The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 01, 1897, Image 6
Tie Eod of Campaign
? rans* Determination Was to
Whip or be Whipped if
Insulted.
Irby Repeats Cheating Story-De?
nies a Charge.
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Elem, Florence County. Aug 29.
A ride of four miles in a wagon from
ESogham brought the senatoria; can?
didates to this place, which the ex?
ecutive committee, in its goodness
and mercy? had seen fit to select as
the point for the last meeting of this
campaign. Here for two hours or
morie Col. Irby and Mr Evans spoke
to an audience of about 200.
Almost one of Col. Irby's first at
terances waa a denunciation of a let?
ter from Georgetown, published in
The State of to-day. The letter
charged that though Col Irby did
the magnanimous act on the stamp
io refusing to discuss McLaurin's
record, he did not hesitate to say
publicly and in social conversation
slanderous things abeu t McL&uHu's
personal record. This was a lie of
the whole cloth, said Col Irby, lie
was not such a miserable coward that
he would strike a sick maul Me had
never spoken of McLaurin's personal
record, though he had had men to
comento him and try to extort some
expression from him He did o't be?
lieve the letter was written in
Georgetown anyhow. It was writ?
ten in Columbia and very probably
by some member of The State's staff
at that
After a few pungent remarks
about the "lying bureau" in Colum?
bia,Col. Irby said he could not take
up all his time in answering anony?
mous circulars The fact that the
circulars were anonymous showed
" they were written by cowards and
liars. Notwithstanding that daily
for two montos be had challenged the
world to find s? maca as a fly speck
- on bis record, his enemies bad re?
mained silent until the campaign was
drawing to a close. /He had let
McLaurin's personal record go UQ
assailed and had not even permitted
bis friends to attack McLaurin's pub?
lic record, as he Himself could take
care of that on the stnmp.
Col Irby here briefly reviewed his
own record, made his usual remarks
about the suffrage clause and repeat?
ed what he said yesterday abort
cheating through the March conven?
tion the nomination of Tillman. .
After alluding to Tillman's being
defeated in bis first efforts to get v an
?agricultura! college, Col Irby con?
tinued :
"Tillman became disgusted and at?
tempted to organize the farmers of
She State, threw up the eponge,
wrote, a long letter to the people of
ihe State expressing his contempt,
ind retired to bis home among the
hills o? old Edgefieid I didn't sur?
render, however, and kept up the
fight in the legislature along the lines
of reform in the administration of the
State, government The college
seemed to be hopelessly gone ; but
God came to the rescue by putting it
into the heart of Mr. Clemson to
make his bequest. A fresh hold was
taken, the fight was .renewed and
the college established But Tillman
was ont, voluntarily out. To get
him back I organized the March con?
vention idea a year before the con?
vention was held and gave him the
nomination on a silver waiter. On
?he question of nomination or no
minatiuMs that convention we were
defeated by one vote I cheated the
f question of nomination in, which
saved Tillman, who was the nomi?
nee. Tbs end justified the means, be?
cause persons opposed to nomina?
tions had not been invited to that
. convention and they bad no right to
control its deliberations."
How be cheated through this
nomination was nobody's business,,
but it was done by one vote.
Col. Irby in conclusion asked the
voter? to cast their ballots foe Simon
pure Democracy rather than incipient
Republicanism, and expressed the
desire to be the "messenger of peace
from my faction to the other "
Mr Evans reminded his audience
of the "villainous and lying cam
paign" waged against him last year
and said when he enered this race he
made up bis mind, rather than brock
what be did then, that either be would
whip somebody or somebody would
wbip bim.
The circulars which are being sent
out Came in for their share of notice.
Hr Evans charged that they were
being d?Htt?bated broadcast over the
State by riders and railroad conduc?
tor. Not even satisfied wUh this
medium of distribution, he charged
that the dispenser at Bamberg was
giving them to purchasers. Of this
latter fact he had been apprised by a
friend at Bamberg.
Tariff means tax, said Mr Evans
on th:s issue, and a high tariff roea:i3
a high tax and a lew tariff means a
low tax The merchant is the tax
collector, and every time a farmer
boys any article he pays a tax on it to
the general government The effect of
free raw materials on the price of
manufactured articles was explained.
Under the Dingley bili people will
have to pay from 3 to 10 cents a
pound higher for their sugar next
year, thanks to Mr. McLaunn, for the
benefit of the sugar trust
Mr. Evans could not see how The
State and News and Courier^ particu
1
larly the latter, could support Mr.
McLaurin after editorially condemning
his views on free-raw materials. He
expressed the belief that the'y would
vote for the negro if they believed it
would destroy the Reform movement.
Mr. Evans was applauded.
Chairman J. S. McColl had thought
fully brought a lunch of which he in?
vited the campaigners to partake
But for this thoughtfulness they
would have bad no dinner. After
several hours' rest the candidates
were driven to Florence, where to?
night they will speak by request.
Dancan Withdraws.
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Plain Talk to Evans Why Ee Entered
ike Bice-A Statement Also From ..
McLaurin.
To-day is the final day of rest before
the ballot for the United States senator
ship. Tfie election taks plaoe the day
after tomorrow. The campaign bas
elosed and everything is ready for the
voters to go to the polls on Tuesday
morning aod deposit their ballots for
the mao of the their ohoioe.
There ie of coarse oo eod of political
chat as (the time draws so near
Tbe campaign elosed Saturday with
toe meeting io Florence eouoty. Since
that time there bas been a change in
the situation. Instead of four candi?
dates going before the people oo Tues?
day for the office of Uoited States sen?
ator, there will be bot three. Saturday
night Mr. John T. Duncan withdrew
from tbe race, issuing the following ad?
dress anoooooiojg bis withdrawal :
To the Public:
I suppose that the voters of the State
have all understood my attitude io this
campaign since my Newberry speech,
I withheld my oame from the ballots,
and as to-day el oses the cam paige I
withdraw my oame from the list of can?
didates
My primary object io filing my
pledge was to justify my fight of last
year4 if Evans attempted fo pose as a
martyr.
He has timidly asserted, as I see
from the papers, that he was beaten by
"lies aod slanders," and at Laurens he
added that had been "dared to come into
this race," and where now was ;**tbe
one to confront him ?" I accepted
this challenge and left the bedside of
my wife to confront him at the next
meeting, which was at Newberry.
Tbere I spoke and first threw down the
gauntlet, which be dared not pick op.
I asked bim to specify whereto I had
misrepresented or slandered bim, offer?
ing at the same time to produce positive
proof with accumulated evidence to sab
stactiate every word I had ottered
about him.
He dwelt not upon his wrongs oo
that occasion, and made a ridiculous at?
tempt to divert attention by saying.
'"If any man had any thing personal
against him he know where to find
him." That record of bis he-dared not
touch upon, and as for the man he wish
ed "to confront bim" he.really didcot
seem anxious to see him. /
Judging from some recent threat of
bis to hold some one to personal ac?
count, it appears that bis desire to call
to account increases in proportion to
the increase of distance between him?
self and his would-be victim, and de
creases as the distance grows lees, even
op to the point of meeting, when all
outraged feelings and vindictive designs
vanish.
Had circumstances been different, I
might bave made the campaign?, but I
was an wi. ling to take from the votes of
other candidates to increase the chancee
of -tbis unworthy man.
I beg pardoo of the general public
for having this mach to say of this mao
io explaining my position.
I commend him to jour tender mer?
cies, and ask you to pity him, forgive
him if yea may, bot retire bim from
polities for the good of yoar State, and
I shall again be pleased at*having yon
a seeood time vindicate my fight of
last summer. By retiring snob men
from politics I trust that a better era
may dawn, wherein we may cease to
magnify our differences, but increase in
unity of purpose for peace amoog our
citizens aod prosperity in oar land.
JOHN T. DUNCAN.
McLaurin Says he Hespon
sible.
Io answer to the inquiry, "What's
the news?" at Senator McLaurin's
headquarters yesterday,. Tbe State of
Aug. says this reply was given :
"Ali is encouraging Letters con?
tinue to come io from all over the
State; and givo is each case very fa?
vorable accounts of the situatioo ; so
much so that after careful considera?
tion we are confident of winning next
Tuesday by a majority ever all of fully
10,000 votes. This estimate is made
from reports sent in by the best posted
political workers throughout South
Carolina, and we cao truthfully tell our
friends tbat McLaurin is a sure winner.
He will go in without a doubt, carry?
ing every eouoty io South Carolina ex?
cept nine, and of tbe*e several are in
doubt and are claimed by our friend*
who are on the ground."
The headquarters also gave our. thc
following card, which had been re?
ceived in Senator McLaurio's own j
handwriting :
^'1 am responsible for anything in I
the campaign that is offensive to Mr. j
revaos and be need not put himself to j
the trouble to make any inquiries, but j
may proceed wheo he sees fit to bold ?
me reponsible
"JNO. L. MCLACRIN." I
Fastest in the World.
The Tennessee Stallion Does
a Wonderful Mile.
Read ville. Mass Aug. 28.-The
Chicago pacing stallion, Star Pointer,
owned by James A. Murphy, to-day
wiped out the two-minute mark
and ended the controversy which has
been going on for years as to the
speed qualities of the light harness
horse. Accompanied by a runner the
big bay Tennessee-bred stallion
wiped out the mark aod had three
fourths of ? second to spare when he
went under the wire This wonder?
ful performance was witnessed by
about 8.000 people.
There were two false breaks but
the third time down there was no
hesitancy. McClary nodded the
word and off the pacer went, the
runner right at his saddle. The first
quarter was at an even two minute
gait, in 30 seconds, and then as
McClary ?called on his pacer to move
the second quarter there was a great
cheer, for he was beating two min?
utes all to pieces and got to the half
in 59 3 4 with the second quarter in
29 3 4 seconds. Could be keep it
up ? ' Yes, and more, for the third
quarter was the fastest of the
mile. The distance was covered in
29 1-4 seconds, a 1.57 gait
Around the turn Pointer seemed
to waver the smallest fraction of a
second, but McClary bad bim right
almost before one could see it, and
then they straightened into the
stretch, the runner moving up even
closer. Both Spacer and runner
were asked to step along. McClary
laid the whip on the runner, but
spoke only words of encouragement
to his horse At the drawgate, Star
Pointer was reefed a little, and
coming stronger from the distance,
the great pacing stallion appeared to
freshen in the last few strides, gath
ered fresh strength and courage as he
neared the wire and finished like a
lion in the record breaking time of
1:5914.
Since 1894, when the game little
race horse Robert J. paced a time
mile in 2:01 1-2, the horse world has
been looking for the two-minute
mark to be reached In 1895 it
looked as though the gelding John
R Gentry would get to it, but the
season went by and last year even
same of the more ardent in their be
lief were inclined in the middle of
the season that it would be many
years in coming, as the candidates
did cot look promising. But in Sep?
tember Star Pointer forced John R
Gentry to a race record of 2:01 12
at Glen's Falls, and then both horses
were counted likely candidates. Bil
ly Andrews with Gentry got a chance
at the mark at Portland in October,
but en Pointer's day rain interfered.
Gentry, came very near it and took
the crown, which to day was wrested
from him. To-day was the first time
that Pointer was really sent for the
mark' His owner has-oeen content
to scoop in race honors.
To beat world's pacing record,
2:01 12-Star Pointer? b. c.. by
Brown Hal, dam -Sweepstaks (Mc?
Clary ) Time 30, 59 3 4, 1:29, 1:59
14:
Augusta Has a Klondike.
Dirt From the Sandhills
Worth $2,000 a Ton.
Special to Tbe Spartanburg Herald
Augusta, Ga , Aug. 28 -Augusta
has discovered a little Klondike of
ber own and within five miles of the
heart of the city. In addition to the
discovery of gold in the bed of the
Savannah river, and the opening of
the minps in Dahlonegah and other
places in Georgia, gold has been dis?
covered at Rae'3 Creek, a small
stream about four and a half miles
from Augusta, and above Summer?
ville, on the "Sand Hills "
The discovery was made by an old
darkey who brought some nuggets to
the city ard they were examined by
a jeweler who pronounced the speci?
mens gold, and purchased them from
the darkey at $9 00. The nuggets
were worth from 50' cents to a dollar
each.
It is repotted that the owner of the
soil on which the gold was found has
had the ground assayed and it is pro?
nounced as worth about $2,000 per
ton, or estimated to produce $2,000
worth of gold to the ton of earth.
The discovery has been kept compa?
ratively quiet, as nothing has been
said of it in the local press
What Tillman Said of Irby. ;
Fort Mill, Aug. 28 -Tillman re?
marked ai Tirzih, ir. the presence of j
Colonels Shaw and Neal and Governor ?
Eilerbe and a dozen bystanders that !
Irby reminded bim of an old home, j
stall ft? ? i several years aud theo turned
oat to pasture-practically ?be saaie as
reported in the Charlotte paper.
His further remarks were ia tub
stance that Irby had showing and hac
not honored tho trust; also tbat I rb v
had missed bis opportunity by aot en?
tering the rac--1 last year
?:/ Tillman'* estimation irby is in?
deed a dead liuck -Thu State
'Fha revolt of the natives of northern
India is growiug in magnitude and it is
now said "that an army of 20,000 will
be required to restore peace.
CHICAGO TO CUBA.
j An. Expedition Expected to
Leave There To-morrow.
Chicago, Aug. 30.-The Times
Herald saya :
Two hundred AmericaBS and three
carloads of ammunition are supposed
to leave Chicago to morrow night for
Jacksonville, Florida, whence they
will sail by the steamer Soledad for
some poiut in Cuba The date of
the Soledad's sailing is, according to
Spanish reports, fixed for Saturday.
The Americans composing the Chf
cago Cuban contingent is made up
mostly of the unemployed. They
have enlisted for 12 months and are
to receive a salary of $20 a month
In the event of Cuba's receiving her
freedom from Spain, each soldier is
promised a large tract of land and a
sum of money.
Lieut. Col. Dominez of the New
York junta is now in Chicago. He
comes as the agent of President Cis
oeros and Treasurer Benjamin Guer?
ra He brought several thousand
dollars with bim and he has been
using it among those wbojwere found
willing to join the insurgents. Un
lesB Spanish Consul Fernando Staudy
Gimicez, who will ask the Federal
court for an injunction prohibiting
the moving of these men and ammu?
nition, is successful, the men will
meet to morrow with knapsacks and
rifles ready to join the forces of Go?
mez in Pinar del Rio district.
By what line the Cuban soldiers
are to travel between this point and
Jacksonville is not known. The
Spanish consul, acting under orders
from Minister deLome, who is uow at
Lenox, Mass., bas sent ont a notice
to all lines running south to the fol?
lowing effect :
"You are hereby warned not to
carry material contraband of war or
any material that may subsequently
be used for or by the Cuban insur?
gents. If such material' is shipped
the Spanish government will hold
you responsible under the rules of
international law and by reason of
any such protection as the laws of
the United States give said Spanish
government as far as relates to the
shipping or canying of goods con?
traband of war to non belligerents "
This warning was sent out after
the consul had consulted with the
government attorney in this city.
They May Starve up in
Alaska.
San Francisco, Aug. 29.-W. A.
Ryan, one of the several correspondents
or (be Associated Press en route to the
Yokoo gold fields, writes from St.
Michaels under date Aug. 15 to the
effect, that there is grave danger of
famine on tbe Klondike this winter.
According to all reports received fron
the upper country it will be impossible
to land sufficient food at Dawson City
to support the population already de?
pendent upon that base of supplies.
R. T. Lying, local agent of the Alaska
Commercial company at St. 3?icbaels,
declares that there are already 2,000
idle men in Dawson and new parties ar?
riving every day via Chilkoot pass,
while the total amount of freight
landed there this year will
not exceed 4,000 toes, of which more
tban three-fourths are provisions. Old
timers realize the situation and pr?, diet
distress and death as a result of the
Klondike craze.
William Ogilvie, Dominico land sur
veyor, who bas been making topographi?
cal surveys of British possessions along
the Klondike, has beeo recalled by the
government for consolation opon im?
portant matters affecting the new gold
fields aod is oow en route to Ottawa via
Sao Francisco. He will make a report,
embodying suggestions for oew mioing
laws, governing the sale of liquor and rak?
ing wood for fuel, etc He made a census
of the production of the new fields and
finds 23 claims produced $823.000 aod
says that ?70,000,000 is no exaggera
ted estimate of the amount that will be
produced by 180 claims on Bonanza,
Hunker a Eldorado creeks.
Six Men Massacred
By Moonshiners in Arkansas
Mountains.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 30-Six
men were probably massacred in the
wilds of the mountains of Pope oty
yesterday afteroooo. Two were Killed
outright, two were fatally wounded aod
left for dead, and two have mysterious?
ly disappeared and are either dead or
being held captive by bandits.
The killed are : Captain B F. Tay?
lor of Searcy county, deputy United
States marshal. Joe Dodson of Stone
eountv. deputy mardbal. Tne fatally
wounded are two brothers named Jier:
fr-HT of Searcy count}'. The names o*
the missaog mea ?re not known, but
th cv arr supposed to h? deputy s erif?
from an adjoining county. Tho vic?
tim* were ali depa?y United States mar
eba?s and deputy sheriffs, and 'ho. men ;
roko did thc work aro moonshiner'; of
the boldest and most desperate cisss
Washington, Au"*-Chief Engineer i
W F. Worthington bas been detached
from the Montgomery and ord: red to
Gleeson college. Fort Hill, S. C., io
placo of Passed Assistant Engineer G.
W. McEiroy, whose orders are re?
voked.
i FROM THE WIRES. ~
1 Madrid, Aug. 30.-At a cabioet
j couocil beid to-day it was decided to
? summon tbe next class of 80,000 re
I serves, 27,000 of whom will be sent to
j Cuba and 13,000 to the Pbilipioe isl
i ands. The minister, when questioned,
denied that tbe couocil was occupied
with the subject of colonial reforms or
wi*h political questions.
Lawrence, Mass., Aug. 30 -Opera?
tions were resumed at tbe Atlantic
mills to-day after a shut-down of four
weeks. This will give employment to
about 1,200 hands. Work was also re?
sumed in tbe weaviog department of
tbe Metbeuo company's mills at Meth
eun. Nearly all of tbe 450 operatives
employed io these mills are oow at
work.
Oriental advices state that a great
earthquake occurred in Japan Aug. 8.
it lasted eight minutes and was follow?
ed by a tidal, wave which washed up
water flowing into the sea, causing
great destruction. Up to Aug. 10 it
was known in Yokohama tbat over
5,000 bouses had been inundated or
washed away. Between two-.and three
hundred people were known;' to have
been dowoed or seriously injured. It
was reported from Hosokn tbat coal
mines tbere were flooded by an over?
flowing river, drowning over 100
miners.
W. B. Meetze, an original package
dealer io Columbia, was arrested on
Saturday on a warrant charging bim
with selling liquor to a minor. He re?
sisted arrest, compelling the officers to
use force. Later in the day Pressley
E. Fuller, th? alleged minor was ar?
rested for perjury on a warrant issued
at the instance of W. B. Meetze.
The Anniston, Ala , Pipe and
Foundry Company lost its main build
ing by fire Sunday. It was one of
tbe largest pipe foucdries in the
world.
A preliminary examination was held
at Ridgeway, Fairfield County on Mon?
day afternoon in the cases of persons
iodicted for outrages committed upon
the Mormons Twenty-four persons
were bound over to the Court of Ses?
sion, io September. Each gave bond
for $200. An immense throng was
present but good order was preserved.
Assistant Attorney General Townsend,
Solicitor Henry and Hon R. A
Meares assisted in the prosecutions.
Ed Ragsdalc appeared for tbe defense.
The War on the Roads.
I On Monday Traffic Manager Culp,
of the Southern railway, and Emer?
son, of the Atlantic Coast Line, were
in Columbia. They came to the city
in response to a request of Governor
Ellerbe, and held a conference with
him in regard to the proposed fight
the State is talking of making upon
the railroads handling original pack?
age shipments. What was accom
plished as a result of the conference
is not known. Governor Ellerbe de?
clined to have anything whatever to
say about the matter Both of
the railroad men left the city before
they could be seen. It is not thought
that anything will come of the pro?
posed fight about which so much has
been said.-The State.
STARTING A SYNDICATE.
Few Inside Lights on How Some Concerns
Get to Work.
Scene-An ornee in the city. Time
After lunch. Present-Members of a
proposed syndicate.
First Member-And now, gentlemen,
to business. I suppose we may put down
the capital at ?50,COO?
Second Member - Better make it
?500,000. Half a million is so much
easier to get.
Third Member - Of course. Who
would leek at a paltry ?50,000?
First Member-Perhaps yoi: are right.
Five pound shares, eh?
Fourth Member-Better make them
sovereigns; simpler to manipulate.
First Member-I dare say. Then the
same solicitors as onr last?
Fifth Member-Yes, on the condition
that they get a firm to undertake the
.underwriting.
First Member-Necessarily. The firm
I propose, gentlemen, are men of busi?
ness and quite recognize that nothing
purchases nothing.
Second Member-And they could get
the secretary with a thousand to invest.
First Member-Certainly. Our bro?
kers, bankers and auditors as before,
eh, gentlemen?
Fifth Member-On the same condi?
tions.
First Member-That is understood.
And now the prospectus is getting into
shape. Is there anything else any ene
can suggest?
Fourth Member-Oughtn't we to
have seme object in view?
First Member-Assuredly, making j
money.
Fourth Member-Don't be frivolous.
But what I mean is, should wc net
know fer what purpose we are going tc
expend the ?500,000?
First Member-Oh! Yon moan the
name. Wt ii, that comparatively unim?
portant detail we might safely leave nn- i
til our next pleasant gathering.
Meeting adjourned. Curtain.-Len- j
don Punch.
Thc Rojal Victorias.
How do he royal family manage to
distinguish between their Victorias; j
There is a Victoria in every family cf
the second generation-Victoria of Prus?
sia, Victoria of Wales, Victoria of Edin?
burgh, Victoria of Hesse, Victoria of
Sleswick-Holstein, Victoria of Con?
naught, Victoria of Battenberg, Victo- !
ria of Teck and others somewhat less i
nearly connected. There is no Victoria
of Albany, the sole exception.-Lonu'Nn i
Sun. I
KNOWN BY HIS SCARS.
i -
: That Is the Way Uncle Sam Keeps Track
! of His Enlisted Men.
While a good many people know in
j a general way of the Bertillon system
j for the identification of criminals, com?
paratively few know of the simple
method which Uncle Sam has been
?Dsing foi a number of years past to keep
track of the men who eat his rations
and wear his uniform iu the regular
army. The system employed by the war
department might be termed the ' 'nat?
ural method" and is at once simple and
ingenious. It does away with all ap?
paratus except a vertical measuring
rod and a pair of scales. It is known as
"the scar system" and has been found
wonderfully effective.
There is an unwritten theory in the
army that every man who enlists will
at some time or other desert This is
not entirely true, but the desertions are
numerous enough to make it worth
while to keep track of the offenders. In
war the penalty for desertion is death,
but in peace it is a long term of impris?
onment, and the subject is liable to pun?
ishment no matter how long a term has
elapsed since his offense was committed.
Strange s it may seem, the men who
desert most readily are the ones who
straightway go back and enlist again,
though usually in some remote section
of the country.
The "recruiting card," as it is called,
is big enough to contain two 6 inch
outlines of a man's form, front and rear
view, with a good sized border for mar?
ginal notes. When the recruit is strip?
ped for his physical examination, he is
gone over from head to foot, and every
appreciable scar or permanent skin
blemish is recorded. Its location is ac?
curately noted by a dot on the card, and
its description is written on the mar?
gin. The hands and face usually have
the greatest number of scars, but those
on the body are apt to be the more
pronounced and characteristic, as it is
usually a more severe wound that pene?
trates the clothing and leaves its record
on the flesh beneath. Moles are also
noted, their color and dimensions, and
other birthmarks or blemishes that
would not ordinarily disappear with
time.
The question may arise as to what if
a man have no scars, moles or birth?
marks. That would be enough to identi?
fy him, for in all the thousands of men
who have been catalogued by the de?
partment there has never been one who
bore less than thr*o clearly defined
scars, while seven cr eight is the mere
usual number, and there are some cuses
where the number runs up to 30 or 35.
Further, so infinite are the chances of
combination that there have never been
two individuals whose height, weight
and the number and location of their
scars came anywhere near coinciding.
Washington Star.
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?mm Work tn London.
To accomplish any substantial r?suit
in slum work in London, a woman must
not only give time and strength but
life itself. Miss Meredith Brown, the
English philanthropist, who has beej*
the champion cf the factory girls for
some years, says that women who know
only the slums of New York and Chica?
go have no conception of the horrors and
misery of the slums close to the aristo?
cratic parts of London. The girls which
Miss Brown's special mission reaches
are so rough and lawless that the Sal?
vation Army would not take them in,
and the directors cf a mission which
had invited the girls to tea refused to
allow them into the building again.
The girls came to the feast with pillow
slips under their aprons and snatched
everything to eat off ,the table before
their hostesses could stop them..
Finally the courageous women inter?
ested in the welfare of these young
semisavages decided that to reach the
girls they would have to live among
them. Ten dauntless women took up
their residence in a rickety old house in
the very heart of all the misery and
squalor which makes the wild girls
what they are, and their efforts at last
were met with more than an encour?
aging response. "But it is very hard on
the health," says Miss Brown. "Two
years will break down any one, so we
have lost some of our best workers."
New York Commercial.
TH E ?EST ' rvN?WN FACE.
; One Hundred Likenesses of Queen Victo?
ria For Every living Person.
No man or woman who ever lived has
had his or her features reproduced of?
tener than her majesty the queen, says
the Boston Herald. The number of ac?
tual photographs of her majesty in ex?
istence cannot be recorded, and there are
besides millions of reproductions. Take
the number of stamps sold in the United
Kingdom during the queen's reign. The
number of articles passing through Eng?
lish, Scotch, Welsh and Irish postoffices
in q recent year was nearly 3,000,000,
and, though, of course, than figure need
not be taken as au average, it is not go?
ing beyond the mark to say that since
the accession cf the queen ever 60,000,
000,000 postal dispatches have passed
through the postoffices of Great Britain.
Every one of these would bear at least
one stamp and many of them two or
j three, and every stamp bears the image
of the queen. Eighty thousand million
images of her majesty raust have gone
through the post during her record reign.
Then thc record of the mint is by no
means a small ene since thc coronation.
It is estimated that about 6,000,000,000
coins in gold, silver and bronze have
passed through rho hands ol' her majes?
ty's subjects, each coin bearing the fea?
tures cf the sovereign. Her image has
been reproduced of ten enough to present
100 Iik( nessi s to < v< ry man, woman and
child on the globe. Without doubt the
queen's is the bi sr known face in the
world.
Thc Other Way.
Moss-Ir drives me frantic tc see wo?
men standing in a street car.
Fern-I've noticed that it turns your
head.-Philadelphia North American.
Klee is the most important of all
Japanese crops. The cultivation takes
up more than half of the country's total
surface of ai#ble land.