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SISE LIGHTS ON SCHLEY COURT. Some of the Prominent Men Who Gonduoted the Court.. Washington, Nov. IO.-The closing cf the court of inquiry marks the end of the most interesting session held by any court here. Everyone who wish? ed was given a pass to enter, but tho reserved seats were crowded every day and scores had to stand up. . Since the death of Mr. Wilson the the public has found a new hero in Mr. Raynor and when he closed his speech on Wednesday afternoon after he had made his audience laugh and I cry he was surrounded by an im- j promptu mob of admirers. Mr. Raynor is one of those speakers who fire up suddenly. Very often in the examination he would run along at a slow steam rate until Capt. Lem ly would try to. get in some good point -and in the next moment the attorney general of Maryland wolud startle ev? eryone with a sudden blast. During the examination last week Judge Ad? vocate Lenily was seeking to prove that Schley went into battle _ without .having a prearranged plan which every naval officer is required to have in the presence of an enemy. Mr. Raynor waited until the judge advocate had enjoyed his imaginary victory and when he addressed the court he wished to know how Commodore Schley should have been required to have a pian when he was not the commander in chief. Instead, continued the speaker, he acted as Nelson at Trafal? gar where the only plan of battle were the words "that England expects every man to do his duty." Judge Advocate Lemly has had a hard time .with the cartoonist and Schley partisan. He, however, repre? sents the brains of the navy prosecu? tion, or as he terms it, the investiga? tion, and he does not claim to be a prosecutor. The judge advocate has ? very clear voice and can be heard by everyone in the halL He looks like a good sized grizzly after a large dinner, and the .cartoonists have noted that fact in their drawings of him. Admiral Schley sat between Lemly and Raynor and appears never to be napping. During the reading of his testimony the admiral would every few minutes stop and look around at ^Raynor and then resume hi3 testimony just as if it was a school for grown up folks and the admiral was the scholar who was reciting. The admriaPs mod? esty and gentlemanly conduct through? out the trial has made him even more popular, and hundreds have gone into his little ante-rcom where, after the -court adjourned each day, he would hold an impromtpu reception. The other afternoon a rosy faced old Confederate with a Confederate flag pinned on to the lapel of his coat went into this room. The admiral received Mm very cordially. "Admiral," said the old Confederate, 1 ' I simply want? ed to shake your hand and tell you : that everyone who wears a button like min?is for you." The admiral was happy and so was the southern vet? eran. It will be several weeks before the court renders its decision, as all the testimony will have to be gone over and the typewritten testimony .now amounts to almost a wagon load. Then, as good-natured Admiral Dewey and his two associates have had a very handsome suite of rooms at the New "Willard for their use, it is believed that not before the middle of Decem? ber wili the finding be made public. Admiral Dewey has made a very ac? ceptable and popular judge .and even those who resented his transaction in certain real estate come away from the court room with praises for our great ets living hero. Admiral Dewey drives his two nice looking sorrels down every morning, and when lunch hour comes he dives into his desk and unties his bundle of lunch which he has so regularly brought with him. JHUL GBO? REPORT FOR ROSSI! Correspondents Put all Crops Be? low the Average. St. Petersburg, Oct. 7.-The minis? try of agriculture today published its annual autumnal crop report for Euro? pean Russia. The ministry has 7,600 correspondents west of the Ourals. All crops, were below average, it is stated, and in some parts cf the east and south they were "bad, in places very bad." The staple grain, rye, was particularly deficient. Winter wheat was " bad" in the Don province, Po? land, and the Baltic provinces and good only in the southwest. All sum? mer grains were below the average. The deficient harvests of 1900 caus? ed a shrinkage of L600,OOO roubles in the income from the payment of peas? ants for their lands and the minister of finance is resolved to materially diminish the estimated receipts from this source in the next budget. The government appears fully con? scious of the added responsibility that it has assumed by virtually ex? cluding private persons and associa? tions from participating in relief meas? ures. Judging from official publica? tions and such scattered notices as individual papers publish from time to time, every effort is being made to discover and mitigate suffering. The Red Cross will open free eating houses and direct the medical relief. The greatest difficulty is anticipated from the Tartars and the Finnish tribe known as the Mordva. The Tartars rent their lands to Russians and are destitute. Augusta and Charleston Joined by S. A. L Augusta, Ga., Nov. 10.-James TJ. Jackson, cf the Charleston, Augusta and Chattanooga Railroad company, and general agent here of the Seaboard Air Line, has just returned from New York and Philadelphia and announces that he has signed up a contract with John Blair Macafee, railroad contrac? tor of Philadelphia for . the construc? tion of the line between Charleston ! and Augusta. Work is to begin at ? once and contract requiries completion j in 13 months. Work will begin where j the Seaboard Air Line crosses the j proposed line at Olar, S. C., and < proceed towards both ends at the same j time. Completion of this line will ! "bring the Seaboard to Augusta and i Charleston over its own tracks. SHERIFF AND DEPUTY CAPTURED. Held Prisoners in a Farm House by Convicts. Topeka, Kas., Nov. IO.-Sheriff Cook and Deputy Sheriff Williams of this county, were captured this after? noon by two escaped convicts from the Fort Leavenworth military prison at Pauline, five miles south of Topeka, and held prisoners in the farmhouse of a man named Wooster for several hours. The convicts finally escaped between a line of police sent from Topeka to reenforce the sheriff, and are now at large. Both were slightly wounded. Wooster was badly wounded by one of the convicts when he tried to fire on them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook were held before the con? victs as a shield by the prisoners in making their escape. A posse is in pursuit tonight. At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon some farmer boys near Pauline learned that the convicts were in the neighborhood. Hastily forming a posse armed with target rifles, pistols and clubs, they gave chase. Neither of the convicts were armed and they were unable to make a stand. Later Sheriff Cook and Deputy Williams arrived. Coming upon the convicts both officers fired, wounding the men but not disabling chem. The convicts then fled through a small opening in the timber and ran into the house of Farmer Wooster. Sheriff Cook telephoned to Topeka for assistance and then took up the chase. Thinking the convicts had run around the house, Cook went through the open door, intending to surprise them at the rear entrance. But in? stead of this the convicts had gone into the house and the officer almost fell into their arms. Sheriff Cook was ordered to give up his gun, which he did. Deputy Williams by this time had reached the house and entered without knowing what had happened inside and he too was made captive by the convicts. In the meantime Chief Stahl of Topeka, and eight officers were on their way. They arrived at the Wooster house about an hour after the officers had been imprisoned. Chief Stahl immediately began negotiations with the convicts to give up their prisoners and to surrender themselves but the convicts only laughed. Farm? er Wooster then managed to get a gun and was about to make an attack on the convicts when one of them laid him low with a blow from the butt of a revolver taken from one of their cap? tives. The convict broke Wooster's right hand and made an ulgy gash in his head. BULGARIAN GEVERNMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE. Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 10.-Informa? tion has been received here from Doubnitza that the band of brigands holding captive Miss Ellen M. Stone, the American missionary, called about a fortnight ago at the village of Smet3hevo and subsequently proceed? ed to the monastery of the Rilo, but the movements of the troops compell? ed the brigands to flee toward the frontier where they are now in hiding. It is also asserted that the brigands recently have been treating Miss Stone with more severity in order to exercise pressure and to compel a more ready acceptance of their conditions. Consul General Dickinson is inflex? ible. He insists that the surrender of Miss Stone must precede or(be simul? taneous with the payment of the ran? som. His attitude is justified by the known determination of some members of the band, particularly the captain, Yanne Sandansky, to kill Miss Stone and her companion so soon as the ran? som is received, owing to the fact that tee captives have now acquired in? formation concerning the secret com? mittees. Competent persons, however, ex? press the opinion that the cupidity of the brigands will overcome their fear of revelations and all such approve the declaration of Mr. Dickinson. Yesterday Mr. Dickinson made ener? getic representations to the-Bulgarian government against the movements of the Bulgarian troops, reproaching the officials with the fact, that notwith? standing their solemn promise to give him all the assistance in their power, their ; action was embarrassing the negotiations, retarding a settlement and placing in jeopardy the life of Miss Stone. He made a definite declaration that the Bulagrian government would be held responsible for the death of Miss Stone and of all the consequences of her death, should it be proved that the attitude of the Bulgarian govern? ment forced the brigands to kill their captives. findersoa Will Fight the Trust. Anderson, Nov. 9.-Anderson is set? ting an example to other cities in showing the w'ay to fight the fertilizer trust is to fight it. There has just been organized a new fertilizer manu? facturing concern of colossal propor? tions, with home capital almost en? tirely. The name of the new enter? prise is "The Anderson Phosphate and Oil company," and the organiza? tion-of the concern is complete; It is said that there is some Richmond cap? ital in the venture, but it is practically owned and will be run by the most solid and far-seeing business men of Anderson. The capital stock of the i company will be 8600,000 with the privilege of increasing to 8800,000, and its organization is for the sole purpose of the manufacture and sale of commercial fertilizers and cotton seed products. The company acquiric^ the ownership and will take imme? diate possession of the Anderson Fer? tilizer company, and of eight or ten cotton seed oil mills in this section. Frederick G. Brown, president of the old fertilizer company, is to be at the head of the new corporation. This is a superb location for such an enter Xjrise,. being in the heart of a splendid agricultural section, and the old con? cern has paid handsomely. The old plant and the force employed will be doubled immediately, and the output largely increased. All the business of the new concern will be managed from Anderson. The organization has been managed very quietly, and it was only yesterday that the necessary papers were forwarded to the secretary of state and the first steps taken toward securing a charter. 100 CAB LOADS OF EXHIBITS. Two Thousand Men are Working on Exposition Grounds. Charleston, Nov. IO.-Exhibitors and concessionaries are coming to Charleston in large numbers and dur? ing the past two days a hundred car? loads of exhibits have arrived here for the exposition. Tonight Mr. S. C. Meade, president of the New York State commission, and four other members and employes of the commis? sion reached Charleston by the New York Clyde liner Comanche, and to morrow 12 members of the advisory board of the architect in chief, Mr. Gilbert, will reach the city from New York. The New York commission has come to inspect the New York State building, and Gilbert's board for the purpose of advising with the architect as to the last few finishing touches on the marvelous work he has done. Architect Huston of the Philadelphia building is here also to receive the building from the contractor. It is ready for the Liberty bell which it will shelter during the exposition. More than 2,000 men are now employ? ed on the exposition grounds and th? Midway city is going up like magic. The housing committee of the woman's department has already secured more than 10,000 lodgings for exposition visitors in private families and board? ing houses. The usual rate for lodg? ings will be $1 a day and for lodgings an? breakfast $1.25. Nearly every house in Charleston will be converted for the exposition and the sentiment of the community is against every at? tempt to exact heavy tolls of the visi? tors. The railroads have agreed upon low rates, 30 per cent, lower than the rates made for Buffalo and the city council will pass an ordinance next Tuesday night for the protection of the roads from the scalpers. The at? tendance on the exposition promises to be at least twice what the promoters cf"the project expected, and the ex? position will be the most artistic ever held in the south. Why Murray was Made Deputy. Columbia, Nov. 10.-In a Washing? ton dispatch sent out yesterday it was stated that Collector of Internal Re? venue Koester had appointed George Washington Murray, the black negro Republican and former congressman from the "black district," to be one of the deputy collectors. This was a surprise and a still more interesting statement was che following from the collector appearing in his paper yester? day : "Murray's appointment has been earnestly requested by National Com? mitteeman Capers, and it will be remembered I announced a week ago in an interview that in appointment of Republicans to office I would be large? ly guided by tte advice of Mr. Capers, who has been selected by President Roosevelt and Senator Hanna as their representative in this State. Murray is also strongly endorsed by influential and potential Republicans in the north. He is a good citizen, a man of pro? perty, who has the respect of all white men who know him. While he has been a consistent Republican, his conduct has never been offensive. Having been signally honored with ap pontment to an office without any at? tached condition, I would be unworthy of the confidence the president reposed in my fairness if I gave all my ap? pointments to Democrats: and in ap? pointing some Republicans, I feel that the best element of the colored race deserves recognition and no better recognition could be given them than appointing ex-Congressman Murray to an office. He is a higher example of how our coolred people can make themselves useful and rsepected citi? zens by industry, thrift and politeness. His appointment will be a rebuke to an obnoxious class of politicians and an incentive to his race to live as he has liven to win the respect of white and colored people alike who know him." Wife Desertion a Crime. (Frcm the Minneapolis Tribune. ) To George A. Kenney belongs the distinction of being the first man con? victed in this county under the new law treating abandonment of or failure support a wife as a felony. The court was lenient with him and gave him the lowest penalty-only ninety days in the work house-instead of the limit of three years in the peniten? tiary. Mr. Kennel's bad eminence should be a warning to other men who are inclinedto neglect, evade or shirk their duty to their families. The Minnesota law is a new depar? ture in sociology. Heretofore such offences have been treated as misde? meanors. The delinquent husband could be fined-in which case the wife usually hustled around and raised the money to pay-or compelled to give bonds for good behavior, or sent to 1 jail in default of security. But now he is confronted by a hard labor proposition. If his failure to support his family arises from laziness he finds that he has "jumped out of the fry? ing pan into the fire," in being com? pelled to work for the State under more disagreeable conditions than free labor could possibly involve. If he has means or property he would natu? rally prefer to draw upon his re? sources rather than incur a penal sen? tence. "It is not to be presumed that the average man will sin more than once in this direction if the law is vigor? ously enforced against him. If he can show that he has done the best he can and that bis failure to support his family arises from inability to find employment, that is, of course, a good defence. This law gives the wife a better chance thr.n she had before. She can insist that her husband per? form bis whole duty ns the family pro? vider, and if he wilfully refuses or neglects to do so she can have him "sent up," and so get rid of him. Its enactment is an important step in the direction of the practical accomplish? ment of women's rights. ???m - Not a Hopeless Case: She--Your proposal of marriage was quite unex? pected. He-So much the better. She--Why, pray? lie-Because it's the unexpected that usually happens. Chicago News. Perry Pictures at H. G. Osteen & Co's, book store. Oct. 30-4t MR. SHEPARD'S ESCAPE. Edward M. hepard should have a Te Deum sung for the escape which he has made from a situation that would have destroyed all that he has for years held most dear. We believe that by unwise counsel from over-desirous friends, and by the cunning speech of self-seeking politicians, Mr. Shepard was betrayed into allowing his name to be used as a stalking-horse for Tammany, under the belief that he woudl,be able to serve his city and his State better as the Tammany Mayor than as the trenchant reformer. Char? acter is the result of many forces ope? rating for a long time, and a man's natural bent, whether for good or ill, is not suddenly diverted unless the springs of his nature have concealed their true inwardness both from him? self and his friends. And certainly the friends of Mr. Shepard believe him to be honest and fearless though perhaps overtried by the glamour of the nomi? nation for the great office of Mayor. The greatest aspiration for men .like Mr. Shepard is to serve their feilow men. He represented for years a type of moral and intellectual civilization which had gotten far beyond the de? sire for personal self-indnlgence or sordid greed. He had even passed beyond the love for knowledge simply for the sake of knowledge, and repre? sented rather that type of mind and heart which seeks to use all the forces of science and learning, not for person? al gain, but for the advancement of one's fellow-men. * There is an almost resistless fascina? tion for such a spirit in the opportu? nity offered by the office of Mayor for carrying out the works that will make for purity and*peace and comfort and civilization. We believe that the vista opened up to Mr. Shepard's imagina? tion was too stimulating to be with? stood, and he found himself, before he knew it, allied for pure motives with an absolutely impure and corrupt or? ganization. The result could not have been other than disastrous to his name and fame. Had he been elected with the regular Tammany henchmen for his underlings he would have been thwarted and checkmated at'every turn. He would have found himself unable to carry out the reforms whose need was so appa? rent, and also unable to explain why these reforms were left unheeded. He would have suffered the inevitable de? filement that follows the touching of pitch, and at the end of his term would have left his office broken in his own estimation and in that of his friends. From this he has been saved by the happy chance of defeat. "There, but for the grace of God, goes John Wesley," said the great preacher, when he once saw a malefac? tor being carried to execution and but for the providence that overrules our courses, which this time took the form of a popular uprising against corrup? tion. Edward M. Shepard would have lived to repent with hopeless remorse the day when he allied himself with Tammany.-Richmond Times. ORGANIZER ARRESTED IN SAN JUAN President Gompers Makes Protest to President Roosevelt. Washington,Nov. IL-Samuel Gomp? ers, president of the American Federa? tion of Labor, today saw the president to protest against the arrest of Santi? ago Iglesias, who was sent to Puerto Rico by the federation to organize the workingmen of the island. Before Mr. Iglesias left the United States, Mr. Gompers explained to the president the purpose of his visit and asked that Gov. Hunt be notified that his mission was not to stir up strife, but simply to organize labor along legitimate lines. By the president's direction Secre? tary Cortelyou wrote to Gov. Hunt concerning Mr. Iglesias' mission. The letter was dated October 19th. Last Saturday Mr. Gompers was sur? prised to receive the following cable? gram from Mr. Iglesias : "Arrested when stepped ashore. No warrant shown. Ignored (ignorant) charges. Remain in jail." This message Mr. Compers showed to the president and the president im? mediately sent an inquiry to Gov. Hunt as to the cause of the arrest. During Mr. Gompers' interview to? day he spoke to the president about labor legislation, the Chinese exculsion act, the extension of the eight hour law, the lien contract labor law and the convict. Mr. Gompers was especially anxious that the president should recommend the reenactment of tbe Chinese exclusion act and he came away impressed with the belief thai the president would do so. MASSACHUSETTS CULTURE AND LIBERTY. Salem, Mass., Nov. 8.-The Coun? cil Chamber and its approaches in the Ciy Hall here today present a picture of defacement and destruction seldom seen. The wreck is the work of a mob that last night attended a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen to hear charges of violation of rules brought by Mayor John F. Hurley against City Marshal John W. Hart and several patrolmen. The session, which began at seven o'clock last evening, was not adjourn? ed until after four o'clock this morn? ing, and during the sitting of the Board some of the most disorderly scenes ever experienced in a city gov? ernment took place, ending with a de strucive rush which wrecked the Coun- j eil Chamber and its furnishings. The reading of the charges brought forth a demonstration which showed ' the temper of the audience. Some laughed outright, others commented in loud tones and still others hissed. As the hearing progressed the atti? tude of the audience accumulated, each point for either side was met by an | outburst of cheers and hisses loud com? ments and epithets, showing the sym? pathy of the crowd. Towards the close the tumult of the spectators increased. And when the hearing closed, with a wild rush the crowd poured out through the door into the corridiors. Chairs and set? tees were overturned and ceilings and walls broken. Windows and gas fix? tures were destroyed and valuable pic? tures were ruined. The damage will reach several thousand dollars. The hearing will be resumed next Monday evening, when the defence will present its case. THE ISLAND OF TAHITI. It May Be Rightly Termed the Para disc of ilie Pacific. Picture an island set in a roof of cora; of myriad hues-the lagoon of a lighi green, outside the white foaming break? ers the vast ocean of intense blue. Or shore are great bunches of cocoanut palms lifting their plumes in stately magnificence, then there are lanes ol trees blossoming in red and yellow flow ers, and nestling in their midst are tai low thatched houses of the natives The delightful and healthy climate ol the island brings to maturity all th* products of the tropics, which are no? where found in greater fullness and perfection than here. The wayfarer is soothed by the fragrance of sweet smelling flowers and delighted with the abundance of oranges, bananas, bread? fruit and cocoanut which give a peren? nial supply of food to the natives. Tahiti may be rightly termed tnt "paradise of the Pacific" or even tbs world, as in no other place is there sc much variety of scenery. At everj turn the constant surprises keep th? traveler in a delirium of delight. Some times the sea lies before him, the waves wreathed in a foam of white breaking the silence in a continuous roar; on the other side the high, steep mountains in forms of towers, domes and steeples pierce the clouds. Now and then a silvery band of water falls from perpendicular heights to the tur? bulent stream below. Then you pass under the sheltering shadows of tall interlacing trees which excel even the grandeur of our tdm. Farther on you pass through lanes lined with bananas, mango and groves of cocoanut.-Over? laid Monthly. A Certain Dake and an Uncertain Boy. A certain duke, while driving from the station to the park on his estate to inspect a company of artillery, observ? ed a ragged urchin keeping pace with the carriage at his side. His grace, being struck with the cleanliness of the lad, asked him where he was go? ing. The lad replied: "To the park to see the duke and so? gers." The duke, feeling interested, stopped his carriage and opened the door to the lad. saying he could ride to tfie park with him. The delighted lad, being in ignorance of whom he was, kept his grace inter? ested with quaint remarks till the park gates were reached. As the carriage entered it was salut? ed by the company and guns, where? upon his grace said to the lad: "Now, can you show me where the duke is?" The lad eyed his person all over, then, looking at the duke, replied quite seriously: "Well. I dunno, mister, but it's either you or me!"-Spare Moments. Dag Mad. A'ot Holes. 'There used to be a famous charac? ter in our part of the world named Frank O'Connor," said a Cincinnati man, "and the stories of bis doings and sayings still form a large part of the staple anecdotes of the country which he used to permeate. "One of his stock expressions has passed from local to national use. If any one-did a particularly clever thing or said anything that especially struck him, O'Connor would say, 'That shows almost human intelligence,' and now when far and near I hear that expres? sion used it conjures up memories o;? my genial old friend. "Up in Ontario at one time ill fortune compelled O'Connor to accept a job on a farm, where a friend one day found him. the sweat pouring off his brow and a spade in his hand. 'Hello. Frank!' he unkindly called. 'Are you doing very well digging out postholes?'" 'I'm not,' was the* tart response of O'Connor, who was nothing if not lit? eral. 'I'm digging out mud and leaving the holes.1 " Matias the Blind See. Success in desperate cases by con? servative treatment is the lesson often repeated and yet never quite sufficient? ly learned by any physician or surgeon. The infinite ingenuity behind the heal? ing processes, the never renounced struggle toward normality, is an ever renewed source of wonder. All that ls needed to elicit lt is confidence in it, delay in doing anything radical, watch? fulness to follow up the hints to action as they begin to show themselves. . We know of a living and happy pa? tient who ten years ago had albuminu? rie retinitis from long existing Bright's disease despite what all the textbooks say as to "two years" in such cases. "Don't do the irrevocable thing until forced to do it" is the warning that has saved many organs and lives. Above all, never proceed with surgery ("the despair of medicine") until physi? ologic and medical methods have been exhausted. The Wiener Klinischer Wochenschrift tells of the success of Herr Heller, di? rector <ff an asylum for the blind, in educating the remnant of visual power retained by a "blind" child. There was only perception of light in a narrowed field left, but this by education was made to yield such indications to the eager mind that after 14 months of en? deavor the boy has very useful vision, can distinguish colors and forms and even can read. There are possibly thousands of blind people who have renounced vision in? stead of cultivating it to a degree that would render the blind types useless. American Medicine. Snnay. Tho word sunny borrowed its original significance from astrology, lt describ? ed a person born under the influence of the son. this luminary being supposed to exercise a beneficial influence on the character of the individual. To Prevent Rnst. Iron and steel immersed in a solution of carbonate of soda and potash will keep free 'rom rust a long time, even when oxDosed to a damp atmosphere. HIS STAET IN LIFE. "DOC" HARTMAN AND HIS WONDER* FUL GREASE ERADICATOR. With. Soap Candles and Bottles ol Rainwater He Fooled the Public and Laid the Foundations of a Substantial Fortune. "Talk about your self made men,'* said an old timer among a party of: horsemen gathered in one of the speed? way inns, "I don't think any of 'em can equal the early experiences of Tim Hartman, who died in St Louis man-? years ago, leaving nearly a million dol* lars to be fought over by his heirs. He made his first good sized pile on pat? ent medicines, then he picked up a great deal more on real estate, and at last he rounded out with speculation in. Montana copper, but he was known as 'Doc' Hartman to the time of his death by his few intimate friends. "But the story that I'm going to tell,, and the one which he often told him* self, concerns his very earliest experi ' enees in the accumulation of money. Tim Hartman started life with $1. H? kicked around as a barefooted boy and a pretty mean one, too-in a little town in Connecticut until he was^lSP years old, and at that time he had be? come so fresh and so full of wind and general cussedness that his father one day told him he was no good, never had been and never would amount ta a picayut?e. The old gentleman, just to carry out the bluff, told Tim that he had a good mind to cut him off with a dollar and make him earn his own liv? ing. Tim straightened up and called? the bluff. He told the old man that he would take the dollar and get out then and there and hustle for himself. The* old man handed him a crisp $1 bill and told him that he'd be glad to see him> make a fortune with it "The first thing that cuss did was to? go about in a few back yards that be knew of and gather together a lot of empty bottles which were of no use to> anybody. Then, for 10 cents, he bought a large cake of a kind of white soap? that was then, and still is, on the mar? ket He melted this soap and, after* borrowing an ancient pair of candle molds from an old granny in the neigh? borhood, made two beautiful looking, candles of soap. He next filled his bot? tles full of choice rainwater. . Then he made for himself one of those little three legged* tables like the ehuck-a luck and shell game men use outside the circus, and struck out on foot for a county fair that was being held about 40 miles away. "When he got there, he put up his lit? tle table outside the grounds, where the crowd was pretty thick, lighted one of his soap candles and began to extol the virtues of 'Dr. Hartman's Famous Grease Eradicator,' contained in the bottles set before him. "*Xow, ladies and gentlemen.' he would shout in a stentorian but plausi? ble voice, 'this marvelous liquid, so j harmless that lt can be drunk with im I punity by the smallest infant and yet ! so penetrating that it will seek out and I destroy stains and discolorations from ? the most refractory substance, was dis ! covered by accident by the famous sci ! entist Dr. Hartman, the eminent schol ! ar, while he was wandering o'er the j wilds of Patagonia. It is colorless, you ! see, as the waters from heaven, and j yet observe the effects of its startling ! properties!' j "At this point Tim would reach for ; his soap candle and, inverting it, would j smear a lot of the grease over the j sleeve of his coat "'Now, every one of yon knows, la dies and gentlemen,' he would continue, j reaching over and uncorking a bottle j of his rainwater, that there is nothing ! so penetrating and ineffaceable as the ! grease from a candle, and yet it is a ! stain that we are all likely to suffer al? most every evening of our lives while toying with that common article of the household, the candle. You will ob .serve that my sleeve is smeared with the annoying substance. Behold* "Here that country bred fakir would j spill a couple of drops of bis rainwater I on the soap and with a Tub or twa ! would produce a beautiful lather. An I other swipe and the soap would have j entirely disappeared from the sleeve, j leaving not a trace, j "'Now, we make mis famous eradr ! cator in such enormous quantities.' Tins j would continue, 'that in order to intro ] duce it into every home in this broad j land we will dispense with it at the : absurdly low price of 5 cents, a nickel a bottle. Step right up! Step right up!' "Then, when the public was surging forward to purcnase the rainwater, i Tim would pause occasionally to drink I a bottle of it just to show that it was j absolutely harmless. "Well, the stuff went lite hot cakes. When Tim's bottles were all exhausted, he bought more, and when the fair was over he went to another and another until he had traveled all over the coun? try. Then, in some way or other, 1 don't know how, he got hold of some ? old patent medicine, and, being a gen ? ius, of course he made a big go of it So that's the way Tim Hartman almost became a millionaire." - New York i Times. A Fish and Lizard Story. j One afternoon 1 thought I would go ! down the river and troll. I had on my j hook a live minnow and in a little j while had a strike, and I hooked my \ first fish, which seemed to be quite a ! large one. I reeled him where I could J see him and found it was a large pike I 2.") or 30 inches long. I pulled him up ! to my boat, but when I lifted him j from the water he was as light as a j feather. I measured him (md fouad he I was just 30 inches long and should j have weighed eight or nine pounds, while he only weighed two. He was I just skin and bones. I killed him, took my knife and cut him open and found a live lizard, five inches long, in his stomach. The reptile was as black as coal and very lively, living 24 hours after 1 took him from his prison. Field and Stream.