Puwnij
| Annua! Session of the General As* j
sembly Convened on the 11th.
PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH HOUSES.
Senators and Representatives From
New Counties Sworn In?Resolution >
to Extend Time for Paying Taxes.
HV Tbe os^cmbhas of tho Legislature on
^^"the 11th was nflj^attended by any un- j
B usual incidents '^She members wore j
^ promptly in their seats and bu?iness j
proceeded with the usual formalities.
The .principal business of the day in
, ^ both houses was the reading of the
Vtoveruor's message. Below can be
that part of the work accom*
plijfced-in the Senate, that is of general
interest to the public:
THE SENATE.
Tcesdat.?Pres. McSweeney called
the Senate to order promptly at 13
o'clock, and spoke in part a9 follows:
"Senators: After a parting of nearly
a year, we meet again to discharge
kthe unties of this co-ordinate branch of
the Legislature of the State of South
Carolina. I feol assured that we have,
one and all, come to this session with
^ft the fall determination to pertorm mose
BR -duties on snch a manner as to meet and
-obtain the approbation of those who
sent us here; whose welfare we have at
HK heart and whose interest we are bonnd
^^^Lto subserve."
H B The roll was called and all were
^^^Lwesent except Senators Norris, Talbird
^J^Huid Sunders, Prayer was offered by
H^^Khapbiiu Wllloughby. Ho iftvoked
guidance that all might realize
: they were tho reprc.-eutatives of
|^H^B whole po ople, thattue deliberations
H^Btho present ses2.on might be
^^^^^B&c'.erized by largo wisdom, largeof
heart, sympathy and liberality
ment.
H B following new Senators were
Win. T. Jeffries, Cherokee;
Mayfield, Bamberg; C. A. C.
Greenwood; Bobert A Id rich,
I J. H. Lesesne, Charleston;
Jhanoy, Dorchester.
rirf? were among the bills
L. An amendment to except
Kggists and their ageuts from
bn of the act to prevent
ftuders from plying their
Bi. To facilitate and econokforcement
of the criminal
[mding that solicitors and
fcsses shall appear at the
Vrthonse on the Saturday
Convening of court, so that
lay ascertain snch witnesses
frnal; and discharge unitenesses
who shall be paid a
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ana mileage ior oue ubv.
H Bier SOL. To make the embezzleHBl
public funds a felony, making
MPrTw^Miiabmest in the discretion of the
' court, etc.
B A concnrrent resolution, offered by
Mr. Henderson, eras adopted and sent
to the House for an election on the
B^BlTth, at 12 o'clock for a Chief Justice ,
^^Band judges for the first, second, third,
fourth and sixth circuits.
wr Wednesday. ?The 6essicn of the
Senate was exceedingly shoit and devoid
of interest Very little was done,
and the body, which convened at 11
o'olock, adjourned before 12, having
,been in session but little over half an
hoar, nothing of great interest having
been accomplished.
Thltwdat. ?The Senate got down
to business, and if the present pace is
kept up, the session will not be needlessly
prolonged. The House concnrrent
resolution was adopted fixing
Tuesday, Jan. jjs, lor Dauoung ior a
United States Senator to anoceed the
lata Senator Joseph H. Earle. A petition
was presented from citizens of
Edgefield eonnty questioning the right
of senator J. M. Gaines to hold a seat
an Senator from that county. The bill
providing for township and local boards
of health was killed. Tributes of respect
to the late Gen. Hagood was
adopted.
Friday.?In the Senate Mr. Rags>
w dale^upfci resolution proposing a con- I
stitutional amendment providing for
the election of circuit judges by the
qualified electors of the respective circuits,
and a similar joint resolution relative
to the election of justices of the
Supreme court, were killed after extended
debate, and Mr. May field's bill
to divide the State iuto judicial dis-<
tricts was recommitted to a special committee.
Third reading bills: A bill to amend
section 31 of the Code of Procedure, so
as to permit circuit judges to quaiuy
before any officer authorized to administer
an oath; a bill to amend section
2810 of the Bevised Statutes of tiis
State, the same being a part of the
Lord Campbell act; a bill to provide for
the transfer and investment of the
Downei fund; a bill to make the embezzlement
of public funds a felony,
and to fix the punishment therefor.
New bills: Waller?To approve the
action oi the town council of the town
of Ureenwood in the matter of the contract
for the countv of Greenwood and
to declare the bonds issued pursuance
\ of said contract a valid debt of the town
of Greenwood. O'doll?An amend'ment
to the road law of the
^State, increasing the commutation tax
^f^Tickens county from $150 to $3.
McAbbacy?To authorize au election
in thrown of St George in relation
to bonding said town, and to authorize
the issue Jtfbonds under prescribed conditions.
M%rtield?A bill providing for
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f me rfgumuoiv vi I/UU9, ucaiuo ?uu
t marriages iu ttSis State. Lesesne?To
autbori/e town atK(boriticr to exchange
labor of town conricto w*th conntj authorities.
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r- THE HOUSK
Tctesdat. ?In the House t^e roll call
showed only twenty-four 'absentees.
The proceedings were openeovwith
prayer by Dr. Kinard. The sp^ker
made a brief address before actual business
was begun. He said: \
"We are agaiq assembled as representatives
of the people of South Carolina
to enact such laws as in our judg- >
ment are needed. Coming as we do
from every section of the State, end
representing ell olasses and conditions
?. /
. .'e>s. .. v /..
realize that last year
hardship on the
maa^^^^By look to ns to relieve
them^^^Burden as far as possible.
It beh^^Bf\s, therefore, to dispatch
the bas^H~s. \ expeditiously and econouiicallyBL
18 insistent with good legislation.
W8 Ten all know, there are a
nuinber ozTjCtions to be held this session,
and known that the business
of the nouse is retarded until they
are disposed of, and I suggest that they
bo held as soon as possible."
The new membars sworn in were M.
P. DeBrnhl, of Abbeville; 1)% E.
Hydick, of Spartanburg; F. C. West,
Spartanburg; Horace E. Johnston, of
York.
The message was read, and then the
various subjects touched upon by the
Governor were referred to the proper
committees.
Among the new bills were:
Bainsford. A joint resolution to extend
the time of paying taxes without
t\*a TiAnottr until VTnroVi 1.1_ ISflS.
Pollock. To elect a chief justice and
judges of the first, sscoud, third,
fourth, sixth and eighth circuits 01^ the
14. Adopted.
Goodwin. A bill to require persons
holding mortgages to have it entered on
record in a limited time.
Follock. Joint resolution to extend
the time for the payment of taxes to
and including Feb. 20.
Thomas. To amend section 44 of an
act entitled to declare free school law,
approved March 6, l$9f>, by adding
thereto another subdivision to the subdivision
defining the powers and prescribing
the duties of boards of school
trustees, so as to facilitate the acquisition
of sites for school buildings; to authorize
the levy and aalo under execution
of personal property, notwithstanding
the same may be covered by mortgage
or other incumbrance. A proviso
is that such sale shall not affect the
lien of said mortgage or other incumb-ance.
Wednesday.?The House went to j
work in earnest. The calendar from
last year was taken up and the following
were among the sixty-three bills
disposed of: Haselden's bill to equal- i
ize the railroad fares of all students
hereafter attending the Wiuthrop College
was killed; several bills relating!
to the establishment of voting precincts
in various counties wore recommitted, i
iu order that a general bill on the subject
might be introdu* ed; the bill to in- j
dude Hampton in tl provisions of a
measure to regulate ti-o sale of seed
cotton passed to a third reading; Mc- j
Cullongh's bill relating to negotiable 1
instruments, being an act establish j
a law uniform with the laws '
of other States on the subject was re- j
committed after some disonssion; Patton's
redisricting bill was made a
special order for Tuesday next and
from day to day until disposed of;
Tool's bill to amend the county government
bill in connection with working i
the publio roads, was referred back with
amendments; Cnshman's bill to regulate
the speed of railroad trains and en
glDes passing ccrutm ewuuus, ?<m
killed on motion of Magill, though
Cushman argued its necessity; Owens'
bill to proride a license fee for owning
and carrying a pistol was passed over
on motion of the author; Thomas, of
Richland, had a bill which would allow
aliens to own fire thousand acres of
land in the State, instead of fire hundred,
as -the law allows, but it was
killed; the Child's prohibition bill
came next, but as the author was
not present it was passed orer;
Action on the bill to regulate the public
printing was postponed until another
day. ThiB bill was introduced
last session by Mr. Reynolds and puts
the public printing on a competitive
basis. Mr. Reynolds moved that it be
passed over for the present; the joint
resolution to extend the time for the
payment of taxes to Feb. 20th was
nnniiHarihlA dlRrnnsirtn
I pro and con.
Among the bills killed were: To
create the office of State geologist and
to provide for a geological, mineralogical
and physical survey of the State.
Another bill with the same object in
| view will be introduced by Mr. Lancaster,
of Spartanburg; to prohibit railroad
companies from employing any
; person under the age of IS years as night
telegraph operator.
The two bills following were among
the other proceedings: The bill to require
all the institutions of this State,
educational, charitable and penal and
State dispensary to furnish an itemized
statement of all receipts and disbursements,
inclusive of saloons, passed to a
! third reading; Tuesday, the 18th, was
agreed upon as the day for electing
judges, and Tuesday, the 23th, o elect
Senator Mc Lauren.
I Among the new bills introduced were:
Caughman?To require railroads to proI
vide sejiarat? first-Glass coaches for the
accommodation ef white and colored
passengers, and enforcing a penalty for
[ each violation, to be recovered by suit
?jaf any citizen; McCullough?An act to
amend the dispensary law; Price?To
! license the carrying of pistols, dirks,
razors, trucks, knives, having a blade
j over three inches in length or any
deadly weapons upon the person;
Rogers?to repeal the lien law.
i Tupuspav.?The house putin a hard
day's work, and among other things
passed the committee's substitute to the
Reynold's public priutiug bill, which
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State printing shall go to the lowest
bidder. Some amendments were made
enabling the General Assembly to
award the contract for the next two
years at the present session. There was
quite a fight over the bill of Mr. O. P.
Goodwn directed against all kinds of
labor on Sunday. When it was shown
I that servants conld not be required under
the bill to work in the household
on Sundays the bill was killed. There
was quite a lively racket on the
third reading over the joint resolution
providing for the exten;
sion of the time for the payment of
taxes. It did not amount to much in
the end, however, for the House passed
the measure and ordered it sent to the
Senate.
There were quite a number of now
bills introduced, among them being
Mr. W. S. Smith's bill to repeal the j
metropolitan police act and Mr. Reynolds'
bill to provide for the reorgani- 1
zation of the engrossing department
The last hour of the day's proceedings J
were devoted to the memorial address-j
es upon the late ex-Governor Gen.
JohnBon Hagood. Even while these j
addresses were being delivered the
sags on the building were at half-mast
/out of respect to the memory of another
deceased Confederate general and exState
official?Jno. D. Brat ton.
FkidaVv ?TheHouse had a brief ses'
sion, but managed to dispose of several
bills coining over from last session.
1 ?
' The public printing bill passed its third i
' reading without debate or opposition. '
j All bills relating to the dispensary
i were referred to a special committee on
that subject, except one by Mr. J. P.
! Thomas to provide for the sale of native ;
! wines by county dispensers which was
promptly killed.
: The bill to establish a bureau of labor
; for the purpose of gathering the labor
statistics and inspecting the weights
and measure < of South Carolina was
! withdrawn. It was a measure chain I
pioued by .Mr. Ilderton during the last
i session and caused a great deal of
' debate.
i The bill to prohibit the reduction of
i wages of operatives was killed withont
debate.
j The graduate license bill from last
session was knocked in the head without
the least commotion on motion of
Idr. Yeldell. Cast year it came near j
passing the house, but members after !
mature deliberation evidently felt that
| the bill was one which good policy con- j
; uernueu.
| A bill regulating the work of immij
grant agents in the State wai?passed to
i a third reading. This bill ts of great
interest to furmers, and is as follows:
I Section 1. That section 1 of an act
| entitled "An act to prohibit emigrant
i agents from plying their vocation within
this State witout first obtaining a
license therefor, and for other purposes,"
approved g4th of December, lb'Jl,
and all acts amendatory thereof, be and
the same are hereby, amended by striking
out ali of the words between the
word "State" and the wora "without"
in said section, so that the same when
so amended shall read as follows, towit:
section 1. That from and after the
approval of this act no person shall
carry on the business of emigrant agent
in tuis State without having tirst ob|
taiued a license therefor from the State
1 treasurer. ,
Air. lteynolds introduced the following
concurrent resolution, which went
over for consideration:
Unsolved, That the South Carolina
Senators and llepresentatives iu the
Congress of the Vnited States he, and
they are hereby, requested to take such j
! action as they may deem advisable to ,
j inuuee mo j assage, uy congress, ux an
I act .submitting to the several iStates of
j the Union an amendment to the constitution
of the United states, which shall
I require that Senators of the United
! btates shall be chosen by a vote of the 1
people in the several States.
YOUNG MEN'S BEST CHANCES
OfSncccsa Arc to Be Found Outside
Our Large Cities.
"Business conditions of the great
cities are not favorable to young men,"
I writes Edward W. Bok iu the Ladles'
| Home Journal, advising young men
| about to begin their careers against
! going to the big cities. "It is said," he
I continues, "that competition develops j
j men. It does, unquestionably. But
to cope with present competition as it
exists in the centers, calls for a vast
amount of experience. That experience
a man must have back of him before
he can enter the competing arena.
f 'But how can I better acquire that exi
perlence than where there is constant
need of It?' How better, my young
' friend? By serving a long apprentkreI
ship in some city smaller than the
! greatest. The large cities are to-day
[ poor places in which to learn the rudiI
ments of business competition, for
I while the young man Is learning, the
j experienced man swallows him up.
But that is experience,' persists the
youngs maD.. It is, but a more -severe
kind than thqre is need of; a kind
Which, once indulged In, does not leave
a pleasant remembrance. Competition
| in a smaller city may be just as keen,
proportionately, but, what is all-important
to the young man starting out,
the risks are not so great; the experience
Is not apt to be so costly should he
fail to succeed. It is a true saying
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that a man oerore ne tunxcus iu uu?.ness
must expect to measure bis height
on the ground a time or two. But It
is not necessary that In his first knockdown
he should be knocked out
I "But there is another and more Ira[
portant fact which the young man
j away from the large cities does not
I realize. It is that the number of pos|
sible positions in the large cities is not
j Increasing, despite the reiterated asI
sertions constantly made to the conj
traiy. The very opposite is the truth.
Various causes explain thl^-higher
taxes, higher prices of \$idfoT lack of
building room, labor stpkqs| and lower
cost of production. The i^anufaeturing
Interests of this counties re constantly
tending toward the smaller I
cities and away from the cefaters. All j
j this means fewer positions, since only j
J In rare instances does the executive |
I branch of a business call for a larger I
I number of employes than dobs the J
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change of current may seem, it is,
nevertheless, a fact that the young man
who to-day leaves a good-sized eity of
actual manufacturing advantages,
turns his back on what in a few years
will be one of the industrial be<dhlvea
of America." "
1 happened to remark a little while
a go, in the presence of Miss Billmore,
that some persons carried their fondness
for cycling to extreme lengths. I'd
like to know what there was in thai observation
to cause her to turn red and
ay, 'Sirr " "Great Scott! Don't yea
know? She is engaged to a young bicyclist
nearly six and a half feet high.1*
?Chicago Tribune.
Before the advance of the personalty
conducted globe-trotter, even the awful
mysteries of Mount Slnal are not safe.
It Is proposed to build a railway up
the historic mountain, aud to erect a
station at tlie spot wnere, accorui?s iu
tradition, Moses received tbe commandments.
To many people this enterprise
will seem not only lneongru- i
ous, but almost Irreverent.
Diseases whose names end In ltls
seem to multiply. Why not add to the
list billitls, or a malady common to legislators?
Its chief characteristic Is an
apparently uncontrollable desire to multiply
bills which never get beyond the
stage of reference to a committee.
Roseborough, of
Marries Hester
FATHER OTTWENT^^BEN. j
The Mother of the Brld^^^Ed 96,
Tfas Present?Tho Kat^^Ktf the
Groom, Aged 95, Still AUv^^
The
Eidgeway, Fairfield c^inty, correspondent
of the News and Oonrier, re- ,
ports the following notable negro wedding:
Near Sharp Postoffice miere was a '
remarkable marriage of an a?>d colored ;
couple?Frank Poseborough to Hester
Howell. A number of white and colored
friends of the contracting parties
witnessed the cercmouy. Tlie bride is
70 years of age. Her mother was pres- <
ent. She was an old servant of the late
Thomas Session, and was purchased by
bim lifty-six years ago, at the age of
40; therefore, she is known to be 90
J ears of age. She is conversant and
as a retentive memory. The genial
Frank was owned by the Roseborough
family, of Ridgeway. He was all
through the campaign in Virginia with
his yonng master, Mr. Thomas Roseborongh.
Many of the soldiers with
the old 7th batallion will recollectsrank
and wish him happiness and prosperity.
Frank is now 70 years of age. He is the
father of twenty children by his first
wife, who died about two years ago.
His father aged 05, is now living near
Ridgeway. He was the former slave of
the late Col. II. C. Davis, claims to
have known him from an infant, and he
a mun-servaut of his father, the late Dr.
Davis. In his youth he remembera
when there was only a few stores on
Main street, Columbia, which is now
the business portion of the city.
Against tho Cotton Seed Oil Trust.
At Bennettsville on the first Alonaay i
the cottoQ growers of Marlboro county j
met and organized, and among the most |
important business transacted was the
following resolution, which was passed, 1
and the co-operation of other conntiea
and States is solicited in their enforce- '
meat: "Whereas the late Cotton I '
Growers' Convention declared against ! ,
all trusts and combines; and whereas j
the cotton oil companies have organized |
a trust ofi cctton seed and meal, fixing
prices on both without regard to our interests;
and whereas these articles come
at once into the legitimate domain of
our revenue from cotton growing, and
the control of their prices is undemo- '
cratic as opposed to free trade; therefore,
be it Besolved, That as the bulk
of seed has already passed from our
hands at ruinous prices, we deem it advisable
not to pay more than $13 per ton
for meal delivered."
Free Library for Marlon.
Marion County is soon to hare a I
pnblio library, which will be a gift from /
Messrs. C. A. Woods and H. C. Graham. .
kaa ffiwan S-IAA V*Of. W11?. i
iUi. H UIAIO UCIO TVU ywv *V4
pose and this amount has been supplemented
by a gift of $200 from Mr.
Graham. Mr. Woods has also signified/1
his intention of giving $300 a year to the
library for three years and Mr. GrahauJ
will give 3100 annually for the sam^
length of time. The library will be
absolutely free to all the people of tlja,,
county. In connection with the library
there will be well furnished club rooms,
which will be kept up by membership
fees. Mr. Woods and the Hank' of
Marion have given the second floof^ of
their buildings, which are under tha
same roof, for the uses of the library
and club, free of rent. This will wive
the library a convenient and spacious
home.
Hudson on the Nimble Pistil.
Ex-Judge J. H. Hudson is ou^in an
able article on the cause and bore of
homicides. He says the nimble' pistol
and the relaxa^nof the laws aid rules
relating to criminal presecntibn is at
the root of all the trouble and^that all
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snorts to annui u? ovu snuum oe airected
to prevent the nse of pistols end <
to re-establish the efficiency of the
courts in dealing with the crime. He
farther says pistols should be prohibited
as they are not within tbe constitutional
provision regarding the right
to bear arms for the common defence,"
and-that judges should be; allowed to
instruct and aid the juries; /that criminals
should not be allowed.'to testify in
their own behalf, and thatf bail should
be within the discretion of the judge.
High Prices for KicJ"Lands.
The Georgetown correspondent of the
Sews and Courier, says 4hat on the first
Monday there was a larger crowd of
people in the city than ?or a long time.
The attraction seemed t<j be the valuable
rice lands to be offered/ for sale under
foreclosure proceedings. The prices
brought were high, as,' will be seen by
the following figure^: "Annandale"
was bid oft by Mr./ L. Breslauer for
$34,225. This is full value at tbe present
oatiook, notwithstanding the plantation
is in first rates condition. The three
places, "Hopefand,?' "Hopewell" and
"Barony," were 4old together, and
brought $13,550, b^ing bought by Mr. 1
O. R Skinner. \ syndicate of local
capitalists will be formed, and a stock
company chartered, which will plant 1
this valuable tra^t 'of land. ?
Piedmont Kurmers Pay Up. ^
The Spartanburg banks say that the
farmers have paid their notes remarkably
well Ev&d with 5-cent cotton
there seems to bo a living on the farm. |
Perhaps, after jdi, the low price of cot* 1
ton irill prove helpful in that it will
force the farmers to diversify their c
crops, and to give more attention to t
the raising of cattK, hog&and chickens. ,
Sale of broken Down Stock.
At Florence, the merchants and some T
V organized % c
Monday in e
igural day. c
as well as
d. Horses, t
plows were J
the highest *
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^^$4 August, and
^ m Virginia AlJ*u stepM
ped into a corner
drug store to refresh
herself with
S&%ra* S0(la*
HbJ jFa A woman is never
too warm or too
/( fatiRne(1 to notice
liStf- another woman's
V < gown, and as Virginia
waited at the
>* soda counter her
observant eves took in every
detail /of the charming summer
costume) worn by a young woman
who wst's standing at the telephone.
Just nf>w she was a bit out of temper.
"Express 280*," she called impatient
ly. 4.ntl as she waited for the desired
number she turned and looked at Virginia^
-who, quite overconn by the
heatvor was & f?r some otl er reason
?had seated herself ai no great distance
off and was wielding a palm leaf
fan'energetically.
The pretty woman turned abruptly
to the 'phone in response to a call. "Is
this Express 2804?" she said.
"It is Byron's number," Virginia
muttered to herself. "I thought so."
' The woman at the 'phone spoke
again: ,
"This is Mr. Curtis, is it not?"
Virginia ceased fanning and scarcely
disguised the fact that the conversation
interested her.
"Yes, I am Miss Cleavebrook," continued
the woman in the linen gown.
Then, "Yes, please."
A short pause ensued. The drug
Btore cuckoo clock struck two. Virginia
excitedly imagined what Byton
Curtis must be saying at the other
end of the 'phone in his office, high
up in one of the downtown buildings^
Miss Cleavebrook interrupted her
thoughts. "Yes," she said, and Virginia
fancied perhaps that her voice
took on a more tender tone. "Same
place," she continued, with a little
laugh. "Did you? I'm so glad.
Thanks so mnch for the flowers. You
really mustn't send them so often. It's
too extravagant of yon."
Virginia gave a little start. ' 'Theatre
again this week?" questioned Miss
Dleavebrook doubtingly. "I really
think twice a week is too often."
Bat the man with whom she was
talking seemed to 'overcome her
scruples, and after agreeing to go with
him on Friday evening of that week,
she said:
"Why don't yon ask me why I
;allcd you up?" Then, seeming to forget
that she was in a public place, she
laughed merrily at the response that
eamo back over the 'phone. Finally
she said:
"No, it wasn't that. I want very
much to see that book of 'Alter Dinner
Speeches' you spoke of. Can't
pou bring it to me this evening? No?
Well, to-morrow, theu. What are you
going to do to-night?"
- The fair questioner seemed bet little
pleased at the answer she received.
She tapped her foot impatiently, and
it was a full minute before she spoke.
Virginia fancied she heard Byron
saying: "I am going to call on Miss
Ul' "^night." For had he not asked
f he .r.ght come over to see her Tueslay?
Miss Clearebrook recovered her temper,
if indeed she had lost it, and said:
'I thought I told you to drop that?"
Virginia arose hurriedly and walked
;o the front of the store. "It is insupportable,"
she muttered to herself.
'She speaks as if uhe owned him
vhen "
Her thoughts overcame her as the
uemory of all that had happened beween
her and Byron Curtis rushed to
ler mind. 1
The sharp ring of the little bell replied
her to herself and she looked up
o see Miss Cleavebrook leave the store
ind go slowly down the street with a
iappy smile dimpling her pretty face.
Virginia took an impulsive step toward
the telephone, heedless of the
:lerk who stood behind the counter
md who began to gaze at her rather
luriously. /
"He need not*come to see me," sh^
hought fiercely. "He would iathe/
>e with her." Her voice nearly choked
ler as she answered. "Express 2804,"
o the inevitable "Number, please/' i
The moments which followed Are re
?gony to her. Her thoughts rajf wild.
......
jLm
glad
I uat both hands to him.
P^^irginia," he answered, "it l*
^Tuesday."
"Yes," she said, softly, "it is Tuesday."
"And"?questioned he.
"Yes, again," she moraaared, evea
lower.
A drag store is not a very romantio
place, but I think that thoso two told
each other everything in the look they
gave each other, qnite unmindfaljuri^^.
the little clerk, who flippantly mixed"^^!
an egg phosphate for the next cna-' 5
tomer.?Chicago Tribune.
AVear Only One Shoe. v ,
The one-legged Jnan buys his shoes . ^
precisely like the'fwo-legged maa.
At the big shops they break a pair
to sell the sinarle shoe that the one
legged man requires without the_
slightest hesitation, and he can
any shoe he wants. The single shoe
remaining is sent back to the fadozy
to be matched, and this is done with
perfect accuracy. Every pair of shoe* ?
is numbered, and it could easily, if H
were desired, be traced back to the
stock from which it is made. There?%j/V i
no guess work about it. The shoe required
to match the shoe remaining"
may not be made on the identical last
upon which the original shoe waa
made, but it is made upon a last of
mathematically the same proportions,
and the* pair thus restored is as perfectly
matched as the original pair.
The one-legged man who buys is
this way a single shoe pays slightly
more than half the price of a pair.
mcu aic m vuo icxj ^
est shoe shops among the regular eu?tomers,
and there they are not so
unusual as to be remarkable.
One-legged men, however, are not
the only men who buy single shoes.
There are two-legged men who sometimes
buy only one shoe. For example,
a man with the goal He can, if
he wishes, and he sometimes doe*,,
buy a single shoo. The remaining
shoe is paired off in just the same
manier as the remaining shoe from *
the pair broken for the one-legged,
man.
There are two-legged men who wear >
shoes of different sizes, their feet not ^
being mates. This may be due to
nature or it may be that an accident
has befallen one foot. For such a customer
two pairs of shoes are broken. ij
into and be takes one of each.?Pear- Ji
son's Weekly. .
Chinese Dor Farms.
In Manchuria and along the Mongolian
borders of China there are thousands
of farms on which nothing is
raised bnt dogs, of a breed peculiar,to
this region. Each proprietor keeps
several hundreds of them. They arm
of a large size, and when eight months
old are killed, usually in midwinter,
for the sake of their skins. As a re- >
suit of the severe climate, they ,'|mL
covered almost from birth with a magnificent
growth of fur! Hence they
are much in demand among the North,
em (Chinese as ga ate rial for winter
clothing.
They constitute the only wealth of
this desolate ooentry. In each family
a certain number of dogskins is laid
aside as the daughter's marriage por- ?
tion. Tet they command no very high
nrice. eiffht skins being repaired for n
gown about two yards long,'and worth
some three or four dollar*. This
would make the average value of each
but little over forty cents, from which
must be deducted the cost of totting
and dressing; also of manufacturing
the garment. The hides find their
first market several main depots,
whence they^Ae taken to Moukden,
Fou-Tcheou, and other Cities to bo
made up. Ifost year the estimated
proceeds of this traffic at Newehang, a.
leading emporium, amounted to 1,000*OOOf.,
against l,500,0d0f. the year bofore.?Popular
Science New*.
/ A'tiu Tig* to the Front. U.v?
The fig industry of Texas is developing
into a paying industry. The fig
is peing discussed at present, as this
season has demon stated the valu^pf C
th4 crop, and in a year or two nZro
yon output will be large. Notwithstanding
the long drought considerable
money was made on the crop thia
season, and the demand largely exceeded
the supply. The fruit can be
crated the same as strawberries and
shipped for a long distance in condition.
The demand is increasing aa
they are introduced into distant markets.?Chicago
Criterion.
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