Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PRESIDENT AT PLAY MOW HE IS SPENDING HIS VACATION AT OYSTER BAY. w . .. .1 . ~ Oil)' I'rcKxiiiK MiiHrr.i Will De Uau> dirt) t'( f'S.t OMop In tli<* VUlivue, 4 No U??:-.-wu:Iohn Will It;; Hvoolved, , 8?crctt?r>- Corlelyou Kept It tiny. President II <'OSi3Yvli. aiter it very I Buy s^fcsiV.; in, isttowi toly-otncomfji in liin stammer U<kuo,. ad antii Avijnr2u tins, exet'tiiivu btisl-^ qfe of the United States \vrll he Con-' ducted from the Oyster Bay branch of A the White llottcse. ?. L- ** itr Secretary Cortclyou and assistmtts are now Installed in ofllccs over the Oyster lkiy bank, on Audrey stroet. They comprise two rooms on the second floor, but another will bo added as toon as vacated by the present tenant. This branch of the White llouse is a ? three story building ??fl red brick. The president has as neighbors two dentist* Iy ic basement there ara a ying- I fxl&g table ftnd poolroom, where, should rfhe feqL like it, Ab'r Roosevelt ean play pool tit the rate of 2% cents per cue. The only clerthni force maintained consists- of Secretary Cortclyou, Assistant ScqrAary liOeb and two stdaog-1 |?phers. Tlic president means to inako OYSTKlt BAY BANK BUILDING. the most of his holiday. He is getting All the rest he can* and is keeping himself ns free as possible from the burden of pnblic nlfairs. p The president will oply be in his Oyster Bay offices three or four times a 'week for an hour or so. There Is n Cclul wire from bis house to Washton, and this lias also been conuectwith)the town offices. Only aucb business will be transActed at Oyster Buy as is Immediately pressing. Everything else will be tmnsYuifted to tl?e regular White House force at Washington, now established at tlip auxiliary executive mansion In "Lafayette square, or in cases where Other notion Is required will l)c scut to the vn rious departments. The pi'esi- I dent lias stated that ho will not receive delegations and hopes to have all matters intended lor liiin not of the most pressing, importance submitted tp eerrovixqfclence. "The president's new yaelit, Mayflower, wilF^be anchored in tlie bay, and lie will ttiake p)ucb use of her for trips of pleasure durfilg tli6 summer. President Roosevelt is congtuutly guarded by secret service men. Two officers are nlwnjtf on duty, hrid they are relieved etWf hours. A horse ^nd buggy ^ ^1 ^' SECRETARY GEORGE 11. CORTELYOU. sion taking the regular reliefs from the'town to the cottage. Not a *8ou! can get inside the grounds without previqua urrangeuicut with Secretary Cdttolyou. The aeerelury is doing everytbtog in his power to make tli? clJtwf executive's vacation as free from , annoyance us circuuistances .will permit. Secretary Cortelyou, with Assistant Secretary Loeh, attends to all tbd rou^ | tine work, relieving the president from nil butdpCss, cgticpt thrit. which re-, qpires his personal attention. , The villagers are elated at tlio advent of the president and the pronii, nence which their town has acquired ap being the seat, for the nonce, of the government of the nation. The president Is known to nhnost every resident, and lie Is regarded with mingled respect and affection. The hotel keepers gnd liverymen are particularly jubilant. They are having a busy sen^ son in tlielr respective lines of catering j to tile wants of visitors, who are al- J ready lavudlgtjgtke town io large nufli bergPy JF M* |t? (tC'fcaft practically been decided {lint the president .will leave Oyster It ay on Aiig. 20 for A tour -e# New Mnglnnd. i 'After that he will go west, returning j to Washington early In October lu 1 tkcM^for the Grand Army encamp- i I * An Absb'rutAtf Totslo. ! Lady Kislior?Do you over think altfout matrimony, dear? Lady Candid?rrftink, my dear? 1 worry! Repudiation. i "XVaiter, every time-1 como in here I get the same potato." "Well, you never eat it."?New York^ | Journal. fc'onttmltl. "I've Just bought tlie finest ten acrV lot I ever put my fpOt on." "Well, better get another lot for your other fobt." Her ideal. "Yes. 1 u little wild, but nevertheless ho Is the flower of my heart." .; . \ ., . < "You always were foad of wild flowera, deur."?Chicago American.' (i ] t j * tl Cnn*?- and Effect. ' I h? ^iopt<-r( !mil forbidden j nio to do any work in tbo kitchen." "Indeed? Ib -yv,M* .huwbnnd's dyspep* " sia bo bad?" . y; 1 < \ "lie Jmhptd on Hie Wheel." .,"1 TLaSk / ? 1 WORKS VoR MINERS). "Molhep'! Joiu-N DovotON Her I?lfo to T- tile < ( Eml>or? "Molkeril Jones. \vb'- fc'ok mi prominent ji i>art invito roifetersTCtriK* of IktW; Ifc 11.train In^ho thick\>rthe light. Sho was arrested in \V t Virginia recently f<?r trying ( > assemble a crowd or striking millers tints violating an injunction. She hits I icon known to labor unfKnS^t- tVtuvr.ly \ <>h.-.-iias an on* thusias U tijbor agitator. B "Jlotln rjak Jones is now flfty-eigUt years of Me and is as vigorous autl full of lir<J%s ever. Slie is slender of figure, has white hair, wrinkled keen eyes, prominent chin, :i powerful voice and n Vigorous manner. Slie is full of facts, figures uiul fight,.and her' heart is warm for the worklngman. "iipther". .Tones was bom In <i3ork,v Irchrnd, and h'ftd fvfiee witlf Tier father to this cour.tr." " hen he became concerned In sons.- ?1 itica.1 agitation for freeing Irclai '. She was then "MOTHRU" JONES. ' eight years old. The family went to Toronto, where she was well ed pea ted. Early in life she begpn to develop the talent for^ debating, which has never deserted her. She taught school for a time and then married George Jones, a moldcr.and a rnfion mau, After six yours of married life lmr prfeat sorrow came, yellow fever taking her husband and four children within a week. Then she began her work'to help the, laborer. She has studied labor conditions In England, Ireland, Germany,' France, Austria and in every state in, tho Union. Sho Trt^.travcled oVer En-, rope and has been prominent in every big.strike and labor movement !n this country during tho last fifteen years. For tho last few years sho has been with tho United Mine Workers. RELIC OF DEWEY'S VICTORY * i Former Siiniiinli Gunboat Come* to This Country For n?imir?. The arrival of the gunboat Manila at San francisco the other day was an occasion of considerable interest in naval tardea 'That she readied port witli the fyffejtndHeans who sailed 911 licr trono the Philippines is due to good .seamanship rather than to the Manila's seaworthiness. . Tho Manila is one of the vessels capitured by Dewey at Manila on, May 1, 1S0S. . She is a small ironclad, but had been trscd t>y Admiral Montljo, the Spanish naval commander, as a trans l>ort. iter original name, tlie Manila, '[> '!> , ' r i' ill Iffi TUJI U.. 8. 8. MANILA. was.regarded by the Americana as appropriate, and no change has been made. The vessel was built nt Leitb, Scotland, twenty-one years ago. Her machinery Is antiquated and equipment worn otit. In the days of her greatest expectation the Manila was rated at only 10.11 knots an hour, which speed wouldn't have permitted her to escape from any American vessel In tho Spanish war service. Her coal capncity was 180 ton??: She Is schooner riggodjond has; aatftgie fOrCW bftptllef, Tjjcso ?i* < ir ^en sure? its: length, J0D.3 tertr, breadth, hl.2 feet; menu draft, 13 feet; toniiuge, l,0f>7. The hull being in good condition, the Manila was ordered to the naval station at Brewer ton, Wash., to receive now. machinery and equipment and to i 55 A !iliu\vJuivu. "Now, sco here, Miss Angelflic, I've went wid you for two weeks dressed like a gnji had tor Bck fourteen fellers an', spept 11 cents.. No^ I want fer It now yom exnO' feclth'S toward me. Talk quick."?iNew York journal. He GonIA Ofit " She?If sound o- I^ .()<i0,0(ht, what is the lirst thing you would do? lie?There'd be no further need in such a ease of doing anything or anybody.?New York World. Nuira1 : /[i^SAJSA'-C TP. fcvipre-AO. Li Tj i.l f f | 3y_., j) (jgS^BKB ^5 K^28|g*^S ^HHH^BBf j Butcher?Will I chop out tho boue? v i Shopper?No. I'll have nothing to ! carry howe|| rap d??"NeW Yorfc Journ ^. - _ . A Ivrfl v w x t . > A Failure. "Do you repent your act?" '/Suro^Hilic; I did do Job wrong in de first place."?Brooklyn Eagle. | v - ? ' r: ? DltnlRlns a Secret. ^7^-?" "I wonder whom Miss Ftippe is wearing* mourning-fop." , "Thut's not mourning; merely a fancy of the artist's. lie intended to paint us black, too, but ho didn't havo enough of tho ink to do it."?Chicago American. f: Kxtrnct From a Novel. r 3* 1 i "0# hum , . , . 1 -gg CHANGED HIS SUBJECT. _ " I Couldn't . C'uuaclrittloudr I'rcMli U From flli roiilcfiiirtntod 1>*t. I?r. Talrnage timing tils vlatt to England Ui 1R70 hud bred engaged to preach :i pTiuftHi In one of the largo A towns of England. <>11 arriving utttfto j A building lie fountl it besieged by a i throng of from ir?.ooo to tiO.doi) people, j >>"jlur.illy lie expected the place 11 ? would ei*oy iled iaside. Instead of i3 .this he was surprised to tlhd it only modewjtely Pall. "W'tiy." ho demanded of the pastor, "don ); you let this crowd of people I H ' conic in'!" "Oh." said he, "each person in6ldo ; A has paid 1 shillings to get in." mi. jLutiiuigc nan lntonueu to preach s from the text, "Without money and without price." He changed his sub- ^ jeet.?London Chronicle. A Went TliroimU That. Father?You didn't go through a sin- j*. glo thing in college. Son?IIow about my allowance, pop? ?Chicago American. . _ u VKl.iH Hmtidir- 1f' A. conductor 011 one of the Heading 1 locals was handed a ticket from Wayne ( Junction l>y a lady who boarded his train the other day In the company of a bright looking little girl. He looked * at the child and then asked for another ticket. "I've never had to pay for her before," was the mother's reply. "Flow old Is 8hc?V asked the conductor. "Five years." "Why, mamma, I'm six!" protested the child. "She's?she's nearly six," hurriedly oxplatned the mother. "That te, she's .1 Just going on six." t) The conductor looked at the mother ^ for a second and then as he turned away said: , q "Well, madam, if I were you I'd buy a ticket for her on the return trip. She's likely to bo all of six by then." I^mbarraiited. "So you didn't enjoy your dinner?" exclaimed the fashionable' caterer. "Not a bit," answered Mr. Cumrox. "I am hungry for some old fashioned cooking. What 1 wanted wasn't on the bill of fare." "But. you 'could have ordered the chef to prepare whatever you desired." "No, I' couldn't. Hannah wouldn't let me. Wo couldn't think of the French for pork and beans."?Washington Star. , How Ho Know. Casej*?Ut's th' foine time 01 liod on til' Foorth! Divil a thing kin Ol re' mimbcr afther noiuo o'clock in th' marning. Farroll?Thin iiow d'ye know yo had n good toiuio? Casey?Sure, didn't Qi hear th' cop I tellin'' th' Joodge all about ut th' nlxt marning??Puck. c The Trinl Trip. I "The airslup inventor is elated that his craft should have come down so gracefully." "Yea, ho .rewinds xue of some of theso y noblemen." ti . "How is that?" c "Proud of his desijont"?Chicago t< jNevf?.,' - ? e Love's A wakening. ^ ' Mrs. Benham?Tlio doctor says that I n crave things that don't agree with me. I Benham-?That's nothing; I onco had j the same trouble. Mrs. Benliam When was that? ' ^ Benham?When I married you.?New 81 York Times. s, C'oidd Recimiriend Them. " >| "Have you any real panania hats?" ^ sked the eustoiner. ^ "No," answered the truthful salesman, "but we have some that are just as ugljT,"?Chicago Tribune. k' : '* J Teacher?Wliat ia Rhode Island dls* <> tlnRiitehetl fori .1 nl Tofnny?It% distinguished for being the ?>^j.v one 1*4 the I'pHed fctntes that'* 1 the smallest. ' I ( Gone to the Dog*. at Mr. Flear-Whero are all tho chil- Qi Aran? ' Mrs. Flea?Oh. they're all gonq to the nr HP? ? HOW HE LOST HER. i [? hardly dared to touch her hand; He deemed she was so far above him hat he would never have the aand To even think thnt she could love him. nd so he let concealment prey , Upon the cheek ho lacked so badly nd dumbly watched her day by day And moped about and acted sadly. ; may he she his secret guessed; If so, sho never seemed to shbw It; Ut then. If love is not expressed A Kh l can't be supposed to know it. he let the foolish fellow call; He had a crude Idea of spooning; * ' lo seemed afraid to talk nt all ' , And sat and took It out in mooning. nothcr suitor came at Inst, Who was not shy about his wooing; he knew ere many minutes passed That there was'somethlng certain doing. nd 0110 week from the day they mot Ilis rinp was on her second hngof; ,lso tho lxappy day was qot; ' That loVjcr surely did not linger. nd No. 1 he drooped and pined. Recovered, some time Tatcf mated, nd ever nft6V wrfff tncllnod To thank hla lucky stars he'd waited. he moral Is, when all Is dono Our love wc should not hldo or smother; !ut, anyway. It's six of one And half a dozen of the other. ?Chicago Dally News. A True Story. A Sunday school superintendent In liking to the children about cruelty > animals suid: "Only u coward would bnse n creature that had no way of rotccting Itself. Why, children," said e, "I ouee knew a little boy who cut ff a calf's tall! Think of It, chlldrefi? 30k a knife and cut the tall right off! Ian any one tell me n verse In the tible that would have taught this truel oy that ho should not have cut off lie calf's tall?" After a moment's silence n small boy, rith a "happy thought" expression, eld .up his hand. "What is It, my oy?" asked the superintendent hopeully. "What God hath joined together ?t no man put asunder," responded tio small boy. The superintendent was so impressed liat lie never brought his own verse 3 light.?Harper's Magazine. , The Modern Way. "And when wo are married," he BUgested, "wo will plan together to keep ur joint expenses within my Income." She looked at him in astonishment. "Gow; foolish!" she exclaimed. "You ro not at all up to date. You want 10 to maka my expenses (It your Inome, when any ninny ought to know tiat It Is your duty to get an Income tint will cover my expenses. Let us ear no,u\oro of this foolishness, ajd lien I am sure wc will be happy."? Ihieago Post. . j The True Version. j George. _ Washington. 'Jr.?Father. I an not fell n lf<?r Georgq Washington, Sr.?Great Scott! ntfist see n doctor about you! | Came nt I.ant. "I should think you people out here rould bo cured of the idea by this truo that it does any good to pray for kanges in tho weather," said the jurist from the oast. "I don't know about that," respondd the Kansas farmer. "Last stfmmer * . re prayed fur rain. We're gettln' it o\v all righ^"?Chicago Tribune. f . Dlagrrncefnl. I Mr. Goodman?1 understand you ere at the prizefight last night. I'm urprised to hear of your attending uch a disgraceful affair. Sportyboy?It was disgraceful, suro nougli. Why, neither one of those big ' uhs coitid hit hard enough to dent utter.?I*hiladelphln Record. j Wby He Wrote. .Friend?Is George very homeslek? toes ho frtite home as often as he romised? % Father?Ob, he's not homesick, but e sometimes writes oftener than he lougjit to. You see, "going broke" i a new experience with him.?Detroit reo FrcsB. ' A Little OrT. S ' Rrlggs? Aridson feels mighty proud l mo compliment Stetson gave hla )ok. Stetson said It was like cham1RDC. Griggs? H'm, h'm! Ohampagne Is y sormetlmcs, Isn't It??Boston Tran*lph , looUbJIe. "Well, well," rematked Fanner orntop* at tho boo, "tMa hart ?on ears tovbo real good natured." "MebbeY' suggested his goo^jwlfe, t's ono o* then* social lions fend >out In the papers."?Philadelphia i-oss. i iwi > Temporary, Mae?And Is It really true' that you o engaged? I congratulate you. torgu Is such a nieo be^too.