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Special Correspond nce of The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG, December

81. PETERSBURG, December II, 1907.
-HAT lot of women are mixed
F up in the revolutionary struggle
~ in Russia every one who reads
papers must know. They get
arrested now and then for as
stssipAting somebody. or, as more fire.
duehtlY happens, for trying to do it and
making mess of the CHASTITY job. And
when they get arrested their stories get
into the newspapers. But few readers can
have -sEy conception of how many plot
tiers in pettieoats there are in the cars
domain, or of the prodigious influence
they WELD in tie movement for over
thkoNing the government.
I'm Russia all extremes meet" says the
proverb. Though in many respects the
most Conservative country in the world,
there are more of what are called
~emancipated" women within it's borders
than are found in any of those lands
which boast much more advanced state
of cx1o1xation. They devote themselves
to tho revolution with boundless enthu-
siasm. Though belonging to what is
sometimes termed the "timid' sex, they
far surpass their masculine colleagues in
daring and resourcefulness Risks from
which men wiH-shrink APPALLED,. they Gag
erly accept. That the end justifies the
means is an article of the revolutionary
creed which they believe in implicitly.
Firm in that faith. they will undertake
to blow one man. or a hundred men, into
the next world with.no more qualms of
conscience usually than the ordinary in
dividual experiences when he sets traps
for rats or other verrnin- Execution con-
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circus athletic exhibitions, are executed by
the horses with the graceful ease Of an
accomplished professional dancer.
That fine feathers make fine birds does
not apply to the cavalry horse. More at
Etention is given to the development of his
Intelligence than to his personal appear
ance. His intelligence is better groomed
than his coat. The horses of Company F,
18th Cavalry. will never take back seat
in competition with the worlds best-drilled
men or horses. For finished degree of del
starte and calisthenics, the horses Of Com
pany F would. without question, bring
home all the blue ribbons in any Of the
worlds contests. That they are not afraid
to try. they are willing any time to chal-
lenge of any of their rivals of European
nations. They are not conceited; they
merely know what they can do. They
know, 1t from the applause they receive
from the weekly drill days from the
white-gloved hands of the debutantes. and
the audience of stern and official-looking
men, and from the high standing of their
daily records. made out by the most rigid
disciplinarians in the educational business
in the country.
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ly, you just ought to, see what "
should be able to do them


AS you motor into the military grounds
you see to the right of you. in the words
of the rubberneck guide, a lot Of scAggy-
looking horses. romping around in a big
fenced field. Probably not one of them
could brag Of a family tree worth speak
ing Of. not one of them ever attended a
horse show. it is said. and none of them
would ever take a prize in beauty ex-
hibit They are just plain everyday
horses, such as you observe from a Pull
man window on the plains of Kansas or
or earning an honest living in the wheat
fields of Texas. But they have gpt good
common horse sense. Their parents were
just plain, ordinary farmers, who helped
to cultivate the west with a plough, and
their children never had any educational
opportunities until the government took
hold Of them. But Uncle Sam worked
wonders with horses that even David
Harum. the veteran horse trader. never
thought of. 4
The way the cavalry horses obey their
officers drill commands would put 70
shame the incorrigible youngsters of city
classrooms. Marching and countermarch-
ing. and all the graceful stunts, always
loudly applauded in company of we'll
drilled men, which are feature of most
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space forbids more than mere sketch of
each.
1t was through Zubowa the plot against
the car was discovered. She used to be
nurse in the Botkin barracks. near Pc
terhof. and for long fine the authori-
ties did not suspect that she was any,
thing more than an ordinary Sister of
Mercy. One evening the report of fire.
arms was heard in her room. The servants
went to 1t to find that she had shot her
self in the head. but was still living As
Is usual in such cases, the police were
called to make list of the wounded
woman's effects, while she was sent to
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to the new program of the revolutionists
who. realizing that they can do nothing
SO long as the army and navy remain
faithful to the car, have decided TO
convert these forces to rank revolution
The recent "mishap'' to the cars yacht
when in Finnish waters is part of their
work.
If the revolutionary movement were in
the hands of men alone it is possible that
1t might be stamped out But enlistiny
as 1t does legion of women who stop
at no sacrifice hesitate at no crime TO
further the cause. it is doubtful if it ever
can be suppressed
FRANCIS N. POWELL.
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Lucky.

From Puck.
Lief the Unlucky had just come home
from his cruise to the westward. and the
vikings We're gathered about him.
WAS America all You discovered? %
they asked, rather scornfully. for Europe
had not as yet outgrown the habit OF
looking down on the United States
BY no means" replied Lief 81 dis
covered that my surnace is a mistake.
visited Newport, r. l., and though I am
of unquestioned royal blood I was not
entertained"
1t was luck, and nothing but luck The
experience of the Morse princes, since that
time, proves nothing less.
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Poland was sentenced to death by her
party. Wanda begged the committee to
allow her tosplan and execute his re-
moval.' as the murder of an official is
called.
She was given carte blanche and took
up her residence in Warsaw. where the
governor general. lives. She and her
younger BROTHER. who obeyed her in
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structions and played only minor part
In the plot, took fiat in Natolinska
street. next door to the house occupied by
the German vice consul, Won LANCE, a
young man. who had recently arrived In
Russia. and therefore knew but little
about the Inhabitants. Won LANCE was
when man dressed in the uniform of
an artillery officer. stopped him, hit him
twice full in the face and ran off,
X
Won Lange at once telegraphed an In
dignant account of the insult he had re-
ceived at the hands Of a Russian officer
to his embassy at St. Petersburg. The
governor general did all he could to trace
the insulter. but failed. AS a matter of
fact it was no other than the brother of
Wanda, dressed UP as an officer in an
old uniform bought from Hebrew deal
er in secondhand clothes.
But the trick had the desired effect. for
the governor general had instructions
from st. Petersburg to call upon the Ger
man vice consul and apologize for u
Russian officers misconduct This. of
course, was just what Wanda wanted to
bring the governor general into the
street in which she lived. For three DAYS
she and her brother kept watch on the
balcony awaiting the arrival of their pro-
posed VICTIM who always drives about
with an escort of Cossacls.
At last the quiet street resounded with
the CHATTER of horses hoofs. The governor
general was coming to call on Won LANCE.
A., r.s.-
WANDA s 1a1r head-she wore golden
w1g-appeared on her balcony The great
man drove up to the vice consurs door.
and afraid to say in the street, entered
the house, while his adjutant went I'D
stairs to see II the vice consul was at
home. AS it happened, Won Lange was
out so the governor general re-entered his
carriage and the whole cortege started
FOR the palace. 1t was then that Wanda
threw the bombs she had prepared from
her balcony, and the result was another
demonstration of the limitations of the
feminine plotter. Not one of the three
bombs she threw reached its mark. The
first one, aimed at the carriage horses.
fell in front OF their feet. failed to burst.
and only made the frightened beast bolt
The second. aimed at the governor him
S~NN' ~NAS AZ Aioit VI lIle carriage, The
third, which might have hit the mark
was brushed of by the hand of valiant
Cossack, who waited quietly for 1t. and
when 1t was about to fall into the car
riage struck 1t with his open hand. He
lost all his fingers, but the bomb fell into
the middle Of the street, and the govern
or generals life was saved. Needless to
say. the noise made was terrific and
the police in attendance on the corteke
losing their heads completely, rushed
after the carriage instead of remaining
behind to find the plotters, although they
knew whence the bombs had s. been
thrown.
In a minute the street was empty.
Wanda and her brother rushed out, hat
less, and running to the nearest cab. got
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When I saw the artillery boys and
horses come numbering into the tanbark
ring with four awkward-lookng gun
wagons / was not sufficiently inspired by
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finement in loathsome dungeons. Danish
ment to Siberia--any form of punishment
that may be melted out to them-most of
them regard as glorious form of mar
tyrdom.
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The prisons are full of them; Siberia
has swallowed up host of them; and
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In minute the street was empty.
Wanda and her brother rushed out, hat
less, and running to the nearest cab, got
into it. screaming wildly, Go on quick
iy! ouickly"' By the time the police had
searched the Natolinska street house the
girl was at the other end Of the town.
Had 1t not been for a small piece of
carelessness she would never have been
traced. She left her passport behind In
the room where the balcony was. It was
false passport made out in an Eng
lish name; but after whole fourteen
months search the Russian police traced
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HAT lot of women are mixed
up in the revolutionary struggle
in Russia every one who reads
papers must know. They get
arrested now and then for as
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-07
A CARRIER IN CLOVER

Carrier Reasonover on "R. f.
ID. No. 1 from Lngoff," in a COM
munication in the Camden
Chronicle, gives some interesting
statistics as to his work. The
route served by him has been in
operation five years and durin 9
that period lie says that he "has
never made a single failure" He
adds:
"We have owned IA horses
5 buggies and one cart. Have
travelled 41,500 miles, handled
22S,000 pieces msll, brought in
about 1000 money orders aud
quite number of registered
letters. We have about II miles
OF deep sand on our roads. There
are about 700 people getting
mail on the route"
But the most striking bit of
information impaired by Mr.
Reasonover is yet to come. Here
it is:
"There are a great many Of
the patrons on this route Just
as clever people as can be found
anywhere-I must mention one
instance. Mrs Matte T. Getty
has given the carrier 800 gallons
of as good bultermilk as he ever
drank. Just think Of it, nearly 8
barrels =! Many others are Just as
kind but they are too numerou 5
10 MENTION"
Yes, "Iust think Of it," 800
gallons OF IN termilk received
from one patron alone Ii the
other patrons are only half as
liberal we shall mt be surprised
to hear soon of Il .ason-over
thrown
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below Atlanta and is ENJOYING
good health.
There are others sill living. -
Abbeville Medium.
Yes, there are others living
and among them is our venerable
fellow townsman, Capt. Amos
McManus, who not only served
with gallantry In the war with
Mexico but in the war Between
the States as well.
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SURVIVORS OF THE MEXICAN WAR

The editor of the Edg, field Ad
veriiscr has been shown u beauli
tnl gold medal awarded to the
late Gen r. G.. NJ Dunovant foI
gallant services in the pa'm-tto
Regiment during the Mexican
war. lie describes tfe medal
and adds, "There is probably not
n member Of the regiment now
liv.ne."
This is mistake. John vii
kinson was a member of the reg
iment and is now living within
two miles Of the city of AbbevIlle.
He is sound in body aud mind
and comes TO town whenever
business calls him here.
j. J. Martin who went from
Abbeville in the company COM
manded by Capt. j Foster Mar.
shall is now living at East Point
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AN EDUC 4TiONRL NEED.

Now thai tho schop.s through
out the country are about 10 re-
open 1T might be a good idea for
the teachers to put into practi ,e
a timely sugge, ton made bv
Superinienden Dreher, of In
Columbia city schools, in a.
address delivered at the educa-
tional rally held just after the
recent unveillng OF the m1nu-
ment to Gen. Sumter at States
burg. Prof. Dreher directed at
tention to one of the most seri-
Gus defects in our educationa |
system--the absence OF any NOR
al AMI religious training in the
sch ools and colleges. The mind
is being Q iucatei but not the
heart. The diff lf:rence between
hight and wrong, between "mine
and thine" The value of moral
ch aracter and tie necessity for
obedience to law are not taught
and emph asiZed by any regular
course OF study AMI instruction
In the course Of his excellent ad.
dress Prof. De her says:
From the standpoint of The
Sta'e and society education that
does not make good citizens is a
iai ure. intellectual culture and
industrial training add power.
influence and wealth 10 COM
muuitv, but in them Gives thev
do not necessarily make good
ci'ZanS, u 1t is u weIl-es ablisl-
Ell tact II a. soma of our highly
educa el and many of our in
dustIi lily aimed men and NO
men are undesirable citizens
Their min S md hands have
bes II 're'ully educated, but they
are sadly lacking in these finer
and nubler traits of character
that can come only from All ed l.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-07
Nam moth Potatoes.

You may talk about your big
fruit and your big vegetables,
but Mr.. Orin @. Blackmon has
raised this year the largest and
finest Irish potatoes ever seen in
Lancaster--so say merchants who
have examined and handled
them. They are of the Peerless
variety. We are indebted to
Mr.. Blackmon for sack Of
them, presented to us Thursday.
A potato picked at random out
of the sack weighed 20 ounces,
and it was by no means the lars-
est in the lot.
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Farmers Union Fixes Is
Gents as Minimum Price
for Cotton.

Anderson special in the News
and Courier: w G.. Moore, State
business agent of the Farmers
Union, who is attending the
national meeting of the union
in Little Rock, tonight tele-
graphed I. I. Wakefield, busi-
ness agent OF the Anderson I'm.
ION, that the national meeting
had decided on minimum Of
fifteen cents for September cotton
and that one quarter Of a cent
would be added each succeeding
b. The addition is to cover
the costs of storage, etc.
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Saturday, Sept. Z, 1907.

a New Jersey policeman has
been dismissed from the force
for kissing a hand ONE widow.
Served him right, for policemen
are expected to help only those
in need, and a handsome widow
does not need the service of a
policeman when she wants a
kiss.-Augusta Herald.
Didn't serve him right. Unless
he bites like New Jersey mos
quito, a policeman has as much
right to relieve the osculatorv
wants Of widow, grass or other.
wise, as any other man.
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The farmer who carried the
"first ba'e" to Lancaster last
week refused to sell it for 13
cents. Hasten the day when far
mers generally will be in a con-
dllion to refu to sell their cot
ton unless they are offered full
value for ..-Elsef Fl lid Advert
ser.
1t all farmers wera az inde
pendent financially as the cns
re erred to, Mr.. w. J. Cunning
ham, they would certainly be
able to dictate prices for their
products.
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A Fine Line
FzzIszzz z. EIssE sssE.s11zsxENsEks
To Choose From
EEEZMELZZZzS-agsE1zRzsHKzKSaaNtEzM

My lines have all been stren-
gthened immensely within the
last month.
My trip to the markets this
year proved more satisfactory
than any | ever made before.
If you will call and inspect my
stock of Wedding presents and
useful articles for the table you
will agree with me that Lam
caster has as good a stock of
this kind of goods to select from
as any other town or city in the
State.
My line of Jewelry, Diamonds
and Watches are far ahead of
anything in upper South Caro-
lima.
have one Of the best equip
ped shops for the repair of
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
that can be found in the state,
this backed by a workman who
has had q years experience af-
ter serving full apprentice
ship OF A years, ought to insure
to every one good work, and |
pledge you with this fair treat
ment and as low prices as are
consistent with first class SER
vice. | guarantee every piece
OF work that goes out of my
shop to give entire satisfaction
or money refunded.
b. G. HOUCH.
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There is a movement in Sum
Ter, as we'll as in Columbia, to
have all stores close at 6 p. m.
every day in the yer, except
Saturday. In comm n ing upon
same the Sumter Waichman and
Southron says:
TIE sentiment IN favor Of
shorter hours FIR Clerks is grow
ing in Sumter, as else where, and
reasonable and salts aCtorv
adjustment can be mere easily
arrived at now than later on
when the agitation has come to
heal.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-09-07
A Camden Editors Favorite
vegetables"

Camden People: Sweet po.
taloes, chickens and eggs are
iavorito vegetables with us, also
stove wood in 18 inch lengths,
and we are always glad to acce pit
them on subscription. A hint
ought to be sufficient.
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The Perry IruessteI NuptidIs in
KershdsC Wednesday Afer-

-
KershdsC JYednesddy 4fter-
noon
In accordance with announce.
ment previously made in The
News, Mr.. Robert Mel. Perry,
bookkeeper for the Cook-Es-
fridge company in Kershaw. and
Miss Rosa Eta Truesdel, one of
Kershaw's most charming young
ladies, were married in that town
last Wednesday afternoon. The
ceremony was performed at 5 80
O'Clock at the Baptist church, The
Rev. j. I. Dendy officiating.
Quite a number of relatives,
friends and admirers Of the pop
ular young couple witnessed
the impressive nuptials.
Mr., Perry and his lovely bride
lett on the evening train for the
Jamestown Exposition. They
will visit various points North
before returning.
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Hester's Crop Estimate.

New O;leans. The annual
cotton crop estimate OF the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange vas
issued today. Secretary Hester
places the crop at 13,51O,OOO
bales.
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Prof. Hand's 15Je 1ddress on
the High School Question.

the High School Question.
According to aunouncem mt
in last Wednesdays issue OF The
News, W. I'll. Hand, Prof. of
Secondary Education in South
Carolina University, made an
excellent address on the Pubic
High School, in the graded
school auditorium at eleven
O'Clock yesterday morning.
Although Prot. Hand was
quite unwelI, yet he made a
clear, eloquent, and able expla-
nation Of the High School in
connection with the Laucss er
School District, showing that
such schools are necessary, both
IN better preparing our boys and
girls Tor college, and iii giving d
more reprscli;al edu ;alion TO those
who do not intend to enter col
lege. The State proposes 10 sun.
plement the am )unt already u Ell
in The high school department by
adding thereto fifty per cent, al
not cent of cost 10 the school
districts forming th p, High School
District.
The speaker also showed 9th
er benefits that would arise from
the formation Of such a school
the increase i'll teaching force,
the al dnisssOn of any boy or girl
from any section of the county
Without cost, the increase in
number of pupils, The building
uD OF the town. After his adj
dress, County Supt. w. NJ. Moore
was Led to The chair, and upon
motion of Mayor r. K. Wylie.
{ he Board OF Trustees Of the Ian.
caster Graded School was re-
quesled 10 act with County Supt.
w. M. Moore in circulating petit
tions for holding election and
taking other proper steps for es-
tablishing the proposed High
School. Those present enjoyed
Mr.. HANDS address and appeared
t. be convinced that the wav wac
C ear 30 act. There were iiftv or
SKY PERSONS present.
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Heath Springs to Haze High

The election held last Thurs
day 10 determine whether a high
school shall be established at
Heath Springs resulted in an
overwhelming victory for the
school A phone message from
Heath Springs says the vote was
Al to l.. Adjoining school dis
tricts participated in the election