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THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD: )AY, JANUARY 18,-1899. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest ondeposits. Accounts Solicited, L. C. HAYNS, President. W. C. WABDLAW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 3. THE HEROES Wa wore told that men no longer fought for glory, as of yore. That the ancient love of country burned in human hearts no more: 'In this age of subtle science, valor oounts . for naught," they said; "Heroes are no longer needed, and their sturdy raoe is dead, Science will decide the struggle-nations will be conquered then, Not by courage, but by cunning-with ma chines and not with men." Tet when first the sound of battle, borne upon the ocean breeze, .Drifted In from far Manila and from Cuba's tropic seas, We were taught that His, as ever, mea by whom the fight is won, Piling on their oountrj'a altar mighty deeds of valor done. [* alan's own courage fights his battles whether.armed with sword ard shield, -WU THE HEAD < A TALE O ] BY K. CL? MJL jgtjytj||ij||Ljyijgijy.j^|Ljy?| i This is not really my own story-it is.my grandfather's. Still, since it is all in the family, I may as well tell it, and, besides, it has special interest now.when so many people in this land are looking and longing'across the Pa cific to where our flag floats over Ma nila bay. / In the year 1842 my grandfather, a young man of 20, shipped as common sailor on the three-masted ship Polly Ann of New Bedford, bound from New York to the Philippines with a cargo of flour. The voyage was uneventful, and 136 days after passing Sandy Hook the Polly Ann dropped anchor in Pasig river, "Manila. During the ship's stay there; grand father, who was of an investigating disposition, looked the city over pretty well,and, believing there were chances for a wide-awake Yankee to make a fortune in the islands, he quitted the ihip and tock service with a trading firm on the harbor front. In ten years he was manager of a business of his ovMi'and a man of influence among the foreign traders. The Spaniards, ?DO looked up to him and respected him. As his business grew he was unable to manage ali - the. details of the in creasing trade and so called tonis help a young Filipino named Juan Agnado, ; a bright young man, half Spanish, j hali Malay, who had formerly been au assistant in the packing house. Aguada .'possessed polished, courtly manners . and a good education; he had received bis schooling at a monastery, and grandfather trusted him implicitly for in . the course of time he made him chief clerk and adviser: Aguado was abao! u L was where his M= out, grandfather w.. he himself had occfcsioi. Thev^wer- * ~ji? tract ? teen miles away fi om they wera charged bys. in* falo that dashed ont of .? npon them. They both ran for COTO. but grandfather by some misstep tripped on a vine and fell, and before he could regain his feet the animal was upon him. It was no time to use a gun-they were armed with nothing but light fowling pieces for pigeon . shooting. . When grandfather fell, Aguado, who was a little behind him, made a leap to one side to pass him; hut ho was not thinking of saving himself,. Quickly drawing his kris, which was another mark of the Malay in him, he rushed back upon the buf falo and stabbed it through the neck again and again with all the dexterity of a veteran matador. The buffalo fell dead in its tracks, and grandfather crawled away wit i a broken arm. Prom that time on the two men were like brothers. Juan seemed glad that he had had an opportunity to show his regard for his employer and benefactor, and grandfather was too much of a man to be anything but generous to one who had saved his life. But it was about the end of their comradeship. One"day a native from np country called at the warehouse for Aguado. They retired to a dis tant part of the building and talked long and quietly together. Then the stranger went away and the clerk re turned to his desk. That night, when it came time for closing, Aguado said: "Senor, I must leave you. I am wanted at home, aud it will be useless to try to detain me. Grandfather was surprised beyond belief, almost; but he did not try to dissuade him. He paid his arrears of salary, added a handsome bonus and said good bye to the only man in the East of whom he was truly fond. Two years passed and not a word came from Agnado; but that was not very strange, for the province where he lived had been in open' revolt for some time, and as the fighting on both sides was constant and relentless, communication with Manila was prac tically cut off. However, as time went on the rebel lion was crushed, and the insurgents were scattered or captured. The leader of the revolution, one Lniz Berceo,was a man of considerable generalship and resources, for without munitions or money he had held his ground against the Spaniards for a long time and had intrigued successfully against the. native troops seut tb oppose him. But he could not hold out forever, and he,', too, was a fugitive. Then it jras that the government re sorted to an expodient, often tried in Spanish countries for catching those who will not surrender-a price was set on Lniz Berceo's head. Placards were posted in Manila and throughout the islands wherever Spanish author ity was recognized, proclaiming a r? ward of 40,000 Mexican dollars to the one who would bring the head of the insurgent leader to the authorities. My grandfather had frequently seen these announcements and wondered what sort of a man it was who caused the captain-geueral so much annoy ance. Both the captain-general and himself were soon to know. . One afternoon the captaiu*general sat alone in his office. He was in a complacent mood, for certain docu ments before him related to the dispo sition of the surrendered insurgent bands who ' had bean harassing his chosen province for the last two years, Suddenly, without guy warning, the OF TODAY. Lastily. ho lays about hlm.charging o'er the bloody field; Or, OD. steel- protected cruiser, telescope la hand he stands. Training engines of destruction on the forts ot hostile lauds, Hearts of oak and visions watchful-these alone the day can save; In some strange and subtle manner Fortune favors Btill the brave. Though the sword of song and story hangs . neglected on the wall, And the musket's clumsy hammer nevermore shall rise and fall. We have men who,now and always,in a right eous cause and high, When their country goos to battle, for their country dare to die Men of wise and prudent aotlon, men of mighty, matchless will; And the Stars aad Stripes are floating o'er a land of heroes still ! liam Hurd Hillyer, in Youth's Companion. )F A REBEL. F" ar A. isr i Ju A. ? DE FORD. door opened behind him, and a man stepped quickly in the room, at the same time slipping the bolt again into its place. He was dressed like a priest in a long black gown and had a hood over his head. "Peace upon you," he said, coldly, and" Don Zavier Macia turned in his chair. "Who are yon and what do you want?" "Do not talk too loud," said the visitor, pushing back the cowl from his face. "Who am I? See for your self." The captain-general gave a start of terror, and his face blanched. It was Beiceo, the insurgent chief, who stood before him. "Listen to me, seuor, and I'll tell you what I want. Yon have offered $40,000 for my head. See. I have brought it myself and claim the money." Beiceo stepped nearer and drew' from under his cloak a long native knife. "I can't very well ' carry Mexican dollars. I will take Spanish bank iiotes. Hurry!" General Macia ground his teeth in rage, but dared do nothing except obey. He knew well the character of the man he was dealing with. "From' a desk near by he counted out the equivalent of $40,000 in Bank of Spain notes and handed them to the rebel leader who began to back toward the door. "Good day,senor," he said po litely aud sprang out. A guard at the end of the hall tried to retrain him, but Berceo cut him down -with the knife, . - .none again. ...o ue ?ai ?reainily gazing ont at the twinkling lights on the ships at an chor, he,heard a step on the stairway behind him; he thought it was his Chi nese servant. Soon, however, a fami liar voice spoke: "Senor, excuse the intrusion." He turned around, and there stood his former clerk, Juan Aguado. "Why, Juan,what a pleasure! But how yon startled me! Come,sit down, and tell me all about yourself." Aguado smiled. ."Are we quite aloue, senor?" he asked, glancing around furtively. "Yes,entirely so; the servants have gone to bed." "Well, then, you want to know all about myself. I can tell you in a word-I am Berceo." My grandfather was a cool man. "Come iuside,it's damp here,"he said, and led the way to a room back of the veranda. Briefly Aguado told him what had taken place iu the last two years. The mau that had called upon him the day he left brought evil news. His home village had been destroyed, and his father, a petty official up country, had been imprisoned on some trumped up charge, his two brothers had been killed in a fight with their Spanish guards. He had long known what Spanish rule was in the out provinces - but, alas, his r?volu lion did not succeed. Next he told how he had just braved the captain-general in his vevy palace and wrungfrom him the prica set upon his own head. "By the grace of God I escaped;but it will not be for long, unless, senor, you help me. " "Not knowing what I should have done in your place,Juan," said grand father, slowly. "I'm not the man to see you handed over to General Don Xavier Macia. Let me think." After a while grandfather said: "I think I have it. A captain friend of mine sails" for Hong Kong on the morn ing breeze. If I can get you on board his ship you are safe. Come, put ori some o* my clo hes. I don't think the authorities w-11 be looking for yon here; they don't know that LuizBerceo is such a dear friend of mine, and I think we can get out to the ship all right," Talkiug English, they made their way quietly to the harbor front and called a sampan. Thoy looked like two belated English captains going out to their ships. A half a mile out in the bay lay the John Dorset, ready to weigh anchor. My grandfather hailed, and when the captain appeared,he climbed on board, leaving Aguado below iu the boat. Grandfather drew the captain below and told bim who the man was in tho sampan and what he wanted. Captain Higgins of the John Dorset was an old seadogof the genuine Yan kee type. He liked a man who had what he called "sand for ballast," as Luiz Berceo evidently had. "Shiver my mainmast, but I'll take bim," said Captain Higgins. "He can have my cabin till we are well past Corregidor and out to sen." This is about the end of the story. Aguado escaped safely to Houg Kong. A year or two afterward, just before grandfather sold out his business and started home, he received a package ? from a Chinese port. It contained r beautifully-jeweled Malay kris wittf" the name "Juan Aguado" upon the Wad*- Detroit Froe Rilli HE COT IN Tho New Serrant Girl Allowed Herself to Be Persuaded. Harrington had spent three- weeks in New York on business; when he re turned he drove directly to his house and rang the doorbell. A new servant girl answered the ring. "Is Mrs. Harrington in?" he asked. "No, sir," answered the girl. "Well, I guess I'll wait for.her," said the master of the house, and he put his foot over the threshold and into the hallway. "Excuse me, sir," said the girl, "but no one's at home. I can't allow strangers to wait in the house." Harrington took iu the humor of the 8ituati<5n. "All right," he an swered, with a smile. "Just tell Mrs. Harrington that,a relative called,"and away he went. A half hour after his departure his wife returned. "Has any one called?" she asked the girl. "Yes, ma'am; a gentleman." "Did he leave his card?" "No, ma'am; he said he was a rela tive, but he looked more like an agent for cleaning powder than a relative. He wanted to wait inside, but I didn't like his looks, so I didn't let him in." "Quite right, " remarked Mrs. Har rington; "it is just as well to be care ful. Besides, I have no male relative who is likely to call at this time of day." Mrs. Harrington barely had her wraps off before her husband, wllo had whiled away his time at the bar ber shop, put in his appearance again. , "Has Mrs. Harrington returned yet?" he asked of Ella who answered his ring? "Yes sir; she just got in." "Hand her my card, if you please," he said. "I think she'll remember me." i Mrs. Harrington stepped out of tho dining room "just as her husband, fol lowed closely by the servant girl, moved? out of the vestibule and into the hall. . "Why," she cried, "when did you get in?" The servant misunderstood the meaning of the exolammation. "He got in when I wasn't looking,ma'am," she said. "He goes out again now, if you say so. " "You may let him stay, Ella," said Mrs. Harrington.-Chicago Record. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Chinese streets are eight feet wide. Leather money circulated in Russia so recently as the time of Peter the Great. Over ouo hundred miles of tele graph wires run through t* - of Paris. _^ _ In .V ; Sp mo choicest delicacies in Jauiacia is a huge whija worm- found in the heart of the cabbage palm, lt tastes, when cooked, like almonds. Among the many mysteries of bird migration is the fact that over-sea jour ney? ire generally conducted in the darkness, - and invariably against a head wind. The First Presbyterian church of Morristown, N. J., has had but five sextons since 1781, and but two in fifty-nine years, the present one hav ing served thirtyrthree years. A breach-loading cannon, made in 1659, has been discovered in an old museum at Hamburg,' which explodes the belief that such weapons are au invention of the present century. There is a fish found in Hudson bay which builds a nest. This it does by picking up pebbles in its mouth and placing them in a regular way on a selected spot on the bottom of. the bay where the water is not very deep. The small town of Werda, in the kingdom of Dahomey, is celebrated for its temple of serpents, a long build ing in which the priests keep upwards of 1000 serpents of all sizes, which they feed with birds and frogs brought to them as offerings by the natives. The Last Execution at Tyburn. The last execution at Tybnrn, says a writer in Notes and Queries, took place on Friday, Nov. 7, 1783, in the person of John Austin, convicted on the preceding Saturday of robbing John Spicer and cutting and wound ing him in a cruel manner. In Wal ford's "Old and New London" it is erroneously said that "the last crim inal execution here was one Ryland, who was hung [sic] for forgery in 1783." William Ryland was executed on Aug. 29, two months before the date of Austin's conviction, and many a poor wretch made the fatal pilgrim age to Tyburn in the interval, hanging by wholesale being the rule in those days. The long procession westward had been attended by such disgraceful scenes that the authorities resolved to hang criminals henceforth outside Newgate prison, straight from the con demned cell. Accordingly, on De?, 3, 1783, the recorder ordered the erec tion of a scaflbrd in front of the jail, of which a uotice and descriptive en graving appear in the Gentleman's Magazine for the same : onth, and on the 10th the new hanging place was inaugurated by the execution of ten malefactors. Uses Sometimes Made of Iii HRH. In ancient times a seal ring served often as a letter of introduction, and to go no further, Scripture oilers more than one example of its being used in this way. In earlier and in later days a ring served to identify its owner or his messenger, and not only \ oe try and fiction but history itself has offered many romantic instances of riugs em ployed in this way. Some persons have cast doubts on the story of Queen Elizabeth's waiting for the ring which Essex was to send her if ever he found himself in trouble and needed her. But whether or not the story is true, it is a fact that from the time of Essex's daughter, Lady Frances Dever eux, such a ring has descended from mother to daughter down to the pres ent time. It is of fine gold, with a cameo head of Queen Elizabeth, moat exquisitely wrought, probably by some rtillfrl ?tftliftu, NOT THE 0 He Thought He Waa, Now That It In A young man who time is -?liing to accj requiring close applies a high order of intelli J and uncomplaining sp ate salary, has recent! to a realization of the a mere unit in the sun existence; also that a 1 a dangerous thing at ti He was working foi lished insurance compi ri. au entire floor of a larg ing in LaSalle street, i< .. " . employed by the couceri months, fulfilling his du | reason to believe, with c- . tion to his superiors. ] the head bookkeeper hat ; ^ him ns "a bright youngi his fellow clerks regard respect. The manager sn . when he met him and s familiarly by his Christi! together this young man .. ably secure in his positic One morning he walked ager's room and asked speak to him a moment. "Certainly, Herbert, said the manager, wheeli his chair and beaming ki his spectacles at his "Nothing serious, I hop "Well,sir," said Herbi : j to tell you that I intend the first of next month.' Why, is that so ?" said "Well, well, well !. You . to tell me that, Herbert. "Yes, sir, "said the you; . .' "I find that X am gett less than any. man iu the duing the work I am. I have a raise or quit the month." "Q,*no, Herbert, yon w said his chief, thrustinj into an armhole of his -n smiling in the same genia ( lent wav. "No, no; j> that," "I have quite made u said Herbert. "O, you've made u have you?" said the mb??^ . yes. But you won'.t quit the ura^ the mouth, Herbert; you'll quit jjpht-] now and right here. You can te cashier to make out an order for wages to the end of the week send it to me and I'll sigh it all,.Herbert. Good day."-C Becord. The Bigcest Orang. Tho largest captive ofaug-outi . -r.; rag '.n.uvMtv . time, and the chances aro that tau handsome specimen of their ancestors would get the bettor of the encounter. The animal's face is, of course, free irom hair, but "the hirsute adorn ment" on its head is parted in the centre with a neatness that suggests that the orang-outang has just come from the barber's. Judged from man's standard of beauty, tho new arrival cannot be said to have an attractive physiognomy. The nose is sunk deep in the face, and the massive top lip is shot out to a length prodigious even for au orang outang. It is an experience to see the animal yawn. When captured the orang-outang was in the company of a baby ape. This latter the hunters shot and placed in a cage. The grown-up orang had no more sense than to follow the corpse, and was surprised to find that there was no exit to the cage. On the way from Borneo, whence hails the world's champion orang, the brute nearly escaped from the ship by scratching and chewing a hole in the side of the cage.-London Mail. A Town Fashion. Ho was an unusual ly boyish appear ing young fellow. Judging from his face one would say he was sixteen, maybe, not over eighteen, anyway. There was not a sign of beard appar ent, and his complexion was as fail as any girl's. In reality he was mich older, and there were those in the city who had known of his marriage several years before, to a pretty young Udy from a neighboring town. It was bis custom after the wedding, when He and She had become settled in their home, to take her down to luuchion with him each noon. At first the waitress at whose table they ait, thought they were merely friends, and when one day he spoke of her as ais wife that waitress nearly fell ou; of her she es. Then, little by little, Jhe became reconciled to the conditio! of affairs between them, and thougbtno more about it. Once it happened that he and his wife sat opposite two middl?-ared ladies, evidently from the country. The waitress came around for';be orders in due time, and he gave than. Calling her back as she moved aray to fill them the young man said, "ind bring my wife a glass of milk, too.' . At the words "my wife" both .he women across the table dropped tmir spoons with a spatter into the sotp. Their jaws fell with the spoons. And they half pushed away from the ta'de. "For the Ian's sake!" exclaimed >ne to the other, under her breath. *T\ think o' that little boy married. Vho ever hcord th' like?" "Ssssb," corrected the otler. "Don't ye know, Sary, thet tley marry younger in taown than theydo with us."-Boston Journal. FohnnpRin Sweets. Every one who has been in a cn tinental city at c?rnival time has sam the "confetti" which' are throvn about iu mimic "warfare in the streds. The making and selling of these thy paper pellets constitute an indusry of some little importance. It is eiti inated that the Parisians alone splhd $120,000 upon them every year, '?"he tfttal weight of confetti sold in Pris in a year has boon estimated at GOOpOO kilogrammes, or more than 1000 tm, ?.pljitodetyljto Inquirer, WIED WHITE MEN WHO FELL INTO THE - NATIVE AUSTRALIANS. >f William Buckley, an Ks ict- He Wa? Six Feet Seven I, and Won tbe Heart of a low - Epicurean Cannibals. nie appearance of. a gen id Louis de Rougemont rvellons story of hitherto td ven tures during an al ice of some thirty years ?ks of northern Australia, Elections of the "wild that from time to time ito the hands of the un stralian aborigines and Ito white humanity after', separation and degrada-. ecorded wild white man M Buckley, a native of y f, and at the close pf the f a soldier in the. Fourth, wn, regiment. On Dec. icompahy with six?, other ? was. involved in an at e life of the Duke of Kent, [fenced to transportation taken out in a convict ship odes. During a brief stay of what is now the haubor ne he contrived to escape y with two. other convicts, r ( perished-how was never d-and when Buckley was itly questioned as to their as exceedingly reticent and ted. That it was a case of ... ism was the general belief of r settlers around Melbourne. , in the last stages of hunger /atio?, Buckley lay down up i proved to be the grave of a juried chief. Luckily for him low came along," and supersti concluded that .her dear de had returned to life in the of a white man. She promptly ed him as her own, led him to imp of the blacks, explained the aisjauces under which she had 1 him, and secured his admission shief of the tribe, a position for ih. he was physically well quali as he was a man of great stature ",_jeet 7 inches), strength and en durance. yf For the next t?r?vty-two years Buck by led the life' of a savage, hunting, nshing.and fighting with the tribe thafcad?ptetl him; He does not ap pear't'o have taught the flacks any-. -i;bi?g or raised them in any^degree in i*the' scale of civilization. He simply pi?came one of themselves and adapt ?dJiiraself to ,his.'new environment ? *-hft'-ia bia best seth t?Vv< . cornera iiuiiM? _ light CJIOI of his skin. He tried to summon np some English words from the depths of his memory, and at last succeeded in articulating the word "bread." He made himself very useful as an interpreter between the new white settlers aud the blacks, and when his story reached London the imperial authorities magnanimous ly drew the sponge over his offence and sent him a free pardon. He en joyed a small pension in his later years, and lived until Feb. 2, 1856, when he was thrown out of a cart aud killed in his 76th year. The site of Geelong, about forty miles lrom Mel bourne, was the headquarters of the tribe to which Buckley, was attached during his three decades of savage life. Three miles from Geelong there is still shown a cave in a river gorge where he is said to have resided, and the adjacent rapids continue to per petuate his name as Buckley's Falls. James Morrill, a native of Maldon, Essex, was the solo survivor of the shipwreck of the bark Peruvian, that struck on a reef off the northeastern coast of Queensland on March 8, 1846. He lived with the Queensland blacks for an even longer period twenty years. The story of a little cabin boy named Narcisse Pierre Pellatier ought to have attracted the at tention of the boys' novelists long be fore now. He engaged as cabin boy on the St. Paul, bound from China to Australia with 350 Chinese emigrants. She also struck on a reef off the north eastern cdast of Queensland. Officers and crew got away in the boats, not troubling themselves about the Chin ese passengers; and in their hurry forgetting the little cabin boy, who was subsequently found by the blacks in a dying condition in a. cranny among the rocks. They nursed him back to life, fed him, treated him well and, in fact, made him the pet of the tribe. Nearly all the Chinese passen gers were captured by the blacks and eaten up two at a time. The flesh of the Chinaman is esteemed a great delicacy by the cannibal blacks of Queensland. From the point of view of a cannibal, a vegetarian is far su perior to a ineat-eater. Little Polla tier lived with the blacks for seven teen years, and was rescued by a British ship, the John Bell, on April cl, 1875. He immediately returned to France, where he may be still liv ing. He would now be a mau of be tween fifty and sixty. Tlie Sikhs. Sir Lepel Griffin has placed on re cord his conviction that the Sikhs form the#backbone of tho Indian army, for the following reasons: Ghurkas, though at least equally valuable as in fantry, are by no means so plentiful, and are an independent race. Pathans are apt to become homesick and dis like to be stationed at any great dis tance from their native land. Diffi culty is experienced in enlisting pure Rajputs in auy number. But the Sikh is always ready to enlist and to under take duty across the "Black Water," even should that duty be to fight an epedemic in Hong liong or to chase Arab slave dealers in Central Africa, if only he be well paid, (for the Sikh has several Scottish qualities). He is equally good as horse or foot, at de fense or in at tuck; he appreciates the. value of discipline audie devoted to hil duty. - ?f?utfmnftn'e Magazine, | MR. DOOLEY. ON THE ELECTION. After Attending a Political Meeting Ho . Tells Hennessy His Views. " '.Tis as much as a man's life is ?worth, these days," said Mr. Dooley, "to have a vote, ifook here," he con tinned, diving under the , bar and pro ducing a roll of paper; "here's th' pitchers iv candydates I pulled down fr'in th' windy,an' jus' knowin'they're here makes me that narvous fr th' contints iv th' cash dhrawer I'm afraid to tur-rn me back fr a minyit . . . "All heroes, too, Hinnissy. . . . . r-ready to sarve their counthry to th' bitther end, an' to r-rush, voucher in hand, to th' city threeasurer's office at a miiiyit's notice. "I wint to a hero meeting th' other night, Hinnissy, ah' that's sthrange fr me. 'Whin a man gets to be my age he laves th' shoutin' fr th' youth iv' th' land, onless he has a pol-itical job .... "Well, sir, there was O'Toole an' all th' r-rest on th/ platform in unyform, with flags over thim an' th' bands playin' 'They'll be, a hot time in th* ol' town tonight again,' and th' chair man was Plunkett. : . . . ?'Whin th' battle r-ragecl,' he says, 'an' the bullets fr'm th' naivety Spanyards' raypeatin' Mouser rifles,' he says, 'r-roared,' he says, "iuthe air,'he says, 'where was Cassidy?' he says. 'In his saloon,' says I, 'in Im-rald avnoo,' says L 'Thrne fr ye, ' says Plunkett. 'An' where,' he says, 'was our candy date?' he says. 'In somebody else's saloon,' says I. 'No,'says he. 'Whin the Prisidint,' he says, 'called th' na tion to ar-rms,' he says, 'an' Congress voted 50,000,000 good bucks fr th' naytional definse,' he says, 'Thomas Fracis Dor gan/ he says, lu that min yit iv'naytional pearl,' says he, 'left his good job in th' pipe-yard,'he says, 'an' wint down to th' raycruitin' office an' says: "How many calls fr volun teers is ont?" he says. "Wan,'' says th' officer. "Put me down," says Dorgan, "fr th' tenth call," he says. 'This, gentlemen iv the foorth pre cint,' he says, 'is Thomas Francis Dorgan, a. man who, if ilicted.'he says, 'victhry will perch,' he says, .upon our banners,' he says, 'an', he says, the naytional honor will be main tained,' he srys, 'in th' county boord, ' he says. ... "Mighty few iv th' rale heroes iv. th' war is r-runnin' fr offioe. Most iv thim put on their blue overalls whin they was mustbered out an'wint upan' aat fr their ol' jobs back-and some times got thim. Ye can see as manny as ten iv theui at th' rollin' mills d? fendin' th' nation's honor with wheel bahr's an' a slag shovel."-Peter Dunn, in Chicago Journal. tnxng i ii uv <?_*.. ing to spell, and learning in the same way he did when a tow-headed boy in the early sixties. Of course he could spell when he tackled the typewriter, but not in the same way. Now he distinctly ennm-" crates each letter, and does it, too, with the greatest care. It is a funny thing, but be finds himself spelling ont the words in the newspaper, and his wife says he spells them in his sleep. The other day the minister met him and asked him how he was. "V-e-r-y w-e-1-1," he gravely spelled out, and when the pastor looked amazed he realized what he had done and hastily explained the cause of the peculiarity,and the minister professed to be greatly interested and wanted to know all aboutit, and the speller is now greatly worried for fear the parson will write a special paper on it for some magazine. When the minister finally left him he shook hands and said "Good-bye." "G-o-o-d," began the speller, and he then recollected himself and hastily added "b-y." lie hopes in time to wear out this peculiarity, and when he increases his speed on the typewriter he no doubt will.-Pearson's Weekly. The Pineapple as a Fiber Fiant. Pineapple culture is already a flour ishing industry in the Sisal hemp re gion. A pineapple* plant matures but one apple in a season, and after the ' harvest of fruit the old leaves are of no further use to the plant, r.nd may be removed. The leaves have the same structural system as the agaves that is, they are composed of a cellu lar mass through which the fibers ex tend, and when the epidermis and pulpy matter are eliminated the resi due is a soft, silklike filament, the value of which has long been recog nized. Only fifty pounds of this fiber can be obtained from a ion of leaves, but as the product would doubtless commaud double the price of Sisal hemp, its production would be profit able. How to secure this fiber Cheap ly is the problem. The Sisal hemp machines are too rough.in action for so fine a fiber, and, at the rate of ten leaves to the pound,, working up a ton of the material would mean the hand ling of over.twenty thousand leaves to secure perhaps three dollars of the commercial product. Were th? fiber utilized in tho arts, however, and its place established, it would compete in a measure with flax as a spiuning fi ber, for its filaments are divisible to the ten-thousandth of au inch. The substance has already been utilized to a slight extent in Eastern countries (being hand-prepared) in the manu facture of costly, filmy, cobweblike fabrics that will almost float in air. C. IL Dodge, in Appletons' Popular Science Monthly. Caro of the Eyelashes. The ancieuts made an art of the cultivation of the eyelashes. It iwas recognized that, besides adding to the expression of tho eyes, the lashes pre served them from the dust, cold, wind and too glaring light, all of which tend to irritate and often inflame the eye. It is thorefore not a vanity to endeavor to obtain them and then pre serve them from falling out. A little pure vaseline applied io the eyelashes every night will aid tUeir growth, n,ud, strengthen thom, ?MPER$ONATED_A_DEAD FIANCE. The Impostor Succeed sd ia Deceiving and Almost ir. Marrying a Mexican Heiress. There ia a young man in .Mexico City who nearly succeeded in winning the hand of a rich and beautiful giri by impersonating a youth who was really dead and to whom the girl had been betrothed by virtue of a sort of family arrangement since they were infants. The young pretender is a native of San Luis Potosi, but has, for , some time past resided in the city and has attracted attention by his eleganca ia dress and the freedom with which ho spent money. No one, however, knew where'his money came from. . .Recently the young man came into possession of certain documents be longing to a frontier family which had I once been of great note. Through j these documents the pretender learned that.it had been the intention of the I frontier family and another wealthy family of this city to effect a matri monial alliance. A young man be longing to tbe frontier family was to marry a young lady belonging %> the wealthy and prominent family of this city. But.the young people had never met, and th? young girl had never set eyes even on a photograph of her intended husband. Subsequent events interfered with these family projects. The frontier family fell from its high position and the young man himself died. ; When the young adventurer learned of this history a plan occurred to him for replenishing his pocket. This plan was no other than the impersona tion of the dead youth from the fron tier. He learned all he could about the family history of tho frontier peo ple and he presented himself to the family in Mexico City and by telling them plausible stories positively suc ceeded iu imposing upon them. But what was of more importance than anything else, he won his way to the heart of the lady. ' It is probable that the marriage would aotually have come off had not some friends of the ? family heard of the plot and presented proof positive to the young lady's, family that her suitor was an impostor. As soon as he was thus unmasked he waa threatened by the girl's rela tives with being sent to prison unless he withdrew his suit This he was obliged to do, and it is supposed that ^e will now seek ? change of air until the memory -of the fiasco has passed away. Discipline in the Bastian Army, i Blows from tho officers, flogging with birch rode ond witlt aticka. - for1 - ! .*_:.;. "st '".'I't. ->-3??; Vii 1 '.Hr.. *':;?? ^m-.tl:;. v. ss. ?\y?ny?.-? ?2*>;.'. pas?Of" iii! iU^.s.-.t?on; Whey. .>CC *?f 1 .. ?i-'i .-.vi'li %'.-: ?'??{?.:W: U<';?' /> ? '.i ti ' ? fu/;;!? <-\~i> (fo/jCr.' ['?-?? . -X ..t.; ..?.... Ifiwin'^ ; , : . . . . . ? . i'll ec, t'.:.ii, :i\t. ?.<?:.' .>?.*. .. '? nos ?*3 i- >',..? t' n . .i fj j'jiu's r-:l0Jl Rclt?CC ttu ministering a blow." Sergeants ioi lowed to see that full force was used After one or two thousand blows hat been given, the victim,spitting blood, was taken to the hospital and attendee to, iii order that the punishment might be finished as soon as he hat more or less recovered from the ef fects of the first part" of it. If h< ' died under the torture, the execntioi of the sentence was completed npoi the corpse. Nicholas I and his brothel were pitiless; no remittance of th< punishment was ever possible. will send you throngh the ranks; yoi shall be skinned under the sticks,' were threats which made part of the current language.-Prince Krapotkin? I in Atlantic Monthly. The Advantages of Losing Your Temper At football all manner of men have played at tho ends of the rush line an ideal man would be a composite ol all the other men on the team. He would be about five feet ten ii height and would weigh about on? hunch ed aud sixty-five or eighty. H< would have the speed of half, th< quickness of a quarter, the bulldog pluck and nerve of a guard, and th< brain of a captain. In addition to ai these (and contrary to the opinions o: most people) he would have a quid temper. There is nothing in footbal nor indeed in any form of athletics in compatible with a little of the "Ole Adam,"Jnor is there anything like anger to put life and fire into a tiree man late in the hard fought game. One can be as angry as he may and still be a gentleman. Temper, properly directed and controlled, wil add fierceness to one's tackles, speed to his running, and strength to hie blocking, as nothing else on eartl will do, and many the captains there ave who, knowing this, have stirred np .their wearied men with harsl words of command which they them selves realized were unmerited simply to make their teams work harder and faster-College Athlete. California's Big Bird. The South American condor is nc longer the king of flying birds. Th? ! rare California vulture, which is now only to be found in the Tocopah moun tains, holds the honor. It stands abonl four feet high, though it is neither ai ! weighty nor as strong as many birds : of smaller size. It has much the same appearance as the turkey buzzard. , Years ago the California' buzzard was ? quite plentiful, but poisoned meat in : tended for animals led to their extinc i tion. It is for this reason that the eggs of this bird are now more valua ble than those of the great auk. There ore fifteen perfect specimens of the ; latter known, while only two ?ggs ol I the California vuliare are preserved. -Cleveland Leader. Because. Lieutenant Sharpe of the navy was j lately appointed to one of the vessels recently bcurht by the government and had au interview with the secre tary of the navy. He observed that ^his new ship bore the same name as "his wife, adding, with a smile, that she had hastened to remind him that it would be tho first Josephine he had ever commanded. The secretary seemed amused. A few days later the name was cha?ad to the Vixen, and now I Mri. Sharpe rate to know why* A LAY OF THE COLF LINKS. It's up and away from our work today, For the breeze sweeps over the down; And it's hey for a game whero the gora* blossoms flame, .. And the b rac L- en is bronzing to brown. With the turi .'neath our tread and the bine And tho song'of the lark in the whin; There's the flag and the green, with the bunkers between--/ Now will yon pe over or in? The doctor may come, and we'll teach him ..jet' to know ? tee where no tannin can lurk; The soldier may come, and we'll promise to show Some hazards a soldier may shirk; I The statesman may joke, as he tops every stroke, That at last he is high in his aims; And the clubman will stand with a club ia his hand That is worth every club In St. James'. The palm the leather come rarely to getb /. Grlppl^the driver's haft, And itV?ood to feel the jar of tbe'steel And?he spring of the hickory shaft .Why trouble or seek for the praise of a clique A cl eek here ls common to all; And the lie that might sting ls a very small thing When compared with th9 lie of the ball. Come youth and oome age, from tlio study or stage, Prom bar or from bench-high ot low ! A green you must use as a cure for tho blues Yon drive them away as you go. We're outward bound on a long, long round, And it's time to be np and away; If worry and sorrow come back with the morrow, . At least we'll be happy today. -From A.Conan Doyle's "Songs of Action." HUMOROUS. Smith-It is .the unexpected that always, happens. Horrigan-Yis; un less we are lookin' for it. Quizzer-Is he so very intelligent?. Guyer-Yes, indeed. They refund to let him serve on a jury. , "Do you own your own house, Tweedies?" "No; wo", . had the same cook for seven jears.'* Uncle George-So you really think yon love the girl? Harry-Lovelier? Why, I actually enjoy her mother's company. Tommy-Paw, how did lead get its name? Mr. Bigg-They tried to make nails of it, bat found that it could not be driven. The wind across my chimney Wakes no depth of joy in me; Fori know that its wild singing Makes my coal bills bigger be. "No; I never carry my business into my home." "What is your busi ness?" "I am the proprietor bf aa intelligence office." He-Idon't believe you can tell who io tn Umv w?fVv _ghe (blushingly \.?;.ii ia ? ?;'?'. .;..'? . "I ]lf<f-- ??'~ ; .. ':>. . : Jin. ' r'dtjxt ! WuOeiDV :; :.r?- ?r.:t 'U ?Tl . ....l--c,_. ^mj-wsy re scuovc. - - A tack ia the road is a joke, you know, But they don't see the point'till toe late. . "I would die" a thousand deaths for yon," said the villain in his most silken tones. "I fear me mnch,."said the heroine, whose angel's love was growing cold, "that tho piece will not run ihat long." "I say," said Fuddles, who jsome times thinks he is smart, "what sort of fruit can yon raise on an electric plant?" But'Faddles.who also thinks he is smart occasionally, promptly re plied, "Currents." Two ministerial candidates named Adam and Low recently preached in a Scottish church. Mr. Low preached in the morning, and took for his text, "Adam, where art thou?" ile made, a most excellent discourse, and the congregation was much edified the evening Mr. Adam preached took for his text, "Lo ! here I a A recent advertisement contains the following: "If the gentleman who keeps the shoe-store with a ied head will return the umbrella of a young lady with whalebone ribs and an iron haudle to the slate-roofed grocer's shop, he will hear of something to his advantage, as the same is the gift of a deceased mother now no more with the name engraved upon it " A Chinaman's Memor. . * "The intellectual capacity of the Chinese may rank with the best in Western countries. Their own liter ary studies, in which memory plays-. the important part, prove the nation to be capable of prodigious achieve ments in that $???N?on. It is stated in Macaulay's pfte that had "Para dise Lost" beeG destroyed he could have reproduced it from memory. But even such a power of memory as he possessed is small as compared with that of many Chinese, who can repeat by heart all the thirteen classics; and it is ?s nothing to that of some Chi nese, who, in addition to being able to repeat the classics, can memorize a large part of the general literature of their country. "A Chinese acquaintance of mine was able at the age of sixty-five to re produce, verbatim, letters received by him in his youth from some of his literary friends famous as stylists. When pitted against European stu dents in school or college the China- . man is in no respect inferior to his Western contemporaries, and,whether in mathematics and applied science, or in metaphysics and speculative thought, he is able to hold his own against all competitors."-"China in Transformation," by AB. Colquhoun. The Canse of the Trouble. Mr. Muchblest1-Yes, doctor, I have a frightful cold. What did you say was your special method of treat ment? Physician-We strike at the cause or origin of the trouble. Mr. Muchblest-That's odd. Any how, you'll find the baby in the other room.-Brooklyn Life. Non-committal. Alderman's Wife-I see that the members of the Spanish Cortes don't get any salary at all. I wonder how they live. Alderman-Maria. I never divulge professional socvats, especially to womon.-OUoa?o Newa.