Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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. I BILL ARP. ] \ "Timeo Danaos dora ferentes." I That's what the Romans said when the Grecians brought them presents. "Beware of the Greeks when they come with gifts." I suspected Mark Ilanna when be introduced that bill. Me is a Greek and he is from Ohio. Beware! tnu ne maae a baa break. tie was trying to got ahead of Teddy, and failed. Bring in another horse. Mark. We were willing for your folks to pension our old darkies, but your bill would have salivated half the population, and included the 30,000 you stole from us before the war. Our old negroes are the best we have got. They are still humble and trusty. My wife bought three shuck foot mats from one yesterday and got another to put a split bottom in a cjiair. We would rejoice to see these old negroes handle some pension money. An old woman got $24 yesterday for her hus band's service, and I a6ked her what he done, and she said he kept the offi* cers of his company in chickens all the way from Chattanooga to Savannah. Our old cook. Aunt Ann. said the colored people were powerful fond of chicken, too, and if her old man could not get a chicken any othay way, he WQ?ld go to town and buy one. But it locks now like Teddy's hand has busted on the race problem. He can't solve it. The north is worse puzzled over it than ever, and Secretary Root has spoken out in meeting and says that social equality and office noiamg nas to De aoanuonea. oisnop j Turner declare; that the whole protein is in a more unsettled condition than it has been in thirty years and l'Bey must be sent back to Africa. That is all right, but we want those who brought them here to be made to take them back. Confiscate Fanjieil Hall and sell it out for enough money to build one ship, and name it the "Jolly Bachelor," which was the first slave ship that brought them here. Load it down with a cargo of bucks and buckesses under thirty years of age. When Turner begins to ship 'em from this part of the country we want to pick 'em. There are about fifty trilling vagabonds hanging around this town and we can't kill 'em off with smallpox or anything ?lse. Two of our doctors went to the nigger school to vaccinate 'em and took the police and locked tne aoors, dui me coons an jumped out of the windows and some ran under the house and some rhn home and some hid in a hollow log or behind fences and the doctor did not get half of them. But we are getting along fairly well with our negroes, our household servants, the cooK and washer women and their children. They were all brought up here and vaccinated. Negroes in daily contact with their white employees give no trouble. They are respectful and Industrious. They do not want to go to Africa and they are not going. It is this restless floating population that we want to get rid of. There are young white men uot much better, and the Philippines just suits them exactly. But I am easy now, getting betterexcept on rainy days when the east wind prevails?the same old east wind that one of Job's friends complained about when he said, "Should a wise man fill his belly with the east v.'inu T am cettine stronger in my under- I pir>6. Not long ago they were swollen - so badly that away in the dead hours of the night, while I was noddng in y chair, I got up to see what time It was; I lost my perpendicular and my legs gave way and I fell in the fire with the chair on top of me. My wife heard the racket and jumped from her bed and pulled me out. I did not get burned, but bruised up my shoulder where I struck the grate. And last night while I was suffering in the abdominal regions she got a hot water bag and placed it where It could do most good and I went off to sleep and slept the sleep of the Just until breakfast time, when all oT a sudden the bag burst and the hot water scalded me amazing before I could wake up. I halloed for help and broke up the m-eakfast, for they all came running and had to strip off my garments and cnange me sneeis ana everyiuins, buu had liked to have skinned me as clean as a hog, for the water was still as hot as Are. And so between fire and hot water I consider myself an injured person, but my wife thinks the scalding did me good and increased the alacrity of my movements. But I am still calm and serene again and enjoying the good reading sent me by my good friends. Or. J. Win Jones and T-. K. Oglesby. Both books are masterly vindications of the Soufh and between these two men I fee! like I am poised between the pillars of Hercules. Every truth is double plated aad every i, rivet clinched. Then there is my good old friend, Dr. Ward, of Winona, Miss., who stands in the breach and defends us from all assaults. We have not had since the war so much good Southern literature as we have now. There are George C. Smith and Dr. Massey and Jim Calloway and Wallace Putnam fteld, who are full of memories of the good old times and the good old people. How sweetly did Dr. Massey's sketch of Judge William C. Bowson carry me back to my college days when his boys, Oscar and Edgar, were my ^niior,<> motoc nnrl thp ?*nn!H old men VUllCgV UiUVVO v?w o used to come to Athens to see them and fondle over them and used to talk to U9 in our Phi Kappa Society and gave us affectionate counsel. These biographical sketches of our noble men * -v are most delightful reading, especially fb those who like myself were the contemporaries of many of them. ?Bill Arp. in Atlanta Constitution. Held in Heavy Bond*. New York, Special.?On an affidavit charging them with grand larceny, the three men who were arrested by central office detectives in raids on socalled "get rich quick concerns" in Nassau street, were held in $1,000 bail in the police court for examination. The men arraigned are Henry Cartwright, William Threadwell and Charles E. Goodrich. The affidavit on which the men were held charges grand larceny on "Information given by several persons who ooiflplained that they were obtaining money fraudulently." THE LEGISLATURE rlouse and Senate Vigorously at the Work Assigned Them. The House and Senate are down at hard work. 39 their time of final adjournment approaches. Much remains to be done. The important legislation, however, is well in hand. ArrUliN l MKiiM 1 Ur LUAM AHI<r.a. The following house bill, introduced by Mr. Au 11 cf Newberry, has passed three readings in the house and two in the senate and is Jilrely to become a law. Its purpose is to relieve the governor of the responsibility of the appointment of State constables and devolving the duty upon a chjef of State constables to be appointed by the governor. The bill provides: "The governor shall have authority to appoint one chief State constable, who shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor at a salary of Jl,500 a year and such expenses as the governor may deem proper when 3aid chief constable is on duty away from his office. The State board of directors of the dispensary shall provide an office at the State dispensary for the said chief State constable. The said chief State constable, with the advice of the governor, may appoint one or more State constables at a salary of not more than two dollars per day, and such expenses as the chief State constable may deem proper when on duty, and seven assistant chief constablie3 at not more than three dollars each per day and such expenses as the chief State constable mav deem tironer. and also one or more detectives at reasonable compensation. All accounts for per diem and expenses allowed by the chief constable shall be approved by the governor before payment. These officers shall be charged with the enforcement of the dispensary law, their salary and expenses as herein provided to be paid from the dispensary fund in the same manner as the salary of the State commissioners. The chief State constable shall give bond in the sum of $1,000, and the assistant chief constable and constables shall give bond in the sum of $500 each before entering upon the duties of their office, with surety or sureties to be approved by the, attorney general, conditioned for the faithful performance of the breach of said bond, suit may be brought thereon by any person aggrieved thereby, either in the county where any of the obligors reside or in any county where said breach may have occurred: Provided, That the governor shall report the appointment of said chief State constable and all appointments of assistant chief constables made by the chief State constable, to the general assembly at the next ensuing session, giving the date and term of service thereof. DELAYED TRAINS. Anoth.er house bill introduced by Mr. I Debruh of Abbeville, which has almost become a law is of interest to the trav- J eling public. The bill provides: "Whenever any passenger train on any railroad in this State shall be more than one-half of one hour behind its schedule time, it shall be the duty of such railroad company to keep posted at every telegraph station along its I line the time such train is behind its 1 schedule, and shall change such bulletin every half hour until such train arrives, stating therein the time which such train is behind and the hour at which it is expected to arrive: Provided. That such bulletins shall not be required to be posted at any station until one half hour before the regular schedule time at which such train is to arrive at the station at which such bulletin is required to be kept. "Any railroad company which shall refuse or neglect to ^mply with the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay the sum cf $20 for each and every such refusal cr neglect: said sum to be sued fcr by the person aggrieved in the county in which such refusal or neglect occurs, one half of which supi shall be turned over to the county treasurer for ordinary county purposes and the other half retained by the person so aggrieved." That Shad Bill. The "shad" bill created a great Btii in the house Saturday. The opponents of the bill made a plucky fight and after filibustering for three hours gave up a fight which is remarkable for the fact that it kept the house in session two hours after the time for adjournment. The house passed the bill introduced by Mr. Gause of Florence. The bill makes it a misdemeanor to ship shad beyond the limits of the State and a misdemeanor for a railroad to handle such shipments. This fight has been coming up every year, and Mr. Gause himself took part in a hot fight over it two years ago. John Bolts, the colored member from Georgetown, and Citizen Josh Ashley also engaged in a memorable colloquy over such a bill. The fight has always been directed against Georgetown. rr?*-- Vin hAAan CVirlotr I ne UgUl UIl IUIO U1II Ucgau 1 11U>; and the debate was adjourned. When the matter was taken up yesterday after the calendar had been cleared of uncontested matters, the motion to continue the bit! was lost by a vote of 54 to 30. This vote showed two things that there was but a small attendance, 63 being a quorum, and that the opponents of the bill were in the minority. Mr. Bass of Williamsburg, then made a clear, direct statement in regard to the attitude of Georgetown. He described the geographical location of that city and declared that the Winyah bay fishermen fix their nets in such a way that the fish cannot come up into the fre3h water streams to spawn, ine shad industry is monopolized in Georgetown to the injury of the people of the interior who cannot catch the fish and must pay a good price for the fish as there are such heavy shipments to the north. Mr. Pyatt and Mr. Doar of George town, derided the idea of the fishermen stopping the mouth of a bay two miles wide. They argued that this was a drastic measure which would deprive many poor people of an honest living anA would not help the interior of the State. The minority then began some skillful filibustering, endeavoring to keep the house frbm coming to a tote. The bill had been taken up at 1 o'clock, and | at 2 o'clock, the regular hour for adV i * * r ' ; Journment. Mr. Doar had the floor. Many efforts were made to cut him off the floor, but for two hours he kept the floor speaking, reading from paper?. answering questions and fighting against time. Finally the chair ruled that a motfon to recede from business could take a speaker from the floor, and seeing that the advocates of the bill would hang on until midnight I without dinner, the Georgetown delegation gave up the fight against unequal numbers. The minority was able to sustain the fight for three hours only with the assistance of Mr. T. Y. Williama, who is without a superior in the house as a parliamentary tactician. All the Protocols Signed. Washington. Special. ? Minister Bowen, Venezuela's representative in the peace negotiations at Washington, signed with each of the allies' representatives here, a protocol providing for the immediate raising of the blockade and for the reference of the question of preferential treatment of the claim of the allies against the Venezuelan government to The Hague. The final formalities occurred at the British embassy. At 11:20 Friday night Mr. Herbert, the first secretary to the embassy. announced bo the Associated Press that the British protocol had just been signed. All the protocols were signed at 11:50. ???????? Baptist flSssionary Conference. Macon, Ga.. Special.?The Baptist Missionary Conference and School of Methods will meet in this city on the i 17th of February, and will continue through the 22nd. Several preachers and speakers of national reputation will deliver addresses during the conference. Among these will be Dr. John R. Sampev. of Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Wm. E. Hatcher, of Richmond. Va.; J. M. Frost, of Nashville, Tenn.: Dr. W. W\ Labdrum. of Atlanta, and Rev. B. YV. Spillman, of Nashville. A Great Flood. Mobile. Special.?The river steamer Mary arrived from Selma. Ala., and reports that water in the lower Alabama river is higher than ever before known. All the lowland back to the hill country is under water from Choctaw BlufJ to River Junction, a distance of 120 miles. The people expect floods at his season, but the rise is unprecedented and the water i3 still rising. A great many cattle are drowned and much timber prepared for rafting has been lost. j Georgia Doctor Shot Dead. Washington, Ga.. Special.?Dr. J. L. I Tharp, a physician of this place, was | shot and instantly killed here Thurs| day. Frank Rucker, who claims that Tharp had insulted his wife, was? arrested. charged with having committed the crime. The shooting occurred in the public road in front of Rueker's house. It is not known whether any words passed between the two men. Rucker fired one shot, the bullet taking effect , in Dr. Tharp's breast and causing instant death. NEWSY GLEAN1NCS. Ottawa (Can.) civil servants want an increase in pay. Not a single life was lost on British railways in the year 1901. Surveys have lxven made of 153 Scottish locks during the last seven months. China has announced the intention 10 assume. control 01 me cuiuijierviui telegraph lines. Nothing is loft of tho nose of the Egyptian Sphinx, thanks largely to the vandalism of tourists. A special commission has been appointed by the Mexican Government I to study the silver question. The United States Government has appropriated $4.7),000 for the purchase of horses for the fiscal year of 1903"- i 1904. The Russian Government has con- , sented to the appointment of foreign consuls at Dainy, its new port in The Vermont Fair and Trotting Association has held an annnni fair and 1 race meeting every September for 1 fifty-six years. Over $18,000,000 a year is appropriated for public schools in New Jersey. There are more than 2000 schools, . with more than 8000 teachers. Cuban soap manufacturers produce 150,000 boxes of soap annually, and pay $15,000 a month in wages. In addition to these 150,000 boxes there are ; imported from 50,000 to 60,000 boxes. i A special committee that has beer investigating the question announcer ( that, should Great Britain become in volved in a European war. bread mu?; be expected to go to a famine price it. Britain. State Labor Co mm is loner Harry F. Black, of New Haven., Conn., h?; erected an imposing monument over 1 the grave of James Armour, a revolu 1 tlonary soldier, who was great uncle of fbe late Philip D. Armour. The Highlanders' Instinct. It is curious to observe how deeply rooted some national characteristic:! 1 are. Lord Lovat's speech at the banquet to the Lovat Scouts, which we report elsewhere, disclosed the fac*. i that the Highlanders' talent for cattle- < lifting, which had free play during i several centuries of border warfare 3 before Chatham invented Highland regiments, is still strong in their descendants. "But now," said Lovat, ' "instead of going to the Lowlands for , their cattle, they went to South Africa ( for them, and he had heard that a gentleman in South Africa had said Ihe Highlanders were the best cattle ' thieves he had ever met." This seems ' to be the point which has most stirred ; the imagination of Lord Lovat in the ( "admirable services," as the king well ; called them in his telegram to the i gathering of thd Highland regiments. % WINDING UP OF CASE. Mr. Bowen Taking The Last Stepj in Venezuelan Controversy. Washington, Special.?Minister Bowen expects to begin immediately the preparations of the protocols with the representatives of the unallied powers for the settlement of the claims of the citizens of these nations who have suffered as a result of the trouble in Venezuela. There are eight of these claimant nations. The drawing up of the protocol with this government will be the first undertaken. Solicitor Penfield. of the State Department, will represent the United States in these negotiations with Mr. Bowen. Work on thia protocol, it is expected, will begin tomorrow and Mr. Bowen's belief is that matters will move forward with greater rapidity than they did with the representatives of the allied governments who were enforcing the blockade against Venezuela. The negotiations with France will follow those with the United States, and so on until the protocols with all the unallied creditor nations are completed. The statement has been made that the allied powers were opposed to preferential treatment to Great Britain, Germany anl Italy, and that in all probability Venezuela, the United States and France will be lined up as representing the eight unallied nations at The Hague, as opposed to the three allies. Mr. Bowen continues to receive congratulatory dispatches from Venezuela on the outcome of his work here. One of those which he prizes most highly is from the citizens of La Guiara, through the prefect which read as follows : "La Guiara?The citizens of La Gttiara through me felicitate you as tlie great and good friend of Venezuela." Various efforts have been made by representatives of big financial houses in this country to sound Mr. Bowen as to his views on the question of financing the debts of Venezuela, which will arise out of the expected adjudication of the claims by the several mixed commissions. Mr. Bowen, however, has informed all those who have spoken to him on the subject that his mission here is entirely a diplomatic one, and that he could not consider the financial features of the matter. POSTMASTER nULLEN IS OUT. Mr. Smith Appointed to Succeed to the Office. Charlotte, N. C.. Special.?Mr. W. N. Mullen was last week removed from the office of postmaster of this city on the third charge. It will be remembered that the first charge against him was for intoxication. Thi^ was settled in a way satisfactory to the department. and Mullen was retained. The second charge was that a shortage of several hundred dollars appeared in his books. This was some weeks ago, but Mullen showed that the shotage was fully covered, and again was retained. Last week, however, the charge was urged that he had failed to weigh second-class matter, and that as a result the government had lost a large sum of postage. Mr. Mullen was then relieved and the question of a successor came up. Mr. Geo. B. Hiss was tendered the position, but declined. Mr. R. W. Smith, was then appointed. Several telegrams were sent to the department and to Senator Prltchard urging the withdrawal of Mr. Smith's name, but this action was not taken, and it is likely that his appointment will be confirmed. Ex-Governor Fishback Dead. Little Rock, Ark., Special.?Former Governor Wm. Fishback died Monday at his home in Fort Smith, of paralysis. He was 72 year sof age. He was widely known as the author of the Fishback amendment, by which the Legislature is forbidden ever to pay certain bonds issued during the reconstruction period. A Special Wrecked. Washington, Special.?It is reported that the Florida Special on the Southern Railway, which leaves here at 9:50 p. m., was wrecked 10 miles south of Alexandria. Va., Saturday night. One - ?J A- 1 I.IIIa/1 DV? man IS saiu iu iio.ve ueeu Jimeu. ru;aicians have been sent out from Alexandria. An arrest has been made on a charge of train-wrecking. New Relief Committee. Mexico City, Special.?A relief committee under the name of "Comite Naclonal," has been organized here, to take the place of the charity commission which has been collecting funds for Mazatlan. President Diaz is honorary president of the committee. The actual president is Minister of Interior Corralli. In view of the controversy that people leaving the city of Mazatlan dodge the sanitary stations, and because of the reported appearance of the plague at a small town near that city, the authorities have decided to make more strict regulations governing emigration from the stricken fort. The Oregon Deadlock. Salem, Ore., Special.?The last week af the legislative assembly will begin jnH frnm nrf?af>r>t InHirntinna thprp will be no election until the last day and perhaps the last hour of the session. No Joint resolution for adjournment has yet been passed, but the Legislature will probably dissolve on Friday ar Saturday. Throughout the enttre Bession State Senator C. W. Fulton Eas been the leading candidate with 34 votes, 45 being necessary for a chaise* 1 f * i TILLMAN ON HABEAS CORPUS I Vigorous Effort Made to Get Hln Out of Jail on Bond. Newberry, S. C., Special?Applica. tions for bail for former Lieutenani 1 Governor James H. Tillman, chargec with the murder of N. G. Gonzales editor of The State, In Columbia, S. C. January 15th, was argued here las week. The hearing was presided over bj Chief Justice Y. J. Pope, who on lasi Saturday granted the hearing to th? defending attorneys of James H. Tillman. The commonwealth of South Carolina was represented by State Attornej General Gunter and Solicitor Thurmond. Tillman was defended by Congressman-elect George W. Croft, his law partner and P. H. Nelson, oi Columbia. Justice Pope signed an order requiring Tillman's counsel to serve copies of affidavits upon the solicitor general, who would reply if desired, and the answers of the state will be served upon the appellants who are also given the right to reply. Monday at noon both sides will be present before Justice Pope in Columbia. and final action will be taken. Tillman and his lawyers are sure of winning the decision on the ground of self defense. The solicitor and his assistant counsel declare they will resist bail to the very last. The hearing of the application for bail began shortly after 2 o'clock. The court room was packed almost to suffocation. There was no demonstration when Tillman entered as the judge had warned everybody to be absolutely qnlet. Tillman appeared calm, then nervous, impatient and angry at the varying stages of the hearing. Col. Nelson, for Mr. Tillman, conducted his case. Affidavits were read alleging Gonzales had sent a message threatening Tillman's life. One affidavit declared it was expected and believed Tillman would be shot by Gonzales whenever the two men met. A lengthy affidavit from Tillman was read in which he swore he had been warned by many that his life was in danger, and that he fired in self defense. His affidavit declared that as Gonzales approached on the fatal day, Gonzales slipped his hand into his overcoat pocket, which Tillman says he thought was a motion to draw a pistol. Not until the shot was fired. Tillman says, he realized Gonzales had not also shot him. When the appellants announced closed the solicitor objected to any furfViA An tkn luci luuiiuuauLC ui cue ucc&i 1115 vu cue ground that affidavits had been sprung on them at the very latest moment, when they had no opportunity to make investigation. Justice Pope ruled after argument from both sides had been made that his order would be to continue the bearing until all affidavits on both sides could be answered. Both sides declined an expression of opinion after the decision had been announced. The details of the tragedy in which Editor Gonzales lost his life are well remembered. Since the day of the shooting, Thursday. January 15, quiet and persistent efforts have been made by Tillman's legal advisers in outlining their plans of defense. TILLMAN REACHES NEWBERRY. Former Lieutenant Governor Jas. H. Tillman arrived at 1 o'clock, accom panled by his brother-in-law, Judge Buchanan, who is his leading counsel. Other members of counsel who accompanied the prisoner were R. H. Nelson, Geo. Rembert and Geo. W. Croft, former congressman, who Is Mr. Tillman's law partner. There was no demonstration at the depot, when the party arrived, as it was supposed they would come via the Southern. Instead, Tillman, an officer, and counsel came over the other route. Tillman was driven immediately to the office of Col. Cole Blease, a member of counsel, where many,of his friends called on him during the short time before the party went to the Crowell hotel to dinner. The officer from Columbia had very little to do, and no one who did not Know would have thought Tillman was under arrest. Mr. Tillman said! "All I ask for is a f^ir trial and I am ready for it." While he was tf.lking to me, one of bis lawyers called him to the window and said: "Jim, there's one of the best friends you have got in the world. He has been praying for your acquittal." "That's a good friend to have." said Tillman, "and his prayer will be answered." Aftr a brief conference with friends in the lawyer's office. Mr. Tillman was taken to the hotel and dinner was served. Live News Items. Dr. J. L. M. Curry, a famous Southern educator and trustee of the Peabody educational fund, died at Asheville, N. C., last Thursday. Dr. Curry was minister to Spain under President Cleveland. The President sent the following nominations to the Senate: United States Attorney of Florida; Marcus C. McLemore, Southern District of Texas. United States marshal, Geo. H. 0. Green, Northern District of Texas. It is not likely that English ocean steamers will soon be built longer than the latest specimens. No ship of more than 730 feet can work in the Liverpool docks, and in the London docks 700 feet is the limit. Termination of the Blockade. Washington, Special.?Official notice of the termination of the blockade of the Venezuelan ports, as conveyed In the original proclamations, has reached the State Department, in the shape of a dispatch received from the United States embassy at London, stating that the British Foreign Office has given it out that a cablegram has been sent this morning to the British naval commander in Venezuelan waters to raise blockade. rzp-r?7~| our. budget . op Humor. . ; 5 ' 1 Recompense. . ffc is*f as smart as a phonograph, He can talk, and sweetly sing and langOf ' Imitate birds, bass drums, trombones, c Alto, soprano and tenor tones. But perhaps his gifts are recompense For the fact that he has no commotf sense. t -New York HeraldV ' Selfish Child: Nice Old Gentleman?"Here! Here! Come out of that!'* The Kid?"I will cot. Go an' git your own mud puddle!"?New York Press. Out of Their Element. "Pretty tiresome, isn't it?" remarked the first man at a reception. "It is so," replied the other. , ' "I'd sneak out if I could, but my wife would get mad. She's a friend of the uosiess. "I'd sneak out,? too, but my wife would be furious. She's the hostess." > ?Philadelphia Press. Here's Hoping. "I played the part of a gage at the fancy dress party last night, and Miss Rlchgirl asked me to advise her." . i "What did you tell her?' "I told her she ought to marry some poor man." "Is she going to?' "I don't know; I haven't asked her yet."?Detroit Free Press. A Sordid Philosophy. "What have you decided to do about the man who publicly accuses you of putting money into politics?" "Nothing," answered Senator Sorg1 hum. "He'll work, out his own retrlbu1 tlon. If he keeps on talking that way ' people with money to spend will keep ^ clear of him, and he'll miss lots of good things."?Washington Star. A Halr-RaUIng Story. ?New York Times. Merely Precautionary. "You succeeded in life in spite of th? fact that you did not give much atten tlon to Siuay aunuj; yuar yuuw. "Yes," answered Mr. Cnmrox. "But that doesn't prove that education isn't a good thing. I was so much afraid that people would make fun of my spelling that I was compelled to bustle acd get rich in self-defense."?Washington Star. * Compromise. "Want the trousers creased?", asked the tailor. "That's the style, isn't it?" "Well, not so much, perhaps, as It used to be. Some oT*my customers won't have it done now at all." "Oh, well, I'm not particular," replied the customer. "Suppose you I crease one or toe legs ana leave tun other baggy."?Chicago Tribune. A Not in Need ol Sympathy. "Do you sympathize with these poor animals who live In captivity at the zoo?" inquired the sympathetic girl. "No," a/iswered the practical young man; "I strongly suspect that those animals are thinking how much better off they are with food and shelter always provided by human beings, in* stead of being compelled to hustle ia the wilderness."?Washington Star A Confusion of Principles. "So you are going back to Europe." it -?? oni/l tt,o mneiflnn "T nm L UUi, DUiU CUV Uiuw.vmw. w?. going back where they love art for art's sake; where low, mercenary considerations do not Infect the atmoaphere of genins." "Then you do not like t^ Americans?" f "Why should I? They refused to pay $5 a seat to hear my concerts."?Wash- | ington Star. * -rf A Friendly Recommendation. "I never yet have had a picture of myself taken that culted me," she complained. "That's too bad," her dearest friend, replied, "I . know of a place where I'm snre yon could get satisfaction. They have such a skillful retoucher. When be gets through with the plate you really won't know yourself."?ChW cago Be cord-Herald.