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1 THE NATIONAL BANKOF AUGUSTA Ii. C. HAYNS, Prut F. G. FORD, Cashier. Capital, $250,000. - Surplus and Undivided Profits ($125,000 i Faculties of our magnificent New Vnnlt containing 410 i-afety.Lock Boxes. Disor ient Sizes are offered'to oar patrons and ? the public at 93.00 to ?10.00,'per annnt^, THE PLANTERS LOAN AND SAVINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA, iterest oalts. I Paja Interest on Deposits. Acftonnts Solicited. J jf L. C. Kayne, President. Chas, C. Howard, j / Cashier. VOL. LXVIII EDGEFIELD, S. C.. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 4. 1903. NO 6. THE ONE There are bores In great profusion In this world we hab?tate, And we're pretty sore to strike 'em where so'er we navigate There's the man who knew your brother In tho days of long ago ; There's -the man whose mouth proliflo is ? *""* forever on the flow ; Bot they're blessings in comparison-I stand them very well jou^l keep.awty the mah with just one story he can.tell ! ' I have met him in Chioogo, I have met him hi St. Lou ; I ignorod him up in Ogden, though his face and form 1 knew; I have met bim in Tacoma, in Seattle everywhere Till you'd think his little repertoire would grow, but I declare ?He performs that same old solo, though ho never did it well It's a pain to meet this man with jost ono story he can tell ! t THE PLOT MT] % - ? 0 By RALPH . "Mercy, Michael!-the last man I'd have thought of seeing in-Liverpool. Where have you been all these years?" "Where have you been, Dick? I haven't roamed very far from Tat's Corner, but you!-why, nobody's heard' a breath'cf you for the last six years or more." Dick Corbett laughed recklessly, and looked at his one-time chum, Michael Fenwick, in-as the latter thought-a peculiarly^defiant.way.. "No; they; haven't; but, as that is my business, and not anybody's, just be content, my son, to know that I've been 'sailoring' in nearly every sea, and that now I'm chief mate of the fastest little' fruit steam 'tramp- that trades between Liverpcol-and the Span ish ports." "Have you a vacancy for a 'forrad hand'.?" "Who for-for you- ' Why!-what's pretty little Kitty about that she's let ting you go to s?a?" '.'Never mind Kitty, Dick!-I'm go ing to sea again, because things have be$n a_. bit rough round about Tat's Comer lately. He spoke as if any reference to his sweetheart by the other was distaste ful--to- him; -for he clearly saw that Dick Corbett, since he had seen him last, was 'changed, ?. and for the worse; be was no longer the "good fellow" of old days. For the moment Dick was inclined to resent^ Michael Fenwick's evident "disinclination to bring Kitto^rlSzeTi's' ^ame into the'conversg?fo hut think_ in!jJettBl^l^^ousht his hand jKUy^oown upon Mic.haftl's RhAui_ now; com^^^he business." on, and ?nisiT^h^estandin1 The two mea^^W^fc high wall which bounds' dock, and but a few yards fron? ;dock gates. 5; J.'When do you sail?" asked Michael, .as hV went up the Erl King's gang way. "Day after tomorrow," returned the mate, over his shoulder. "Time enough to send a letter to Tat's Corner and get a reply." "Yes," muttered Dick Corbett as he unlocked the door of his cabin in the alleyway opposite the ..engine room hatch/ "You can write your letter here," he continued, "before you sign on. After that, for the sake of discipline, I can't say anything to you much in the day time-but at night, middle watch some times, we'll have a chance for a 'pa laver.' " Michael -Fenwick's letter was to Kit ty Hazel. ?It was not a long one; just saying that "she must-?not think bad ly of him fdr leaving her in this way, and that an unexpected meeting with Dick Corbett had made things easier and the future more hopeful." He was addressing the envelope. when'Ttfck, who had left him for 10 minutes, returned. . The mate's eyes gleamed viciously as he caught sight of the superscrip tion over the other's shoulder.. . "Shall I post it for you?" he said. - "No, Dick-or, Mr. Corbett. I sup pose ! ought to say-no, thanks. I've got to' go''after my 'duds' to'the board ing house." The' other 'tried hard not to appear disappointed, and so far succeeded as jto awaken no, suspicion in. Michael's of any desire to tamper with the 1er. ; ie new. A. B. then signed on; teed to be on board the following moon and left the ship, ad he but turned around as he down the gangway he wou'.d nol failed to see such an expressior. lick Corbett's face as the iattei watching, with his arms on th< les would have set him thinking the easiness of things, and th? Illness of the future, were no f-r. substantial as they appearei / 0 Ihe.. posted the letter in the firs [pillar bois'and the play went on. Tat's .Corner was a quaint little old ! world flihing village on the west coasl where, seven-years before, Dick Cor bett and Michael Fenwick idled as in : separable cronies. (Kitty Hazel, then a girl of 16 onlj was pretty and! sweet enough to tur the hejads. of more than one young fe] low in the place. But from the firs Michael made the running. ' One thing he did not know; that hi ' friend was, behind his back, sehen lng to supplant him in Kitty's affe< t?ons; using as bis principal tool th girl's?.own father, Joshua Hazell; tl dnmkenest fisherman in all the fie? .that sailed out of the little harbor < Tat's Corner. Kitty's would-be lover played upc the old fisherman's weakness to sw an extent that in a short time thin? seemed ripe for a declaration on h -Corbett's part Fortunately, however,, for Micha and his sweetheart-; though disastrou ly for old Joshua, a storm, that swe STORY MAN. For he always wants to tell lt-that's the saddest part of all ; And his story knows no season-Winter, Summer, Spring, or Fall. He eau tell it just as poorly to a crowd as tete-a-tete; He will wake to tell it early and 6tay up to tell it late. He is callous to the chimings of the busy chestnut bell He must tell it. for, alas! it's all the storv he can tell ! Some sweet day some outraged human will relax his self-control, Then a horny-handed sexton must get out and dig a hole In the so4 amid the granite shrifts that rear their heads on high. While we slifle wicked wishes that conceru f the by and bj*. Won't there be a mighty scramble for a chance to ring the kuell Of this poor, deluded man with just one story he cnn tell? -S. W. Gillman, in Los Angeles Herald. FAILED IND WAY. ENDERBY. the whole of the west coast, was the means of defeating, for the time being, at any rate, Dick Corbett's mean and dastardly betrayal of his friend. Old Hazell, with many another deep sea fisherman, was drowned, almost .within sight of land. In him Corbett lost the only ally who could have influenced Kitty; though she herself declares today, that not even her father could have shaken her faith in Michael Fenwick. Hard times then came to Kitty, and at the date of Dick Corbett's disap pearance, she was earning a scanty I living as one of the many net-mem bers of the fishing fleet. By and by the fishing industry de clined so, owing to the overwhelming increase ia steam trawling, that Mich as., found it impossible to make a liv ing even, while his iirospecis of marry ing Kitty seemed more remote than ever. Then it was that he determined to go to sea for i year or two, leaving Tat's Corner with that object, without saying a word to Kitty, or, indeed, to Kitty's only mistake was, that she had not told Michael that she had guessed that Dick Corbett loved '.tor; her excuse to herself being that no word had actually been spoken. There were thus faults on both sides, the consequences of which might, with a little mutual confidence, have been averted. * * * * T"ae*i&T"&U2^^ out of dock, and Michael Fenwick," . sick with disappointment at not hav "H?cha?Twas too close for that action j ito be quite prudent-so he made a vir- ] lue of necessity, ar.d called his subor- ? Spate's attention to his sweetheart's . |??ence on the quay. would have been rank subordi nation tc leave the ship, even for five minutes, so alVlfiCfc?! could do was to lean over the rail and sp?^t? to her. "You shouldn't have come," he said, first looking round to see that there were not immediate listeners. "We shall cast off in less than 10 minutes." . "I couldn't let you go without say ing goodby. Michael." '.'Yes, I know; it was wrong of me to leave you without a word; but I did it for the best, Kitty." "Don't say anything more about that. Michael-I just want you to promise mo one thing." "What is it?" "Promise me you'll do what I've asked you in this!" As she spoke the last word she threw on board a piece of paper wrapped round something hard. It fell at his feet,.and he picked it up on the instant, and put it in his pocket. "You mustn't remain any longer, Kit!" (even then the ship had begun ?to move away from the quay), "I'll remember. Good by!" "Good by, dear'" At that moment Corbet: called him to do something, and when he looked round again the steamer was a hundred yards from the quay; all he could see being a little figure waving a white handkerchief. When they were well in the Mersey and fairly on their way seaward he took out and read Kitty's last little note of appeal. It was not really a letter; it was just a request in one sentence: "For your own safety's sake, dear, and for love of me, beware of Dick Coroett." Nothing more. And Michael knew for the first time that his sometime friend had not only been false to him, but that he had also to fear his pres ent enmity and perhaps violence. * * * ? At six bells, first watch, Michael was relieved, and before descending to the fo'-castle stood leaning on the rail, looking at the seething, rushing water. Suddenly a hand was laid on his shoulder. It was mate, Dick Corbet. "Cold to-night, Michael," he said. "Ay-it is that." "Makes you think of-of firesides and Kitty, our Kitty-eh, Michael?" -"Let Kitty's name alone!" "No offense, mate. But she's not yours yet." "As good as mine. Only this one CK?I tract, and theil-" "You may never finish this one, my son; the Erl King isn't much Of a boat; she's old and cranky, while seas are rough and wiuds high." "Well, if we go, we go; but if Kitty can't be mine she shan't be anothei man's." "Sure of that?" "Sure as death!" "Hope you're right, my boy! Hop? y^j're right-but-I have my doubts.' "Of Kitty ?" queried Michael fiercely "I don't know! Let's change th< subject. Come down to my cabin an? have a tot-there's no one about" Never one ta harbor malice or han thoughts, Michael assented, and the two men went below to the mate's cabin. Up above, the roaring of the ele ments: down ' below, the doing of Satan's work. Michael's lips were no sooner put to the glass than he was conscious of something uncanny about it. There was no delay in its effect. Seeming to madden and burn like vit rol, it produced an instant sense of suffocation, but fortunately not of blank unconsciousness. Except the "lookout" in the bows, and the man at the wheel, aft, .there was not a soul to see Dick Corbett stagger on to the poop deck with the inert body of Michael over his shoul ders. At Tat's Corner Kitty Hazell sits, under the lee of some rocks on the beach, wearily mending her nets. There are half a score of other wo men, young and old, working around her, but she speaks to no one; and, with the sympathy of their kind they leave her severly alone. By and by, the old man who per forms the duties of letter carrier and Corner, and its neighborhood, is cern to be hobbling towards the beach. "What be owd Maartin a dein' 'ere now, I wunner?" said an olu dame sitting close by Kitty. The remark was sufficient to make the girl raise her head. As she did so, the old postman saw her .oohing at him, and waved some thing above his head. "Kitty Hazell, it's a message for 'ee," he said, putting the oraDge-col ored envelope into her trembling hand. With feverish eagerness she tore it opsn. It was from the house surgeon of a large Liverpool hospital. "Michael Fenwick brought herc on landing from Braga, Portugal. Is se riously ill. Wishes to see you." * . ? ? "Kit," said Michael, sobbing, in his weakness like a child, "you will never forgive me for not keeping my prom ise." "Yes, dear, I forgive you, for you have suffered most" "One more question, Kit." "Well, Michael?" "Dick Corbett-what of him " He tried to raise himself in the bed to listen to her answer. "Tell me," he said again, excitedly. "Is that fiend, who tried to drop me over a ship's side, on a dark and stormy night-is he to escape justice?" "What do you consider justice, Michael?" t ,? "Death:-nothing short of death!.".. "Well dear the doctor has just told ca?rtlvat-the Erl King, with all hands, is renorted ?s-iiavInTr-fn'witirtar?-? - !rri^Q^r^uml^^^a^s^f^nm^^^^S!^f Kitty were married, and so far as re- c port has it, with the happiest resulta i f -New York News. c QUAINT AND CURIOUS t A collection of 800 elks' teeth was found not long ago by a curio hunter. ! 1 He dug them out of the grave of a j I long-forgotten Indian chief in Idaho. : f The teeth are said to be valuable for j ' mounting. 1 A strange advertising war has been 1 In progress in New York City. One ' I firm put up an elaborate sign, nearly ' a city block long, building Tor the pur pose a fence estimated to contain over 2500 feet of lumber. A rival firm later built a blank fance in from of the other, thus completely hiding the ad vertisement. Notwithstanding that Charles Criss man has lived within ll miles of Ports mouth, 0., he was for the first, time in his life in Portsmouth the other day. He is 31 years of age and was never more than five miles from his home. He had never seen a street car until then. He is married and none of his family has ever been in any city. I bey have moved to Portsmouth from a little hamlet back in the dense i woods. Among peasants of southern Italy, Sicily and Sardinia a curious malady has been noticed by physicians, which is caused by eating beans. One of the most remarkable effects of the malady is a species of intoxication resembling that produced by alcoholic drink. In some cases persons predisposed to the malady are seized with the symptoms .of intoxication if they pass a field where the bean plant is in flower, the odor alone sufficing to affect them. There is in the Royal Museum in The Hague. Holland, a curious old document describing the adventures of Henry Hudson, a navigator in the service of the Dutch East India com pany. He it was who discovered the river to which he gr.ve his name. A passage of the decument reads as fol lows: "The natives, or Indians, on his first coming here, regarded the ship with mighty wonder, and looked upon it as a sea monster, and declared that such a ship or people had never been there before." Perhaps the most remarkable bridges in the world are the kettle bridges in Russia and Siberia, of which Cossack soldiers are expert builders. They are I built up of the soldiers' lances and .cooking kettles. Seven or eight.lanc.es are placed under the handles of a num ber of kettles and fastened by means of rupes to form a raft: A sufficient number of these rafts, each of which will bear the weight of half a ton. ..re fastened together and in the space of half an hour a bridge is formed on which an army may cross in confidence and safety. Unlinnpily Mnrricu. He-She married a fool with plenty of money. She-Then why isn't she happy? He-It brought him to his sense. The Smart Set. NAP SH0? FAROE I By Mrs. I*. F, VERY few people in England seem to have any idea where the Faroe Islands are situated,-; although they arc, without doubt, some of thc most interesting islands in Europe. Being only thirty-" six hours' journey from England, they are well worth a visit. The islanders, being cut oif from the rest of the world and marrying only among them selves, retain customs which must at one time have been universal in tho North of Europe, but which have grad ually died out elsewhere. The Faroe scenery is magnificent-, wild, beetling crags, thousands of feet high, against which the sea dashes furiously; precipitous hills, having the appearance of terraces rising one above the other, covered with vivid greeu grass; beautiful waterfalls nhd streams, land-locked fjords, and little fishing villages nestliug in the hollows -all combine in kaleidoscopic variety to charm and arrest the eye by their novelty and beauty. So narrow are many of the channels through which our steamer passed that we could almost touch the cliffs on either hand. Some of tho islands are uninhabited except for the sheep grazing on the short, thick herbage, and these become so wild that they have to be stalked and shot like game. On some of the islets you may see a comes ? <ig^ ^nu^PBtf^ii?!i.!:/.(> any cnildrcn ( ItHWathe preceding twelve months, i r in the spring and autumn when a \ inc day presents itself and thc sea j 'alms down suflicicntly to allow of a < )oat being lowered to carry the sheep o the capita! in exchange for th? , lecessnries of life. There was scarcely a ripple on the valer, tho blue of the sky reflecting ? tsclf in tho deeper blue of the sea, is we carno to anchor in the spacious bay on the sont beast of Stromo, with ibo houses of Thorshavn, the capital )f the islauds, clustered irregularly an the hills around, looking as if a frood push would send them tumbling down into the barbar. Farther on these hills give place to lofty cliffs rising to a height ol' 1000 feet, and cov ered with green grass, with hore and there gray ridges of stone cropping through. Nowhere can one discover trees of any sort, not even a bush or shrub, but in spite of this there is no monotony in tho scenery, for the va riety of coloring and form of the islands and the brilliant atmosphere more than compensate for their Ab sence. Tho whole harbor was alive with the long, narrow boats of the Faroese, their gunwales rising high out of the water and the slender oars flashing in the sunshine as they dipped in and out. the line, well-knit forms of their occupants silhouetted against the sky as they propelled their craft with vigorous strokes towards our ship, keeping time by chanting a wild saga, whoso haunting melody pursued us long after thc singers had passed out of siglfF. The Faroese ave magnificent fellows, with fierce blue eyes, corn-ripe yellow hair, ruddy complexions, and thick beards, and their dress is particularly becoming. Their short trousers, reach ing to the knee, are made of homespun cloth, woven by the Faroese women during the long winter evenings, adorned with several brass buttons, a short woolen coat fastened down" in frout with buttons, striped cloth square jelly-hag cap. generally red and blue, gray stockings as thick as cloth, and shoes of yeliow tanned skius resem bling moccasins, formed from a singh piece of skin wrapped closely munt! "WE SAW WHAT WE TOOK TO BE IMMENS QUANT?T1E3 OF LINEN"-AS A MA' TER 0? FACT IT WAS FISH LYING 1 THE SUN TO par. _ each foot, gathered at the top ar heel by stitches which give thom puckored-up appearance, and fasten? round the ankles with a bright-colow woolen string, furnishing a costun which i.: both picturesque and prac cal. All IIIL' men carry a gi inda kui vt a kuife for killing whales, stuck in leather girdle round their waist^^g K? von Thiele. As we were being rowed ashore wo PSjv what we took to be immense quantities of linen lying out on the rocks to dry; in fact, the whole'town A VIEW OF THORSHAV.V- THESE LITTLE WATERCOURSES ARE USED FOR A I VARIETY OF PURPOSES. seemed to have chosen the day of our arrival as its washing day. The curi ous part of tW.vhole affair was the size, of thj^ffcles. Tiley looked too ! ! ejp.^?VTO we went wo caine across 1 -?odin various shapes and forms, either jeiog washed or dried, or piled up a great stacks covered with tarpau lin, waiting to be transported to the South of Europe as stock fish. Tiie town" is most picturesque and nur ?nt. The houses ar? of all sizes arijrl shapes, planted down higgledy piggledy wherever a few square yards of 'jomparatively level ground can be foupd among the rocks; and so mixed up /nie the houses and rocks that it is ofttjn very difficult to discriminate be tween the two. This resemblance is THE CURIOUS LITTLE PARLIAMENT HOUSE further heightened by thc nature of the houses themselves, for'they are mostly hewn out of the rocks or have a foundation of unhewn stone, on willah is placed a wooden hut from one to two stories high, thatched with turf, -where brilliant emerald-green gr.iss grows in great luxuriance, aud is used, as a browsing ground for the goats and sheep of the neighborhood, The windows are of glass, neatly hung with lace curtains and adorned wit! flowing plants. The Faroesc women are remarkablj pretty, with an abundance of goldei hair. They have blue eyes and exquis Ito Peach complexions. Their everyda: dress consists of a full dark /doti skirt, a bodice of the same, with ! striped shawl round the shoulders, i gaily-colored apron, a haudkerchie round the bead, thick woolen stocli ings and the universal skin shoos. Our first visit was to the church, woollen building of fairly large dimei sionsi, -with plain exterior and nnrroi windows ranged on either side, til only outside ornament being a wcode spirt;, with a globe on top. the who Structure reminding one irresistibly < a toy Noah's Ark. Running through the town aro so erat little streams flowing over Inrf blocks of stone lying in irreguh mashes at the bottom. The wat cornos down from the hills in gre fore*, and strengt Ii. and after a hem raininll the channels arc filled up the 'brim and overflow their ban!; carrying away all obstacles. Tin ?ceiia to be* used for many purposes for tho supply of drinking water ai for foundry work, besides being t favorite feeding-place of the duel As "\ve passed by we noticed a lit girl' Ihelplng her mother to w?sdi t clothes; they knelt on thc ground 1 side i nie stream, holding thc artic' to bk cleansed In the wafer with c liana, while with the other they bi tbenh with a wooden clapper. worthy representatives, for tho august chamber consists of one small room with six long benches nt one end, tak ing up the whole width of,the room. These were evidently for the Ministers and oilicials, tho rest of the members seemingly having to content them selves with standing in the body of the hall. The only ornamentation Is a fine crystal chandelier, a print of the King of Denmark, and a Royal coat of arms. The Faroose are also economi cal in the payment of their members, who receive two kroner (about fifty five cents) per day for six weeks, the limo the Parliament is In session. Thc Faroe Islands were once cap tured by the English in the commence ment of the nineteenth century. I say "captured." although, as a matter of fact, there was very little capturing j about it. When England and Denmark j were at war a ship was sent to seize ? the Faroes, and when lt arrived-the guns at the tiny little fort evidently not having considered it necessary to take any notice-the captain went on shore arid interviewed the Governor, askjng lum whleh he preferred, to be annexed or bombarded. The Governor never .hesitated for a moment. He said that If the English had taken such a violent fancy to the Faroes they were quite welcome to have them; but of one thing he was quite sure-he didn't want any bombarding. So the islands were duly annexed, and the man-o'-war saiied off. Some time after, when peace was declared between the two belligerents, tho English captain came back and informed the Governor that as the war was now over the Faroes were returned with many thanks. The Governor took the restoration very philosophically, evidently thinking all foreigners were mad and the English (he maddest of all. Oil our way back to the ship we passed several patches of potatoes and barley and women busy making hay. Under the eaves of the cottages hung disgusting-looking strips of flesh, a few inches in width and several feet In length, the inside purple red and covered with what appeared to be scaly black leather. They turned out to be strips of whale's flesh drying In the sun ready for winter consumption. The week before there had been a big catch of whales numbering several hundreds, tho harbor at Thorshavn being tilled with tho great fish brought from the place where they had been caught to. furnish meat for the com munity. When fresh the flesh is de scribed ns being delicious-a cross be tween tender beefsteak and liver hut after it has be??n kept some time it becomes anything but palatable to strangers, although the Faroese de light in it. The whales average 'rom twenty feet to thirty feet in length .mri .wnirrh nra* ? *?? * THE FAMILY DEVOTJTS TUE LONG WI2?TEB NIGHTS TO SPINNING. those who bad all the hard work and danger of driving the whales into the shallow bays where they were slaught ered, but the church and the widows and orphans also receive a share, and as whale's flesh constitutes to a great extent the meat supply of the inhabi tants, this generosity is most praise worthy. The Faroese cat scarcely any vege tables, their diet being almost entirely composed of fat of every sort and fresh tish, and strangely enough they do not suffer from leprosy or other kindred skin diseases-Tho Wide World Magazine. _ CHANCE FOR AMERICANS China a Gc od M:rkct For Forming Implements From This Country. United States Consul Henry B. Mil ler, of Ninehwnng, has recently written a report urging American implement dealers to make an effort to Introduce their plows into thb Chinese farming communities. ITo says: "North China, Mongolia. Manchuria and that part of Siberia bordering on the Pacific are destined soon to be come consumers of American agricul tural implements. The greater part CHINESE PLOW. of this country is susceptible of culti vation. The production of wheat is already a leading industry in various localities. It is carried on without the usc of any modern machinery; hut, in spite of these crude methods, the wheat usually sells nt about one-half tho pi ice In the United States, and the natives would increase the production by millions of bushels for thc price of thirty cents gold per bushel delivered at mills. "The ?ilustra!ion given herewith pre sents a general view of tho plow com monly used. The only iron about the implement Is a long point rhat turns down to enter thc ground. There is also another form of point, wider and shorter than the ono shown'in the cut, that very much resembles that of the shovel plow. These points are cast in considerable quantities in the seaports from scrap iron that is im; orted. They ure light inferior articles and cost from twenty to thirty couts gold each." Germiin Plan to Curo Kicking Horse*. A novo! way of curing horses of tho kicking habit is practiced in Germany. A bag of sand or gravel is bung from tho ceiling of thc stable in such a man ner that 1 he bag will be a little dis tance behind where the refractory horse is standing. Whenever he his unmannerly conduct .r. says the New York nless be is exceedingly ....... quickly learn the lesson. \ and then the bag may be removed. It is asserted that a horse once cured in ? this manner will never again think of 1 kjeking, but whether this is true or not?Tinva^ecau tell. j The Profitable .?l>,..onrl Mulo. The Spanish-American war and thc j Boer war are past, hut the Missouri mule is still far from being a drug on the market. At 0 recent sale near Co lumbia twenty-one bead were sold i t prices varying from *110 fo P-r hoad. One span of two-year-old horse mules brought S:i21-as much as a good team of roadsters-and a two year-old mare brought $170. - Bulgaria has issued three postage | stamps to commemorate the defense j of tho Shipka Pass In 1S77. and the art- ; ist has compressed into his drawing in cident enough for a stirring story, there being at least a dozen figures of men, pistols and rides, stones and rocks, etc. The atmospheric pressure on the body of the average man is 32,400 pounds. The ordinary rise and fall of tho barometer increases or decreases j this pressure 2."<jo pounds. The usher is ono man who eau make us all take a back seat. "the World's THEN AND NOW. L The ancient, dear writers A wonderful throng! And they died in a garret, To Jive in a song! They told us the story At which the worid thrills, -- Locked la a rude corner from balifTs with bills. II. The modern, mad writers Who thunder away They live Jn a palace, And die in a day ! They tell us no story Humanity feels, And ride to Oolivlon - On automobiles! -Atlanta Constitution? HUMOROUS. Blobbs-Football is not nearly so deadly as it used to be. Slobbs-Just wait until they get to playing it with, automobiles. Sharpe-Casper's new automobile has run down six people. Chelton But it is a stylish machine. Sharpe Yes; perfectly killing. Hook-What is Wigwag's idea In looking up his lineage? Nye-I sup pose to show how respectable he is in spite of his ancestors. Wigg-Bighedde is the personifica tion of egotism. Wagg-Yes; he ac tually thinks he deserves the good opinion he has of himself. Muggins-Was your wife satisfied with the birthday present you gave her? Buggins-Not wholly. She can't find out how much it cost. "My love for you," he wrote, "is so deep, so vast, so powerful, I cannot ex press it." "Why don't you send it by freight?" She wrote back. And then it was all off. "In hard luck again, eh,?" "Yes; I'm down on my uppers, sure enough." "0! well, we all have our ups and downs. You are down now-" "And I'm up, too-hard up." Nell-So you were disappointed in the little man, eh? Eelle-Yes; you can't expect a man to come up to your expectations who doesn't come up to your shoulders. "So your town dispensed with the automobile ambulance. Didn't i? mak better time than the old one?" "No; it had to stop too often to take in the people it ran over." Helen-Why is it novels always have a good ending? Sue-Well the one I read yesterday didn't have a good ending. Helen-It didn't? Sue-No; mama threw it in the fire. La. Montt-When I first went to gage board they said I #O?M ho t:?? as one of the family. La why did you not remaii I saw what the family 1 "I'll bet you," said the lock Holmes, "I can tell for breakfast to-day." :an't," replied Sluvven. " There's a dab of the yoi! yet." "You're wrong. Ths since day before yesterd; "Yes, he achieved success M& denly that we're in trouble, he's a distinguished lawyer,. L?,P -i^fc. on tne govp:b?j made hono'rai-y^?^*?^ No one knows whether judge, general or commodore. Skorcher-He a chauffeur? Why he doesn't even know tho_ pie of the motive powei of the automc bile. Miss Ina Seatz-And what is the principle of it, Mr. Skorcher? Skorcher -Why-er-it's-er-electricity, you know, and-er-all that sort of thing. Phyllis-Harry is the most conceited man I ever met. Maud-What makes you think so? Phyllis-Why, he first asserts that I am the most adorable woman in the world, the most beauti ful, intellectual, and in every respect a paragon, and then he wants me to marry him! A Strnnco Foster-.Wotlier. An extraordinary, but apparently well-authenticated story of a bear's freak comes from a Russian village in the district of Gdoff. The village lies on the fringe of a forest, whence it is of frequent occurrence for bears to make prowling excursions both by day and night into the adjacent set tlements. Some two weeks agc two young girls, aged respectively five and 13, were surprised by a huge bear at a short distance from the village. The animal seized and carried off the younger child, while the elder, terror stricken, fled home and gave the not unusual alarm. An immediate pursuit was institut ed, and the search was continued dur ing the evening and the next day, with the assistance of neighboring villagers, a wide cordon was drawn around an extensive tract of the forest, and the searchers closed in. Towards sun down the bear and her booty were dis covered in a dense thicket. The child was perfectly unharmed and reclining in a deep mossy couch made for her by the bear. Although naturally delighted to bo released from her strange guardian ship, the little girl had got over her first fright, and had subsisted fairly well on the nuts and other forest fruits brought to her laager by the bear. Or almost regrets to learn that the frej ish but kindly dispos?e summarily kjlled by no