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4 M ?EM. ASSEMBLY.
fery Little Business Disposed of
Saturday.
Columbia, Jan. 16.--The senate was
in session hardly half an hoar this
morning, and as there were so few
members pressnet nothing of import?
ance was done. Even-had there been
v & full attendance the session would
have been a brief one, for the calendar
contains only about fifteen bills and
' tcrse-iourts of< them are of a local
I character.
Two bills received three readings.
One in reference to approbating $1,
OQQof Union's dispnsary protfits for
^l?e^ maintenance of a public library,
r and the other with reference to hold
- ing a school bond election in ,0 range
. ,burg.
The following bills were introduced :
Senator Butler : To fix salaries of
county treasurers.
Senator Mciver: To amend the laws
as to holding courts-in fourth judicial
circuits,
Senator McCall: To permit intro?
duction of a bill to charter the South
Carolina Immigration. Society.
The house bad a good attendance,
and much calendar work was done with
little debate. The ?vty. bili over
which there was any dgsenssioa was
in reference to the bili ?gi require pay?
ment foi cattle killed by the vetere
narian on account of having glanders,
bat the bill was killed.
Senator Henderson's bill relative to
having a general commutation road
duty tax was restored to the calendar,
and & large number cf bills were intro?
duced, none of them being of general
interest though they ?nay be of im?
portance. . ? "
Both houses have adjourned unti?
Wednesday.
Th* Jtecjfen Trial.
1
Washington, Jan. 18.--In the trial
of August W. Machen, the Graff
?brothers and Dr. and Mrs. George E.
A Lorens, charged with conspiracy to
defraud the government, the proseca
; tion introduced a number of witnesses
tr. prove the relations of Mac ten with
the Lorenz and ?he Graff brothers.
One of these* Ina Liebhardt, Maohen's
^ former stenographer and chief clerk,
" testified to visits pf Dr. and Mrs.
Lorenz to 'Machen at his office, but
declared os cross examination that
during the several conversations she
was present and heard nothing said
"about letter box fasteners. James E.
Bell, superintendent of delivery of the
Washington city postoffice, testified
that the Graff fastener had been adopt?
ed without any report on it having
been submitted by him, although it
would have been bis duty to make such
report as the fastener was tried first
in this city. John F. Clark, a letter
carrier, described the failure of the*
fastener to work at a test made in 1894'
in this city, at which Machen and
Samuel A. Graff were present, which,
he said, caused Machen to ..remark to
Grot? at that time thai unless the
fastener would work without sticking
he would not recommend its adoption.
During the day Justice Pritchard
^shGwe? a disposition in arguments on
admissibility of evidence not to toler-.
ate ufineccessary delays in the pro
gres?.of tfee case.
Love aad tirrsrrelinir.
Every mau aud,Tvcm?,ii of us who has
3red lo??g enough in the. world to gain
wisdom by experience will be obliged txj
..-admit lie stra;.gi? sad union of love and
quarreimg.- But. every one-of vis. who
lias livedMc^iy ecoiigb to know that
experience werkrth ' hope will admit
thaiMvben love -quarrels with its be?
loved it is just because this noble ideal
of unity bas run off the track, so to
speak: a virtue has gone to seed: a di?
vine quality has developed a defect.
The outlook for Quarrelsome love is-not
so hopeless when we can understand
this. f5ee how it would work if those
two squabbling sisters would either of
them stop to remember that it is only
?love, foolish, exasperating, unbalanced
? love, that rs responsible for the ill bred
domestic criticism that spoils the home
I life. If Jane ?nee honestly believed that
Mary's lave made her so unpleasant
she would step aghast, amused no
. doubt and very Rkely touched, but al?
most certainly silenced. And that would
be the .end <*f the quarrel.-Margaret
Deland ic Harper's Bazar.
Tuarlciah Coffee.
The Turkish way of making coffee
produces ? very different result from
that to which we an? accustomed. A
email conical saucepan, holding about
two tablespoonfuls- of water, is, used.*
The fresh roasted berry is pounded,
not ground; and about a dessertspoon?
ful is put Into the minute boiler, which
la then nearly filled with water and j
thrust among the embers. A few sec?
onds suffice to bring it to a boil, and
the decoction^grounds and all. is pour?
ed out into a small cup. which fits into
a brass socket like the cup of an acorn.
The Turks seem to drink this decoc
t!?3L boiling hot. grounds and all. They I
take it plain. Sugar and cream would
no doubt be thought to spoil it
In every hut in Turkey these diminu?
tive coffee boilers may be seen suspend?
ed by their long handles from the
walls. The berry pounders are also at
hand, and a cup of coffee takes but a
few moments to produce.-American
Queen.
> Smobiug In Bank?.
In every bank hvXew York there is
a rule against smoking, and it is doubt?
ful if any depositor*or visitor ever saw
a coil of tobacco smoke sifting through
thc atmosphere in the big counting
houses- that is. no visitor who is ex?
cluded from the building promptly
when the bank close*. But if the curi?
ous could squeeze Their way through
?hose closed portals in the afternoci
grey would" be treated to a\very differ?
ent sight.
The rules against smoking in all the
bi:: banks of the city apply only dur?
ing banking hours. After the doors are
closed and locked oue can transform
himself into a human volcano with
perfect freedom-:ind be does. And i
"he" is legion.- New York Times.
IMMIGRATION SOOTH.
Large Parties Attracted to South
Carolina aad Elsewhere.
The work of the last decade in in?
ducing immigration to the southern
states by the land and industrial
department of the Southern railway,
assisted by the rsidents and the va?
rious industrial organiaztions of the
south, is bearing results that surpass
expectations. Large parties pass
through Washington almost daily on
their way to the south to take up new
homes. Special attention js being paid
to the farmer immigrants. They are
being attracted from Canada and
JEurope.
Representatives of a party of 200
prospective German immigrants of the
north, states and the fatherland, accom?
panied by officials of the railway com?
pany, passed through the city last
night to make a tour of inspection of
the south. They are desirous of get?
ting aa option on 10,000 acres of land,
and will visit the more productive
states to find a suitable location. The
land will be selected with a view to
its fertility, advantages and the health?
fulness of the community.
Mr. M. V. Richards, head of the
land and industrial department of the
railway, is pleased with the results
Attained in South Carolina. He says
there are a number of feasible and
well-considered colonization projects
under way in the south at the present
time.
South Carolina," said Mr. Rich?
ards, "feels the effect of the extraordi?
nary factory development which for
several years bas attracted to itself not
only the most able and energetic men
of . tbe state, but the better class of
farm labor as well. The mill men
have reached a point where they realize
that the source of their labor-the
rnraU districts-must be replenished
with people to meet local demands for
the raw staple, a well as supply the
markets which the mills have brought
into existence with such marvelous
rapidity.
"One of the movements referred to
contemplates interesting Scotch immi?
grants. The Scotch Sgured promi?
nently in the early colonial settlements
ic both the Carolinas, and many of
their leading and most progressive
citizens are bf Scotch or Scotch-Irish
extraction. The environment is high?
ly favorable to Scotch immigrants.
"Another movement looks to the
provinces of Canada for reinforce?
ments of the rural population. A con?
siderable colony of French Canadians
has taken irp kinds near Summerville,
and it is expected that many more wili
follow in the near future. These peo?
ple, like tbe French and Italians of
the .continent, are exceedingly close
farmers nod skilled vinyardists, and
are specially well adapted to condi?
tions in the Carolinas.
"Other communities are making
efforts to attract German immigration.
While different sections have their
preferences, the German farmer is
everywhere. acceptable. No more
wholesome influence can be introduced
into sicgle-crop sections than the
methods of the German farmer, illus?
trated by the German himself. It is a
method which has retained and con?
served the fertility of the soil of the
fatherland through hundreds of years
devoted to constant cultivation."
The officials of the Southern Rail
way Company are in receipt of infor?
mation to the effect that a large num?
ber of the Boers of the Transvaal are
desirous of immigrating to the United
States and locating in the southern
states. A letter was- received at the j
general offices of the railway today
from South Africa inquiring as to the
adaptability of the various states of
the south to the habits and pursuits
of the Boers.-Washington Star.
The Floods \n St. Petersburg.
The heavy floods in St. Petersburg
recently drove to the surface 250,000
people who prey upon the tolerance of
housekeepers by living in their cel?
lars. The return to underground
lodgings of the army of illy nourished
persons has added enormously to a
<leath rate which was already much
larger than that of any other Chris?
tian capital. It is part of an un?
written code that a lady or gentleman
should not know where cellars,
garrets, lanriury rooms, or servants'
quartets are, and a genuine St. Peters?
burg householder never does know
from one year's end to another.
Mrs. McCormick, the wife of ?be
American Ambassador, after she and
Mr. McCormick had moved into the
palac? they now occupy in St. Peters?
burg, became conscious of singular
smells. The fragrance of stale her?
ring, onions, soapy water, boiling cab?
bage, penetrated ic her drawing
room. As a competent housekeeper
she made inquiry. No one would tell
ber at first, but finally the butler
admittted the odors came from those
who lived ic the cellars. Lived in
the cellars! How ccnld that be? To
the horror of the servants, she insisted
on going to the cellars, were she
actually found sixty-eight permanent
dwellers. She called in a policeman
and had them all turned out.
Mrs. McCormick mentioned her
singular discovery to the Countess de
Montebello, the wife of the then
French Ambassador. "That is noth?
ing," said the Countess. "My sister
and her children were coming to see
me. My maid said :
" 'Madame, I would earnestly ad?
vise you not to have the children
come. '
" 'What do you mean? Why not?'
I said.
" 'I don't mean anything, only ?
think the children should net come.
They might get ill.'
"I asked her what she meant by
such nonsense and questioned her
sharply. She was distressed, and only
after a long t^'me would she say, mys?
teriously :
There are fifteen cases of dipthe
ria in the house.'
'1 found that more rhan one hun?
dred people lived in the cellars and
that, as the maid had said, fifteen
children had the diphtheria.''
Some thousand actually live under
the Winter Palace. Not ?rnly that,
but recently a dairy with several cows
was found in full operation in the Im?
perial cellar. The cows had to go,
but the people were not disturbed.
That would have been out of keeping
with Russian carelessness and noblesse
oblige.-From our Correspondent, St.
Petersburg, Dec. 20, 1903.-Collier's
Weekly.
MILLS COMING SOUTH.
Prominent Cotton Men Investigate
Price of Cotton-New England
Capital Will Build More Mills
in Cotton Belt. .
The cotton mills of New England
will be mDved south next jear. Mr.
J Myles Standish, of Boston, and
Charles S. Washburn, of New Bed?
ford, Mass., two of the most promin?
ent cotton men of New England, have
just completed a tour of the south
made for the purpose of investigating
the condition of the cotton crop and
the amount now in the hands of the
farmers,, and have made this state?
ment. It is said that provided there
is no adverse legislation in this state
there will be a number of new mills
built by northern capital in this state
soon. As they are now situated, it is
almost impossible for the New Eng?
land mills to enter into competition
with the southern mills in the manu?
facture cf the cheaper grade of cotton
fabrics, which are shipped to Russia,
China, Japan and the Philippine Isl?
ands, and it is said that they hope
that by establishing mills in the south
they will be able to get their share of
this trade, and in this way make up
for the small profits realized on the
goods manufactured in their northern
mills for the domestic trade. It was
not until a few years ago that the
southern mills began the manufacture
of the higher erade cf cotton fabrics
and the New England mills were then
in a position to control the prices on
this class of goods. When there was
an increase in the price of the raw
material the mill owners would sc
cordingly issue a circular announcing
. a corresponding increase in the price
of the manufactured product, but
since thc southern manufacturers have
turned their attention to the import?
ance of the home market, and begun
supplying the jobbing trade" with the
best grade of fabrics, the New Eng
landers are no longer in a position to
dictate the price of this grade of
goods. The New England operators
have been contemplating closing their
mills o? account of the high prices
wnicb they were compelled to pay for
the raw material, which they claim
rakes away every cent of their profit.
It was at the solicitation of these
manufacturers that Messrs. Standish
and Washburn determined to make a
personal investigation and determine
exactly how the crop stood, and re?
port .to the manufacturers if there was
any prospect of the price dropping to
a lower figure when the supply held
by the farmers is*placedon the market.
The investigation has satisfied them
that the supply now in the hands of
che farmers is not sufficient to affect
the price of the staple, even if the
whole were turned loose in one day.
They do not think that cotton will
go any lower.
What to Do With Them.
Gen. Hampton always loved a joke
and thoroughly etfjoyed his own. He
had large planting interests in Missis?
sippi, which necessitated the employ?
ment of many slaves. There as in
Coumbia he had extensive grounds
around his dweliug, and it was often
quite a tax upon his good wife to keep
them in thorough order, especially
those ic their Columbia home. In
spite of every effort the trash and dirt
would collect and she was constantly
I appealing to the general for extra ser?
vants to make things clean.
When t&e Federal gunboats began
to come down the Mississippi river
and tneir soldiers raided the surround?
ing country it became necessary to
find a place of refuge for the negroes.
Mrs. Hampton was at her home in
Columbia and the general fighting in
Virginia.
i One morning fifteen hundred negroes
arrived at her door. They came unex?
pectedly from the plantation in Mis?
sissippi, and there had been no pro?
vision made for their keeping.
Mrs. Hampton telegraphed the gen
eral at once, saying :
"Fifteen hundred negroes have ar?
rived from Mississippi I What must I
do with them?"
General Hampton immediately wired
back:.
"Put - them to cleaning up tne
yard." .
And that was all she could get from
him. i
Better Than an Ordinance.
"I was in a Wyoming town when
there came a fall of four feet of
snow," said a traveller, "and being
told that there was no ordinance in
regard to cleaning the sidewalks I was
expressing my sentiments when the
landlord of the hotel, who bad set men
to clearing a path to his door, turned
to me with :
" 'Don't be in a hurry, stranger.
Bill will be along by and by and make
it all rigbjfc '
"I found that Bill was the city
marshall, and a couple of hours after
breakfast he came along with a
double-barreled shot gun. He passed
the hotel to say to the saloon keeper
next door :
" * Jack, there's four feet cf snow
here. ' '
* " 41 see it.'
g " 'Going to clear it off?'
" 'No.'
" 'All right. I'll be back in about
an hour, and if you haven't started it
I'll begin to shoot it off.'
"The hint was sufficient and the
saloon keeper was soon at work. There
were several others who hung out, but
were brought to time the same way.
lu one instance the marshal had to
begin shooting but no sooner had the
double-charge ploughed through the
snow and smashed ont a pannel of the j
door than a man and a snow shovel j
began work and kept it up until a j
path was cleared. They don't need J
many town ordinances in the far West, j
A man and a shotgun can most always
put things through.
Jost received another large shipment
of "Pitt," Ost? en's Book .Store.
Jan 18. -3t
A Drawn Battle.
"Well, Hans," 1 said to the big,
cherubic-faced German who sometimes
does odd jobs for me. "I hear you've
been on the warpath."
"Vot. vas heem?" inquired Hans
with a puzzled frown.
"The mayor told me he had to fine
you and your brother for fighting," I
explained.
"Oh, yah, dat vas so," assented
Hans, with a pleased laugh. "I vas
verocious undt Yacob he vas verocious,
undt so ve had a leedle paddle."
"Which licked?" I asked.
"Ob, neidervon; ve vas bod yust
efeu, " answered Hans earnestly.
"How's that?"
"Veil, Yacob, he called me a fool,
nndt so I called heem a fool, undt so
ve vas efendere, " exclaimed Hans.
" Undt den Yacob he called me a
big fool, uudt so I called heem a big
fool, nndt dere ve vas efen again.
Undt Yacob he called me a liar,
undt so I called heem a liar, undt dere
ve vas efen some more times.
"Undt den Yacob he called me a
big liar, undt den I hit heem, undt so
I vas a leedle aheadt, ain't it?
"Budtden Yacob he hit me, undt
so dere ve vas efen some more all ridt.
"Undt den der policeman run us
bod in, undt dere ve was efen dere.
"Undt der mayor h? vined me five
chillings un vined Yacob only half a
crown, undt so Yacob vas aheadt, ain't
it?
"?udt den I porroWed half a crown
from Yacob to help pay mine vine,
undt so dere ve vas efen again all ridt,
all ridt.
"Undt you pet you ve was going to
stay efen now. It don't pay to paddle,
so Yacob says, undt I guess he ?nows
vatvasvich." concluded Hans, nod?
ding his head sagely.
Leader of the Japanese.
Everybody nows that Japs are great
soldiers, but few know who is the
greatest of them. The Lord Roberts
of Japan is General Viscount Katsura,
who became prime mininster of the
country two years ago.
He began his fighting tareer in 1867,
during the civil war, which resulted
in the overthrow of tfce old order of
things in Japan and the adoption of
western civilization. He was only a
lieutenant then, but he became famous
for his extraordinary courage. He
was always in the tickest of the fight,
always the first to volunteeer to lead
a forlorn hope.
After the civil war was over the new
government sent him to Germany to
study military matters. When he re?
turned to Japan he took a leadig part
in reorganizing the Japanese soldiery
on the European model. Practically
he is the creator of the modern Jap?
anese army.
During the Ch ino-Japanese war he
had the opportunity of leading his men
to battle and discovered that the
trouble he bad taken to train them had
not been thrown away. He marched
his army through Kora to Manchuiia,
winning dozens of victories on the
way. His name became a terror
throughout that country
When he got back to Japan nothing
was good enough for him. He was
the idol of the people, and all kinds of
honors were showered upon him.
General Katsura believes that the
Japanese soldiers are the best in the
world, and says that. he would not
fear the result if he had to lead them
against any white troops.-New York
Press.
COTTON HABKET. [
The receipts continue light on this
market and thn high prices do not
bring out the little remaining in the
country as rapidly as expected. To?
day middling is selling for 13%.
Plenty of "Pitt" at Osteen's Book
Store. Jan 18-3t
How to Make Money.
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Marsh Manufacturing Co., 538 . Lake
Street, Chicago, for cuts and particulars of
their handsome ALUMINUM. CARD CASE
with your name engraved on it and filled
with 100 CaUing or Business Cards. Ev?
erybody orders them. Sample Case and
100 Cards, postpaid, 40c. This Case and
100 Cards retail at 75 cents. You have
only to show sample to secure an order.
Send 40c at once for case and 100 cards
before some one gets ahead of you.
Sept 16- 8m
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We are also selling BUGGIES, WAGONS and
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The usual stock of Lime, Cement, Fire Brick,
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