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THE NATIONAL BANK OF RUGUSTA
L. C HATXE, Pres't. F. G. FORD, Casiler.
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Surplus and I ?1 IA AAt
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Facilities of our magnificent Now Vault
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AUGUSTA, CA.
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Pays Interest
on Deposits.
Ace OTLG ts
.L ^elicited.
Ir. O; EATS-E, .
-President.
W. O. WABDLAW,
Cashier.
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yu*ts?c\ Sinisai v.ru?
THOS. J. aSD?M^ PROPRIETOR.
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?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?\
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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*. .
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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?'- ' ' ! "
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