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The PLASTERS LO AX and SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, ?A., Organized 1870.' Oldest Snrlng?\ Bank In Saltera Georgia. Larrelt Savings Capital In Cit v. Pays Interest and Compounds every O months. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1898. VOL. LXjHL; NO. 3D. OUR HOLIDAYS-A SUGGESTION. Oh, Christmas day ls a pretty good day, It brings good cheer In every way; And many a kid I3 tlokled to death, And can hardly sit and breathe his breath, Because it's a day so full ot joy' To maa and woman and girl and boy. And New-Tear's day ls a protty good day, "When somo folks put all their vices away; And swear on virtues thoy'vo never had lu t'jo place o? things they've dono that's bad; And started in with a brand-new slate As new and as clean as the brand-now dato. Thanksgiving flay ls a pretty good day, When men give thanks in a general way, For blessings received; a day sot by For turkeys sweet and tho glad mince pic; In which all mon, from tho beggar to dude, Give vent to their innermost gratitude. And Fourth of July Is a bully day, When tho heart of tho Yankee gets very And ho sets off cannon, and ho shoots his gun, And in every way has a pilo of fan, Beoause he lives in a land that's free From aught that smacks of a tyranny. Those days aro good as a day can bo, And worthy each ono of a pooplo froo, And no ono can blame tho girls or boys For raising tho very deuce of a noise: But say, Wlmt la tho matter -with tlio nrst of May When Dowey sailed into Manila Bay? When everything soemod to como >!ls way? . ' Eh? What is tho matter with the first of May As a brand-now, Span-new, Holiday? OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO IFAIEPHSMIHIPISTI 0 O OOOOOOOOQOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO H! whom do you think I saw driv ing with Gerald Morton this morning?" asked Mrs. Morris of her great friend, the doctor's wife, as the two ladies were enjoying five o'clock tea aud the general gossip of the parish together one afternoon. "Beatrix Harcourt," Mrs. Maynard auswered promptly. "Ah, you saw her, too, then. I must say I was astonished. It is well known that young Morton bears the cbarac-1 * ter of being the fastest mau ia the neighborhood." "I have loug ceased to be snrpiised at anything Beatrix Harcourt does," tho other lady auswered significantly. "If Mr. Kenrick does not mind, L do not sc? why anyone else should trouble thoir heals about her eccentricities." "Certainly not," Mrs. Morris agreed. "But, really, Bose, she was laughing and talking in tho most fa miliar manner, and Gerald was bond ing toward her until his face nearly touched hers." "And that is our future vicar's wife! Well, I shall take care my daughters do not see much of her; ' And Mrs. Maynard drew herself up with a kind of lofty indignation, as some fresh visitors were shown into the room. quencies were the subject of many af ternoon tea gossips, and had been ever since she came to Hillchester, four years ago. She certainly was un like other girls; for, in addition to be ing a "bluo stocking," and having taken her degree at Oxford, she had a most unreasonable iuterest in tho working classes-nota mero ladylike interest, whioh contented itself with calling at their cottages with a few words of good advioo and a tract. Ah, no! she had always somo plan, or "craze,"as the good pooplo of Hill chester called it, for their benefit ou baud-classes for the young gir'.s, am bulance lectures, concerts, tuas, what not? For the conventionalities of society she cared not nt all. She never at tended the afternoon teas, therefore she heard no gossip. Sho was not even particular about being in thc fashion; in fact, the black sergo Ircss she usually wore looked, from constan*, exposure to thc weather, as if it had seen better days. She had been known even to take the broom off the lanie old crossing sweeper at the coruer of the road aud york away in earnest until thero was a passage tit for a queen to walk over. And iu spito of all. thc vicar of Hill chester had asked Beatrix Harcourt to bo his wife. Well, as the leaders of society iu Hil'chester remarked with ominous sighs, wonders never cease! Nevertheless, it must bc confessed that the Hov. John Kenrick was iu no very enviable frame of mind, as a week later he wended his way some what slowly toward his lady love's abode. The gossip which had begun in Mrs. Maynard's drawing-room had spread all over the parish, until a version of it, highly exaggerated aud colored, had reached even the vicar's ears. Beatrix was leaning over tho drive gate which led to her father's house, watching for him as usual, aud as he aaw tho glad look of welcome brighten and sweeten all her face at his ap proach, ho said to himself that his darling was as pure and sweet as the wild roses she fastened in her belt. But Beatrix soou discovered some thing was amiss, and after the first greetiugs were over she asked, almost anxi ->usly, "What is the matter, John? You do not look well." For a fall minnie Mr. Kenrick did not answer. Instead he looked down af her ~s sho stood with ono small han"&.. resting upon his black coat sleeve; the sunlight falling with lov ing touch upon her hair, which was cut short (another point which met with the disfavor of tho Hillchester matrons), aud curled naturally all over her head like a child's. Her lover sometimes laughingly told her sho had a baby face still, and ho was not far wrong, for her expression was singi^?rly untroubled aud child like, and yet thero was a depth of feeling iu the honest blue eye.s which told both of strength of character and purpose. "Trix, it is silly perhaps, but some thing I have heard to-day has troubled mo greatly." "About me?" Trix asked gayly. "Of what fresh euormity am I ac cused, John?" aud a sudden gravity crept into the sweet voice; "I thought yon said that you minded none of these things?" "I do not," the vicar answered quickly; "indeed," gently stroking the soft, yet strong-looking, banu, "I love yon all the better for them, but it is 'better to speak eut: Trix, haye r - ? you been driving about with Grendel Morton lately?" Tlie next moment* Mr. Kenrick would have given much never to have asked the question, for Trix turned to him quickly, a wholo world of scorn shining in her blue eyes. "And so, John, this means that you cannot trust me, and you choose rather to believe any idle story people may tell." "Tell me thcro is no truth in it, Trix," Mr. Komick said quietly, though bis oyes had clouded with a deep look of pain beneath her implied rebuke, "and I promise you I -frill be lieve it." But Boatrix had removed her hand, aud all the sunshine had died out of her bonny face as she said wearily "Mr. Morton has driven me over to Castlefiolds twice this week. Is there anything else you want to ask me?" No, there was nothing else. Mr. Kenrick felt it was almost sacrilego with those pure eyes looking into his to breathe tho doubts which now seemed to him so unworthy. But, nias! for tho "little rift." Beatrix tried to talk of other things, tried hard to bo her own bright, merry self, anil yet was conscious of an unwonted sense of absolute grief, when at last tho vicar told her ho was obliged to go It was a month later, and Beatrix Harcourt was walking swiftly along the dusty road leading to Cnstlefields, carrying a small basket containing some delicacy for the sick woman she was going to see. Tho sound of wheels made her turn her head, and tho next moment a deep, musical voice said pleasantly: "Miss Har court, are you again hound on tho same journey? Now do let me have the pleasure of giving you a lift." Beatrix hesitated ono moment, then she answered frankly, "Thank you so much. You kn JW Jennie, that poor crippled childi told you about? Wei!, I havo had a note from her this morn ing to say her mother is very ill and there is no ono to do auything for her." Gerald Morton looked admiringly down at the fair face beside him. It was the young men of Hillchester who Liad given Beatrix Harcourt the name af "the fair philanthropist," and it spoke well for the girl that even in :he fastest circle her namo was never nentioncd but with respect. When Beatrix reached tho little sottage, which lay close to a wood iivo niles from Hillchester, she found jverything in a state of confusion. Duo glance at the poor woman showed ! f ?E ?er to be in a high state of fever and ! 1 ilightly delirious, while an ominous ?rimson rash was beginning to make ts appearance on her faco and neck. "Why, Jennie, your mother has tho ever," Beatrix exclaimed, rapidly. 'Haven't you sent for a doctor, child, ,nd "is there no neighbor who would ouio and help to nurse her?" "I wrote to tho doctor, miss, when sent your note, but ho has not been et, and-as .to neighbors, miss, there. re none for a mile.pr mor^!^^tcd\ oing all sho could for tho poor sick roman, and the afternoon was well on ts way when tho welcome rap, which urely told of the doctor's appearance, ounded at the door. Beatrix literally flew to open it, and jund herself face to face not with the octor, but the vicar. For the last month, oTer since the ossip about Gerald Morton, in fact, ?atters had been rather strained be wceu the vicar and his financ?e, but U was forgotten now, as, in thc ini ulse of the moment, Beatrix cx lainied, "You must not come inhere, olin, or touch me either. Mrs. Carr as the fever." For a lfioment a look of keen anxiety iarkened his grave blue eyes, and tho ?ext Mr. Kenrick had folded the slight orin close in his arms, as lie murmured irokenly: "Trixie, my own brave larliug, would you havo mo a greater oward than yourself?" With his arms still about her, she old him how Gerald Morton had [riven her to the cottage in the morn ng, adding: "It was well he did, for should have been an hour later, nd Jennie and her mother were quite lone." "Trir:, will you forgivo mo for ctting that horrid scandal trouble ne, even for one moment? Dear ?eart, I feel I shall nover forgivo niy ?clf." "Yes, I will forgive you," Trix an swered, gayly, the last shadow gone rom her honest blue eyes, "only you uust never do it again, as the children lay." The vicar's low-breathed answer sounded liko ablossing,aud then Beat rix hurried him off to see what further ncaus they could deviso for the poor ivomau'3 comfort during the night. A fortnight lator all Hillchester was thrown into a state of dire consterna tion by the news that Beatrix Har court had scarlet fever, and was,more aver, so dangerously ill that the locabj doctor almost despaired of her life. Truly, a universal calamity might have befallen the place, for Beatrix's illness and its course formed the per petual topic of conversation, both in the homes of tho rich and poor. It happened during one of theworst days of Beatrix's illness that Mrs. Morris and her friend, Mrs. Maynard, were walking by the drive gate lead ing to Beatrix' s home. To their as tonishment they saw a large crowd of people walking just outside tho door women with babies iu their arms, girls who had stolen a few minutes out of iheir dinner hour, oven one or two tall youths and lnboring men. In a moment the door opened and a maid-servaut spoiie a few words to the anxious watchers. Evidently it was not good news, for with one accord they slowly and silently turned to go away,and as they passed tho two ladies ono woman exclaimed iu a brokeu voice which showed tears were not far off: "Ah, well, if we lose her our best friend is gone, and that's certain. There ain't many in this *world like our Miss Beatrix. Bless her sweet face!" Mrs. Maynard and Mrs. Morris walked on in silence. Tho scene had touched them deeply, and the eyes of the doctor's wife were full of tears, while her companion had au unwonted and most unpleasant choking sensa tion in her throat. The lesson was learned, though it was bitter, for each felt "what would these good peo ple have cared had I been in Beatrix Harcourt's place?" But Beatrix, dangerous as hor ill ness was, did not die, and six months later Hillchestor was tho sceno of a greater rejoicing than had been known for many a long year, whi'f? the won derful arches with their ,arious do vices, tho glad faces of the people, the children with flower-laden baskets and the church hells ringing out their sweet messages far and wide, all com bined to show the lovo and respect which their vicar and his bride had so deservedly gained tn tho hearts of their people.-Ethel Beatrico Wadlow in Madame. "<=. SPAIN'S FEW MANUFACTURES. They Are Unimportant and Aro Growing Weaker Constantly. No European or American country of like or similar population has so few manufactures as Spain. More over, the Spanish manufactures, few , and unimportant as they are, outside of the province of Catalonia, seem to be on the decline, and the total num ber of operatives iu the entire king dom is no larger than in half a dozen of tho chief manufacturing cities of New England. With the exception of the dearth of coal, Spain has many natural advantages, and ita mineral wealth, particularly iron, lead, copper, zinc, and quicksilver, is extensive, but it imports from other countries in a year cotton goods to twioe the value of its oxports of cotton goods and silk goods in value four times greater than the - silk fabrics which it exports. These exports are chiefly to Spanish co?oniost a markot which the home country has lost in part, and the bal ance of which is likely to be wre sted from it soon. In some European and American oountries manufacturing interests (this is notable of Germany) are in creasing in a very rapid ratio; in some European and American countries the increase is small, but sufficient to be marked, and in a still fewer number there is no increase, but, at tho same time, no decline. Spain is literally falling behind, and attention is called to as instance of this to the fact that Seville had IC, OOO silk looms in the sixteenth century, while at present there are only 3000 in all Spain. To ledo, famous for its swords and cut lery, has one factory with 300 work men. Cotton mills wore introduced 30 far hack as 17G9, yet the whole number of operatives in this industry, outside of Catalonia, does not exceed 10,000. Few in number as aro the manu actures of Spain, their importance is ixaggerated by the inhabitants, and t has long been a matter of publio :nowledge that the Government fig ires concerning Spanish manufac ures published in Madrid are alto rethcr misleading. Moreover, it is bought needful by some Spaniards to ugment the importance of their manu actures by artificial means. Thus in ho Toledo weapon factory referred o, stated hours are fixed officially for he "admission of visitors." These re permitted to enter between 8 and, _ iu?rudon, except on noudays, and aere is a patrol of soldiers between 2 and 1 (tho hour of "quick lunoh" . i the United States) to prevent trangcrs from entering, tho assump ion of the Spauiards bbing that if too inch freedom wore accorded to such isitors they might not be sufficiently nprcssed with the importance of tho lauufacture of guns and sword3. No satisfactory answer has over een given to tho question, apart from he characteristics of tho inhabitants, rhy Spain, which is admirably loco ed for commercial purposes, with a cumber of seaports on the Mediter anoan, and with comparatively little ompetitiou from Mediterranean coun ries, either in Europe or Africa, has lot utilized the opportuuity of sup dying thom with manufactured goods. Tho New Light Weight Uniforms. Tho first uniforms of the new style idopted by the War Department for use by tho troops in the tropics have )een completed. The uniforms are nade of brown duck woven of a special ram. The jackets aro fashioned after he English hunting jackets, with icavily plaited backs and wide belts vhich ave detachable. They are Bin jie breasted, with five buttons, and lave two large pockets on each side ?eld by button flaps. In these pockets, vherc the hunter with a aimilar suit vould carry birds, the soldier can, f necessary, carry a day's rations. The cuffs, shoulder straps aud pocket laps are of tho color required to des gnate the arms of service to which he wearer belongs; bluo for tho in fantry, yellow for tho cavalry and red or the artillery. Tho style of uni form is adapted in part from the uni^ 'orm of tho English army in Egypt, jut is botter in appearance than any iniform worn by European troops in ;he tropics, while the material is inique. Ordinary duck used in the :rado varies in weight from eight to twelve ounces to the yard, while the material in tho uniforms weighs only 3J ounces to the yard. Tho seams are ?xtra lapped and stayed. The mate rial is steam shrunk, so that tho wear ers may wash their uniforms at any timo and will be able to get into thom afterward. Flower Emblems. It is interesting to note the various emblems adopted by parties in various countries. Probably tho most popular emblem nowadays is tho primrose of April 19. On the day of Parnell's death his followers wear a sprig of ivy. Jacobites sport oak leaves on Royal Oak day, May 29, and ever since the'birthday of James UL, in 1G88, they have worn white rcses on June 10. Bed carnations are also a Jacob ite emblem. In France, Orleauists wear white daisies, and followers of the house of Bourbon ("les Blancs d'Espagne") wear white carnations. The violet was the Bonapartist em blem, and many duels were fought over the little blue flower. Admirers of Gen. Boulanger used to wear a red carnation always in their buttonholes. Nowadays anti-Semites in Algeria have taken the cornflower as their badge, but in Austria this party always wears a white carnation. The corn flower was tho favorite flower of the old Emperor William of Germany, and loyal Germans used to wear bunches of it in his honor. White daisies are the flower of tho Queen of Italy (Mar guerite of Savoy), and when she goes to visit a town the streets are always full of hoya selling nosegays, of that flower,-Loadon Sketoh. ' I O??H PEISO?? O Humane Treatment Th? I? the Capt??? 7*\ ADMIRAL CEFtf * HB Civilization while you wait w6*uld- bd j] an appropriate motto for the prison"] stockade at Camp Long., The camp is on Seavey's Island, part of the Navy Yard, which on the map appears m Eittery, Me.,and on official documents at Portsmouth, in New Hampshire. Two days before the St. Louis steamed into the harbor with 692 Spanish prisoners of war on board the. camp ground was not much better than a desert. This end of the island is bound with rocks which Jck up through the blueberry bushes and scrubby grass on knolls and hillsides. Within thirty-six hours from tho ar rival of the St. Louis in the lower har bor the village had been equipped with all the creature comforts de manded by a free born. Amerioan. citi zen. The landing of the Spaniards was without ceremony or display. Two black, flatiron shaped barges wera brought up, one after tho other, from the big liner, about a mile away, and made fast to Lieutenant Greely's land ing place, at tho foot of old Fort Sulli van, now used as a reservoir.. There were a few workmen and a few ladies and children from the post oh the shore, and a cordon of pleasure boats on tho water, but no official demon stration of any sort. There was not an officer, nor even a marine, in sight, and no indications that the island was garrisoned. On the first barge Lieutenant Cat lin, a survivor of the Maino disaster, brought with him Captain Marou, of the Cristobal Colon, to act as interpre ter, and about ;"a dozen American ma rines to take care of a bootload of four hundred Spanish prisonors of war. Lieutenant Catlin had a navy revolver, in his belt instead of a sword,'but went at his work without any fuss or feathers. When six marines had scrambled ashore and were strung along the bank, the gangway was opened to the prisoners, who went off the bargo in an irregular straggling, They were defeated and shipwrecked sailors, and they showed it. ' Bare headed and barefooted, with straggly QUARTERS OF ADMIRAL CERVERA AND HIS OFFICERS AT THE ANNAPOLIS NAVAL ACADEMY. beards, and only a couple of dirty gar ments in most cases covering legs and bodies, they passively obeyed tho or ders of Captain Moren, and were gathered in ship's companies by the calling of tho roll. Hardly had a hun dred men been lauded before the sick began to drop groaning upon the dusty roadside. After the mustering was over the first shipload of prisoners was sur rounded by marines from the garrison and marched into the stockage, the barefooted ones beiug chiefly anxious to avoid the nettles that lurked in some of the grassy places. After one day in camp those same hungry looking prisoners could hardly be recognized. The day's rations of beef, bread, coffee aud pickles wero devoured at one meal, each man eating more than a pouud of meat. They found hammocks, comfortable hair BARRACKS ON SEAVEY'S ISLA (Where the rank and Ale of tue S mattresses and government blankets provided for them, aud after a few puffs from borrowed cigarettes the well Spaniards slept long and sound ly. More meals followed with sur prising abundance and regularity, and groat wagon loads of clothes were hauled over from the Navy* Yard and dumped at the feet of the prisoners. The few industrious spirits volun teered for camp work, and their work ing made a pleasing spectacle for those who were not industrious. With warm, new clothes and a comfortable fulness under one's belt, it is agree able to sit iu the sun, or at least out of the rain, and discuss why it was that Admiral Cervera did not utterly destroy, the American fleet. To be sure there are sentries and deep water in front, and sentries with a high board fence, backed by barb wire and Gattling guns, in the rear. What would you? Shall sane men runaway from good food, good clothes and a good company to lose themselves in u ( strange country and starve? The landing of the prisoners and the establishment of the camp was ac complished without the slightest hos tile demonstration oa the part of the wt OF WAE. ? Has Opened the Eyes of ? Spaniards. g; ERA'8 BILLET, ? Spaniards. Some of thro mon passive ly object to being clean, but they can put up with ; cleanliness if only they (jet plenty of tobacco. Colonel Forney has in the barracks # the Navy Yard and on duty at the stockade about two hundred men, but ?Surgeon Parsons says that if the ~ janiards only understood that they are to have their three square meals day a marine guard would be re tired, not to keep them on the island (. lt to drive them awav from it. [\Two Spanish chaplains, two sur UNCLE SAM, HE Pi (Tho;?artoonlst of tho Now York Herald glv nome tc geonB, an apothecary's steward and five junior lieutenants have had a building built for their sr ^cial accom modation, and have been fitted out with'aailor's clothes from the navy | yard storehouses. Their wardroom is fitted out with bunks and abundant furniture. The civilizing influence of a short piece of rope is still to be seen m Damp Long. In tho olden times the :opo was used to cow starved and ill ?re?ted prisoners. To-day it serves a liffeient purpose. The members of ?he'officer's moss hardly got new ?lothes. before they began devising imxisements, and, jumping rope has vhiie t'i?e others take turns jumping. The b/orrors of war already seem ar away > and tho most important things n the world seem to be the delights of jood living. Admiral Carpenter, who1 s in temporary command of the Navy ifard, has closed the island to curious risilors, who aro not annoying when hey get long range views from the !iew' Castle and Kittery shores. The scene on shore of the prison ront on Seavey's Island on a recent tfternoon between five and six o'clock presented a most novel and interest ng picture. Tho prisoner:' had just inished their afternoon meal and had swarmed to the water's edge to wash ;heir bowls, plates and spoons. Tho slatter of tho dishes and tho laughter ind animated conversation of the pris iners made such a babel of noises that they could plainly be heard on the Newcastle shore on the other side of ?he Piucntaqua River. Hundreds of boats gathered in front rf the Spaniards on tho beach and tvatohod them at their work and en joyed the animated scene, for tho "Dons" seemed happy as larks and bfidently greatly pleased at the atten tion shown them. Many ladies in the boats had provided themselves with kodaks, aud hundreds of pictures were taken of the prisoners that will prove valuable souvenirs of the American Spanish war as time goes by. The Spaniards enjoyed having their pic tures taken, and many of them gath ered in groups and posed in pictur esque attitudes and waited theil- turns for the camera. A colored prisoner, black as Erebus, waded out into the water up to his knees, and, striking bis bowl and plate together fto attract attention, placed his hands by bis side, rolled the whites of his eyes heavenward, n*r PO * KT ND, PORTSMOUTH HARBOR. .~ Ipanlsh prisoners aro confined.) and stood expectant. Scores of ko daks snapped, and the colored sailor triumphantly rejoined his comrades on the shore. A lady m one of the boats threw a bunch of flowers into the water near the shore, and in stantly twenty or more of the prison ers struggled for tho possession of the trophy. The Spaniard who cap tured the bouquet was generous, how ever, and divided the flowers among his comrades, who proudly held aloft the mementos, bowing and smiling to the lady who threw them into the water. . After the dishes had been washed many sat in groups on the bank, some of them singing tho songs of their native land, some playing cards, others writing letters home, and all of them apparently pleased with the situation. It was a scene never before witnessed in the Harbor of Portsmouth, but its repetition is likely to happen every pleasant day in the weeks to follow. So much for the humbler prisoners. Those of higher rank, Admiral Oer vera and his captured officers, aro held at the Naval Academy, Ann apolis, Md, 'Admiral Cor vor a would bo taken for an English merchant by ninety-nine out of a hundred persons who didn't know who he was. He is prosperous looking, well-made, and wears a gray beard. His son, Lieutenant Angel Cervera, is tall and handsome, and wears a coal-black beard. Altogether, the Spaniards are quite a. distin guished-looking group, and when they are fitted out in appropriate gar ments will doubtless make much social progress in Annapolis, as nearly all of them have given orders for visiting cards. The parole signed by all the prison ers except Admiral Cervera, who waved it aside when presented, with tho remark that his sword of honor was sufficient, and Captain Enlate, of the Vizcaya, who declined to sign it because he declared* the other officers should bo permitted to give their word as well as the Admiral, is as follows: "I do pledge my word of honor that during the period of my retention at the United States Naval Academy as a prisoner of war I will not go be iYS THE FEEIGHT. os his ldoa of how tho prisoners will be sent ) Spain.) yond such limits as may be pre scribed by the Superintendent of the Naval Academy, and freely agree to abide by such regulations as said Superintendent may from time to time establish. "The limits now established will be the grounds of the Naval Acadomy and the city of Annapolis from 8 o'clock until sundown." Admiral Cer ? ora's house, which is known as No. 17 Buchanan row, is an old briok painted a dark drab, with brown outside shutters, and its front windows overlook the oak-shaded grounds of the academy. The com mandant's house is two doors distant t?ndentV otiice; A nhV~mYm~YiBW is .obtained" from tho rear windows, with the parade grounds in the fore ground. The whole house except the hall, whioh is approached by a flight of stairs from the road below, is heavily carpeted. The parlor is supplied with comfortable furniture. Opening A GROUP or SPANISH PBISON?IIS ON SEA VET'S ISLAND. into tho parlor by broad doors is th? dining room, which is carpeted like the parlor and contains an oak dining set. The passage chamber, which communicates with the bed room, is the Admiral's private office. It is provided with a desk, ohairs, good lights and writing material. All the mail matter sent and received by the prisoners goes through the office of tho superintendent, and is censored. The Spanish officers are not being pampered with luxuries. Thoy are re ceiving the same focd that is given to the naval cadets. Admiral Cervera has a house which is occupied by three or four others besides himself and his sou. The cook and tho steward of tho Santee have been placed at his disposal, and a servant to attend to his peraonal wants. The last occupant of tho house was Lieutenant Gove. Tho other prisoners ocenpy the old cadets' quarters on Stribling row. A Natural Sun Dial. An immense sun dial, certainly thc largest in the world, is nt Hayon Horoo, a large promontory extending 3000 feet above the Aegean Sea. Aa the eun awinga around the shadow of this mountain it touches, one by one, a circle of islands, which act as hour marka, Maj-nanimoui. -.? ^ Jimmy (the terrible scrapper) "Say, me young friend, I could ohew yer up an'neberknow dat I had fed, but I'll refrain! An' now go home an* tell yer beautiful sister dat I spared yer fer love of bert" The magnetio clock was invented hy Dr. ?ooke, of Cincinnati, io j 18*7-48, .. ... FACTS ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. It Is Tho Chinese Who Have De-cloped Trade in the Islands. ; ' The Spanish official world deservos none of the. credit for any phase of progress in tho Philippines. It is tho Chinese, numbering a half-million, who have gone far iuto the interior . with their wares, cultivatiug a love ci barter aud trade among the natives. It is the Englishman, the American, and, nibst of all, the German, who have orgauized the great busiuess en terprises that have given Manila a re spectable position among, the larger Eastern cities. Some Spaniards in private life nave also made large for tunes in business, as, for * instance, two brothers of General TVeyler, who tn a few years showed that successful prosecution of the tobacco trade is as profitable as a goldmine. Asa rule, however, it has been> the function of the Spaniard to be simply a part of the governing machine organized for revenue purposes, collecting the head tax, tho house tax. tho import and ex port taxes, and all the imposts with great assiduity, repressing every for eign enterprise BO long as it was pos sible to keep every rivulet of trade flowing to Spain alone, and opening, one after another, six ports to foreign commerce only when the pressure be came irresistible. In pne sense Spain seemed to have lost the Philippines before Aguinaldo and tho other insurgent chiefs raised their revolt aud long before Dewey's fleet thundered in Manila Bay. Her grip upon every legitimate industry aud enterprise in the islands had practically passed into the hands of foreigners. She remained the toll taker, and that alone. There is a large body of the bctter slass natives, many of them mixed bloods, not a few of them with a strain of Spanish in their veins, educated largely through the religious agencies of Spain, who revolted again, three years ago, against all things Spanish. They are found in Luzon, in Panay and in some other island*, and they aro the insurgents of to-day. I In a word, it may be said that the rast resources of the Philippines have been tapped only along the very sea edge. Commorci?lly and industrially, the interior of all the islands is as yet a sealed book except to th: peddling Chinese with his petty trade. There is reason to believe that few parts of the world are richer in gold, copper, iron, lead and sulphur than the Phil ippines; but they are not attainable in the roadless interior. Large enter prises like tho Philippines Mining Syndicate aro operating on the coasts and will push inland when tho way can bo opened.-0. C. Adams, in Collier's Weekly. Cycling and Insanity. One of Scotland's insanity experts, Dr. Havelock, of the Montrose Royal Lunatic Asylum, testifies in an official report to the value of tho bicycle as ?a.n "^^gjffi^iniu^ of mental diseases. i(A few of tb'?(VpM'?ufcaJi.n$t\r.hio. hie cases, had; been . allowed'to'cycle, and had materially improved mental ly and physically in consequence. It is believed that this form of exercise ; and recreation has a beneficial effect in the early stages of some forms of mental disorder, and I have seen sev eral cases where it has hasteued con valescence and established a sound recovery. Cycling seems to distract tho mind frcm the morbid trains of thought and intense self-absorption in such cases moro effectually, per haps, than any other kind of recrea tion available." These are not mere theories or con jectures. They aro stated as tho re sult of observation and experience, aud as such are entitled to great weight. The suggestions thereby con veyed may, perhaps, be utilized to advantage on this sido of the Atlantic. Physicians hore have become alarmed at the steady growth of insanity, caused, presumably, by nigh-pressure mental absorption. If cycling will reduce tho danger arising from the strain on nervous systems or strengthen those actually suffering, we may soon look for a substantial decrease in the number of insane pa tients.-New York Tribune. Whipped a Ball With His Hands. A most remarkable accident hap pened to Carey Volin, a prosperous Yankton County stockman, living twelve miles east of Yankton, S. D. Entering a largo pasture, he was at tacked by an enraged bull, and, being unarmed and single-handed, he fought the animal for nearly an hour. His back was so badly injured that hie legs becamo totally paralyzed. Not withstanding this, however, he re tained his pre3ence of mind, and sn* ceeded at length in getting hold of tL1 animal's lolling tongue and was dragged in this manuer for. many roda about the pasture. When he finally loosened his hold, completely exhaust ed, tho bull, whipped, gave up the fight. Soon after Mr. Volin was found by his hired men, suffering terrible agony. He was carried to the house and physicians wore summoned. He was bound in a plaster cast from shoulders to hips. The physicians claim his back is dislocated, but hopes are en tertained for his recovery.-St. P?ul Pioneer Press. Attacked by Her Pet Rooster. A woman residing near Springtown, Bucks County, Penn., has a mammoth rooster which has become a great pe*. The fowl is so big that he can stand on the floor and pick crumbs off the table, and he usually dines with his mistress. One evening recently sha took from him some article he had picked off the table and he resented tho act by attacking her. The rooster pecked the woman's face and han de aud discolored both her eyes by the terrific blows of his wings.-Philadel phia Record. A Queen's Doll Show. In the Queen of Roumauia's great doll show at Neuwied there were about a thousand dolls of all sizes, . mostly representing the costumes of the dif ferent centuries and countries-from the transparently clad Egyptian of the fourth century B. C. to the smart and dashing cyclist of 1898. The Meaning of Costa Rica. Costa Rica means the rich coast, and in most respects it is rich, particularly in the snake family, the most deadly of which is the terrible culebra do san gre, or blood snake, JOHNNY'S LAM?NlTV -Ob, everything ?boat the ho uso Is stiller than a little moase: An' sister mopes fr'm morn till night, Her nose is red, an' she's a sight. She? ?oes m ound so softly ll ko, They's dust an' cobwebs on-her biko; Whenever I pit in- her way. Ohl bat she makes me sashay! An' when I give her any gaff About a worn-out-photograph, . \ She 3?ys, ."You Just trot o' here!" An'swats, me dna upon tho ear! Pa winks at me an' mc at pa,* An' then we laughs an' ap nobs mn, "Neitherof you bas no heart! An'you"-to me-"I'll make yon smart!" Ob, things ls mighty slow, I Vow, I don't git any quarters now; Kothin' seems to come my way. An' nary a- ticket for tho play. Nothin' pat the postman's call, : An1 sister bluhberin' In the hali! Life ain't worth the Hvin', Lor*, Since Sister's feller went to war! j PITH AND POINT. She (indignantly)-"He' didn't' say 'thanks,' evan,.-'?*-He.-ir'-'Tbatfs odd.'? -Harvard Lampoon.' Ethel-^'Ok, that Oholly ia merely a cipher." Grace-"Yea, anybody can see through him."-Puck. "Do yon know how to manag* a woman?" "Why, of course not. I'm married."-Chicago Evening Post. "What a long neck that giraffe has?" "Yes; it would take hin to swallow his pride." r. i Becord. Passenger-"ls this . stop off?" Conductor it won't be good to gil New York Weekly. "Is the colonel in t business yet?" "I st heard that he was in ty slide."-Atlanta Consti. . Oh, youth on schemes fina : Be sure you know Just w The higher up most things The .worst the breakage : -Wa "What news have y. n your wife since she lefl "Not a letter in all this ?# yes; two a week, tut n.- . Bits. She-"I never saw i Everything seems inixe "Perhaps the cook is g bash for diuner."-Y . man. Dorothy (seeing a ls . . f.:.w was very much freckled)-"Shouldn't yon think 'twould have hurt your mamma to have her face tattooed so?** fc-Puck. Johnny-"Po, what's the difference between puncture and punctuation?0 Pa-"Not a great doal, my son. . They both cause one to atop."-Boston Transcript. "You wouldn't, do for a cable-car conddctor,'* said the water-pipe to the gas-meter. "Why?" asked the gos- ? meter. 4 Ton register too much. " Harlem Life. '"That's a T ir..--r?=- ". Norfh Am erics /Little Ethel mamma before! Visitor-"Ah,. -"Yes, she hasn't, time to look like that now."-Detroit Journal. . Fromme-"There is always the stamp of originality about everything Shortly does." Pierry-"Yes; they aro the only stamps he ever has about bim. "-Philadelphia North American. - Little Jack Scorcher Sat on a porch a- ! Bailing at hts punctured tire; r4 Then ho put in n plug Snug's a hug In a rug, And once more the road set on fire. Young Miss-"I don't want any mau to ask me all of a sudden to marry him." Old Miss-"Neither do I; still, I'd try to offset it by accept ing him as suddenly."-Indianapolis Journal. First Little Girl-"I heard that your papa is a senator. Is that so?" Second Little Girl (who stutters) "Why, ye-ye-yes." First Little Girl -"Oh, you needn't be afraid to speak un. I won't tell."-Good News. Kaiser Wilhelm's Aim in Life. I have known few men so free from brag or hypocrisy as was this German prince when he ascended the imperial throne. On the Christmas immediate ly preceding the death of his noble father he wrote a letter to a friend three thousand miles away. I have no right to make this letter public, but < shall be forgiven for this much: the writer dwelt earnestly upon the year that was closing, and particularly re ferred to the problems of the future, little dreaming that he was the one* who would be called upon to assist ia their solution. In this letter he con fessed that the ambition of his life was to improve the condition 4? the work ing-people, to reconcile the rasping conflict between those who have and those who have not, and, above all, to make the Christian religion a real thing. He we?ton jokingly to lament that some of our American millionaires did not see flt to leave him legacies for this purpose; for he was, he said, always hampered for want of neces sary funds.-Poultney Bigelow, iii Century. How Havana Volunteers Are Inspected? A reader of Harper's Weekly who was in Havana in 1889 tells of being s> spectator at the morning .inspections of the Havana Volunteers. He says: "The first morning, I noticed that af? ter the officers had inspected the front of one company and had gone on to the next, a good many of the men who had first been inspected changed places with their mates in the rear rank, and were inspected again on the return of the officers by the rear. I found this shifting of places happened every morn ing, and the conclusion was unavoida ble that the most presentable Volun teers always lined up first in the front rank, and then swapped places with companions of the rear who were les? St to bear scrutiny." Use of Oyster Shells In Manila. A unique feature of nearly all homes and offices in. Manila is the uso of tiny square 'panes of translucent oyster shells instead of glass. The. windows measure on the average six feet long and four feet wide and contain 260 of these oyster shell panes, which tem per the fierce glare of the sun in the building. In a country where many people go blind from the constant sun shine this a precaution very necessary to be taken,