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? She \ Stowaway By LOUIS TRACY. Author oi tbt "Pillar of Light/' "The Wings of the Morning" and "The Captain of the Kinui." Qgygggjhi no?. by CdwcW J. nw> OBAfTBI Sit A LTTILT HOR51SO 1M EXCHANGE BUH I? pSSjg, COKE tnd his merry men be? came pirates during the early morning of Thuredny, Sept. 2. On Monday, Sept. 6, David \ertty entered hin offlce in Exchange buildings, Liverpool, and ran a fever? ish glsnce through his letters to lenrn if sny envelopes bearing the planetar> devices of the chief csble compsnles had managed to bide themselves among the nuns of correspondence. There ws? no cablegram, of course. Dickey Bulmer. who bad becoms a waking nightmare to the unhappy shipowner, had ssld there wouldn't be?eald it twelve hours ngo after wringing from Verity the Astounding admission that liie wss on board the Androtneds. It wes not because tho vessel was over due that Dsvtd confessed. Bulmer, despite his sixty-eight years, was \n acute man of business. Moreover, he . was blessed w'th s retentive memory, I end be treasured every word of the bogus message* from iris concocted by her sjaela The storm had burst unexpectedly, i Balmer came to dinner, ate and drunk 1 and smoked in quiet amity until Da? vid's laboring muse conveyed bis niece's Isteet "kind love sn' good wishes,'* snd then"? ?Tell you wot," said Dickey, "there's another five thousand due tomorrow ou the surveyor's report." "There is," said Verity, knowing that his guest aud prospective partner alluded to the new steamer in course of construction on the Clyde. "Well, it won t be? paid. You are lyto' about Iris, ?/ou've been lyln' ever since she disappeared from Bootle. 8how me 'er letters an' their envelopes, an* I'M Hud the money. But of course yon can\ They don't exist." Then David set down the inHsttd wine ?.:ai told the truth. Not all?that wee not to be dreamed of. In the depths of his heart he feared Buhner. The old man's repute for honesty was widespread, lie would fling his doar sst friend into prison for such n swin? dle as that arranged between Coke and the shipowner. Dickey rose from the table, ills seovemerits showed his n?e that night. "I ll think it over. Dai at" he said. ?^There's more In this than erects the eye go her.? \s is Verity with in; siired of in his mind that hh one time ly w> I i use a ting t fo save him bankruptcy. The office boy announced a visitor, evidently not the terrible Bulmei, sluce he ssld: "Gennelmnu to sse y^r. sir." **Oo Is It'.'" growbtl the shipowner. "Oenneluiun from the noospaper." A quiet mannered young man ap peered. MMsy I ssk if you have rec tlved any private news of the Andromeda?" he U * David crenked round In his chair. "Is *h. *aid he In n strangely subdued tone. **1? I fenr she is. But there is much more than gg ordinary shipwreck at Issue. Several telegrams of the grnv oet Import have reached us th I morn? ing. Perhaps before i ask you any questions you ought to read them They sre In type already, and I have brought you the proofs. Here is the drst David took from the Interviewers outstretched hand a long strip of white peper. For an ?ppreclnbfa time his neetbing brain refused to co.uprehend the curiously black letters, fcr this is whet be reed: revoi.ction i.v pfazil. flKR'OtH pr ?SIT I ON. sTTARTLIN<; IgCAPADg OF A PRfT 1811 81111'. Kto de Janeiro. Sept. 6. A situation of exceptional gravity has evidently arlaan SS the Island of Fernanda do Noronhu. VhseCO, tt la said, ex-Presi? dent do ttylva recently attempted to ea saps. A battleship and two cruisera have been dispatched IhitbST under forced draft. Us pestta. issegrassi save seen re? ceived from th* lsla-i I durlnn the past week, and the authorities absolutely re fuae any Information an to earlier event*, though the local press hints at so.ne ex trmorduutr> sosreteesaeats n?>t sacon netted wtth the appearance off the Island si S British steamship known aa the Androm Later.-De flylva landed laat night at the) small port of Maeeto, In the province Ca* Alegoa*. a hundreo ni.les south of Fernamt ? | it hi ( urrently reported that Fernando Noronha was raptured by a SBUiff of flrltlsh freehooterB. I?e gylv i s return Is unquestionable. Today he Is. sajad a proclamation, and hla partisans have eeix*d some portion of the railway ftscltement here la at fever heat. Verity glared at the journalist II,. langhin! almost hysterically. The A ndroiued i!" he gasped, "Wot rot? Wot siiiy rotr Tin* ghlpoBjnei grasp -d another print* od ahn ThN tu.,., he was able to rend more In Idly. Pernambijeo. Hept. 4 Publlo Interest In the abortive attempt te reinstate I Kim ('orris d?> gylVS as president was ?sninx rspldl) farmed in' I ffi by nt>s<i that reached this port led if. It mm the list uit a Unrig effort ass msde to free Da lyres, who. with cert tin ether aelniatere SSpoiieel hy ths ?ucteeaful e v? olution of two roars sse Is a prisoner mm tho Isian l "f ? . i . \ . Lloyd's agent on that Island imports teat tho firltlah ?"?eamer Andromeda, owned by I>avt?* Verity a CS of LtVOTpool pit Sato flouth boy. on the BSajISesot - da of Fernando d? Noronha. early on the morn< log of Aos si. and It la SNSged that her nv: mos 10 take De S>Tva and 1\Tr companions on hoard. The garrison, fore? warned by the central government and al? ready on the qul vlve owing to the disap? pearance of their Important prisoners from their usual quarters, opened fire on the Andromeda as soon as she reveaI ? 1 her purpose l?v lowering a boat. The steamer, being unarmed, made no attempt to defend herself and was ppoed lly disabled. She sank within live min? utes off the (Irand-pere rock with all <>:: board. With reckh Bl t-ravado her com? mander ran up the vessel's code > and house flak while she was actually go? ing down, than establishing her Identity beyond a shadvw of doubt. A note of pathos Is added to the tragedy by the undoubted presence of a lady on board, probably I>e Sylva'a daughter, though it was believed here that the ex-president's family STST* In Tarls. Telegrams from the Island are strictly censored, and the foregoing statement Is unofficial, but your correspondent does not question Its Ron ernl accuracy. Indeed, he has reason to credit a widespread rumor thnt the Island la still In a very disturbed condition. No one knows definitely whether or not De Bylva has been recaptured. It is quite certain that he has not landed in Brazil, but the reticence of the authorities as to the state of affairs on Fernando Noronha leads to the assumption that he and a few stanch adherents are still In hiding In one of the many natural fastner3es with which the Island abounds. The British community on the littoral la deeply stirred by the drastic treatment received by the Andromeda. It Is pointed out that another ship, the Andres-y-Mela. believed to have been chartered by the Insurgents. It under arrest at Bahla. end the similarity between the two names Is regarded as singular, to say the least. Were It not that Lloyd's agent, whose veracity cannot be questioned, has stated explicitly t?:at the Andromeda put Into South bay, a point significantly far re? moved from the regular track of trad'.ng vessels. It might be urged that a terrible mistake had been made. In any event, : the whoie matter must be strictly in? quired Into, and one of his majesty's ships stationed In the south Atlantic should visit the Island at the earliest date possi? ble. Delayed In transmission. Something buzzed Inside Verity's head and stilled all sense of actuality. He gazed at the reporter unblinkingly, as though thought itself refused to act. "Is that the lot?" he Inquired me? chanically. I "Nearly all. at present. Here, how? ever, is a short telegram from Paris which is of minor interest." And Verity reud again: Paris. Sept. f, The members of Dom Corrla de Sylvan fan.lly, see.; early this morning at tho Hotel Continental, deny that any lady connected with the cause of Brazilian freedom took part In the attempted rescue of the ex-president. They are much an? noyed by the unfounded report and hold strongly to the opinion that the revolu? tion would now have bSSB a fait aCGO npll had not a traitor revealed the destination of the Andros-y-Melu and thus led to that vessel's detention at Bahla. The hilly! Iris Torke! At last Da? vid's HujM'n barged mind WAS begin? ning to assimilate ideas. The journal? ist's vo;.< e i aiue to Uim as through a dense s reen. "You will observe that the former president's relatives tacitly admit that there was a plot on foot," the other was saying. "It is Important to note, too, that the long message from IN i namhuco. marked 'delayed lu trans? mission,* seems to Imply a prior tele? gram which was suppressed. It a1 ludes to a revolt of whit h nothing Is known here. Now, Mr. Verity, I want to ask you"? The door was Hung open. In rushed Dickey Iiulmor. In his hands he held a crumpled newspaper. "Von infernal blackguard, have you seen this?" h ? roared. David Stood Bp. He ht Id on to the I table to st. ady himself. Kven Dalmer, White with rage. COttM Dot fail to ft I that he \vaI stunned. Hut DtCkfJ VII DJOt minded to spare him on that a< eoimt. "Answer me, you BCOUndrel !*' DO Shouted. "Von are glib enough When It suits your purpose. Were you in this? Is ihis the reason you didn't tell me Iris WSS OB board till I forced tho truth our of you last night? Now let's have It! No more of your tlamin' skkn this?" UK roauki?. made up tales, Wot took foil t<? shove the Andromeda Into a rat trap of this sort?" David seemed to be laboring for breath. " Arf a tuo". No need to yowl at ino like that," hi protested. He fumbled with the lock of a cor? ner cupboard, opened it and drew forth n decanter and sons glasses. "Ah. ' be *nid, smacking his lips with some- of the old time relish, "that puts uew life into me. The story Is all moonshine on the fact of it." "I think Otherwise, Mr. Verity, and Mr. P.ulmer. I take it. agrees with tue," said t he i p|s?rtef "Wot:" biased DavW, Into whose mind had darted a notion thai daisied him by it> Wiring. "Dye mean to in stniwate thai I lent my ship to this 'ero Dom W? t Is mime? D'ye sit there an think that I d allow a boil nie lass like my Iris to take a trip that might end In 'er beta' blown to bits. It's crOOl, that s wot it is, reel crooi." The Isdj referred to was Miss iris Vorke. then''" <r,Oo else? I've on'y one niece. My trouble || that she went without my permission, In a way of spenkln'. 'Ere, you'd better 'ave the fax. She was engaged to tny friend, Mr. Hulmer; but, bain' a slip of a girl an' fond o* romanoin', she just put herself aboard the Andromeda without savin' 'with your leave' or *hy your leave.' Bht wrote me a letter, w'lch sort of ex? plains the affair. D'ye want to see it?" "If I may." "No," said Hulmer. "Look 'ere, Dickey," went on David, "this dashed fairy tale won't bold water. Von know ('< ke. Is 'e the kind <?* man to fo bumpin' round like a Stage 'ero an' hoisting Union Jacks as the ship sinks? I ax you, is 'e? It's nonsense stuff an' nonsense. An' If the Andromeda was scrapped at Fer? nando Noronha, 'oo were the freeboot? ers that collared the Island, an' 'ow did this 'ere De ?ylra get to Macelo? Are you Hstenln'?" "Yes." said Rulmer, turning at last and devouring Verity with his deep set eyes. "Well, wot d'ye think of it?" "Did yon send the ship to Fernando Noronha?" It is needless to place on record the formula of David's denial. It was forcible and served its purpose. Thar should fliifllce. "If?if Iris is alive the partnership goes on," said Rulmor. "If she's dead it doesn't." "D'ye mean It?" "I always mean wot I say." The click of an indicator on the desk showed that Verity's private telephone hadgbeen switched on from the gen? eral office. By sheer force of routiue David picked up a receiver ant placed it to his ear. The subeditor of the newspaper whose representative had not bten gone five minutes asked If he was speaking to Mr. Verity. "Yes," said David. "Wot's up now?" and he motioned to Hulmer to use a second receiver. "A cablegram from Pernainbuco states specifically that the captain and crew of the An dfomeda fought their way act-' ^s the Island of Fer? nando Noronha. res? oed Dom do Bylva, seised ;t steam launch, At? tacked ni d cap? ture d I Im? ' U r m a n stenmshl - Unser Frits auil landed the Insur? gent lea !rr Mn< elo. The men sage goes on to v" ' say that the cap- "^VE MEA? it? tain's DOlue i; t '< ke and that In* D accompa'.iled by bis daughter, Eb? What dl 1 yn say? Are you then''.'" "Yes, I'm 'fere, or I think I atn." said David with a desperate calmness, "is that all?" "All for the prei ent.M "It doesn't say that Coke is a ravin', tearin', 'owlin' lunatic, does it?" "No. Is that your view?" Bulmer's hand gripped pavld's. Their eyes met. "I was tblnkln' that the chap who writes these penny novelette wires might 'ave rounded up his yam in good shape." said Verity aloud. "Hut there is nol the slightest doubt that something of the Und has oe curred," said t he r< i "It's a i Ul up j< b!M roared David. "Thetu b! >!ulh' I rtygces 'ave sunk my shin, an' they're \ liackln' in tbeir flam n< iv so a ; to s< ore first blow." . To Hulmer David said savagely: "\\*ot 's bitten t'oia'/ '12 must 'ave gone stark, starln' ui id.*' "iris Is ;iiv*? *!"* murmured Bultner, "An' now. David. I'll tell you wot I 'ad in me mind in comhV 'ore this morulu'. Von re hard up. You don'i know where to turn for a peuuy, If you're agreeable I'll put a trustworthy man in this - Clce .'.a' give "mi full p >\ ers to pull y< nr affairs straight. Min ? you. I'm dr/u' this for Iii*, nol ?""?? you. An' UoW that we know WOt'S 'appeioa' in Koti h Atnerl a you an' 1 will -t u nut *''" 'e und look i :t > thing A mail - wt'nr '?' tnV.? there In nlxteen days, an' before we sail we can work the cables a bit so as to step iris from statin' for 'ome before w ? arrive." (To Be Continued.) Mary's Lamb to Date. Mary had a little lamb, its fleec< was white as snow; it strayed away i ne summer day where lambs should never go, And Mary sat her quick? ie down, ami tears streamed from her eyes; she never found the lamb i ecause she did not advertise. Ami Mary had a brother who kept a village store; he sat him down and smoked a pipe, ami watched the open door. And as the people pass? ed along, and did md stop to buy, John still sat and smoked his pipe and blinked his sleepy eye. And so the sheriff closed him out, but still he ling, red mar, ami Mary came along to drop a sympathetic tear. "How is it sister, can you tell, why other merchants here, sell ail their goods so readily ami thrive from year to year." Remembering her own bad luck, the maiden then r< piles: "These other fellOWS got there, John, because they adver tis." Rmplre Qasette. Tiny ate now making artificial marble with much success1 in Sicily, 'in?' manufactory Is in the shadow of Mount Ktna and th?TO common blocks of sandstone are put in a tank con? taining VOlcatllc asphalt and coal tar and boiled for 36 hours. The stones are then taken out and polished, ami it is said that It takes an expert to teil them from black marble. EROSION IN THE SOUTHERN AP? PALACHIANS. United States Geological Report shows Extensive Destruction in Mountain Areas Constituting 111 * * Headwaters of Important Eastern Rivers. a report <?n an exploration In the southern Appalachians, by L. C. Qlenn, professor of geology in Van derbilt University, just published by the United States Qeological Survey, is a timdy contribution to a subject nowwengaging wide public attention, it places in the hands of those inter? ested in the best utilization of the great Appalachian watershed the most authetic and detailed Information yet presented on the subject, representing as it does the results of expert held investigation. The purpose of Prof. Glenn's study Was to note the extent and the effects, and so far as possible th<" cause, of erosion In the region examined and to determine the means of preventing the widespread evil results of unwise agriculture and lumbermg. Accord? ingly, he traveled from stream valley to stream valley through the southern mountains, noting and recording with great exactness hillside and mountain side wash and wear, soil removal by gullying and soil burial by overwash, stream dogging and stream overtlow, the filling of mill ponds and the wrecking of dams and bridges, and numerous other evils that are attribu? ted hy many observers, in large, to reckless deforestation and injudicious attempts to cultivate slopes that are not adapted to agriculture. Prof. Glenn's studies inc'ude p irts -f eight States? Pennsylvania, Vir? ginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Alabama. In the course of the study it was noted that steep slopes formed Of certain roc ks could be safe? ly cultivated hut that others, no steeper, composed of other, different rocks were cultivab d with disasterous results. Observation were made of of countless gaping cnasms started in steep hillsides hy the drag of logs "snaked" down fr< m timbered hill? tops?chasms that cave and throw down timber and cause the wash of masses of gravel and cobblestones over fertile valley lands below, liars and shallows formed in navigable streams hy sand and gravel loosened far upstream by agricultural and for? estry malpractice were noted at hun? dreds of places and are specifically mentioned in the report. According to Prof. GGlenn the problems thus studied geologically must lind their solution in methodi that relate largely to forestry and to agriculture. The agricultural proh lem involves the selection of the arc is 1 est suited for agriculture because < i? fertility and character <f soil ami moderate slope of surface and the study of the ways in which such areas may best be handled to prevent their own destruction through erosion, :is well as the destructh n of other lands and property by the waste material they deposit and the Moods they help to generate. Much of tie' area Is not properly agricultural land and should not he cleared and forced into agricultural use, because that fort Ing means quick destruction both of the area itself and of the lower-lying areas on the same streamways. Such misuse means also slower i?ut none the less sure Inter? ference With navigation on the more remote parts of the major stream systems. The forester Would protect Steep slopes by keeping them clothed with timber, coax hack tree growth or. de? nuded areas, keep down forest Ares, protect and perpetuate the supply of hard wood, protect the game and fish and enhance the beauty and charm of the region as a health ami pleasure resort, as well as prevent the navi? gable streams that flow from these mountains from Alling up with the sand and silt whoso removal is now costing ann tally largo sums of mon? ey. Prof. Glenn gives also an account of a study made in the basin of M >non gahela River In West Virginia and Pennsylvania soon after the great Hood of March, 11M>7. which destroy? ed millions of dollars' worth of prop? erty. The report is pubished as Profess? ional Paper 72 of the United States Geological Survey, ami can be had free by applying to the Director of the Survey at Washington, it consists of 1pages and is illustrated hy maps and half-tone plates. Kioto. Japan, is spoken of as the "park of the world." Everything there Is beautiful. It has a population of liso.ooo. Within the city limits are 378 Buddhist temples and MI Shinto shrines. The principal products are pottery ami porcelain, cut velvets, cloisonne wares, brocades and em? broideries. The beauty ol the pro? ducts Is slglnlflclnnt of tin beauty of t he place. An Eastern critic says that The od ore Itoosevell is a conservative Put it must he admitted that he ha. his conservatism under excellent eon trol, Detroit Free Press. TO PROTECT GULLIBLE Proposed Legislation To Save Easj Mark- Prom "Sharks." (From the New Bedford Standard.) A Boston Senator has filed with th< Clerk of the Massachusetts Bens le a hill designed to put an end t< ae "get-rich-quick" concerns?the i. ens? ure being one similar to a law now in force in Connecticut, Iowa, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, and based upon a law which has been up? on the Statute' books of California, ai^d a Statute under which many convictions have been obtained. At present the only law which reaches the particular form of fraud covered by this act is the- old law of larceny by false pretenses. It is urged that the using of this law with effect is extremely difficult with the modern jury. This is not altogether compli? mentary to the modern jury, being an Intimation that quibbles and tech? nicalities carry more weight than fundamentals. At any rate, in his petition tin- Senator repesents that the criminal statutes of Massachu? setts extend slight, if any, protection to her people against the making or publishing oi false or exaggerated statements of or concerning the af? fairs, pecuniary condition or property of any corporation, joint stock osso ciation, copartnership or individual, and that, for the proper protection of the people, and for tho protection of investors in general, his hill should be added to the statutes of the Com monwi alth. Accordingly, the measure provides that any person who knowingly makes or publishes, or cause to be made or published, in any way whatever, or permits to he so made or publish? ed, any hooks, prospectus, notice, re? port, statement, exhibit or other pub? lication of or concerning the affairs, financial condition or property of any corporation, joint stock association, copartnership or individual, which said book, prospectus, notice, report, statement, exhibit or other publica? tion shall contain any statement Whl2h is false or willfully exaggerated, or which is Intended to give, or which shall have a tendency to give, a less or greater apparent value to the shares, bonds or property of said cor? poration, joint stock association, co? partnership or individual, or any part of said shan b, bonds or property than said shares, bonds < r property or any part thereof shall really and In (act possess, shall be deemed guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be imprisoned for not more tvan 10 years or fined not more than $10 - 000, or shall suffer both said line and imprisonment. It strikes us that the proposed law not merely hits the fraudulent get rlch-quick concerns, but may he mad" a club with which t?? whack those corporation managers who have been In the habit of concocting An ancial state ments which are calculat? ed to give the impression that their concerns are struggling to keep away from the precipice- of bankruptcy, wh.'ti in reality they are what the old New England phrase describes as "well fixed," or oven better. Think of i corporation treasurer being sent tv jail fe>r 10 years because he has stated the value etf ste?ck in proc< ss at $1,000, When 10 times that figure would not co\? r the value! Yet that particular form of the wave of mor? ality which insists that everybody else must tell the truth would come nearer to engulfing his devoted head! Per? haps, practically! there would be no danger of punishment for a man who misrepresent! ti by the value of his be? longings by depreciating them, but a prosecuting officer might come along with a determination to make truth his guiding star, and the guiding star of all the either people as well. In that case, we should have some rath? er novel issues fe>r the courts to ad judlcate. The bill is, of course, another e>f the numerous devices of which one sec? tion of modern society seems to be fond?a legislative contrivance to protect the people from suffering the inevitable' consequences of their own Ignorance and their own gullibility, alse> their overwhelming desire to ac? quire possessions with great rapidity without working fe?r them. All the promoters of the get-rlchJquIck e n? terprises assume this disposition in about so many people as the fun? damental of their business. It Is en? tirely reasonable U> assume' that any promise, if made loudly e-nongh and with emphasis enough, will And some believers. We haven't the Slightest question that if a man had the assurance to organise a stock compan) :e> bore for petroleum on Crow Island, and would declare with a brave show of perfect assurance that the- prospect for large- profits was lim-, he would attract takers of stock. They would not be allured with prom? ises i?f six per cant dividends, but they would appear in surprising num? bers at promises of sixty per cent. N" amount of sctentlAc <<r commercial demonstration that the thing was im? possible would affect this . lass of minds. They never arc convinced by any less emphatic argument than the loss e>f their money, end not always ?mEma3mmmm- . . _???_J ?? then. Pot the protection of such per? sons this law is proposed. It may be a worthy purpose, hut we must assert that th<- root of the trouble is , not removed. This erase to acquire wealth rapid? ly, making men and women easy prey to designing of self-deceived pro? moters, is nothing new*. More than one striking illustration of how it works has been given within easy memory. There were the Kentucky ami Loulsian lotteries, which nour? ished wonderfully rather more than a generation ago. \lways the ignis fatuus of th" grand prize led the dupes ? f thoss institutions into the swamp of loss and disappointment. Th#m they were suppressed with an iron hand. Presently there was the wild fever for investment in petroleum lands, which raged for a while, and then subsided, h aving a long train of latter memories. California and Ne? vada mining stocks have had their day of lunatic followers, and some are left over even now. There was the era of the brood of "serial bond" in? stitutions, of which the Order of the Iron Hall was the sadly lamented ]< ader?schemes which clear-headed men denounced from the first, but which none the less allured thousands of the deluded, and which even found an ex-governor of Massachusetts ready to defend them before a com? mittee of the Legislature. These went thei,- way because of their own weight, as did the celebrated "Mrs. Howe's l ank'- of unsavory memory. But it has always happened that as one form of this faseinati jn has dis? appeared another has come up to tako its place. Warning, ridicule, ex? posure, experience, even the construc? tion of n< w laws, seem to acomplish little toward lessening the array of dupes. The root of the trouble is in a state of the mind, for which law certainly Is not an effective remedy. < FRAMED BY Ills ENEMIES? Committee Reporting on Judgcship Matter Violated Law. Say* Bleust'. |t Columbia, Feb. 12.?Governor Cole Blease today in a statement to tie press, makes it plain that he is not going to let the special Judgeship matter rest where It now is. He sent yesterday a special message to the General Assembly in which, follow? ing the report of the House judici? ary committee, Governor Blease "stands by his guns." as the saying gees. In the meantime the Senate judiciary committee has made no r port to th?- Senate. Governor Blease, in his message asks that something be done. Today he gave out the following statement: "The judiciary committee violated the Constitution and statutes by hav? ing on their sub-committee a brother Of a Justice of the Supreme Court. The other two nu mbers are known of all men to be two of my bitt< rest soe ml< ft, and. of course, from them I could expect nothing, l have asked the [legislature to do something and if th< y don't 1 shall meet the issue fair and I jUare." Governor Blcase's reference to the composition Of the House sub-judic? iary committee is to Mr. Frank B. Gary, of Abbeville, .\ho is a brother of Associate Justice Fugene B. Gary, of the Supreme Court Bench. The sub-committee's report was presented by Mr. H. K. Osborne. Th" Senate judiciary committee has mad.- no report to the Be net*. The committee had a report drafted but did not present it. The chairman. Senator Howard B. Carlisle, of Sp. r tanburg, stated today that the ri port would not be presented this week Slid WOUld "rest for a w hile." Speaker Cannon fears the evil con? sequences, of a hasty ratification of the agreement with Canada; but this could not be nearly as mischievous as the slow and deliberate consideration and passage of the Fayno-Aldrieh bill.?Philadelphia Record. SOLID COMFORT. 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