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.
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r 3 THE MONARCH Of ST. EtIAS. }
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^ A Miner's Meetlnjc Wlt.li Hit Ktior- J
* moos Anlinnl ? \Vlint Was It? 4
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"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
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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
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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
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| TALES OE PLUCK
AND ADVENTURE. I
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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
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: 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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