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V THE HALL OF WASTED IH1NCS. I At the Castle of Men's Sorrows, in the Hall of Wasted Things, Are broken okl betrothals, and old betrothal rings. And long-forgotten Kisses, unci o.< icuers never sent. And heartstrings < f young lovers that faithless ones have rent, And long-since burnt-out passions, and the tires of wasted loves. And casl-oIT maiden's ringlets, and pairs of maiden's gloves, rod smiles that men have treasured, and ,* sweet glances pone astray. And broken words of lovers, and hours of J many a day. Now with these I'd fain deposit some few things of my own? Some paltry, wasted tritles that some one has outgrown: T'?,a 1 ?"?* lrvr-V-of nntl flue hif. nf gem-set gold, And the love I've left unspoken, and the love I may have told; Way they lie and be forgotten, where the grav-robed angel sings? The Angel of Oblivion, in the Hall of Wasted Tilings. ?11ugene Herbert MacLcan, in Life. ?OOGGCDOGOOOGOQGCOOGOOGGOO I The fwo fathers. ?j o o O Cv Camille Ilia*. O OC0CCC020OC05CCS0O0CC000C0 T | T IIL mother was a widow, an I industrious woman, who worked late and early in "<i order to support her child, a little girl between four and five years old, pretty as a fairy, full of fun, affectionate and coaxing as any happy child could be. On the oposite side of the landing of the fifth floor on which Mme. Etienne and her daughter Lillie lived was the door of the apartments inhabited by two brothers?cabinetmakers by trade, and bachelors either by choice or chance, no one knew. One cf those days when the intense heat necessitates the door being left open in order to get a current of air, the prettiness of Lillie attracted the attention of the two brothers, who were already past their first youth, and i adored children in their quality of approaching old bachelorhood. From that a sort of intimacy sprang up between the widow and her neighbors. Little reciprocal services passed between them; they sometimes made a party of pleasure on the Sunday; so well did they get on, indeed, that one day the elder of the two brothers said to the other: "That child would want a father badly." <*That is my opinion also." "Would you have any objection to my asking the mother to marry me?" "Why should I? In fact, I was ^hinkdoing the same myself; but since have spoken first, follow the notion up?but on the condition that you trill let me see little Lillie as often as 1 like. I love that child as much as if ehe were my own." "Forsooth! You will live with us." The question agreed upon, me iwu brothers, dressed in their best, went to call on Mme. Etienne, whom, however, they found confined to bed. The evening before she had walked very rapIdly, in order to take some work back to the shop in time; on returning, she lad caught a chill, passed a'feverish night, and was not able to rise in the morning. She begged her neighbors to go for a. doctor; it was no time to speak of marriage. Inflammation of the lungs carried sway the poor woman in ten days. Thanks to the two brothers, she had not to go to the hospital; and until the last she was able to see her little Lillie, whom she earnestly recommended to them. They swore never to abandon .the child. The funeral over, they took charge. of the littie or.e, kissing her. They said to one another, at the same time: "If you wish, we will never get marTied now." They went to live at Vincennes, so that Li Hie might have plenty of good air and take walks in the wood. They were very proud of their adopted daughter. When people stopped to look at them, and asked in a casual way which of them was her father, they replied: "Both of us." Lillie seemed to like one as well as the other, and called them Uncle John and Uncle James. When she grow a little older they put "her to school?to a young ladies' actcol, be it understood?taking her there every morning and calling for "her in the evening; so Lillie grew up between these two affections without ever feeling the want of father or mother. She cost the brothers a great deal of money; but, bah! they went no longer to the cafe, and worked a little more than formerly. These supplementary lours were devoted to the pleasure and a f mndAmAtaolla (OUCi t'l uinuvuiviaoiiwt ^ ffcwhcn she was fifteen years of age S* was the first to suggest that she sfcfould stay at home for the future, at which, of course, the brothers were ?nchantt"J. What a charming little housekeeper they had then, and with Twhat joy ul tenderness she greeted their ret in every evening! To saythat the ; poiled child never abused their goodness would be saying too much; but at ic.ist she seized every ttvaiiablo c. portunity of pleasing them. Two yean passed over so quickly for .all of then, that on the day the two men fcioujht a cake aad bouquet toj celebrate Mine s birthday, they exclaimed: "Seventeen years old! Is it possible?" But. yes, it was possible. And James and John thousht so much about it that it made them anxious and unhappy. It was the younger who said one evening to the other: "Do you know that Lillie is getting more beautiful every day?" "Eh! Yes, I know it well. And others know it, too. There must ha a good many admirers prowling about here after her." "And it i3 certain one of them will take her away from us before very long." "Poor little thing!" "Yes, if she were to get a bad husband." "Oh, I should kill any man who would treat her badly." "There is only one way of escaping that." "Ah!" said the elder brother, without making any addition to the exclamation. "And then." continued the other, "think how sad it would be for us to part from Lillie. Never again to see her trotting about the house, never to hear her mery voice sin^ng after we return from work of an evening." "I have been thinking of all that for a long time, my dear John." "It must be put an end to." "And your plan?" "It is very simple, if it pleasts you. I shall marry her before she gets fond of any one else." "Zounds!" The elder brother stood up, almost threateningly. "Well, v/hat is the matter?" "I also have thought of that plan. I was often going to speak about it, but always held back." "Why?" "Because I wanted to marry Lillio myself." The two brothers looked at each other far from amiably;' then the younger said: "Thi9 is the same as with the mother formerly. Do you remember. James? I gave her up to you. It is your turn, now, to give Lillie up to me. You are three years older than I." "Which, nevertheless, does not make you very young." A song was heard ascending from below stairs. Lillie was coming back from her daily shopping. "Listen," said John, rapidly. "The child who has made our happiness up to this must not be a cause of disunion between us. Let her choose which one she likes best." "All right," said the other, "that is quite fair. Lillie entered, took the two men by the neck, kissed them, and, drawing a chair between them, said: "I wish to speak to you seriously." The face of the young girl looked quite joyous . . i ? <--1 I "1 WISH 10 get marneu. "John and I were just speaking about it." "But you have not found me a husbaid." "As a matter of fact, we have. You love us very much, you say?" "Like father and mother at once." "That is why we wish to propose to you to choose between us." "Why choose?" "Which of us you will marry." The young girl burst into a fit of laughter so joyous, so prolonged, that the two brothers remained quite dumfcunded. Then brushing the tears from her eyeiasnes: "No nonsense, my uncles. I said I wanted to speak to you seriously. You mustn't joke. I have a sweetheart." Neither replied. "Now, you must not be angry, I am so fond of him; and he is coming tomorrow to see you." "Like that?all at once! And us, Li Hie?" "You will always be my two fathers." ?New York Weekly. Exercise anil Electricity. A company of Wisconsin lins conceived the happy idea of combining an ordinary home exerciser with au electric machine, so that the stimlntiug effect of electricity is obtained in combination with the muscular exercise. In appearance the machine resembles the ordinary exeVciser with elas tic cords passing over pulleys. But the cords serve as conductor, nud the handles as electrodes. Somewhat below the middle of the board on which the pulleys are fastened, a cell is placed, and wired to an induction coil secured to the upper part of the board. The induced current is conducted through the elastic cords, to the handles. and back again. A metallic foot plate, furnished with the apparatus, can be placed in the circuit, so that the current may be passed completely through the body, if desired. Women Live Longer Than Men. Statistics of the various countries are remarkable on this point. In Germany only 113 out of 1000 males reach the age of fifty, while more than 500 of 1000 females reach that age. In the United Mates there are 25S3 female to 15W male een tenon Inns In France of ten centenarians seven are women and only three men. In the rest of Europe of twenty-one centenarians sixteen are women. 1 t SENATOR DAVIS DEAD The End Came Peacefully Tuesday Minrht o ?. WAS A PROMINENT STATESMAN. /1e Was Unconscious For Several Days?His Life And Important Pjb' lie Services. St. Paul, Special.?United States Senator Coshman Kellogg Davis, chairman of the committee on foreign relations of the Senate, died at his home In this city at S: 4S o'clock Tuesday evening, after an illness of two months.. He had suffered greatly during his sickness and gradually sank away, being unconscious for several hours before death and so far as known, suffering no pain. Monday, realizing the approach of the end, Mrs. Davis sent for the venerable T. H. M. Villiers Appleby, arcii-deacon of the Protestant Episccpal dioces of Minne t>ucu, auu i\ev. i uwuure ceugwicic, rector of the Church of St.* John the Evangel. An attempt had been made to secure tho attendance of Bishop Whipple, but that venerable prelate was ia Florida. Upon the arrival of Arch-Deacon Appleby and Mr. Sedgwick. Senator Davis was for a time sufficiently rational to discuss hlu grateful appreciation of their minis-" trations. Since November 18 the Senator has been subject to delirious spells. In his delirium he raved of his congressional work. He would declare in vigorous phrases fragments of the nation s foreign policy. There was of course no coherance?a sentence about the Philippines. would be followed by a comment upon tbe Monroe doctrine, or a suggestion of an impending war with Spain. But always, in his diseased mind, his patriotic and official duties were with him. Seaboard Agent Short. Atlanta, Ga,, Special.?A'special to The Journal from Portsmouth, Va., says: "Vice President E. St. John, of the Seaboard Air Line, states that E. D. Lukenbill, former agent of the Seaboard at Fernandina, Fla., was short in his accounts $50,000." The Journal says: "The news sent out over the Associated Press wires from New York Monday night to the effect that a clerk of the Seaboird Air Line had been arrested at Fernandina, Fla., for the embezzlement of a large sum of moner, was confirmed in Atlanta by an official of the road. The officer stated that the agsot had been arrested at Fernandina three weeks ago, but that the matter had been kept a secret. He refused to give the name of the agent. but stated that be bad been in jail since his arrest. The official did not state what the amount o 1 the sum was but ecknowledged that it was large.'' A special from Fernandina, Fla,, says: "E. D. Lukenbill, who resigned the position of agent here of the Seaboard Air Line, some days ago, is believed by railroad people to be short in ht3 accounts with the road. Experts are checking over his books. Railroad officials say they have not the least idea of the amount short. Lukenb. anu his friends say they will make terms with the railroad when it ii ascertained what amount is short." The Nevada Christened. Hath. Mc.. Special.?The United States monitor Nevada, in tonnage the largest government vessel ever built by the Bath lion >.ori\S, was launched Saturday. The vessel was released and started down the ways in a novel manner by Miss Annie C. Boutelie, youngest daughter of Congressman Charles A. Boutene, who christened her. The hull, held in place till the last momen by a carelui adjustment of the snoring and strong cable, was set free by severing the rope at the proper moment. Miss Boutelie used a silver hatchet providrwl K?? V* hni lHo rc A a fVi a rvanrvi.or CU uy titc UUUUCIO. .-1^7 Uiu iiiUliiVWi started down the ways Miss Boutelle dashed a bottle of American champagne across the bow and christened the vessel Nevada. The Relief Fund. Austin, Tex., Special.?Information reached Governor Sayers from Brazoria and Galveston counties, that there was much comphint of the way in which the flood sufferers' fund was b:ing handled by the various committees. It is said that some sections have not received any relief. Governor Sayers g .ve notice that he would not allow any of the di.-tric s any more mouiy oat of the fund now in bis hand3 until further and accurate report has been male to him by all the relief committees. Secretary Roo; Returns. Washington, D. 0., Sp?cial.?Secretary Root returned from Cuba at 1:50 Tuesday. He had expected to reach Washington in time for the cabinet meeting, but a landslide on the raiiway eouth of Washington delayed the train fi-.e bouts. Mr. Root said his trip to Cul-a had been quite satisfactory. He, bad confined bis i isoc.t.oa to the east end of the island, where ho aaid affairs were in \ery fa\orable shape.- His aunual report, Mr. Root sa;d. would be reaxly for the President about the timo Congress met. A / SHERIFF REPORTS. H:c Sheriff of' Williamsburg County Explains Escape of Prisoner. The sheriff of Williamsburg couiry has at last been heard from officially about the escape of the negro rapist. The following letter from the sheriff reached the governor Saturday evening: King3tree, S. C., Nov. 28. 1900. Governor M. B. McSweeney. Columbia, S. C. near sir: rours or -.' iin, uswing way f did not at once report the escape on Nov. 5th of Mason Lesesne, ha3 ju?t been received, and in reply I desire to say that at the time I did not think it neeersary to report or ask that a reward be offered, as everything was being done that could be for his recapture. I had a posse out in every direction. the rocds and bridges guarded;im mediately wired Greenville (his home), Palters and Lane, the railroad stations below KingPtree, Cades and Lake City ihe s ationr above, and Sumter,, his old home. I at once wired Capt. Wheeler, with chaingang. to bring dog (we only have one), also to the sheriff ' of Florence county, for their dogs (but I did not get them). I felt confident that we would get , him that night or next day. Thought ( he would 011 account of his youth surely return home or to that neighborhood ' at least. 1 kept up the search and a ' vigilant lookout for several days. I took L sesne out of jail that night ; about 8 o'clock after putting a pair of | handcuffs on him; did not bind his legs as I intended taking him a round about way across the fields, ditches, etc., to or I near the depot and secret him there ] until arrival of down tiain to Lanes, i I did not use or exercise the precau- | lions I would have done had he been a man. He was a mere boy 14 or 15 years old. said be was 14: weighed rbout 30 or 100 pounds. When I got < him down to a little culvert on rail- < read just above jail he made his escape , Could of course gotten help to take him to depot but did not wish to at- . tract attention if possible. After his escape I immediately went to the jail ' and gave alarm and apprised others of ! (he facts, and immediately began the | search, with results as stated. In conclusion will say that I had no desire for his escape or the remotest idea that he would. Neither did any lynching party take him from me. Respectfully youJ. D. DANIEL, Sheriff Wili.^Luwjurg County. Townships In Trouble. Edgefield Special.?The taxpayers of Wise and Fickens townships and the citizens of Edgefield village are Ju:t now very much exercised over the payment of the bonds issued by Wise and Pickens townships to build a railroad through them. The bonds, now amounting to about $65,000, were issued and sold hut no railroad was built through them. When the first installment of bonds became clue, amounting now about $40,000, payment was refused. The bondholders filed suit in the United States court and payment fought on various grounds, but the court decreed that they must be paid, and the county auditor was ordered to levy a sufficient tax thte fall to pay the $40,000 at once. The auditor has not nrde the levy, ana nonce nas Deen givsu j tbat s eps in law will be taken to com- ? pel him to make the levy. To collect that amount at our levy would amount to about 6 per cent of the taxable property of the two townships and it would virtually amount to confiscation in a number of instances. Tue taxpayers can net stand it. Various plans to arrange the matter are being suggested. It hrs b:en determined, it seems, to call a meriting of the taxpayers of those townships at an early day to discuss the situation and to arrange some plan to pay off or satisfy the bondholder;. The most feasible plan proposed is to issue new 6 per cent, bonds, sell thrm and pay off the old bonds. It is further suggested that the new bonds 1 J " "" rof ;ro o ue IS&Uttl 111 9UCU DUapc <*3 iu ivwtw ? ^ certain number of them, each year, say F from ten to fift:eu years. Killed in a Wreck. Blshopville, Special?Qu'te a se dors wreck occurred on this branch of the f Atlantic Coast Line one m le north of 0 Whacky at 4 o'clock Saturday after- ^ noon, in which one negro brakeman, t Gus 9irgle;on, was killed and two oth- \ er brakemen injured, one having his v leg broken. Some of the passengers ' were b'uls d and jortlcd up conaidera- ? bly, but not much injured. The cause ^ of the derailing of nine box cars and p coach was supposed to have been a o broken rail. The engine and two box 1" car.3 passed over safely. The engineer ^ fireman and conductor escaped unia- d I Jured. Te cgraphlc Briefs, * Ice s packing the Neva at St. Pe 1 tersburg, and navigation of that river ? Is closed. y Baku Is crowded with agnnt3 of Rus- t -inn and -fo-o'gn capitalists, who are c .oe-king oil lands. o Numerous cases of poisoning and one death from bear are reported at J" Manchester, England. t V Ca *\ ? DEATH OF A <i!)33 MAN. Rev. E. A. Wlngard, of Columbia,Dle4 Monday. Columbia. Special.?Thp Rev. Emaauel A. Wingard, D. D., pastor of St, Paul's Lutheran church, died Monday morning at 4.4C o'clock at his home on the corner of Bull and Blanding streets His death was like the fading of a beautiful, fragrant flower. For months Ue has been in failing health, and the rapid approach of death was unmistakable. Dr. Wingard veritably "died in harness." Several months ago while in the pulpit expounding the word to his beloved congregation of St. Paul's, his tongue was palsied. Since this first stroke of paralysis he has not entered the pulpit, although his physical condition improved until he was prostrated by a second and more severe stroke about a month ago. As long as he was able he used the pen, although he could not tell with his lip3 the story he loved 50 well. For several days loved ones havo watehel him tenderly, for it was realized that dissolution was at hand, and Sunday afternoon his condition became jxtremely critical. The flckering spark. 3f vitality went out Just before daybreak, and a soul of purity went to meet its prue God. There have been many expressions of jorrow and many manifestations of the love which was sustained toward him jy many in Columbia. For Dr. "Win ?aru was not merely a part or or. Paul's chureh, he was not merely of Columbia, or of the State. He was a patriot of the noblest type, a Christian :-f the broadest mould. His teachings were not confined to the walls of h s consecrated church, but by his example iid he teach, and with his pen did he snlighten and enoble. Not since the days of Father Ryan laG the church given to the literature jf the South such beautiful verses as those which came from the Inspired pen of Dr. Wingard. In many homts in Columbia will be found little red volumes bearing the legend "Echoes and Other Poems." rhis L: a compilation of some of his verse. At the age oM4 he displayed evidences of genius, and in his 'Echoes" will be found sentiments showing the versatility of the man. rhere are some selections tender and >thers martial, some soothing and oth ;rs stern, but in every poem he wrote here is a note of reverence for thing9 grander than even his lofty imaginaion could conceive. His picture of domestic felicity la jeautiful: his love of country was jrand; his devotion to the Confederacy vas Inspiring and his oonsecration to lis Master's cause was sublime. HIS LIFE. He was born July 29. 1849, near 'latt's Springs, Lexington county, his 'ather being Mr. E. A. Wingard.?who vas a prosperous farmer. Of that fami? ?~ ?i.. l j uue uuijr i cmaiua, a otaici iu tVingard, who is Mrs. Vara, of Col'.oon county. Dr. Wingard grew up on he farm as a boy, and enterel Newjerry College, which was then in Wallalla, in 1868. He graluated with high lonors in 1872. After his graduation, le entered the Lutheran theological leminary at Salem, Va. Having been ordained as a minister, ;e accepted a call to Charlotte, and renainel ^vere Ave or six years. He was :ompel/d to give up his charge on acount of ill health, and he went to Coleton county to live. He preachel at he church at Early Branch, in Besuort county, and at the same time aught school. Then ho was pastor of he Mt. Plensmt rd St. Nicholas nurcnes, in uarnweu county, tor sc?ral years. When St. Paul's church was organzed there in 1857. he was invited to ake cvharge and h^ has remained pasor ever since. In 187f> he married Miss Virginia >Torrls KIser, of Salem, Va. She with ive children survives him?Mr. Albert Vingard, now studying pharmacy In he South Carolina Medical College at Charleston; Miss Hannah, who is eaching in Barnwell, and Misses Mar7, Cmma and Irene, who are here. flob Law Denounced. Coloradoo Springs, Col., Special.? i. mass meeting was held in the chapel if Colorado Sunday evening to voice he sentiments of the Limon lynching. ?he building was packed and resoluions denouncing mob law and a re erslon to the days of barbarism rere passed unanimously. The resoutions closed with the following apeal to the people of the United States: We protest to o:f counrymen broughout the lard th it as 1 iw.blrling eople we share with them the hazards f mob ebullition in revolt at namelets errors and c'alm with them to be udgEd not by flagrant exceptions but y the steady peace and order of our ally life-" Revision of the Cre'd. Pittsburg, Special.?W. R. Crabbe, be member of the revision committee T the Presbyterian General As-embly, ays that all of the Presnyterifs have oted on the question of revision of he creed, re?ulting in revisionists souring 72 per cent, of the votes cast, f the 1.007,698 members of the Ihurcft, 69S,25> voted. The Presbyteies voting in favor of rovision num? er 126, those agaiDst a change 46.