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SPTHE_ PEOPLE S V~ol. 5. PICKENS, S. C., THURSDAY, APRI 1 &5 o 3 ICAPT.Y4 AUTMO1 OPVRIGH1 Maynard held the boy against his breast while he gave way to convulsive sobs such as are unusual in a man and only come when some mental struggle under an intense grief is relaxed and suffering permitted to get control. Nei ther spoke. Jakey's presence reminded Maynard the more keenly of those he loved. His mind had been upon his wife and child. Jakey's coming brought also Souri's image and the trials and tri uniphs which he and Jakey and Souri had once passed together, and trials and triumphs borne in company weld hearts. Of all who loved him only Ja key was there, and on him alone could he rely for comfort. At last Jakey withdrew himself from his friend's embrace. He had permitted him to indulge his grief for a few min utes, and this he considered quite long enough. "General, " ho began. He had always called his chief "general," contending that he was a general since he com manded a brigade. "No more of that, Jakey. I am only Maynard now-Mark Maynard. Mark is a good enough name for me." "Waal, that don't make no differ. You uns got th' sr-no body 'n arms 'n legs 'n all thet. hov y' done th' fust thing fo' ter do?" "What's that, Jakey?" "Tell Mrs. Maynard." "Jakey, I can't. " "Reckon she'll hov ter know it some time." "There's going to be a battle. Nc court can keep me from shouldering a musket or wielding a saber. I'll go intc the fight that's coming and never com out of it. Then she'll not need to know it." "What makes y' think ther's goin toi be a fight?" "I would not have the intuitions of a soldier if I did not." "Y' hain't General Rosoy." "Nor do.1 need to be General Rosey to divine what's coming. Do you sup pose I know any more about war wit! eagles on my shoulders than in a pri vate's uniform? If there were some su perior being to look into the heads o the men composing this army and read just the rank in accordance with fitness many a star would leave the shoulde: whore it now rosa to alight on that o some obscure private.'" "Waal, ef we fight 'em, won't w( whip 'em?" Jakey noticed that, with the chang< of his friend's mind from his grief t< war, there was an immediate improve ment from the terrible depression upon him. He asked the question for thi purpose of keeping Maynard's attentior lied for a time on war rather than fo: Information. "Whip 'em? Why, Jakoy, we're scat tored all over creation." He dipped hi finger in a tin cup full of water and be gan to draw a rude map on the top : an extemporized table, consisting of square board nailed on a stake drivem in the ground. "Here's the Chiokamauga flowinj between these two ridges, Missionar: .and the Pigeon mountains, from souti to north into the Tennessee. Critten den's corps is hero at Lee and Gordon'i mill. Thomas' corps has just passo< through Stevens' gap down here, ten o: a dozen miles from Critteniden, whili McCook is at Alpine, 20 miles awa from Thomas. We are off' here nea Reed's bridge, the tip of the left wing 40 miles from McCook, the tip of thE right wing. "Bragg is hero at Lafaiyotto, on thi east side of the Pigeon mountains, an< opposite our center at Crawfish Springs whore lie can strike any one of our corp separately. Ho can ride up oni to th< Pigeon mountains, and, looking dowi on the valley of the Chickamauga, si~c just where we piro located. I was ni there myself the other day with a re onnoitering party and came upon one o his scouts, looking at us very much a one would survey a barnyard of fa turkeys before Christmas." Ho paused and seemed lest in somi attendant problem. Presently he addo< absently: "All I'd be afraid of would bo do lay." "What d'y' mean by thot?" asked Ja key. Maynard started. "I was thinkinj that I was on the other side," he said "You see, Jak3y, in a military point o view the beauty of the situation is al with the Confederates." "How?" "They can cut us up in detail." "Wha'd y' do of y' won him uns?" "I? I'd drive a wedge right in her between Thomas' and Crittendon' corps. I'd destroy first one and the the other. After that I'd oat my ratioi and have plenty of time to take care< .MoCook's, which is too far away evc tto hoar the gdns. " "Thot'ud be hunky," said Jakes pretending to catch his friend's enthi siasm. "Pity 'twasn't t'othor way' we had 'em as they got we uns. Mobi of you uns wor in command of our a my y' mought do somop'n fo' ter ohani th' sitoration." "'Yes, what'd y' do?" "That's a poser, Jakoy. " Maynard studied his improvised ma~ for awhile without speaking, as if were a chessboard. At last ho said: "General Roseorans, I learn, has o: derned his scattered columns conocontra ed at Crawfisit Springs, the center < his line. Perhaps this is as good a pla as any, at loastif Bragg gives him tin, enough to Ol6so up. To me two plar seem to be Open. One is to demonstrat * along the Chickamauga, principall Ing an -con pos Ig of I ing ONOO.4A are .894 BY 4MERICAN PAESS Asso5IsbPE. Vill pro "What's denonstrato?" inturrupted froi the listener. ron "Make a feint, a fuss; pretend to havo you a big force and only have a little ono. you I would leave the campfiros burning at Ion night, to make them think I was still the there, and draw my army away to Mis- per sion ridge. Moving backward on con- unm verging lines"- lin "What's them?" "Linns coming to a focus"- oro "What's a focus?" bri "Confound it, Jakoy, we'll be attack- ' ed and whipped before I can make you are understand. Those roads you see come . together at Chattanooga. From Chatta- ton nooga, if necessary, the army could be the crossed"- buF "I thought we uns was a-follerin I them uns!" observed Jakey, surprised agi at the turn the campaign had taken. aye "Jakey, did you over hear of the man wai who hold his adversary down by placing till his noso between that adversary's his tooth?" him "No." fav "Well, that's the way we're holding ad our enemy, but your remark leads to sag the other side of the problem. Dospor- ' ato diseases require -desperate remodies. fig, If I were a general, I'd never be on the Jal defensive if I could help it, cost what if it might. It sets a man to wondering wo what his enemy is going to do, instead * of doing something himself. Now, our ; southernmost column might be pushed ho out hero"-putting his finger on the huE line denoting tho Georgia Central rail- cou road-"to cut the Confederates' avenue eve for supplies. Bragg might turn and but crush it, but he can do that now. The lat< trouble is, Jakey, we need troops for gou quick marches; flying columns to move son without camp equipage. Such a column era down there could strikv, retreat, strike Mo at another point, and so confuse an one- vill my that he wouldn't know what was to tha happen next." I Jakey was too young to understand ho the phases of the wnr problem in which to i Maynard's mind had become ongrosRd for to the obliteration of his trial, disgrace, aid wife, child, friends, comrades, every- his thing but the gamo that charmed him. ke, But Jakey's mind was as much on his o'c friend as his friend's was on the prob- nit a f tar To wa gt thet an ~cia got she "Il dot the tel: rOr Jakey was puzzled. fas bim, and he determined to go on foster- gla ing the awakened interest. Unmindful sas of the demonstration made thus far, ho ret s uddenly broke out: cxt "Supposin I war th' general com- mc mandin this hyar army 'n you uins wvor ba< th' general commandin t'other army. het Now, how would it do fo' me ter march do' out in the middle o' the night 'n just Thi knock the stuffin right out'n you uns?" sto: Maynard smiled. It suddenly occur red to him how little Jakey knew of the game of war; how useless had been car his explanations. the "What would be your plan of attack, rie general?" he asked, wishing to humor ver the boy. gal "Waal," said Jakey, who had no more idea of what he was talking about than the 14-year-old boy he was, "I col reckon I'd put the big guns in a long line on top o' th' Pea Vine ridge hyar, gar 'n jest scatter shot 'ni shell like chicken feed. " wo Maynard burst into a laugh. Jakoy his surveyed the altered expression of his Oh friend's face with his bright little eyes 1and chuckled, but his own race was as she imperturbable as usual. "General, " said the boy commander's ant supposititions enemy, "what would you arr do if I were to draw my troops out of range?" she Jakoy was puzzled, lHe made a des poerate effort to conjure ' p a reply. gal "Waal, " he said press itly, "I reckon' I I''d jest wait fo' you uns tar do some- wh p'n. "tell "Your gro~und would be strong enough trel in itsolf, but weak on the flanks, espo-' oilly your left, and in ease of retreat pal o you wvould bavo the creek to cress in her a face of an enemy, a hazardous under- I a taking. I would turn your left and get lhon is potssesslin of the roads to Chattanooga. to ,fPerhaps I could defeat you and force n you to rooross the creek. While you. gen wo doing so I would knook you to' ,, pieces. If you succeceded in crossing, . you would find my troops in your rear ' n between you and Chattanooga." so, oe Jakoy neither understood nor oven ' .heard a word his opponent said, but he gol 0 'looked as seriously studious over the ter Iproblem as It ho wore the genxeral conm manding. dos "Are you whipped, general?" asked IMaynard. P "Waal, moebbe of I air whipped I tii Sdon't know nothin 'bout it, 'ni I'll jest go on fightin till I mnake yon~ una thinkl -that you une air whipped." st: -"Like Grant at Pittsburg Lanidinig." fThe reference was lost en Jakey, but wI a it led him to think that ho had miado a UI e point, Hie looked very wise and aid s nothing. Hie was thinkcing on a lino th o which he feared might be of some prae- ov y tical importance to his individual solf. wa tN wan unt ertain but that It wouM h' tn essary for him to make the connect link in person between his friend his friend's wife. So he turned the vorsation on lilnes of rotroat. 'Now, supposin, " ho said, "just sup In I war busted right hyar, how'd It away?" 'That would depend on the condition hinigs. If I were tho goneral oppos. you, you'd never got away safely. never stop till I had driven you into I Tennessee river. " 'How could I got thar from hyar?" a 'This part of your army whero we now could only fall back on Ross o. Thero tho flanks vould b0 better tocted for a stand. You could go n Rossvillo to Chattanooga by this 1" (pointing to it on the map). "If ,(should bo successful in keoping a r onomy far enough from you and g enough, you might cross tho river ] ro and savo your army. You might ] haps stay thoro if not too rC(uOCed in ubers and if -you could keep your ) of supply open." 'This air tih' bridge I'd cross th' 3k on, I reokon, " pointing to Reed's Igo on tho map. 'That's the nearest from whoro we 'Waal, general, " said Jakey in a o to indicate that tho discussion of campaign was ended, "of you una t me, I'll retreat thot a-way." Tothing more was said about the im nary campaign by either. Maynard's was fixed on his wawror map, and ho lost in study. Jakoj lot him alono ho saw that he was drifting back to s trouble. Then he endeavored to load J i into war again. At last, seizing a c orablo opportunity, the boy suggest- i the propriety of sending some mios- ] 0 to his wife. 'Time enough for that after the r it," was all Maynard would say. :ey was discouraged. Ho know that his friend lived after the fight it ild not be his own fault. * * * * * akoy considered himself bound in or to report to Mrs. Maynard her I band's condition, not only on ac nt of his promise mado her on the ning of his departure for the front, because he had a vague unfornu id notion that there are cortain exi cies whoro only women can "do rep'n, " and he know that "the gen I" required his wife's attention. unting Ton, he set off toward Ross .0, remembering by the water map t the right hand road led there. t was about 11 o'clock at night when reached Rossvillo. Ho determined -ost there a few hours, and making a cavalry camp got on tho "soft a" of a sergeant and turned in with natural asociates, the oldiers. Ja asked the guard to waken him at 2 lock, at which tiio, after a bito fur hed by his friend, tho sergeant, and cod for Toni, ho set off toward Chat tooga. At daylight ho crossed the unessoo rivor and was soon on his y across tho neck of Moccasin point vard his destination. As Jakoy approached the plantation )cocurred to imin for tho first time that information he boro was not pleas for hin to give to any one, espo Ily a womian, and that woman "'the oral's" wife. 'Reckon she uns'll be skeorod when sees me, " ho nuttored to himself. don't like this business nohow. Won I didn't think o' this bofo'. Wish y wor som un ter tell her. Mobbo see Souri first. Ef I do, I'll let her 1) 3u6 Jakoy was net so lucky. Ho ched the plantation just before break t time, and as Laura Maynard east a neo from her chamber window shre e' him ride up to the veranda. She iiembored well thre promise she had racted firm Jakoy and know in a merit that ho wvas the bearer of soe I news. Putting her hand on her irt to step its thiunmping, she ran vn stairs and out on to the veranda. i boy dismounted and camne up tile ps. 'Oh, Jakoy, what is it?" 'Tow, Jakey had his own methods of ryinlg his points, and whether or no y were original or ingenious he ear I them. Sometimes his parrying was y clumsy, It was so now. He must n time at all hazards. 'What air what?" 'There's something happened to the anol. I know it. Tell me the worst. " 'Waal, now, Mrs. Maynard, 'the noral' lie hain't dead nohow." 'Thank heaven he lives I Is he ill or unided? Is tile wound mortal? Or is illness dangerous? Will ho recover? tell me, tell meo'' 'Which uin o' them air questions 11 I answer fust?" ouri came out on to the veranda, I seeing Jakey took him into her 2s. 'What are you doing hero, Jakoy?" asked. 'Reckon I air a-standin on ter th' lory jest now. " 'Mark Is ill, wounded, heaven knows at!" exclaimed Laura. "Ho won't rue." She olasped her hands and ubled. 'Jakoy, don't give -. .rs. Maynard a by keeping her In suspense. Toll hut Souri dreaded to have her friend r bad news as well as Jakey dreaded ilvo it. 'Waal," said Jakoy, cornered, "th' oral, he0 air d--d obstinate. " 'Obstinate?" 'Yas. " 'What do yen moan, Jakoy?'' asked n1ri encouragingly. 'WVaal, th' general hoe reckons thor's niter be a big fighrt, 'ni h10's goin fo' gil; hisself killed." 'H eavens I" excelainmed Lauira. "'What s it tall mniri?"' 'El arns Miss lhaggs."' "3l1iss Baggs!"' cried tho wife, bris rig. ''So it's :omeithiung about her."' "It 's all 'bhu t. her." "'Tell m1o what, you mrianm this in-. otI, '' said Laiura, with flashninng oys. By this timo Jake'y hadic got to a point mme ro ho0could bogmt to t(oll his story. ,( did so after the fo2 lowing fashion: "3l iss Baggs she wor ketched( takin t' lgraphis (il'n th' wires 'in turned 01' te th.i' gt'neiral. Thot general lie mnied t'r turini 1h01 over ter heaidquar s. lme Ihev was to)o smart for hrim. 'hoy tolo him ter try hor 'n kill her. " "The cruel monsters!" oried Laura. "Maybo Jakoy's got it wrong They'd iot bo likely to express it that way, " ;aid Souri. "Reckon thot's 'bout it with a spy iiyhow. Th' general ho tried her, but vben it coio tor killin her he wvasn't har. " "Tho noblo man ! It is just like him, " rom-Laura. "Then Io found out thot she was a istor of a ol friend o' his'n. " 'Who was that?" from Laura. "Mr. Fitz Hugh." "Caroliio Fitz Hugh?" "Rockon. "Who is sho?" asked Souri of Laura. "I-I novor saw her. I know who ho is, though. " "Then th' general ho dressed hissolf iko a private sojor, 'n ho 'n Corporal latigan" "Corporal Ratigau I" exolaimed Souri. "Yas, ho 'n Corporal Ratigan they un her over th' lines. " "Well," from Laura, breathlessly. "Th' general he confessed, 'n they riod him, 'n"- Jakoy hesitated. "Sentenced him ter be- Oh, Souri, iolp ml" And Laura tottered against her friend. "Tor be cashiorod. " "Do toll we what it is, " gasped Lau a, looking imploringly at Souri. "I don't know. What is it, Jakey?" "Bein dropped out'n th' sorvico." "And is that all?" cried Laura hys orically. "Only dropped out of tho orvice, and for doing a noblo act! ?oor Mark I I know that he will consid ir this a terrible disgrace, but to me it s a blessing. Now I can show him how love him, " and dropping her head on 3ouri's shoulder she burst into a tor ent of tears. CHAPTER XXIL THE FIRST GUN AT CHICKAMAUGA. Mark Maynard was passing the first light after his sentence. Jakoy had left in, after their discussion of the cam aign, to rolapso into gloom. He blow mnt his candle and throw himself on its camp cot. Sleep would not como. l'he events of the past few days caracol Id fantastically before him like an anr ny of cavalry goblins in review. They iad scarcely got by before they turned md camo cantering back again. Thus ;hey marched and countormarchod till nidnight, and still no sign of sleep. Uaynard tossed and turned and pined or day. And what would it bring forth? 3uroly a battlo could bot be much lon ger delayed, and with a battle there ,vas a chianco for oblivion. Scratching ia iatch, he reiaebed for ils iwatch. It was 13 o'clock. Ho fI that h COnild no loiger bear tht I; .' peaked caniva. w l bove hiu. io mnust get out under tho broader canolis. Lighting his candle, ho noticed tho uni form of Privato Flanagan, in which Io had aided the escape of Carolino Fitz Hugh. Ho put it on, and, throwing back the tout flaps, stopped out into the night. Tho sky was coverod with thin clouds, behind which the moon shone, giving a light betwoon darkness and moonlight. Hle sot out toward the front. Passing out of his own immediato camp, Io as conded the slope of Poa Vine ridge, which stood dark against tho eastern sky. Climbing to one of its highest points, whero he could overlook tho Pea Vino valley, lie seated himself on a rock and gave himsolf over to medita bion. Around him was the dark circlo Af the horizon, while above was tho great dome. Beneath him, on the east urn slope of the ridge, were the Union outposts, beyond which slepit a Confed irate army. Back of him, in tihe valley of the Chickamauga, wvere the Union treoops, the two armies making in all 100,000 souls. There came a distant rumbling from the south. It grew, faded, was lost and r'eappeared, the unmistakable rattle of a train. It camoe on slowly from a dis tance of several miles, the rolling of the bruoks, the panting of the locomotive, growing louder the while till it reach da point directly east of where he was iltting and a few miles south of Rin cold. There it couldl not only be heard,. but soen by him. He wated it move m up tile road, and at last it was lost in Ringold. He listened to hear If it went l'arther, but the sound did not recomn tuence. Scarcely had the train stopped when mother was hoard coming from the tanie direction. It, too, came on, was Lost for a time in the tunnel, and pass ing north stopped whore the other had stopped. Then cone a third and a fourth, til moving in the same directIon. In Less than an hour Maynard countcd five brains, all of which stopped at Rinigold. IHo rose from his scat. "Thlere'," he xexlaimoed, poiniting to Ringold, "'Is a point from whuich, If I am not mistaken, there will soon come an attack on our lines. They are bringing troops ini those brains to mass them on our left, whore bhoro is so little to oppose them. If the brains woro going south, it would argue that the enemy were retreating. Comi Ing north means that thley aro going to take the offenisivo. It looks to iuo as if this rapid moving of men at this hour meant a daylight attack right heroi on1 bho loft. If so, there Is no tinie to lose. [ must get back and give a warning."' He walked rapidly in the direction of Reed'us bridge, and( cominig Ito thie head( luarters of the commhianidinhg otli'er' of lie trootps lie sought found vin aid who svas (on duity all n ight, I ih g(em(ra! baeinig lpprehe1nsivo i n h is; x y,d p,,i t ion mud wishing to be ('alled at the .highte.st ugi of ani attack. 'To huhim Alii:nard rei 3OunIted what ho had toen; and the( gen >ral was awakened mnd iint'ormied. 1He burned a willing ear to Maynariid's cau [ion and at once ordered that tho meni ho aroused, the hovse-s fed and breakfast prepared. 'Theni lhe horses w('i' sad( LIIOd, thme artil11017 barriessed and the baago loade'd into the wagtons. [To nE C'ONTINUlED.] --Inve'stigation into tile causme of the frequency of railroadl accidents bii the( state of North Carolina has brought out thle fact that ther-a ni-e a lager' numnber of boys under 18 years of ago han mdl ing train orders, employed by the i'ailroads of that state than by those of any otherx state having the samec rali-road mileage. The legisla tutro will be asked to pass a law regid. ating tIhn age of rnailrnor1 anmimme. GETTING RID OF PESTS. Meelpes That Will be Woleomett by Every Ozi Anxious Housekeeper. There are few housekeepers who have not wakened some morning to Do] find the house alive with ants. czI Corrosive subliuate is one of the th quichest, polisons known, and for that th reason is eilicacious. Tho proportion do should be about one part corrosive Fe sublimate to 100 parts of water, which wl makes it very strong. This, used as a in wasli, is nearly always elfective for the m( time being, but. other meusures are neu- of e*sary for a complete riddiatnce. Ti Ants usitally tppear in the pantry or sul cellari-waly, land inivade everythling thleyv shi find. SIgar, flour, etc., so afifcted to sliouhi b seAbled with plenty or hot wII witter, to kill those alraly tilh're. 1 Th'l4eni everythinig shouildI ht( reinoved be; from the shelves andI scaldinag water del poured over. Wi Corrosive suiblimaulto Sl m mav theni be litiLred tioti. aidl we'thmilm al slt yes are dry, hhnv w jih a poiowderw il, bellows redl epMier in eVeV e*k It ii Crevice. It is unlikely tI.y will ever , g return. wi Rats aid mico :arte, more ditlieltit, to po den I with. Poist In is o t. of tI he ies- It( tion in the sununlie., fllr tiht.v rlwv ab choose a plitee inl the hiouste to'die. Traps fall to ensiare them.. I eo only plain to drive them an ai -- i lutely, is to get. it <jiIitity of pot1sh, 1 put it in the stin till it bete1ii.ons soft, till and then, with a ,; iclc, smietr every ell hole that can be found. Il Sooner than walk thrliough this a rat N4 will cliiange his abode. I''roml it dr11 !'- th gist who sells glass get all I Ihe pieces by they throw away, pound line an1d t.hroV th in the holes. Being sharp it will cut their feet, This combinition, potash e and glass, Is a never-failing cure. Ili Roaches are among the most persist- te ent pests that invade a house. Get NP equal parts of paris green and borax, to and, at night, set tiround their haunts t in old dishes. sc They will die away liko magic. Somo- ia times they are found in desks, espe cially in ofilees. This preparation a scattered freely under the bottom tl' paper will rid the drawers of them. It is almost impossible to get rid of bugs in a soft wood bed. "1 Better burn-l thet hed up1 inl ho hleinm-n ning. It is generally true thilt the baby's erib is the offeliiig mem I r , being made of softer wood. 'i ben all a the leds inl thei house should . i a tirjpentiniit m hili, pourAiin " it> all the orac;k and irevicek The spr-iing !h'm:h voe' (.I.: dose. and the e ,or -. ~2 i holste i pill w ,i Willril p< llb it 'ell I: .I v ; ever daySi. , r in t.. CV( 1-Y 1tlyx. 1-,-! lilw. I i ;. twice a wcek tor a in'olIthI. Next Via rishd the woi od -worc. '1his will close up all littIl erletk-i where thoy could have hiddlen, and not only Iceep them out, but prevent otliers froni getting in. The bise boards and other pahit should also be looked to, tturpentined, and, if thought necessary, vitinislied. Such treatment will destroy them in short ortdor. Willow cribs and rookers need atten- I tion, part icularly du ri ling w"rmi weather. tj Thio remedy for these is scalding water, | an appliintion of corrosive Sublinitto solitiol and a coat of virnisI, which c had better be left to a faiiriittire dealer hi to admtiinister.-lh>.ston G lobe. KINGS AND HAWKS. to ot Monarch, of Old Who iluntedl With the htlrtis. hlichard I., when in I lie ioly' rLa nd, amused hiimisel f withI hiawin l;. on thie i'ltini of Sharllon, andl is sahi to ha1veiP suiltani. l1,ater tin, whilie pain lo falcont which lie saw iln onel of t' e'vl. c lalges, andit r'efused' toi give it up. I lo wa's attatckted so fur'iiu..ly by~ the jm11y ii ii'innsedI vii lier Ilhat it wi,\ with the II make his esca pe. Ii King ,lohni uisedt to sendit both li ' b-. tland and to Norway form his ha 'e: we 1 are told byv I-'oissarti thait wtIln I' td..I falc~ons, and ver <L itr hunte or weint, to the river''t fritei prpose oif hawks from Frmance, gilviii !4ourit ptui is for a siniglte birdl-a muchel great tr som in those days than ILL preseni . Illeury V II. whilst hiawing at lIIitchin wast I t leaping a dyke, when the pole brohce,t and thle ktinig was iie rsedt hitead fIirst into the mudli, iandt would have perishedi, r In all probaility, hadi not hiis falconer tb dragged hima out. ca El izabethi and1( ,JLmes I. were mucith in terestedl ini the sport,; the lat-ter' sov ereign, indeedl, expendedct considerable sums on Its minltenance. Aulbrey, InL his Miscellanies, says: "'Wheii I a a freshman aLt Oxford, I was wonit to go to Christ church to see Charles I. at sup~per, where I once hieardt hn liisay that as he was hawking in Scotlanid lie rode iinto the quarry, and there foiir.d the covey of par~itidges falling upon the hawvk, and I rienmber bis exlpres-t sion fur'thber, 'And I will sweair upon nal.V I ittle Dickc-Tlhat It ni fe of yoiuirs is no goodl. It tred to suiairpeii -r jl'ieii wit h. it. p L ittle hot-WeVilI, of Lcouriie. It ii'ni't TI to scrape th le ru st ofr my~3 iens.*--od Y'~ New. --Tngswee isaidh to have beeni in-i vented'( ini Cinai, Ii. C. I h::, but r'epre- L ame II. C. 960,O aind thei ir' prii lie ipal e In p1lienit In thuhat counIItry, whore fires duinig Ithe imotst oif thle year are siuper fitiois, was to facilitilto thet handling or of deadt bid ies ina thet fuienra pyresi. f'eveinty, palirs of ttngs. soment br'onze, i. somie ironi have been taken from the ruhiis of Pomiipeli. ti el St-emuii l'ro alIe, SI. "'I see," oblserv'ed i1 r. Chugwatnr, | u looking ovei' his moinigpper liti' a tax oni hachelor's." "Is that the single tax I've hearid so much about?"' inquiretdu Mmr~. Chugwa- r tr. -Chicago Trna :ie 0 JOYS OF THE GREAT. ,re, Kaisers and Kintgs All Fonl of Ex. lielnvo Plamytihingli, i big toy-maker in London received ne time back an order from the lato tr of Russia. It is common talk that *s homely man was the biggest of all ) children who annually gather tin. the family roof at Fredensborg. w people know, however, how strong a his love for a plaything. He had his collection some of the prettiest dels of ironelads imaginable. One them cost over a. thousand pounds. ore is another in solid silver, and a Jerb woodet itmodel of fill -rigged p) whichl wvould be. a drevaml of delight the duilst boy. I puirhiaso s tihe mlodeil of ont Ae". r t is a great pit C ,, Nhip liln!, a yard -t in all ail ThI'e n . 'Cileve I tiI, I f all t he 1' t - '0t. tbene ' a re tAn -.m .I 1III e e . mos t ta ti ila 110t lo io~i iLwS itt 1il1(m ilt- I t(i t1 , i lpe lt's pecie of 1, (littil. Ple of o or Yok i al 1% s ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i wor' ht r ., -11 ps he inet ollct o ow theaIi: ls ind the ingdo. i ha ti'nvl In of the nre o re1.vthl eati. ault. thel ear-thl,:1?1 mal thet plantil-t, th their satlnt. : i r l rwie - rited. Fabor a Itoy ''atron tny it byr t right, utnd niii of th estia gli thereho Iou he w-thinh vr thanl this moth-l. [I Ihows 11ur1 rtIll tilri!Ufl upoll its mvwn :lxis and1 espocind thie Stu. It Iv a poi w t peir lt idea of th re I lat ia sitins of pW)) p altry hlin ets. 1 1and it is1 wo red a elockworkara-metwihi aPerfection of inglennlity. slel (ike of York is yet boy * ish Ough to Collect stamlps, a nd hals per ps thle finlest collection of anly a r inl the kig-domi. lie hias rveity ant somi hundreds of pounds athlin this, but it is not, his only weakness. halis also devlopd a great tasti fo. tilling about in at toyv boat on thle ce by the cottage at :Sandring-hamil. n .Munich thy show you now with. especial prie the( lake up1onl wichl late king of IbivaiaX used to bI twnl abouit inl a boat lowed b) vwns eSSeld capl-a-pite asl.hnrn hs "Ollie ways -r llv: rk. ble 111.a1 spt il mi I m rs of ih' day ;:111 Ith ,titls of Ith w: : I n 1 real. - l. hinitself into I b h.. t' i t 1 a 11er. -il Of ies i gar:" wearied i , o lorwere ton(. : : m ii th i. ' e 9 ro9 99 . tI Ihe it 1) ~:' -lock il le ln b101i'llns. Il Vielnn't the'ire is at this Imo-Iiiteit a inister, stLandinig hligh. inl the( contil 'nce of the Kair I.ran eis .1os9pn ho devot.es the whol of his spar" me to a room full of toyv theate'rs [any of these vere mttalae it L.ondo, ud especially sent, over for this 'ecCtI 'iC old follow, who has enough mimio 'ages to supply an orphinage. It. i Lid that whether a neow piece is pro tced at any of the theaters in the cit., te minister immediately puts it ot onic his little stages, and has a set o: maracters cut out of prnper with wlhict play it. le works the vholi thing imself. and being an admirahle ,mim. he is the Source of larg7e 1n11 lomelt htis friends, who know tat on every lier point he is one o)1fie sano t mein the empire. ithe Geran empertet' 19-'s toysV arec al. 550e-Sses a hmen I a ~ .j91 rnals and)9 '-a.i: m'( .nt . lle ihas '.l ia' I ii' 115ser'. ('ine 99 . 991.i9 9 y soldiers in . . ' X'.(we l' at sonl su 1ppiled h. ops. will9 nniol' tillery.l.nlonoi; n9el wagonsiX9 :ets ad kff.rte i -99 he waoh91 keI liear hl can bel e99 1 h'9 hemll:"' 'anhi ieal Hu t 1hs1' iit sernr, vor e hisowns ar I11N'i 11)9 :1(~lIe te nlISells.Jof ile e rII.,0 sy "-cif itgil'cr.dlies oi , it)l|\ '.9.Cen od byle te lit !111:- Inlyl h'-- tf te 1.9! foe i'ised wiA mwonr t Iliats :mr9 yin other kintdork.ith berlther 0) ) :t o apiyts toa b e leaop yiea aI hids mwetith i t'ein r in I hie stern,5 n-e his fowr ndil'; ad. tielrsman -okin tl1onycradle forIItI biesI weUr, edii9 by the!, h'gyptans many 1cen99tWi fore~a9 Chr:'ist Among. th pctr in motherI at9 wor wi' her fot)o e-erale.lg(ii i' 9 aesye -c i -10 so) litppens)9hab ie leap1t91 year. inid w.Vith~ the yiear)lxros tha r iist oe y ouratv, andtl' 'th thoen mircle Sthwie. and whe year swaobnchn aend agitin be o thonlu.n' w.c ' -Aibnb our the-Ara a, pacice fbot --Th immri al mis~"~ ih-Os on rng byaigth e o mil In. lelo ited i h H::.,. a .- . or eat . 1tl tnherjn'ter ',1 .). '1 i f aii d 1( r)9redhrhg bny tyerabgofm a s. owt laret te .te )( of t he ar fase n.d ttl 8(19. 1 ( hots. -s put ing a is ofllope ati~ yler pre ilingo nowa~tdays tre elivdtoli hae Vny(rdo t bae chairomwit wooecirle POP BIG-PIPE, The Queer Will of a Fatmo'us Dutch Smoker Who Di0d at Nitoty-Eight. It1 its discussion of the question whether it is injurious to smoko to bacco, the cleveland Plain Dealer re calls the history of Mynheer Van Kies, a faious old imcrehant, in llolland, who was such it inveterato stuoker that he was nicinmed "Pop lig-lipe." IO made a large fortune in the Ind in trade, and bilt i Tmision n.ar Rotterdam, in which Ie collecled ,very ininginablo kind of pipe. It was said that ho smoked one hundred :mid ifty granuines of tobacco every da., aMil died at the age of ninety-eight, yo:n-%,. In aimaking his will, after beque tivinim o his; rela tives, friends anm baiill ug pro portion of his estate, le adde1 t he full lowing clause: "I wish every samuouher ina t he kingdmom to be invite(d 14) my lun-ral in r way possible, by letter, cirenla r an:d advertisement. very smoer VlIo takces advantae of ihe inlvitnit ionl 61hall receivo as a preent toll tollids of to bacco and two pip-s oI whiil sl'all 1bo entgraved my nim c, ru erIst, lo tho dato of my hi-ilb. T poor if tho neighiIborhood wv a si':t Ii hier shall receive (eVr yIr (11n Ih1 L uii Ver siry of my death a how ackage of to bua.co. I iaki t Ie e nlit iI I haI all thoso Vlo asit at mv fiunera, if they wish to pIIrtaike. of he beniefits of my will. mu11st Smoke 4 withloult interrulption during Lte iutiat i eremi'iony. My body shall be placed 1in a vollin lined tLiromrh it with the w 'Id of mly old I ltvaInia (ii'r Ioxes. At. th fo o ti f ith' et.tiii sall be placed a box olf the FrenIh to hieco called 'Capo raI' and a paciwge o4 our old Di te htecv. At. iv side place my favorito pipe 11n1d a1 ii N 4f maiItchtes. for onie iever knows Ulmt may hallppen. WN'III the hier ree-i:, inl th vlault all the peoni inl the fe aral proessioni are reo luost ed to vast upon'Il it, the ashes of their pipes ns they ps's it, on their depart ure from the groinnis." It is Said that Van Kimes, on the day that he ma11d( this (ecteitrite will, sm mnoned a notary, wVlo was a Iso 1 Iot aiblo smluor, anld Said ito him: "Pill mly pipo Iand yoirs. I am going to die." Ho I then dictated the will and died. MISCELt.A N OU~y -he w Ir,l \ioll i, ( o ' in, 4~ si;. I?4n ry i the4 Ii'.a' , U, ,,. . II 'r' I4l' ii -the s i~ l :: o m e i. a t he r --t -ll i w.rb ll . . . eIvv s1 of auktum1111i l i t little e ( - live's them all.-\\. I". II. I e4.'hy. --Alreria lits 210.-000 sqomre iiiles'-i, or t.oit the omim-1 area of tl :ate I e-o' i Floida, Georgia. N(Ir h11 'ar n, Smt h - Carolinn and Tennessee. -It is figgestel thlit, sounds too high for our ears would be recorded bv the phonograph, anditt might, be umdo radible by reproducing at i lowon spood of the instruimnlit.. -A gold-weighing nimchlino in 4.h1 Bank of England is so sensit iN c tmi, -1, postago staimp dropped on the scalo vill turn the Index (oI the dial t dis tanco of six inches. -Humorist-'"Whero's that joke I loft on your desk yester'day?" Editor - -"I don't know. It's probaibly goine homie; it was cer-ta iinly 01(1 eniough to know~ the wayl"-Syraicuse P osi. -hallads and( popl 41a r 41ongs:ire both the cause and e 1l.','t 4f e-nmer::I mi. ralIs; they are first forua ia tl lwn renet. In both pohits of 41). \ Le' hos mi-e : in dex of public tno-a -----1. :-a-tin, aim. -"Whaiut nulll I p... . iid.. denly?".e8 i, .., - t i (Idt.. maure g~irl. "1 1 . . Ihto theater'and he,,'. 'I -:- 1t1 h o - i just51 behInd ca i a i: ni a I" \h in~~toni Star. 1n1an1 antd genih I -a a :al bi 4wn) cup ca rrying before himi the' cup of gold, silver, crtyst al1(1 o ar :I wh4 I Iichi his 11a1ster' 4)nlyI5~ use onl staLte occa'Qsions,5 Lianeers for cup Ci~Hwere intrP4eduiced inl the andul at tirist we're' great IIy ridjicuI let, I hi p ersons wh'o emly hm be4(. i-iniI said not1 ito bie able to d~riink without halvinig two cupls. -iere is an interest inlg idea forathie hiousewi fo who 1s troub lletd with the ag grava~tintg lieCs IIouiislhg iln iheir' fur na1ce-I liiated rooms long after cold( weathl 'Ir is supplosed to have destroyedh them. Thell suggostioni conmes from abroad thiat, tho fragranut gcraium111 the oJ(. -fashiloned rose gernium11) bet love..d by 'J>ir grandm~lIlothers-keeps flies awayLI. A m~oderateLL-sized ger-ium) I (if Iihis varie t* is sidi to be~ so dI isa 1.ee.. able to files t...-,4t they aLvoid its neigh borhtood, andic two eri thirec of those plants in a r'oomI wvill drive thtem out aiiLogetheri. ---'The mooveent to uniite Newvfoundi lando wIliih thi Domtinion of Canada gains st,rnthu ill th1e( pro(vlince, but it is (Canada. Thii ci It-.taI on i raied. whe1Lthier ( anadhans Seemil to he anlswe.'ing that, .afoiu-LLand, ( Litcada mu~ist taLki thol deb(1t of Ithal. lony, whV Vich i k hout the inicomlo which (aniada wIoluld r'e eeiv'o from thme colony for mniy years to come. --Febr'uary, 18(11, is irefierretd to by aistroniomers as ''the anmnth withkout a full monon." 411anuary('3 and11 Mlarch of thait, yeair hald eatch two full moons15 while the interemnediau o month did not haive one1. Says ai writer in ani astro nbomical jouurnal referrinig to this fact "Do( you realize what a rare thing in ntature it was? It has not happened before since the beginninig of the Chris tiani era, or prob~ably since the creation of the worl It will not occur again, accordinig 1 o the comfputations of tbo atronomer royal of England, for.- howv long4 (10 you t~huink? Not until afiter 2,500,00 y'ears fvomn 1btli