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THE NATIONAL B?NKOF AUGUSTA L. C. HATSE, PrcsH. F. G.FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Snrplns anti ) 01 -t A AAA Undivided Profits ( $1 iVjVVV i Vacuities of our magnificent New Vault ?teomaining 410 ^afety.Lock Boxes. Dlffer S ent Sizes ar? offered to our patrons autl j the public at $3.00 to ijlO.OOper annum. \ TJEOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 1899. : TUE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Account Solicited. L. 0. HATNZ, President. W. C. WARDLAW, Cashier. VOL. LXIV NO. 23, ? -ruc r?a<arti? ne PORTO RICO. THE W?ftNIN' . W-faea the winter snow ls melttn'; and the furrow, is a-sbowin'\ Aa', there's gaps; along tho foDces where ' "' the ditos havo broke the rails ; "When ye smell tho spruces aa' the brakes on ?VTry wind that's blowia'. Aa1 hear along tho mountainside the hounds a-follerin' trails; Then ye better put yer frock on, for the workin' days are here, An' thero's no time loft for drearain' in the momia' o' tho year. When tho cows aro standia' in the yan!,con tented-like, a-cbewia', An'-Ure rooster flaps his wings an' crows . , upon the barnyard gate ; Wneo. the wind is sharp an' gusty, an' ths showors are n-browin', . An' nature's wipin' off the snow like fig ures ou a slate ; Then it'. time to hang the buckets up ?.a* ts.p the trees agin, Fortuoiuu is crowdin' winter o?t an' shov ixi summer in. - . . v ' -Florence J PHILIP'S P 4 By L. E. C "AU right, "-said Philip, struggling, ?with his white tie. A servant had just informed him that his father wished to *ee him in the library. Philip was arraying his conl?ly self ?or the Mortons' party, and as he fin ished he surveyed himself a moment^ then takiug up his gloves he stalked down th? stairs and into the stately lib -ary where his father eat at a table 1 writing. Philip's father was a great railroad magnate of whom most men stood iu wholesome . awe, hut his stern face lighted up ?wonderfully aa the athletic ligure of his only son came up to his cliair and laid a hand affectionately on his sho&tder. "What is it, excellency?" Philip, -asked, and the tones of his voice sent ' 9 thrill of pride through his father's pulses. "Sit down, Phil," said his father, motioning to a chair near at baud. : "Were you in that crowd last night that nearly wrecked a horseless car riage and frightened a horse that an old woman from the country was driving? She might'hive been killed if cue of you-I fancy I know who-(Philip blushed)-hadn't taken a flying leap ?t considerable risk aud caught the Loree just in.tiras and stopped it." "?es, I was there," said Philip. "You see, father, the boys took old Steele with them. He knows all about uiotocycles and things like that, but not much else. But Steele put on airs, ?BJ? t--? * - _7___ -n"c> oaf lor -tue accitient there would have been no red hann in such, a thing. " "Except listening to Steele's lan guage, father; it was electrically blue,1 he was 30 . upset in more way? thau one." ."But/'went on his father, "is life never going to mean anything but a frolic aud good time to you, Philip? Yon ave .through school, and it is cer tainly time for you to take a more se rious view of life. Yon have uo idea cf what it means to earn yonr daily bread." ? '.'Oh, but yon do that for me far too .well, daddy," said Philip, laughing. "In fact, you earu cake, too." "Yes, that's the trouble, Phil, and as long as- you are here it will be the sauie I am; afraid. My Jjoy,.'you must cut ftdiifi and steer io" yourself awhile I think. " "f?f?^ft ?aid Philip, with startled Tac?. * _ _... ''Now," said his father, his voice trembling a little iu spite of himself. "How much do you owe iu town?" "Oh, two or three huudred I sup pose," said Philip, his mind inteut on his father's meaning. "You. don't think--I ha/edone anythiug wroug 'br disgraceful, do you, father?" and Philip's voice was very anxious. "No, no, my boy." said his father, . prompt!j. "No, no, I am not dis pleased with you in any way, my son. Heaven knows how I-will get on with out yon-but w? won't talk about that now. You have passes ou all the 1 roads'. * TIe'r? is * ? " check for S50?. Now go ont west ar.d begin at tho lower round of the ladder and climb np. Hero is a letter to my friend, the . superintendent of the Great "Western '& Northern road.: . He will start you at work. Good bye; don't come home iiutilyou have earned your promotion, j It's all my fault, Philip; I haven't brought I yolv up just right, but ! ince your mother's death I haven't been able to refuse you anything." There was silence a moment, then -Philip came to Lis father's side. "You aren't angry with me then, ather?" he said. "No, no,Philip, no,uo, only anxious at y,o.u.may grow intoa manly man. too'I-bye." Philip.put-.his boyish head down on ' e back of his father's chaira minute, tlien went upstairs, rapidly changed his clothes, packed his trunk and valises, came down aud caught the midnight train fot' the west,, and :it wasn't until he 'reached Topeka that he found he had leP at home his check for $300 aud had only a little silver and his letter of introduction to.tho super intendent of .the great road that thread ml the west li?e a huge artery. He fouud the:- supmntendent's of fice without difficulty aud presented him his father's letter. After the superiutendeut had read the letter from his great eastern friend he looked keenly at the some what slender, but athletic figure before him and smiled. "I have au, opening," he said, "but it is by no means a bed of roses." "What is it?" asked Philip. "Not especially, hard work, but it is a lonely o\ . These is a cut up: the-' road abont 150 miles. It is in the m?ojitai's, where washout's frequently .o?f'?jr.i. Tolflgraph poles, wash do.wri, wires are broken, etc. So it is neces sary to keep a watchman there contin ually. A railroad tricjjle is fur nished; also a shack where, after a O' THE YEAR. "When the eave3 are all a drippin', au- the - neighbors' hens are craklu'. An' tho shingles that have loosened go a-Qappin' on the roof : "When the frost has put his staff away an' left the roads n-shakin', Yo will And tho signs o' nature closely fol lowed by a proof, Ev'ry livin' thing is wakic' ke as if it had a nap. And U?e yeir seems sort o' hummin' to the Spring child in its lap. When yer voice sounds kind o' holler Aft' goes thro' the woods a rlm?hvN Au' ev'ry sugar hons? w^tittA ;s eenuin' up a smoko < When the Weeded uck sets outside his hole, and robins aro a singin', \V"e san safely a-tellin' that tho heart o' winter's broke. An* ye batter cit your fro>:k on, for the workin" days aro here. An' there's no place for a dreamor in tho inornin' o' tho year. . Josephine Boyce, in Youth's Companion. AA*AAAAAAAAA ROMOTION. hittenderu fashioil> one chn live. "?Yag?s, $30 a month, think you can stand it?" "The prospect was not alluring, but Philip had made up his miud to accept whatever offered itself without demur; so he said, "Yes, thanks; I will take it. I suppose there will be shootiug and fishing in plenty ?" "Yes, plenty of that, fortunately. By the way, you will consider yourself my guest for a clay or two if you would like-your father is an old friend of mine." "Thank you sir," said Philip,grave1 ly, "but I will go at once if yofi please." So the superintendent, well pl?as?d with his new- watchman's pluck, fur nished bini with ? list of directions; supplies'needed and passes. In tho few hours before his train left Philip sold some jewelry and bought his sim ple outfit. Only one train a day from either di rection stopped at his station unless flagged. He was dropped at his new abode just as night was closing in, with supply boxes,gun, camera, valises -he had left his trunk in Topeka. He made many journeys np to wh?re his little shack, or hut, literally hung on the mountain side before his possessions were lauded ou the floor of his one room. It was cold, but the former occupant had thoughtfully left a box filled with resinous pine kuots, and Philip soon had a fire crackling de lightfully in the rusty stove and after j. w. lunately Philip thorouguiy loveu nature, and. the magnificent views all around Ui.m were a source of endless delight. "When I ve earned my promotion I'll liring his' dear excellency out here," he thought. "I'll show him a thing or two that will surprise him. The only thing is there is nothing to do here that will earn a promotion." However,oue dav, lar up in the cut, he was tapping poles and scanning the track over a deep culvert when all at ouce he heard voices Delow him. He dropped on his face and heard distinct ly the details of a plan to rob the pay car whick would go through in about au hour. Surely this was an adventure nt last ! He rau- ba^k to tho place where he had left hm tricycle just as thc mail train, which had side-trnclccd for a few min utes on account ot a hot-box, was pull ing out. -.-"Whoo:.,"' said Philip, theu whii5 went a rope round the "brake ou the rear ear, nud Phil and his-tricycle were going down grade tied to the lightning mail. He had tied on behind a freight once or twice before th is, and that was fun, bub this beat tobogganing and everything else that be had ever heard of iii the way of speed. His front wheel did not often touch the track, aud he clung for his life. As the mai! cars opened at the side no one saw him. "This means death," he thought, "if 1 am thrown off, and I thiuk likely it's death if I slay on, but I must get home before that iiay car comes past. Evident^' this is either a promotion or a disgrace; there's nb middle track." The train was slowing up-though it never stopped-close by Phil's shack/ Unfortunately the tricycle could not slow up with equal rapidity. Phil's box containing kuife and pliers had tumbled off long before, and now the tricycle tried to climb the rear car, the rope broke and Phil flew ofi' and landed near his own shack, for tunately in a pile of balsam boughs, while tho mail car serenely proceeded on its way, leaving behind it a wrecked tricycle and a winded rider. Two men who had been standing in Philip's door rushed to pick . him up, and when his bead stopped whirling around he looked into his father's eyes and saw the western superintendent standing near. At;this surprising event Philip neat ly lost his breath again, but knowing there was no time to lose ho gasped out the.plan he had overheard of de railing the pay car and then robbing it, and the car was nearly due now. So the two, each supporting au arm of the dizzy watchman, helped flag to a standstill the pay traill, and then, being forewarned, they went cautious ly ahead, followed .by the eastern pri vate car containing several railroad dignitaries and the pale young watch man who had wished immensely to participate an ,the capture of the rob b3rs. The capture was effected with neat ness aud decision, and Philip was re turned to his owir abode, where, alter entertaining his father and employer at snpper, they sat dowu before the fire to talk things over. 'T came out,". ?a?V Philip's father with dignity, "to see how yon were getting on." :. * "Bndl> enough without' you; 'dad.'' said Philip, smiling, his hand in the old place, "but I couldn't come to see you until I had earned my promotion, you know." "There wasnothiug in the pinn that prevented me from coming to see jon, though," said the older man, smiling np into his son's face, "And I really think you have earned your promo tion, and I shall take you home as my ttt?tid'?ntiai clerk-" 1 'There's a hill for a broken tri cycle-,: began the western superin tendent, dryly. "Not fdl?wed," re plied his eestcvn. friend promptly. "It vas broke? ia the comi:auy's service. Sou, you are promoted. "-Chicago Record. TRAVEL BY STAGE COACH. now tho New !.: ."IMIIITS Went on Their Journeys Many Yent** A?;U: Ina lecture in the free municipal course the Hom G?drg? G-. Crocker; L'hairniad rjf tb*i railroad commission, told marjy interesting facts regarding the er.rly means of transportation ic Boston. During the first third of th? preseut century stage Hues increased greatly iii number and gave a more frequent s cr vibe. Tho stage coaches foi'long distances geuerally aceom mod?ted niuo passengers inside and four or five on the roof, one sitting with tho driver. The back part o? the roof WaS reserved for tho baggage. Th? stages for distant points left earlj -as. early as A a. m. " and sometimes 2 a. m. It took Mr. Quincy and Judge Story four days to get to New York, and Mr. Quincy congratulated himself in a letter on Iiviug in the days of quick .travel. It . took thom eight days to go from Boston to Washington. In .1832' there were ninety-three lines of coaches running out of B?s tou, some of tuent making trips twice or three times a week: The average number of coaches leaving Boston each day for points more than six miles distant was sixty:three. . An ex ftmin?ti?n Of Badger & Porter's stage register showed that in the first third of this century stages on the main routes -traveled at the' rate, including stops, of four or five miles au hour. In 1832 the schedule time trip to New York was forty-one hours, traveling ni'-iht and day, or a trifle over five miles an hour. As the number of si age lines in creased fares decreased, and in 1832 the fare to New York was $11, or cents per mile. But stage coaches did not carry freight, which could only be carried profitably hy canal. As the great water roules did not conned with Boston, a canal was built al Lowell to a -junction with the Mystic river, near Boston, and opened foi traffic in 1803. It was used for fifty years, and was fifty-seven miles long: After the opening of the Erie canal railroad and steam railway. Several horse railroads followed, .including one between Boston and Providence. -Boston Herald. WON EY MAKINC ELEPHANTS. There Are Three In London*? Zoo Whid Karn $?10,000 it Year. Three elephants earn ?10,000 a year. This is $2000 more than the salary oi a member of the President's Cabinet, and $3000 ]ess than the income of au A lmiial in the navy. These elephants art at the London Zoo, and they earn their money by carrying on theil backs the patrons of the gardens. Every 'Arry takes his 'Arriet and hies him to tho Zoo on bank holidays, and for five cents they can jog about th?: ring on the back of one of the ele phants. The elephants are stationed in dif ferent parts of the Zoo and there seems to be a bit of professional jealousy between them. Apparently they are on very good terms between hours, but when business is bri'.li and the largest one is coining money, for he is the favorite, the other twe try to lash him with their trunks as be pusses. ?.The? large elephant is a financial record break? r. He is the Kernot member so to ppeik. On one holiday he carried 1(!0U pefsons. There are camels which are ROU ghi after by those who are left out iu the scramble for the elephants, but th< old patrons pf the Zoo say the unevei motion of a camel is only appreciated by an old salt who is most at home oil au exceedingly choppy sen. The camels are too cultivated a taste foi the ordinary mortal. Three camels earn about 81200 ? year, but thoy cost less to koep thai: their more successful brothers. Th? elephants dat up most of their profits, The greatest, numbers of visitors tc the Zoo in one day was 41,000, nm an average of 500 rounds of dainties were fed to the brothers of the roya executioner of India. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. The skin of an elephant usually takes about five years to tan. It has been observed in the hospital: that nails on amputated fingers con tin ne to grow. Until the reign of Henry VIII, Eng lish sovereigns, as well as their sub jects, ate with their fingers. In the middle of a game of tenn! in Central India the other day a tige: bounded into the midst of the players A Frenchman has invented a duple: piano, at which two people can pla; on different keyboards at the sami time. The fastest flowing river in th? world is the Sntlej, in British India with a descent of 12,000 feet in 18( miles. It is estimated that fully two-third: of the whole.amount of public moue; held hy tho Lo;; '.on banks does no bear interest. A custom peculiar to Buddhists i that ol' wandering about the countr with hammer and chisel and earvin) holy symbols ".poll rocks by the way Bide. - , ? ..' The Swedish bride ii I 1M her pocket: with l?iead, which she dispenses ti every one ?lie meets on her way to tb church, every piece she disposes o averting, ai she believes, a misfortune h. RIA, QI kio ft fe ?frican Repu ?iwicar( ?ii HARDSHIPS THA^ With the inception of a oolomal policy by the United States the con- , dition of our first foreign colony baa | taken oil new iuter?st:. The Beptibb'1* bf Lib?ria was founded and gbverhe by the colonization, societies, an a rdngeihent which might bav? contint ned indefinitely.bad notGre?-t Britain* raised the question bf -jovfereighty in connection with a dispute over bound aries: The Goverument of the-United Stato3 having refused protection, the Liberians were advised to declaro their independence, which they did in 1817. Liberia hus thus completed A CLEARING IN THE a half century of self-government,] aud as tho orderly course of events has been broken by but a single brief civic disturbance, tho record in this respect is admitedly good. It is not,' however, because of the efficiency of the Government, but rather on account; of tho peaceful and law-abiding ten dencies of the citizens, that life and property are unexpectedly seoure. ; , Liberia is an agricultural commun^ ity of about 20,000 colonists fro'ml America and dssoandants of such. -V -~:..;i;r,"^ annulation ,is_| EXECUTIVE MAN'SIOK AT MONROVIA.. farming. Tho capital is Monrovia, a small settlement. All the farmers own the land thej cultivate, and many havo valuable estates. The coffee plantations of the St. Paul's River region of Liberia would, indeed, be a revelation to many. The planter's house is usually of brick, two stories high aud With wido veran das, at least in front. Inside it is comfortably and sometimes luxurious ly furnished, and the owner prides himself, perhaps, that he has achieved in Africa property and social status equal to that in America. There are not, however, any really rich m'en in Liborin. It is doubtful wke?her V fortune of more than $40,000 has ever been accumulated "there. Each col onist has had to begin with little or, usually, -with nothing, and his pres ent prosperity is in nearly every case the result of lfrs own industry. There MONROVIA, THE CAFIT2 are no opportunities for men to grow rich from speculation or by rise of land values. Very little laud is sold, the new arrivals being too poor to buy, whilo improved property is sel dom alienated from the family. The Government provides emigrants with' land free ol' charge, But it will not do to continue this recital of facts favorable to Liberia without admitting and explaining the' popular adverso opinion on the sub ject. The well-informed reader has noticed before this an entire discrep ancy with the frequently published reports of returning emigrants. Their narratives are usually exaggerated, and often incoherent, but in the main true. Liberia resembles the house piauued by a famous French novelist. It was a success in all particular save one-there was no doorway, no etair case. Between the penniless emigrant and prosperons/Jfarmer there ?is, in deed, a gulf fixed, in the shape of four or five years of semi-starvation, sick ness aud difficulties of all sorts. The climate, the soil, the .crops, thev.foodf and even the cookery, are new. The emigrant starves by refusing or makes himself ill by attempting to eat im properly prepared native foods ?whick iii I he right condition -arc bo'thruour ishing and palatable. Heines rancid palm oil and goes back io imported butter ut seven ty-ti ve cents a pemnd, until his money is exhausted. He wastes his time planting his crops at the wrong season or in the wrong way. LG WM Was Founded by d ?0G?Gt?G.3. . ?ESET" NEWCOMERS. . * He pays extortionate prices and is perhaps completely fleeced hy those who are willing to "take the stranger in-" . To send the colonist io Liberia i? manifestly hilt t?ie first step in the process of colonization. Those who' managed tho work in tho earlier days understood this and -?ct?d accord ingly, hut after an independent Gov ernment had been set up and prosper ity seemed assured, the careful man agement so necessary to such au enterprise was withdrawn. The paradox' has again come true, for LIBERI?.N FOREST. colonization was abandoned on account of its success. Recent efforts should bo called emigration or de portation merely, tho essential idea of colonization being absent: De portation has failed. It is worse than foolish to expect the inexperienced emigrant to take up single-handed the conquest of the tropical forest in the face of the difficulties of pioneer life in Africa. Unusual endurance or some exceptional fortun? may bring him through, but the chances are mostly against him. The battle with 9 for pst is too long. certain-that Liberia como, oner tunities considerably superior to those being eagerly sought by Europeans in the. African colonies of the , various powers. Indeed, Liberia is already in advance of any of these, colonies, if wo interpret the signs aright. There is more coffee under cultivation, and there are moro good farms Wned and managed by negroes, than in .any other part, of tropical Africa. There are more good houses, moro intelligent people,, more churches .and more schools, and, while the aggregate is yet infinitesimal compared with Eu rope or America, it constitutes the most favorable nucleus of civilization to be found in tropical Africa. To attempt to arouse excitement and stir up an exodus of American negroes would be to invite disaster on a large scale. Tho negro can honestly oe ad vised only to stay where he ia nntn he has far better assurance of safety tban can now bo giveu him. Tho impor ISnfpoinTis that the supposed failure of colonization during . the- last half century failure is not a demonstration of the existence of any insurmountable obstacles in the way of furnishing a homo in Africa for those who find themselves uncomfortable here. LL, FROM THE HARBOR. Tho Turkish Yasmak. This is tho yasmak worn by ladies of the Turki?h harem, a veil designed to hide all save the dangerous J dark eyes of Oriental women. European influence has so worked upon the fem inine mind in the East that by slow de grees thy yasrnak has grown more and more gauzy as the years passed until THE HAREM VEIL. i t . to-day it is transparent enough to re veal tho smoothness nf a woman's brow, the rod pf her lips and the white of her perfect teeth. It is un extreme ly coquettish face covering and-is said to be in great' favor among Constanti nople belles. A HEROINE OF SANTIACO. Sarah J. Ennif ia a Colored Trained Nura? "With a Fine Record. Sarah <L Ennis la one of the heroines bf th? war: She went io Santiago afl a contract nnrse on the 12th of July, 1898, and is still ?mployed in tho gen; MRS. ENNIS, THE SANTIAGO NURSE. eral hospital in that city, under Sur geon Carr. She has never been ill a minute, has never been off duty a day since she arrived there, and at one time at El Caney had 110 sick and wouuded soldiers -under her charge. Only one of them died. All of her superior officers and associates, as well as her patients, speak in the highest terms of her skill, her energy and de votion. Sirs. Ennis ie a colored woman, a native^of Santa Cruz, "Wost Indies, and is now twenty-nine years old. She came to this country with her hus band, who was a steward on the ill fated steamship Elbe of the North German Lloyd Company, which went to wreck several years ago ou the coast of Ireland. After his death she en tered the school for trained nurses connected with the Freedman's Hos pital for colored people in Washington, and graduated from that institution in April, 1898. From that time until she went to Santiago in July she was em ployed as a nurse in some of the best families of Washington. Latest Craze in London. ' The monogram glove is tba latest craze in London and has just reached America. It cannot be ealled a Drett? ffi?hi/->? -.? *?* A MONOGRAM GLOVE. thing, the th'ug it will certainly prove to bo. Gloves made to order with monograms arc devoid of stitch ing, and the monogram is embroidered in the centre of the back of the hand. Those which aro purchased from stock and then embroidered have the monogram set between the thumb seam and first, row of stitching, and others have it placed on the wrist below the stitching. This latter po sition is not altogether a very advan tageous one, as a glove usually wrin kles so much at the wrist that the monogram is apt lo lose its promi nence and tile small amount of beauty it. might otherwise possess. The most popular-ii the new fad .may be said to be popular so soon-are the self-colored' embroidered monograms. These decorations are so striking, even in self-coloring, that few will be brave enough to hazard so striking a contrast as white or black, or vice versa. An Experiment ITor the Boys. You eau boro a hole through a pin without any lathe or other machine. All you need is a needle, two corks, a bottle and two pocket knives. Fit one of the corks firmly into the neck of the bottle and cut a Y-shaped notch in tho top. Stick a pin in the cork near the top, so that it passes through BORING A HOLE THROUGH A TIN. the notch. In the bottom of the other cork force the eye end of the needle, so that it is held firmly in place. Open the two pocket knives and stick the blades into the cork so that tiwy bol anco each other. Then place th? poiut of thc needle on the ph:, and as soon as it is well balanced a breath of air ou one of the knives will make it revolve. Coutiuuo blowing whenever it goes too slowly. At first the needle's hard poiut will make H slight impres; pion on the pin, gradually working its way through until H clean .hole ie bored as perfectly as any lathe could lii'vo done it. This interesting ex periment requires patience and care ful handling, nothing more. When you show the other boya tho pin, bored like a needle, they will wonder how you mauaged to do it.-New York Sun. 3UR EMERGENCY KAT1UJN rHAT USED BY THE ARMY SUITABLE FOR THE TROPICS. ?ee'r and Selected Vegetables in Cans Nor Adrift cd for O ?iv Soldiers in the Pl. irrppi ni's. Pdrirt U?iS? a * Cuba - Coffee Iri Ctfnir/rc'Ssc'd Tublef ipjfroved. The report of the' bo?rd appointed to investigate the preserit em?rgeuey ratiou of the army was transmitted recently to the commissary-general's department. The board decided that no change was necessary in the ration for use in Cnba, Porto Rico or the Philippines. The . report shows that this decision was reached after an ex amination of many different kinds of preparations submitted as . suitable articles for the ration. The board consisted of Colonel Charles A. Wood' ruff, Lieutenant-Colonel Smart and Captain Louis A. Craig. Its report begins with a reference ic/ t?ie examination--of cortaiu prepara tions Suggested by Colonel A. G. Bates, military attache af the court of St. James. The articles were canned preparations of beef and carrots, beef and onions,- beef and celery, Scotch broth or pea or rice julienne. The board remark?d that these articles seemed better fitted for ad officers' mess rather than an emergency ra tion for soldiers, and added that beef and selected vegetables in cans were not, in their opinion, suitable as an emergency ration for United States troops. The board next referred to samples of new kinds of hard bread, and con cluded that the present kind was bet ter than any other offered for its ex amination.- Coffee tablets and com pressed ctfffe? were also tested. The former were rejected as having no aroma,- though the board Wai of the Opinion that it retained the' full strength of caffeine. The compressed toffee was in cakes inclosed in close fitting inner jackets of thin water proof paper with an outer equally close-fitting envelope" of str?ng imper vious parchment, which, the board said, "seems to act efficiently in pre serving the aroma of the tablets." Each cake weighed four ounces and was marked into six parts, each part making one pint of coffee. The board invited attention to the advisability of putting coffee up in packages simi lar to the sample. The next subject treated of in the report was evaporated and desiccated Vegetables. Under this head came potatoes, onions, peas and boan meal. Potatoes in dried, thin slices like wafers and potatoes ground into a meal wara avamiiiaA A1-- -1 fat that cakes or cartridges would be come rancid in keeping." Canned meats, canned stews and canned soups came next, and comprised canned cora beef, canned boiled beef with carrots and turnips, canned beef and potatoes and canned concentrated to mato soup, all of which were regarded by the board as uusuitedforan emer gency ration. An interesting compound known ps the "standard emergency ration" rn ceived partial approval from the board.' The ration is put up in tins and con sists of one ouuee of tea, powdered and compressed into a. thin cake and wrapped in foil, aud three cakes of a grayish friable msterial. The chief objection was stated to be that it would become rancid iu keeping. The cakes- consisted of a. mixture of foods, as follows: ii 1-2 ounces of fat bacon, 4 ounces of pea mea', 4 1-2 ounces of hard bread, 3 1-2 ounces of evaporated beef, 1-2 ounce of potatoes, 1-4 ounce of onions, 1-8 ounce of salt and celery seed, 3-4 ounce of pepper. Of this , the board said: "When the oaaergeucy ration is to last buly a day or two this might be of value, but the board is confidout that no large body of men would sub sist satisfactorily on this food for ten days." In conclusion the board says: "The board further considers that the pres ent emergency ration will answer as well for Cuba, Porto Pico and the Philippines as for the United States. It is true that when one is on full diet fat should be lessened and the starches and sugars increased in tropical cli mates, but when the soldier is on short allowance, as when the five days' emergency rations have to be made to last for ten days, the food which has the highest food value should be pro vided as it will be assimilated, and this food is that which is now pro vided in the authorized emergency ration." A Perambulating Brenkf&st. The perambulating breakfast vendor is a feature in Havana. Men are seen about ll o'clock in the forenoon tra versing certain portions of Havana with breakfast buckets made after the fashion of tho American laborer's apartment bucket, in which are car ried to the door fish,one kind of meat, potatoes, bread and butter, coffee and perhaps eggs or some other addition al article. By this practice many fam ilies avoid the necessity of cooking the midday meal. The breakfast vendor is not always an inviting look ing character, but this matters little with these people if he sells a fairlv decent meal, aud if they can avoid having to cook for themselves. In very hot weather the practice is said to be much in vogue. -Chicago Rec ord. The Usefulness of Hickory. Hickory has its place in carriagi building that has never yetj been dis placed by any other wood or artificia! substitute. For light spokes it bas nc equal. Ironwood and lancewood art used iu its place for heavy spokes, where the weight is of less importance than the strength and cost. But foi light buggies and carriages hickory spokes must, be used for years to como, us it lins been in the past. Forest asl sometimes takes its place, but the re snit is never so satisfactory. -, .Strange Tales Told Attrmt s Curions Heli gious Secf. Strange tales of a curions religions sect in Puerto Bico at e told, says a Bingkampton letter to the Baltimore Herald, by Kev/William Maxfield, a returned missionary. The sect, which carefully excludes foreigners, is known as Cbiros. One of its peculiar ceremonies is thal of "flogging the devil/' This rite is celebrated every Friday, at daybreak. In the seaport towns it takes place' on board fishing smacks or other craft owned by members of the sect, ?ind often is attended by the entire population of the village. The life-size figure of a man sup posed to represent his satanic majesty is dragged on d.eck, and amid jeers and curses, fastened to the yard-arm. For some time the figure, is alloVed to> bang/then it is .carried three tiiriea around the deck of the craft, and fin ally fastened to the capstan or som? convenient .post, where the crowd pro ceed to belabor it with clubs, shriek ing that they have killed the devil. "When the clothes are ' cut into shreds and the figure entirely de nuded/ exposing the block of wood, that serves a* a bead, it is repeatedly dipped overboard, and finally chopped iato splinters and : barned, "It was in an inland town that I first saw the ceremony," says Hr. Maxfield, "I was roused from my sleep byth? passing of a howling mob, dragging the form of a mau, which they occasionally jumped upon and kicked. My first impression, vras that some unfortunate wretch had incurred their wrath, and they were wreaking: vengeance on him. "Hurrying on my clothes I rushed? forth, hoping to save the body from further mutilation at least. Follow ing tbe crowd to the public square I saw them halt and haul the body on to the limb of a tree. Then I saw that the figure was stuffed with straw. "Quickly the bundle of rags was fastened to the trunk, sticks were piled around it, and soon the tire was blazing merrily. Around this pyre danced the disorderly crowd, until suddenly there was an explosion, and the figure was blown to nieces. A bag of gunpowder had been fast ened around the neck. Then the fire went down, and the hooting crowd dispersed." Another ceremony of this, strange people is called "Drowning the devil," and this is sometimes accompanied with serious consequences. The vic tim is a man or woman of incorrigible temper, whom a neighbor has charged with having a "devil." The connel nf th* *- -r"-'? ~ ? ' \ 7*n?V::7< ~ ~Hl?\. ;.. -**;. : .. y?te>/!*i?1?j,ee!' t mu?^BiiWtigijg^ctim into the water, and though he^sff8^B?|^?plentU% they hold him under until "rho'Y?ev^T goes ont"-that is until he becomes quiet; and frequently when taken out prompt remedies have to be resorted to to preveut death from drowning. In one or two instances the victims perished. After that the authorities interfered, and ceremonies of this kind are uow rare and conducted much more carefully. STORY WITH A MORAL. Clarence Won the Prize When He Stat .il the Application of His. "I want each oue of you little boys to tell an original story next Sunday," said . Miss Jones, the teacher of a juvenile class in a Kaduuk Sunday behool. "Now, how many will do this? AH who will, bnld up hands." . Several pairs of dirty hands were elevated. Next Sunday came and the si ry-tellins began. The fun started from the head of the class, and moved on in magnificence down the line, un til Clarence Eugene Hobson was reached. He hung his head, evident ly not sure whether his story was proper and applicable to the time and place or not. "Now for your story," said Miss Joues, a saintly smile playing about her mouth. "Well it's not much of a story," said Clarence, diffidently. "Go on," said Miss Jones. "Wejl," said Clarence, "one day a man was riding down a dusty road on a poor little old animal. He saw a crow on the fence. Then he saw the remains.of a dead hog on the roadside near. The crow flew down and eat greedily for a minute or two th?u g< t upon the fence again and flapping his wings made fearful noise '.'awing. lu a minute a great big hawk flew down, grabbed Mr. Crow and the feathers flew thick for a while. There was no more flapping of wings and cawing." Clarence stopped and looked un easily about ""Well," said Miss Jones, in a tenderly meant tone, "the story is all right, Clarence, but I fail to see the moral. Where is your moral, Clarence?" "Moral! Can't you see the moral? "Why, it's as plain as the nose on your face." paid Clarence. , ;"We are from Missouri," said Miss jones, "and you will have to show me." "The moral," said Clarence, with some enthusiasm, "is this: Don't crow and flap your wings so gay and giddily when you are chock full of dead hog!" The moral was seen, aud Miss Jones said the story was a prize-winner. Wireless Telegraph Saved the Vessel. Marconi's wireless telegraphy, will shortly be applied to all the lightships around the British coast. Its value was strikingly demonstrated in this connection by the sailing ship Elbe, which went ashore on Goodwin Sands iu a fog. On the East Goodwin light ship is a wireless telegraph system. The crew telegraphed to the South Foreland ligbtlionse by this nieass, and,a8 the lighthouse is in telegraphic communication with coast towns, $nga and lifeboats were soo 1 proceeding to the ship's assistance. This is the first occasion since the installation of the system that its practical use has bee a mit to the test, and it proved highly successful.-New York World.