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Made to Serve the Ends of Justice In a Case In Japan. THE RboE OF A WISE MAYOR. This Solomon like Official, to Whom an Innocent Man Accused of Theft Ap? pealed. Devieed a Simple Scheme That Diecfoeed the Real Culprits. One daj a ?errant employed by the proprietor of a big store near Japan bridge, la Ted do, was sent with a heavy peck of valuable cotton goods on his back to a dyer In Flonjo district. When the store's messenger reached Yoko gswa street he was reedy to seek rest What more safe than the little grore of trees set shoot the stone statue of the god Jlxo, the patron saint of trav? elers sad defenseless women and chil The somnolent porter awoke from s nap to And that bis employer's cotton bsd disappeared. In great distress he went to the storekeeper and confessed that he bsd slept snd that a robber bsd made off with the goods during his slumber. The master would not be? lieve his story, saying that It would nave been Impossible for a robber to make off with so lsrge s bundle in broad daylight Unless the porter should psy for ?he '.ost goods he would bare to go to prison, said the master. In despslr the porter took counsel of Mayor O-oka. ??You ere certainly to blame for hav? ing fallen asleep.** reproved the mayor, "but Jlxo Is equally to blame, for he Ii s god bound to protect every one Who trusts In htm. ssd In this Instance be has betrsyed you. I will have him arrested snd brought before me for trial." O-oka gave immediate orders to bis court officers to go and arrest the Jizo Of Yokogawa street and bring him be? fore the mayor's seat for trial. Three of the officers departed on their mis? sion. They tlrst b ?und the srms of the stone god with coils of rope; then they tried to lift hin from his firm pedestal Into a cart. A irrest crowd assembled before the Tlzo. attracted by the unusual behavior of the court officers. When they were told that Jizo had to go before the mayor for trial the citizens marveled. The tssk of unseating the god was too much for the three court officers. SJ?d they sought aid of those standing about They promised that in return for assistance they would admit nil volunteer workers Into the courtroom Co witness the extraordinary trial. Rvndreds were spurred by curiosity to lend s hand, and when the stone god went through the streets strapped to a csrt like ?n offender the crowd grew. It filled the grest hall of justice when Jlso wss placed before the pint form njK>n which sat the mnyor. O-oka sddre?srd the god In atern words. ?You sre s negligent fool. O Jizo!" be exclaimed In s voice loud enough f?r all to bear. "You are supposed to protect every ore who believes in yon snd wbo renders tribute, yet this trusting porter bsfS made a pr^ver to you. then fe)U asleep at your foot, and be was robbed while he slept You stand accused of bring nn accomplice la this robbery. Have you anything to say for yeSJffsaH before 1 pass sen tsncer Mayor O-oka waited for a few mo ments as if expecting the stony lips of Jlso to open In reply, but when no answer was made by the god he pass? ed sentence Immediately. ?*8lnce you do not defend yourself I consider that you are guilty." said bis bonor, "and I shall imprison you." At this remarkable spectacle of n mayor passing sentence upon a stone god there was a titter of laughter. O-oka thundered In a voice of brass. "Who are ail these people standing about here ?" ho laQlBTSd Of Bis court officers. "Ait tbsy eeeosapMees of jizo or only plain thieves? They think this court is a penny show, and they laugh St the court s orders. Shut all lbs sates at SB i The Scaled BtteaaaatS hastened to Shut the BatCS Si Ibt tOBWllUUSB Then Mayor Q abg adjudged every man In the great rd ta < oatsmpt of court snd tined sacb of ia> ? one taa fa ki? mono length) of cotton cloth, Tbs hun? dreds tliii nly found in contempt were bappj that ibsft paalshfnsBt bad been g| light gf least, and BjpjdST bOBsVi they bavrled is ibaff boasai to bring bsck the .loth line. BsfOtS BS div WSS done 7??0 plefrs of eutton cloth bsd l?een presented before the mayor's court, the name ..f ,?n, h culprit being set d<>wn u|n?n the SM tan of cotton Cloth v* hi- h he present) d TU'f i ii ou!d alloiv tlie 7<>0 to | B, bowever. n oka retired with the psf> fer who had bsss robbed Is IB Inner cbamher. gad as asked lbs portsff to look over the ?00 pflsces of rotten Cloth mid see If BS COflld identify any of them ns having bees SSJCS In the paek he had carrhd. Sin es ? v.rv BSBB ufaeturer gl cotton cloth In Tsdde nl WSys marked the selvage of each strl;? with a Hit Ml red trademark BtBflsp Ihc porter serr< hed tin* edges of the manj strips of . loth f-.r a stamp sttaltaf to that Im rne on lbs eloth of whirl be hsd bSS ) fi tbbed. lie found that two of lbs ptsess of plotb broogbl Is pay the BJSjy .r'?* BBC bofS IBS BtBfBp af bis plundered p.i k iBStSBtly Ma vor O-oka piv. SfdSfB f.-r the BPfSSl of tie two bjob was bad broBgbl Ibis cloth They eoafesssd Is lbs robbery, and all of t?ic cloth they bad taken from the sleeping porter's pa k wss restored 10 hfm lag is v* To nee M't SSJ .<! id. Is but lO ll! create oiw's own iblllt) H net he. Judg*' W. J. Itets. of Wcdg.fi. I * >* In tun Friday. FREAK SHADOWS. A Peculiar Phenomenon That Hat w Simple Explanation. In the crude oil producing regions in California there are scores of large ponds of this material. After being pumped to the surface the petroleum la emptied into depressions in the earth, where it remains for s time, i Later the crude oil is plsced In bar? rels, in large metal cans or else in big reservoirs. These oil ponds are known as "sump holes." There Is one peculiar thing alnnit these "sump holes," and that Is in the way of producing what are known as "freak shadow*." These are reni shadows, but notwithstanding this fact they are decidedly "freaky." If the sun Is brightly shining and a per? son stauds for a few moments on the margin of the "sump hole" so that his shadow falls on the surface of the petroleum and he then quickly changes his position the dim shadow remains just where it was originally cast. In other words, the "shadow does not follow the substance." This may seem like a paradox, but it la true. The instant a person shifts his position bis shadow Is again cast In a new place, yet the former shadow remains unchanged. The longer a person stands in one particular spot the longer will the former shadow be visible. Hundreds of experiments have been made along these lines, and every time the same results have been produced. The simple explanation for this phe? nomenon is that under the hot sun gas is being constantly generated down in the body of the petroleum, and it rises to the surface in the form of little minute bubbles. So very small are these bubbles that they are scarcely visible to the naked eye. Mil? lions of these wee bubbles are rising to the top all the time, when the bubbles break and the gas is liberated, passing into the air. Both the gas and bubbles are so very supersentitlve to the temperature that even one's shadow cast for a moment across them is affected. The temperature Is lowered. Whenever the aubstance quickly changes position the shadow remains until the rays again wann up that spot and the shadowy outline slowly fades away. Of course tbe "freak shadow" may be seen for only a very few seconds.?Selen title American. A FLAME OF PAIN. Tbe Shook That Comes With the Bite of the Electrio Ant. When you happen to sit down to rest or take notes near a colony of electric ants some wandering hunter is sure to find you and come cautious? ly forward to discover the nature of tbe intruder and what ought to be done. If you are not too near the ant town and keep petfectly still he may run across your feet a few times, over your legs and hands and face, up your trousers, as if taking your measure and getting comprehensive views, then go In peace without raising an alarm If, however, a tempting spot is offered or some suspicious movement excites him a bite follows. And such a bite: I fancv that a bear or a wolf bite Is not to be compared with It. A quick electrV flame of pain flashes along 1 the o at raged nerves, and you discover I for the first time how great is the ca pacity for sensation you are possessed of. A shriek, a grab for the animal and a bewildered stare follow this bite of bites as one comes back to con sciousness from sudden eclipse. This wonderful electric ant Is about three-fourths of an Inch long. Bears are fond of It and tear and gnaw Its home logs to pieces and roughly devour the eggs, larvae, parent ants and the rotten or sound wood of the cells, all in one spicy acid hash. The Digger Indians also are fond of the larvae and even of the perfect ants, so I have been told by old mountaineers. They Mte off and reject the head and eat the tlckly acid body with keen relish. Thus are the pojr biters bit ! ten, like every other biter, big or little. In the world's great family.?John Muir in Atlantic. Too Smart to Be a Lawyer. B. Davis Noxon was one of the ablest lawyers In central New York. A young man entered his office as a student nnd was given Blackstone to study, At the end of n month he asked Mr. Noxon whnt he should read next. "Do you understand Blackstone?" "Yes," was his answer. "Head Kent." was the or der In another month he announced that he had finished Kent and "What next?" "Have you read Blackstone and Kent?" "Yes." "Do yon understand them?" "Yes.' "Well." said Mr. Nox on. "you had better go at some other business; you are too smart to be a lawyer."?Boston Herald. The Rajahs of Bustar. The rajahs of Bustar are hybrid rnjputs, da.ining to i*e of the family of the moon, and have reigned In Bus tar for between Bra and si\ hundred yens.*, The family bears tbi name e itnthpot*y. and every year the raju has to sit on the rath at the festival ol the |HsBsa)arah wearing the Jewels of Ihn goddess Dnnteahwarre, ihe tutelar; god dees ol the state, which are brougl from Dantawara temple for the put pose "Save for the Jewels lie Is clad' onU In wrenthi of lowers," aaya a wrttci In ihe Wale World, "and when we haw him he looked very sol? mn ill most ashamed of himself ns he passed us. "In r?nne?.'tIon with this ceremony there h cd to he n brutal custom of dragging the rath, a huge sort of Jtlg gefnaut ear Weighing many t??n*. OVCl the bodies of ii\e buffaloes, often only partly killing them. ' This horrible practica was stopped by Brltlah officials." Mr Laval Jackson, of C'laremont, in ton n Friday, THE HENPECKED CLUB. ' Queer Methods of a Queer Society In Lancashire, England. Of all the queer chit's that exist tr the world you will find seme of the queerest in Lancashire. Fngland. One of those is called the Henpecked club As the title indicates. Its members arc all males, and you can come across a club In almost every Lancashire town of any size. The meetings are held, us a rule. In some bar parlor, and the discussion? tre about members and often non members who have the reputation ol being henpecked. When evidence bar been brought to show that a particulai man has allowed himself to come un I der his wife's thumb they tax him wltb I it in the place of meeting. The prost j dent delivers a lecture on (he danger ' of a husband permitting his wife to usurp his por'tion as master, and when the others have Indorsed his remarks the person to whom the speeches are addreeeed is warned that if he con : tluues to stand the henpecking he will be made the subject of a demonstra? tion. The announcement that' a "henpeck? ed" club demonstration Is to take place is received in the district with mixed feelings. The men applaud It, and the ' local police, recalling similar displays ' that led to trouble, become a little 1 anxious. On the evening appointed ? the members of the club meet at a I public house, where they arm them? selves with all kinds of household ; utensils; then, led by concertina play? ers or a tin whistle band, they start out and march along the crowded ! streets of the district. One man carries n broom, another a swab, a third a shovel or a coal scuttle or a fender or a poker. Fire tongs, blacklead brushes, washtubs, buckets?everything used In the home, in fact?Is carried shoulder high. As they march along to the music in front j and the discordant clanging of their baggage they sing snatches of songs In whl<?h the name of the victim oc? curs often. The mission of the verses, which have been specially composed for the ' occasion by a local poet, is to hold up J the henpecked one to ridicule, the rea? son for the demonstrators hearing the household goods being, of course, to remind him that, having fallen under petticoat government, he will quickly become the slavey. Wrhen they reach the cottage where their victim resides they form a circle in front of the door and sing and clang their fenders and coal scuttles more loudly than ever. The man inside is invoked by tbe president during a halt in the pro? gram to "he a man" and Join his brethren. Sometimes if he looks upon the affair as more of a Joke than any- i thing else he does their bidding, and 1 they reform and march to headquar? ters with him at their head. Usually, I however, his wife appears instead with a bucket of soapy water, which she promptly throws over the demon strntors, or she quickly causes a clear? ance with a hose pipe. To the onlooker It Is Just an exhibi? tion for laughter and nothing more, | but behind the scones there is general? ly a lot of trouble and heartaehlng. A good number of these "henpecked" demon drat Ions have sequels in police courts. Sometimes It Is an enraged victim being charged with assaulting a demonstrator, but more often than not the sequel shows a wife appealing to the magistrate for a separation or der.?London Tit-Bits. FAMOUS NOVELISTS. Wbat Some of Them Did Before They Took to Writing. j Among those novelists who studied law we have Fielding. Scott, Charles j Iteade, Wllkie Collins, Blackmore, Washington Irving. George Meredith. Robert Grant. Henry James, Anthony Hope, Kldcr Haggurd and Owen Win? ter. Journal lam, which Mr. Kipling once defined -<s the one legitimate branch of the profession, is represent? ed by Dickens. David Christie Mur? ray. William Black. J. M. Barrls, Mar? lon Crawford, George \V. Cable. Stephen Crane. George Barr Mc? Cntcheon, Prank Norrla, Richard ' I la riling Davis and David Graham Phillips, The navy and men haut ma rlne have given us Bmollet, Captain Marryat, I'eulmore Cooper, Clark Bus sell, Joseph Conrad and Morgan Rob? ertson. Artists and architects Include Thackeray. Du Maurier, Hopklneon Smith, Robert Chambers, Thomas Har- | dy and William J. Locke. Medicine and theology are not so well repre sen ted. Under the former head we re? call for the moment only Smollett (naval BUTgeon), Holmes. S. Weir Mitchell and Sir Arthur Ocnan Doyle, under the latter. Sterne. Charles Klngsley, Henry van Dyke. LMward Kverett Hale, Ian Madnron. Ralph Connor und Thomas DIxon. College prcfeanora who have either given up their chairs to become novelists or j have found time for occasional novels In the mldat of their other duties un? sir Walter Besant, Robert Herrlckand Brander Matthews. Bookman. Keepinri the Actors Clean. Some years ago, when playing In Leeds, i started a swimming compe? tition am >ng the members of my com? pany and to encourage them offered as a prize a silver loving cup (won, by the way, by the late Edward Lon nen). The event apparently created some Intere t In Ihe town, and a friend heard two men Pti| ago in a discussion as follows: Kir t Man 1 say, durst to know this 'ere Terry's given n coop to l">>;' swim iner i' < <" ipanj V Second Man Aye. What's that for? T\tt t Man (Hi, l suppose It's to keep them play a< tors clean. Edward Terry !n Bra Annual. Mr, i'. ii. Williams, of Stnteburg, was in ihe i it v Frida). TORTURE BY WATER. The Third Degres In Sorcery Case* In Louie XtWs Time. One of the methods adopted by Louis XIV. to purge his kingdom of ?orrery was the "question ordinary." This, according to <J. Duval in "Shad ows of Old Paris." consisted In having ten pints of water |>oured into th<? body. "The executioner placed the prisoner In a reenmbent position, firmly tied upon a table. A block was slipped tin der the loins, so that the chest and stomach were thrown outward and upward, while the contents of a meas I lire of two pints were forced by means of a hose down the victim's mouth. If he resisted his nose was held until he opened his teeth to breathe. After every two pint measure he was given a few seconds' rest and the opportuni? ty to confess. If he continued his de? nial the question was reanplled rmtll the whole ten pintn had been con? sumed "In the ?question extraordinary' the quantity administered was augmented to twenty pints. The swelling caused by this unnatural amount of liquid in j the body produced the most acute a go Knew the Risks. Chloe. a huge black cook of middle age, came to her mistress one day with the announcement that she was about to be married. ' Regretting the loss of an excellent cook and having real in? terest in Ohloe's welfare, her mistress said: "I hope. Chloe. you appreciate the fact that marriage is a serious thing and you hare considered carefully in regard to tht- step you are sbont to take. Marriage brings preat responsi? bility." " 'Deed it does, ma'am!" said Chloe, with emphasis. "1 reckon I knows, fo' I's been mah'ied fo' times. 1 knows Just what reesks yo' takes when yo' done git mah'ied. My last divo'ce cost me twenty-five dollahs. but I mnde him I pay half of it. Yo' nevah know what I yo' is glttin* Into when yo' gits mah'? ied."? Washington Star. Ruins of Yucatan. The explorations of Arthur Dlosy la Yucatan brought to light many new facts about the stupendous ruina which stretch through the country in a chain 300 miles long The most amazing thing about these rutus. ac? cording to Mr. Diosy. is that the peo? ple who possessed such hl,rh archi? tectural skill and the knowledge ot rich and graceful decorative arts, be? longed to the stone age and had no knowledge of metals. These wt rs 'In stone were carved with flint lm, e ments and a civilization which has been compared to that of Egypt grew up without even the use of bronze and iron. ??' ???? Her C ridge Prize. A decided coldness between two wo men who had iieen friends for many years is the result of a mistake made by the maid of one of them who had had a four table bridge party oue afterndon recently. In keeping with the custom, she had provided a prize for each table, to be brought to the card room just l>efore tea was served arid placed on the tables which bore the corresponding numbers. It was a "lovely party"' in every respect, with never a hitch until the woman at No 3 opened the parcel whi< b was sup? posed to contain her trophy of victory over her three competitors, but which really contained a piece of perfumed soap. Unfortunately, the hostess was not in the group when the package was opened, and much had been said before she dis(\.v?red that the wroug bundle had been brought downstairs.? New York Tribune. The Battle of a Week. The battle of a week was the great conflict at Tours in which Charles Martel overthrew the Saracens. A. D. 7o2. The members of the Saracen trmy are variously estimated at from 400.000 to 700.000. and the historians say that 370.000 were killed on the Bold. It is suspected that these fig? ures are a gross exaggeration, but it la certain thai few battles of history Save been either so bloody or so de? cisive. In the Mining Business. "I think you said. RastUS, that you had a brother in the mining business In the west?" "Yeli. boss, thr.r's right." "What kind of mining?gold mining, silver mining, copper mining?" "No, sali, none o' those; cakimiu ing."- Everybody's. The Angel. Wifle?I am trimming up last year's hat to save the cost of a new ouel Hubby?How good of you! You're a perfect little angel! Wide?Am I? Then give me $10 to buy wings. His Impression. Mrs. Knicker Now, will you remem ber everything, John? Knicker?Yep. I'm to turn the flowers out at night and sprinkle the cat.-Harper's Bu< tar. He Was Considerate. She?1 should like flint lovely pearl necklace. Look what beauties they arc. II" It's better no! to have such large pearls, my dear. People always think they ate false Journal Amu- ant. M ST iage. "Marriage," mU\ .? ?? serious man, "is an education In itself." "Yes," rotnna ill cd old (Irouch, "it teaches you whal no! I?? do after you h.n e done It." Bo iton Transcript Love of our nelghlxir Is the only door "Hi of lue dungeon of self. Mac Donald. Miss Itoykln Is visiting the fnmtl) of Mr U. i. Manning, A BLOOD TAX Payment by a French Town to Spain For an Ancient Crime. Seven hundred yearn ago some shep? herds of the valley of Roncal, in Na? varre, were murdered by shepherds of the valley of Rareton. in Ream, the crime taking place on the high pasture lauds of Arias, in the Pyrenees. It would have been difficult to bring t - murderers individually to justice, i id the Spaniards were preparing to d war upon the valley from which the French murderers had come when the French villages proponed that peace be maintained at the price of a yearly tax or tribute, to endure for all time, and this proposition was accepted. The payment of this bh>od tax?origi? nally three white mares, but later three cow* of a particular breed and color has been made ever since, the custom (it is nothing more) having survived even the great wars in which both Francs and Spain have engaged and the storm of the French revolution. Yearly the representative men of the two valleys meet on the frontier at a certain stone remote from any town and go through the ceremony of pre? senting and receiving the cattle. The order of procedure, which is elaborate and Impressive, Is fixed by a document bearing the date 1375. though the tax was paid a hundred years prior to that time. The records of each yearly meet? ing and payment are duly attested and deposited In the archives of the Ron i calals.?New York Tribune. The Sanity oi Paris. The French live within their means and by a sense of economy wholly un? known to us manage to save and re? tire to enjoy whatever fortune has stored up for them, says F. Berkeley Smith in Success Magazine. To them j France is sufficient. They voyage i rarely and gamble less. The spend? thrift or the man who plunges on the bourse, the races and the gaming ta ! ble is regarded by the masses in the I light of a rogue and a fool. The Fa | risians work hard enough for their leisure, but they never eliminate It nor a low their work to encroach upon their traditional daily vacation, as lunchton, the aperitif hour, dinner and j fete days. They work, not to amass I millions and die in harness, but to j save enough to give their daughter her ! dot. without which she may never marry; start their sou In bis chosen trade and have enough income left to retire before they are too old to enjoy their freedom. Old and Modern Customs. Palm Sunday in certain places is called "Fig Sunday" from the custom of eating figs on this day. as snap? dragons on Christmas eve, plum pud? ding on Christmas di.y. oranges and barley sugar on Bt. Valentine's eve. pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, salt cod? fish on Ash Wednesday, frumenty on "Mothering Sunday" (mid-Lent), cross buns on Good Friday, gooseberry tart on Whltsunuay, goose on Michaelmas day. nuts on Allhallows. and so on.? New York American. The Jekyll and Hyde Idea. "1 was in Bt*renson*a company." says Chane Brookfield iu "Random Remi? niscences,' "at the moment that he conceived the germ (if the idea of 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. TCyde.' ne was In? veighing against a man with whom he had done business and with whom he was dissatKled. The man's name was Samuel Croggan, or something like it Tie's a man who trades on the Sam uel,' Stevenson declared. Tie receives you with Samuel's smile on hi3 face, with the gesture of Samuel he Invites you into a chair, with Samuel's eyet 1 cast down in self depreciation he tells you how well satisfied his clients have always been with his dealings, but every now und again you catch a glimpse of the Creggan peeping out like a white ferret. Creggan's the real man; Samuel's only superficial.' " Chippendale's Own. "Is it genuine Chippendale?" "Absolutely, sir." "But this looks like a crack right across"? "Done by Chippendale himself, sir, In a fit of rage when he heard the union had called the men out." ? London Punch. The Other Was Important. "Two great desires of my life have been gratified. One was to go up in an airship." "And tbe other?" "To get safely back to earth."?Ex? change. Surveying Land. The art of land surveying owes tut origin to the fact that the Egypt**** were unable to keep permanent monu? ments on laud which was overflowed every year by the Nile. 1 nder sucb circumstances it became necessary to have souie means of reldentlfying the various pieces of land. The instru? ment and mathematical methods of astronomy, with suitable modiflcatlooa, were used by the Egyptians for land surveying. The Art of Cmbahaing. The modern embalmere bare no* re covered the sc ret of the art as prac? ticed by the old Egyptians ami prob ably never will. Some of the bodies known to nn as "mummies' buried 3,000 or 4,000 years :?;:<? are ?tili In a state of perfect preservation. Rack of the ancient art lav a religious creed The an lent Egyptian believed that after many thousands <?f years the soul cai d back to find its body and that if i' was not found the soul wan derctl forever in misery and wrc! Ii I ness; hence it was abs< lutely neces? sary to preserve the body, and I finally, the embalmer's art.- .New York America u Mr. John Boy kin, of Dalsell, spent Saturday In town. PRESS AGENTS DOPE (iOI'.s Failure Mark?, Effort to Convict Man BgTT for Advertising "World's Greatest Aviat?rs.H Savannah, Ga., April 24.?Failure marked the effort of postoffscs in? spectors to bring j. s. Berger bsfors I the Unit d States court on the charge I of using the mails to d< fraud. for advertising the aviators under his management as the "world's greatest , aviators' when United States Com I misloner Hewlett dismissed the last of three eases against Berger, late today, A feature of the last hearing was the Statement by Postoffice In sp> etor Britten that a letter and some newspapers had been taken from the mails to aid the government in its case, which included charges against David J. Lawrence and Louis Berger, who also were freed. South Carolina Cattle. The cattle market in South Carolina has been recognized by the larger cat? tle markets of the world, which is illustrated by the following story ap? pearing in the Breeder's Gazette, the most authoritaative publication of its nature in the United States: "Much has been said and written of the possibilities of beef-making in the middle South, but prophecy of in? creased production in that region has shown little indication of making good. The cotton region has been a buyer of northern dressed beef in a moderate way and of Chicago-made hog product in enormous quantities. Possibbly the tide has turned, as straws going in that direction are to be found floating on the surface of the trade stream. "Two weeks ago a buyer for on? of the Chicago beef concerns, which also operates a large slaughter plant in New York known as the 'S. S.' was missed from his accustomed beat on the market and simultaneously that concern curtailed its purchasing of cheap light cattle. The market is so* sensitive under present conditions that the elimination of even one buy? ing Interest Is promptly felt, ad bovine rubbish was a dull 1 roposit ion while this bouse was out. When the buyer referred to returned the fact baked out that he had been down in South Carolina picking up SSVetal thousand little southern cat? tle that had been fed on meal and hulls during the winter. They aver? aged 1,075 pounds and were shipped to New York for slaughter. The man , who s oured them aserted that the feeders were northern men In every instance, and that in four counties in South Carolina about 8,000 of these little southern steers had been fat? ten* d during the winter, the bulk of them being bought to go to New Y'ork, Philadelphia and Baltimore. \ Every steer raised in that quarter made competition for the corn belt feeder, as eastern buying at Chicago was curtailed to that extent. ? J. D. Huffman, a Chicago cattle buyer, r cently mad.' s trip through , the east, visiting the Virginias the ' Carolinas, Tennessee and Florida, and his prediction is that the whole region will be in the beef-making busin< ss hereafter. Northern farm? ers are migrating south. The old fashioned southern method of fer? tilizing with cottonseed meal is re? pugnant to the northerner, as its sa? vors of waste, and he gets double act? ion by passing it through the steer. 'The result has been a rapid ap? preciation In values, and the stuff that "comes out of the bush" has been f d instead of rustling. Oxen have been relieved of wearing the yoke and have been used for Iveling purpos s. and mules substituted. It Is a development most conspicuous in the Carolinas and Virginia, buU it is to be detected everywhere. Tho southeast enjoys the advantage of be? ing comparatively close to eastern markets, and it has a climate that renders the growing of stock cattle easy were it not for the handicap of the tick. With northern energy be? hind it. the beef-producing industry of the south promises to become i s rious competitor of the corn belt feed lot." There were over l.r>.000 cattle fsd in South Carolina last year for the market. This was the result of a campaign commenced two years ago by th state department of sajHcusjj ture. Th.- Breeders' Gazette, commenting editorially on meat production in the South, says that the South has not : been a country of stockmen and that j it is only just beginning to rah* m i -pr ?duclng animals. ' That Annapolis snobbery case seems to be one ol the not-gullty-but-dout let-tt-happ'n-.tgain-Uind. Indian "Oiupelle* W shing ?11\. n or rciurneu. i Is io\ a, An.i its familiar vol< ever. .nies n. Shelley.