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MIT FOREST JIBE IH WEST. Fifty Persons Burned to Death in Forest Fires and the Flames are* Unchecked. Kalma, Wash.y Sept. 14.?News reached here late last night that the forestares on Lewis river have wrought sad havoc D. L. Wallace, his wife and two children were burned to death. They wers camping in the woods when caught by the Sre. Their wagon was found burned up? the charred bodies lying near. A 12-year old boy of Mr. Manley's is also dead. Mrs. John Pol ly, her baby and a brother, name un known, and Mr. Newhouse and Mrs. Graves are dead. Fifteen others were found without clothing excepting gannisacks. Logging camps are burn ed out completely. The ?re has'spread from Lewis river north to the Kalma river, and 50 sections of the finest timber on the coast have 'been de stroyed. It is int]pos?ble to give an estimate of the damage done to prop erty. Qak Point, 20 miles below here, on the Columbia river has been de stroyed; .There are no reports of lives iost? but loss to property is estimated at about $800,000. A great fire is also raging on the Cowemafi, in th? northern part of the county. Everything in its path has been consumed. The air is black with smoke and falling ashes. Three lum ber camps are reported, missing; peo "ple are panie stricken and craz?d over j the loss, of property. Cowlitz county thought it was going to escape until today w hen the'reports came thick and fast, each worse than the last. Five people are dead and * two missing, with only partial reports from the -baraed district. A courier has just arrived from Lewis river stating that only two houses are left standing on Lewis river and that hot less than 50 persons have perished. An Important Discovery. The Baltimore Sun states that it is ablB to announce with; authority a Discovery that ranks in importance with that of Dr. Koch's : finding and isolation of the tubercle bacillus, ten years ago. "It is the discovery of the organism responsible for intestinal disorders in infants, which fills ' many.thousands.of graves every sum mer. ' ' Thousands of graves is indeed a moderate statement of the number, as it is probable, or, rather, more than probable, we believe, that a greater number of human beirgs perish as the result of such disorders, than from all others combined. In three months last year, the Sun notes, 546 children died from this cause in Baltimore, while only a third as many persons, of all ages, died from consumption, and'j the Baltimore rate is not an excep tional one. The same fatailty marks the disease in all cities: and towns. The story of the discoverj is inter esting. John D. Rockefeller's grief over the loss of a favorite grandchild two years ago is in part responsible for it.- Immediately following the child's death Mr. Rockefeller set aside $200,000 for a thorough research, into causes of diseases, among them that which proves fatal to so many child ren and commonly known as V* sum mer complaint" Dr. William H. Wfelcb, the distinguished pathologist of Baltimore, was selected as the head - of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, ' and its work has been eon ducted systematically under his super vision. The investigation which reT suited in the .isolation of the germ of infantile diarrhoea was a part of the Tesearch.work of^the Institute and was conducted in th<? laboratory of tne Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Chil dren, near Baltimore, ^by Messrs. Charles Duval, of Annapolis, Md., a student at the University of Pennsyl vaina Medical School, and Victor H. Bassett, of Aledo, 111, a student of the Johns Hopkins Medical School and pathologist to the Sanitarium. To l?r. Duval is due the credit of iso lating the specific germ in the first case . successfully examined. The organism is *1 identical with that which causes acute dysentery in adults." Oat of fifty .cases the specific organism was found in 42. It was observed that the blood of the patient had the prop erty of "cbimping" fthe germ isolated, just as blood serum in typhoid acts on the typhoidbaciHus* and thiswas a great help in identifying the germ, as the blood of the patient affected no other organism in a similar manner. The cases investigated represented all vari ?es of the summer diarrhoea of in fants, except chotera infantum, of which there were no cases in the Sani tarium, and in all cases the organism found to-be present in the secretions was the same as that which produces acute dysentery, in adults. Many persistent efforts have been made in this country and in Europe to find an organism which could be shown to be the cause of the disease. All these re ,searches have failed to reveal any sin gle causal germ, although many have been described by various investiga tors. Indeed, it was the opinion of many of the most prominent specialists in children's diseases that no one, but several, organisms were concerned in maladies; that is, that they rep Jed really different diseases, is believed that the discovery will jp* great value in attempts to check ?se infantile maladies because the ost intelligent efforts towards pre ntion and cure of a (Bsease can only employed when its cause is known and understood, as is illustrated in tuberculosis, yellow fever, typhoid fever and other affections. Dr. Welch is quoted as saying that the discovery will for ' the present at least, be of especial benefit with regard to "preventive measures" rather than in * * treatment' ' of i nfantile di a rrhoea, as the treatment of acute dysentery has not been altogether successful. "Preventive measures, on the other hand, have been signal^ efficacious among the soldiers in the Philippines, and the same will probably be the case id infantile diarrhoea." The results of the investigation, at any rate, it is remarked, indicate that the germ enters the body with food and drink, which emphasizes the necessity, long insisted on by physicians of supplying babies, especially^among the poor in cities, with pure milk and uncontami nated water."?News and Courier. The election of Mr. Von Kolnitz to the State senate from Charleston coun ty is regarded in Washington as a vic tory for the new Republican party in South Carolina. 8EYWARB TO DEMOCRATIC VOTERS. Governor-Elect Returns Thanks, and Pledges Himself to En deavor to Prove Worthy of Confidence. To the Democratic Voters of South Carolina : It is with a sense of profound grati tude, mingled with an equal sense of the solemn responsibility involved, that ? tender you my heartfelt thanks for your trust and confidence as has been evidenced by the votes given to me in the recent primary. From every coun ty and town, from every precinct and hamlet, have I been remembered, with trust and honor by my countrymen of cur State. With appreciation far too deep for speech, and with thanks that come from my heart, I pledge you again, by our sacred traditions and glorous history, by all that we hold j dear, to do all in my power to prove worthy of this great gif t?tbeconfidence and trust of South Carolinians., D. C. Heyward. Wa?terboro, S. C., Sept 13, 1902. Card From Col. Talbert. Mr. Editor : Please allow me just a little space in your columns for a short card. As it is practically impossible ! for me to write a personal letter to ait my friends and supporters throughout the /State I adopt this method of thanking them for the handsome support given me rn my recent race for Governor. I am, indeed, deeply grateful to them, and appreciate my friends and supporters as much as any man possibly could. I have been de feated, but do'not propose to be a sore- ( head and sulk in my tent, nor corn- \ plain at the'result of this election. The people have spoken and I accept the result and support, heartily the nominees of the party from Governor down. When my successful opponent Capt. Heyw?rd, shall have taken his seat fis Governor I stand ready to hold up his hands in any effort he may make or any enterprise he may under take for the good of the people of the State. My ardor for* the welfare and best interests;of old South- Carolina and her people is not lessened one iota by my defeat, and I desire to say to those who saw fit "to support my oppo nent that I do not feel in any, degree unkindly towards you at all and have no criticisms whatever to make. I tried to conduct my campaign fairly, squarely and upon a high plane. I have tried-to be honest, frank and honest' on all questions that came be fore us, and having worked to this end I have nothing to retract and noth ing to apologize for, and can't see but what I would conduct it just the same if I had it to do over again. But there's no time to look backward. The people of the State have rendered their decision, and, I, being a loyal and true Democrat, am willing to abide thereby and will say, in conclu sion, let us stand behind Capt. Hey ward and help him to be one of the best Governors South Carolina has ever had, and let us be as one man in our efforts to make the old Palmet to State second to none in the Union. Weekly papers olease copy. W. J. Talbert. Patksville, September 12 Mr. Norment H?s Accepted Columbia,' September 14.?Mr. J. E. Norment has been offered the posi tion of private secretary to Governor Heyward and he has accepted. This authoritative announcement was made here last evening, and at the sametime it was stated that in accepting this place Mr. Norment would not complete-/ ly sever his present newspaper connec tion. New York, Sept. 14.?George Lutz, engineer, James J. Dooley, fireman, and Walter Weber, condnetor, were blown out of the cab of a loco motive which exploded on the Pennsyl vania railroad just W6st of Jersey City today. Lute was killed and others seriously injured., No cause for the explosion has been discovered. > Lenox, Mass., Sept. 14?Samuel D. Babcock, aged 81 years, a wealthy New York banker and stockholder in the Commercial Cable Company, dropped dead here this evening while out walk ing. Berlin, Sept. 14.?Destructive storms raged in many parts of Germany yes terday. In Saxony the temperature sank to zero and a hurricane-like wind unroofted many houses and injured a large umber of people. The damage is estimated at millions of marks. : Beaumont, Tex., Sept. 14.?The burning gusher died out about 3 o'clock this morning and tonigfrit the oil field is in darkness. It is believed that the well choked itself in some way and that it will have .to be cleaned "before it will again flow. Anniston, Ala., Sept. 13.?Gen. John H. Forney, a major general ?f the Confederate army in the war Be tween the States, died tonight at his home in Jacksonville, Ala., after ten days' illness. Chicago, Sept 13.??The cold 'wave which did much damage to corn crops yesterday extended its operations today south and east. Fort Smith, Ark., Evansville, Ind., and many Illinois towns all reported the presence of frost. Late crops thoughout the sec tions which escaped the first visitation of the cold were badly damaged. Washington, Sept. 13.?Figures pre pared by the treasury bureau of sta statistics show that exporcs of fcotton for the 12 months ending Aug. 31, were 6,715.793 bales, vai ned at IS284, - 279,190, against 6,639,931 bales, valued at 8317,816,329 for the 12 months ending Aug. 31, 1901. - 1 It is stated that experiments with aluminum as a substitute for paper are now under way in France. It is now possible to roll aluminum into sheets four-thousandths of an inch in thick ness, in which form it weighs less than paper. By the adoption of suitable machinery these sheets can be made even thinner and can be used for book and writing paper. The metal\will not oxidize, is practically fire and water proof and is indestructible by worms. A Boston woman of 59 years invested 8250,000 on a new twenty-six-year-old husband. Her people think her insane, but she declares that was the best in vestment she ever made. END OF STRIKE NOT NEAR. President John Mitchell Says. Min ers Will Not Return to Work Upon Promises that There Will Be Arbitration Afterwards. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. .?In an interview over the long distance telephone with The News today, John Mitchell, at Wilkesbarre, said : "I can't predict when she anthracite strike will be settled. If anything is being done toward a settlement by the other side, I don't know it. " Nothing towards a settlement was accomplished at the Harrisburg con ference between Gov. Stone of Penn sylvania, the presidents of the three anthracite districts, myself and others who have been trying to end the strike. We simply met and discussed the causes and progressif tbs strike." "Did Gov. Ston? represent J. Pier pont Morgan or any of the anthracite presidents?" ^ "I did noitvunderstand that he was representing any one but himself. There is no foundation for the report that the men are to-return to work on a promise that th? operators will make concessions and arbitrate afterward. The miners would not return to work under such an arrangement." Mr. Mitchell declared that the men are confident of winning and that there has been no desertions among the strikers. "I am" certainly very hopeful now that the strike will be ended in our favor, " he added. "The big defense that is being col lected at the national headquarters in Indianapolis, Mitchell said, is proving to relieve the distress in the region. About 25,000 miners have left the region since the strike began, leaving 130,000, he explained, to be cared for. When asked if the troops are to be withdrawn from the region, Mr. Mitchell said * "Not that I know of. Tnere is,no need of <the troops, however, as the men are orderly. They are keeping within the law." "Is any coal being taken out of the region." ?"A little is going out,< but no new coal is being mined. Most o?, the coal now being shipped was mined before the strike began. No mines are being started and no members o? the organi zation arereturningto work." Miners' Killed in Virginia. Boanoke, Va., Sept 15.?A special from North Fork, W. Va., to The Boanoke Times says : A disastrous gas and power explo sion occurred in the Big Four mine of the Algoma Coal and Coke company here this morning about 3 o'clock. James Lester, J an engineer, John Rockie, a Hungarian miner, and 15 colored miners are known to be in the mine now, and there is no chance of their being recovered alive as they are beyond the point where the explosion occurred aha the gas and smoke is so thick that the rescuing parties are being driven back. H. F. Franken field, the mine boss, ?and George Gaspie, a Hungarian miner, succeeded in crawling over the fallen coal and slate to the lights of the rescuing party and have "been taken out ah ve, al though they are both badly burned and nearly suffocated by the gas and smoke inhaled. The Burning Country. Seattle, Wn., Sept 15.?A special from Kalama, where great loss of life from forest fires was reported Satur day and yesterday, says: News from the fire on Lewis river confirms the report of Saturday night and adds to the loss. The fallen tim ber has blocked the only road leading up the river so that the work of the rescuers is slow. A party of ten persons with a team was known to be camping in the timbers. The charred remains of the horses and ' the wagon were found, but no trace of the people can be discovered. A great number of people were in the timber in aad around Trout Lake fishing and huncing, but no authentic reports have been received from them and it is feared that there has been great loss of life. ROOSEVELT ENDORSED. New York, September 13.?There was a conference of prominent New York State .Republicans today and at its close United States Senator Platt gave out as the chief result of the meeting this statement: "It was decided to endorse Mr. Roosevelt and his administration and as far as it is in our power to endorse him for 1904." Exterminating the Bios Bandits. Manila, Sept 14.?The force of native constabulary, which has been in pursuit of the Rios ba.nd of irrecon cilables in Tayabas province Luzon, has killed 18,and captured 25 of the bandits. The constabulary encountered the band upon four different occasions dur ing the chase, but suffered no loss whatever. Rios, the leader of the bandits, says he will never be captur ed alive. Suicide on the Olympia. Boston, Sept. 15.?Lieut. John R. Morris, U. S. N., was found dead in his stateroom on the United States ship Olympia by a fellow officer today. He had committed suicide byjshooting with a revolver. The Olympia is anchored off the navy yard. Lieut. Morris was the engineering officer of the Olympia and he began his duty on that ship Jan. 25 last No cause is known for his act. Lieut. Morris is the second officer of the Olympia, Dewey's flag ship, to commit suicide within five days. Chaplain Morrison having shot himself on Thursday last Columbia, Sept 15.?Prof. J. L. Jones, who for many years was presi dent of the Columbia Female College, died at his residence, on Plain and Gregg streets, at 10 o'clock this morn ing, after an illness of several months. His death had been expceted for sev eral days and his family and many friends were present to witness the close of a long life filled with honor and usefulness. NEGROES WOULD BE DEMOCRATS. Information Asked of the Demo cratic Executive Committee. Four hundred and fifty colored men met at the Carolina hall last night to discuss the advisability of organizing themselves into Democratic clubs. After prayer by Prof. Gregory, the meeting was called to order by Rich ard Lee. A temporary chairman and secretary were elected, Prof. Gregory being made chairman and E. E. Reeder sec retary. -After some debate it was moved by A. S. Johnson that a committee of five be appointed by the chair to find out if the Demorcatic State executive committee could give any information as to ?th? admitting of negroes in the Democratic party. The committee is as follows : A. S. Johnson chairman ; Richard Lee, C. Johnson, Prof. S. J. Gregory, E. E. Reeder. This committee was asked to report at the next meeting, Sept. 29th. It was generally admitted by all to be a move in the right direction. A. S. Johnson said that it would be a matter of history whether they be accepted or rejected, and it was time lthat they again throw themselves-at' the feet of their friends at home, srnce they have repeatedly said that the negroes had gone Out from the house of their friends.?Columbia State, Sept. 16. EXPRESS ROBBERS ARRESTED. V'V ' :??' /:.?-^r!-'-V'.-.?-r.- , !?*. Two Charleston Boys in the Gang. Charleston, Sept. J5.-fBennie Mea cham and John Cqx, two boys of the upper section of the city, and two tramps named King and Cauhglin were lodged at the station house to day, charged with complicity in the robbery of'the express car on the At lantic Coast Line between Lanes and Charleston Saturday night. The ar rests were made by the Charleston de tectives and Route- Agent Hockaday, of the express company. An examination of the men and boys wa? held this morning at the station house, but no statement was given out. Express Messenger Lewis was present at the investigation. The rob bers are said to. have secured one pack age containing $160 and several other packages, whose values are not now known. The men jumped from the train near Charleston, according to Lewis' statement. Nothing of the robbery was known ? by the train crew until the train rolled into the station at midnight on Saturday. Ho?son Must Go to Work Again. Washington, September 15.?Naval Constructor Richmond ' Pierson Hob son, who appeared before a retiring board a few months ago and failed' to qualify for retirement, will shortly be assigned to duty by the navy depart ment. Constructor Hobson has been on sick leave since June 1st last. Af ter having been rejected by the retir ing board Mr. Hobson applied for three months' sick leave to allow his eyes, which he declared had been much over-taxed and impaired by the sun glare which attended the work of raising the sunken Spanish vessels, to recuperate. At the end of that period it was understood that if the construc tor's eye had failed to grow stronger or had become more impaired he should be ordered before another retir ing board. Now that his leave has about expired the navy department has referred his case to Dr. Rixey, surgeon general of the navy. Constructor Hob son called in person at the. navy de partment a short time ago and saw Dr. Rixey. who, without having to make a special examination, has pronounced the officer fit for duty. Government by Injunction. Omaha, Neb., Sept. l .?Judge McPherson, in the Federal Court to day, on application of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, granted a temporary injunction restraining the striking shopmen of that road from -placing "pickets" about the gates and grounds of the Union Pacific shops. The hearing is set for September 25. The order, which is of a sweeping character, not only restrains the men from stationing pickets in the neigh borhood of the Union Pacific shops, but commands the strikers to refrain from all threats and acts calculated to intimidate or interfere with the em ployees, agents and officers of the rail way company in their duties, and tc refrain from publishing any orders, etc., that will in any way hinder or obstruct the company in the transac tion of its business or create any feel ing or resentment against the com pany. The heavy detail of police placed about the entrance to the shop yards yesterday was reinforce*?! today by sev eral United States deputy marshals. Five of the nine men arrested yester day in connection with the killing of Earl Caldwell, the Union Pacific strike-breaker, have been held, charg ed with Caldwell's murder, and the other four are held as witnesses. The prisoners will have a hearing tomor row. Chicago, September .?Another delay in the hearing of the case of Oberlin M. Carter in the United States Circuit Court was made neces sary today by an order of Judge Kohlsat extending the time for closing testimony until January 29. Before the proofs are completed it is expected that Capt. Carter himself will be tern porarily changed from Fort Leaven worth prison long enough to present his sworn testimony. This is the case in which the Federal Government is seeking to recover a large amount of funds which Capt. Carter and his rela tives had and which are said to be part of the proceedings of an illegal deal with Contractors Gay nor and Greene. Greenville, September 15.?A party of revenue officers destroyed a large illicit distillery outfit in the Dark Corner section of this county on Sun day hjght. The outfit consisted of a steam' boiler of 150-gallon capacity, two wooden doublin stills, fourteen ferment?is, 1,400 gallons of beer. Fire was discovered under the furnace, indicating, that the still was operated on the previous afternoon. BILL IS NOW VERY SICK. His Great Age Leaves Little Hope for His Recovery. The many friends of Major Charles H. Smith, of Cartersville, the Georgia sage whose fame has been spread the country over through his writing un der his pseudonym, Bill Arp, will be pained to learn that he is critically ill at his home in Cartersrille. For some months he has been in feeble health, and during the last few days has had several attacks from heart trouble. Yesterday he suffered a very bad at tack, and while his family and physi cians hope for his^recovery, still he may die at any minute. Major Smith is now 80 years of age. He holds an unique position among the literary men of the South, and per haps has a larger circle of readers than any man in the uthern States engaged in regular work. Few men in Georgia are as well ac quainted with the early history of the State ?s Major Smith. He is regard ed as an authority on all ante bellum affairs, and very often in his writings discusses present problems in the light of his experiences in the years before the war between the States. For many years Major Smith/ has contributed to The Sunday Constitu tion. His letters have always been one of the features of the paper, and there are numbers of the pepole all over Georgia and throughout the en tire South who await the coming of the paper , with interest, largely on account of the faet that it is to contain "Bill Arp's" letter. These letters have not only been read by the subscribers to The Sunday Constitution, but have Been reproduc ed in the weekly edition and copied regularly by a number of the leading dailies of the South, as well as by ? great many local weeklies. Through these different agencies, Major Smith reached nearly every home in the South, and there are few indeed to which he has not been extended a warm welcome. There has possibly never been a writer who has succeeded so well in getting close to the hearts of his read ers as has Major Smith. The tender sentiments and homely- philosophy of the Georgia sage, as well as Ms in swerving loyalty to the cause of the Confederacy, have caused- him to be loved wherever his writings have been read. Major Smith has not confined his energies to newspaper work, but has also won wide fame as an author and a lecturer. He has a large personal acquaintance in' almost every section of Georgia, and the news of his ill ness will bring sadness to many homes. ?Atlanta Constitution. Ringside, Fort Erie, Sept. 15.? Tommy Ryan may be veteran of the middle-weights in the prize ring, but he is still far from a back number. Tonight in the arena of the Fort Erie club in a vicious bruising fight he knocked out Kid Carter of Brooklyn in the last minute of the sixth round. Philadelphia, Pa., September 15.? The application fot a charter made by the Firsjt Church of Christ, Scientists, was refused "today by Judge Arnold, in the Common Pleas Court, on the ground that the Court had no author ity to grant a charter for a corporation for profit, that;is, a business corpora tion. Judge Arnold said the so-call ed Churcri was a corporation for profi-, organized to enforce the sale of Mrs. ! Eddy's books./' Rome, S?ptember 15.? The \ratican has definitely decided to send the Most Rev. Diolede Falconio to Washington as Papal delegate in the United States. Mgre Falconi is now Apostolic dele gate for the Dominion of Canada. New York, September 15.?Herbert L. Bridgman, secretary of the Peary Arctic Club, received a dispatch from Lieut. Peary, the Arctic explorer, dated Chateau Bay, Labrador. Lieut. Peary says in the dispatch that he is on his way home on the relief ship Windward and that ail on board are well.. Birmingham, 5.1a.; Sept. 14.? Horace Jackson, a negro charged with partici pating in the lynching of Aleck Her man, another negro in Lawrence coun ty, was found guilty of murder in the second degree yesterday and sentenced to the penitentiary for ten years. New Orleans, La, September 15.? Three of the union strikers of the Cumberland Telephone Company were arrested today for assaulting a non union lineman. The men were placed under bail. The telephone company has reported that additional lines under its control have been cut. A reported estimate is to the effect that more than half the company's city lines have been put out of service. Drunkards Swear Off. The recent law enacted by the Iowa legislature by which power habitual drunkards may be arrested and com mited to ? the insane asylum for two years, and be* placed- in the inebriate ward therein, has worked wonders among the old topers and drunkards here and in this county, and will do more good toward solving the drink habit than any previous law upon the statute books. A number from the county have already been taken to the Mount Pleasant Asylum, and their confine ment at that place has so alarmed and scared their fellow topers that a scarcity of arrests for intoxication is al ready noticeable and more pledges have been made than ever before.?Topeka Herald. In 1860 the wealth of South Caro lina was equal to that of Massachu setts, New Hampshire and Vermont combined, but in 1870 Massachusetts had a wealth equal to half the South. The period of the civil war and her ' manufacturing industries did it". Con ditions are changing, and the tide is turning, and South Carolina and the South are wresting the supremacy from ! Massachsuetts and New England. We could not conquer them in war, but i we are doing it industrially, and when the job is completed New England will be the home of the secession sentiment as she was in 18 2, and the South will be ready to let her go in peace.?Anderson Mail. ?^? ?? ^^? Now is the paper hat season. Nice I assortment material at H. G. Osteen & Co. A Weed That Eats Fish. An English naval officer, writing from Sua kin, Red sea country, contrib utes the following remarkable instance of a plant preying upon one of the ver tebrata. The instance noted was ob served by him when surveying the Paracel islands, in the south China sea: "As I neared a pool cut off by the tide from the sea I noticed among other Submarine plants a very ordinary look ing flesh colored weed. Bending to inspect it closer, I noticed numbers of ! small fish lying helpless in its fronds, apparently with little or no life in them. Putting my hands down to pick one of them up, I found my fingers caught by suckers on the weed, the fronds of which had closed tightly upon them. "The fish had been caught in every conceivable way?by the head, the tail, sides, etc.?and some of them had been held until the skin was completely macerated. Those of the fish that were still living had evidently been caught at different times, they appear ing in all stages of exhaustion. I re gret being unable to name either the plant or the fish, but that the botanical cannibal really preyed upon th? finny denizens of the deep there isn't the least doubt" ' When Reptiles Ruled a World. There was a time "in the wide re volving shades of centuries past" when our globe was wholly in the possession of walking, swimming and flying rep tiles. Being the dominant type, they divided naturally into three great classes. In the oceans they became gi gantic paddling enaliosaurians; on dry land, or, rather, wet land, for the whole face of the globe was doubtless a quagmire at that time, they became monstrous, erect dinosaurians, some of which had legs fifteen feet or more in length;'those which inhabited the re gions of the air were the terrible flying pterodactyls. For a vast but unknown length of time these awful creatures literally ruled the earth. Finally after they had "seen their day" they began to grow less and less. One by one they died out in the face of the younger and more vigorous fauna until at the present ! time only a few miniature alligators and crocodiles and a few toy ' snakes remain as reminders of skulking liz ards and geckos and of the enormous reptilian types that once crowded land and sea. Simple Indeed. It seems as if the acme of frugality had been reached by a French officer who explained with many appropriate gestures his system of sustaining life on a pension of five francs a week. "It is simple, veree, veree simple," he said to the friend who had ex pressed amazement at his feat "Sun day I go to ze house of a good friend, and zere I dine so extraordinaire and eat so veree much zat I nead'no more till Vednesday. "On zat day I have at my restau* rant one large, veree large, dish of tripe and some onion. I abhor ze tripe ?yes, and ze onion also?and togezzer zey mak? me so seek as I have no more any appetite till Sunday. You see. it is veree simple."_ Books With Leaves Client. A book the leaves of which are un cut possesses no value of an intrinsic character beyond one that is cut, but really.less. For that matter, if it is to remain uncut, it is as valueless as it is useless. There are book col lectors, however, who piace a premium upon books with .uncut leaves and so commend them in their advertisements and circulars. There arc persons who load certain shelves in their libraries with uncut books. Of course they are not for use and are not used and are valueless except for keeping. Brou?ham and ^lulled Port. Lord Brougham, who as .a member of the house of-commons was a most abstemious man, upon his promotion to the peerage acquired less commend able habits. During his long and im passioned appeal to the lords, to re frain from rejecting the reform bill of 1So2 "five tumblers of nrc?ied port, with a dash of brandy. Avere brought to him at intervals.'.' When he came to "his last sentence ("I warn you. I implore you?yea, on my bended knee I supplicate you?reject not this bill") he knelt on the woolsack, whence he slipped to the floor. It is recorded in the "Lives of the Lord Chancellors" that "he remained some time as if in prayer, but his friends, alarmed lest he should be suffering from the effects of mulled port, picked him up and placed him safely on the woolsack." Attar of Roses. In trade the rose is very valuable, as the attars of India and Persia sell at a very high price, and there are large districts of rose gardens in which men and women are employed, the harvest months being March and ApriL In Turkey also rose farming is largely carried on, and a very fine attar is got from the rose grown in Kashmir. Even rosewater is a luxury which is by no means to be despised as to price, but the attar of roses is immensely costly, and it takes an enormous num ber of flowers to distil even a few drops. The attar is said to have been first discovered by the favorite wife of Jehan Jeer, through whose garden ran a canal of rosewater, on the surface of which the begum found a few drops of the precious attar or oil floating. It Was Up. There was a newly wedded pair whose honeymoon trip took them across the Atlantic. The bride had been something of a yachtswoman and was not affected by the swell, but her mate was a bad sailor and took to the rail late on the first day out. She did what she could to comfort him. but he was difficult: She thought a touch of the romantic might get him out of his mood, so she tried this: "The moon is up: isn't it, darling?" "Yes." he said languidly?"that is. if I swallowed it."?Philadelphia Times.