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Forget te cae uir :+wn neart Flo'.( S
I;y easing tL;ers' pain:
Fo.g'et your hungering for weahn
liy seeking others' gain:
And make your life much bricer 4 n
By brightening the ears
For tears dry quicker t he eyc
That look for the'rs' tears.
V
Heartache fales iickst frim thle s
heart
That ees s ai:
The greed lor weal h dies sonet'r if a
we see .anther gain:
Life. sands run lightly if we till
With kindness all the years-- v
And tears dry quicker in the eyes
That look for others tears.
T4~ 4T wo of ui es
By T 1107
f'1lA!'TlE!1 \1I.
The Iarquis de Presles h,,; told
Lafleur to carry lenriette to Lel-Air, -
and we will visit those gardens on the
same evening that the beautiful or
phan was abducted.
The scene there was a brilliant one.
well illustrating the pleasures of the
nobles of France about the beginning
of the present century.
A small garden had been made in
the midst of a natural grove. which
was shut out from the curious gae of
the world by several small cottages or
chalets, decorated in the highest style
of art: and which served the Marquis
de Presles as a retreat. where. free a
from intrusion. that profligate noble
man could enjoy the society of boon
companions, who. like himself. lived
only for the present and its pleasures.
On this particular evening~ t he gar
dens were illuminated, and a large
party of so-called ladies and ;gentle
men were assembled to do full honor
to the entertainments for which the
marquis was celebrated.
As we attempt to pass within the
enclosure, we are stopped by a numer- t
ous crowd of lackeys. who demand to S
see our card of admission, and failing
to produce such a passport. we are told
we are not allowed even near the
gardens: while all efforts to induce I
any of them to present our cards to
the master of this retreat are equally
unayailing, as they declare that their
orders are most positive. and we
must go quietly away or be forced to f
go. Thus jealously coes the marquis
guard his retreat from importunate
creditor or unw"elcome friend.
Inasmuch as we only visit Bel-Air
in fancy, we can bid defiance to the
marquis's orders, and enter without
his permission.
Around the tables which are placed
in the garden, a number of ladies and
gentlemen are seated, drinking wine
while they discuss the latest court
news, or the most interesting scandal.
"Well, what do you think of my re
treat from the whirl and bustle of
Paris?"' asked the marquis of his vis-a
vis, who was a dashing sort of beauty.
"My dears Marquis," replied that I
lady, "I am delighted. It is a satis- r
faction to find a gentleman who main- e
tains the customs of his rank."
"And yet there are fools who want
to change them:" exclaimed a young r
nobleman from the opposite table.
"You are right-fools-fools." an- I
swered De Presles, as he motioned toa
the servants for more wine.
"By the way," asked the lady whoc
had first spoken, "you~ have heard the
news?"
As no one had heard anything parti-c
cularly new for the past two hours,
sne continued by saying:
"They say that the new minister of
police is as hard as a stone, and cold asr
a tish. He is going to put a stop to all
our amusements, and, marquis, this l
may be the last entertaimment von
give at Bel-Air."
"Nonsense:" exclaimed the host. 1
"I'd like to see the minister of polices
who would dare to interfere with the
pleasures of a French nobleman. Who a
and what is he?"
"He is from Tourains: is called the I
Count de Linieres, and is the uncle of
the Chev'alier Maurice de Vaudrev." a
"Where is the chevalier?" sudclenly
asked one of the ladies, as she was thus
reminded of one whom report had des
cribed as rather eccentric, and on whom lI
she wished to exercise her charms.
"You promised me I should see him. 1
Marquis." t
"So I did. and I expect him as well ~
as another guest. I warn you, ladies,
that she will be a rival to you all." '
"Who is the other guest?" was the
question which assailed him from all
quartersir
"A young lady," answered the mar-P
*qmis, as if enraptured at the thought.
"Sweet sixteen, beautiful as a rose.
and innocent as an angel."
"Where did you find such a pearl?"
asked one of the ladies. banteringly'
"In Normandy."
This announcement was followed by0
a general laugh
"Yes. I know these Normandy beau
ties with caps six feet high." laughed '
one of the ladies betraying in spite ofa
herself, a tinge of jealousy in her voice.
"In wooden shoes." added another of l
the fair ones, "and hair plaited down
her back."
"La ugh away, ladies." said De Pres-n
les, gayly. "X ou shall see a Norman
beauty in a high cap, wooden shoesa
and all, and then see how jealous yo t
will all become at sight of her "
At this moment a voice was heardb
from the outside. and in the midst of
some confusion, a rather singular voice
was heard saying:
"I tell you I must go in, and I will.
I must speak to your master."
On hearing this the marquis went t
toward the entrance, and demanded
of the servants who tins was, who was C
so importunate.
"Picard," answer I the owner of le
the singular voice "2icard. valet to
the Chevalier d Vaudrey." 1'
Thle marquis immnediately gave or- la
ders that he be admit ted. and a sharp.
wiry-looking fellow. wearing the De v
Vaudry livery, stood before the gay ti
party.- t
"lost excellent Marquis. and most g
beautiful ladies," said he. in an af- '"
fectionate tone, and with a low bow. r<
which was received with laughter. "I
am very sorry, but my master asks 0:
- you to excuse him."
"Excuse him?" echoed one of the t<
ladies. "why he promised -' 11
"I did t'he promising." answered 0
Picard, with another of his sweeping s
bows . '"He said he did not know
whether he could come or not. but t)
thinkinr I could persuade him. 1I h
promises for hlim.i
"Then you took a great liberty." t
said De Pi-esles. "and lhe ought to pun- c
ish you for it."
"Certainly he ought ." answered PiI
ardi, blandly: "I wish lie would: but t
alas! my master is not like other mas- p
ter at all."i
Seeing looks of incredulity at this
statement, Pieard corn imued. in
most solemn mannier. .
"I is so. gent le men. lie spends~ lis h
nights in pleasure. as a young nio'le
man should: but his days-how do you
suppose he spends his days"
-'Sleeps. of course." said the mar- a
quis, in a posit ive tonew.
"Gentlumiw. allow me to tl you
contidentially:' said the valet, mys- 11
teriously, as the g'entiemnen gaithered ii
around him. fuily expectung to' wari (o
some treason. "H works: ac' ually U
works: Ile sits dlown md0 rok"'.
writes as though he wxere a lawyer s 1
clerk."
"Bah:" exelaiimed one a \u ain ti d
expect us to believe that?" .'
"Yes, and mo.re 0oo. awered I 'e- \
ard, who e'njoyed immensely benii
able to nimpart someI informauon to hi'e
superior's. "Why. hiow no yui suppose nl
he.aci., to th common 'neople wxho I
'Wv. if they are liportunate, he
'aLtm, I suppose." answered De a
rris. with whon this method of n
t lig his }bills was a common occur- d
Ye . he beats them." sneered Pic- a
rii:ie pays them: Yes. gentlemen, t
pays his tradespeople." And the
alet surv eyed the group, enjoying the
.rprise he had given them. N
"Oh, the poor fellow is lost:" e- e
laiLmed one of the party. who at I ne e
ge of twenty had spent a large forte une
ud was now living on his wits.
"Completely." a rnmed l'ieari. "and e
11 owing to the e)ompany keeps. lie J
on't beC gUded by me.
"Perla he Is right in that." an
wered i ie i'resles " But where is the
t ract jun elsewhere to-night?"
I will tell you. gentlemen." said a 0
een voice near the entrance to the
arolns, and looking up. all saw thel
!wvalier de Vaudrey himself.
lie was a noble-looking man with c
one of the fopperies and evident at- r
empt at display which characterized
omne of his companions, and a careful C
hserver would instantly have said s
hat he was. in mental endowments,
ar above the average.
"" What is all this that Picard has a
>een telling us. that you were not com
n?" asked I)e Presles, in surprise.
"1 did not expect to come, so sent t
ti with my regrets," answered the t
hevalier, as he accepted a glass of
ine which was handed to him.
"And nlow he brings them himself."
aid Picard, in a low voice, as he !eft
he garden hastily, lest his master 1
hould hear of the disclosures he had
een making.
The conversation became general,
nd before long the orgy was at its
eight, when a noise was heard at the
utrance. and Lafleur appeared.
After whispering a few words to the 0
trquis. he received the order:
"Let her be brought in here."
Latleur immediately retired, and re
urned in a few minutes, followed by
>ur men who bore a sort of litter, on
hich was the inanimate form of
lenriette. 1
She lay like one dead; without mo
ion or color, and.save for the sound of
tertocous breathing, she was to all
ppearances dead.
into the midst of some of the most
issolute Parisian society, had the
oor. innocent, unprotected girl been
rought: with no one to aid her, and
ven those of her own sex who were by
could enjoy her suffering rather than
.o anything to save her from the fear
ul doom that was so near.
What a terrible change for the two I
rphans, who, scarcely twenty-four
lours previous, were light-hearted
taidens. setting out from their child
rood's home to visit the beautiful city
bout which they had heard so much.
Now, one was in the power of low,
'ile, wretches; and the other in the s
iands of those who called themselves I
entle people, but who had no more
nercy, in fact, not as much as the
rochards.
CHAPTER VIII.
SAVED FRIOM DISHONOR.
Like a lily half broken from its stem
ay Henriette upon the litter, sur
ounded by the revelers who had gath
red to see the Norman beauty.
Under the influence of the drug 1
rhich had been administered, she re
nained unconscious of the rude jests
vhich were uttered, and the coarse
augh of triumph which greeted her
.rrival.
Only one of the gay party was with
ut curiosity respecting her appear
That one was thle Chevalier Maurice
l Vaudrey.
He passed by her as she was brougrht
n, and seeing what it was that liav
ipon the litter, contented himself by
emarking
"A young girl: The sport has been
ood."
Then resuming his seat he waited
ist lessly until some disposit ion should
e made of the game which had been
o bravely captured.
"Ah, is this our threatened rival?'
sked one of the females~after looking,
tot without a feelhng of envy, at the e
ele features of the abducted girl.
"Why, she has fainted." remarked
nother, in a sarcastic voice-.
"Sleeping, my dear," said the first,
it's much more becoming."
At this lively sally of wit, a general
luoh went around the company.
"'lwager that her eyes are but e
alf closed, and that she is laughing r
o herself at all the trouble you are
aking," said the cynical De Vaudrey, j
ho had, years before, lost faith in
roman-kind.
And it is little wonder that in that
issolute age an honest, noble-minded1
an should have believed womanly
urity to be a fable of the patst.
"What do you think of my treas- s
re?" asked De Presles, who had been d
oating his sensual eyes upon the
>rm of the fair girl who was thus in c
is power-.
"She has a very ordinary face," saidr
ie of the ladies (?), who prided her- 1
lf upon her beauty.t
"A n exceedingly common person, as
x can tell by her feet,"said another, s
she tried to display her own dainty t
gt, which she took the greatest de- t
gt in showing.
"Her arms and hands are like at
-asherwoman's," was the kindly re
iark of a bold-looking 'blonde, who
ad exposed as much of her own arms '"
Spossible. y
"Cevalier, your opinion?" -asked
0 bankrupt nobleman, who liked a el
it of sarcasm, and not being able to si
v it himself, knew that it would be ~
ire to come from the ec -entric De
audrey.
"It's ~a lovely face: distinguished air:
i.th the hands and feet of a duchess," 1
~plied the chevalier, without taking g
e trouble to look at the object of his fi
~iticism. b
"But you have not seen-" D~e Pres
*s eagerly began to say. n
"No," answered De Vaucrrey, cool
. But I have heard those young n
.dies." h
The young nobleman who. had pro
:ked this remark was delighted; but
le ladies who had thus freely given r
eir opinions, favored him with at
lance which lacked not the will to iu
'it her and blast the instigator of tis n
tlection upon their remarks. a
"Isn't she going to wake up?" asked a
e, in order to cover her confusion.
"Oh, yes," said the marquis. as he
>k a small, delicately chased silveri
ask from his pocket. "A few drops 1
[this on the handkerchief will be s
tticient to revive hler." S.
The marquiis poured a few drops of a
e liquid upon the priceless lace
andkerchief which he held in his
and. and was about to apply it. when
le desire to heighten the effect t
liused him to stop.I
"What will she say when she comess
>her senses?" he asked, much as* v
sough he were speculating upon the
robable actions of some strange ai- n
al, rathler than a weak, defenseless
The young bankrupt nobleman look- *A
i at the chlevalier, as if hoping that
e wuldl answver that qluest ion. and he a
-as not disappointed, a
"What will she say whenl she comeOs
her senses?" repeated D~e Vaudrey. ji
a though it was a useless question, a
a answer of which every one knew.
As though we did not know by hearta
I everlast ing phrases 0f these will-a
agly abducted maidens. Wh'len t he
oper mlomfenlt arrives she will wake )
p and go t birough it all.''
iursting into a flood of imnaginary e
ars. the chevalier proceeded to give a
oi i m itation of thle kind of cries in- u
lged in by maidens who, as lie said.
iseis.
"Where am lY" he conltinued. in a
-ing v ice. "Why have yomu brought
e here Wh 'lat is it you wish? Great hi
reur restuiiihC his nattua' . 11c
ided:
"Then lby Slow degrtees IIh i.t p.1 founi
ad virtuous despair. wie b1 c oi
ienced in a torrent of t ms. ill
rowned in- a lucd of :utl.
A11ll prsen.t jloined in a hea';rly laugh
t I)e \a tiryt iat i1 on what
!1'\n i ;:' i\O -' it;;+i . 10 ,t101 tL) 1(".
ii suchI. anl ardietOi wish to see the
ihral.\ Iicr. "Le t te wake her. )Iar
Ut is."
1)e 'resles gave her the handker
hief wIiclh he had saturated wit h the
quid. and she procceded to t ry its
Mfeets upon the uncontse'ios llen
ette.
All present. except De \audrey.
atlhered around to enjoy the cuntusiol
f the Nor:man beauty, when she
hould awake to tind herself in t lie
iidst oft he gay part y. and the young
idv who nad received the handker
hief from tihe marquis applied the
estorative.
Ilenriette had inhaled the pungent
dor but a moment, when she showed
igns of ret urning consciuUsnCss.
"Look: her eyes open.'' exclaimed
he one who was thus bringing her to
sense of misery.
Henriette opened her eys in a dazed
Drt of way, like one who. accustomed
o the darkness, is suddenly exposed to
lie blinding gaslight.
She rose to sitting posture mechani
ally, and surveyed those around her.
'or some moments she did not seem to
nderstand where she was. or what
Lad happened.
"Am I madi" she asked in amaze
ent, at the view which met her gare.
Do 1 dream?" and clasping her hands
o her head, she endeavored to recall
he events which had passed.
"Chevalier, that is not exactly the
Id way." said the young lady who had
wakened Ilenriette. to De Vaudrey.
"No, that is singular." said the
hevalier with his habitual sneer. "It
a rather an improvement."
By degrees the abducted girl remeni
pered what had happened. and ahiriost
n a flash she understood where she
as.
Springing suddenly to her feet. she
onfronted the marquis.
"Monsieur," she said. "has this out
age been committed by your orders:
s this your house?"
With a thin smile upon his simper
ng lips. the marquis approached the
tow thoroublly enraged girl.
"Ah, magemoiselle. I see you do me
he honor to recognize me." he said.
owing low, and as it seemed to the
oor girl, in mockery; "it was I
vho
"Not another word, sir," said pen
iette, firmly, and at the same time as
hough she believed her wishes would
e obeyed. "I wish to return this
ery instant to the place where my
ister awaits me. Come. sir, at once
ive your servants orders to take me
ack."
De Presles made no movement to
card giving the necessary orders, and
lenriette continued, in a tone of com
aand:
"You must--do you hear me, sir?
-ou shall:" and from tones of command
er voice unconsciously sunk into a
>laint. that was at once thrilling and
>itiful.
It would require something more
han the tone of the voice, touching as
t was, to move the marquis from his
urpor.': and with his courtly grace.
hich sgemed in the present case a
nockery, he said to Henriette:
"Mademo.=selle, after all the trouble
ye have taken to bring you here, you
carcely suppose we will let you go so
oon:"
For a moment Henriette regarded
im earnestly, Mile the tears, unbid
len, came intc her eyes.
"I see the 1i;rrible trap you have
aid for me: but vile as you are. you
an scarcely urderstand the extent of
'our own villainy," said she. in a voice
vhich she vainly tried to render $M.
'You have separated me from
hild, whose only help in
vhose misfortune comman:.
pect of criminals, even w rme than
ourself. She is dependent on me
,lone: without me she can niot take a
ingle step, for she is blind:' and the
ail of utter desolation which accom
anied these words would have touched
he heart of a savage.
"Blind:'' they exclaimed, as the
rords arrested the merry laugh and
road jest. Wthile the females express
d in their faces the compassion they
ow began to feel for the poor girl.
"Yes, blind and alone!" continued
lenriette, now so carried away by the
atensity of her feelings that her
oice resembled more the wail of a
>st soul than anything human.
Alone in Paris, without money,
rithout help, wandering through the
breets, sightless, homeless. wildl with
espair!"
The picture which her mind had
njured up was too much for Hien
ette: she could control herself no
mger, and she burst into a flood of
sars.
"What will become of her?" she
>bbed, to heiself, and with the ques
on came again the maddening
1ught that she was powerless to as
St to her, and she turned again to
e almost stupetied revelers.
"She is blind:" repeated Hlenriette,
ith vehemence. "Gentlemen, do
>u hear me? She is blind:"
"Oh. this is too horrible:" exclaim
I the Chevalier de Vaudrey. who,
ill seated by the table, was greatly
oved by Henriette's words of de
air and entreaty.
The marquis read from the faces of
is guests that their sympathies were
ing out toward his victim, and as
er as his small soul would permit he
came generous.
"Oh. well, compose yourself, made
oiselle," he said, in a studied voice.
I will give orders to have search
ade for her. My people will find
er and bring her here."
"Bring her here!" exclaimed Hien
ette, while all the anger of her gen
e nature was aroused by' the insult
rg proposal. 'She in this house?
ever" Then clasping he hands. she
;ked, piteously: "Is this the only
swer you have to my prayery"
The poor girl saw no signs of re
nting on the cold. hard face before
er, and with all the dignity and pas
on of a pure womw1 who is insulted.
e turned for a last appeal to those
round her.
"Is there no one here," she asked.
who dares to r'aise a voice against
as man:-"
"You are mistaken. mademoiselle,"
tid De Presles. in a voice which he
inly endeavored to make digniified.
We are all noblemen and gentle
ien."
The utter hollowness of these terms.
used by the marnuis. in compari
in with his present mode of action.
roused all of the chevalier's scorn
nd contempt.
He dashed his glass, which lhe was
st raising to his lips, to the groundl.
ad arose to Ihis feet.
"Then among all these noblemen
ad gentlemen." once more arppearled
[enriette, ''is there not onec man of
nor?"
'There is. mademoiselle.'' exc'laim
l~e \audrey, going~ towvai'd he:' withI
n angry flush upon Iris face. caused
I )e P'resles' br'utal c'Anducit. ''Take
i hand: we will leave this place."
'"Ohl. thank you--thank you. mon
ur, a thousand thanks:" exclaimed
[enriette. as she took the proll'ered
aid and grasped it fervently, as a
Tie marquis was so astonished b;
De Vaudrey's interference. that for:
imloment he was unable to offer an,
objection to this answer to his viet
im's craver. and the chevalier hat
conducted Ilenriette nearly to th
garden entrance before 1)c Presles re
covered from his stupor.
Ile rushed in front of the two. an'
barred their exit.
'Excuse me. Chevalier, this is in,
house." he said.in a voice hoarse witi
rage. "I do not permit -"
"Give e me room. sir," said De Vaud
e\. in i h aughty voice.
''I will nit allow this insult. 1)
you hear'.-" he exclaimed. as the lout
chimes of a clock proclaimed the hou
of midnight. 'After twelve o'clock no
one ever leaves this house."
'Then we shall be the first to d<
so." answered De Vaudrey. in a coc
tone. "Stand aside. sir."
''Do you know. Chevalier." said the
marquis. white and trembling with
rage. 'that you speak to me as thougl
I were your lackey."
"I would not speak to a lackey whi
acted as you do." replied the cheva
lier.in a contemptuous tone, ''I wouli
cane him."
"Enough. monsieur: you are mor
than insolent:" exclaimed )e Presle
I drawing his sword and standing of
the defensive. "Attempt to pas
me
"1 certainly shall." interrupted D
\'audrey. ''and this young lady wit]
me."
Ienriette clung to the arm of he
protector in afTright, while the othe
occupants of the garden gatherer
around the two men, and vainly at
tempted to quell the impending duel
"Stand back. gentlemen." commar
dgdi the marquis, in a rough voict
''After such an insult. there is bu
(ine course:" and stepping into a cleat
ed space at the back of the garden. h
awaited the chevalier.
Pale with terror, Henriette sax
these preparations: but she could onl
clasp her hands. and with a whispere
'prayer to Him wno said, "Thou shal
not kill." breathlessly awaited the r
suit of the duel.
Both men were experienced sword:
men: but from the first De Vaudre
had the advantage, owing to his coo:
ness. and he contented himself wit'
parrying the wild thrusts of the mal
quis.
At length a lunge more careles
than the others gave the chevalier th
opportunity he awaited, and with
quick, rapid thrust, he ran his swor
through the body of his antagonist.
The marquis reeled for a momen
as the sword was withdrawn. and the
with a low groan sunk into the arm
that were outstretched to receiv
him.
Without deigning to cast a look ut
on his fallen foe. De Vaudrey raise
his hat with courtly grace, and offer
ed his hand to Henriette, who was a
most bewildered by the rapidity wit
which the combat had been finished
Never before had she seen a huma
being stricken down by a violen
death. and she could not refrain fror
casting a comnpassionate look upon th
body of the young man who hads
lately been her worst enemy. bu
whose life blood was now slowly wel
ing out from the narrow wound in th
chest, and dropping upon the grax'e
ed walks.
De Vaudrey took the girl's han
kindly in his own. and saying, 'Comr
mademoiselle. we are now free to go,
led her out of the vile place f rot
which she had been released only
the interposition of death.
To be continued.
QUICK JUSTICE.
A Triple Murderer Hanged Tw
Hours After Being Sentenced.
Jim Buchanan, colored, the murder
er of the Hicks family, was tried a
Nacogdoches, Texas, and a plea o
guilty was accepted by the judge an<
the negro was legally hanged withil
two hours after sentence had bee1
passed. Ten days ago the dead bodie
of Farmer H icks. his wife and daugh
ter were found in the Hicks home ani
Sheriff Spradley immediately began ti
search for the perpetrator of tht
crime. A week latei Jim Buchanat
was arrested and finally confessed ti
the triple murder.
The ~news of the negro's confessioi
spread rapidly and a mob of severa
hundred people marched upon th<
sheritf and his deputies with th<
avowed purpose of securing possessiot
of the negro and burning him at tht
stake. Sheriff Spradley and his depu
ties refused to give over his prisonel
and later he was joined by Sherif
Bowe:s of San Augustine county. Th<
two oticers through a ruse finally sue
ceeded in spiriting the negro away t<
the parish jail at Shreveport.
Buchanan was afterwards taken t(
the jail at Ihenderson and a company
of militia was ordered out to protect
the negro from violence. A mob form
ed and it was feared an encounte1
with the troops would result in seriou.
bloodshed. Two more companies o3
militia was dispatched to Hiendersor
and today Buchanan was brought t<
Nacogdohes under the protection o0
five companies of militia. Upon hi.
arrival at Nacogdoches the negro wa:
immediately turned over to Sherit
Spradley, who told the people hi
would be given a special trial. Thi
town began to fill up rapidly and th<
excitement was intense.
The telegraph wires were cut. th<
railroad tracks were torn up for i
short distance and it was announc
that an attempt would be made to gel
possession of Buc'hanan. Distric1
court was at once convened, a jury
was empaneled without delay and thi
negro's plea of guilty was accepted b:
the court. The judge ordered tha1
the death sentence be executed Nov
1. but many people announced tha1
they would not allow delay. Buchanar
then waived the 30 days allowed hirn
by law and preparations were begun
to erect a cr'ude scaffold in the jai
yard. When the task was complete<
Buchanan was hanged by Sherif
Spradley in the presence of a largi
At the Citadel.
Capt. Geo. 11. Mce3aste'r has beei
assigned to duty as commandant o
the South Carolina 31ilitary academy
the Citadel. The duties of this otliec
have been discharged most acceptabi:
)y Lieut. .J. Wills Cantey.. a Citade
graduate, who is not an ollicer of the
regular army. Capt. MIe~aster is
nativxe of Columbia.
Arter Thir'ty Years.
In the circuit court at Evergreen
Ala.. Thursday morningAlbert Urzowv
colred. was sentenced to life imprison
met for killing Levy Brown in thi:
town in 18-1. Tihe accused is a gray
ui- National IThbt.
Au interesting series of articles has
been appearing in The North Amei
can Review on "National Debts of the
- World." The latest one of these in
I teresting and instructive articles is
devoted to The Public Debt of the
United States." and is contributed by
Mr. 0. P. Austin. chief of the bureau
I of statistics of the treasury depart
ment. The national debt of the Uni
ted States amounted-on .J ly 1. 1902, to
$1.328,0:31,356. Of this sum $931.070.
340 is "interest-bearing debt." $395.
- 680.156 "debt bearing no interest.
and $1.250.60 "debt on which inter
est has ceased since maturity." The
1 interest-bearing debt. speaking in
r round millions. consists of 819.000.000
> in 5 per cent bonds. redeemable in
1904: 8233,000,000 at 4 per cent. re.
deemable in 1907: $135.000.000 at 4
1 per cent. redeemable in 1925: $97.000.
000 at : per cent. redeemable in 1905:
and $446.000.000 at 2 per cent, re
i deemable in 1930.
, The debt bearing no interest con
sists of $346,000.000 of United States
notes. commonly known as "green
backs," for which no date of redemp
I tion is fixed: $42.000.000 of funds de
posited by nationai banks going out of
e business, with which the government
s is to redeem their notes whenever pre
3 sented at the treasury for redemption
s and $6,000.000 of fractional currency
issued during the civil war. of whicl:
e probably less than $1,000,000 will eves
i be presented for redemption. and the
debt on which interest has cease(
since maturity amounts to about $1.
r 000.000 of bonds overdue but not yet
presented for redemption. Against
this debt there stands in the treasury
8150.000,000 in gold. set aside as a re
serve fund for redemption of the Uni
ted States notes when presented, anc
an "available cash balance" on Tuly 1.
of $208.000.000. or an available debt.
e paying balance of $358.000,000, thui
bringing the "debt less cash in th(
treasury" to $969,457,241.
The Atlanta Journal says a causal
d examination of the debt statement
d might give a widely erroneous impres
sion of the situation. The annual
statement published in the reports of
the treasury shows in one columr
"the outstanding principal of the pub
y lic debt" as $2,158,610,445. This
1- enormous figure is produced by bring
[ ing into the total account allthe gold
and silver certificates for which there
is deposited in the treasury a sum ex
Sactly equal to the values of the certiti
e cate;s..
a Therefore, this apparent indebted
d ness which is classified as "certificates
and notes issued on deposit of coir
t and silver bullion," and whicl
n amounts to $346,000,000 of gold certiti
s cates, $454,000,000 of silver certifi
e cates and $30,000,000 of treasury note.
issued for the purchase of silver bul
lion, is, in fact, not to be considerec
in a statement of the real debt, since
d the entire sum necessary for their re
demption is on deposit in the treas
ury.
The simplest form in which the deb1
of the United States can be stated i
that the interest-bearing debt is $931.
t 070.340, the debt bearing no interest
n $395.680.156, and the total debt, lesi
e cash in the treasury, 5696,457.241
0 This makes an annual interest charg
tof $27.542,945 and brings the per'cap
ita debt. less cash in tihe treasury. t(
e $12.27, and the annual per capita in
terest rate to 35s cents.
dThe Samre Old Mixture.
.* Capt. John G. Capers, United
States district attorney for this State
I and supposed to be the administra
b tion's referee in party affairs dowr
here, has given to the press his views
upon the elimination of the negrc
from the Republican party, a proposi
tion which has caused more discussior
among the Democrats than it has
gained support among tihe Rtepubli
o cans. It~is not at all surprising thal
Capt. Capers' views agree pretty wel
with the expressions made a few day:
ago by the president to a delegatior
of darkey divines who called at the
Stemporary White Hodse but did nlot
dine there. Capt. Capers is quoted al
Thea~ organization and operation o1
2 political parties upon purely racial
I classification is, to my mind, wholly
s inconsistent with the spirit of our gov
- emnent, requiring, as our government
jdoes, well defined duties and responsi
jbilities from all its citizens. In the
exercise of citizenship when the ne
gro asserts a right and demonstrates
> that it rests upon intelligence and
character rather than upon race pre
1judice,or fancied and unearned distinc.
1 tion, his rights should be respected as
San American citizen, regardiess of his
Scolor. In politics the negro's troutie
Sin the south comes in a large measure
Sfrom the advice he receives from his
-northern colored brother, vwho ruins
ethe effect of a protest against a white
Sman's party in the south by a practi
cal demand for a black man's party.
-There is no good reason why tile Re
publican party in the south should
be all white, and there is every reason
why it should not be all black.
The Columbia State, in comment
ing on the above says that some white
men want to hold federal otlices under
7Republican ad minstrations is doubtless
reason enough why tile Republican
party in the south "should not be all
black" And judging from recent
)events these white men do not desire
to make tile party "all white" so long
as the blacks consent to let them run
tile machine. The only negroes they
would eliminate from the organiza,
tion are those ambitious darkeys who
do not subnmit to being supplanted by
recent converts and thleir new all ies
among the old-timers. If it were no:
plain before, it is now since Capt.
Capers' pronouncement, following so
closely upon that of President Roost'
velt, that the new regime in southern
Republican circles is not to difier
greatly from the old. The negro is still
to be anasset, if not a factor. His
"rights" as an American citizen and
the " injustice of race discrimination"
.are to be dI welt upon as of old. All of
this has been the oratorical stock in
trade of northern tireeaters. Republi
- an leaders and southern scalawags
ifor .nany a-day. Put the fact remains
I as a cause for gr-atitication that the
southlern white men oif respectable
birth and respected parentage who
Shave descended to consort with the
negro have been few. Nor do we he
live tile number wvill increase, even
if thlere appears an occasional re
trogresson which is most conspi'uous
because of tile hlonor that hlas attachl
ed to the names borne by tile new
champions and colleagues of " the
brothler in black;.' That there is to
ie no effort to reorganize the Repiibli
ca at in the southern States up
the character of its leadership. mem
brship, aims arnd purposes is to be re
getted. A star-t seemed to have been
maein A~il labama and North Car-olina
and there weire hopes thlat it mighlt
. e clone in South Caiolina, but it is
plain now thlat this is not to be. To
succeed even so far as to obtain for
thr. tateorgwaniationns recognition
romi the niatioijal orgain'/at ioi tLe ap
proval and assistance of the president,
the party's titular leader. would be
ndispensable. In the Alabama case
President Roosevelt, who entertained
Booker Washington at dinner with
his family, has announced that he has
no sympathy with the movement
which seeks to elimenate the negro.
That presidential dechiration is fatal
to the attempt in Alabama. as else
where. It is evident that the party
leaders have taken the cue and we
shall not for a long time to comic hear
anything practical about a "white
Republican party" in the south. And
with this goes also all talk of 'a de
cent Rlepublican party" in these
States. For while a purely black party
might conceivably be respectable, a
I mixed white and black organization
cannot possibly lay claim to that des
ignation. And it is the mixture that
we are still to have'
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
The New Zealand government is
/ailing the wages of its railway em
ployes to the extent of $100.000.
What is said to be the first factory
for the manufacture of oxalic acid is
being built near Cheboygan, Mich.
In the year 620 the mulberry tree
was first cultivated in Greece and the
Levant for the benefit of the silk
worms.
The nest of the wasp shows a de
gree of engineering skill and adapta
tion of means to end which rival the
same talents of the bee. *
Exports of steel rails for the first
eight months of 1901, though less by
6,995 tons than in 1900, was 90,244 tons
greater than for the period in 1S99.
Irrigation has converted the South
American desert valleys near the city
of Mendoza into some of the most
productive vineyards in the world.
The broom must go! A French
hygienic journal states that in Tunis
the mortality from tuberculosis is 11.3
per 1,000 among the Arabs, and only
0.75 per 1,000 among the Jews, who
lead pretty much the same life as the
Arabs, except that they daily clean
all their furniture with moist cloths,
ard never stir up the germinfected
dust with brooms.
The skunk first appears in history
in the year 1636, when he was de
scribed in Theodat's History of Can
ada. He had been a long time on the
earth before that time, however, for
there are species of fossil skunks.
The skunks of the genus Chinca range
over the greater part of North Amer
ica and as far south as Mexico. Oth
er skunks are found in Central and
South America.
PRAYERS FOR A STIPEND.
Freueh Abbe Who Has Made a Town
Prosperous by a 1ovel
Tram,
There is a small village in the de
partment of the Sarthe, In France,
that has arisen from poverty to af
tluence by means of prayer furnished
on demand for a consideration. The
cure of the village, a certain Abbe
Buguet, was as poor as his flock. But
he wvas not content to stay that way
arnd, being a man of imagipation, he
looked around for some means by
wich he could better the condition
of his people and incident-aly his own.
He fina:iy hit upon an idea, says a Lon
don e~ch inge. He learned to set type,
bought a secondhand hand press -and
set up. printed arnd published a leellet
in which he discoursed upon the effi
car-y cf prayer. Then he madie a busi
nes- proposition to his flock, lie would
pray for them, for their children and
for their dead for an annual subscrip
tion of one sou. In other words, he
would take charge of all their prayers
for one sou a year. The idea appea led
to his parishionero and all of them
subseribed. With the little sums thus
acquired he printed more leaflets and
distributed them throughout the
net'ghb)rinlg country and ttrry leaflet
seet d to bring in a new subscriber.
To-day he harv many thousands of
subscri'uers who live in all parts of the
world, and Montligeon, which was once
little more than a collection of hotels,
is a prosperous town. It has a church
that is a cathedral. It has wide streets
lighted by electric lights, a post of
fice, waterworks and cab service. And
in the center of the town is . large
Iwhite building~ where Abbe ID'guet,
with eight aimoners, 15 interpreters,
20 secretaries and a, crowd of cierks,
proceeds with his work of supplying
pra ye-s. More than L.500 letters come
each day, each of them conta2ring at
least the required sou. and most of
them having a n'ueh larg~r sum. A
part of these lette'rs ask for prayers
and these are divided amongz various
needy priests in the neighborhood,
who thus are able to add considerable
to their meager incomes. All the vol
untary offerings go into the penxeral
treasury and are used for the benefit
of the town and the valley in which
it is situated. The mayor of the town
is the cas-hier and the principal coun
cilors are the secretaries or chief ac
countants and Abbe Puguet is man
ager of all. It is the most profitable
prayer factory in the world. /
- Hit by the Recoil.
Lawyer (examining Accused pick
pocket, testifying in his own behalf)
-You deny this special charge, and
yet adnilt that you have committed
similar offenses. Perhaps you'll be
good enough to tell the court just
how long you've been in this busi
ness?
P.ickpocket (nonchalantly)-Oh, not
more than tw'o or thr-ee mo'nths.
LI-.vyer-Only two or !!.ree months,
eh?ilion do y ou expect the court to
believe that statement in view of the
fact tht It ':as had i;oiie t' timoiny
.o the effect that you are ant expert?
Piekpeecket (s.mil>ngl)-Oh. well,
von must remember that I had the
eniefit of a three y'ears' previous
practice in your profession.-Rich
mond Dispatch.
Buiding in Stockholm, Sweden.
Only two-thirds of the area of the
lot can be covered in Stockholm,
Sweden, except on street corners,
where three-?ourths is allowed. The
remainder of the lot must be reserved
for courts, for light and ventilation.
All chimney flues must be 12 or 15
inches and must he swept once a
month from OetchLer to April by of
ficial chimaney sweepers.-Chicago In
ter Ocean.
Woctaan-Like.
Tess--She says she can't under
stand why people call him a flatterer.
Jess-She does. eh?
"Yes: I guess it's because he never
said anything flattering to her."
"More likely he did say something
flattering and she's trying to make
herself believe he was in earnet."
[Philadelphia Press.
\tuuors reasons have been given
for the action of the Southern lle
publicans in trying to iliminate the
negro as a factor in polities, but tile
real reason is that the white men in
the party want the ollices. and they
think the best way to secure them is
Ito tic the black brother.
IGN OF THE TIMES.
Big English Shipbuilder Comes to
America to Get Points.
Sir Christopher Furness Says That
European Manufacturers Are
Awakening to Fact That Their
Prestige In Threatened.
A sign of the times was the arrival
at Ne York the other day't of Sir
Chr .topher urrat-:s, m:. < te im
lortant rh:pouil::erS at: : ite . anui
In 0.~r t. of (rc.., t r..:. 1. a)
of;_. p2:~
and st ti pints here to ! .:
tions. for the improven:t t of his
pl:n. in, Egland. He ;idt he had not
comeIr to analganiat-e or to buty or ,ell
any v.
S:r thrstophe.r Furness is chairman
of th ::irds of the Furnes.5-Withy
Shpio:i:*:: company, the Twiag
Sh : IJLom;a, the < r:iiam
be r:z :.: - . .ci:;" c".i:.i.v, the
Sweniti..- S:el c mp.ny and the
Sout: : :: :-. i com; -Iry. In re
piy to t q u:eu ion regartig the Eng
lish labor p:robknm he sa': :
"Labg : n i- ::.r. -el:. e ' y :k!!lled
labor. is r::!zi::: that it is f,;r its
best in:e--st :o give up : :!ea of
!!miting the n:t cr man and that
it has much to ft--ir from (: rman and
American c"m! ' i::. ;.r ...ily
.\n:rican. While 'n Amerxia ::r price
of labor is higher, yet th. pro dt:ct per
man is so much greater that labor re
ally cet s: .
"Are a'. these stories about the
scare a:"- Fnalish manufacturers
over th r- vit iln of the progress of
the Uni:e. 'tes true?"
"Yts. ! -.ti-t st created a panic at
first. b::- w' are awake to the fact
that our backs are against the wall and
we must do soneting."
LABORERS IN GERMANY.
Consul General Hughes Sends Report
That Many Are Unable to Secure
Eimployment.
There Is a continuous scarcity of
work in Germany, Consul General
Hughes has sent reports to the state
department showing that in the main
in:. districts and in the centers of
the iron working and machine miak
in'r regions short hours. dismissal
of hands, and cutting down of wages
are general. In the month of July,
1!O. when the depression of business
in ur-ner::i was fel. for the firsr time
on the !ihior market, the decrea-e of
employed :aborers amounted to only
three pir cent., while in July of this
y":zr their already much reduoced
number has decreased by a further
five per cent.
There is a marked increase in the
namier of nrn applying for work at
the p'ublite labor ofices. In JTly,
1E0t. icr evi-ry 100 open places 122.2
applian ts were counted; this year
the:- number has run up to 160.9.
i he labor offices report an in
creased rush for places, particularly
h- meta worlers and those em
ployed in the building trades. The
latter may hope for an improvement,
at least in stmie ;-laces. at the begin
ning of the autumnal building sea
son. but for the iron workers the
outlook is gloomy indeed.
ROOSEVELT CHILDREN BUSY.
IKermit and Ethel Enjoy.Their New
Rome at the White House
Have Mluch to See.
The Roosevelt children, Kermit and
Ethel, are thoroughly enjoying their
new home at the white house. The
first morning after their arrival they
were out of bed a -long time before
the family was ready for breakfast,
and~ inunzediateliy began an inspection
of their new home, visiting all the
apartments and admiring the view
from the windows, which overlook
the white lot and the site of the
Washington mnonument. After break
fast they went out with Pinckney. Mr.
Rhoosevelt's colored man servant, and
under his supervision purchased two
bicveles at a store on Fourteenth
street. They rode the bicycles back
to the white house and showed them
to their father and mother. In the
afternoon they took a long ride on
their wheels, going down Pennsyl
vania avenue, over into the Smith
sonian grournds and through the ex
tenzsivc mail between the national
museum and the capitol. Pinckney
rode with them on his own bicycle to
take care of them.
Automobile Against a Bull.
The PDiarritz, France, correspond
ent of the Newv York Herald says:
Next Sun/ay there is to be a bull
fight such as has never been seen
before. It will be a fight of an au
ttmoble n1:inst a bull.
Mr. lleury Deutsch, whose name is
connected. with the prize for aerial
rnvir ation, wvill preside. Mr. Dleutsch
when inuterviewed 'oncerning this
la test niovel plan for dcnmonstrating
the merits of the automobile said:
"My opinion is that an auztomnobi~le
can be used instead of a mounted
picador andl if the picador is placed
on a swiftly revolving automobile
the sport might he immense.
"I hold that with a enable chaf
feur the automobile conhi avoid the
charges of t he bull. My idea in all this
is that as the revoltinz feature of
bull fighting is the mutilation of the
horse, this could be avoided by the
use of an automobile."
An Easy Job for Canada.
Surveyors rep)ort that a Canadian
railway to the Yukon could be con
structed at reasonnlble cost.
Cost of Bank of Enmgland Notes.
It oosts almost exactly a halfpenny
apiece to print Bank of England notes.
Considerable excitemecnt has been
created in the eastern part of Knox
ville. Tenn.. by parties digging in an
isolated yard for several nights of
late. It is stated that years ago a
man died in the house on this proper
ty. and that before he died he had
bried in the yard a small fortune in
gold. lie failed to disclose to any one
tile identity of the spot where the
treasure was located. The recent mid
night diggers are reported to be
searching for the old man's gold.
A horse belonging to George Gath
ers, colored, of Wedgetield~was fright
ened by the Atlantic Coast Line train
Saturday evening. and in pulling back
the hitch rein broke and the horses
hadl struck tile ground hard enough
to rupture a blood vessel which caused
the animal's death.
Too Sensitive.
The mayor of the little town of St.
Emiland, in France, has hanged him
self with his scarf of ollice, leaving a
note behind to state that he was driv
en to commit suicide by tihe cares of
oie and the utter impossibility of
psing evrybhnel in his decisions.
PARMINS ON A LAI E NcAIE4
some F:ts' nTegardiuz Agrieulture
as Ca.-ic d On tn th Paceite
Coast Region.
The department of agriculture has
issue d :, r rt on the general agri
e ra. s :ions in. the Pacific coast
r.; . ay. that alhhuugh the'ten
d.. ~for :1 he ast :'"i y ears has been
t t...: . :- dual redcitiofn in the
ar .. dual farms and ranches
t:, ... ,- '" of a size much larger
h :a-rge farm of the east or
et :. :-tiddle west. It is par
:i C:iife:-nla. Another
. . atuire. .s;teciallv in the
S: .. .rea of California, is the -
ua .' .. eery of great capacity,
w: an econo-my of human
laho . en also means a waste
of - r: ry effort-is made tocom
bi :1 operatirons into one.
Tr.-:::- on of the enormous quan
ti:" of Pacifie coast wheat has been
reduc d :o a science. A Mrge saving
s m:e Tyv invling ships directly from
th- :r, rains being run from the
w;:.a: fields to tidewrter at a very
few ir s' notice. In Washington and
Ore:n: h<.wever. the wheat is run
thre-a *to-. wh'e it is re
c'.,... :, : ; , -: wC-h cther grades
h::: to the required
t:r - -r:... af.: which it is re
i. - 1r - the vessels or
car= f-r final shipment. About 27,450,
00") bh ! of wheat are exported an
na:V f:- :he Pacific coast. with a
to: r.' --.-.-t,:f ab::ut $20 000 003. Of the
c (:O.rn0 barrels of flour annually
r:paed frem the Pacific coast ports
.... :- Inst ten yeers. nearly one
half e:. artd at San Francisco. The
rr --- -h ~ "'--en about 36.000,- -
000 b ', of wMi-r to supply the for
ein r ::er w ti: -acific coast wheat
aml flour. Of this amount California
port furnished more than 20,000,000
bushels.
ODD SUBSTiTUI E FOR STAMPS.
Ofeials at Post Offee at New York
City Hold Letters Bearing Old
"Ihiaplasters."
Officials at the general post.office in
New York city are interested in letters
which were "dropped" there onTues
day and t hich art zing held for post
age, because instead of stamps "shin
plasters" of 35 years ago were gummed
to them. The name of the person who
post: d the letters is known. He has
commin ed no offense against the law,
but has failed in some scheme to have
the shinplasters stamped with a can
celing stamp as are regular postage
stamps.
"There were," said an official, "half
a dozen letters dropped here. -Where
two-cent stamps shoud -have been
used were five-cent, ten-cent, twenty
ave-cent and fifty-cent war shinplas
ters. They were carefully gummed to
the right hand top corner of the en
velol-es. where the postage stamps
shoud have been. All the letters were
held for postage.
"The man has not been identified as '16
a practica! joker or a philatelist. His
aim in ailixiug shinplasters to envel
opesis obeaure. As it stands, it looks
to me as if the mailer of the letters
warnted the shinpasters canceled. -
"Suc'h authentications are often se
cured by phiatelists. It makes their
specimens a:1 the more valugble. In
one instance that I remember a five
dollar Columbia stamp had the place --
of a two-cent stamp. It, of course,
went through."
BOY FINTDS RICH MINE.
lInamea.e. and Valuable Copper' De
posits Located by a Little
Mexican Lad. -
What is believed to be one of the
richest copper deposits in the world
was recently discovered through a
boy's selling pretty rocks .to an assay
office at San Diego, Col. Severi-aweeks
ago a small boy came into the-office
of Col. IRobbins, an assayer -of San
Diego, with some "pretty"' rocks
which he wanted to selL.
The assayer gave him a few. nickels
and took the rock. Examination
showed the ore to be almost pure
copper streaked with silver. The boy
had disappeared, but the assayer kept
a standing advertisement in three
papers for several weeks and finally -
located the boy and also his father.
It was fotnd that the ore came .
from about 25 miles below- the Mex
ican line, and the boy's father, -An
toni~o Feliz, Col. Robbins and J. Wade
McDonald have located the -land un
der the Mexican law. Developfment
work has begun.
Content with Title "Wife."
La dy Sy bil Cutting. af ter abrief stay
in democratic America, has decided to- -
a bandon her title. Bereafter she will
be known simply as Mrs..William B.
Cutting, Jr. .
Her decision may have been influ- .
ence d by t he fact that, under her urg -
ing. her husband has decided ,to go
into the sugar refining business s-nd
will begin at the bo-ttora of the ladder
This winter the young coup-e wiH ga
to Oxnard. Cal., where Cut ting is prom
ised employment in a refinery owned
by the Oxnards, of Brooklyn. They
will occupy a plain workingman's ept
tage there. Mrs. Cutting will do her
husba-nd's cookin..
Mrs. Cutting was Lady Sybil Cuffe,
daughter of Earl and Countess Desap.
Must speak Jndian Language.
Banks in Indian territory have to
keep cashiers who can speak the In
dian languiage.
Morrnon Converts in Gersny.
Mormon miissionaries report that
they are making many converts in
Germany.
Tea of Cabbage Leaves.
The people of Siberia. when reduced
to hard straits, make a tea of cabbage
leaves.____________
Stepped (off the Train.
A very unusual railway accident
occurred a half mile west of Pelzer
station Thursday night. It appears
that when nearing that point the por
ter of train No. 16. south bound,
came through the first class coach, as
is the custom and called out the sta
tion when Miss Minnie Hollingsworth,
a young lady passenger, deliberately
arose from her seat, walked to the
platform of the coach and stepped off
to the ground while the train was
dashing along at the ratc of perhaps
30 miles an hour. It so happened
that one of the train crew saw the
lady as she stpped off and Conductor
Battle was immediately notitied, who
backed the train in search of the -lady,.
fully expecting to find her lifeless body
by the roadside. but the strangest
part of the story is that she picked
herself up after the fall and walked
some distance to her home in Pelzer,
with only a few slight bruises about
her person. The strange conduct on
the part of this lady has not yet been
explained, whether she was asleep or
did not know the train was in motion
is not 1:nown.