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A RUSSIAN SPY. TrepofTa Rist? to Got at the Plant of tho Nihilist?. When the famoua General Trepoff waa only at the beginning of hin career Vera Saaaulltch waa bis invaiu able assistant. Trepoo* waa tbe (Mealed enemy of the nihilists, and he waa very anxious to obtain Inakls loforruatloa an to their doings and plan?. Suddenly one day In 1S78 be was tired at v, hoe driving through the streets of St I'et era b?rg by no other than Vera Sa?sulltch. She Waa at once seized b\ tin soldiery and was charged with the attempted sjsjr der of Trepoff. being tried In I he ordl nary manner: but. to the amazement of tue public, ?he was acquitted! On her release tlie nihilists gathered about her, desiring to admit auch it friend of the people to their closest ac? quaintance. In this way she was ad? mitted to all their private circles and was made acquainted with their se? cret* Thea?? she at once eoinmuni cated to the ltussian government. 1 he tmth was that the whole business, in eluding the attempt on his life. WWM faked by Trepoff himself, and it eras ?Imply a clever ruse to get from the nihilists what could not be got in anv other way Thereafter Vera Saasa litch played the part of government spy on iMiuiu erable occasions. ANSWERED BACK. Ready Reply of s Ragged Turk to a Scot In Kitt?. During the troubles at Crete lu iv>; the Scaforth hlghlnudera were landed to help to restore order Their advent, dressed in the familiar kilts, created a great sensation, as the natives, who themselves wear a kind of kilt, had never seen BiiMsb soldlers In such a costume. An amuslug Incident occurred one day when | party of Sea fort hs were marching through a small, wretched looking v llsgo. As usual, the Inhabit? ants tnrted out to stare at the sol? diers, and one of tbe Highlanders with n view to raising a Isngb among his comrades snooted out to a group ot Turks. "Gae ha me. ye dirty black guards, sn' scrub yersels." Imagine his astonishment as well as that of the remainder of the highland era when a ragged and evil looking Turk shouted back In reply. "Go home yourself. Scottish dog. and cover your? self tip!" It was afterward discovered that this Mohumivedau bad spent sev? eral years In London and so learned the language. ? V .ora "Anecdotes of Soldiers In Penes and War." by J. H. Settle. Oratorical Effect.. 1 once heard Everett whose pint form oratory was the acme of A merl? es n art His language was unimpeach? able. But bis every word, and not only hh e***r) word, but bis everj gesture, wua uarutatakahly prepared , He seemed to gestt Mali apt only | with bN baud*. *bu< with hit. Cr? He gran planned scents effects beforehand.' Having to deliver a lourih' ot Ju.j oration, be Introduced a veteran of 1812. put biro la a conspicuous place and told tbe old man to rise to blm at bis entrance into tbe hsli. Tbe old ? man did as bo had been bidden. Ev? erett apostrophised blm with "Vener? able old man, sit down: It Is not for you to rise to us. but for us to rise to you" Tbe veteran said afterward^ "air. Everett is s strsnge man. He told me to rise when be came into the | hall, and when I did rise he told me to sit down"?From. Goidwlu Smith's Reminiscence* iu Mct'lurea. The Lightning Rod. ugh I r tnuliu will continue to receive the honor that Is bis due as the inventor of tbe first practical light ntng rod. tbe study of atmospheric skctrktty goes back st least to tbe time of Tulllus Hostllius. who perished In an attempt to "draw tire from tbe akj.*' A learned priest of the name ot Dtviscb is said to have erected tbe first lightning conductor In Europe. Be set it up at Frendlz. Bohemia, lu 17M. ami it was 130 feet high. Though tbe Kiuperor Stephen and the Empress Maria Tnsensa publicly proclaimed their < '.nndeuce in the inventor, a most dboiatroua drought that atlllcted the fnsjnSjfJ a year later waa ascribed by tlie superstitious populace to the BeWfnuBtrd device, and Dlvlscb waa compelled to take It down. It Is not probohle that Franklin waa acquaint? ed with iMvtach's experiment Wrong End of tho Milk. One titorulug while trade was slsck and he bad settled himself In tbe store cbslr f >r a few minutes a uorth side grocer was Interrupted by the entering of a very small daughter of Africa, who bra< hu herself lu the middle of the store, said. "Mam wants some arum milk.*' whereti|M?n she received tho asked for amount of skimmed milk Tii i h id Just settled himself far another rest when he waa again interrupted by tliut stdfsatne bottle of Ink ' Hg dug ' want thU She wuut that whet's sgnuisnsd off the top."? Indianai" N .News. Poetic Justice. "!*s. I've Just been reading ebOSJt poetic Jgjgfl e What decs that mean?" Listen. m\ i hl d. and you shall hear. Once there was a man who swindled n?e <>ut of a lot of money In an irrt gatlon s. heute Well, he became a vic? tim of [M.etlc Justice. 1 have Just bean I that he died of water on tbe bram Judge Ornttteds la ihs fairest blossom whl h ..-< from tlie soul, and tbe heart of man hnOWStfc none more fia grant. Bn ? I Hsllosj i It Is to be en\ le I i.mi pb i Harodothm STAR GEM OF CEYLON. Try Altena Brought Health and For* tune to Its Wearer. Familiar to some of the ancient writ? ers and credited with supernatural powers, the asteria, or star pom. was highly valued for the benefits sup? posed to be conferred on the wearer. Its bright six rayed star, ever dung? ing and shifting with every play of light and especially shooting out its flames In the direct sunlight, would seem to be something more than an ordinary crystal, and to the supers! I ttOtM mind it could readily be believed to cmbodj soom tutelar spirit. The particular virtue attributed to this -rein was the conferring upon the wearer of ?health and good fortune" when worn as an amulet, and to those fortunate to be born in tin- month of April, with which the stone was asso? ciated or represented, the wearer was lusured from all evil. The star stone is found principally In Ceylon. Invariably in soil peculiar to rubies and sapphires. Indeed, it is composed of the same constituent "co? rundum.'' Its chatoyant, or star rays, bei ng Caused by the pressure of v hat the natives call "silk." it is found in many different colors, from pale blue, pink and white to deep dark blue, ruby and purple. The blue are tanned sap phlre stars, the red ruby stars. It is always cut en cnbochon, the star divid? ing into six rays at the apex, it ll next in hardu >?<s to the diamond. MARITIME EXPRESSIONS. Used In s Metaphorical Sense They Are Quite Common. Maritime expressions used metaphor? ically are, In fact, very common. We say a couple are "spliced," a young man Is the "mainstay" of his family, an Intruder "puts his oar In," a man is "bard up," sometimes "taken aback" or has "the wind taken out of bis sails," a to|>er is "slewed," a loafer "spins a yarn," sometimes "tries the other tack," and a ruler "steers the ship of state" through troublesome times. This last metaphor Is extremely an? cient, by the way. Horace refers to Rome ns a ship at sea. and Plutarch says the Delphic oracle referred to Athens in the same way. A Tamil saying embodies a like metaphor. "The soul is the ship, reason is the helm, the oars are the soul's thoughts, and truth Is the port." An old collection of English proverbs contains this one: "The tongue is the rudder of our ship." A Malay maxim says, "The boat which Is swamped at sea may be balled out. but the shipwreck of the affections Is final." Aristophanes, 1 Ma u t us and others use an expression which comes down to us as au English saw, "To row one way and look another." An old Eng? lish proverb fOli) was, "It Is not good to have an oar in every one's boat" He ist It Is related ol I:?-. MatU' W C'tark that it> the indlencs was once a young British military officer whose scarlet uuiform far outshone any rival habiliments aud so fixed the gaze of the young damsels present that the wearer, enjoying the Impression he was making, not only stood through the prayer with the rest, but remained standing after ali others had snt down until the pa staff had proceeded for some time with his sermon, and at length, noticing a divided attention and Its cause, the minister stopped, laid aside his sermon and. addressing bis new hearer, said: I "Ye're a braw < brave) lad. Ye ba'e ' a braw suit of dallies, and we ba'e a' seen them. Ye may sit doun." The lieutenant dropped as If shot.? From the "Autobiography of Horace I Greeley" Snubbed the Composer. Gustav Mahler had a queer expert ence In Munich one day for which his name was partly responsible. His new symphony was being rehearsed, and he took advantage of an hour's Intermission to get some fresh air. "On returning to the building," says a Munich paper, "he lost his way and tried to reach the hall through a cor? ridor In which plasterers were at work. 'You cannot pass through here." he was 1 told. 'But I am Mahler.' (Mahler is the <b-rman for painter.) 'You look It.' 1 was the unsympathetic reply of the mau who blocked his way. 'We are not ready for the painters yet. so run on.' And the composer, realizing that argu ment would be useless, plunged into the labyrinth and finally reached his dest in.it ion." Camels In Arabia. There are two varieties of cornels In use In Arabia, the dromedary and the freight camel. The dholul drome? daries are celebrated for their easy rid? ing Kalt ami spaed. A dbelul carries elMiut MO pounds and travels about six mibs a day. It can be purchased 1 for 100 to 100 Maria Theresa dollars ($1" :.o to .^'..Tro A freight camel carries about TrtH) pounds and travels about two and a half miles an hour. It cost- 800 Marti Theresa dollari ($127) or n ore. Not Idle Curio&ity. Mrs Iranterknowej l should like to know, Mr W, why yoU are so crOM when i sal questions. Burely you don't think I have idle CUflOOltyl "Great Scott, no! Yours ll the mod psjfnlclously active, wide awake, sleep* let s, energetic curiosity it w as ever my fate to encounter." Another Version. The latest rendering of the Burns I lines, "Oh. '/.id si>t,ie p..Wcf," etc, j given in a London evening (Miner thus; "Oh. wad some power the giftlo gle ui to see some folll befOfl they see US." Intelle< t annuls fate, So tar a 4 man thinks, be Ii free.?Emerson ATE A WHOLE SHEEP. On* of tho Feats of Nicholas Wood, ti Famous Glutton. Tho following account of a man named Nicholas Wood, famed for his gluttony, was writ ton by .lohn Taylor, the "water poet" of tot seventeenth century: Nicholas Wood was a Kentish yeo? man, "lb* it known to all men to Whom these presents shall conic.'' writes John Taylor, "that 1. .John Tay- I lor. waterman of St. Savior's in South- j wark, will, with plain truth, bare and j threadbare, treat of the remarkable ac- 1 Hons of Nicholas Wood. I "He hath eaten a wli ?!?? Bheep at one meal: pardon me! I think he left the skin, IIa? wool and bones; and present ly after be bath swallowed three pecks of damsons. Tw o I,?ins of mutton and one loin of veal are but three sprats to htm. Once at Sir \ytlliuu) St. Ledg? er's bouse, so valiant and atauucbig-f teeth lie showed himself, that he ate as much as would suffice thirty men. i and afterwards he slept eight hours. "One morning i sent for blm to tbe inn to eat breakfast, lie had already eaten one pottle of milk, one pottle ot' pottage, and bread, butter, aud cheese, lie gare nie thanks and said that if lie had known any gentleman would have invited iiitn to breakfast he would have spared his meal at home. Never? theless in? would do me the courtesy to show me some small cast of his of? fice. Whereupon 1 BUmmomd the host ess and commanded that al! the vic? tuals in the house be laid before my guest. "The inn was slenderly provided, hut six-penny loaves were mounted two stories high like a rampart, three six? penny veal pies, one pound of sweet butter, and a number of other dishes were set out, all of which were quickly brought to nothing." RUBBER OYSTERS. They Brought Trade and Saved Their Inventor From Failure. "Rubber oysters laid tlie foundation of my success." said a milliouaire ho? tel man. "I had a small saloon iu them days, and tilings looked very black. They looked, in fact, like bankruptcy. Bo hi desperation I cut au old rubber doormat into oyster shaped pieces on April 1 and fried them in egg and breadcrumbs to a tasty brown. J "There was only one man in the bar ; when I fetched in that dish of smok? ing rubber oysters. His eyes glittered, and lie grabbed a fork, jabbed it into a big fellow and took a hungry bite. ! "Seeing the surprised look that spread over his face, I tumed away to hide a smile. He gave an awkward laugh and said: " 'Them's fine oysters. I'll bring a couple of the boys in to sample them.' "Sure enough, he brought two frleuds n half hour later. The friends no sooner saw the appetizing rubber ' oysters than, soiling dowu their beer, j ti.cy each sunk their tri lb In oni "Th?\v. too*sent in !rlends, fee pgi tor*. I fried bp no i ??? a.tl '?in doormats and two * rerah< es I bat Ipril tool day. ine whole town Utugnsd. and the papers printed funny stories about my joke. My joint got real popular. "In short, I was saved?saved from bankruptcy by rubber oysters." ? Washington Post, A Light on Mothers. The late William James. Harvard's famous psychologist, would often illu? minate a misty subject with an appro? priate anecdote. Discussing mother? hood In a lecture on psychology, Pro? fessor James once said: "A teacher asked a boy this question In fractions: "'Suppose that your mother baked an apple pie and there were seven of you?the parents and five children. ' What part of the pie would you get for your portion?' 44 'A sixth, ma'am,* the boy answered. " ?But there are seven of you.' said ' the teacher. 'Don't you know anything about fractions?' 44 'Yes, ma'am,' said the boy. 'I know all aoout fractions, but I know all about mother too. Mother 'd say she didn't w ant no pie.' " The Misguided Friend. De Chappie?If there's any one mil sauce 1 hate more than another it's a fellow who is always going around in? troducing people. There's Goodheart, for Instance. BOUttOWO What's he been doing? De Chappie?The idiot! The other day he Introduced me to a man I owed money to. and I'd been owing it so long he'd forgotten all about me. Now 1 I'll have to pay up or be sued ?Lon? don Telegraph. Catching On. Young Mr. St rucket t-liltoh was eai tng his first meal at a real restaurant. "What are those?" he asked, point? ing at the finger bowls the waiter had just brought to the table. "Those are to wash your fingers in. sir," said the waiter. "Oil. I know that." rejoined young Strmkett Ritcb, With remarkable pos? session, "l mean are they cut glass?" ?Chicago Tribune. Betty and the Kitten. Betty la only four and often In her incitement she makes very odd re? marks, The OthCI day she cried out. "oh, mother, there's a dear maltlne kitten all curdled tip in the corner!" A Feat For Willie. Teacher Willie, If you had five eggs In the basket and laid three on the table, hou many would you then hare? Willie Right. Life. It is better In hold back n truth than to sneak It nngrackujrty, De Balis. without tact you can learn noth Ing,?Dtaraelt. DOGTORS SAID INCURABLE? RELIEVED BY PE-RU-H?. ?V ? ?. t Mrs. E. Wcsi/"v::-':''; ;,.<? rii 137 Main St., Wi cT Hie Mcnasha, VVte.j ???.;?V^<:::''"; . f., . v - ?"*/-'! Jr ii^^ - illy Robust and Strong - Splendid Appetite. Mrs. Bi West, in Main St., Menashu, Wts., writes: "We havo used l'eruna in our family f<?r a num' r of years and when I say that it is a line medicine for "atarrh and colds, I know what I am talk in about. "1 have taken it every Spring and Fall for four years, and 1 find that it keeps me robust, Strong, with splendid appetite, and tree from any illness. "A few years ago it cured mo of catarrh of the stomach, which the doctor! bad pronounced incurable. "I am very much pleased with l'eruna." Bowels and Stomach. ** Words cannot express ray praise i?t your tonic. I weighed onlv ninety Miss Mary Jones, 7918 Reynolds Ave.. ^ pound- Mm peru|1 ^ ^ Chicago, 111., writes ?*I can recommend Peruna as a good medicine for chronic catarrh of the bowels and stomach. I have been I roub led severely with it for over three years. "One year ago T began to take l'eruna, the wonderful tonic for women, and 1 noticed a wonderful Improvement at once. I took six bottles i n tuceesslon and hundred nineteen pounds.*' Catarrh of Internal Organs. Mrs. Ii. H. Jackson, tt. P. i>. New* man. <Ja., writes: "I have had catarrh of t he internal organs for more than a year, I tried other medicines without any benefit. "I was persuaded to give PenUM s trial, and the first bottle proved s god I always have It on hand I > tike some I send, and after taking ten 1>ottles I have nov? and then when my cou^h i& b.;d. I received a permanent uure." STATUTS FI NDS RATHER SHORT. I ISSUE DRAWN IN MERGER si IT. sum in State Treasury Insnsloteat to .Meet Maturing Obligations. Is or Is Not Purchase of Koad Law fuL Columbia, Dec. J.?-The State of Colombia, Dec 3.?The lssu< th Carolina will nave to meet ob? I thi "merger suit" w i clear 1) jo llgatlona1 to ??e extenit >t approxi<si i :tii: lay* "Isfthe merger lawf mutely (506,000 by January j. Therejaaki ths State of South Carol! t T ia ono itouul |75,OO0 111 Hie OLdlc Treasury at present. The county rteasurers are behind in sending in it expedient.^ Lhe deleiidaut cuinyas ny replies. The attorney general, directed by the tax money to the extent of $35,-I the general assembly, is in the line 000, as compared with this date last j of his duty inquiring into the right of the Southern to acquire so-called competing lines. The defendant com? pany which, it is said, has developed the physical properties very materi? ally, is endeavoring to combat the proposition by showing that there might not have been an active com? mercial competition and therefore no year. , On December 30 four notes, ag? gregating $400,000, will fall due. The interest on the State debt amount to $146,000. The running expense of the State government for two months will also have to be paid. The sum of $500,0^)0 has been bor? rowed by the State during the year, violation of law in the one line ah The tax levy for this year was 5 3-4 mills. It Is not thought that the next general Assembly will have to in? crease the amount. The borrowing of money means that the State gov? ernment has to mortgage its taxes for running expenses. THREE NEW POSTMASTERS. Changes Made at Union, Abbeville and Lnureas. Washington, Dec. 2.?It was an? nounced here today that Postmaster J. (\ Hunter, at Union, would be suc? ceeded by L. G. Young; Thomas Tol bert, at Abbeville, by Fred Minshall, | and George S. McCravy, at Laurens, by Charles 11. Hicks sonhing the other. The State of South Carolina rest* ed Its case yesterday morning and the defendant company began put? ting up its witnesses. Of these there wdll be many. Attorney General Lyon made some strong points out of the defendant's witnesses, all of whom testitied to the beneficial re? sults to Alken and the Horse Creek Valley interests when the Southern took over the South Carolina & Georgia. Negro Committed for Assault. < ?n Saturday afternoon two negroes by the names of Ollie Lewis and The nominations of these new olfi- I Myers Johnson, got in a difficulty dale will probably be sent to the ' about a mule on Mr. L. D. Jennlng's Senate Monday for confirmation. THIS Kiss CAME HIGH. Man Taxed $500 Tor Oseulatory sault on Young Widow. Bhreveport, La Dec. l.?District Coudt Judge A. J. Murff held that the klsi of a young widow was worth $5uo. The decision was rendered in the ease of Mrs. Grace Hunter against J. K. Norman, former postmaster at <>il City, this parish. It was at the pOStOfflce that the alleged offense was committed. Mrs. Hunter alleged that ( Norman kissed her w hile she was In the office, She sued for $2,000. j.lodge Murff admonished Norman that he looked old enough to know i better. j place several miles from town nnd 1 Myers picked up a scantling and knocked Lewis on the head, laying j him out unconscious. Johnson was brought to town that I afternoon and put in jail as he was unable to put up the necessary bond. Lewis is still in a critical condition, but it is thought that he will recover from the effects of the blow. Got the Genuine Always. *A substitute Is a dangerous make? shift especially In medicine. The genuine Poley'i Honey and Tar cures COUghs and colds quickly and is in a yellow package. Accept no sub? stitute. W. W. Silo i t. All art is in Its origin connected with religion.?Ulrlcl. LIME. CEMENT, \ (M i i i VSTI It HilN?;i.l < LATHS. I I UK UKH K. Hit AIM l'I IT :. ETI ??s: H'otr (y r??ir? Rice Flour, Ship Stuff.'Bran. ?1 \ , v 11 11111, \ V( , , , M ml chicken Feed. Horses, Mules, |i.,:!?;' ;Va??!f !": "\o Order Too I urge Or Too Small. Booth-Harby Live Stock Co. si \: I I K. SOUTH ( AR( ?LINA. TOTAL PROBABLY ?1 MILLION. ?emulation of United Maina May Beach Butted i Igueu, Washington, Dec. 2? T'ie total population of tho United States, as revealed by the LStb census, is ex I e< ted to be announced by the cen a bureau on December 10. Counting Arizona and New Mexico QS States, the totals for twenty-eight ? i of the forty-eight Slates already have hceii announced. The grand to? tal for twenty-six of these States is GO.036,759, which is a gain of be? tween 21 ad -2 per cent over the I ulatlon In the same States in 1! ai this r.:t of In reuse the to? tal population of the country .should about H,000,00< . The most striking d< ? U pment of th census so far shown tin.- rela tlve growth of cities . nd industrial tres as compared s/ith the farm? ing regions. The Baetern States have mflPYn than held their own, ahtle the ?t' tes of the middle West have fallen POWERS'** PABTNEI1 IN POLITICS ^ Jim Howard Aspires to Kentucky state nennte. Louisviilc, Ky.. Dec. 2.- -The Times prints the following speck 1 Horn M i dlesboro. Ky: "A sensation has been created in political circles in this section by the announcement that Jim Howard, who was convicted and sentence to death for the murder of Governor Goebel and afterward pardon -d by Governor Willson, along with Caleb Powers, has determined to enter the race for the Republican nomination for Staty Senator from the 17th district, to succeed Senator Joel F. Posworth, of Middlesboro. New Fngland Sentiment. There is a widespread feeling, in which thousands of Republicans share, that the Democratic victories of last month are an excellent thing for the country. The striking victory of Mr. Foss, as Democratic candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. was not a merely personal affair. Gover- ( nor Draper had made an excellent executive, and the voters wore not expressing disapproval of him. New England desires tariff reciprocity with Canada and policies more pro? gressive than those that the Republi? can party at Washington has made its own in recent years. The earlier Democratic victory in Maine was merely a foreshadowing of what Massachusetts rt!d last mofctr rte ? ubll an success in >.'? .v Hampshire? adhere hTr. ? js.^ was elected Qokernor by a good majority, fan be atgribur '?? . t'> th > that ti progreastve young Republican was nominated as tin- result of a preliminary party house-cleaning. Although Rhode Island was carried by the Republi? cans, it should not be overlooked that the moral victory was with the Dem? ocrats. This is readily seen when one remembers that last year Gover? nor Pothier carried th-' State by a majority of about 12,000, while this year his majority is less than 1,000. When one further keeps in mind the total population of the State, it will he seen that the shrinkage of the Re? publican vote in Rhode Island is in? comparably greater than that in New York. This the people who have been so eager to say that Roosevelt was rebuked by the Democratic victory in New York should be candid enough to admit that Senator Hale was far m >re decisively rebuked by the Dem? ocratic victory in Maine, that Sena? tor Aldrieh was likewise rebuked by the falling off in Rhode Island's plu? rality, that Se\itor Lodge, by infer ence, was repudiated in Massachu? setts, and that Senator r.ulkeley was unsparingly condemned in Connecti? cut. Owing to tbe peculiar system of representation in New England, the Republicans of the Massa? chusetts leglsatnra will be in sufficient majority to give Sena? tor Lodge another term. Rut a num? ber of them are opposed to Mr. Loiige, and if they should combine with the Democrats it is possible, though unlikely, that Mr. Lodge may lose his seat,?American Review of Reviews. Can You Guess? Mr. 1. A. Ryttenhurg of the Sum? ter Prick Works who believes in ad? vertising and who says he is getting splendid results from those running in this paper this year, has a rath? er unique one this time in this fas* I sue. , 1st. He will give a ion of coal to the coal customer, new or old. who guesses nearest th.' weight of the im? mense block of his ? .<; 1 on exhibi? tion in the win.low of the Lyric The* J tie. I 2d. Ho will also give a half ton for th. second best guess, which is ones I to ail. whether customers or not: i i- Ing natural th.,, customers an shown Cue preference in the Arm in : stance. The guesses will be dated when re? ceived and in event ot tu,, being the Same, the first ?ins?; wins. The coal baa not been awighed and will not he until after the 1 >th ot th.- month.