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?LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED. D. Chandler, the Clothier, makes a leader of Easter neckwear this week. The reel sqnads were called ont Fri? day morning by at false alarm of fire. The hose wagons were called ont again Friday afternoon by a false I alarm. The two hose wagons had an excit? ing race down Main Street Friday afternoon. . The English Sparrows think that spring has come and are hard at work building their nests. The ladies of Magnolia Street Meth? odist Church will serve hot dinner and oysters during court week. Sumter made telephones are. attract? ing as much attention as any exhibit? at the Charlesisen Exposition. - * A new postoffice has been establish? ed at Borden, on the'Northwestern R. R. with Mr. Sam Folk .as postmaster. A special meeting of the board of county com missioners was held on Saturday but no business of import? ance is said to have been transacted. Mrs. Shoemaker will open a night class, for elocution and physical cul 1*nx^ evening March 10, at the Sumter Female Seminary. M8 2t* The county chain gang began work on Cemetery Avenue Saturday. A ; clay and sand roadway will be laid: from Council Street to the .emetery. ... " If the candidates do not show up: for municipal honors pretty soon it. may be necessary to hold -a mass meeting to nominate a ticket. : While ail the other railway systems in the South have had traflSc inter- " ranted by the storm and fiood the . Atlantic Coast Line has been' runmnjg; ali trains on schedule "time.' There was an exciting runaway On; ... Main Street last Thursday. A horse ; attached to a buggy driven by a negro dashed up the street at top speed - and collided with Dr. DeLorme's buggy 'which was standing in front of his' drug store. Dr. DeLorme's bugsry was slightly damaged and the negro'sj buggy was also much the worse for the accident. UP-TO-DATE TELEPHONES. The Fine Instruments That .Slimier Has OB Exhibition at the Exposition. One of the main features of the ? Sumter County exhibit is the hand? some ??selay of "Imperial" telephones and switchboards exhibited by the Telephone Manufacturing Company, of Sumter, S. C. s /'There are two systems fully con? nected, ishowing the entire operation bf a telephone exchange using either the drop system or the central energy System, which is one of the . late im? provements in the science of telephony. . The great improvement in the central energy system is in the concentration ; of all electric power in one central office and in changing the supervis? ion of the switchboard almost entirely -from the use of sound to that of sight. Instead of a subscriber having \^toTing to signal "Central" this is done by merely taking down the receiver,, which automatically lights a - miniature electric lamp in the central office switchboard ~ and notifies the operator that a connection is wanted. "Central" then listens for the num? ber wanted and rings up the party by merely pushing in the ping as far as it will go. A red- supervisory light then burns till the "party called takes down:the receiver, upon which it goes' out, thus notifying*'Central.that both parties are talking. -Then, when ,the conversation is,finished and they hang ap the receivers, both the red and white supervisory lights flash up to notify "Central" to disconnect. The "Imperial" central energy/ switch? board exhibited is for one hundred connections and is of highly, polished walnut, and- the. telephones are of handsomely finished oak and walnut from native w??'ds, all of which are manufactured at Sumter. For the drop system there are two styles of telephones finished in walnut and quartered oak in different colors. One is the new style , magneto and the other is the standard No 6 ''Impe? rial. ' ' The switchboard is equipped Vi th self-restoring drop, etc The "Imperial" switchboard, equip? ped with self-restoring drop and jack combined, is electically and mechanic? ally correct in every detail, and for durability, rapidity of operation, sim? plicity of construction, economy in maintenance and beauty is without an equal. The cabinet is made of quar? tered oak or walnut, beautifully finish? ed and highy polished. Each 100-line board is equipped with one complete operator's set, ten pair of cords and plugs, ten clearing-put drops and listening cams,and one hand generator, which is equipped with automatic shunting device arranged to be used in connection with a power generator. The hand generator being: cut out automatically except when the crank is being turned. The transmitter is easily adjusted to suit the conveni? ence of the operator. The drops and jacks are self-con? tained, and the solid block of hard; rubber in which the jack is built and upon which the drop is mount? ed affords perfect insulation, ' which, we all know, is one of the most essential features of a switch? board. .Any single drop and jack may be easily removed without disturbing any other connection. The board has an absolutely relia? ble night-alarm arrangement In each 100-line board is installed one repeat? ing coil, which is wired in the cord circuit. Large boards are provided with a most efficient and reliable trunking system and a larger proportion of cords and plugs. ' * The "Imperial" 'phones were awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Exposition. - News and Courier, March 9. SOUTHERN BY. SCHEDULE. Trains leave Sumter, S C. for Ring? ville, etc, daily except Sunday, No 80, 6 40 am ; No'82,10 20 am : No 84, 3 30 pm. Trains arrive Sumter from Kingville, etc, daily except Sunday, No 81, 9 10 am ; No 83, ll 45 am ; No 85, 5 00 pm. Close connection at Ringville for Co? lumbia and Charleston and intermediate points, trains carrying through sleepers Kingville to New York, via Columbia, Charlotte, etc, Kingville to St Louis, via Asheville, Knoxville and Louisville. CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Agreement With A. C. L. for Drainage of Mary Street. Mr.* J. R. Kenly, General Manager of the Atlantic Coast Line, with Mr. j E. B. Pleasants, the Civil Engineer, j arrived in the city Thursday to con- | suit the council in reference to the ! drainage . of Mary Street. Mayor i Stuckey had called the meeting for j nine o'clock, but the train was late and it was ten o'clock when the coun? cil was called to order. Aldermen^ Boyle, W. H. Epperson, Finn, Hurst, Purdy* and Rowland were present. Mr. Kenly thanked council for their kindness in. meeting him-at such an unseemly hour,.and explained that business required his presence in Augusta'next morning, and. he must leave on an.early train. SHS According to his promise Mr. Kenly has had a1 survey of the proposed work madeVtogether with an estimate of its cost. The distance from Main Street to Turkey Creek is 4,900 feet, nearly one mile; and it will be: necessary , to use pipe of thirty inches diameter, as a smaller pipe could . not take away the water. The pipe for that distance would cost more than ten thousand dollars, to say nothing .of grading and laying it. Mr. Kenly said it would be necessary to put in about seven hundred.feet of pipe at once. This would extend from the west side of Main Street to a point where connec? tion could be made with a cypress ?rain recently completed by the A. C. L. Go. This wooden d rain is five hundred feet long. It extends above the new passenger, station yard and across Harvin Street. Here an open drain might be maintained tem? porarily. He expressed the apprecia? tion whieh his company feels for the kind treatment they had always receiv? ed in Sumter, and as an evidence of the jfact they had made twenty-five thousand dollars- improvements in the city quite recently, and were now ready to meet council with libe? ral terms for the construction of this pipe line. ' There . was, free' and full \ discussion of the matter from all j standpoints which bulminated in an j agreement accepted by Mr. Kenly and passed by council in the form of a resolution, upon the following terms: The city is to pay one thousand dol? lars as its share.of the expense. The A. C. L. constructs and maintains the drain for ali time at its expense, keeping it open and in condition to do the work expected of it. The kind of drain to be constructed, except the 700 feet of 30 inch pipe to be laid now, I is to be left to the judgment and will of the company. They will put in i what they deem proper, and the city I to have privilege of making all needed i connections. The responsibility for ! damages which may be caused to prop I erty other than railroad property is as? sumed by the city. JOHN MAYR?NT. IA Revolutionary Naval Officer From j Sumter County. Mr. Editor : In his interesting lec? ture on South Carolina history at the j Sumter Opera House last week, CoL ! John J. Dargan alluded to the great I naval battle between Paul Jones's S vessel, the Bonhomme Richard and j the British ship Serapis and. he men? tioned that among the first who went on board the Serapis was John Mayrant of Stateburg. The Colonel said he did not know this fact when he lectured in Sumter*before and had found it in Garden's anecdotes. "We are glad Col. Daragn mention? ed this fact. In our reading we had come across Mayraht's'name, but his first name was not. given, and we did not know that he was from cur 1 State, much less our county. John S. C. Abbott, the distin? guished, biographer, whose life of the great Napoleon -is a noted work, also wrote, among other biographies, a life of Paul Jon?s. Speaking of the sur? render of the Serapis, Mr. Abbott says: "Lieutenant Richard Dale, imme? diately, with the consent of Captain Jones, jumped upon the gunwale, seiz? ed the main-brace pendant, and swung himself upon the quarter-deck of the captured ship. He was followed by Midshipman Mayrant, with a large party of sailors. The confusion was so great that it was not known, at 'that moment, throughout either ship, that, the Serapis had surrendered. One of the enemy, stationed at the waist, ran his boarding-pike through the thigh pf the midshipman." In his popular romance, "Richard Carvel," Winston Churchill mentions Mayrant and in the "Afterword" to the romance, Mr. Churchill says "Midshipman Mayrant, Commodore Jones's aide, was wounded by a pike in the thigh after the surrender." The great battle between the Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis was fought Sept. 23, 1779. Sumter County may well feel proud of John Mayrant, who not only took part in one of the most remarkable sea fights of modern times, but was also wounded in it. Besidse this, our county can feel proud that his name should appear in the biography of a hero like Paul Jones, also in such a delightful romance as "Richard CarveL" When the teachers of Sum? ter county speak of Paul Jones, let them not forget to mention his aide, John Mayrant, of Stateburg. Can't some of your Stateburg readers give more information about him than is contained in this imperfect sketch'? McDonald Furman. Privateer, March 10, 1902. The Graded School and the Exposition. It has been asked why the Graded School authorities selected the 17 and 18 of Aprimas holidays for the Charles? ton Exposition, thus passing over some of the special dates provided. Upon inquiry it has been found that these dates were first adopted tentatively, Supt. Edmunds being instructed to communicate in the mean time with the State Superintendent of Educa? tion to ascertain the dates for Educa? tional Week. This was done and on last Friday a letter was- received stating that no definite date had been agreed upon. Mr. McMahan enclosed the correspondence between himself and the railroad authorities revealing the fact that while no date had been agreed upon the latter part of April was suggested as the best time for the pupils to visit Charleston. In view of these conditions the origi nal dates suggested by the Board were adopted and Supt. Edmunds, in reply to Mr. McMahan, requested that, as the authorities in Charleston had sug? gested to him about the same date as those selected by the Sumter Board of Education, he would make Education? al Week, embrace the 17th and 18th of April. South Carolina Day March 20 was not chosen because it was too early in the Spring, and because this time would conflict with the quarterly examinations then in progress. The Court Criers' Contest. The competative examination, or to be more accurate, the voice and lung power test, held on the Court House portico by Sheriff Scarborough for the purpose of selecting a competent man for the position of court crier came of according to schedule at 12 o'clock yesterday. 1 There were nine applicants, with Rey. Roy Robinson and. Sarge Brad? ford, thrown in for good measure. The applicants were negroes and all of them had powerful voices, but some of them could, of course, holler louder and enunciate more distinctly than the-others, and at the end of the first round, when all had had -a trial at call? ing court, it was seen that all but three were out of the race. These three were put tnrough their paces, calling court,s .-adjourning court, calling witnesses, members of the bar, etc. "When all had had a fair trial the exhibition was adjourned, but the name of the winner was not announc? ed by Sheriff Scarborough and Deputy Clerk of Court Barrett, who acted as judges. The announcement of the winner was withheld because one other applicant remained to be examined and he could not arrive until the freight train came in from Lynchburg. Unless this applicant should develop phenomenal powers of lung and voice, " it is practically certain that Fred "Wilson will be the winner, for it was the common opinion of the large crowd, gathered to witness tho examination, that he was easily first in strength of voice, distinctness of utterance and staying power. The Rev. Roy Robinson was an ap? plicant and was eager for the ap? pointment, but owing to "something concerning of a little red hog," which happened several years ago, subsequent to which happening the Reverend dis? carded his long tailed clerical black coat and high silk tile and donned the' striped livery, of the State/ which he wore for a period of two years, he was not eligible-for the position.^ He, however, favored the large audience with a voluntary at the opening of the contest, displaying his huge, unique and altogether unrivalled mouth at its widest expanse/ The performance was vigorously applauded and he received numerous enthusiaastic encores. Sarge. Bradford strolled up during the performance and, in reply to his inquiry, "What are those-fools hollering about?" was made acquaint? ed with the nature of the contest. He immediately became a candidate and climbing the steps to the portico, lean? ed over the railing and announced that he could holler as loud as any other white man or any nigger that ever did holler, but, if he was appoint? ed court crier, he would not holler for people who were wanted, but would go out and get them and bring them into the Court House, if he had to take -them by the neck and bring them by force and arms and court martial. The application ?of the Sergeant was not considered, inas? much as h*e did not comply with the conditions of the contest. . During the progress of the contest Main Street in the vicinity of the Court House was crowded with people, all of whom enjoyed the unusual ex? hibition to the fullest extent. Sheriff Scarborough provided the best show or the season and is entitled to a vote of thanks for so doing. The iury lists for the approaching term of court were drawn yesterday. GRAND JURY. W. F. Jenkins, Sumter. J. W. Smith, St. Charles. John F. Kelly, Bishopville. W. J. Young, Rafting Creek. W. J. Durant, Concord. R. M. James, Rafting Creek. J. D. Blanding, Jr., Sumter. J. M. N. Wilder. Sumter. Howard Jones, Concord. R. M. Bradford,-. S. W. James, Rafting Creek. H. A. Lowry, Sumter. J. H. Watson, Bishopville. J. G. R. Wilder, Sumter. C. S. Beasly, Carters Crossing. D. Bull, Stateburg. F. C. Manning, Sumter. PETIT JURY. W. E. Green, St. Charles. H. E. Mooneyham, Elliott. J. Singleton Moore, Snmter. J. J. Team. Bishopville. J. B. Baker, Sumter. R. A. Dennis. Shiloh. J. W. Wilson, Magnolia. Edwin Wilson, St. Charles. J. S. Potts, Magnolia. A. A. Breariy, St. Charles. E. T. Mott, Shiloh. J. B. Kelley, Bishopville. E. B. Hogan, Sumter. JJ. B. Jenkins, Privateer. T. V. Walsn, Jr., S amter. T. B. Jenkins, Sumter. T. D. Lowrance, Concord. H. D. Cain, Middleton. W. E. Pritchard Privateer. W. M. DeLorme, Sumter. O. E. Bostick, Sumter. M. L. Hodge, Privateer. M. E. Rivers, Privateer. John J.Shaw, Bishopville. John F. Beard, Sumter. J. J. Harby, Sumter. W. W. Stuckey, Bishopville. W. J. Stuckey, Bishopville. L. B. Yates, Concord. W. S. Reams, Sumter. T. W. Belvin, Spring Hill. W\ E. Lemnion, Lynchburg, J. E. Crossvvell. Bishopville. C. R, Mccaskill, Spring Hill. J. E. Rembert, Providence. F. L. Stewart, Sumter. Lenten Services. The following-services will be held in the Episcopal Chureh'each week during Lent : ? Tuesdays 7.30 a. m., Holy Com? munion. Wednesday's 8 p. m., Evening Pray? er with an Address. Fridays 5 p. m., Evening Prayer with an Address. _ JURY LISTS. R?R?L FREE DELIVERY BILL PASSES THE HOUSE. But Contract Provision Stricken Out and Salaries Raised to $600. Washington, March IO.-The bill to classify the rural free delivery Service and place the carriers; under the contract system, which has been debated in the hones for over a week, was passed today but in a form that completely changed the purpose for which it was framed. Before it was passed the bill was altered radically by its opponents. All the provisions relating to the placing of carriers under the contract system were strick? en out and the salary system was not only continued, but the maximum salary of carriers was increased : from $500 to $600 per annum. The amend? ment td fix the salaries of rural car? riers at $600 was offered by Mr. Swan? son of "Virignia and adopted without division. An- amedndment offered by Mr. Fleming of Georiga, was adopted to allow carriers to do any express pack? age business where it does not inter? fere with their duties. A motion offered by Mr. Williams, Democrat of Illinois, to recommit the bill with instructions to report back an amendment providing for the dis? missal from the service of carriers who should use their influence in favor of any particular party or for any particular candidate, was voted do wn, 96 to 141. BILL GHAFFEE IN TROUBLE. Shortage of $300 in Accounts of Aiken Postoffice Reported. Special to The State. j Washington, March 10.-President Roosevelt has withdrawn the nomina- j tion of Wm. G. Chaffes to be postmas- i ter at Aiken because of a shortage in ' the accounts of Postmaster Chaffee amounting to $300. The matter was brought to the at? tention of the president through re? port of a postoffice inspector which is now on file in the edpartment. As soon as the shortage was made known to President Roosevelt by Post? master General Payne he told the lat? ter he would take thcmatter in hand and the withdrawal of " Chaffee's ap? pointment is the result. Senator McLaurin, upon whose rec? ommendation President McKinley appointed Chaffee last summer, declined to discuss the matter today further than to confirm the above facts and to say that so far as he knew Chaffee had not offered an explanation of the affair. The Rev. Mr. Couden's prayer be? fore Congress at the McKinley memo? rial service, says the New York World, would have been ID better taste with the references to "this distinguished presence" left out. Princes and oth? er men are presumed to be equal be? fore the King of Kings. St. Paul, Minn., March 10.-By direction of the attorney general of the United States a bill in equity was filed here today in the circuit court of the United States for the district of Minnesota in the case of the* United States, complainant, against the Northern Securities Railway company, the Northern Pacific railway and oth? ers, defendants, to test the legality of the alleged combination or merger of the two roads and others named in the bilk This action . is brought 'un? der the act of July 2, 1890, known as the Sherman anti-trust act. New York Cotton Market Corrected daily by I. H. Moses, Cot? ton Merchant, Member N. Y. Cot? ton Exchange. Orders promptly executed. Sumter, S. C. The cotton market opened firm today at 3 to 4 points advance, and held steady during the first hour on a gen? eral wave of buying orders, from traders who thought the decline was about over and a reaction was in order. The bears continued to hammer prices, on account of heavier receipts and pre? dictions oi a strike in the Fall River Mills. We do not see anything to cause lower prices, but fear timid holders will be disposed to take small losses and retire from the market. Openings Closing. March, 8.90 8.87-88 April, 8.93 8.87-88 May, 8.77 8.73-74 July, 8.82 8.77-78 August, 8.68 8.60-61 New York spots Receipts today 23,006. Last year, 25,755. Two Good Willst Hands. Once upon a time5two young men and two young women, were playing whist, and quite frequently one of the younp: men and one of the young wom? en found that their fingers were in twined under the table, out of sight This finger contact did not in the least disconcert them-in fact, they ap? peared to enjoy the play much more than did the other young woman and young man. Moral.-The enjoyment of the game depends on the hands that are held. New York Herald. All Over Affaln. "Here are half a dozer, prescriptions I would like to have $ou fill as soon as you can/* wheezed Rivers. "I can see they are all for the cure of :t cold." remarked the druggist, look . ing them over. "It's this way/" explained Hivers .'When I hud tho other cold. I tried al! these. One of "em cured me. hut 1 can't remember now. confound it. which one it was!"-Chicago Tribune.-: CURIOSITIES OF MICA. It ? Appearance Before It Is Split Into Sheets. The mica as it comes from the mines is in blocks which are theoretically short -rhombic prisms, but practically are scarcely recognizable as such, hav? ing a very rough and uneven contour. They have a very perfect cleavage parallel to the base and may be split into lamins* thinner than the thinnest tissue paper, and these laminae form the familiar transparent stove panes and lamp chimneys. The exterior por? tions of these blocks are opaque, brittle and worthless, presumably from the penetration of water, for mica soon decomposes when exposed to any con? siderable weathering. A thick layer j of plates has therefore to be removed I from either face of the blocks befolg any mica of commercial size or value j is reached, and the sheets split from ' the remainder are surrounded by a wide margin of worthless material. But the difficulties., and losses of mica mining are far from being all enumerated Even when occurring in blocks "Of commercial size it is ren? dered valueless, or comparatively so, by one or more of a series of defects, which may be classed as color, specks, ruling, ribbing .and wedge formation. It sometimes occurs literally pied with black dots, consisting in general of black oxide of iron or garnet, and when even a few of these are present its commercial vahie is destroyed, be? cause such mica when used as an insu? lator is peculiarly liable to puncture, the specks forming practically short circuits for. the electric current The same is true of streaks, which are sometimes turned to red rust Some otherwise excellent mica is found to-be ruled or cut, as it were, ;with a series of perfectly straight lines, parallel to one side of the crys? tal, so that on being split the mica falls immediately into strips; or, again, instead of being striped or ruled, the mica is often deeply ribbed or corru? gated parallel to the adjacent edges of the crystal, so as to give the appear? ance of the letter A,, or, rather, V, whence it is termed "A mica." As the ribbed portion has to^ be cut away in the sheet such mica is unprofitable unless the blocks be large. .Wedge mica is Ihat in which the block is thicker at one end than the other, the laminae partaking in the unevenness. Such blocks are wholly worthless ex? cept as scran.-Engineering Magazine. OLD FASHIONED. . What has become of the old fashion? ed woman who said, "Oh, now you hush?' What has become of the old fashion? ed man who had his picture taken in lodge regalia? What bas'become of the old fashion? ed woman who wore a long gold chain around her neck? What has become of the old fashiqn ed woman who did things in three shakes of a lamb's tail? ' What has become of the old fashion? ed woman who referred to tbe best room in her house as "the room?" What has become of the old fashion? ed home where the children sat with their noses at the window every night watching for their, father ? / What has become of the old fashion? ed girl who, as soon as she became en? gaged, got ont her crochet needle and began to make her own trimmings? Atchison Globe. Took the Hint. A story is ?old of a certain English bishop well known for his verbosity whd rose to address the house of lords on a very important occasion. "I will divide my speech under twelve heads,-' he said, to the discomfort of his audi? ence. The Marquis of Salisbury begged to be allowed to interpose with a little anecdote. "A friend of mine was re? turning home late one night" he said* "when opposite St Paul's he saw an intoxicated man trying to ascertain the time on the big clock there. Just then it began to strike and slowly tolled out 12. The man listened, looked hard at the clock and said: 'Confound you, why couldn't you have said that all at once?' " The bishop heartily joined in the laughter which followed and took the hint contained in the story. A Success. "Mrs. Bilkins learned to play poker so she could keep her husband in at night" "And does he stay in now?" "I should say so. She wins so much of his spending allowance that he hasn't the price of a drink."-Philadel? phia Record. Prima Facie Evidence. The late Lord Morris on one occasion gave a characteristic illustration of the meaning of "prima facie evidence." "If" he said to the jury, "you saw a man coming out of a public house wiping his mouth, that would be prima facie evidence that he had been having a drink." Ontmaneuvered. The Lady-Did any one call while I was out? The Maid-No, ma'am. The Lady-That's very strange. I wonder what people think I bave a day "at home" for anyway.-Indian? apolis News. A Xarrow Encape. "Bingle tells me that he had two horses killed under him in one of the battles of the last war." "That's right. A railway car he was riding in backed into them."-Cleve? land Plain Dealer. Retort Courteous. "Hair's getting a bit gray, sir," re? marked the barber as the next victim settled back in the chair. "No wonder," rejoined the N. V. "Just think how long I have been wait* ?n? ?? j ; M??mwBSBI????SSS???S A Normandy Injunction. A strange old world priv?lege,\datii back to the time when the Norsem< came to Normandy, was exercised IastJI year in the island of Guernsey. If ' called the "Clameur de Haro." By ancient law of the island a person whq| thinks.his land rights are being fringed upon has only to draw up? statement of the case, which he swc to before two witnesses. This he th<E presents to the bailiff of the island anc dropping upon one knee, cries ont in' French: "Oh, Rollo, my prince, succorJ| me! 1 am wronged!" This proceeding acts as an injune^ tion, and the person complained of i trespasser has to stay his trespass un til the matter has been adjudicated? on by the courts. This right of isscfc ing one's own injunction by calling to Rollo was given to the people < Guernsey by Rollo or ECrolf, the Nor^ wegian pirate "who made himself the}.| first Duke of Normandy in 911, there is probably no example of a k procedure of like antiquity which is 1 day carried out in the, same way ?s| that in which it was first instituted. . Krapp and Essen* 'The old lady,".Herr Krupp's mothl er, managed the small business,, affair^ while Alfred stepped into the shoi rolled up his sleeves, worked all daj with his arms and then until midnigl witKhis brain. They lived in a smaHlj cottage which ls still standing in factory and which he did not ex( for a better home until long after marriage. I now quote Mr. Krupp* own words uttered on the twenty-f anniversary, of the founding of lie f?<? tory: BB "From my fourteenth year I had the^ care of a family father during' the day|l|| added to hard work at the f acto^^ai?M at night had to study how to overconre|? the difficulties in the way. During th^|p period I lived on- potatoes, bread ?anj?? coffee and scant portions of meat ?nd^ / .... . ^???..S toiled until lat?.?n the night. For twenrp ty-five years I struggled thus until coh~f~ .-dirions grew a little easier. My las remembrance of that period is -the~f growing danger of total ruin and my? endurance, suffering \and- hard lal to avert the calamity, and I say\?l? this for the encouragement of young! men who have nothing, are nothing and want to get something and^D?g somebody." In 1S32 the factory gave employment^ to only ten men. At the time of Mr? rop's death over 40,000 men . werej^ employed in and about Essen/in^th^ factory and the adjoining mines.--Oa^f look. Booked For a Museum* . She was an ignorant but ambitious^ woman, relates the Chicago Tribune,^ and the great ambition of her life was-^ gratified when ber husband was^elect^ ed a member-of congress. Immediate^ ly after the result of the election wus?| known the new congressman's wifefg v drove in from her country home to tti?^ county seat to. call in triumph on heit^ dearest enemies in a social way. She | called first on.the wife of the locag banker, who had sent her three datigbfT ters through T?ssar, and after receiT' ing the congratulations of the faniflyg she turned the conversation to h??g plans for the future of her own daug3?f|j ter, Jennie. . yy? "I am going to gi ve? Jennie every ed?vg ucational advantage," she said. mAS??-| soon as the congressman and I get to^g Washington we are going to put Jemne^ in the Smithsonian institute." Woman's Curiosity, As good an instance of New Tcrk w?t?? as can be' found is told about the staff.^ of the Roosevelt hospital. A dangerous^| operation was being performed upon a?| woman. Old Dr. A., a quaint German^. | full of kindly wit and professional en-n3| thusiasm, had several younger doctorsV?| with him. One cf them was adminis? ^ tering the ether. He became so inter* . ested in the old doctor's work that he j withdrew the cone* from the patient/s ? nostrils, and she half roused and rose. | to a sitting posture, looking with wild . eyed amazement over the surroundings. It was a critical period* and Dr. A. did i? not want to be interrupted. "Lay down dere, vornan," he com? manded gruffly. "You haf more euri- ; osity as a medical student" She lay down, and the operation went on. The Cobra of India. j Among the true cobras of India the ; 1 naja is found all over India and Cey-. ; lon, Burma, the 'Andaman islands, X southern China and the Malay penin sula and archipelago. It ascends the-' Himalayas to an altitude of 8,000 feet. It extends also over Afghanistan and - ' through Persia to the eastern shore of the Caspian. It may attain a length of nearly seven and a half feet but it - is usually not more than a little over V five and a half feet long. Najas vary much in color and markings, but have ' generally the spectacle mark on the back of the neck, which they always distend before making an attack. Quarterly Review. An Elephantine Kurse. Miss C. F. Gordon-Cumming in her book on Ceylon gives a few lines to a pet elephant, who seems to have been a creature of much amiability and in? telligence. He had been captured young and was known as Kurunegalla Jack. He used lo go the hospital rounds with his master, a medical officer, who had taught him to be generally useful and even to administer pills. A Malay soldier one cay dropped his pill, where? upon Jack picked it up and dropped it into the man's open mouth with a puff that blew it safely down. G?nerons. A woman the other day gave a Lon? don cabman 2 sovereigns in mistake for 2 shillings. When he discovered the mistake, he returned to the house and handed over the money to the woman's husband, who, with tears in his eyes, said : "You shall not be a loser by your honesty, my man. Your fare was a shilling. Here's one and four pence for yj?s-" :^i/<0^W?^^?.