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THE NATIONAL BANK OF RUGUSTA L. C HATXE, Pres't. F. G. FORD, Casiler. Capital, $250,000. Surplus and I ?1 IA AAt Undivided Profits / $11 V,lrU>J. Facilities of our magnificent Now Vault taiiiin^: lio s-.?oiy-Loc!; Boscs. Dlffer Slzes&ro ofT?revl to oar jiatrous ?ind public a? S3.00 toil?.OO p?ranmim. ' " i I TH? PLANTERS L0A1LAIKL SAVINGS^' BAtiK.. n ' ? ?????? I |'-AO IMP ra rivi j \--AZ trail RIO!' 053 AUGUSTA, CA. CK anscLE"* Pays Interest on Deposits. Ace OTLG ts .L ^elicited. Ir. O; EATS-E, . -President. W. O. WABDLAW, Cashier. : *..;.. yu*ts?c\ Sinisai v.ru? THOS. J. aSD?M^ PROPRIETOR. ?ria* ?**-1 ??; v %'AX> ?<i ??X ?DGEFiELD, S. C., "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21. ?M<MH HU-am VOL. LXIV. NO; 25. . cva.u:cinwi<;T *' THE SONG O ^?iinrtuced for centuries ; ;. * . \? ' Storm-wind and mountain-oreezs . **??*..* . Taught U3 our harmonies, Kissed us with mother lips. Soe how the tender and stern Heavens have bidden us rise, Crying, "Behold the eyes Of stars in the faitttfursKies:- ' Lift up your heads and learn !" Hear how the Sun doth laugh. ?"Climb yo thus, sons of mine:1 . Beek ye for.thlnps,djyine? . h-ft? ?^?O?oriwls'the sunlight wine; ^.on^Oa.TaMP* my .warmth: and quaff. Vtb "{':JVCometh our bard, thc Wind, ?.I*"* ^rBruvgt?^??s?ngf?, and saith: ..Jiay, .this is naught-but breath; ? Striving and love aird death, These I left, far behind! THE THAh . , ?n?staken;.theJighi. he. bail seen mte?^eonL ?cottage window-I 9. Jousts aillhd "io 'f.i J'J9it?tlA?pi> ?1*.- .?&0??TJ * - !i> v**AW boisterous night." Along a rain-sodden country road u mau, with his hat brim pulled forward over his eyes,, slowly .pLodded bis way. He had:left the city more-,than two hbtfrs befoc?, and its lights had disappeared ?with the oncoming of the storm. The weary pedestrian suddenly paused and leaned on the knoGbly stick ia his hand. No! he was not ema il, cot tage that stood just off the turnpike. Surely every hea'rt.duTnot beat unre . sponsivd to the'"cry of hunger and . 2 cqarjJiyir.'SttreJ^ihe'fras -not doomed .to.die of stnrvation-andfatigne in this, yt t fi. Christian.,:b*nd! ; ' "The grimy fingers^^closed tightly about the stick, and the starving mau approached the door of the little cot tage. The sound of voices reached his ears as he stool for a moment ir :xrosfliut?.'?'i'On?1 "^wa^ the deep, gruff vbice of a man,and the other was-that of a womau. H? knocked gently upon the door. It was opened, 'and a stal . wart yeoman appeared. The wayfarer's eyes, wa adored from .tho cozy lire to tho repast 011 tho bible before it and from thence to tho ruddy face above hihu i>i i?a .*MWaB;-what - d'ye want?" snapped the cottager. "A mouthful of food-I'm starving, " replied the wayfarer, s **Fx>od, eh! thet's allays the cry," 'snarled the ether. "Why don't yer work for it,same as Oi'do? Ger away, or Oi'U set the dog on yer!" and the door was shut violently in the suppli cant's face. ^ j- ? A lbw moan escapecL-hi? lip's.and he leaned heavily against the trelliswork before the door. When at leugth he turned open ro his suukeii eyes-the light of despera lion--randnessf " ' ' Wild; '-flicoheTenTj words fell from his lips; an exultant laugh-gullied in his throat Hark! What was that? Something was ap proaching from behind. Ankiha^TOmeflnng was '^"cyclist. Ke could see the small,trembling light of th?.t^iiy> audaeoikj^l Us^Uie^auqk-. ling soundso?; tire* ^'?9 ari ihe^vbt roack Th?* stroping wrMelP* stepped back beneath the shadow oj a tree.nnd as the? sotitav y v cyclist drew near he plac?dtfiiihself directly in his Yath. ? "Great Scott, my man! where the .dickens have you sprung from?" e;ae ti'ated the rider, a young fellow,as he dropped lightly from his machine. "It's, a good job I was goiug easy; iE I hndu't either you or me, or both of us, would have ' been fitting subjects for Surgical -research by this!" and the speaker gave his broad shoulders a shake to dislodge tbs rain from -bis storm cape. "I wanted you to stop," said the other, his wolds coiniug through his. set t?c%n t> 9 * ri m >ar\ Il Va Ca ff a "Luiloed, and for what renson?" in terrogated the cyclist, trying to sea the features of ?he hist sneaker. , "I-I want help," and tho kuobbly -dBrittfc UTf* "'"t?PiT- undLuvarjiA?l."lMt-t,ltf? cyclist, a few inches from the ground, ^?'gt?ft.?id?yoit?tay? Then you're *on the road?' eh?" " "Call it that if yon like, but-I'm "Good hear??s! T?s, now I see I" ^-'oftf fac?^don*niou?t nf ifere, ouT chap, for goodness sake go aud get something to eat" and the young fel low plunged his hand in his pocket. Wi QwfclualyMMIwttglBr W?^eST^d^r lITe Sim. ^ -jm "fjufc money w< uki be no use to you,'-' he snirr; "you want food, and y?u.-can't buy . -that- any nearer than the town. Stay, I know. 'I am on my way to a house ualf-a mile further up the road-the house is called 'The J?ol?ee'-you can'tmistak$/'i?; there ?r 5ar? Mp tnrretT;Ck?$?le$"' anyone will teil you which- is Mr. Templeton's bouse. I will ride on-ah! I see yon know Mr. Templeton; but you have no?occasion to bo afraid of him. He's n justice of the peace,! know, but he's got a soft heart-and if he hadn't, his daughter has. * ?VI y.\ W?ll. PU just spin along and sea there's something ready for you to eat when.3'011 arrive.,''. Tho young -?e?low hid placed Sis .foot on ,the>i ateo of his., bicycle to mount when he felt the tramp's touch --wi his ?!^lnll^!W?!;, 1 . "Well?- you understand ma, didn't "Ye.^I nuderstood yon, but-" m T'BuffrhaMMB "Who is this Mr. Templeton whom Ton just spoke^Aho^T-^^.it Kpbect Templeton, the letabAw!JirlkitlJtft "Yes." "And is he related to you?"v A shade of annoyance crossed1 th? young fellow's face, bat only for an instant. .'Sill M fl! ^ -w ' ^i^Su^^^'^?a^^"^6^^'^^ be related to him before long - at least I hope so, as a son-in-law,you know." "Ah! I h*d forgotteu; be has a daugbi&firoiJi*9T0 TH ti non The knobbly ?tick lav on the gaotind nowJ?&?3i Its'di?i?r^?s^U?&6hhg like1 a leaf. With an agile "soriag ?the cy clist seaied: himself in* hil "?f?d c??,< hud zs his feet found the pedals he looked round over his phorldflU-j, , , "Doa|Cf|rk? '^al^a w'hpuie Avith tko'Wf'rit??**! 'fwP'roucrf1- rhel^o 2is a good,.sonare meal a^aitingjyon." And wi tu that li -: role away tU"origh Bobert Teaoloto?, the, fothl-fao^ed architect, .sill iv?is.i?t4u|jfId?op in tlionglit, F^-oai sorne- disfetnt uo; t 0 1 j F THE, PIWE& ~\ ^6arde'n| that f?artfl my bl?st? . Everywhere men.'-below; \?J 'Danger and toil and woo, * * * ; "Wonders ye may not know, ?ll those I saw and passed. "Nay, but new melody Bring I to greet your ears. Ye, without doubts or Tears, Not all la vain aro th?. years;. Lo> I behold the Sea!'' Long bath ta tiltia to ns. .Hore OD <*\iP mountain-side. ; Patent we walt.i. we bide, *Heaming;Of waves and tide: Do they not murmur thu*? . Masts of tho sulp to be: This is the tryst wo keep, ?. Hearing the unseen doep: ? And wo answer in our sleep. We shah behold tho Sea! ?Freston Feabody, in Youth's Companion. ?v . . -i i K on bal . i IP'S KISS. t of the oki house the sound of a girl's fresh,young voice,singing "Love's Old Sweet Song," reached his Gars-. Snd den'y the song ceased,' .and Kobert Ten?pl?toil knew the dreaded momeut had arrived-kuew that Harold Frauk lin had called for his (Templeton's) answer. Ho had pronlis?d to give it that very night - that Very* hour-andr Franklin, lanxid?s lover that he was, had braved the inclemency of that night to hear that which .meant either life-long hap piness for him or : o'dreary drag of "stale, flat and unprofitable" existence. Templeton rose from his chair and paced slowly about the room. ' ?au The story "he had to tell Harold ' Franki iu was inevitable. How would he receive that story? Would lie-, id his great iovo for Clarice, laugh the deception to sc?rn; or would he heap contumely, upou the narrator's head and leave tho girl who loved him. foi*-, eve jj Xo, banish the latter thought!1 Harold Franklin was a true English gentleman -not. ouo of the soulless creatures who sometimes pose as such -cr?atures of veneer and vapidity but a man with a heart as sound as one of the oaks of his native land; a mau who valued .hi?} fellowtcreatnres for their true mind-worth aud-mot sole ly ou ac?oun!'of their wealth of tho world's " goods. . ? "Half an hour passed,and. Templeton was still 2)acing about his study, when a firm step approached, and a knock sounded up DU the door. Templeton weut across and threw it wide open. His visitor was Harold Franklin. "And so yon have comer' for my ans war. Harold?" said th?; architect, after their formal greeting. "Yes, sir," rep I "edithe young follow, with a quick look in the other's fina? Templeton placed a chair for .visitrm-aud sflt-dowir^itcin^'thiw."s* "But where is Clarice? It is ne sary she, to J,should hear what I li to say," he said "Clarie.'' is acting the good Sa itan to a poor fellow I -met on road," said franklin. "He waaf with JinjiTeL so J preuimed to in him tc bite hud sop bo neat h your r Mt\ Tcbapletou. ' I trust-my prosu tion did not overstep the boandd my acquauitaucesbip ;witli your "You did perfectly right, Harol] interposed tfie elder man, ". Clarice, yon say, is attending to poor fellow, with her own hands?'j "Yes, sir; she preferred to do so. A "lew minutes later Clarice Temi rou entered the room, and bothf male occupants were surprised to her eyes were tearful. "You I been weejfing, child?"' said her fa*:l as sue sank down on the has;oc'? his side. "i'es,"' she said softly; "it something thar poor man did and when he was "bidding jue good ni? and thnnkiug me for the food I placed before him " Robert Templeton wai loo rt eugros-ed with his own_though reply to what Clarice w.is saving. "My, child," he said, after a soo? pause, "it is only right that j-ou should hear'.what I am now about; to say. It is only right that the mau who desires to make you his;w'if?,?tnd who i sphere tonight for. my ? answer, should kuow your history - aud mine." The young lover;; gazed wondering ly upon the speaker, and their hands sought each other's instinctively. '.History, sir! I scarcely under staud"you,"..-said Franklin. "L know already that, you, the most illustrious architect of tue time, were,5 in your younger? dayv, far* poorftrtffa^' you now are. Have you not told me oftou that your early struggles were fraught with privation? Your history, sir, is one that redounds to your credit?" '"I do not refer io tho struggle- of my youth, Harold; it i< something else-something which concerns Clar ice. ( It is , this: Clarice, is not my daughier!" The words were spoken at last. "Not your daughter?" whispered the girl, her face blanching deathly pale. "Sit downagainymy child, and listen to my story. ' It" fs aa old story,-a common theme-for novelt?t?,^but true "Two brothers fell in love with one gwA Oae A? J&eArojbjters is studious na-3 aspiring; the other is wild aud ca ?' .... Tho girr chooses the one who'thbughf of tomorrow as a time of pleasure aud hated the plodding ?life of'industry. .The brother who was studious guarded his secret well; none knew his heart was .rent with un requited love. He smiled and spoke commonplace words to the woman who had. unconsciously broken his heart; but in the.solitude of the night his thoughts would ever waudcr from his books to the dream that had been shattered. '..He left his native to\yn and fettled for a short time in ^Manchester. One day he received word that the brother who occupied the 2>lace he himself had often dreamed to fill .bad been ar rested on a charge of forgery. The j' charge was v ell-founded,aud eventual ly he was r-erteuced io 15 y?ars' penal servitude. -"This WOT two -veai-s a: ter lu's mar riage anjLone year n"to?- his chihLu-as born. Hi? wife ??????;?< ver?d ii om tHffslWek, -smd ^trwMr?ro?W had served but ona .sear of his imprison ment'?li? was jniflfy) rest. I reached ???r side A few bon^WJore'-Bue died. Slie begged that I would take care of the golden-haired. [?n'nttler she was leaving behind -take care of ber until he bad served bis period of imprison ment. tI promised, and -when 'tba eartb closed over tbe body of her I lind loved I t"ok tbe ?b?ld a wily-th? child that resembled tue mother so much. You wore that child, Clarice." A sileuce fell ou the ltttle groupas Templeton finished speaking, abd the golden bead of Clarice b'?d 'drooped fotfv&rrt until jl Ifou'iici rest oh tbe ar chitect's knee. . "And -what do you expect meto 'say, Mr. Templeton'?" asked Franklin at length. "I-expect to hear you say what your heart prompts yon to say." "My heart prompts me to*say that nothing you have told me tonight has altered my lov? for Clarice, and I re peat agaiir-I love ber dearly, and she loves me; we ask your consent to our marriage." "And I Rive it, Harold," said Tem pleton, taking Franklin's band aud wriugiugit. Tbe young fellow stooped and raised Clarice from her dejected attitude)kissed ber Streaming face;aud tli?V pfl?s?fi sldwlyj side by sidejfrom the room.; Au hour later the i?vers st??d at the end of tli? wooded drive bidding each otlier good night. Tb? raid bad ceased falling. "And to think, Harold, that I, who have always felt proud of my parent age, 3bould beso disillusioned; tp think that I am the daugbtor of a felon!" and as tbe words fell from Clarice Templeton's lips sbe soughi to cbeck the sobs that filled her bosom. Franklin dr?w ber throbbing form closer to bis side. '-?Nay, sweetheart, let-Hot the news trouble you ao. You are n^t to blame for what your father did, aiid he,per baps, by this i$ sorrowing for his past cruelty aud wickedness; However, lot us try to forg?t him and the'past aud b3 happy in opr mutual love aud tb]e golden days to conid Engrossed as the lover.** were, neither of them were cognizant of tile proxim ity of a third person-a man, who crouched in tho shadow of the trees. "Yes, forget him and the past, " murmured tbe latter; "jtis ouly right that you should. As for him!-'* and the . crquching figure stole softly aw-n^.Ti* t Q..'_j. x I "But tell mo, Clarice," said Frauk iin, "tell me tue cause of the tears I saw in your eyes wbeu you joined your father (f shall always call him such) and me in his study." "It was the poor man-tho tramp "He did not highton you?" broke iu Franklin. "Frighten.me, Harold! No. some thing quite different. He said I re minded him of one beloved-a daugh ^^^y^as^^^Wn^nrevftr^rmd - ?ar ?n, When "lie cat lost her kittens she de prived a mother duck of her brood and carried nil the ducklings i'*to the eel-, lar to prevent the mother duck from coaling them back. . . ?4 s ? I \&m The latest and most novel use for old newspaper that has come to our notice occurred'the other day says the Lisbon Patrio^,, when a.-gentleman stepped into iii is o??ies an?T purchased 10J oirmora-to -foed ins- hens. He tears thc paper iuto shreds and-soaks it in sour milk until the whole, mass becomesra.pv?Tp4'Sv)'??en he-* feed? it to the hens, and he claims that it adds greatly'to; their egg-producing quali ties. The newspaper is gradually ex tending its field of usefulness. From food,for thought it has.expand ed until Within its sphere is already included food for goats atid bens. . i UT uTtjiTTJ* *?i jdl u mi Samuel Hamaker, a cigar manufac turer, who lives nt Manheim, Penn., wears,-.-a... beard. inches long. Mr. Hamaker stands 5 feet 9 inches high, and bis beard extends-two inches b'? l?w his knees, and is still growinc. In 18S4 Mr. Hamaker had a beard 38 inches long. That year he made a bet wilie'--, required that he cut off the beard in ense of Blaine's defeat, aud right after that election tho beard came oil' close to the chin. ? Hamaker immediately started growing another bearii' . aud the. present growth bas been standing siuco then; . On special occasions the beard is. worn, flowing to the wind, but ordinarily it is away inside its owner's waistcoat. When George Gray, a young boat builder of .Bridgeport,. Ni J., was taken iH?eCe?tly he lapsed into a state of coma from which his physician <vas uuabie to arouse him. His aged mother nursed him. .Gray suddenly awoke from bis unconscious state and gazed ?bout the room in bewilder ment. When his eyes finally rest?d ?pou his mother's eager face a look of intelligence came upon bis and he j deemed to realize that he was not still dreaming. With a deep drawn sigh be said: "Mother, what day is this?" "This is Wednesday, my son," she aaid, hastening to,. s?ipo?whif 'ilirow^? Well, mother, I shall1 di** oSr*Fr?daV,' good-bye." Thjspatient at once passed into the uycoiisrious state again and before darkness settled on friday night he srfta dead. KANSAS GlrUS AT THE FRONT? Thu Part They Have Borneln tho Trenches in the Philippine*. When the deeds o? courage and Y??osj i? tb? Philippines have btTcdme a part Hf fdraiJWr ?iiStt?!:j[; blei&iirj$ttte$ pages will be gi v?n to the. wiv?s aiutj ni'?ide?s who bore apart so nobly with} tlie Kansas troops?-They wjerepteseatl iu the treubhes; reddy with' their band: ages Jo triv? ?rsi Rfd lp any, slrick.en ?pldicr,, and ?b*b"iit {fie* llogpitRls tUdilr. cheerful preseuce add deft nursing ?.ave comfort to many j, wounded boy. In the letters written to tiome folk by be KarUfis .wou nded th?. Kansas Citv, Jviitrnai finds nie?tiuu?d ihd names bf Mrs. Funstou,' wife of the colonel; Mrs. Schlieman, wife of the chaplain!' Mrs. Buchau, wife of the Kansas G?y captain; Mrs. Whitman, wife of tho. junior major, and perhaps more fre quently yet the names of Miss.Braduer and Miss Ollie O'Brien. Miss Bradner. went from' Kansas to India s'?yeSB 'years ago as a missionary. . With the" breaking out of the Spanish war sjfib proceeded to Hong Kong, aud then, ? nf ter M?nila li?d fllll?ri, to ip V^l?m i>ine* S?pit?i; wli?r?! sli? Rt odc?.in^ Italien herself Rs R nurse in the Tweur" iletii Ka?sns: SJie kept Ri tue fr?dt" with the boys all. through. tHe JHtoV campaign add'applied the first relief to all the wounded that came within her reach. It is related by one KansM? boy that during one of thefierc?'* gagements this young woman sat his side in the trenches, coolly pas ing cartridges to him as fast as j??i could fire. Miss Ollie O'Brien is a Topeka girl who went to Manila last summer on I pleasure bent. She accompanied^Mrs,' Stutensburg, wife of a regular, ars officer wh?. is ribW serving witb't] Volunteers ?roul Nebrasli?; Wh??it? Wounded commenced to cortie frpni tfil front she volunteered tb go into tll? j hospital As a nurse; and she lids ?t teirted to fief duties faithfully tthd*jf welk Miss O'Brien is naturally bf tiiej army When ft bit of a babe she w?s adopted into the family of Captain Mt? O'Brien, and the people bf Hays CitfSjV remember well the pretty little gi$? who used to flit ab?nttheir town when^ the captain was stationed ?t a nearby fort. Miss O'Brien is tasting foi- the first time in her life the delight bf b?i?g; Something in the world besides ? s?cial favorite; She writes to friends th?t ther? is no other wordb?t "gibriotis;'' She is learning tobe thrilled by the Crash of guns, the tramp of men and the blast of bugle, The flag is iib longer a pretty rag fluttering in# whilom breezes-'it is the soul of.S? nation, speaking its serious thoughts. When she wraps, tlje wounds'- bi* oatriots she feels that she is .aootWritfi. ..- ; vue mst lew-years in the ancient' mounds erected by-a:iorgotten race in r the Mississippi valley, especially \ at certain points in Ohio,' and the 'evi dence thus obtained prbves that some of the chiefs whose people formerly inhabited that regi?n" diet actually possess treasures iu this form which far exceeded in value those owned by the richest crowned heads today. In -fact) there ar^ no-collections of pearls in existenceat the prt?s?ut time that would compare at all with those gath-" ered by the aboriginal connoisseurs referred to. .lu some.of the mounds, pearls have been . found,. not by hun dreds or thousands, but by bushels large numbers of them approaching or even exceeding in size a hazlenut. How such enormous stores of-them were gathered is a problem not .'easily! sol ved. The pearls were certainly ob tained from a species of mussel called the "uuio," which is still found in great ? .abundance iu many of -the, streams of 'this country; but in t-h?s? days the " shellfish in' 'question~????eE~ ' haye.been far more plentiful than now. No more beautiful pearls exist in na ture than those yielded by the nuio, and the collections -described-^ must ; have boen-magnificent, iudeed, in: the ; period of thoir glory. Unfortunately, all of them have been ruined by de cay, due to long burial, though-an occasional specimen reveals some thing of its pristine beauty when its outer layers are peeled oft -Bostoa Transcript. An Ideal Monkey "Woods." More monkey-inviting forests than these of southern Hayti can not be fbuud in the tropics, but not even a marmoset or squirrel monkey accepted the invitation. In an infinite series of centuries not one pair of quadru maua availed itself of the chance to cross a sea gap, though at several points the mainland approaches west ern Cuba within less than two hnn dred?niiles-about half the distance that separates southern Asia from Borneo, where fourhauders of all sizes arid colors compete for the products of the wilderness, and, according to Sir Philip Maitland, the Mna tive women avoid the coast jungles for fear of meeting' "Mr. JDarwin's grandfather. " The first Spanish explorers of the Antilles were, in fact, so amazed at the apparently complete absence of quadrupeds that their"; only explana- . tiou was a conjecture that the beasts of tho forests mast- have .been ester-- . miuftted-.by . order of some native j>o-,. teatate, p?rhaps the great Kubla Khan, whose possessions they supposed to extend eastward from Lake Aral to the Atlantic. ' :'.''f?\ - An Appeal to Faith-Healers. "We hear a good deal*nowaday3 of . faith-healing," says a -writer in The Cornhill, and goes on to tell this story: "Hicks used to.tell a tale which would have appealed to faith-healers, at any rate so far as their want of confidence in medical meu goes. -1 Hicks- had heard of the somewhat sudden death of ? small farmer who dwelt near him, and meeting the farmer's son shortly after, inquired ol him how long his father had been ill, and what doctor bad; attended him, i-The reply was, '* 'Wel.l, jun sea, Mr.* Hicks, 'faythar / didn't have a long illness, .and he didn't have a doc-tor, for IIB allua said; when ho oorae to die, h?'d like to dje a natural death,"' ' "* ' . . " ' , S? : %mm& of fomez's Me I I ?; ?rs, ?w.Mkjj ?rdi REMARKABLE TRANSF ( One morning not-long, ago the good people of Havana woke upi anet found* ?omselyes ,in.possession, qf( ? brand " V ?nade-?o-?'rder police forced fully fpped and clad in hancfsonlo tent hs. During tho past few months hand of nearly one thousand* men veteen drilling under the direction United States army officers, and at same time becoming fully acquainted with all .the duties which ^one of tho finest ' is supposod to know. Tho larger number of tho new mee'had served lu the Cuban army, mi in their ?electio? h? disfclnot?d? lbs Ijeeri, mfid? because o? previous filiations; the preference b?itiggiteri foihosQ-wJip-warfl physically superior p:n^l>hH; understood the peculiar con ^ihns^of gbveimmont, ann people lich obtains 1?. Havana: ien Jolin McCullagh*; the famous lief of Police,' went from New c City, to Havana to help reorganize * force, and the police system gener he 'undertook a more difficult r. than he had afc first anticipated. 1er the recent ; Spanish regime re wore three difierent kinds of lice, each responsible to a different id, and whose duties, often conflict with each other,'; created friction ffid jealousies.. Under tho hetf.rules' governing Havana's constabulary this conflict bf authority lina b?eii h voided: There is but. ono eiecufcive; General ItTenocal; Chief bf Tolice; whose powers' ar?. snprerri?; S?d responsible' to ho one except General Ludlow"; tho Military Governor of Havaua; There ia no Board of Commissioners; brit iii ether respects it is patterned closely' upon New York's police organization. There ara six inspectors, twelve cap tains, twenty-four' lieutenants ?incl e?'rgeantSj and nearly ono thoiisnnd . ?ii? "*\?'yooV<,v HAVANA'S CHIEF .OF'-rOI/?OE. patrolmen; all of whose duties are clear and iKfilLdefined^^. Frederic Bemington gives in Col lier's'TVeetfly w entertaining accouut of police conditions in Havana before and after tho Americans reorganized the force;, "He 8ay?f?*?' "Vf; - The last time I.WAS uiHavana Wey Ier sat in the palace and dirty Spanish soldiers prowled the str?ets by day and by-snightr-.These much starved and abused' men held np the honest wayfarer on the principal streets and got from him wherewith to buy bread. The "Stretches down by the wharves were little battlefields for decently dressed Wen after, dar ki. Tho old Hav^na; gendarme walked about or leaned against buildings, firing their cigarettes, but no ono ever took them B?riq?sly-ptlidy interfered with no bad?_nol matt er., what .his ..purpose might be. The Prado at evening was a gay scene, with its swarms'of Spanish officers aud pretty women strolling ?lowly about to the mucic of the niili 0 *" Vi fl i . ' - THE NEW HAVANA POLICE-f-A CHIEF. **' (D rn wn^or Collier's ^Veekly by ] tary bauds. Much more cheerful than irrthese days, I must confess; but the hack streets were made dangerous by starved soldiers; the Insurgent bauds raided the.- country, about to the out posts^ on the neighboring hills, and the /people iii ' the--theatres insulte:! An/ericans, thirsted for th??r blood, Mid told them so by word Of mouth: '"donsul-Geneyal Lee employed his time in saving American newspaper correspondent;; from tho Cabanas, and the United Sttitas GcA .ernment sigui flfld fco more to those pcoj?. ignorant; BOUU than a yeeter'day'a- edition-the ia nc fose io person mn the United MMIMMM * rans, Drilk?y ffiest Point* sr'iii hi feote ? ' :?'RMATf01^ WROt?GHT. Stales 5* America." He was not sup ported by Was??5gt?fl,'b'ut lie pound ed the table in Captain-jGreiicwftl "Wey-, ler's presence, talking loud and fig(K? ouply.' fo good effect. r?hi2 iras ?ll changed. The city is divided into four ftisfriets, and our in fantry soldiers walk along fb? streets with loaded Krag-Jorgensens 3i?s their shoulders, and no city in' this world is policed so well. The private of infantry does not understand the Spanish language, but lie compre hends it. row,* and ?t th? ?easi flickfef' bf disordei ,b? pr?cipit?tes Lifflie jf iri ld IH? ?niddl? bf .the" throng; using langiiagS'fler?'? ??d i?xid at?dpictur-" ?equo; No bn? understands the lan guage, but every one comprehends that tho vicinity of the big man with the gun should be vacant and hushed. At night the streets' are quiet-al-, most deserted-and . the cfimirial knows that the inarticulate Y?nke? will shoot him dead at the least sus picion, because how can a Yankee soldier know what else to do? At first there1 was sOide1 warm work, though the butt; ibo baronet:, ?hdtlie small calibr? so?ri bf; ?ght things right. I ?irip?dyed dd evening with ?ii ?t Gcev going his' fonnds.- The rhitig was distressingly without incide?tri The lights from the' jjnildlnge .gM-. Ironed the;narrow, .street,; the>;?r?ali life .of the peo?la ..conld-ha - "A WS - foi hf, -:,.:A' ' It all made rae sigh for the riot ind; roar of Whitechapel or tho Tower East Side, or some of the ginger of Chicago after candle-light, and I appealed to my officer [friend. I asked him td kindly hit some passiugstraggler over the head with bis sjx-fhqoter, since I could make nothing out of all this fcut a pastoral. , "Well," he said, laughing, ''it was more interesting at first. There was a function here, and I was told off with my company to keep the crowd back; The people pressed the marching col umn, and as I passed along I said to the sentry at that point, 'The crowd must be kept back.' 'Yes, sor'-and Inoticed that it was-Private Sbauu nessy, a good old vet, and passed!on. Casually turning arouud, ? beheld the greatest commotion arid rushed back. " 'Stop, stop!' Iyelled, T: don't want you to kill them!' "The crowd was , flying froniThe quickly placed "'butts to tho fronts,' and Private Shaunnessy soon-had room. .. . ... ',^U:-J adh " ftTy dear man, you must not'kill them,' [ said. f " 'I was not killing, them,, captain* >'H>H oia I' ".U vj- j {J GENDARME OF OLD SPANISH FORCE. Frederic Remington, afc Havatm.> I thought it best to assume a threaten ing attitude-sor. ' "Another soldier in dispersing a crowd pointed with his fingor at them, and observed in a- long southwestern dr.9 wh, . JNow-I-^wan.tj-you people tb get back.' ' I know you don't under stand what I- ara talkiirgj about but, 1 understand ray- orders,1 and now'? aro going to plow into.' you,' with wftic? calm statem?nt ho moved f?rward witt "tho Tiglit of batf.jp In'jjw ?yes! ! Th< crpwu.w'as as feathers'jii ?ji\w^<?.!'-??O . ; But.when Havana ? thinks, over >hel vicissitudes in tba coming yenra, she OAS Bfly Jho Amer joan maje HavaM Miijs fyok.like Sunday morning in a. Kew EnglaJd rillage on a summer's doy, arid1 a Sp&ri?s?kAtftericau town is not like, tbat by nature*. . ? - .... I.Cr - THE NEW RURAL,, POSTAL SYSTEM, Delirerjr Wasons That "Will Kc placo 40.? OOO Minor Post?nicos. Tl*?" Government has commenced to operate poslrt? wagons which ar? in tended itf a'ephtce * majority of the Afetf r??te'. postofiices in ihe United States. SsRtf star route offices aro those which Sid called fourth-class postofficesi and -.the" postmasters is ?barge, of these,have been, paid aper cei'fs?? on the postal business they trans?ct?r?, Ar? fast as: possible these wagons.! wiJL ba; ??feraduced.through out the United States. .Each State, will be ?ivid?'d into'circuits,-' Ihsso ??rffttit-9 being? of the length that fl wagon.?'??fjfl?>,ver'in:a day., Tho portal clerks in, charg? rf these wagons issue money' orders, register- letters and QI4 i ...'Vii iyih? ?MO ,o.*<* ?.irr .' ?'? B?T>TALfpNF-''PItEg'Eyr 'afiMai*' ' ??ft?s?of. a- general postal .business. ?h?f, .is delivered either at the b?us?s 6f ii?? peUfp?e along the1' route bf plac?e! iii what is called a rural free I delivery bos near; a residence.^ The postai clerk has one key to this box and tho occupants Of the residence the. other. lu . this - way the postofHce il ks&BA->. T?? ?fEW, ;.sysTijr. .A^OB?. wagonsi 2 tn : Millions of P.lrds o ii LCVRD.1 Island, a , jj Leyaofl'.- Island,.which | lies about 800 miles -west ^>f Honolulu, is a gi gantic birds' nest. About twenty tiV? "different species ' are^found there; < including ducks, ..boobies, {/nils and f ri gate.birds. ? Qu this speok of land BIRDS ON.LEYSON ISXAND. .the'birds'lsyVlmtch arrdldi? byriiill,-H ions., They gather ..ou -the railroad track in sucli numbers that they im-' pede the progress of the-mule carsi . anda mau.^its in'front ofiitliecar with a styck and pushes .them out of ?the way: , TJiei?J?abifants drequeujtly; are compelled io close dqors and windows''! to prevent the"'oird's ff oui 'coming 'into; 'theif Rouses 1h: numbers. A. 'wheel: barrow full of-'eggs ,may; be gathered ia a short time. A Kezni.rknble. Accident. >e . . !<Mub John Tyler, one. of the hest known residents of East Haddam, Corin., was badly injured whi?e return ing from Mount; Parnassus the other .afternoon .with- a- team. Mrs. Tyler was leading a cow behind'the wagon, .and while coining down a'h'ill'the cow jumped-into the ; roar.of the w?gon, partLy turning the vehicle over. Mrs. Tyler was 'liirown^brtween the wheel, and the ' sliaft of iie wagou*. .The. frightened horse* ran away. - Mrs. Tyler's clothing became entangled in. ^e.TWftgon pfnd she was dragged foi three-quarters of a mile behind, che ru^ning^jho?se^ j .Whether clothing * filially gave way sue'was left by the Side of the road in a terribly injured condition, it was at first thought that she would- die. - Mi's.. Tylor rallied somewhat and will recover.. Perhaps what saved her . life is -, tho fortunate, circu?ristarice that a buffalo robe in.the wag?n b?c'ame 'wound 'about'her heacf and the upper' part of ' h?r body and afforded; her considerable - protection against the "rough ground. " . . ploren Klilea ot Asphalt. ,' x . In some -ways philadelphia is not so ow, ' Tho city is just finishing what is cl?irii?d to be tho longest asphalted s'treSt in 'the World." ' It is ?lsb one of the' widest: 1 In^'faot; its name is Broad stteetj'^niii'aruns;-.straight from th? ?ity.HalJ away out.into .the fields', as straight as if. drawn,, by a,ruler,. This will lrkjoly be^.ha^sceue^lflome spirited a^ped^riais. j m%||0^4^P<>P<? sc?rcliing' w?eef?ien.-New" ' York w?rxar" ~ .". , id op md >;A<judge ia;Ohio ha8.i deoided "jhat ne forgery o? a check was not com? plett) without tho roveiMW ?W?p, : ~r. lyu ?o 'ffr.t-: i ! ,,, Expansion is all right, my boy; . " Tkriow, for I have tried, ?oon? . Just listen -what it's done for ino ^ And see if I bare lied. ' . I . IWhwr I-flrat started to eapaad. ; ? I measured thirtv inch; Bat I got a1 job dl*ect]y-r- wKn? i , ,. Counting TQtnr* Jt wa? a cinch., When I exp?nd?d?B?i Inch moro . I got elected tbec Assistant tax-assessor "Byinajorrty qf tac? Six moro inches made me bu rgess ; i x moro made me county cleric; S; ? more made me judge of probate^ L. fter that 'twas easy work. Six more inches made me couns?l For tho Squaw town-val loy road; Six more lauded hie lb Congress . If they didn't I'll bo bio wed. i , Sixty inch and still expanding, --' ?But retired, as you see; And you couldn't even tempt mo Wjth'a thou?and-rio 1 lar iee. .So don't let alarmists scare you, " . ' And don't^ay awake at night ' >; ?. Worrying About expansion, .??J For expans?y'n is all right. " ? ; : - /-Judge. HUMOROUS. It seems strange that a follow isn't "in the swim" lwhen' society' :th?-ows Kim b ver board. ,r; ju> '{roy? - "Give me some striking example 01 the coalescion of minute individual particles. " "?'sandbag, s?.rt "Our. bank is sure to tall", " said the cashier,''pocketing^?ll tEty 'avdilable 03set?, "as;it is rapidly Josiug ; its bal ance " . ' "Love makes .the world.go round." "No; love only keeps people frS??^?o ? icing whether the world goes toa nd Lives tbeis a boy with soul iso -dead," Who never to himself has said, . 4s 02 his bed shone morning'* light,". K t 'I wish: tho school burnt down inst night" i fiting..Uncle-Ther^ is no beast that has a roar as terrifying as bas the lion. Small Niece-ODidyofJ?vet bear papa. when .; dinner -wasn't, ready on time. "Iben.I told him wJjat.I thought of aim.' ''Jfr good,' plain" language, I pwwnmeF k "Well, yes*.: : . In: ? fact, some of my expressions,were positive ly military. " Mrs. Van Twiller (who mistakes Dr. Jovial for a physician)-And Avhere do you practice doctpr?- The.?Rey.; Dr. fovialr-Ah, madam, I do. not practice; [ only pi6soh\. A P?SL?Stbe . Hiss?s'sippi river boats, on beingasked if be knew vhore all the shoals and rocks . in the riv'er;Were, replied:- {-Faith,. don't, but I knotf where they ain't." . . When smiling slimmer comes again* I fi ^And jocund daisies grow,'HTo]f-"{ . We'll have to cut the waving grass ? ??'Where1 once w?sbovieib^is?w;"?*'' . We'll baye to beac tho.samo ?3? wail, - tm.--- "'an ?fo'lllfollirhtt?'tf?tHMrc nuu ui? "wiiar outiu-j ht ?i-?rpanio tin?e. '.1 *-\. ? :*ou< ?..?.* . . "And you-ave jbuey,?tare . ,youVd in terrogated the customer as bq.paid his check^t'o the restauran!; proprietor. "Busyf "Why, Tm ao rushed 1 don't g?tf & chance td *gtf bat/tc-?gijt ,<3 hite to eat!" was the unguarded reply, ii .. i.-'-- : 'i . ' -j ????{ . ; Sniffius^Cadderby is wearing s look of importance lately T?Las he "been made a member of the firm be work? for? Koffner-No; but he'--? ireeu given a position which carries with it the privilege bf bossing tbe office hoy. .. ' ' ' i . ' ' I j "tVorld'n OroatMt l?itddcr. . ;One of the largest rudders that hat ever been oast in the world bas been finished by 1 the Pennsylvania?? SteeS Casting company, of, Cb.est.or for tljei An^arican. line steamer Khynland, now on Cramps' dry dock'undergoing repairs. ' The rudder;'which was cast in a solid, pjece,-.weighed, orer.43,000 ' pounds, aud the steiup'ost, which was made at the same time," weighed ' 900.0 ?pounds. Heretofore rudders have been made-ia-two-pieces and after ward riveted into , a solid piece, but the 'Chester 'company cast- -without . dHBculty the rudder in,'XJne solid mass, which . experts ... claim makes .more effective this necessary "part 'of the ' vessel. - .The- art of casting, the ?udder is a trade.secret which mueven the .Brit ish' or German steel makers have yet been'able t? discover. ",;Rudders for ;*orejghrbiiilt-vessels are now .,being .shipped from Cheste.- to Europe. Johr?Haug, the suiveyp'r at' this port Tor Lloyds' Begistet '>'f Shipping, trtated tbat no European *-corkers of. steel.could have made,, a. rudder the size of the Bhynlaud's in ' one ' solid piece". ' He also stated that a larger rudder could have been made if it had 'been ne essary, and the work was an achievement in steel-making which the foreigners have yet to learn from the. Americans.-Philadelphia Bec ? ord-.- _ ?_./ - And the Bird,Came Hack. Jones' bobby was' carrier pigeons. He ?ired rt and th ?TI oh ev?ry occa sion. This Svas-one "of the occasions. Smith han bobbies, , but they were not pigeons. So whe,n ,Jones offered to bet a supper that h'is' 'nne?ft bird .would come back, no matter whfere he was r-'oased, Smith toolrth^bet, like wise the bird, and departed. ,,' 'Arriving at Phfln??lp??ia, he clipped the birds wings and m hin?fw?. -r.A week;passed. . The^nightf^f the dinner came. Jones was late. His face was sad and gl?dmy as* ne en tered the club dining room;: "Smith was correspondingly radians . . "Bird back?" asked Smith, full of latent glee. ' ' ''' " '.*,V', "Yes,'? said Jones, slbwly, '"bnt his feet.at-e, awfully ^orej 'Jj,. ( v?i. ,^ Smith paid for the dinner,-New Tork'Woi??.'1 "i^viAh .-j- .?? r? i ?:. i^V)"/. <{ii Good TVord. (yiri ' A little Irish maid; fresh from be> native isle, hus ^furttrslied 'lier' New England mistress with ?any a new phrase. r ,,.[w "The sun has hard work, io shin? this week', Nora,'' said the Ir.dy'Ho the maid, who was dnsticg. her*, room one gloomy day. 0,'/It comes p,ut for a few minutes aud tbeji tii'e clouds hide it for hours ngaiii." ?. ""H "Yes, mim," said Nora. "It's what you'd-call bashful . weataflr: mim. now ?UtfUi?'- ' ' ! " . -, * /" ?' ) _