Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CLmmrnm???? ? immnuwnmmiuiij ; piino raTsO C flinor Events of the Week In a ? * Brief Form. & Wrt?* fi? ** S* fcXXk ft fc* K Stole a Pistol. Walterboro. Special. ? Thursday Daniel Pinckney, a negro boy about 21 years old. was arrested and lodged in jail for entering Mr. T. T. Craven's Kahoc onH ctDolinc a nictnl V nruiug uvuov auu r.v. ?? therefrom. It appears, from the testimony before Magistrate J. E. Bryan this morning in a preliminary hearing. that the negro entered the front door of Mr. Craven's house last Saturday night. As the boy was leaving room he was seen and recognized by Mr. Craven. He was theu chased for some distance by the latter, but succeeded in reaching the swamps. A negro named Archie Terry, who live3 about 200 yards from Mr. Craven, testified that the boy entered his house about 12 o'clock the same night. The prisoner was captured by the magistrate's constable in the lower section of the county, and Mr. Craven's pistol was found in his possession. Magistrate Bryan, after hearing the testimony, sent the prisoner back to jail to await his trial at the November term cf court. Night Clerk Arrested. "* Spartanburg, S. C., Special.?Daniel G Hart, former eight clerk in the local poetofflce, was arrested by Chief of Police Dean, on suspicion of being involved In the robbery of the postoffico. A warrant for his arrest was taken out before Commissioner McGowan, and an investigation was set for 5 o'clovk ,at which Mr. Pulsifer, postofflce inspector, appeared in behalf of f the government, but having arrived only an hour before the preliminary, j atated that he had not had time to se- , ,'ure his witnesses. He therefore moved i for f? continuance, which motion was sustained by the commissioner, and , next Tuesday was the time set for the | hearing. M'nor flentlon. The biggest strike Newark. N. J., has had in almost twenty years began , last week, and extended until at midnight not a street railway wheel was turning, except under such cars as were run out by inspectors and under a heavy police guard. The Newark trolley men declare the strike will be general through Essex. Hudson. Passaic and Union counties before noon to-day. The men have demanded 22 eents an hour, the abolition of the "split runs" system and recognition of the Union. Cardinal Gibbons arrived in Baltimore and wa3 met at the station by an imposing delegation of leading citizens, including representatives of all the leading Catholic societies. Major Robert M. McLane. who was accompanied by the members of the v city council, welcomed the Cardinal home in a few appropriate words. The Cardinal replied briefly, expressing the great pleasure which it gave hira to get back among his home friends. Notwithstanding the strict quaran- I tine which Laredo, Texas, has enforced against Monterey and Neuvo ( 1-Aredo, because yellow fever is known to exist in both cities, two cases have developed here. Little news of a reliable nature can be learned from Monterey, where the authorities declare there is no case of fever. A Munich Journal contends that there is more Danish, Scotch and especially German blood than Norwegian i In Ibsen's veins. His great-grandfather, Peter Ibsen, was a Danish fisherman, who emigrated in 1720 to Bergen, and I there married 'the daughter of a Ger- I man. Peter's grandson. Henrik Peter Isben. married the daughter of a i wealthy German merchant. it is a curious fact that the most i artistic modern houses in England are 1 those of the very wealthy and the very poor, ine ncn. are punaing tneir own; the poor, in a few favored places, are having theirs built for them, and in their different ways they are the nearest approach we have to model homes. Between these extremes comes the great wilful and inartistic middle class, for whom there is being provided on all hands architecture which would be laughable were it not so sad. Chief Justice Sullivan, of the Nebraska Supreme Court, in the statement of his nomination expense, filed the other day in the office of the Secretary of State, tells the story of what it cost to get the notninaion: "Authorized local commitee to call on me, if necessary, for $25 to help defray the expenses of the convention. They have not yet called on me, but I ara apprehensive." It takes little grains of sand to en:+mon Imhlh^ rlrnnQ nf water. The extreme Radicals made unexpected gains at the Servian elections. Arthur R. D. Elliot, who resigned as financial secretary to the British Treasury, says a general election in Great Britain "cannot be distant." As a result or direct negotiations between Bulgaria and Turkey hopes of peace are now entertained at Sofia. 0 M. Labardesque. a duelist, was appointed General-in-Chief by Jacques Lebaudy, "Emperor of Sahara." An observer, writing in the London Times, say Americans now work much harder than 12 years ago. The Germany Army is experimenting with dummy targets which five blank cartridges. Mountain Top Hotel, in Nelson county, was burned PALMETTO CROPS. Summary of Conditions as Given By the Department. The week ending 8 8. m., Monday, September 21st, had a mean temperature of 70 degrees, which is about 5 degree below normal. The night temperatures fell to below 50 degrees in the northwestern counties, during the latter part of the week. There was much cloudiness early in the week, while the closing days were generally clear. The prevailing winds were fresh to brisk easterly. General rains occurred early in the week. They were comparatively light over the western half of the State and heavy to excessive over the eastern half, the amounts ranging from less than one inch in the western to over seven inches in the eastern portion. The average for the State was 2.S6 Inches. The rains relieved the drought, and put the ground in good condition for fall plowing and seeding, and benefitted late corn and cotton somewhat, also peas and sweet potatoes and started new growth of pastures, but interfered with farmwork, particularly haying and rice harvest. Some lowland rice fields were flooded causing considerable damage to rice in stacks. Rice harvest made rapid progress where the fields iibro in flf nn.nditinn Late corn improved slightly after the rains, but the weather was too cool for Its rapid development. Fodder pulling is active in the extreme west. Premature opening of cotton was checked by the rains and cooler weather, but much of the open cotton was stained and some sprouted in the bills. Rust continues to spread in the western counties, aterpillars ahe doing damage over limited localities. Fruiting has practically ceased, and there is poor prospect for a top crop. Sea-sland cotton continues dwarfed, and has blight in spots, and it is fruiting slowly. Cotton picking was delayed oy the rainy weather early in the week, but again became active at the close of the week. In places, in the eastern counties, picking is nearly half finished w !n the western counties it has anly begun. Haying was delayed by the rains and tome Uiow ho-y aa^.agtu. iue nay ciop Is poor in places and very heavy In ather places. Peas have improved. Poor 3tands of turnips have been secured. The weather was ideal for setting 3trawberry plants. It was too cool for fmoV Pome oats, rye and barley have been sown. THE PITTS TRIAL sensational ucrurrcntc cnus > ui* Acquittal of the Accused. The trial of Reuben Pitts, a school teacher, for the killing of Judson Hammett, a pupil, was held in Spartanburg last week. The defendant claimed that the killing was purely accidental, his object in carrying a pistol being only for the purpose of practicing his marksmanship. The defence was ably conducted and the Solicitor did his full duty in the prosecution. After all the evidence was in an able charge, was given and , the jury rendered a verdict of "not guilty." The defendant was then acquitted. He will go into active lige again as bookkeeper for a cotton mill. Want to Be in Florence County. ILe fad for forming new counties 01 being jumped from one to another ha& oot yet ceased to be popular in South Carolina. Several citizens of WllliomoKnrir nniintv nnur nslr the imv_ U0 1UOI/U15 wu-v/ ?W?? WWM ?..V o srnor that certain territory in which they reside be made a part of Florence ccunty. The reason for the chaiife is not given in the petition, but the facts concerning the land are fully stated. The territory in question is nine square miles and "begins at a point one mile south of Anderson's bridge on Lyucfc river, and thence running west Ifcirug* Lake and Lee townships in Williamsburg county to the line separating Williamsburg from Motts township in Florence county." The constitutional requirements for the formation of new counties have been complied with, but there is no voting precinct in the laud lo be changed, -.hough 45 qualifL'l rkctcrs are residents of the territory. The petition urges the change and asks that Luwarus iii' iikiuc me i uuug {iihiuci, In the election for the change. Gov. Heyward will Investigate the matter and if the reasons for the change are good and if the law has been complied with he must order an election. The pftition is signed by about 30 names, In cycler to make the change two-thirds L?f the qualified electors in the tenitory must be in favor of it.?Columbia State. Chargtd With Assault. Winston-Salem, Special. ? William H. Bondurant, a white man. aged 61. was arested here on the charge of attempt to commit a criminal assault upon Miss Lewellyn, a white girl of High Point, aged about 17 years. A riomitv chpriff carried Bondurant tc High Point for a hearing. He claims to be an innocent man. His story is to the effect that his wife is dead; that the girl some time ago cooked at his home for some time, but that the time of the reported assault she was boarding there while her mother was array on a visit. Bondurant admitted that he went through the room where the girl was sleeping one night, but that no attempt was made to assault her. Troubles Adjusted. New Orleans, Special.?The river front labor troubles have again been adjusted to the entire satisfaction of all concerned, the longshoremen having agreed to pay the ecrewmen the amourf, .J260, which they claimed from the agents for work performed by the longshoremen, but which the screwracn contended should have been given them. t A HORRIBLE CRIME Two Men Blown Ip With Dynamite and Robbed. OCCURRED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. The n?n Had Laid a Trap to Git the Large Amount of flcn;y Being Transported. Washington, Ga., Special.?One cf the most fiendish and bloodthirsty murders and robberies in the history of Washington county occurred Friday afternoon on the Middleton road, about 15 miles from her. Samuel T. Ferguson of the Ferguson Construction Company, of Pittsburg, was instantly killed, and his secretary, Charles Martin, of Cincinnati, was fatally injured. The two men were driving along the road in a buggy carrying $5,600 in cash with which to pay ofT some of their men employed on construction work along the line of the Wabash Railroad, when suddenly an explosion of dynamite in the roadway literally tore the rig (o pieces, killed Ferguson outright and threw Martin 200 feet and tearing his left arm almost from the socket. It has been learned that two men supposed to be Poles, placed the dynamite in the road for the purpose of killing Paymaster Ferguson and had arranged to explode it by means of an electric battery. The satchel containing the money is missing. Two suspects are under arrest in the camp of the construction company near the village, but the farmers of the section are scouring the country for traces of the murderers, and believe they have one of them at bay in an aband oned coal mine about a mile and a half northeast of West Middletown. So quickly was everything accomplished that the men who are implicated got away with their booty before they couid be overtaken, although the county authorities believe that if the right men are not those under arrest they will have little difficulty in taking them. Miller Case Considered. Washington. Special.?The executive committee of the American Federation of Labor considered the case of W. A. Miller, the foreman of bookbinders, who was dismissed from the Government Printing Office because he had been expelled from the local Bookbinders' Union, and who was subsequently re-instated by order of President Roosevelt, but took no action. The matter was thoroughly gone into." documents read, and copy of the evidence submitted. Further consideration was deferred until later in the present session. No Hope for Caaal Treaty. Washington. Special. ? Minister Beaupre has abandoned hope of the ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, and cables the State Department. under date of Bogota. September 18th, that the situation is unchanged. The discussion seems hopeless and the congress will probably adjourn October 20th. Hanna Will Abide Decision. Cleveland, 0? Special.?Senator Hanna stated that he would pay no attention to the challenge to debate of the Democratic candidate for United States Senator, John H. Clarke, until he had heard from Chairman Dick, to whom Clarke's challenge has been referred. Fastest .<lile on Record. New York. Special?Prince Alert, the pacing hero of a hundred races, and the champion of a score of halfmile tracks, went against the world's pacing record of 1:59, held by Dan Patch, and beat it most decisively at the Empire City track. Killed Fellcw Prisoner. Durham, Special.?Harry Kelly, white man, G7 years of age, died in the nolice station as a result of in juries he received at the hands of G. J. Armstrong, a young white man. Both of these men were locked up Wednesday afternoon on the charge of drunkenness on the streets. Soon afterwards Armstrong, who is a vicious character, attacked Kelly, and knocked him down several times. In the fall his head came in contact with the steel bars of the cell, and concussion of brain is supposed to have caused death. Troops for Manoeuvre. Chattanooga, Special.?Nine troops of the Seventh Cavalry left Camp Thomas Friday morning for the manoeuvre grounds at West Point, Ky. The troops, which left od a special train, will go via Nashville, thence to Ixniisville. Those leaving were Troups E, F, G and H. Second Squadron; Troops M, D. L and K. Third Squadion. and Troop D. First Squadron. Col. Morton is in command and is on board a nrivate car accompanied by the reg'. mental band. Postoffice Cases. Washington. Special.?The Federal grand jury resumed consideration of the postoffice cases, but a-djourned without reporting any indictments. Chas. J. Bonaparte, special counsel to assist the government in the prosecution of the persons indicted as a result of the postal investigation, had a long conference today with Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. I ^ t . ... .iir. l' PROM.'NEMT PEOPLE.' Senator Tottus of Alabama is now !n his eighty-second year. rresident Loubet of Franco has been a koc:i musician all his life. Fresident Palma at El Cnney spoke of Cuba's obligations to the United Stales. Ambassador Bellamy Storer lias sailed from New York for bis post in Austria.' The Czar of Russia Is said to be very superstitious and to have great conlidancc In relies. Count Tolstoi is obliged to devote half of bis time to answering letters and receiving visitors. lien* Rebel. at the Socialist Congress at Dresden, won a sweeping victory over the revisionists. The Kmperor William was forty-four recently. Birthday celebrations took place in Rerlln attd elsewhere. Mrs. Isabel Recelier Albert, a grandniece of Henry Ward Reeeber. has just made her appearance on the lecture platform. Representative Lnnliani. of Texas, who has been elected Governor of his State, will resign his seal in the House early in January. King Christian has conferred upon the royal servant Hansen the life-saving medal for having rescued Princess Louise of Slniuniburg from drowning recently. The H. O. Ilavemeyer loving cup for the best display of sugar beets before tbe Irrigation Congress at Ogden. Utah, has been won by A. Rhodes, of GaVland, Utah. Since the two young authors. Winston Churchill and Booth Tarkingtou, succeeded in getting into the Legisla-1 turcs of their respective States, New Hampshire and Indiana, little has been heard of tbein. LABOR WORLD. Longshoremen in China ears thirty cents a day. The llational Mine Workers of America now have 320,000 member?. Retail meat cutters are endeavoring te secure shorter hours at Minneapolis, Minn. Korea, the Azores and Portugal are to be drawn upon* for labor in Hawaiian cane fields. Minnesota painters, decorators and paper hangers have formulated plans for a State organization. Humors of further trouble are afloat in connection with the engineering trade in the Clyde <Eng.) district. Chinese barbers work on percentage, the employer receiving seventy per cent, of the earnings and the journey men thiriy. Roofers' and sheet metal worker*' strike at Montreal, Can., lias been settled by the employers agreeing to the new scale of wages. At Minneapolis. Minn., an agreement botwecn the upholsterers' union and the employers has been signed and will become effective November 1. Present indications lead the labor unions of Indianapolis. Ind., to believe that they can begin the erection of a labor temple by January 1. 1904. There is a strong movement throughout Connecticut to have one union of telegraphers which will comprise all the union telegraphers of the State. Street car men at El Paso. Texas, are as well organized as those of any other city in Texas, although their union has only been in existence since last October. Eleven of the twenty-nine master plumbers of Pawtucket. 11. I., have signed an agreement with the journeymen in which wages are raised from $3 to $3.50 a day. The flrRt union oreanlzed in the State of Iowa was formed In 1858. It wns not until 18G5 that the second wus organized. There are now 820 onions, with -1S.400 members. NEWSY CLEANINGS. * About one-tliird of the streets of Paris arc lined with trees. It is reported that all foreigners are to be expelled from Fez, Morocco, Free delivery service has been ordered for Zion City, 111., the home of the Dowie forces. A farmers' trust has been incorporated in Arizona with an authorized capital of $100,000,000. Panama's new Governor declared on i assuming office thnt the interests of the world urgently demand a canal. It has been discovered that a Brooklyn woman, a recluse, buried as a f>auper, had left nearly $0000 to hospitals. The men being divided as to the wisdom of a contest, the strike of trolley men at Seattle, Wash., has been declared off. The first convention of the Society of American Authors will be held next year on the Exposition grounds at St. I.ouis, Mo. The German budget for 1904 allows J.TT.500 for combatting typhus, which is now especially virulent in some parts of the kingdom. A peck of spurious coin, buried evidently by the men who made it, has nnpn rlnt' nn hv men frr.idinf? .*i boule vard just outside of Los Angeles, Cal. A movement inaugurated in London, England, toward starting clubs for working girls has spread to all partsof the kingdom. The most popular fvature of these organizations is the Savings department. For many years the President-of the Danish Lutheran Church in America, the Iiev. II. Hansen, has now gone to 1 Copenhagen to do missionary work against the Mormons. Why He Didn't Call. Henry Taylor Gray of Bradstreet's has just come back from a trip around the world. On the return voyage he fell into conversation with a purseproud New Yorker who had made the tame trip. "I suppose you visited the Pyrenees?" said Mr. Gray in the course of the talk. "No," bluffed the other. "They wanted us to spend a week with them, but the}- got measles in the family at the last moment and had to recall the invitation."?New York Evening World. / f x-r-ft r-1 imiiiMii??? JETT IS :SENTENCED This Is the Second Trial on the Charge of Murder. JURY FINDS THAT HE IS GUILTY. Alotion for New Trial Will Be Filed and an Appeal Taken if Thla Is Overruled. Cynthiana, Ky., Special.?After a trial lasting eight days, the Jury in the case of Curtis Jett, charged with the murder of Town Marshall Thomaj Cockrill, at Jackson, Ky., July 21. 1902, rendered a verdict of guilty, and fixed the punishment at death. When the Jury entered the court room after agreeing to a verdict quiet reigned for a few moments. Jett's mother had gone away earlier under the impression that no verdict would be reached. The reading of the ver diet did not afreet Jett, but his brother was very much distressed. Elijah McKinney served as foreman of the jury and after the delivering of the verdict to the court, the jury was polled The death sentence was then read tc Jett by Clerk T. J. Robinson, afcei which Jett was given over to the cus tody of the deputy sheriffs. Colonel Blanton. Jett's lawyer, will file a motion for a new trial and if the motion is overruled he will appeal the case to the Court of Appeals at Frankfort, Ky. This is the second trial of Curtis Jett on the charge of murder. In the first trial for the muraer oi j. u. i?arcum, Jett and Thomas White were sentenced to life imprisonment. Attorney Blanton stated tonight that he will more for a new trial on Thursday on the ground of the absence of the witnesses, absent counsel and erroneous rulings. Sentence will then be passed on Jett, and hia attorney will be allowed until the Norember term to file his bill of eridence for tbe appeal. Blanton says Jett has authorized him to say that he has nothing to confess, and he will make no confession. The jurors agreed among them elTes not to dirulge the proceedings in the jury room. One juror, however, stated that for four ballots eleven jurors vo'ed for the death penalty, and one fur a life sentence. AH agreed. Farmers In Conference. Niagara Falls. Special.?The Farmers' National Congress assembled here Tuesday in Its twenty-third annual session, being called to order by President George L. Flanders, of Albany. Governor Odell delivered an address of welcome, in which he made a plea for good citizenship, saying: "One of the first duties of our country is to fight ceaselessly and energet ically against all classes who dery jaw and whose principles are menace to society. We do find euch people all over the country. The farmer, the mechanic and the professional man are responsible for such conditions, when they exist, if they have made no effort to place within the reach of all these penury-stricken people?these dwarfed intellectualities?that which is the basis and foundation of contentment, that is decent homes, fair remuneration and hours of toil that will permit of social and intellectual enjoyment." Mayor Hancock responded for the city, and Harnie Jordan, of Georgia, for the farmers. Odd Fallows Elect Officer. Baltimore, Special.?The Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows unanimously elected Gen. M. A. Raney, of Marengo, Iowa, commandirg general of the Patriarchs Militant fo;- a term of four years. General Raney was appointed commander to the military branch of the order last ; year, and his election was received with cheers. This evening there was a reunion of past grand representatives at Masonic Temple. A dress parade was ' given by tbe Patriarchs Militant at the { Fifth Regiment armory in which all Lhe visiting and local cantons participated. Shall It Be Peace or War? Sofia, Special.?Within 48 hours the question of peace or war will probat.iy be s. ttled. according to a .:! rua?lve opinions here. Premier Petroff Lad an interview with Ali Feruh Bey, it which the whole situation in Macedonia was discussed. As a result of this conference, a much better reeling prevails, and confident hopes a.* cxprfnsfo that a satisfactory adjustment will be reached. This view is s-rengtLeced by. a report from Constantinople to tbe effect that the council of ministers after some Ja>s' dlucussion is within measurable distan-e of nil agi cement on the chief points of t!;e Issue. Will Play Ball. , Lexington, Ky., Special.?For the first time in its history the students of ' the Kentucky University Bible Col lege will be allowed to play football this year. President McGarvey has al- ! ways declined to permit his rnatricula- ' tes to play, but such pressure was brought to bear on him by the University proprietor tha< he announced in chapel that the students might play. Superintendents to fleet. ' Atlanta, Special.?State Superinten- ' dent of Education W. B. Merritt has announced that a meeting of the State Superintendents of the Southern States would be held in this city October C. , The meeting will be for the purpos* < of discussing Southern educational I I matters. The sesaions will last two i days. 1 " . V*;?V . | ' Our. Bu?oky of Humor. \ Clothe* and the Man. No matter how a man may dress, 'Tis not his clothes that make him; Indeed, the swells themselves confess More often 'tis they break him. ?Syracuse Herald. Called Down. "Yes," lie said, ' I live in tlie top flat. i-nn i a nut tint.* Wilt draft . r ** ?* iu. "Drop in!" repeated tlie ether. "Do you think i'n> coining in an air ship?" ?Chicago Pos.. Expreulve Face. He?"That bol. terrier o. yonrs has a speaking councenace, hasn t be?" , ;j She?"Do yoe think so?" He?"Yes, it says to 111.- plainly as words could, 'beware of thu dog!'"?> Kansas Cit\ Journal. The Fact* in the Case. Uncle John? Which is right, WHlIe; 'I have bad ir.y toots blacked,' er *1 have had my hccts blackened;' " Willie?"I guess neither ain't right. Unci* John. Yon should say, "My j boots need b':?ckiug."?B:stou Transcript. "Where She Min?e<l It. Tess?"Poor tlay! Jack Mistry asked ber if she would care to be satistied with love in a i ottage with blm." -i Jess?"And she refused him;"' Tess?"Yes, and the next day she discovered tb; cottage was st New- . port."?Philadelphia Press Quite Too Literal. a Totr?"I had ray fortune told tb* ?* ">- " oml mv flnn,M hrnl'A off the UUICl U?J auu Ui^ uumvvv ? -? ? engagement." Jack?"Why is she a believer in such nonsense?'' Tom?"Nonsense nothing! It was told her by a mercantile agency."? Chicago Daily .News. To* Vutldloaf, I ' ..J "Wots de matter wid Hungry Hi^> ?1UB wn . "Aw, he's gUlin' too swell fer di* , business! Won't sleep ir. nothin' but flower beds."?Ally Slope;-. Especially Poor Circumstances. "Only a silver watch." said the pawnbroker. "The last time 1 advance* yon money ou ..our watch it bad a solid gold <*ase." . ? "Yes,"' replied Hnrd-uppe. "but?er? -' * circumstances alter cases you know.** ?Public Ledgiv. Woman and the Ballot. He?"And so you' think tha- if womea had ihe,ballot they would bare minds of their own and be ab!e to give logical reasdns for their beliefs?" She (decisively) ? "I know they would " He?"But how do you know it?" Shr?"Why, because."?Kansas City Journal. " < .Supplementary. He?"There's something ? want yoa to make for ray birthday present." eti UTI7K., MAa/1r nirt/fn VAlt* ?311'.?"1 1 y\ Ii.V | 1 > c nil cciuj ujuuc j vim birthday present I sent it to yon yesterday." He?"Yes, I tot that: now I want you to make a diagram showing what it'a to be used /or."?Catholic standard and Times. nit Private Zoo. Smith?'"Come and go with me to the Zoo." Jones?"No, thank you. 1'iJ stay at home. My oldest daughter does the kangaroo walk, my seeond daughter talks like a parrot, my son laughs like a hyena, my wife watches iue like a hawk, my cook is as cross as a bear, and my mother-In-.'aw says I'm an old gorilla. When I go anywhere I want a change."?The- Wasp. ?T- . /j The Knllng I'msaion. The prospective heirs of the dying miser come silently into his sickroom^ The physician is seated by the side of the patient, a linger on his puise. "Hew is our dear uncle to-day, doetor?" ask the prospective heirs. "There is small change in his condition. ' whispers the doctor. The dying miser rouses tlmself by a supreme effort "Small change?" he ?asps "Put ? it ? in?my?pocket!"? Judge. Why They Married. "Harold, what first made you think 3f marrying mr.?" "Well, it wil: do no harm to tell yon now. I saw you sharpen a lead pencil snce. You did it neatly and without soiling your tinkers, and 1 said to myself that a girl who could do that wouid make a good wife. Tell me now when you first thought of me as a possible husband'" "V^ell, It can't do any uarm to tell rou now. I sa v you were watching m? when I sharpened that pencil. I said ' to myself, 'Ma1; be that's his rest of a? girl.* So 1 took unusudl.pa<ns with the job."?Chicago Tribrne.