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[HE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNE, Pres't. F. G. FOP.D, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. Undi Tided Profits } ?110,000. Facilities of our magnificent Kew Vanit [containing 410 i-afoty-Lock Boxes. Differ ent Sizes aro offered to our patrons and ho public at 93.00 to 810.00 pox annum. VOL. LXVII THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA. Pays Interest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Haine, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. EDGEFIELD, S. C.. CJDNESDAY. JONE 18. 1902 NO. 2/5. i An Idyl o . t ? By ANNI] Whitewash sunshine, a per smell of crabs, omnipresent < shells- and Mrs. Carruthers. S' my impressionistics recollection i ster Point. Though there were Oyster-Pointers, of course, was, for instance, Mr. Sprockett Early in my acquaintance with Carruthers I acquired a light-ni feeling that Mr. Sprockett was me one of the elemental facts o? sciousncss-so casual, so unexr. tory was even her first casual intr tion of his name, it so permean the same way our subsequent i course. And yet I never really I Mr. Sprockett, though after awh accidentally became aware that name appertained to a sandy-ha middle-aged man of retiring demc whom I had daily seen passing sort of man we are always vas surprised to find so far differenti as to h?ve a name. I am not sure I eyer met him. even, for he was ther differentiated, I discovered, I nervous horror of any situation quiring speech; and I mercifully sisted his frantic efforts to escape whenever I had occasion to cal Mrs. Carruthers' in his off he What his business was I have foi len. if I ever knew. I somehow sociate oysters with him; but whe because of his ocupation or of his sonal peculiarities I cannot undert with any degree of assurance to ; The white paling of the house which I was for a time sojourn continuing, formed the front bound of Mrs. Carruthers' demesne; a sim paling alone divided the r?sped back yards of the two esta.blishme: A day or two after we moved in heard wild and distressful squawki: from our yard, and upon investigat found that our chickens were be fiercely pursued by a turtle-head parently as little inconvenienced by bodiless condition as a Raphael ch ub. "What did it want with a chickei I asked Mrs. Carruthers when ? called with earnest apologies; for was, it appeared, a fugitive remnz of her dinner. She did not know, I she seemed much surprised at i laughing. A tall, brawny woman with a de voice, and a faint trace of dark doi on ber upper lip, she had the sma light blue eyes of a baby, almost, ar as I afterward found, a. cheering i sponsibility of manner which I ha never seen in any other adult. Th howver, was on this particular occ sion overclouded .by- a sincere regr and chagrin at the contretemps, wh? all my assurances could net suffice i "I told Mr. Sprockett," she E "that you all certainly would tl I was a poor manager-leaving tu heads running round like that bothering the neighbors. But jus ! was going to bury it my pickle be to boil over? and when I came I 'twas gone." % As the call was somewhat a for one, she wore, I remember, her S day best-a voluminous black sill larger bonnet gorgeous with pul roses, and a lace collar pinned v the gold-framed, halflength ture (in a horizontal position) of sc gentleman unknown; unknown, mean, to Mrs. Carruthers herself. "I got it mighty cheap at a sa she toid me afterward; "thought would lok sort o' dressy." I had not unnaturally supposed il be the portrait of Mr. Carruthers whose decease five years before black silk and purple roses were re N able-Mrs. Carruthers' natural inc ation being for what she cal "cheerful colors.") She stared a little when I mentioi my assumption. "Mr. Carruther she said. She meditated awh "That's so! I could have it put in you think I ought to. I never thouj of it There was a picture of h 'bout the house somewhere that woi be just the thing;-if I could lay : hand on it." Apparently she found it, for the ni time I saw the brooch the rather 1 sympathetic countenance of Mr. C rtrthers stared from the rim, looki for some mysterious reason somewl larger than life, and crowned by a. t and inflexible hat-for the accomn dation of which the picture was p foce curtailed below, so that the ch whiskers barely escaped. "It does lok better, I reckon," s said, simply; "and I want to what's right-as I said to Mr. Spro< ett. Mut, lor me! Mr. Carruth? wouldn't have cared. He was migh practical ! " From all I ever learned of him should have inferred a certain lack poetry and sentiment in Mr. Carrut crs. "I never wil get over not having ai wedding," she said one day. "Not having had any wedding!" repeated blandly. She did not notice my surpris "I'd saved up money, and all," si went on. "I'd set my heart on a whi silk dress, and veil and wreath-ar bridesmaids-and everything. Bi Mr. Caruthers put his foot down. F. said a cow would do me a heap moi good than frills and furbelow and wedding fixings would and maybe he was right. 'Twz a mighty good cow I bought i was teaching when he married m cut out to teach, but think I was real] cut out to teach, but there ain't man things I can't turn my hand to in th way of work, though I say it thu shouldn't). 'Twas a mighty good co1 I bought with the money I d saved u] as I was saying, and I made a heap ( money selling the milk; and after al 'twain't what a wedding would hav been. I don't care what anybody says! With all his practicality Mr. Cai ruthers had not been a business sue cess, and it was to her own thrift am industry that his widow owed he present condition of modest comfort particularly to her exqu'-itc maslcr; of the art of pickle making. To he justly celebrated pickier, in process o manufacture, the neighborhood was in debted for a spicy fragrance, whicl modified most agreably the indigenoui )yster Point, t EGER WINSTON. A flavor of marine delicacies in an im perfect state of preservation. A slight alcoholic infusion was also occasionally observable in the atmos phere of Oyster Point, and a chroni cally inflamed nose marked more than one proriiinent citizen-notably the mayor, who was also the doctor, both horse and human, of the village. But whatever drunkenness there was-and I do not now recall any means of di version beyond alcoholic indulgence which the place presented-was car ried on, as a rule, with a sobriety, so to speak, and decent reserve, which precluded scandal and offense. One day I heard Mrs. Carruthers, as I thought, declining chickens or other household supplies at her back door, and idiy looking out at ray window. I then saw that she was speaking to Mr. Sprccketfc, who, standing on the step, with his hat pushed back upon his head at a peculiarly unbecoming angle, listened wit a. countenance absolutely devoid of any expression whatsoever. "I'm mightily obliged to you, Mr. Sprockett," she was saying, "and if I was thinking about getting married-" I drew back with such ill-considered haste as to bump my head loudly against the window sash, and so doubt less made my unintended eavesdrop ping perfectly apparent. I apologized when she came over later in the day. "Oh, that's all right." she said, good naturedly; "there wa'n't much to uear-you know Mr. Sprockett's mighty quiet. But I certainly was sur prised. He's been after me more than once lately about going into the pickle business on a big scale; but I didn't know he wanted to be taken in or was thinking about me. Mr. Sprockett's mighty inoffensive-I'd just as soon marry him as anybody-but I kind o' think marrying ain't what it's held out to be. And so I thought I'd better Jet well enough alone-'specially as he wa'n't very pressing!" The nej.t mor.ung he did not appear at breakfast, and upon investigation it was found that he had not come home the previous night. 'I don't think I could have hurt his feelings," Mrs. Carruthers said to me over the back fence; "and he didn't seem to be a bit set on it! I just hope he ain'a sick off somewhere." The potato man arrived just then. "Mr. Sprockett?" he said, with a grin. "Mr. Sprockett got shut up for being drunk last night. They say he carried on terrible. He'll be up before the mayor this morning. He'll be up before the mayor this morning He's up now, I reckon." Mrs. Carruthers had dropped the tu bers she was examining. "Shut up for , me in a way-nrarr did not in the least understand, but I saw that she was strongly moved. "Shut up!" she re peated. "Before the mayor this morn ing! Go 'long! I don't want any po tatoes!" I hao never seen her in a towering rage. I should have believed her as in capable of it as Mr. Sprockett of the outrageous, violent and truculent con duct of which I learned he had been guilty while under spirituous- excita tion-conduct of which the guardians of the law could but take cognizance in the interest of public safety. But I could not help suspecting that if it had been a comparatively "nice of fense" it would have "met its com ment." What busines did he have get ting drunk, when he never had been drunk before in his ufe, so far as ap peared? That Mrs. Carruthers was in a tower ing rage her very back showed as she hurried into the house. I saw her emerge in a moment, with her bon net strings tied very tightly under her chin, and rapidly disappear up the street. To the (unsolicited) kindness of the milkman I owe an account of what followed. "Things was 'most over when she got there," be said, "all out of breath; the mayor was just fixing to fine him heavy-anybody could see that-when sue walked right up and looked him in the eye( there was a crowd there, but they gave way), and she says, says she, 'Look a-here, Doctor Blanks,' she says, 'you let Mr. Sprocket alone,' she says. 'What I say is,' she says, 'them that live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones,' she says. 'You ain't the one,' she says, 'with that nose, to be setting in judgment on anybody for getting drunk,' she says, 'and you know it. You ought to bc ashamed of yourself,' she says .There ain't any use in being; a hypocrite if you are a drunkard,' she says, 'which Mr. Sprockett ain't-and never will be! Come 'long. Mr. Sprockett!' " The case, I understood, was hur riedly, even precipitately dismissed. No one, I think, thought the ocurrence especially rotable, least of all Mrs. Carruthers herself. She dropped in to Pee me next day and sat fanning her self placidly, her bonnet strings com fortably untied, and talked of a variety of topics, embracing, as I remember, tomato catchup, measles, thunder storms, cistern and well water, moths and moth-exterminators, ways of util izing cold meats, the effects of tea and coffee on the nerves, dreams and pre sentiments, mosquitoes, Mrs. Brown's bonnet, methods of pickling oysters, dahlia culture, and powdered oyster shells as a medium for burnishing table knives. I- thought she looked a little occu pied, but motives of delicacy prevent ed my touching upon the subject which I suspected was weighing upon her mind-the woeful lapse of Mr. Sprockett. All at once (we were dis cussing the uncertainty of human af fairs) she said, with sudden animation, "Now, who in the world would ever have dreamed of Mr. Sprockett's going off and getting drunk?" "Nobody."! assured her.with a readi ness that seemed to gratify her. She broke into an oddly light-hearted laugh., like that of a young girl. "I never was so surprised in my life!" she said. "Wa'n't it romantic?" "There ain't anything for me to do, I reckon, but to give in." she added, in a matter-of couvse way, but her eyes shone, 'and this time I'll have a wed ding."-Woman's Home Companion. There have been controversies rega in America, but it is now agreed, says t! mark is situated in St. Augustine,'Fla., the centre of the old city. It was built St. Francis. The whole of the solid sti Kombination of sea shells and mortar t "GOD MONITOR." Destruction or n Famous lleucon Rook On tile Mifsourl. A force of men cleaning the way for he roadbed of a railroad blasted away :he other day the most historic rock on lie Missouri Uiver. The rock stood for centuries on a bluff just above the old own of Marion, Mp., where the nev railroad crosses Moniteau Creek. It ?vas lu the form of a pyramid, eighty 'eet high. One side resembled wry mich the head of a lion while the other va.* a well-defined likeness of a mail. There is a tradition among the old leople of the neighborhood that this .ock was once worshiped by the In lians who came each year to hold cele )rations. They called it "God Monf o*^' from which the creek and county Eve acquirer1 "leir "^"^^-^[BBBIB ?r?^^^^^i^fjT)vauM^(Is of rivei craft/ How old it was no one can tell It was observed by the first Frond explorers when they came up the rivoi in 1705, and 100 years later Lewis anc Clark saw and wrote descriptions ol it. The rock origiV. 'ly bore a quern painting, which probably was discern? ble as late as 100 years ago. The paint lng represented a frightful monster ai INDIAN KOCK. large as a calf, which had horns like J deer, the face of a man, a body coverer with scales and a tail like that of a tish The work was crudely executed in col ors which have long since been oulitor a ted by the weather. The earliest writ or who is known ti oave mentioned ?Lie historic rock wa; de Airville, who described it in a journa written in ?752.-New York Suu. Four railway lines now connect. Mex ico with the United States. In ISSI there was only one railway in Mexico leading from the capital to Vera Cruz McKinley Memorial Church ?SE IN AMERICA." rains tho location of the oldest house ae New York Herold, that the land on a tiny, narrow thoroughfare near : in 15U-1 by fife monks of the Order of rocture is constructed of coquina, a. that is almost indestructible. An Old Coronation House. This queer little monument, writes! a Loudon correspondent of the Cincinf natl Commercial Tribune, is really one of England's disused coronation thrones. It can be seen at Kingston on-Tliamos, and is a very modest seat compared willi the gorgeous ivory throne of the Mogul Emperors. Seven Kings of England were crowned on this stone. Thc .Sweetest of the Sweet. A curious check was presented to tin cashier of one of the Tonawanda banks recently. This check, which was foi $10, .was made payable to "the sweetest of the sweet," aud was presented to the cashier in the ordinary way. Tnt cushier, naturally startled by the unu sunl expression in tile body of thc check, asked in innocence: "Who is thc 'sweetest of the sweet ?' " "I am," re plied the lady. "Kindly indorse it In that way," said the cashier. She did. And. as her husband's account war ranted it, for, like a prudent man, he had not overdrawn it. "the sweetest ol the sweet" received her money.-Nev? York Tribune. The Oath in Norway. Probably the most curious European oath is administered In Norway. Thc witness raises his thumb, his fore finger and his middle finger. These signify the Trinity, -while the larger ol the uplifted fingers is supposed to rep resent the soul of the witness and thc smaller to indicate his body. Merely Taking Hi* Own. Probably the meanest man in the United States lives in New Hampshire. He blacked his face and robbed his wile as she was going home with hie pay envelope after he had dutiful!} ;iven it to lier.-Minneapolis Times. A peppery temper is not a thing to bc sneezed at. to Be Erected in Washington rrr f mi?L CHURCH. ?ted as a memorial to the late Presi ..iforni, willi four corner towers sur mtral dome as the dominant feature, portico, the auditorium so arranged mir will be visible from all parts of lupporled by cantilevers resting on jr of columns that form the Intersec [burch will be lighted from the domo \t tlie building. The structure is lo be and its sealing capacity will be 1500. New York City. - Box pleats are I muong the features of the season, and areseen upon many of the latest shirt Waists. The novel and attractive May WOMAN'S BOX PLEATED SHIRT. Manton model shown exemplifies their use and is admirable for many mate rials. The original is mad-? of white mercerized cheviot and ls ?worn with a tie and belt of black liberty satiu, but madras, chambray, percale, linen, dim ity and the like as well as flannel alba tross, taffeta, peau de soie and all waisting cloths and silks are appro priate. Both tlie fronts and the back of the ?waist are laid in narrow box pleats that are stitched for their entire length and are drawn in gathers nt the waist line to give a tapering effect to the figure. The sleeves are plain, in regu lation shirt style, and are finished with straight square cornered cuffs. At the neck is a plain stock that closes at the . back. The closing is effected by means of buttons and buttonholes worked In the centre box pleat. To cut this waist in the medium size for-r yards of material twenty-one inches wide, three and a half yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and three-quarter yards thirty-two inches wide, or two yards forty-four inches wide will be required. Woman'? Eton Jacket. Eton jackets are first favorites of tho li season both for entire suits and general all-round wraps. The attractive May .Manton model lu the large drawing is TbTTr?aTHcoT?a?^jT WOMAN'S twine colored guipure overlaying the one of silk, and is designed to be woru with odd skirts and gowns, but the design suits cloth etamine and cheviot equally well, and is admirably adapted to the jacket suit. The collar can be omitted when not desired and the neck edges simply finished like the rest of the garment with stitchings of corti celli siik. The little coat is short and jaunty The back is smooth and seamless, but joined to the fronts by means of shape ly under-arm gores that render the lit ?perfect. The fronts are fitted by '.means of single darts and are elon-1 ..gated at the centre to fall below the ^waist and give the long drooping effect so much in vogue. The collar is circu lar and lies smoothly around the neck, meeting in centre just above the bust line. The fronts are extended slightly beyond the centre, and eau be lapped and closed by means of buttons and loops of cord, or rolled back to form re vers as shown in the small sketch. The sleeves are in coat style, with the fash ionable turn-over cuffs. To cut this jacket iu thc medium size four and a half yards of material twen ty-one inches wide, one and seven eighth yards forty-four inches Avide or one and a half yards fifty-two inches wide will be required. The Sentimental .Symbolism of Color*. Red, for courage and intense love. Its emblem is thc ruby. White, for youth, freshness and inno cence; represented by pearls and dia monds. Yellow-the topaz-wisdom and glory, but jealousy, too, except for the No vember-born. Violet means dignity, and the ame thyst is highly pried ns nu amulet to keep friendship and love. Green symbolizes hope, joy, youth, and is represented by the emerald, which is fabled to change color if the love changes. Blue means constancy, truth and friendship, and is represented by the sapphire, although the "forget-me-not" stone, the turquoise, and even tur quoise-niatrix. have claims for recognl* tion.-Ladies' Home Journal. White Costumes. Young people are wearing white as much as possible, even in white cloth. Dinner gowns are being made in black musliu. and very well i hey look, every flouuee edged with a niche headed by transparent black lace insertion. There are likely to be a good many In til in w lb th th tv it or ar an ye ya au wi foi new fashions in jewelry. Stones worn long ago which have had to take a back seat are once more to thc fore because they accord with the light col oring of the material. Those who have been treasuring up old jewelry are having such stones roset with .the most satisfactory results. Ribbons For Stock?. Ribbons for stocks now come woven in one piece about six inches in width and one and one-half yards in length. Tile edges, are finished with a sarin stripe, and the ends with heavier masses of the floral design. Other new linens are overshot with linen threads in large plaids. Still a third variety, called linen crash, is woven like coarse gauze, and dotted with black chenille. Pearl Trim minen Fop ular. Pearl trimmings abound. A novel trimming takes the form of tiny bunches of grapes, the pendants made of green beads. Ribbous interlaced to'form a plaided effect form a novel garniture. Still another form of trim ming is lace with one color introduced in the white mesh. Tale heliotrope, delicate pink or light blue may be found In these fancy laces. An Odd If at. An odd hat is a big one made of in numerable shirrings of fawn-colored chiffon. In the centre, of t?e hat is a big rhinestone buckle, which holds the ends of three feathers, one black and one white, with one of fawn be tween. Starting from the buckle, these ostrich plumes spread out and fall in a row over the back of the hat. Parasols In Linen Colors. Parasols are again shown in linen colors. Lace tucking and shirring is a feature on the more e'aborate parasol, while a decidedly :?ew touch is seen in a petal puff at the point. This is known as the tulip top, the tiower-llke petals standing up about the stick and spreading out upon the parasol top as well. The other trimmings lie rather flat on the cover. Mourning liing* Now. Mourning rings are rinding their way back into fashion, but they are not at all like the old-t' ne hair rings. Tar nished silver, black enamel, black pearls, and white and black cameos ETON. The Fashionable Droop. Dresses droop in the skirts, sashes roop, ends of ribbons in a fashionable )ilette droop also, and in the large lack hat now w:oru ends droop over ie back of the hair and look wondc-r llly graceful the while. A Handsome Hat. An attractive hat which has a rather p-to-date appearance is made entirely ? gardenias, their leaves and buds. Cii I'M Gibson Dre?B. "Little Miss Gibson" is a most fash mable young person, and appears in ie favorite gowns made of all soft ools as well as washable fabrics, he pretty May Manton model shown suited to all, but ira illustrated is ade of white pique, simply stitched, id is worn with a narrow belt of the line. The waist is made over a titted lin g that, with the left front, closes at ie centre. But the waist itself is laid deep pleats that extend over to the aist line at the front, and closes invis ly at the left shoulder and beneath ie left pleat. The circular front of e skirt meets the back, that is laid in TO box pleats, but laps in front where closes at the side to make a continu is line Avith tile waist. The sleeves e in bishop style with straight cuffs, id at the neck is a standing collar. To cut this dress for a girl of eight ?irs of agc four and three-quarter . t I 0 I e I t o f t ii a li c li r S c o ti a A GIBSON DRESS. rds : went]; -seven incjics wide, foul il quarter yards thirty-two inches de. or three and three-eighth yards rfy-four inches wide will be required. 1 [THE TWO ROCKEFELLERS I The Personalities of America's First j Billionaire and Ills Son. T~ THE mode of life of John I ' L Rockefeller, who is repute to he America's first billioi "J* aire, is striking in its slmplh lty. Although he out-distances Kin Midas in his ability to turn everythin that he touches into gold he is force to live upon the plaiuest of foods, as h is a victim lo chronic indigestion. Thi disease has worked a weird effect 1 his personal appearance, as will I seen by a glance at t 'portrait on thi page.# The picture or him with whic the public is most familiar represeul him as a well preserved man, with stubby mustache and a good crop c hair. The truth is that since bis dy: pepsia became of the nervous varlet he hes lost his mustache, every ha, on his head, and even his eyebrows. He is of frail build, and in looking ? him no one would suppose he was ga: lng upon one of the greatest financi; powers in the world. Strangely enoug! he ls democratic in his ways. On an Sunday he may be seen mingling wit the members of the church he attend which is a modest edifice, as New Yoi churches go. His fellow-worshipei are workmen, clerks and small bus ness men. He takes up the regular cc lection, aud lu other ways evinces practical interest in thc affairs of h chosen place of worship. He indulge In a few hours of outdoor exercise evei JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER Ii iay in an attempt to alleviate the mis eries of dyspepsia. His dividends for jne year from the Standard Oil Trust lloue amount to about $40,000,000. He started in life penniless, but he will irobably die tho richest man of his line. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., is a young nan who was born to great wealth aud ts responsibilities. He is now ncquir ng the experience which will equip dm to manage thc vast financial and ndustrial interests that will eventually levolve upon him. He is most unas inming and has au agreeable personal ty. His nature is a very religious one, iud he takes much pleasure in conduci ng a Bible class composed of young leople in humble walks of life. He is ond of athletics, owing his weil propor ioned physique and his splendid health o a'moderate indulgence therein. He s credited with having made of his iwn accord several lucky plays in Wall Jtrcet, when he is said to have shown inusual judgment for one of his brief xperience in that vortex of millions. Ie is married to the charming daugh er of Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Isl ;nd. Although they have a house in a ashionable section of New York City hey are seldom seen in society. As we all know, young Iiockcfeller s a member of a family whoso means re ample enough to afford him any ind of enjoymeut or advantage that an be bought with money. If the fa in ly taste Inclined toward yachts, or ace horses, or pictures, it could be ratified. If young Mr. Rockefeller ared to ride in and out of Manhattan n a Sunday afternoon iu a French au omobile at $ir> :.n hour, he could well fford to do so, and never take thought JOHN I). ROCKEFELLER JR. bout the lapse of hours. He might ven play polo if he cared to, and bave s good ponies as the market afforded, lut he has rather odd tastes for ?} rich .oung man. He pays pretty cb'se at ention to busine.-.-. but outside of that ils chief conceru ,eems to be bis Bible class, .ur. nuv&eicMri, mc to say that it was a man's religious duty to get all the money he could, by, honest means. The son's convictions seem to tend the same way. A -week ago he expounded the parable of the talents, with Its moral, "unto him that hath shall be given," and drew from it lessons of hope for the diligent. The man who is going wrong, he said, is not going at ail, for the reason that the going man may be steered right, where as the inert one is adrift without head way. That is pretty sound doctrine, and would probably be indorsed by the . present President of the United States. Fri yarp Libraries in Mexico. There are not a few fine and exten sive private libraries in Mexico, for there are many book lovers among the educated people of this country. In this city libraries ranging from 4000 to 10,000 volumes exist, and one of the most valuable collections of "Ameri cana," books relating to the discovery and early settlement of Latin America, is that of Don Jose Maria de Agreda, an erudite gentleman descended from - an ancient and noble Spanish family, who is the librarian of the national mu seum. Senor Agreda's collection is noted for its many priceless volumes, for he has been collecting books in this city since he was a lad. He is an en thusiastic antiquarian, and no man is fitter for the great task of writing a history of the City of Mexico than this learned and cultivated gentleman, one of the ornaments of Mexican culture.-* Mexican Herald. ; Geronimo a Free Alan. ^ Geronimo, the noted Apache warrior, M CHARACTERISTIC POSES. -From the New York Journal. ' who for so many years Avas a frontier terror in Arizona, is to be made a citi zen of the United States. General Frank Armstrong, of the regular army, has been at Fort Sill for some time looking into the matter of his release, and he has just forwarded to Washing ton thc necessary report which will cause Geronimo to be released soon. Although he bas been a prisoner of Avar since his capture by General Law ton twelve years ago, in reality he has been a free mau for the last seven years, or ever since he Avas sent to Fort Sill. Oklahoma Territory, from the everglades of Florida. He has never tried to escape but once in the past seven years, and that was about the time of the Spanish war, when the old man claimeed he wished to enlist as a scout and fight the Span iards. He has been a m.?del prisoner