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?he gsjSBSSf Watchman vra* found
?w? in |sgg and the True Southron In
IMC the Watchman and seuthr'.n
Sow ha? the combine.I trrculation and
In.lo.n. ? cf both of th? ?I i pagWCl
sn?i Is manifestly the gOSg a Ivcrttstnr ,
?tedium in Sumtsr.
J '
Ths wide-spread belief that the
olsctlon of a President for a third
term would be the entering wedge for
ths overthrow of ggfffllll g ?gfgSgSHl
and (be establishment of u self per
pstuatln* dictatorship, has borne fruit
la the Sttempt to assassinate Co'.
Ttosev -it The would-be assassin is
said to bs crank who, having become
dsmented on the subject of a third
term undertook to remove Col. Roose?
velt and prevent his attaining his am?
bition to be president a third time.
Fortunately the attempt on Col.
Roosevelt's life was unsuccessful, and
his escape was providential. but
ths ease with a hieb the crank carried
ant bis purpose shows that a public
m%i hss no protection save the good
will of the people with whom he
mingles and that an unpopular ruler
would hajre to seclude himself amid
an army of guards if he desired to
live long. The man who would try
to rule the t'n'ted Suites by force and
hi deAtiace of the popular will, would
aot last long, for there would be a
host of cranks on his trail. The
crank who shot Col. Roosevelt Is not
to bs excused, but while we con?
demn him we cannot fall to reflect
that Col. R->ose\e|t has In a measure
brought It upon himself by setting
himself up as a candidate for a third
term In violation of his own pledge,
and H\. dedanee of precedent.
?SO
Sumter County has contributed
"llson eam
k<>: , fairly well
r counties
having fcur lo the white
; . .ter wealth.
Weeks ego'. In urging democrats to
corurP ate t ? th? Wilson i ampaign
fgnd. ws remarked that Sumter
cotn y ought to give 91000, but we
must m ike it at lenst $500. We have
passed ths $500 mark and those who
nrs ?bis to do so but have not con
trlbut?d iihoRld n? w chl.? in and make
the Sumter fund at leant $ioo?>. The
eisetb n is near ai hand and monev
hf still needed to pay the necessary
ssp?nse8 of the campaign.
(.KAM. Jl lt\ Ki t <>\|>ll \|>ATION
Tb* tinai pfeeoatsaeat of the Grand
Jury Is worthy of ? a l.ng l>N
every taxpayer in Sumter i ounty. It
Contain* sagge-t l<.ns looking t > radical
changes in the administration of I he
county government that should re
cslve mature consideration be on l><
Ins adopted.
The saasg important of ih, rocosn
SB?adntton? |g that looking to the abo?
lition of the egata ad county Super?
vis? r und dsvolvlag the duos now
perform. <l b> the Hupervisoi upon g
Comm.t'.a.n >f seven members* and a
Counv\ Kn.ro.. v\e ?;imi>?I ?n
dors*' lo * i ro niiiit ii ! itifip, bet aus?
we do n? t SOltOVC that *his plag Will
promote the beat Inter* sts oi the
county or give g no?r? Sgl i? at and
busin? sa*tlhs admiinsiiation of the
county affair* than WC gag ag ? We
heartily egdof ? tie re. .onno WI?<I .? -n
that *be . aunt] smploj a eoenpetcgh
road eaglnsef le pang and supervise
the construction and n aintenam I Ol
the puttie roaen\ but ws believe that
It would t?e a mistake to impos4< upon
Ihr cn.'iiie. r other import <nt and
'exact.mt denies now performed kg the
Supet\ih i. t..r u Um eggjtneef should
undertake to give to the buafnssa
managen ent of the ? < uniy tie it
tentton |ggg it requires and that bj
now gi\v*> hy Sugervleof ivts, lie
Would have little titio to pl.m and su?
pervise read lan ding in ? aystematlt
manteo m g|l pl^ifeeeloeal capacity
The ggest tha? be WOUld US gblc 1?
40 sjaaJd Im In ? eofi is.- i geaeral su
ggsgggjag a$ ?h?- roads and brkagee.
T???? taant) asscai aa ?ngln?eri and It
good l ? tt*iIt i arc to be secured he
gggejld t r**ls all Ma lime le engl?
goo ft eg w ok. ??n the other hand
Ihs county needs the services of i
gggggg t? igl lad saergetlt eaecutlve
smvt-r t.. ha ? geasrol ?upervlelon of
the bosiff I - Ol ' I.latj . This I
"letal lias all ?!??? work and all the r? -
gasgggaattf inal aae man ahould be
railed upon to eSSUfO?i without be.
Ing eaaeeted to plan and supervise the
details "f road construciion. There
im work for an engineer and a wupcr
vlnor, and the employment of both
would be ail\antigeous to the coun'y.
ti ndlm t'? gi\?- efltclonc) ami economy
In the btteiBOM management ol the
county and m the construction And
maintenance of the roads and brldfea
Tins ?s, m brtef( the outline "f the ob?
jection* lo Ihe plan of count) fovern?
inrtit recommended by the Grand Jury.
The prgumont oould he elaborated
und amplified, but It hi n d neceatery
to dQ M at tins time.
No additional legislation ls nee?
. ssar> should it decided to employ
an eiigim er. an act tun ing been pass
. (i at the last aeaaion of the legisla?
ture au horlzing the County Board of
Connmlaatonen to cmploj an engineer
ST he MVer it is deemed advisable to do
so.
The recommendation in reference to
the needed improvements ia the jail
are ni lint with present day sanitary
ami hygienic methods, but it Is not
within the -power of the Supervisor
and Commission to make the improve?
ments recommended or to build a
new jail. The present jail is too
small a^iid its "nstruction is such that
it is impossible to install the sanitary
system demanded; and a new jail
Oaanot hi bUllt until legislation is se?
il? d authorizing the work ami pro
Id Inj the necessary funds to pay for
It. There is no ijuestioi. but that a
larger and more sanitary jail is need"
ed; there is no <|iiestion but that tu
??l'Ulosis ;?nd other diseased prison?
ers should be separated from healthy
crisuners; there is n0 question but
that provision should be made for
keeping the prisoners and their ijuar
ter in a dean and sanitary condition
?we all admit this without argu?
ment; but it is not the fault of the
County Board and Supervisor that
these things have not been done forth
w ith.
The Grand Jury Is to be commended
lot the stand It has taken against
lawlessness of ul 1 kinds and we trust
that the Grand Jury of 1913 will con?
tinue the good work that has been
Inaugurated by the Grand Jury of
191 J.
TA?l LVnoX OF KKTl KNS.
N-rniifl Primary for State Officers,
October 13. Itll,
dUinter. No. 1 . . . .
dnrnteVi No. 2.. .
? umter. No. 3.
I:umter. No. 4 . .
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100.
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Open
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Mi\.1 7:i 7 I
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of |1m? South,
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anteed Effective September llth
191 I,
lieparturc from ftumter; (Excep1
Hunday?
No. i ii i.iq \ m for i 'oiumbin
Charleston and way stations.
No. 11 j l.ll i?. m for ? 'olumbla
Charleston ?ad a itatlona,
Arrival ( Rae? pt Ktinday. >
No. in i a. i'. \ \i. from * 'har
leston, Columbia and wn) stations,
No i 1 3 :. 9 5 IV m from iM. trlet
ion, i"?.i?:;,ti?ta . id way stations,
U H. Caffey, d. P. A.
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AT WILLIE'S BEDTIME
WHEN MOTHER HAS 8ESSION
WITH FRACTIOUS OFFSPRING.
Of Course You Never Heard a Woman
Talk Like This?If He Wae
Yeur Boy What Would
You Do?
Willie, will you just look at that
clock? You have looked at it? Then
why don't you get ready for bed? You
know that you must always be in bed
by 8:30. I don't care if Tod Thomas
does sit up until niue. Half-past eight
is your bedtime and?Stop that mut?
tering! You know that I have told
you many times not to mutter and?.
No, you cannot sit up to study your
home lesson! Strange that you never
think of your home lesson until your 1
bedtime! You will have time to study
it in the morning if you get up early. !
Yes, you will! No, the clock Is not
half an hour fa3t! 1 had your father
set it by his watch this very morning.
No, you can't Just finish that story.
You have had the whole evening in
which to read and study, and you have
done nothing but dawdle. Now you
are very eager to read and study,
aren't you? I don't care anything
about what other boys do. for?. If
you do not stop that muttering I shall
call your father! Yes, you will care!
And I want you to wash your hands
good before you go to bed. When
did you wash them? No, it isn't only
sissy-boys who have clean hands.
Willie Smythe, will you just bear in
mind that it is your mother to whom
you are speaking? Yes, you act as if
you knew it! You will have cause to
remember it if I call your father. He
Isn't your mother, as you very well
know. Don't you be impertinent!
That is one thing your mother will
not put up with, as I have told you a
hundred times! "Why don't you take
off your shoes? You pick up that
necktie! The Idea of flinging things
around the room like that! That isn't
the place for your Jacket! I'd like to
know what the house would look like
if I wasn't particular! Stop jerking
so at that shoe lace! I don't care if
ft Is in a hard knot. Jerking like that
will only make the knot harder. Now,
I knew that you would break that
shoe lace! You would try the pa- 1
tience of?Willie* You pick up that
shoe and put it where it belongs at
night! No. you cannot have something
tr eat before you go to bed. The idea '
of it! After all the supper you had.
What are you taking all of those
things out of your pockets for? You
put them right hack! It would take a j
good hour to look over all of tho i
things in 'your pockets. What under
the sun, moon and stars are you car?
rying around three dirty handker
chiefs for? And you were fussing yes?
terday because you couldn't find a '
clean handkerchief!
Now you hustle off to the bathroom
and give those hands a good scrub- I
blng. You wish that you lived in a
land ^here there wasn't any water? j
How long do you think that you would
live there? You give those hands a
good scrubbing! Use plenty of soap,
lie sure and wash back of your ears.
Use plenty of water. T never saw
such a boy as you are, to think that
you can get yourself clean with ha?lf a
teacup of water. Your towel isn't on
Its hook? I am sure thn.t is isn't if
you were the only one who used it
last. lx>ok for?. And you call your?
self washed already? Let me see
your hands. Willie Smythe! Tho
idea of you calling those hands
washed! They will do for tonight, but
you have simply got to wash yourself
In dead earnest in the morning. I'
?hall look after those ears myself
then. New you go to your room and
to ix?d. it is a good three-quarters of
an hour alter your regular bedtime,
and you know that mother always in?
sists on you gohtg to bed at exactly
8:30, and the sooner you learn that
you must mind your mother, the bet?
ter. I don't believe that you have
been In bed at N: 30 for a month. You
can't Und your nightgown? Judging
from tho rest of the stuff in your
pockets, perhaps your nightgown is
there. No, you shall not go to bod
without it. Y< u*fl tind it somewhere
In the closet in your room. You found
it? I knew that you would. I want
that muttering stopped! It's tho
tenth time tonight that I have told
you to slop muttering, and you know
that when mother sneaks she lias to
be obeyed! Goodnight, Willie! That's
a pretty way to say goodnight to your
mother, Isn't It? You most certainly
cannot take a boob to bed with you
for a little while' Hud Dcane lays ho
reads in bed every ni?:ht? That is
nothing to me. If his mother wants to
let him do anything that foolish, she
can; but your mother Is not that ki;ul
of a woman. Get right into bed and
put out that light. Such a time as ?
have retting you to bed every night,
and i ll l ave a worse time getting you
up in the morning. Go! that Mghl out?
Tou'd better! stop that whistling!
Goodnight, Willie! Dear, dear, these.
boys!- Judge.
Swiss Army Scandal.
Much attention has been devoted by
the Swiss newspapers ol late to ihe
C| e of a young Swiss officer, at St.
Gall, who ordered a corporal to beat
a private with bis sword bell fo* a
minor offense when the colonel of
the leglmonl heard ol the all ilr be
promptly placed both lieutenant and
i nrporal under arrest, and ihe pi ite
as s< to hospital. The young olli
cer h is Jusl i ??en lentcnccd to ten
days' c. ni' icmenl to barracks and tho
corporal to five days, The affair, how
? ver i) i not ) el endt tl, as the victim
i it. claim lamngee f<?> at i null
WERE MIGHTY FINE CHERRIES
Miss Armor Meant to Enjoy Them by
Herself, but Reckoned Without
Deaf Man.
Miss Armor was noted among her
fellow boarders for her reluctance in
sharing any delicacy she happened to
have. She once had sent from her
home a jar of rich, old-fashioned cherry
preserves, which she displayed with
pride, but never saw fit to open for
eating until one evening when she
knew that her five companions were
dining out. Then with secret rejoicing
Miss Armor carried her confection to
the empty table. To her chagrin, the
waitress soon put a transient man be?
side her, and the stranger, spying the
cherries, took a very plentiful helping
on his plate. The maid was in high
glee, having herself felt the pinch of
Miss Armor's stinginess, but she duti?
fully interposed.
"Excuse me, sir," she said, "but
that's a private dish."
The man looked blankly at the wait?
ress and put a hand behind his ear
with the gesture of the very deaf.
"That's ail right," he answered pleas?
antly. "You may bring me everything
you have."
The girl went away giggling, and
spread the news In the kitchen region
that retribution had overtaken Miss
Armor, while the people at the neigh?
boring tables looked and listened with
all their might. Despite his deafness
the newcomer was Inclined to be 30?
ciabio.
"These are the beat cherriea I've
tasted for years," he told the cher?
ries' owner. "I beg your pardon. Let
me help you to them."
He immediately did so, ladling out a
modest portion for her to sample, and
replenishing his own plate. Miss Ar?
mor glared at him and said icily:
"You need not trouble yourself.
They are all mine."
The stranger acknowledged this re?
mark with a courteous smile and bow.
"My misfortune prevents me from fol?
lowing what you say," he regretted;
"but I knew you'd like the eher- I
ries."
The Jar was a good-sized one, but by
the time the man had reached hu
dessert course the bottom layer of
fruit was uncovered. Twice Miss Ar?
mor tried to get her property into
her own keeping, but both times the
agreeable stranger helped her to a
small taste and kept the jar out of the
clutch of her anxious hands. Finally
she settled back in her chair to wait
until he was gone, when she meant
to tell that snickering waitress what
she thought of her, and to carry off
at least the remnant? of her procious
preserves; but only the former satis?
faction was permitted her. When
the transient man got his pudding he
scraped the bottom layer of cherries
out on top of it, and said with a sigh
of anticipation:
"I never tried this boarding house
before, but I'm coming often now. I
never saw sucl) cherries since I was
a boy. How can they afford to give
them for tho price she asks for table
board ?"?Lippincott's Magazine.
Inauspicious Honeymoon.
A dramatic interruption to a honey?
moon occurred the other day in a
leading restaurant at llrejenz, on Laki
Constance, Switzerland. After the>
wedding ceremony the happy couple
had escaped from 'heir relations and
friends and ordered a good lunc:..
When the dessert was served, a hand?
some young woman walked up to the
bridegroom and accused him of jilting
her, aiid also of taking i large sum of
money from her by false promise of
marriage. On Ihe bridegroom attempt?
ing to excuse himself hi* former sweet?
heart became angry and thrashed him
in tho restaurant, taking away his
money, watch and chain, and even his
new wedding ring. Then she com?
manded him to follow her to the near?
est police station, where she repeated
her accuaatlona, and on the bride?
groom confessing to the facts he was
formally arrested. Tile unfortunate
young "wife." who was so shocked by
the terrible scene that she nearly
fainted, was taken homo to her par*
ents.
Let Hymns Be Spontaneous.
Music baa lung b< en notoriously a
provoker of discord. Once In my news
hunting days l suffered the ignominy
of a "scoop" on a choir rumpus, and I
thereupon torn ed the habit of lending
an anxious ear to rumors of trouble In
choir h its. The average ladder-like
To Deumt built up for the display of
the soprano's vocal prowess, has al?
ways b rm k me as an unholy thing. I
even bcli< re that Ihe horrors of high?
ly embellished ofTertorles have done
much to tighten purre strings and
deaden generous im ulse8. The pres?
ence behind the pulpit of a languid
quartet praising G d on behalf of tho
bored sinners In the pews has always
seemed vo me th< profanest of anom?
alies. Nor hns long contemplation
of vested choirs in Kplscopal churches
shaken my belief that church music
should be an affair of the congrega
C n. -Meredith Nicholson In the At?
lantic Monthly.
New York'.. Language Need.
A protest against the neglect of
German In New York has been made
to the board of education by citizens
of German descent, who a^-k also for
the appointment of a supervisor of
modern languages. The modern Ian
j . : iuu t necessary In New York
J ij i now is ; nglish, and la justice to
?ri" schools we must remember that
to niajt rity ol N w York's four mil
.!, .1 Is a foreign language. Prob?
ably no city hi tho hi tor) of the world
has had .?> huge ai I heterogenous an
alien population to deal with.- ?Spring?
Q< t) Kt publica:!.
CLINKER'S BAD RECORD
WHY QUIGWAY REFUSED TO
HELP HIS ELECTION. ,
Declares Candidate Entirely Lacking
In Moral Character and Provea It
by the Episode of the
Cow.
"Quigway," said Weatherwax, "wo
want to elect Clinker alderman ^ from
this ward. He's the finest kind of a
man, stands strong for the uplift and
all that sort of thing, but he always
has refused to have anything to do
with politics. However, we need him,
and if the matter is placed before him
in the right way he'll consent to run.
A committee of leading citizens of the
ward will call on him this evening,
and we want you to go along and help
us persuade him to make the race.'*
"Well, you can count me out," re?
plied Quigway. "I haven't any use for
Clinker, and I think our institutions
have come to a die!;ens of a pass when
such a man is even suggested for pub?
lic office. Clinker is entirely lacking
in moral character, and it will be an
evil day for the people when he goes
Into office."
"You're talking through your turban.
Quigway. Why, Clinker has a spotless
record. You can't find a flaw in it any?
where."
"Well, that shows all you know, and
if you elect Clinker 1*1] move out of
this ward and stay out. I couldn't
sleep at night if that man was in of?
fice.
"Two years ago I was looking
around for a good, respectable family
cow, the kind you read about in Sun
School books. I didn't know anything
about cows, except that they gave
milk under proper conditions, and we
wanted real milk in oar house. Clink?
er heard that I was in the market for j
a cow, and he came over to my place
and told me he had the very animal I
wanted. I had the utmost faith in
him at that time and placed myself
entirely in his hands. I told him can?
didly that I didn't know a cow from a
canal boat, so far as pv<^"*tical informa?
tion went, and asked him, as man to
man, to give me a square deal.
"He placed his hand on his heart
and swore by his grandmother's nut?
meg grater thai, the cow he was of?
fering for sale was perfectly refined I
and ladylike, and that she gave an
abundance of rral milk. So I took
him at his word, Weatherwax, and
counted out 50 large, gun metal dol?
lars, which represented the savings
of months. He brought the cow over
and tied her in my shed, and in the
evening I went forth with a beautiful
new tin bucket and sat down to milk
her. The next thing I knew I was
standing on my shoulderblades, and
that handsome new tin bucket was
flattened against the roof of the shed.
I never saw a cow as ambidextrous
with her hind Tee-s?and Clinker said
she was so tamo tho children could
play with her!
"I went over to his place, my blood
boiling with indignation, and he went
back home with me and surveyed the
scene of the uprising, and had the
nerve to say that the cow kicked be?
cause I sat at her left side instead of
her right side, when I began to milk!
As though a cow cared for such tech
nicalites! That's the sort of a man !
Clinker is. He's a sea lawyer, who
would rather argue far-fetched points
than be ju.-t and fair. I wanted him
to take the cow back, but he wouldn't
do it. The cow was just as he repre?
sented her. he said, and the fault was
all mine. That's the way he'll conduct
himself if he breaks into the council.
He'll say the fault is with the peoplo
who elected him, if anything goes
wrong.
"A week after I bought that cow she
quit giving mHk alt< getber. She didn't
give any more milk than a lumber
wagon, and ('linker had assured me
that she would keep the family sup?
plied for a year. I went t? him and
read the riot act, and he asked a lot of
fool questions and then took refuge in
technicalities again. He said the cow
went dry because I masked her at all
hours of the day. Did you ever hear
anything like that? There wasn't a
clock in the barn a/id the cow didn't
carry a chronometer, and it made no
difference to her when 1 milked h^r.
And that's the kind of a man you want
to elect as \lderman!
"When you ytace the destinies of
this town in the hands of men of that
character it is time for good citizen*
to hike for the tall timber"?Chicago
News.
Tho Housekeeping Money.
Two navvies working on a job some
distance away front their homes had
been paid, and were sauntering down
the main street of the village in which
they were lodging. Passing the post
office, a thought struck one of them,
and he darted Inside, to return with a
sixpenny postal order In ots hand.
"What,*' said the oth< r. In some sur?
prise, "do you ;.:<> tn for competitions,
BI11?M
"Competltlona?" queried Hill. "What
do yer mean?"
"Why, missing words, and that sort
of thim:," was the reply.
"Missing words be blow od!" said
BUI, Indignantly. "Can'l a fellow send
a hit of money home to hi - wife?"?
Tx)icJou Tit-Hits
The Proof.
Governor Dis iropos ol th< milk
biil that he recei ' vetoed, said <t a
dinner pan\ in '11
"We don'! w??nl New VoiVs milk
you Know, to return to tl ? condition
that once < hai acte? lr,e ! it '*
NEW YORKERS CREDULOUS
Snow Amazing 'nnorance of Country
Outside or Tight Little Man
nattan Isle.
This true story was toM by a west?
ern merchant at one of the recent
dinners given by a commercial or?
ganization here, says the New York
correspondent of the Cincinnati
Times Star. The merchant pro?
tested against the puerile ignorance
of all the rest of the country which
is displayed by the average New
York man.
"I told tin head of one of the big?
gest bouses in town the old Kory,"
said he, "of the youngster who re?
turned to New York after an absence.
" I've Leen away out west,' said he.
" 'And where were you?" asked his
frierd.
" In Syracuse,' said he. And do
you know, that merchant smiled a
kind of doubtful, polite smile?the
sort of a smile which is a tribute to
one'.; business rating, and not to
one's humor. He didn't see the point
at all. But I thought that he was an
exception until I walked down town 1
with a friend of mine, who is at the
head of a tig commercial organiza?
tion in the southwest. He specializes
in Navajo blankets, and usually gets
$36 to $50 for extra good ones from
the jobbers here in the east. He
called on the jobbers, to look over
their stock of blankets, and finding
that the man in .charge did not know
Lin:, he priced the stock.
" 'A good blanket,' said the man in
charge, "is worth from $250 up.'
"It surprised my friend, for he
knew what he sold those same blan?
kets to the same firm for. And he
asked the reason. And that fog
brained, varnish-headed, white-eyed
salesman told him this, in all serious?
ness, and believing every word he
said.
" 'Yon see,' said he, 'collecting blan?
kets is a very dangerous business.
Three men out of every five we send ^
to the wilds are killed by the sa.vagr *
hidians/ *
ITALICS USED FUR EMPHASIS
They Reveal the Writer'a Sense of
the Relative Importance In Thinge
He Has Written.
Doctors of style in the writing oi'
English declare that the use of italics
for emptiasis is a positive fault, show*
ir.g weakness of construction and in?
ability to express ideas strongly by a
right arrangement of words. Never
theless, italics are used
by some forceful writers tc
effect and to fasten the ?
mind of the reader upoi
points, somewhat ? c
strengthen his
phasis and gest
said for or aga
they certainly
senso of relati
things he has written, lie nas sei?
ed certain words and hence, aa
note their significance we begin
know more of the man behind ?
words. His choice of emphasis U
U3 what manner of man he is. 1
Italics are an index of his mental
moral character.
Wo are'all writing history day
day. On every page some things t
written small, others stand out boh
in italics. Take up the book at nij
and read the story of the day. It w
be an interesting record?perhaps
Starting one. Doubtless we shall f?
very much like correcting the proof
when we find where the italics arx
set.?Christian Herald.
Interesting Spire.
Since the sudden fall ef the gr<*t
Campanile at Venice a lew years rgo
scientific experiments have been made
to afford assurance of the Stability^ of
ot-er famous architectural piles' in
Italy.
Among these rs the unique cathe?
dral of Uilan, built ail of marblavwith
scores of slender pinnacles, and a
loity main spir- terminating ir a great
marblh StatUO of the Virgin. The ex?
periments on this spire, whllej demon
strattne; Ita complete stability, show
interesting effects of the wind and
i ilar raya As with other forty tow
( r.>, the pefbt of the spire describes
daily an elliptical curve, the size and
I recise term of which vary with at
mospherh conditions. Bat the great?
est dia place Stent seldom amounts to
ruor ? than a single miuno of arc. in
this case less than a third of an inch.
a tannest of uncommon violence In
19;)."? displaced the ton of thi spire
eight millimeters.?Harper's Weekly.
Makfs Prote?t for Miners.
The Transvaal Cornish sjs.>ciau"oa.
says a Johannesburg telegram, has
passed a resolution declaring that, in
view of the revenue which the state
derives, directly and Indirectly, from
the mining Industry, the. state should
contribute ttot less than 5'* per cent.
ot tho total required for the compon?
i I Ion of sufferers from miners'
phthlsla, and that no part should be
contributed bv minors as proposed in
tbe government bill.
Wocden Vessel Superior.
Admiral P? iry sa>s (hat In somera>
tpacts the old-fashioned arooden ship
is i?-v vulnerable to tho dangers of
the sea than the huge steel liner He
once crashed Into a partis sul ? rg< i
Iceberg while going ai full speed In
broad daylight. "The stout little ship"
<tb?> Roosevelt), he says, "caromed
off the berg like s billiard ball, with?
out Injurv; ? steel ship would hnvsj
had ' torn oi en w Low to
ijuarl? .