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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31
san FrancIsco Chronicle.

Any measures OF real reform In In
ternal administration viii be bitterly
opposed. not only by the reignlng Man
chu dynasty but by all the mandarin
class, which profits by the present cor
rupt methods These Interested inhu-
ences VIII be backed up by the intense
national reverence for the past OF
which the worship OF ancestors Is the
most striking manifestation. The sto-
ia resistance Of the superstltlous mus
SEES will probably be found even a more
serious obstacle to reform than that
supplied by the resistance Of the pre-
datOry mandarins.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31
ooNCERNiNG MISS STONE.
Springfield Republican.

Rev, J. r. Clarke, the American board
missionary at Samokov Bulgaria, writes
concerning Miss Stones case In this
weeks Congregationalist He offers en-
enlargement as to her final rescue,
without pretending that the affair has
been well handled by her woud-be res
cuors. Mr., Clarke offers little fresh
light ON the causes Of the abduction
or the identity OF the abductors The
brlgands evidently were Bulgarans
hut Mr.. Clarke has mo tangible proof
that the act was inspired by the Mace
DOMAIN committee.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

the action taken by the Commercial
cub on Thursday evening for the pur-
pose II possible Of securing the rail-
road cutoff by way OF the south end
Of Salt Lake, which would place this
city on the direct line OF the Union Pa
ol0c and Southern Pacific railroads,
WIN be approved by all our citizens,
and we hope It win have the desired
result But we fear its effect on the Og-
den Standard viii be TO give that paper
another Of its extraordinary conyul-
sons. Let us hope, however that the
sensible people Of ogden will either
SEQ to It that a strait Jacket is provided
or that the contortions Of that peculiar
paper win have no effect upon the good
people Of the Junction city.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

An Illinois Judge has decided that
army officers have a right TO raid
'bllnd pigs located near military
camps And why should they not see
ing that every American citizen holds It
20 be a constitutional right to raid the
stock markell
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

SPEAKING or ADMIRAL soHLEy


We shall hear no more of Schley
presidential booms or Dewey prcsi-
dental booms. The heroes of the two
great naval victories OF the present
generations are secure In their places in
popular esteem and no political honors
could add to the luster Of those trl-
umphs.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

As a gentle hint to those who have
been trying to array political prejudice
against Sohley. It may be stated that
neither Sampson, Long, Potts, Chad
wick Lemly or any Of the gang have
deemed IL necessary to state that they
win be political candidates There has
not been even the suspicion Of a loud
call for them,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

When you have no case abuse the
other side" That Is an old rule which
the Tribune quotes and which Is spec
lally applicable to IT'S own course. We
have had to cite II for lta consideration
many times in years gone by and II
win be benefited by its present appll-
cation. Next time It attempts TO mis-
represent the Desoret News Il win pro-
baby accept the advice Of Punch 10
people asking counsel when contem-
plating marriage that Is Don't"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Some brilliant statistican should
make table showing how many times
Miss Stone and her companion have
been put to death, how many times the
ransom has been accepted, and how
many times II has been refused since
her sensational capture.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

send an ambassador TO the Holy see are
revived with increased confidence.
Should this be done the administration
responsible for It would most likely be
cast adrlft
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Stuart Robson says that writing
comedy is the most serious business
in the world" Serious as It Is, II can
hardly be 80 serious as the hangmans
duty.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

II Is small aid and less comfort that
tie public VIII get out Of Admiral
Schley's appeal to the President and
the navy departments Comment
thereon. In reality the whole matter
amounts to no more than a threshing Of
old straw.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Senator Tillman says that South
Carolina has made more history than
any other state IN the Union, II may
be, but OIL Of that history is not OF a
kind TO boast OF,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

I'VE are In the forefront In the APP
plication Of the sciences" says Captain
Hobson, 1t would be rather difficult
Tor the country to be IN behindfront
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

II war were abolished there would
never be any necessity for war revenue
taxes But az yet no man can see the
dawn Of that day.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

The white dove Of peace has spread
her wings over the Senate once more.
May she keep them there.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Mr. Carnegie should round out his
career as a philanthropist by writing
book on How TO Succeed in Busl-
ness"
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

In Rome the reports that the govern
ment Of the United states intends to
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

The new United States marshal may
very pr0perIy be CALLED has Ben.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

1t begins to look as though Miss
stone would secure her release through
death rather than through ransom.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Professor Pearson con never hope TO
attain the same notoriety that Profess
sor Briggs ala. the market value Of
heresy having fallen very materially
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

old King Corn is still king of the
Chicago corn pit.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

From the stress laid on the turn OF
the Brooklyn by Messrs. Lemly and
Hanna one might think that the ia
nous loop was an infamous loup.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

The Hawaiian gubernatorlal sltua-
ton still remains Doleful
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

Any federal plum" is better than any
California prune.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-31

The current number o. he West vlr.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
They Know Boone.

KNOXVILLE, TENN, March 13.-COl
Albert f. Boone, of Black Diamond fame
has been endeavoring to get people OF
Madison, Ind, interested in q scheme to
construct an electric railroad. The peo,
pie of Madison did not take his plans and
turned down his proposition. Mayor Nc.
Guire, of Madison, wrote to the mayor
of Knoxville asking what kind of a man
Mr.. Boone was, and this is the reply:
Dear Sir: Yes stree, we know the
versatile and tireless colonel. We know
him like book We have been privileg.
ed to gaze upon him in all the splendor OF
a railroad builder, whose lines extend
from Knoxville, Tennessee ito Madison
Indiana, and from there to the isles of the
sea and ends of the earth, and thence in
an air line, as the bird flies straight into
the pearly gates of the New Jerusalem
Not to know the colonel is to have lived
an old and empty life, to be tree without
fruit, a bush without the rose, a stunned
and stolid thing, brother to an OK
All the way up, all the way down,
All the way through, all the way round,
From head to heels, from heels TO crown.
"Do we know the colonel He got
from our local suckers $4,000 as a pro-
noting fund to promote the Black Dia-
mond,' and like John Browns soul our
forty thousand still goes marching on :
and as for the Black Diamond, it has all
ready been constructed over a circle of
territory of which Knoxville is the center
and intinity the circumference and it
keeps on a-going. On this beautiful Sun
day morning away down here in the
Southland take off my hat to you and
congratulate you on knowing the Col
Albert E. Boone. Respectfully,
"S. G. Heiskell, MayOr."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
Her Intentions We're Good.

She really intended paying her fare
when she boarded the street car, for she
had 10 cents saved from the bargain day
scrimmage, but the conductor happened
to be gentleman, and, by paying the
fare himself, saved her weary walk to
the family residence She had the 10 cents
with her when she boarded the car, and
she still had the money when the conduc-
tor came through on his trip for fares, but
she did not pay the conductor. twas all
the morman's fault. With her arms full
of bundles, she was compelled to hold the
10-cent piece between her teeth. The
motorman turned on the current, the car
gave jerk and she gave start.
"Fare, please" said the conductor, and
she turned pale.
Il can't pay YOU she stammered, going
from white to red and from red back to
white.
II can't carry you for nothing" remon-
strated the conductor.
II know it, but I can't help it. I had
the money when got on the car, but
but l swallowed it,"
A rough ON the other side of the car
snorted a rough laugh, but the conductor
was gentleman, and without another
word he pulled the register rope for an
other fare anu passed on-St. Paul Globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
A Little Home Experience.
"Whar'S yer MARI

w Hal , SSl Nudl!
was writing at my window and my
little boy was playing just outside on the
veranda when the above question was
asked him. looked up and saw wo-
man surrounded by four children, ages Il
suppose) ranging from twelve to four. l
left my writing table and went to the door.
''Be you the proprietor's wife, what dis
qualities this er Millen SCHOOL," she asked
with decided nasal accent. I choked
back laugh and replied as courteously
as my prisoned feelings would permit
"Yes, am the wife of the principal; do
you wish to see him?'
"Show do" Again I had to pause to
stifle my keen sense of humor. 'He will
be at home in one hour from now sup
pose you 60 to the Academy and see him
Or can deliver"
"You, George Washington, quit that"
she interrupted. Just here the name sake
of our patriotic father, jerked away and
glided like frightened rabbit into the
next street. "Run, Jeemsie, he is skeer't
of the town; run, Jeemsie, run git him p
Six-year-old "Jeemsie" took after him
yelling: MAR seys come back, you &C.
o.r-g-e" (the final ran up the gamut of
notes until it reached the pin feather
keys) Hannah Jane, run round that
tother way, head him h'off" Hannah
flew to her heels; the mother and the
fourth child joined in the chase.
closed the door and resumed my writ
ing. Some minutes later they returned.
."George Washington run clean down to
that 'er clump of big stores standing hand
runnin' and I most loss breath a-ketch-
ing of him. He told me he was skeer't Of
towns and I believe he his" A rosy
checked apple was given each of the chill
dren, and the woman continued: "Me
and my old man has worked hard to git
our chipen edicated; we wants them ro-
mancing and edited and we hear'n that
yer school heer in Millen was the place to
git 'em in" nodded assent--her tongue
ratified like bell clapper. Hannah is
a purity peert gal, she kin larn books quick
es eny body, but that ther' boy thar"
pointing the index finger at "Jeemsie",
''his head is es hard es brick" I re-
marked that boys developed more slowly
than girls. "Do you rickon he kin git in
to 'rithmetic this yeer?" "Oh yes" said.
"Do say, Pm powerful glad, for am that
romancing to have 'em disqualified as
a'rithmeticker and grammarist"
She drew breath and went on: IL was
not edicated, but 1 tuck ter books and l
kin read, write and spell load of words" !"
Where would she have stopped had not
my husband come in?
Echo answers, "where!'
NJ. 0. LANIER.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27

Chairman Cooper, of the house COM
mittee on insular affairs, is a lawyer. He
is frequently called upon by constituents
todefend them in courtwhen at his homein
Wisconsin. A voter came to him last sum-
mer and asked him to go to court for him
in an assault case The other man was
badly beaten. The complainant explain
ed that the defendant had beaten him.
He exhibited his bruises and contusions.
"What did you beat this man so un-
mercifully for?" asked the judge.
"Your honor, I'll tell YOU" explained
the defendant. "He and were playing
seven-up. I was six and be was two. /
dealt and he begged. I gave him point.
played the three spot for low; he played
the two. played the king for high and
he took it with an ace. Then he came
back at me with the queen and caught
my jack. Right there friendship ceased"
"Ill dismiss this case," declared the
judge, "for the reason that any man who
would beg with such hand is not honest
and should be licked" Washington cor
respondence of the New York World.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
NOTICE.

To Township Commissioners and Road
Oyerseers: You are hereby notified to
warn out the men liable to road duty in
your several road districts at once, and
put the roads in good shape. For your
information, give you below the law as
construed by the Assistant Attorney
General. E. G.. BRUCE.
March 18th, 1902. County Supervisor.
Yesterday Assistant Attorney General
Gunter rendered an opinion for the
county treasurer of Lexington constituting
the new road law which may be of
interest to a number of counties. The
opinion shows that in the matter of the
payment of the communication tax at least
there is an instance of wherein the early
bird did not get the worm. Those who
paid the tax before Feb. /, as required by
the old act, had to pay So, whereas those
who neglected to pay up got off with the
payment of half the amount.
Mr.. Gunter, quoting the law as it ap-
that in certain counties the communication
tax was 81; in others 81. The tax must
have been paid before Feb. to avoid
penalty. But" he continues, "by an act
approved Feb. &c, 1902, in section 7, it is
provided: In lieu of performing OF
causing to be performed the labor of ten
hours per day, as required for the several
counties, communication tax of 81 may be
paid by the person so liable on or by the
31st day of March, 1902, and on or by the
first day of March of each year thereafter.
This act does not take effect until the 25th
day after its approval. 1t will therefore
become effective on March 19, 1902. II
thus appears that the opportunity to pay
communication tax closed on Feb 1, but
was reopened by the last general assem-
bly, to begin on March the 18th and close
March 81, 1902, and for this period the
tax is 81 for all the counties"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
FAD BECAME A MANIA.
Tempted by Harvard Book Plates, O
Doctor Turned Thief.

Doctor Turned Thief.
It would seem from the experience
of the Harvard college library that
book plate collecting may sometimes
develop into a dangerous and expen-
sive mania. A few years ago the Har-
ward library found that the engraved
labels which it pastes on the inside Of
the covers Of it's books as marks Of its
ownership were disappearing from
some of the less used volumes. The
older book plates, it appears, are high
ly priced by collectors, and some of
them are particularly valuable for their
artistic merit as we'll as for interesting
associations with early book collect
ing in this country. These were natu-
rally the special prey of the thief.
Detectives took the matter in hand,
and the offender was discovered with
full evidence Of his guilt upon him.
He confessed to stealing the library's
property and to having it in his pos
session. By the time the matter reach
ed the courts the greater part Of the
book plates had been restored, the thief
having settled satisfactorily with the
persons to whom he had sold or given
them, and, as the prisoner had repaid
the expense to which the library had
been put. the college consented to leave
the matter Of sentence with the court,
which imposed a fine Of $3.50 on one
count and put the other count on file,
to be brought up again later II it should
be desirable, meanwhile placing the
offender under $1,000 bonds for his fu-
ture appearance If he should be want
ed.
A striking point in the case is that
the guilty man is in no way common
criminal. His education Che has de-
gree Of DOCTOR and his taste seem only
to have made his thefts more 1ntelli-
gent and discriminating, however: He
knew the value of his peculiar booty,
and he knew how to dispose Of it, his
very personality being a protection to
him in that part Of his misdemeanor.
Apparently the fad developed to a ma
mia and that to kleptomania In his
mind.
A number of the stolen plates have
not yet been traced at all, and collect
ors have been warned against accept
ing Harvard plates Of the older en-
graved varieties unless there is unmis-
taxable evidence that they came hon
estly into the possession Of the person
who offers them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
Destructive Fire in Saluda.

SALUDA, March 24-One of the most
disastrous fires which this town has yet
experienced occurred here tonight. 1t
originated in DR.. Pitts office in the second
story of the Etheredge building. The
fosses are as follow: Alvin Etheredge, a
double two-story brick building valued at
So 900; insurance S., 800; law library of
B. w. Crouch valued at $500; insurance
5000; law library Of G. J. Ramage valued
at $500; no insurance; law library of
Jno. Gregory valued at $500; no insur
ance; law library of E. W. Able valued
at 81 200; insurance $500; law library of
E. S. Blease valued at $500; no insurance; :;
dental instruments of DR.. j. w. Pitts
valued at 81 900; insurance $500; Sentinel
office and contents valued at $500; no in
surance; w. H. White general merchan-
disc valued at $1,000; insurance $500; all
but 81 600 of this stock was saved. 5. l..
Mathis saved his stock, but sustained con-
siderable damage to his building, partly
covered by insurance J. H. Etheredges
furniture valued at $500; saved $50 worth;
no insurance. All insurance is in the
Aetna.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
LAW POINTS,

A druggist may be convicted Of main
tanning liquor nuisance, though haV-
ing a permit to sell liquor. holds the
supreme court of Kansas.
The giving OF new note for an ex-
isting Indebtedness will not Of itself
release collateral security held for pay
ment of such indebtedness, holds the
supreme court Of Nebraska.
A child of divorced parents Is ward
of the court and must not be removed
from the state by the parent to whom
the court has awarded the custody,
holdssthe appellate court Of Illinois.
A reservation of title in condition
al sale Of goods is valid as between the
parties and those succeeding to their
rights, with knowledge Of such reser-
yation, either personally or from the
records.
A decree or order for alimony in a
divorce proceeding is not debt within
the meaning Of that term as used in
the constitution prohibiting imprison'
ment for debt, holds the supreme court
of Washington.
A bequest in a will for the purchase
Of books on spiritualism, to be free to
all, is held by the court Of chancery of
New Jersey in the case Of Jones versus
Watford go Att. Rep, 1907 to be a
charitable gift which a court OF equity
will enforce.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27

At a recent gathering of medical men
in Philadelphia DR.. W. W. Keen, the we'll
known surgeon told this story:
After the battle of Gettysburg a corps
under the command offs young physician,
who had recently been appointed, was
ordered to collect the wounded. Among
the disabled was man who had been shot
through the leg. The young doctor pro-
ceeded to use his knife After cutting for
an half-hour he was interrupted by the
young soldier with:
Say, how much longer are you going
to CUT"
"'Until l get the bullet replied the
doctor
want, I've got it in my pocket
"Sure enough; the bullet had lodged in
the skin of the mans leg after passing
through, and he had kept it as a SOU
venir."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-03-27
No Reward for Dead Body.

Governor McSweeney has received two
letters regarding the reward offered in
the case of Barlow Warren. Mr.. Corne-
ius A. OFT writes to claim the reward
and, through his attorney, writes to know
if additional proof is wanted as to the
identity of the remains.
Governor McSweeney takes the posi-
tion that to earn reward something
has to be done and that the earning of a
reward is not carried out in the accidental
finding of a dead body. Governor Nc
Sweeney has always held that whenever
a reward is paid it must be for actual
services, and that the purpose of reward
is to stimulate action and alertness, and
that in finding dead body such spirit
is not carried out, and that he would not
be justified in paying the reward no mat
ter whether it was Warren's body that
was found or not-Columbia correspon-
dence News and Courier.