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GOMVI?TS SHOT BOWN.
Two Runaway Convicts Shot, One
of Them Being Killed and the
Other Severely Wounded.
Colombia, July IL-Two convicts
attempted to escape from the State
farm in Lexington yesterday afternoon,
and ?as a cons?quence one of them is
dead and the . other is desperately
wounded. The dead man's name was
3Perry Horton and he came from Lan?
caster. The other is George Mancie,
who comes from Greenwood.
The convicts with others, were
.ploughing in a large field yesterday
afternoon. Guard Kibler had charge
of the gang, of which these two were
-a part?. Their raws brought them to
a heavy -clump of bushes beside the
field. Just as they got to them on one
ronnel they made a dash to- escape.
Guard Kibler got one shot at them
with his rifle, but missed, and his gun
getting out of order, he failed to shoot
again, and the two men made good
their escape in the thick underbrush.
The farm is in the vicinity of that of
Mr. B. L. Swygert's "place. Last
night he and some neighbors oragnized
themselves into a posse to assits the
guards in recapturing the men. They
-visited various negro houses without
jesuit but finally caine upon the ne?
groes in the woods. They started to
run, but Mr. Swygret opened fire with
his shotgun and. killed Horton.
Others of the posse fired and Mancie
was wounded so that he fell but his
wounds are said not to be fatal. Hor?
ton was inior five years and had served
abott; five months. Mancie was sen?
tenced for eighteen months, but had
only iserved four. An inquest was held,
today and the ~ usual yerdict was ren
?dereci. - **
"A Stream of Unclean Lucre j
Tinged With Human Blood."
Paiksville, July 4, 1903.
Dear Chronicle : In your editorial of
this week we s?ws a statement cf the
dispensary fund to be disbursed among
the public schools of our State. We re?
gard,, this to say the very least of it,
5*?' a very unfortunate acquisition to
.our school fund. It would be far
better, in our humble judgment, to
deny our children the increased time at
school than to permit the school to
run by the aid of such a fund. We be
JEeve whiskey used as a beverage is a
curse to Church and State, and ii con?
tains no less venom for haviag come
through the dispensary, the legalized
institution of a great State and a
noble, christian peole. Just see, $80,
000, the profits for vone half of the
year I So we suppose the profits for the
year will approximate to $200,000!
"What a stream of unclean lucre; ting?
ed with the blood of hundreds and
thousands of victims, and thickened
with the dark: deeds of corruption,
pouring into the treasuries of our pub?
lic school funds, like the muddy wat
ers of Red river flowing into the clear
waters of the Mississippi until the
one is so thoroughly lost in the other
that it becomes impossible to elimin
ate <:he one from the other. From
this poisoned stream must be drawn
the financial drink with which to
quench the thirst for knowledge in
our children, and these children are
ignorantly and helplessly imbibing
the gems of moral and spiritual death.
The parent,-too is forced by circum?
stances to subject his child to draughts
.of this intellectual sipping which be?
yond a doubt contains the seeds of
moral and social consumption. Is
there no help? Did not our forefath?
ers, a hundred and twenty-seven years
ago today, proclaim to the world the
principles a free people, and a free
country? Are we not today under a
most galling yoke of bondage and deg
radntion? Will not the noxious seeds
contained in this so-called bene?
faction of the State to her people re?
produce their fruit in the lives of
succeeding generations? Will not the
deeds of the parents recoil upon their
children? Let the christian people
who hold the balance of power in our
State, answer these questions?-Edge
field Chroncle.
Cardinals Hastening to Rome.
Some, July 10.-The Vatican lias
received dispatches from all parts of
the world from Cardinals abroad, stat?
ing that they are leaving immediately
for Some. One of the most distant,
Jforan, Archbishop of Sidney, New
South"Wales, telegraphs that he sailed
today. As he will travel half way
round the globe, it is doubted that he
will arrive in time for the conclave.
Gratification was expressed by the
American prelates here on learning
that Cardinal Gibbons sailed today for
Borne. As the conclave will not take
place until at least ten days after
the demise of the Pope, his Eminence
Trill arrive in ample time to partici?
pate. Outside of Americans, Cardinal
Gibbons's coming excites widespread
interest, as he is regarded as the rep?
resentative of the modern progressive
spirit of the United States. It is
recognized that one of the chief issues
at the conclave will be between the
advocates of modern progress and the
supporters of conservative tradition.
"Stomach of Intelegence."
The following editorial parargaph
is taken from the Marion, S. C., Lan?
ced (colored. ) It is a remarkable
specimen of Af ro-Engilsh composition :
"Un becoming street walking by
-nome of our young ladies is nauseating
io the stmach of intelegence Yet they
xequire hat pulling as a mak of respect
SSiis is very hard to do by any man
"who looks upon it in much triyng dis
jgiast."
Since May 1 Lowell, Mas, has been
~? prohibition town. It voted "no
.license. " A Lowell corr?sponent
-writes to the Boston Herald : The im
-portation of liquor into Lowell by
common carriers last week amounted
tc-41,965 gallons of beer, 211 gallons of
.whiskey, seven gallons of gin, four
gallons of rum and thirty-six gallons
" wine, a total of 42,223 gallons. The
c*al for the proceeding week was 17,
gallons. It is estimated the aver?
se quantity of beer brought into
?well each day since May 1 has been
ilbout 20,000 bottles. There were in
foe Police Court Monday morning
dairty-seven persons charged with
fmnkenness, arrested since Friday
ing.
PRESENT TRADE CONDITIONS
R. G. Dun & Co's Weekly Re?
port of the Condition of the
Markets.
New York, July IO.-E. G. Duns &
Co. 's Weekly Review of Trade tomor?
row will say :
Business again responds to improved
conditions.* Retail distribution of
merchandise is accelerated by more
seasonable weather and fewer labor
controversies, while wholesale and
jobbing trade, especially in the in?
terior, shows the encouraging effect
of brighter agricultural prospects.
There is the customary excessive de?
mand for farm hands. Reports of hol?
iday traffic and holiday trade are
diminishing in purchasing power, but
semi-annual inventories show a more
gratifying situation than expected.
There is less than the usual midsummer
idleness in manufacturing except in
the cotton industry. Commodity
prices advanced slightly during June,
Dun's index number oh July 1 being
$99,456, compared with 898,636, a
month earlier. A decline of 2.4 per
cent, is recorded in comparison with
July, 1902, chiefly in articles offered.
Railway earnings for June are 13.1
per cent largerx than last year, and
25.3 in excess of 190L
Violent changes in quotations of raw
material are never good business for
in finished products, so that as yet
the cotton goods manufacture shows
no improvement in response to fluc?
tuations at the Cotton Exchange.
But it is certain that there will ulti?
mately come a revival of normal ac?
tivity at the mills when the material
reaches a less inflated, level at which
goods can 'be manufactured with
profit. Maenwhile stocks of goods in
dealers' hands have fallen low, sellers
are. insisting on generallly higher
prices than they did a week ago.
Failures this week numbered 194 in
the United States, against 193 last
year.
The Work of Southern Men.
We took occasion last week to com?
mend and quote extensively from an
address delivered in Mississippi by
Mr. R. H. Edmunds, Editor of the
Manufacturer's Record, of Baltimore,
and at the same time called attention
to a second address delivered by him
before the Alabama Polytechonic Insti?
tute :
In this latter address, Mr. Edmunds
discussed the part borne by Southern
men in the developing and upbuilding
of the country and its enterprises. He
answered the frequently heard state?
ment that the present development in
the South is due to the influx of
Northern citizens with thrift and en?
terprise, and pointed out the facts as
shown by the United States census re?
cord that while the South has received
from foreign immigration only a small
number of whites it has sent out to
other sections a million-and-a-half
white immigration.
In the whole state of Georgia there
are only 12,403 foreigners. Missis?
sippi with a million and-a-half popula?
tion bas less than 8.000. North Caro?
lina with nearly two million had only
45,000 and South Carolina with 1,340,
316 population had only 5,528.
Mr. Edmunds declares that "Mea?
sured by" whatever standard you mav^
whether by mere number or by materi?
al accompilshment, whether in the
past or the present, the South has
given to the upbuilding of the nation
far more in numbers and energy in
brain and brawn that it has received
from other sections " Then taking up
some of the large southern enterprises
that are familiar to the commercial
world, Mr. Edmunds declares that, in
a large majority there will, be found
as presidents and managers Southern
men who have created them. We quote
from his address, as follows:
"Take the cotton mill industry as
an example. Pelzer, with its $2,000,
000 of capital and its town of 7,000 peo?
ple, is the product of the brain of a
Charlestonian of ante-bellum activity,
united with the money of the same
city. The same man is also president
of several other mills and is now build?
ing for New England people in New
Bedford a "million-dollar mill. One
North Carolina family owns about fif?
teen or twenty mills. One of the most
successful of South Carolina's noted
mills is controlled by a son of one of
the great economic leaders of the
south of 1840-50, while there passed
away recently a South. Carolinian who
had built and was at the time of his
death the controlling power in several
mills, each represeting a capital of over
$1,000,000."
"The cotton seed oil industry, twen?
ty years ago represented by forrV mills,
with $3,500,000 capital, now counts
more than 700 mills, with a capital of
$50,000,000 and an annual output of
$125,000,000, and has been largely the
result of the work of southern men."
"One of the most successful furnace
managers in the south, handling a
furnace and mining plant costing over
$500,000, is a southern boy 23 years
of age, while the $5,000,000 company
to which this plant belongs is equally
as well managed by his father,- who
was an officer in the Confederate ser?
vice."
"Possibly the greatest lumber con?
cern in America, owning 1,000,000
acre of timber and cutting 1,000,000
feet of lumber a day, was organized
and is controlled by a Texan born in
1SB0."
'Samuel Spencer, the president of
the Southern railway, with its 10,000
miles of track, is a southern man, as
is also J. S. Williams, the president
of the Seaboard, whose tiranic fight
against powerful financial influences
in the purchase and development of
this system, a few years ago made
him a national character. The con?
trolling genius of the Atlantic Coast
Line, which recently secured a majori?
ty of the Louisville and Nashville
stock, thus bringing together 10,000 j
miles of road, is a Marylander."
"Southern men created the fertilizer
business of this section, and southern
men organized and financed and now
manage the $50,000,000 fertilizer com?
pany which furnishes the bulk of the
fertilizers used in the south."
In the brain of a southern man the
great tobacco combination was born,
and" the same man has made it one of
the most powerful business organiza?
tions in the world."-Augusta Chron?
icle.
The hammocks being sold by H. G.
Osteen & Co., haven't a superior in
Sumter, at the price. |g|
THE SHOWING CROPS.
Latest Figures as to Acreage
and Condition.
Washington, July IO.-Preliminar j
returns to the chief of burean of the
statistical bureau of the department of
agriculture shows the acreage of corn
planted to be about 89,800,00 acres, a
decrease of about 4,200,000 acres, or
4.5 per cent, from the area planted
last year, as revised in December.
The average condition of the growing
crop on July 1 was 79.4, as compared
with 87.5 on July 1, 1902.
The average condition on July 1 of
spring and winter wheat combined
was 80, as compared with 82.9 on July
1, 1902, and 91.1 on July 1, 1901. The
amount of wheat remaining in the
hands of farmers on July 1 is estimated
at about 425,00,000 bushels, equal to
about 40 per cent, of the crop last
year.
The acreage of tobacco is about 7,000
acres, or 0.7 per cent, greater than that
of last year, and condition is 85.1.
The acreage of potatoes, including
sweet potatoes, is about 49,000 acres,
or 1.6 per cent, less than of last
year. The average condition of pota?
toes on Julv 1 was 88.1, as compared
with 29.9 on July 1, 1902.
A Woman Who Presided Over the
White House.
Harriet Lane Johnson, who recently
died in New York, enjoyed wide
popularity in this country and in Eng?
land during the career of her uncle,
President Buchanan. She >"as born
at Mercerburg, Pa., in 1833, tL?> laugh-1
ter of Elliott T. Lane and Jane Buch?
anan. Her parents dying in her girl?
hood, she was taken in charge by
her uncle, who sent her to the Boman
Catholic convent at Georgetown for
her education.
She was just out of school, a hand?
some girl of twenty, clever, of winning
manners and an engaging talker, when
Buchanan was made minister to Eng?
land in 1853. There she made a wide
acquaintance and achieved great pop?
ularity in diplomatic circles. On
Buchanan's election to the presidency
she became mistress of the White
House, and there her charm, good
taste and diplomacy won much re
nown. lt was while she. was mistress
of the White House that the Prince of
Wales, now King Edward, visited
America. She entertained him at
Washington, and took him to Mount
Vernon.
Much to the delight of the prince,
she invited him to pay a visit to a
fashionable boarding school for girls
near Washington, where the prince
bowled a game of nine-pins with some
of the young women. The prince re?
membered these things and when Mrs.
Johnston was in London, at the time
preparations were being made for his.
coronation he invited lier to attend
the ceremonies.
One of the interesting events recall?
ed by Mrs. Johnston of her life in
England was the ceremony at the Uni?
versity of Oxford, when her uncle and
A If e rd Tennyson received the degree
of doctor of laws.
The demonstration, always boister?
ous on the part of the students, was
on this occasion directed largely to?
ward the beautiful niece of the Ameri?
can minister.
The marriage of Harriet Lane and
Henry Elliott Johnston of Baltimore
took place in 1866 after a long engage?
ment. Miss Lane being unwilling to
leave her uncle, who in his old age,
became more and more dependent on
her companionship and care.
The great sorrows of her life follow?
ing upon the death of her uncle were
the deaths of her husband and her two
young sons. Her married Ijfe was
spent mostly in Baltimore.
in historic old St. Paul Church,
Charles and Saratoga streets, in that
city, there isa memorial on the north?
ern side of the edifice which Mrs.
Johnston had placed there in memory
of her two sons. Besides this she
founded in the church home on North
Broadway, in their memory, a free
ward for children. After several years
of retirement and travel following her
loss of family, she went to Washing?
ton for the winter season, subsequent?
ly buying and remodeling the house at
Eighteenth and I streets, which was
her last residence.
The house contained many interest?
ing souvenirs of her career, and es?
pecially in its connection with public
life. On its wall there is a portrait of
King Edward, painted just after he
left the United States. It was sent
by him to President Buchanan. Just
under the portrait, in a little black
frame, is the letter which the prince
sent with the portrait. The letter
was penned by his Royal Highness on
the shores of Palestine, where he was
traveling.
Blacks Sold in Kansas.
From the New York Tribune.
Topeka, Kan, July 8.-A great deal
of exctiement has been caused
throughout Kansas by the sale in Rus?
sell on the auction block today of ten
negroes, who accepted the bids made
for their services by the wheat grow?
ers and bound themselves to obey the
orders of their purchasers for thirty
days. The negroes were all big, strong
men, and some, who had worked in the
Russell County fields last year,
brought the high price of $6 a day for
their services. The lowest price paid
was 83.20 a day and only one negro
accepted that. The sale was conducted
by a regular auctioneer, and was not
dissimilar in many feature from the
sple of slaves in Southern States be?
fore the war.
Last night at Bison, in Ness County,
thirty farmers, using a lantern, cover?
ed with red cloth, stopped a passenger
train and?took off harvest hands con?
signed to counties fruther west.
Birmingham, July 10.-No. 3 foun
dery iron has been reduced from
S14.50 by the furnaces of the Birming?
ham district to $13 per ton. The
formal action was taken at a meeting j
of the Northern furnace men in Chi
cago today, at which the Birmingham !
furnace interests were represented. It
is known that practically no orders
have been booked by any of the Bir?
mingham furnaces since the recent cut
to $14.50 was made and the furnace peo?
ple found it necessary to make a fur- j
tber reduction in order to move the j
iron on hand and that which they are j
making. _
NEGROES DRAWING COLOR LINE.
An Article That Caused A Big
Disturbance in Georgetown.
To the Editor of The Times :
In yonr issue of July 8th, I noticed
the following statement :
"There was some trouble in the Ad?
vocate (negro) paper recently. Rumor
has it that the Rev. S<ers has been
deposed as editor and G. E. Herriot
installed, and that the former "pied"
the office before leaving-and allon
account of the color question, viz:
brown skin vs. black skin."
For the benefit of your many read?
ers you will please publish the follow?
ing article, which caused the rumor.
R. B. Salters. ?
' ' We are reliably informed that
several leading colored churches have
expressed themselves openly against
having a minister to fill their pulpit
as pastors unless they are brown
skin or better kown as yellow people.
Many churches have allowed them?
selves to drift to almost nothing,
hunting up a brown skin pastor.
When the negroes get to the place to
discriminate against his own race be?
cause he is not yellow, then it is high
time for the white people to dis?
criminate against these yellow'saints,'
for they are not white people. We
have no faith in a church that diserimi
inates against a man on account of
the color of his skin, for they are
absent of the true spirit of God ; for
man looks on the outward appearance,
but God looks on the heart. Matters
not how brown or yellow a Negro skin
may be, when* he dies Negroes have
him to bury and a Negro preacher
preaches his funeral. A black Negro
is as honorable as any white person.
Let those, who want yellow preach?
ers, build a yellow people's church and
separate from the blacks. When tnat
is done many mothers will not be
able to attend the church of their sons
and daughters. We would advise those
who are drawing the color line to
ask themselves the following ques?
tions : 1. Am I white ; if not, from
what race did I come-from the white
or the colored? 2. Why should I curse
the white people for drawing the
color line when I am doing the same?
When you do this you will only find
out that it is honorable to be a pure
black person or a pure white person.
-Georgetown Times.
Ruffianism in Columbia.
One of the attorneys in the Tillman
venue case referred to the cosmopolitan
character of the population of
Columbia, the natives constitut?
ing a comparatively small part
of the population. This condition
has its evils as well as ad?
vantages, and as to the former it has
created an idle and vicious class of
young white men who are rapidly de?
veloping into full-fledged desperadoes.
There are only three or four of them
who have gained'any considerable no?
toriety, but they give constant trou?
ble. One of them named Holland, a
son of respectable parents was some?
time since ordered to leave Columbia.
He returned about a week ago and the
police have been looking for him ever
since. One found him last night and
by pulling his pistol quickly prevent?
ed Holland from doing the same
thing. A great deal of leniency has
been siiown these young desperadoes
on account of their parents, but
there is a growing demand that effec?
tive measure be taken to rid the city
permanently of these dangerous char?
acters. -Columbia correspondence
News and Courier. '
REMARKABLE OPERATION.
New York, July 12.-Two more
deaths from lockjaw, due to the explo?
sion of fireworks, were reported to?
day. The victims were a Mrs. Yan
ness of Newark, N. J., and Henry
Bridgewater of Port-Richmond. L. I.
In the case of Walter Graham, a 5
year-old boy of*Mount Vernen, N Y.,
suffering from the same ailment
through the explosion of a blank car?
tridge, which lacerated his hand, Dr.
Geo. C. Weiss today, in the presence
of 12 physicians, cut open the lad's
skull and inserted anti-toxin. The
jaws relaxed in an hour and the child
is doing well. Dr. Weiss says he will
recover.
Rear Admiral Bradford intends to
supply the vessels of the navy with
chinaware of new design, and made in
the United States. The porcelain now
is practically all of foreign manufac?
ture, upon which a duty of 65 per cent,
has to be paid. The new china will
be decorated witli blue and gold, the
colors of the navy. It is the intention
of the bureau of equipment to supply
men-of-war with more plated ware and
less breakable porclain.
Walhalla, July 10.-The case in
court against Hoyt Hayes, charged
with killing his wife, resulted, in a
mistrial and the jury was discharged
this morning, after being out for 20
hours. It is understood that eight
held for conviction and four acquit?
tal.
lt is a pity for some of the parties
interested that Mr. Ossy Buchanan
could not be judge instead of attorney
in the case of thc State vs. J. H. Till?
man. The supreme court once said
of one of Ossy's rulings, "How the
court below could so find without one
particle of evidence to sustain that
finding is beyond our comprehension."
With a recommendation like this, Ossy
would suit the occasion splendidly.
In his own immortal words, slightly
paraphrased. "By grabs, I'd make
the most of it.-Yorkville Enquirer.
Rock Hill, July 10.-The Rev. Dr.
D. J. Brimm of Columbia has just
effected a lease of the high school pro?
perty from Davidson college and will
open the school early in September.
Associated with Dr. Brimm will be
Prof. Cosby of Columbia. There will
also be a hired teacher to be selected
later.
New York, July 10.-Thirty-six
deaths and 83 prostrations in and
around New York and Brooklyn tell
the story of today's heat. It was the
hottest July 10 in the history of the
local weather bureau, the highest pre
! vious record being 91 degrees, record?
ed July 10, 1880.
Syracuse, N. Y., July 12.-George
Moore, a moulder's union picket, was
shot and badly wounded from ambush
at the factory of E. C. Sterns ct Co.,
I toady. A strike breaker is believed to
? have fired the shot from a Winchester
rifle. A strike has been in progress
at the factory for
TBE MOSLEM WOMAN.
Her Condition Said to be by no
Means so Deplorable as Gener?
ally Believed.
The condition of women in Moham?
medan lands has been regarded in
Europe and America as most deplor?
able and in sad' contrast? to that of
women in Christian lands. From time
to time this view is called in question
by Occidental scholars. The latest
challenge of this kind .comes from
Baron von Fabrice, a traveler and a
specialist in Oriental life, and from
the Daheim (Leipsic, No. 30) we
translate and condense his views as
follows :
It must be acknowledged that in
comparison with the high ideal of
womanhood that finds expression in
the Christian Scriptures, the Koran
stands on a low level. History, how?
ever, shows what remarkably excellent
results have been achieved through
the teachings of the Koran in this re?
spect, even among the barbarian peo?
ples of Asia and Afrcia, and to the
present day the spread of Islam is an
important factor of progress for the
nergo tribes in Central Africa, so that
the Mohammedan propaganda there is
by no means an unmixed evil. The
Koran itself, properly interpreted,
does not prevent the social and econom?
ic advancement of women. Charges
made in this direction against the
Arabian prophet and his book are
largely based on ignorance. The de?
plorable condition in which women are
found in many sections of the Moslem
Orient, and which are often no worse
than can be found in the Christian
lands along the Mediterranean sea, is
not the outcome of the teachings of
the Koran, but rather the result of
the traditions of half-civilized peo?
ples going back to a period that ante?
dates the introduction of the Moslem
religion. It is a significant fac? that
the flourishing period of Moham?
medan power, when the Arabs were
masters of Spain, and when Islam cul?
ture and civilization flourished as never
before or after, was marked by the
beginning of chivalry-the special ser?
vice and love of women that charac?
terized the middle ages.
Throughout the Orient the Koran
has not advanced, but has curtailed
polygamy. The book nowhere com?
mends polygamy ; the prophet even de?
clares it to be meritorious if a man
have but one wife. He indeed per?
mits a man to take more than one wife,
but on conditions which, if strictly
observed, make polygamy almost im?
possible. Mohammed orders that the
husband must be equally gentle and
just to each of his wives, must be en?
tirely impartial and show no favori?
tism. It is noteworthy that the pro?
phet himself could not keep his own
command in this respect. At the pres?
ent time, the majority of the Moslems ,
of higher rank practice monogamy, j
Polygamy is widely spread only among
the wealthier middle classes, here the
wife is at the same time the servant,
doing the housework.
Again, the exclusion of women from
the world outside of the house is not
a command of the Koran, which
directs only that she shall be veiled.
Only recently a Turkish lady, Aline
Hanum, published a brochure in
which she attempts to prove that the
prophet in giving his command in?
tended that women should cover their
hair only and not their faces with
veils, as" is still the custom among
womer, of the nomad tribes. Legally,
indeed, the Mohammedan girl can be j
compelled to enter upon a marriage ;
but orthodox commentators on the
Koran are unanimous in condemning
the father who compels his children
to marry against their will, just as
they condemn the careless and cause?
less divorcing; of a wife, which, accord?
ing to the "Hadets," or traditions of
Moslem dogmatics, is an act most
offensive in the eyes of Allah. The
directions of the Koran in this line,
separated from casuistic additions of
later periods, would make such a
divorce almost impossible.
There is, however, no denying that,
notwithstanding the dark side to the
status of women according to the
Koran and the civilization of Moham?
medanism,- the Eastern woman has
some advantages that must make her
an object of envy to her Western
sister, especially to the latter when
left alone and without support. The
orthodox Moslem regards the state of
celibacy as sinful and a disgrace : and
it is seldom that a Moslem girl is
compelled to straggle for her own sup?
port. As a rule, such girls all marry
and found families. The husband
must make a settlement upon his wife,
in order to furnish her support in
case of his death. Then, too, all the
possessions that a woman brings with
her when she marries remain her own
and are kept separate from the proper?
ty of her husband. Many a rich heiress
keeps after marriage the manager of
her property which she had before
marriage, and the independent con?
trol of a woman's possessions is as
much a feature of Moslem, law as it
was of the Roman. Indeed, Moslem
women are so independent in the man?
agement of their own property that
they often become the victims of un?
scrupulous usurers.
The Koran directs that the ron shall
show the greatest respect for his moth?
er, and the husband is directed to
treat her with Kindness. The Koran,
however, makes the husband the
absolute master of the wife and gives
him two means of enforcing his
authority, namely, the law and the
stick. According to the former, he
can divorce her; and the Koran con?
tains a long list of instances under
which the husband is permitted to
whip his wife, and these directions are
given by the angel Gabriel. There is I
not the shadow of a doubt that great I
abuses in this direction occur con- j
stantly in Moslem lands ; but we can j
not make Mohammed or the ortlulox j
commentators responisble for these, j
The very inferiority of the women is j
made the basis of a large number of ?
enactments for their benefit in the
Koran, epsecially their support. While
the father has absolute sway over his
daughter, yet he is directed rather to
starve himself than to permit her to
suffer. The same command is laid on
the husband in behalf of the wife and
on the children in behalf of a wdowed
mother. The law of inheritance gives
a daughter only one-half as much
as a son, but even this is better than
in many older legal codes of Christian
nations. .
No law forbids I the Moslem woman
suits, and the rich harems of the
Orient harbor many finely educated
women, who are well acquainted
with the social conditions of the West
and do not envy their sisters in other
lands. Fortunately that most dis
guistiDg feature of modern "culture,'*
so characteristic of the West, namely,
feminism, has no advocates in the
I Orient, not even among the " Young
Turk" party. It is really a blessing
that the^ women in the Orient are net
educated as are the women in the
West. What would become of them in
the fixed and traditional type of life
and thought in the East? Lady Dufferin
tried to introduce such education in
East India, and after her example
French ladies attempted the experi?
ment in Tunis. All these attempts
have failed and their leaders were glad
to abandon them, except in so far as
they make the Eastern woman a better
housekeeper.-Translation made for
The Literary Digest.
CHIEF JUSTICE IN ?ARO LUCK.
Color More Potent Than Dignity
in Richardson's Case.
From the Baltimore Sun.
New York, July 9.-Robert W. Rich?
ardson, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Liberia, left the city today
with a poor opinion as to its hospitali?
ty. Richardson is a negro, born in
Africa, the son of a chief, who sent
the boy to England to be educated.
Eventually he went to Liberia,
where he became identified wita
politics and is now one of the leading
men of the Black Republic, being, in
addition to Judge, the president of
the University of Liberia and chief ad?
viser of the President.
He came to the United States to at?
tend the meeting of the teachers at
Boston ; secondarily, lie came to have
a conference with President Roosevelt
on questions relative to the advance?
ment of the negro race. Richardson
says he has a telegram from Secreatry
Loeb informing him that the President
will see him any time he visits Oyster
Bay. Richardson arrived in the" city
yesterday. Calling a cab, he was
driven to the Holland House, paving
$2 for the ride.
He entered the hotel and was about
to register when the urbane clerk said
that there were no vacant rooms.
"But, me deah fellah," interposed
Richardson, pushing back his hat
and smiling expansively, "don't you
know-"
"Can't help it," interrupted the
clerk. "You might be Lawrence
D'Orsay in disguise, but the house is
full."
Richardson went out and asked ad?
vice of the cabman, who suggested the
Imperial. It cost another ?2 to ride
to the Imperial by a roundabout way.
Richardson came out in about a min?
ute.
."Pon me soul,' he ejaculated,
"there must be something going on
heah. " The cabman suggested the
Ashland Hotel and the guest ended
there with the same result
The- cabman proposed the Mills
House No. 1, but when the nature of
the accommodations furnished was ex?
plained Richardson would not hear of
it. Finally Richardson went down to
the office of the Liberian consul, who
gave him lodging for the night, aft?
er he had made a vain effort to secure
passage for Richardson on the Fall
River boat for Boston.
Where the Profits Went.
Daniel "B. Hasbruck, the venerabe
vice president of the Metropolitan
Street Railway company, who has the
reputation of always having a new
story about any old thing tnat may
be mentioned, tells one of early steam?
boat .days on the Hudson that is worth
repeating.
"The pride of the river at that
time was the new-side-wheeler South
America. One of the principal owners
of her stock was an Albany man, who
had great expectations from the enter?
prise. When a year of prosperous traffic
brought forth no dividend, he became
supsicious and determined to find cut
for himself where the earnings were
going. Calling a bright Albany boy,
he took him into his confidence.
" 'Aleck,' he said, 'there is some?
thing wrong with 'the South America
company, and I want you to ferret it
out for me. Go down to New York
and hang around that dock until you
can get a place in the of5ce. I don't
care what you do, or what pay you
get. VU stand your expenses for a
year. Here is a fifty to start on. '
" Aleck started in high spirits, and
nothing was heard of him for several
months. The capitalist was beginning
to fear lest his plan should have failed,
when one day he recieved an unsigned
note on the letter head of the South
American company, reading very short
and to the point, and unquestionably
in Aleck's round handwriting:
" 'Sell out your stock in the South
America. We ali steal.' "
A Valuable Old Carpet.
Washington, July 13.-Uncle Sam
has an annual house-cleaning in each
one of his mint buildings at the end
of each fiscal year. In these annual
clean-nps the dirt and dust are not
thrown away, but are carefully pre?
served and put into melting rots,
where everything that will burn is
consumed and the residue is left in
the form of a conglomerate ingot in
the bottom of the pot. This is refined
and enough gold and silver is obtained
from it to pay the house-cleaning ex?
penses many times over. Even the
dirt that is scraped out of cracks in
the floor contains gold dust and is
earefully preserved. The report of the
annual bonce-cleaning at the San
Francisco mint has just been received
in Washington. One item of interest
concerns an old carpet that originally
cost two hundred and fifty dollars, and
that had been in use on the floor of
the adjusting room for six years. In?
stead of selling the carpet, as the
Gov remuent usually does with its
partly worn furnishings, it was burned
and the ashes carefuuly preserved and
refined, with the result that gold
worth more than ?9,600 was obtained
from it.
Cleveland, July ll.-Before a crowd
of 12,000 people Lon Dillon today
broke the worlds record for trotting
mares by one-fourth of a second, going
the mile in 2.03^. It was the second
fastest miie ever trotted. Crescens