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STJMTBB & WATESSE AC CEPTED. Chief Engineer Welles Makes In spection For Southern Monday. Chief Engineer Welles of the Southern Railway inspected the Sumter & Wateree Railroad frota Middleton Junction to this city on Monday, arriving here dering tbe afternoon. He stated to the contractors that the road was one of the best ia every respect that he had ever inspected and be accepted it al once. Toe roadbed ts solid and well built and as all of it except about two and one half miles is on the old roidbed of the Manchester & Angosta R. R. which was abandoned twenty-five years ago there will be very little settling after the road is put into regular use. The trestles are all of the strongest con struction and the new embankments and fills were built to stay, every care being exercised to make them firm and solid. It is stated on good authority, thoogh not officially, that regular trains will be put on within tbe next ten days. The platforms and depots are to be built at once, and now that the Southern has officially accepted the road, it will he put in shape for business with as little delay as possib'e. Escape From the Chain Gang. A negro named Tom Johnson a 4 Trust j" on the chain gang, which is now at work in Concord township, escaped on Monday of last week. Oo l si Wednesday night he broke into the house of Mr. Wesley Hair ia Jordan ; he was pursued but escaped. He was sentenced at the March court to two years on the chain gang for housebreaking or attempt at housebreaking. This is the third escape from the chain gang in about six mouths. The last escape previous to Tom Johnson's, was Eli Harris, who got away about two weeks ago from the same locality. Be had served since ;93 ou a 2-year seo tenbee for assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature He has not been heard from since his escape. _ Mr. Hair and the Escaped Convict. Mr. W. W. Hair was in the city Saturday, and gave the par tien lars about tbe visit of Tom Johnson, the escaped convict, to bis bouse on Wednesday night. Mr. Hair keeps the mill between Sumter and Stateburg known as the Pollard mill, acd was awaked sometime about 1 o'clock Wednesday night by some one in his bed room. He saw the form of a person over him, but could not tell who it was, and thinking it. was bia wife, he called ber. When she answered bia and he found the person over him was not hie wife be started to get op, but found himself weak, and it was after a second effort thai he suc ceeded ic arising. He could see that the hand of the person over him was near bis face, and !hiok3 that chloroform must have been used on bim by the burglar. He is con firmed in this belief by tbe fact that after going out of tbe bouse and coming back be detected the odor of chloroform. When be got op the person moved out, and be secured hit gun and followed, but before he could use it the man bad jumped out of the win dow and got away. After consider able delay Mr. Hair aroused some men living on the same place, and securing torches they tracked him to tbe house of a colored man some distance away and found that he bad got into the house and gone to bed with the man and his wife, all so quietly that they did not wake up until be had been there for some time. When tbe family awoke, Johnson got out and made bis escape. From there be was tracked to one or two other places, and Mr. Hair learned that Johnson bad been in the neighborhood for two dav s aod had been at bis borne and at several other places, and that he wa3 dressed in citizens clothes ; and also was well provided with money and tobacco. The laet Mr. Hair beard of Johnson be had gone io tbe direc tion of Spring Hill. Johnson escaped from the cbaiogang Mon day or Monday night, and it was Wednesday night that he broke into Mr. Hair's house. Brave Men Fall Victims to Etcmacb, liver and kidney trou bles as weil as women, and all feel the results in loss of appetite, poisons in the blood, back, ache, nervousness, headache and tired, listless run-down feeling. But there's no need to feel like that. Listen to J. W.Gardner, Idaville, Ind. He says: "Electric Bitters are just the thing for a man ween he is all run down, and don't care whether he lives or die3. It did aere to give me new strength and good appe tile than anything I could take. I can now eat anything and have a new ' lease on life." Only 50 cents at J. P. W. DeLonne's Drug Store. Every bottle guaranteed. S August Ladies' Home Journal. Hamlin Garland, Anthony Hope, John Kendrick Bangs, Harold Richard Vyone, Anna Robeson Brown, . 'Josiah Ailee's Wife," Clara Morris, Kate Whiting Patch nd Anna Farquhar are among the half-score of writers of fiction who contribute stories to the August Ladies'Home Journal. The Midsummer'Fiction Number of the Journal is io many respects a notable magazine. It bas brought together in a single issue some of the most popular story writers, and the most capable black-and-white artists to illus trate ^beirVork. Fictioo, of course, pre dominates, but there is au abundance of timely, practical articles especially appealing to home and family interests and tending to lighten and brighten women's work. The Rev. Newell Dwight Hitlis, D. D , bas an interesting article in this issue on 'The Diffusion of Happiness Through Conversa* tion." tbe third of bis "Secrets of a Happy Life" series, and Mrs. Burton Kingsland and Emiiy D, Striebert tvrite of "With the Chil dren on Sunday"-their diversions and in struction ; "What Can be Done With an Old Farmhouse" pictures bow an old build ing may be artistically remodeled at small cost. On two other pictorial pages are shown the most cozy and attractive "Houses in Woods, Valleys asd Mountains," and "Tba Sweetest cl Summer Charities" pic tures tbe work of the flower missions in sev eral cities. The latest feminine fancies in dress are set forth in "The Gossip of a New York Girl," and Emily Wight writes of the "Newest Styles in Hairdressing" and "Laces for Dress Trimmings." Mrs. S. T. Rorer's cookiog lesson is on "Cold Dishes for Hot Weather," and Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Warman's health talks are on timely themes. For the boys Dan Beard explains bow to make ' A Back Yard Fish Pond." The edi torial departments are more interesting than usual, and touch upon every phase of home life. By Tbe Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia. One dollar er year ; ten centi per copy. Red Hot From the Gan Was the ball that hit G. B Steadman, of Newark, Mich., in the Civil War. It caused horrible Ulcers that no treatment helped for 20 years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured him. Cure3 Cuts, Bruises, Burn.-:, Boils, Fel ons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile cure on earth. 25 eis. a box. Cure guaranteed. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme, Druggist. 3 ?fi TILLMAN AT RICHARDSON'S GROVE. - Basket Fie Nie to Be Held There Instead of at Focotaligo. The big basket pic sic on Aagrjst 4th, at which Senator B. R. Tillman will spe&k, will be held at Richardson's grove, in tba sobarba cf this citj instead of at Pocotaligo as at first planned. It is thought that Richard son's grove will be more convenient and of easier access as well as more centrally located than Pocotaligo-all important considirtfffons in view of the fact that a very large crowd will attend to bear Senator B. R. Tillman'!, speech and that the crowd will corns from all parts of the county. Club Notes. At the regular meeting of the executive com mittee of tbe Sumter Club last Wedaesday, much business of ioterest to the club was transacted. About all of public note, how ever, was the determination to bold a pool tournament, sometime io the near fa tare. Messrs. H. J. Grover, W. W. St bert and H. ll. Sanders were tbe committee appointed to take charge. Ar raagemeotB were made with Mr. V. H. Phelps to keep the tables and cues in perma nent repair. Tbe concert committee bas written Mr. A. Gonzales asking bim to give one of bis dialect lectures at the coming August con cert. If he consents this -"ill be a veritable treat. A programme is being arranged that will be superior to this month's-ae gcod as it was. The tonsorial parlor in the club is now in full blast and is proving a great convenience to the members. ? . - IIII mm The Mayesville Educational! and Industrial School. Emma J Wilson, one of the leading spirits ia tbe above named educational enterprise of the colored people of the coooty, and who bas beea in tbe north canvassing fer sub scriptioc2 for eeveral months, was e.t home during the past week. She made arrange ments for progress of the work on the build ing, which she hopes to have ready for the opening of -the school in November. She reports having bad good success in her canvass for help at the north, and is also very mach encouraged by the good feeling shown by the white people here at home. Mr. Jcs. E. Barnett, one of the large prop erty owners and business men of Macsville, has promised to contribute the furnace for heating the building, which will be a consid erable amount taken from the expense of furnishing the school. The special election for aa alderman to fill the vacancy in the City Council was held yesterday. There were but two candidates, I Messrs. H. D. Barnett and P. P. Finn, for the position and there was little interest and no excitement. The voters who recollected that as election was in progress, went to the polls and cast their ballots and those who forget ali about the election did not worry over the fact that they bad lost an opportunity to vote. Mr. Finn was elected, 148 to 64. Tbe Sumter Light Infantry made its second public appearance Tnursday afternoon, and there was an unusually large crowd out on .the Graded School rqoare to witness the parade and drill. Tbe square bas been clean ed up and the grass cleared off, and it is now a first class drill and parade ground. The company made a fine appearance, and it is not an exaggeration to predict that Capt. Lee will soon have one of the crack companies of the State. The Fourth Regiment Band did not turn ou ?..with the company, owing to the absence frotJ the city olarionf Cetiet Dave Winn and the inability of Corneti t R. K. Wilder to play his instrument while encum bered with a felon on ene of his music-making Sogers. Winthrop Scholarship Examina tion, The examination of applicants for the Win throp College scholarships was held last Fri day in the office of County Superintendent of Education, J. Edwin Rewbert. The exami nation begun at 9 30 o'clock in the morning and was completed about 4 o'clock p. m. There were oise applicants for the scholar ships as follows : Miss Louise, B skins, of Bishopville ; Miss TysoD English, of B.shop ville; Miss Edith McCatchen, of Bishopville ; Miss Ida J. Andrews, cf Oswego ; ii''ss Ethel Carson, of Sumter ; Miss Edna L. McCutch en, of Wisacky ; Mies Alice Cooper, of Mayesville: Miss Ella Skinner, cf Rural. and Miss Louise Haile, of Beykin. The examination which wis prepared by President Johnson, of Winthrop College, W88 on tbe following bra2cb?s: Geography, . S. History, Arithmetic, Algebra-through simple equations, Grammar, Spelling, Writ ing and Composition. Sumter County is entitled to five scholar ships at Winthrop College, but as there are now two scholarship students who have not completed the course, three scholarships, only, are to be awarded this year. The committee in charge of the examina tion consists of Superintendent cf Education, Rembert, and Messrs. J. Diggs Wilder and H. G. Oiteeu, the last two named having been appointed on Friday by Superintendent, Rembert, the members of the County Board of Education, who sbculd have served on the committee, beiog abseot from the city. The papers of the applicants will be for warded to President Johnson for examination and tbs names of the three successful appli cants cannot be ascertained ontil he announces the result. Pinewood Items. Pinewood, July 18.-The Rev. Mr. Russell, Presbyterian evangelist for B?tbe Presby tery, has Oc n conduction services io the Methodist church during the past week. At the close of the meetings arrangements were completed by which a Presbyterian chapel will be erected in the near future on the lol recently given them. The Kev. J. A. Bailey, now at Princeton seminary, bas been called as pastor. Bis acceptance will be bailed with delight by all the denominations here. Miss Bann, who conducted tbe Fulton school, near here, for two consecutive terms, and who resigned to accept a position in the pension department at Knoxville, Tenn., bas been promoted. Mr. R F. Epperson is remodeling tb store near the railroad for parties who will open in September. Mayor's Court. William Finney and J A. Sanders, bott colored, attended Mayor's court Tbaredaj morning. Fioney for drunkenness and pro fanity. Sanders for drunkenness. Finnej got teo dollars or twenty days Saoders gol five dollars or teo days, and took the dollars Complimentary German. A very pleasant and enjoyable german wai given at the Nixon House lest TLuredaj night by Miss Theo. Lopez, complimentary to Miss Celia Lopez, of Charleston, who ba been ber guest for some time. There were fifteea or sixreen couples preserjtand the occa^ sion was a charming and delightful success. The Teacher's Institute Prof. J. W. Thomson who is in charge of the Teacher's Institute says that the attend ance is good, and the work of the Institute is progressing satisfactorily. The text books in Arithmetic, English and \ Geography will be adhered to, and teachers who attend will be expected to hare the nooks The teaching is conducted in two sec tions-by Mr. Thomson and Miss A. A Dunbar, each reciting three hours. Miscellaneous visitors are cot desired, but those who desire to attend the sessions of the Institute can do so by getting a permit, and visitors will be expected to sit quietly and give the same attention to the proceedings as others. Mr. Thomson and Miss Dunbar are both teachers in Winthrop College. The following is the enrollment : ENROLLED ON FIRST DAY ; Miss Sara Barrioger, Mayesville. R D Cooper, Sumter. J N M Davis, Ionia. Miss Kate DeLorme, Sumter. " Sallie G Ellis, " " Essie Fleming. * " Lily Gregg, 14 " EdnaHogbson, " " Evie Mathis, " " Agnes McCallnm, " 11 Maria Micbau, Oswego. " Mary Alice Michao, " " Dora Michao, " " L Ida Reames, Sumter. ,c Marguerite Richardson, " 11 Antionette Rodgers, " " Susie Cecilia Rodgers, " " Edna Scarborough, St. Charles. Mrs L D Seana, Sumter. M rs CV* Spann, Mr L D Spann, " Miss Virginia Spann, Sumter. " Kate Sumter, " " Fannie C Snmter, " " Marie Olga Teicber, " Mr J F Tisdale, Ramsey. Miss Sophie Warren, Sumter. " Julia B warren, Goodwill. " Mamie V Warren, Sumter. " Georgie Williatnscc, Providence. ENROLLED SECOND DAY. Mis3 M Virginia Anderson, Stateburg. Miss Maggie Bradford, Sumter. Mr A C Carson, Scarboro. Miss Lucy Graham, Samter. " Rebecca L Jenninge, Sibley. " EC McLaurio, Sumter. Mrs L B Reynoids, Sumter. Miss Rosa M Shaw, Wisacky. Mis3 Emmie Wbittemora, Sumter. Mr B D Wilson, Sumter. ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENTS. The following additional names have been enrolled np to date : Miss Lillian Moses, Sumter. . Miss Maude L. Jones, Brogden. Miss Theresa James, Hagood. Miss Sallie Mooneybaro, St. Charles. Miss Agnes D. Richardson, Snmter. Miss Daisy Yeadon, Sumter. Mrs. N. W. Player, St. Charles. Mrs. F. L Branson, Sumter. Mr. J. D Galloway, Ionia. MU'S Ella Myers, Providence. Miss Maggie E. Myers. Providence. Miss Sara Durant, Burke. The daily attendance bas been good, and the work is progressing in a satisfactory manner. Gonzales Can't Come. Tbe committee in charge of the series of concerts to be given by the Sumter Club are in receipt of a letter from Mr. A. E. Gonzales j saying it will be impossible for him to give one of his dialect talks at the next concert, j Tbe committee, however, ia getting np an A 1 program One of Sumter's old time vocal favorites, Mr. Herbert Bennett, hes premised to sing, and other songs have been arranged 1 for. Besides there wiil be plenty of other attractive numbers. ZOAR HAPPENINGS. News Items cf Interest-A Suc cessful Revival Meeting. Zjar. July 21.-Since the rain on last Mon day night the crops and everything elsa seem greatly refreshed, but before then it had begun to look real serious. There will oe very little fruit io this section this sum m?r-watermelons excepted ; they are plen tiful, but wer injured to some extent by the dry weather. Peaches and apples are scarce. There bas been quite a revival at Z?ar Church this week. 1 think that we must bare had one of the best preachers in the S. C. Conference to preach for us ; and feel that j be bas done great and lastsog good. Mr. Graves, of Camden, delivered a splendid ser mon en Tuesday morning, and from then on until Thursday night Mr. Taylor has been preaching to large and appreciative congre gations. The services will close tonight Six have confessed Christ and unitad with the church. Rev. S. D. Bailey is pastor of this cburcb, and bas many warm friends in the neighborbocd. Miss Lillie Campbell, of Eastover, has re turned to ber home, accompanied by ber sister, Mrs. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs C.S. Curtis, of Sumter, are visiting Mrs. M. A. Jones, Mrs. Curtis' mother. Mrs. T. C Proctor, end little daughter, Mabel, of Charleston, are visiting her pa rents, Mr and Mrs. J I. Brogdon. Mrs. Irvin Reeves, of Georgia, is out on a visit to ber mother, Mrs. J. J. Britton, Sr. There have been several pretty giri visit ing in ihe neighborhood this week. Among tbe number are Misses Augusta Folsom, Clemmie Fort and Annie Kennedy, of Sum ter ; Miss Louisa Heacer, of Oraogeburg and Miss Exma Brown from near St. Jantes. Misses Addie Brogdon and Maud Jones are going to Sumter next week to attend tbe Teacher's Icatitute. The health of the neighborhood is very good at present. There is to be a picnie at the home of Mr. J. I. Brogdon, on next Wednesday (26th). Come, Mr. Editor, I know you will enjoy it. AGAIN ANOTHER RACE. Proposed Between the SSumter and Columbia Teams. The propoead firemen's tournament at tbe Isie of Palms will likely turn out tobe a success. Captain O^ei l and the other fire men in Cbarleston bare taken up tbe matter and the electric railway authorities are hearti ly io favor of it and wili contribute liberally toward making it a uecess. The committee hopes to be able to induce the Sumter and Colombia boree reel companies to make an other race at their tournament Until more definite arrangements re made, however, the Columbia men are not prepared to say what they will do. But they are always ready to uphold Columbia under proper con ditions.-Columbia Record. --mm^mm- - A trust has been formed io New York, with Harry Payne Whitney, son of Wm C Whitney, to control ai! auto-mobile concerns The capi tal stock is stated to be $100,00u( 000. Wedgefield Items. Wedgefield, July 25.-We are. glad to report the condition of tbe weather oecessi tated tbe use of umbrellas today, aod is not too late to benefit crops. Mr. W. P. Basking, of Biehopville, and Miss Grace Bailey, of Greenville, have been elected principal and assistant of our Graded Scbol. Both come to us highly recommend ed, and we feel sure under the new manage ment tbe coming session wil be marked with the same success that has attended its sessions the last few years. Mr W. K. Stewart and Mr Reddick are curing Borne fine tobacco for Messrs. J. H. Aycock & SGO8 and Dr F. M. Dwight. There is an ex convict around town that wants to re-enlist in the ranks of the peniten tiary convicts or doe3 not value bis life. Be entered Mr. R L. Wright's bouse last Thurs day night, and on Sunday night entered a tenant's house on Mr. H. R. Straoge's place He got after him with a Winchester and fired after bim six time?, but none took effect. Our townsfolk have begnn to bunt tbe Bpringa now. Mrs. J. H DuPont and Miss Kate Nettles left for Saluda last week. Mr. F. E. Thomas and family are on the way to the mountains in wagons. Mrs. J. H. Ay cock, MKS Bettie and Mr. Eugene Ajcock, and Mrs. Albert Ajcock will leave for Glenn Springs tomorrow. Dr. F. M. Dwight has moved op to his 6ummer place near Stateborg. Miss Lacy Mellett is visiting relatives ai Pioeopo s. Mr. S. C. Bannister, our newagent, errived last week with family. With the exception of a few headaches the health of our town is excellent. With congratulations to your bank cashier and townsman on bis appointment to a first lieutenancy in the U S. V. A. Yours for more rain, Dock. ----mmw-?*>. -<a Charleston College Scholarships. Probate Judge Walsh and County Superin tendent cf Education Rember have been em powered by the College of Charleston to award a scholarship in that college to ons meritorious young man in this county. The student selected must be prepared to stand the required entrance examination which is on the following branches : Latin, Greek, English, Geography-ancient and modern History and Mathematics. The scholarship entitles the holder to free tuition four years, and students thus appoint ed are permitted to contest for vacant Bojee scholarships, which pay the holder $150 a year. Fuller and more definite information may be obtained from the college catalogue which will be mailed on application to the Presider - of \he College of Charlestoo, Charleston, S. C. Mr. and Mre. B. Lackamp, Elston, Mo., write: |{One Minute Cough Core saved the life of our little boy when nearly dead with croup."-Bugiison-Ligoo Co. There ware fine rains io the eastern section of the oonoty Sunday afternoon. Rain was badly needed in the country along Lynches river and that of Sunday came in good time. Rain fell also in other sect:cn9 of the county Sunday, bot it was not general througbont the county. Secretary Alger bas allotted $4,000 to the artillery school at Fort Monroe, out of the appropriation of $8.500 contained in the army appro priation bill of 1900 for theoretical and practical instruction at the ser vice schools. How They Dress In Taris. Walk along the streets of Paris, and you will see 100 simple citizens tricked out in such a guise as iu sober London w^uld make them ridiculous. -_.3 a man a poet? Then his hair is in stantly long, his clothes are shabby aud fantastic, his hat, with its flat brim, recalls the fashion of 1S30. Is a man a painter? Then his clothes proclaim that he inhabits Montmartre and that he wanders up and down under the skinny trees of the Boulevard Roche chouart. Is a man a journalist? Then he is what is called patant and dines for a reduced price at the Cafe Anglais. Is a man a deputy? Then the imag ination refrains from a formula; he has a brougham, and he is decorated, but beyond this the eye of dogmatism can not penetrate. Yet, whoever he be, he dresses the part; he separates himself from the bourgeoisie by a trick of costume and gesture, and though no man ever pos sessed so brilliant a genius as the young Frenchman assumes his love of acting instantly marks him out, and the world is so wisely accustomed to his antics that a man who would be mobbed in London marches up and down Paris unobserved. - London Standard. Skating on Water. According to Professor J. Joly of Trinity college, Dublin, a skater really glides about on a narrow film of water continually forming under the skate and resuming the solid form when re lieved of pressure. Ile shows that the pressure under the sharp edge of the sk~te, along the short portion of the steel curve which is at any moment in contactais great enough to liquefy a thin line of ice, and this gives the skate its "bite." When the Ice is very cold, the pressure is sometimes inade quate to reduce the melting point suf ficiently, and then, as all skaters kuow, it is difficult to make the skates bite. For very cold ice Professor Joly rec ommends '"hollow ground" skates, be cause the effective pressure increases With the thinness of the edge. Irresistible Attraction. "What are you stopping for, John? If we don't hurry we'll miss our train!" "You can go on if you want to, ^ aria. I'm going to seo how they get that balky horse stared."-Chicago Tribune. Resolving too oft rm not to worry makes the r solution serve to remind you that you have something to worry about.-A tenison Globe: In some small villages the citizens never air anything but their griev ances.-Calveston News. THE HELPFUL WOMAN SHE WAS TOO ANXIOUS TO ASSIST ! HER FELLOW MORTALS. Her Excessive Zeal In Looking: After the Welfare of a. Blind Man on a Train Got Her Into Tronble With the Blnstering Man. I knew a good woman once-God never made a better-who on her jour ney through life was always trying to be helpful; always looking cut to lend a hand .to her fellow wayfarers and to make the rough paths smoother and I easier for them. She was never so happy as when she was making some sacrifice or serving some other person, sharing her strength with the weak or her plenty with the poor, and some times she overdid it. For the purpose of identification I will call her Mrs. Jones. While traveling between Utica and Albany one day, a blind man was led into the car and placed in the seat be hind her. Here was a chance for a good Samaritan, and she seized it be fore anybody else got ahead of her. She saw that he was comfortably seated; she opened her lunch basket and of fered him something to eat; she looked at his ticket to see that it was right and did everything else she could think of to show her interest in a fellow be ing so afiiicted. The blind man was going to Little Falls, and every time the train stopped he would inquire in an anxious way if he had reached his destination, and whenever he heard somebody passing through the aisle he would ask how far it was to Little Falls. Mrs. Jones was alert and answered every question and assured him that she would see to his perfect safety. She urged him to be comfortable and contented and promised to let him know when his journey was ended. When the train slowed up and a | brakeman yelled, "Little Falls!" she j pushed aside several officious persons i who offered to assist her and, taking the blind man by the hand, led him out to the platform and delivered him to some friends-who had come to the sta tion to meet him. After she had bidden him goodby and returned to the car she noticed in the seat he had occupied a well worn satchel. She seized it in stantly, rushed to the door and threw it off toward her blind friend on the platform with as much force as she could exert, screaming at the top of her voice: "You forgot your satchel." Then she returned and took her seat in the car with the consciousness of having performed a Christian duty. Pretty " on a rather rough looking pe*** " to had neglected to shave thar ming and chewed tobacco, came back from the smoking car and began to look around curiously and in an anxious way. Noticing that Mrs. Jones was watching him, he looked at her inquiringly and then said: "Madam, have you seen a satchel that was left in that seat?" "Yes," she replied promptly. "It be longed to a blind man, and I threw it out to him at Little Falls." "The blank you did!" exclaimed the unshaven citizen, whe^upon Mrs. Jones, perceiving that he .riendly in terest in the blind man nad possibly caused some inconvenience to one who had two large, blazing eyes and was addicted to the tobacco habit, began to apologize. The stranger listened with an expression on his face as if he re gretted that murder was out of style, | and when Mrs. Jones had completed her somewhat incoherent explanation he remarked : "Madam, permit me to advise you hereafter to mind your own blank business, and let blind men and other folks' gripsacks alone. I am going to Utica to attend court today, and that satchel contained all the documentary evidence in a case that involves many thousands cf dollars. I have got it continued twice on various pretexts, but if I go iuto court today and tell the judge that I can't go on because a lunatic has thrown my grip at a blind man, he'll give me the laugh and my clients will be robbed. And you are to blame for it." Mrs. Jones protested, apologized and shed tears, and when the conductor came back and sent a telegram io thc station agent at Little Falls to find the bag and send it to Utica by the next train she took out her pocketbook and offered to pay all the expenses. She even offered to leave the train and go back to Little Falls herself and bring the bag to Utica. She was eager, anx ious to do something to repair the damage and aid the lawyer in saving his case. He settled down in his seat, chewed his tobacco calmly and let her do all the fidgeting. When she reached home and told the story to her daughter, she solemnly promised that she would never try to help a blind man again.-Chicago Rec ord. Reverent, Though Drunk. The L.rge majority of Russians of the orthodox faith will not pass a church or shrine in the street without uncovering their heads and crossing themselves. Travelers have seen in toxicated meit who were staggering along observe this ceremony, and in the case of those who were too help lessly fuddled to walk home the friend or relative who has accompanied a tipsy companion in a sledge or drosky has, while holding him in the vehicle with one hand, performed for him the sign of tue cross with the other when passing a sacred place. The longest plants in the world are seaweed. Gue tropical and subtropical variety is known which, when it reach es Its full development, is at least OOO feet in length. Venezuela lias an enormous territory, claiming C32,000 square miles of area. It is about as large as Alaska and Ari zona, PAID WITH A SNUB. A Cane of Badly Misplaced Civility by the Vounger Woman. If anything roils a woman, it is to have some younger woman get up and offer her a seat in a street car. This misplaced civility infers that the elder woman is io be considered on account of her age, when, in fact, there is little ifference in years between the two. I witnessed a droll bit of comedy the other day in a Brookline electric that makes me smile every time I think of it The car was full, with several pas sengers si anding, when in bounced s. stout, well preserved person, with white hair beautifully pompadoured She was dressed in deep mourning, but a bunch of violets in the front of the coat gave a touch of "mitigation" to her grief, which was quite borne out by a merriment lurking in her mouth and eyes. The lady grasped a strap and looked out of the window. Then suddenly a young person sitting near, observing perhaps that no man in the car intended to offer his seat, rose and leaning forward touched the other on the arm, saying: "Won't you have my seat?" "Are you going to get out?" asked the standee. "Xo, ma'am," replied this tactless creature, "but you are older than t, and"- but the sentence was never fin ished. If a glance could slay, that young person would have fallen on the floor dead. "Thank rou. When I am too old t<t stand I shall not enter a public conveyance.''' That was all. The junior woman slunk back into the seat, and some of the passengers tittered. - Cincinnati Enquirer. A $1,000.000 BEDROOM. Gorfeeons Sleeping: Apartment of Lud wig II, tlie 3Iad liing. "Half way between Munich and Salz burg is the third castle-Herrenchiem see-built by Ludwig II," writes Pro fessor J. H. Gore in the July Ladies* Home Journal. "This great structure is incomplete, fortunately for already overtaxed Bavaria, for no one could surmise what its cost would have been. One room alon* -the renowned bed chamber-could not be duplicated for less than a million dollars. "The vaulted ceiling is one great al legorical painting, the rounded cornice is covered with a score of richly framed mural paintings, the walls are panels of hammered gold of intricate designs, and even the floor is of a mar velous pattern. The only suggestion of the purpose of this wonderful room is the sixty thousand dollar bed with its canopy more magnificent than any that covers a regal throne. "In the gorgeous dining room he had erected a disappearing table, which dropped through the floor when 2. course was finished, and in its place came up another, set and served. He desired this so that servants would be unnecessary in the room and the most secret state matters could be discussed in safety. "Many people sought in vain to see the famous room at Herrenchiemsee. Once an actress pleased Ludwig so much by her recitation that she thought it an opportune moment to re quest permission to see his 'most poetie bedchamber.' She was coolly dismissed for her effrontery, and the servants were ordered to fumigate the room ia which she had been received." Hezekiah a. Waterworks Engineer. Hezekiah, king of Judah, who reign ed in the years 717 to GSS, B. G., was a pioneer in constructing a system of waterworks, bringing water into the city of Jerusalem. In the holy book we read: "He made the pool and con duit and brought the water into the city, stopping the upper part of Gihon, and brought it straight down to tbe west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works." I From the "pools of Solomon," near Bethlehem, water was conveyed to Jerusalem, a distance of six or seven miles, through a conduit of earth" pipe about ten inches in diameter. The pipe was incased within two stones, hewn out to fit it, then covered over with rough stones cemented together. Even in those days "boil the water" was a well known injunction.-Seattle Post Intelligencer. Won Ia Spite cf His Lawyer. A well known attorney is telling a good story on himself. He had been, retained to defend a counterfeiter and advised him to plead guilty. His client did so, and as there was in the mind of the court a fixed idea that if a prisoner pleads guilty he does so because he has no attorney the judge asked him why he made that plea. ..Because my lawyer told me to." "Did he give you any reason for it?" "Yes. Ile told me 1 would have ns show before this judge." The court flared up and ordered a plea of not guilty to be entered, and the counterfeiter was acQuitted.-Phil adelphia Call. Banyan's Sharp Answer. John Bunyan wrote "The Pilgrim's Progress" in Bedford jail, where he was confined for his religion. A Quak er came to the prison and thus ad dressed h. im: "Friend Bunyan, the Lord hath sent me to seek for thee, and I have been through several counties in search of thee and now I am glad I have found thee." Bunyan replied, "Friend, thou dost not speak truth in saying the Lord sent thee to seek for me, for the Lord well knows that I have been in this jail for some years, and if he had sent thee he would have sent thee here di rectly." Common Sense Rare. Of bright, witty, learned and cute people we can lind whole battalions; tn every community, but when you gc in search of people possessed of good,.' hard common sense they are not so. easy to find.-Punxsutawney Spirit.