The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 07, 1910, Image 2
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.