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THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUGUSTA L. C. HAYNS, Prec't. F. G.FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. rmi I vid rd Profite } $110,000. . Pacilltlea of our magnificent New Vault ?oUtalnlng 410 !-ftfety-Lock Boxes. Differ ent Sizes are offered to our patron! and the public at $3.00 to #10.00'pw annum. THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, Paya Int?rest on Deposits. Accounts Solicited. L. C. Hayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, Cashier. VOL; LXV?. ??G?F?ELD, S. C.. Wtf?MJDAY, AUGUST 20. 1902. NO. 34. itt AM ADV EN f?RE lr\ By JACK LONDON, Author of I am a retired captain of the upper sea. That Is to say, When I was a POunger man (*hich is not s?< long) \ ?vis ari aeronaut a-nd itaVigated that nftiHl ocean ?tieft ls Sit itrbund |cBal arid ?hove us: Naturally lt ls ij .hazardous profession, and naturally 1 have had many thrilling experiences, the most thrilling, or at least the most nerve racking, being the one i am about to relate. It happened before I went in io- hy drogen gas balloons. t>\ of varnished Ei?jjf ?GuMcfl arid lined, afl.d ftU that; uil? lit for Voyages of .lays instead bf mere hours. The -Little Nassau'" (named aller the "Great Nassau" of many years back, was the balloon I was making ascents in at the time. It was a fair-sized hot air affair, of sin gle thickness, good for ?il iib?r's hight br' so and capable of ?ttainirig ari Altitude of a mile or more: It an Iwere? my il irpose. for my act at the lim? w?s rhaklag half-niilfe parachute jumps ?t recreation parks and coud try fairs. I was in Oakland, ? Cali fornia town, filling a summer's en-, giigemcnt. with a street r?iW?Jf ?om^ pany. The company owned a large park outside the city, and of course it was to its interest to provide at tractions which would send the towns people over its lino when they went out to ?et & whiff of country nh*. My 6britract e?ilet? for two ascbilsioris weekly, and my' act was ari especially taking feature, for it was ori my days that the largest crowds were drawn: ?efor? ydu can understand What happened, I must first explain a bit about thc nature of the hot air bal loon which is used for parachute jump ing. If you have ever witnessed such a ?jump, you will iemember that di rectly the parachute was cut loosn the balloon turneti upside down, emp tied itself (? ?ts smoke Sud heated air; flattened out and feii Straight down, beating ilie parachute to thc ground. Thus there is no chasing a big deserted bag fer miles and miles across the country, and much time, as w9.Il as trouble, is thereby saved. This fb?iie?v'fcr is ikx-bmplishci! by attach ing ? weight; at the end bf a long rope, tb the top of the ballood. The aeronaut, with his parachute and tra {'leze, hangs to the bottom of the bal botf; rtrtfl Weighing more": Keeps it right side down. But when he lets gd; the weight attached to the top imme diately drags the top down, and the bottom, which is the open mouth', goes up, the heated air pouring out. The weight used for this purpose on the "Littig ^fissau*' was ? bag Ol ??nd. But to return. On the particular day lhaye>4n mind there was an un Irafiyteirge crowd in attendance, and ?p?lice had thcinhands, full keep^fr pufching aird- shoving; ftnd-tbe -r??M were bulging with thc pressure of med, Wbm?ii and children. As I came- dowd frbrri the dressing room I noticed two girls Outside the ropes, of about 14 fetid J.61 and Inside the rone a youngster of 8 Or 9. They were siding filil? bj" the hands, and he was struggling, ex citedly and half in laughter, to get away from them. I thought nothing of it at the time-just a bit of childish play, no more; and it was only in the light ?f aft&r events that thc Been? was impressed vividly ?p?h m6: "Keep them cleared but. George!" ? called to my assistant. "We don't want any accidents." r ''Ay," he answered, "that I will, gharleyV George Cuppy had helped me in rid end of ascents, arid because of his coolness, judgment arid absolute reli; ability, I had come to trust my life in his hands with the utmost confi dence: His business lt was to over look the inflating of the balloon1 ?nd tb see that everything about the par achute was in perfect working order.. The "Little Nassau" was already filled and straining at.the guys. The parachute lay flat along the ground and beyond it the trapeze. I tossed aside my overcoat, took my position, and gave the signal to let go. Aa you know, the first rush upward from the earth ls very sudden, and thia time the balloon, when it first caught the wind, heeled violently over and was longer than usual in righting. I looked down at the old familiar sight of the world rushing away from me. And there were thc thousands of peo ple, every face silently upturned. And the silence startled me, for, as crowds went this was the time for them to catch their first breath and send up a roar of applause. But there was no hand clapping, whistling, cheering only silence, And instead, clear as a bell and distinct, without the slight est shake or quaver, came George's voice through the megaphone: "Ride her down, Charley! Ride the balloon down!" What had happened? I waved my hand to show that I had heard, and be gan to think. Ub.d something gone wrong with the parachute? Why should I ride the balloon down instead of making the jump, which thousands were waiting to see? What was the matter? And as I puzzled, I received another start. The earth was a thou sand feet beneath, and yet I heard a child crying softly, and seemingly very close at hand. And though the "Little Nassau" was shooting skyward like a rocket, the crying did not grow fainter and fainter and die away. I confess I was almost on the edge of a funk, when, unconsciously following up thc noise with my eyes I looked ahove me and saw a boy astride the sandbag which was to bring (he- "Lit tle Nassau" to earth. And it was the same little boy I had seen struggling with the two girls-his sisters, as I afterward learned. There he was, astride the sandbag and holding on to thc rope for dear life. A puff of wind heeled the bal loon slightly and he swung out ?nto space for 10 or a dozen feet, and back again, fetching up against thc tight canvas with a thud which even shook me, 30 feet or more beneath. I 1 bought to see him dashed loose, but he clung on and whimpered. They I THE UPPER SEA: '.Tho Son or the Wolf," Eto. told me afterward, how, at the mo ment they were casting off the bal loon; th?* little fellow hag torn away from his sisters; Sucked under Ihr ropo, kt?ci delib?rate!? jumped ?strid?. the s?'ndbag. il h?S always* been .j wonder, to nie ?hat. He was ?ot jerked oft in the first rush.' Well, I felt sick all over as I looked at him there, and I understood v\t;y iho balloon had taken longer to right itself, and why George had called of ter nie to ride her down. Should I etil lwse" with the O?rachutp th*? bag vddl?? at bil ce tur? upside; ?SW3; ?irj^= ly itself, and begin its swirl descent: The only hope lay in my riding her (?own and in the boy holding on. There was no possiole way for me to reach Iii m. No man could climb the slim, closed parachute] inf? r-ven if a man could, and make the mouth of tho' bal loon, what could he ?O? Straight out, and 15 feet away, trailed the boy on his ticklish perch, and those 15 feet were empty spite?: I thought fftp more Quickip than ii takes to teii dil this, and realized ori th?' IhstaHt tfmt the boy's attention must be called away from* lils terrible' canger. Exercising all the self-conlrd? I possessed, and striving to make my self seem very calm, 1 said cheerily: "Hello, up there, who are you?" He looked down at me, choking back his teal's tt??fl brightening up, but just the the' balloori ran ?ritcf d CfSsS^?f* rcnt, turned Half around and la? over. The! set him swinging back and forth, and ho fetched the canvas another bump1: then he began j? cry again. "Isn't it great?" I ask?<ri Heartily, fl? though it was the most enjoyable thing in the world; and, without waiting for him to answer, "What's your name?" "Tommy Dermott," he answered. "Glad to ni-iice your acquaintance, Tommy Dernio't.l;" I went (JU. "But fd like to know who said ydu could ride uti irith me?'' He laughed and said nd )usl thought he'd ride up tor the fun of it. And si) we went on, I sick wit? fear for him. iud cudgeling my brains to keep up ho conversation. I knew that it was Ul [ cGulfl do, and that hb? life depend ed upon my ability' td keri,? h te Mind )fr his danger. 1 pointed out i-d ii i ni he great panorama spreading away 0 the horizon and ,41100 fest beneath is; Th're lay San Francisco bay like 1 great placid iak6; th?" liase smoke iver the city, the Golden* ??te, th? icean fog-rlrc beyond, and Mt. Tam :lpias over all, clear-cut and sharp ;gainst thc sky. Directly bolow us I ould see a buggy, apparently crawl ng, ?lut ? know" fi'em experience that he men in it were lashing tie h?rseS n our tr?ikr" ?But he grev,-_tir??V bf Rooking aroun ?^rra?d.^ _ '. ''How would" you like to go in for the business ?" ? asked. H? cheered tip at onc8;* ?ti4 ?ske?, . "Do you get good pay?" ' But the ' Utile Nassau" beginning to cool, had started on its long de scent; :?hd ran into counter current; which bobbed it rbugHiy about. This swung ?he boy around pretty lively, smashing him into the bag quite se verely. His lip began to tremble at this, and he was crying again. I tried to JokP and laugh, but it was no use. His pluck was oozing out, nnd at any moment I was prepared" tt? see him co shooting past me. I was in despair. Then, soddenly, ? remembered how one fright could de stroy another fright, and I frowned up at him arid shduted sternly: "You just hold on tb that ropel If you don't I'll thrash yon within att inch of your life when I get you down on the ground[ Understand?" "Ye-ye-yes, sir." he whimpered, and I feaw that the thing had worked. I was nearer tb hint than the earth, and he was more afraid of me than of fall ing. "Why, you've got a snap up there on that soft bag," I rattled on. "Yes," 1 assured him, "this bar down here is hard and narrow; and it hurts to sit on it. Then a thought struck him, ard he forgot all about his aching fingers. "YvMien are you going lo jump?" he asked. 'That's what I came up to see. I was sorry to disappoint him, but I wasn't going to make any jump. But he objected tc that. "It said BO in the papers," he said. "I don't care," I answered. "I'm feeling sort of lazy today, and I'm just toing to vide down the balloon. It's my balloon and I guess I can do as I please about it. And, anyway, we're almost down now." And we were, too, and sinking fast. And right lhere and then that young ster began to argt.e with me as to whether it was right for me to disap point the people, and to urge their claims upon me. And it was with a happy heart that I held up my end of it. justifying myself in a thousand different ways, till-we shot over a grove of eucalyptus trees and dipped to meet the earth. "Hold on tight!" I shouted, swing ing down from me trapeze by my hands in order to make a landing on roy feet. W skimmed oast a barn, missed a mesh of clothesline, frightened the barnyard chickens into a panic, and rose up again clear over a haystack all thia almost quicker that t takes to tell. Thea we'came down in an or chard, and when my feet touched the ground I fetched up the balloon by a (toupie of turns of thc trapeze around an apple tree. I have had my balloon catch fire In mid air, I have hung on the cornice of a 10-story house, I have dropped like a bullet for COO'fcet when a para chute was slow in opening; but never have I felt so week and faint and sick as when I staggered toward the un f-eratche-d boy and gripped him by ihe arm. "Tommy Dermott," I said when I had go.' ?ny nerves back somewhat. "Tommy Dermott, I'm going to lay you across my knee and Tivo you the great est thrashing a boy ever got lp? tht) world's history." ? j. "No you don't," he answered, squirming around, "You said you wouifln'UfU held fin.tight," "fhat'jS ali right.", i s?W; "Mi i'm going to, just the same. .The fellows who go up in balloons are bad, un principled men, and I'm goir.g to give you a lesson right now to make you slay away from them, and from bal loons, too." And then I gave it to him, and if it wawt't tile greatest thrashing in tho ?crld, it frets th? greatest he ever got. But it took all the grit out of me, left rjerv'o broker!, that experience. ? canceled the c-iigag?irioiit wft?i tho street railway company; grui lat.er On wont in for r,as. Gas is much the safer, anyway.-New York Independ ent. , VOLCANOES OF THE PHILIPPINES, r ii t (./.?.? fi H ? Ittriifiiiiitlnn in It?>pnrt of G. .. i". ?eirkiiv ?ff 0fiol<i7?? li FHifl'jT. Of interest in connection with the :ocpnt volcanic eruptions in the West Indies is the report of George F. Eecker on the geology of thc Philip pine islands, which has just appeared In Parr Tl Of the 25th annual report of the United StaV-s geological sur vey, and which contains a review of everything bearing upon the geology of these islands. The report deals in ??nerill with the geologic and ?con omie features of tile island's, from ex tant rep?fts on th? subject, and from studies ih the field, so far as they cbiild be carried on during the dis turbed p?ri?d bf lS08-'99. In many respects th? Philippine islands closely resemble the West Indies, especially in being the sccni* of violent past and present volcanic energy. While it was possible to visit few of thPSe mountains, owing to flu hostility Of the natives, mUch valuable ii. formation from i?c?i and o?hel sources was collected. .Forty-nine bi the eruptive mountains were located iiiriong the islands, and their altitudci and th? d?t?s of their eruptions ob tained. Conspicuous ?moiig them ii Mt. Apo, the highest mountain the Philippines, which rises 10,701 feet above the level of thc sea. At Cami guin dc Mindanao, one of tho most in teresting volcanoes of tho group, a i-?h? n?arly 0000 fe?t in height baa :'ccn since 1871 over what Va? for merly a lake, the basin of which was presumably ?in ancient crater. Mayon, or the volcano of Alba}', is said to be < he most symmetrically beautiful cone :n the world; and thc famous Taal i iolcano, situated on a small volcanic i [sj?nd In the lake of Bonbon, is read- I ly accesible from Manila. ; The accounts bf the eruptions of I hese and other volcanoes, ot the ! noup bear a striking resemblance I 0 those of the recent outburst of < iii. Pelee iii Martinique. Of an erup- i ion which occurred iii tho year 1041, c ?ear Jclo, the report quotes: "Tho t larkness and atmor.phereic disturb- I i:ce were so great that the people of i bio could not perceive whence came he stiiiY Which fell from heaven upon t hem." And ih Ohe-of the numerous i lieard, incandescent stones were thrown out, and a great fire ran like a river across the island. Thc fire then shifted into Lake Bonbon, throw Uig iii) water and ashes In immense masses. ''The water grew hot and black, fish were strewn on the beach es as if they had been cooked? and ?be air was so full of sulphurous smells and the odor of dead fishes that the" Inhiibttants sickened." At one of the eruptions Of Al bay, that in 1.814, 1200 lives are said to have been tost. In drawing comparisons- between <he volcanoes of the Philippines and those of the Dutch East Indies. Mr. l?eckef notes that "Papandayang, in West J?v?, had a groat eruption in 1772, destroying 40 villages. Galling Gung in 1S22 destroyed 114 villages, and it i's some measure of the viol ence of the Krakatoa explosion of 1883 that over 3G.000 people per ished." QUAINT ANO CURIOUS. In Siberia a winter rainbow some time lasts almost, all day. It is caused by fine particles of snow sus pended in the air. Unique properties are possessed by the River Tinto, in Spain. It petrifies the sand of its bcd. and if a stone falls in the stream and alights upon an other, in a few minutes they unite and become one stone. Fish cannot live in its waters. In thc city of Heidelberg, Germany, there is a building called the Church of the Holy Ghost, windi is unique in its way, being the only church in the world in which thc Protestant.and Catholic services are held at tho same time, a partition wall through tho cen tre separating thc two congregations. The members of the United Metho dist Free Churcn, Overton, near Wrex ham, England, have hit upon a unique idea of raising the wind. It was de cided to have an egg service, and mem bers of the congregation were invited to bring eggs. Over 1000 which were j.laced in and around the pulpit, were brought and readily sold. In the centre of a field at Wavcrhill. Suffolk, England, is a large Hat stone covering the grave of a marc which died in 1852, inscribed as follows: "Polka. She never made a false step. Ecclesiastes 3, 1'Jth verse." A refer ence lo chapter and verse shows the fellowing: "For that which bofalleth the sons of men befallet h beasts, even one thing bcfallof.h them; as thc one dieth, so dicth the other." This is; probably the only instance of a text from tho Scriptures appearing on a rr.emorial stone to an animal. The monks of the Hospital of St.' ran de- Dieu. Ghent, in their spare moments have- decorated thc walls or the hospital with exquisite pictures formed entirely or stamps. In tiies--> pictures are fore:;ls ard streams, pal aces and cottages; birds cf gorgeous i plumage perch cn uranches, gaily-col ored butterflies flit about, snake? and I lizards glide, and animals of all kinds I figure in the landscapes. The monks ! have already used no ?ewer than 10, j 100,000 gtamps in this unique form ol j art. Kl Nr. EL King Edward's illness lias recalled ll?'!.immy predictions that have Ix-eii made that bc would never be crowned. These (Drjiuiil prophecies have been especially fr?quent during thc hist rear. That the King himself was not oblivious to the words of the prophets and that he was not free from for* Dod lugs has beeil mentioned often n's i trait in his character. Ever siucc he death of Queen Victoria, lt is said, ie has been haunted hy a superstitious j fear that he would not live to gs .'rowned. Reports have been current u London sir e his accession that he >ften brooded over the predictions of fvll that had been made about him, | iud that he was unable to shake his uind free Of them. .?Li?S?3li?^he. .prophecy "that gg^? he King the most uneasiness s,w?ii? uade. at,about the time oi'.his blutj shall-be ;-ero w.ue?J?**=:~?" As the date of the coronation ap preached his1 thought? recurred witl increasing frequency, it ls said, to tin: prophecy. Twice in King Edward's career ha Vi public prayers been offered for him .ind once a public thanksgiving fo his recovery. On his return fron America in 18(10 his ship, thc Hero was delayed by storms. Anxiety wa: so great that special services wen held in all the churches of the king dom. In the latter part of 1870 hi contracted typhoid fever, and foi weeks bis ?lie was despaired of. Ol January 1-J, 1871, bis recovery wa: announced as certain, and u uatioua thanksgiving was ordered for Kebru nry 27 following. A special service was held in St. Paul's. The Queel went in state to it. and a Te Denni specially composed by Arthur Sullivan afterward Sir Arthur Sullivan, wai sung in tho presence of 13,000 per sons. Thc heir to the British throne h King Edward's second child. Georg? Frederic Ernest Albert, Prince ol Wales. The eldest child of Edwan and Queen Alexandra was Brinco Al bert Victor Christian Edward, tin Duke of Clarence, who was born" a Frogmore on January S, 1S04, and diet at Sandringham on January M. 18U2 The Prince of Wales was born ai Marlborough House on June 3, 1803 Ile was married on July 0. 1803. t< Princess Victoria .Mary of Teck. Hi has nothing like the string of title: which his father, as Prince of Wales bore, but he is, among other things Duke ol' York and Kotliesay, Earl o Chester, Earl of Inverness and Banu Killarney Earl ol' Carrick. Baton o Renfrew. Loni of the Isles and Grant Steward of Scotland, a Vice-Adiuirnl and holds several ottices in the Germai military establishment, lie is als? THE PRINCE OF WALKS. (Heir to thc Jhitish Throne.) a Knight of the Garter, St. Andrei the Golden Fleece and other orders. Lust year, accompanied by the Prii cess Mary, he made a tour of iii British dominions, and arrived in Cai ula at the lime of the death of Eros dent McKinley. On his return to Enj ) WARD VII. land h? assumed tne title of Prince of Wales. "Temporary Wlilir IIOIIRO." President Roosevelt lins rented No. 22 Lafayette Square, Washington, as a residence and for executive offices during thc several months that re pairs and alterations are being made ' TUE TEMPORARY EXECUTIVE MANSION, 1 WASHINGTON. . at the White House. The dwelling 3 has been dubbed tin1 "Temporary - While House." The Cabinet meetings are also held there, and it is intcrest ? lng to note that eighty-eight years 7 have elapsed since a regular session ? of the Cabinet bas been held outside 1 of the White House. When the British - troops burned the White House lu ; 1814 Cabinet meetings were held in t private residences pending the repairs 1 to the structure. _j_ Haying Willi Fuller?. 1 There is so little level land in Nor ' way that lin; making of hay enough to last during rho long winter is a I very serious problem. .Most of the ' necessary gn'ss is grown on little ' mountain terraces, sometimes 2000 or ! ,"(?oii feet above the farmhouse. Thc considerable iHAUtilty ?if getting the " hay lo I lie barns would un*'e been al j most Insuperable but for a ?lever con trivance which lins been in use now for many years, und which tin- peasants cali tin- lutiperstreng. Th;? grass, after being cut. is rapidly dried on hurdles and then tied into bundies. These are slung on pulleys on n wire, which runs straight to the valley below, and so go Hying down at a tremendous pace.-Cincinnati Enquirer. An Kxnltlner Tim? Due. Passengers on au elevated railway train rbis morning who happened tc be looking out of the ear windows saw a strange thing. A district mes senger boy was leaning against a stool reading a paper-covered novel, utterly oblivious to all that was going ot around bini. At his heels some om luid thrown a lighted match, and lib trousers were just breaking out into ii blase ?is the train rolled on. What happened afterward eould be onlj imagined by the people on |||(> train lt ought to have been 'to the boy til most as exciting as the novel.-New York Post. A Hull Itun Tree. At the hisloric (?cid ol' Hull Run to day. the guide leads his visitors to : certain cedar tree thai grew so mncl faster than I be ol hers in ilia I lo-alii \ (hat an invest ?gal ion was made, re vealing that il had grown over the re mains ol' an unknown soldier,' whicl had not been carried away to Aiding ton with the others.-Sau Francisa , Argonaut. ^ Gigantic Faim Leaven. A palm tree which grows on tin banks ol' thc Amazon lias loaves thirl j feet to fifty '"eel in length .-.nd lei; feet ?o twelve feet in breadth h DISAPPEARING RACE S -" i* S The Indian SVery Padiftg Before ? ? the Advance of Civilisrtiori, |* M9?99?9?$9999???9** ***** Civilization is having its effect upon the Indian papoose n^ well as upon the Warrior ?nd medicine mau. In a few years moro lhere will be no more RUNNING WATE-R, AM ARAPAttOE- PKlMCZrSa little full-blood babies, so fast and furious is the extinction of the red race being accomplished. And when the redskin children arc no more, the West will see the absence of its most stoical little Americans, the most picturesque of all babies. Few children are brought up mulei such peculiar environments and given so little of a mother's care-not be cause the mother does not love her] papoose, but because lt is not her wa? to bestow affection If the little one is taken from her life loses all its dull charms, but should the baby remain m its paternal tepee caresses are un known, care is a neglected duty and thc child is left to its own resource'?. Tjnc-lilli \-rn:-re -. .......... 0.. wheeling her copper-colored infant about the reservation in a go-cart ol the uiost expensive pattern. Again, she may have a pony hitched to the go cart and will ride in it with her child. One day a white man who had an lu dian woman for his wife returned tc bis reservation home with a go-cart which was the first that had appen rec in that section. Imagine his surprise a few days later to come home fron a Inuit lng trip lo find a number ol squaws "from adjoining tepees coast CADIX) MOTHRK AND CHILD. lng down hill ill th" baby perambu hitor. The sacks for the Indian babiei when hung upon the back are said bj missionary women to be really com fort abb' i'm- 'he chilli. I have sect squaws carrying their children aronui ir, this fashion, the little oms fas asleep. Bul Indian babies aro born t< Buffer. Crying is unknown lo tlieni. They hardly ever smile. Toys of all kinds may be 'placed at their disposal and they will make no effort to play with them. There is none of the crawling about, throwing their hands, crowing ar 1 other traits so common tu tho child of white parentage. 1 I once asked an Indian woman what 1 were some of their cradle songs. She looked at me for a moment lu blank ' surprise. "Have you no songs to lull your little ones asleep?" I repeated. A smile spread over ber dark face. She was evidently much amused. "Songs among our babies are un known. We do not even rock them to induce sleep. When they are sleepy they just go to sleep without singing to or other attention." And such I have noted to be the ease. The baby is allowed to lie in its little sack on the bare ground when night falls. Tlie mother sees that its hunger is satislicd. then she mav go away to a dance, a feast ox some other form of amusement, leaving her baby alone in its tepee. It drops to sleep; if it wakes, it lies still until sleep comes again. Such is the care of the red child. What little white baby would not strain its uigs to express its ob jection to sue? treatment? The mothers are proud of their ba ilies withal. Once in a great while the missionary women on the reservation of the Southwest get up some kind of a baby-show, giving prizes for the prettiest and cutest. This stimulates a good deal of interest for the time, and every squaw on the reservation spends her time and money in rigging her baby so that it may win the prize. If it fails she blames the judges and not the baby. Papooses of the Kiowa, Comanche and Wichita tribes of southern Okla homa have each recently come into possession of 100 acres of line land, because of the allotment of their coun try and subsequent opening of residue lards to white people. These little heiresses and landlords are among the richest children of the United States to day, yet their manner of dress would not indicate it. They will go about in sacks, eat sofki and live in tepees. Of late the papoose has been forced to attend school at rive, which means a trying time for the mothers. Gener? ally thc squaws pack up their few be longings and move close to the school, where they may visit their children every day and have them with them during the night time. Indian children are" generally born healthy, and few of them die unless by epidemic. Twins are a rarity among the red race, and it was formerly an evil omen to have them born in camp. In other days they were killed, but now they are sent East to school and forgotten by their people, lu schools tlie little red children lose all their long Indian names, and teachers give them short ones of their own making. One can distinguish t>ven these days which among the mothers ure of a progressive nature by the manner in which they clothe their babies. Some of the women are quite backward in deed, about taking up with the white people's ways, and they keep beads and buckskin dresses on their children, while thc more civilized are wont to dress their babies in white. The pres ent generation of full-blood babies now growing up will bc the last, for intermarriages of whites and reds have como to he the fashion.-The Delineator. Cheni1 Cali* For Women. Russia is supposed to be a backward and half-civilized country. Vet wom en' there have privileges Which llie.V do not enjoy in our enlightened land Those who have property of their owe Ixive a voice in municipal affairs, ant! on all railways there are carriages fol ladies only. In St. Petersburg an? other cities there are cabs set aside for women only, of which the fares are. by law. but half those demanded from mere man.-Chicago Tribune. What IttlMM De.'.-n? Kdiu'.ition. The orthodox church td' Russia hal in its elementary schools 1.500.00t children, about forty pupils in ead school, and the average sum for ii school is about ).*> a year. Of tin teachers, ninety .our per eent. are un educated and tiley are paid next t< nothing. Tlie school-houses arc bur? ami tiler:- are no books, -pens ur ink furnished. This is th-j education ol Russians. VACATION. The man who gets a week's vacation; Is fooling bluo Ane* thinking of their glad condition ??'ho rest through two. ho thinks who gets two weeks1 vacation, "How glad I'd ba It I could have some Uno position Where I'd get three " ? -Chicago Record-Herald. HUMOROUS Teacher-Tommy, what is a jaE bird? "Tommy-A robin, mum. Kc-But she spends loo much money. His Wife-No-o, I lor.'t think so; but her husband doesn';. make enough. "Does she sing ay if she had had her voice cultivated?" "Oh, yes. I couldn't understand a word' she said." Hoax-I have seen it stated that red haired people are the most patri otic. Joax-Willing to dye fer theil country, eh? Nell-Love doesn't seem to agree with Maude. She is thinner by 20 pounds than she uted to bo. Belle She has loved and lost, eh? "He seems to think that dumb wait ers are a great invention." "No won der; they are thc only kind of walte? 'that don't have to-be tipped." Harduppe-Did you ever strike Close fist for a loan? Borrowcll-Strike Closefist? Why, that fellow wouldn't give up if lightning struck him. "So they wouldn't allow the woman Arith the baby in her arms to enter the court room?" "No, I guess they thought one court crier was enough." "I wish no pay for this poem," re marked the long-haired indvidual. "I submit it as a compliment." "Then pei mit me to return the compliment." ?eplied ;he editor. First Hen- -,t Is Mrs. Cackles brooding over? Second Hen-She's afraid she will be afflicted with a prodigal son. First Hen-Oh, well, tad eggs happen in the best regulat ed families. "My feet are in a terriDle condi tion," said tne man who hobbled. "H'm!" grunted the old chiropodist; "is it a case of long standing?" '?I suppose so. I stand for 20 blocks every evening. I ride home." Shanty Sue-Say, that messenger kid would make a bully -husband. He's so thoughtful. Tenement Madge-You tell Why, he actually carries a bottle of smellin' salts for the women that faint when they sec him comm*. Mrs. Gunning-0, Harry! Surely you weren't cruel enough to shoot this poor little bird? Mr. Gunning-Why, yes;. I thought you might have it stuffed and put on a bonnet Mrs. Genning-0, how kind and thoughtful of you! . "That's Mrs. Giltedge-nonds, the Ti eminent society leader," said the man in the crowd who knew. "What's she in half mourning for?" inquired several voices. "Three of her six for mer husbands are dead," said the man* whereupon the crowd cxpre?sed great admiration Xor her delicacy of feeling. mll.r.?rnw.nloli.Qiil??i tm rM.fr?. ?rSyZfY-7*ft|'?I* "'<'r>' come? erx'itt months ago a stranger arrived at the town and announced that money de posited with him would be returned at the end of one week, with fifty percent interest. This promise having been faithfully observed in the case of sev eral depositors, lhere was a general rush to deposit money with the stran ger, the villagers even pawning their goods and chattels to convert them in to cash. As will readily be imagined the de posits increased rapidly, and on the 7th inst, a large crowd assembled in front of the welcome visitor's dwelling to receive back their moneys with in terest. They were told, however, to return after a week, and obeyed. On their coming again at the end of the week they wepe asked to wait till tho evening; but when evening came and still there were no signs of payment, the mob grew impatient, and thc sub inspector of Nanddigram Thana. Rai Charan Ghose, with twenty-seven po licemen appeared on the scene and or dered them to disperse. The men asked him to help them to recover their money, but as he apparently did noth ing, but persisted in the endeavor to disperse them, they assaulted him, and, when he sought refuge In a hut, locked him in and set fire to the place, so that he was burned alive. Such is the story which, it is stated, is now being inquired into by the dis trict superintendent of police, who has made several arrests. According to one report thc police visit was for tho purpose of stopping gambling, and their interference was resented in the way described. Thc villagers, however, declare that they have been done out of fifty-two thousand rupees.-Lahore Tribune. lie war? of Ililli ('lia lr?. A young lady of small stature re cently fainted at a dinner given in her honor. It was then found she had r.ot been able to touch either of her feet to the floor or her back to the chair, and the restricted circulation and prolonged discomrort had finally overcome her. An antiquarian traces the present mania for high seats to thc fact that at the old French courts sets of handsome furniture were ranged along thc walls for effect, but never occupied. The chairs and sofas actually used were much lower. Fur niture makers of today copy the more showy pieces and further enhance their inutility by spring cushions. The dictum of a famous cabinet maker is that in choosing chairs the knee of a person standing should clear above Ihe seat he intends to occupy.-Pop ular Science News. Education. A well meaning man feels rather small when, after wrestling for 10. 20, 3d years with the question of "will" or "shall," "would" or "should," he gives lt up and settles down at old age with a compromise on an apostrophe. "I'll do it." or "I'd do it." satisfies all ex cept thc most hypercritical taste, leav ing the render to expand and extend as he pleases.-New York Press. Much in H?T Xamo. Church-She is a Russian Countess. Gotham-Ind<-<-di Has she much in her own name? "Has she? She's got nearly.the en tire alphabet!"-Yonkers Statesman.