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"(THE NS?IONiL BUNK OF AUGUSTA I L. C. HATNK, Pres't F. Q. FORD, Cashier. Capital, ?250,000. Undivided I'roflia } $110,000. Facilillos of our magnificent New Vault (containing 410 Safoty-toek Bosos. Differ enc Sizes aro offered to our. patrons and the public ?Lt $3.00 to 910.00 per annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hoyne, President. Chap. C. Howard, Cashier. VOL. LXV??. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, APRIL IC. 1902 NO. 16. ? DIAf?ONDS SWATCHES, .JEWELRY. m Jj We carry the Jar] W Fine Diamonds, B Sterling Silver a g Diamond Setting, Watch and jpj Old Go!d taken in exchange fi j Wm. Schwi JJEWELERS, New York City.-Waists that include sharply-pointed revers suit ninny figures better than other styles. The smart.May Manton blouse illustrated BLOUSE AVAIST. has thc additional merit of including the latest sleeves and of suiting odd waists and entire costumes equally well. As shown, the material is crepe dc Chine in pale blue, with dotted panne satin in the same shade mak ing the revers and vest, white mousse line the chemisette and plain blue satin the bands, but all the season's ^?^&s'co?nb^aT^or^ The lining fits to a nicety and closes at the centre front. The back proper is smooth across the shoulders and drawn down in gathers at the waist line, the upper portion being of con trasting material to form the yoke. The fronts arc laid In groups of five tucks, stitched with silk, and arc ex tended to form the revers, which are MISSES' BI faced and rolled back. At each edge, forming a narrow vest, are strips ol the revering which are joined to thc waist beneath the tucks. The chemi sette is cut from all-over tucking, and is finished with a regulation stock ol the same. The sleeves are slightly full at the shoulders, and are laid ic horizontal tucks above the cuffs thal fall free and form puffs at thc- outei portion. The cuffs are deep and point ed over thc hands. To cut this waist in thc medium size three and three-quarters yards of ina terial twenty-one inches wide, three and a half yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and three-quarter yardi thirty-two inches wide, or two yards forty-fonr inches wide will be required with one and a half yards twenty-one inches wide for vest revers and cuffs and one-half yard for chemisette. Misses* Blouse Eton Jacket. Blouse Etons are always becoming to young girls, and arc in the height oi both present and coming styles. Tin excellent May Manton model illus trated in the large drawing shows the latest designs executed in tan colored broadcloth, but all suiting ma terials arc equally appropriate, ane cloth," cheviot and taffeta are suitable for separate wraps. In the case of tin original the collar and belt are of vcl vet ar.d all edges are stitched with self colored cortlcelli silk, but the collai can be of the material if preferred. The blouse i.> smooth and without ful ness at the back, but is arranged ii gathers at the front, where It blouses sligL iy over-the belt. Joining tin fronts and backs are under-arm gores that insure a satisfactory fit. The fronts are faced and turned back te form lapels and a regulation collai that meets them and rolls over will them is attached to the neck. Th< sleeves are in coat style, slightly bell shaped, and left open for a short dis tance "-.t the outer scams. When de sired the circular basque extension cai bo joined to tne lower edge, the sean feeing concealed bj the belt. _ _ [jest and most complete stock of Watches, Jewelry, Cut Olass, nd Plated Ware in the South. Jewelry Repairing. Dr new goods. eigert Augusta, Qa. To cut this blouse for n sir! of four teen years of age four yards of mate rial twenty-one inches wide, one and a half yards forty-four inches wide, or (?one and three-eighth yards fifty inches wide will be required. Now It'? tho Neck. Last summer nearly every giri who boasted arms anything short of verit able horrors wore her sleeves at half mast. This year.) if she accepts tilt most swagger advance models from Paris, she will expose her neck as well. The new afternoon gowns of batist?, and other Inco-trimmed fabrics, will reach just to thc base of the neck. This leaves thc neck delightfully free, making thocc of us who have always enjoyed this top finish to house dresses wonder how we evei consented to swathe our unoffending throats cd of-doors. Cub j H Cori's. Some of these body'hats have a color woven in, and some have a email cord, called Cuban for some reason or other. A pearly braid, sheer and exquisite, forms tho greater part of these softly pretty bato. Tor children thc wire frame is unnecessary, also for young girls, in which case the droopy affair is in reality a shepherdess shape. Body Hats. thc new body hats. Why "body hats" there's no learning; perhaps because they've no body at all. So pliable aro they that -they may bc turned inside out without exertion or damage, and they have to ho strengthened hy a wire frame in order to he at all manageable. Knickerbocker Suit in Norfolk Stylo. Little boys arc always charming ,OUSE ETON. dressed in knickerbockers and rather long Russian coats. Their own manly ambition is* gratified by thc trousers and thc absolutely short legs are hid den from view. This pretty little suit is shown in cream serge banded with, cream braid and worn with a whit o leather belt, but blue and brown serge, velvet, velveteen, c??u ry, cloth and all thc heavier washable fabrics.pique, duck linen-and thc like aro equally ap propriate. The knickerbockers Ct smoothly about thc waist and hips, but arc full at the knees below which they are drawn up by means of elastic inserted in the hems. The coat is laid in twe box pleats at the back, two at thc fronl and laps over to close in double-breast ed stj'le, with handsome pearl buttons and buttonholes. At the open neck is a big square sailor collar, and tilling the opening is the smooth shield. Thc sleeves arc in regulation style, the ful ness at thc wrists laid in stitched tucks. To make this suit for a boy of three years of age foin and three-eight! yards of material twenty-seven inches KNICKERBOCKER SUIT. wide, four yards thirty-two inches wide, two and three-eighth yards forty f.-ur Inches wide, or two yards fifty inches will will be required, \ ??I A STRANGE EX i IN TH I place this on record as the mos remarkable story that has ever com? I j out of the Maine hunting woods-ar.i I ! I know considerable about the stone: ? j of the Maine woods. If lt were liol ' I vouched 'for so eminently I would no! I tell it. It would be too much for cred M ulity and wouldn't bo worth the tell I I ing. I believe it,, for I know the mei] I who tell it to mc. even though they II cannot explain it. They believe il I J and do not try to explain it, for they i j feel they cannot. Herc it is. If the I thing seems too much to believe, thtvn don't believe it. But thc facts are jost the same. On the north side of Boarstone mountain, in the town of Elliotsville, in Piscatauquis county, Maine, lives Trustrum H. Brown, who calls himself "The Mediator." Ile entertains th? harmless vagary that bc is thc media tor between man and God. For some 15 years since his retirement to the wilderness of northern Maine he has been writing what he calls a new Bi ble, and he has a mass of manuscript piled a foot high. By the way, I have examined the "Mediator's" manu script considerably, and it is far from being balderdash. Much of his writ ing indicates real thought and consid erable ability. The "Mediator" is in no sense of the word a crazy man, de spite his hallucination on the subject of religion. Brown has a bit of a farm and raises potatoes and vegetables enough to last him through thc winter. He traps a little and hunts a bit and never goes hungry. Early in December, just after the first snow of thc season, he discovered one morning the fresh tracks of a moose' near his house. By the man ner in which the creature's great feet had splayed into tho snow, Brown saw that the moose was a big one. In his capacity of "Mediator" he as serts that there are 10,0(10 spirits about him all the time. He alleges that he asked one of these spirits to tell him how big the moose was and that the spirit skipped along ahead and then came back and rendered him the information that the moose was none other than the Ambajejus Giant that had defied the rides of hunters for years. The spirit further 3e c-larcd, so Brown avers, that the moose didn't have much of a start. So the "Mediator" tied on his snow shoes, grabbed his rifle and a bit of a snack, and started away on thc lope into the forest. This was early in the morning. Well, the "Mediator" scuffed along till noon without com ing up with the moose. But the tracks still continued fresh and his spirit guide, so he s'ays, kept breath cold venison as he walked, for in a stern chase of a moose' no time is to be wasted. His keen woodsman's eye noted that the clouds hung low and were massing darker and darker. Had he not been so confident that the moose was just ahead of him and would "yard" at the coming of night fall, he would have abandoned the chase. At 4 o'clock it was dusk, and still the splay tracks were stretching on ahead of him. Then he could see them nb longer, and regretfully he brought to in a ravine and abandoned tlie chase for the night. He had not reckoned on the l'nS pursuit and therefore he had notPro vided himself in the usual carious manner. Above all. he ho? not brought his woods axe. Only a man accustomed to the woods realizes how serious >n omis sion this is. The "Mediator*1*** able to collect some dry kye or nibs that had dropped from the tres and he hewed off some low branchs with his hunting knife. He kindle a bit of a fire at the foot of a tree. He did not dare to go to asleep, for he cold was raw and piercing. So fe stood and turned himself before he fre like an animated spit, moving costantly to keep awake. In the morning there wasiothing left of his provender except ne fiat chested biscuit. Had he notcen un duly fired with zeal to ca*1 that j moose he would have retced his ' steps. But he felt that pi-aWy the ? animal had yarded a little 1V ahead, and so on he went. Hdid come across the trampled plac,vnere thc moose had spent the nip and with : its great teeth had r^ off the twigs and bark. By thr'Shty reach j thc "Mediator" saw tl thc animal i was a monster, and o,e drove eag I erly in a skurry of ow from nis I broad shoes. Still10Se monster splotches in the sn kePt trailing away ahead of him. Then some unki-weather sprite joggled the cloudverheaJ- The snow commenced '?me in the fine. driving flakes tharllcate a protract ed storm. Thenld not till then, did the reckless*nter turn about. But before an f hafl Passed the snow, driving fr and faster, cov ered his tracks."3"1 camc on again. Once more hf'hted his fire- and. dizzy for wajf sleei>> staggered 1 about it. str,ng t0 kc?P awake. The "M?diat'6 nearly 70 years old, but his littvile form is inured to hardship bvJy years of woods life, j A less exp1C0d man or one with j less vitalit"st havc succumbed. The snoamo down f,amP and ! heavy an3 8a*S,nS boughs above ! kept dro;It'.,um,,s onto to saoul ! dcrs ami ? *, T^' ! At th? llKhionin? that showed ! that mr' was aI)I"'oaching, ho ate I tho ia "ml)S of his ,)iscuit and i starte^' R,lt t,,c snow drove I hard J fac0, He was woak witI> ! hung/- sif'k for s,eep. His limbs ! were anJ hi's who,c hody read>' with fad'gue. Accustomed ; j? ?fe was to the woods, it is . ?g that in a few hours I lat he had lost his way. n? br kept on, hoping that ho migh >o ' across some trail or water I .-, his chief hope of rescue, some jg camp. e snow ceased In the afternoon, I . i t-harp and driving wind succeed- I Ul 1 1 1 i t 1 c 0 d il c y o tl tl tf Cl ai til gi th th Ti PERIENCE i E MAINE WOODS, j t ed. It flung the drying snow an< ? shrieked with it through the tree: 1 and clearings. The fine particles cu ; his face like the dust of a sand storm t Few men have made a fiercer struo : gie for life than ho. It is probabh . that partial delirium overtook him ? for he insists that he could not onl: i hoar his spirit guides, but could 'se; them as they flocked about him aili ; beckoned him on. At dusk he was in a country whol i ly unknown. There were mountain! . off to the right, but he did not recog nize the peaks ncr the surroundings About an hour afcer the dark cam< down with the wind still driving thi snow into his eyes, he came out inti a section that he recognized at last It was "The Gulf." This is a canyoi about three miles loug. through whicl Ute west branch of Pleasant rive; rages. Thc wall are precipices. Bu along the north side skirts a woo; road loading to camps miles above and into this road the "Me.liator' staggered. Now. he was desperately weak. Bu he knew that if he could round th< foot of the canyon and scramble fo three miles up the side of the hrs Chairback he would come to Loni Pond, where there were camps. It was now a race for life. H< stood his dear old rifle against a tra? and hiing his cartridge box on a limb Then bo clinched the belt around hi! thin waist and started. He was in i half stupor when he came down to t.h< frozen ford at the foot of the canyon He crossed, and striking the corduroy road that leads up to the first Chair back bc plowed on. He fell a dozer times, but he had sense enouglr lef to struggle up a:rd dig to his tasl again. When he made Long Pond hi! strength waa nearly gone. But ht knew that across thc, pond lay Hal & Davis's sporting camp, three mile! away. The wind was still drivint the snow, and lie miscalculated his loute across. When he came to shon he peered in all directions and Hs tened. There was no glimmer of lighi anywhere, and no sound indicatinf that any camp waa near. His knee! were doubling under him by this timo His strength was gone, his eye! would not stay open, and he gave up He stumbled and crawled up. on tht shore and fell across a log. Hi! tongue was swollen in his mouth am his throat was dry. He says that, h; tried to shout but he could utter n< sound but a gurgling whisper.*""Thei he 1 ecame unconscious. Now comes the strange part of tin story. ' _? ... There' was sit the Hall -JMfflEBjl T"flt;r?i T??o ' Vu tviHi3P^tjkt^>''i*JM?JI them were N. B. Meigs, the leadii clothier of the place, and Walter A bott, one of the proprietors of tl large Abbott woolen mill. Mr. Meit had been out that day with the part and in trying to cross the pond lu frozen both his ears, so bitter WJ the cold. He would have perished ht not. his guide beaten him to make hi walk. Mc had desired to lie down ar go to sleep on the snow, and hs hegged the others to go away ar leave him. On this evening he was lying in h bunk wondering whether or not 1 was going to be able "to save his ear They were wrapped up and were ac! lng fearfully, and Mr. Meigs wasn taking tho most intense interest i any outside matters. Thc others wei playing pitch-pede before the fire. Suddenly Mr. Meigs raised himse on his elbow and cried, "I hear som one shouting for help." The others stopped their play an listened. Beyond the moaning of th wind in the chimney and the sough c the big trees outside there was n sound. "Folks with frozen oars can hea 'most anything," remarked one of hi comrades. "But I certainly heard some on shout," persisted Meigs. "Do you believe for a moment, said his friend, "that a man with hi ears done up like a pound of pickle tripe could hear a sound that w didn't?" The clothing man admitted that i didn't seem very probable, but still h persisted in his opinion strenuously At last one of tire guides went to tb door and shouted into the night There was no response. "It couldn't have been," he said, re turning. "I don't want to be stubborn in thii matter," said Mr. Meigs, "but I d< think we ought to make some inves ligation. I can't go to asleep witl Lhe notion that some poor cuss is oui their in the cold. Somehow or othei [ can't reason myself out of the no tion that there is something the mat .er outside, and I wish you woulc ook it up. I'd go myself if it were lot for my ears." After poking some fun at the persis ent man arguing from his nest in the junk, two of the guides put on theil luter clothing and went out. "Of course, it may be that some inc has dropped into the water hole own here a piece," said one of them, but as that's more than a mile away t don't stand to reason that you ould have heard any shouting with our ears done up in that manner." In the course of fifteen minutes one f thc men came running back, and lose in tho camp heard him pulling ie moose sled out of the lean-to. "There is something the matter af ir all down at tho water hole!" he .ied to those within. "Ed was ahead id ho hollered back to me to bring io moose sled." And in a little while they carno tug ng into th?: camp a stiff figure that o guides as soon as the man was in e lamplight, recognized as Mediator rustrum H. Brown, nf Eliot'sville. At first they thought he was dead, it they undressed him and set him idily into a tub of ice-cold water, loy rubbed him with snow and after me work he began to revive. Then ?y poured whiskey and brandy down . throat, and at midnight he was ting up and telling his story. ?? two days he was all right ?nd lively once more, ?hd it may bc stated here while I am On thc subject of re coveries^ that Mf, Mcigs saved hie ears. Now the "Mediator'' swears that the sound he emitted when he sank down on the log was only a whisper. Even a shout s.s loud as a foghorn would have scarcely been heard a mile away by men inside a log camp heavily banked with snow. That the sound should have been heard by a man with his cars frozen and wrapped in bandages is more curi ous still. But for that I have author ity that cannot bc disputed. Both sides have told me their stories. They do not try to explain it-nei ther will I. But, as I remarked in thc first place, I set this down not only as one of the most remarkable stories of endurance that the Maine woods have over re ported, but as a mystery that is al most uncanny.-Forest and Stream. LOONS TAKEN ALIVE. The Curions Trick IJoRortnl to by ?01110 Hun'ors! in No\vfonii<ll:in<l. In the year 1SS2, being engaged in railway construction in Newfoundland by an American syndicate, I was camped at a little place called Lance Cove, on the snore of Conception bay. One beautiful summer evening, as I re turned to camp to dinner, I noticed two loons on a small lake close by, and, af ter satisfying a rather extensive appe tite, I took a 12-bore shotgun and a few wired S. S. G. cartridges and pro ceeded to the lakeside. A glance showed me that there was not sufficient cover to warrant hope of a successful shot. After trying two, without result, and on rising to go back to camp 1 was met by five or six men from a grading gang, also camped there, who asked me if I desired to get the loons. I replied that if thc cover was good I could get probably one, but., as it was, I had no hope of doing so. One of them-and I subsequently learned that they be longed to Smith's Sound, Trinity Bay replied that if I wished they would get the loons for me. Having heard of the remarkable skill of these Newfound land fishermen in shooting sea birds, seals, etc., with their enormous muzzle loading guns, my curiosity was aroused as to the method they proposed to em ploy, thinking, of course, they meant to shoot the birds. I at once assented to the proposal, and the men immedi ately proceeded to push into the water two small boats that were at the side of the lake. . I was astonished at the noisy manner in which'this was done, and more so at the subsequent proceedings. After the boats were afloat each man picked up an armful or two of small stones and placed them in the hov/ of the boaL They then got in and shoved off. One beat pulled direct for the birds and the other in anoth-.r direction. Of course, on the approach of the boat, the birds dived, and after a little time came up rofl, ,for .from_ the second boat, from stone, sending the birds down instant ly. Both boats again pulled away in different directions, and in a little time thc loons again came up not far from one of the boats and were again in stantly driven down by the use ci the stones. This was repeated again and again. After a little time the birds began to take very short dives, and finally, strange as it may appear, tho?e men drowned-as they termed it-the birds, by "not giving thom breathing time. The birds were unable to dive, and one after the other lay over on its side on the surface and 'coin were lift ed into the boat alive. It was thc rrost singular and sur prising proceeding I ever witnessed. J. F. D. in the New York Sun. QUAINT AND CURIOUS. In Woolwich, Me., a pine tree and a birch tree have grown so close to gether that their trunks have united. Pine branches grow on one side and birch on tho other. The Saxons whose original settle ment is determined by the little king dom of Saxony, derived their name from the seax, or short, crooked knifo with which they armed themselves. It Is an extraordinary fact that men buried in an avalanche of snow hear distinctly every word uttered by those who are seeking for them, while their most strenuous shouts fail to pene trate even a few feet of the snow. Tie first great drought on record happened in 078 and the two succeed ing years, when, according to the re cords, there was practically no rain fall in England. In 879 thc springs in England wore dried up and it was im possible for men to work in the open air. In 993 and 904 the nuts on tho trees were "roasted as if in an oven." Among thc strict regulations of the iJerman military code is one which for aids anybody to present himself be fore a recruiting officer with a cane in lis hand. Some weeks ago a reservist >o far forgot himself as to enter the )fflce of a recruiting sergeant major ?arrying his walking stick. For this tenions offense the unfortunate re ervist was promptly court-martialed, nd sentenced to ten weeks imprison aent for insubordination. A Strasburg aeronaut says he has een an eagle at the height of 3000 leters and again a pair of storks and buzzard 900 meters above the sea ?vel. On March 10, 1890, some aerou uts observer a lark flying at tho eight of 1000 meters; on July 18. 899, another balloon met a couple of rows at an altitude of Him meters, hese, howovor. are exceptions. Birds re hardly ever seen above a height of 100 meters; even above 400 meters ley are not frequent. Tito Sword. There is only one sword factory In ' ie United States, a Massachusetts inccrn, and that, one has ample capa ty for supplying thc domestic de and for swords. The saber lost its heiency as a cavalry weapon ns far ick as thc war of tho r?bellion, and e increased range of rifles has made i e sword equally obsolete. It is tout as dangerous now as a band.- I aster's baton, and serves much the ' me purpose. lt Has Its Own King, fly Owni Ixnzuage and Its Own .Curious Customs_.. j THE THE MAIN ST11EET OF TORY, : RENT England has another war on her hands. She is making preparations to reconquer thc island whose inhabitants have a King of their own and who re fuse to pay tribute to King Edward. By a strange peculiarity of fate it ls known as Tory Island. It ls a bleak, desolate strip of land nine miles from the storm-swept northwest coast of Ireland, and contains a population of about 500, who have their own lan guage, their own Government and their own costumes, as well as their own King. Being in their own opinion a free and independent people, they refuse to pay taxes to England or rent to the landlord. In fact, they have paid neither rent nor taxes for half a cen tury. That ls why England detailed a gunboat to visit the island and help a regiment of Irish constabulary evict the obstinate inhabitants. It will not be the first time that an expedition has been sent against the Tory Islanders. Seventeen years ago England decided that a separate Gov ernment on Tory Island could not be tolerated, and the gunboat Wasp was sent to uphold the majesty of the Crown. But the Wasp w;is wrecked on the treacherous southwest coast, and all lier crew were drowned. Tory Islanders regarded thc disaster as au Intervention of Providence, and gave thanks accordingly to their patron saint, St. Columbia. The King of Tory Island is a be whiskered, unconventional individual, and very prehistoric, but he lias re sisted the British Empire successfully for many years, and his people have a fine disregard for everything English. The present King is a giant in size. His name is Mclaughlin. So strong is King McLoughlin that bc can kill an ox with his fist, according to popu lar report. The Tory Islanders are chiefly fisher men. A Sligo steamer calls once a week to bear away their catch. There no cats and no rats on Tory Island. Nor are there any policemen or pawn shops. But the Islanders have a pub lic house, or hotel. once lnnau?ted ^D^ar^ft<^,lSp,^^H&! One of the giants erected a tower on the island, which stands to-day in a . fair state of preservation. It Is built of undressed bowlders, with walls four feet thick at the base. Tourists seldom visit Tory Island ow ing to the unconventional actions of tho natives. The latter resent intrusion from the outsicV wor.d. A favorite trick of the fishermen is to run along side a steamer or sailing vessel and ask the lookout to heave them a rope. When a rope is thrown the fisherman hauls In as much of it as he can and then cuts the line. In this way the fishing fleet is kept supplied with rope at a minimum cost. The Tory Island ers arc evidently a healthy race, for there is no doctor on the island. SWORD AND PISTOL. Two Wcnpons Combined For tho Usc of Officers. While the place for an oflicer is at the head of his column when going into battle, he is severely handicapped in firing at the enemy with his revolver by the necessity of carrying his sword OFFICERS' COMBINATION WEAPON. n one hand, and it has occurred to Do nenic A. Ricco that a weapon like the me illustrated in the picture might be iseful nt a critical moment. The gun n this combination is so mounted that vhile the officer is waving his sword o his men he can at the same time )usy himself tiring at thc enemy in ront, picking off men ready to fire at ither himself or some of his men. The :iitlrc actuating mechanism for oper iting thc revolver is located in the mudie of the sword, and does not dif er materially from that of the ordi ary repeating firearm. The barrel and yllnder are pivoted on the usual mndguard of the sword, and can be llted downward to expose the interior or ejecting the empty shells and re biding. Thc inventor makes provis m for attaching this weapon to the abre, rapier and cutlass as-well, and tates that any one of these blades can c used In conjunction with the gun. rub?rn President ii Mother's Boy. My father died when I was a boy, ad I was left entirely to the care and .arning of my mother. Every true I HI has the highest respect and love >r lils mother, but I have a special ilise for gratitude, as my mother was ic of the truest! and best of women. HuU little I am, and what little I ive done for my country, I owe to | \ ?r I was the only child, and she red for me. She taught me the path ' rectitude, and my love for freedom te breathed into my spirit from her itriotic soul.-Thomas Estrada Palma, Success. In every 10.00 British ii en there are Irty-five widowers; in 1000 British omen there are seventy-eight widows. WONDERFUL ISLAND 05'?TORY. lt" Know?. No Taries. Reiff ?Police. Pawnshops/Doc-J T"s tors. Cats or Rats.9? > C., .J?**??l*#& SHOWING MANSIONS THAT AliE I THE SWELL HOTEL OF TORY. FREE. The Searchlight i? the Boer War. ?'."Wt?!'f^/ Tho adoption of search-lights in the line of blockhouses which Lord Kitchen er is gradually establishing as a means of offensive and defensive warfare against rhe Boers is found to be of considerable advantage. Night surprises are prevented, and the enemy's movements can bc learned with some cer tainty. The'upper light is used for long distances; the lovy_er J!or_ihiLjnime-_ diatc vicinity.-From Harper's WetrMrr . ? Fencinn. is tile Kerman S?nfant^ PARTY OF GERMAN STUDENTS TAKING PART IN A BOUT WITH SABRES. Proficiency with the sword ls often desired by the German youth studying in one of the big universities far more than knowledge of the sciences or arts. It is with the sabre that the German student defends himself, instead of with his lists, and the student whose face bears the scars of many duels is held iu higher estimation by his fellows that one whose chief claim to dis tinction 'is his familiarity with the classics. For pleasure the students engage frequently in bouts together, as shown in the above photograph. TESTINC SILVER COINS. The Comprehensive System in Vogue at tho JJUTeront Mints or thc United State?. Out of every fro... batch of silver dollars made at the United States mints half a dozeu are sent to the Treasury at Washington to be tested as samples. If they turn out to be of the requisite fineness and weight it is taken for granted the whole edition is correct. For the test thc coin after being neighed is rolled out in a thin flat strip nore than a foot In length. Then tho ;trip is placed beneath a row of muches, which punch holes in it. so hat after passing beneath the instit uent it has the look of a colander. A great many little silver disks are hus obtained, and of these a dozen tr so are taken and assayed, to find out low much silver they contain. Being tbtained from various parts of the oin they represent fairly the average mcness of the dollar throughout. If Most Remarkable Flower. According to a Loudon special 'n tilt Cincinnati Commenial-Tribuue, th? most remarkable iiower of the coro nation year will be a quaint introduc tion from Central Asia. According tc wm /i'll ll,.?t?, I ll 1r?.\ A REMARKABLE FLOWER HOW DOLLARS ARE TASTED. ie weight is too little, beyond a very ny fraction, the whole batch of coins ust be melted and made over again, id the same thing must bo done if the Heness is not up to standard. Other ise the assayer indorses the mintage id the dollars. By the New Zealand census of 1901, ackland has a population of 07,220, brist Church 57,041, Dunedin 53,$*) id Wellington 40,344. Tho whole tpulatiou of the islauds, iucludiug aoris, was 815,820. the importers, it grows on a saucer, without soil or water, and, without showing showing leaves or roots the bulb shoots out a red-brown flower, with w? and yellow tip sometimes two feet loi.,'. Wheu the flower is off it prefers to retire into the soil and to be well watered, when it follows up with a three-foot umbrella leaf. lhere is no wild breed of fowl to liieh the Brahma or Cochin eau be iced. The gamecock seems to be scentled from ">.e Ciugalese jungle wi Money in Maple Sugar. The income from the maple product of the United States in a singh season has reached $1,250,000. It is impos sible for the farmer to make money more rapidly in four to six weeks' time in any other branch of Iiis occupation. Even with KUH? or 1500 maple trees he becomes a business man with a big business, bargaining and shipping a high-class product, and feeling as proud as when he sold his autumn crop of wheat. In the case of the production pf wheat he tills and fertil izes the soil and sows the seed, then reaps bis harvest. In his maple camp he roans only. His ownership of a sugar bush makes him. in a small way, a capitalist. If he simply looks after that which accrues from his capital of trees he cannot stop making money. -Country Life in America.