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THE NATIONAL P?K OF AUGUSTA I L. C. HAYNS, Pres"*" . G- FORD, Cashier. j tiipital,'250,000. _ Facilities of oi1"laPn'flce'1'; ^"?w Vault (containing .110 oty-Look Boxes. Differ, lent Sizes art? creU 10 our patrons and I the public at $3 10 ? 10.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, QA. Pays Interest on Deposits, Aocoiwte Solicited. L. C. HAYN*, President. ' W. 0. "WARDL?W, Cashier. ED GEFIELT), S. C., WEDNESDAY. MAY 31, 1899. VOL. LXTV. NO. 22. THE COLC The panting ste:>er slowly drops Away from th-'^wihid pier ; The blackenedicks nevile from view And leave miaui'i"e here. Away where t' S<*ld so warm and red, Lies bid in e dark-earth's breast; Little thov re1 oi dancer and cold, Aglow iiftho golden 'quest. The rosy vrth with kindling eve. ID his" J?ihood's early dRwn, The pale t^n with the student's stoop The stal&rt maa of brawn. AJI. each Mj with fevered gaze Fixed th? fields of gold; ' Ab. wei May ! for a faith that's firm And .->ieart that is brave and bold. yuA^AAuA A A A AA>AA i THE COMING OF 4 == 4 BY MARY ?yvvvv wv w^^c^y 'The soft whir of a spinning wheel ?me through an open wiudow, min gling pleasantly with the singing of birds and the hum of bees. Within .the room a slim, round figure stepped gracefully to and fro. Without^ watch ing the pretty scene with a smile of admiration, not unmixed with mischief, on his handsome, ruddy face, stood a aall young continental soldier^ cocked Lat in hand. His horse.wa3 clo?? beside him,nib bling, unrebuked, the clover which grew in abundance near the weather beaten house. Presently the crunching of' his strong white teeth on the ?usciotts mouthfuls caught the maiden's .ear. Like a flash she turned and saw the silent onlooker^ ""Well done. William Foskitt!" she cried, tartly. " 'Tis the act of a brave man, no doubt, to spy upon his neighbors! ls it from the redcoats yon have learned such ways? Me thinks they have apt pupils!" A vivid flnsh mounted to the young .man's forehead. After an instant's hesitation hs vaulted over the window sill and approached the fair spinner, whose look of pretended indignation changed to one of great demureness and whose cheeks grew rosy red. "We've scarcely seeu the redcoats enough yet to learn anythiug from them, sweetheart, but the chance is near at baud. General Washington is determined to lie. idle behind his trenches no longer. Within a few days-" ;<Oh, William!" Her voice was trembling now and as loving as he could wish. Her win some blue eyes were full o thread, no longer truly ' with a snap. "Nay, now, sweethea caressing the sunny ha; against his shoulder, . ' foolish fears. Likely en stay these . next three 1 last Let? us not borrov J-am-ceoe-withTI inessa Anna Stedmau. Here out -nuder the trees ana reml IT. J. know already something of its con tents, I doubt not." H?"drew a scrap of paper from his big-flapped pocket and lo:l the way to a bench nuder an old elm in the door yard. >.r Polly-My brother aud some oth?r young meu who are at home from camp on two or three days' leave are going to give a ball here, at my father's tavern, next Thursday night. 'Twill be quite a grand affair. "I wish you to come over Wednes day and spend the night. Bring your li post gown. I shall wear my pink gauze and the gold beads Aunt Mercy gav? me. ""Milly Brewster and Priscilla Nick ersou will be here. Milly left Boston just before the siege began, and she knows the latest styles of dressing hair. She learned it from on English lady her aunt knows. Nothing like it has over b?en seeu in this neighbor hood. 'Twill be most becoming to yo;ir pretty head. '.'William Foskitt stopped here ou an errand; and I make use of him to bring this to you. I have no fear that his comiug will auger you. 'Tour true friend, ? "ANNA STEDMAN." The blue eyes aud the gray ones met in a smile of perfect understand ing as the last words were reached. The next Wednesday afternoon Polly set forth on horseback for Sted man's tavern, accompanied by her younger brother, a lad of 15. Tied to their saddles were several large bundles containing her ball costume. They met few travelers on the three miles of their ride until within a short distance .of their , destination, wheu half a dozen horsemen were seen ap proaching at a rapid pace. "Be not afraid, Polly," said Daniel, with an air of protection. "We will rein our horses to one side till they pass." "But who can they be, Dan?" whis pered Polly. "Very likely one of the expresses General Washington sends all through the colonies to carry aud bring tidings. I have heard my father say they ride swiftly and in small companies." There was time for no further ex change of words. The galloping riders were close by. The lad took off his cap, and Polly, blushing,involuntarily bowed in response as everyman of the company raised his cocked hat, and one of them, the youngest and handsomest, spoke a word of respectful greeting. Daniel turned in his saddle to 1OP:-: after them. His hazel eyes were glowing. "I wish I was a man!" he cried. "1*11 be a soldier the minute father thinks I'm big euough!" '"Tis a brave life indeed," answered his sister. The silence seemed deeper than ever after the souud of quick hoof-beats died away, but soon they began to as cend the long hill leading to Sted man's tavern. As they approached the great rambling gray house with its protecting row of elms three girls ran out to meet them, laughing and chid ing Polly for her late coming. "We thought some accident had be fallen," said Anna, the tallest and most buxom of the group. She mounted the broad horse-block and assisted! Polly in untying the parcels. "Here,girls, do you take these inside. Daniel, you can help. Timothy will see to tho horses. What! You can't stay. Daniel?" "No. Anna. My father said he would need me in the field tomorrow." > SEEKERS, For these there be who will come again, All broken and worn and wan, While others left in the Arctic snows Will slumber forever on. And some will empty-handed come, Who have mlsseil the golden goal, And seuvo with gold too dear, alas ! * Tho f rice of a sinless soul. And those at homo will sit at night And the wind sweeps where it wills With ht arts away in a shambling shack In tho wild Alaskan hills. 'Tis thus I muse on the lonely quay, Whines the hurrying crowd is gone While far away (or the frozen north A flag of smoke trails on. -Carrie Shaw Rice, in Overland Monthly. THE WHITE OWL. f - . ? SPRAGUE. w w w w wnw "Be snre you come tomorrow night with your brothers, then. 'Twill be a merrymaking long to be remem bered* What do yon think of thiSj Polly? Two officers from General Washington's own colony, who lately came on ld join the continental army, ?re staying at Isaac Merrick's and have promised my brother to be here. They say that open war will soon begin, and we'd better make the most of this ball. There! the last knot is untied! Come right in! Supper is all read}'. Yon, too, Dnuiel. 'Tis moonlight now. and the road will be all the lighter an hour hence." So, well laden with Polly's finery, they disappeared within the hospitablo tavern. Two hours later, Daniel * ing well on bis homeward way and tito house hold tasks disposed of, the four maid ens bade the family good night and repaired to the large double-bedded chamber where they were to sleep: Several caudles were lighted and placed oil the high, narrow mantel piece, Whence they threw fantastic shadows over the spindle-legged fur niture and the opposite walli "Now, Milly," began Anna in her brisk fashion, "you do my hair, and let Polly and Priscilla see how we (to ours. 'T?3 all with rolls and cushions, which we made today, aud with puffs and curls wonderful to behold. I've a full supply of powder, too. '' So sayiug she brought forth from a cupboard a large paper bandbox piled with numerous articles ready for use, at which the girls looked with spark lino- p-- ' ?rto? lmil ItAi' heauti traeted ordeal, then by glimpses of her growing I adornment in a bit of broken looking glass held before her eyes by one or the other of the admiring girls. "I'm sure I can never do that in the world," sighed Polly, envious of Milly's skillful touch. "How did you eve: learn, Milly?" Milly's thin, dark face glowed w?4i satisfaction. ? '\)h, 'tis not so hard when once you have tried it!" she responded, as suming an air of indifference. "My Aunt Bethia has a dear friend in Mis tress Alice Montford, wife to an Eng lish merchant. Her maid taught mc how to do Aunt Betbia's hair. There! Is that not truly becoming to our Alma's face? Rise,fair maid, and view thy charms!" Laughing, they led her to the long, narrow mirror hau gin g against tho wall, iu which, by dint of turning this way and that, she was able to see her mass of white puff's and curls. "Now, Polly, it is your turn next," said Milly. "Why, I thought-" began Polly. "Oh, I'd just as lieve do them all as not,interrupted Milly,good natured ly. "I love to see what new ways I can discover." Polly took her plac? in the chintz covered chair without further ado. Hor golden locks received a different treatment from Anna's dark ones, but iu due time she, too, emerged from Milly's hands with a triumph of archi tecture nicely balanced on her pretty head. "How shall we ever be able to go to bed?" she suddenly asked, while cran ing her neck to view her newly ac quired possession. "I feel as though this would all fall off if I don't keep very Straight aud stiff." "You'll soon get used to that," re plied Anna, with a confidence born of experience. "But, of cour.se, as for going to bed,that is not to bo thought of. Come, Prissy!" Blank astonishment looked from Polly's blue eyes. "Not go to bed! Who ever heard of such a thing?" she cried in wonder. "How will we look tomorrow night if we don't get any sleep?" "Oh, that is another thing! We eau sleep well enough sitting up and lean ing back in our chairs. Ladies :of fashion often do that. I'll show you how my Aunt Bethia does." Polly made no answer. Her neck was already aching from her continued efforts to ba'ance her "tower" prop erly. For a few minutes sho wished she had not come, but very soon her naturally sweet temper reasserted it self, and she made the best of an un comfortable prospect. "We might have waited until to morrow afternoon," said Anua, "but there'll be so many things to do. We can manage to sleep somehow." By the time Priscilla's auburn hair was dressed she had tardy qualms of conscience. "What think you, girls?" she in quired, with au anxious wrinkle in her white forehead. "Is it altogether seemly for us to ape the fashions of our country's enemies? How will our continental soldiers like to see us thus?" "Have done with such foolish no tions, Priscilla Nickel son ?"commanded Milly with more than her usual de cision. "Yon will learn..s nue of these days, that men know nothing ot' fash ion. If we only look lo their pleasing that is all they care. And I'll warrant there'll be no finer appearing girls at the ball than we four. There's small con nection, to my thinking, between the way we do om* hair and this unchris tian war? So pitt' away your silly fears. Prissy, and be sensible." Milly was older than the others. She lived in Boston. Her sharp.posi tive way aud words had a great deal of weight with her companions.- So Prissy dropped the matter aud wns soon engrossed in trying on her new blue satin slippers. Not so Pol?v. "What will William Foskitt think?" she kept asking herself over aud over agaii:, until her heart grew so heavy thnt but for the shame of self-betrayal she wonk! have torn the mass of rolls and ribbons from her head and braided her soft hair in its accustomed bands. At last each head was dressed. Then the girls sought comfortable chairs against whose high backs they could lean propped up with cushions and pillows. The caudles were extin guished. Wrapped in blankets they established themselves and for a time talked of the morrow's gaieties. But finally wearied nature claimed her du?t The moon peeping in through the opeu window at the mild August midnight saw four sleeping beauties. Bigh in an elm trea opposite this same window sat a great white owl. For a long while he had been keenly observant of all that was going o' within the chamber. What he thought, of tha proceedings can never be known, but true it is that he slowly descended from his perch and with noiseless movements stepped inside the window. Gravely scanning each bedecked top knot he selected Polly's as the most to his likrng. With a flut tering whir of his big wings he mad? swift and sudden descent upon it,div ing hie strong claws sharply<withiu ii and, after careful balancing) settling down into a steady position. And poor little Polly! Alas! her light slumber, already disturbed by uneasy thoughts of possible disloyalty to*her lover, had ? rude awakening. A confused sense came over her of being carried off by the top of her head; a stab, a pniu; a startled con sciousness of the near presence of some awful thing, some heavy weight. Then she gave piercing shrieks which brought the terrified girls to their feet, the household to the room. Candles being hastily lighted re vealed to the incredulous eyes of all the huge white owl sitting on Polly's head, blinking wisely and evidently in no mind to leave his dainty resting pince. Muscular hands carefully dislodged hinii Polly's golden hair wns snnn you did grievous wrong," the stalwart young continental replied to his in sistent petitioner. " 'Twas only a trifling matter. You charge yourself too heavily, my Polly." "Xo, William," she made answer, smiling up at him with happy eyes. " 'Tis the part of a woman to be true even in very little things."-Waverley Magazine. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. There is at Weida in Dahomey a temple in which 10?0 snakes are fed by the priests. Squatters who have recently pene trated tho interior of New Zealand report the discovery of a tribe of aborig inal dwarfs. Florida housewives use oranges in stead of soap in scrubbing, floors. They cut thc fruit in two and rub tho pulp on the floor- It is found to be very cleansing. Far away from civilization gesture language is still extant in Australia. Some of the tribes possess such .an excellent code that, it is almost as effi cient as ?he spoken language. A queer exhibition was recently held in Berlin, Germany-that of the Vege tarian society-i;i which sixty chil dren were shown who have never touched other nutriment thau vege tables. A man who was convicted of seven highway robberies in Co tania, Sicily, was lucky enough to be tried before a tender-hearted judge, who thought a life sentence too severe. He therefore was easy with him, letting him off with only 180 years' imprisonment. Paternal l?cproof. "My father was a nice, level-headed old gentleman," said a Washington man who has struck his gait and set tled down after a few years of conti nent-wide tamplin osity, when they vere all telling hard luck stories the other night, "but he was addicted oc casionally to a savage sort of humor. 'Member that time I got the western fever, about ten years ago ? We 1, I went west. The old gentleman gave mo $300 with which to go west and get sick thereof, and oflv I started. He said to me before I started: " 'Young fellow, I know whereof I talk, and I tell you that I wouldn't give twenty cents for all the west that the setting sun ever shown upon. But, go ahead. Shoot your wad. Go on ont west.' "Well, as I say, awn}' I went. I was broke by the time I got to Chicago. I wired the guv'nor for ?00, aud got it. I wired him for .?50 more .ieu I reached Cheyenne, and got it. When I reached Sacramento I wired him for another SI00. Got it. About a week later I woke up one morning on the sands of the Pacific ocean, in front of the hotel del Xoi te, Monterey, with out a soumarkce. I wired a collect message to the gou'nor, saying: " 'Broke on the brin';of the Pacific.' "In a couple of hours 1 got the old gentleman's reply, lt read: " 'Keep right on going west.' "That was all-no mun.no nothing. Translated, the message just invited me to walk into the seething waters of the misnamed Pacific and .submerge myself. Well, it was a good thing, that dry message. I hoofed it to San Francisco, gola job, and went to work, and 1 took a tumbi.) to myself from that time on."-Washington Post. HOSPITAL FOR CONV?LESC GIDOR ISLAND Tho hospital for our convalescent at Corregidor Island. Major Owen, o corpsmen, was seut on "the Senator f miles distant, to con&trct the hospital, been used as a naval station by the S about 300 persons. . Tho naval station occupied fl level three sides by commanding hills or : closed in by high' mountains oh either-! the hospital inmates could'h?ve'a mag [ towering green peaks of Luzom ' Thre of being used as storehous?sj a large bi , was the start we had prepared for us, toers were sent as a guard. The undergrowth was rapidly c cleaned up, the boathouse made into tablished in a very short time:.< Thii and beds and ward apparatus were so< nest fitted up,'a linen closet and a < days' time they were ready to receive ] By damming up a small stream in pital corps to the Chicago Record, wi gallons of water, which we ran down tr This water fed our condensers ana stei dry. A daily boat^from Manila vftas fir for which we had been preparihgand G care. 1 j While only thirty-five miles'separa in temperature and humidity is\3raat o of several hundred miles. They?ir is stiff breeze. Q3O5003300GQ0G3QQQQ0QQQ30Q I ^ th 1 e ti c Fe ats fo r Wo men | - 8 Rules to Be Observed in the Gymnasium. ? ?ocoooooooooooooooooooo?cB Any ordinary room in which ttere is good air and sunlight will an wer for a gymnasium; the larger the bet ter. The beginner need have nothing more than a pair of dumbbells pr a pair of clubs, either of which shejnnv THE FLYING ANGEL. woman can get any number of motins and exercises, and she must de.de what is best and most necessary br her. Excessive exercise is injurious* td should be avoided. Excessive exeree and no exercise at all produce simar results. Stop exercising just boire nature calls out strongly agaist further^ bodily activity. Just rem the tired point and stop beiorex haustion. No law can be laid den as to how much exercise shoulcbe taken at one time. Every indivical must be a guide to herself. A wonn should exercise chiefly with lilt weights and mu"'l? 'J'ck moveme:s, and never, when' oui';oi training, ry the limit on her '??.rength. The most important gymnasiumor women in this country is under ie management of Watson L. Savage,!. D., medical director of Columbia ti ver8ity. Classes begin with the h dergartcn, and progress to the pit graduate course. The women hre the use of the gymnasium and evy privilege and advantage which is o corded tho men. Every woman who enters is ce fully examined in order to disccr just what form of exercise will 36 most advantageous to her. In cs3 where women or children are very d PARALL1 BA) icate, or have some decided physal i defect tlutt needs rectifying, theyt- i erciso in tho medical room of ie c gymnasium under the personal suy- s vision of Miss Mariou Foye Carr. 1 Thia is called corrective work, auis 1 intended tocorrectall physical imf- I fections, such as curvature of. ie i spiue, oramped chests or weak uris or backs. Tho gymnasium propels occupied during the day and eve"" i ;ENT SOLDIERS AT CORRE , MANILA BAY. soldiers in the Philippines is located f the regular army, with fifty hospital rom Manila to Corregidor, thirty-five He found a beautiful spot which had panish and near it a native villago of area of about six acres flanked on all mountains. A little bay in front was ?ide, leaviugan entrance through which jnificent view of Manila Bay and the e habitable buildings and two capable oathouse aud a rude blacksmith shop Two companies of Pennsylvania volun ut and carted away, the houses wer" a dining hall and a cookhouse was es :ty-two tents were erected for patients, on in place. An apothecary shop was ?rug store room were made and in ten patients. the mountains, writes one of the hos ? made a reservoir holding about 6000 ) camp in pipes procured from Manila, ilizers and supplied water for the laun lally given as and we began the work loon we had nearly 200 sick nuder our ,te Corregidor from Manila, the change ne would eapect only from a difference very dry ind thero is always a good, by girls and women training to im prove their physical condition gener ally. Some come to reduce flesh, others to reduce or develop various parts of the body. Nothing could be more applicable or practical to the home gymnast than the hints on physical health and training that Dr. Savage advances to his normal classes, of which the fol lowing are a few: "The best time to exercise is be tween ten and twebe o'clock in the I forenoon and between 9m*? "xne minimum time xor uraiu wort ers to exercise is two hours a week, divided into four days in the week. Their exercise should be before the perspiration is reabsorbed by the body. Do not lounge around uhiil the suit and the skin become dry again. "For nervous temperaments slow exercise is the best, while the rapid exercise is recommended for the phleg matic. For women with a disposition toward melancholia light competitions and out-door games are tho most bene ficial form of exercise." Addressing his normal girls on the subject of food Dr. Savage said. "Never exercise just before or after a meal. At least one-half hour should be allowed before and two hours and a half after eating. Masticate tho food thoroughly; do not hurry through your meals, and eat rich foods with great discretion. Drink plenty of water be tween meals, but avoid excessive drinking at meals. One glass of water should be sufficient. It is better to use hot drinks at meal times, and do not drink ice water at any time. A re freshing drink to take during the in tervals when exercising is made by putting cooked oatmeal in water; let it soak and settle." In one of his talks on breathing Dr. Savage strongly advised his girls to breathe through the nose while walk ing or doiug ordinary work, and only to breathe through the mouth when extreme physical effort makes it neces sary. "Do not take short, quick gasps for normal breathing," he said; "breathe so as to fill every cell with pure air. The largest aud strongest animals in the world breathe from six to ten breaths per minute, while the smallest and weakest breathe from 200 to 300 per minute. The manner in which we breathe is one of the most important,factors in developing human strength. It is a*good practice to take a long, deep breath and hold it in the lungs a few seconds; each day increas ing the time of holding the breath un til ono minute or one minute and a half is reached. Breathing exercises increase the exterior chest and develop the interior. Chapters could be written on Bleep I Et PYRAMID. ng. Dr. Savage suggests the follow ng rules. Sleep on a mattress laid ? iver a spriug, sjeep mostly on one ! lide, breathe through the nose and ? :eep the mouth shut. Have a certain lour for rising aud a certain hour for etiring. Get up immediately upon yaking. New South Wales contains more i lowering plants than all Europe ] f WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY; A Simple Apparatus by Which Damon? strattons May Bo Made. Foi4 fi?me time Ave have noted (ht progress made in experiments with wireless telegraphy^ Two weeks ago the London Times received a message from France across the channel, using the Marconi system. Some of our readers miybc able to experiment for themselves by following Elliot Wood's suggestions in the Electrical. "World and-Eleetrical Engineer: The accompanying three sketches show a simple arrangement adopted by me for demonstrations in wireless telegraphy. Heretofore the general purpose has been to provide a suitable tapper for the coherer in order that the metallic particles may be dis turbed and the circuit broken. In the arrangement shown the sounder is made to do the twofold work ol answering the signals and decohering the metallic filing?. I am unaware o? any similar arrangement; hence pre sent this one. Referring to the sketches, Fig. 1 represents the receiving station, which in this Case is made up of two "wihgs': B B, whoso length is six inches each. The knobs used are of 1 inch diameter. The "wings" are supported by glass pillars on a suitable base, on which, the sounder A is placed. The cohere! C is a glass tube 2i inches in lengtfc and 5-1G inch diameter, containing suitable terminals connected to the two wings, as shown. The coherer is in series with thewiugs BB, the relaj ordinarily used, and the battery; ?n practice the wave falls on C. the relay closes the circuit of the soundei A, and the coherer, being carried OD the movable arm of the sounder, ii brought down with the arm when the circuit through the sounder is made. In consequence of this, every move ment of the sounder arm decoheres the metallic filings, and tl ere ii prompt and certain action in response to every signal of the sender. The construction of the coherer is shown in detail in Fig. 2, and approx imately full size. The terminals G G are turned down to lit the interior o! the tube C. The space between (abonl inch) is half-filled with iron filing* f_??ii wuk UIXLKJ UgU a fine mesh. A hard rubber-block E is made with grooved edge to support C, which is held in place by brass banda D D; a thin brass plate, suitably fast ened to the hard-rubber piece E, and projecting, provides means for fasten ing by the screw F to the movable arm of the sounder A. The best means of doing this is to remove the screw holding the armature of the sounder and clampering by the screw F both arm ature and tho fastening plate at bot tom of E. The sender, in this ar rangement, consists of the usual in duction coil . discharging into two nickel balls of four inches diameter, as shown in Fig. 3. It will be noted from the sketch that there is a triple gap. At each side of the transmitter knobs the gap of 13-1G inch, and the gap between knobs is 3-16 iuch. The arrangement shown has proven all that can be wished for if one does not desire the printing telegraph, as provided.for in some appliances. A Great Engineering Work. One of the grandest engineering works ever conceived has just been inaugurated by the laying of the foundation-stone, at Assnan on the Nile, of a vast granite dam, which is destined to hold the waters of the his toric river in check. This huge wall will he more than a mile in length, seventy-six feet high in places, and thirty or forty feet in width, so that it will form a bridge across the river as well as a dam to conserve its w.iiers. The effect of this obstruction will be the formatiou of a reservoir with an area of about 670 square miles, hold ing 1,000,000,000 tons of water; and it is estimated that this mighty volume will be the means of bringing 2500 square miles of desert land under cultivation. The so-called cataracts, which are in reality rapids, will dis appear, and a lock at each end of the granite vail will form gates for the passage of vessels up and down stream. The work has been planned by Sir Benjamin Baker, will be undertaken hy Mr. Aird, and will probably be completed ia about four years' time. It is regarded as the greatest engineer ing enterpiise undertaken iu. the land of the Pharaohs since tho building of the Pvramids.-Chambers's Journal About Private Mailing Cards. Many a printer who wants to use, either for himself or for a customer, the private mailing card authorized by the Government, will be glad tc havo explicit information as to the printing allowed on the face of the card. There has been sonle misun derstanding cn this point, even though the law was supposed to be perfectly understandable. In answer to an inquiry addressed to one of the assistant postmasters general, the following was elicited: "The words required by law to be placed on the address side should bc plainly and neatly printed, without scroll-work or other ornamentation of any kind." And, fortunately, that is in the interests of both economy of labor and good typography. lunch's Occupation. W. S. Gilbert was once at a sbcial gathering in the house of a rich? but ignorant woman, who posed as a patron of music. The hostess aslied ttie cynical Scotchman: "Aud what is t?ach doing now? Is he composing anything?" "No, madam," was the grave reply, "he is just now decom posing.''* OSCEOLA'S GRANDSON DEAD.'' A Descendant of the Seminole Chief Who Was a Bootblack at Providence. Providence, E. I., lost, by the re cent death of Osceola Cook, a man in whose veins flowed the bluest of American blood, fdr he was a grand son of the famous Indian Osceola, chief of the Seminoles, '?'bis was on his mother's side. His ~.ther was a full-blooded negro1. Coot was not proud of his:blood of parentage on either side, and always asserted, re lates the Sun, that he was a Mexican. Ho led an adventurous life. At the time of his death he weighed 449 pounds, aud despite this great burden of flesh he was one of tho strongest men in the city. Many stories are told of his great strength, a majority of which are undoubtedly true. He Avas about 45 years old. He was born in New Bodford and wheu a boy fol lowed the sea, shippiug up and down the coast before the mast. Aller the war he enlisted in the regular army, served in the southwest, became in terested in an altercation, how serios 5 he was always indisposed to tell, and fled across the border to M?xico, ?here he joined a circus aud a troupe of wandering bull fighters. Cook was even then a man of . magnificent pro portions and strength, and with the bull fighters acted as bandillero. After staying in Mexico long enough to learn to speak and write Spanish fluently he wandered northward until ho reached New York, and from there went to Providence,' where he opeued the first bootblacking shop the city had and made money. He bought out the barber shop under the Narragan sett Hotel and did business there for some time. He invented an improve ment on, the patent hair-clipping ma chines in Use then and also a sham pooing machine. He sold his half of the patent on the first for ?800, the other half being owned by the me chanic who put the invention into running shape; About 1885 he opened another bootblacking shop, and for the remainder of his active bnsiuess life spent most of his time in this line of business. He wrote policy for a short period* ran a restaurant, and was connected with other affairs, hut his prosperous days were while he ran his bootblacking stands. He must have earned in his life fully 850,000, but he had very little when he died. The incident in Cook's life which is freshest in the minds of Providence people is the trouble, ending in a shooting, which he had with D. F. Lingaue, editor of the Providence Telegram, a few years ago. The Tele _o.e. ixe ii?u accosted Cook in a saloon aud had called him insulting names, but at the request of the'bartender Cook did not retaliate. But when the pugilist came into Cook's bootblacking establishment und renewed his insults Cook hit him ance, smashing his jaw and taking all the fight out of the man. Despite Cook's great weight, his height was only 5 feet 10 inches, but his hat was 7 1-2, his collars were 21 inches, 58 was his size in shirts, and his waistband measured 62 inches. He spent much time iu trying to keep ilowu his weight. Thc Corner Stone of Health. "Exercise," said a physician the other day tj the editor of a contempo rary, "is thc corner stone of health. It differs essentially from work, in which the fundamental idea is th.it cf labor. On the contrary, th9 idea of exer cise is based upon activitie s undertaken for the benefit of the body or miud, some form of exertion intended to pro mote health or furnish amusement. Work is essentially toil, even though it be congenial. Exercise, on the other band, is purely recreation. If exer ?ise be taken only from a sense of duty it loses the distinguishing features of sxercise and becomes work. A course .if exercise, say cycling, should be carried on by easy stage*. Exercise is i tonic, and therefore benefit is not to je derived from a single dose. If ac ;ive exercise is necessary as a hygienic neasure, what, form is best? You can lot persuade your patients to run, it s so undignified; or to saw wood, it is ioo'laborions. But if yon can persuade ?hem to ride a wheel you have cured ;hem, if it is exercise they need." The wheel was then discussed from the herapeutic p;>iut of view in this way: 'Active exercise maybe divided into bree classes.those ?equiring stieagth, ?peed and stamina, and they all in uease in c.mim.m the circulation of he blood. Exeicises requiting the ex irtion of stie.igth are more fatiguing han those of speed. Cycling can be adapted to the requirements of the en eebled invalid. "-Scientific American. An?mala ns Prototypes. Tlie ill-fated Empress Elizabeth )f Austria has been called a "human ?wau" by one who loved and admired 1er. There Avas the long nose, wide it the nostrils; the beautiful brown jyes, showing little or nothing of the viii te; the long neck and the per ectly willowy figure to bear out the .esemblnnce. Tho Queen of Italy is nrdlike, even iu that little fault or nanner with which the critical charge 1er, the bridling and bending, the usstness aud want of repose, and the larrot-likc mouth that sinks in be iween nose and chin. It is very enri )us,this resemblance of human beiugs o some animal, but in no regard is it nore pronounced than among the :rowued heads of Europe. The czar nts often been likened to a bull ter .ier.with his snub hose, round, prom neut eyes and full lips, and iu the ace of the German emperor people aave traced a resemblance to a mad oxhound, especially in that , portrait ?.here he is looking back over ona ihoulder with an anxions; hunted ex- j r. essiou. Of course everyone knows j ;hat in the Marquis of Salisbury's icad and face is represented a perfect English mastiff-a resemblance of which the great statesman aud pre mer is said to be proud, as indica if his own character.- Boston H??t lld. THE NEW WAY, They've broken down the barrier That custom used to raise; The girl. If you would marry her, Must do it all, these days. Papa and dearest mamma seem Not "in lt" as of yore When most they favor love's young drem The more you may deplore. t It used to be the proper thing To cultivate mamma, And give her potted plants, and bring Cigars for "dear papa;" But fashion now has made it wise To court the girl alone, To read her hieroglyphic eyes And tremble on her tone. Then, Jn some lonesome, dark retreat, Far from the haunts of men Or maid?, she'll bring you to her feet, Then bring you up again, ibe'll educate you to the ways ' That suit her inclination. And marry you in ninety days By average calculation. - Chicago Bccord. HUMOROUS. She-Hamlet is a play for all time. He-Yes; it will never rive up the ghost. When we tell a man a good story, we have noticed that it reminds him of a very poor one. Biggs-Is your wife's mother still visiting you. B'ggs-She is visiting ns, bnt she is not still. "No, indeed, I wouldn't die in the country!" "Why not?"? "The church j bells always toll your age." "What makes Dickie's cough so bad this morning?" "It is nearly time for bim to start to schoi "Pa, what is a hero?" "A hero is a man who tries to read a paper in the same room with a boy about your size." De Canter-Is there any sure way to tell the age of a horse? De Trotter I-Yes; ask the dealer and multiply by one-half. "Do you think the Indian will ever be civilized?" "Yes; Spotted Crow sent in a request the other day to have his name changed to Polka Dot." A Colorado gentleman advertised for a well preserved skeleton, and shortly after the paper was out an old maid of his town appeared in her best bib and tucker and asked if his inten tions were honorable. Elderly Maiden (out rowiug with pos sible suitor, to her little sister, who is frightened of the waves)-Theodora, if you are so nervous now, what will you be at my age? Little Sister (meek ly)-Thirty-seven, I suppose. "What kind of an alarm clock have Perim Wa? MUUU In connection with the death of Sir Lambert Playfair, the story has been told of the way in which, when sta tioned in Aden in the early '5Cs, he heard of the''presence of a French frigate in the Bed sea, whereupon he rode ovsr to Perim and hoisted the union jack. The sequel to this story, as Sir Lambert Playfair himself used 11 tell it, is interesting. The French government complained to the British, the British government referred the matter to the East India o^mjmny's of ficials at Bombay, who weie at that time responsible .'or the administra tion of Aden. The officials, not liking to report that the whole thing was merely an idea of Sir Lambeit Play fair's, directed a clerk ."to look up Perim." The clerk, on "looking np Perim" in the archives, made the as tonishing discovery that Perim had actually been occupied in 1799 owing to the alarm caused by the Napoleonic occupation of Egypt. Tho British force hal been withdrawn as soon as Egypt was evacuated by the French. The company's officials thereupon made the triumphant reply: "We do not under stand the French objection. Perim has been British for over 50 years. It was first occupied in 1799." And with this explanation tho French had to be content.-London News. The Magical "Forty Winks." Every one accustomed to napping has remarked how much moro re freshing is a nap of five,ten or twenty minutes than a long day-time sleep of two or three hours. This is because in a short nap the brain and senses aro rested without relaxiug the muscu lar and nervous systems. It is simply a breaking up of the current of con scious activity, thus restoring the to nicity of the system. From which the inf-r;_ppr'- cl^^m^^t is the nap l,:. ,"i [ - -.?^flp^^orty winks" order that is dc.' - S^e to cultivate; and the duties of a?iiOst every one will admit of such refreshment so far as time is concerned. Indeed, there is no better way of gaining time on a- busy day than to cut oht fifteen or twenty minutes for renewing the energies. After a morning's effort body and mind both grow tired; the work flags; "tbiugs go wrong." Now is the time for the magic dip, from which you re turn to your post fresh, in good spirits, roady to carry on things with a vim. It scarcely seems reasonable that a few miuutes' daily sleep should have any marked effect upon the health, but that such is the case any on? may prove by trial.-Woman's Home Com panion. Homes in Porto Itlco. What interests the traveler in Porto Rico more than auything else are its beautiful homes and gardens, and the owners seem to vie with one another to make their places the most attrac tive. It has been said that the De Leon estate near Ponce surpasses all others in its grandeur. Situated on a hill overlooking the city, with its many quaint houses, painted in all the colors of the rainbow,and surrounded with gardens of palm trees a-ad other native plants, the placa forms a picture almost beyond der-.ci inti; n. The h ms?? are furnished with great taste. There is au absence of carpets,rugs and heavy haugings. Most of the furniture is made from the native cabiuet wood, and the hmuges and chairs have caned seats, which are seldom upholstered. The floors are usually hardwood or stone. -New York Tribune,