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THE T8??8LE i? 5LEMS0N. It Has Not Been Settled Yet. Riotous Students. It appeals that the trouble at Clem son College is not yet settled. Sena tor Tillman made a ** red- hot' ' speech io the students, in which he scored them for "insubordination" and charged them with "ungentlemanly conduct" toward the president of the college, Dr. Hartzog. The students manifested their disapproval of the senator's expressions by shufflinjg their feet on the floor and hissing Ti liman. It is also said that there has been a fearful lack of discipline at Clemson, resulting in much disorder among the cadets, and that some of them had been under the influence of liquor at nights, carousing at their pleasure in the barracks?these manifestations reaching such a stage that orderly stu dents were constrained to leave the college prematurely rather than be further annoyed by their drunken classmates. It is also said that the students spent $197 for liquor. The Anderson Mail brings the news of two mass meeting of students indig nant at the reinstatement of President. ; Hartzog, and says that after hearing addresses from Senator Trllman and Major Smythe of Charleston, begging the boys to abide by the action of the trustees, the students fin ally agreed to ?do so. But The Mail editorially does not take stock in this reported adjust ment. It says that the action of the trustees is merely "an attempt * to dam the stream which, after awhile, will burst through all restraints." The root of the trouble remains, says the Anderson paper, and needs to be reached. A Remarkable Negro. JRichard Hunter, a rema:kable negro Laurens, is dead, aged 76 years, was, perhaps, the only negro in United States who paid for his freedom after emancipation. The Lacrens Advertiser gives the following sketch of his life : When he was a boy of 16 he was sold a bachelor named Nugent. Mr. allowed Dick to buy his free dom. In 1861 or 1862 Mr. Nugent died, and Dick still owed him. Dick was p?t up and sold and brought about $1^100 or $1,500.' His wife, jSIiza, a free woman of color, bought Mm. The late Mr. Clarke Temple ton, out of pure kindness, endorsed the note. After the war, the note could no^, have been collected of Dick, but the latter would not let his endorser, the man who stood byj him in trouble, be a loser, and he paid in a few years the last cent of it Such an example inflexible business good faith is sare. Since the war Dick has lived on the little piace which he bought from Mr. Nugent and farmed, selling fruits and vegetables in town. He has always been thrifty. His wife did the spin ning for the f??mily and Dick wore home-made clothes. Dick was twice married, both times to free women of color. Holocaust in Chicago. Twelve men and one woman were killed and about thirty persons were injured in a fire Monday afternoon, which destroyed the sanitarium con ducted by the Saint Luke's Society, at the corner of Wabash avenue and. Slsfc street* Ch i cago. The society occu pied the building which was long known as the Hotel Woodruff and for a brief period as the Hotel Lancaster. By far the. greater portion of the pa tients received in the institution were those seeking cure from the drink habit and those who were addicted to the use of drugs. When the fire broke out there were on the fifth floor a num ber of patients suffering from delirium tremens and some who were deranged by drugs. Several of these were strapped to their beds and it was found impossible to save them, so rapidly did the fire spread through the building. The Charleston Navai Station. An appropriation of $657,300 for the construction of buildings at the Charleson navy y;.rd was added to the naval bill in the Senate Monday, upon the motion of Sen tor Hale, chairman of the naval committee. That amount is to be expended during the coming fiscal year in connection with the dry dock and the necessary buildings, ?nsil recently it was feared that the presen- session? of Congress would end without any provision for beginning the actual construction of the new navy yard. There have been several unfortunate delays in some of the pre liminaries, but now it appears that all of the obstacles have been, or soon will be, brushed away, so that the people of Charleston may have an opportuni ty to see the great naval station in the course of construction. Senator Tillman deserves a full measure of credit for securing the ap propriation which was made by the Senate. Enforcing the Game Law. The practice of restauranteurs in selling quail has been given a blow in this section of the country by a recent decision of Judge Gary render ed in the criminal court held here last week. William Sewing, proprietor of a restaurant on Main^street, was tried before Magistrate McBee several weeks ago and convicted of the charge of violating the game law by offering quail for sale. Magistrate McBee sentenced Mr. Sewing to pay-a fine of $12.50 or 30 days on the gang. Mr. Sewing gave notice of an appeal. At the last term of the court of general sessions the ap peal was brought before Judge Gary, who confirmed the decision of the mag istrate. Mr. Sewing has been notified of the decision of Judge Gary and has pud up his fine. This is the first instance known to have occurred in this section of the country where the defendant was pros ecuted and fined for selling birds. It is a fitting example to other proprie tors of restaurants which they will do well to follow. The members of the local game association are determined to see to it that the game law is en forced and anyone found violatine it will lay themselves liable to prosecu 3km.?Greenville News. WINTHROP COLLEGE. Commencement Exercises in Pro gress. The Programme. Bock Hill, June 9.?Commencement J exercises at Winthrop College were in I augurated yesterday, when, at 11 a. im., a sermon before the Y. M. C. A. i was delivered by the Rev. C. S. Blackwell, D. B., of Wilmington, N. ! C. The baccalaureate sermon was preached last night by the Rev. Dr. Gordon B. Moore, of Furman Univer sity. The following is the programme for the rest of the; occasion : Monday, June 16?8 -J30 p. m., joint celebration of literary societies. Tuesday, June 17?8:30 p. m., class day exercises. Wednesday, June 18?10 a. m., alum nae reunion. 11 a. m., address before alumnae, in the auditorium, by Hon. John P. Thomas, Jr., Columbia. The various departments of the col lege will he cpen for inspection after the address. Wednesday, June 18?8:30 p. m., ad dress before graduating class, by Hon. B. R. Tillman. Awarding of diplomas and certi ficates. BOUBK GN CITIZEN JOSH. Tillman Recalls Him Only as One of His Carriage Horses. Vv^tVC...!..- .. . . The boys are telling a new story on the Hon, Josh Ashley. The story may or may not be true, but it is a J good one, nevertheless. Away back in the howling days of ten or twenty years ago Mr. Ashley was a violent Tillmanite. On one oc casion when Mr. Tillman went to An derson, Mr. Ashley and some more of the hoys met him at the depot with a carriage. After Mr. Tillman had taken his seat in the vehicle the crowd unhitched the horses, and, at taching themselves instead, pulled our noble leader up town to the hotel, shouting and waving their hats, and perspiring and enjoying themselves immensely. All this, is a matter of history. But times have changed since then and Mr. Ashley is not a Tillman ite any more. The other day, so the story goes, Senator Tillman. and a drummer met on the train and fell to talking, as men will do. In the course of their conversation the drummer remarked : "Senator, they tell me your old friend Josh Ashley doesnt' think as much of you as he used to do." "Ashley?" asked the senator, in a pulled sort of way. "Ashley? Who is Ashley?" "Why, don't you know?" said the drummer. " Josh Ashley, np in An derson?used to be a big reformer. ' ' "Ashley!" repeated the senator to himself, pondering deeply. "Ashley! Oh, yes, I remember now," he finally said, brightening up. "1 remember that fellow now.. I drove him to my carriage once when I visited Ander son." Some of the boys told this on Mr. Ashley in his presence the other day, and he tried to laugh at it, but a sickly little grin was all he could muster.?Anderson Mail. [A number of years ago, on the oc casion .of a . visit to Sumter, Tillman was hauled, in a farm wagon, to the place for the public meeting on- the Court House square in a similar man ner. Many people, after reading the above story, will recall the incident and will doubtless want to know what has become of Ben's Sumter equines. ] Buying Votes in Augusta. There was an election in 'Augusta on Thursday of last week, and the Augusta Tribune tells of some inci dents in the following most uncon cerned manner : "The buying of votes began at the start This was conducted openly, each side having their headquarters and pay stations near the polling places. In the fourth ward the Old Guard had possession of the yard of a residence on one side of the polls and the Reformers on the other, where the cash was paid few the votes delivered. The price at the opening was very irregular, owing to the haste of the early birnds to catch the worm, many floaters being glad to sell for $1, though the heelers let no vote pass that could be bought, and even in the first hour as high as 810 was obtained for their commodity by those who knew how to drive a good bargain by letting both sides hid. "In the fifth ward at 10.20 o'clock 22 votes had been cast. The price of votes at that hour averaged $7.50, though $10 was paid where demand ed." Dr. Carlisle's Resignation. The board of trustees of Wofford College, at a meeting oh Saturday, elected a president of the institution, to succeed the venerable and much beloved Dr. James. H. Carlisle, who insisted upon his resignation being accepted, and who has presided so well over the destinies of that institution for the past quarter of a century.. It has been a custom of the trustees of Wofford College never to divulge or in any manner give out the slightest inti mation of their actions at the annnal meeting until iTuesday following the meeting on Saturday. This rule has never been broken and is still effective. There is a strong prevalent opinion among the outsiders that Prof. H. N. Snyder, who teaches English at Wofford, has been selected to succeed Dr. Calisle. While this is given as a rumor, it is firmly believed by almost every one who has an opinion the sub ject. Rumor also has it that Dr. Carlisle has been retained in the institution, tojiold a professorship. New South Carolina Industries. Among the new Southern industries reported by the Tradesman, of Chat tanooga, for the week ended June 7 are a $200,000 cotton mill and a $20,000 yarn and hosiery mill at Anderson, a planing mill at Cheraw, machine shops at Bowman, a flouring mill at Gaston, a grist mill at Fountain Inn and a $250,000 cotton mill at Spartan burg. THROUGHOUT SOUTH CAMINA. Current Events in the Palmetto State Laconically Recorded. ?The Chesterfield County Oil Com pany has declared a 10 per cent, divi dend. ?The route of the proposed Colum bia-Lexintgon trolley has been sur veyed. ?Williamsburg now has five avowed candidates for county auditor, with another in prospect. ?The chinch bug is making its ap pearance on the corn in several sec tions of Chesterfield County. ?Spartanburg is to apply for anoth er beer dispensary, making three for that town, if the permit is granted. -^-The people of Brookland are rais ing money for a brass band in that town. The ladies have the matter in hand. 9 ?The name "Hagood" has been suggested for the new county proposed to be cut from Hampton and Barn we 11 counties. ?The Liberty bell was removed from Charleston Saturday afternoon and taken back to Philadelphia. The oc casion was marked by much pomp and ceremony. ?Plans have been completed in Charleston for the establishment of a steamship line between that port and Baltimore. ?Among the patents issued by the Patent Office at Washington last week was one to W. A. Harper, of Glendale, for a furrow opening and covering at tachment for planters. ?Under the statute for the preven tion of cruelty to animals, Louis Weathersbee, an Aiken County man, was convicted of fast driving, by Mag istrate Weeks and fined $25. ?Florence is now assured of getting her Federal building. The bill appro priating $100,000 for it which was re cently passed by congress has been signed by President Eioosevelt. ?Miss Lotta Groeschel, of Chester, is exhibiting some of Mont Pelee's dust. It was taken from the British steaamer Coayi, at Charleston. While passing Martinique it settled on the steamer. ?The new power house of the Cam den water, light and ice company is being hurriedly constructed. This time it will be a brick structure. Wa ter and lights are now looked for atan early day. ?Extensive forest fires raged for about a week in the neighborhood of Little Mountain, Newberry County, and much valuable timber was destroy ed. Fire had been left in the woods by berry pickers. ?The new Methodist Church at Orrville, Anderson County, has been finished and will be dedicated the fifth Sunday of this month. Rev.. C. B. Smith, of Bennettsville, will preach the dedicatory sermon. ?The contract for the erection of the building of the Columbia glass fac tory has been awarded. Work will be commenced at once and completed by August 15. It is to be a frame struct ure, to cost about $7,000. ?Senator H. G. Money, of Missis sippi, delivered the annual address before the Clemson graduating class last Friday. His theme was character building. The graduating clasf this year was composed of 59 bright young men, who received diplomas. ?The entire last year's cotton crop, | 26 bales, produced on the Chester County farm, was sold, a few days ago, for 934 cents, and $1,055.76 was turned into the county treasury as a result of the sale. These 26 bales were raised from 30 acres of land planted. ?L. H. Gilmore, a Darlington County farmer, on his return home from town, the other night, while taking bundles out of his buggy, in some way accidentally discharged his pistol and shot himself in the bowels. He lived only a few minutes after the accident. ?Pickens County boasts of the champion mean man. Before under taking to dig a well, he timed himself to the spring and back and made a close calculation as to how long it would take the time lost going to the spring to pay for the digging of the well. It is also said of the same man that he killed two hogs and sold five hams. ?On Wednesday afternoon of last week, in the "Fork," Orangeburg County, Henry Whitmore, a negro laborer, was cutting oats. Seeing that a storm was coming up, he started for home, taking his cradle on his shoul der. He had gone only a very short distance on his way home when a bolt of lightning struck him and he was killed instantly. ?The Columbia school board has voted $20 raise of salary for each of its teachers for the current year. In voting thisv they expressed the hope that the teachers would attend the summer school. Heretofore, for the past three years, the Columbia board has been defraying the necessary ex penses of its teachers ;at the summer school, railroad fare, board, etc. ?The scarcity of bean and squash baskets is becoming serious to truckers, says a Lake City item. All on hand and all that can be procured are being rapidly used in shipping. Several days ago offers of 15 cents were made for 9 cent baskets. So great is the demand that several would probably have paid more but the bas kets could not be had at any price. ?The other day, B. H. Myers, of Williamsbcnr County, removed a piece of a percussion cap from his eye, which had penetrated the organ five years ago and so injured it as to cause the loss of sight. He was firing an old muzzle-loader when a piece of the cap flew up and entered the ball of the eye, where it remained until after five years the piece of metal worked out. ?A peculiar accident is reported from Williamston. As Mrs. W. H. Ellison sat reclining against one of the posts of the piazza, her chair slip ped, and in throwing her arm up to catch herself and prevent falling struck her wrist against a large sharp splinter, which penetrated her flesh, goiag entirely through her arm. Physicians removed the wood by the use of instruments. She suffer ed intensely. ?There has been on exhibition at the Cotton Exchange, says the Augusta' Chronicle, several specimens of cotton plants killed by lice. They were j brought in by Mr. Dnnbar Lamar from f Beech Island, and were gathered from farms along the road. The pest is I doing much harm in the Beech Island locality. The stalks shown had been killed completely, the leaves being brown and withered. Much anxiety is felt by the farmers in that section, and if the trouble spreads it will cause a considerable loss to what now prom ises to be an exceptionally fine crop. ?Mr. J. L. Mimnaugh, the mer chant prince of Columbia, accompanied by his daughter, Miss Lucile, will go to Europe next week. They expect to visit Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Switzerland and Italy. ?The election for the proposed new county of Allendale is to be oh th6 28th of June, not the 22d, as was pub lished some timo since. There is to be a campaign meeting in Barnwell onjDoth the 22d and 28th instants. ?"Weary of a life of sin and shame, Lula Bridges, a white woman, living in the tenderloin neighborhood of Spartanburg, committed suicide Sat urday night, by taking an overdose of morphine. She was about 35 years of age and a native of Spartanburg county. ?The family of Mr. J. E. Matthews, of Lynch township, Florence county, has been stricken with a peculiar malady. One of the children was taken sick on Monday of last week and died the following day. Four more of the children, one boy and three girls, have been stricken down and were very low at last accounts. ?The South Carolina commission of the Charleston Exposition has de-1 cided to sell the building erected by the state at the exposition to the city for $250, provided Charleston accepts the offer in ten days. Should the city accept the offer the exhibit in the building will be given Charleston free. The building and exhibit is worth about $30,000. ?At midnight Sunday, the "term of the Florence court having expired by limitation, and the jury in the,case of Smith and Dennis, on trial for arson, having failed to agree, after four hours of deliberation, Judge Purdy ordered a mistrial. The court was in session all day Snnday. It is said the jury stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction. ?Herbert F. League, of Simpson ville, S. C.;, who has been a student for some time in the American School of Correspondence, Boston, Mass., has just been awarded two certificates for free scholarships in that school. He will be glad to turn these over to two young men who are anxious to study steam, electrical or mechanical engi neering. Write to him at once. ?The livery stable of A. W. Jen kins & Co. at Conway was destroyed by fire caused by lightning Sunday night. All the horses except one, sup posed to have been stunned by light- . ning, were rescued, and quite a lot of buggies, etc., were saved. Loss about 82,000; insurance one-third. At the same time, the stable and residence of W. E. Porter, just across the street, were also burned, involving: a loss of $3,000, with about $2,000 insurance. ?It is evident that the salaries paid county and State officers are consid ered much more desirable than follow ing a mule thirtesn hours a day, or working in a cotton mill 66 hours a week, for there are several applicants for every office in almost every coun ty in the State, and when nominations are closed the county candidates would make a large company. Every place, from coroner to State Senator, is eager ly sought for. THE CROSSES OF HONOR. Meaning of "Deo Vinces" as Trans lated by Modern Scholars. The crosses of hoiior given by the Daughters of the Confederacy are simple but neat and modest in design. The veterans greatly appreciate them and intend to keep them with the greatest of care. On one side is the Latin inscription "Deo vinces." The following story is told by the Anderson Mail concerning Colonel Stribling, who was among the veter ans who received a cross at Anderson several weeks ago: When Col. J. C. Stribling of Pen dleton, got his cross a few days ago he didn't know what on earth that in scription meant, so he went to a Latin scholar in the city and asked for an English translation. The gentleman told him it meant "God being the judge." Colonel Stribling wasn't altogether satisfied and asked another man, who told him it meant "God avengeth." Then Colonel Stribling hunted an* other man, and without telling him what the others had said, asked what was the English for "Deo vinces." This man told him it meant "God vindicates." By this time Colonel Stribling was hopelessly mystified. He went to Clemson College a few days later and made the rounds of the professors there. He propounded the question to each one and from each got a new answer. He wrote the answers down on a piece of paper and yesterday turned them over to the Daily Mail. Here they are : "By God we conquer." "God being my judge." "God is our refuge." "God being: vindicator." "God justifies." "God vindicates." '; Approved bv God. '' "God is with us." "Thou hast been conquered bv God." Colonel Stribling has given up in despair. He is very proud of his cross of honor, but it has an inscription the meaning of which he doesn't know and can't find out. He thinks it means something nice, but he would like to be certain about it. He says that perhaps the ladies who grave the crosses can tell what they meant by "Deo vinces." If so, he would like to hear from them. The centennial anniversary exercises of the establishment of the United States Military Academy began Mon day and will continue until next Thursday, when the present first class of cadets, 54 members, will be gradu ated. The bast typewriter ribbons for all standard machines for sale by H. G. Osteen & Co. AN ELOQUENT DOCUMENT. Leaders cf the Boers Counsel Resignation to the Inevitable. The service of thanksgiving for the return of peace in South Africa was held in the principal public square of Pretoria on Sunday. The sun shone brilliantly and the sight was most impressive. Outside of the roped enclosure of troops were gathered many thousands of the towns people and a goodly sprinkling of Boers, whose demeanor was most re spectful. The archbishop of Capetown offi ciated at the service, and Lord Kitch ener, General Baden-Powell and Lady Methuen, wife of General Methuen, and other prominent persons were present. The massed bands of various regiments supplied the music, and the troops and people joined in singing the hymns with wonderful effect. The singing of "God Save the King" and Rudyard Kipling's "Recessional" closed the service. Lord Kitchener then mounted a dais and called aid in affecting "a settlement, and the response of everybody assembled in the square was immediate and unrestrained. The open letter of the Boer leaders to the burghers, in which peace is an- [ nounced and in which the burghers are counseled to loyal 'acquiescence, is ; an eloquent and pathetic document. In it the leaders thank the burghers for their noble sacrifice and express their sympathy for the bereaved. The letter concludes as follows : "Now that there is peace, and al though it is not a peace such as we longed for, yet let us abide where God has led us. We can, ! with clear con sciences, declares that for [two and a half years our people have carried on the struggle in a manner almost un known to history. Let us now ,'grasp each other's hands, for another great struggle lies before us?a struggle for the spiritual and racial prosperity and welfare of our people. Casting aside all feelings of bitterness, let fus learn to forget and forgive, so that the deep wounds caused by this war may be healed." BUSINESS AMERICAN ART. Sot Mathematica, but a Hatter of Creative Imagination. "The idea of business in a country that has reached the height of its de velopment is a dry as dust affair," says Hutchins Hapgocd in Ainslee's. "It is the miserable system of keeping what one has, a system in which the temper ament and the imagination do not play a part. The American, however, puts imagination into business. Business is the art of this country. To the Ameri can of affairs there are in Ms work ex citement, charm and color. To him it is not a matter cf mathematics, but cf the creative imagination. Great proc esses, great inventions, great corpora tions?the organization of such things requires genius. "Nobody is stupider, more avaricious and more economical in a small way than a French peasant or a German hausfrau. Nobody is less avaricious and more economical in a big way than a great Ainerican inventor, financier or business man. Through his brains production becomes cheaper and conse quently more abundant, and more good to the common people thereby accrues than by all the small savings ever made since civilization began. It is better to be able to make than to save, and to make much a large outlay in money, energy and brains is necessary. To save pennies is a sign of commercial incompetence and national decline. "When an individual or a nation be gins a system cf housekeeping on a small scale, it is a sign that the life blcod is ebbing. Old people, drier and less resourceful than young people, are notoriously more economical. They, like old nations, want to hang on to what they have rather than strive for more. The wisdom of the French peasant consists in keeping down his expendi ture and the size of his family to a point where the nation as a whole is weakened. As Bacon said, 'He that hath a state to repair may not despise small things.' and perhaps the decay of the country is the cause rather than the effect of French economy. Anyway the two things hang closely together." YARNS FROM ERIN. The Abanrdities That Are Born o? Irish Simplicity. Here are a few samples of the ab surdities arising out cf the extreme simplicity of some Irish folk: A young man came to confess to an Irish priest in London whose experi ences of the humors of his fellow coun trymen would fill a book. "Well, my man." said the priest, "ana how do you earn your living?" "I'm an acrowoat your riverence." The priest was non plused. "I'll show ye what I mean in a brace of shakes," said the penitent, and in a moment was turning himself inside out in the most approved acro batic fashion in and out of the pe\vs. An old woman who had followed him to confession looked on horrified. "When it comes to my turn, father," she gasped, "lor the love of God don't put a penance on me like that. It 'ud be the death of me!" I think it was the same good father who, observing the regular atter.dar.ee ? at a Lent mission had done nothing to ? reform one of his parishioners, told him so and asked him the reason of it. "Ah. father." he replied. "1 can man age the faith right enough, but the mor als bate me." On another occasion this priest was called upon to marry a man of whom he knew nothing to a girl of his congre gation. On investigation he found the would be bridegroom's knowledge of the Catholic faith very limited. "Have you ever been baptized?" he asked. "Well, father, I can't trust me memory to that" "Are your parents living?" "The mother is.* "Let's have her address." This was'given and a telegram dispatched to the old lady on the spot reply paid. The answer came in due course, "Vaccinated, but not baptized."?A Kerry Man iO London Spectator. Draw Corks Easily. ; If yo?i want to amuse friends at an evening party, tell them that you can i draw a cork out of any bottle without a corkscrew. Of course they will laugh, but very soon it will be your turn to laugh. Take a piece of sealing wax and hold one end of> it over a lamp or gas jet un til it becomes soft; then let some drops of the wax fall on the cork in t?e bot tle. A.S soon as the cork is covered with wax you must press the piece which you hold In your hand against the cork, and you must hoid it there until the wax is quite dry. Then it will be easy for you to draw out the cork by using the stick of wax, which adheres to it in the same manner as you would use a screw. Xo matter how firmly fixed the cork may be, it will almost immediately yield to the pressure. You must, how ever, take care not to wrench the stick of. wax away from it while you are drawing it out, and you must also see that the cork is perfectly dry before you pour any wax on it. Bengal Tigers, The man eater is usually an older tiger, whose strength is failing and whose teeth have partly lost their sharpness. Such a beast finds it easier to lurk in the vicinity of settlements and to pick up an occasional man wo man or child than to run down wild cattle. The largest, fiercest and most bright ly colored tigers are found in the prov ince of Bengal, near the mouths of the Ganges river and not far from Calcutta. A full grown Bengal tiger sometimes measures ten feet from nose to tip of tail. Such a monster makes no more account of springing upon a man that a cat does of seizing a mouse. He surpasses the lion in strength and ferocity and has no rival among beasts of prey except the grizzly bear and the recendy discovered giant bear of Alas ka.?St. Nicholas. The Forgotten Dot. A wedding took place a short time back in a large town in the north of England, the service being conducted by a rather eccentric vicar. Two days after the ceremony he called at the house of the bridegroom's mother, but she happened to be out, so he said he would call again, which he did later on in the day, carrying two large green bags under his arm. This time he found her in. So he be gan by asking them to clear the table a little. Then he opened the green bags, from which he took the registers. These he opened and in a most solemn tone said: "Mrs. Williams, you have forgotten ! io dot the *%' in Elizabeth." The family breathed once more. The Checkrein. The overcheck bears about the same relation to the horse as the county jail does to human society. In case of the trotting horse it seems that some de vice must be used in order to compel a horse to carry its head out almost in I a line with its neck, so that the curv ature of the latter at the throttle will not cramp the windpipe or shut off the horse's wind. In case of . the run ning horse it naturally extends the head and neck without artificial aid. This is because the gallop is the horse's naturai gate, while the trot is artificial when it comes to extreme speed. Hence the overcheck is needed. In the utility horses the checkrein is never needed.?Field and .Farm. 1 The Greenland Shark. The Greenland shark is well known as a foe to whalers. It will follow a dead whale to the ship and show no fear of the men while they are engaged I in cutting up the prey, biting out lumps > from it as big as a man's head. Some times it happens that a man will fall off the slippery side of the whale close by the shark, but the latter never at tacks him, being intent upon gorging itself with the flesh of the cetacean. The most severe wounds from thrusts of the whalers' knives will not per suade it to desist This species of shark is often partly or wholly blinded by a parasitic worm three inches long which fastens itself at the corner of the eye and fives on its fluids. Right Doing. One's rightful work is often halted, by fear of what others will say aboui it. This may be even more a barrier to the work than the fear t>f not doing the work at all. It takes courage to do what we believe we ought to do, when we think we shall be criticised or misunderstood or scorned. But the real calamity lies in not doing what we ought. Of this it is well to have so strong a fear that we shall have courage to face whatever others may say of our right doing. When Coins Were First Made. Certain passages in the ''Iliad" of Ho mer would lead to the inference that coins of brass were struck as early as 11S4 B. C. Tradition affirms that the Chinese had bronze coins as early as 1120 B. C. But Herodotus, "the father of history," ascribes the "inven tion" o?" coins to the Lydians. about nine centuries B. C. and there is no satisfactory evidence that coins were known prior to that date. Repaid In Kind. At a certain ball in the country the other evening a gentleman undertook to introduce a companion to a young but somewhat stout lady, who seemed to be pining for a dance. "Xo. thanks, old fellow. I don't care lo waltz with a cart." A "cart" is understood in the district referred to* as a partner who does not do her share of the dancing, but has to be drawn around. A few evenings later the same young lady, who had overheard the conversa tion, beheld the young man seeking an introduction and asking if he might have the honor, etc. "Xo. thank you," she replied. "I may be a cart, but I am not a donkey cart!" -London Tit-Bits.