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f issued twioe-a-week?wednesday and friday. I,, m. grist 4 sons, Publishers. [ % jptmilg Uewspger: 4or ^ promotion of the golifel, gocial, Agricultural and fl[ommnicia7 Interests of the ?outh. { ^EBslngS0copyYthbee cknts!CE' VOLUME 42. YORKVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, JAISTUARY 3, 1896. 1STUMBER 2. FROM THE RMS. By Captain Charles King:, U. S. A. Copyright, 1894, by J. B. Lippincott & Co. CHAPTER XYIL Under the cloudless heavens, under the starlit skies, blessing the grateful dew that cools the upland air and moistens the bunch grass that has been bleaching all day in the fierce rays of the summer sun, a little column of infantry is swinging steadily southward. Long and toilsome has been the march; hot, dusty and parching the day. Halts have been few and far between, and every man, from the colonel down, is coated with a gray mask of powdered alkali, ? the contribution of a two hours' tramp through Dead Man's canyon just before the sun went down. Now, however, they are climbing the range. The morrow will bring them to the broad and beautiful valley 01 ine spirit won, ouu / there they must have news. Officers and men are footsore and weary, but no one begs for rest. Colonel Maynard, riding ahead on a sorry hack he picked up at the station two days' long march behind them, is eager to reach the springs at Forest Glade before ordering bivouac for the night A week agone no one who saw him at Sablon would have thought the colonel fit for a march like this, but he seems rejuvenate. His head is high, his eye as bright, his bearing as full of spirit as man's could possibly ? be at 60, and the whole regiment cheered him when he caught the column at Omaha A talk with Chester and Armitage seemed to have made a new man of him, and tonight he is full of an energy that inspires the entire command. Though they were farther away than many other troops ordered to the scene, tne iacb UlUl uueii" olauuii nan uu iuu railway, and that they could be sent by special trains to Omaha and thence to the west, enabled them to begin their rescue march ahead of all the other foot troops and behind only tho powerful command of cavalry that was whirled to the scene the moment the authorities woke up to the fact that it should have been sent in the first place. Old Maynard would give his very ears to get to Thornton's corral ahead of them, but the cavalry has 86 hours' start and four legs to two. Every moment he looks ahead expectant of tidings from the front that shall tell him the th were' there and the remnant rescued. Even then, he knows, he and his long springfields will be needed. The cavalry can fight their way in to the succor of the besieged, but once there will be themselves surrounded and too few in numbers to begin aggressive movements. He and his will indeed be weloome re-enforoements, and so they trudge ahead. The moon is up, and it is nearly 10 o'clock when, high up on the rolling divide, the springs are reached, and, barely waiting to quench their thirst in the cooling waters, the wearied men roll themselves in their blankets under the * giant trees, and guarded by a few outlying pickets are 60on asleep. Most of the officers have sprawled around a little fire and are burning their boot I leather thereat. The colonel, his adjutant and the doctor are curled up under a tent fly that serves, by day as a wr. > for the rations and cooking kit they carry on pack mule. Two company commanders?the Alpha and Omega of the 10, as Major Sloat dubbed them? the senior and junior in rank, Chester and Armitage by name, have rolled themselves in their blankets under another tent fly and are chatting in low tones before dropping off to sleep. They have been inseparable on the journey thus far, and the colonel has had two or three long talks with them, but who knows what the morrow may bring forth? There is still much to settle. One officer, he of the guard, is still afoot and trudging about among the trees, looking after his sentries. Another officer, also alone, is sitting in silence smoking a pipe. It is Mr. Jerrold. Cleared though he is of the charges originally brought against him in the minds of his colonel and Captain Ches ter, he has lost caste with his fellows and with them. Only two or three men have been made aware of the statement which acquitted him, but every one knows instinctively that he was saved by Nina Beaubien, and that in accepting his release at her hands he had put her to a cruel expense. Every man among his brother officers knows in some way that he has been acquitted of having compromised Alice Renwick's fair fame only by an alibi that correspondingly harmed another. The fact now generally known?that they were betrothed and that the engagement was openly anuounced?made no difference. Without being able to analyze his conduct, the regiment was satisfied that it. had heen selfish and enntemntihle. and that was enough to warrant giving him the cold shoulder. He was quick to see and take the hint and in bitter distress of mind to withdraw himself from their companionship. He had hoped and expected that his eagerness to go with them on the wild and sudden campaign would reinstate him in their good graces, but it failed utterly. ' 'Any man would seek that," was the verdict of the informal council held by the officers. "He would have been a poltroon if he hadn't sought to go, but while he isn't a poltroon he has (Tone a contemptible thing." And so it stood. Rollins had cut him dead, refused his hand and denied him a chance to explain. "Tell him he can't explain," was the savage reply he sent by the adjutant, who consented to carry Jerrold's message in order that he might have fair play. "He knows, without explanation, thfi wrong he has done to moire than one. I j won't have anything to do with him." j Others avoided him and only coldly . spoke to him when speech was neces- 1 Bary. Chester treated him with marked ] aversion; the colonel would not look at J him; only Armitage?his captain?had ] a decent word for him at any time, and < even he was stern and cold. The most f envied and careless of the entire com- < mand, the Adonis, the beau, the crack i 6hot, the graceful leader in all garrison < gayeties, the beautiful dancer, rider, tennis player, the adored of so many sentimental women at Sibley, poor Jerrold had found his level, and his proud and sensitive though selfish heart was breaking. Sitting alone under the trees, he had taken a sheet of paper from his pocket case and was writing by the light of the rising moon. One letter was short and easily written, for, with a few words, he had brought it to a olose, then folded and in a bold and vigorous hand addressed it. The other was far longer, and over this one, thinking deeply, erasing some words and pondering much over others, he spent a long hour. It was nearly midnight, and he was chilled to the heart when ho stiffly rose and took his way among the blanketed groups to the campfire, around which so many of his wearied comrades were sleeping the sleep of the tired soldier. Here he tore to fragments and scattered in the embers some notes and letters that were in his pockets. They blazed up brightly, and by the glare he stood one moment studying young Rollins' smooth and placid features. Then he looked around on the unconscious circle n^/1 V?raoT-/lnr1 fnnnc TllArfi U1 ux uu/jVm uuvt ugui\i\.u auwu* were many types of soldier there?men who had led brigades through the great war and gone back to the humble bars of the line officer at its close; men who had led fierce charges against the swarming Indians in the rough old days of the first prairie railways; men who had won distinction and honorable mention in hard and trying frontier service; men who had their faults and foibles and weaknesses like-other men and were aggressive or compliant, strong willed or yielding, overbearing or meek, as are their brethren in other walks of life; men who were simple in heart, single in purpose and ambition, diverse in characteristics, but unanimous in one trait?no meanness could live among them?and Jerrold's heart sank within him, colder, lower, stonier than before, as he looked from face to face and cast up mentally the sum of each man's character. His hospitality had been boundless, his bounty lavish; one and all they had , eaten of his loaf and drunk of his cup, but was there among them one who could say of him, "He is generous, and I stand his friend?" Was there one of ; them, one of theirs, for whom he had ever denied himself a pleasure, great or 6mall? He looked at poor old Gray, with his wrinkled, anxious face, and thought of his distress of mind. Only a few thousands?not three years' pay?had the veteran scraped and saved and stored away for his little girl, whose heart was aching with its first cruel sorrow? his work, his undoing, his cursed, selfish greed for adulation, his reckless love of love. The morrow's battle, if it came, might leave her orphaned and alone, and, poor as it was, a father's pitying sympathy could not be her help with the coming year. Would Gray mourn him if the fortune of war made him the victim? Would any one of those averted faces look with pity and regret upon his stiffening form? Would there be any one on earth to whom his death would be a sorrow but Nina? Would i it even be a blow to her? She loved him | wildly, he knew that, but would 6ho were she to dream the truth? He knew her nature well. He knew how quickly such burning love could turn to fiercest hate when convinced that the object was | utter!}- untrue. He had said nothing to j her of the photograph, nothing at all of Alice, except to protest time and again that his attentions to her were solely to , win the good will of the colonel's family and of the colonel himself, so that ; he might be proof against the machinations of his foes. And yet had he not that very night 011 which he crossed the ; stream and let her peril her name and i honor for one stolen interview?had he not gone to her exultant welcome with ^ a traitorous knowledge gnawing at his heart? That very night, before they parted at the colonel's door, had he not lied to Alice Renwick, had he not denied the story of his devotion to Mi? Beaubien, and was not his practiced eye watching eagerly the beautiful dark face for one sign that the news ( was welcome and so precipitate the avowal trembling on his lips that it i was her he madly loved?not Nina? , Though she hurriedly bade him good ' night, though she was unprepared for ( any such announcement, he well knew that Alice Renwick's heart fluttered at ^ the earnestness of his manner, and that he had indicated far more than he had f said. Fear, not love, had drawn him to , Nina Beauhien that night, and hope |, had center id on her more beautiful (j rival when the discoveries of the night j, involved him- in the first trembling |; _ K -.1 - J -C-H symptoms 01 me ciuwuian tu wui& ., And he was to have spent the morning j with her, the woman to whom he had '. lied in word, while she to whom he had ! f lied in word and deed was going from him, not to return until the german, ^ and even then he planned treachery. He meant to lead with Alice Renwick , and claim that it must be with the colonel's daughter because the ladies of , the garrison were the givers. Then he knew Nina would not come at all and possibly might quarrel with him on that ground. What could have been an easier solution of his troublous predicament? She would break their secret eg- 1 ;agement; he would refuse all reconcili- < ition aud be free to devote himself to | Alice. But all these grave complications had arisen. Alice would not coma Nina wrote demanding that he should J lead with her and that he should meet iier at St. Croix, and then came the trash. He owed his safety to her self sacrifice and now must give up all hope f }f Alice Renwick. He had accepted the innouncement of their engagement. He touid not do less after all that had happened and the painful scpne at theii 1 parting. And yet would it not be a blessing to her if he were killed? Even now in his self abnegation and misery be did not fully realize how mean he was?how mean he seemed to others. He resented in his heart what Sloat had said of him but the day before, little ( caring whether he heard it or not: "It , would be a mercy to that poor girl if ' Jerrold were killed. He will break her 2 heart with neglect or drive her mad < with jealousy inside of a year." But the regiment seemed to agree witji 1 Sloat. 1 And so in all that little baud of comrades he could call no man friend. One ( after another he looked upon the uncon- , scions faces, cold and averted in the oblivion of sleep, but not more cold, not i rnnre rlistmst fill, than when he had 1 vainly sought among them one relenting glance in the early moonlight that battle eve in bivouac. He threw his arms upward, shook his head, with hopeless gesture, then buried his face in the sleeves of his rough campaign overcoat and strode blindly from their midst Early in the morning, an hour before daybreak, the shivering outpost, crouching in a hollow to the southward, catch sight of two dim figures shooting suddenly up over a distant ridge?horsemen, they know at a glance?and these two come loping down the moonlit trail over which two nights before had marched the calvary speeding to the rescue, over which in an hour the regiment itself must be on the move. Old campaigners are two of the picket, and they have been especially cautioned to be on the lookout for couriers coming back along the traiL They spring to their feet, in readiness to welcome or repel, as the sentry rings out his sharp and sudden cnallenge. "Couriers from the corral," is the iubilant answer. "This Colonel May nard's outfit?" j "Aye, aye, sonny," is theunmilitary but characteristic answer. "What's , your news?" < "Got there In time and saved what's left of 'em, but it's a hell hole, and you 1 fellows are wanted quick as yon can 1 come?30 miles alieacL Where's the colonel?" The corporal of the guard goes back | to the bivouac, leading the two ar- \ rivals. One is a scout, a plainsman born i and bred, the other a sergeant of cavalry. < They dismount in the timber and picket their horses, then follow on foot the lead of their companion of the guard. While the corporal and the scout proceed to the wagon fly and fumble at the opening, the tall sergeant stands silently a little distance in their rear, and the occupants of a neighboring shelter?the counterpart of the colonel's?begin to stir, as though their light slumber had been broken by the smothered sound of footsteps. One of them sits up and peers out at the front, gazing earnestly at the tall figure standing easily there in the fl i aL-oim n rr lirrlit fhAn Via hnila in lnw tones: "That yon, Mr. Jerrold? What is the matter?" And the tall figure faces promptly toward the hailing voice. The spurred heels como together with a click, the gauntleted hand rises in soldierly salute to the broad brim of the scouting hat, and a deep voice answers respectfully: "It is not Mr. Jerrold, sir. It is Ser- ( geant McLeod, th cavalry, just in i with dispatches." ( Armitago springs to his fdet, sheds 1 his shell of blankets and steps forth into the glade, with his eyes fixed eagerly J on the shadowy form in front. He peers ( under the broad brim, as though striv- , ing to see the eyes and features of the , tall dragoon. i "Did you get there in time?" he asks, < half wondering whether that was really ' the question uppermost in his mind. "In time to save the survivors, sir, but no attack will be made until the infantry get there." "Were you not at Sibley last month?" isks the captain quickly. ^ "Yes, sir, with the competitors." "You went back before your regi- 1 mental team, did you not?" "I? No, sir; I went back with them." "You were relieved from duty at Sib- , ley and ordered back before them, were you not?" Even in the pallid light Armitage 30uld see the hesitation, the flurry of \ surprise and distress in the sergeant's , face. 1 "Don'tfear to tell me, man. I would 1 rather hear it than any news you could give me. I would rather know you were 1 not Sergeant McLeod than any fact you jould tell. Speak low, man, but tell oae here and now. Whatever motive ] pou may have had for this disguise, 1 whatever anger or sorrows in the past, i pou must sink them now to save the J honor of the woman your madness has 1 periled. Answer me, for your sister's ] sake. Are you not Fred Renwick?" "Do you swear to me she is in dan- j ger?" ] "By all that's sacred, and you ought < to know it." "I am Fred. Renwick. Now what < san I do?" 1 ^ i TO BK CONTIXl'KD. I 8ST" He that ceases to be useful to 1 others becomes a burden to himself. ' IN THE EVENT OF ft WAR Speculations as to the Field of Conflict. rHE FIRST POINT OF ATTACK. Importance of Halifax to Great Britain. Relative Strength of the Two Powers In Case of a Conflict on the Sea?Comparison of the Two Naval Forces?Views oi Army and Navy Officers. In tho event of war with England what vould happen? It has been stated that :ho war would bo carried on In Venezuelan ierritory. Such would hardly bo the case. Tho most effective course for the United States would be the immediate invasion jf Canada. Halifax, where Great Britain's chief javal station in North America is located, .vould bo the first point of attack. There 6 not much doubt that the two forts which protect that station would strike their coljrs after a few hours' bombardment by iomo of our big battleships. With Halifax in our power, tho immense naval stores which it oontnins,seized ?nd appropriated to our own use, and the 14 acres of dockyard closed to British ships, a severe blow would be dealt to the memy. Tho next move would bo to throw a strong military force over the border. Our regular army could be vastly Increased by ;ho addition of the national guard and a formidable f rce put In possession of the sountry. This, it is probable, would soon aring England to her senses, and Uncle Sam could dictate his own terms. When it cojnestoaquostion of sea fighting, we would be placed at a disadvantage. But suppose we did attempt to drive the English out of Venezuela, see in what a position we would find ourselves. Wo would load our rogular army on - ? 1 A ??? ?i ?V 1 ! TTV kloK eta ?o?t JUUTU LI1U A JllCl lUttlJ 11LIU1D; W 1J AV/A Jf no ^UIV )f the naval reserve, would at once be grossed Into service. Such other vessels as jould bo found would be seized and used is troopships. When our standing army )f 27,000 men was ulloat, our entire naval [orco would probably be mobilized to confey the troopships down the Atlantic, icross the gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea to the shores of Venozuela. Great Britain would send out her big battleships to prevent us from landing troops. Then would follow sea fights tvhich would be the most terrible history has ever recorded. In the event of a combat for supremacy in the 6ea it must be confessed that the sutlook is not very promising for Uncle 3am. Naval men say frankly that wo are not prepared to fight a nation like England on the sea. Although the following facts concerning the comparative naval strength of the two nations niny sound discouraging, it must be remembered that England has other troubles that engage her attention, and thot she would not dare to leave all her Dther colonies unprotected. She has many PRESIDENT CUESPO OF VENEZUELA, jnemies. and tho complications which might arise: wore war to be declared be:wcon England and this country would probably bo favorable to us. Hero aro two tables which show at a ?lanco how insignificant is our naval force Reside that of England. Tho tables show :hat where wo have but 131 fighting ships )i all kinds England has 5(54, and that .viiere wo have but guns. England has 1,790 guns. Not all these guns however, sould l)o trained on tho United States fleet it once, and our entire naval force could jo collected to meet all tho ships that ICngland could send into our waters. The Naval Forces Compared. NAVAL STRENGTH OP THE UNITED STATES. No. Of Class of vessels. No. guns. Armored vessels 28 858 Unarmored cruisers, gunboats and battleships 25 497 iToochn and iron ships, unarmored. 12 88 Torpedo boats 6 84 !)thor vessels,including small steamers, tugs, schoolships and condemned ships CO ? Totals 131 022 ENOr.AND'8 NAVAL STRENGTH. No. of Class of vessels. No. guns. Armored ships 83 2,803 Unarmored ships 142 2,900 Armored gunboats 2 13 Unarmored gunboats 70 507 ru^,.vMfui.iu A HO training nhipd, storcsbips, tugs, transports, etc 28 118 rorpedo boats 229 ? rotals (including torpedo boat guns). 6(54 6,790 Great Britain, every naval officer in the navy knows, has powerful military stations within a few days' sail of La Guayra, ind hor supplies at these points are almost inexhaustible. No comparison between the fighting forces of the two countries on the seas can bo made without its becoming vividly apparent that, as at present constituted, the American navy would be hardly a match for the British fleets now in the Atlantic bctweon Halifax and Yen s^ucia. The files of the naval intelligence office show that while there are no battleships attached to the fleet the cruisers are innumerable, and most of them areas good as 501110 of our best. As fighting machines jf their class they are the equal of vessels jf the Raleigh and Cincinnati type, hut there are no vessels at the station comparable with cither the Now York or Columbia. The British channel fleet, however, is ' understood to oc now wen moDinzeu auu In excellent condition and was propared for active service some weeks ago, presumably for duty in the Mediterranean in event of further trouble in Turkey. While Great Britain could send powerful fleets and thousands of men to Venezue a in two weeks, naval officers assert that this country probably would not b?< ablo to get a man there if Englund once anchored her fleets at La Guuyra. Her strength in the West Indies at present is a matter of some little quostion, but information that has come to the navy department from intelligence officers on ships visiting the islands last winter show that- at St. Lucia she has one of the most powerful military stations outside of Great Britain. Not oven Gibraltar is said to bo bettor fortified or to have more ample arrangements for caring for large bodies of men and for affording ab solute protection to any fleet she might send into its landlocked harbor, with anchorage sufficient for the largest battleships. England's West Indian Stronghold. St. Lucia in the last two years, according to reports on hand at the department, has become the strategic point of Great Britain in the West Indies and is not only SEXOP. JOSE AXDRADE. [Venezuelan minister to the United States.] a formidable military garrison, but is also a superbly equipped naval station, with all the appurtenances necessary for the care and repair of warships. Three great forts guard on each side the narrow entrance to its harbor, about two miles from the ocoan. Submarine mines, -torpedo outfits and all the paraphernalia of defense are in place and ready for immediate action. Of Into the island has been used as a station where insubordinate troops and those whoso services at home have not been satisfactory have beon exiled for thrco or four years. Tho famous troops which pave the military authorities attached to the queen's household three years ago so much annoyance wero sent there, but afterward wcro transferred to St. Thomas, 80 miles distant, on account of jthe unhealthy conditions. St. Thomas, until St. Lucia becamo Great Britain's station of great importance in tho West Indies, was her main military point and carries a garrison still of several thousand well organizod and equipped men. Hundreds of others are understood to be stationed there, ready to be dispatched to St. Lucia in event of {trouble. This country, on the other hand, has not a single possession in tho islands whore refuge for ships or supplies could be received. Great Britain, naval officers and experts on warfare at the war department say, has realized that if sho ever got in trouble with the United States the war I would be carried on on this sido of tho ocean, and that without coaling stations, repair shops and supply dopots no successful hostilities could bo pursued. Thoy point to Halifax. Bermuda and St. Lucia as well as to St. Thomas and Kingston as tho network of stations on the oast coast TTt?lfn/l tlf.too nnrl t-.rv Yntipnnvnp I U1 liJU uiiliru tniitvo iiuw w t muvwm.v on the west, where there is one of the finest naval stations in the world. These stations are not only powerfully garrisoned, but have every fucility for docking and ropairing warships. The total uumbor of British soldiers they carry is not known, but an officer of the army believes that they would not fall far short <>f the entire standing strength of the United States army. In observing the power c.f Great Britain near our own coast, and the facility with which she could land thousands of men from St. Lucia, officers of tho military service do not take into consideration the resources she would bring into play at home. They predict that, should tho United States determino to oppose acquisition of tho land in dispute, her channel fleet alone would be required to land as many soldiers in Venezuela as she might dcom proper and at tho same time prevent the United States from getting a regiment ashore. Her policy, naval strategists declaro, would bo to Intercept at once any fleet of warships we might gather for the purpose of giving safe convoy to regulars and national guard, and this, they 6ay, 6he would have no difficulty In doing. The Condition of Our Navy. The present available fighting strength of our navy could not be materially In creased under tliree monrns, wirn snipyards working night and day. The best part of tho navy is now at sea and most of tho ships on foreign stations, and of the real fighting class thore are but three bat UNITED SI ATE8 BATTLESHIP MAINE. LiusmpH rfttu.y iur uutivu nuivioo. Aijo uufinished vessels comprise three battleships, au armored cruisor, three monitors and three little gunboats. The construction bureau has prepared a table showing the percentages of work required to complete the vessels launched, and of this number the battleships Massa-> chusotts and Oregon are noarest completion. The list of warships as given In the naval register hardly shows the real fighting strength of the fervice. Those building, rather than those in commission, would be the vessels the government would have to depend upon chiefly should there be trouble in the next two years. Of ships ranked as first rate there are five?the New York, Columbia, Minneapolis, Maine and Olympia, all new cruisers?but not one capable of giving fight to a battleship. Of the &econd rate vessels there are 15, headed by the Baltimore, the largest, of 5,500 tons, and ending with the Boston and Atlanta, of 4,000 tons. Those vessels Include the monitors Amphitrite and Miantonomoh, and all of the remainder are of the cruiser class. Of tho third rate ships there are about 25 available for service, consisting of ships of tho class of the Raleigh, Cincinnati, Yorktown and Machias. Theso also include all the old wooden ves sels. The rest of tho navy's actual fighting strength on the water consists of two torpedo boats and a number of smaller cruisers. The vessels under construction number 16 altogether. Inadequate Coast Defenses. Our coast dofenses are inadequate, but the coast towns are not so absolutely defenseless as is generally imagined, and some of them are supplied with the bost of our new guns. Under pressure the naval gun factory, near Washington, could add to the ordnance of the war department, and the army gun establishments could do wonders if urged to speedy work and would furnish in a few months many batteries of powerful guns. For manning the defenses and for supporting any undertaking by bodies of troops thore would be that part of our reg ular army of 25,000 men that could he spared from its present duties and the national guard. Reliance would not be placed in these troops if the menace from England were very serious. The regular army would offer to its officers who seek fame and advancement the opportunity to win both by entering the volunteer service as organizers. If all the men of military age could be considered as available to swell a volunteer army, it would be possible to put in the field sovoral millions of men if the emergency became so great as to demand the enrollment of every male person who could carry a musket. The danger from attack by British battleships is not regarded as very great. The coaling capacity and sailing radius of these ships are small, and they could scarcely do much more than steam from Bermuda to Now York without exhausting their fuel supply, thus rendering them worse than useless at the time they would be expected to do their most important work. An advantage would be enjoyed by our warships, which would keep near the ports of the principal cities for their defense and would at all times do witnm a day's sailing of their b::ro. The Part the Army V. >nld Play. The part tho army would play In this problematical war has been discussed in the war department, whore it Is not admitted that our military resources are limited, crippled or Incompetent. It is said at army headquarters that tho army was never in better condition than at present. It could be easily augmented by volunteers and the use of the national guard. It is admitted, howover, that the greatest difficulty to contend with would be in arming a large body of soldiery. This inenglish battleship blake, eludes the question of ammunition, of which there is little on hand. At present the national guard Is equippod with a variety of guns, which makes identical ammunition impossible. It would take time to proporly equip a largo body of troops and a largo expenditure of public funds. There is no question that the national guard could be readily mobilized ami easily brought within tho discipline of the regular army. General Milos' capacity for command and campaigning is readily agreed to. His youth, activity, experience and ambition combine to make him a lit commander in any operations by land. Many of the war department officers are of the opinion that the invasion of Canada is less likely as a military operntion on account of the present incident than the occupation of Venezuelan territory. An officer said in referring to this subject: "The invasion of tho neighboring Dominion grows out of the assumption that there we must make the principal strike at Great Britain, since our naval force is pitiably inadequate. England, it is felt, oannot withdraw her armed forces from India, Gibraltar and the colonies to increase the military in Canada, and it Is taken for granted that tho United States can easily obtain possession of Canada. It seems to me that this will precipitate an attack on our undefended coast, a result of immense cost to our 6eaboard cities, to Bay nothing of the loss of innocent life. After all, the contest, If there be one, must be at sea or at least between two navies. The army is more likely, it seems to me, to go to South America and there sustain the Monroe doctrine, tho military allied with tho naval force of this country." A Kentucky Substitute for a Turkey Shoot.?A taking substitute for the usual Thanksgiving amusement of turkey shooting was introduced last Thanksgiving day by Mr. Joe Sallee, which is called a turkey rolling. The bird is tied, as if to be shot at; 30 yards stepped off, and the roller pays his dime, is then placed between the handles of a wheelbarrow and securely blindfolded, and attempts to roll the wheelbarrow over the turkey. The roller who touches the turkey gets it. If none succeed in making the wheel touch it, the one who comes nearest gets it.?Harrodsburg Democrat.