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RE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNS, Pr es' I. 7. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. redivided Proflie } $110,000. Facilities of oar magnificent Kew Vault loontalniug 410 S&foty-Lock Boxes. Differ ent Sizes ore offered to our patrons and tho pabilo at 93.00 to S10.OD.por annum. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. } rr v. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pajs Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Mayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXVI. NO. 34. 5 "RE Ll AB 5 JEWEL1 Diamonds, "V ? ware, Libbey' gm Brio-a-Brac, i $ Wedding Invitations, Engraved V gg Plate and 100 Gards $1.05. Watch ? mond Setting and Engraving don ? OLD GOLD Q NEW GOODS S WM. SCHWEIGER! . 702 Broad St., Penalty For Neglected Hlcliirnyn. THE Postofllce Department ls trying to use the rural free delivery experiment ns an argument In favor of good roads, and where the experiment has failed to Improve the bad roads along the routes the service will have to be abandoned. The department has gone, over the records to see how many routes were 'interrupted by the condition of the roads last spring, and has sont out notices that unless the roads are im proved to prevent similar interruption this spring these routes will have to be abandoned. The records show that a great many routes were Interrupted from one to seven days last spring. There were forty of these routes in Iowa, twelve In Illinois, ten in Wis consin and a less number in other Western and Southern States. The record against Iowa is not so bad as lt seems because that State has a great many more rural free delivery routes than any other State, and, like Illinois, the State suffers at times from bad roads which cannot bc im proved. The department admits that It will have to give some consideration to the difficulty in building roads In Iowa and Illinois, where the depth of the soil makes it almost impossible' to con struct roads that will be passable at all seasons of tba year. It is admitted that there are routes in Illinois "..;v*';g?-":i>r- .." T ':' .'' th" T?r;jf. .' .... ..<.'.- . -.v J '". pa- :;>. . . . - rc- ..- ..r> Uv: . to ?>: << :??? aJlowr/? ;?.. ? y" . . * '-'Tfc<-? '.:>-. ior-tes IfcAt . ?. /. Wpt?vrs^ .-'.:>..<. nS?re tito i tenujniuii iv -?JUC ' roads they will be abandoned. Where the interruption Is due to conditions which cannot be overcome the depart ment will make allowances and con tinue the service. But the department regards rural free delivery as an argument and an inducement to build good roads, and wherever the people are indifferent to the advantages of the service the de partmnt holds that thc experiment ls a failure. The demand for rural free _ delivery Is greater than the depart ment can meet -with the appropriation by Congress, and It will favor those communities which show most appre ciation by building roads over which the Government can send mails with the least possible interruption. Prepared For Summer. In the late spring after the ground has settled, the roads should be pre pared for smnmer travel by being shaped up vith the "road machine" or "road grader." When this work ls done, the ground ls comparatively dry, and consequently the heavier road scraper is required and can be handled on the roads. It is somewhat unfor tunate that this tool is ordinarily called a road grader, since the name has possibly led to a misconception as to an important usc of the machine. As an instrument of road construction, this machine- ls used to give a crown to the road; but as an instrument of maintenance, it should be used only to smooth the surface and restore the or iginal crown. Apparently some opera tors assume that the machine is not to be used except to increase the crown of the road. Employed in this way the crown ls made too great, and a big ridge of loose earth is left in the mid dle of the road which only slowly con-. solidates and which ls likely to be washed into the side ditches to make trouble there. Since the introduction of the road machin? there has devel oped a strong tendency to Increase the crown of the road unduly. Doubtless the object Is to secure better drainage of the road bed, but piling up the earth ls an Inadequate substitute for the drainage. Side slopes steeper than ju'jt enough to turn the water into the side ditches are a detriment. Other things being equal, the best road to travel on or to haul ? load over Is a perfectly flat one. Good Road? a Necessity. With many expression of apprecia tion for the warm hospitality extend ed by the business men of Philadel phia, the convention of the Southern Industrial Association adjourned to meet next year in Memphis, Tenn. Before adjourning the following reso tlon was adopted: Whereas, The territory of many of the Southern States Is entirely or largely remote from water navigation, and. Whereas, The more prosperous coun tries of Europe have realized from the earliest periods the vital Importance of good roads, and that much of their prosperity depends upon a system of fine roads, and, Whereas, We of the South realize t?e ?rMt disadvantage under which RU. batches, Jewelry, Sterling Silver- gk s Fine Cut Glass, Clocks, Vases, ^ Ste. - m risiting Cards. @ Repairing, D ia- M e by experts. ^ TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR B 3. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. ? f & CO., Jewelers. Augusta, Ga. (.?.?.?..?.Bl? "-~ V , 5 Tro are marketing our valuable pro ducts; therefore, be It Resolved, That we, the Southern In dustrial Association in convention as sembled, do hereby earnestly urge upon the attention of all good citizens of the South the importance of the Improvement of the roads, and do hereby memorialize the Legislatures of the various Southern States to take up this important matter and to enact such laws as will tcud toward the bet terment of the roads of their respect ive States. Poorly Drained Roads. It is thc settled opinion of road ex perts that farmers would better aban don dirt roadmaking unless they do it scientifically. If the dirt roadway be left to itself it becomes hard packed at least in the course of years, while the elaborately graded and good-to look-at, but insufficiently drained han diwork of the unscientific rondmakers falls an easy victim to thc first severe rainy season, because it has not had time to be packed by traffic. TRAINING YCUNC BIRDS. How the Old Birds Instruct Their Off. spring. All who have watched birds care fully have seen them teach the young to find food, to bathe, to follow, to sing, to fear danger, and other things. Birds brought up from the nest by people never learn some of these les sons. For example, birds so reared are not afraid of the human race. I could give many authenticated In stances of this. Then they do not know their native tongue or under stand the calls of their own mother, and do not sing their father's song. A chcwlnk or towhee bunting reared in a house sang the song of an or**' T-\..: ; y.-.-v .... , ! \ ' linrrituau ?-xpettltloi?; ? n*her srus . i*, uUserve that all hough the sun did not set till ll o'clock at night, the birds paid no attention to the vagaries of that luminary, but went to bed according to custom at S o'clock, lu broad daylight, of course. If they were disturbed In their slum bers, they appeared half awake and bewildered, as they do In the dark. ?% One may sometimes see a case of discipline, like a droll one seen among the domestic inmates of a yard in Michigan last summer. With the regu lar poultry was placed a small party of ducks and a little pond for their use. The head of this family was a personage of dignity, who loved quiet, and the usual emotional announce ment of a fresh egg was exceedingly offensive to his sensitive car. When an indiscreet hen became too gushing he flew at her, caught her hy the neck, dragged her-protesting at the top of ker lungs-into the pond and ducked her well. One of the delights of late .Tune is to make the acquaintance of nestlings at home, when the mother Is absent, speaking to them quietly, moving slowly, and If touching them at all, only with thc gentlest touch of a fin ger. The young usually show no fear, and will often answer one's quiet talk. I have held conversation in this way with humming birds In the ucst. strok ing them with my finger, and have talked with, or to, clear-eyed mourn ing dove babies, fluffy little bluejays, and others. Soon after they leave the nest they are taught not to permit such familiarities. It ls most interesting to see the pro cesses of training that are obvious to us, such as to fly compactly in a flock. The wing exercise, for example, of sandpipers, who fly as one bird, as dwellers on '.he seashore know, show ing one moment all silvery breasts flashing in the sun, and the next in stant gray backs that blend with the ocean color a"'1 r ~' o them almost invisible. This wing practice.may be seen over the solitary marshes or low lands of which they are fond, and one realizes that perfection of flight ls a matter of much practice, and not of instinct. Strange stories are told of young trained by birds of another species to adopt the habits of the fos ter mother, as a bird of vegetarian proclivities reared by a captive bird of prey being taught to cat meat, sore ly against his inclination and against all the traditions of bis race.-Chicago Tribune. Prize Pish Story. The fish story record stands shat tered. This ls the latest, and it ls vouched for in all seriousness: lu 1S73 a fisherman took some- trout through the ice in Central "Wisconsin. The largest trout was placed In a cold stor age warehouse, and afterwards for gotten. Eleven years later tho ware house was burned, and, to save the ice, enough water was thrown on to fill up the water-tight cellar below. Three years later 447 trout were taken out of the cellar, in addition to the original one, Identified through. lack of an eye and a broken tall, which had evidently fallen Into the water when .he warehouse was destroyed, thawed out and spawned, >Pro??8?oi?ii?g a Trans- | > Atlantic Steamer, I Not by any means the least impres sive evidence of the huge size to which the modern transatlantic steamship has grown is to be found in the gra phic representation, reproduced from the Scientific America, of the bewil dering amount of provisions that have to be taken aboard for a single trip across the ocean. Our pictorial rep resentation ls, of course, purely Imag inary, particularly as regards the live stock; the beef, mutton, game, etc., received on the ship in the dressed condition, no live stock whatever being carried. The drawing was made up from a Hst of the actual amount of provisions carried on a re cent eastward trip on the Deutschland, and the number of live stock which contributed to meet the supplies for one voyage was .esthnated from the actual number of" cattle, sheep, etc., mat would be required. to make up the total weights in dressed meats given in the table. With the excep tion of the live stock, the provisions are shown in the actual shape In which they would be taken on board. Th? dimensions of the vessel are: Length, G8C feet; beam, sixty-seven feet, and displacement, 23,000 tons; ber highest average speed for the whole trip is 23.30 knots, and she has made the journey from Sandy Hook to thc Lizard lr. five days, seven hours and thirty-eight minutes. The total number of souls on board PROVISIONING A TBANSATLi of the vessel when she has a full pas senger list Is J.G17, made up of 407 first cabin, 300 Second cabin, 300 steer age and a crew of 550, the crew com prising officers, seamen, stewards and the engine-room force. Sixteen hun dred and seventeen souls would con stitute the total Inhabitants of marry an American community that digni fies itself with the name of "city," and it is a fact that the long proces sion which ls shown lu our Illustration wending Its way through the assem bled provisions on the quay, by nc means represesents the length of the line were the passengers and crew strung out along any great thorough fare. If this number of people were to march four deep with a distance of say about a yard between ranks, they would extend for about a quartei of a mlle, or say the length of foui city blocks. To feed these people for a period ol six days requires, In meat alone, tht equivalent of fourteen steers, ten calves, twenty-nine sheep, twenty-sis lambs and nine hogs. If the flocks ol chickens, geese and game required tc furnish the three tons of poultry ant1 game that are consumed were to join in the procession aboard the vessel, they would constitute a contingent by themselves not less than 1500 strong The ship's larder Is also slocked wltl 1700 pounds of fish, 400 pounds ol tongues, sweetbreads, etc., 1700 dozei eggs and foirtecn barrels of oysteri and clams. The 1700 dozen of egg! packed in cases would cover a cousid erable area, as shown in our engrav lng, while the 1000 bricks ot ice crean would require 100 tubs to hold them Of table butter there would be takci on board 1300 pounds, while the 2201 quarts of milk would require sixty four cans to hold lt, and the 300 quarti of cream eight cans. In the way of vegetables there an shipped on board 175 barrels of pota toes, seventy-five barrels of assortet vegetables, twenty crates of toniatoe and table celery, 200 dozen lettuce while the requirements of dosser alone would call for four and a quar ter tons of assorted fresh fruits. Vo making up into the dally supply o bread, biscuits, cakes, pies and tb toothsome odds-and-ends of the pasir; cook'B are, there are taken on board a each trip ninety barrels of flour, eael - - weighing 195 pounds, this adding a weight of eight . : ? tons to the cooks' stores, ff-, we must add 350 pounds < '. .> COO pounds of oatmeal an Under the head of llqui ' Important item is the ?C> drinking water, whose t quately represented by tank shown In our engrav" supplemented by 12,000 wines and liquors, 15,000 . t l' beer in kegs, besides 300C '?. beer. Last, but not by least, is thc supply of forty & Of course it is not to b that all of this supply w". .?' sumed on the voyage. The a margin, and a fairly libe of every kind of provision, the extent to which the lan tor are emptied will vary / the conditions of the . ; tempestuous weather, wh is a succession of heavy g dining room tables are ! ' practically deserted for t days at a stretch, the will he modified consider! : The Engineer Thoo an Most of us remember tl an engineer was groom, d rs machinist, repairer, oiler, ; v everything else about ai day? Bless you! In clothes he ascends to h: .. seat. His hands are gio* leathers are on his feet rings. He opens the thrc r;.. At the end of his run he ?cs mother earth, unsoiled, ui ; scathed, ready for any tion of his set. The stabl to take his horse for a rub ?o % i LNTIC LINER-EQUIVALENT IN LIV? when he mounts again on the follow ing day the iron stead is clean, bright, fresh, aching for another run. With oil as fuel of what use would a fire man beV At the engineer's elbow will be a button, by pressing which the petroleum will be fed to the furnace. There will be no great tender for coal, bul a small tank for kerosene inside of the one for water Tons will be taken off the weight of the locomo tive, which will mean a saving of rails, bridges, ties, etc.-Victor Smith," in New York Press. A Canoe That Folds Vp. Among recent Inventions, the porta ble canoe is receiving notice in sport ing circles in Europe. The middle sec tion, wliich folds so as to form a trunk-like box, with convenient han dles, receives the two hermetically closed ends, the oars, etc. The oar ' can be unscrewed into two parts and singly stowed away in the "trunk." The length of the boat is about thir teen feet, and it can easily be carried overland by two men.-New York Herald. Antltora and Publisher*. The Immense competition among youuger publishers and the hawking round of books to the highest bidder by the literary agent has made pub lishing a less remunerative pursuit than formerly; and I have in my mind's eye a number of publishers whose houses are less magnificent than those of at least a dozen authors wfaem I could name?-Sphere, -i***. .OOCCGCOG eOOGG OOGG O Q I OWN BUILT ? OF STREET CARS. ? - 8 Settlement by the Wares O?Q the Pacific. O 1 O { . - oooooccoccoocooooGoo : ?3 a little settlement just out- ? . ? city of San Francisco where "CARTOWN," SA! ge majority of the structures 1 ace street cars. It ls located at I an beach on the chore end of i ..: Gate Park. There are perhaps ? ' these car dwellings lu the little 1 lent, many of them fitted out i inslderable elegance and mimer- i ? .?venlences. They are arranged i general plan affording their nts the widest view, all fronting ! i. Streets interject, at right i 3 STOCK AND GENERAL STORES. angles, and plank walks are laid so as to give pedestrians access to their homes without wading through the deep sands. Few of these cars have been adorned with a coat of paint. The .exteriors are generally intact, and the conspicuous signs denoting tile route over which the cars once perambulat ed are not obliterated. Some methods are used in the adornment of these curious resents. Many of them are covered with vines, most have galleries extending around i the front and sides. The roofs of some are arranged as lookouts, and awnings drop over the windows. There INTERIOR OF A ia considerable space for storage he low the cars, while other cars acquir? iddltlonu! room by little extensions. in some Instances one car ls raised ibove anotber, and sometimes the ..nrs are laid upon other buildings, t'ins jiving an extra story. The platforms )f the cars are often transformed Into salcr les and bay windows with tho lid Oi tlie carpenter and glass fitter, iud afford points of observation pre lected from Hie cold winds, besides jiving exrended view of sea and lund. Thc arrangement of ;he interiors of NT FRANCISCO. hese dwellings is highly ingenious, the necessities of the case requiring the ;itmost economy of space, the aver ige slecpiug car suggesting a model. Half a dozen persons have been at night accommodated with lodgings in 3ne of them. Ventilation Is always issured. While there are many families per manent residents of "Curtown." the larger number occupy the "vehicles" ;is others do the houseboat, giving op portunities for original methods of en tertainment and diversion for them selves and friends. Confined and re stricted as these dwellings art, there ls compensation in the fresh ocean breezes which here blow rigut from i he sea, besides the enjoyment of a iiealtli-giving environment. History ind romance have been ransacked in A "CABTOWN" HOME. providing names for these car "villas" suitable to the facetious idiosyncra sies of the various owners. In "Car Krvnrn ? tho "Villa -Miramar" anti JL^.. *. .."? V" s-T.t. * j 3n a bale of hay iir?n^__u_~:^_i^ af the menagerie-tent "What do you reckon ls the most strange thing we seed?" said the girl. "It's hard to say; but I kuow what I'd like ter be now." "The flying-trapeze man?" she ven tured. "No, not him." "Mebbe the ring-master?" "Nor him. You recollect the octopus in the glass tank? Well, I'd like to be he." "Why?" " 'Cos he'd nigh unto a hundred arms, an' I'd like ter use 'em all a huggin' you a hundred times at oucest." "Jerry, that's a very wrong wish." " 'Taint, neither." "Oh, yea 'tis! It's sinful ter wuste time wishing for the impossible, 'stead o' makin' the best of sech opportuni ties ez yer happen ter have." And Jerry rose to the occasion, and put all his energy luto the gentle art j of octopusing.-London Answers. Primitivo Writing Materials. Among the North American Indians . picture-writing on 6tone.?, horn and j buffalo robes was common, but bark I was also largely used. Then much . writing has lx'en done on bone. Pre- j historic man used it, of course, for his imperfect picture-writing, and the ; Koran was first written on shoulder- j bones of mutton, and kept In a chest j of one of Mohammed's wives. Something akin to bone Is Ivory, and j writing ou ivory, as early a practice as writing on bone, has persisted to the present day among Oriental na- j tlons, for the reason that Ivory ls a beautiful and expensive material, flt- ? ted for the reception of Important j ceremonial writings. The edicts of the Roman Senate were written on plates of Ivory- These plates were called "llbrl elephant," by way of acknowl edgement to the elephant who had pro vided the article. The Eskimos, too, In their cooler i climate, have used walrus ivory for i records of hunting and fishing expedi tions. Their bone implements also are covered with such picture-writing. CAR HOME. Boston pays $100,000 a year for Its school Janitori, . THE WORLD'S BEST ARMY SWITZERLAND HAS A PRACTICALLY PERFECT MILITARY SYSTEM. Points In tho Little Republic's Defensive , Organization That tho Great Powers : Might Copy With Advantage- A Re markable Condition of Preparedness. It ls generally conceded by military experts that Switzerland ls the best organized country in the world from n military point of view, and that its laws governing military service and thc organization of the militia are practically perfect, writes the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser. These laws could not oe adorted entire in a country where military service is pure ly voluntary, for they are based upon tbe compulsory military education of every citizen, but there are many points in the Swiss system and organi zation which, it is believed, will in time be adopted by every civilized na tion in the world. Switzerland has about 10,000 square miles of territory and a population of about 3,000,000. The active army or "elite," as It ls called, comprises 135, 000 men. These are apportioned among the various branches of the service about as follows: There are about 120,000 infantrymen, less than 3000 cavalry, about 9000 artlllerymenMand C000 engineers. The sanitary or medi cal and administrative troops number 4100. This, the peace strength of Switzerland, is practically 140,000 men. The war strength of that coun try is about 500,000, not on paper, but in actual soldiers, for there are S2.000 trained men in what ls known as the first reserve and 275,000 in the second reserve. These two reserves compose what ls known as the "landwehr," into which pass all soldiers of the "elite" or active army, after a term of service varying with the different arms. The active army is thirty per cent, of the entire military strength of the country. These figures, of course, have no application whatever to the United States, for in this coun try, with Its S7.000.000 people organ ized on the same military basis as Switzerland, there would be a stand ing army of over 4.000,000 men, and if organized on the basis of territory, the American army would be 250 times as great as that of Switzerland. In Switzerland every able-bodied citizen ls enrolled In the military serv ice, beginning at his twentieth year. His term of service, that is the time of life during which he can be called upon by the Government, contnues un til his forty-fourth year. Government officials, employes of the postoffice and telegraph institutions, government workshops, hospital employes, peni tentiary guards and customs officers are . amone those exempt fr- .* two yearsrorager'The "landwehr? or ^ reserves, is composed of men from * thirty-three to forty-five. The army is composed of a general staff and the . staff3 of the different branches of the * service, Infantry, cavalry, artillery and * engineer corps, medical corps and ad ministration corps. The examinations * for recruits are fairly severe, and no 1 one is permitted to enlist who fails to * possess the requisite physical at- T tributes of a soldier. The general di- t visions of the army are governed by c the political division of the country, J each district furnishings its quota of 1 troops, so that no soldier when he goes ' to muster or drill is compelled to un- < dertake a long journey. 1 In all the branches of the service the *' non-commissioned officers are promot- ] ed by the captains on the recommenda tions of officers of lesser rank. The ' corporals and high privates are ap- 1 pointed from among the soldiers who 1 have obtained certificates of capacity ! in the schools of recruits. The ser- ] g?ants are taken from thc corporals, ( and the sergeant-majors from among 1 the sergeants. No man is permitted to 1 receive promotion without passing a ? thorough examination suitable for the 1 grade to which he is to be advanced. 1 The selection of officers Is made upon 1 tlie double recommendation of a com- ' mission presided over by the chief of j the military department ns well as ? that of the commander under whose 1 orders the officer to be appointed is 1 to serve. The federal council appoints ' the officers of thc general staff. A soe- 1 dal section of thc general staff is ( formed from the administrative and 1 managing personnel of railways. These 1 officers direct the ilway service dur ing war and becouje attached to thc chief of the traffic service. , The military education cf thc boys j commences with their tenth year, and ? from that time until they leave the ? primary schools they attend gymnas- , tlc courses preparatory to military ser- , vice. These courses are superintended | by school teachers who have received military education. Beginning with the eighteenth year shooting practice ? ls added to the military drill and con tinues until the twentieth year, when they become liable to military service. Every two years the national forces , are given camp exercise of sixteen days' duration, the regiments being or dered out In rotation. In years in which there is no other military serv ice all men enrolled lu the army par ticipate in the shooting practices, eith er as members of voluntary societies or at reunions especially organizer for the purpose. At the option of the fed eral couucll general mobilization of all the troops in the country tuke place in such way as to interfere with the busi ness of the people to the least degree. Each military district holds under Its responsible care a full equipment for the total number of soldiers which that district can be called upon to furnish. The federal government pays all the expenses of the entire military organization, but holds the local gov ernments responsible tor tho care and equipment of supplies. The manufac ture of war material is reserved to thc jurisdiction of the federal government. The peace manoeuvres anticipate war conditions In everything that ls done, end the law is so couploto lu lt? ?rail that the moment war was de?' arefi the whole country would come ader the jurisdiction of the war de irment in the conduct of nearly every inctlou of government and public s?r i?e. This military law of Switzer ud has been in force since 1874, with' ?ry slight changes. It has been , ;udied by nearly every military ex ert from other countries and is looked pon as practically perfect Under lis law Switzerland is converted into single military organization, which, t the first alarm, can turn a warlike ice toward the world. Such a state f effectiveness is made necessary by. ie geographical situation, of the Duntry, and the Swiss people do not ppear to find anything obnoxious Ia lis all-prevailing military organiza on. One reason for this is that it is ommunal, a feature of the entire wlss government in. the exercise ofi Il its functions. It would not be' ecessary nor would it be possible to' ecure the adoption, of the Swiss sys* em lu any country of the character f the United States, but In'tbe mill-, ary law, of Switzerland; going as itf' oes into the most minute detail of the/ ' rganlzation of a people for the in fant defense of the integrity of their ountry, many valuable suggestions an be secured for a uniform organiza Ion which will necessarily be effect? d sooner or later. LOST MISSOURI ISLAND. Ile de Vache"-How It Got Its Nam?? Its Disappearance. One of the most noted localities on he Missouri River in the palmy days if steamboating on that stream was -ow Island, aa island located In tl? iver about seven miles above Weston nd opposite the old town of latan* t then contained about 1000 acres, nd was densely covered with a pri meval forest of cottonwood. It ac? [uired its peculiar name from the fact hat at an early day-some time in the ist century-a French trader, in as ending the river, found here a soil? ary cow, thc first ever seen so high' ip and the only one then within hun? Ireds of miles. She had been stolen, loubtless, by the Indians from the vhite settlement on the Mississippi tear St. Charles, driven up the river md placed on the island to preven! 1er escape. The French gave to the sland the name "Ile de Vache," the Dnglish meaning of which was "Cow. sland." The island was in former days a >lace of historic interest, and was a ?oted landmark, not only among the >arly voyagers and steamboatmen, bul the early explorers as well. Lewis and 31ark lauded* here and replenished heir larder with several deer on July, t, 1S04. They found at the head of he island a large lake, now called! Jean Lake, cnntainlner V-- - vj - ..... i - .' . "-: .m _jiorth side 01 re river. The island was first owned bj fohn Dougherty, of Liberty, Mo., the" nther of the present Congressman rom that district, who in his day was t famous trapper and a member of) he American Fur Company, and spent nany years among the Indians. The 'ur company had a number of trading losts on the upper Missouri, where hey kept merchandise which they ex ;hanged with the Indians for furs. , dajor Dougherty laid off the town of latan, named for an Indian chief. It Jien had bright prospects, and was ld* .ated on the banks of the river, but is lot as large now as it was forty years igo. It died with the navigation of the Missouri. Cow Island, too, is gone. Like many smaller islands in the river, lt has been swept away by the rapa cious current of that stream, until now. not au acre is left, and the fact that' such au island ever existed is un known to the present generation. The lld Missouri has cut some high ca pers within the last half cer.cury, and thc channel is not where lt once was.* A.t the foot of iJO bluff at Weston, rciiore stood Warner's warehouse, from which the. balee of hemp were rolled directly on to the bows of the boats, is now an immense W?IIOTT sand bar. aii'l the river is a half mile av ay. [atan, the once promising city, is now, in inland village two miles from the [.iver bank. Such have been the changes in this part of the river in the last fifty years that should one cf the )ld river pilots return to-day he would :ot recognize a single landmark.-Kan? sas City Journal. Thc Reluctant Statesman. "Young man," the rising statesman said to the reporter, "newspaper no?, toriety i3 exceedingly distasteful to me, but since you have asked me to ?ive you some of the particulars of thc Jpading events iu ray life, I will comply. I do so, however, with great reluctance." Here he took a typewritten sheet from a drawer in his desk and handed it to the reporter. "I suppose, of course," he added, "you will want my portrait, and al though I dislike anything that savors of undue publicity, I can do not less than comply with your wish." Here he took a photograph from al large pile in another drawer, and gave" it to the reporter. " "When this appears in print," he said, "you may send me two hundred and fifty copies of the paper."-Chi* L?a'O Tri?me. Generous Diet For tho Tropics. "Experience shows," says Major G. W. Ruthers. of thc commissary de partment, "that the American soldier serv' . i these islands needs the full army ra?ion. including the full allow? ance of fresh beef; his health cannot be maintained without it. In addi tion, his appetite apparently craves sweets and acids." In this connection he mentions the demand for saur kraut. Without abundance of nutri tious food, he says the health of an American cannot be maintained In -the Luzon climate. The health of the Filipinos living on American foods, he says, ls much better than those living on native foo?s.-Waihl>oa Pesti