Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Slate to Collect Valuable Figures. Few Act Provides for Some? thing Long Needed: For a long time Sou4h Carolina bas beeu at a great disadvantage be ?aase of the fact tbat ehe bas bad DO seana of collecting facts and figures .boat ber cotton mills, etc The .nly statistics available since tbe great development of tbe textile industry began bave been what the newspapers could collect and what could be given by means of the char ter record Henceforth, however, ?oder a new act of tbe ge aera! assem? bly Bach information is to be offi? cially obtained through the tax machi? nery of the State, and that it will be of great valse goes without say iog Looking to tbe carrying: oat of the provisions of this most important aew act Comptroller General Derham yesterday issued the following circu? lar letter to the auditors in the several counties in the State : Dear Sir : As required in the act approved 19tb day of February, 1901. of "An act to provide uniformity and equality in tbe assessment of pro porty returnable for taxation by per? ?ons, firms or corporations engaged io textile industries, and canals pro Tiding power for rent or hire, and cotton seed oil companies and fertili? ser companies," voa will immediate iy, oo the adjournment of your coanty board of equalization, send returns of all such companies in your coanty to this office, with a tabulated statement giving, in the Cfcse of cot too mills, tbe capital stock, number cf looms, number of hands employed aod amount of cotton conaumed dur ing the preceding year, and such other suggestions as you may deem proper. And in the case of cotton seed oil companies, their capital stock, amount of cotton seed con? sumed, etc , etc And io the case of fertilizer com pa aies, give their capital stock, qnan tity and value of material used, and -such other information relative there to as will be useful to the State board of equalization Give me the name and address of tbe chairman of your county board of equalization, who is ex officio a ?ember of the State board of equaiiza lion.-The State HIS TITLES. It wa9 evident in bis swagger'hat bc waa a scion of the Brit'sh tiristocraoy and the sacst casual observer cooid co; bave failed to note that be was a stranger to the city He touched & weil dressed, auburn-haired yoong mao who was loiiiog io front o' a Broadwaj hotel on the shoulder. "Pardoo me, my dear man, bu could I trouble you for a match ?" After lightning his cigar, he continu?e : .'Bay Jove, this is a remarkable city. This is me first visit to Nsw York, d'ye know ? Pao a decid stranger, bu ea tbe other side Pm a person o' importance. I am Sir Francis Daffy Knight of tbe Garter, Koigst ,of the Buta, Knight of the Doubl s -Eagle. Knight of tbe Golden Fieeee, Koigbt cf the Iron Cross. D'ye mind tellies ?ase your oame so dear mao Replied he of the auburn huir, io a deep, rich brogue : "My name is Michael Murphy, nigh? before last, night before tbat/iast night, tocight and avery dams night Michael Murphy." SELF DISSECTED. Toledo, O , March 24 -Mrs. G Braoscbceider, residing near the city limits, occupies a ward at St Vin cent's hospital and is in a serious condition as a result of horrible in? juries self inflicted About 5 o'clock last evening, arm ed with an ordinary pair of scissors' she cut off al! toes of her left foot, both ber ears close to the bead and about an inch of ber nose She then oct out a portion of ber righi, cheek inflicted five gashes in the left cheek end finally began on he? arms Beginning at ber left forearm she removed every vestige of skin lay ing bare the muscles She also lacerated the right arm in a horrible Banner Nothing was known of the affair until ber husband, who was absent during the sight, returned borne this morning and found her in bed in a semi conscious condition A surgeon was called at once and abe was taken to St Vincent's DOSD? tal Her recovery is doubtful Tbe woman is about 50 years of ago It is thought she was temporarily insane cn account of domestic troubles. Tbe Rev John L Sewall, pastor of the First Congregational church in ?forth Brookfield, Mass, bas announced to hi? parishioners tbat be wiii accept a reduction of 10 per ceot of bia *alar*, of $1.500 a year, inasmuch as m??ny o' the congregation are f*oiog a 10 pe oeot reductioo in fneir wages earned ir the Ioeai shoe shop. Reading the Columbia Record is a n?a* mea!-so much plate taarer - <Jre?LVi>'e News. Thanks R ading the News is ?? pbyziatico-too much gas,-Columbi" Se cord. Cotton Growers Must Cut ?creag Farmers of South Carol i Asked to Organize. The farmers of the southern Sta -those producing the cotton-i being 8sked by those whom th themselves have chosen to take t proper steps to curtail the acres j this year and prevent a etarvati price for the crop now about to planted A short time ago the Soul ern States Cotton Growers' Prot? tive association was formed by de gates from all the cotton growi States, ?nd Harvie Jordan of Georg was made president. At that tit it waa determined to do everythii possible to redace the acreage tl spriog in not only this but other cc ton growing States A few days ago the planters Verdery in this State forwarded Mr Jordan the following : "We, the farmers of Verdery m surrounding vicinity, realizing tl necessity of reducing the acreage the present cotton crop now beii prepared and soon to be planted, n< only to secure prices at a living rat bot to force prices on tbe same bas of last fail for the cotton now c hand, and seeing no way by whit thia cao be accomplished bot to ta all the cotton growers to coop?rai with aa aod redoce the acreage om third, we address you If all tb farmers who raise cotton to an extent will reduce their crop on< third, and will show their williognei to cooperate in the measure, we sha see cotton (spots) advance wit hi 60 days and we shall realize 8 cen! for the crop now soon to be plantee Without this we cannot hope fe more than 5 or 6 cents this fall "With these gloomy features stai ing os io the face, we earnestly solici cooperatioo io the cotton State? Now we ask the president of th Cotton association to call a meetioj not later than the first Monday c April, to see what can be done ' Now should tbe farmers ieel ai interest in this step, or aoy other tha is calcolated to advance the price o cotton and keep it up we heartily concur with them The outlook jus now indicates that cotton will g< dowo to a price that the labor work ing for half will abandon their cropi and we shall fail to get it gathered "These things are not impossibili ties and now is the time to provid* against them "This is respectively submitted tc the farmers for their consideration ?: President Jordan has in the lasl few days written Mr Wilborn, whe is president of the association in tbie State urging h'm to issue a call and saying "I shall issue a call in all the coonties of this State (Georgi*), and ask that the same be done in all ol the other States through the different presidents of our State organizations If something is not done to check the downward tendency of the market, the cotton producers will be almost financially ruined next fall No mao can pay the present high prices o guano mules and supplies and sell bis cotton at 6 cents and meet his obligations The future work of our associations will avail nothing if ac enormous acreage is planted The farmers will fix the price of the staple during the next 30 days " President Yv ilboro of tbe Sooth Carolina association bas consequently issued tbe following call'for the cot ton growers to meet in each coanty in this Stace and take op the matter : To the Cotton Growera of South Caro lina : At the earnest request of Hon Harvie Jordan of Georgia, president of the Southern Cotton Growers' Pro tective association, and promiuent farmers io this State. I issue this call for the farmers of oar State to meet at their respective court booses on the first Saturday in April to con sider the advisability of reducing the acreage for the present year, and also to discasa ways and means for pro tectiog the price of our staple from present manipulations. If the cotton acreage of the sooth be increased, the price of cotton will go down to 6 cents next fail, which will result io tbe greatest financial calamity that bas befallen the southern farmer in years Now is the time for actioa, because tbe price of the staple next season will be fixed according to the acreage planted thia spring Let every cotton farmer ia this State attend these county meetings ; on the first Satorday in April, and i determine to protect their property from utter annihilation J C Wilborn. ? Pres S C Cot. Growers' Pro Aes'n It may be mentioned here that the Southern association is to hold a gen ' *ral convention in Atlanta on Aug j 31, next, for the purpose of reaching ? a deciaion as to the best methods for j the handling and marketing of the ' crop now being planted "Ir is beginning to be believed by a goo d msny exc-erisnoed law?eri and -tsfe?men," aiys The San Fraoeisco j ^hro'/ide, ''char tho Supreme Cour? ?ill fi;.d a way to dispose ni rbe ^rou? if ir>u?or J?ci;?* kf;own as ?14? Port?. Rico o^ae- ' without deoidi&g 'be cz ) proprio TIL*'""" nomi it a:l There is n doubt tba- ir will do so if ir cao. Tb? I Supreme Cour: :.rv>r decido* s oooKti ] (attora] poist that iff e's K political ei aa 'oo until positively coupeiied to " I -Charleston New? ned Oeurier. CHINA ASKS FOR AID. Russia Seizes Territory Unop? posed. Londoo, March 25 -The Chinese minister called at the foreign office today and urged the British govern? ment to bring pressure to bear io order to prevent Russia from seoufing the neoessary sigoatores to the Manchurian agreement The foreign office is still in the dark tonight as to whether the agreement will be signed or allowed to lapse wheo the time expires, March 26 Tbe officials of the Japanese lega? tion are inclined to believe Russia will succeed ia gettiog the necessary signa tures The Chinese appeals for support hate failed to produce any direct remonstrances from Great Britain or apparently from any other power to St Petersburg, for Russia persistently adheres to her contention that the seoret agreements concern so one except nor self and China. Mr Matsui, first secretary of tho Japanese legation, today made a state ment of the issues ia?ol?ed He said : "Russia's insistance, China's help? lessness and the probable victory of Russian diplomaaj tomorrow will bria;; us to the brink of a daogeroai situation in which none of the powers is so deeply eooceroed as Japan. Even if th* secret treaties have been modified, as i J alleged, the changas are so trifling au to make tba documents thoroughly objectionable to Japan. '.Assuming that China signs thu treaties [ suppose Great Britaio Ger many and tbs United States will protest to Kassia But that is about as far a> they wile go and about as much as they will get With Japan it is a matter of fighting "The question is whether we are to fight Rc-aia now or to fight her later OD She bas no right to Maoehuiin and if ?he secures Manchuria she will bs on th? way to securing Korea "Our government, I believe, aro seriously considering the crisis Their -yes are wide opeo and they will cot be driven to participate action by the jingoists of Japan, wbo are openly clamoring for immediate war Yet, if they see that war is unavoidable they will not hesitate to strike " TRAIN BLOWN OFF THE TRACK. Columbas, Ga, March 25 -? mixecl tram was blown off of tbe Central of Georgia Railroad tracks one miie east of Buena Vista, 37 miles from Colum tus late ibis afreroooo The train consisted of an engine and tend-er, bag ga^e car. two coaches and 12 freight cars and was going 15 miles an hoar ?ben struck by the wind. The engine was lifted from thc traok, the tender wa3 turned over, the baggage cir, two ciaches and three freight cars were thrown on their 6ides The re9t of the traio, however, remained on the track. No one was killed. Japanese Squadron Off for Korea. London, March 25 -"A Japanese' squadron. Admiral Tsushima command ing, left.Nagasaki Saturday for Korea," ?aye the Yokohama correspondent ol? tbs Daiiy Mail "The general opinioc here is that the situation ls serious. Urgeot iostrastioos have been issued by tbs saioioter of war, Gen Viscount. Katioura, io the commanders of fortu to attend a soafersoce io Tokio te con? sider questions of heme defense. "The war rasaors aro oansing a fall ia prices on the various bourses. Tho feeling of the oouotry is tneasy and intensely anti Russian bot Ibo oabinsi, shows BO iedioatioo of its policy." The Colombia State recently said : "The town ot Groeovilio is a queer sort of plaoe Her chief of police arrestn gamblers io tho act and ber mayor imposes foes. Rather unusual, isn'i. it?'' This town is peouliar ia other respects The police loder instruction! from the mayor have olsasod out as entire district of dissolute women, who not only vacated the premires occupied by them, but went outside of the corporate limits to stay. And DOW the nolies ar? working opon fire bigs - Greenville Mountaineer. Senator Tillman entertained Senator Redfield Proctor of Vermont at hit) Trenton home last week While to gother the two senators, one democrat the other republican, should have made arrangements for a monument over the political grave of tbe former's confrere, Senator McLaurin, for old man Proctor owns and ?ootrcls practically ail the tombstone marble in tbe United States. We suggest as the design for the mon? ument McLaurin charging upon a flee? ing Filipino with fixed bayonet while Tillman stands guard with a broken pitchfork.-Newberry Observer. St Petersburg, March 23 -Privy Councillor Pobiedonostzeff, chief pro coraior of the Holv Synod, narrowly e-caped assassination early Friday morning While writing io bis study ?bortly after midnight, two bullets shattered * window and passed close to ..be procurator ??nd buried themselves in the ceiling. Two other shots wi rc Dreu but did not enter tho mom Toe would be assassin waa identified as one Ligow*ki. a provincia! t?fica!. Senator Mt Laurie of Sooth Carolina says be is still a Democrat. But he oaot prove it -Atlanta Jturoal. Mr Editor : We propose to ??rog to ourself tbe right to become so el gated ioterrogaiioD poiot, aleo to m a few comments aod a presentment. Who is responsible for tbe disgra ful sedition of oar highways, so ci ed ? Whose duty is it to see that road haods are properly called out ? made to fill up the holes aod sim keep io fettle tte roads that the ch gang has raised, graded and drait for us ? IQ the multitude of acts of that g\ eral "assembly that ne'er breaks u for forty days and nights, and I statutes "that have no end/' is thi any statute now of force and tiri regarding our road work, or baa Su ter coanty been excepted from operation ? If any statute applies there any official or officials whose dc it ig to enforoe steh law and who is are drawing pay for the performanoi If this duty is being negleted is the not pome higher power to which t negligent official or officials is or a amenable ? If this delioqaeooy oom within the purview of tbe grand jar] prerogatives, sureiy that, honorai body don't need to inquire into or haye the eoodition of tbe roads speoii ly reported, unless they are all asle while going to the Court House depots, and if so be they oas ale? wbils traveling over our present roa -wsii, they'll never wake any mor and we might as well draw on tl treauury and employ an undertaker ondertake the? and have a frat funeral of the grand jury Thea the is the Coanty Board of Commissions and a stpervisor, and if this weathe ?nd the roads, continue to get won much longer, they'll aot be aol? i gaiber around the green table, in tl probate offioe. to pass any more a< fl.tuots until they are ready to pais i their own cheeks. Tbe topography and alluvium of ot county is such that there is not oe excuse ?for our noe having as fio highways as any in tbe world, ae surely tte obeapost The proper coe .?tituents already exist io the soil, sand day and gravel, and the proportion sufficiently proximate to build road aim ?st anywhere without any tools implements or appliances other tba pick and shovel, with an axe or two. Tho grand jury, we know, can bo present their report to tho court ac receive instructions therefrom Now, therefore, we do * respectful!; make this our presentment to the Hon oracle the Grandjary of Sumter count; as follows, viz : Imprimis We arrogate to ourselve the tide of "Game Cock " Whereas in the matter af our roads we do provi ourselves a veritable barn yard, dung bill breed, to wit : 1st. That the subject populace have not been summoned, warned or orderec to do aoy road work for the past three years 21. That the roads are in mosi execrable eoodition, aod even where tbey have been raised, graded and drained by tbe ohain gang aod road machine, only a short time since they are already eaten in holes aod out i o tc ruts by the murderously destructive hatchet edge tires used for hauling That these boles are growing iouger, larger and deeper with every wat spell, and that no move whatever is beiog made by any one so ever to keep these or any other portion of roads in aoy sort of repair. Instead, 3d. That tbe farm ?lows are using the highways as "?urn rows'7 where the rows are at right or other angles to the road, and that where they ran parallel they, in many pisces, infringe upoo the right of way permitted aod enjoined by statute. That where these plows toro ia tbs roads they ara sarelesfely, oegligeotly and with malice aforethought permitted to gouge into the ?ide trank, aod to throw slods of .artfa. upon the same to tba great detri? ment thereto and to the oosafort, patienoe, fervent piety, aod Godlioess of drivers, pedestrians, prodestriaiion ists t>nd pedalists (and especially tbe last, who are rapidly sinking iato a chrouio state of backsliding) Also that these same plows, also disc and other harrows aod farm implements are often dragged along the highways, addiog to the irjury of same aod har? rowing tbe feelings of above meatisned travelers 4th. We present the telephone poles as also, in many places, srangressing apon the right of road, witbaot sante, exoute or justification Moreover, we respectfully present to your honorable body that the present oondition of our oounty roads are a orying disgraoe, a menace in some places, aod upon the whole a heavy reflection upon the pride, push, energy and spirit of enterprise and progress whioh we should possess, aod which is being manipulated in a most practical manner by some of our more progressive and neighboring coun? ties. In eooolasiou wo would respectfully suggest that you do make particular inquiry as to who is or who are respoo sible for the eoodition and reoreaot to bis or their duty, report them, or bim to the court at.d have bim or them make aof-wer and show cause why he or th'-y should not receive the ooudem aa?o'j meted out to delinquent ard truant iffieialo Respectfully submitted, Guv. "Wee Ncc Villa." March 25, 1901. mm*W> -< I in? - A remarkable case ot r-?ptd gr-'W-b bas occurred in tho town of Islip, L. I , where a young mao aged 18 year? con fi ced to bed with fever grew four inches in six weeks, and at la.Nt acaiuats ? was still elongating. The Darlington Storm. MRS. GEORGE McCOWN KILLED-OTHER PER? SONS INJURED. Special to Tho Daily Item. Darlington, March 26 -A terrific tornado swept across tbe coantry two miles north of this place - yesterday afternoon abont 5:30 o'clock. A great deal of damage was done, houses and fences being biown away The residence of Mr George Mc Cown was blown down Mrs MeCown was killed and Mr McCown and one of his granddaughters serious'? inj a red Oo a neighboring place a negro was killed. FROM THE WIRES. Tien Tsin, March 24 -Thc Ret j Stonehouse of the London missionary society bas been murdered by brigands 14 miles east of Tien Tsin. Cape Town, March 24 -The baboo io plague continues to spread here. There is an average of six freeh oases officially reported tfaily. Mest ot the victims are colored persons. Madrid, March 24.-Dispatches from Lisbon say that a cabinet conceit has closed the chapel of the sisters and withdrawn tho saoetioo of the statutes from the asssrtioas of Mozambique mis siouaries aod that the Church of 8* Franois aad St Paul bas become state property and a Jesuit house bas beea closed. Berlin,March 24 -A dispatch to The Lokal Anzeiger from Stuttgart an oouoees tbat Baron Schott von Shot teostein, the Wurtemburg premier, whose sudden withdrawal from the cabinet owing to his being implicated in a pending trial, created sensation, bas committed suicide at U m Mrs Nation is now editiog a paper called "The Smasher's Mail." Her publisher is Niok Chiles, colored, form erly of Greenville, S. C We remem? ber him as a very prompt, reliable, and courteous newsboy -Christian Advo? cate. The passing of Gen Harrison re moves from earth the mest ultra Amer ioao president the oocntry bas had since Lincoln. The sturdy stock of old Tip pecanoe was so firmly engraved in bis oacore that no act of bis would admit of the word imperialism io connection with it, even in jest.-Anderson Bulle? tin (Iud). mm ??-?-'--o> - Reflection of a Bachelor. A really good girl ?9 the last one cf them ali to be shocked. About all a maa ge.s io this life are the things be doesn't want and the thiogs he takes The best way for a man not to have any big failings is for bim to have a lot of little ooes. There is something fundamentally wrong with a woman who bas no u?e for a man that emokes. The bigger the place a man has tn a woman's heart the lees abio he ts to turn around in it A woman bas the advantage over a mao ; when she laughs when she oogbt to have acted wheo she can always claim il was hysterics -New Pork Press. TEACHING A YOUNG LARK. Bow Its Mother C?achet It to Hop Afeo vt am? Fly. J. H. Barrie, the noted Seottish atory writer, In Scribner's Magazine told bow a young lark got its first lesson. A baby lark had got out of its cost sideways, a fall of a foot only, ont a dreadful drop for a baby. "You caa get back this way," Its mother said, and showed St the way. But when the baby tried to leap it fell on ita back. Thea the mother marked out linea on the ground on which it waa to practice hopping, and it got along beautifully so long as the mother was there every moment to say, "How wonderfully you hopi" "Now teach me to hop up," said tho little lark, meaning that it wanted to fly, and tho mother tried to do lt in vain. Sha could soar up. up, very bravely, but she could sot explain bow sae did it "Wait til! tho SUB oomoo ont after the rain," she said, half remembering. "What io sun? What ta rain?" tho little bird asked. "If ycu cannot toacb me to fly. teach me to sing." "Whoa the aua comos out after rain," the mothor replied? "than yon will know how to sing." The raia came aad glued the little bird's winga together. "I shall novar bo abio to fly or sing," it wailed. Then of a sudden it began to blink ita eyes, for a glorious light had spread over the world, catching every leaf and twig and blade of grass in tears and putting a smile in every tear. The baby bird's breast swelled, it did not know why: it fluttered from the grouud. it did not know why. "The sun has come out after tho ; rain!" lt trilled. "Thank you. sun! Thank you! Thank you! Oh. mother. | did you hear mc? I can sing." Then it floated up. up. calling. "Thank you. thank you. thank you!" to tlie sun. "Ob. mother, do you see me? I am flying r* Way He Growled. IIoax-T paw you at the thenter last night. You were in the deg seat. Joax-Sir, what do you mean? Hoax-Weren't you sitting in K-0? -Philadelphia Record. i THE BURGLAR'S BIBLE. He Said That He Would &*t It Bacls Aeain, and He Did. Senator John C. Spooner of Wiscon? sin when a young mun was attorney for two men charged with stealing. There had been taken from the men a well worn Bible and a small drawer. On the fly leaf of the Bible was the in? scription, "To My Darling Boy, From Mother." The trial was held the next day, and the future senator made a brilliant speech to the jury. Ile exhibited the Bible and pointed to the inscription, and without leaving their seats the jury returned a verdict of "Not guilty." After the trial the young men gare tlie lawyer ?50. '.Boys," said Mr. Spooner as they were about to separate, "1 am curious to know why you carry that Bible and the empty drawer." Then the senator listened with astonishment to the his? tory of his clients. "We are professional safe blowers and haye been for fire years. This Bi? ble has a double corer and opens like 'this" (here the self confessed criminal pressed a hidden spring in the thick cover and disclosed a hollow ia which '?here lay two steel file a and a small saw), "and this old drawer has a secret bottom, where we keep cur tools." The future senator confiscated tbe Bible and the drawer. One of the thieves al outed angrily, "Well get those things back yet, yon mark my words!" Several years p&ssed, and then the incident wa? brought back to Hr. ?pooner'e recollection ia the following manner: One evening he and his family attended an entertainment, and no one was left at the lieuse. When they re? turned at a late hour, ti ey found that the house had been entered by bur? glars and ransacked, but that nothing apparently was missing. The next day's mail brought a letter which readr Dear Sr-Please excuse the wey we cam? m last sight, bet the door iras locked. We never did think J ra treated ca square by swiping ear outfit, and so we came back after it and round you were not at berne. We alwaya keep ?at word. Toms truly, JACK AX? JIM. -Saturday Evening Post ' THE BARGAIN CRAZE. Men, It Ia Allesed, Are as Mach In? fected as the Women. 4*This perennial joke about the love of women for bargains wearies me," said a bright business woman the other day. "With most presumptuous supe riority men charge our sex with an ex? travagant zeal for bargains, but I see enough of business men tr a- 'ure me that they are just as eager as women are to get an article at a few cents less than the usual price. "Mr. A- is generally extravagant in his personal expenditures, but he is keen after bargains. The other day he came into our office wearing an air of great satisfaction, and his jubilation had no other foundation than the dis? covery of a street stand where 'sec ends' in lead pencils were sold at 2 cents each. " 'If you know a good pencil when you see it,' he explained, 'you can rum? mage in the pile and pick out 5 and 10 cent pencils at 2 cents , each or three for 5. " 'And that reminds me of another bargain. You know the 10 cent cigars I smoke? Well, there is a little shop down near the ferry where you can get them four for a quarter. I just heard of the place and ran down there at lunchtime and filled my pockets. Great bargain.' "And would you believe it that man, whose transactions run into the mil? lions, went on telling my employer of bargains in clothes, stationery, etc.* and Mr. B-stopped in the midst of Ids estimates cn a big contract to note addresses and to tell Mr. A-of bar? gains he had discovered in neckwear and shoes and household supplies. "Yet women are said to monopolize the bargain hunting disease,"-New York Press. A Good Menaary. A bad memory in most caaes might be more properly described as one rust? ing from sheer want of use. The fact is our brain cells are always "ready te oblige," but we do not give them suffi? cient encouragement la their weH meant efforts. Naturally the individ? ual may cultivate a memory for cer? tain details more readily than for oth? ers, but the general basis of all recol? lective acts is the same, and there is no department of human mental activity in which the motto that "practice makes perfect" holds more truly than lu the science of mnemonics. The view may be expressed, indeed, that we never forget anything presented to our brain cells. WbeB we say we have forgotten, we really mean that we can? not find the mental photographic nega? tive whence we can print off a positive reproduction.-London Chronicle. Fro sa aa Aataor's Notebook. The following is an extract from the diary of an impecunious author: "Ros? at r> and had a sonnet and a glass of cold water for breakfast. I retired ear? ly in the evening without supper, as 1 feared the neighbors would be annoyed by the rattling of the knives aud forks.."-Atlanta Constitution. A Blind Sale. An exchange tells of a novel plan adopted by au English hostess to se ?.ure funds for a charity in which she was interested. She gave a dance, in? troducing in thc cotillon an auction figure. In This the favors were for sale. A table was spread with their., from which selections were made. After the choice the purchaser found Ihe price affixed on the revers?? side. This might he a penny or a pound, tho limit of cost, and was set without any regard to the apparent value of thc article to which it was attached. The most tri? fling ar!ich* perhaps had the topmost mark, and vice versa, making choice so far as price was concerned pure chance.