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YORKYILLE ENQUIRER. T ISSUED SKKI-WKKKLT. ? i. *. gbist'8 sohs, Publishers. } % #?ilS JJewsjager: Jfor the promotion o( the golittijat, foijiat, glgrieulttntat and flfoamtentiat gnter^ta o|( the feoele ESTABLISHED 1855. YOBKVILLE, 8. C., TUESDAY, .AUGUST 9, 19Q4. ?. ; 94. The Substii Copyright, 1993. by I CHAPTER Vm ENE morning, a few days later, Bascom Trultt came down the main street of Darley wearing a long, dingy overcoat and blowing a roll call on an old army bogle. Under bis arm was a tattered Confederate flag. "What*s pp today 7" Kenner asked him is he came Into the office and stood towering over the stove. "Nothin' but 8 meetin- or tne veterans of our camp?the Joseph E. Johnston, sir. I'm goin' up now to stick the flag on the gate at the. courthouse. We Intend to see about who's goln' to the reunion In Atlanta next spring; thar's a sight o' the boys that want to go, but cayn't raise the scads. We'll chip in an' send the most deservln', ef our women folks go hungry this winter. Thar was a lie afloat in the newspapers awhile back thjt some nigger went off after the war an' got rich an' come back home jest in time to buy his old master a suit o' clothes an' * pay his way to a reunion. Ef thar was a man in our camp that ud go that Wii naiul Mm In tar an' feath ers, an' on a rail at that" "Oh, come off, Baa," Kenner laughed, a* he looked around at George and Hillyer at their deaka. "That's a old Yankee army overcoat you got on right now. You've had it dyed with logwood, but I'd know it by that long cape." "Yea, that's what it la," admitted Truitt sheepishly. "The Yankee that owned it died at my house while I was off In the war. It was the only thing he left that was any account, an' my women folks had fed an' pampered 'lm up with all they could rake an' scrape In the neighborhood, goin' without the'rselves beca'se he was so bad off. After he died they put this coat away In camphor to keep the moths out of it. The blame garment eat up a quarter's wnth a year fer fen year, an' ever' winter I had a row with my women folks beca'se I wouldn't wear it. Finally, I agreed ef they ud dye It so none o' my crowd ud ferglt the war was over an' shoot me,.I'd put it on. My women folks tuck me up, but they wouldn't make a fortune runnln' a dye house. ^ This dratted thing has sp'iled twenty Sunday shirts fer me. T'other day, when I went in the meetln' bousp out of a shower o' rain, I left a streak o* black Ink from the door to the amen corner." "Wbar did you git that bugle?" Kenner questioned. "I know you never blowed It in the army." "No; Tred Langston had it when he was bugler in our company, an' he give It to me to use in our veteran camp; be said his boys hadn't a sign o' respect fer what it had been through, an' used It to call the dogs to go possum huntin'. He said his gals tied a gray ribbon about it an' hung it up on the wall, but the boys wouldn't let it stay thar. They treated his canteen jest as bad. They toted it about with moonshine whisky In It till it sprung a leak, an' then they hung it up on a tree an' shot more holes in it. I reckon I am a sight, totln' a reb' flag an' DUgie wild a xanicee ovemmi uu, uui they tell me the war's over." "I reckon yon went through the thick of It," said the cotton buyer tentatively. "I got as much fight as I cared fer at Baker's creek," answered the veteran. "Our boys was about starved to death on short rations, an' we had Jest got bold of a lot o' fresh beef when we got the call to arms. Our colonel told us we'd better take some of the beef with us, an' me 'n' another feller was a-flllln' our knapsacks when the feller all at once said to me, 'Look y* here, Baa, the odds Is agin us, an' I hain't a-goin' to let no bluecoat ketch me with a passle raw beef In my knapsack,' an' he th'owed the meat down. I followed suit Jest then, In all the hurlyburly o' glttln' ready, a man rid In with a big basket o' pies to sell us. We wanted the pies an' he wanted money; we didn't have no money, an' offered to swap beef fer the pies; be refused to trade. Then we put 'lm on his sway backed hoss an' loaded 'lm back and front with bloody beef an' tol' 'lm ef he didn't make tracks we'd shoot at the beef. But we didn't have time to eat the pies even, fer the thing had begun. EVkllra hnn often axed me what a battle was like. I couldn't tell you. It Jesl made a sound?ooo?ooo?ooo?like a harrycane rippin' gullies in the earth an' sweepln' away trees, rocks, hills, an' everything in Its track, an' on she come! I hain't here to lie?I wa? scared clean down into my socks When they hove into sight round the hill in the sun, I couldn't see nothin1 but a solid bank o' silver. By gum, it looked like thar was enough bayonel p'ints displayed thar to stab all the flies in the universe. I seed our general about that time; be was a-settln' n his boss a chawln' tobacco an' spittin' over Its head; he was as cool as a cucumber; looked like he was jest tryln' to study what would be the right thing to do. He was a daisy; part Injun, an' not afeard o' God Almighty. Beeln' him that a-way made me sorter ashamed, an' I plunged In. At fust it come awkward, but in a minute it wasn't any more'n shootln' at rabbits. "We plugged away an' laughed an' made jokes an' hud a good all round time as long as It lasted, an' then we got rattled an' begun to retreat. I was shot through the left arm an' side, an' fell in a ditch. A Yankee run up with a p'luted bayonet an' yelled, 'Cuss you, come* out o' thar or I'll shoot you!* Some o' our boys said I ort to 'a' cussed '1m back, but I didn't. It jest seemed part o' the game to me, an' he was wlnnin'. 'You come down after I couple of 'em did. an' drug me up the & bank. They bud ketcbed a few more K of our boys on tbe wing, an' tbey driv' A us up in a circle an' put some foreign guards around us. Every one of us was cut ur had balls som'ers in us, but v WILL N. HARBEN, Author of """ "Abner Dan* iel." "The . Land of the Changing [1 IIP Sun." "The lUIV North Walk Myatery," Etc. ARPER A BROTHERS we sassed them guards about the'r brogue, an' one thing an* other, till they was mad enough to kill us. They give us good treatment?I'll say that much fer 'em?an' I liked the'r grub. Auey uttu an sons o gooa Biun in cans. They patched us up in the hospital an' finally exchanged us." "Oh, say," protested Kenner, "that ain't all, is it?" p "That*8 a old Yankee army overcoat." "It's all I've got to say today.- I've got to blow a few blasts at the postoffice an' stick up the fiag." He stepped to Buckley's desk and leaned on it "I wish, George, that you was out our way to make Jeff behave his elf." "r?HniHn?r imiln?" fteorea asked, with a smile. "Yes. an* that ain't all; he's got every moonshiner over thar down on 'lm. He informed on some of 'em while be was out o' his head an' now that's no tellin' whar it will end. Somebody shot at 'im while he was In the field toother day?some skunk in the woods, afraid to show hlsself." "That's pretty bad," said. George sympathetically. "Jeff ought to be more cautious." As Truitt was leaving, Mrs. Hillyer waddled in, her gray shawl wrapped tightly round her body. "Come for money to run the bouse on," she said, with a laugh, to her husband. "No, thank you, I won't set down," she added to Keuner, who was offering her his chair. 'The truth is, I'm goin* to steer clear o' this house. Mrs. Dugan says ull the reports in the town git started among you uns. Ef she kuew 1 came here she'd lay it on me. I thought fer & while, after they lifted her quarantine, that she was goin' to do different, but she's wuss 'an ever. 1 sawed 'er off short yesterday, though." Mrs. Hillyer laughed heartily. "You know, Mr. Kenner, sue s got one taie mat sue tells over an* over constantly. One of the longest winded yarus you ever heard, about how she fust got acquainted with a woman she met by accident She forgets she's told it twenty times, an' Jest takes 'er chair an' begins to unwind. So far nobody hain't been bold enough to say they'd beard It before, but when I seed her a-comln' through the gate yesterduy I told Hortense ef she dared to spring that old gag on me ag'in I'd btop 'er ef It cost me my life. I thought Hortense ud die luughin', fer Mrs. Dugan had no sooner 'n set down than she begun to tell about how she fust met the woman. Well, I'd made my bet, an' I wasn't goln' to be beat. 'Hold on,' said I; 'right here I want to tell you > some'n, Mrs. Dugan?some'n powerful i quar about me. 1 believe, on my soul, i I've got second sight' 'Second sight,' i says she, in her mean way, 'why, I didn't think you was quite old enough to have yore second sight.' 'I don't | mean that sort o' second sight' says I; 'but I've noticed sometimes when a i body would begin a tale I could see , clean to the end of It long before the | end was reached. Now,' says I, 'see ef , I ain't right; the next time you met that woman was at the county fair, | wbar she tuck fust prize on her patch ! quilt' an' with that I finished out her yarn, as pat as ef it was one cf my ftnfn toloo T rtrH woon't oho hf\t\ > She got as red as a ripe tomato. 'I wasn't goin' to tell that,' says she; 'I ; remember tellln' you that. I was goln' ' to git round to some'n else; but, since you are so almighty smart, I reckon i I'll go on about my business,' an' with that she tiirted out o' the house, an' kicked the dog as she went by it on the porch. When a woman's mad enough to kick a dog her dander's flyin' In 'er eyes." Mrs. Hillyer la.ughed as she thrust her red hand from beneath her shawl and took the money the merchant was giving her. "Don't git married, Mr. Kenuer," she said. "A woman will either keep yore nose to the grindstone with 'er mouth shet, or talk you to death?or both." Kenner smilingly walked with her to the outer door. "I was jest a-wonderln', Mrs. Hillyer. what you think about George's case with that highfalutln Virginia girl. I'm interested in that boy, an' it looks like a pity to me to have 'im lookln' in that direction?I mean Jest that particular direction." "I know what you mean, Mr. Kenner"?the woman shuddered In the . Jteen. cool breeze?"hot do you reckon Ife an^ more'n friendship on hti aWfef* "That's what I'm botherin' about," answered the eottjjn buyer. "I don't let on to George/ of course, but I've been watchln' hifh powerful close. He wants everybody to think him an' her Jest passln' friends; but, law me, somei / times when he thinks nobody hain't a-lookln' he Rita off his guanL Ons day. while he was at work on his books, she happened to ride past on that frisky mare o' hers. The animal got scared at the puffin' o' the compress over thar an' begun to cut up. The saddle girth broke, an' she fell In a ditch. She wasn't hurt one speck, in' seven or eight o' my men at the compress ran out an' helped 'er up, but George must 'a' thought she was, fer he turned as white as a sheet an' trembled all over as be made a break fer the spot, an' when he seed no barm had come to her his face actually puffed up, an' he couldn't speak. An' she was watchln' 'lm too. She was perfectly cool an' lookln' at him Jest like she was enjoyin' his excitement She axed 'im one or two questions, an' it looked to me like she was jest doln' It beca'se he wasn't In the condition to reply." Mrs. Hlllyer laughed. "You ort to 'a' been a woman, Mr. Kenner. I didn't know any man alive could notice like that. But do you reckon the pore young man ever hopes to?you know what I mean?" "That's the pretty part of It," said Kenner, with no little feeling. "It looks to me like he hain't never dreamt of marryln', like be was Jest satisfied to let things go on as they are. If I'm any Judge, that Is the most dangerous sort o' love, ef a body kin call it that" "I'll say this fer 'er," said Mrs. Hillyer seriously. "I don't think she Is a woman that ud handle, a man's affections lightly Jest fer the fun o' the thing. An' sometimes I think she Is doln' Jest like you say George |s?Jest a-lettln' the thing pull 'er along, knowln', as she does, that he hain't the man 'er folks ud accept So you think George railly Is Interested In er?' "That hain't the word fer It," said Kenner. "As fe? her beln' above 'lm In station, what does that matter to him? I've never seed his equal fer pride an' self respect. I believe ef a railly refined young man Is put in low surroundln's he'll make a finer creature ^Kam a# two n rvnf o mnncr DUUlCUUiCa UJOU C& uv una y\*%. ?tuvuD the best. No, George cayn't hide his feelln's. I think maybe he had some hope before his father's disgrace, but he hain't now. Thar was a tobacco drummer from Virginia In the office fother day', an' he got to runnln' on, like them sort o' men will, to me an' Hanks. George was wrlttln' letters at the desk. The drummer begun tellin' us about beln' astonished to see folks like the Cranstons In this out of the way place. He said Miss Lydla was the belle o' Richmond society an' had big public men runnln' after 'er. He said our governor?you know Governor Telfare Is a widower about my agewell, he met 'er at some military encampment down south an' is dead bent on marryin' her. I wanted to stop the feller, fer I knowed George was listenIn', but.I couldn't take the liberty. I seed George had quit wrltin' an' was lookln' out o' the window .with his jaw set, like he was sufferln. "Then the drummer begun to tell about bow sbe bad squelcbed a feller up In Richmond. He was a rich Yankee that was bein' entertained up thar, an' met ber at some big dinner. It seems she set right acrost the table from klm, an' some'n' he said agin the southern soldiers made 'er Are up. You know two of ber uncles was killed at Gettysburg. Well, instead o' apologizing like he ort, be seemed to think It was mighty funny, un' be spent the rest o' the dinner hlttln' at the dead Confederate soldiers?Jest think o' that, the dead ones!?said they had no tight to have llewers strewed on tbe'r graves an' the like. The drummer said she tuck It like u born lady, as mild as she could, out o' politeness, an' beca'se she saw that the lady that give the party was worried by bis conduct, but Abe give the feller a cold stare after dinner, an* ordered her carriage to take "Jim Kcnner is one o' the best men 1 ever knowed, seed or heard teU, of." 'er home. The whole thing, It Beems, along with her good looks an' high position, literally turned the Yankee's head. He made a dozen attempts after that to meet 'er, but she refused to have anything to do with 'lm. Ho found out whar she attended church, an' went thar one Sunday, an' after meetin' was over he waited at the foot ov the steps outside. Seems like he counted on his smile doin' the work, fer when she appeared at the top o' the steps he jest tuck off his hat an' made a low bow, an' stood grlnnln', to show how sorry he was. The drum mer said she happened to have some pennies In her band, an' that she Jeet drapped 'em In the feller's hat as ef be waB a beggar, an', without lookln* at 'lm, passed On down the steps. They say It got out, an' so much fun was made of It that the feller left Richmond. She's jest like a queen, anyway, Mrs. Hlllyer, but I'll tell you I believe she likes George Buckley?I believe she likes an' respects 'lm. An' sometimes when I see her an' him together I jest feel like the two of 'em ef it never comes to anything. Iff the prettiest sight on earth?that sorf o' thing is, Mrs. Hillyer. An' sometimes it seems to me that lfs jest beca'se they are helt apart that they are drawed so close together. Sh^s ft the top, Mrs. Hillyer, an' his daddy haB put up a wall betwixt the two, but they are a-lookln' over It Into each other's eyes an' a-wonderln' ? Jest a-wonderln*." Mrs. Hillyer gazed at the ootton buyer steadily, and her eyes filled. "Mr. Kenner," she -said unstably, "I've listened to some sermons onoe In awhile an' been blessed, but It was a rare thing. But I give you my word you've made me feel good this mornln'. Huh, I never 'lowed It was In you I An' Jest think, you hain't married. That's oodllns o' deservln' gals In the world, lettln' the'r good hearts wither up Without a speck o' love, an' yore lira soul Is dry In' up year by year In this musty warehouse. I tell you, Pm golu' tb find you a wife." "I wish you would," Kenner laughed. "I've got faith in yore Judgment, an' I'd take any you picked out an' be thank* ful. An' this affair of George's makes me wish I'd made better use o' my time 'fore It was too late." "Too late nothin'," laughed Mrs. Hillyer as she turned away. "You are a sight younger now than half o' these beardless dudes that have already danced ti^Ir youth away." Arriving at home, the merchant'! wife bustled into the warm sitting room, where her niece sat sewing at a window, and, throwing her shawl on a chair, she stood before the wood fire. "Hortense," she said suddenly, "1 want to talk to you." "To me?" asked the young woman in surprise. "What is it?" Mrs. Hillyer stood before her. "1 want to say that Jim Kenner is one o' the best men I ever knowed, seed 01 heard tell of. I want to say, moreover, that he would marry under jest the right provocation. I want to add, too, that this town is full o' the blindest sel o* gals that ever wore gowns." "Well," gasped Miss Snowden in surprise, "I can't see why you are hurling it in my face! I'm sure I have always thought he was a nice sort of man. He's always treated me nicely." "Well," and Mrs. Hillyer turned away, "I've put a bug in yore year, an' ef it don't kick it's dead; that's all I've got to say." The following Sunday, after the service, she met Kenner just outside the church and greeted him with a broad mile. "I've got yore case In hand," she said, "an' I'm workin' It fer all it's worth." He flushed to the roots of his hair with amused gratification. "You say you have, Mri. Hlllyer?" he stammered. Kenner stood on the edge of the sidewalk and watched her as she Joined her niece on the street corner. "I wonder ef she could mean Miss Hortense," he said, his blood rushing madly through his veins. "Lord, Lord, ain't she nice? Fer all I know, Mrs. Hlllyer may be tryln' to talk me up with 'er. Well, I wish Bhe would, fer I never would dare to do It myself, as much as I'd like It" TO BB CONTINUED. CLEVER HINDOOS. I Perform Many Tricks Never Attempt ed By Western Acrobats. "The dexterity of the Hindoos, in tumbling, rope-dancing and legerdemain," said the poet laureate of all the Pascagoulas last night, "is so much superior to that of Europeans and Japanese that the statements of travelers on the subject were much doubted until they were brought to exhibit their singular feats in this country. Nothing is more common in India than to see young girls walking on their heads, with their heels in the air, turning round like a wheel, and walking on their hands and feet with the body bent backward. Another girl will bend backward, plunge her head into a hole about 18 inches deep, full of water and dirt, and bring up between her lips a ring that was buried in the mud. Two women may frequently be seen dancing together on a rope stretched over trestles, the one playing on the vlna, or Hindoo guitar, the other holding two vessels brimful of water and capering about without spilling a drop. A plank is sometimes fixed to the top of a pole 25 feet high, which is set upright; a man then climbs up It, springs backward and seats himself upon the plank. Another mountebank balances himself by the middle of the body on a bamboo pole, 15 or 18 feet high. He first sets it upright, and then climbs up it, with his legs and arms as if it was a firmly rooted tree. On reaching the top he clings to it with his feet and hands, after fixing the center of the pole in the middle of his sash, and dances, moving about in all directions to the sounds of music, without the pole ever losing Its equilibrium. He then descends, takes a boy on his shoulders, climbs up the pole again, and stands on the top on one leg. Sometimes a boy lies across the extremity of the bamboo and holds himself quite still for* a considerable time. "A man lifts up the pole and the boy In that state, and moves them about in all directions without losing the balance. A still more extraordinary feat Is performed by the Hindoo women. One of them will sometimes balance herself In a horizontal position, with her arms extended like a person swimming, on the top of a bamboo pole 90 feet high, fixed in the ground. In a short time she seems to have lost her balance, and falls, to the no small terror of the spectators; but this is only one of her customary movements; she catches by one foot in a rope fastened to a bar which crosses the middle of the pole, and remains suspended head downward. The Hindoos are not only extremely dextrous themselves, but they have found means to communicate their dexterity to the very brutes. They train bullocks, for instance, to the performance of a very difficult task. A Hindoo lies down upon the ground on his back, and places on the lower part of the stomach a piece of wood cut In the shape of a series of spools. A buffalo, at the command of his master, sets first one foot and then the other on this piece of wood, and then his two hinder feet in succession, and balances himself upon It. But this is not all; the master of the buffalo places four feet on this movable column he i balances himself upon it with wonderful dexterity. Goats are also taught to perform the trick, in which we know not whether most to admire the patience or the docility of the animal." ?New Orleans Times-Democrat. COLOGNE TO GENEVA, Dr. Neville Travels Througl Ea rope's Fairyland. CITIES, MOUNTAINS AND RIVER* , The Beautiful Rhine?Mayence?A Country That Bloaeoma aa the Roee?Old Cattle of HeidelbergFine Macadam Roada?Switzerlanc and. Her Grand Mountain 8cenery? Lucern, Geneva and Bern?To Par ia Next. Corrwpoodenc* of th? York rill# Enquirer. Geneva, Switzerland, July 25.?1 have seen enough in the last week tc All books, if I had time to write it but In fact, I am almost overwhelmed. If I can retain one half that has come under my eye, I may congratulate myself. One objection to a trip like this , is that before one place visited has , time to "soak in" the mind, you have to hurry on to another place. , On Monday, July 18, our party took , passage at Cologne on a nne steamei about 8.45 a. m. and traveled all day ! up tbe Rhine. This Is a day thai surely never can be forgotten. I have ; never been on the Hudson. Some say It Is as beautiful as the Rhine. It may , be so, but I don't see how the Rhine can be excelled, with its beautiful and ; crystal water, and its verdant and > vineclad hills, with its many castles and attractive villages, with its golden { grain and beautiful groves. All ol i these things and many others line , flther bank of this historic and beau; tlful river. Nature and man have combined their efforts to make this . one of the most attractive rivers In ; the world. We had the pleasure of partaking of one of the elaborate and delicious dinners, which are served on these boats. We reached Mayence about 9.15 p. m., alter having traveled about 140 miles on this river, where we spent the night I think I saw more grape vines the day I was on tne tinme man j ever saw In all my life before. 1 was also impressed with the number of people who live on this beautiful river. A village seems to stretch out on either side from one end to the other. We passed by Bingen on the Rhine. Mayence (Mainz) where we spent the night seems to be an important city, having about 80,000 people in it. But we were there only for the night. On July 19, we took the train for Heidelberg, a very prominent city ir Germany. On the way there, we pass Darmstadt, no mean city. We pass I not far from Strassburg and Worms, the latter place being so intimately connected with Luther in the great Reformation. We spent several hours i in Heidelberg, visiting the great castle and the noted university. The castle is the most magnificent ruin in Germany. It covers a large area and one can have some conception of what it was In its prime and glory. It is a beautiful and grand situation, on the side of a mountain overlooking the city, with many attractive mountain scenes, sparkling streams and springs deep cascades and giant rocks, etc. 1 saw in the castle the largest barrel I ever saw. It is said to hold thirty thousand gallons, and is the barrel in which the occupants of the castle al one time kept their wine. The uni versity at tieiaieDerg is nuieu m a.. Institution of learning; but I was disappointed in the buildings. They are ordinary structures. But there Is this difference between German universities and some American institutions of learning; the Germans put their money into fine teacherft and the Americans too often put their money in brick and mortar. The Germans show their good sense and their Institutions attract students on account ol their able teachers. After spending this time in Heidelberg, we go on to Baden where we spend the night. This is called by some the Saratoga of Europe. It has a noted mineral spring and is one of the prettiest places I ever saw, with its gloves and flower gardens, with its beautiful little river flowing through the town and its shady parks. At night we attend a , musical concert given by what is said to be the best band in Europe. Baden is one of the most popular watering places in Europe and it is said 50,00(1 people visit the place annually. There were crowds there when we were there. It made our hearts sad when we had to leave such a restful and refreshing place, and we wondered 11 we could find anywhere a place as attractive as this. But we must go on. So we take a i train at 10.30, on July 20, for Neuhausen, "The Falls of the Rhine," via Offenburg, and the picturesque Blach Forest This forest covers a wide belt. As we enter it, we go through and over the grand and picturesque mountains. The railway is a splendid piece of engineering?38 tunnels, going up the mountain like a serpent, first in one direction and then when we get a little higher we go in the opposite direction, rising by great sweeps, until it reaches a height ol , 2,736 feet. There is all along the way t so much to interest and attract?the fine macadam road, the quaint houses with such old and peculiar roofs, the romantic mountain scenery and rich and black forest. This Is certainly a boldly conceived mountain railway, as some one has said, and becomes more and more marked. After we reach the 1 top, we have an extensive plateau ol country with waving fields of grain and grass. The Germans are a wonderful people, showing thrift and industry on every side. They do not make such a display In their dress 1 etc., as some other people on this side; but this Is to their credit. ( Our train hastened on, and we were ! sorry to leave Germany, but we were glad to get into dear old Switzerland, 1 We arrived at Neuhausen, "The Falls 1 of the Rhine," about 4.30 p. m. Here ' we spend the night and I wish we could have spent a week there. These falls j are celebrated the world over. They , ard the grandest in Central Europe sue fee*. The river at this time of' th< ; year Is very much swollen on account ! of the melting snow in the mountains I above and the water Is- very beautiful being of a bluish, green color. At .night we witnessed a magnificent electrical display and fire works over the falls. This was art and nature combined in exhibiting beauty, grandI eur and power. At this place, the weather is cool and refreshing. I slept under blankets. We reluctantly take a train July 21, which carries us away from the } Falls. We travel through a beautiful country, passing through fields of i green and golden grain, clover and lu, cern. We cross the Rhine about 10 or 15 miles from the Falls. There we go on through Zurich, a very importI ant city of Switzerland, traveling by the lake with hills and mountains . around. We hasten on by Zug and then along the side of the beautiful lake Zug, surrounded by mountains. We soon come to Artn-uoiaan. tiere we change cars and take the Inclined * railway for Rigl, which Is said to be * the most famous, most visited and the most popular mountain in the world. ! As we ascend this mountain by a very steep grade, we get some of the most 1 magnificent, views that I ever saw; 1 and when we reached the top after an ' hour's ride on the railway, elevated above Lucern, a city In the valley on ' : the other side, 4,470 feet high, we get I believe the grandest view I ever 1 saw any where. This mountain com mands a panoramic view of 300 miles ' In circumference. There are ranges 1 ' of giant mountains on one side cover- | ed with snow. As the eye passes over f a radius of over 50 miles, 14 lakes, 16 ' towns, 50 villages and nearly 100 ' glaciers can be counted through 1 a held glass. The eye almost 1 becomes intoxicated with this splendid 1 view, and one can realize as never ( before the beauty and grandeur of the works of God In the natural world. 1 We take luncheon in one of the fine 1 hotels on "the mountain. There are 1 several hotels up there with all the conveniences of modern life. We go down the other side of the 1 mountain on an inclined railway which brings us to the lake of Lucern. Here we take a steamer which brings"us to 1 the city of Lucern. This lake, like J all the lakes in tms region, ib ueaun1 ful In the extreme, calm and placid with bluish, green water, like a real ' gem In the mountains. These lakes add so much to the attractiveness of ' the scenery. The lake of Lucern is 23 miles long and from one-half to ! two miles wide. We spent two nights 1 and a day in Lucern. It has about 1 30,000 people and Is fortunate in its location, by the lake and under the shadow of Rigl and the famous Pilatus mountain which is nearly 7,000 feet above the sea. From Pilatus the city ' gets her water, which is very fine. It 1 Is refreshing to see fountains of this 1 pure, cool water all over the city, 1 perpetually flowing and forever blesB> ing the people. There is a railway ' which ascends this mountain. It Is wonderful what has been done by 1 man. The clear and emerald green ! river Reuse forever flows swiftly from ' the lake through the city adding beauty to the place. As we stood on the ! bridge spanning the river, we saw : hundreds of lively flsh in the clear 1 water below. We visited the lion sta! tue which has been cut out of the ! natural rocks as It forms the side of 1 a large hill. This is .considered one - of the most impressive monuments In J In Europe. It commemorates the de1 votlon of ttie "Swiss guard who In ' 1792, were appointed to* keep the pal1 ace at Versailles, and receiving no : orders to retire, preferred to die at their post rather than betray their 1 trust." We. also visited the cathedral and some other places in this city. ! While at the cathedral we attended a 1 musical concert, where we heard some ' very fine singing and some splendid 1 music on the great organ. We leave Lucern, July 23 at 7.46 a. ( m. for Interlaken by rail. We pass through charming scenery, by lake 1 Lucern, through mountains and val- ' leys, by Sarnen lake. In this part ! of the country we get an Idea how the people live. As the spring comes on, they drive their herds out to feed on , the grass, and as the warmer weathi er comes on they drive their stock farther up the mountains until they : feed nearly to the top. Then when ' It begins to get cool about the middle of August, they reverse the process, coming down the mountain with their i herds. Here they make a great deal i of cheese. They use the goat a great I deal in this direction. It Is surprising i to see how large the udder of the f goat Is. It Is not quite as large as the goat itself, but It Is immense, > We go on through the beautiful val> ley, with the little lake on Sarnen by i our side, clear as a crystal, reflecting 1 the mountains in its beautiful waters. At Glyswye, we change engines, puti ting on some which have cogwheels, for we are approaching the Br,unlg i Pass In the Alps. Our train Is divided throp sections with a cogwheeled i engine to draw each one. These : faithful engines pull these cars up the mountains and over the top. We go i on down on the other side until we > reach Lake Brieuz. Here we take a I steamer which takes us to Interlaken where we stay till Monday, July 25. This Is In some respects the most i charming place we have visited. We ' stopped at the Jungfrau Hotel which ; faces the Jungfrau mountain covered with snow. This mountain seems to ' be only about two miles away, but it > Is really about 12 or*15. Distances In ( i these big mountains are very deceiv> ing. Interlaken is a very attractive i place, between two lakes with moun- i t tains on the other two sides, in a feri tile valley. An ideal place to spend 1 > Sunday on a trip like this. We at- I > tend the Presbyterian service both ( ' morning and afternoon, conducted by i a Scotch preacher?very helpful services indeed. I could say much more 1 about Interlaken, but I must close in i : a moment or two. > Today we came to Geneva, coming ' by rail to Lausanne where we take a 1 steamer on i>axe ueneva, which uhubi ' us to this place. Just before we 1 reached Geneva, we saw Mt. Blanc In 1 -the distance completely enveloped in. Its perpetual dress of snow. In com- ' ! Ing to this place, we passed through 1 I Bern, the capital of the country. Ge- 1 ) neva is a beautiful city on the lake, 1 i ever produced. His influence for good , has been felt especially In America. I : believe It was Bancroft who said he was the father of our common schot system in America and another histor ian says he was the father of our Re publican form of government 1 thrills me to be in the place where h lived and sent out his great thought to his fellowmen and which will dom In&te millions to the end of time. To morrow we go to Paris. W. Q. Neville. FARMING IN BIG FIGURE8. Agriculture Is Now an Exaet 8cionc In Nebraska. A farm which contains 193 dwellin houses and a population of 1,700, whlc feeds 4.000 cattle and 32,000 sheep in winter. A farm which raises 3,41 acres of corn, 1,120 of beets, 869 c sorghum, 302 of wheat 372 of barlej peas, alfalfa, oats and millet beside 1,600 acres of grass land; which ha put $1,126,000 into buildings, and ha an annual payroll of $121,866. These' figures from the Standard Cat tie company of Ames, Neb., illustrat some 01 me sign lb mm uewuuci ui eastern traveller! This farm is a goo example of the "resurrectionist" ranc In Nebraska. Much of the land of ths great agricultural state, homesteade after the war by men with little cap ital except their two hands, is bein gathered now into vast holdings con ducted by the most sclentide method! both in farming and business. The eastern traveller will see mart new and Interesting things on one c these big corporation ranches. He wf see all the brains and progressive meth ods used by the great captains of in dustry here applied to the science c farming. 'He will And the manage working hand in hand with the govern ment agricultural stations, experiment Ing constantly to get the greatest Te turns out of the earth with the small est outlay on it Scores of different foods are tried fo the winter feeding of cattle, and exac results chronicled. The cost of ever animal- on the great place is known t a penny, from Its birth to the day 1 leaves the ranch. Fertilising1 is reduc ed to a science. The composition c different soils, the ingredients require to make them productive, are known a exactly as the different rock forma tlons In a mining country. A class c agricultural experts has grown up, Ilk mining experts. There are men who make a businea of taking up wornout, run down un productive fqrma bringing them u to ''Vt dividend paying basis by mean of scientific farming, and selling thei at a large profit. All such men, wh are reorganizing and revolutionist the agricultural Industry of Nebraska the crisp western humor dubs "restti rectlonists." A noted "resurrectlonlsl Is George. Payne, who after "years c experimenting, has recently evolve "alfalfa meal" one of the most valuabl discoveries ever made for the fattenln of stock. Throughout Nebraska he I known as "Alfalfa" Payne. Most revolutionizing of all vegetable ever put into American soil has bee the sugar beet. It has a social and In dustrial importance hardly to be reck oned by one who has not made Its ac quaintance, because of its Insistent de mand for the settlement of families up on the land. The beet sugar factor must have a regular and permaner source' of supply. This Is only to b secured by putting upon the land per manent residents, poor men with fam Hies, who are willing to make be? raisins' a business. It is a business 1 which the family man is at an advan tage, because the labor of children 1 profitable in the beet field, nor is it in jurious to the child's health, like labc In the industrial world. In response to this powerful deman for the planting of families on the sol the corporatibns which own the grea sugar beet ranches and factories hav exerted themselves to the utmost to se sure steady, bona fide settlers. The have had to give them advantageou leases with possibilities of final own ership, and a steady market for thel products. In addition, a sugar bee ranch is usually a great stock farm a well, cattle or sheep being fattens from the residuum of pulp from th sugar factory. That Is how the villages have grow up on the corporation ranches. Som of them have two schoolhouses fllle with the children of employees and ten ants alone. Four or five others nea the . anch will receive scattering dele gations from the youngsters living o the edge of the big farm. If the manager has a wife andchil dren, they are probably all in the cor poration, and discuss the ever excitin subject of dividends as eagerly an continuously as the men. The wife wl have ten or twelve acres of strawber rles and raspberries in her kitchen gar den, and make $600 an acre from he strawberries the second season, and a much from her raspberries the thirt Ay tne cnuaren gruw uiuer me/ uw part of her berry patch off her handi and send their own fruit to markei Scientific farming demands just a much knowledge of iparketing as c farming. It is not a trade, but a bus iness. That same eastern visitor will fin the corporation ranchman living in handsome modern dwelling, througi whose pipes the ubiquitous Nebrask windmill pumps a constant water sup ply; in whose cellar its own gas ma chine furnishes lighting facilities. H will find up to date traps and goo< horses in the stable, perhaps a hand some brake. But, if he Is lucky, h will have a chance to ride off o: horseback with the manager and hi family to the spring windup, where h can see the whole process of roundini up and branding cattle, or watch th horse breakers with their task o breaking three or four hundred wll range horses. The wide, rolling, Nebraska land scape, so monotonous at first, grows o: one. Flowers sweep around in sue! endless leagues?a very paean o spring. At night, as the men talk, o sing, or smoke, around the campflre, th wild cattle come as near as they dar and watch them out of the dark. Ther Is such measureless space, such meas tireless quiet, such boundless oson< that it all sinks softly down and rest the city racked nerves.?New Tori Bun. i'i Viiii n li'ltMiiiBfliriltTir won't give ffTRftifi T right, but he's mighty liable to hoi you 'sponsible if dey go wrong."Washington Star. t idijtaw IINNConducted By Ifcy. J. K. Hall. J 8END THE 'GOSPEL. - Tlx Duty of the Cfiristlae World to tho Heath* World. Written for the ToripdUe Enquirer: Certain parte of tne world, such as America and Enra& are "''"T In distinction from' other puts, as "Christian." They have loof had the 11-K. .nJ llhArtr Orhtah til* mitfl bring* to those who. receive and ac8 cept It Such section* of the world b have been far greater blessed, than * other sections contiguous or beyond 1 them. In the. providence of God, the light, liberty and pease, which the gosT' pel brings has been largely withheld 8 from a large part of the world, and that * part we call "heathen." It 1* a principle * of humanity that we should help those who are In desperate, need. If In our power to do so. Oig this principle it e is the duty of the Ghrlstteh world to * give the gospel to ihe heathen. To " say that they are without God, withh out Christ, and Without any ; well ? grounded-hope of eternal life, expreesd ea a fearful truth t&b Christian world * must face, and sets forth In a ghastly g manner their great need. The Christian world bits been slow " to recognise these heeds, and slower still to heed the great commies! on of y ("fivimt whan Ha iri"Into >n lf the world and preach the roe pel to 11 every creature." It there were no other consideration*, this command of ' Christ Is a trumpet call to every lf Christian to respond to the heeds of r the heathen. This eomtnlseldn was * given to the dlscipled, to whom Christ " also said, "But ye sjull receive power " after that the Holy Qioat is oofne upi" on yon: and ye shall be trttneascu unto me, both in Jerusalem and In all JuT dea, and In 8amafta,fiCitd"uatoth* ut:t termoet parts of theearth." Acts lit. y This forever cuts npi.by the roots the o argument of those wfco aty that their lt responsibility ends when they give or provide 'for the gtmd' immediately ?f around them. That Vas contemplated d by the Master when ke tald, "In Jeru* salem." Begii! tn your own heart, your - own home, your own $nmh. and when lf that is welf done, yak begin naturally e to look for broader 4*ld? and greener pastures, and you SN? your brother ? In need beyond yotif yhwil church or >- community, in every gklt of your state P which mayJH^nnd fat "all Jndea." And as selfishness and pride give way n to the graces of the nHt, your spirito ual vision Is again renewed, and this g time you see your brethren In the cont, tiguous states In negd to which you respond. This may rMMoent "to Bam" aria." And then, stonBhg, like Paul at if Troas, your splritualSWv attuned to d the glory of God, yaw bsar the Macte edonlan cry, "Come amr. and help us," / g to which you like Fud respond, and / is go to the "uttermoaE: parts of the earth"?foreign mlsafln territory. N is it Is the duty of tn aiMMk4c^VP^u4| n the gospel to the hedthen, because of t- their greater need. -? estimated that - in the United Stateujwer* is one or dalned minister, incnHUng aB denom 1 nations, to every 89t; people. to the i? heathen world, one tltnfster - to every y one million. There jw nq doubt but it that there are mtiltllfees born In this e country who are first ton, but they aire * heathen from choice,jjjiuvingr had op portunitle* they havffwhused them. )t whereas the heathenrnate never had d an opportunity, it lAalfl that every - tick of a watch sound^ the death knell a of a heathen. If tlwMw ?, thour sands are dally teemislnto heft, wither out a single ray of Hspt; or knowledge of the glorious gospS'bf thb: Bon of d of God. . f 1. God has laid the |*spoi?sibility of it giving the gospel to tw heathen upon e the Christian world, u|d this undoubt edly makes it her dqbr, 7 ic. o. browk. ' "L Turks and Albenisna r It is said that the jferklsh soldiery * is becoming demormftjnd .to the point B where displays of cowardice are .oomd mon. Some extraordbary Instances e of this are related by h recent traveler there who declares taat the Turkish n troops have displayed their lack of B nerve many times in recent encounters d with insurgents. When actual flfhting " is to be done many pf the soldiers T seek seclusion in thefadjacent fields - or escape the observation of their n commanders by getting into streams or ponds and lmmeraw themselves in " water up to the necl; It was near w Uskub that a resort ta thls method of ft avoiding trouble was actually observd ed. An engineer corpC^hkd been sumI1 moned hastily to thelnearest bridge ~ over the Vardar, wtmn bombs had * just been thrown, and jQ?und the guard r especially placed therk to protect the a bridge conspicuously ^pient It took 1* the officers a considers fie .time to find e what had become of th lr missing men. ' *> Apparently the dei (orallxatkm of ^ Turkey's fighting foro t extends also s to its naval vessels, t sre is a guardf ship at Salonika, a fair r modern-look - ing small cruiser, lying year in, year out peacefully at ancf kr ill the bay. d One day an order caij q to the eoma mander to take a crug >, and the conb sternation of that gal mt officer was a great because no scrflgr steamer .can - move without a shaff and that bad - been sold some time .ago. Bat he e was a man of resouj & and had a d shaft made of wood, * raying that It - would break within thi| first few mlne utes. The wooden shap r.held by some . n miracle, and as the j^jrhlser slowly B steamed out of the gffif the captain's e heart sunk, for he ha no desire to ? go to sea with a shaft n&t must break e sooner or later. So h? yent below and * had the shaft sawn lfetfway through. * A little extra 'steam ted the desired result was accomplished and the " guardship was towed ifcck "disabled." a Some of the rtlffrfliifr insurrech ttonary operations hgf leen an Of,f casion for concern Ktil to Turkey r and te the powers wbK fcre trying to e compel reforms In thBreglon In the e outer world. A wrltefljfho visited en e Albanian monastery ?K: "The fact - that 1 write impressedfeueee worthy friars greatly, and Cloacdhlnov 8 politician as are alf^Han^is, made k a wonderful sugymlM^MBB^a long . powers' The a expected to overtur^^BBPHlHWof Uuj ^ - powers was to conslsl?EtigIand, Italy ?and Albania.'?Chldp> Dally News. f " \ / y i ?