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The PLANTERS LOAN and SAYINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA., Organized 1870. Oldest 8?Ttn*? Bank In Eastern Georgia. Largest Savings Carital in City. Pays totere?* and Compound* every 6 mouths. TBOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST JO, 1898. VOL. LXIII. NO 32. OPTIMISM. ?' - - . There's a word of gentle meaning, "Afterwhtte." It's tho ses?rae ot dreaming, "Afrerwhlle." When oat fortunes halt and vary, ? It's ti? watchword of tho fairy, ^ T-Kux hope's sweet vocabulary, "Afterwhile." * We will hear no sounds of battle, "Afterwhile.*' 1 We will miss the cannon's rattle, "Afterwhile." "vf Men will put away the saber And together they will labor ?&<& t& belp a helping neighbor, f ? "Afterwhile." j '* . This old earth will cease its sorrow. "Afterwhile." There will dawn a peaceful morrow, "Afterwhile." I When all grief Is bat tradition, L Giving ?tls its rightful mission) J Contrast to bfe*3 '?lest condition, "Afterwhue." iTi?EIIND 0FAIAID.I CHARACTERS. Margot Carpenter.A young iRdy Reginald Oldercheek . .A young gontloman Grimes.?,A tramp Scene-Margot's boudoir, afterwards Woodchester High Road, ?nd afterwards Ju'a.cgot's bedroom. .ARGOT bad no very particular reason for re iu s i u p; the young gentle man who waa so very desir ous of being lier Reggie. Yet bad she spoken that fatal monosyl lable which has 8trnck cold to the hearts of suitors since the foys of the stone age. Margot looked at her rings, and her face assumed an expression that was meant to represent a compassionate negative. The shake of her head was intended to imply sympathy with Mr. Oldercheek's' feelings; the tap of her little foot gave him to understand that no amount of imploring on his part weald affect her decision. It was not Uer first refusal. Already she had eaid a fat one of forty "nay;" already she bad turned her heel on the obese man's thousands, his dog-cart, his ?iigh-stepping horse, and his unlim ited expectations. So, in a manner, :sh? was an experienced maiden, and >f? when Reginald proposed to her she 'did not flutter and blush to any great extent, although she did flutter and blush, a little. Reginald Oldercheek was not wise to propose at 10.30 in the morning. I <de not intend to discuss the hour at which a man may most prudently .suggest matrimony to the lady of his choice; I will limit myself to the statement that 10.30 a. m. is certainly not that hour. "With considerable trepidation, cleanly shaved, irreproachably clad, inst, as regards his inner man, very vacant (for he had eaten no break fast), Mr. Oldercheek was shown into the drawing-room, where, being too nervous to sit down, he toured the apartment, gazing at the pictures (but ubt taking m their merits to any ap preciable extent) and looking out of the windows (without observing any thing therefrom), until indications of Miss Carpenter's approach fell on his ear. For Margot collected new three penny bits bearing interesting initials, and wore them on a silver bangle, and " these in their jingling generally heralded her advent. . "When 6he entered, looking, as Reginald could not fail to observe, very fresh and nice, Mr. Oldercheek, scorning prefatory remarks relating to nothing, intimated that he would like to marry her. He said it stam meringly, working a button off his waistcoat in his agitation, and then stared intently at a cameo near by. "I am very sorry," began Margot. . "Yes," said Reginald, "I know you don't-perhaps in time- -" This was an indiscreet interruption on Reginald's part, for it made Mar got's task the easier. , "Yes, perhaps in time," she re turned, playing with the bangle, "but not now. " "Do you like me?" demanded Reg inald, letting his eyes steal up her form until they reached her neck, but not daring to look her in the face. "Oh, yes-I like yon," she replied in a tone that Reginald didn't at all relish, "but nothing more-at pres ent," "Thank you," said Reginald. "Er -good-by! '.'Goodly, Mr. Oldercheek." And so Reginald went out into the morning breeze, feeling that at any rate he had broken tho ice. Six months passed away. During that period Mr. Oldercheek proposed five more times to Miss Carpenter, but, to quote a common phrase, to no avail, for on each occasion he suffered what amounted to rejection. Miss Carpenter did not summarily say "No." As Reginaldput it to a friend: "She seems to play about with a chap-doesn't send rae clean away, and yet won't have me. I can't make her out, old man." "Ah!" responded the old man, a sage youth of something under twenty, "women are queer cattle." The fact was that while she was de cidedly partial to Reginald's society, Margot (although she tried hard, ever so hard) couldn't bring herself to feel any particular longing for that society as a flxture rather than as a movable. For that, after all, is what marriage means. Men who make extremely nice movables ofteu fail altogether as fixtures. So Margot dilly-dallied with Reg inold, and Reginald had not sense enough to demand a plain reply. Had he done so, there is little reason to suppose that it would have been other than another hesitating negative. Mu ? Carpenter generally went rid ing on that dreadful invention of mod ern times, a "bike," on most fine afternoons between two and four of the clock. I should like to say, as the late G. P. R. James so often said, that my heroine might have been ob served galloping over the moor on a beautiful coal-black steed of rare blood and mettle-but I can not. The a?e of romance has been shabbily Varied, I should like to say that her tight-fitting habit ?bowed ?ft 1$ curves of her superb figur? to perte tion-but again ? can not. I ai obliged TC ?imit myself to the prosa ?talement that Miss Carpenter ge: Orally look a spin along the Woo< chester high road on a ladies' whe< (geaied up to 57), dressed in a Baile hat, neat blouse, blue skirt ?ud brow shoos^ Well, Master Oldercheek .was we aware that Margot w??t .cycling in tl afternoon, and.Ofte? did he louug about the.turnpike in hopes of meetiu her. And uieet her he often did, f< Margot had no particular objection i being accompanied by a squire we calved and clad, - as cycling squirt should ever be. Had Margot been i a romantic disposition she might, no and again, have uttered a sigh for tl gone cavalier of old timea^that or. with the handsome, melancholy fae the long love locks, the aristocrat stock, the frilled shirt frontv the tc boots, and the pantaloons fitting clos to show off the symmetry of his nob leg. But Margot was practical and u to date, and never lingered to gaze o old-time love scenes in print shops. One afternoon Master Olderchee was lingering near a spot where foi crossroads met, when along came tl worst-looking ruffian of a?rampheha ever Set eyes on. This gentleman wa tall and broadly built, with a fou days' beard and a scowl that wa brigandish. His toes were poepin out of his elastic-sided boots, and hi back was covered by a ruin of a froc coat. His head was protected hy decayed bowler, ?.nd his neck by greasy red handkerchief, while hi shirt was BO loosely .fastened that hei and there you might catch glimpses ( of his bare chest. Had you sought fe ? week you could not have found greater contrast than was presente I by the spick and span young cyclh and this ferocious waif of tho highway A thought flashed through Reginald' brain: "Suppose this brute were t attack a defenseless girl-driven to i by lack of pence and a gnawing pai in his stomach!" Then {: anothe thought-"Suppose I were to brib him to!" "Hi!'! he shouted after the slouch ing figure. The tramp looked round. Reginah wheeled up to him. "Do youjvant to earn a sovereign? "Jttrt try me!" "Very well, then; here is how yoi may earn it. Go a little way farthe on toward Woodchester and wait unti a young lady in a sailor hat comes b; on a bicycle. As she is passing by yoi must spring out and clutch her nandi bar." "And wot then?" "Leave the rest to me." "Oh, yes, and git chokey fur si: months? Not dis chile!" "Here's something on account,' said Reginald, giving him half ? sovereign.. Upon this the tramp.to.ol up his position as directed, while Re ginald retired out of sight round tin corner. " 'Ere's a Kerismas tree!" chuckled the hired ruffian, who was known tc various policemen as William Grimes, 41, of no occupation. "A Moomin 'arf-quid au' annuvver to toiler. Oh, crimey, this is an adweatur! This is awl Sirgaruet!"{? Reginald meanwhile was cogitating in his way. "That's it," ho exclaimed. ?T must play the role of hero before her. I must be her knight-her king. Rescue her from the grasp of that ogre, and her gratitudo will soon ripen into love." "It's no 'fair er m ne wot 'is game is," muttered Mr. Grimes. "No, not a tall. 'Spec it'b luv or summat." "This is a flash of inspiration," breathed Reginald, waiting round the corner. "Upon my word, I'm grate ful to that tramp, Oh, Margot, my sweet, my darling, is the time at hand?" It Avas, for that moment Grimes descried iu the distance au approach ing object, which gradually shuned itself into a lady cyclist, pedalling briskly. Nearer and nearer she came, and soon Mr. Grimes could see that she answered to the description of young lady. "Yuss, she's a well-turned-ahfc 'uu," he muttered. "Spec it's luv. Nah for it!" The tramp arose from his crouching position under the hedge, and ad vanced into the middle bf the road. Miss Carpenter-for it was she, sure enough-divining the vagabond's in tention, for his attitude was the re verse to friendly, she steered to the extreme left, increasing her speed as she did so. But Mr. Grimes, thinking of the half sovereign to come, like a gaunt gray hound was across tho way in two bounds, and in another mo ment he was hoarsely calling upon Miss Carpenter to yield up her purse. Margot screamed. She was only a girl, so she screamed. Mr. Grimes was villainy personified-a dreadfal presentment of all unholiness-so Margot screamed her best. Ah! help was at hand! Round out of a bye-road came a splendid and gallant young Englishman, spurring -alas, no!-pedalling, for all he was worth. Determined not to do the thing by halves-as Mr. Oldercheek afterward explained to his blase friend of under twenty-Reginald charged full tilt into the tramp and sent him flying. Then, springing off his machine, Reginald let the thing fall, and flew at Margot's assailant with the courage and energy of a mastiff. After roll ing Grimes over and over, Reginald finally gave him a final shove into the ditch (despite a low " 'Old 'ard 'guv nor!") and then went back to Margot. "Oh, thank you, so much, Mr. Oldercheek; how lucky you were so near! That horrid man!" "I'll lay into him again if you like!" was Reginald's chivalrous offer. "Oh, no, you have punished him enough, I think. Let us go back. Stay with me, won't you." "Of course I will!" exclaimed Reginald, and so, wheeling his own machine, /ie began to accompany Mar got back toward Woodchester at a slow pace. For some little time' the tramp lay quite still where Reginald had de posited him. Presently, however, he looked up, and, seeing that his em ployer was fasu disappearing, he got up and gave chase. So softly did he run that Reginald and Margot were not- aware of his proximity until he was close upon thom. Then Margot gave a half scream and. clutched her knight's arm. Reginald, with certain vague misgivings, faced round on the man. "Storp-'ere-where's that other 'arfquid?" gasped Grimes, hoarsely. "What do you mean?" demanded Reginald, bound to keep his end up before Miss Carpenter. "The other 'ari^u?d yo? said you'd gifJ?.,mj? for ?tt?'okin' tliis yer young gell!" was Grimes's explanatory re* joinder. Margot gazed wonderingly at Reg inald, who?3 face told her that the tramp was attempting no illegal ex tortion. Reginald saw a smile creep ing round her lips. Silently he hand ed Grimes the coin. The ti amp pocketed it, and then departed, giv ing vent to what sounded in Reginald's ears like a satirical chuckle. When he had gone Margot dnd Reg inald wheeled silently ba' Y to Wood chester parting, with Borne little em barrassment, at Margot's gate-. in. Margot was undressing. Every-? body knows that a girl's undressing takes much longer than her dressing. To-night Margot was longer than usual; that is to say, about two hours. She combed her tresses in an absent* minded way for a full forty minutes. At the end of that period (by which time the air round her comb must have been charged with a great quan tity of electricity) she sat down on th? side of her bed and decided to a??epb Reginald^ She arrived at this decision by the appended route of reasons: "It was all a- plot-fancy! He bribed the tramp to attack me so that he might rescue me, and-and make me like him." She then turned to the left, thus: "But I have liked him all along, ever so." And to the right as follows: "It was a deceitful thing to do; most girls would have nothing more to say to him." She then recollected that Reginald had often informed her that she was quite different to other girls. Margot did not bear in mind that every cub in love tells his sweet one this. Hav ing been informed of the fact by such an excellent judge of character as Reginald, sho now believed herself to be an exceptional girl, quite -'ut of the common ruck. Therefore she went straight ahead in this Pharisaic fashion. "So, as I am not like most girls, I shall accept Reginald. I believe him to be an honorable boy, the soul of truth and the embodiment of integrity, so that he must be very, very fond of me to have stooped so low as to league with a horrid tramp against me. lam fortunate to be so beloved. " And with this Margot said her prayers and got into bed.-London Weekly Sun. ? -- -. Eor.-Aa?e?tov. An Australian woman of great charrjj ' and tact tells many amusing stories qi the strange questions put to her by people with a thirst for information about her native land. "It is a very common thing for me to be asked if the bushes are still thick where I live, or whether our house isjin the'clearing,'" she says, plaintively; "and I know they often regard my veracity as a doubtful quantity when I tell them Anstralia is not all 'bush' by auy ineans. But an old lady asked me a new question one day. She evidently supposed that all the dwellers in Australia were descendants of the criminals trans ported to Botany Bay. " 'is it possible for convicts to edu cate their children so well, ordinar ily?' this torrible old Englishwomac asked me, surveying me through her lorgnette as I finished telling one of her friends about my school days. " 'But my father was not a convict, madam,' I said, with natural sur prise. " 'Ah,' she said, . meditatively, 'then I suppose it was your grand father who was sent there. Of course much can be done in the third genera tion. ' "I should have been angry |if: it bad been worth -while," the Australian adds, with admirable wisdom. "But she surveyed me so impersonally that I didn't even tell her there was actu ally a part of the population of my country which did not come from convict stock."-Youth's Companion. Heady For tho Enemy nt Every Point. Frederick the Great, desiring to pro cure the opinion of his generals on strategy, at one time asked them to submit to him plans of campaign for a supposititious case. A number of most elaborate plans were submitted. Hans Joachim von Ziethen, the fam ous cavalry general, produced a queer diagram in black ink. It represented a big blot in the center, intersected by two black lines, whose four termini ended each in a smaller blot thus: ? The king was furious, and upbraided his old comrade in arms bitterly for what he considered disrespect. In explanation Yon Zeitben said: "Why, your majesty, I am the large blot in the center, the enemy is anj one of the four smaller blots. He can march upon me from the right or left, from the front or rear. If he does, I simply advance upon any one of the four lines and lick him where I find him." Frederick the Great was satisfied. A Dwarf Painting. What is perhaps the smallest paint ing in the world is the work of a Flemish artist. The canvas is the smooth side of a kernel of common white corn. So skillfully has the ar tist worked that even in this small space there is painted a picture of considerable latitude. There is a mill on a terrace, a miller with a saok of grain on his back. By the building stands a horse and car, and in the roadway is a group of peasants. New Kind of Window Pane. A novel sort of window glass has been invented. Persons on the in side of the house can see through it, but it is opaque to thoso on the out side. . OUR ARMY I Iii IDEAL SUITS HAVE B TROPICAL Despatches from Cuba tell how the Soldiers of Our army> burdened with hot fidn??l Uniforms and heavy Out fits, are throwing away everything they Oan on the march? even their coats. In the terrible heat every ounce of weight adds to discomfort while marching, and, regardless of the future, men are casting aside blankets, extra clothing, tin plates and other articles in their Merriam kits, caring only to lighten their burdens. Men in regular marching order who have beon sent to Cuba, volunteers as well as regulars, carry in all nearly sixty pounds, including their rifles; enough to stagger a man in a cool climate: This Castirig away of every superfluous article is not a new prac tice, for it was don6 by tens Of thous ands of men in the Civil War and has been done bj soldiers in al most all other wars. Recognizing the unfitness of the regulation uniforms for the tropics, the Government is having 40,000 cot ton drilling and duck uniforms made, 1 o Jr tit S/?ST itevrftv?vr MAKE A STUDY OF THESE INSIGNL .which will greatly add to the comfort and general appearance of the soldiers. Already 4000 of these suits have been completed and shipped to Tampa to be forwarded to Cuba for General Shafter's command. The new campaign uniform for in fantry ?B made of canvas duck or drill. Its distinguishing feature is a^prfolk ~jaek*tror~btotre^ plait down the back. There are four pockets in the front and five buttons. The two upper pockets are faced with, blue cloth, the epaulet straps, cuffs and collars being of the same material and color. The uniform is made with felled seams. Brown canvas leggings some what darker than the uniform are used. A web cartridge belt, blue woolen blanket, haversack to contain tin plate, knife, fork and spoon and rations, a water bottle and tin cup complete the equipment. No knap sack is used. The trimmings of the cavalry uni form are yellow and of tho artillery red. Regulation army uniforms now in use are lined and weigh about eight pounds, being better suited for use in the Arctic regions than in a climate where the sun's rays are as hot as the blasts from a furnace. The lining carefully sewed inside the coats makes them doubly warm, and officers do not wonder that the men under them cast the garments aside in disgust. Different from any uniform ever be fore worn by any United States troops aro the new styles adopted, and they are as attractive looking as they are durable. The cloths used in the suits for the Cuban campaign are what are known to the trade as drill weave and duck. Housewives would call the first named material cotton drilling. Suits of these materials weigh less than half as much as the uniforms now in use, and because of their looser weave are much cooler. The cotton drill uniforms, which are of a light buff color, weigh just two pounds and fourteen ounces, while the duck, which are light reddish tan, weigh four ounces more. No colors could be found 'bet ter adapted for service in a country where the men aro exposed to dust and dirt in all kinds of weather, and even after a hard, long campaign it io ex pected the uniforms will still present a fairly respectable appearance. In style the coats for all depart ments of the service, infantry, artillery and cavalry, are like the once popular Norfolk jacket, with a belt of the same material. The trimmings are of the same style, but of different colors, blue for the infantry, red for the artillery and yellow for the cavalry. This trimming, which lends an at tractive bit of color to the uniforms, consists of a deep facing at the ends of the sleeves, over the lapels of the two THE NEW CAMPAIGN UNIF upper pockets, shoulder straps and around the low cut military collar. The trousers are perfeotly plain. Tho uniforms of privates and non commissioned oilicers uro worth about 'UTS OIT EEN PROVIDED FOR A $ CAMPAIGN. 83 $3 ?ach. Four big pockets are made lu the coats: Dressed -iii these suits, with the light under-wear being provided by the Government, the soldiers will feel like new men. No attempt probably will be made to carry the kit on forced marches, except when absolutely nec oessary. Officers will wear uniforms of finer, bUjt no more comfortable, material. The cloth is known as kahke in India, Where it comes from, and is like brown linen. Uniforms of this cloth cost about $25, . lu addition td the canvas and drill uniforms,'which will be sent to the c?t?pa in the South as Well as td Ctiba? the Government is providing a blue flannel suit, ?nlined? which weighs only a few ounces more than three pounds. Clothing the army and navy is one of the most important problems pre sented to the War and Navy Depart ments for solution. The quartermas 1 ter-general performs the task for the LAND YOU CAN RECOGNIZE THE RANK anny and the paymaster-general for the navy. In time of peace tho duty involves oonsidex-able labor. In time of war, and especially at the begin ning of hostilities, when the public are orying for a million men to be enlisted, olothed and put at the front in, a minute, the task assumes the reportions of a mountain in a fog. ^sthcajuartermaster-genera?, for instance. It is his duty to see that-' the big army which t he President has called to give battle to the Span ish is clothed afc the very earliest pos sible moment. His usual sources of supply are quickly exhausted. Oth ers must be found. The clothing must bo made. Tho first thing the quartermaster-general does is to as certain, as nearly as possible, the ex aot number of suits required, the kind of suits, tho number of shoes and underclothing, also hats. The exact kind is then specified in detail, and NEW JJ. S. ARMY UNIFORM-LIGHT AND HEAVY MARCHING ORDER. bids for the whole or part of the clothing needed. Accompanying every bid ig a check to guarantee that the terms of the contract will be oarried out to the letter. These bids are submitted, together with samples of the goods required. The bids are carefully examined and compared and the lowest bidder (the quality of goods being satisfactory) gets the contract. The goods con manufacturers and jobbers in that line of business are invited to submit tracted for must be ready on time and delivered to the Government. When they are delivered they are inspected by Government officials and, if all right, accepted. Then they are for warded to the store house of the army at Philadelphia to await orders. When a regiment is recruited and sworn into the United States service, the captain of each company makes ....... l/rr-f\rr/f<r ? ORM FOR U. S. REGULARS. ant a requisition for the number of uniforms needed and forwards the requisition to the quartermaster of the regiment. Tho colonel approves of tlie requisition, and then it is for carded to the brigade quartermaster, who, if he has not the clothes required on hand, makos a requisition on the corps quartermaster. The latter, wheo ASTOR BATTE RT IN AN IDEAL TROPICAL UNIFORM FOR SERVICE IN THE PHIL IPPINES, uniforms are needed, makes rt requisi tion on the quartermaster-general, who draws the supplies needed from the depot at Philadelphia; Upon the delivery of the. clothingtd the regimental quartermaster, the captains of the several companies are notified. The captains march their men to headquarters and there they receive the clothing apportioned to them and for which the captain gives vvwuKnt c.^;- ?rees; OF A MILITABY MAN AT A GLANCE. a receipt to the regimental quarter? master, who keeps it for his voucher. The same formula for the issuing of clothing is followed in the navy, i The army and navy uniforms are made in nearly every large city of the Union, and the cost, of those for the privates is about $5, and those for men before thei ^mas^t ^s about $8^per however, pierce the one as quickly as the other. The uniform of the gen eral officers bf the army is a double breasted blouse of dark blue cloth or serge, with four outside patch pockets with flaps, a rolling collar, with two rows of buttons, grouped according to rank, of the same kind as those worn on the dress coat. For all other of ficers a single-breasted blouse is worn, of dark blue cloth or serge, with four outside pockets with flaps, falling col lar, with five buttons in front of the same kind as those worn on tho dress coat. The skirt of tho dress coat ex tends from one-third to one-half the distance from the hip joint to the knee. Quite as important as the clothes aro the shoes. For Cuban service tho men will wear dark brown canvas clothes, but the shoes will be tho same as worn at home. They are com mon brogans, these shoes, stout of upper and mighty of sole and heel. In fact, the army shoe is not a thing of beauty, but on the march it is a joy forever, as every veteran knows. They are made of cowhide, and, if possible, of the hide of a very tough cow at that. They are exceedingly broad of sole and heel, and aro made with the double view of securing durability and comfort. John Paul Jones Was a Scotchman. John Paul Jones was born in 1747, in the parish of Kirkbean, upon the Solway Firth, in the southwestern part of Scotland. His family name was Paul, that of Jones being assumed later. Thirty milos south of Kirk bean, on the other side of Firth, and therefore in England, is the port of Whitehaven, whence he sailed during the early part of his maritime career, which began at the age of twelve. His voyages, of which, however, only an incomplete record remains, were chiefly to the West Indies and to the North American continent. In the latter an elder brother, William Paul, had set tled at Fredericksburg. in Virginia. There John Paul visited him from time to time, as opportunity offered; and when William died, in 1773, leav ing a considerable property, John went there to live and to settle the estate. It was then that he formed the pur pose, before quoted, of abandoning the sea; moved thereto, doubtless, by the prospect of a reasonable compe tence which had thus opened to him. -Scribner's Magazine. Record In Clothes Making. Thomas Kitson, employed in one of the oloth mills of Pennsylvania, had six sheep sheared at 6.30 o'clock one morning recently. The wool was then sorted, ncoured, dried, carded, spun, woven into cloth and the oloth was given to the tailors and made up into a suit of clothes which were given to Mr. Kitson at 12.34 o'clock, or six hours and four minutes from the time of shearing. The best previous rec ord was about eight hours. Editors in China. Careless or impolite editors are not tolerated in China. The Peking Ga zette announces that an editor of that city, who in referring to certain dead Chinese rulers had omitted to give their full titles, has just had his pun ishment commuted from being slowly sliced to pieces to simple decapitation. Healthy Hungary. In H an gary there are thousands of villages and hundreds of small towns without a doctor within ten miles. Toads and insectivorous birds from tho United States are being introduced in Hawaii, ROENTGEN RAYS IN WAR. A PORTABLE APPARATUS FOR THE" USE OF ARMY SURGEONS. ilesults of the Employment of X Bays In ?lHtttrf Surgery on the Recent Fron tier" ?f pcdrtldii in India-Working tho Apparatus iii ??M Front. At the Royal United Service Insti tution, London, Surgeon Majoi W. C. Beevor; Army Medical Staff, delivered1 an address bri "The Working of the Roentgen Rays in Warfare. " The lec ture was based on the result cf experi ences the officer gained during tn? re cent operations on the northwest fron tier in India. Surgeon Major Beevor at the outset said his object was to give the results bf the employment of the Roentgen ray in militar? surgery on the recent fron tier expedition in India,- and then to lay h?for? them some modifications in the ?on?trttctio'rt of the appliances for" generating the X ray, which had sug gested themselves tb hiic after work ing among the wounded on ike field of battle and its adjacent hospitals. Htf invited their criticism in the hope that some useful advance rn the science might be originated, and additions mado to our efforts toward alleviating human suffering, and proving that surgeons we?d aiming, as our illus trions forefathers ever aimed, at plac ing at least One more1 niche in the Temple of jEsculapius. He proceeded, with the aid of magic lantern slided thrown Upon a screen, to give repre sentations bf cases of interest from the campaign. These consisted of bullet wounds sustained by officers ?tid men who had injured bones, joints, and inj ternal organs, baffling the skill of sur geons to ascertain their exact position, and which, but for the application of the X rays, must have resulted in amputation of limbs and probable loss of life, The pictures shown included wounds in the arm, leg, chest, back, finger, and other parts of the body. The most remarkable results ob tained by the Roentgen rays were per haps those in the cases of a bullet im bedded in the backbone, another in the hip, and an Indian soldier, who, at Rawal Pindi, was shot in the foot, pieces of the bullet finally lodging in the back of the heel, and the case of General Woodhouse, who received bullet wounds in the leg and arm at Dargai. In every one of the instances enumerated, the bullets were, by the ase of the rays, successfully removed, the men subsequently rejoining their uomrades at the front. One great de sideratum in the construction of all apparatus for military work was that they should be "get-at-able," thus en abling them to renovate the inevitable defects of wear and tear. Every por tion of their apparatus should un doubtedly be,easy of acoess; the coil, the condenser, connections, etc., should all be packed in cases that moment's notice without the necessity of special instrumente:, and, with a view to obtaining this desirable con dition, the Medical Department of the army spared no expense or trouble, having, after due consideration, or dered the latest and most-improved apparatus, a specimen of which he ex hibited. Considering the most desirable means of transport for their appara tus, he pointed out that it was not only possible, but quite easy, to have an X ray appratus working at the front; that the cases already exhibited contained indisputable proof that even in savage warfare, where the Geneva Convention was unknown, the X ray could he brought under control and an immensity of human suffering ob viated. It was not necessary that every field hospital or bearer company should be supplied with an apparatus, as it could be readily transported from one part to another of the field of operations. He maintained it was now the duty of every civilized Nation to supply its wounded in war with an X ray apparatus, among other surgi cal aids, not only at base hospitals, but close at hand, wherever they might be fighting and exposing them selves to injury in the performance of their hazardous duty. (Cheers.) After trying every kind of transport in In dia-mules, camels, wheeled vehicles, etc.-he came to the conclusion that by far the safest and most.satisfactory in every respect was human transrsrt; coolie labor could be obtained in most places, and where not, any Eu ropean could be employed. As the portable apparatus should not weigh more than from eighty to 100 pounds, two men were all that was required for the moment, and a reserve of two more, with reserve equipment, completed the transport. A bamboo pole or hollow steel' bar of about six feet in length was what he found the best construction from which to suspend the boxes; each end of the pole was carried on the heads dr shoulders of the bearers, and the boxes were slung from the pole. In Tirah he employed a disused Dhoolie pole and Dhoolie bearers to convey his apparatus; they willingly volun teered for the service, and ca~ried the whole apparatus from Bagh Camp, in Tirah, down the defile to Dwatoi, and down the Bara Valley to Peshawur, without injury; parts of this march were beset with difficulties seldom experienced in any kind of warfare, and yet these faithful followers landpd their charge in good working or'"?r at a time when it wa? sorely neec- 'd. A few photographs he took during this march served to show the difficul ties of transport in such a country; yet photography could not adequately exhibit the conditions, for rooks, icy cold water, rapid torrents, frost and snow did not come entirely within the grip of their photographic lenses. Mules, camels, and wheeled transport were too uncertain conveyances for delicate materials, except, of course, where they had good roads and plenty of room; but our military ap paratus should be independent of these luxuries, and it seemed to him that this transport fulfilled the neces sary conditions. He then dealt with the difficulties speoially involved in working the apparatus at the front. Heart Fact? and Figures. The human heart is six inches in 1 length, four inches in diameter and beats on an average seventy times a minute, 4200 tunes an hour, 100,800 times a day and 36,792,000 times in the course of the year, so that the heart of an ordinary man eighty years I fiL?g?Jatiftftt9ij 8,OQP,Q90,O0Q times, CA??H THE_SUNSHJNE; Catch the sunshine! Tho* it flickers Thro' a dark and dismal cloud, Tho* it falls so faint and feeble On a heart with sorrow bowed. Catch it quickly! It is passing, Passing rapidly away; It has oiiiy come to tell you There is yet a brighter day. Catch the sunshine! tho' lifo'? tempest May uufurl its chilling blast, Catch the little hopeful straggler! Storms will not forever last. Don't give up, and say, "Forsaken!" Don't begin to say, "I'm sad!" I-ook! There comes a gleam of surrsoinej Cdt^h it! Oh, it seems so glad! Catch the st??tobine! Don't be grieving O'er that darkiJtfmo billow therel Life's a sea of stormy billows, Wo must meet them everywhere. Pass right through them! Do not tarry, Overcame the" heaving tide. There's a sparkling gleam of sunsLLne ' Waiting on the other side. . . PITH AND POINT. "Why do they have such noisy mu fli? at the exhibition?" "To drown all comment, I suppose."-Fliegende Blaetter. "Pid you hear old Longbow's lat est story?" "Nope." "Says he saw antfe-psnake with a rubber tire." Cleveland Plain Dealer. * . "What is 'timo immemorial' Uncle Jim?" "Time immemorial is as far back as you feel posted on ancient history. "-Chicago Record. She-"Quarreling lovers are really only amusing themselves." He "And married couples in a row amuse the neighbors."-Indianapolis Jour nal. Mrs. J.-'"Are there any good dry goods advertisements in the paper this morning?" Mr. J.-"Really, I don't know. I usually read tho other part."-Somerville Journal. Husband (angrily, after a some what heated argument with his better half)-"Do you take me ior a fool?" Wife (soothingly)-"No, John. Bufc I may be mistaken."-Tit-Bits. Dollie-"He promised to send back my lock of hair, but he hasn't done it yet." Mollie-"That's the way with these hair restorers-all promise and no performance." - Cincinnati En quirer. Uncle (a lawyer)-"Well, my boy, I'm sorry to hear that you are study ing law. I can't see any way that a young lawyer can make money now." Nephew - "Whene there's a will there's a way."-Truth. Office Boy (to his employer)-"Mr. Brown, outside, sir, wants to see the junior partner." Junior Partner "Not in; I owe him $30." Senior Partner-"Show him in; he owes me ?40. "-Harper's Bazar. Excited Lady (at telephone)-f'I want my husband, please, ac-once," Voice (from the exchange)-"Number,' please?" Excited Lady, {snappishly) "Only the fourth, you impudent thing."-Boston Globe. wouldn't have'me because I don't like Ibsen', but she' said my spelling and punctuation were better than she ex pected."-Chicago News. "I am very much afraid that our friend Mr. Fritters lacks application," remarked the business man. "Not at all," replied the friend. "Heap plies to me for a loan once a week regularly. "-Washington Star. "How ia the young kiug getting on in his studies?" inquired one member"* of the Spanish cabinet. "Well," re plied the other, "he doesn't seem io have nearly as much trouble with geography as we have."-Washington Star. Mudkins-"^hat would yon say, ?ir, if I should tell you that I love your daughter?" Mr. Cashtnburn -"Not a% word, sir; not a word! Your audacity would simply hold me spellbound." - Philadelphia North American. "Did that man directly assail my credit?" asked the indignant caller at the bauk. "Not directly," replied the bookkeeper. "But he said that it would be a great deal more appro priate if that promissory note you gave him had been written in Span* ish."-Detroit Free Press. Sunflowers in Russia. - The common sunflower, although a native of this country, is now widely cultivated and used for a greater variety of purposes in Europe than here. In Russia the seeds are parched and eaten much as peanuts are eaten in this country. They are also used as human food in other regions. The seeds yield from fifteen to twenty per cent, of oil of good quality by cold pressure, and considerably more, but of poorer qual ity, by hot pressure. The oil is em ployed for illumination, for wool dress ing, in paints and in soap making. The cold pressed oil is also used for culinary purposes, being highly valued in this connection in Russia. The residue or cake remaining after ex tracting the oil is used as a stock food and as a . fertilizer. The unpressed seeds are employed as a stock food and the stalks as fuel, as a source of fibre and for paper making. The ashes of the plant are rich in potash and are therefore valuable as a fertilizer, and a yellow dye is made from the flowers, which also supply abundant nectar for bees. The Agricultural Department at Washington has recently issued a report on the subject of sunflower cul ture, in whioh it is stated that the conditions for the growth of this crop in this country are such that it will probably be not greatly extended. New York Commercial Advertiser. No Moro Burnt Fingers. Inventive genius has come to the aid of the millions of people who have been burning their fingers by holding on too long to blazing matches. Upon the market has been placed a brand of ' matches with the reverse end satur ated for a distance of half an inch with a chemical compound, pink in color, and impervious to fire. When the blaze reaches the chemically treated wood it goes out, leaving the fingers unscorched. A Swedish inventor is the originator of the improvement. - Trade Review., The Most Bean '?ful Gardens. " The finest gardens in the world are the royal gardens at Kew, England. They cover an area of about 270 acres, and are visited*by about 1,500,000 per-; sons a year. The gardens contain the, finest collection of exotic plants in the world, ajpalm house, a winter garden, a museum, *n observatory and a school ior garden'fs.