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?THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA I L. C. HAYNE, PreB't. F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undivided Profils ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent New Vault f:ontaiulog 410 t-afety-Lock Boxes. Differ ?nt Sizes aro offered to our patrons and tao public at $3.00to SlO.OO'per .tauum. ?HOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. Cf WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1899. -JilJ '{.i ? . - ' ?. fl I THE PLANTERS LOAN SRO SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. ?Pay's taoros? g on Deposits Accounts Solicited. L. C. HAYXX, ? President. W. C. WABD?AW, 4 '. Cashier. VOL. LXIV. NO. 35 I BRUNGLE: BY SISFO LT^'Look out o! the window here,'* naid the surveyor, as the train rattled across a short .trestle ou its way from 'Excelsio (fawn to Sau?BafaeK "Do you see' that' '-wagon-bridge spanning the washout np there?- Well, that is the bridge my friend Bunglewits kept in the brave days of old." Tour friend -who?" "Well, Bunglewits was the name he went by. What his real name was I klon't know. He M as a South-German, I think, although he may have been a ?*ole or a Hungarian. At any rate, he ?'??'tV kad an unpronounceable name, some thing like Bunglewits, and as he seemed to be a very stupid, slow sort of fellow, Bunglewits he was called. He was not so dull, "though, but that * he recognized the.ridjcule in the nick name, and so, in order that his Amer ican neighbors'- might have no excuse for miscalling him, he/ assumed the . simple name of Smith. But he couldn't . get anybody to call him Smith until his exploit of holding the bridge up there relieved him from the nickname. I eau tell you the story before we get down to San Rafael. " And this is the story he told. f. Twenty-one years ago the silver mining industry in Colorado was booming from the discoveries at Lead ville. New camps started up every , whose, one of them being Excelsior, tlie town we have just left. Among 'the.people who came flockiug in was Bunglewits, then an apple-faced boy of 17, square, solid and very strong. He was an expert axeman and earned a good living by cutting timbers for the different mines. , Bunglewits spoke English well enough, but he was a reticent sort of fellow, which is not. surprising, for none of the inhabitants, with a single exception, ever spoke to him without trying to "take a rise" out of the slow-thiuking German. It was much to the credit of . Bunglewits that he did not actively resent this perpetual ' . badgering, for he was surprisingly strong, and there were few men in tho cam]) whom he could not have thrashed, had he been so minded. The one person who treated, him well-was Mrs. Benson, a quiet little body, and timid, too, except when she thought there was au injustice to be righted. She was the wife of Martin Benson, a prospector, well knou a in the place. By way. of showing her l?sapprpval of the general maltreat ment of th? sober,hard-workiug young German, she always addressed him by the name he had adopted-Mr.Smith; or, later on, when she caaie to know him better, Henry. She opposed the whole town by refusing to understand when,anynne spoke to her of Bungle wits. It wa3 a small thing; but, as matters turned out, she had good rea son to believe that her quiet cham pionship touched the heart-nf the"3to-" lid German boy. ? The winter of 1877 was extremely severe in all this part of the moun tains. After the first heavy snow fell iiTOcTobei- the ground was never clear, for one storm.''followed another, until, about New Year's, there were three feet of snow on the lovell One consequence of ^the. hard weather' was that the timber wolves became very bold. The few people on the outskirts of town who kept a cow wei-e careful to shut her up at night, and very often in the morning the tracks of wolves might be seen, in the snow, where the huugry brutes had walked round and round the shed in the hope of finding an opening. Two or three times during the win ter they ventured to come right into town,.when their visit would be pro? . claimed hythe yelpiug.of souiecap ' turecTstr?y dog. Children were kept indoors after suuset, and even the men disliked going about alone when the darkness settled down, for the town was unlighted then,and tho black woods-whenee- the-marauders came fringed the little place closely on every side. - j--?-~~Mr8. Beuson'8 husband, Martin, the prospector, went off iu December down to San Rafael to look for employ-* ment, for Le couldn't go prospecting in three feet of snow. Presently Mrs. . Benson had a letter from him, telling lier to pack np and come down to San Rafael with the two children on the ?following Saturday. She therefore got ready and engaged passage in the mail sleigh, which was a wagon-bed set on runners. The distance is 30_ miles; the driver used to make the -~-- trip down*one-day and" back the*next. But the usual driver could not go with Mrs. ^Benson and her two'chilr dieu; for he came in ou Friday night very late with bjth his bauds frozen So it was necessary to find a man to take his place. Bunglewits heard of this, and being out of work just then he applied for the position, and as he knew the .road" well from freighting. over it, he was taken on trial. Wheu the cumbrous looking sleigh pulled up nt Mrs. Ben son's door next morning she was sur-, prised and pleased to find in the new' drivel- her young friend,Henry Smith. Bunglewits brought ont her one big trunkj'.handliug it "with, as much ease as,; if -it -had fteen empty; next h? put. his_passengers in the bottom of the^ mmm. ^vagon-T?ecl, so that the high sides would protect them from the wind; then he drove down to the p?stoffice and took iu the mail sacks. Giving no attention to the jeers and chaffing of the-loafers about the postoffice door, he cracked his w-Bip. and away they went, squeaking over the.frosty snow. They made the firsti'5 miles to tho relay stable in due time, aud soon af terward they were clear of the'- woods *'jmd ont upon the rolling plain which ">xtap?dl?8ll the way down1 to San Ra :faek The horses-wer? oh a brisk trot when Mrs.Beuso? saw her driver sud denly sit up straigilt hud turn to look back. "What is it, HenryV" she asked. ' "I thought I heard wolves,nia'ani," was the quiet reply. The .next moment Mrs. -Benson saw ii nv stoop- quickly and take : np the ? yhmr J*la il rhfA,;ii\n:z-! ' ' "i'es, ma'am. Get up, horse?!" ' ..'v?' x^Jeei?giherself. froai her wraps and *. " steadying herself br.hoMing _t;> the dwVev's. .seat, the-little' worn?:if'stood np, to ipoli back, . Half-way batwequ j ,.??" -V^^r* i^n-^afcfc vVITSsM? I RD HAMP. i? one of the distant pine-clad slopes and the road Mrs. Benson saw a dark patch moving ^oward them oven the snow, and, then the'familiar howl of the timber wolf carne faintly to her ears. But this was not -all, for, like an echo, came an answering howl. Look ing in this new direction, they saw a second dark patch off to the right and considerably in advance of them, com ing swiftly toward the road. Henry lashed the horseB into a gal* lop. Then he asked Mrs. Benson to kneel down aud hold the reins for a minute. Then he nu shipped the seat and threw it out. Next he gathered up the mail sacks and sent them after the seat. Finally he lifted tho,, .heavjr. trunk and- pitched it over the tail board.'- As the load lessened the horses galloped faster. "When near the poiut at which the course of-the wolves would cut the road, Heury saw that his team would' get. by safely unless.the foremost wolf,_ which was a good deal ahead'of the pack, should reach the spot, first. The horses seemed to understand; they put forth all their 'speed, audi by the . barest margin they passed-the point before the enemy got there. But the wolf was in time to spring open mouthed at Henry, right-over the whiffletree and the front of the sleighv , It might have goue hard with .Bun-' glewirs and with his passengers but for his strength of arm. With his gloved fist ho struck tho flying wolf a tremen dous blow, kuocking it backward over the sleigh front and into the road, so that the runners caught it, bumped over it and seemed to break some of its bones. Up it scrambled, yelling and limping.. The next minute the^ pack was down in the road, tearing their hurt leader to pieces. v This gave the sleigh a good start; it also gave the other wolf peck time to come np with the foremost. Henry, looking back, saw that they had joined forces and were all coming on again, strung out in two long files in the ruts of the road. Knowing that his horses mnst sootf^ be exhausted hythe great pace, Bungle is its checked them a little aud then for a long time stood watching over his shoulder the tireless, relentless gallop of the wolves. They gained decidedly ou a long upward slope, but in the downward race ou the other side the hcrses gained as much iu .their tuvn. . 'A?rthenext hill, however, the. team plainly showed distress, came down to a trot, and so continued until the near approach of the pack sent them flying again iu terror. The towu was still five miles away, and escape f feom'the > v/oivas, seemed impossible. The horses- pi rglrt hold their-own on the slope they "were then descending, which, eontiriuecr^tb the bridge over the washout, but after that there would be a ratber""steep hill of a mile or more to climb. Bungle wits, quietly reckoning up the chances, decided that the wolves would;oatch them on the... .hill... He therefore looked down at Mr?. Benson", who was crouching, in the bottom, of the wagon bed,holding her two terrified children i? her arms, and said, with a matter of-course air: "If you please, ma'am, we'll stop at the bridge, and I'll staud 'em off." ."Can you do it, Henry?" . ; I '.'Yes, ma'am." "Sure?" Henry paused for an instant to think and theu replied, "Yes, ma'am, I'm sure." "Very well, Henry. If you tell me you're sure, I believe you are sure. Just let me know what Fm to do,, ?md nf do it." "It is good," said the youug Ger man. Once more he plied the whip and with such good ofiect that the wolves were 200 yards behind when he pulled up the,panting, .-tieuibiiug ? horses on the bridge. "Get out!" ho cried. . Suiting the astiou to' the word, he sprang out himself, -uubooked the hors s and with a smack sent them on by them selves. Next he__tijkle.d .-the sleigh on redgTeTauld^wung it- round sc that it stood lengthwise acioss the,- narrow bridge, which it' completely blocked. Glancing.up the hill, he saw # that the wolves had halted in some doubt and spread out widely. The energy and clatter an<L formidable look, of- his movements in throwing the sleigh about had daunted i?i?in for a mo ment*- ---- - ..m . i .i ii ? ? 11*. ? i j? ? ? Seeing that he still had time to spare, he spread the blaukets on tbe bridge and called to Mrs. Benson ito lie down upon them. She uid so at once, hugging the ch ldren close:to her. Henry theu pulled down the wagon-box over them,.shuttiug them in completely. They were as safe in "there ' as in a bouse. Grasping the axe, which always made part of the furuiture of the stage, Heury awaited the coming of the enemy. He stood behind the wagon-box-no meau bar rier, for it stood over three feet high, iuclnding the runners, and was an ex ceedingly awkward obstacle for hur rying wolves to scramble over. ^Seeingkpujy one figure, ..and that at rest, the wolves came ou again, but on nearing TEe "bridge"fEey stopped short] on the edge of the washout, as if sus-i pectiug.fhe strange thiug before them! was a trap. For several minutes! they stood there, 19 of them, with, their long,'red tongues lolling ont, j and theu with one accord all turned aud ran off along the top o?, the bank. Presently they disappeared; but in another moment Henry saw them lop ing away, one behind the other, down in the bottom of the washout. He presiimed they knew of some way to getup'tT??'opposite bank and were in > ten?tug"to"-come*b'ack and attack him 'from behi?'.l. At thia wolfish,plajrj Buug?ewits chucki?ti.for he was bright-) enough to see that he could ?mt the wagou-box between him! and .the wolves again by simply cr'ossingi ?v?r it; but he chuckled more at.thinking how the wolves were giviug him time ^to-make^a bettei-derferrce. k*1 ?" -' Tbe washout war, about 20 feet'w?de? with perpendicular sides eight/nvteic feet high, except, for an occasional .breafcr l?Hi?bridge wa^foriued by tw*d big tree hunks lyiug from bank to bank as stringers^ across; winch were set stout floor timbers, tightly jammed down but not spi&ed t? tho stringers, for in those days freightage was high, and heavy things like spikes were nob Used lavishly. Bunglewits had helped to build the bridge. No sooner, therefore, did he divine the intention of' the wolves to come behind him than he dropped his axe, sprang to the far end of the bridge and with one jerk wrenched up one of the crosspieces and sent it whirling inte !:ie washout. The first one being out, the rest came easily, and for a minute or two the ait seemed to be full of flying timbers. So hard, so fast and so intelligently did the misnamed Bunglewits work that -when the eager pack rushed to the end of the bridge, expec;,.ug in another moment to make an end of him, they found bofpre them a yawn ing gap ten feet wide and on the other side the stout youug Germau with his axe, defying them to "come on." One of them, bolder than the rest, ditL. "come - on, " but. he was motvin mid-air by such a crushing blow from the axe that he weht .tumbling end over end to the bottom of the :washout? At this a second w-oIfTwhicbchad crept part way across one of the stringers, thought .bettor of it aud backed care fully off again. Then they all "bunched" on the edge of the washout, howling in im potent rage at Bunglewits, those near est him-pushing backward and those behind leaping and struggling to get to the front. If Henry had ever read the story or Horatius he must have thought their behavior to be strangely like that of "t^e ranks of Tuscany," more than 2000 years before. This had been going on for a quar ter of an. hour or more wheu the whole band suddenly dispersed in every direction, and in a twinkling, there was not a wolf to be seen. Their sharp ears had detected something to alarm them. In another minute Henry saw, coming down the hill tow ard him,a sleiglTdrawn by two horses, which were being urged to their best pace by four shouting men. Henry held up his arms as a warn ing to them to stop, and as soon as he saw that they were slackening speed he threw down the axe and turned his sleigh over, and up rose Mr3. Benson and her children, none the worse for their temporary imprisonment. Then the four men, led by "long" Hank Marks, the keeper of the stage stable, came balancing themselves across the' stringers. They had no idea that it was not the regular stage driver who stood with his back toward them; wheu, therefore, Heury turned and faced them they ali, with one ac cord, ..exclaimed: "Why, it's Bunglewits!" i "No!" cried Mrs. Benson, stepping forward and taking Henry by the hand. "It is nat iBnnglewits. It is <UI? vavxr Haar fl'ian fl TTonr" a '' "If yon say so, ma'am, it's so. .It's Henry Smith from ?ow on." The name of Bunglewits had died with the wolf . that lay in the bottom of the washout.-Youth's Companion. . QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Excavations which are being made at Dunkirk, France, in connection with the extension of the docks hav? rj vealed a wooden warship, with an tique cannons, buried in the sands. It is believed that the vessel belonged to the Spanish Armada, which was ^fitted ont in 1587 for the subjugation of England. Consul Higgins, writing from Dun ?d?ej Scotland,', nptes.the use vf a milk? ingnnachiue on'? farm near'the city. The machine has beeu in use for two years, and the owner indorses it as practical and successful. The cost, he thinks, is about equal to that of hand labor, and tho device is most useful when roliable milkers are hard to ob tain. Probably the longest beard in the world is that of a metal worker in Marseilles, France. The mau is sev enty-four years uki. Wheu fourteen years of age he had a beard six inches long, lt grew from year to year, and now his hirsute attachment,- when un rolled, reaches the respectable length of ten feet ten inches. When this "mau goes but walking he carries his beard-rolled up in a big skein under his arm. Since he is rather small in size, measuring but five -feet; three inches, the beard is more than t-ice tn'e man's height." The windows of the first houses in the colonies had oiled paper to admit light. A colonist wrote back to Eng land to a friend who was soon to fol low: "Bring oiled paper for your win dows." The minister. Higginson, sent promptly in 1629 for glass for windows. This glass was set iu the windows with nails; the sashes were often narrow and oblong, of diamond-shaped panes set in lead, and opened up aud down the middle on hinges. Long after the , large towns and cities had glass win dows, >-frontier settlements still had heavy wooden shutters. j Th?'Philadelphia County Medical society had a. remarkable.case of ortho pedic surgery presented to it a few days ago, when Dr. James' P. Mann exhibited the successful results of an operation he had recently performed. The patient was a twelve-year-old boy whose right leg and foot were of nor mal size, but the left leg was as large as a full grown man's, while the foot was so big that a man's No. 14 shoe was necessary to iucase it. The foot was twelve inches long and the three smaller toes measured six inches in circumference and five and a half inches in length. A remarkable fea ture was that the bony as well as the soft tissueawereeularged. Dr. Mahn, . after subjecting the foot to the X-rays, made deep'.incisions aud pared down the bones; besides cutting''away the soft tissues! " The lad's, foot; was theu .incased-in pins ter of paris. : The plas ter wa< removed in' the presence of a ?WffllBBnjrmedical fm'en,' when it i was found that? the'operation had been entirely snrcessfnlicnd that not only was the foot of. normalize, but within a few flays the hoy \vijf* b| ?ble tQ walk with it, ' . . g ?v . DESIGN rOR SOLDIERS' Al The monument to be erected on.Ei ' memory of the soldiers and.stfijors whc 'of a templo of fame, und will T^e eight; marble. It will cost ?250,00Q.; Mount Tom, tho site for the new r the foot of "West Eighty-third sbreet. New York side cf the Hudson for man height of eighty feet is addcd*fa this li There has never been a monument soldiers and sailors of the Civil War, d Grand Army of the Republic were unre fitting memorial; bat finally the Legis city to issue bonds-to secure a ?and fo: ocoooooooooooo?ocjoo?oppcco ? International ?tlilet?o Sports ? I to Be Held Annually^ I oooooooooooooocooocooooooo The great international athletic tbnr ney is over and England'is th? win ner. It was held at the Queenif.Club and the Americans made a game fight, bat were beaten, 5 to 4. The Harvard aud Yale boys will have a chance to retrieve themselves next year-ifithe Englishmen decide to come io this conntry for a return contest; . Not in many years have Srifishers taken such an interest in track and field sports. What were said to be 'the cream of Uncle Sam's . amateur athletes were sent over to do ? battle with the pick of the country, and royalty and commoners were, alike deeply 'interested in the outcome. Many thousands witnessed the con tests, and fabulous prices wet?(paid for seatsv Several hundred Americans were late in seouring boxes 'and as high as $50 a seat was offered^ h^the THOMAS E. BUBKE. ( (Harvard's star performer,' who Was in such bnd form that he lost tho hnlf mile race, the English athletos thereby 'belDg ea-i abled to win.) supply had long been exhausted and the money didn't tempt the holders. The crowd which assembled was a notable one. Two hours before the ' first event was called the spectators began to arrive, 'and by four o'clock every seat on tl>e field was taken and spectators were lined np four deep around the entire track. IQ all eight thousand persons were present. . To au American the appearance ol .the field was ? revelation. Brilliantly decorated stands, with colored awnings and innumerable flags gave the event quite a carnival-like appearance, suoh as is seldom seen at an American col lege meeting. This was, however, quite in accordance with the ordinary custom in England. A pleasant feature of the day was' the presence of the London Victoria Military Band, whioh throughout the afternoon enlivened the occasion with popular a^rs. f - ' The Harvard' and. Yale supporters filled two section'sin the stand !oppo-< site the finishes, but with the ?xcep 'tiou of a single cheer on the occasion of Fox's win in the purdie race there was none of the organized shouting that is a feature/of tfi?" Harvard-Yale contests. ' & Judging from announcements made _. _^ . .. i -: r THE QUEEK'? (\Vhero the contests'betwoen tb? Am' by. several speaker^, at the .dianei given to the athletes ?aiter the garaef were over, it is evident that tti'e' two Euglah universities contemplate c return visit to America uoit year. [VIL WAR MEMORIAL SD SA.ILOB3MIONCXIENT. iveraid? Drive, New York City, to the > fell in the Civil War, is in the' form y feet in height, built of pure white nonument, is a* Tound-topped rook at It is the most elevated point on the y miles,- and - when the monument's andmnrk the effect will be magnificent. ; erected in New York in honor of thc espite the fact that the members of the imittingdn ;their endeavors to secure a lature was induced to authorize the r the building of the monument. The members of both teams were in excellent health and spirits, and made the dinner the liveliest ever given in London. They joined in all the ..popular airs.which :the band played, and when American national tunes were played, all *.tood in their chairs singing and cheering. The Americans came in for great applause from both the Englishmen and Americans present. Fox, Bice and Palmer being. especially honored, while Davidson, as the victor in an event which all Englishmen feared j ROBERT GEE] would go to America, was greatly ac claimed as tho . saviour of'"1 the day. Then came brief' speeches from the captains, of the teams, Vassal saying die hoped to go to. America and give them revenge, and, despite tho assur aifce which'his- neigh1 bor, Roche, had given him all- during the dinner that the climate had nothing to do with to day's results, he was very much afraid that the tables would be turned on them in America. Captains Roche and Fisher, respec tively of Harvard and .Yale, who fol lowed Captain Vassal, both, made modest; and. ' appropriate speeches, thanking' the Englishmen for their cordial-reception and courteous treat ment and asking that they be allowed soon to try again. ChlneseJParantal Authority. ? remarkable event has occurred" at Tsing-kiangpu. A man by the name of King had a son who made his .father and mother "lose face" because of the wild life he led. He gambled, loafed, smoked opium, etc. If he stole, his father would be taken .to the y?men and the w"hole family would suffer for the son's villainy, and the vital question was. How could the family be- .protected ? At last they ar 'rfved at the conclusion that the only way to protect tho father and mother was to take extreme measures, with the son, which they did with a ven geance. The father and uncle took him out among the. graves, followed by a crowd of curious neighbors.and CLUB, LONDON. arican and British athletes took place.) friends, and putting a rope aronnc his ueok, each relation pulled on at j I end, and the BOU was put ' beyond H ruining the family in-t??s -world. North Ol'ina Herald, - I Sketch'"of .the teer of Robert fe Ingersoll j Tba death of Bobert G. Ingersoll at ?is summer home at Dobbs Ferry, N.: Y.', removed a unique character from the world's stage. | He?did not leave life as he had wished; he .wanted'to die slowly so that he could'note his feelings and give to the world a fare well message before he crossed the threshold of the dea 1. Colonel Ingersoll was the son'of a Congregational minister. His . boy hood Was spent in "Wisconsin and Uli no;.Si He was educated in the public schools; studied law, ?ud opened an office in Sh?wn?etown, 111., with, bia, brother Eben, who represented the Peoria district in Congress from 1864 to ?872, and who died in 1879. Hob? ert G. Ingersoll was' Colonel of, the Eleventh Illinois Cavalry in the Civil "War, and made an exceedingly-good record as a soldier. He'was cap- : tured by a force of Confederate cay; -airy, but ho was -paroled and lie ref i turned to his command. He was: Attorney-General ofi Illinois in 1866. Colonel Ingersoll's irrst attempt at oratory, was a failure, but when h? again essayed to speak he ' was s?c cesful, and finally developed into one. of Amerrok B 1 greatest ' orators.^ Hi| speeches were marked by an iextraor din?ry facility of pnrasihg and an na? usual power | of graphic 'portrayal. The. speech, which he delivered at the National Bepublican Convention' in 1876, nominating James G. Blaine and giving him the title of Plumed Knight, attained for him national. ? fame. His chief notoriety,'however, resta upon his attacks upon the 'Christian religion. He wrote, a number of books and minor works, and several volumes of lectures. He participated in several theological discussions! with'men ol national and international reputations, the most notable one being with Mr. Gladstone. He delivered lectures on the subjects which made him well known in ali parts of the country and they LIyi I" j (? *!.?*? G >* i bfi fal y>i\ ' ' lt? !\<il\ U w i-r-'vj tin n drew overflowing audiences. Colonel .Ingersoll was ' sincere in his, convic tions and it was due to thom that'in 187.7 he refused thepost;o? Minister to Germany. ? , Colonel Ingersoll bas enriched Eng lish literature by the eulogies which he delivered at the graves of his friends and by the patriotic addresses which he made on national occasions. The eulogy which he ' delivered at his brother's funeral is considered his finest effort, and .his address. Spoken in New York City on Memorial Da'yin 1888 has become a classic. One of his finest compositions is a prose poem entitled "Life." . * Colonel IngersoII'was a mau oflarge sympathy. He was naturally a phil" antrophist and had many plans for the improvement of the conditions of the poor. He earned great sums of money, . both as a lecturer and as a.lawyer, but he let them go like water. It was hit habit to keep money an open drawer, to; which every m eather of tht family was free to go at any time ant take what was wanted. His: home lift was one of remarkable happiness, ant he was never so happy as When sur rounded by his devoted family and bj his friends who thronged his-honst from all the walks of life. \ He was i constant student of Shakespeare, whose works-occupied*the place in hil home where in most homes in thii country the Bible rests. He was nevei more eloqont.or earnest or impressivi than when talking of* the master play wright. H? never tired^Sf delving ii -Shakespeare's works-- and. .finding'ant displaying beauties .bidden from th* carelesffteader. .Wagner wasanothe: object of his ceaseless admiration. Hi loved music, and maintained; that-i went most directly to thc heart whei it avoief?? In?riotony. Tlie Kine of a Pickpocket. A somewhat novel method'of pick iug people's pockets was resorted ti the other day by a, thief in Germany Disguising himself as'a lady and .car rying a bunch of roses, he entered i compartment in a r?ilway train al ready occupied by two ladies and i gentleman. . Shortly after the trail started '.'she" dropped some of ''her' roses, and on the gentleman's, picking them up, smilingly gave him one, the: offered the ladies " some also. Th roses were heavily dragged,'' and whei the travelers came to "th/ir sense' again the "lady'-' had disapp mreftgin all their-money 'and vajuai4e&>wit] "her," ' ' ' HOW CHICKENS TALK. 'i? it vii i 3 -** Language of Feathered Folk That Haman Beings Can Understand. . . It is a language that human ears learn readily to comprehend. For the most part it is instinctive. A fuzzy toddler ?ix hours ont of the shell has five distinct calls. The first and loud est of them is the lost note, uttered when he loses sight of his mother, or irnds himself ont in the cold. It is " loud and very shrill. The second,the hunger, note, is as shrill, hut more plaintiff. As soon as eating begins it I changes to a sort of satisfied chitter ing. ? :. : . i i% After eating they grow sleepy and cry to he hovered. The note is some what like that of hunger, with a peculiar tremolo breaking it in the miaVlle..: Very .rarely do the mothers disregard it,, though' they, ;may be riag?r to gd foraging over grass plots or down hedgerows; . The fifth note, the.chir-r-r of fright or astonishment, is the. quaintest of air. The'chicks th?mselv?s appear to find? something in it distinctly huuior ,o.us. ; When they are a few dava oM; if a big Wriggling WpT* or a fat, juicy 'bogj be thrown- ro "them With their ' Uauol-food.-they will first draw away from it, .chir-r-jring. in. concert, then, after eying it a minute, seizn upon it and" toss it abolit with faint immature chuckling cackles. This chir-r devel ops at last in the gratiug call of warn ingj'at'souuds' of which from their . mothers even tho youngest scatter and scuttle to cover. , ii Anything,., a bird, a kite, even a very small passiug ?IriuoV 'sailing in the sky o'v?rheftd.will evoke this warn ing, cry,., Let, one hen sound |t, -every other will tnke it up. Often, oftener than not, indeed, the alarm is a false one, but centuries of. hawks nave im pressed (Upon., each feathered mind that "cl anger cometh ont o? the air." and they govern Eh?mselves accord ingly. i?*:V?& . Everybody knows how hens clu?k to their broods, but it may be; news to many that,-though" .1 hundred hens may be chicking in the same inclo sure, the voice of each will be indiv idual and unmistakable to her imme diate family. A chick just out of the nest may not'be able to discriminate, but let him follow, for a day, and he is past making mistakes. Even more wonderful is the hen's ability to differentiate her brood from all the rest With spiteful, ill-tem pered fowls this often leads to pitiful barnyard ? tragedies. An intruder, feeding peacefully among cuioks of his o wu. size, shape and color, has often been slain'with one'single blow of a'sharp and'angry beak, i ?q .A.CACkj.espesially'a game cock,; or one of Spanish'breed, has a . wonder ^.?.Uwnf. -?rnxr?: Bv moans of .. chuckling! and chattering likeTs'o many 'blackbirds, or else wallowing/in light' earth, pecking lightly as-they; scratcli, and wallow, and ovidently finding it good sport to throw dist well over each other. A hen, save when setting, will ,never.wallow alone. And when set ting she is not normal, but a ragged, unkempt and very ill-tempered shadow of herself, scowling and pecking at Whatever comes near her.-Boston Globe. i _\ . t ! ; A Barber Shop Comedy. _ .In .Greenwich street there ils a small barber shop. In 'it is a younfc barber. He is au assistant and his- ?ame is Guess. I He-has been employed there only a few. days, but. he. came very near losing his job and pu account of 'his name, tobi The proprietor was in when he applied for, workr liked- his .appearance, easily came to teyms with him, and''assigned htm to a onair. "What is yoiir name?'- asked the boss.:. i -, ... . "Guess,*' was the reply.- - ? . ' "I am a poor hand at guessing barnes,' but perhaps it ' may be Schmidt." -v"No;.Guess." " ."Lutz, tbejo":" i ;,j y'Sjjt*-),: responded .,tbe; young marj with a smile, "Guess!" - . ""Huber,"-responded the boss, des ; perately. . t?a ??' ?The^oung maii shbdk his head and again, relied, ?'Guess:'*.'' li. ? . ? -"See here, young fallow," said the boss, angrily,/'if yqu can't-,-answer a civil question, Ithink.you had-better look elsewhere for a job. Now, sir, I'm in n.oliiimor for trifling; (what is your name?" < " "George Guess.'"' ' Now, it happened that the boss's first name was George, and, naturally, he thought the young man was still amusing himself in a most unusual fashiou. . ^"&ay!" he roared, "this has gone far enough. If you will not ?tell me your naine you will have to get out " "I haye told yon several times that my name is Guess, and also that my first hame is George! If that, doesn't satisfy you I'm afraid nothing ever will.'-v; ; . v '.. Light dawned upon the boss bar ter's mind, and the youug man went to-work. -New York Press, j ? * i il ' ' ? ' . Fireproofing Processes. There are more than forty differeui ways of chemically treating wood su that it will resist combustion, By a series of experiments with the best oi these methods Prof. Thomas B. Still man, of Stevens institute has just , shown that wood eau easily and cheaply be-made fireproof without in the least impairing its strength or its value for ..decorative purposes. For i?stauce, ho soaked a lot oj chemically prepared shavings iu alco ? hoi and then touched a match to them. The alcohol of course blazed up aud the ?h?viugs were soon in the midst of a fierce fire. When the alcohol had burned out the shavings were hfl uucousuniecL Two blocks of wood, one in its natural state, the other "fireproof ed,''' were held ov? ria flame. ? The ?natnraif 'wood, Waa iinm'ediateh consnined. . The '.'fireproofed" wood smoked a little bat jrefnued to take fire'. Tliese same chemical procepsef .WE HERO. 'FT7 There was a man who chanced, one day. . To hold a certain plac? When Fate and Fortune passed that way And looked him In the face! , When lt was time'to strike he struck Nor stopped to weigh the cause ? He wrought a marvel/by good luck, And heard the world's, applause. Then atraightway he that h?d boen then? To strike when it was time v>s r~ Assumed a high and mighty air V And thought himself sublime! Ho made brave speeches unto mon, ~ He boasted of his act, r. And lt became apparent then How small he was, in fact, . . tu,. .:***..& Another chanced, one day, to be : Where Fate and Fortune met, He seized the opportunity, His fame is spreading yet! When it was time to strike he struck Without a moment's pause, , And, full of wonder athis luck; . He heard the world's applause.. "The mighty thing that I have wrought A many another could Have done, aa well as I," ho thought, "Had he stood where I stood. I merely chanced to be on hand y To strike when it was time;" 3ut still be kept his counsel, and Is, therefore, deemed sublime. -S. E. Eher. .HUMOROUS. "Some men have the best lock!'* "How so?" "There's McIntosh, for instance; ice cream gives bis girl neu ralgia.'' A-It is when a man is in troub'e that he knows the. value of a wife. B-Yes; he can. put all his prt pitty iu ber name. . .. t . Clerk-I am only waiting for you to raise my salary, sir, to get marrie" " Employer-Then don't expect it. think toe much of you, , "Doctors say mental depression usually arises from stomach troubler *' "That's true; nothing makes a man EO low-spirited as not bavin g any thing to .eat," . "Were there no servants in the in telligence ofiice?" asked the wife. "It was full of 'em," replied the lonely husband, "bu; they had all worked for, us before." Passenger (on ocean liner)-Think we'll.break the record, captain? Cap tain (witheringly)-Well, do you sup pose .we are only running this ship to carry passengers and freight? Thei window has Ita pane, we know But that's for giving light, .. ' And not to force some ono to walk The floor with it all night. Papa-I hear you were a bad gir today and had' to be spanked. Small Daughter-Mamma is awf ni-strict. I'd 'a' known she used to be a scliool teacher, I'd 'a' told you not to marry her. ;> . Hicks^Thera's Grillity. What a ?. .V._- t... . . . ? If V, ,11 . .. . v.-; du nb ' v -Thc du" .,gu?58S what it is. Hus band (with a slab of omelet between . his teeth)-The diploma. ' ? "The weather,'"-said the oldest in habitant, "is not .what it . used to bo ,when I was a boy." "For that mat ter," commented the smart young man, "the weather is not what it was seven months ago." And the oldest inhabitant could not be persuaded to talk for more than hour. ' Wheelman-I lelieve I'1 give np bicycling. I am as careful as can be, bnt every now aud then some acci dent happeus. This is the second time I've been arrested and fined for runuing into people: - ^Businessman I'll tell you how to manage, Just get a job as a bill collector. Everybody wi 1 dodge you th*n. . Tanneries and Tanners in Jn?:?n. T'-iore are but two tanneries of any magnitude in operation; throughout Japan-one located in Osaka and the other in Tokio-and they are chiefly occupied ' in supj?ly?hg th? leather wants of tue army and navy. A large tanning establishment.is located near Kobe. It was formerly' nuder Euro peau management,' lu;t,? after several unsuccessful attempts, to-.operate it, it bas been closed. There are. however, many small "home tan carlies' Vin. the country, aud they are;op?r?ted exclu sively by the "Etas," afclasp of per seus whose occupation is looked upon as nhcl?ah. The beggars"K?jiki"con stitute the lowest class in Japan, and. next above them are the "Eta," who monopolize the occupation of killing animals for 1 food, the tanning and dressing of leather; grave digging and similar work. The "Etas" are popu larly "supposed to be in possession of a secret.method of tanning. ?, Tanning being looked upon in Japan as a de graded calling, it is not probable that the industry will materially' improve in the near future; and it is for that reason, together with the additional ones that cattle are scarce, and that there is a growing demand iu Japan for leather of all kinds, that the United States has a field in which it may largely increase its exportation of thia article year by year. The Flint Bomb and Mortar. The Koreans invented the first bomb and mortar. The lust for revenge had taken such a grip upon them that nothing sufficed to hold them in check when once tbey had tlie'ehemy on the run. Before the first year of the war had expired the Koreaus had imitated the firearms of their enemies, though pebbles were at first the oniy missiles used. They even surpassed the in vaders in the use of gunpowder, for the records tell us that a certain gen eral invented a piece of ?ordnance which, when discharged, would throw itself bodily over the walls of the be sieged fortress, and when it exploded, the Japanese who had crowded around to examine it were torn to Jpieces by the riving debris or choked by the sul phurous fnmes of the burning pow der. The startling statement that the mortar threw itself over the wall is merely the work of au excited imagi nation, whereby the projectile became confused with the.machine used in its projection. We are told that the ce cret of the iaventibn perished with its inventor, but that the. mortar then used still lies in one of the govern ment storchoiisos in the fortress of Nan-ham, which' guards thc southern approach to ' the capital.-Harper's Magazine..