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- . _ .? ?? IMIIIIM nilli nu i LOCAL NEWS PARAGRAPHED^ A few farmers report that they have commenced cotton planting. The merchants and clerks are begin? ning to think about May 1st and early closing. Capt. J. M. Patrick, of Anderson, has announced that he will be a can? didate for Adjutant and Inspector General. Messrs. J. A. Renno, B. R. San? ders and M. D. Moore have been ap? pointed managers for the city election on April 8th. For correct and seasonable hints as to spring fashions for men and boys read the new advertisement of D. J. Chandler, the Clothier. Supervisor Seale has provided seve? ral large lamps for the Court House and the court room is now better lighted than heretofore. There was a big crowd at the new passenger station Saturday afternoon to witness the formal opening and see the first train arrive at the station. O'Donnell & Co.have a new adver? tisement today that will be read with interest by those who try to keep posted on prices and seasonable goods. A gun-shy dog is not more uneasy in the presence of a crowd of hunters than the average man on Main Street is when a committee with a petition makes its appearance. Judge-elect Purdy went to Florence Monday to preside over the special tenn of court called to try the negro rapist. Solicitor John S. Wilson y prosecuted the case. Sunday was an ideal Easter and there were large congregations in at? tendance at all the churches in which services were held, the balmy spring weather actng as an inducement and incentive to all to attend the Easter services. It is hoped that a large number of school children will go to Charleston and visit the Exposition on the days that the school has holiday, but no definite estimate of the number that will go has get been made. The best roadway in the city is not the macadam on Main street, but the new clay and sand Toad near the city limits. As a bicycle track it could not be improved upon. It is smooth, firm, yet elastic, and the wheels roll over it without a jar. This county is now entitled to bu$ three members in the House of Repre? sentatives, but as three of our five representatives elected two years ago came from the territory now included in Lee County the change in represen? tation need not worry Sumter County aspirants fo Legislative honors. The report that the Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Railway will form a combination to purchase the Plant system is plausible for these systems are known to be friendly and have worked together in other instances for their mutual benefit. Probate Judge Walsh rendered his decision Saturdoy in the McDaniel widow case. He decided that the Sumter wife of McDaniel is the legal widow and the Florence widow is ruled out. As he had issued letters of administra? tion to the Sumter woman before the contest began, the decree Saturday confirms and sustains his former action. The Second Regiment Band had determined to give a concert in behalf of the Sumter Graded School on the 10th of April ; but in arranging: the date it was discovered that the S. M. A., had selected this time for a con? cert, and as the Band and Graded School do not wish to interfere in any way with the Military Academy it has been decided to postpone this concert until the fourth week in April, Thurs? day the 2?th. The County Board of Equalization met Monday and organized by electing Dr. H. J. McLaurin, Chairman. No business of importance was transacted, but the members discussed plans for bringing about more uniform and satisfactory returns and valuation of property for taxation. The several township boards will scrutinize the returns more closely than heretofore and the effort will be made to bring the tax dodgers to law and make them pay their just proportion of taxes. The new passenger depot which was put in use on the arrival of last > Saturday afternoon's trains, while not a large and imposing structure, is one of the prettiest, most substan? tial and best arranged on the Atlantic Coast Line in the State. The material used in the construction of the build? ing is dark red pressed brick trimmed with granite, while the roof is cover? ed with slate, trimmed and ornament? ed with red tiles. The wood work on the interior is all polished yellow pine, finished >n hard oil. The walls are un plastered, the pressed brick being painted. The waiting rooms are am? ple in size, and number to afford all needed accommodation for the traveling public at present and for some years to come, unless there should be a ve ry large and unlooked for increase in the passenger business of this city. The baggage room is also designed to give plenty of space for all needs and'the arrangement is such that baggage can be handled with the greatest conveni? ence to the baggage-master and the patrons of the road. The ticket office is located near the center of the build? ing and ticket windows open into the several waiting rooms. Each waiting room*is provided with toilet rooms and every convenience essential to the comfort of the public. The shed between the depot and the tracks has not yet been completed, but the iron columns which are to suppor; it are in place and the shed itself will be immediately erected. In fron'; of the station there are four tracks and these will afford accommodations for that number of trains at one time. The grounds surrounding the station, which are much larger than usuaily provided by the railroad, are to be parked and the surroundings will be made as at? tractive and pretty as possible. An iron clad rule should be made against loafers congregating around the pas? senger depot, and the railroad officiais and the policemen on duty at the depot should co-operate in enforcing the rule in the strictest manner possi? ble. There is no use in having a handsome and well appointed passen ger station if it is to be overrun by a crowd of noisy and worthh-ss loafers and vagrants who jostle and annoy those who have business at the station. Hackmen and hotel porters should . be assigned regular stands and requirer to keep their places at all times. FIRE AT REMBERTS. Home of Mr. E. E. Rembert Burned on Sunday Afternoon. The residence of Mr. E. E. Humbert, at Remberts, this county was burned Sunday afternoon. This large old fashioned country home was the resi? dence of the late" Dr. E. J. Rembert, the father of the present owner, for manv years. It was built prior to the war by the late William S. C. Ellerbe. It was one of the largest and hand? somest residences in the Rafting Creek section and as the destruction was complete, including the major part of I the furnishings the loss will be quite ; heavy, there being only partial insur I ance." The fire was accidental origin either a defective flue ora wind-blown spark setting fire to the roof. Mr. I Rembert was absent from home at the time of the fire having left on the afternoon train, several hours before for Charleston. When the fire was dis? covered the neighbors hastened to the assistance of Mrs. Rembert but' in spite of every exertion but little of the furniture could be saved. The Sudden Death of Mr. Barnett. Special to the Daily Item : Mayesville, March 31.-Mr. J. E. Barnett, one of our oldest and most substantial business men died this afternoon at about three o'clock. He has been sick for some time, but was considered better, so well in fact that he has been able to come down to his store and attend to its affairs. Mr. Barnett was sitting in a chair at his store when stricken, and only lived about one hour. He was a son of the late Mr. B. J. Barnett, of Sumter, S. C. He will be greatly missed both in a business way, and as a citizen. C. D. C. Manchester News Items. Dark Corner, March 21.-At last, Mr. Editor, I will write you a dot. Farmers are getting down to planting corn, hauling out and putting down hitter and black manure ?or cotton, &c. There will not be as much fertilizers used here this year as usual. Everything is quiet, no sickness or marriages to report. No one getting off to Charleston from here. One of my neighbors went down on the 2?d ult.. Military Day, and said he had a fine time. There were two sensations at Pine? wood the first of this week. Mr. Joe Lowder, constable for Magistrate Griffin, went to arrest one John Wm. Green, for larceny. When he. Green, tried to chop .Mr. Lowder with a hatchet and then ran, Mr. Lowder shot him striking Green in the shoulder, who was then captured. And on last Monday morning, Mr. Silas B. Kolb's dog went mad and tried to bite Mr. N. C. Stack, Mr. Clyden J Geddings and others and did bite some dogs, but was finaly killed. ' Allow me to say to4 ' Guv' ' that people should always remember their parents So Sumter should always hold Man? chester in esteem, as Manchester used tc have to supply Sumter with all of her goods away back in the days of pele boats. The goods were boated up from Charleston to Sandbed Lake, then wagoned to Manchester and from th sxe j to Sumter. There is no one like a parent if ever so poor. So that is the reason I think we should hold Manchester in esteem, without the Thunder or Thomas P. Walker either. So much for this time from old _ Sidra. mmt.v . . mu? Witherspoon Bros. & Co. and the Sumter'Coffin and Casket Co. have j placed the exhibit prepared for the Charleston Exposition on display at J the store of Witherspoon Bros. & Co., and the public is invited to call and 1 inspect ic. This exhibit was refused admission at the Exposition, although no one who has seen it can see any? thing objectionable in it. It is a fine exhibit of the goods manufactured by two of Sumter's most successful enter? prises and is well worth an inspection. Miss Lizzie Madden committed suicide at Waterloo, Laurens county, on Sunday by shooting herself through the heart with a shot" gun. She was only 22 years old, but was despondent on account of her health, having developed consumption from which two sisters and a brother had died recently. A Valuable Medicine ?' For Coughs and Colds in Children*. "I have not the slightest hesitancy in recommending Chamberlain's Cough Rem? edy to all who are suffering from coughs j or colds," says Cha? M Cramer, Esq, a well j known watchmaker of Colombo. Ceylon. '"It has been some two years rince the City Dispensary first called my attention to this valuable medicine and I have repeat? edly used it and it has always been bene? ficia). It has cared me quickly of all chess colds. It is especially effective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. I have persuaded many to try this valuable med icine, and they are ali as well pleased as myself over the results." For sale by Dr A J. China. Father Seidi, of Aiken, as reported, argues in behalf of the Sabbath break? ers of his town that: "The Sabbath was made for man, not merely for a few staid and devout old people in whom the fire of life has long burned out, but for the great bulk men : of hard-working men and restless chil I dren : for those who require bodily rest and who very often need healthful exercise and amusement quite as much. What harm, then, is there in an innocent game of cricket, or lawn tennis, or of the chaste refinement of an evening concert':" Still, it isperti nent perhaps to inquire dispassionate? ly whether the culprits in question are '* hard-working men" and womenwbo cannot rest during the week, and j whether butchering pigeons by rhe i score for sport is either an innocent j game or a chaste refinement, especial j ly for a Sabbath observance? ? Pittsburg, March One of the i fiercest wind storms ever known in ! this section struck this city just be . fore noon today and did almost in ! calculable damage to property and in ! jured many people, some of whom may ! die from the effects of their wounds, j I Scores of houses were unroofed, many i trees .vere blown down, mill stacks, j toppled over, and telegraph and tele- I ? phone wires generally disabled. DEATH OF REV. A. TOOBIER POR? TER, D. D. j Dr. A. Toomer Porter died at his residence in this city at 10:30 o'clock last night. This announcement will bring profound sorrow to many hearts, not only in this city, but throughout the country.-News and Courier, March 31. REV. A. TOOMER PORTER, D.D. The following sketch of Dr. Porter's life and services to his church and State is taken from The News and Courier : A life so rich, so full as was his deserves rather a volume than a mere sketch to do it even meagre justice Fortunately he has written his own biography, a remarkable work from whatever viewpoint it is considered. It is from this, in the main, that this sketch draws its materials. Anthony Toomer Porter was born in Georgetown County, then district, on the plantation of his father, John Porter, January 31, 1828. His mother was Esther Ann, daughter of An? thony Toomer, for whom the subject of this notice was named. His early ed? ucation was received at home and in schools in Georgetown. At the age of 14 he came to this city and entered the academy of Mr. Cotes, famous in its day. His health failing, the next year he returned to the plantation for some months, when, his health re? stored, he was sent to Mount Zion Academy, at Winnsboro, S. C. Confirmed by Bishop Gadsden in 1841, he had never communed. While on his way to Winnsboro he met in Columbia Mr. Charles Alston, who invited him to his room to spend the evening, at the South Carolina Col? lege. There he found fourteen young men assembled, one "ofgwhom was j reading the Evening Prayer of the ! Episcopal Church, the others taking their part as congregation. This un? expected incident produced a profound impression upon Mr. Porter, who. after earnest self-examination then and there decided to become a member of j the church in which he had been bap? tized and confirmed. This resolution he carried into execution Christmas Day, 1845. Arrived at Winnsboro, he entered school with more than one hundred other boys and remained there for fifteen months, wisely and well taught and disciplined by Mr. G. W. Hutson, the principal. Jere he had his first experience of love. The young lady declined an engagement, with great good sense, but the check he received turned the whole current of his life. He left schcol and became a clerk in the office of Messrs. Robert? son & Blacklock, of Charleston, large dealers in rice, where he remained for three years, learning business habits and methods, to which he attributes much of the ability to do the work he afterwards was called to do. Taken ill at this time he retired to his planta? tion and undertook its management with fair success for the ensuing two years. Vaguely dissatisfied with his life at this period, he passed through a spiritual experience resulting in a determination to study for the minis? try of the Episcopal Church. With characteristic promptness he went through the necessary preliminaries and became a candidate for holy orders. He sold his slaves and planta? tion and became a student under the Rev. Alexander Glennie, rector of the Parish of All Saints, Waccamaw. While thus engaged he met and mar? ried Miss Atkinson, a gentle and love? ly woman, who was both the light of his home and the comfort of his life for many years, a "worthy helpmeet indeed. While awaiting ordination he was invited by the vestry of the Church of the Holy Communion, Charleston, to become their lay-reader and, after ordination, their minister. He ac? cepted the invitation and entered upon the work, which throve under his active and energetic administration. Ordered deacon May 16, 1854, he resolv? ed to build a church, his congregation then worshipping in the upper story of a building on the Arsensal grounds. Securing funds, the erection of the church was begun and on October 26, 1S55, the edifice was duly consecrated by Bishop Davis. Three years later he founded an industrial sehool, where girls were taught to sew; after? wards they made common trousers and coats by contract for Hay ne street dealers and the school became self-sup? porting.. This was the first industrial school for girls in South Carolina and perhaps in the entire South. After making uniforms for the Hampton Legion, of which Mr. Porter was ap? pointed chaplain, the State authorities took the school in charge and most of the work on uniforms done for the troops sent from this State was done there. The school perished with the downfall of the Southern Confederacy. Mr. Theodore D. Wagner and Mr. George A. Trenohlra had meanwhile become members of the parish. These gentlemen were most generous sup? porters of Mr. Porter, and to them he was much indebted from that time on for the means of carrying on his work. In his book, "Led On," he pays them high and deserved tribute. The par? ish throve and the work went on for several years, but in the air there brooded the grim spectre of war and soon it materialized, the enthusiasm of the people sweeping the State like a whirlwind. It would be of deep inter? est to trace the Rev. Mr. Porter's ex? periences during the next four years, but it is impracticable. He was in Charleston in 1864, while the city was under shell fire from Morris Island. In the summer yellow fever developed into an epidemic and his young son, Toomer, took it and died after a brief illness, during which the lad's constant cry was, "O, Lord, save Thy people, and bless Thine heritage," a verse of the Te Deum, a prayer destined to receive wonderful answer! ile was in Columbia, with his family, when Sherman's army entered that city. Protected by Lieut. John A. McQueen, of Gen. O. O. Howard's escort, he gave that officer, on parting from him, a letter addressed to Gen. Wade Hampton or any other Confede? rate officer" into whose hands Lieut. McQueen [might fall Wounded and captured a few days after Lieut. McQueen, by reason of this letter, was sent to a hospital in Camden, S. C., where he was found by its writer, who then never left him until he delivered bim io his kinsman. Gen. Sherman, at Greensboro, N. C. The war over Mr. Porter returned to Charleston, where he resumed work under most trying conditions, his house and furniture having been taken by the Freedmen's Bureau. His house he recovered and refurnished it, bringing his family back from Anderson, S. C., where they had refugeed in November, 1865. The next year, upon the solicita? tion of Bishop Davis, he went to the North, presented the forlorn and desti? tute condition of the Church and clergy in the diocese, and returned, having secured most substantial aid. That same year he obtained Mr. Tren holm's pardon from President John? son. The next year, at the grave of his little boy, he reached the deter? mination to establish a school for the education of the youths of the State left orphaned and impoverished by the war, thus translating his son's dying prayer into a most beneficent and beautiful reality, which for thirty-five years has continued, until nearly two thousand boys who otherwise would have grown up in ignorance, have been clothed, fed, educated and pre? pared for the battle of life, a fact and a record to which there is no parallel in the history of educational institu? tions as the result of one man's labors. Altogether more than three thousand boys have passed through the school* thirty of whom are now in the minis? try of the Episcopal Church. Begin? ning with nothing, Mr Porter opened his school. Pupils poured in, gener? ous friends, South and North, came to his aid, and soon the Holy Commu? nion Church Institute became recog? nized as an important factor in the educational world of this city and State. With an energy almost super? human, a faith that never failed, an indomitable will and persuasive pow? ers seldom excelled, Mr. Porter toiled on in the midst of difficulties great and numerous, carrying on and extend-, ing his school until it gradually out? grew its accommodations. In 1879, the Government having ad? vertised the Arsenal grounds and buildings for sale, Mr. Porter, through the co-operation of Senators Hampton and Butler and of Gen. Sherman, who had never forgotten his kindness to Lieut. McQueen, obtained the prop? erty on a lease of ninety-nine years, which later was converted into ? title from the Government to the Porter Academy trustees, in fee simple, upon the sole condition that it should be used for educational purposes. The name of the school was changed to "the Porter Academy" and the entire institution removed to the Arsenal, where it continues to flourish. Mean while.Mr. Porter, under a physician's advice, went to England. There many influential persons became interested in the work of the school, and large sums of money were given for years by them for its support. Friends at home also continued their gifts. Year after year large classes were graduated, until now its list of alumni is a long one. It is necessary now to trace Mr. Porter's career in the Church. He was never the rector of any but the one parish that he founded. For forty-four years he served the Church of the Holy Communion, resigning January 8, 1898, having carried that burden and also that of the Academy together all these years. For twenty eight years he was a member of the standing committee of the diocese. He served as clerical deputy to the General Convention from 1870 to 1898, with the exception of that held in 1889. He was clerical trustee of the University of the South for this diocese for many years. He served also on the diocesan board of missions for a number of years and was archdeacon of Charleston Convocation for a like length of time. He received many flattering calls to important parishes at the North and narrowly escaped be? ing made Bishop of the Episcopal Church's missions'in Africa. Through his efforts the influential parish of St. Mark's, this city, was enabled to build their present church edifice, and it was he who founded the House of Rest, now known as the Church Home and Orphanage. St. Timothy's Chapel, on the Arsenal grouds, was also built by him and is used for the .daily services of the Academy, which have been a feature of it from the be? ginning. In other ways Dr. Porter has contributed largely to the history of the Episcoapl Church in South Carolina. He received the degTee of doctor of divinity from Union College, Schenectady, in 1876. For several years it has been appa? rent that Dr. Porter's health was giv? ing way under the tremedocs strain to which it had been subjected for so long a period. After a long and seri? ous illness last year he rallied in the fall and resumed charge of the Acad? emy. Despite partial blindness and physical weakness he has gone on with his work-a moving spectacle to con? template, compelling respect and sym? pathy. It is impossible to reflect upon such a life as this without admiration and wonder. To few men has it been given to accomplish so much. It is an example of industry, energy, faith? fulness and fruitfulness hardly sur? passed even in this day of great achievement. With his death a figure is removed that for many years was conspicuous in the history of this city, that for many years was the scene of his life's labors and trials, throughout the country at large, across the Atlantic, he will be missed and mourned. The record of his life is closed. The Porter Acad? emy stands as his monument. He lives on in the life histories of those men who owe to bim what they are. May he rest in peace after life's long warfare ! A London paper says that the health of people in fashionable society is being dangerously threatened by a new drug which is popularly regarded as a substitute for sleep. Very dis? creetly it declines to name this danger? ous substance. When tea was first introduced into Europe it was com? mended for the same virtues and it was believed that it would no longer be necessary to waste seven or eight hours in sleep. But extended exped? ience has shown the disastrous results of cutting short the period of natural rest and keeping awake by the help of rea, and there is no reason to sup? pose that chemists will ever be able to devise any substitute for sleep which will not "in the long run bring ner? vous breakdown. London, March 31.- A report has reached herc from Constantinople, cables thc Vienna correspondent of thc Daily Mail, that Mohammed Rochad, the Sultan's brother and his presumptive successor, is dead. The report says foul play is suspected. RAPIST WILL BE HANGED. Julius Gibbes Convicted in Flor? ence Monday-Execution Fixed for April 25th. Florence, March 31.-Today marked a triumph for law in Florence county. Julius Gibbes, in court, was pro? nounced gailty of ravishing Mrs. Daisy Lee Haynes, a respectale white woman, and was sentenced to hang on April 25. When the death sentence was \, nounced the negro collapsed complete? ly and wept like a child. Perspiration in huge drops stood upon his fore? head, and his hands, in fact his whole body shook like an aspen. There was an immense crowd in town for the trial and the court house from 10 o'clock in the morning till sunset was packed to the doors. There was sacrcely breathing space. It is remarkable that perfect order prevailed, though there had been whisperings of rash things. Judge R. 0. Purdy, who was appointed to preside over the special term, only once had to reprove the great audi? ence, and that was when they begae to applaud the finding of the jury. A word from his honor brought silence. Interest in the case was intense. The presence of every juror sum? moned is without precedence in Flor? ence, as was the attendance of specta? tors.. The grand jury was 18 minutes in examining witnesses and finding a true bill. Judge Purdy's charge was clear and concise. He spoke about a minute, explaining the indictment and giving the legal definition of the charge. When the prisoner was brought in, handcuffed and escorted by deputies, the dropping of a pin could have been heard. During the trial Gibbs looked dreamy ; appeared to be in a sort of stupor. Mr. P. A. Willcox, one of the ablest lawyers of the State, was appointed by the court to defend the negro, and later Mr. S. W. Shipp, another abl attorney of the local bar, was request? ed to assist him. Both of these gen? tlemen accepted the duty which was necessarily distasteful, and have of course been highly commended. In appointing these gentlemen for the defense Judge Purdy provided the best counsel obtainable. Solicitor Jno. S. Wilson conducted the proseentioon. Four witnesses for the State were examined. When Mrs. Haynes, the victim, took the stand, the court room was cleared of all except those interested. The evidence was direct and positive, leaving not a scintilla of doubt as to negro's guilt. Mrs. Haynes identified her assailant and swore to the commission of the crime. Sheriff Burch testified to the negro's confession of guilt. The defense introduced no evidence. They managed the case with tact and delicacy. It was a plain case of faci. Solicitor Wilson addressed the jury briefly. He said that it was not usual for him to address the jury in such cases but the importance of this one demanded that he say something. He spoke earnestly for 10 minutes, taking occasion to commend highly the attor? neys who had undertaken the defense. Mr. Willcox made a brief address to the court. Judge Purdy then deliver? ed a clear and impartial charge and the jury retired. Ten minutes after? ward the verdict of "guilty" was read, and with the pronouncing of the death sentence a notable case was ended. ' ?: W?TZWiW*% Mrs. Haynes is not over 18 years old. She is tall and comely and appeared today very neatly attired. She told her story quietly and calmly. Three fourths of the SCO people in the court room today were white. Trenton, Mo., March 30.-George Busch, aged 16 years, and George Young, aged 20, sons of respectable parents, of this city, made an unsuc? cessful attempt last Saturday night to wreck an east-bound Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific passenger train, about five miles east of here. Both boys were arrested and have confessed. Their motive appears to have been revenge for h?iving been put off a freight tain. Dime novels are believ? ed to have played a part. - - *? . m ? .naries ?rave. It is said that when Alaric, the con queror of Rome, died "a river was turned aside to make a place in its bed for his grave, and when h? was buried the water was again let into its former channel, and the prisoners who had helped to bury him were killed, so that no one might find out where the conqueror of Rome was buried." Comparisons Are "Odorons." "Well. I don't see much difference between 'notoriety' and 'fame.' " "You don't? Then you wouldn't be able to distinguish hetweeu the per? fume of limburger cheese and that of the rose."-Philadelphia Press. A Woman's Way. Madge-1 wonder why she bothers so much about her complexion? Marjorie-I suppose it's because she *insn*t a nv.-Judge. t'selPKS Expense. A prince received from the nous* steward his monthly statement ot ac? counts, in which occurred the item of 1.50 lire for the keep of a cat in the palace. The prince immediately wrote In the margin, "if there are no rats in the house, it is no good keeping a cat; If there are any rats, the charge for the keep of the cat is superfluous." And he struck out the item. THE BANK OF SUMTER^ SUMTER, S. C. City and County Depositary Capital siock paid in, . . $75,000 0C Undivided surplus, . . . 16,000 00 Individual ?abi'itv ot* stockholders tn txress of their Stock, . 75,000 00 Transacts a penFrr.I baoking business: also has * Srtvine? Bunk Department. Deposits of $1 and upward received. Interest allowfd ?t toe rate ci 4 >. er cen?, per annus, payable semi-annually. W F. B. HAYNS WORTH, President MARIOS MOISE, W. F. REAME, Vice-Presider-1. Cashier Jan 31. THE MEXICAN EDITOR. It I? Very Ea?y For HIIT? to Get Into Serions Trouble. The newspaper laws of Mexico are very stringent. If any person is men? tioned in a newspaper article and feels offended about it, he can easily send the editor of the paper and the writer of the article to prison. The state? ments may have been far within the limits of truth and justice, but that makes no difference. The editor in? communicado has a chance to think about the law, and the aggrieved per? son smiles pleasantly. After awhile the law gets in its work, the case is in? vestigated, and the editor is punished, for even the truth, is libelous, and libel is one of the offenses most severely condemned. According to the theory of the Mexi? can law, every person has a right to go about entirely free from annoyance by -other persons. If the person', violates the law, the newspaper has .no right to say so. lt can lay information before the courts if it wants to, but.it must not say in its columns that rt has done so. Then the law win step in and take charge of the offender, bat the repre? sentatives of the paper wil* not be al? lowed to attend the tria^ and only the bare result, after weeks of. waiting, can be told to the public." If the offense charged agaisst the ed? itor is regarded by the-first .magistrate to whom the complaint is n>ade.as be? ing especially grave, the paper is gen? erally suppressed. The complaint has been received and passed*, upon. Then j a squad of police descends upon the printing office. Sometime* all the em? ployees are arrested, sometimes only the editor. Then the doors, of the building are closed, official:seals are placed upon them, and- a guard is sta? tioned to see that no one tries to en? ter. For three days the editor-can do nothing. The laws under which he is arrested are modeled after those of the code Napoleon, and for three days he is held incommunicado, while the au? thorities hunt up evidence. Then he is given a hearing. In the meantime his paper has been suppressed, and in many cases it never comes to life again, even though the editor may eventually clear himself of all blame-Pittsburg Dispatch. MOTHERS OF GREAT MEN. Gounod's mother was fond of paint? ing and music. Chopin's mother, like himself, was very delicate. Schumann's mother was gifted with musical ability. Spohr's mother was an excellent judge of music, but no musician. Milton's letters often allude to hi3 mother in the most affectionate terms. Raleigh said that he owed all his politeness of deportment to his mother. Goethe pays several tributes in his writings to the character of his mother. Wordsworth's mother had a charac? ter as peculiar as that of her gifted son. Sydney Smith's mother was a clever conversationalist and very quick at repartee. Haydn dedicated one of his most im I portant instrumental composition^ to ! his mother. I . Gibbon's mother was passionately j fond of reading and encouraged her son j to follow her example, j Charles Darwin's mother had-a decid ! ed taste for all branches of natural his j tory-Philadelphia inquirer. -? Skell Borers. A remarkable application of Biblical .precept is still to be found among the Serbs, who do not all live in Servia, but are "also scattered over Turkey, Monte? negro, Bosnia and southern Hungary. They are very quarrelsome, and the vendetta flourishes among them. It follows that bullet holes in the skull are by no means uncommon. Now, according to the unwritten law a man who has made a hole in anoth? er's head must submit to having his own head perforated far Hke manner, unless he prefers to pay about $100 damages, which is seldom the case. So there has arisen among the Serbs a pe? culiar profession, that of the ..medigs," or trepauners, who for a moderate fee will bore a hole in your skull and guar? antee the wound to heal in two weeks. Somnambulism. Farmer Jones was awakened by a suspicious noise in his barnyard, and, going out with a club and lantern, in an angle between the chicken coop and barn he saw a colored neighbor stand? ing bolt upright, with his eyes closed. After receiving a sharp blow on his head the intruder opened his eyes. "Wh?rc is I?" he asked. "Is dat yo?. Farmer Jones? I spect Fze been walk? ing in my sleep again, f often does walk in my sleep and jus' stand round and don't know where 1 is."-New York Herald. A Feminine Sherlock. Mrs. A.-Why in the world do you leave that little puff of powder on your chin? Mrs. Z.-For my husband to blow off. You know he is such an observing man. Mrs. A.-Is there any reason why you shculd wish bim to blow it off? Mrs. Z.-Yes. 1 can detect his breath.-Chicago News. The Labor of Her Life. The two men were talking about liheir domestic affairs. "Do you keep a cook at your house?'' inquired one. "Um-er, ah," hesitated the other, "we try&o."-Detroit Free Press. Rigrbt. Jame?! Teacher-James, you must tell where the Declaration of Independence was feigned. Janies-riease. ma'am, at the bottom. -Indianapolis News. The egotist could die happy if he thought he could deliver his own funer? al oration.