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THE WAR IN AFRICA. WARREN'S MOVE VERY WEIGHTY. Od His Success or Failure Depends Roberts' Plans. London, Jan 15, 4 30 a. m.?Lord Robert's enigmatical announcement 'uo change iu tbe situation," doee totbing to allay public anxiety or to explain the mystery surrounding Qeo Boiler's movement* on the Tugela and, although there is s disposition to regard the dispatch as disposing of Saturday s adverse rumors, tho ??et bss opened in o stste of ens ponse slroost equsl to thst of last week, beoaose it is recognized that sailor? in Gen Boiler's prefent at tempt would sesl tbe fste of Lsdy Ms. Preeomably "no obsoge to tbe tittttion" refers to previous dis totoboo sent to tbe war office, which btvo not yst been revealed to tbe peblio Sxoept tbe announcement of the) seisore of Potgeieter'e drift ood of law advance of Oeo Warren, swore boo been do bo tro ft on tbe Togo I a for i week A roy of bope It it tbo foot tbat tbe eanae silence ?rwvtilt fross lot Boor side Thus it easy, perbsps, be fairly inferred tbat ?eo Boiler bas out yet met t serious tttok If tbe sooounoement of Goo Wtr rot's movemeot be correct, it it seidsot tbat Oeo Boller'e forces tre spread over t vtry wide froot?per ?2B milso? tad it the e veu t of t io fall of tbt river bit operstioos tiigbtbefuli of dsoger It it be lltved tbat Geo Boiler bss oo good survey mspe of tbt district. This will add to bit difficulties. Bir Obarles Wsrreo's tdvsooe probably meane to attempt to eeize Hlangwane bill, tbe snain pott of tbe Boers sooth of tbe Togelt Upon tbe socceoe or fsllure of these opert tioot dtpeodt tbe whole future of tbt campaign Until tho reeuit is known, Lord Roberts will be ootble to decide bow to dispose tbe two divisions tod tbe reeoforcements now trriv og .Tbe news from otber points it of to greet importance. Boer scooonts ttll of snother sortie from Kissberley et Jen 9, in tbe direction of Ksm ftVt dam, wttb t brisk exobtoge of ?ring, bat ta> results A betvy de tooation wot betrd oo Jao 8 withio Kimberley A dispstcb to tbe Daily Mail from Jfodder river, doted Jao 10, gives a romor thst Kimberly woe being bom borded Bsstsrds Nek, mentioned in Lord Roberts' dispttcb si tbe locality of t rtcooooisesooe, io northwest of Coles ?ay. Doobls sre beginning to be raised wbetber it will be possible to get together anything like 10,000 yeo sasnry Only t very smsll percept sge of tbt applicants satisfy tbe etsndsrd of riding and sbootiog A large number ot officers from tbe Bgyptiao army have just left Csiro for Sooth Afrioa to rsplsce those killed sod wounded BRITISH DIVISION MOVES London, Jon 15?A dispatch to Tbt Dtily Mail dtted Jao 12 from Pistermsriiiborg, says : "Sir Ohtrlee W err en msrohed with 11,000 men eastwsrd from Frete by wsy ot Wseoto ilit ecoute found no sign of tbe eoemy at Gobler'o kloof, and Coleoso wee ssoertsioed to be desert? ed "There sre rumors tbat tbe Boers tre prepsriog to lesve Nstsl, dis oooreged by their failure to reduce Lodysmitb All tbe oolonials and irregolsrs btve beon plsced under Gen Wsrren's commend "Among tbe Free Staters killed in tbe tttsok on Ladysmith on Jan o was Commandant Devillieres, who, but for bis well known friendliness to England, would have been com Btonder-io chief of the Free State fort "a 99 Tbe Standard published the follow? ing from Ledyemi'h, Thureday, Jan rv by heliograph, via Weeneu : "Tbe Boers er fortifying poeiiions north end west of Ladysmith, doubt less wiih a viow of securing a sefe line of retrest should their opposi? tion to Gen Ruller'a advance fail Tbey stiM surround Ladysmith in large numbers, end mey ho contemp lating another attack '?It is known, however, that they ore greatly depresaed by list if h< avy losses Prior to Saturday then were perfectly confident of their ability to def-st the. garrison and to take possession of the town " ? ? ?awtm ???? - - August Flower "It is a ?u'prijioK ?ad," ?ajs Prof II a< ton, "tb*t :o toy trevt.i Is a i taw ? I it,. world, fir the Nit lea year* I h*te SN>I SSOfl people bating BjSeS! OffSt'l / utrus. Kloarei than any o'b-r rnm'.t,, f r tfeSOSOte, SO rang-?) 11- aM StOSatSt, and ;or SOOStitt lion I H id .or leaflets *nd lelesmen, or lei B*r*on? fl.lif g i ffirn poSlllOSS| WbSfS BOas! esses ssd geoeral > ed IstImg* from irrtgulni kabits St W/t, that ii <SSt*| A u^nst K ?.*cr 19 1 grand remedy. It dute not injure the ?jttta by frt'^oeot oe , ? d 1* ticelltnt for sum stoeiacne aud iudigeeuoo." Sample bottln free at Dr A J Cbiee'e. Mold by dsalers if all c.fiiia-d couairiee. 1M8 More Dutch Id Vicinity of Ladysmith Than British. London, Jan 16, lam ? i}e\\ Butler'? latest authentic word at) to what ho and his 30,000 are doing was wired from Springfield after his fitst forward atep. Sttiving to think out the unknown, London is confused by surmise aod rumor and disquieted by auspense Spencer Wilkinson, the lucid military expert of the Morning Post, aaserts that the Boer force in northern Natal is larger than Gen Buller'a and Sir George White'* tog-ether, so that the Boers are able yet to oppose Gen Buller with a force superior to hi* own Reports from the Boer camps affirm that the circle of investment has been drawn closer by the occupation of some hills near the town, thus liberating reinforcements to oppose Gen Boiler Although the war pages of the great dailies today are almost barren, the telegraph instruments click ceaselessly. Yeomsory recruiters ore getting only ooe and one bolf companies out of upwards of 1,000 applicants io tbe metropolitan districts, the others failing to m?et requirements : and, although tbe provinces ore doiog better, tbe raising of 10 000 yeomen io for from easy A otrike among tbe military toilors io oootber perplexity. KR?GER ORDERS MEN TO THE FRONT London, Joo 16.?A dispotoh to tbe Doily Moil doted Saturday, Joo 18, from Lorenzo Merques, ooys: "Preoident Kroger boo issued o proo lamation orderiog oil burghers to tbe froot. Tbe Volkstem. the Traueveal official organ, suggests that the mo? ment tbe Britioh orooo tbe border the gold iodoetry should be irretrievably deetroyed ??President Kroger also issued o circular, dated Jan 8, to Boer com mond?nts and burghers, urging tbem to sbow more energy io tbe Trans voal cause He quotes Psalm 22, veree 7, oo God given iootrootions to tbe burghers, sod ooyo tbot tbe Brit iob have fixed tbeir faith in Poolm 83 He oloo quoteo Poolm 89, veroeo 18 end 14, ood asserts tbot be bos oeerched tbe Bible without being oble to find ony other mode which con be followed by tbe Boero, who moot fight 'io tbe name of tbe Lord.' "Commandeering io proceeding busily ot Pretorio, where tbe town guard io exchanging Mouoero for Martinis, tbe former beiog bodly needed ot the front It io soid there ore nearly 3,000 British prisoners io Pretorio" 8AW A BRITISH COLUMN Loodoo, Joo 16 ?A Staodard dis patou dated Saturday, Jan 13, from Dorbao,says: "A man who bss just arrived here from Springfield says that a British oolumo, proceeding to the relief of Ledyamitb bas oroFSsd the Little Togeis When he left it was facing tbs Boer position oo tbe Big Tugela aod a Huwi'ter was shelling the Boer treoebes "He says slso that 270 wagons, laden with eommiasariat stores for Ltdysmitb bad left Frere, aod it was expeoted that the oolumo would joio hands with Geo White Monday eveo iog ? Tbo traotioo engines have been doiog exeelleot work in baoliog heavy wagoos oot of boles aod swamps This tbsy aooomplish with ths greotest ease. "British pstrols have disoovered partiea of Boers io ths direction of Ktuersdele, betweeo Frere aod Est ooort." IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. Orange River, Friday, Jan 12 ? Geo Wood, for tbe first time io tbe campaign, has established a post io tbe enemy's country. With a foroe of all arms ho took up a position Jan 6 at Zeoptpaoa drift oo the north side ot the O.eoge river io the Free State. ? ?? goes THE CLAIMS OF ITALY. Washington, Jan 13 ?The Italian government has signified to the gov eminent of tbe United States, in tue polite and courteous method known to diplomacy, a wish that tbe persons guilty of lynching the five Italians at Talolah, La. lost spring, should be punished Heretofore in cases of the lynching of Italians the matter has been compromised by the payment of an indemnity, but this does not meet the present demand of the Ital ian government As under the Ollotlog Uw the trial and prosecution of such canes as Ifell is left entirely Io the itOtS atithoMtien, the Rational government is well nigh bopelOwf |o inert the itqajfti ol the Italian government Ah an outcome of ibis smborroooing 1 position the president will probably geeks freak reprtoeiitatloni lo con gi'chh urging tin* Kp??< dy peonage of ih?* peaking biiin intended to remove i Iron Htate ootsfli jnriadiotion in can?H I wee re persons olaimiug treaty pro leetlon are the victims, and ttanofer* eng jurisdiction over tbem to I ho federal ootirto mm ? ? ? mmm-~ Osjt of ib* rgomsnts odteeoed fo? holding in io ill - 1 *l?111;)pttich in thut > sogar oan bo produced OfcSSbi ?' Ibers ' tb?o it nao be io lbs United BtatOS, ' aod a bettor qualitv of eottM oan bo * grown there thin in tho tan?beta l States, aid yot thorn are houio Southern men who arc bunkering for eipaosioo. The General Assembly. Columbia. January 13 ?Today, the House, without a dissenting voice, passed to its third reading the bill repealing the Income Tax Act Mr Rodger's bill to provide for a record of marriages by imposing a small fee for recordihg the license passed its third reading Resolutions looking to extending the time for taxes further thau already extended were lost There was another skimish about the eaUry of the State librarian, but the "only lady office-hoider in the Stalo" won and got the $200 extra salary. The Gruber bill to establish County Courts has gone through the House, and the amendments, as to which counties should be and should not be exempt, is tbe only possible hitch now The Renate bill looking to the readjustment of the salaries of oounty auditors was killed. On motion of Mr Montgomery the House agreed to a concurrent re solution to hold memorial services in memory of tbe late Governor Ellerbe on Thursday next Mr McCullough's bill providing for extra Courts, where needed in any oounty, was passed without opposi tion It will do muoh to expedite legal business SENATE Tbe senate took tbe first steps today looking towards the completion of tbe State boose, the committee having ioetraoted Cbairmeo Marshall to draw op a bill io aooordaooe with Arobiteot Shaod'a plane. After tbe Senate opened tbe oomrait tee oo judioiary, through Senator Hen dersoo, reported fovorably oo tbo followiog bills : Relating to tbe appoint? ment of magistrates ; relating to salary of treasurer of Kerabaw ; joint resolution requinog tbe attorney general to investigate tbe Virginia Caroiioa Cbem ioal company and other like corpora? tions ; relating to the service and summonses ai d transoripts from magis tr?te?' courts Tbe fame committee rcportod unfavorably on tbe publication of petitions for pard<>u before filing with tbe governor aod the bill was rejeoted A ooooorreot resolution from the bouse sppoiotiog Friday, at noon, as tbe time for tbe eleotioo of seven members of tbe board of trustees of tbe South Caroiioa College, seven of tbe board of trustees of Winthrop, and fivo of tbe board of visitors of tbe Citadel, was referred to the committee oo privileges aod elections Tbe bouse bill to validate the grand jury of Union County for 1900 was passed Tho bill providiog that no person engaged io teaching a free poblio sohool shall be a member of tbe board of trustees wat? recommitted io order tbat tbe Superintendent of Education may have ao opportunity of being beard on the bill. Senator Waller's bill providiog that tbe weight of a bushel of bolted corn meal shall be 46 pouods passed to a third reading. Tbe etate boose committee met today during a reooss of tbe senate and eleeted Senator Marsball chairman Arobiteot Sbaud made a report as to tbe aoet of completing tbe building acoording to original designs He says : "In many particulars the oost of ooostrootioo is greatly reduced by tbe iotroduotioo of modem methods, wbioh are equally atroog. durable and as effeotive in appearaooe as tbe old way "In many instances the original design has already Deeo obaoged and it ia impossible to oarry out tbe original inteottooe io all details, but tbe draw iog preseoted shows the building exact ly as intended, except as regards tbe roof and dome Tbe original drawing oalled for a muoh flatter roof tban is now upon tbe building aod called for a tower thirty feet square at tho base, to be ooostruoted of marb e. Tbe al'ered shape of tbe roof as it now stands would not be in keeping with the tower, as originally designed, nor could such a tower be executed in marble, as then intended, without enormous expense and without reconstructing a deal of tho interior of the building. The dome showo Is the drawing when work ed out in alll it.-* details would make a handsome addition to the bu'lding, and executed in Portlund oemcot wilt be durable and fireproof. ?'I give below the detailed figur?* of iny rstimato : ?Front and rear portioora. with motmlithio oolumijs, with steps I 'ad'"? from front portion tog mood $18 i 000; dome, 116,000 ; repairing roof, 000 ; woodwork, ?1 600 ; plastering corridor, ft 1.000* mtaseilansout, ?10,? ooo Total $214 600 "It the tvm portions have one row of oolomoi oniy, iostead nl two, dedool from abovs estimate ?75.000. ! This will not detract from the Appear aooa of the building, though two rows would add to its lenity Tho euggei tion of puttii \l ?. ? i ow <>f o dumos, Iostead oi two, :.? givoo in n report ?1 Mr John K. Niernsen, the orignal doMgOT submitted in 1 sSt t> a oom iiiirtee appoint* d to report on 11;a oompletioo ol the Htaic house The r mf i.t the botldiog 11 in vi ry bad eon ditioo aod should bavo immediati sitcn tum Tbo ooppi r oovering ol lbs deot roof is in i ??? condition arid beyond , repair This pail o( tbe rool should bo recovered, und ail valley* and gutters relined an I00U an possible, ai the building and its cooteiiib are being damaged by leak* " Sonaur Marsball wan instructed by the committee te draw up a bill for the completion of tho buildiug according to Mr Shaod'b plans SHORT SESSION OP THE HOUSE. Columbia, Jan 15 ?The house met today and in a few hours' time had gone through with tho calendar and then took up a few local meuH uree. In a r.hort while the passing over of billa left over from "last year resulted in reaching the bills which had not been on tho de*ks of the members for 24 hours, and then the house had to adjourn after an effort had been made to revive certain measures The only considerable fight was over Mr Rogers motion to recommit the bill to repeal the income tax law Mr Rogers thought thst the law ought to be given a better and further trial He was not present when Mr Mauldin's bill, repealing the law, was given its second read ing, and that was why he made his fight on tbe third reading. By a vote of 31 to 'no further count'1 tbe bouse refused to recom? mit the bill on Mr Rogers' motion. Mr Ashley and Mr Bacot put the clincher on tbe votes and the bill was given its third resding. All bills down for their third read? ing were passed and will go to the senate Mr Graydon'e bill to reduce tbe salary of tbe phosphate inspector to (800 wss taken up There was some effort to delay action. Mr Prince wanted to inquire into work of tbe phosphate inspector, and thought tbe bill ought to go over He bad some views he would like to present. In deference to Mr Prince the bill went over without action to dsy Mr E B Ragsdsle bad a bill limit? ing the number of scree of land which an alien may own to 100 acres Mr Bagsdale was satisfied with vhe Act of 1896, limiting the ownership to 5o0 acres, and the bill, by his request, was killed Mr Ragsdale's joint resolution to authorize tbe sinking fund commis sion to refund two hundred dollars to John McSween, paid by him under protest for alleged back taxes, which were not justiy due, was given its second resding Speaker Gary appointed Messrs Baoot, Priooe and Stevenson as a special committee relative to the message oo the drainage of tbe State aod tbe /edemptioo ol eertaio land* Tbe following new bills were proposed today : Mr Westou : To authorize tbe pay moot of two notes now held by tbe Carolioa National Bank, which they paid upon the endorsement of Col W A Neai, then superintendent of tbe Penitentiary, aod endorsed by him as superintendent, aod for wbiob tho Penitentiary reoeived the money Mr Dukes : To provide for the issuing of hoods for sobooi purpose?. Mr H E Johnson : T > auieod ibo law as to carrying conoealed weapons Mr Wbarton : To provide for peo eions for paralyzed soldiers and sailors of tbo Confederate army. Mr Asblcy : To regulate the grant iog of bail by magistrate?. Mr Whisooaot : To amend the pres eot Aot as to barbod wire fences Mr Mauldio : To fix tbo salary of tbe olerkn of the H<>use aod tbe clerk of the Seoate at (500 per year, bu oot to affect tbe eaUry ot those now io office. Mr Young, of Somter : To regulate ibe foreclosure of mortgages so as to j make it unnecessary to have a personal i represented?e in foreclosing mortgages especially io small estates. Mr Siokler : To ametjd tbo law a* to tbe foreclosure of mortgages on real estate Mr MoCuliousb : A memorial f.nra tbe trmtoes of the S >u'h Carolioa Col? lege relativo to the building of a ball for tho Htudcuts to board a\ A great DOSSSIMf SENATE. There were but few senators absent wboo tbe senate met tooighr and they went through tbe brief oal> oder wohin an hour The seuate refused <o concur in the houso amendments to tho oounty court bill Toeso amendment* f xcoipt ?*d nearly half of tho counties from the operation of the bill. Sec a 0 G'u bcr mado the tnotioo n u concur rsooe, stating ,t senaiors want'i t Pare a confer, nee on ?ho bill Senators Gruber and Heodertoo wcra sppotottd a committee en conference Tbe Benote ooooorred in the IIoupo ameudmeotl to ibe bill to provide foi j amot-.dmor.ts to charter , railroad, j steamboat and mutvoipal oorpatatiotifl being exempted The bill was ordi r j r? to I e enrolled Tho ooi ourr< n ? j resolution of tbe Home providing foi : momatial services to Governor Bllorb.' 00 Thursday wa> agreed to Scovors W. A Bryao ei?d Lifingston we o j appointed no tbe n':rt of tbe sonata t ? Oiaki the ai. tb gotii i nts The bill io relati . to sutnoi >ns i 'and iraosoript of jud^mcots from msg tat rat ei' courts was paased to a third leading, no ne ol amendments on third j teudiog being given I ho joioi reso lutioo io iuveatigate tho so oal od ferti lit i ituM was poised to a third reading 1 without debate. A* ibore have tfoeo maoy ioqoirca as io mo exact provisi ns ot tho resold lion, the text in given : SeottOQ 1 Tbat the Attorney Geocr al of tbo State of South Carolioa be, and be is hereby, iostrucred aod re* quired to forthwith tostitnte an investi gation to determine by what authority the Virginia Carolina Cbemical Com? pany are doing buHiuess in rh 13 State Whether paid company has ooosptied with tbe laws of this state regolstiog foreign corporations, and whether said company, or any person or corporation who may be engaged io tbo fertiliser business within tin- state, has violated, or is violating, the provisions of the law* of thi* State prohibiting trusts and combinations, and that be lOStitOte such proceedings, civil or criminal, ab may be necessary to prevent and pun lab the violations of such Uws against trtw* aod SOnbioOtioOl The following utw '.ilia were introduced : Mr Mower : To amend Seotion 1 of the Act regulating tbe foreclosure of mortgsgea Mr Griivdon : To amend the prooe dure relating to the Supreme Court Mr Marshall : To direct tbe Buperin tendent and board of directors to take up two notes discounted in the Carolina National Bank tor tbe Penitentiary These are two Neal notes, ono tbe 0, W Ragsdalc note for (2 000. aod the W W Russell note for $600 The presiding officer appoioted Sen ators Qruber and Manning 00 the swamp land drainage commission, and tbe donate adjourned until 12 o'clock tomorrow PEACHES AND BLUBBER. A Story of Arthur Stringer and in Oxford I'rofpMor. Canadians are very touchy on the subject of climate, as Rudyard Kipling discovered when he somewhat thought? lessly dubbed the Dominion "Our I^ady of the Snows." When Arthur Stringer, the young Canadian poet and author, first went to Oxford, he carried with him letters from Professor Goldwin Smith of Toronto to Professor York Powell, the distinguished historian of Christchurch, The old Oxford don, like one or two other Englishmen, had very vague Ideas about (fanada and somewhat sur? prised the young stranger by inquiring if he got along nicely on English roast mutton after living so long on frozen seal meat. The young poet gravely protested that he perhaps missed his whale blubber a little, but the next day cabled home, and in less than a week the finest basket of autumn peaches ever grown in Ontario, carefully pack? ed in sawdust, was on its way to Ox? ford. A short time afterward the young author was again dining with the regius professor at Oxford, and that gentleman produced at the meal a fruit dish loaded with tremendous peaches. "Most extraordinary," said the old professor, "but these peaches were sent to me today, and I'm blessed if I know who sent them. From the south of France, I suspect, so I saved a few of them for you. Stringer. They will be such a novelty, you know." The Canadian very quietly took a steamship company's bill of lading from his pocket and handed it to the professor. The professor gazed at the bill, then at the fruit, then at the poet. "I hao some whale blubber, too, pro? fessor," said that young man, "but I simply had to eat that. These other things were grown on my uncle's farm in Kent county. Out.. 3*011 know. He has 200 bushels of them every year, and he sent me over a basket of little ones along with the whale blubber."? Saturday Evening Post. A Landmark In the Way. A large stone that is one of the land* marks of Fairlleld county has raised a dispute that will probably have to be settled In the courts. The stone was planted at a road crossing of the old Boston ami New York turnpike, which new forms the main street of the vil? lage of Fairliold. iu 1707 by the an? cestors of Henry 1. Flint, a prominent business man of Bridgeport. The Bridgeport Tract too company operates a trolley line through Fairlield and re? cently derided to place larger ears up? on that line, but when the first car was run to t'alrfield it was unable to pass the corner owing to the prox? imity of the stone to the track. Mr. Flint was asked to remove the land? mark, but Hotly refused to do so. The traction company officials say they will take legal aetiou to have the obstruc? tion removed.?Hartford Courant. I'mcm of Opaline. According to the Boston Journal, a new article called opaline has been placed upon the market by a French plate glass factory, presumably a French invention, though this is not mentioned. It is described as a vitreous mass, absolutely free from metals, acid proof, of a grayish blue opal color and resembling artificial ice. It is cast and rolled into laige plates of from S3 to loo square feet surface area and from one-half to ouc and a half inches thick. Large surfaces, it is said, can be lined with .0 single plate without a joint, and it is superior to marble, in that it is acid proof and remains spotless The plates have a smooth and a rough sur? face, the latter to render adhesion l*> mortar sure, though for partition walls it is furnished si 100th en both sides. His Dinner Costume. Palermo has not yet got over tbe Due d'Ork'titiH' dinner costume. The Preticli prctcudi r presented himself at a diutter party given by an Italian duchess there iu while kmv breeches, white silk stockings, white waistcoat, Velvet smoking jacket with the order* of I he I i olden Fleece and of Charles \ on the breast and in shoes with dia? mond buckles, lie explained that that was the way be dressed for dinner at home. Home M?nner?. The young wile's ideals begin to be shattered when she sees her husband put his feet on the best chair.?Phila? delphia Record. WIND LYRICS. Cast ?rind Through patfm ? f pearl, with sapphire r-r*:, I steal at dawn t<? fly, while yet The clouds with silv?r de? ar."> wet. <?n wings that brush Um morning star Of song afar. North wind - From Beldf ft troz< n siars I l.-!ow, 1 hear the fragile Sowers ? f t-m.wr That fail udo! the earth below. With pun ceiestifd lips to bksa In soft, caress. South wind ? On wings of perfume, horn of ?nring. Sweet memories of the south I I ring; From birds and MuBMMM pink that fling To hcav'n their gladness in an asntMV Ot melody. West wind Hark through Um gafc - i' fold and rose. Where late ti?^- ?tar of evening mows, I slip, beton the evening's close, (h On pinions wovon cf a sigh, Into tho night 1 wem to die. Iiut, hush! The night will boou pan by. Beton the lark, when morning breaks. The east w ind wakes. ?Carrie L. Ward in Danaid. FIRST AMERICAN PATENT. Granted at I)o?ton In 1G48 and Call* cd a Monopoly. To the general court of Massachu? setts belongs the honor of granting the first American patent. This was iu 1643 and was then designated as a monopoly. It was confined to the re? gion controlled by Massachusetts, aod the one issue apparently included al the Invention of the inventor connect? ed with engines that depended upon water for their motive power. The limit of the monopoly was 14 years, and the court not only retained power to forbid exportation, but to prevent exorbitant charges upon the public for their use. Tbe patent was issued in this form: ?MENKES MONOPOLYE. "At a generali Courte at Boston the Cth of the 3th Mo 1(148. The cor't con sld'inge ye necessity of raising such manifactures of engins of mils to go by water for speedy dispatch of much worke with few hands, and being suffi? ciently informed of ye ability of ye pe? tition to peforme such workes grant his petition (yet no Othr per sen shall set up or use any such new invention, or trade for 14 yeares wthout ye li? cense of him the said Joseph Jenkes) so farr as concernes any such uew In? vention, & so it shall be alwayes in ye powr of this co'te to restrain ye ex? portation of such manufactures & ye prizes of them to moderation if occa? sion so require." This inventor, Joseph Jenkes, or Jenks, as it would now be Fpelled. came from Hammersmith, England, settled in Lynn in 1G43 and died in 1G82-S3. aged 81. He was a black? smith and machinist, made tbe dies for the coining of the "Pine Tree" money and built the first fire crgine in this country, altogether a man of great Inventive genius and the ancestor of a large number of descendants. One of his sons removed to Rhode Island, where he built several mills.--Boston Transcript. An Abnentnitndetl Bridegroom. Robert De WOT, brother of Lord Wil ):am De WOT, the British scientist who was the first experimenter to liquefy air, is a remarkably abscntminded man. It is said that on one occasion he left his home early one morning and repaired to the house of a friend, in which there was a tine library to which he had access. That afternoon his relatives aud friends searched the neighborhood in vain for him. At length he was run Iowa in this library. 'By his side was a new suit of clothes. "It's a nice man you are," ironically said the spokesman. "What's the matter now?" returned Robert irritably. "Your bride and the preacher are waiting for you this two hours. Don't you know this is your wedding day, man?" "I declare," said the groom. "I'd for? gotten all about it! Wait till I dress, and I'll go along with you."?Saturday Evening Pest. SALARIES OF OUR PLAYERS. Tho Pay of Actor* Varies) From 110 to BU Mneh ni S'oo Per Week. Franklin Fylos. writing of "The The ater and Its People" in The Ladies' Home Journal, touches interestingly upon the earnings of actors and cor recta the oft repeated reports of the enormous earnings of players. "Sala rles vary with circumstances," be says "The manager may find at |25 ? wei h a player whose moderate talent exact ly fits a part of considerable Impor? tance. He may have to pay $100 If th? role is singular and tit candidate" scarce. If he wants celebrity in addi tlon to ability, he may be willing xc make the salary $500 a week. In that case he takes Into account the public value of the name ami makes a feature of it In his advertisements. "Not more than t< n actors in Amer lea, aside from the stars, receive as much as $250 a week, and Dot more" than five actresses arc paid thi.? ?mount. In fact, $150a week is excep tioaal. and $100 will engage an excel lent hero or heroine, a due corned las or a delineator of eccentric character. The wages run down to $73 for a sou ! breite, ingenue or old man, to $30 fofl an old woman, juvenile man or juvenil? woman, und >o ulong to utility ano! I chorus men and women at $12 or sis :i week. Those are the wages of tbor ouglily com|H?tent actors in companies of good grade." tier I.title rontiaence Game. "WV'rc playing railroad train." she s:iid as site pulled her father's paper away, "and I'm the conductor. Tick? j ets. please." lie lock a card from his pocket and handed it io her. She looked at it In* tently for m minute and then handed it ! hack. "Thai was Issued yesterday," she said, "and isn't good today. You'll have to pay cash or get off the train." Hi" give her a dime. He kaew be had been "worked." but what else could he do??Chicago Post..