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VOL. 44., YORKVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 1898. Nx5730.
A COTTAGE B
BYSTI
Author of "UNDERGROUND RUS
STRIP
Copyright, 1897, by Tlllotson & Son.
CHAPTER IL
Tbe train naa long passea dj, an<
the plain lay in dead silence. It ha(
left off raining, and the sharply cn
orescent of the moon appeared on tbi
horizon, lighting np with its fain
beams tbe damp eartb, tbe villages ant
the motionless figure lying by the rail
way line. A fresh breeze began t<
blow. The clonds in tbe east grew paler,
awaiting tbe dawn, and still tbe darl
mass lay motionless, and now in the
faint dawning light bloody spots begai
to show on the white sand abont iti
head.
A little band of quickly moving
white smoke appeared once again 01
the horizon and under the smoke i
black line. It was the first goods trail
of tbe early morning. It came nearer,
with its loag chain of gray carriagesnearer
and nearer?and then, with ?
deafening roar and rattle, passed by,
making the ground shake as it went.
The engine driver opened the valve,
and a shrieking whistle pierced tb(
damp morniDg air.
The inert human mass shuddered anc
writhed, and at tbe last harsh sounc
the man regaiued consciousness, sprang
up and, driven by some pauio of terror,
started off to run, leaping and stum'
bling amoDg tbe weeds and bushes.
Tbe train went off in the distance,
the noise died away and the fugitive
gradnally came to his senses. He stopped.
"I needn't run," he thought.
"There's no one following me."
At first he quite believed that the
train which had startled him to consciousness
was the same from which he
^ ? i 3. i?i. 1 ?_
naa so successiuuy jumpeu; uui, louring
at the sky, and seeing that day was
dawning, he soon realized that this
oonld not be and that he must have lain
insensible for a long time.
He pulled his watch out of his pocket,
but it bad struck against a stone and
was broken. From the color of the sky,
it must now be about 4 in tbe morning.
Something warm was trickling down
his forehead.
He touched it with his hand?it was
blood 1 His face was all smeared with
clotted blood.
"I'm in a sweet state to show myself
to people!" he thought
But bow was be to stop the bleeding?
The wound was not serious, but it was
extremely inconvenient at the moment
He opened a little knapsack, whioh he
had hung over his shoulder and forgot
to take off, but there was nothing in it
except a pocket handkerchief and some
writing materials. Fortunately there
were some weeds with thick, milky
stalks growiug near. He picked several
stalks and, squeezing out the sticky
white juice, smeared it on the wound.
The bleeding stopped.
"That's all right," he said to himself
joyfully.
Tbe only thing left for him waB to
get away from tbis dangerous spot as
quickly as possible. To walk to the town
was out of the question. He could not
reach it before midday, and by that
time the whole police force would be on
the lookout for him and he trapped like
a rat.
He decided to go across country at
hazard toward the nearest dwelling.
There he should hud out what to do
next.
He crossed the line quickly and went
straight southward, cutting across the
road which ran parallel to the railway,
and with a sense of delight penetrated
into the thicket, which seemed to tenderly
receive him and bide him in its
embrace.
He walked on for about half an hour,
glancing from time to time at the
whitening east iu order not to lose his
way.
Beyond the copse was a wide open
plain, in which a man could be seen at
three miles distance. After the thicket
be felt a kind of shrinking from walking
in the open plain. Anybody could
see at a glance that he was not a native
of the place, and then that traveling
knapsack?he wished he had thrown it
away in the thicket. It would be dangerous
to leave it in the open field.
In front of him was a freshly built
stack. The fugitive approached it with
the intention of hiding his knapsack in
it, but glancing backward perceived at
100 paces from him two peasants, whose
faces he could not see clearly in the
dim light of the dawn. One was a
youngish, dark haired man, the other
old and gray headed. They were both
dressed in greasy sheepskin "toulonps"
and were standing still with their arms
hanging loosely beside them. Although
they were looking straight at him their
expression was so indifferent and apathetic
that ho felt convinced they had
not noticed him. He went up to them.
"Good morning!" he said.
"Morning!" answered the elder.
"Can you tell me," asked the fugitive,
"where I can get a horse and trap
about here?"
The peasants exchanged glances.
"Well, of course, you can get a horse
in the village," said the elder one.
"Where may you be from?"
"I'm traveling through here," answered
the young man, "and I missed
the last train at the station. I didn't
want to wait till the morning train,
because I'm in a hurry, so I started to
walk and lost my way. I've been wandering
about all night."
"I see. Of course you didn't want to
wait. It's only three hours' walk to the
town," said the peasant. "But how did
you come to lose your way? The old
road runs beside the railroad all the
way."
"He guesses ? confound him!"
thought the young man.
"Well, you see," he said aloud, "1
wanted to get a short cut that a man al
Y THE VOLGA
5PNIAK.
SIA," "SAVED BY THE STARS ANI
ES," Etc.
the station told me of. And then some
j how I lost my way," he added, trying
i to get out the difficulty in any way.
t Not a single muscle moved in tin
3 peasant's naive face,
t "I see," he said good bumoredly.
j "It's easy to lose one's way in a strange
place. You don't come from hereaboul
j I doubt?"
"No. Well, can you tell me the way
^ to the village?" said the young man,
3 wishing to put a stop to this catechism
, as soon as possible.
j "Why, yes. You cross that field and
go up on to the hillock there," answered
. the peasant in a friendly tone and point,
ing with his finger. "You'll see some
4 bushes to the left and a path through
j the bushes, hut it's only a footpath,
mind you. Well, you don't turn dowE
[ there. Then you'll come to a windmill
( to the right of you. It belonged to the
gentlefolk that nsed to own our village
in the old time. Well, you don't gc
down that way. Be sure you don't, foi
' the mill's empty Our folk are breaking
:i. ? e? a ~.l D,. ?n C(raj?ui
lb up JLUI lliu?uuu. fun j \j\jk oi&Higui
I on, and you'll find a path all the way.
I Eeep along by the path as straight at
, ever you can go, and you'll come out
' into some little bills, and there, down
^ in the vallev, you'll see our village.
It's called Soukbomlia. That's always
been its name, Soukbomlia. When you
, get there, you cau ask."
"Thanks," said the young man and
walked quickly away.
"Good luck to you," called the peasant
after him.
, The young man, without stopping,
turned back and nodded his head.
( "He's naught but a thief," declared
the peasant when the young man was
, out of hearing. "He's stolen some,
body's bag at the station, I'll be bound,
! and wanted to hide it."
The young man meanwhile had
reached the hillock and found the path
I and the mill, as the peasant bad described
them. But ho did not follow
the direction to go straight on. The instinctive
desire of a fugitive to destroy
his tracks made him abandon hie first
1 plan and turn to the left. The thicket
[ attracted him, and the path seemed
fairly well trodden, so that he hoped
> to reach some habitation by it.
He walked qn for a long time?a good
i two hours. The thicket was interspersed
! with little glades for some way; then a
real wood began. He had long ago got
( rid of his bag, throwing it into a thicket.
A not very close observer might now
have taken him for a manservant out
' of place, in search of bis lack, and
obliged by poverty to travel on foot.
At any rate he looked dismal enough.
He was very hungry and tired, and
this, together with his sleepless Dight,
bad beguD to tell upon him. But this
dd not trouble him much. He was far
more worried by a sharp pain in one
ankle and a numb feeling in the knee
joiDt, as though it had received a
blow. Evidently his desperate leap had
not left him quite whole and sound.
Nevertheless he still trudged on and
on. The wood grew more and more
dense, and gradually changed in character.
Pine trees began to be more frequent,
and in time he found himself in
a dark pine grove. The branches of the
great trees overhung the path. As far
as the eye could reach into the depths
of the grove stretched long avenues of
tall, red brown columns. The soil,
friable and barren of undergrowth, was
covered evenly, as with a carpet, with
yellowish fallen needles, which seemed
as if luminous with a faint light that
lent something of the mysteriousness of
a temple to the dusky arches.
The young fugitive, now hardly able
to keep from sinking down with exhaustion,
struggled on and on, taking
no heed of anything, until he suddenly
noticed light shining through the trees,
and presently came out to the edge of
the wood and saw before him a great
sheet of water, all flooded with slanting
rays of sunlight and glassy as a lake
on a still day. It was the "mother Volga,"
the great Russian river which he
so loved, and beside which his childhood
had been spent. The road turned
sharply round to the right beside the
river.
The fugitive, with fresh energy,
tramped ou aljng the bank. He was
sore to come tpon houses and people
now, and he hoped to find help among
them.
On the opposite bank he could see
villages, lookiug from across the river
like toy models.
"If I were to undress, tie my clothes
into a bundle on my head aud swim
across," flashed through his mind.
Certainly no better way of putting
pursuers off the scent could be imagined.
He was a good swimmer and could hope
to make the dangerous crossing successfully.
But he began to feel such complete
exhaustion throughout all his body
that he gave up the idea of tempting
Providence a second time.
The entire population of the Volga
banks joius in the fishing industry. He
would be sure to find a boat somewhere
that he could buy?seize, 6teal, if necessary.
TO BE CONTINUED.
B@F The sweet old-fashioned flowers
of our grandmothers are coming intc
vogue again, and will soon regain theii
lost popularity, according to a writei
in the April Ladies' Home Journal
i There is nothing prettier than thesf
i old-time blossoms, nothing so refreshi
ing as the flower garden of half a cenI
lury ago, and it is a pleasure to know
i that they are coming back. The fashion
in flowers, like that in other things
seems to repeat itself.
[ B&P Reading without thinking is like
; pouring water through a sieve.
ittiscdlaucous grading.
COLORED CAVALRY.
Crnck Negro Troojitt May Be Sent to Cuba
Fort Robinson, Neb., April 5.The
Ninth cavalry is preparing t<
* move to the coast. A message wa
received from the department com
mander late last night and was de
livered at once to Lieutenant Colone
Hamilton. The exact contents an
not known, but orders were issue*
I before midnight for preparations fo
immediate departure. For severa
) weeks there has been a rumor that thi
command was to he removed to a poin
GENERAL GfiMEZ.
' Just bow the action of the queen regen
in ordering an armistice in Cuba is goinj
l to affect the situation cannot be foretold
i It all depends upon General Gomez. Thi
Spaniards have already tried to maki
i terms with the Cuban junta in the Unitec
States without success, and now it is tb(
. understanding that they are trying to sei
what they can do with General Gomez
the commander in chief of the insurgen
armies. Gomez has more than once saic
I that so far as he is concerned, it is liberty
! or death, and there is not much reason tx
believe that he will even respect the arm
istice. Anyway, thesituation.will deter
mine whether or not the Cubans really
have a government that is deserving o
recognition. If Gomez yields, the gov
1 eminent is no good ; but if he stand:
firm, then it will look like the insurgent:
ought to be recognized.
in Florida, and in the eveut of wai
would he sent into Cuba as the nucleus
i of the invading army. It was the un
derstanding that the department con
templated sending the Negro soldiers
to that point because better servict
might be expected of them in the cir
cumstances than of the white troops
There are 600 members of the Ninth
officers and men. The information is
general here tonight that the Tenth
cavalry, composed also of eolorec
men, now in Northern Montana, has
been ordered south as fast as steaa
will carry them. No one knows here
exactly when they will start, butprob
ably as soon as the equipments can be
loaded on the trains. It will require
several truins of freight cars to trans
port the horses. From the orders tc
load all camp equipment, the impression
is that field service is coming.
Already the 25th infantry has beer
sent to Florida, and the only other
troop of Negro soldiers, the 24th infantry,
is expected to go at once. This
will make a force of over 2,000 colored
troops ready to embark for Cuba or
do work at southern points. Colonel
Perry, commander of the 9th, is away
on sick leave, and Lieutenant Colonel
Hamilton commands. The officers refuse
to say what orders have been received
or when the troops will move,
For several days a number of freight
cars have been sent here, supposedly
for this purpose. The members of the
troop have taken a keen interest in
CAPTAIN GENERAL BLANCO.
This is the Spaniard who now ha!
charge of affairs in Cuba. He succeeded
the bloody Weyler, and although then
is nothing to be said of him that is espe
cially good, for a Spaniard he stands pret
ty well. Lee called upon him last Satur
day before leaving Cuba; but the under
standing is that he was too busy to "re
eeive" our departing representative
Hut Lee, no doubt, will meet Genera
Blanco again. It is not at all improbable
that if an American army goes to Cubs
it will be in command of the gallant con
sul general who has just left there.
the war news and all tonight express
pleasure at the prospects of fighting
j the Spaniards. The opinion has beet
, ventured in official circles here thai
the government will utilize the color
ed troops to co-operate with the Cubar
insurgents.
. The 9th is a famous troop, and has
. a long list of victories against Indian.1
. to its credit. It is probably one of th<
, finest fighting commands in the world
. Each member is armed with the verj
latest carbine and two big revolvers
For some time it has been thought bj
the troopers here that they would b<
; sent south on short notice, as all leave!
of absence had been refused for th<
last two weeks and all members awa;
at that time were given peremptor;
: orders to return instantly to their com
mand. The "Fighting 9th," so calle<
for its deeds of daring and terribli
k* campaigning qualities, have Dot aeei
service since the Sioux war of 1890-91
0 But prior to that they had been en
9 ged almost yearly in fighting the In
dians. It is said here by veterans whi
j know the value of this command tha
if the 9th and other colored soldiers ii
9 the army could be added to the Cubac
insurgents they would give a splendi<
T account of themselves.
Though the government proceeds ot
e the theory that the colored forces wil
1 be less susceptible to southern diseasei
i a. ~.L:. ? i
LUttU lue WUIIC3, OIIU IUCIC1UIC U1UII
useful, it is feltr by some that ibis tbeo
ry may prove incorrect, for with few
exceptions, the members of the color
ed troops have been enlisted from th<
ranks of Negroes who have not beei
south for years. The troop was origi
nally enlisted from the stales of Ken
tucky, Mississippi and Louisiana, bu
that was in 1867, and but a few mem
hers of the original company remaii
in any of the colored commands.
OUR PRKPARATIU.N FOR WAR.
One of the Marvel* of Our Nations
Experience.
The rapidity with which during th?
last six weeks this country has beet
made ready for war is one of the mar
vels of our uational experience.
The foremost element, of course, it
producing that result was the patriot
ic action of congress. The $50,000,000
put by it at the president's disposal
1 furnished the sinews of war; its ad
' dition of two artillery regiments in
' sured the safety of the coasts; whih
the liberality of the fortifications, navt
I and army bills, which chanced to b<
9 pending or in preparation, allowed th<
Q military and naval authorities to g<
ahead with a free hand,
t Then there was a great deal of wai
1 material nearly or quite ready for use
j which needed only finishing touches
> All along the coast emplacements wen
- nearly ready, wailing for the winter t<
.'j CONSUL GENER
, CoDsul General Lee left Havana la;
, ashore at Key West at 11 a. m. Sunday,
, was the last American to leave Havam
were at his disposal. Having bade f
for the departure of the vessels, General
orders for the fleet to sail. There was
Cubans down at the wharf. As the F
) oaths and execratious, among which "G
( States Vice-Consul Springer, who had
' yelled loud enough for all to hear tl
. friends. We will be back !" As the
sea, she passed the wreck of the Ma
had been laughing, talking and joking;
with one accord, each man reverently
salute to the heroic Americans who we
afterward the Fern passed a British st
of the steamer ordered that the Union J
and the British tars gave a hearty cheer
it is unnecessary to talk about Lee hei
of the whole trouble.
pass before being completed ; heavj
guns by the score were parked at Watervliet
and Sandy Hook ; carriages
also, by tbe the score were building
here aud there; at the YVashingtoi
ordnance factory, batteries had beet
prepared for the auxiliary cruisers; ii
the navy yards ships were under re
pair. When it became possible tc
enlist all the men needed for the guns
aud the ships, and foundries, factories,
uud navy yards worked night aud da}
with greater results because of mucli
having been done before.
A third and very great advantage
was that we had the whole experience
4 of the Civil war to rely on. From the
I president down through all the stall
5 departments and bureaus of both army
. and uavy, among the commuuders ol
. the most important ships aud the regi
mental aud other field officers of the
- land forces, veterans of the years be
tween 1861 aud 1865 were found. As
. a consequence, the entire stall'and line
1 knew exactly what was wauled, at the
5 first menace of war, and not only were
1 the wants promptly supplied, but no
' time was wusted in wondering whattc
. do, aud uo labor in experiments or in
5 doing anything not required. This
r knowledge of what to do and how tc
i do it, based on the war experience o!
t hundreds of staff and bureau officers
in the army and the navy, accounts
i largely for the rapidity with which the
country has been put on a war fooling,
3 Thia tnn is; I h? host. HSSIiranc.c
i that the energy with which the work
i of preparation has thus far been push.
eil will be continued. If Spain should
t be able to attempt any uggressive
. operations against our coast it would
t presumably be at points where success
; would have for her a strategic import3
ance, and hence at such points tht
j defenses will probably he increased
y during the time left for preparation.
y A few more 12-inch guns at two or
- three of the leading porta will not
1 come amiss, since in proportion as the
e land defenses are strengthened the
i fleet is free for agressive operations.
Another way in which the defense
work has been perfected is through the
careful drilling both of the ships aud
3 the garrisons, as if in the face of an
t euemy, and the completion of prepari
at ions for the speedy transfer of the
i army from the interior to the seaboard,
1 as well as for its temporary quadruple
cation, by enlistments, should coni
gress authorize that step. Here, again,
1 the experience of a generation ago is
i invaluable, while it finds means and
; appliances at hand vastly more effec
live thau those of that earlier day.?
ir New York Sun.
2 SESSIONS OF CONGRESS.
i
Their Length In Tltnea of War and In
Peace.
I There has been considerable discus.
sion of the length of the session of
3 congress in the event of war, it being
the prevailing idea that a declaration
of war would involve the prolor\^tion
of the sessions of congress.
The sessions of congress, begiuning
1 with the war of 1861-65, are given below,
with the sessions of the followe
ing, show that iu war times congress
i did not consume as much time as is
usual in times of peace:
Thirty-seventh congress, 1861-63,
l three sessions, 365 days.
Thirty-eighth congress, 1863-65, two
. sessions, 299 days.
, Thirty-ninth congress, 1865 67, three
- sessious, 329 days.
Fortieth congress, 1867-69, three
3 sessions, 382 days.
I Forty-first congress, 1869-71, three
5 se.-sions, 341 days.
3 Forty-secoud congress, 1871 73, three
j sessions, 228 days.
Forty-third congress, 1873-75, two
r sessions, 291 days.
, Forty-fourth congress, 1875-77, two
. sessions, 344 days.
3 Forty-fifth congress, 1877-79, three
> sessions, 342 days.
AL FITZ-HUGH LEE
3t Saturday afternoon at 5.15 o'clock, came
and is now in Washington. General Lee
i. The Olivette, the Bache and the Fern
arewell to General Blanco, and arranged
Lee stepped on board the Fern and gave
a big mob of Spaniards and autonomist
em moved olf, it was followed by hisses,
et out Yankee swine," was mild. United
been in service in Cuba for thirty years,
ie significant remark, "Wait, wait, my
Fern rounded to, heading for the open
ine. General Lee and other Americans
but suddenly a silence fell over all aud,
7 bowed his head and lifted his bat in
nt down with the illfated vessel. Shortly
earner that was unloading. The captain
rack be dipped in salute to the American,
that was returned with enthusiasm. But
re. As matters now stand he is the hero
' Forty-sixth congress, 1879 81, three
sessions, 393 days.
, Forty-seventh congress, 1881 83, two
> sessions, 337 days.
i Forty-eighth congress, 1883 85, two
i sessions, 311 days,
i Forty-ninth congress, 1885-87, two
sessions, 330 days.
> Fiftieth congress, 1887-89, two sesi
sious, 412 days.
, Fifty-first congress, 1889 91, two ses'
sions, 397 days.
i Fifty-second congress, 1891 93, two
sessious, 340 days.
! Fifty-third congress, 1893-95, three
i sessions, 347 days.
Fifty-fourth congress, 1895 97, two
I' sessious, 280 days.
I Modern Men o'-War.?The average
educated person knows far more
t about the general structure and
arrangements of an old three-decker
s than he does about the ponderous me1
tallic engines of war which have now
t usurped their place, and the chief rea;
son for this is the delightful air of romance
with which the old vessels are
, inuoalerl Ku i>prl?in nnvpliatq Anrl t.hp.
. ... .vm J ,
i real stories of heroism which will ever
i be linked with their memory. But
i there is much that is interesting about
f the mere prosaic battleships of today ;
and Mr. Yates, the chief constructor
i at Portsmouth, Englaud, dockyard,
i who lately delivered a lecture on this
, subject, found many attentive listeni
ers. He tells us that it is impossible
; to realize the magnitude of these float'
ing monsters, for the most important
I part of each ship is below water; and
> that submerged part displaces a mass
I of water equal to the total weight of
i the ship. The size of the ship, and
its consequent weight, depeud upon a
! uumber of considerations, such as the
1 size of the harbors or docks she would
be required to enter, and the design of
ships with which she would co-operate
Then the weight was distributed in
such a way that the bull structure was
only responsible for one-half. Armorplating
was now of such perfect manufacture
that a modern 6-inch steel
plate was as efficient as an old pattern
14-inch plate of wrough iron. This
armor, with the guns, costs about half
the total of the completed ship.
This is the American who has been rep
Madrid. The understanding is that he baa
discretion about leaving Spain, as circui
time this page had to be printed (Monday)
Woodford is still in Madrid. He was thei
ure during Monday or Tuesday, the facts \
TO ENJOY A CIGAR.
Few Men Get the Beat Possible Results.
"Personal observation has taught
me," said a Cuban cigar dealer to a
Star reporter, "that not one person in
a hundred knows how to smoke a cigar
to enjoy it thoroughly. For instance,
most men, after buying their
niffara. stick them between their teeth
and gnaw the ends off recklessly,
thereby tearing and loosening the
wrapper. Then they light their cigars
and puff away as if their very lives
depended upon finishing them in a
hurry. Thus treated the finest cigar
will burn irregularly, and the smoker
will, nine times out of ten, lay the
blame on the cigar. The cigar may be
to blame, but in most cases the fault
lies in the way it has been handled.
"After a cigar has been bought the
end should be cut smoothly off by a
clipper or sharp knife. The reverse
eud should then be placed in the mouth,
mouth and the cigar blown through,
removes all the little particles of dust
which cannot be avoided in the manufacture
and prevents them from being
inhaled into the throat and from producing
coughing. The cigar should
then be lighted, and particular attention
should be paid to its being thoroughly
ignited all over the surface of
the end. Then instead of puffing
away like a steam engine, the smoker
will find that three or four puffs every
minute make the best way to enjoy
the cigar. The smoke should be kept
in the mouth a short time in order to
appreciate the flayor of the tobacco.
Then it should be emitted slowly.
"In case one side of the cigar should
burn and leave a ragged edge on the
other side it is not necessary to relight
it, as I often are many people do. A
'4r
TORPEDO E(
Here is the finest existing specimen ol
has been said during the past few week
cost $97,500. The speed of the Foote is som
numerous torpedo and six small rapid fii
part of Captain Sampson's lleet. On last ]
would probably move on Havana, and the
chances in case of having to make an i
imously of the opinion that not one mai
chance of ten to come back alive. But, al
for the order to go against the Spaniards, ai
as if the whole thing was to be a picni
gentle blow through the cigar toward
the lighted end will ignite the ragged
side, and it will burn regularly.
Smoking this way is a pleasure. It
frets me to see a man smoking a cigar
who does not know how to enjoy it,
and I often feel like giving him a few
words of advice and would do so were
it not for the fear of offending hiui."
Washington Star.
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST.
Death on the Cross Was a Most Terrible
Form of Torture.
"Crucifixion was a terrible death,"
writes the Rev. Amory H. Bradford,
D. D., apropos of Holy Week, in an
article on "The Last Week in Christ's
Life" in the April Ladies' Home Journal.
"It was reserved for offenders of
a servile class and never used for a
RT L WOOT
(resenting the McKinley administration in
i been instructed that he could use his own
nstances might seem to warrant. At the
we have no information but that Minister
re Sunday. If he should take bis depart*
vill be stated on another page of this issue.
Roman citizen. The hands and feet
of the victim were nailed to the wood,
and a kind of rude seat was provided?
just enough to prevent the weight of
the body from tearing through the
flesh. The exact spot where Jesus
was crucified cannot now be identified.
Golgotha was probably some skull*
ahnnoH hill 'nntsidfl t.hft ritv wall.'
Thither a strange procession wended
its way?the condemned with their
crosses on their backs, the bard-hearted
rabble making fun of them as they
passed. The strength of Jesus failed
before the destination was reached,
and another was compelled to carry
the cross for Him. This crucifixion,
like all others, was cruel and barbarous
in the extreme. The executioners
were Roman soldiers, but a host of
Jews feasted their eyes on the hideous
sight.
"Such agony was no protection
against the gibes of the crowd. With
but one of His disciples in sight, and
only two or three friendly women
near?one of tbem His mother?Jesus
passed the last hours of His earthly
life. Those who suffered by crucifixion
sometimes lingered three or four
days?Jesus lived about five hours.
While hanging on the cross He spoke
seven times. Soon after the cross was
raised, looking over the coarse and
brutal soldiery, and the mistaken
fanatics who bad bounded Him to that
hour, He uttered a prayer, which has
probably made a deeper impression on
the world than any other single prayer
ever offered : 'Father, forgive them,
for they know not what they do.' "
Mites and Cholera.?Get some
crude carbolic acid and mix it with
whitewash, equal parts of each, and
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DAT FOOTE.
" the torpedo boat, about which so much
s. She belongs to the United States and
etbing like 25 miles an hour. She carries
e guus. She is now at Key West as a
Friday, it was understood that the fleet
i crew of the Fonte were discussing their
ittack on a warship. They were unann
in the whole crew had more than one
1 the same, they were eager and anxious w
ad talked about the matter as indifferently
c.
mop the entire interior of the fowl
house with the mixture. This will
effectually keep off mites aud lice.
Fill the water trough with fresh water
every morning and put six drops of
commercial sulphuric acid to each
quart of water. This, if regularly attended
to, will prevent cholera.
Armenia has over 40,000 orphans.