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HMV A WAYSIDE CONVERSATION" Fame upon Met chatted o? "Giretinft, friend.'' in kindest Murmured Death, with happy smile, "Let us rest beside the way. Need we hurry all the while?" "1 must hurry," answered Fame, "Further down the way I haste. Uiic abides there whom 1 must Did my sweetest fruits to ta.^te." "Kest you. rest you. brother tniue," Death insisted, i;rariousiy, "llut an hour ago that one Answered to a eall from me." Fame and Death, upon a day. and chatted on the way. fc-.losh Wink, in the l'altimore American. W ************************** r 3 THE MONARCH Of ST. EtIAS. } * J ^ A Miner's Meetlnjc Wlt.li Hit Ktior- J * moos Anlinnl ? \Vlint Was It? 4 it * "Y * T II KitK were three ol* us in '04 * | " Lowden from Seattle. Bus[ tache. tin* French-Canadian, .unl myself. We were uot usnetly in I lie Klondike region that season. hut in the southwestern'portion? the Mount St. 121ius district, says the third member of this 1 It11?? party, Frank L. Pollock, describing his advent tics In the St. Nicholas. We had prosi?rcted all that section In July and August, and finding the richest signs on an uunamed creek between the head of the ('liittyna ltiver and Lake Kluahnc. we built a dug out cabin and applied ourselves to "burning out" our claim. Snow flow in October, but we kept It out of the diggings, and exhumed large quantities of dirt from the "pay streak," in readiness for the spring wash-up. We were , uot too abundantly supplied with provisions, and as our stock diminished we becutue more dependent upon what game we could shoot in the hills. 'l}his method of provisioning took tim?, and we disliked it on that account, for hunting weather is mining weather; but It was on these expeditions that wis heard of the "Monarch of St. Klias.'f The Indians told us of It. and nobody know exactly what it was.: Their accounts seemed to tmllcatq a sort of bear, but of a weird ami novel species. They described the animal as of gigantic size and territde ferocity, exceeding Itt thnuo ... ....... +?.? grizzly. More than that ,j It was able to climb trees with facility, nuil did not sleep through the whiter, hut continued its awful etireer regardless of season. Few of theni Wail ever seen the beast, and those Few had not stayed to examine Itsj peculiarities. Their fear of It was extreme, and not a savage of them would hunt In the region which It hud takjnn for its own. About the middle of January, ou tny way hack from an eighty miles' trip 'n quest of provisions^ I camped out close under the central! peak of Mount St. Kilns. ... I Svas awakened sharply by a nervous/ sensation?that nightmare feeling of/ peril that becomes an luslinct with frontiersmen accustomed to sleep ,ln danger. The bag was close aroumB my head and 1 could see nothing, htfit 1 felt cold. I had ati impression t/liat the tire had become low; then I /heard a faint underground rynilde, find I unfastened tin- flap of the bag hnd looked out. The lire had burued very low, and had sunk almost out of sight in a hollow of Its own making. The heat had laid bare a portion.of the neighboring rock wall, and for /the first time I observed what appealed to lie the upper end of ? large crnfck or crevice In the rock. It seemed ntpout three feet wide, and the lower part was still concealed by the snow, ami from this opening came again the dqadoned rumble I had beard. Vague Ideas of( an earthquake entered my drowsy mind, but I had no time given me J for speculation. A huge dark mass seemed to project Itself from the [cave. There was a snarl, a powerful wild-beast odor, and the faint light gave me a horrlhle glimpse of cavernous Jaws, gloaming tusks, and a wrinkled, hairy face, uhout three'feet from my own. With a stnrtled shout, 1 executed a wild roll audi somersault backward, sleeping bag and all. Into the deep snow behind tne. I went completely out of sight, 1 suppose. Into the fluffy d/lfts. and continued to wallow, panto-stricken, to get as far as possible from that frightful apparition. After several moments of frenzied endeavor to elTace myself, I been me conscious that I was not pursued, nnd paused to look cautiously back. My visitant still stood in the camp, gazing lixedly In my direction. Hut what was It? In the twilight It loomed as l>lg as an ox a long, thin-flanked, tailless body, with almost the shone of a ! panther. nnii the attitude of a bear. I could not clearly make out Its color, which wan probably a dark grny or brown. Up to this moment I bail not thought of the mysterious beast of the Indians, but at sight of this gigantic unknown creature I recalled the savage stories with a thrill of superstitious borror. Its appearance had been so sudden that tuy nerves were badly shaken. I endeavored to collect myself, and :ay breathing heavily, with iny eyes tlxcd upon tlie strange animal, that stood still, swinging lis head with a sinuous ami yet bear-like movement. I was so Involved in the drifts that 1 suppose I was almost invisible, and after a few curious snorts the beast turned away and walked slowly around my camp. In tins promenade ' It came upon something which it ?n- ' vestlgnted with loud sniffs, and which I afterward ascertained to have been the flour-sack. In-a moment more 1 heard the strong cloth go r?r?r?p. Next It lighted upon the sugar-hag. and I immediately heard a piggish aound of feeding. This action of the beast affected ine jk -j I I I with nu amazing sense cf relief; it tvas fto very natural, so very bearish. 1 Ho gloom and Impressiveucss of ;iie surroundings, and tlie dramatic effect and mystery of the animal's appearance, had strangely worked upon ine; but this awe began to be replaced by the hunter's instinct; besides, I was enraged at the destruction of our priceless supplies. But presently both iliese eulotious were blotted out by the intense cold. I cannot even attempt to convey to a Southerner how cold it was. The air seemed fairly t * crackle with the frost. Tlie wind had gone down; so had the moon; and the silence in tliat ghastly desert was like death itself, and death I knew it would be If 1 remained long motionless in that temperature without a lire. But uiy tire was in the possession of the adversary, and so were my mntehes. and, worst of all. my rille. In spite of my numerous wrappings, I began to shiver, partly with cold and partly with excitement, as I tried to think of some plan for circumventing tlie beast, which was still guzzling its -or rather our?sweets. If 1 could only get the brute away long enough for me to get my Winchester and put on my snow-shoes, I would have it at a disadvantage in the deep snow. But at present 1 had liMlo doubt that it could move with much more facility than I could. Thus I felt a natural reluctance to attract Its attention, and at the same time I had no Idea that it would return to its cave. I did not wish it to do this, in fact, for I became determined to solve the mystery while I had the opportunity. since I had no doubt that this erea lure was the Indian's legendary terror. Several minutes passed while I considered the situation and grow numb. Klr.nlly I disengaged myself from sleeplng-hag nnil blankets. and waded up close to tlio edge of the trampled enmp-space. The animal ceased its operations at iny approach, and bristled up. standing tensely on guard and snarling viciously. In desperate resolution, I packed a large snowball as well as I could front the dry snow, and threw It at the animal. The snow bit the animal on the ear. With a savage roar Si rushed at me. The moment It left the camp it plunged over its hack, and I llounderoil aside from its charge. Iu the instant thus gained I struggled Into the camp, and had time to seize the gun and to draw it from its buckskin cover before the beast turned. The plunge Into the light snow seemed to bewilder It for a second. It wheeled, however, and made at me, coming through the drifts like a snow-plow; and as it caiue I fttll n * (In O.JWU I VIII 411. tin IIK'IIBI. There was a lone streak of dazzliug flame, and a crashing report that inin gled with a coughing roar. Through the smoke I hazily perceived the hrule still plunging toward me. blood streaming down Its chest and shoulders, and its little wicked eyes fairly Mazing in the gloom. I fired agnin as it came on. and leaped aside to avoid the rush. It went blindly past me for a few feet, and then dropped, bleeding profusely, upon the snow. It lay quite still for a few moments, and I appronehed the possible corpsewith considerable circumspection. At a range of ten feet I fired again, aiming at the fatal spot at the base of tlu car; but my hand shook as I pulled. The shot acted like magic. At the report, the animal sprang bodily Into the air. horrible with extended claws anti wide, gory jaws. Blood and snow fell in every dircetlon. Without knowing how it happened, I found myself ttllinrrltw* ? , >uiu nit- niunv Willi iuige strides, frantically wroncliin.tr at the lever of my rifle, which had for a moment jammed. Bat when 1 looked hack the foe had not followed. It had started, as If dazed. In the opposite direction, and was plowing through the snow, leaving* a trail as if a team of horses had passed. I hastened to put on my snowslioes and follow; but In the few moments thus lost the beast gained several rods, and was already out of sight in the glooom. I had sonu5 Idea of wlint was going to happen, and shuffled over the snow at a run. When I had the animal In view again. It was near the precipice, and still charging blindly forward. I fired twice without stop ping it or making it turn, and In another instant o\or It went. I heard a dull thump as Its body struck some projecting crag, and then there was silence. I might listen long before 1 would hear the sound of its fall from the bottom of that deep abyss. The mystery had eluded me to the last. Kunnlng an Orcnn I.larr by llnnil. In the problem of the application of motive power to transportation as a rnno r.f ....... v.. !>iuuul'uuu, in tin" sense mat it Increases the value or utility of n product, the significance of the developineut of motive power transcends almost any other consideration. A somewhat impressive example can he derived from the rough calculation of the meaning that would attach to a trans-Atlnhtic liner with a twenty thousand horse-power engine were that engine to he replaced by twenty thousand horse-power of human muscles. To run night and day there would have to be ihree relays of men at the treadmill or other appliance which would be used. Each eight hour shift at each ten-thousand liorse-power engine would he one hundred thousand men, or two hundred thousand men for the two engines. Three shifts of two hundred thousand men would give helow decks a population of a city of second grade. If the problem, moreover. were put In the form of highspeed transportation, such as is represented by the locomotive condition, it disappears practically in the field of unthinkable.- The Engineering Magazine. New York City has a population of 3,369,733, and pays yearly for governin jot $138,000,Dili), or $17.10 p.*r citizen. I I & I | TALES OE PLUCK AND ADVENTURE. I 1 ' 1 At llliioily Anslr. TIIE story of how Sergeant i Fasnacht captured a Hag at The Bloody Angle Is one of the most exciting episodes of the Civil War. The affair took place while the advance force of the Union army was moving through the wilderness towards Richmond. Fasnacht was a sergeant In company A. of the Niuetyniuili, and here is the exploit as related by Carl Hovey in "The Medal of Honor" series in Everybody's Magazine. There was a commotion; riflemen showed their heads and doubled their fire; a Confederate flag was hung up high above all. The sight of this flag in an instant made another man of Sergeant Uasnacht. In his mind's eye he saw himself the captor of the flag. The idea flashed upon him all in one confused moment, and then took shape in a definite determination. But as he ran round the right of his company iui\i uurau ui iih'h, ih* ;i|ipcnred only one anions a mad wlio were rushing straight at an invincible earth-wall which had promised their destruction. The wall doled out destruction to the line of soldiers, one by one. Ileliind this was a ditch tilled with water, and from the opposite side ot* the ditch rose the earthworks, with the men in dirty gray discharging tin ir bayonetted muskets in rain and smoke. The few men that were ahead were caught fast in the first ontapglcineut; but as they faltered, struggling, the mass of the line crashed heavily against their hacks and pushed them through into the ditch. Fasuaelit felt himself hurled forward and struck down the soldier directly in front of him with the bait of his musket, and found himself standing on top of the earth mound. The flag was only a few feet away. lie rushed at the color-bearer, a tall man who was holding the ling high; with outstretched arm he yelled to hitu to surrender. A section of the lighting came between them. The man with the colors and the soldiers about him dropped inside the defences and ran off toward some woods, lb-fore Fa?nncht could follow the smoke and fog had hidden t'uein. Intent upon his business of the day, the sergeant avoided the bloody confusion here and set off alone to ' ward the woods, reasoning that as ' there was an open gap on the right of J the I'll Ion battle-line, the co'or bearer would try to escape on that side. Although he could see nothing hut the glistening trunks ot trees, he felt sure ilic Hag would not escape him, and so con i in nod for t.ovh-itw in.>> dred and fifty yards at a stumbling run, impatiently pushing aside lu-iary shrub*:. breathlessly going on. Then appeared In front <>t hhn through an njvh of the trees the rotor-bearer carrying his flag. Five or six men, bis color-guard. were just behind him. Fasnaeht tbrew his musket to Ids shoulder, pressing his linger against the trigger. The gun was not loaded. The oilier saw him. "Surrcftder!" panted Sergeant Fasnaeht. The tail man said: "Don't shoot. 1 surrender." The men with him made no motion to tiro. Doubtless their guns were not loaded Tito tall man reached out the flag of its stick, which the sergeant, still keeping his formidable musket cocked, let fall at his feet, lie told the nun of the color-guard to drop their arms, and they did so. "(let to the rear," continued he in a eool fashion; and as soon as tlie Confederates had passed round him and disappeared, lie turned ids attention to the captured prize. It was old with service, inscribed with the names of battles and tlie title of the regiment. Second I-ouisiana Tigers. The sergeant grinned in his mmi! imm?? T,~ Ill' ?iis delighted with himself at that moment. Standing on the staff hi* ripped the flag off and stuffed it away under his loose blouse. "You had better let ine have that." somebody said behind him. Turning with a jerk he saw the colonel of his regiment some distance away, and. farther off. some of his comrades coming through the woods. lie stared at the mounted officer with a serious, gloomy face, and, as if the movement wore mechanical, continued to crowd tile tlag into his bosom. "Keep it." said the colonel, with a laugh. A Stirring Story. Those who have rend tin* stirring story "Robbery 1 nder Arms" will be Interested in the following story from Perth, tlio capital of Western Australia: | "A sensation lias been created in j Perth by the discovery that 'Major' Felly, who died some time ngo from I a dose of poison accidentally self-administered. and who, up to the time of ills decease, was a member of the civil I service of Western Australia, and acted as secretary to the (lovernment I - : vnmiiuisi, was tlio notorious bushranger, Gordon, the original of Captain Starlight.' in llolf Itoldrewood's 'Ilobliery Under Anns.' In l\ ill it was recognized lie was .. man of no mean attainments, and a particularly eloquent extempore speaker. Generally he was reserved, and only on rare occasions was lie known to speak of himself. All the information that he ever volunteered was that lie had seen active service,and in proof of this he displayed numerous bullet wounds. From the large quantities of papers found in his apartments after his death it is clear that 'Polly' was highly educated and of extraordinary abilities. I It has been gleaned that the real name of "Polly" was Frank TV arson, ami that ho received a great part of his education in ltonie. After a wild life in London ho emigrated .o Australia, Wlioro in ISiVl lie joined a jjiiii^' of bush-angers, of whieli lie speedily became ilie recognized leader. In sj ite of his associations Pearson, alias Frank Gordon, or, as lie was generally called. "Captain Starlight," did not display the < oarser or more brutal instincts of the other outlaws, and tinally there was a split in tlie gang, owing to the leader's opposition to useless bloodshed. Henceforth the gentleman knigld of the road was associated with a joung fellow named Rutherford, and the pair carried out a number of skilfully planned and daring robberies of hanks and of gold while 5ti transit from the diggings into the targe towns. There was a reward of ?1000 offered for Pearson and ?S00 for his comrade, when on a Sunday evening they were surrounded l?y the police while drinking itt a public house. In making the escape "Starlight" was shot through the shoulder The "Captain" having reached his hiding place in the mountains sent Rutherford to a Frenchman, a publican, to obtain money deposited wit it It i itt in order that the two bushrangers might decamp front a district that had become unpleasantly warm, it was late when Rutherford readied the Frenchman's place, and lie found hint dispensing drinks to customers. Having apprised the landlord of the object of his visit, that worthy whispered to him to "stick up" lite men in the bar. The young outlaw turned to do so. when the Frenchman, actuated, no doubt, by greed, throttled hint from behind. In the struggle Rutherford's pistol went off, and he was shot through the brain. "Starlight" vowed vengeance and one morning set lire to the Frenehman's house and stayed in front of I lie only outlet with a loaded revolver, waiting for his victim. But the screams of a woman and two ehihlrcn Inside changed his purpose, and IVarson rushed Into the flames and rescued the three at the peril of his life. In the confusion the Frenchman escaped. Soon afterward the "Captain" was surrounded by mounted police, and after a tierce struggle. In which lie shot one of the constables dead and was himself desperately wounded, he was captured. He was scutcnccd to death, hut this was commuted to penal servitude for life. After serving sixteen years and four mouths be was released In 1SS4. No one in the West Australian Civil S'M'vicc had the remotest idea of the "Major's" real antecedents. With the skill and daring charaeteristh of "StarllirltlV" /'"trimn i 1% ??!?' - r> * ? 1 V VI llll 111' a purl ami playcil it well. Kattl<<Kiiak<*K as Kctl-IVIIiarit. "Wljen 1 was collecting specimens of j plants and animals in Zneatocas," said the noted I?r. Maxiniillian Schumann. "I hacl an experience with rattlesnakes which came near lielng the death of me." The doctor Is the Belgian explorer and naturalist who went through Africa. and in telling of his adventures. Insaid: "1 had gone a day's journey on horsehack from the city of Zaeateeas to the southeast to exnuiinc some old Toltee ruins Ihere. These are known as the Quemnda ruins. They are very extensive. 1 got there late at night. 1 had shot a couple of doe on the way, and had thrown them across my pack animal. "On my arrival within the ruins 1 lit a lire to get my supper, after which 1 spread my blanket and lay down. In the morning when I woke up. I threw I my hand outside ihe blanket, and it ! almost touched u big poisonous rattle- j snake. I escaped by the merest chance. Looking towards my feet. ' what was my astonishment to see rattlesnakes all over the blankets. There were no less than six of them, besides the one that missed iny hand. "The reptiles were not the Crotalus liorridus, or diamond crotalus, known in California, but the Crotalus milarius, found in the hot regions. They are verv nntsnnena VV1 i i...a in ... . ...... . ...... II. Ill J lire in the evening I could not see the snakes, which 1 presume had crept along the walls. "The altitude of Zacetoens and the old ruins is between TOOO and S(HH) feet, and It gets quite cold by night. My fire what was undoubtedly attracted them. When they got out towards it they found mv bed, and, discerning the warm blankets, crawled up on them and went to sleep. 1 have always thought it almost miraculous that I escaped being bitten. As I did not want the snakes, having already all I wanted. I killed them, and nailed them all to the adobe wall with my card on each."?San Francisco Call. Tiio?f Am tiling I-lttle "Little girls always amuse me in the way they have of aping grown women." said on observer. "They do it so unconsciously, too. and that's what makes thorn so funny. Of course, you have seen little girls, whose dresses scarcely reach to their knees, take great pains to gather up their skirls when they cross a street. Not by any possible chance could the hem of these garments get within u foot of the pavement, and yet they seem to do n instinctively. It is the height of nullat Iff* filwill'llifr or%?l % ?# 1 **!l 4* * .... ...m j ci i ii'iiiii i mil denr ol?I (leorge W. Clillds used 10 do the same thing with his cont-tnils when lie crossed the street. lie used always to wear a black frock coat that reached to his knees. Many a time ? have seen him crossing a muddy street, hopping laboriously on the heels ' of his shoes and holding up his cont! tails much as a woman gathers her ' skirt about her. So when you cotno ; to think of it in the light of eonipnrilive philosophy, the little girls are not so absurd as they seem. And yet thty always make tnc lnugb."?I'Ulladolpliis Itecovd. A3** \ ...... wk &. BoHBi&i BACK FROM FLORIDA! Mr. Arp Gees Frcm Bartow to the Land of Flowers j AND THEN HE RETURNS HOME j Changes That Latitude Alakeson Ycg I ctatlon Are Observed by the Phi-.I losopher. I had a pleisant nil to Flo; Ida, an 1 have Just returned. The rail: o tfH make it so easy for you now that even a veteran can travel if he has Win money I left Lome oie n.o.nirg a tvr early breaklitst, and was in Jack vilir that night to supper with my lev.* and his family, 41 f? miles in thirteen hours, and traveled over parts of f ntr ! roads. It was a daylight trip and I had opportunity t > notice the changes that Ititude makes in vegt t ition. This new route to Florida is a star lire from Atlanta and th" west. It ittehides the Nashrllh , Chattanooga at ASt. Louis, the Wesaetn ami Ai.lam.ic, j the Central o Maenn. the Rnonrln t Florida Southern to Valdosta and t.io i Atlantic, Valdo-ta and Western ;<> Jacksonville, the proa* lost, cleanest am! best regulated city iu the south. All of them firs .-class roads, with pnr'.or cars and dining r irs ami sleepers that run all the way through. They don't even tarry at Jacksonville, but k?s p on and on to the jumping off place, if you wish to go there. That now road between Jacksonville an:l Valdaota. has made this speed and comfort possible, for it has done away with the elbows at Tifton and Waycross. The great Hint system has no ell>nws after you g< I on it, but it s a I long ways from Atlanta and tin* west. | The new road was Just what our poo- I lie wanted. It is first-class in all re Rpects, and makes its 110 mile^ In le a than three hours. I like these straight Florida railroads; they don't reel y >u about like our roads among the mountains. and they just glide along like a j snake In the g"i&n These mount.in mads swing an old ntnn around Ihe curves and strain his groin and loins and diaphragm and epigram anl make him sore and tstifT for two or three days after he gets home. I can hardly navigate nttv, and yet my wife wants uie to plant some 1 ensure and beans and okra and work among the ros s r'ght away, Upsides all this, th?j cook h*is quit, and 1 have got to gee up by sunrise ami lire up the stave and put ?m the coffee and hominy an 1 then call Iter to get up and cook 'ho rest of the breakfast. I u-ud to mako the l?ls:cuit?, but. I have struck 011 that; I don't believe titul. a man's rough old horny hands were intended to mix uj> llour and milk and lard in biscuit dough. My old &M.*rd Judge Hlllyerj and Judge Underwood were, once walking along a side street in Now York and as they passed a bakery they saw the bakers through the blinds, and they were treating dough in the long troughs with their foot. Judge llillyer said: "I><> you reeJ:oa their feet ar * rloem?" "Wll, yes," said Underwood, "I reckon tiny are by this time; they have been trending a goo I while." Hut 1 don't care a cent about the cook quitting. I believe in self-malntenanee ?1 beHe.vo til at every household should be raised to do their own work when it is necessary?and 1 am i rou 1 to say that my wife and my .children have never begged a c ok to stay againct her will. Honors are easy; le. her go and rest if she warns to. The fact is. it stilts mo pretty well, for the cooking is belter and the things are. cleaner and -it saves money?we get a'ong on less victuals and can dine out with our children every day or two. We can use bakers' bread ami make toast and bake Irish potatoes and fry eggs an i r?r> e t mr i'nui rm? 11 twin t ? ei k Hut I was thinking acout Florida? fair Florida that Ponce de L?eon found fifty years before the Pilgrims found Plymouth or John Smith found Jamestown. Fair Florida?the Eldorado of this continent. It ha; been hidden for nil those years, but has been found I never paw the like of northern tourists, the hotels at J ink-onville are overrun. It takes several columns In their papers to Rive their names. The-o tonri ts a e all rich, and spend their money freely. The men are fairly good-looklrg. but. the women look tlrrd and prematurely old. Northern women well not compart with .southern womrn for b:au y and refinement of manners. I havj known this for fl'ty years. They have to work ton hard; poor things, I am s >rry f >r thern. Tin y have got nothi g hut money. I walked round t ie St. James and Windsor and never saw a beautiful woman; they are irtascu'ine and coarse, and not an angel among them. New Engl :nJ or New York or any of those cold, ley states won't produce fairies or sylphs or angelic creatures. You have to come as fat" south as Philadelphia and Baltimore to find a 'beautiful woman, and they are scarce even there. You don't find them in plenty until you get down to Charleston and Savannah. I) wn hwi'a r.lioro 1 live t.hey are nearly all goodlooking and graceful and. as David Harium raid, are en u plod well .ami stand up equnrc on their pnstu e joints and step like a deer. This is pood fortune, not only from her^^'-y and climate, but because our men more ehivalrle to their wives daughters and do not work th? i*V> hard. A re(ent number of a New V4.H paper says ottr long-haired plmfltthroplsts are fearfully In earne t iti><|at the southern negroes, but you . i#ver hoar of them regulating t.ho toil 3f a woman clerk In a Tefa'l store. ?lfe rises at 5 o'clock, every inor..t(fc$!:, cooka her own breakfast and spenU^ a nickel for car fire; she attends to a'l receipts and shipments, she keeps hooks and balance tho <a h; she Is no: allowed rn? fo-ond for luncheon, and never eats in the middle of the day. She does not go home till a'ter 7 and on Saturday n'ghts til aft^r 12 o'clock. Her Hilary I- $7 a week. She Is bright nn-1 interesting, and of g od f m:ly For her $7 a week Hie labors never I ss than r.inety and often one hundred hours, and this is about 8 cents an hour. There is no hope for tlii9 girl except in matrimony, and the rikht nwai will not find her. And yet these northern philanthropists will skip ovor them all and. like Ogden and Co., make a tour down south to we how the negro is gett'ng on?the best contented race upon the carth. From Jacksonville I dropre 1 down .0 High Springs, where the good ladies of the New Century Club woro call'ng ire. 1 had a delightful time?an ova ti;;ii of young maids and matrons and old veterans whoso gray hairs an 1 care-worn faces reminded me of the passing years and the passing of the old soldiers of the confederacy. These veterans will soon all be g.me, for? "Time cuts down nil. i i>u>.ii himi. >uiu r-in all. Except a pensioned soldier: They d.> not die. Hut multiply As fust :ts they grow older." We have but 70,000 loft n w. all told; hut they have nearly a million up north on the pensi- n rolls. High Springs is 011 a boom <>.' im proveiuent. The Plant system has iu largest hospital there, and its most extent dve shops except tli.so in Sa vaiuiah. Everybody Is busy and everybody seems contented and hippy. I was the giiost ef Mr. and Mrs. CJraey. whose beautiful home and lovely little children made me feel at In me. \Yh*r ever I tind little eh l.ln n 1 have no fear, and I do as 1 please, an.I eat with my knife and drink coffee out of my saucer if 1 want to. The good-looking mayor was selected to Introduce nio t > the audienc, but not being used to such performances, forgot hLs lMtle speech, and began with "Now I lay me cVowd to sleep," and* so they had to get the preacher to take his place. I shall not soon forget the kindness of those good people of High Springs, ami especially the cordial greeting 1 received from the twenty-one lading of the New Century Club. The scriptures tell ui that the time will come when seven women shall lay hold of one man. but 1 was captured l?y three times seven and maintained myself well considering my ant'quity.?Bill Arp, In Atlanta Constitute u. T1: AC 11ES CO N VERS ATION. A woman who keeps thoroughly in touch with public events supports herself handsomely by instructing society women in the art. of general conversa lion. She has a regular list of fashion able women upon whom she calls ea?h week, and spends an hour or more in instructing them upon topics of the day, so that they are aide tu converse llueiitly without fear of mistakes. To two or three of these ladies she also gives instruction in the vl of letter writing. ' 1 . I ' 1 * SOUTHERN RAILWAY Central Time at- Jaeksonvillo i?n<t Savannah. Eastern Time at Other Points. Schedule in KfTeot Jnti '.^th. 19.il. nohtjiuodnd. Dally|Daily;ex ba Lv. Jacksonville (P. lij . 8 3ja 746p 12'Aip " Savannah t So. Ky ) 1JSftp 12 Son 4JUp Barnwell 4t>5p 4 04a! - Plnclcviilo .. 4 l?#p] 4 ata 8 liip Ar. Columbia .. C 18g| a lUaj 94Sy Lv. Charleston, (bo. By *, tMiilioopI fiTIftrp. ' buminervUUi 7 41n'l?JUut OOup " Hriint'hvillu 8 6.>n L' uuu 7 ikJp " Onoi^i tuirK 0 Sin t: 46a 7 Mp " Kiugviiio 1U l.m 4 25n ?4ip Ar. Oolumbttt . 11 uua 5 65a 93j>p i.% Auttuma, (au. by.). buop uaup #??P Lv. Oranitoviliu a 83p 10 15p Lv. Aiken 3ifip 7 lap Lv. Trenton u yoj, " Johnston 4 17\> 11 2t)p Ar. t'olmnbiii, 11'. 1).) ha&p 2 liln Lv. t'oiunioiu, tlildjt b4 ti'JOp 0 _Vn 0 48p " Winnsboro 7 lap 7 /-.'a 10 3Hp * Chester BUlp 8i3nll24p " Ko< k Hill 8aap 8 43a 11 4bp Ar. Charlotte ... !' Jap y 45n r.'ICta Ar. Danville it: Ala llWpl 311* Ar. Itteliinond . _ 0 umi tl 25pj Ar. W.tkmiiKtan ~7 3.ia "tT&UpllU 15a. " Baltimore (Pa.RR).... I) 15a 11 35p 11 26a " Philadelphia 11 35a 2 Ma! 1 "Mm *' New York.. it ?v 6 28*1 416a Lv. Co'unibin 77. Ill 4iia| 8 80*1 Ar. Spartanburg 3 lOp 11 26ai A*ihi*vill<? I 7 lAn V ixi> 1 Ar. Knoxville . I. Ill II' 4 15a 7an'?! Ar. i 'lnouinaii... 7:<up 7 Ma Ar. LouI>?>I1b ~ Titty T&u?il ROrTDBOUND. N0.Xl|NoH5N?:il Daily |Daily ex riu Lv. 1j<iui?v1II~. ~ "T13aj i 46pt Lv. (Cincinnati 77 a aua| HtUpj. ... Lv. KawrUlt T^Ttooi " Aahevtlle au0a|3 05pl " Spartanburg 11 45a 8 15pj ; Ar. Columbia b'Atyl 9BUp| .J Lr. New VorkihLK.lt) 7777 U8UptmtaTf 1240m " Philadelphia ?05p r JOa 318y " Baltimore 8 27p 8 ?iti 5 22p Lv. Waaht'gt'n (s., ky) n jjjjjp 11 15a 0 8fig Lv. Kiobmond 11 (DpBuim|.. Lv Dan villa . m TSjj i$J5h Lv. Charlotte a lun VBfip tula " Rock Hill 0 0o?10lS8p( 6 Oila' " Cheater li liba 11 lupj 8 *7a " Wlun.sboro 10 isa 12 uba 8 OCa Ar. Columbia, (Bldg St 11 25a 1 lua! 7 00a Lr. Cohunlua, (U. D.) 11 Ida 4 ?? " Johnston I 81p 6 H2a> " Trenton 1 43p 0 41<o A r. A ikon 2 2dp 7 IfOa! tf 40a A r. < i ruiiitev-iMc 2 13p 7 lMil Ar.Angtmla.. 2aUp BMteilOSQa !7v. Columbia (So. l.y) . imp 1 d6A 7 UP* " King vtlle 4 4?fp1 2 IKuj 7 55? " Orangeburg 5Jfityj a 45n! H 4I? ' Brunch villa 6 15p 4 25a 0 Ala " Hummorvillo 7 blp! & 67a110 Ida Ar < tun . ton glSp . UUu 11 15a I.v. Columbia 1.So By. 1 11 HIM 1 1 $n 7 OJa " Blackrtllo 1 lupj ic67al ?8sa Barnwell 1 24p| 8 12a " Bavnnnah . ... H05pj f JUalO 20u Ar. Jacitsonvil . (p. 8.1 40pl y 25aI 2'Aip Sloepiai; Car Sorvioa. Excellent ditily passenger nrrvWo between Florida find Now York. Noa. Ill and id-Now York and Florida Limited. Daily except Knndiir, composed cxdn siv.djr of Pullman finest Drawing Boom Sleep Ing, Compart ment and Observatory ('arsliotween New York, Oolum'. ta and St. Augustine. Pnltnian sleeping car* between Augusta ami Aiken and Newkork. runs !n>m Augusta t? Columbia via Biackvillo. Parlor cars l*r twisiii Charleston and Columbia. | ;>ios. nu.i ?New York anil Florida Kxpress. Drawingroom sue, in,- cars between Augusta and Now York. Pullman drawing room sleeping ears be.wenn Fort Tampa, .1 ociisonville. baviutnan Washington and Vcw York. Pullman xleening cars be.wco.i OhurlotU-oixl Richmond. Dining cars beiwoeu Char lotto and Savnnuah. No*. At and 1W?U. R. Fast Mail. Through Pu urban drawing-room butTot sleeping cars lur twenn Jacksonville and New York and Pull*, in;.n sleeping cars brlwn-u Augusta and Chariot te. Dining cars serve nil meal* enrouta.' Pullman s.oeping ears Imtwren Jacksonvilla and Columbia rurouin dn.iv Imi; wcon Jacksonville and Cincinnati, via Asltovihe. Fit A NK H.UAKNON, b. H. HARDW1CK, Third V-P. A Wen. Mgr., (ion Pas Agt., Washington, L>. C. Washington, D. Q. W. H. TALOB. R. W. HUNT, Am'l Uun. Paw. Ag't., Div. Paaa. Ag't.. Atlanta, (ia. Char lesion, b. C. .X.