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Why Vivien Was Jealous By Peggy Power* Vivien, at all events it can't be true that you've accepted Wtnaton Lewis" Invitation to the dance?" "How dramatic! la there any state law about who my escort sbould be?" No. but If you wear Richard's rra ternlty pin snd ring, it seems tbst It's an unwritten cod4 that he should be your partner.** "Even wben he's the sort who meets another woman every afternoon in the it secretive clandestine manner?' You must bave a vivid imagine returned Richard's cousin Alice. "Richard Is not a fickle fellow, but ab? solutely reliable and trustworthy. He hasn't syee for any other girl but you." "LltUe Buddy Beaselr eaw him go down the river." declared Vivien, "lump ashore, whistle some tune until a woman appeared, address her as 'Pearl.' preeent her with a roll of hills and call as he jumped into his eanoe. See you tomorrow.'" "Don't be too previous in Jumping st conclusions," advised Alice. "There may be some extenuating clrcum etaacee." Richard appeared Just as Alice was leaving. "Hello, dearest,'* be said, grasping Vivien's bard. "Don't touch me!" she exclaimed. "Pod/ou thing 1 oars to share your l Take s ?csp it this Lsvsndsr Stone. with some red-headed person whom you meet every afternoon?" "What are you talking about? I've . always hsd an antipathy tor that shade Of hair "Indeed!" answered Vivien, satiric? ally How you must hats Pearl, whom you spend all your afternoons ra ber society. Never will I marry any man whom I can't implicitly trust "Honor brlgbt! Vivien, ths rsason I went down the river was to bunt stems." "Then why were you as close as s clam about It?" "Becsuse an old woman mr.de me owes r to secrecy if sbe informed me of the piece where the pesrls were snoot abundant. In return for ths se eret I disposed of ber pearls for her "Forgive me for doubting your con ' stancy." said Vivien, as she extended her band. "Take a peep at this lavender stone," continued Richard, ss be open? ed his wallet "It is a superb sped- | soon snd Its vslus will help to furnish | our little borne. Ht e s another pearl that la nearly perfect." he whispered, "snd Its price will purchase a dip ssond ring for the only girl 1 love." "No," answered Vivien emphatically. "I'd prefer the pearl; its luster and purity will remind me of your honesty tsad faithfulness snd how foolish I was to be so suspicious and Jealous " Delightful Traveling, But ? Henry (Mews, at a dinnsr In New- \ said of American traveling: "It Is delightful to travel In A mer? lon, but I think tbnt American por? ters handle our l agrage a little too roughly "Ones, st s certain station. I was amazed and pleased to hear a uni? formed official shout to a burly por "'HI. whst are you knocklr.' them trunks about like that fgfff "The porter hsd gejesj lifting great trunks sbove his head snd hurling them down onto the floor furiously; hut now hs stood stock still n aston? ishment Wh it s tbnt. boas?" he said. ?"What d< vou mean by knockln' trunks about like that** repeated the otnr'sl 'Look at the floor, man Look at the den?* you're maktn' In the con erete Don't jrou know yoi'll t^se your Job If >ou damage the company's property t" Wants S Brother Keeper Hob Hurton found a piece of paper tied with blue ribbon In the pellcaq cage In Central Park In New York the ot^er day On the paper wss written in s childish hand this appeal "Dear. dear. Mr Stork Please erlni; us a baby boy and don't forget 1 am going to put some sugar on my window so that you will know where to come " The note was signed "Helen Prnn kel. 1& Ka?t 104th street " Little Miss Frankel has two sisters, but no brother alive Her brother dtod three years sgo She Is 8 yeera old Sbe wsnts a brother to protect her when other children slap her. she said to s glsltor st her borne Her Restful Summer "This going away for ihe summer, announced Whatcher at the beginnin; of the season, "is merely a fad Why go away to some swampy lake and contract typhoid from the water sup nly and quarrel with all the other worn en there and have nerves over John? nie's tendency to explore the bottom of the lake and Mamie's admiration for the ribbon clerk on bis two weeks" vacation when you have a perfectly good spot to rest In right here? The street is wide and shady ; the yard is large, the house is* roomy and the porch Is screened in. The motor car out in the garage probably won't blow up yet for awhile, and there are oodle?, of hot water. Why not be orig inal and stay where you can enjoy life? Then when fall comes you will bo rested and In fine condition for tbe rush et* winter!" So the Wbatchers stayed at home It waa early in June that the What j chers' cousins from Six Corners, la.. | wrote that tbey would bo in Chicago In a day or two and hat tbey would 1 dearly love to see their relatives if | the latter wore in town. There was , nothing for Whatchers to do but con less by letter* that tbey were indeed | in town, i ^Phen the cousins came they"' brought the baby and little Susan and , Amanda, and a rabid desire to see as j much of the city as they t?uld by ( working U hours a day. Tbey said | it was splendid that Cousin Whatcher owned such a nice touring car, be- j cause It was so easy to get about in , It. 80 they burned up as many gallons of gasoline in a day as the Whatchers had used in two weeks. | After they got the hang of things. > the cousins used to let Mrs. What- ) eher stay at home and take care of the ( three children while they roamed the | city. All day long while Mrs, Whab ? eher fat smothered In sticky children she thought of the cool lake breezes , playing on the cousins1 brows and how she had planned a daily drive through the parks and how she wasn't get- , ting it, when the ccuslns arrived home in time for dinner they would ask moth? er's darlings L' thoy had been happy. Then as they dressed hastily for the theater they would give Mrs. What? cher directions on how to put the three angels to bed. Sometimes they let Mrs. Whatch go along If they wanted to be shown something, but she had to hold the two children to pay for her treat. When the cousins left Mrs. Whatcher burst into relieved tears and Whatcher, who was privileged to gaze upon his motor car for the first time In two weeks, swore in sympathy. When Aunt Martha wrote that she had heard they were in town and would seize the opportunity to pay them a visit and do her autumn shop? ping at the July bargain sales the Whatchers ran around In circles, but Aunt Martha arrived before they had found cover. I Aunt Martha was a vigorous per? son, who did not mind that the hottest wave of the season made its appear ance in her train. Hot weather al? ways reduced Mrs. Whatcher to a pulp, I but Aunt Martha, who was going to | leave them some money some day if she ever died, Insisted on having her ! dear niece' > valuable judgment on her purchases. From eight o'clock in the morning until five o'clock at night she dragged her dear niece through fur? nacelike basements, pouncing upon eight-cent gingham marked down from fifteen cents and cake tins that were ten cents less than they were at home, j When the supply of basements ran out Aunt Martha took to stuffy cor? ners, where she unearthed year-befoie I last's silks, in price reduced one-hail I After she had accumulated two truuk fuls of this sort of plunder, she trip j ped on a cobblestone and sprained her ankle Then Mrs. Whatcher wait Od on Aunt Martha for two weeks, be I cause Aunt Martha had a prejudice I against trained nurses. After this vis? itor's departure Whatcher was able to cairn an occasional glimpse of the wile of his bosom, but he asked at first who the strange lady was, for ?he was such a wreck that he didn't know her. Just as Mrs Whatcher was begin? ning to get rested Whatcher s sis', r and her family dropped off the tram to visit the dear relatives and inci dentally to shop. As Whatcher and his sister always <ot along together Just as beautifully as do gunpowder and blazing matches, the visit reduced the Whatchers to still deeper misery. Then the people next door got a phonograph and the young man across the street took to playing the cornet In the midst of these atllictlons two more cousins from Iowa came, bo cause, as they sUd, "he other Iowa couxlns had had such a perfectly grand time that they didn't want to miss the chance, since the Whatchers were in town !<>r the summer. They said they thought the Whatchers were very wise not to attempt to go away, since Mrs. V/hatcher looked so sickly. The place for her, they said, was at home, where, she could have absolute quiet and r*st and do exactly as she pleased The cook left In the middle of this visit i?nd the second girl gave notice, so Mr 4 Whatcher celebrated the de parturo of th? cousins by going to a sanitarium for a month. l?tck retuan^d to Columbia Monday What She Thought Aller the young woman in p.tu: nan lured the young man into a secluded seat under the palm? on the p ea that, she was too tired to dance she talked herself hoarse without being able to start a flow ot convei sation on bis part. Then he coughed. "There ?-er ? was something I wanted to say," he began, hesitating iy. The young woman in pink leaned over and adjusted her slipper rosette to conceal her gratified surprise. "What was it?" she murmured as she sat up and regarded him confidingly "Somehow," he said, *T feel that you always understand me?you have a sympathetic nature." "I am glad if you think so, Mr. Fril? ler," the girl in pink said softly. "Oh, I do!" declared the young man. earnestly. "It makes It eaaier?" "I hope. Mr. Friller?Henry," the girt in pink said, looking at him with great seriousness, "that you feel it easy to say anything to me. Why, we've been friends so long! It was four years ago last January that we were introduced!" "Was it?" asked the young man, startled. "Do you think I could ever forget," the girl in pink asked him. tenderly. "Ob. no, indeed," "Jt's been a long time," agreed the Voting mafi. "By the way," he said suddenly, "you know Antoinette Graves, don't you?" The girl In pink wrinkled her brow a bit. "I haven't seen much of ber of late because, really, she's not in our crowd at all!" "Oh, is tbnt so?' asked the young nian in some surprise. "No," the girl in pink told him. "Poor Antoinette simply dropped out "You Know Antoinette Graves, Don't You?" of things?she is so very odd. you know. I feel sorry for a girl who fails to be popular! Of course. I can't even faintly imagine how it seems, but 1 should think it would be awful!" "As bad as that?" asked the young I man. "Goodness, yes," said the girl in pink. "You never see Antoinette anywhere. She hasn't been to a dance tor a year or so. And she wears such | funny clothes! Of course you can't really blame a girl if she has no in? stinct for style and doesn't care to keep up with tLlrgs! Why. last win? ter when every one was pawning her rings to buy enough hair to keep up with the styles I saw Antoinette going around with just her own hair on?" 'She hns a lot of it." said the young man. "Put fancy*" cried the girl in pink. "No matter how much hair you have you can't do it up in style If one end of It is fastened to your head! She just didn't care! And she's never had n hobble skirt to ber name. She s gone right on wearing her last year's tailor suit as though she felt perfectly up to date In It. Don't you like to see a girl progressive?" "Er?yes." said the young man. "Put?" "1 really don't like to say anything that sounds like running another per? son down." went on the girl In pink, in a pained voice. "That isn't my na ture. as you know, Mr. Friller?Hemy Put Antoinette always struck me as being terribly empty headed! 1 never could get her to settle down to a seri? ous talk?she wotfld act restless or laugh or move away. "I think a really sweet natured girl would take some interest In her friends' affairs, dont you? "Poor Antoinette! I wonder What lift can hold (oi unfortunate girls uk<> ber! They have nothing to look for? ward to! Put I try not to dwell on such things. There is no use in har? rowing one's self over the misfortunes of others. However. I feel thlngH so deeply. I really sufTer, Mr. Friller? Henry, if I think every one Isn't as happy and contented as myself, I ? "Put you said you had something to ask me?" "I asked it," confessed the young man. looking red and uncomfortable. "1 asked what you thought of Antoin? ette. You see, 1 wanted to tell you that she and 1 are engaged!" afternoon so as to be present when TRICKS OF DEBATERS 8UBTERFUGES TO WHICH OVER EAGER CONTENDERS RESORT. - Deliberate Misquoting of Authorities Sometimes Resorted To?Penalty for Dishonesty in College De? bates Is Severe. Debating has shortcomings, even dangers. It is easy, for example, to manufacture evidence with little like? lihood of detection. However, the penalty of such dishonesty when dis? covered is most severe, a writer in the Century states. In a debate in 1^07 one of the speakers deliberately misquoted an authority. An unusually shrewd opponent walked over to the desk of his rival, picked up the book and read the statement exactly as it nad been quoted. Then he continued: "Honorable judges, the gentlemen read the sentence as if it were punc? tuated with a period at this point. As a matter of fact the punctuation is a comma." He then read the final clause, showing the real intent of the authority, which was exactly opposite to the interpretation given by his op? ponent. The result was disaster for the dishonest debater. There are still more subtle forms of dishonesty. Dozens of requests pour in from colleges and high schools upon every prominent debating team, offering to buy, rent or borrow mate? rial. A typical letter read: "Dear Sir: We understand that your university debated the question of commission government last spring. We* B"a11 be glad to procure a set of the speeches made and will pay any reasonable price." Unless such dishonesty can be pre- ' vented it will soon bring deserved condemnation to an honorable sport. Reputable institutions are refusing i either to sell or buy material. , A third form of dishonesty some? times arises. Coaches too frequently We far more responsible for the argu* j ment presented than are the debaters themselves. One debating coach has made a special (Study of trade unions Tor teh years. He began in his school 1 debates, followed it out In his college ' contests, and finally, taking charge of I a college team, gave them three care? fully prepared speeches to memorize. ( Thus his students received none of the value which comes of working up a ease. They were parrots, nothing more. For this evil there are two | possible remedies. Many colleges, among them Stanford, the University of California and Swarthmore. right? ly throw the burden of preparation en- I tirely upon the debaters, doing away with all coaching and trusting to the honor of their opponents to do like? wise. Still better is reducing the time of preparation from three months to six weeks. Stanford and California pursue this method in their annual Carnot medal debates, which are models of the best debating in the country. The actual debating deterior? ates under shorter preparation, but the exercise becomes far less academ? ic and more nearly like the occasions of every day life. Teh debates under this ?ygtem are contests not of volum Inoua research but of individual con? structive thinking. Above' all, this plan places the men upon their own responsibility, and as far as possible eliminates opportunities for dishon? esty. Leisurely Moese Hunting. The most leisurely method of moose I hunting chronicled during the present season is that pursued by a Mars Hill veteran hunter and woodsman, Humph- I rey Bridges. Several hours' walk from camp j brought him in sight of a hill on which he saw what looked like a pronged stump. He stood five minutes specu? lating, then crept nearer and looked 1 again. The object did not move. Creep? ing six or seven rods, he saw the sup? posed stump moving slightly and then a large tongue flopping alongside the 1 dark place revealed the identity of a moose. He aimed for the neck of the animal and fired. The moose rose to his feet and ran. When Prldges reached the. spot where the animal had lain he found blood. He sat down, filled his pipe and reasoned that the moose could not last over an hour. He there? fore walked slowly on, keeping close to the trail, and found the moose lying down in a lumber road a mile and a half away from the place where ho was shot. The r.:oose reared on hll front legs, but could not pull his hind legs under him, and half stood with head lowered for battle until an? other bullet ended the struggle.?Ken nc-bec Journal. Chance for Profit. Considering the accommodations the young doctor thought the rental asked lor the oflke exorbitant. He enumerated the drawbacks: no sun thine, limited space, stuffy elevator, threadbare and insufficient furniture. Ihr agent listened in tolerant silence, then he turned and looked out of the window at the frenzied crowds dodg? ing to protect life and limb from the onslaughts of trucks and four differ? ent car lines that crossed at that cor? ner. "Yes, sir." he said. "I admit all that, but just look at the opportunity for accidents." Problem In Natural History. "Evolution tells us," said the scien? tist, "that the ear is modified breath? ing apparatus of the fish." "Don't believe it," replied the super? ficial person. "It's utterly imprac? tical. How could the fish manage to snore without waking himself up?" the Monday evening session of the MADE BRUIN PEEVISH - AMUSING INCIDENT IN MOUN- I TAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. Bear Has encounter With Swinging Beetle Wh'ch He Uses as Punch? ing Bao and Comes Off Sec? ond Best. A Pennsylvanian once witnessed a curious incident in the mountains of his state, wherein a black bear was the principal figure. It appears ihat the winter before the wood cuiters of the mountains had broken the handle of one of their tools, a beetle. A rope was tied about the beetle head and it had been left hanging to the low limb of a tree. The man who witnessed the spectacle hap- i pened to be in the vicinity one sum? mer day, and, remembering the beetle, Btarted after it to carry it home. As he came near the place he saw a black bear slowly circling around the hanging beetle at a distance of a few feet. He was too much occupied to QOticn the man, who stopped to see what bruin was about. The bear acted as if he thought the \ beetle were some kind of trap. He I would approach within a few feet and sniff. Then he would back off a little way, squat on his haunches and , give a low snort, eyeing the tool all I the time. While was thus engaged a sudden breeze sprung up and set the beetle swinging lightly. The animal snorted ' again and backed off a step or two. Boon another gust struck the beetle and swayed it still more. The bear re? sponded by a louder snort?a sort of challenge. As soon as the beetle stopped swing- I lng bruin got up and circ. d about it several times. At length he wont near ?then nearer. He reached out his paw a.nd touched the thing gently. As It swung toward siS be hit it, ?uu| tima rather forcibly. The beetle bead a round one of \ hickory, with heavy iron rings at each \ end. As it rebounded from the second 1 blow of the creature's paw it hit him j fairly on the nose. Angry at this, he , rushed at the beetle again and gave it a sounding blow. As it came toward him he dodged a little, Just enough to save his nose and receive the blow in his left eye! He hit it again, and I his nose got another blow. That tart j so much that he growled angrily ac?\. rooted viciously in the leaves. Bruin was furious by this time and went at that beetle as if he meant to annihilate it. He gave it a tremendous blow with his right paw, and the tool Bwung clear over the limb, came down on the other side, and struck him on top of the head. He uttered a roar that made the woods ring. Finally he caught the beetle in his paws, pulled upon it until he broke the rope, and then went to cuffing and biting the tool. When he found that it did not fight back any more bruin let it roll to the ground. Then he shook himself and walked off into the woods. Further Study of Mars. Photographing through colored Bcreeus is the new method of studying Mars that has been undertaken by Tik hoff at the Pulkova observatory. Four different screens were used?transmit? ting respectively red, red and orange, orange and yellow, and green?and in the 30-inch equatorial telescope they produced good photographs of very small size. The red and the green fil? ters gave strikingly different results. On the plates that were exposed under the red, the continents are much brighter than the south polar cap, while the seas are very dark and the canals are best seen. The pictures that were taken under the green show the south polar cap as the brightest object, and the seas are grayish. A study of the polar cap has made it ap? pear greenish instead of white. The interesting conclusion has been reached that at the time the photo? graphs were made the cap was ice in? stead of snow, and this view has been confirmed by experiments on the ab? sorption spectrum of ice and in photo? graphing sand, snow and ice. Bowing in 1780. If you bow to anyone passing by, do it in this manner: Raise the right hand to your hat gracefully. Put your forefinger as far as the crown, and your thumb under the crim, and then raise it from your head gracefully and easily. Look at the person you bow to, and hold your body gently forward. Hold your left arm straight down at your side, neither drawing it for? ward nor backward. Mo\e the right leg. if tho person goes by on the right side, and keep the other firm. If the person goes by on the left side, move the left leg, and keep the right firm. Let your body be bowed moder? ately, not too much.?November At? lantic. Nature's Washrooms. On a tiny, rocky isle in Clear Lake. California, there is a perpetual soda fountain, from which gushes better SOda Hater than the chemists can pro? duce, furthermore, here are natural wash tubs and washing machines and. in some places, even ready-made soap. In the Yellowstone National Park the family wash may be put into a stout bag that may be hung in one of the boiling springs and left there while tho owner goes about his bustneei When taken out the clothes are *o clean and white that DC rinsing io norof.HHrv legislature was called to order. ELECTIONS HELD WEDNESDAY* Several oilic'uU BeeetCtad, Including hionrancc n?nillieMSOSMT aiul Libra? rian?i.i.((ion of College Ivweeeee, Columbia, Jan. 18.?The joint as? sembly met at noon for the purpose of holding elections. President C. A. Smith presiding. The election of State librarian was taken up. Mr. Vander Horst nomi- 1 nated Miss L. EL La Borde, the in? cumbent. Senator Crosson nominated Mrs. Ida M. Carson of Livingston. By a vote of 126 to 23, Miss LaBorde was elected to another term of two years as State librarian. , The election of insurance commis? si'.ner then occupied the joint assem? bly. FitzHugh McMaster, who heaa held the office since the creation of the insurance department, was nomi? nated by Senator Weston. There was no other nomination. Mr. McMaster was unanimously elected for another term of two years. The total vote was 143. The election of the three trustees of Winthrop college was next taken up. Senator Stewart nominated W. J. lloddy of Rock Hill. Mr. McDow - nominated T. A. Crawford of Rock ' Hill. Mr. Sawyer nominated Dr. EL S. Joynes of Columbia. As there were only three nominated and three places to fill, the members of the general assembly voted for "nominees." A total vote of 149 votes wa3 cast. \ The next election taken up wa# that of three trustees to fill expired terms on the board of the Universit?r of South Carolina. Senator Weston r. )minated August Kohn; Senator Johnson nominated J. Q. Davis; Sen- ? ator Summers nominated Dr. W. T. ? C. Pates; all three of whom were re elected trustees of the university. The total Vote was , Three trustees of Uiemson college were next elected to fill the places of John GL Richard, Jr., Rev. Coke-i D. Mann and E. T. Hughes. At the? request of his son, the name of Rev. Coke D. Mann was not placed in nomination on account of his ill nee*. John G. Richards. Jr., had previous? ly announced that he would not stand for reelection. ft To fill the vacancies in Clemson's board of trustees, E. T. Hughes, Marion; Dr. Wade Stackhouse. Dil? lon; S. T. McKeown, Yorkville; R. H. Timmerman, Batesburg; Dr. R. O. Hamilton. Wlnrsborc, and A. H. Wil? liams. Lake City, were nominated-^ Th.* members of the joint assembly voted for three of the s:x nominees. The vote was I ! follows: Hughes 97; Stackhouse 55; McKeown 130; Timmerman 7H; Hamilton 30; Wil? liams 75. Sm The total number of votes cast wasf 155. President Smith declared E. T Hughen, R. H. Timmerman and S. T. McKeown eletced. TO ORGANIZE BOYS' CORN CLUBS To Make Exhibits at the National Corn Show in Colombia Next Year. Columbia, Jan. 18.?In order to get the boys' corn club well organized in South Carolina during 1912 a cam? paign is to be inaugurated through^ out the State by the United States farm demonstration work. The following speakers have been secured: W. W. Long. O. H. Benson, O. B. Marti/i, L. L. Baker. W. H. Barton and C. B. H addon. The following is the itinerary o#\^ the campaign: Sumter. January 27 January 30; Dillon. Ja tuary 31; Camden. February I; Columbia, Feb? ruary I; Bishopville, February 3; Kingstree, February 5; Georgetown. February 6: Monck's Corner, February 7; Charleston, February 8^ St. George, February I; st. Matthew* February 10; Newberry, January* 27; Bdgefleld, January L'I; Saluda. Jan? uary .''0; I^exington. January 31; Wlnnsboro, February l; Chester. February 2; Lancaster. February 3;^ Yorkville. February 5; Laurent, Feb-? ruary ?>; Greenwood, February 7; Abbeville, February B; QelFney, Feb? ruary 9; Spartanburg. February 9 (at 2:im p. m.), and Union, Febru? ary 10. Last year there were over 2.0?-4 members enrolled in the corn clue work in South Carolina, and some excellent results were obtained. "The coming ?>f the National Corn show to South Carolina," said an offi? cial in charge of the campaign, "makes it very aeeentta) that the c< ^ clubs make this a banner year in South Carolina.** rrP As to Cotton Crop. A cotton crop of not over ten mil? lion bales tiiis year would be worth two <?r throe hundred million dollBl noire to the South than was tl fifteen million bale >iop raised last year, to say nothing of the wealth that COUld be produced instead of the other five million bales. Yet the railroads snd manufacturers counting on a record breaking put of fertilisers this year. Some? body u going >o be fooled. Will it be the farmers a|ain??Manning Timee. 3