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|? N?T??fvAl 3ANK0FAUGUSTS I L. C. HAY??E, Prea't F G. FORD, Cashier. j Capital P504?0Q. ?n?kl^l 10,000. Facilillo* of cur magnificent New Vanlt [containing 410 rafeiy-LocK Boxes. Differ ent Stzea ar*> offered to our patrons and tao public at $3.u: io $10.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN ANO SAVINGS BANK. AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest ou Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. H ny nc. President, (.has, C. Howard, Cashier. THOS. J ADAMS PROPRIETOR. -.-:-_n-; EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. JULY 10. 1901. rt VOL. LXVI. NO. S?8*: ?.?.?.?.??.??1 S "RE Ll AB .JEWELI W lamonds, W A .,ware, Libbey 'f. Brio-a-Brae, ? V Wedding Invitations, Engraved V Eg Plate and 1U0 Cards $1.05. Watch] k nioad Setting aud Engraving don? ? OLD GOLD ? $ NEW GOODS S Wffl. -SCHWEIGER! . 702 Broad St., COMMUNITY OP INTEREST W. K. VANDERBILT EVOLVED THIS IDEA IN RAILROADING. JLight 9Ten Said to Be in Practical Con trol of O ar Steel Thoroujrhiares- Jame* J. Hlll-the Greatest Itailrnad Autocrat Since Commodore Vanderbilt's Time. "The fact that eight men should be In practical control of our railroads is primarily due to the enforcement of .the Federal laws enacted to prevent railroad combinations. Here is a .striking paradox: The Supreme Court .of the United States, in dissolving the Joint Traffic Association, infused the breath of life iuto thv .community of interest* idea. Prevented hy the high est law In the laud from forming traf fic agreements or pools, the railroad owners felt bound to protect them selves by forming still greater com binations .on ' the mutual-ownership plan. "Some persons say that it was Wil liam K. Vanderbilt who first suggested the idea,,of 'community of interest' which has developed with marvelous rapidity into the basic principle of railroad management in this country. Certain it is that Mr. Vanderbilt, and the powerful financiers whose inter ests are closely allied wilh his, were the first ones to . clasp hands in a pro tective mutuality of ownership. Hav ing welded all the Vanderbilt liues into one. compact system. William K. .Vanderbilt was in a position to take the initiative in a movement to domin ate the railroad situation between New York and Chicago. Mr. Vanderbilt and other members of his family became stockholders of the Pennsylvania Rail road and capitalists long identified, with the last-named property ' bought Rentrai stock. Negotiations j >r>?'close alliance be te Slates. Ind. death of his Cornelias, he had fig red comparatively-little in the man agement of the family's railroad in terests. Most of his time was given np to foreign travel and social pleas ures. . Veteran employes of the Van derbilt lines, feeling that because they had begun service with 'the Commo dore,' they were piivilege to express their own opinions, frequently shook their heads, and muttered: 'Who is going to succeed Cornelius? Willie K. bas r.o business head.' "The sudden stroke of paralysis which compelled Cornelius Vander bilt's retirement from business was followed by a series of surprises, ex tending throughout the Vanderbilt sys tem; William K. grasped the reins of control with a degree of. promptness and self-reliance that sent cold shivers down the back of many a high official who had begun to regard himself as indispensable to the Vanderbilt lines. The new head of the family was found to have a definite policy. Concentra tion, retrenchment and increased earn ings were his watchwords; 'We must haye these three,' he declared, and in order "io secure them he reorganized executive staffs, with a total disregard of "sentimental considerations," "No mnn has taken a more earnest part in developing th?^?Xmmunity of interest' idea than Jan?ts J. Hill, President of the Great Northern Rail road!, and director in several other rail road corporations. Mr. Hill is a man of energy and quick decision, and once he makes up his mind tLat a thing is desirable to do, he proceeds to do it with all his might. *t ?rpije community of interest idea is growing in favor,' he said, not lonj ago. 'Small lines of railroad, with few exceptions, arc not likely to grow, all -hy*themselves, so it is much better for them to Join? interests with strong lines. It is* noir necessary" that the roads should consolidate, although in many instances a more economical ad ministration could undoubtedly be ob tained i,j such a course. The time is coming when the community of inter est will be so perfected that small lines of road will be .mt off from connect ing traffic so as to make an independ ent policy on their part unprofitable,' "Mr. Hill ls the autocrat of the Great Northern Railroad. Since Com modore Vanderbilt's time there has not been so complete an Instance of one man-power at the head of a great rail road system as is presented in the case of President'Hill. He evolves policies and executes them, bis directors bow-,j lng to his will with dignified hut-\ unanimous docility. Men in the em ploy of the Great Northern know that unless they satisfy James J. Hill their fate is sealed. There is no other court of appeal. And President Hill has the reputation of being "very particular,' to use the cautions phrase of his sub ordinates. "One day Mr, Hill walked into the office of a high official of the Great Northern Railroad, in St Paul, and brusquely announced; "?Mr.--, I do not think that you and myself are well mated. Your successor, will report for duty to-mor row/' I"?<? "This high official had been drawing a salary of $10,000 per year for a long time, and he had grown into the belief that he was a fixture in the Great {? girth ern service,- But be went with* 9 m "atones, Jewelry, Sterling Silver I Fine Cut Glass, Clocks, Vases, ?to. isiting Cards. Repairing, Dia $ by experts. TAKEN IN EXCHANGE FOR L SEND FOB CATALOGUE. ' & CO., Jewelers. Augusta, Ga. J out arguing the question with Mr. Hill. "When James J. Hill was elected a director of the Erie Railroad a few months ago, there was trepidation among many of the employes of that company, for the report was passed ! from lip to lip that Great Northern methods were to be applied to the af fairs of the Erie. Mr. Hill is economi cal as well as exacting. He does not believe in bavin?: too many heads of departments, and he is averse to hir ing two men to perform the duties that can be performed by one 'quick and alert' man. It is the 'quick and alert' type of man that has thc l'?ast to fear from this pushing, dominating and successful railroad president. Earl D. Berry, in Ainslee's. WHY BUCHANAN NEVER MARRIED. Tue Image of His I>ctrt Fiancee Xever Faded From His Heart. "Mr. Buchanan, who was the first bachelor elected to the Presidency, was sixty-five years of age when elected, and had deliberately given himself to a life of celibacy," writes William Perrine, in the Ladies' Home Journal. "In the days when he was :t young lawyer of Lancaster, Penn sylvania, be lind loved Miss Coleman, a beautiful daughter of a citizen of that town. They had been engaged to be married when one day he was sur ! prised lo receive from *her a request to release her from the promise. Ac cording to Mr. George Ticknor Curtis, the separation originated tn a misun derstanding on the part of the lady, who was unusually sensitive, over some small matter exaggerated", by giddy and . indiscreet tongues. Soon after the estrangement 6he was sent to Philadelphia, and there died sud denly. Throughout the rest of his lifi ' . for "^'.I"jt(?p??-' . Ttjiry, Mr. Mi,-. . >p is .not ^rr^O.o -tove re only sri- }htiK':: un"d v-;thu"f: i and r.L?iis.'Tiiri had led ham,-mviv; deeply ..than ever into T>oiit!es las a dis traction from his grief. In his old age, long after he had retired perman ently "to private life, he ci? lied atten tion to a pac?fage containing, he said, the papers and relics which would ex plain the causes of his youthful sor row, and which he preserved evident ly with the idea of revealing them before his death. But when he died and his will was read, it was found that he had directed that the package should be burned without being opened, and his injunction was obeyed." Another Lost fiainsborotigh. One of the best-known picture ex perts ia New York City, in speaking of the return of the portrait of the Duch ess of Devonshire, said: "Of all the Gainsborough?, to my mind most beautiful is the picture of the Hon, Mrs. Graham, which now hangs in tho Edinburgh Gallery. I would rather own it than any of the others, ato. whenever I go to Edin burgh I make it a point to see lt. "The history of this picture is even more romantic than that of the Duch ess of Devonshire's portrait. The hus band of the Hon. Mrs. Graham, who must have been a most beautiful wom an, had Gainsborough paint lt for him, and a year later the subject of it died. The husband's grief was intense. He built in his 1^*use a niche, 1 'here the portrait was hung, making cf it almost a shrine. "Not long before his death, feeling that, this picture of his wife was sa cred to him, he had ae niche walled up so that the picture would be con cealed as long as his house stood. Moro than, fifty years later, in the course of some repairs on the house it became necessary to t?ar down this wall, The secret of tho hiding placo of the por trait had died with the owner, and great was the amazement of the work men to find this beautiful painting concealed between two walls and ap parently In as good condition as when it was painted. "The discovery attracted general at tention, and. the painting was quickly identified as a Gainsborough and an excellent one, too, It was secured by the Edinburgh Gallery, and' there it hangs to-day, a fitting memorial of a beautiful woman."-New York Suu, Engaged All Bight. Jones, sauntering out upon the floor of tht Exchange that morning, allowed it to become known that he was wait ing for congratulations. The dearest, sweetest woman in the world had consented to share the by no means humble, yet somewhat precarious lot of himself, the most un worthy of men. "Ha! ha!" laughed his friends, "that Jones in such a wag." Indignantly the accused man drew from his left breast pocket a bunch of letters on pale blue paper, addressed in a delicately feminine hand. The postmarks on these missives bore successive dates, a continuous if not an endless chain, After that, congratulations were tho order of the day.-New York Sun, In China criminals and political prisoners are beheaded. Some of the executioners are so expert that they can arrange and behead a man in eighteen seconda. r A SINNER BY SOPHIK ( "My, but j'our mornin'glories do look nice, Miss Phemey! Wish you'd save me some seed offen that white one." It was Mrs. Ridley coming up the walk. "I will, Mis' Ridley. Come in and set down. There's a pa'm leaf on the lounge, an' mebbe you'll take a glass of cool water. It's a scorchin' morn ing," said Miss Phemey. "I would like a drink, thank you,"' responded Mw. Ridley. "Seems like when anybody's fat as I am, they just get he't' up like a coal stove. My, that tastes good. You got a grand well, Miss Phemey." . The hostess smiled a flattered smile, but before she could speak Mrs. Ridley went on: "I brought over three of Mr. Ridley's vests, Miss Phemey, to get you to mend 'em. He's bu'sted .'em ?ver' one right down the back, fr a?l the world like a seven-year locust, I tell 'im, an't seems like I got no time to fix 'em, with Emma May gittiu' married next week. ? We're just livin' in a regular whirlwind, an' sor:ry as I'll be to see Emma May go-not that I don't like Charlie Foote, but you know what I mean-I cert'ney shall be glad when all this fuss is over." "I expect it is trying," sympathized Miss Phemey. "But Emma May's al ways been a good daughter, an' she deserves a fine weddin'.'" " 'Tain't that I don't want her to have it," said Mrs. Ridley, hastily. "But I'm just dog-tired this mornin' for the land sakes, it's half-past ten o'clock a'ready; 1 got to go. You bring them vests over when they're done, Miss Phemey, an' I'll pay you fr 'em. I'd send one o' the boys over, but Emma May wants you to come particular an* see her presents, so 't'll be killin' two birds with one stone." She chuckled comfortably as she stepped outside the door. Miss Phemey looked after ber de parting form with resentful stare. "Yes," she muttered, "she can get Miss Maxwell to make Emma May's weddin' clothes, but I'm good enough lo mend up Jim Ridley's old vests, I'll charge her 15 cents apiece, see 'f I don't; that'll be 45 cents. Does seem a good bit to charge fr mendin' three vests." Miss Phemey went in and shut out the glare of the summer day. As she picked up the package of vests her thin little hands trembled. Tears sprang to her eyes and she burst out fiercely: "'Tain't right! I made Emma May Ridley's dresss to be christened in, little teenty baby as she was, an' I ' made her a dress to be confirmed in, an' I made her a dress when she '; gragwated at the b?Th'T>V.V:I . she'd ! always vhi I ...':. ..-...iii ?:..?.{* "her ^ed withered cheekR and ^.i.l^J.i.a upon Mr. Ridley's second best pepper. and-salt vest. Presently her wtfeth. flamed anew. "Emma May wants you to come per tickler to see her presents! 'Tain't no hint; ob, no? Sally Ridley needn't 'a' troubled herself to say that. I got a present for Emma May, an' I'm going to give it to her. I'd like to get even with them, the whole kit of 'em. Jest as if I couldn't 'a' made Emma May's weddin' clo's. They tell me Miss Max well uses a chain-stitch machine. I always did say chainstitch machines was made for the careless, an' I don't see no reason to change my mind. Well, 'pon my word, this vest ain't on'y bu'sted, but frayed int' the bar gain." Miss Phemey fell briskly to sewing, The next day, despite the threaten ing rumble of a distant storm, Miss Phemey dressed in her best and started toward the Ridleys, -carrying two pack ages. She was graciously received by Emma May, a fat, fair girl of pleas ant mien and placid disposition. "I brought home them vests," ex plained Miss Phemey; "and here, Em ma May, is a little present I brought for you. It'll be nice fr your dining room table; I thought." She held out a small white pasteboard box,-with an expression of the beaping-coalsof-fire kind. "Ma," called Emma Mav. "come here; Miss Phemey's brought me a butter knife; Wisht you'd look. That cert'ney is beautiful." "It's solid silver," spid the donor, proudly. ' M" neice down to New York got it for me." She received the thanks, delivered a trifle embarrass edly, of motirer and daughter, with polite coolness, ; When the brlde-?'ect invited ber to an inspection of the presents, Miss Phemey looked them over and ma*', few comments. She turned the set of silver spoons, "presented by the groom's parents." so that the plate mark was visible, and she tapped the globe of a gaudy china lamp with the remark that they were just $2.35 cents down to Beedham's When she had looked at all, she said, cheerfully: <4Now I want to see your clothes, Emma May," Mrs. and Miss Ridley exchanged glauces of annoyance, but the latter led the way to the spare room, where, on the bed and chair, lay the creations of Miss Maxwell, "City Modiste." There was the white silk wedding dress, the tan traveling dress, somo odd waists, a black satin, stiff with Jet, and a "tea gown." No girl in a country town marries without these last indispensable garments; they are the real backbone of the trousseau. Miss Phemey looked at the display, felt the quality of the material, and examined the despised chain-stitching, without a word. At last she said, pleasantly conscious of paying old scores: "If I might persoom to criticise, I really do think ifs a pity you got your wedding dress made with a p'inted oversklrt. AJI the latest fashion books say they're not worn at all this sea son; and box-pleats, too, Is kind of droppln' out. I was readln' only yes terday that 'twas just the cheapest goods was made up so any more. Thut black satin's real pretty, though. Did you see Lena Sullivan's bhv,k satin? Hers was a beauty-fines', piece of satin I ever cut into, an' pil made up UNREPENT. i ?ATES KERK. with these here pleated ruffles. Why, Emma May, seems ir you'd be more afraid to leave all these fine things in here with the winder open, this room on the ground floor like it is. It's been a real treat to seo such elegant clothes, an' I hope your married life'll be hap py. The Footes "have all got terrible onreasonable tempers, they say; but I hope you'll be able to manage Char lie. Good-bye, all." Miss Phemey walked home slowly. , Even the thought of the darts she had pl?nted in Mrs. Ridley's capacious breast brought her no real comfort, when the vision of the snowy wedding dress rose before her. "Things ain't edge even yet," she mummured. A low growl of thunder startled her and she hastened into the house to shut out the cutting flare of the lightning. When the kettle boiled she set her lonely table and made tea. The quick thump of heavy rain-drops on the roof made her start nervously. Night had come with the storm, and after lier supper was over, Miss Phem ey sat In the dark and meditated. About 10 o'clock the rain ceased, and she flung the shutters open. The stars were shining now. The air outside was cool and damp and fragraat She looked over toward the Ridley house, and as she did so their last light went out. Miss Phemey strained her eyea to no avail. All was darkness there. "I'm a-going to do it," she said aloud, determinedly. Rummaging over the table, she found a pair of scissors, She took a match from the box beside the window and unlocked the door. The moon was creeping up, a flat disk of pale yellow. Miss Phemey looked down at herself and saw that she still wore her best dress. "It'll be all drabbled," she thought; then recklessly, "I don't care, nohow." She brushed against the dripping flowers beside the garden path, and held her br?ath as the gate gave a whining cr-e-ak. Out on the road, walking noiselessly, she went, Onca she heard a team coming and crouched in a corner of the worn icnce, behind a little sweet-gum sprout, till it was past. She recognized the doctor's rig and her heart came up in her throat and beat there, with great frightened leaps; but be passed by safely and she crept on. At last, after a seemingly unending journey, sue reached the Ridleys' gate. The maples threw deep shadows, and, so sheltered, she reached the house. Round to the left wing-slowly-slow- . ly-and the window was still open! She "stopped and looked in. The moon- ; light iay in patches on tho floor, thej. ' dresses spread upon i h~:'<T, a~?v f??srej r --?y ? ?Ti i r?'i^aeb, ' i t rtli ^|^^?^?^ii??j? ?Mm IJss^T^ '.: ?ft J wtt**f^?A?:\ -r.i.s^v^f,-... -~ Pr-v , ?\w A?\ this ant) aJow'iy-^io ?;?,;';' :.>.' u&u? went out toward the fclls?'; tening beads. A quick jerk, and tbe-. waist of Emma May Ridley's wedding dress lay across her knees, She sought the seam in the middle of the back. She could feel the dispised chain stitching and 9he slipped her fingers deftly along toward the collar. What was this? A lose end of thread-a little pull-r-i-i-i-ip it was done! In a spasm of fear Miss Phemey hustled the waist through the window, back Into place, and ran into the concealing shadow. Out to the gate, down the road again-she was almost home. Suddenly shcstopped and gave a little chuckle. '.Them bastin's 'll hold it together so nobody 'll s'spect-lucky she left 'em in, But when Emma May puts it on, big an' fat as she is, It'll bu'st square up the back like a frog." She couldn"t help laughing at the idea; it tickled her fancy so. She forgot her wet feet, her draggled, muddy skirts, and went to bed with a smile still pulling at the corners of her mouth. The next morning the exposure had done its work. She was hoarse and feverish, and there was a sharp pain that stabbed her at every breath. "Threatened with pneumonia," the doctor said, and commanded her not to stir fro her bed, though she could uot have ne so had she so wished. The neigh * were very kind and at tended hei thfully, and the tenth day found sitting up, very weak and frail, bu h life in her eyes and voice. Mrs. Emerso: .he town gossip, carno in and brought a bundle. "Jest ns soon as you git able, Miss Phemey, 1 want you to make me a dress, It's one Mr, Emerson got me over to Bristol, an' he showed real good taste for a man, I must say. Look-a-here, ain't that fern leaf real pretty?" "It's just beautiful," assented Miss Phemey, "Seems if you'd have Miss Maxwell make it up, bein' she's from the city and all." She-'ll never cut into a piece of goods fr me, I c'n tell you," said Mrs. Emerson, with emphasis. "Ain't no body told you how she made Emma May Ridley's weddin' dress and never sewed up the back, an' Emma May, not susplclonln', put it on an' bu'sted it clean wide open? O' course, you was sick an' didn't git to the weddin'; but I was there, an' the weddin' party was nigh an hour late jest on that ac count. Nothln* but a bastin' thread to hold it together; such shif'lessness! Course, bein* bad luck, Emma May never tried on the dress after it come home, like she did the others, an' I c'n tell you she was hoppin'. People at the church didn't know what on earth was the matter. No 'ndeed, Miss Maxwell makes no clo's fr me," After her visitor was gone, Miss Phemey lay back on her pillows and looked out of the window a long time. M "Twas an awful mean trick, I know," she said at last. " Twas right; but I got this spell o' sickness to pay up fer lt, an' that butter-knife was solid silver and real expensive. I'm evened up all 'round-an' somehow I jest can't care."-Ladles' World. "What Next? The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has been dramatized nov and it is understood that 16 or 17 ambitious playwrights have designs upon the dictionary.-Boston Globe. KEEPING NERVES SOUND m?.. ? ^SPREAD OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION 1 AND SOME OF THE CAUSES. A. Dread DIscaao That Seems Especially [?to Assail I'ersona Who Are Notable and j Active in All Walks of Life - Pore Air, [ Itest and Oalet Its Most Potent Antidotes Nervous prostration is the prevalent isease of the moment with notable ersons in all walks of life, declares e New York Sun. It cannot be lassed among the fashionable di eases, for it rarely attacks those of he leisure class, but doctors, law ers,. financiers and actors have been I |he. principal victims this winter, as well as politicians of more or less re nown and a statesman or two from Washington's population. This exclusiveness in the selection .of victims was also noted in the grip, which, when it first made itself known (n America, chose only the prominent for its prey. Since then it has become more general, bestowing itself impar tially upon rich and poor alike. ,; Physicians rarely giv* bulletins of their cases of nervous prostration. It 'io frequently heralds serious results that in many cases lt is deemed wisest j to call it by some other name. But the outgoing steamers carry away jmany prominent persons of all sorts who are ordered abroad most impera tively for the ocean trip and to escape from the routine In any particular business or profession. Rest is the invariable prescription and it rarely fails to effect a cure when the disease is taken before ar tificial means have been employed for the quieting of the affected nerves. The victims of the complaint are nearly all those whose brains, eye sight or nervous systems are called Spon in their vocations. The excite ments of the theatre prove to be a most powerful cause, as the long Hst of dramatic stars that have collapsed .during the season now closing shows. But the old adage that hard work never kills holds good in this instance. It ls not hard work, but injudicious work, irregular hours and loss of sleep, jack of proper air and exercise that are really the predisposing causes, as -well as excessive smoking and drink ing. A great worry, a bereavement or a shock, will frequently bring on an attack of this sort, especially with women. The increase in open air sports for women, however, ls largely driving this complaint out of the femi nine category. Most of the women pa tients are from the stage. ; Quiet rest Is the great and universal cure for neurasthenia, but unhappily in cases that have been allowed to advance, quiet is the boon denied the ?sufferer. The nerves refuse to become calm and no sleep comes to rest the cI^cT~cr,r. of the brain and nerves so ?''.ni'.iv.;-'. . ..: one to the other. ....! . \ \ the result may ----- r -rns of insanity *. .." :v ~a ends. luiTuptu: nerve are common; the reason Is weakened; sometimes the mind be comes permanently unbalanced or the dreaded locomotor ataxia sets in. Nervous prostration has no set rule of approach. It takes Its victims in various ways often by a complete phy sical collapse as in the case of actors who faint on the stage during a per formance. Suicide is often the sud ' den ^ruination. ""J..- dangora of the disease," said a ?i?vsician, "lie In the fact that peo ple go on disregarding the warnings which they have flashed to them from the tired-out nervous system. These warnings are excessive nervousness and Irritability, these being the first symptoms and often continuing for years before any breakdown occurs. Then there is a general condition of illness, less of appetite and insomnia, depression, a tendency to worry over trifles add to these, more serious symptoms add themselves as the dis ease progresses. "The heart frequently is affected, the head is* heavy, hot and aching, then the speech becomes jerky, con fused and uncertain and the move ments of the body arc spasmodic and not controlled by the brain. Eccen tricity of speech and action ls noted and violence ii> the next stage of the corni laint. Then the patient who has resisted all the appeals of his physi cian to rest from his work is con demned to a sanitarium where en forced Idleness is necessary for weeks and sometimes for months. ''Open air exercise ls a great pr? ventive of nervous sickness. Cold batos, the plunge and shower and needle spray should be thc accompani ments of the morning abolution of those disposed to nervousness even slightly. It is never wise to adopt harsh or sudden methods in this cold water treatment. If one is accustomed to warm baths the temperature of the water should be changed gradually. An exoellent plan is to fill a large sponge with cold water and holding it at the back of the neck, squeeze it so that the water trickles down the spine, repeat this several times and the subsequent shock of cold water on the rest of the body ls slight. ?Brisk friction with a coarse towel fol lows. . "Above all exercise-not with bells ior pulleys, but in the- open air, with ?deep breathing and plenty of walking ?and running, if possible. Well venti lated bedrooms are a necessity. Busl ?nes-s men complain that they have no ilelsure for exercise in the open air, |but I now have a number of patients who walk to and from their offices each day from uptown homes. . "Cold showers are of the utmost iheneflt In nerve trouble, correcting the [conditions In all slight attacks very jreadlly. In severe cases patients must _up reading and writing or even listening to music. Study ls forbidden to students who develop nerve dis / But In these advanced cases It J??tter for the sufferer to leave the ity, and a sea voyage is a splendid {tonic for the nerves. Living in cities surrounded by tho awful street noises, khe clang of firebells and those of am bulances and cable cars and the buzz ling of automobiles the only wonder is ith?t the disease is not a scourge, j "The greatest danger of nervous .prostration ls that so many sufferers anxious to avoid giving up their va rioua pursuits resort to remedies that produce only an artificial calmness to the nerves. These are the cases most difficult to cure." SIXTY DOLLARS AN HOUR. Timi's What It Cost Huston, ut the Least, to Look at Two Ital Holes. This is a story of a rat and two holes in the ground. The holes were very smal holes, just big enough to let two rats into the cellar of the Old South Meeting House, and probably more than big enough to let them, wiser and leaner rats, out again. These two holes, with the intermit tent assistance of the rat, entertained the good citizens of Boston at the rate of 2000 an hour for an indefinite period in the middle of one day re cently. It is easy enough to reckon. During the show there were from 30 t,o 35 people standing in choice posi tions along the Milk and Washington street railings of the fence about the tiny yard of the Old South Meeting House-a constantly changing crowd that renewed itself every minute. Now in this crowd were all kinds of persons, from the office boy at $3 a week to the broker at $300. Every one watched his minute before he went about his business; for some the monetary loss was only the fraction of a cent; for others it mounted up in dollars. A low and conservative esti mate of the average monetary value of these people is 20 cents an hour. Thirty people standing for one minute are equal to one person standing for half an hour. But the entertainment extended over many minutes. An hour of it for 2000 people was paid for by Boston employers in $60 worth of time. What did this $60 crowd of 2000 per sons see for its money? Most of the people saw two holes in the-ground; some of them the bright, beady eyes and the whiskered nose of a rat. The poor fellow was probably trying to get away to some less hallowed, but more fruitful surroundings, when the first observing eye saw him and by looking collected the audience. He lay low for many long minutes, so many that the whole crowd about the fence was in utter ignorance of what is was watch ing; but still the crowd hung on, look ing at the holes, or gazing up at the sparrows which twittered in 0*w, -* of their nests in the close iv., on the wall. Every time t looked out one or two saw hi then everybody devoted his a' to the holes again. And neltL r nor holes can have known hov they were costing the emplo? over Boston.-Boston Evenlnr cript. John Mnlr, tho Mountain Climber. "John Muir is a fascinating compan ion. He abounds in fun, and his talk is apt to become a monologue, as lis teners grow too. interested even for comment. He runs on in a. steady, sparkling stjeamJ??..T't.ty chat, charni ( - i ng reminiscence- -^?amous. men, of j son in ?lie beautiful flowrfey .'neaaews cf Yosemite; of tossing in a frail ka yak on the storm-tossed waters of Alaskan fiords. By turns he is sc] tist, mountaineer, story light-hearted schoolboy. "Alhambra valley, where^ home of many broad acres, tiful vale curled down in th! the Contra Costa hills, sheltered every wind that blows, and warm? the heart by the genial California light. Here he dwells, a slender, griz zled man, worn looking and appearing older than he is, for the hard years among the mountains have told upon him. Here he has a series of vineyards that are a delight to look upon. It was grape time when I saw it last; acre upon acre of vines stretched out in every direction, the brilliant red of flaming Tokays, the golden green of ripe Muscats, the rich purples oC Black Hamburgs and Cornichons made a fine color scheme, amid the rich dark foliage, while all the air was delicious with the fragrance of the teeming har vest. "It was a fair picture of peace and plenty, under thc soft, blue September sky. A stream ran close at hand, shaded by alders and sycamores and the sweet-scented wild willow. On thc bank nearest us stood a solitary blue crane, surveying us fearlessly. A flock of quail made themselves heard in the undergrowth, and low above the vine yards a shrike flew, uttering his sharp cry. Noting him, I sa:d to Mr. Muir: " 'So you don't even kill the butcher birds?' "He looked up, following the bird's flight. " 'Why, no," he said, 'they are not my birds.' "-Adeline Knapp, in Ains lee's. A Machine Calculator. Mechanical calculators give promise of becoming universal means of com putation in the near future. Already most of the banks and many corpora tions utilize them to a greater or less extent. Recently several government departments .".t Washington, particu larly those dealing almost wholly with computations of ono kind and another, have taken up these work-saving de vices. Chief Hitchcock, of the Sec tion of Foreign Markets, whose de partment work consists entirely of statistical tables, reports very favor ably on their use. After careful inves tigation he found that two machines of different tynes used in combination are most satisfactory. One of these machines is used exclusively for add ing and the other for all work in di vision and multiplication. Practically the entire task of computing in this section is now done by mechanical means. Experience h?.s shown that the average clerk can do fully three times as much work with the aid of one of these machines as without it. securing at the same time increased accuracy. Timber Mines. A curious source of wealth is report ed by the French consul at Mengtze, in upper Tonkin, lt lies in the wood mines. The wood originally was a fine forest, which tho earth swallowed in some cataclysm. Some of the trees are P. yard In diameter. They lie in a slanting direction and in sandy soils, which cover them to a depth of about eight yards. The wood furnished by these timber mines is imperishable, ?T?d the Chinese gladly buy it for coffins. ?The Coijsiilulion 1 I Well Built. I x? The Nev/ Method of Construction Adds Cf ^ Strength and Saves Weight. The Constitution, the yacht built for the defense of the America's Cup by thc Herreshoff Manufacturing Com pauy.is probably the lightest construct CONSTITUTION ON HER TI ed vessel of her size ever built, and it is largely on ilie lightness of her con struction that those interested in the yacht expect she will make her great gains. In model there Is very little difference between her and thc Colum bia. The slight differences made are expected to enable her to carry ten per cent, more canvas than thc cham pion of 1899, which alone should make her very much faster than the older THE CONSTITUTION'S LONGITUD 1 OF MAST ST I .would otherwise be. Those "who are interested in the yacht think thereto, no doubt ot her beating tbejndepend'-r ? rne'e^'aiid uve ?rgue^Bi?tSyjta'Jyii t?t?: ?ya? Constitution, w't.-. j-:--.- ?t*s??Lr toi ??\ e. -will go, through the water X.i .... r than the. Independence, and every one concedes that in the hull the Constitu tion saves tons in weight over the In dependence. The Scientific American gives some detailed drawings cf the construction of the Constitution, and shows where the great gains in weight saving are made. ^EW SPORfTROM^^^^^P^Q^ES. Ax and Saw Contests Are Witnessed by - Shouting Thousands. Tasmania may justly claim the credit of having given the world* a new sport. In that far-off land, among the men of brawn and might, whose swinging axes have felled the towering forests and converted their. trackless depths iuto flourishing farm lauds, has arisen a contest fit for kings; a form of ath letic exercise calculated to bring the thrill of delight to all who hav<> an honest admiration for good red blood and the display ol' mighty muscle sys tematically trained to do useful work. The new sport may be designated ns "axmanship," and although it is of but recent origin it has already taken the premiership over all ether sports. A HANDICAP CHOPPING What the bull fighter is to Spain and Mexico, the cricketer to England, thc swordsman to France, the hockey player to Canada, and the football and baseball hero to the United States thc THOMAS PETTI TT, WHO WOK THE CHAM PIONSHIP. champion axmau has become to tho brawn loving Australians. The championship contest or carni val is held yearly In Ulverstone, Tas mania, some time during the first two months of the year, under the auspices of an organization specially formed for the purpose, hearing the title of the "United Australian Axemen's Associa tion." The entries to the yearly competition are not confined to Tasmania, but come also from Victoria, New South Wales and New Zealand. Each dis trict has its champion, and among the adherents of these various stars there is the most heated controversy as to the respective merits of each. For months before the great contest these brawny axmen spend all their spare time practicing, until they develop a speed and strength that Is little short of marvelous. This year's carnival is conceded to have been the most suc cessful since the yearly meeting was inaugurated. In 'the championship chopping con tests there VTPVP sir trials and the final. NAL PLAN. SHOWING POSITION 3P AND LEAD. : marily.to tc?t * :?.<?'s skMJn felling a tree, the log, a great" piece o? tough, wood, six. feet. -fonV " of theihe.it the t are. 'j .?.?y AUS all ?? endid. A??? of physical prowess^thick set, deep chested, iron muscled and bronzed from exposure.. Each carries his fa vorite ax, the fullest latitude being al lowed in the matter of selection. It is a significant fact that several of the saws and axes used this year were the product of American firms. When all is ready the pistol shot sounds and the contest is on. Scarcely less exciting is the sawing contest. The lbj as that employed in the cEoJ test, but the time made is much more rapid, for thc great & ..' nts through the wood much more quickly than the axe can go. This year for thc first time the ax men's and sawyers' championships were won by the same man-Thomas Pettit; of Sprint, Tasmania. Not only did he win both events, but he also broke the record for each. Little Known About Morocco. "Nobody knows what the population of Morocco ie. Estimates place it all the way from 2,500,000 to 9,400,000, CONTEST IN FULL SWING. says a correspondent of the New York Press. A large part of the country ls totally unexplored. The French lately have gone in behind Morocco and ex tended the boundaries of Algiers, so as to take in the Tuat region, a chain of fertile oases through which run the caravan rotes. The Sultan has expos tulated and is still expostulating, but with no effect so far as can be seen. Morocco is sometimes called the "sick man of the West," but those best in formed believe that it is a pretty lively sick mani. England Fears Timber Famine. If it were not for the foreign sup plies England receives a timber fam ine would have overtaken the country long ago, because the home-grown sup ply has not been able to meet a tithe of the demand for loug enough, and that only of inferior kinds of timber, says a British agricultural journal. If the foreigu supply of fir alone was to fall off sensibly now the whole building trade of the country would come to a partial standstill and the wagon com? paules would be next to idle. The steeple of the Cathedral of Ant werp, Belgium, is 47G feet in height, which- makes It the highest church steeple In the world. . - *r>