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THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNS, Pws't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. redivided Profits ( $110,000. Facilities of our magnificent New Vanlt [containing 410 Safety-Lock Boxes. Differ ten: Sizes are offered to our patrons and 1 tho public at $3.00 to 810.00.per auaum. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDG?M?LD, S. C., WEDNESDAY; APRIL 5, m. PlftSTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AtTG SJ ST A, GA. 1 Pays Interest on Deposita Accounts Solicited. L. C. HATS*, President. W. C. WABDLAW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 14. tHE IV ^e said to hiinseir, "I would fain be rich. No squandering spendthrift, I ; With might and main the gold ni.gain, To spend in the by and by. I'll grasp and gather and pinch and "save, Nor answer the ioo's Who jeer, But my hungry till their coin shall All, To pay .fer ??ach mocking snoer.'' And so, as the years rolled swiftly by, A mountain of gold he piled, Whose shadow fell on his lonely cell, Where never a loved one smiled. Be meant to barter his wealth for joys To brighton his journey's end, Bnt it grew a part of his very heart Tfcuu be could not bear to spend. I THE DEXTER BT F. G. The Dusters were noted as a family : for their shrewdness, and Squire Der- 1 ter was proud of it. He called it fore sight which enables him to? get much fer little, and lie was ?laV?d when be saw the same trait creep out now and then in Don and Aleck, his sons. Not that the Dexters were dishonest .cs the world defiues dishonesty; the squire would"not h^ve done anything that lie though: dishonorable, but he lyutra knack of, getting the best of a bargain. ' ' For varions reasons Squire Dexter s ??lid not ^eep n horse, which was a . sore vacation to the hoys. Doll was Mr. ? Dick's hoi .sc, ? clean-limbed Joran'g chestnut which the squire liked t'o drive. As he frequently hired the animal, he thought himself quite a benefactor to poor Mr. Dick. Mr. Dick had uot made such a suc cess.financially ns had the squire. He was a simple,straightforward o'd man, who had seen nearly all bis property ?Jip through bis fingers in bis dealings "with those sharper than himself. The squire said this was due to a lack of business qualifications, and he private ly opined that the old man should not keep a horse, siuco be could hardly provide himself and wife with neces saries. Br.t old Mr.Dick clung to his horse, and as no one except the Dexter boys had evinced much desire to own it, be had encountered no great temptation , to part with it. Now the temptation had come in : 4he form of bodily needs. The old man shivered in bis thin clothes that morning as he 'carried Doll. ] "After Doll again?" he asked, with an abortive attempt to cease shivering ! as the boys rushed into the stable. "Yes, sir," answered -.^ "Your pa's getting pretty . Doll," said Mr. Dick, giving, touch, to her mane. "I don't see v he don't have a horse. " ""Norsaid Don. imnnV^v-ely. ^^emfglitl?^ D-?tl," 3r-.id tt?e ol-i j man, slowly. Don and Aleck exebuuged glanrc*. Don slipped on the bridle before he put the question that was crowding '. for utterance: "Would you sell her?" j "Pr? seen the time I wouldn't, but it's different now," said Mr. Dick, ( sadly. "I'm getting old, and-and- . I need the money. " The boys knew what this meant. ( Last week there had been talk that tho Dicks would be on tbe town this win ter. "How much will you take for Doll?" asked Aleck. "It don't seem as if $75 ought to be too much. Doll's got good blood in her-but I do need the money," the old mau sighed. "Will you give father the refusal until tomorrow?" It was Don who put this question. He could not await Aleck's more deliberate speech. "I'd rather your family should have her. Yon know how to use a horse, and yon like Doll," partly mused the old mau. The squire had told the boys to put Doll to the carriage before bringing her np tho lane to tbe house door, but they could hardly wait to this, so eager were they to tell the news. ' "It's what I call ? bargain," said Don, emphatically, as he jumped into the carriage. 'Tes," assented Aleck, "father sup posed old man Dick would want $100 for ber." ; "Well, Uncle Eben will think it ? cheap.' He paid $800 for a span, and I guess neither one was any better than Doll." Soon they were at the gate where Squire Dexter and his brother were standing. Don screamed out first. "We've struck such a bargain, father!" Then the two, as they tumbled out of the vehicle, poured out an excited account of their call on the old man. Squire Dexter turned to his brother w.'t'i a laugh. 'They're Deiters, Eben, through and through. Know a good thiug when they see it." "And will you take her, father?" said Don, as the squire aud Eben got into the buggy. "We'll see. Uncle Eben will test her." It was coon before the two men re turned. Eben Dexter was a good judge of horseflesh, and the animal had bee i dos .ly scrutinized in every part?cula-. As be stepped out of the carriage \e eager boys heard him say, "I'd clinch it at once She'll sell in the market for $300 at least, with that style and actiou. Sound as a dollar, too. I'll find a buyer nt that price any day. I'll give you $200, myself." "Whew, but did you hear that?" Don whistled ecstatically, and gave Aleck a punch in the ribs that sent him headlong into the vacated carriage as they got in to take the mare borne. "I should say I did," grumbled Aleck, rubbing his side. "But it won't do a fellow any good with his ribs smashed to flinders. "We mustn't look too delighted," cautioned Aleck. "Old man Dick may repent w'ien we tell him father will coiie to see him ab jut Doll." "iso, he won't. He ;s i't that kind. HG'S straight as a string, if he is poor. You kuow pa's said more than once that he wouldn't have been so poor if he hadn't been no straight. He's a good old mau, and it's a pity he and oM Mrs. Dick 've got to come down to the poorhouse." Don flicked a bit of hr.y out of Doll's tail. "And even USER. fie died, and all bis 'schemes and plann She mould of the churchyard hid, h 'ne'er ii tear on his friendless bier, Nor flower on his coffin lid ; Ho left his gold for a spendthrift fool To scatter to earth and sky, And the grasses wave on his lonely grave, Neglected and rank au J high. There are beautiful lands that ho might have seen. There are joys that ho might have known, Tb'ere are cries to heed, there are mouths to feed, There is seed he should have sown. And grateful blessings from thankful lips, And love of a child and wife, All these he sold for a bag of gold And bis was a wasted Ufo. -Joe tl?COl?; ^BARGAIN, i GRANT. jjt 875 Vi^xx'l go far to keep them out very f?n g." "That's so," replied Aleck; "but I'm glad we've got the chance to get the horse as long as he had to sell her, though I'm sorry for them." Mr. Dick was looking for the return of the horse and met thom at the gate. The boys said nothing, according to Aleck's suggestion. But the old maa betrayed his anxiety. "Did you speak to your pa about Doll?" "Oh, yes, Mr. Dick. Father 'll he across to see yon." "I wouldn't be in any hurry, only it's all I can depend on for winter," said the old mau. "I'd like to get in coal before the price rises, and there's Doctor Smith's bill-he don't like to wait long,and Mrs. Dick's apt to have him any time with her rheumatism and some flannels for her and then the living." "Father'll let you know befor? the time's up," answered Aleck. "Poor old mau has got the price whittled down pretty close," observed Don, as he swung the hitching-strap against the gate-post in turning into the street, lt was Don's habit to hit things when he was thinking hard. "He'd cut it still more, I suppose," Aleck rather curtly replied, "but he needs nu overcoat." Nothing more was said. They hur ried in to the dinuer table, where the family were already gathered. Eben Dexter was reviewing the horse's fine points, and the squire was in a very jubilant mood. Mrs. Dexter, who had smiled indulgently when Don and Aleck had announced the news to her, now sat silently listening. fin j. . "W^ Dexter r prise. "I can i-0--. ~~ .1 guarantee me a buyer." "But I thought perhaps you couldn't* afford it," she repeated, with gentle insistance, brnshiug oft" a bit of mud from the garment and avoiding his oyes. "H - m," said the squire. He pulled on his gloves and joined his brother without reply. The boys, standing in the door, looked puzzled. They followed their father and uncle down tho road to Mr.Dick's, while Uncle Eben kept up a one-sided conversation, not seeming to notice that tho others were unusual ly quiet. They found the old man iu the stable. "StayB about Doll all the time now," observed Aleck, as he and Don stopped at the door while their father went in. Eben Dexter walked np and down out side, smoking his cigar. The squire chatted a few moments ou various topics, noting involuntarily as he did so how rapidly the old man was aging. He felt impelled to say, kindly: "We're all gettiug on in years, Mr. Dick." "Yes, sir; yes, sir," said the old man, with assumed cheerfulness and an attempt at a smile. "It's all I am getting on in,squire. " Then,quickly, as if fearing his visitor was avoidiug the important subject, "The boys told you I wanted to sell Doll?" "l'es, they said so." The squire'? tone was perfectly non-committal. "I do hope you'll take h^v-squire." Mr. Dick stopped before . .e manger with a scant forkful of hay. "The boys want her, and I do need the money powerfully just now, squire." The squire saw the withered hands tremble, and he felt that it was not from'thc weight they were holdiug. "It'd go hard togo to the poorhouse this winter," sighed the old man. "Perhaps my Avife and I won't be here to worry about another winter. Don't sav vou can't afford it!" "H-m." The squire wrinkled his brows, turned on his heel and walked to the door. The boys stepped back and watched him. He looked toward tho old house beyond. Mrs.Dick,scantily clothed, was emptying a wash-tub of water. She looked up, saw him and bowed. The squire raised his hat gravely. The gray-haired woman remiudecl him of his own mother, dead but a few years. His mother had every comfort, he thought, gladly. It was a shanie for old Mi s. Dick to be so poorly provided for as she was. How those two old people would fare and feel in the poor house! Theu his mind ran to the horse. Could he afford tho bargain before him? He understood well what his wife had meant. "Pshaw!" He uttered the impatient exclamation aloud. "The bargain was Dick's own making," thought the squire. "I'm not bound to tell the old man he is letting his horse go far below its value. Or am I?" The squire grew angry with himself that he should allow such a query to con front him. " 'Taint the money," just then Don observed in an uudible mutter to Aleck, giving the stable door a kick as he spoke. The boys had let nothing escape them. Don had be?n rending his father's thoughts. The kick called I Squire Dexter back to the present. He looked np at the boys. His sous were sharp like biraseit*, he reflected. Could he afford it? He determined to shift the responsibility of the bargaim upon the boys. They should decide. As he turned to speak the ola man quavered behind him. The hesitatu-i. had worried him. "I thought it was a good bargain, squire. I'll have to sell her. I might take-" The squire had whispered to his boys: "I could get the horse for $60. She is worth 8300. Shall I beat him down to ?60? I leave it to you." "But, pa," interposed Don, wrlh a frown, "would that be j?st right whin we took th? refus?l ai ,875?" "And he's gdtlots of things to get;" said Aleck. "I say he ought to get what's right," said Don, stoutly, and Aleck nodded a vigorous assent. "Mr, Dick!" The squire pulled his coat about him and wheel?d upo ii the old mah. wDon't saya, thing. ?canvt afford the price." The per emptory tone made old Mr. Dick shrink. "Eben!" The squire turned back to the door. "Step here!" Eben Dexter had thought it best not to be seen in tbs transaction. He was used to bargaining, and he thought the sight of a stranger might raise the price. He did not know what kind of a man Mr. Dick was. Then he had wanted to enjoy his cigar. But he, too, had been observing some of the very things the squire had observed, aud the cigar had lost its flavor. He threw it aside i? disgust ?s he stopped inside at his brother's call and saw the white-haired^ b?nt> shabby old man trying to hide disappointment in unnecessary attentions to the ani mal in the stall. "This is my brother, Mr. Dick." The squire's tone was cool and even. The old man raised his faded, misty eyes and bowed silently, "He'll make you an offer for your horse.'' Eben Dexter looked in surprise at his brother. "Not going to buy it yonrself?*' he asked. "We can't afford it>" The squire made a comprehensive gesture that took iu the wondering boys, Mr. Dick and himself. "Make him the offer you made me." Ebeu Deicer raised his shaggy eye brows, glanced at the boys, who were staring straight into their father's eyes, looked once more at his brother, took hold of his own coat-collar and shook himself up. "Mr. Dick, I'll buy your horse for $200." "What!" The old man gasped. l'I guess I can add $100 on my own account," said Eb?n Dexter, coolly, nodding sturdily back at his brother and then laughing encouragingly as he saw old Mr. Dick clinging trem bling to the mauger. "That'll make three. Tho* :? -v . ' "No poorhouse, n'o poorhouse," he murmured, again and again, causing both men to shuffle about uueasily and sending Don and Aleck outside for a violent wrestling-match by way of con cealing their emotion. "You'll have a horse when I can af ford it," the squire simply said to the boys as the two men came out to find them thus joyously engaged aud to send them back for Doll. He knew that his sons understood. "I'm glad a Dexter's got him," re iterated old mau Dick, his bent form straightened up, his eyes beaming, as he stepped spryly about makingprepa rations for Doll's departure. "It ain't so hard to let her go now. Oh, but it's what a man takes along when he makes a bargain that shows his reli gion. You should be proud of your father, boys." "We are," Don promptly answered, elevating his chin proudly. "It's better than even having Doll our own selves." But Aleck could not refrain from a boast at the tea table. "I tell you," said he, "it takes a Dexter to make a bargain, though, aud this is the best one yet." The squire looked across at his wife, and she smiled with loving approval. -Youth's Companion. QUAINT AND CURIOUS In the Philippines they have butter flies as large as bats. Professor Proctor asserts that 100, 000,000 people lived and died in Amer ica before Columbus' discovery. No bird can y backward without turning. The dragon fly, however, can accomplish this feat and outstrip any swallow. At the auuual dog show in the Crys tal Palace, London, the fox terrier class wns so large that it took all of ont / to judge them. There are 506,000 persons in Wales who canuot speak English. In Scot land there are 43,000 who only speak Gaelic, and iu Ireland 20,000 who speak only Irish. In an article on Pekin Dr. Goldbaum declares that a pawn-shop, where he can put up his wardrobe, seems to be au indispensable institution to t\o Chinese merchant. Mrs. Tan Jiok Kim, late of Singa pore, is buried in a $20,000 coffin. It was decorated with silk, gold aud pre cious stones, and was the most costly coffin ever constructed iu the Straits Settlements. A determined bridal party at Strood, near Rochester, England, on reaching the church found that the building was on fire. It waite-.l around till the fire was put out and made the pastor perform the ceremony in the ruins. A Hero for llieSulco of Science. Professor Gussi's discovery that the Roman malaria is spread by a particu lar species of gnats has been certified iu a curious manner at the Santo Spirito hospital at Borne. All attempts to commuuicate rhe disease to animals had failed when a patient iu the ho?pital vol nn teer ed to have the ex periment (ried on him. He was ex posed to thc gnats, developed the fever, his blood showing malaria bacilli, and was then treated with quinine. Tho doctors think that they are now in a way to discover a serum that will leader people imr.mne to the malaria; SERPENT ENTERED Of Double Murder Done in the Hornett First Serious Crim For the first time in all its romanffuf *i history; Pitcairn Island has been the* >i scene of a murder, says the New Yorkrj ti Pr??s. For nearly 110 years' thefti "mutineers of the Bounty and their de scendants lived on Pitcairn an ideal! i existence. Then a young mau named; .! Christian, a descendant of the leacterir bf th? mutineers, killed ?.yo?ng wom4? an and her little child and threw theiri ;1 bodies into one of the ocean caves. Ha] | wanted to get rid of the woman. andi jj child in order that he might marry 11 another young woman on whom he badi 1 cast hie eyes. The rulers of the' -i island had decided that if he married i any one it must be the young woman j of whose ohild he was the father:. 1 that, in fact, he was to all intents and- ^ puroposes the girl's husband. OneH evening Christian met the young wom-M an and her child in the forest andii'J killed them; He was suspeoted of th?* ?j crime and accused, whereupon he con^; ; fessed. Ic was the first capital orime ever! )\ committed on the island, and th?Fi islanders were much excited over i&ih PARLIAMENT HOUSE, 0 [The windows are double row3 of portholes, c relics of the The British Government was asked to Bend to the place some one with/ 1 judicial authority to try the murderer. ] From officers of 'the British man-of- j war Royalist information'bas been < received of the trial, by a special ji commissioner sent out for the pur- j 1 pose. j ( Though the settlement o' Pitcairn J i Island was the result of a crime, ithe ! i .*' " ' ' al set.i?A?-i .. . .. . m? mm THE PITCAIRN ISLAND MURDERER God, kept the Commandmeuta were happy. The crime which was responsible for the settlement of Pitcairn Islarjl was the mutiny of the crew of tb British warship Bounty in 1789. Thrfc mutiny wis led by Fletcher Christin!, master's mate of the ship. The fist murderer of Pitcairn Island was Hary A. Chris'ian, a descendant of Fleecer Christian. When, under the leadof Fletcher Christian, the crew of he Bounty seized that ship, they put he captain, Bligh, and certain othrs who had refused to join them, intcan open boat and set them adrift. Tie captain and his party, after a soire and hazardous experience, reaced Timor Island, ia th3 South Pacic, where they were picked up by a pas ing ship and taken back to Englad. The mutineers, after setting the ap tain adrift, sailed for Pitcairn Islad. Pitcairn is only two miles long md about a mile and a half wide, ltlies in the South Pacific, between us tralia and South America, out ofthe pa h of commerce. Though exfdi tionswere sent out by the Biish Government to find the mutinee) of BOUNTY BT, PITC the Bountv, all trace of them waiost until one day, many years after, tien a sailing ship happened to find hself in the viciuity ot Pitcairn Islandind sent a boat ashore for water and nit. A enrious, isolated civilised oonjun ity was fouud .there, living undithe rule of a venerable patriarch, 3hn Adams, the last survivor of thenti neera of tho Bounty. Adamhad taught thc natives to road and ice, ami beggoc that missionaries beent out to aid him in his work. Frc be ing wild and reckless mutinoorithe Bailors of the Bounty, boforehey THE EDEN PITCAIRN ISLAND. ?fthe Mutineers' Descendants re in ! IO Years. flied, became religious enthusiasts; md when they died they left a God Tearing community in their children and grandchildren. For 110 years crime was practically anknow on Pitcairn Island. Then Harry A. Christian murdered a young woman -,and her year-and-a-half-old Miild; It was the "first serious crime that bad ever bee committed on the island. Christian met the woman and ?hild walking in the bush one Sunday Bvening, and killed them in cold blood. After dark he returned to the scene bf his -crime to drag the bodies Sown the steep face of a cliff to the rocks below, where he threw them through a "blow-hole" into a cove tv'here the pounding surges of the Pa jifio soon tore them to pieces. The murderer, when accused, confessed bis crime, and it is believed that his abject was to be free to marry another yonhg woman of the island with whom tie had fallen in love, and for permis sion marry whom he had applied un ?uccessfully to th* "parliament" Of the island. N PITCAIRN ISLAND. ind the supporting timbers are the only Bounty.] . The island parliament is an execu tive committee of seven members, presided over by a president. The parliament and the president are jlected by popular vote, the women roting as well as tho men. All the in habitants of the island are desendants )f the mutineers of the Bounty and of ?ative women found there, except one 'amily, and that is a fo^o- " -<r-<-*u ap preciation of theil" domestic virtues," iccording to the silver plate on the srgan. But England seldom inter feres with anything concerning the Government of Pitcairn. When Christian ?ad confessed his jrime, however, President McCoy sailed a meeting of his "parliament," iud, as there was no precedent by vhich to be guided, it w??s decided to mprison the young man and appeal o England to. send out and try him. 3o the man-of-war Royalist was sent .0 Suva in the Fiji Islands to get the 3ritish "Judicial Commissioner for he Western Pacific." The commis doner went to Pitcairn in the Royal st and Christian was tried before him md convicted, though he repudiated lis confession and pleaded not guilty. Ie was taken to Suva "for final satis actiou of the demands of justice." One peculiar thing about the Pit aim Islanders is that they all speak Cnglish with a decided "down East" wang, and use many expressions rhich are seldom heard in Old Eng end, but are common in New Eng end. They are a light-colored peo ile, wren blue or brown eyes. The nly harbor in the island, and that is ibt a good one, is Bounty Bay, a light indentation in the shore, where he mutineers burned the Bounty then they finally decided to stay on he island. Rising up back of the ittle settlement is a peak called the roat House, and near its top is a cave rhere the mutineers used to hide rhen they saw a sail approaching the dand. In the first few years follow ig their crime Christian used to pend a certain part of each day on ie mountain on the lookout for sails, x order that "all hands might douse ie fires and go aloft," when there ap eared any possibility o? their exist nco being discovered. They did not escend to the village again until not nly the coast, but the offing, was well lear. But men and times are changed ow on Pitcairn, and a visiting ship is 'ormly welcomed. The Parliament House of the island i interesting, because in it is some ruber taken from the.Bounty. This nilding has for windows two rows of ortholes, which give it the appear uoe of a stranded ship. Tho house i which the president lives is the bes t ?AIRN ISLAND. ne on the island, and is called the 7hHe House. Some of the natives of itcaim have visited the United tates, and sailing vessels from San rancisco touch there more frequent r than any other ships. Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Logan are nong the largest women pensioners i this country. They receive respec vely $2500 and .$2000 & year. In France there are 1,180,241 >reighcrs, while in foreign countries 1?re are but 517,000 Frenchmen. . i THE DEWEY MEDAL. Will Be Presented to Each Officer and' Man Who Fought Under the Admiral. By the courtesy of the sculptor, Daniel C. French, Harper's Weekly is able to publish the first authentic re production of his completed design foi the Dewey meda?. The Tiffany corn After a photograph in Harper's Weekly. Copyright, 1899, by Harper <fc Brothers. pany will cut the dies and strike the medals in copper-1635 in all. Upon the obverse side is a life-like presentment of the head of Commo dore Dewey, with the following in scription: "Thc gift of the.people of the United States to the officers and men of the Asiatic Squadron under the command of . Commodore George Dewey." Upon the reverse, sur rounded by the words: "In memory of the victory of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898," is the figure of a young sailor, stripped to the waist,, who sits upon a gun, with the flag across his knees, and one foot resting upon a swinging loop of rope. In this beautiful figure Mr. French has admirably embodiea the genius of the episode in its high* est and purest aspect-the spirit of the fl*"* such a3 one's imagination ? . Uaa-n on that thereto. The flag is not a menace to the world, nor under the pretext of its name is a policy of aggrandizement foreshadowed. It is safe in the keep ing of Young America, and when the cause is right it will be uplifted. Its placing in the circle secures an admirable balance between the varied portions and the flat ones very enjoy able to the eye. Tho strong horizon tal bar formed by the cannon, low down in the space, lifts np the lithe figure of the youth, and gives it a dig . nity and sense of size very difficult to obtain in so small a compass. Again, the poise of that foot upon the rope observe how exquisitely sensitive it is!-brings into the narrow space at the bottom au interest and distinction which make it contribute to the dec orotion of the whole. Lastly, tho whole possesses that quality which is such a charm of low relief-"envel oppe"-as the sculptors call it. At mosphere is, perhaps, our nearest English word; the pattern of the dec oration is not one merely of liget and dark, cut of several degrees of light and several degrees of dark, as if viewed through varying planes of at mosphere. The result is, though, not hard and gritty, but luminous, rich and velvety.-Harper's Weekly. Tho Original "Rock of Ages." There are few photographs, out side of those relating to Bible lands, that will possess a greater fas "ROCK OF AGES," AT BURRINGTO?? COOMBE. [The rent cliff, in whose hollow Toplady fouDd shelter from n thunder-storm, is in Somersot County, England.) cination for Christian readers every where than that which appears below. It is a photograph of that wonder ful rock in Burrington Coombe, Eng land, which afforded Rev. Augustus Montagne Toplady the inspiration which found expression in the imper ishable hymn, "Rock of Ages." At one point there is a conspicuons crag of mountain limestone seventy or eighty feet in height, a prominent ob ject on the right baud to any one ap proaching from the Blagdon road. Right down the center of this mass of stone is a deep fissure, iu the recesses of which grows many a fern, while ou the hillside around are trees, whose stunted growth and wind-worn ap pearance tell of the scanty soil and the exposed situation. In this fissure Toplady took refuge from a thunderstorm, and it was this "cleft" and this rook which suggested the central idea of this beautiful THE POK-vMrf TftEE, Ita ^Nauseating Fruit Is ConsItfertfSr a J>?llcacy by Chinamen. There was ali expression of supreme contentment on t'h? f?c? ??f the China man as he sat under a ?re?* 1? Bush nell park the other afternoon picking up fruit that had fallen from it, ref lates the Hartford (Conn.) Times. His loose blouse and .wide pantaloons flapped in the wind, and his pigtail deBcribed circles, triangles, all manner of Hues rtud various other geometrical forms' st? it j-ielded to the fitful gusts 8? wfrid. It wafc chilly enough, and Officer Strickland, as he looked at tbe i idustrious Ch'inohuflti, did not feel his heavy blue oveiv at ff feit uncomfort able. But the Chinaman didi ?ot seem to mind the wind in tbe least. Hi?' t?eth might chatter, his nose mighi take on1 a buisb tint, and his Augers might Buffer fitful ?timbness, but he continued his work with! -fitirtaiitting industry and kept his happy lo'o?? ttv clouded by anything that was even suggestive of unhappiness. It was evi dent be' was engaged in a task that he liked. The frrrit had very offensive odor, and the Chiriar?att''brt?dl0d it iu a nauseating manner. He' had- fl fafr' sized basket into which bc threw' th? stones of the fruit, leaving the soff substance which covered it ou the turf. His bauds were be-smeared with the substance. In reply to tho questions of Officer Strickland, the Cbiriainan said the tree which yielded thefrtiit was called the pok-wah tree ?ri Chin?. The fruit is considered a delicacy fri fife' celestial kiugdom, and even Li Hung Chang the statesman that can look wise and ask embarrassing questions of a per sonal nature-considers himself in luck when his chef serves him with a dish of tho fruit. The outer substance, which is nauseating to tbe stomach of anyone but a Chinaman, is mac" e into Chinese catsup that always eecvpies & position of honor at the mandarin's table when birds' nests, sharks' litis and other appetizing" dishes tire- served. The meat of the stones has S medicinal property of high value. The China man whom Officer Strickland called. "Charley," a name that seems a favor ite one in the nomenclature of China men, stated that in China the stones of the fruits are cooked just as we cook chestnuts and that after they are boiled they are opened and the meat taken out. A iady passed through the park later in the afternoon. SeeiDg the China man picking up the fruit, she was cu rious to see what it seemed like. She took one of the plums-if the sweet, lucious fruit of the American orchard is not degraded by applying its name iV:~ ?iaewsting thing of - ?npanete Genia?. One year ago there came to the Uni versity of Michigan, at Aun Arbor, a young Japanese, the scion of a noble family in the Mikado's empire. It seems that tho Japanese aristocracy are suffering from the usual noble ail ment-financial stringency-but in this particular case-contrary to cus tom-the young man did not set nets for an American heiress, but, rather, set his brain to work. He needed money to complete his college course and goaded on by his ambition his Japanese mind evolved a "muff stove." It is a compact bit of hardware and a most useful one and it is reported that the sales of it have beer sufficient to warrant the inveutor iu takiug a suite of front rooms, when a few days ago, as it were, he lived, breatied and had his being in a hall bedroom three back. The "muff stove" is a metal box, small enough to be stowed away iu a lady's mufi'and covered with thin felt. Inside the box smoulders a chunk of punk, the stuff that just burns itself out without ever bursting into aflame. The box can be loaded for any length of time up to five hours. If you are simply going to run over to the corner to fill the pail a little piece of punk in each of the two stoves for either over coat pocket adjusted to burn ten min utes, will keep the hands warm and nice. If the trip be a longer one, why a bigger piece of punk is all that is required. The inventor of tho convenience claims for his stove that it is bouud to revolutionize winter.-Detroit Free Press. An Operation Stopped the Sneezing. A remarkable physical phenomenon was reported to the Medical society of the District of Columbia at a recent meeting by Dr. Walter A. Wells. A girl 17 years of age began to sneeze while iu thc schoolroom one day last October, aud was uncontrollable. The teacher sent her to a drug store, and the apothecary gave her a powder wbich she was instructed to inhale like snuff. This did no good aud she was sent home. Her mother having tried all of the ordinary romedies called a jibysiciau. He prescribed sedatives suchas opium and bromide*, first small and theu larger doses, but the sueeziug still went on. A consul tation was ordered, and it was de cided to give tho patient chloroform. While she was unconscious the sneez ing stopped, but as soon as the stupor woreofl'she began again, and continued regularly night and day without ces sation, until a surgical operation was detern .ed upon. An abnormal growth was found ia tho nose, which the doctors believo caused the irrita tion. Dr. Wells undertook its re moval by the use of electric needles and the sneezing stopped. A Reljrinui Telephone Building. A new telephone building has been erected recently in Brussels, Belgium, to be devoted exclusively to the tele phone ser.ice of the country. The building, which has cost nearly $193, 000, will provide for 15,000 subscrib ers. The roo n devoted to the com mutators ia lil feet long, 65 feet wide and 30 feet high. Nearly all the-wires will be nndar ground. The building will be Leated by a new sys te a, >vhich will red nee t.> u mini-nun iu te; terence from humidity and dust. OUR STANDING ARMY? We have no standing a?my? Nay, look around and znel T?iie man who plows the ?rretow. Th ? mnu who fells the tree> The statesman and the scholarr At the first word ol fear. Turn to their country, breathiag, "My mother, lamber?!" Not Ot ?dumb, blind poop)* ls thh ')UT army made; Wb<?re achdrtbonse and where steeple Hare cast their friendly shade Our army grows ia knowledge, As it to manhood gfows. And, trained in school college, Stands ready for its foei Tbe brawny arms of gunners" Serve minds alert and keen; The sailor's thought boa traveled To landa he has not seem Not for tho joy of killing, Not for tho lust of ?rife. Have, these-como io- with Riada?.?0, lo offer up their ti'jf. Behold ouf #Wnding army Not, as in other Unas, An army standing idle, With empty minds and handsr Bot each one in bis station; And peaceful victory Is training for the nation Heroes of land and sea. -lath's Companion, HUMOROUS. Bill-She said her face waa It?r for fan* Jill-Poor thing! "Did you lead your class?" "No, but the whole faculty warb after me." "And yon will n*>t elopn with me, Mamie?" "Certainly not. Jast look, at pa and ma! They eloped," Proud Mother-Oh, John, the baby ian walk! Cruel Father-Good. Ho Can walk the floor with himself at night then. Would-be" Writer-What do yon consider the most important quaiiica tion for a beginner in literatura? Old Hand-A small appetite. The bear that walks like a man, no doubt. Is a frightful foe to bo bunted out; But a worse foe yet-of his clutch beware'. Is the awful man who acts Uko a bear. ' Wee Miss-Mamma, mayn't I take the part of, a milkmaid at the fancy hall? Mamma-Yon are too little. Wee Miss-Well, I'm a condensed milkmaid. Excited Wife-Oh, professor, the cook has fallen and broken her collar bone. Professor-Discharge her at once. You told her what to expect if she broke auy more. "Papa," said Sammy Snaggs, "the p?per says that a phantom party was given last night. What sovt of a party is that?" "Oh, it'? some sort of a ghost of a show," replied Mr. Snaggs. He sang a song to her nat brown hair, Her rosy cheeks, her brow so farr* He praised her eyes, and suid that lhere . >.. kit {? 'A? . x atti i .'."..vu ." Voil .r-r}\m sm.it, lot t\ -.itv tr? " - . ' jvu.bu, x nave warrien uer. We tit*? .. two souls with hut a single"thought." "Well, yon've gained something. ? single thought isn't so many, but it is one more than I ever knew you to have before." In a car a small boy was ohservod to be suddenly agitated, but regained his self-control after a few moments. Soon after the conductor appeared and asked for fares. When he stood before the small boy there was a slight pause, and the passengers were sur prised to hear the following: "Pieathe charge it to my papa; I've th wallowed the money." PORTY SQUARE MILES OF WHEAT. It Would Tako a Man Thirty Tears to Plow and Plant it. What is said to be the largest wheat field in California is now being nlanted to the grain that makes the staff of life. It covers over 25,000 acres, or forty square mile?. This enormous field of grain is located ou the banks of the San Joaquin river, in Madera county. The fiold is part in Fresno county and part in Madera county. Clevis Cole is the. man who is put ting iu this vast acreage, and he has undertaken one of the largest jobs that any man has yet dono iu Cali fornia. While it is true that larger acreages of wheat have been planted by certain ranchers in this state, there seems to be no record of an exact parallel to the present case. On the Miller k Lux ranch in Kern connty, 50,000 acres were planted one year, but the fields were scattered about in different places. There were really a series of fields, located wherever there was a fertile spot. Few of the fields were 2000 acres, and in many instances there would be half a mile of bare land between them. The acreage planted could not be called a wheat field of 50,000 acres, any more than all the wheat fields in the ctate could be classed under one head. The Clovis field, however, is an ideal wheat field. It is almost as flat as a floor, with a gentle slope toward the river. The outer lines of the field make it almost a perfect square. Eaeh side is a little over six miles, and if tlie day is clear every part of the field can be seen from any other part. It will be a beautiful sight worth seeing when all the graiu is up and waves gently in the Kveezes of springtime. There are no roads through the Clovis wheat field. It is to be one solid stretch of'grain? an.?* avery square foot of land is to be utilized. The grain will all mature at about the same time. Theu will come the Herculean task of harvesting. Napoleon'? Veterans Paid Off. France has paid its last pension to Napoleon I's soldiers. In 18G9 a law was passed granting $50 a year to all non-commissioned officers and privates who had served ten years in the armies of the First Republic or of the First Empire and had received a wound. For the first year the payments amounted to $600,000; last year'^the sum was $50, and the last recipient is now dead at the age of 105 years. I Tue Womanly Wtv.nau Again. "And what is your definition of the womanly .vornan?" asked the inquirer. "A womanly woman," said the gent from the lake shore, "isa woman who dearly loves- whatever husband she happens to have, "-Indianapolis Jourt