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frloldenht OopjlMl IW. by Ro CHAPTER X. Continued. When in a confidential mood (which . was frequent with him). Siguor Simona had informed me that he was owner of only half the vast business he couducted. his equal partner being one Mario Battista. a Venetian merchant who had been for many years located at Constantinople, where he was bussed with affairs such as he was himself engaged with at Venice. It was the wish of Signer Simona to transmit a great treasure of money to his partner. aud he was in doubt how to do so .with assurance of its safety. On two previous occasions when he had essayed to send much smaller sums to his partner his captains and sailors had treacherously betrayed their trust, and gone off with the money to some small island in the Mediterranean, or to the northwest coast of Africa, aud there become pirates, but goods, however valuable, he had never lost in this way. The occasion. I though, afforded an excellent opportunity for me to ?( ..... n,w) in rn * c iur iuici cais vi ujj uvoi, <iuu iu so doiug to reach Constantinople without expense to myself. and I was besides anxious to be gone from Venice that. I might be rid of the amorous attentions of Anita, which I found much difficulty in resisting. Nevertheless, for her father's sake, and for no other reason. I spared her. It was in these 'circumstances that I acquainted Signer Sirnona with my intention to visit Constantinople, at the same time showing him my passports and my letter of introduction to Sir Thomas Roe, English Ambassador to the Porte, signed by King James's own hand. If no would lit out and tuati a frigatoon for Constantinople 1 would. I said, gladly make the voyage therein, the money being packed and treated as my baggage, but none the less faithfully delivered by me to Signor Mario Bartista immediately on mv arrival in that city. My host was delighted with my off<?r. and that same day gave orders for a frigatoon to be made ready for sea. as I had suggested. He also caused ten chests to be made of stout lino/1 with lo.Qtfl fill/) bound on the outside with bunds of copper. Each chest was of about one cubic foot conteut. and into each Signor Siuiona packed with his own hands 25.000 gold sequins. When all the chests were tilled they were fastened with screws, the copper bands made fast with metal studs, and the whole coated with a resinous black paint, to which later was added my name, in white characters, upon each. When the design of my journey to Constantinople became known to Anita. she opposed it with all her wit. and exhibited a great wealth of artifice in her efforts to prevent it. She represented to her father how essential was a change of scene to one who. like himself, had lived long and worked hard in one place, and who was besides suffering front recent bereavemeur, from which she argued that he would do well in going to Constantinople, more especially as she was capable, with my protection, of taking charge of his house and affairs. But finding that the old man could not be persuaded to undertake so perilous a voyage, she changed her tactics, and after some honeyed compliments concerning my honor .anil probity endeavored to show that it was unfair to Signor Buttista to entrust a great treasure in which he had a half interest to the custody of one who was entirely unknown 10 him. and whom he (Simona) himself had known but little more than a hundred days, and that his merchant wisdom would be more apparent in devising some other and more regular means of getting the money to Constantinople. This advice being also rejected, she feigned illness, kept to her bed and inflicted upon her aged father such fears for her life that he dispatched a special courier to Padua to fetch a learned leech of that city. Several days passed before the leech reached Venice, and when he came be" made but n hasty and superfleial examination of the patient. "Your daughter," said the leech to Signor Sl"><? cnfforlnw frnm nn InHot^rmi. nate lauguishment aud may die at any time; the best thing for her Is a prolonged cruise in the Mediterranean; by such means her life may be spared for many years." When Signor Situona acquainted me "with what the leech had prescribed for his daughter I perceived at once what had happened. Clearly Signor Anita's courier had sped faster than her father's, aud this was a prescription which had beeu first dictated by the patient to the prescriber. Matters fell out as 1 expected they would. A week before the frigatoon was ready to put to sea Signor Simona took me aside, and after profuse expressions of his affection lor me. said he had resolved to entrust tue not only with his money but his daughter al$o. and straightway unfohled his desire that Signorina Anita should accompany me to Constantinople for the benefit of her health. I had expected as much, and was not surprised, though I heartily wished the Italian girl at the bottom of the sea. To have raised any objection to the proposal would have savored of au intent on my part to feloniously make x?vtl: ^ by" ra r *rrd nt nnwrfiri n BEBT B JNNER'S BOX*. off with a quarter of a million gold sequins, so I accepted the situation with the best {trace I could command, at the same time resolving that so soon as I had delivered my charge to Signor Battista, I would send the subtle Anita back to Venice in her father's frigatoon. and pursue my travels as I had originally planned them in England. CHAPTER XI. KOGEB TRCEMAJl: HIS RECORD CONTIM7ED November 14.? The frigatoon Orio Malipietro was a noble craft, well found and in all respects fit. I went with my worthy host to see her while she lay in the arsenal where three centuries before the fumes of boiling pitch had assailed the nostrils of "the immortal Florentine. A swarm of workmen were busy about her, and the arrangements for the comfort of her two passengers surpassed anything of the kind I had seen or supposed possible. Two stately cabins had been specially constructed, one fore and one aft; they were divided by a spacious general cabin, and both richly furnished with all things needful for comfort. The crew consisted of seventeen men; that is to say. of Captain Jacopo Perugia?a tine man of sixty or thereabouts, who had served Signor Simona for forty years ?and sixteen sailors. The fore cabin was assigned to me. the qfter cabin to Signorina Simona and her maid. In all there was accommodation for a score of souls." Signor Simona introduced Captain Perugia t? me as a man of whose fidelity and good seamanship he had had frequent proofs, and assured me that he had voyaged so many times between Venice and Constantinople that he could safely navigate the Grecian archipelago without a chart; whereat I scrutinized narrowly the face and head of the captain thus appraised, and was satisfied that j he deserved his master's testimonial. Notwithstanding that its owner ?>[/di ru uu iuc uiuu^ vui V4 ] the Orio Malipietro proceeded slower tbau I could have wished, and three weeks passed before she was ready for sea. And here again I perceived the hand of Signorina Anita, who had divers women at work making clothes which she desired not to depart without, but could not sooner get completed. Signor Simona was a shrewd man, well versed in the ways of his kind, yet in 'dealing with his daughter he was but as clay in the hands of the potter, so great is the blindness of a fond parent. At last the day came when Captain Perugia reported to Signor Simona that his frigatoon lay ready to sail with the first favorable wind, that her cargo of merchandise was well and safely stored, and all his daughter's baggage aboard. It was then that Signor Simona ordered the ten chests of sequins to be placed upon the floor of my cabin, where I should have them constantly in sight, and gave me a sealed letter for delivery with the chests to Signor Mario Battista. of Constantinople. lie commended his daughter to ray care, and both our lives and fortunes to the protection of God in a manner so natural and affecting that but few persons could have witnessed the scene uumoved. As for Anita she wept abundantly, and showed either great filial devotion or consummate skill in acting. And the wind now serving, the Orio Xlalipietro stood out to sea. It was with strange emotions, not unmixed with sadness, that I watched the spires and campaniles of Venice wax dimmer and yet more dim as the swelling sails of the Orio Mallpietro bore us southeastward along the Adriatic. and I could not repress thoughts of all which had happened to me since I first set. foot in that marvelous city, so appropriately called the bride of the sea. Anita noticed my abstraction, and with the admirable tact which seems to pertain only to feminine natures sought to dispel it by engaging me in conversation. Poor Anita! I pitied her greatly, for she had lixed her affections on one who had determined not to reciprocate them?on a man who had never so much as spoken to her of love, and for him she had abandoned her aged father (for whom I am sure she had a real affection), and had embarked on a perilous journey under circumstances the most damaging to Jier reputation. Had I never suffered such treatment as befel me at the hands of a woman in England I should probably have been content with this brave young \ enetian iaciy ror a wire, ior i ciouored not she was as faithful as she was persistent, but my English affair still rankled in my heart, and my oath never to regard any woman other than as one in whom no faith should be put was too recently registered to be lightly broken. Our progress was extremely slow, and suffered several interruption, but I regretted it not, for the month was June, and the seas on which we sailed locked by the most beautiful lauds in the world. Truly the aucients did well in calling the Mediterranean such: it was a compliment?not an error, as some have affirmed. Stoppages were made at Trieste, Fiunie, Zara, Iiagusa and other places, and sundry merchandise delivered to divers traders in those places who dealt in Venetian commodities. It was on ilie sixteenth /lo v nftihi* /lonortili'n f'tv ttn wlieu we put off from Lcmnos, and all had pone well with us in that time. Our journey being almost accomplished I sat in my cabin cogitating how I might with the least harshness return Anita to her father, for 1 had gathered front her discourse that she entertained the hope of my returning with her to Venice in the Orio Maiipietro. and that, if disappointed in that expectation, she was prepared to accompany me for so long as I chose to travel in the dominions of the Great Turk. Now I was fully determined neither to do the oue nor permit the other, but concerning the manner of acquainting Anita with my resolve I stood iu pause. Weakness is a fatal thing, and I cursed my folly in leaving Venice in circumstances such as to in volve me in this dilemma, and saw clearly, now that it was too late, that ray proper course was to have plainly ] told Siguor Slmouii that I had no feel- i Ing for his daughter other than that of common friendship, and to have left Venice as I had entered it?alone. * There is no practical use in perceiving good courses after the occasions to ^ which they apply are past, yet to rec-< , ognize one's self as a fool Is the first j step towards wisdom, and this I did | very fully, albeit with much chagrin. ; Suddenly, and without nuy warning, my reverie was dispelled by the deep ' boom of a cannon, and the next miu- ! ute Captain Perugia entered my camn, very pale, but quite calm and selfpossessed. "We are lost," said he: "no earthly power can save us, but we will die like men." and with great deliberation he made the sign of the cross upon his forehead, and for a few moments his lips moved as if he were#speaking. but he uttered no sound. "Lost!" I echoed, for I was downright amazed; "how lost? The ship is sound, the weather fair and Venice at peace with every State." 'At this moment three terrific cannon charges rent the air. Captain Perugia shook bis head sadly. "The Turk is as deceitful as Satan." said the captain; "thous speakest truly, yet stand matters as 1 have said. To the northward ride thirty-four of the frigates in the figure of a crescent, and presently they will enclose us, if they do not sooner sink us with their guns." "But Venice and the Porte are at peace." I retlterated. "What of that?" retorted the captain warmly: "it may be that the Admiral Pasha desires sport, or the Sultan needs Christian slaves, and no Venetian vessel within a hundred leagues of us to tell the tale. I have said it; the Turk is more deceitful than Satan, and you may prepare either for immediate death or to be chained to an oar in the galley of the infidel. Do as you will; I and my men elect to die." He turned and again ascended to the deck. Hastily snatching a brace of pistols from a locker I followed the captain up the compan- 1 ion-way, thinking of the remark of . Signor Simona wlijen he presented , , them to me, tnat i snouia certainly nui need to use them while aboard the < Orio Malipietro. ' On reaching the deck I saw the for- 1 midable Turkish fleet, distaui not 1 more than half au English mile, aud ' disposed as Captain Perugia had described. The captain himself 1 could j nowhere see. but after I had stood a s minute or so gazing in silent wonder f at the grand spectacle before me. and 1 wondering whether the Turks intend- 5 cd to do us any mischief or not. he ap- j preached me from the after-part of the ( vessel, leading Anita and her maid. . Both the women appeared dazed with ; fright, but they obeyed the captain's f orders quieter and with greater expe- 1 dition thau I should have expected of 1 them. The stern of a frigatoon being largo and square, it affords a better ( mark for an enemy's guns thau any , other part of the vessel, and in the ] captain's judgment it was safest for t the women to be concealed in my 1 cabin, situated iu the fore part; where 1 j they were accordingly placed with all 5 haste, and the door barricaded on the * outside with bales 01' merchandise. These arrangements being speedily made the captain addressed himself v to me and his men as we stood in ' groups round about him helplessly * gazing at t-he huge hulls of the Turk- r isb vessels as they approached us: c "Comrades and fellow-citizens! ? the t enemy of your State and of all Chris- , tendoin is about to add to the many . proofs of his treachery and cowardice. " Behold, Venice and the Turks are at ? i peace: ours is a small vessel, built for ? { trade and not for war. And it seems that the tremendous sea strength of ( the Great Turk is to be debased to ? doing the work of a corsair's galley, a we being the victims! We have but f one brass cannon aboard, and that e good for nothing but signalling, while t i the thirty-four Turks are well armed. v and the lightest of them is three times * I 6 as heavy as we. Escape is impossible, * but though we number only eighteen men. we can avoid being taken alive. Lot us tight with all our strength, and so die. remembering that life with the Turk is worse than many deaths." r' Though second to none in valor it f was but a feeble cheer with which the t; Venetian sailors greeted this speech, e Had they been about to engage in a tj fair battle, none would nave been ( more enthusiastic than they, but an execution excites no enthusiasm, especially in the victims, and such it seemed was to be the character of the j coming encounter. ' To be continued. . y In a Dublin paper some time since 8 was a biographical notice of Robes- o pierre, which concluded as follows: s "This extraordinary man left no chil- e dred behind him, except his brother, t who was killed at the same time."? v Glasgow Times. s MUST ENTER AT ONCE All Scholarships at Clemson flust Be Filled This Fall. The geneial assembly in February Inst passed an act creating 124 new H-hoIarships at Clemson college, designed mo:e particularly to aid students desiring agricultural educations. Recently President Mell wrote the i-tate superintendent or education asKing liini to obtain front the attorney general an opinion on the manner in which the scholarships are to be given. President Mell does not desire that all of the students shall enter the institution at once as this would greatly crowd the facilities. Attorney General U. X. Gunter. Jr.. has rendered his opinion on the subject. He thinks that all of the 124 cadets must enter Clemson this fall. He pays: "Your communication, enclosing a letter from Dr. P. H. Mell. president of Clemson college, requesting to be advised whether under an act approved February 25th. 1904, providing for beneficiary scholarships in Clemson college, has been considered. "The trouble, as I apprehend it. is that the act establishes and creates 124 scholarships, each of the value of $100 per annum, to continue for four years, thereby creating a congestion the first year and every four years thereafter, which condition it is desired to relieve i>y appointing an installment this year and another next year, if such action an be taken legally. "After considering the act I am of apinion that the whole number. 124, must be appointed this year. Under the act that number of scholarships is treated. to be available when the act becomes effective, from and after July 1st next. There is nothing in the act permitting a reduction in the number jf scholarships; if one is available all must be. "Having reached this conclusion that ill the scholarships are available this rear, I am requested to advise whether :he number can be divided between the freshman and preparatory classes. I find nothing in the act limiting ad niauinn tn nnv narticular Class. It is :rue the act provides that such scholarship 'shall continue for the term of four years, or for such length of time is the beneficiary shall be able to maintain himself and comply with the rules of the college.' But I do not think :hat it ran be reasonably contended that the term four years is arbitrary, ind that a student can attend for exn-tly four years. If a student can complete a course in less time than four rears he cannot for that reason be defied the benefits of the act. That period is the maximum limit for which a >choJar can avail himself of the benefit :-f a scholarship. Provision is made for in annual examination to fill vacanies to meet this contingency. "Some provisions of the act. such as he examination feature, may lead to some confusion, but I am satisfied that ;he above is the proper view." State News. Spartanburg. Special.?Founders' Day at Converse College occupied the attention of the city and the exercises tvere of a most interesting character. The birth of Mr. Converse, the founder if the college, was celebrated in a most fitting manner. The two principal features of the celebration were he senior class day exercises on the ampus of the college this afternoon ?nd the addresses by the two Gov't nors. followed by a reception at light. The class day exercises consisted of processions of the Converse tirls by classes through the campus jcfore the Governors and their staffs, songs, decoration ceremonies, the dantlng of the class tree and at the :nd an open-air play. The address of governor Aycock was listened to by tbout one thousand people, the large uiditorium being nearly filled. His speech was pronounced by all one of hr ablest addresses ever delivered in and fine nf the most effective. Latta. Special?I>oui3e, the 6-year-old laughter of Mr. 0. C. Fove. was aught in the shafting of the brick uill of the 0. C. Fove Ginning and Manufacturing Company Saturday afernoon about 4 o'clock and severely inrt.. All her clothing was torn from ier before the machinery could be topped. Late this afternoon her physician expressed bright hcpes of her pecdy recovery. Winnnsboro, Special.?The friends oi Tapt. Henry A. Gaillard have induced lini to consent to make the race for the Senate. Senator Ragsdale has anlounced that h^ will not be a candilate for re-election, and at the present t seems that there will be no opjosilicn to Capt. Gaillard. who some ears ago was one of the most promilent members of the State Senate and ifterwards clerk of that body for ;everal terms. The Centennial Edition of the Charleston News and Courier was one if the finest pieces of journalism ever ittempted in a souinern newspaper uiico. The News and Courier is the oldst Southern daily, having lived coninuouslv for a century. It has done alient work for the South and the itate. and is to be congratulated on the plendid issue it has gotten out to eomnemorate its one hundredth birthday. Monument io Oglethorpe. Savannah. Ga.. Special.?The Colonil Dames and Daughters of the Ameican Revolution Friday unveiled at 'redericka. near Brunswick, a bronze ablet marking the ruins of the fort rected by Gen. James Ogelthorpe at hat point. The exercises were under he auspices of the Colonial Dames. End of Strike in Sight. Quincy, Mass., Special.?It wa3 beieved Sunday night that the end of he strike of 3,000 employes at the ards of the Fore River Ship and En;ine Company is in sight. While no ifllclal statement was Issued by either ide tonight there is good reason to xpect that the 1,000 members of hese two organizations will return to fork on Tuesday next. They will reume on the basis of nine hours a day. SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS ?? J Weather Conditions for the Past Week Given By the Department. The mean temperature for the week ending at 8 a. m., April 18th, was about 58 degrees which is nearly C degrees below normal, due to very low temperatures during the first and last days, and to moderately high temperatures during the middle of the week. 1 There were light frosts on the 12th and 13th in the western counties that did 1 no material injury. High, drying winds 1 prevailed during the middle of the v week, that intensified the drought conditions prevailing over the greater part of the State. The percentage of sun-" shine was about normal. The rainfall was extremely light, during that part of the week covered by the correspondents reports, and the ^ surface soil became very dry in all parts of the State, and unbroken lands became hard And broke up cloddy in 8 plowing. There was a need of rain for t all growing crops, and for the germi- a nation of recently planted seeds. This t droughty condition was relieved by a general rain at the close of the week, which was fairly heavy and fell so slowly that practically the whole amount was absorbed by the soil, es- 1 pecially on plowed ground. This rain i will prove very beneficial. General farm work made rapid and uninterrupted progress, except that in c the central counties the ground had e become too hard and dry to plow. \ Planting operations were pushed where a the soil was in fit condition, but cotton a planting was delayed in places await- ^ ing warmer weather and moisture, so j, a? to assure quick germination. Corn planting is nearly finished, ex- t cept on bottom lands in the western r counties. Early plantings are up to r good stands, and have received their first cultivation. Later plantings are coming up to poor stands, and are being damaged by birds and worms, necessitating considerable replanting. * The cool weather caused corn to yellow * somewhat. ? Cotton planting progressed slowly in < the central and western counties owing > <\ *Vin /Ivtf nrtil inrl nArtl TV oo th or hut C IV IUC UI j OU11 nuu WW! n^duivi, w.% made fair progress in the eastern ones ^ where about half the crop has been * planted and some Is coming up. Sea- 8 Island cotton that is up is in need Qf 1 rain. ? A beginning was made in transplant- * ing tobacco, but this work is not general. and confined largely to Marlboro and Marion counties. The plants are plentiful, though small, and will suf- t fice for the small acreage to be devoted 3 to tobacco this year. a Wheat is improving steadily. The c weather was too cool and dry for oats 1 s which turned yellow in places. The c condition of the peach crop is uncer- c tain, but enough fruit remains on the s trees in most section for a fair crop. ] Pear trees are blighting badly. Apples t are uninjured. The strawberry crop *? Las been damaged by drought. Sweet \ potatoes coming up. White potatoes a have good stand. Melons fair stands. c Pastures are scant. Truck shipments j continue heavy, though still confined to j the southernmost coast sections. Application for Immigrants. t In addition to the blanks already r issued by Commissioner pf Immigra- 1 tion Watson he will prepare two r others. Form No. 2. headed: "For Ten- ? ant-settlers," is in concise fqrm. The * applicant states whether he wishes:?(l) Male, unmarried, or (2) female, un- f married. (3) man and wife. (4) fam- { ily of three. (5) family of four or over, 1 and how many of each of these five 1 classes The nreferred nationalities are also stated, the I>atin races of ' course being barred. The applicant then states his propo- c sition, and signs the following agree- 3 raent which is sent to Mr. Watson af- r ter being filled in: "In order to secure these tenants I * am willing, the tenants agreeing to the 1 above terms, to advance, through the s Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Immglration. the p.mount of the ' railroad fare, tc be repaid gradually each month until I am reimbursed at the rate of $? a head. New York to Charleston, plus the local railroad fare t to my station and the incidental ex- c penses at the port of New York, this " likewise to be refunded to me." g Form No. 3 is for share crop tenants and is practically the same as form e No. 2. a Legal Term Out. r At the request of the officers of Lee e county. Assistant Attorney General W. c H. Townsend rendered an opinion as s to the tenure of office of those elected in 1902. when the county was formed, 1 and they wished to learn if their t terms expired this year as do the four- c year terms elsewhere, or if they h should continue until 1906. Mr. Townsend has concluded that c their legal term of office is at an end and an election must be held this year. s t Th^ Criim Nomination. . ? D Washington. Special.?The nomina- o tion of William D. Crum, to be collec- * tor of customs at Charleston. S. C., j, was called up in executive session of h the Senate by Senator Gallinger. a Senator Tillman, who opposes the confirmation. explained that he was not t well enough to make a speech today, li and the nomination went over out of a courtesy to him. Senator Tillman ex- t: pects soon to return to his home in f( South Carolina, and possibly may not be able to attend Congress again be- h fore adjourninment. In that event the s nomination probably will fail of con- c firmation and the President will make another recess appointment to hold until next session. South Carolina News. L The Pine Hill graded school, situ- " ated about ten miles northwest of Orangeburg. now boasts of a small li- y brary. It appears that the Seaboard a Air Line railway system is establish- f( ing these school libraries. It's bad luck when a?raan loses, but t! I good judgment when he wins. f I The real hero of a play is sometimes d the critic who has to sit through it *. FPsf. ? . +PALMETTO POINTS GIVEN IN BRIEF Preserving History. Marion. Special.?The Marion chaper. Daughters of the Confederacy, las sent to every Confederate veteran n the county a letter requesting them :o write their reminiscences of the var, including experiences that were hrilling or that might be of interest, it is the desire of the Daughters to lave an account of the service of jvery Marion soldier in the great struggle and the request is that the eteran shall give the story in his own vords. "just as if he were talking to lis children." The papers submitted vill be read before the Marion chapter ind afterwards will be kept on file, hat the coming generations may read md be benefited by the personal rec>rd of the soldiers. State Medical Association. Darlington, Special.?The State dedical association came to order rhursday at 12 o'clock noon in the irmory building. Dr. T. Grange Sim>ns, of Charleston, chairman of the (xecutlve committee of the State >oard of health, in his report to the issociation, showed that the present appropriation was wholly inadequate o carry on the work required at the lands of the board, and made clear the iressing need for a larger appropriaion. Beyond the transaction of the egular routine business, no other im>ortant matters came up. Vote Was Unanimous. CVmwov Sn#>rfal?At an elfvtion ' leld here it was unanimously voted hat bonds should be issued for the irection of a new school building at 'onway. The issue is for $10,000, 20 rear bonds bearing interest at 5t per :ent. It is not expected that there rill be any difficulty in placing the londs, and the citizens of this proTessive school district are enthusias- T ic at the prospect of securing a modrn school building such as is proected. Enormous Appropriations. The general pension appropriation ill. carrying an appropriation of over 137,000.000, and the emergency river nd harbor appropriation bill, which arries $3,000,000. were passed by the ienate, leaving only the general defliency and the Military Academy bills f the entire list of supply measures till to be considered by the Senate. The House bill, increasing the size of he homestead entries In western Ne raska to 640 acres, also received faorable consideration. While the river j nd harbor measure was under considration. Mr. Gorman asked for an ex lanation as to why a general bill was iot to be passed. Mr. Elkins replied that the judgment it' the committee on commerce had :een that a general bill could not be assed, and tha tthe state of the TreSh?^vj iry and of the public business would iot justify such a measure. There was l controversy between Mr. Aldrich and dr. Gorman, the latter charging the Republicans with a determination to orce an early adjournment for politcal purposes, and Mr. Aldrich assertng that Mr. Gorman could discuas lublic questions as long as he chose. Mr. Gorman criticised the Republans for not passing a general river and larbor bill., which was due to "a deree, coming from an all-powerful :ource, against the policy of which tone could resist." Speeches were made on the pension :ill by Messrs. McCumber and Scott, ' * /tn#An^<nar thtt PATOnf nAf). lit? lUIUiCl UUCUUiUg HiV ?vvv?.? Jon order, and the latter declaring hat he favored a service pension of 25 per month. News of the Day. When the board of trustees of the Vest Virginia Conference Seminary hanged the name of the school to the Wesleyan University of West Vir;inia" and decided to erect several arge buildings the students were givn a holiday and Meld a celebration. "Bob" Henry, colored, of Sun, made in assault op Hattie Nelson Saturday light, it is charged, and then attempt: id to throw her down the shaft at >un mine. He was arrested and tarted to jail, but slipped away from he constable and escaped. It is hought he has gone to McDowell ounty. and Constable Flint is after lim. Jonathan Sams, aged 86 years, died lunday in Parkersburg. The town of Hickory last week isued bonds to the amount of 160,000 for he construction of a system of waterworks for the town. These bonds were ought by the Shuford National Bank, f Newton, through its cashier. Mr. A. i. Crowell, for a -Cincinnati firm, 'here were several bids for the bonds, ut that of the Newton bank was the ighest. The bonds brought a little bove par. Congress has appropriated 111,000 o continue the construction and enargement of the fish-culture station t White Sulphur Springs. In addiion to this amount, 14,200 is provided Dr the salaries of employes. The new Shepherd College building as been accepted from Contractor L A. Westenhaver. Dedicatory exerises will be held on Tuesday. June 9. Parker Headquarters. Kingston, N. Y., Special.?Former .ieutenant Governor Sheeban has jade arrangements to lease a house t Esopus, adjoining Rosement, Judge i!ton B. Parker's home. Mr. Sheehan /ill live at Esopus during the summer nd fall, and establish headquarters or the entertainment of political leadrs who may visit Esopus to consult * udge Parker on campaign matters, in he event of Mr. Parker becoming the )emocratie nominee for the Preslency. i