U. S. Senate?Other Scraps. T. H. Wannamaker has been granted bail in the sum of $2,500 for the killing of C. F. Jones at Bamberg. Prof. F. C. Woodward has been elected by the South Carolina College trustoes to fill Dr. Jame6 Woodrow's place as president, he having resigned. It is currently rumored that ExSenator Irby is to make the race for United States Senator against McLauria on a straight "tariff for revenue only" platform. It is said that petitioners for the new county o? Williams ton will oontest the election for the new county which was held last week. They claim illegality in the contest. Cadet J. B. Sally, of OrangeDurg, won the Teage "Star of the West" medal in the competitive individual drill of the Citadel cadete at Anderson. There were forty-four contestants. The annual address at the commencement of the South Carolina College was delivered by President Aldemany,of the University of North Carolina. Hit theme was: The Duty of the State to the College and the College to the State. At Orangeburg last week the three city reel oompanies were out for a contest, and the East Enders made a 100 yards run and threw water in 23 2-5 seconds, and now they say they trill henceforth claim tho Southern record and will hold it Wm. Campbell was found guilty of manslaughter, at Spartanburg, for the killing of Pettigrew some months ago. Campbell was an officer and was endeavoring to lock np Pettigrew and he knocked aim, whereupon Campbell shot him. At Union another reward has hist been offered by the town oounciL This time it is $500 for the apprehension of the party or parties who attempted to burn the opera house a few months ago. It is reported that this reward will be ?-?J v_ ?1? >1 mm nU0OU UJ kUC UUMUO W^i,VW. Past week in Colombia the Beckroge case against Messrs. Scruggs and Gaston came op in the Court of General Sessions, and it was thought that it would be the entering wedge to a great deal of dispensary scandal, but the grand jury found "no bill" in each case. The Richland Volunteer Company of Columbia, organized in 1813 and participating in tne Florida, Mexican and civil wars and a member of the famous Palmetto regiment, has decided to disband because of the result of the recent court of inquiry, which recommended that one of its members be dismissed. Its members allege that partiality was shown by the board to the Goeernor's Guards ~ whose members also broke ranks, and to Adjutant General Watts by the Governor, as he carried out the recommendations of the board as to members of the Volunte ers, but did not publicly censure Watts as recommended. The following are the members of the graduating class of the South Carolina College with their degrees: Wilfred Landan Brooker, A. B., Lexington; Joseph LeConte Paris, B. 8., KichI?A R UUiU, UUUU VAVAVIVSI iLU^uo?t A* A/. , Edgefield; George Oswald Jagar, A. B., Charleston; Dud can Donald MeColl, A. B., Marlboro; Charles Howard McLaurin, A. B., Marlboro; John Jackson McSwain, A. B., Laurens; Simon Franklin Parrott, A. B., Darlington; j Christopher Gadsden Savre, B. S., Anderson; George Coffin Taylor, A. B., Richland; John Nelson Tramp, B. S., Richland; James Spencer Verner, A. B., Richland. WORK FOR IDLE MILL HANDS. 1 Carolina Factory Engages Operatives In Charleston. It looks now as if the troubles at the Charleston cotton mills will be settled and the opera tires given work in other factories. Many of the old hands of the mill have been offered positions ont of Charleston. Aootton factory, not far from there, is badly in need of forty families who know how to manipulate mill machinery. The company folly appreciates the financial embarrassments of the idle exemployees and has requested a railroad agent to get up the hands, put them on the train and leave the oost of transportation tickets to the mill. Greece and the Greeks. The present agitation of the Greek question nag increases ine interest or the public In all matters pertaining to the classic country. One of the subjects which has caused wi<J"spread wonder is how the modern Greek soldier gives such a ballet-like effect to his skirts. A traveler In that country has offered the following as an explanation: Instead of wrapping his kilt about him only once the man of arms envelops his figure with turn after turn of the stiff white linen, till the required degree of stand-out effect is reached, and his shirt is on a level with his waist. This same traveler remarks upon the curious effect of inconsistency that is evident when a visitor to one of the beautiful oid ruins finds himself gazing on only a plaster cast of the classic buildings and structures, while a placard announces that the original may be seen in the mnseums of Europe or America. Coal from Turf. Another plan for turning to account forces of nature as yet dimly understood Is reported from Scandinavia, where a savant has discovered a method of converting turf into coal. The turf is placed in retorts and gradually heated to 250 degrees* The retorts are then closed and the temperature kept up for seven hours. The tar and gas products are thus retained in the coal mass to the extent of 80 per cent, and the resultant is said to contain 65 peT cent of carbon. C per cent of hydrogen, 5.7 water and 5 per cent of ashes. Turf coal gives about the same amount of heat as seconds, and has been tested both in Krupp's iron fotmdry and for domestic purposes. One thousand kilos are sold for 7s. the cost of preparing it being about 3s.. ' . jZ\ #41# *? AbHtx mi k V.-V ; In H 11 HIS.! I ; The Experiment Being Watched With Much Interest. ?THE MOVING ABOUT HABIT Among White Operative# ? Another Class Who Will Never Have Cause to Worry About Negro Competition, The following correspondence appeared in the Charlotte (N. C.) Observer, under date of July let, from Edgefield, on the experiment of negro labor in the Charleston cotton mills: "Yesterday I met a gentleman who has been to Charleston, and who visited the ootton mill there. This visit wa3 made abont a week ago. He states that abont one hundred negro operativei were then employed in the mill. Four policemen weie on duty in the mill yard, presumably to prevent interference by the white ex-operatives with the negro employes. This gentleman saw no signs of any disposition on the part of any white people to interfere with the experiment with negro labor, and he thought there was being more talk cf interference than the circumstances or evidences up to date would justify. He thinks it is not a question whether the white working people will permit negroes to work in afacrtory, but that the question to ue soivea is wnetner utgroes can be trained to make a aaccess of a factory. Individuals will undoubtedly be found who can do pool work, t?ut this man thinks it is yet to be proved whether a full force of negroes can be organized and maintained to operate a mill of fairly good size. "The experiment at Charleston, if it is a future, will not settle the question. The Charleston mill has failed with white operatives. If it fails again with negro operatives the experiment proves nothing. If it succeeds, then it will be shown that there is profit in using negro labor under certain conditions. "Some of those who have seen the Charleston mill say that the fault is in the mill itself, ana not in the operatives. The machinery is more or less out of date and needs a oomplete re-organization and overhauling. If this is true the new management will probably remedy this deficiency. "The experiment is one that is being watched with much anxiety by those interested in the mill and with much interest by many outsiders, while cotton mill operatives are eagerly interested. Some people think that success at Charleston would be a blow to the interests of the white operatives in the South. Others think it would be to the advantage of the white operatives in giving up the coarser work to the negroes and making the development of manufacturing liner goods with white labor at better prices more feasible. "It has been said that something mast be done to prevent the white operatives from moving aboat so much. Some families move foor or five times a year. This sort of thing goes very far to cause mill owners to consider the subject of negro labor. The better class of mill operatives might do well to use their influence to check this habit that some families have of moving so often. The surest protection of white labor against encroachment is efficiency. Careful attention to work and regularity will do more to keep the negro out of the mills than any amount of argument or objection. The younger people ougnt to go to school and the older ones ought to see to it that the children do go to school. Those white operatives who are well posted, skillful, industrious and who are not always on the move will never have to worry about the negro or any other race as a competitor, but those who avoid schools, lose many working days and make frequent moves from one mill to anotfier bad better mend their ways. Civilization is relentless in its progress and always bears down hard on ignoranoe and slothfnlness. In these modern times education, industry and steadiness of | | purpose win all fights." j PALMETTO POINTERS. R. W. Harris, a prominent citizen of Union, attempted suicide by taking 80 grains of morphine. Mr. Harris is postmaster of that place, and hae held that office for the past four years. Dr. E. J. Renbert died Saturday near Hagood. He was about 63 years I of age. Mr. E. J. Rembert, of Sumter, and Mr. George Rembert, of [ Columbia, are his sons. Dr. Rembert was one of the most prominent physicians in that section of the State. He retired from active practice some years since and spent the latter portion of his life at his magnificent country place. In the election for the new oounty of Williamston all lx>zes except four small ones in Anderson county and two in Greenville give 1,180 votes against 36b in favor of the measure. The county is lost For the new county of Honea Path, the town of Honea Path gives 227 for and 14 against the proposition. Belton box gitis 171 against and 2 for it Honea Path is probably defeated GREENVILLE SHOWS GROWTH. Tax Books Indicate an Increase in Both Real and Personality. The auditor's books this year show the total value of real property in , Greenville county to be $4,382,300, against a total value of $4,282,085 last year. In personal property there has been an increase of nearly $120,000 over last vear. The railroads have not yet made their returns, but when th9y are in, the total value of all property returned for taxation will be over seven million. The total value of railroad property returned last year was $572,475, but there will be a large increase over that figure this year, as the Southern has purchased valuable property there in the last few months. The number of persons liable to poll tax now is 6,232, against 5,869 last year. ! 1 i&Lv i<\.. - -"v \ , WEELY CROP BVELETIN. I The Week on the Whole Was Favorable for Crops. The South Carolina Weather and i Crop Bulletin is as follows for the past week: The mean weekly temperature aver- ' aged SO, which is one degree above the normal. The first of the week was comparatively cool followed by excessive heat with maximum temperatures on the 24, 2.5 and 26 ranging from 100 106 over the Southeastern counties. The lowest for the week was 5S on the 22nd, at Spartanbu:*g. The weather was jbowerv, but hardly enough rain fell generally for the neeti of crops, in many places none, and in a lew too much. Tnirty-one weekly measurements amounted to less than one inch; thirteen from one to two inches and three over two inches with 2. TO as the largest amount, at Trial. The average of forty-nine reports was 0.78 and the approximate normal for the week is 1.81. In Clarendon, Spartanburg and Edgefield fields were washed by heavy rains. Severe local storms, of wind, rain j and hail, doing more or less injury to corn, cotton and tobaoco, in few instances mining entire fields, occurred in Clarendon, Spartanburg. Anderson, Aiken, Edgefield, Darlington, Richland, Bamberg. Karshaw, Sumter, Berkeley, Orangeburg and Charleston. The extreme Notheastern and Northwestern counties were free from local storms. The sunshine varied greatly in different portions of the State, but the average of all reports indicate about a normal per centage of the possible duration. The week on the whole was favorable for the development of crops, which made satisfactory advance except where injured by wind, hail and wet soil. Much mention by correspondents is made of grass in fields, but qualified generally by the statement that the weather favored killing grass. Com is being rapidly laid by in good condition except that stands are irregular and that over considerable areas throughout the entire State rain is needed. It is more promising than at any time this season. Some fields were iiffured by high wind breaking down ; the larger stalks, and by excessive heat curling the leaves during the day. Cotton has begun to blossom freely iYta aaafarn A/inntiAa and inntM* are plentiful everwhere although the plant ie small for the season. In portions of Berkeley, Kershaw, Chesterfield, Chester the ground is too wet for cotton and the plant deteriorated. Many fields are becoming fonl with grass, but not enough so to materially iniure cotton. The stand is very even and growth during the week was good. Commenced laving ur in sections. Sea-Island variety above an average condition for the season. Is blooming ' and fruiting well. Tobacco has improved generally. ! Is buttoning low, and lihows "frog eye" in places. Has detriorated and condition poor in Kershaw. Is ripening permaturelv and some was cured,; during the week. Rice is doing well. Peas were extensively sown and coming up to good, stands. * Sweet potato slips growing welL Sugar cane excellent vegetables abundant Melons will be shipped! from Barnewell this week; this crop improving slowly and is generally lata. A Senatorial Contrast Senators Sumner and Wilson were frequent guests at "The Old Elms"? the country seat of ex-Oov. Clafiln in. Newtonville?and when they met there, the family found it interesting to observe the contrast In the two men. "Sumner was always stately and dignified," writes Mrs. Clafiln In her lit-! tie book, "Under the Elms," "while Mr. Wilson was careless In his language in ordinary conversation. He often said, Sumner is In agony when I rise to speak in the Senate for fear Massachn- J setts will be disgraced by my bad gram-! mar.' "Bat, strange to say, careless as Mr. Wilson was In every-day life, and forgetful as be was of social etiquette and requirements, be rarely made a grammatical error In his public speeches, and be commanded as much respect and attention in the Senate as any man who lifted his voice in that angust assembly. "It must be remembered that Mr. Wilson bad do advantages of family, and in his youth none of society or education. He never went to school and he bad only the light of a pine-knot to read by until after be was 21 years of age. His twenty-first birthday occurred on a Saturday, and the hardfisted old man with whom be had spent most of his life, aud whom be bad faithfully served, tokl him that he could remain over Sunday in bis bouse by paying 50 cents. "Mr. Sumner had had every advantage of family and position, education and travel, and his mind was stored with knowledge on almost ail objects.'* Soon after the war Mr. Wilson was stricken witn paraiy6is. as oe raiueu from the first attack the unrest which usually follows iu such cases took possession of him, and he wandered from place to place, seeking rest and finding none. The end came, and a nation mourned the loss of a statesman true to Its interests and self-sacrificing in his patriotism.?Youth's Companion. Chinese Ideal of Beauty. The ideal of beauty among the CMnese differs as widely from ours as do their written cha racters from our A B C. Not long since a member of the Chinese legutiou was looking at a | photographic grojp of decidedly pret- | ty young English ladies, and, being | being asked whether he admired them, replied, "No. the:: are difficult to look at, difficult to look at." As to figure, a willow-like waist and a bending yielding form are the objects of highest admiration in China, and so a character formed of parts signifying "a woman" and "curved" is used to denote beautiful, lovely, comely. Many meanings connected with women are alllted with characters which prima facie bear no relation to them. . *.. :av?. . A>.:. SMILE A Bmile a little, smile a little, As vou go along, Kot alone when life is pleasant, i But when things go wrong. (rare delights to see you frowning, Loves to hear you "sigh. '["urn a smiling face upon her. Quick the dame will fly. P' Bmile a little, smile a little, All along the road, Every life must have its burden, Every heart its load. \Thv sit down in gloom and darkness, ith your grief to sup? As you bring fate's bitter tonio Bmile across the cup. ? The Othe ifl^HARACTERS:] , mT Dick Hatherly, a 8 ft young painter; JV^wL Letty Lorimer.jhis i I secou<l cousin an ?--T" ^ orphan; and Capp> ^ ,'wjjr~S*bfy tain(Yere Grierson, ^ Ml)\mTLrl'' a soldier on a furtl Sceke I: A studio, ^ 21 Campden Hill. / \\ ?ouSl1 sketches yl'idl QrvU ^ pinned on walls, jjfo some new can^^|jjg?gZE3^^\ v asses on easels; ^ 1*7 figure? with ^***v T am -o'- Shanter rakishly a-top,posed on throne. Tray witli a plate of sandwiches and empty beer bottles on niano. Under north skylight Hatherly in a painting blouse at work on six-foot-by-four canvas "Autumn in the New Forest" Hatherly (soliloquizing): Well, I hope to goodness no one drops in this afternoon. There wasn't a day I could Vork from the time I brought it home in November till last week. If I'm not interrupted and get on as well as I have been doing, I may be in time for sending-in-day after all. (Gentle knock at the door, which Hatherly does not hear.) Visitor: Tap, tap. Hatherly (impatiently): 0, bother! ril pretend I'm out. Visitor (louder): Tap, tap, tap! Detty Lorimer (hesitatingly): Yes, Dick. May I come in? You're sure I'm not disturbing you? Hatherly (mendaciously): O, no. Of course you're not. But I say,Letty, you won't mind my going on with my work, will you? I want to get this done for the Academy, and time is short now. Letty (earnestly): No, Dick! Hatherlv (oomDlacentlvl: That's all right, then. Sit down there like a dear, and don't mind me. Yon see, the light is good now, and in a while it will be too dark to paint. Letty takes a seat behind him and silently watches the progress of the work. At last, summoning up courage, she says nervously: Dick! Batherly (starting): Yes! why, I had nearly forgotten you, Letty. By the bye. what has become of the Dowager? Eho doesn't usually allow you out alone. Letty: Grandmama is tired to-day' and resting. I've boen to the dressmaker's. Ford is with me. She is waiting in the carriage downstairs. I came alone (falteringly) because I wished to speak to you. Eatherly: That's right, my dear. Gossip away. Tell me all your news. I can listen quite well, though I'm busy. How's the old lady? Been any pleasanter lately? Letty (almost in tears): O, Dick! her temper is simply unbearable. Hatherly: Horrid old vixen. I'm glad she's no guardian of mine. Letty: I do try to be patient, but her tongue is so bitter and so cruel Hatherly (absently): Poor little firL Letty: I sometimes feel as if I oooia run away. Hatherly (engrossed in studying foreground of picture, sotto voce): At, Tve caught it now. Claxton was right That shadow to the left is too heavy. What are you saying, Letty? Letty (getting it out with a jerk): Do you reniber Captain Grierson, one of the Leioester Griersons? Hatherly (squeezing fresh oolor on his palette): Tes, that alteration will mako all the difference. I beg pardon, Letty. Yoa were saying? Letty (patiently): Do you remember Captain Grierson? Hatherly: Yes; he was at Rugby with me. Or was that his brother? Cecil Grierson?sandy-haired chap, tall. Letty: Tes, Cecil Vere Grierson. I want to tell you, Dick?(Hatherly, leaving Easel abruptly, goes to a table nnd returns with a small piece of cardboard with square cut from the centre, through wl.ich he gazes absorbedly at the new arrangement. Letty sighs despondently.) Hatherly (turning to her): Say, Letty! Just look through this square a moment. Don't you think the pioture will compose better with that shadow lightened? Letty (pale and agitated): Dick, I must go soon, uan you sy.ore me a moment to-day? Hatherly (penitently): Excuse me, dear. I'm beastly rude, treating you like this. It's the fault of this glorious light There hasn't been a day like it all winter. I'm a boor, I know, but the fatal Monday draweth nigh after which no man can work. Letty: Well, I was trying to tell you that Captain Grierson returns to India in two months to rejoin his regiment, and? Dick (cheerfully interrupting): Lucky beggar! Seeing the world while we all vegetate at home. Smile upon the troubled pilgrims Whom you pass and meet. * Flowers ore thorns and smiles are bio*- 4JK Oft for weary feet. Do not make the way seem harder By a sullen face. Smile a little, smile a little, Brighten up the place. Smile upon your undone labor. Sot for one who grieves O'er his task waits wealth or glory. . He who smiles achieves. Though you meet with loss and sorrow In the passing years. Smile a little, smile a little, Even through your tears. ?Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Letty (faltering): And?Dick?lie says he hates going back. He doesn't wish to go alone. Hatherly (struck with sudden compunction): I say, Letty, what a (' ? thoughtless brute I am not to have 2 given you some tea. Just touch the / >$ bell, will you? Letty: No tea, thanks. I really, oouldn't drink it. Dick, he feels aw- ' .| ful at leaving?everybody?and grand- j Vjm mama keeps getting worse and worse, ' 3 Hatherly (painting away vigorously): She's an unmitigated old wretch. Good jtftflj thing she was a bit queer to-day, so . ^ that you could get off the chain and \ have a little flutter by yourself. Letty: O, I don't think she would -ojj object to my coming here so much. , She likes you pretty well, Dick. But *3 to return to what we were saying? Hatherly; Letty, just hand me that hand-mirror, will you? It's on the table beside you. Ah, thank you. Letty (continuing, doggedly and ..$2 huskily): So he said he'd come this evening?for his answer. I (Dick, staring fixedly at the refleo* , tion of his picture in the hand-mirror, >a3 makes no reply. Letty waits in breathless silence. Hatherly (speaking suddenly): Do come here, Letty, and say if you like -J that, or is it too strong? """ Lettie (rising): It is strong and de- . cided, like yourself and all men, Dick. ? It is only we women who are weak and irresolute. Good-bye. No, dont '?g come downstairs; I can see myself out. Good-bye. Hatherly (relieved) Well, if you must go, good-bye. Come again soon, like a good girl, when I hare tjg more time to spare. And don't let the old lady bully you too much. Ta-ta. (Hatherly paints till the light fails, , and then sits before the picture smok- - &K ing meditatively.) Glad I took thai j hint of Clarton's. Funny how the .SBj duffer always gives you the best suggestions. It will be easy sailing now. ijH The rest groups all right Nice of ;1S Letty not staying when she saw I was working against time. She did not 31 seem so happy as usual, somehow. Hateful time she has with that old / grandmother.' If I was richer.rd like . .3 to carry her off out of that old witch's A clutches; but she's too young yet She was talking about Grierson. Capital fellow he used to be. Going back to m India? What a lot of fun those army .11 * ehana have?not like Artist? shnt nn S in a studio half the year. By the bye, , * what was it that Letty said about him f J not wishing to go back alone? He can't hare been making love to that ^9 child. She is only eighteen, and I always thought of her as mine?some day. What did she say about him coming for his answer? Heavenal . 1 what a fool I've been. That*s what she was trying to tell me, and I was ass enough to have thoughts for noth- j ing but my picture. Blind idiot! (Getting up hurriedly.) This evening i she said. I wonder if I can possibly be in time. (Seizes hat and rushes Scene EL Entrance to the Dowager il Lady. Lorimer mansion in May- Jg fair. Hatherly, alighting hurriedly ^ from hansom, runs into Griersoa jj descending steps of house. Grierson (radiantly): HuHo, Hath- % 5 Hatherly (blankly): Grierson! Grierson: Delighted to meet you . ^ again, old man. Seems almost a good Stm omen, don't you know. Hatherly (with hollow politeness): Ah, very pleased, I'm sure. t. j'i1 Grierson (confidentially and effu- . < l_\ _1 a. _# l_iJ " '-'J?, siveiyj: reei you son 01 reiauon, don't you know. Ton see I've just? -.3 that ia, Miss Lettv has just?I say, old l?j chap, by Jove, I'm awfully happyl vjgfl Congratulate me.?Black and White. Looking Out for Herself. Here is an instructive story and one [A ' quite new about Queen Victoria. It *rj was suggested to her the other day that Queen Anne's statue, opposite St. jS Paul's, should be removed for the jubilee thanksgiving serviee, in order that the view might not be obstructed. When this proposal was submitted to ' & Her Majesty she refused to sanction it. "I am not willing to allow the statue % i to be displaced," the Qneen is said to j have remarked. "If I permit it some j ! one may oonsider it a justification for 12 J removing my statue some day on a similar occasion." J Huntsman's Great Lack. H. Cox, of Brooklyn, Mich., with a company of friends, went north to hnnt deer. His friends placed him jF3 back of a runway and told him to keep . ?3 on the lookout if he wanted deer. Cox sat there until tired, and then stepped back to the shelter of a bush. | |? As he did co a big buck leaped over \ , the bu6h, knocked the gnn oat of his hand and discharged it. The charge struck the deer and it fell dead within \'&H a few feet of the hunter.?Chicago Trit 9 *if -jr Aytfjl i I V !