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._- - -T-. "" m~u----~ ' j - THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. ?DG?FI?LD, S. C., WEDNESDAY! J?N?A?Y 2?, 1899? . : ? ._YOL. LX? W NO. 4. _ i iir?tratfi" - - 1 ' ~"J' nm,,r M _ - -:----:- ~ I _, ~k,r- >w vnrilM/?_ DEATH'S .f I am a ferryman, old and gray. And tho river is deep and wide: And whoso'er crosses by night or by day Can never return, but forever and aye Must remain on thu other side. The .waters are cold-, nnd tho curront is swift, And the mists hang heavy and chill; And backward and forward they slowly drift, With never a break, and they never lift, Though they seem to be no ver still. Tho heavens aro dark, and tho courso is long. But my boat is staunch and true; /And tho waves aro rough, but ray arm is strong. An?? safely I ferry tho ghostly throng 'To the shore mist-hidden from view. All are equal who cross with mo, Beggar and millionaire; Vassal and king and bond and freo, Peasant and noble of high degree, The maid and her lady fair. -Dr. ?Je S EL CM EY'6 4 _?_ 4 BY FI*AN?I! When the colono'. 0f the -th cavalry summoned Captin Burden to regi mental head^llal.t.ev8, some one at the officers' nvoss asked who ho was, any way, tb .tt tho "old man" had picked hint tiona among a dozen old campaign er, for a consultation. "Nephew, or somethings to a sena tor,.'.' growled a grizzled lieutenant, who had seen 20 yeArS" of service and was jealous of the -th's reputation. "Fresh froraia desk in the war depart snient, but all-fired anxious to smell jDaqo powder." blight to join the rough riders," ?a&fce? nnothor; "they'll be in the fight tomorrow; th - th's too full already, and here's the old mau asking him to supper before he's seen a week of ser vice.** ^'TutV interposed tho regimental surgevm; "Burden's not a grecuhoruj 3in?i the colonel knows it? Beckon ^ou don't know wita: sent him out of Washington into this fever-stricken climate; do yo? thiolt a dougliboy'd join the fighting -th?" "Come," said the adjutant, locking ?arms with the surgeon, for ho saw tho flatter had something on his mind,and ?be, tex?, wits curious about Captain Bitten. "Let's go outside and leave .tte fellows to their growling;" then, Vvhsu they had passed beyond the noa of the mess tent, "What was tien has an income anti "Then what the dence? Why didn't ho stay in Washington and leave ns poor fellows to do the fighting?" "If you'd been ill Washington it wouldn't take much guessing," re plied the surgeon, "for if you'd been there you'd have known Miss E--, and she played Burden to throw him over for a doughboy, so all Washing ton was on to it and felt sorry for tho captain and didn't wonder when he threw np a fat position in the depart ment and petitioned the secretary for active service." n'And the doughboy," grunted ihe adjutant, "enlisted for a!l time in the new captain's behalf. Stayed in Wash ington with the reserves and-" "Not much,and that's what puzzles the wise-heads up there. He enlisted in the regulars and lit out for Santiago along with Burden, though I reckon they didn't come together." "What's his name?" asked the ad jutant?" The surgeon fumbled for the letter, glancing over it by the light of a neighboring lantern. "Hardey," said lie shortly, "and, by thunder, he's in the -th! What if he and Burden come together?" In the meantime Captain Burden, unconscious of the effect the summons from the colonel had upon his brother officers, ' stood before the commander of the regiment at headquarters. "Captain Burdeu," said the latter, noting withnpractised eye'ihe slender figure of the young officer, "you come tc the -th highly recommended for coolness and courage. Tomorrow we attack El Caney; I have been ordered to call for volunteers to do a little scouting. Witl you lead the party?" "Thank yon," said Burden, simply; "it will be an honor, I-" The colonel removed his ej*eglasses. "Young man," said he, seriously, "the bush is full of Spaniards; yon may bo killed or seriously wounded; every caution will be required." "I will do my best, sir," replied Captain Burden; "is the start to bo made at ouce?" The colonel wheeled around on his camp stool. "Orderly," said he, sharply, "tell Captain Clark that I wish a volunteer of two good men from his company to undertake a dangerous er rand near the en?ny's lines. You will skirt the base of El Caney, making a detonr to the north, lt is unneces sary to say the volunteers will be under orders from you and are to be gov erned by your judgment." Five minutes later tho ?ramp of ap proaching men was heard,and two cav alrymen entered the commander's preseuce. Captain Burden, noting them critically, started; the sharp tones of the colonel rang in his ears: "Corporal Joyce and Private Har dey, you are under orders to proceed according to Captain Burden's direc tion on a reconnoissance into the enemy's lines. That will do." Burden returned the rr ??i's salute mechanically. The presence of John Hardey filled him with conflicting emotions. He had fled from Washing ton hoping.to drown in the excitement of nn aggressive campaign the sorrow which this man had brought upon him. Had it not been for Hardey - he clinched his hands uutil the nails bit into the flesh. "What now?" an evil spirit whispered". ,ffie is in your power; you may order him whitbei' you will, oren to death by Spauinu bnl'eia: uouo will know of it, fop the Cubn? bush tells no tules? ' ERRYMAN. The weary toiler who longs To* rest, Brave youth and manhood proud; The erring one With his sins confessod, Th? sinless babe <m tho mother's breast And tho mother with sorrow bowed. Somo on the'.r journey set forth alofi*, With trembling and anxious Tears; Some amid wailing, with Sob and moan, And prayers that their lives had never known. And heartbreak and bitter toars^ Maa brought naught into Ino world savo death, And naught can ho j,akc. away; Naked was he when first drow breath, Aad naked will when he goes with rPeaVSi On his sile^V, rnystertorts way. So all aro equal whea fr?iitu s?ts free, .To cross to the dist&at strand; Tho king and Vassal and bond and free, Whether ?f lowly or high dogroe, Must ?lt iross the rivor of Death with me To enter that unknown land, hn A. Gilbert, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. C&??A?AAALA?I? ?uf? The colonel wondered at the pale ness upon the face of the young offi cer ns he passed fr?ni the teut into the darkness beyond. Could he be afraid? He dismissed the thought With ? langh. Captain Burden had come to the -th with the highest rec ommendations from the secretary of war. , Out beyond thc shelter of the.camp, Burden led his men straight into the thick, prickly brush. At times he could almost feel Hardey's breath upon his face and hear the vp-"ce whispering in his ear: "To the left, to tho left! He will reach the Spaniards sooner there." Ear up the height a dozen tiny lights glimmered in tho darkness-the Span ish torches about the blockhouse of El Caney* To the left thtt faint ring of steel told thc three Americans th?t the enemy's sentinels "v'?r? wide awake, ready to fire blindly in the darkness. Captain Burden paused. "Private Hardey-, " said he, so husk ily he scarce recognized his own voice, "move cautiously to the left, keeping well in tho shadow of the bush; the corporal and I will detour to the right, approaching the slope further on." Hardey's hands came to a quick salute. "Very good, sir!" replied Jue, steadily, though he must have known he rah against the very muzzles of 7*1 .1.''.">. ohont. A iniuuro p_ serged as many hours. The heat and blackness of. the brush stifled the Americans, the sharp thorns tore their clothe! . and lacerated their bodies. Corporal Joyce lamented the Jute which had sent him to Cuba. Captain Burden moved forward as one bereft of feeliug. He had become a machine, a thing devoid of sense and feeling, a. human sounding board waiting to catch a rifle crack from El Caney. Suddenly the buzz of insects, the crunching of the dry leaves aud twigs under the feet of the moving men, thc noise made by the passage of their bodies through the brush were drowned by the echoing report of a Mauser rifle; then another, a third and fourth and fifth. Corporal Joyce unconsciously clutched his officer's arm. "God!" he whispered, "they've riddled him, an' a braver fellow never wore a sabre." Captain Burden staggered as though the bullets from the Mausers had pierced his body. A cry sounded in the stillness following the echo of the shots; an appeal for help,and the voice was Hardey's. ; For an instant Burden wavered, then, before.the corporal could restrain him, dashed through the matted chap paral to the slope of El Caney, upon whose summit danced a hundred Spanish torches awakened into life by the fire of the sentinels. With Joyce panting at his heels, he pushed forward, drawing his revolver as he ran and shouting aloud to Har dey to answer him, that he might gain the private's. side in the dark ness. Breaking through the bush,he came upon an open space unsheltered from tho Spanish guns above, to stumble over Hardey, who, resting on one el low, was keepiug off five white-clothed, figures with his revolver. Perhaps the Spaniards feared an attack from the entire American army. At wight of Burden and the corporal they wavered, forgetting the Mausers in their hands, that they were five to three with one of the latter sorely crippled. "Corporal," said Burden, sharply, noting with quick perception the con fusion of tho Spaniards, "to the rear with Private Hardey. I will cover you." . A flash of admiration filled the cor poral's eyes. "God, sir!" he mut tered, "they'll shoot you like a dog; I-" "To thc rear, sir!" shouted Captain Bnrdeu; "he's light and-" Then, as the bulky corporal lifted the wounded cavalryman,slinging him across his shoulder like a bag of meal, Burdon faced the astonished Span iards. "No," cried Hardey, struggling in the arms which would bear him in safety; "stop, for God's sake, cor poral!" Theu, in an appeal of agony: "Save yourself, Burden: she will not marry me, it's you-" The sharp crack of the captain's re volver cut short the sentence. "Run!" heshouted; "I'll hold them off." Four times the revolver cracked ere the Spaniards, realizing 'twas but one man who confronted them,raised their rifles. Corporal Joyce, tearing through the chapparal, beard tho whiplike crack of the dreaded Mausers, then once more t-ho sharp i cpoi't of the oftptftiu'N revolver, Afterward, carao ailioee, SftYs for tho groaning ot P?yate H&v? dey and the rustle of the parting branches. * * ? ; ? % * * On the niorning of July 3, after the tshuvg? on El Caney.au orderly halted before tho quarters of the fighting -th. * "*'A letter for Captain Burden," ro pliedhe to the sentry's query,1 .franked at the war departmen^an* frtan ft lady. I reckon he wcvivt w?n,tt'o Vv??l for it." Th^coione^ Uulned aside the tent flap. '.'Surdon',;> said he, "tnrniug te jH\? %m?t who followed him, "tell that Yellow Captain Burden's dead, killed in an ambuscade. And, surgeon, you'd better take tho letter and forward it to Washington. "-Washington Star. PEARLS IN M.A.W? VVO??S. Found Itt Mjisiicls-and nu Invalid Tt'.ode ?&??ndcr Makes Money Ont of Them. Henry Spears, an invalid from Paw tucket, B. I., who passes most of his time in the Maine forests, going from place to place with guides and canoes, has gathered and sold nearly $800 worth of pearls from frosh water mussels dining the past season: . lie went to Giiddstone; shit?s tli? Sun, itt May sop'? after the lakes . ?pened! When he had fished for trout in Moose head lAk? fdr a time ile weut across the watershed and floated down the Allegash toward Now Brunswick. When beyond Chamberlain lake, and 100 miles from the nearest settlement, he had a hemorrhage which compel'ed the party to lay by for a month. One day when the food supply was growing scarce Mr. Spears's guides went up stream to cut some hard wood for fuel. Coming down in the ccnoo and towing the wood and limb'- be hind them, they passed through half a mile of quick water that flowed over a stony bed, and on arriving at camp they found a large number of mussels were attached to the limb? which had rubbed against the bed of . th? streani. At the request ?f Mr. Spears; some bf these mollusks were opened iud pr?p?red for supper. Before the guides liad shucked a pint they had discovered three pearls; due of which was as big as ? seven shot. They found fivo other pearls iu the shells which had come down attached to the brush. From that time until Mi'. Spears waa able to travel tho guirioa ilcvotetl their energies to pearl hunting. When Mr. Spears and his men arrived at Cari bou the pearls were sent by express to Boston, aud ten days later a check for $350 was received. They visited the place again in September, and in five days had found a quantity of pearls that sold for .$430. The mussels from which Lhe pearls - ~i,+?in.?d aro the long, dark #0 Taxes on beards are leviod in Jap anese cities. Coins 2000 years old are in circu lation in China. Fowls are plucked alivo in Malta, in the public markets, and in some parts of England. Hogs are fattened on oranges in Paraguay, aud orange-fed pork is said to be very good. Bamboo pens slill retain their hold in India, where they have becu in uso for more than 1000 years. In Hungary there aro thousands of villages aud hundreds of small towns without a doctor within ten milos. Tu the Franco-German war every third German soldier had a map of the country through which ho was trav eling. A medical authority in Berlin, Ger many, declares that not one of Ger-, many's professional bicyclists has a vsound heart. Originally the custom of raising the ha't Avas a sign of submission, imply ing that the person uncovered placed himself at thc mercy of his foe. The .town clock in the eily hall of Kokoino, Ind., got out of order, re cently, and William Brinkman, a blind mau, was called upon to repair it. He climbed to the tower, at a height of 185 feet, aud deftly performed tho work. Frederic and the Prussian I-ieu'onant. Harold Frederic's self confidence ?nd power of dominating strangers stood him in good stead in one of his first visits-if not his very first visit to Berlin. The incident as ho related it seemed natural enough to an .Amer ican not brought up in the awe of a military caste, but to those who knew Germany it was almost surprising that he came through it with Iiis life. Ho had been paying some formal diplo matic calls and in the evening dropped in at the Cafe Bauer in the unwonted glory of a frock coat aud a tall silk hat. This hat was carefully huug on a hatstaud and Frederic sat down to read an English newspaper just ar rived. Enter a particularly linc speci men of the lieuteuent, booted and spurred and sworded and epauletted. He brushed against tho hatstaud, knocked Frederic's hat over into the sawdust, and swaggered to "his seat without as much as looking around. The slight to the hat was more than Freddie could endure In a towering passion he went to the lieutenant, stood over him aud pointed to the object on the floor. "Pick up that hat, sir," he roared. The officer stared amazed, the waiters were paralyzed with terror at hearing one so much more than human so ad dressed by a civilian. "Pick up that hat," repeated Frederic in a tone more menacing th.au before. And the lieutenant did what hs was told. He was as irresistibly dominated by t:ie courage and force of the man as a schoolboy before his. m ister; or .per hn ps he thought Frederic cai ried the cu omary West American revolver. Sat r relay Be view. It has been calculated that the loss from illness averages 20,000,000 weeks of work in tho year, or 2 1-2 per cont, ol' tho work dona by the whole popu lation butwooa fifteon and sixty-live ftM of age, THE NSCARA Scenes Along the Prop< N?rth ?n? So ANAL building seems to be the rage now. Dividing North and South America, by., meads' &f tHe Nicaragua Canal will be the next great engineering feat. Americans wil do it, American..' skill and ability will plan it, Ameri can contractors will? li execute it with, th? f H:d of. American inaohinery: It is now universally ad initted that a short cut must be made j; for ships between the Atlantic and the. Paoific. . Since 1826, when the first party of American engineers penetrated the tropical wilderness of Nicaragua, every ? part of the country south, of Mexico* has been carefully examined. Thef United States, Europe and Mexico A COFFEE PLANTATION have been intorestcdi Elaborate maps, have been made, Volumes ol scientific^ data compiled and every engineering* problem has been studind orj J 110 feet aooye uv- xeaching within three and one-half miles of the Pacific and twelve and three-quarter TYPICAL SCENE ALONG THE CANAL BOUTE. miles of the Atlantic (5cean. The total length of navigation is 169J rnilesj there will be threo lift locks at each end of the summit level ; For miles huge machines must dig away loose rock, sand and mud and force it through pipes some two or three miles away. For many miles machines must scrape but the bed of the river and lakes along the line of the canal. Some of these great dredges would dig out from G000 to S000 cubic yards of material every twenty-four hours. Thousands of men must work with picks and shovels where the ma chines cannot stretch out their giant arms aud-dig away at the canal bed. PIG DREDGES AT WORK ON THE ENT Tho reason tho Nicaragua route ?B the best one is that a* water way has been found that requires canal dig ging for the shortest distance. You can leave tho Caribbean Sra in a steamer the size of one of our small : coasters, and can go to a point where i you can reach the Pacific Ocean by walking three hours at a moderate i gait. It is but twelve miles distant, i Ii your steamer has a mast fifty feet j high, by climbing to the top of this mast you dan seo the blue line of the i Pacific in tho distauce. The natural part of the canal is : formed by the San Juan Uiver and Lake Nicaragua, of which it is au ont- i let. The. lalee is a brtsin la tho Cen? i tm I American Plain, filled with fresh i water ranging from ton to 240 feet in J depth, and is 110 miles In length, Ita i cmtlot is not \m ita 409 feat vide at j .. .. *. . 3UA CANAL, i ' FT-'--"-- ft' jed Waterway to Divid? p| utrl Arheric?. ? 1 m * ft?y point, and varies from twelve to - fifty and sixty feet in depth. Bat at. one point of the river, and only a few < miles 'from the Atlantic coast, an iearthquake ot some other convulsi?n,'. ^b'Ss'ibly a thonsaiid ye^rs:back,' thr'?vf np a barrier of rock; which must be cut or rather blown out in order td al* low the passage of large steamships. ! To take away this rock and to build looks and dams to support the walls of water to the required depth are the great engineering feats of the Nica ragua Canal. Tons of the most power ful explosive* must bfl used, Holes must b? ?rilTe? iii stfcn ? m??nGr ?hjit. th^.forpe.ofth'? explosives. wUh whicli th?y ?re loaded will work directly on ih?^portion of Ijhe channel to be exca vated. Some of the blasts will contain fully 50,000 pounds of explosive.. * , If a ship passes through this cut the summit of the , rock will be higher ihanthe top other mainmast. An ex cavation over 125 feet wide must be made, for the minimum width of tho canal will be 100 feet. ??RD BRING- ON THB CANAL, Two great'dam? will be n??ded?to maintain the water ways at a proper level. These are termed the Ochoa ..... navel a waterway ove? 150 miles long, on which the fall is but four feet of the entire longtn. To reach the summit level, as this is termed, that is, the highest point of the canal, involves another engineer ing problem, on which many years of study have been spent by somo of the most noted experts in the world. The decisi?n reached by' most of the engineers has been a system of locks. Thespians provide for three on one side bf the summit level and three on the other. -The highest will raise a vessel forty-five feet, aud the lowest will raise her between twenty and twenty-fire feet. They are to be 850 feet long, eighty feet wide and thirty feet deep. The St. Louis or St. Paul, for instance, could easily be accommodated in them. The canal will be less than thirty feet deep and 100 feet wide on the bot tom. The locks will be constructed of the largest blocks of stone and con crete ever used for this purpose, and will be closed by gates of steel, be side which the largest lock gates in the wor?d will seem ?3 pigmies. The greatest industry in Nicaragua is coffee culture: The one drawback t? the business and to all enterprises in Nicaragua, is the want, not only of labor, but of the proper kind of labor. A gentleman who is engaged in the coffee industry said recently that his laborers would get drunk on Sunday, take all day Monday to sober up, come to work on Tuesday and continue working until Friday or Saturday, when they would lay off again, so that the mozo of the country labors about one-half of tho time. Counting Sun days there are 165 fiestas, or feast RANCE TO THE NICARAGUA CANAL. days in Nicaragua, during which time ' the mozo "toils not, neither doth he ' spin." < The Department of Matagalpa is destined to be a great coffee center at ' no far distant day when the great ' canal is buill There are now about , ?,000,000 trees under cultivation and each month the number is largely in creased. Persons who claim to have a knowledge of the subject state that whereas in other parts of Nicaragua * the yield per tree is from half a pound to a pound and a half of coffee, in Matagiilpa the trees produce from two to four pounds. A number of Ameri- ] cans ave engaged in tho coffee iudns- i try, some owning as hi^li as 2000 man- 1 sanas-n9arly 4000 aoves, These 1 landa can bo purobfts?d from the Gov ( srtimeut at tho rato of $1,50 per man* 1 im, Mug about two Engliab, acree, j I though, there are some largo holdings'*,; he majority do riot' average over: wenty aoros. ' DOES IT MEAN SEPARATION? ' k Stir Caused by an Act or the Norwegian Diet. great, stir has been caused in S? otway and Sweden by tho recent ac ion of the Storthing at 0tir'?3ti?ri$ in: ,he matter of the Norwegian flag. The Storthing has voted that hereafter THE Ii AUGE FLAG IS THE r?l?'VOSBD FLAG OF NORW AT. Norway's banner shall float without a jack-the symbol of the union with Sweden. Some say that should King Oscar veto the resolution two more diets must pass upon the matter be fore it ean go into effect-; others' that the flew fl?g will ?ome into immedi ate us?; Since' ?S?4 th? disses* rela tions have . been maintained beiweeii Norway-arid Sweden: At that time the' ?sig St each ri?ti?ri tfd? fihang?d so that the jack in the ripper left-hand ??rfier' combined the colors of the other na tion," .For several .years past,. how ever,, there has been a growing feel ing of discontent in Norway concer'n-' iug the close relations of the two pow ers. This dissatisfaction King Oscar has 'striven to assuage. Th? two countries have entirely separate and distinct governments, but are ruled by the same king, Oscar of Sweden. Each country has its own parliament, which pasaos lawn for its respective coun try.' All laws are subject to the ap proval or disapproval of the king. The flag of Norway, with the jack left out) will bo four red corners, with ? Greek cf??s. of . .blue through the center; The Swedish- flag, has four blue corners; w"ith & jack of red;.bins and yellow in the upper left-hand Cor ner and a Greek cross of yellow in the ince iu my wau, ...... unKed him why chose so strange an attitude. T answer was, "To look in the glass "Why; there-is no glass there," ea the friend. "Bless me!" exclaimed Burrowes, "I did not notice that before." Then, ringing the bell, he called the servant and questioned him respecting the looking-glass which had. been hanging on the wall. "Ob, sir;" said the servant; "it was broken six weeks ago';" A certain le?rn?d professor at Cambridge is a very absent-minded man. A friend of his had been seriously ill. When he was convalescent the professor used td send him jellies and other delicacies, One day he took him a fine bunch of hothouse grapes. The old friends were very pleased to see each other, and were soon deep in a discussion. The professor, becoming interested, began absent-mindedly nicking the grapes, taking one at a time till they were all gone. On going out of the door he called back to his friend, ."Now, mind yon eat those grapes; they will do you all the good in the" world." Hi? Plnlntire Plea rre-ralled; A homesick Japanese is as homesick a man as can be. One who acted as cook on the Indiana last summer sent in the following pathetic petition for bis release: "Excuse me. Honorable Offers. I am always thanking for your kindness, that I could not forget perpetually. Last nfonth I higned for my work, therefore I have a duty to do make my respousibile for a year, but for the sako of I could not under stand English language, I could not give you even a satisfaction aud more over I would often trouble my friends, by this I have many sorrow. If I must bear with patience this work fot a year, I must take a sick surely. I have* to do much thing for my native country. Though you will refuse my wish I will never free away because I believe a God and have many honor. But my Honorable Offers please ex cuse me jr y work and give me a free." It is pleasant to be able to add that he did not have to take a sick, for he got his free-New York Commercial Ad vertiser. The Gnest and the Ico-Puddinjr. A story reaches'the Scots Pictorial concerning an occasion on which Loid Rosebery was entertaining a larg? party, among others a farmer who tasted ice-pudding for the first time. Thinking that something had gone wrong in the kitchen, and desiring to save his fellow-guests the pain of his own experience, he whispered to his host that the pudding by some mischance had got frozen. His Lord ship listened gravely, without moving a muscle of his face, tasted the pud ding, thanked the farmer, and then called a servant. After some little conversation, ho turned to the farmer with a relieved expression, and said: "It's all right, Mr. -. They tell me it's a new kind of pudding, and is frozen on purpose." Thereafter the 'armer partook of his portioij with avident relish. To Dry the Hair. A New Yorker has patented an ap* paratus for drying the hair after washr ng or shampooing, a metallic casing aavhg a he.atiDg stove at the bottom ivith cir inlet li?les, the air being Urawn to tba top of the canias r.nd J!own through a funnel by roeft8.fi ot' ?reY?Magtoa, HORSE? ?Nf> MULES* Now Is"the Ti'/?e ??V tho Brectlfcr io' f?tfffe Them ?r6fltob!y. Now that the bicyclei's nwVtonbtedly JD. the wane, anti the true standing jf the horse can be measured without orejudice, it is quite ?vident to all that there will be money in fessing these mimais for the future, writes E. P. 3mith in the Michigan Farmer. Th? Says' ?t.the [Horse's usefulness have not pasBed IJV good; On the contrary w:e will probably s??a gradual revival of the animal's popularityy especially for pleasure driving. A great msny disposed of their horses to take to wheeling because of the novelty of the fad, and they' aro now returning to their first love again. Ttfere is a.better demand now in the cities for goed horses. Poor horses will never mo?'C b? need?d. Neither will small horses be' ffwded. Mod?rate or large-sized horses ?i?'a the tfeSiy rad they should be raised either for their ffpeed or ihoir strength. Weight and strength* tom bined with slowness in draft horses Will nert do. Medium heavyweight draft h"o*ses that have a. brisk walk and a good trot, sell in any market for suras rang ing /ritaf #1G0 upward. This is an age of speed,' ft?d ths ?low business horse is ruled ou?' Well-matched pairs of horses that are goocf drivera, and crossed with French coach horses'/ fy&cakm?j soll for $1000 to ?1200 per pair." HcTsfls of this class arc needed for private ?f?WWy ftutl they mnst combine several go?V? qftel?ties-me dium weight, moderate speed1,' ?tfc?lity of temper, aud good aijpearance iii harness. Style and speed without too much mettle aro the chief require ments, ' Now horses can be raised from colts to three-year-olds for $50, and horses soid rtt this age thai hare good blood will 'frequently still for three to five times that amount. Colls have little ??ematfd; anti it does not pay ta raise them' for the" irtarke't.- One must figure upon holding1 them t?fi? a good mar jUtable age: In New ?oirl h ?'orse" is* not n?ii?k good before it is six year? of age. But h'oroeff' intended for that market should be the ,eream pf the li'erd, and, they should be raised so 'as to come >>p to the three or four him* dred dollar sfa*n?Hrd. Besides horses, in ul S's fltfl good ani mal? to raise on the farm, arid roany farmers prefer to breed them to horses', finding, as they claim, more money in the work. The recent demand for mnleB by the United States govern ment fdr the Spttiisli war showed how few mules Were really in existence in the' Country. New there will be an inicrerisiri^ dema?ct for Porto Elco and Cuba in the ric^rt few years, and thero bly be moro' money than lis business. Thsse cer K* to be twr. - ' -nVN* -.?cr the capture of a small fort by the Japauese and the retreat of ^uch til .their enemies as had not been taken prisoriersV ii healthy looking Chinese baby was foti net bf th* victors lying on the ground in their ffrfe of march. The captain of a division picked him up aud did his best to administer' consolation and presently called oue f the prisoners, to whom he offered is liberty on condition that he should iake the child to his parents. The captive joyotisly assented, but thd baby' frti??d a halsy', objection. He lifted his voice' cm high ?nd cried so loudly wh?n th?' attempt was made to take him from hrs Japanese friend1 that the latter saw ho resource but to* submit. So, holding the baby on his left atm, while he grasped his sabre with thor' right, Captain Higuchi marched on'to the capture of the next fort, receiving meanwhile a bullet through his cap. The baby looked on wonderingly tfhile the fort Was taken in gallant style,ftrid se?me'c? io btfqth'te unmoved by th?' diu and Aproar of hattie so long as he could fest ?potf his cap tain's shoulder. When the fight was over the captain! gave the child to some of his troopers, who bore the little creature to ? Chin ese house near. by. First Mention of Tins. Pins were first mentioned in an act of Edward IV. which forbade their importation with a view to protecting the home made article in L463. John Tilney of Bristol first established their manufacture in Gloucester in 162(5, and there it flourished for two centuries, ? These merry lines of Dib' den tell us :' The ladies, Heavot? bless them all, ?s sure as I've a nose oa, Ia former times bad only thorns Aud skewers to. stick their clothes on. No damsel then was worth a pin, Whato're it mii?ltt have cost her, Till gontle Johnny Tilney Invented pins in Gloucester. It is strange that pins have been made for only -150 years, while needles have been used for over forty centuries. New York World. Fnsslnp; of tho "Cutaway." The disappearance of the so-called "cutaway," even from the ready-made shops, relieves us of the painful duty of condemning it as au article unfit for nay use. It was at its best a com promise between the sack coat and the flock coat,and as such it was an im pertinence. Either one or the othor is iroper, and half-way measures do not fit the case. "Cutaways" were neither fish nor-flesh nor good herring. We wr,h that the ."derby" hat would follow those obnoxious garments into oblivion, but at present there is ap-* pareutly io escapo from it. The derby is less objectionable with the sack coat than wth anything else, but that is ail we can say for it.-Providence J ouvual. School T>nc for Children. A Gorman author, G. Salomon, has written a treatiseT which he receoni memls that children should not be 3ent to school till tieir seventh year, that in the first year three hours a day should be the maximum of bruin werk, and that tho bodily health should be looked nitov with ? pedal care from tho ninth to tlc twelfth yoav, WtttN UNfc IO iwwnv When one is young what matte/W ?are? ?oryouth has nfirth and joy to spare? ?hs future is a blazing fire That lights the pathway of desire, . , And doing'? but a name lor .are. j What smiling mask* the grim fates wear, i How amiable and debonair I The bes* seems easy to acquire When ono is young. Youth is a multi-mllMonaire Who fattens on the best of faro: Whom all delights and naught cnn tire; Who treat? tho world os hf? empire. But old ago sou Us fatal snare When one is young. -Chicago Record. HUMOROUS. . "And why did she choose him among so many?" "The others did not projpose." Teller-The cashier has skipped. President-I'vo been afraid that that iellow would get ahead of nie. ''What makes you admire Miss Jes sup so niucb?" "I tried to make love to her and she wouldn't let me." Pond Mamma-Bobby, Bobby, what* ever makes you so restless? Bobby -Having to keep still sb much, Lflnji. pose. ; Don't you know mc, Willie? I am your father's uncle." "Axe you tho man pa goes to when he's short, of money?" Tlfir Sweet Young Thing-Bat why should not W9men enter politics? The Savage Bachelor-Too many bosses there now. Armstrong-Shortson claims to be. ? self-made mau. Couklin-Him, looks as- if he ran out of material, doesn't he? Tho tramp sat on tho farmer's fenqe, And made a happy sigh; His life seemed full of rosy tints, / For he was full of pie. Bill-What kind of whiskers onghi butchers to wear, Jack? Ja?k-Bloweil if I know*. Bill-Why, mut toll chops, of course. He told her that it was impossible to find words to tell her how much he* loved ?er. The next day he received a! present of a dictionary. "She hao such liquid tones," said the young man* " "How appropriate!" 6'aid the young woman. "Her talk drowns ?very other sound." v First Tramp-I hear they are build tog a ney jail -with all modern im proVctoents. Second -Tramp^That won't do Ci? HO good. You'll" ne??^ a - pull to get in there'. ; "Since this perca?? gown supplies ' me with rations for two days, I sup-, pose it is what is termed a rational costume," remarked the goat, chuck ling coarsely to himself. "Poor Maud! She was crnelly tie nflivfld whnn sim rnnrr;?^ ?1$ dr*Tv,vr '* l?f i-f/.-fout ?ht- ha.? icu: ...e? '"th?i? ?-6 h> Ble*?'- re?ir* t :'? ::\ he; :--A&- ho . ': ? Ki;?cv't\i<v\ \'r I . jina u? t?i b?i.?i?i-? ..? ..r'i-flr.. " i*-Ts is .??.<?..:.;.. ir ';;'i .;..;.;."-dy I V..< .<.:.. run v.o?r.e?? -\i?.h on?: ttt,?S>?fcylC; ;_.ww ^ wu j creese lost even^ ing, arfd I know you hate her. Har riet-Oh, well, what's a kiss? I know where I can get plenty more. First Volunteer-I hoar Bili's fell dead in love with that girl that nursed him. Second" Volunteer-Eight you gre. He got mashed on the beautiful way, she always stuck her little ?Dger oaf -Svon she fixed his bandages. Uncle (vigHkig his student nephew) -Glad to see yeti ?0 hard at work,my boy. What are yon doing there? Nephew - Chemical experiments, un cle-combining acids with metal. By the way, do you happen to have any metal about you? . i liri timi NaVrtf Jtnnche Under Fire. .' Ii -was iii this figbt that a shrapnel shell struck the road within ten inches 6f the footof1 the British naval attache, CaptfHii Paget, and lifted five Wiscon sin vo?u'nfeers off their feet and knocked them ?ewii. For. a moment Paget was lost /c* view in ? cloud ol dust and smoke, /rom which no one expected to see him reappear alive,but he strode ont of it uutonched,remark> ingy i? a tone of extreme annoyance, ''There was a shell in the Soudan once did exaetly that same thing to me.?" His tone seemed to suggest that there was a limit to any man'? patience. A few minutes later a solitary tree be neath which ho was ?itting was struck by a'uotber shell which kitted two and wounded! three men. Paget, who had been in a dozen eampaigns, toole ii all ns a matter of course aud assisted one of the wounded men ont of the rau^o of the bullets from thc side of a steep and high hill. The sigut did more tj poimlarizo the Anglo-American al lian o', with tho soldiers than conk! the weightiest argument of ambassador^ or statesmen.-Eichard Harding Davis in Scribner's. Captain Sijrsbee's Belier. Captain Sigsbee in his "Personal Narrative of the Maine," which is ono of the lending features in Tbs Century, says: "Before reciting the details immediately connected with the de struction of thc Maine, it may be stiid that I did not expect she would be' blown up, either from interior or ex? terior causes, although precautions were taken iu both directions. Never theless, I believed that she conld b& blown up from the outside,provided a sufficient uumber of persons of evil disposition and with the conveniences at hand, were free to conspire for the purpose. It was necessary to trust the Spanish authorities in great de gree for protection from without. 1 believe that tho primary cause of the destruction of. tho Maino. was an ex plosion under the bottom of the ship, as reported by the court of . inquiry. How it was produced, or whether il I was produced by anybody intention j ally, I do not know; therefor?* I ? ave. carefully avoided accusation." Who Loved Him? "Somebody loves me," he softly" cooed. "And can 00 guess who some body is y She raised her great gray eyes until their glance rested full" upon his beaming countenance. - "Oo," ehe answered, with all'thc contidonea of a trusting heart, Intui tively awaro of tuebasio Bentimenf that ftoto?t?9 ??fi&W??. - p?troi