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SELF ? RELIANCE. f aid _ j Ik i> tW sclf-r?tiaat l , Who km oa ?If slons. He sssets hto trenhlse m ttor torn*, '* ? As brave mb miit theirfees; Kor wastes hto tine in shto*rfa?t " , la dreed of nest ywr'i mows. st H? Warn* not what* spendthrifts dwell, live their short lives and die; He toils, he teres, end always asks Hto pane what ho shall bay. N* rril yktam mm kb toil; TWo parMt ?Tm mAm: . Tor labor fa kia aalt o< lift, And ukuuti bat its nice. Nor irka his tool with doabC WW*, thocwb bo would Mhj Ha alao^ays it oat." . Hia acta aia jaot, kfa akdgaia kept* V Ha tricka not. nor (fcriwi; " Ha dnim tkat boaost daed* aia (rail* And ampty -words bat Imvm. Ha will not bond tka kaM ta ai?o? . Hall criace, ho'H katwl to mm; Tka brave, tka oalf-rakaat mmm I bat 16 God alona. THE MAJOR'S LUCK. By HUGH PEN WORTHY. I T wu when the old Forty fifth -was in garrison at Madras ? confound the | country! with its beat, its insects and snakes, its dis mal and overflowing vret j season* ana fevers and a dozen other disagreeable things to make life miser able. There was an uprising In a neigh boring petty State, and a detachment of the Forty-fifth was ordered there post haste. Which does not mean much as to speed in a country with roada and a temperature auch as in?n^ has. We duly arrived, however, and found that there was a pretty meaa of it. The petty prince of the little prov ince hsd been raising and keeping a standing army, consisting of thirty or forty lower caste Hindoos, whom he had armed with as many guna of an old-fashioned design, probably worked off on him by some Junk dealer on the coaat. Whether the Oriental inclination for despotism had got to be a little harder than usual on the members of the stanuiug army, or whether the army had found itself getting more powerful thau its sovereign?for some reason it had revolted and deserted In n body, plundered the royal bungalow and some of the native residents of the sta tion. and was at that time living a sort of bandit life in the neighboring jungle swooping down on the place whenever provisions ran short, and taking what ever they wanted, with an incidental murder here and there. Major Barker, on learning all the circumstances and the amount of the force from the few English residents said: "We'll put an end to this at once, ?lr; we'll stamp the rebellion out like that, sir!" and he stamped his foot sharply on the matting, by sheer good luck catching one of the big roaches of that clime under his sole, which lent objective force to his declaration. Well, we did stamp them out very much like that?when we found them. But the tlnding of the rebels was the hardest part of the Job, and, in sfrte of the major's contempt for the quality of the foe, It happened that he was to be the man who was to come the nearest to losing his life |? n short campaign which was all but bloodless on our side. The undercurrent of rebellion against our English rule in India is well illus trated by the conduct of some of the natives of this station, from whom we tried to find out the whereabouts of tlie rebellious standing army. Much as they were In fear of their reiioTv countrymen's raids and barbar ousatrocities, as between them and us their aid was given to the rebels. In a few days Major Barker had be come furious. "They think they can* fool us. do w?Mi ,By ??d' 8i'- I*" ?bow them!! Well hunt them out, sir, and hunt joy?." Sir~lM SUor< ?rd0r' l0?' by So the major divided his detachment Into several small recommitting par es to beat up the jungle very much Avi/i.??VWUl.11 haV? <l?no on n tlKor ,MIn<. n *l, *TS, natiP p,an of Progress and u senes of stated rendezvous .?ThC :T-!?r' on hl? Part, took two ien with him. and I was one of them Our party was smaller than auv of I0 , ^ TVtb,nk ,,,e * f t0 exPre8K ,(> We men, f - V Wav' 1,18 "ttor contempt for (ju. nature rf the enemy. The major's real and bravery were bp.vo.id question; these and his hot heodedness were apt to be sources of misfortune to him occasioually At the time referred to he dragged ? on so eagerly and Impatiently inVo the forest that on the very first d'ny we completely lost ourselves, through not to I'unrk our path'"0 The fact worried Dick Brace and me tZ'??!!"'nn" :v" ,o "!?<???? the matter over the fire we built at ?lark ,hn. .,W,t ""j fww " "<""??? ?f tl.i? Indian "* mUC" "I^ost, sir?" said he. "Lost! Absurd These rascally Hindoos find their wav .1,0,0 forontn; how T? >'? Imply, sir, flint our flirtation |? n,.",'""' 10 <lo tin- ??mo' Hon I uponk tl,nt ?lr, put you under nrro.t for dlaroapcct to J our commanding officer." *ntl,(! ,?,nj0r hy lIow" nn<1 went It oleT Ck lln,C0 Mnd 1 talkoj It Is Just such men as the major that I??ve the luck in this world Next morning at dawn we were un . 'poking about for somelhlng to "loot for breakfast. It was the .najor it nn.l ?^ ?VOr ,,W b"'d ",U| F,,?< ?t anil at the same time he stumbled over a trail that bore with It divers 2^'ch wou,<1 ?eem to Indicate its i.?e by the enemy. tv?^hrr0' ' 8nUI ",0 n,nJ?r. when we jcre forced to halt for a rest after nn hour's march, "there, sir, you see the ilgenee n*' Br,tI!'h ,U8t,nct' ,f "ot >?'tel fence, over cooly craft. You may call bVt I il! ;,lr.yu8tUmb,,ng on ,,,,s lr??' ?ut I, sir, call It superior Instinct, born of keener intelligence." The major had risen, as h* delivered Ihis specimen of his logic and his phll osopliy, and he had hardly got the words out of his mouth when there '?a a flash and a deafening report from some undergrowth a few yards ?way. The major drew his left arm op as If In pain and nttered an exclamation. The next moment be had turned and dashed right into the midst of the clump where the Are came from. - I might as well saj at this point that we all thought Major Barker more or less of a born Idiot In action, he was so eonfoundely foolhardy: but for that very reason there wss not a man In his command who did not feel himself morally bound to take care of such an Irresponsible person, as he would have of a child. So Dick and I bounded after the major, inwardly wondering if he was leading us Into the arms of the whole forty. But the forty, more or less, were gone when we got to the spot; we could hear the crackling of bushes ss they scampered off and we flred several shots at them. The reason tbst the major did not keep on was that we heard the sounds of retreat going off in so many direc tions that he for a moment was puz zled as to which one to follow. This gave Dick and me the desired opportunity, and we seized it. That Is, we seized the major and compelled him to sit down, for his left sleeve was dyed red and his left hand was dripping. "Confound you, what arc you doing?" he cried. "Eh?my wound? Hang it It's nothing. I don't even feel it. Eh? Hands off there. Forward!" But we would not let go our hold of him. "What, sirs; you will not obey? Con sider yourselves under arrest, both of you. I?I " He began to grow a trifle pale, prob ably from loss of blood, and he con cluded to give In to our physical per suasion by sitting down. We ripped up his sleeve and found a gunshot wound tbrougli the muscles just above the elbow, and bleeding pro fusely. The bleeding was the only really seri ous thiug about the wound, and Dick and I set to work like good fellows to make ligatures for the arm and bind it up, using the fragments of the major's shirt sleeves. We kept very silent, we were so busy. We were just tying our last knot, when the major said: "Hark!" We listened. In a moment we heard the distant rustle of bushes. Later the crackling of a twig. Other similar sounds followed at intervals, growing a little nearer each time. They all Indicated the stealthy ap proach of one or more skulkers! "They're coming back," whispered Dick. "They think we've retreated." "Retreated, sir," roared the major, spring to his feet and snatching the revolver from his belt. "Retreated! I'll show 'ein!" He was off again. The last words were delivered as he ran. We sprang after him. . Luckily wo were in single file, for two tongues of tire shot out from an ambush just ahead, and we heard two bails cut the leaves on either side of our line of progress. The major's action was so quick that he took the enemy by surprise, and dashed among them in their covert be fore they could make off. There were four of them. The ma jor's revolver spoke once?then there were three of them. We found the major as he was closed in upon by the three. One of them struck liis right hand with a gun stock. Just after he had tired his shot. The revolver fell to the ground, and the major was all but helpless. Dick and I could not shoot now, for the major was too much mixed up with the black fellows; we each dropped our gun and tackled our man. using good old English rough und tumble tactics with them. Dick had his man on his back In an instant. Mine was more difficult. He had me by the throat?a very fair grip it was. too?and he kept his feet, in spite of my efforts. But In the struggle I cast my eye over Ills shoulder and I saw, close lie hind my man, the major thrown to the ground (thanks to his wounded arm) and. quicker than I can tell it, a knife Hashed in the hand of the turbancd foe. I saw it was raised high over the major as he struggled to rise. The sight gave mo superhuman strength. I literally wrenched my en emy's grasp free and hurled him back wards, down on the major's prostrate form?Just as the knife descended. Then I launched one blind blow at the head of the assasln. The tremendous and successive ac tions weakened me to the point of tak ing away my senses for a moment. 1 reeled and fell. But when, a few seconds later, my strength came bark and I regained my fert, I saw Dick rolling the body of a Hindoo off the major's prostrate form, and that Hindoo had a knife sticking In his side. As for the man I had struck at. I must have hit him pretty hard, because It was nearly half an hour before he came around; and as to Dick's man well, he was harmless, for a time at least. The major rose to hlr feet, puffing and panting, and not oulto understand ing what had happened. Dick by chance had had an eyo on ?ad d to tte that. Inr mj teat ?nirhnna I ted atnd hta Ufa hj a dovar of tmj ?jpnnMfa My. For my part, X claim that X ted ?aty Uttla to do with it It waa maialy that rash child.of a oaajor'a hade, aaj L? Naw I?k Now*. A London doctor, by grafting tho sciatic nerve from a lire spaniel into a man'a lacerated wrist, is said to hare saved tbe band from amputation. "Electrochemistry," says a practical worker In this new field, "is a virgin continent of undeveloped possibilities.** Tbe electrolytic refilling of copper baa grown already into a great industry, and calcium carbide Is now produced by tbe electric furnace by thousands of tons annually, while tbe electric re fining of otber metals and the produc tion of otber carbides on a large scale are to be expected soon. Tbe Influence of health upon mental activity has been receiving attention from Professor Robert MscDougall, of New York. From the trfcita of five American men of science, as estimated by twelve independent judges, he in fers that executive ability, with breadth and sanity of mind, vary di rectly with physical health, but is in clined to suspect that general mental efficiency is promoted by conditions of unsound health. Sugar bas been used for extreme emaciation by M. Toulouse, a French physician, with somewhat unexpected results. It was given as sn addition to ordinary diet or milk diet, and in quantity ranging from one and three fourth to ten ounces per dsy. The pa: tlents gained in weight from tbe be ginning of tbe treatment. The Increase was often more than the weight of the sugar and averaged three and one-half ounces per day, while it sometimes reached a pouud or more. Waves In nerve responses wero shown some years ago by Dr. Cbar pentier, the French physiologist, by the fading away of luminous impressions In flashes. In his later experiments he has proven that radiations from nervous tissue increase the brightness of phosphorescent calcium sulphide, and that nervous energy having the same effect can be transmitted to tho screen of calcium sulphide over a wire. This has enabled liiin to detect and even measure the oscillations of in tensity. The American Microscopical Soci ety will in.eet in Buffalo, N. Y., under the Presidency of Professor T. J. Bur 1*111, of the University of Illinois. It is an interesting fact that this meeting is the consummation of twenty-five years of exlsteucc, and Is, therefore, of special interest. A National Micro scopical Congress, held at Indianapolis, Ind., in 1878, appointed a Committee on Organisation, and at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1870. was founded the American Soci ety of Microscopists, which in 1892 be came the American Microscopical So efely; thus the twenty-fifth year of tho society's existence ends with this meet ing. Modern I'lnuibliiK Method*. The freezing up of a water pipe has lost many of its terrors. A badly fro zen pipe used to mean two or more plumbers, the digging up of pipes, the building of tires and all sorts of other troubles. During the cold weather of last winter numerous water pipes froze, but many of the old ills were done away with by means of a very simple device, depending on the heat generated by passing an electric cur rent along a conductor. A wire was connected to the faucet of the frozen pipe, another connection made to a neighboring hydrant or the water pipe of a near-by house, and a current sent through the circuit. Since the Iron pipo was a better conductor than the earth, the current passed along the pipe, heat ing it thereby. A service pipe seventy five feet long could be heated to 14."? degrees Fahrenheit by tho passage of a current of '11Tt amperes with about eighteen volts. Care was necessary to avoid too powerful'currents, which would overheat the pipes and Injure them. The current was supplied from the service wires of electric companies, by storage batteries carried about from place to place, and In some cases by dynamos driven by small engines car ried about on wagons. Digging down to the pipes is unnecessary, except in cases where a building Is so isolated that hydrants or other pipe connections to the mains are not available. Even when digging must be resorted to no building of lircs or other tedious pro cesses are necessary. Hotel Clerk*' Secret Mark*. The Fifth Avenue Hotel Is one of the few in liOtiisvllle which still re tains the system of secret marks to des ignate the character and standing of Its guests. The custom of making these marks is an old one, and not so many years ago every hotel had a code of marks which was known only to the clerks of the house. Almost any night the register of the Fifth Avenue will show a number of oddly shaped circles dotted with broken lines and other marks of a similar puzzling character. The characters do not mean that the person marked is crooked or will make an elTort to beat his hoard bill. One of the marks means that the man Is to have the best that Is in the house; another that In Is an ohl customer and can be relied upon to take anything that Is available. A third may mean that the money must come In advance or that the matt a chronic kicker. Some hotel clerks, especially the older ones, like tills system of signals and '-depend upon It for obtaining informa tion from the clerk who preceded them on watch as to the character and standing of the men who have regis tered.?Louisville Courier-Journal. Tented Tobacco. On frequent sight In the tobacco dis tricts of Connecticut Is the uncovered framework for tho tents where tho shade growing experiments were con ducted last year. A field of tent to bacco in Connecticut this year li rare. ,lfty and iU(| o?t com to hhMlny for red Ink on his rijte of tto Mgar. And the ana who to kwplnt ban without feeding then tea tto red Ink shready. Kb rich the beg pastures. Encourage ?be clover, rape and stock peas. (When selecting male birds with a view to propagating flesh and prolific laying, they shoo Id he moderately j abort-legged, nnlesa the hena are very low In status and eren then short legs should he preferred for compact* ness and growth of flesh, for the cock erels from a sire having long lege are -apt to be stilted, and they do not pat on flesh kindly. The sire should have j a broad, full and round breast, broad back, to secure plumpness and com pactness of flesh In the offspring. Kdf T*U GImb. In no other way can good, thorough Work be done so quickly snd easily aa with tool* kept In nice working order. And after you are through with them, store them away In a dry pluce.-1 Have a place for every tool and put It In Its plsce. When you lay them away coat all ateel parts with oil mixed with white lead or lard and kerosene, the latter to prevent the mice and rats from eatiug off the grease. Then In the spring when you draw out the tools you will have no trouble in getting thein to do good service.?E. h. Morris, in The Eplto mist. Oaloai V?nu Striped Frequently persons Inquire how to raise cucumbers, squashes or melons bo as to avoid the ravages of the striped beetle (diabrotlca vlttata). During the last ten yeara I have bad no trouble with the beetle. This Is what I have been doing: When I plant cucumbers, which are planted in hills five or six seeds to the hill, I stick into each hill two or three small onions. The beetles always give my cucumber or melon patch n wide berth. There Is no loss; the cucumbers grow just ns well as If the onions were not there and when the cucumbers are done bearing I get several messes of good onions.?J. W. F. Copenheaver, in The Epltomist. To B?lld Up Poultry. A correK|K>ndeut writes that he has enough feed to carry 200 or more hens through the winter, some good houses to rare for them in, and wants to go into the poultry business. Natur ally he does not wish to buy high in price thoroughbreds nor to wait sev eral months to raise chickens from eggs. Under the conditions named the best thing would be to go into the open poultry market and buy hens that are offered for sale alive; if one is a fair judge of poultry and will look arouud carefully he will be able to pick up a number of year-old liens, mainly of the heavier breeds, that are | of pretty good stock and lie' can buy them at a price which will be made good iu the eggs they will lay under proper care and rations. In the spring quite a number of these hens will want to sit, and then eggs of thoroughbreds may be bought or an incubator used aud a flne flock of high-grade birds obtained for the see oiul winter, the old hens furnishing the egg supply for the summer and many of them will lay Into the winter. When they slop they can be fattened and prepared for the holiday market. We do not know of any better or quicker way to get a start In the poul try business than this, provided always that one has some experience in the work.?Indianapolis News. . ?, >T\<*.T Dividing ? Ml nit. In some barns the stalls are sufil clently wide so that they may be -di vided when occasion requires If some temporary division can be easily made, put iu place and removed when desired. A plan for doing this is shown in the illustration. A gate is made of proper material reaching from the manger to the end of stall. The post of this gate as the end is made al>out a foot longer than the lower rail and a hole Is made In the floor through which this post is slipped when put In position and thus DIVISION FOB A HTAl'ti. makes the gate or fertee tlrm. At the manger end tlie gate is fastened l>y? a pair of gate hinge*. Two stiff sticks are fastened to the Joist above with n bolt, one over the monger end and one over the other end. In the lower end of each of these sticks a notch Is cut which comes over a staple and holds It. the fence, linn. When the fence is not in use it may be lifted from the binges and put away and the sticks folded up against the Joists. '1 lie illustration shows the points mentioned clearly. The cost of such a contrivance will be small and It will be found exceedingly useful. TIor?o Talk. The owner should study each horse and know his requirement*. There is no excuse for a horse being in poor condition. The first cause Is always neglect or abuse. It Is money out of pocket to let a horse run down. A little coddling over small details will make all the difference between a heartbroken nag and one that you will bo proud to show in any company. The other day I was In the stable of a man who evidently works on the plan that once a week in often enough to clean ont the horse stable. The horses themselves looked a* If they felt abused In the worst way. I brieve It docs take the pride out of ? boric to be neglected that way. Do not do It! Clean the horses and their ?tahlss every day. it jou hare to sit np st nights to do It. The surest wsy to raise colts that will match. Is to breed to the same thoroughbred sire year after year. I heard a man set a good scolding from ' his blacksmith the other dsy. because he did not soak a horse's feet that were tender. The blacksmith de clared that the horse's feet would psln him far less If he were permitted to stand In a tub of water every dsy for a while. Something In that, too. Drive a nail In esch side of the stsll. high enough up to be out of the horse's reach, and hang the lantern on this when cleaning him off In the morning before daylight. Always hang the lan tern up; never set It down on the floor. Have a mane comb on your curry comb, and use It.?Tim, lu the Farm Journal. ? *4 H?M?-X*d? Water Fnatala. While any plan that will furnish fresh water for the poultry at all times Is to be commended, the trouble Is that most plsns require the expenditure of more time thsn most men are willing to give the work. A few home-made founts Ins like that Illustrated will save time and give the fowls the water they want. Take one or more tight kegs, according to the number of fowls to be supplied, sud in the side of each near the bottom bore a hole, into which set a common wooden faucet. Set the keg up off the ground high enough to get a tin basin under it (one of the low In price agate basins would be bet ter, for It will not rust), using a basin holding two quarts of water. Adjust the faucet so that the water will drop slowly into the basin. The overflow will not be sufficient to make the ground muddy about the keg, for the fowls will keep the water pretty well consumed. When pfaciug the basin the llrst day (ill it about half full before ndjusting the faucet for drop ping. If these kegs are placed out of doors locate them where they will be in the shade most of the day, place a board over the top, and on that a lot of grass to assist in keeping the water in the keg cool. This same appliance will work well during the winter.?In dianapolis News. Tlie Labor on the Farin, It matters not whether the farmer buys his labor or performs it himself, it must be paid for. He will not con sider himself satisfied unless he is re munerated for every hour's time he devotes to the working of a crop, or on any special plot of ground. But, as n rule, farmers are prone to give more work on some locations than is neces sary under certain conditions. It is a waste of time and labor to cultivate two acres if a larger crop can be se cured, proportionately, on one. One acre may not support a farmer, but the rule is applicable to larger areas. Ho should not cultivate fifty acres it he can secure better results from twenty live. It will pay him to realize seven ty-live bushels of corn, or twenty-live bushels of wheat peraere, from twenty live acres, while he may lose money if he secures llfty bushels of corn or twenty bushels of wheat per acre, from llfty acres. It is not the gross amount? of produce he receives tiiat pays, but the net. It requires more time to spread a given amount of manure upon two acres than upon one, and. so far ns cultivation is concerned, the cost is double. Now, all this extra work may be thrown away if the farmer can. by lessening the area, devote more time and attention to a smaller space. There' will be less hurry, "more thorough culti vation, greater facility in harvesting,' fewer laborers and better condition of the working stock. It is in the correct application of labor tlnit the profit:! are derived. It may be wasted or mis applied, and tims cause bankruptcy instead of prosperity. i LRfRO I.ltlrrn. There is a wide difference in the bank account of the breeder whoso sows bring and raise him ten or twelve pigs at a litter and the one whose sows only average four or Ave pigs at a litter. Hence it is materially to tlH interest of the pig raiser to discard all sows that do not bring a good sized litter and raise them. It is true that) this is not such an Important eonshN oration with the professional breeder who raises pi^s to sell at fancy priced to others; because if his sow only brings four or five pigs they should lul wry flue at weaning time and possibly one or two of the litter command ad extra fancy price as a show pig or herd header, but for the average breeder Who lorffts to the pork barrel, the rock upon which the hog husincs:* is founded, for his dividends, then thd amount of plus raised is a very "im portant item to him. If the brood soW be well fed while suckling, a litter of ten should at weaning tlino be Just ns large framed ns a.litter of five, though the smaller litter may average more flesh. Figuring on ten at a litter and two litters a year and the pigs at slaugh tering time to be Worth say $10 each, fhen there would be a difference of $100 In favor of the litter of ten over the litter of Ave. And on a herd of five sows JjtTrfK). True. It takes more to rear and fnt ten the larger litter, but not twice as much, while the gross value Is double. The Druid says: "In truth, an agetl boar should be buried with all the honors and turn, like 'Imperial Caesar/ lo clay and not to bacon." Wages for common laborers In Iro Innd nre almost double what they wore twelve yenr? ago. . KC HtLPCP POLLY. MuyafaraltUk Olrt Wk? DMat KmI Ai the door cloMd behind Polly Tom ooked across at bis mother. "How long has this been going on?* ie asked. "8be used to be the Jolliest lttle youngster In the world." Polly's mother shook her head st aim, although her eyes were troubled. "Don't be severe ou her, Tom. Polly's Crowing up, and sometimes a girl akea growing up rather hard. Just sow her sense of proportion 1? a little rat of focus and small troubles loom arge, but she'll find herself presently, ind It will all come right." "I should hope so," Tom replied, fervently. Upon second thought he de rided to say nothing to his mother of :he plan he had half-resolved upon, )ut wait his opportunity with Polly. It ?ame In a few days, when Polly came from school tearful and lndlguunt over ler French mark. "It Isn't fair," she declared. "Mar garet Judson didn't do a bit l?ctter work than I, yet Margaret bad ninety fix and I only ninety-three. I do thiuk ( have the hardest times!" she walled. "Yes," Tom agreed, "I tliluk you io." Polly looked at him In surprise. Tom's attitude since he came home bad not been sympathetic?that was }ne of her grievances. Tom pulled a note-book from bis pocket and liegan to read: "Monday was a horrid dull day, and your hair -Wouldn't stay in curl and everything went wrong?as thins:* al ways do on rainy days. Tuesday you went down-town and couldn't find any silk like Lena Andrews', and had to get a homely old thing that you would never like. Wednesday you discovered that nobody ever did understand you, anyway. Thursday evening at Miss Jacob's. Miss Jacob acted 'queer' and you wished you hadn't gone. Friday Bridget let the cream custard curdle when she knew it was your favorite dessert! Saturda " But Polly interrupted. "O Tom, don't! I didn't know I " and then, a deluge impending, she rushed tuinul tuously from the room. "O Tom!" the mother remonstrated, her own eyes full of tears. "Don't you worry," Toui answered. "I know Polly. She's grit, and she'll come through all right. I'm Ju*t help ing her grow up."?Youth's Companion. Mjiterle* of Nature. IIow does the bulb of the common fawn lily get deeper and deeper into the ground each year? Why dot's the ginger root hide Its blossoms when nearly all other plants flaunt theirs? Why do the roots of trees flow through the trrouml like runnels of molten metal, often separating and uniting again, while the branches are thrust out in rlsrht lines or curves? Why is our common yellow birch more often than any other tree planted upon a rock? Why do oaks or chestnuts so often spring up where a pine or hem lock forest has been cleared away? Why does lightning so commonly strike a hemlock tree or a pine 01* an oak, and rarely ever a beech? Why does the bolt sometimes scatter the tree about, and at others only plow :i chan nel down lis trunk? Why does the bumble bee complain so loudly when working upon certain flowers? Why does the honeybee lose the sting when It stings a person, while the wasp, the hornet and the bumble bee do not? How does the chimney swallow v:<'t the twigs it builds its nest with? From what does the hornet make its p;ipcr? I have nevev been greatly interested In spiders, but 1 have always wanted to know how a certain spider manaued to stretch her cable squarely ?across the road in the woods about my height from the ground.?John Bur roughs, in Country l.ife in America. Omnivorous l'nlly. Wallace Maxlicld's parrot. il is said, is Voedvlng .-I remarkable ti??n. It is understood that Mr. Maxticld is tonohlni; the bird to toll some of liis best stories. "As my parrot will live to bo nearly a hundred yours old. bar ring automobile rides." said Mr. Max tield the other d-iy. "I have plenty of time ti? te:ieh her before she dies." It Is further understood that the bird is now studying the second verse of the story nho'.M the <1. A. I!. voter an who had his faee so full of bullets that It turned the cdg.* of tlr? iv.::.ir to Khnve him. "What does your parrot or iwas asked Mr. Maxtiold the other day. "Well." answer.>d Wallaee. as ho earefuliy adjusted the n>h of his pipe, "Anything that is suitable for an ele phant Is Hi for*my roily. She'll eat anything from bananas tn laee cur tains."? f.owiston (Me.) Journal. AVIIIins t? Hrinoiir-Irj?lr. The lawyer was endeavoring to prove that the witness did not stick to the truth. The witness said he kept his money concealed about the house, some of it hidden in the stove and the rest in other queer places. The attor ney glared at him fiercely. "Ilow did you get all that money':*' lie asked. "Knriiod it." grunted the witness. "How did you earn it," persisted the lawyer. "Ain't I a roofer? JHdn't I have a lot of contracts during the last three months V "Hut how could you earn in tlireo months'/" The witness looked at the lawyer with utter conlempt. Then: "Vou give me an order to roof your house, Mr. Lawyer, and I'll show you how I did il."?New York Press, % ?5rilt?Ml l.ion sitviU". An explorer, who has often, by com pulsion. eaten the th'sli of animals not generally used lis human food, says that grilled lion sb'.iks are delicious and much superior to those of the ti ger; that the flesh of the rhinoceros properly prepared, has all the good qualities of pork; that the trunk and feet of young elephants resemble veal and that stewed boa constrictor is a splendid substitute for rabbit. Foil His Floor*. Tn London the other day. Antoinette Ambrose, a little girl of six. fell six Morion, a distance of ninety-five feet She was caught by a clothesline bounced up high, and fell to tin ground. She sustained no injury whatever. It was 110 worse, ?be said than tailing out of bedl PALMETTO AFFAIRS Many Nowsy Items Gathered From ?II Motions. * i. Ai Ocneal Cotton Market. Middling. Galveston quiet 9 Baltimore, nominal 9.76 Boston, quiet 10.01 Philadelphia, qiuet 10.06 , Savannah, quiet OH New Orleans, easy 1% , ?Mobile easy 1% ; Memphis, easy 9*4 Augusta quiet ...9% Charleston, quiet 9? Louisville, firm 9*41 St. Louts, quiet 9%: Houston, quiet 9*4' New York, quiet 9.90 Charlotte Cotton Market. These figures represent prices paid to wagons: Good Middling 9*tt Strict Middling 9Vg Middling 9V4f Aiken Landmark Burned. Aiken. Special.?The residence of Sheriff Owen Alderman, on South Boundary Avenue.* was totally destroy ed by (Ire last week. When tho Are was discovered the roof of the kitch en was burning fiercely, and, the weather being so dry. the building burned like tinder. The residence was situated on the extreme edge of the city, and was somo distance from the engine house, and when the fire men reached the s?ene very little could be done but save the outbuild ings. The fire i.i supposed to have originated by sparks from the kitch en flue. Very little of the furniture was saved. The building was one of the landmarks of Aiken, being per haps 50 years old. Sheriff Alderman estimates his loss at about $3,500. This is partially covered by insurance, he carrying $l.fi00 on the house and $600 on the furniture, not including the two pianos saved. South Carolina Item*. The represent at Ives of fertilizer mills who were here last week seem i to be very much pleased with the out-i look. It was reported unofficially that suits now pending in the courts will be suspended. pending definite action by the fertilizer board, which is tc? meet here in November, and will then give the mills another lieariUR. The law requires the fertilizers to have certain definite quantities of chemi cals. In some parts of the State the board has found fertilizers which fall f below the requirements and the sell ers have been made the defendants in legal action. The matter was ar gued before representatives of the board and the mill managers were told that there would lie anotlie meet- ' ing of the hoard. The fertilizer mills disavow any intention to sell impure or worthless fertilizers and declare that they want the law enforced, but they argue that the law i.s imperfect. ?Columbia Slate. Spartanburg. Special.?A s.'rious and perhaps fatal accident befell J. Walker, a well known young man who was at one time engaged In the insur ance business In this city, but who more recently toil; up work in the Spartan Mills, some time near the noon hour. He was found in an uti conKCiotii} condition lying at the foot ot a lander leading from one of the work rooms to the tower in Mill No. 1. and the supposition is that, in at tempting to mount the ladder he fell, rohahly a distance of not more than ten feet. The floor of the room is made of cement and the force of tho fall in.ii the hai (I covering resulted in, it is thought, concussion of the brain. A special from Johnston to the Col* umbin State says: "Tuesday on tho Padgett place, about six miles from here, a tenant house occupied by John llolloway, col ored, and his family, was destroyed, Willi its contents, by lire and tlirco * of the children burned to death, aged about 1 month. U and ft years, llollo way and Ills wife, it. is said, wero in the field at the time the house was discovered in flames, whi:ii is sup posed to hnve caught in a pile of* cotton on the floor. The door was not fastened, bet even the older child failed to esca l?e." At (Ireers Wednesday morning Rdward Braswell and Thomas Stiles shot each other. They had a misun derstanding about a well which they were using. Both were shot through the body. Stilet?' condition is critical. Fire on Paris Mountain at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning destroyed, with contents, the summer cottage of Post master J. F. Richardson. The origin of the fire is unknown. Lynchers in Federal Court. lluntsville, Ala., Special.?The United Stales grand Jury has made a report to Judge Jones, covering tho lynching of Horace Maples, and ex-? pressed the opinion that had Maples not been a negro, he would not havo been taken from jail and lynched. '1 he grand jury Indicted several al leged members of I he mob. The re port says that something must bo done to put a slop to lynching in tlio South, and that alt good citizens should welcome anything that may have that effect, whether from tho Stale or Federal <ourts. Judge Jones thanked the jury and said he was will ing to have 85 millions of people past# on tlio righteousness of the grand jury's action. Elcctcd Honorary Maliti.imnn. Augusta, C5a., Special.- Former Cap* lain Robert M. llit'li. who had been dismissed from the military service by order of the (lovernor. upon the recom mendation of a c.wrt-martial was Tues day niRht elecit; i an honorary member of the Ofclelhorjic l#ighi Infantry, tho company Captain ili'ili eomiuaiidcd. It I.as been fiie cii.-.tom i f t!e* Oglcthorpes to elect all of i':; i< tiring < oinniissioneU officers honorary mcaiher:>. Valley Falls Receivership. Spartanburg. Special.?Judge Purdy has filed his opinion in the Valley. Falls Manufacturing Company ease, appointing K. S. Tennent permanent receiver. This appointment was made at the suggestion of a largo number of tho creditors of the c<>rfr cern. In the meantime two other p?.' titlons in bankruptcy have been filed, making three In all now pending. It Is likely that the United Htato courts will soon lake possession when the fight for permanent receivership or trusteeship will be resumed.