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GEAY -AND BENT Bat Gallant and Valiant Still in Heart and Spirit OE ?ND OLD VETERANS GATHER. Ijoyal aud leaving They Meet t?'lto new Old Friendships and to Do Honor to Their Do parted Brothers. The old Oonfederate veterans had a big time in Nashville, Tenn last week. The veterans and their/friends constituted a host of thirty thousand people. The Bret meeting was beld on Tuesday, 14th instant in the tab ernacle and every bit of space was r taken io?g^beforo/xho veterans were called to order by Gen. W. Gordon of . Memphis, commander of the Tennes see division. It was the first conven tion in the history of the organiza tion that the Sons of Veterans sat with their fathers, and the cheers from the throats of the younger gene ration at almost every expression by those who took part in the strife 40 years ago made it plain that the spirit of '61 would be perpetuated In gene rations to come. California was represented on thc floor; from far off Montana a delega tion was sent, and Ohio was on hand with four delegates. It was the four teenth annual meeting and the tirst at which the distinguished John B. Gordon did not preside. A few step* to the rear of Gen. Stephen D. LP.?, who occupied the chair, sat Gen. Gor don's widow and two daughters, Mrs. Burton Smith of Atlanta and Mrs. Orton Bishop ltrown of Maine. To the right and to the left of them were seated many of the chief ilgurcs of the Confederacy and a charming array of "beautifully gowned division and de partment sponsors. There, was a no tlceable^curtailment 'bf the sponsor feature of the reunion and it was an* nounced from the stage early that only the sponsors accredited to de partments and divisions would be given seats on the stage. -^ite-tbO^tage were: Gen. Stephen D. Lee, the acting commander in chief; Gen. Wm. D. Jones, of Rich mond; Gen. C. H. Tebault, New Or leans, chief surgeon C. S. A., and Miss Corrine Tebault, sponsor-in-chief; Gen. W. E. Mickle of New Orleans, v adjutant general; Gen. W. S. Cabel), commanding the trans-Mississippi; Gen. A. J. West of Atlanta, com manding the North Georgia brigade; Gen. C. Irvine Walker, eommauding the department of Virginia, anil (Jen. Clement A. Evans, Atlanta, who sue cceeded Gen. Stephen D. Lee as Com mander of the department of Tennes see. The convention hall was well filled by ll o'clock. The long walt of an hour and a half before the gathering was called to order was enlivened bj ?3 the appearance of the Kentucky dele gatton and their baud and later bj the arrival of the only surviving drun corps of the Confederate bests, a bane of three or four men from Nt nh Caro Una. As they marched down the lonj 1 aisle to tLe tune of "Dixie," escorting the North Carolina camp, the enthu siasm of the ell veterans was un bounded. A fu\v moments later the Seventl United States cavalry band, stationei at Chattanooga, came into the hal playiDg a spirited march. The; marched_down to the stage and wer escorted up to the gallery, where thc took a position in the extreme en? ovor thc platform, their uniform forming the only variation lo the pre dominating gray of those assembled WELCOMED Itv Ut)V. KKAZIEU. After Gen. Gordon had called tin veterans to order Chaplain Jr nts de - livered the invocation. Gov. J. Ii Frazier welcomed the delegates U Tennessee in a splendid aidless. Twin he started to his seat only ti here called and urged in behalf ol" the vet erans. Among other things Gov. h'raziei said: "When that grand man, that pa triot, that noble Christ ian, (Jen. Robt, E. Lee, surrendered at Appomattox he spoke with a heart too full for de . celt', in that no southern motlier s wort heT'smPto1 ktttegfless. She swore bin to love and honorT^SULaccepted tin inequitable finality. W?re?Lyuu saw furled for the last time the Sttusjuic Bars you had followed for four year: when you had made your last lina march back to your homes, hada lina farewell to your comrades and founr the sainted mother's grave sleeping in the family cemetery, the beautifu home in ruin and ashes, when yoi pressed upen your wife's lip a loving kis?, you sealed a solemn pledge thal from that day on you would know bul one country and but one Hag. "You came back to take up your ole work, to build a new civilization, tc redeem a land that had almost mali ciously been given to the negro, lt less than 35 years, unaided by any thing except a fertile land and energy you have attained commercial free dom for the south. The south bs: already snatched from New Englant the hitherto unchallenged record ol ' cotton manufacturing. The south i^ destined to bcce>me the gai den spot in this fair land. (Applause.) "We welcome you to the warm hos pitality and sunshine of the south and if that is not warm eno?gn, we wel come you to some of our good homes.' (Applause and cheers.) QUESTED WITH ENTHUSIASM. After Col. A. S. Williams, mayor ol Nashville, had extended the tityV welcome, Gen. Gordon brought for ward Gen. Stephen D. Lee as the per marient presiding ollicer and cominan der-in-chief. Gen. Lee's appearance was the signal ft r a remarkable out burst of enthusiasm. Cheer after cheer greeted him. Hals, canes, handkerchiefs and coats went into the air In all parts of the auditorium and .fothe gallery added its vociferous voice wc\ the demonstration. The bund one?k up the spirit of thc occasion and ,-?jren. Lee was kept bowing from side to side for several minutes. j Hon- Thomas M. Owen of Montgom y ery, Ala., commander of the Alabama division, Sons of Veterans, spoke in response to the welcoming tor thc Sons. He was heartily applauded. Gen. Lee then introduced Dr. Ran dolph H. McKlm of Washington, D, C., as the orator for the occasion Dr. McKira was in excellent voice ant his oration was a notable effort. Al though the veterans had listened tc two hours and more of oratory in a t3mperature approximately 00, thc) gave Dr. McKim their undivided at tention and frequently interrupted with cheers. Among the telegrams received by Adj. Gen. Mickle was one from Ed ward Owen, commander of the New York City camp, and reading: "Thc Confederate veterans of New York send warmest greetings to their brother veterans." Ueu. Fltzhugh. Lee wired his regrets from Richmond thus: "Love to the old boys, i am very sorry that I cannot be pres ent to meet and greet them." The report ot Adj. Gen. Mickle which was adopted, shows that since tho last reunion charters have been issued to 40 new camps, making the total 1,503. The Women's Monument association was instructed by the veterans to turn over all funds to the Sons of Veterans, who will complete the work ot eicol ing a monument to the women of the south. The most batcrrsting part of the committee on resolutions report ls as follows: First, that the rcs dutton request ing congress to take appropriate ac tion looking to tho care and preserva tion of the graves of the Confederate dead now in the various cemeteries iu the northern States be adopted. "Second, the committee reports to the association that more than one application has been made to this association to lix a permanent place for our annual reunions, but your committee ls of the opinion that for the present it would be wisc, for many reasons, to hold our annual reunions as heretofore at such time and places as the association shall lix from ye ir to year. Adopted. "Resolved, That all Confederate veterans regularly enrolled in this as sdciation and none other shall be eli gible to election or appointment in this association." Adopted. TKIUUTE TO GOUD0N. At the noon hour the regular busi ness of the convention was set aside for tho memorial services at which Judge Thomas G. Jones of Montgom ery was tile orator. All the departed heroes of the Confederacy were refer red to by several speakers, but Gen. John iL Gordon, the lust great figure to pass over Into the invisible beyond, was made the occasion of special tribute. Tte Association of Medical officers of the Army and Navy of the Confed eracy Wednesday elected these olllcers: a President, Dr. John S. Cain of Nashville. First vice president, Dr. J. D. Plunkett of Nashville. Second vice president. Dr. D. H. Key of Monroe, La. Third vice president, Dr. Wm. Mar tin of Kingston, Ky. Fourth vice president, Dr. Peter B. Bacot of Florence, S. C. The survivors of the Confederate navy chose Capt. H. B. Little Page of Washington, D. C., as commander in succession to Commander Dabney H. Scales of Memphis and elected Capt. W. F. Clayton of Florence, S. C., sec retary. The Southern Confed?rate. Memori al association met, heard numerous welcoming addresses and responses and adjourned until Thursday. T1IK OKKICEItS Kl.KtTKD. The veterans elected the following officers1 Commander-in-chief, Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Columbus, Miss. Commander of the department of northern Virginia, Gen. C. Irvine Walker, of Greenville, S. C. Commander of the department of Tennessee, Gen. Clement A. Evans of Atlanta. Ga. Commander of the trans-Mississippi department, Gen. W. L. Cabell of Dallas, Texas. Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia read the report of the historical oom mUtse, which said the South was now a.'sured of fair treatment In his tory and that the youth of the coun try would not grow up under a false impression. The report was adopted. A resolution favoring the erection at li ?cb mond, Ya., of a home for needy Confederate women was adopt ed. A sweet voiced young woman of B I Norfolk, Va., Miss Mary E. Ewell, maid of honor for the south, hy her singing of "My Old Kentucky Home" 3 Wednesday won for Louisville the re 3 union next year of the United Con federate Veterans. lt was after the old veterans had chosen Lieut. Stephen D. Lee as their commander in chief and had listened to a stirring speech by Col. Bennett H. Young of Kentucky, extolling the beauties, capabilities and hospitally of his home city and people and their de sire to entertain the followers of the Stars and Bars, that Miss Kwell was ; escorted to the front of the stage. t Her voice thrilled the great crowd I .that tilled the tabernacle and the last i note of the song had barely left her I Hps when the convention went wild 1 with shouts of "Louisville," "Louis 1 ville." Seconding speeches were un r necessary, although Gen. Lee grad 1 ously permitted one from a Virginia i delegate and another from Kentucky j before recording the choice of the j veterans as unanimous. Thc date will I be determined later. STATUE OF HAMPTON. I' ii c lt ><t ii 11 1H Selected tty Monumental Committee to Model lt. The Columbia State says Mr. F. FI. i Kuckstall, a rioted sculptor of Paris, I now residing in New York, has been [ selected by the Hampton monument j commission to submit the plans for the equestrian statue to he erected on the eastern side of the capitol grounds as soon as possible. If lils plans are satisfactory be will be selected as the artist. Tiie commission met Wednesday, those present being Senators McCall ' and Marshall and Representatives ? Vosos and Morgan. After a careful stud) of many of the names submitted . it was decided that the name of Mr. Ruckstall should be selected. He will : submit models, and if the designs are satisfactory the commission will select ? the one moat satisfactory. Tlie total amount of money con : tributed by popular subscription I amounts to. $7,805,22. or a little over i $2,OOO short of that which it was ex I peeled should be raised to put with I the State appropriation of 120,000. : This appropriation is now available, anti the commission will begin the work. The work of raising funds will . not be suspended, for WU,OOH is the minimum and the commission would i like, to have even more. Mr. Ruckstall gave the committee Hie following sketch of himself: "As , you perhaps kn tw very little about , me, l am forced, in a measure, to give I you a few facts about myself. I was ? born lu Alsace, France, in \ of old ) French stock--my name having been i corrupted to its present German form. t When a child my parents went to St. Louis, Mo. There 1 was raised among I the Southern (dement, by accident of course. This accounts for my having ' so many southern friends and also for my sympathy for thc south. At .12 I went to Paris to complete my studios of art and sculpture. Ile thin gave a sketch of considerable work he has done. SIX HUKDJKEI)- DIE. [cou tl nu ed from pago 1] water. By this time the" shrieking whistle of the Slocum bad attracted tbe at tention of river craft for a consider able distance around and tugs and other small boats were rushing to the assistance of the burning steamer. These small boats rescued all those In the water whom they could reach, but many persons struggled and Bank before any help could reach them. In the wake of the Slocum as she hurried up stream was a linc of little blaok spots,"marking the heads aud bodies of those who had sought to escape the roaring furnace on the ship by throw ing themselves overboard. Few of those saved by the small boats had on life preservers. At no time during the progress of the lire was there opportunity to either lower life boats or get the life preservers out from under the seats. This perhaps gives an idea of the rapidity with which the flames swept the deoks. lt was an experience harrowing and terrible and that any escaped alive seems wonderful." Ri:M A 1 N KI) AT THEIR POST. Through all the wild panic, during all that inferno, with lire and smoke surrounding them the otlicers and men of the doomed boat remained at their posts, but they were powerless to avert the catastrophe. The Slocum got within f>0 feet of the northwest point of North Brother island and there stopped in the shal low water. It was just before she beached that the hurricane deck, the supports of which had burned away, fell with Its loads of women and children, adding to the paidc aud horror of those on the deck below. Very soon after parts of the second and third deoks also caved in. Hut before this happened the tug Walter Tracey had come along side the burning steamer and been lashed to it. Mauy of the passengers were taken off by the crew of the Tra cey, which remained alougsido the steamer until the tug's pilot house took tire. The point where the Slocum beached was just off the scarlet fever ward on North Brother islaud. The patients who-had been out on the porches and lawns watching' the approach of the burning steamers were indoors and 'the>physicians on the island hastened to the assistance of those who were being brought ashore through the shallow water. Many of those who leaped from the ''Slocum were carried away by the current, even after she was beached, and were drowned. A IMTII'll. SCKNK. The scene on N.rth Brother island as described by the rescurers was a pitiful one. Ilo:.y afcer body was washed ashore or brought in by boats and added to Hie long rosv on the beach. Fifty-three persons died there while the djctors were attend ing them. As the bodies of the living and the dead were taken out of the water, those alive were taken to the hos pitals on the islaud or sent across thc river to hospitals In Manhattan. Here ambulance ; from almost all the hospit als hi Greater New York and every other sort of conveyance which could he found were put into service. The bodies of the burned and drown ed drifted ashore on the-island be tween l.'tlst and IH8th streets in Man hattan. Some came ashore still alive. Many of these died while oth ers will recover. The scenes on the beach of North Brother Island'were pitiable in thc ex treme, as the. living and the dead were brought in. The row of bodies stretched along the beach and hysteri cal women and frantic men went along looking at one after auother searching for children and friends. Women with disligured faces, their dollies partially stripped from them, were carried to the improvised einer gency hospital, crying for children who had been torn from them in the mad rust? when the boat took tire. Meanwhile the Slocum burned to the water's edge. At 12 2."? o'clock, two hours and 2."? minnies after the lire was tirst discovered, she sank, lt is estimated that there were then nearly loo charred bodies on her decks, .lust after the steamer sank Hie water nearby was black with bodies. The tug Fidelity succeeded in picking up 88 charred corpses in Hunts Cove off Bakers island and carried Hiern into the sound. None of these bodies, it is thought, can ever bc identilied. DDKS NOT KNOW CAUSE. Charles E. Hill, a diretor of the Knickerbocker Steamboat company, visited the Lebanon hospital late Wednesday to see Capt. N an Schaiek, the commander of the Gen. Slocum, who had been taken there earlier in the day Under arrest. After a talk with liim Mr. Kill said that the cap tain did uot know the cause of the tire. "The cause of the lire is not known,'' said he. 'I say that, because no in vestigation bas begun. The govern ment will undoubtedly begin an In vestigation. The captain ls under arrest and it would bc inadvisable for him to make any statement at pres ent,-but he told me that he and thc lirst and second pilots. Edward Van Wart and Iv M. Weaver, were in the pilot bouse until the Slocum wa.1 beached. Then they jumped directly from the pilot bouse into the water. The captain hurt bis leg and may re quire an operation. The two piL ti were practically uninjured and assist ed in saving life. They were all in thc wheel house until-the last." "Was the boat under steam all Hie HmeV' Mr. Kill was asked. "It lias been said that the pilot house was deserted, and the boat drifted with the tide until she ran aground. "The steam was on until the boat struck. The engineer, Frank Cullin, told me that he was in the engine room until the boat struck. The cur rent was on the Hood, and could not have carried the boat earlier, for lhere ls no shallow water nearer than North Brother island. If the boat had been run alongside the piers dr pushed on the rocks on the mainland she might have sunk, as the water ls deep along there and more lives would have been lost. The captain said that, thc tirst lie knew of thc lire was when lie was told of it through tube by some one below. 'I he Slocum was then off the sunken meadow. He look fie boat to the nearest place where she could be beached." "Was anything done towards light ing the tire?" "The mate had charge of the lire lighting and we don't know where bc is. The pumps were going and there was tire fighting." "Was there a-.panic among thc crew?" . : 1 "I have heard of no panic. There were in the neighborhood of .'i.oou life preservers on board." TIIK CROWD I'll A NT IO. Wednesday a surging crowd is held back by police lines formed about the city morgue at .the foot ?f east 26th street. Tho crowd began to gather as soon as lt became rumored about the city that the dead would be brought to Manhattan'from North Brother Island and other places. When ?HH?.) the morgue authori ties allowed tho crowd to enter the morgue a sc?ne ensued which was har rowing in the extreme. In some oases first identifications were found to be erroneous, men laying claim to bodies they afterwards discovered were not those of their relatives. At the entrance to the Charities pier at the foot of east 20th street thc crowd Wedhusday night tried to push past the police and a riot resulted. At the height ot the trouble a mau who had learned tbat nfs wife was among the charred dead tried to stab himself. Inside the pier tho bodies are ranged in three rows, the entire length of the pier, about 150 feet. ST. MAHK'S CHUHCU. St. Mark's Lutheram church con tained in its membership practically all those Germans of the ?rotastant faith within a radius of ten square blccks. The excursion was the event of the year for scores of well-to-do German fami? s and had been looked forward to for many moullis. Family parties of ten or more had been made up, including in many ca-es the o d grandmother, tho mothers and the cbi'dren oLa.H ages with a sprinkling of tho e men of the families who could spare a day from their work. A bureau of Information was oprned iu tbe church shortly after -the lir.it news of the catastrophe was received, and ever since there has beena stream of agoni/, d men, women and children climbing the stepi to ask for news of their mia*.ives or friends. As soon as news is received, as to survivor! or victims, it is posted out.i le and tho information soon spread tho?ghout the neigbborbo:d. Rev. J. G. Sc'oultz, the' assistant pastor of tho church, called at the temporary morgue and identltl ed the body of Mrs. Anna Haas, the wife of the pastor of the church. The coroner gave permission for the body to be romoved to the resi dence of Dr. Haas. Dr. Haas is among the rcscured. Ile, his wife and daugh er got outside the rail of tile Slocum before the steamer beached. Ile eau not say whether they jumped or fell or were pushed into the vater. He sank and when he rose he lound scores about bim fighting for life. He failed to find his wife and daughter. With great effort he kept afloat arid was about to give up when a man on one of tbe tugs picked him up. Of the scores be saw about him when be rose, ono by one sank. Assistant District Attorney Garvin was at thc s"cnc ot thc w rec lc foi ?orne hours. He said that be would sub poena the entire crew and as many of the survivors as possible and would make every elfort to lix tbe responsi bility for tbe catastrophe. So far as known only one of tbe crew of Hie Gen. Slocum lost his life. This was Michael McGrath, steward of the steamer, whose body has been recovered. When be jumped over hoard be bad with bim, according to Capt. Van Scbaick, $:it)0 or 8400 dol lars. The money could not be found when Iiis money clothing was search ed. WORK OK THE UKEW. Regarding the work of the crew during the disaster. John Holthusen, sexton of St. Mark's said: 5 "The crew appeared to be une ?'AL pllned and unfamiliar yylth v;c jg of the life rafts and life boats, i ^vaa standing besides the pastor near!. aJl tbe time. He did everything In his power to save people. I placed my two daughters, Nina, aged 12, nd Clara, aged 10, no top of the paddle box and kept them there until a tug boat by the name of Sumner picked all of us up. The members ot the crew of thc burned steamer who are under arrest are being held simply as witnesses. They are Capt. W. IL Van Sohaick, Pilot Edward Van Wart, Second Pilot Edward N. Weaver, W. W. Tremby, a deck band, Henry Canlield, a cook, Edwin Robinson, a cook, and James Woods, a cook. All of these mc.i li id been overboard and were suffering from exposure and in some cases from burns. Coroner Berry bad them all sent tc Lebanon hospital with the exception of Pilot Van Wart, who was paroled. THE WAGES OF SIN. A Lawyer Committed Suicide De. cause ol' Unlucky Speculation. At Jacksonvi'le, Fla., CharlesS. Me Coy, a prominent attorney, with otb ces in the Atwood building, Chicago, committed suicide Friday morning bj cutting bis throat with a razor in a bath tub at a hotel. McCiy, il is said, in the last few days had lost Sio.ooi by speculating in stocks on Wal' street, through a local firm. Mr. McCoy was in Jacksonville look lng after a suit of John L. Davis against the Seminole Hard Rock Phos phate company. To Judge C. IL Al'en, who was as sociated with bim in the case, be lefl a letter saying: "During these months the demon ol speculation bas bad me in its grip arie 1 am ?us powerless to resist it as anj drunkard bis dram or gambler bi: gatne. The course 1 am taking is, al considered, Hie wise one. Please dc what is needful. Communicate wltl Mrs. McCoy, OHO Longwood, Chi cago." On Hie dre:ser in the room at tl? hotel were found several letti rs, to gelber with thc following that be hat wnt ten: "Clock just st ruck 5 a. m. In a few minutes more I'll be ready if I havt tl te courage. '?7.45 I am a coward after all. "l?.o? Still resisting-O, G od have mercy; tho way of Hie transgressor n hard and the wage of sin is death!" The bed was undisturbed, showing t hat the man bad not slept during the night. McCoy was said to be a man of ex emplary habits. A Bungling Job. At Columbus, ohio., Michael Schneid, a wife murderer, was electro cuted at 10:22 Friday morning. He was twice pronunced dead, but reviv ed, and Hie current was turned on three times before bis heart ceased beating. The first time be was thought to bj dead, and witnesses started to lett ve the room but were called back as bis heart showed signs of life. The current was again turn ed on and seventeen hundred and Hf ty volts were shot through him. Again the party from the annex were about to leave the prison when they were called back. Once more, for the third time lt was turned on and he was otllclally declared dead. He was literally roasted. A LITTLE RED ANT That Is Worth More to the South Than all Rockefeller's Willsons, IT DESTROYS THE BOLL WEEVIL That Has Been Eating the Cotton ' Crop ol' Texas, and Menaood tho Cotton Crop of tho South. A little red ant that lives in Guate mala, South America, turns out to be nature's own antidote to the boll wee vil. This ant lives on the cotton plant, but does lt no harm, and it is its par ticular delight to kill the boll weevil wherever it burls it. Professor O. H. Cook, of the United States Bureau of Entomology, ls now In Guatemala studying tho habits of the red ant and arranging to breed him by the million In our Southern cotton Holds. The ant has already been In troduced in Texas to rind out "'ow he would behave away from horne, and he has promptly cleaned out the weevil from a GOO acre colton Held. lt has taken .John I). Rockefeller.the richest man in the world, li'ty years to sive his $1,000,000,000. In view of the lanidly widening zone of des'ruc tion of the weevil pest, it is liguied tbatthe little Guatemalan ant will save the cotton growers of the South more than a thousand million dollars' worth of cotton in ten years. The followering article about this little red ant will be read with inter est. Just why a certain small red ant, native of Guatemala, Stu th America, specially delights In killing the cot ton-boll weevil ls not yet quite clear to the experts of the Bureau of Entomo logy of the United States Department of Agriculture. This will be studied out later on. Whatever other matters this ant have on hand lt will lay them aside long enough to destroy every weevil that comes within its reacli. The ant rushes at the weevil, seizes it by the throat with its "feeleis" and holding it with a Urm gra-p the ant crushes in the weevil's skull with its saw-toothed tusks. For some reason not yet under stood the ant then takes the trouble to climb down thc cotton plant with the corpse of the weevil and carry it away. It does not eat it. When it comes to a tackle, the boll weevil his small chances against the ferocious ant. The latter has a great advantage in seize, and is provided with a strong mouth and sharp teeth I or tusks for biting. The weevil is ac I uve, but has only a thick sucking j snout, and cannot possibly get away from the ant, which is aide both to ruu fast and jump a considerable dis tance, if necessary. Not only tho beetle-shaped, full grown weevil, but also thc immature larvae or grub of the weevil are de stroyed by the ants. These worms, feeding iuside the cotton bolls, are hunted by the ants, which crawl in through the holes previously bured by the adult weevils, when they went in to lay the eggs. The ants tear the larvae to pkc;s, apparently with a fury of anger. These facts have already been re ported to the Bureau of Entomology by Prof. 'look, who is still investigat. lng thc ants among the .cotton lields .of.the Indians in Guatemala. Further evidence of the successful work of the ant comes from Baxar County, Texas, where a colony of the ants were turn ed louse ou trial this Summer. The Secretary of Agriculture has received a dispatcn from San Antonio, Texas, stating that two fields of cotton, cov ering about six hundred acres, have been entirely cleared of the boll-wee vil by millions of ants, now swarming on the plains. The roads near the Held are said to be tilled with ants carrying olT the dead boll-weevils. Secatary Wilson has directed expert entomologist con nected with his Department, who are now in Texas, to remain in the cot ton lields and study the ant and his hab its and customs and best methods of. breeding them in* enormous quantities. Thc tremendous importance attach ed to the discovery of natures enemy of the weevil may be easily realiz d when it is understood that this weevil has horne promise of becoming the most destructive, enemy ever encount ered by man. Last year it destroyed $49,270,1)80.01 worth of cotty n in Texas, to which State it is as yet eon lined. But it is marching steadily onward at the rat* of fifty miles per annum, and unless somet hing can he done to check its progress, it will soon have spread all over the cotton belt of the South. When that is accomplish ed it may cause annul loss of $200,000, OOO. Such, up to nutt. has be: n the appall ing prospect. But the ou th ok is sud denly changed by tire discovery of this ant, which ls the long-sought foe of the weevil. It s favorita 03cu patton is the killing of bugs of this species, and, when it arrives on a cutt u plant, there is no-furt her chance fur t he pes tiferous insects. It murders them, every one. The discovery of thc ant was not merely a lucky accident. For thc last ten years the Government Bureau of Entomology has been trying to Hud an enemy of the cotton-boll weevil, with a view to introducing it in thc infested belt. Expert bug hunters have travelled all over Mexico, Cuba and Central Am?ricain pursuit of the possib'e weevil destroyer, which, it was thought, must exist somewhere. It was in vain, however, up to a few weeks ago, when Professur (). ll. Cook was led to pay a visit to the pro vince of Alta Vera Paz, hi Guatemala. He learned that the Indians of that region were raising cotton successful ly, and without suffering to any ex tent from the depredations of thc boll weevil, though the Insect was present, and the natural inference was that some natural cause was keeping the bug in check. The cause, upon inves tigation, proved to he the ant afore said. Now, when Professor Cook came to examine the cotton lields of Alta Vera Paz, he found the ants scattered all over them. On every plant there were four or live, busily engaged in killing boll-weevils. The adroit and business-like way in which they went about it seemed to prove beyond ques tion that they were specially equipped by nature for the destruction of this particular pest. Though they were, perhaps, unable to exterminate the weevils altogether, they evidently kept down their numbers to such a point tbatthe amount ot* damage done My them was nttt appreciable. On receiving Professor Cook's re port on tho subject, Secretary pf Agi culture Wilson at once wired him to call upon the department for what ever assistance he might require In the way of money or meo. No expen < dit!"*? of cash or trouble would bo deemed too great m a case of this sort. If the ant can do what isolai med for lt, the value of a fe." dozen speci mens would be enormous, supposing that a greater number could not be secured. But,- as a matter of fact, the insects are obtainable in unlimited quan Ules; and Professor Cook bas already forwarded to Washington a cjnslgnmentof them, all voand healthy, In a perforated tin box, together with a few pieces of sugar cane to supply them with food. When they arrive they will be care fully Inspected by Professor L. O. Howard and his assistant entorn?lo g'sts, who will duly clrv-slfy and Durne the species, and proper measures will be taken lo propagate them in large numbers. To do this should not be difficult, Inasmuch as they are re ported to have none of the vicious biting habits which distinguish many tropical ants, and sugar being their favorite food lt ought to be practica ble to roar them easily enough. It dues not appear that thc ant feeds upon the boll-weevll. On the contrary, it is attracted to the cotton plant by thc sweet juice which the ''nectaries"or honey-containing gland of tim latter afb.rd. But it is at least conceivable that the ant, which belongs to the most intelligent of all insect tribes, recognizes the character of the bug that destroys the source of its food supply, and so linds lt judic ious to kill the weevil. On the other hand, lt dots not do the least injury to tile cotton or to any other plant, so far as has been ascertained, and, by reason of its peaceable disposition to ward man, lt can be handled with Im punity. "These ants," says Professor Cook, "probably came originally, like the Indians of Alta Vera IVz, from the dry. open interior plateau, region, whore the center of thc aboriginal cotton industry of Guatemala is still located." This, if correct, is very important, because it would signify that the insects are natives of a mod erately cool climate-a fact which would have a bearing upon the pros peet of introducing them successfully in Tex is and in other parts of our own cotton belt. If they were dis tinctively tropical, they might not be able tc survive in our Southern States. Professor Cook goes oh to say that these ants are able to protect them selves pretty well against frost, owing to their habit of burrowing deep into the ground, where they uxcuvuie their nests three feet or more below the surface of the soil. They are also hardy in olh '.r respects, as ls shown by the fact that several of them, shut up in a box, survive for twelve days without any rood whatever.. Later on they thrived on a diet of cane juico lt is believed that theie will be no difficulty in fetching indefinite uum bcrs of the worker ants to this coun try, but to secure queens and establish colonies may requirec irs'derable time and a thorough study of all the habits of tin species. "Although the cotton seems to be specially adapted to attract thc ant, owing to its numerous honey glands, thc ant," says Professor Cock, "Is not restricted to a single pl int orto a single kind <>f prey, lt attacks and destroys insects of every order, in cluding squash bugs and sow bugs, and even kills centipedes, lt is a much more efficient destroyer of noxi o insects than the spider or tue toau. In short, lt is not unlikely to become a valued assistant in the agriculture of sub tropical countries, if not in temperate regions. The farmer has a new and practical reason to 'consider the ant.' " t)nc thing to be considered about these particular ants is that socially speaking, they are much more highly organized than human beings. Like hum in beings, they combine f ir pur p ses of industry and for the making of war: but, unlike ourselves, every thing they do is for the general wei fare and benefit of the community, and never for sake of thc individual. Forsafety as well as convenience, they build their cities underground. Theil food they store in subterranean rooms while other apartments are devoted tr the rearing.of their young. The gateway of the subterr?nea! town is a round hole, beneath whlcl is a vestibule, with a passage leadini downward at a slant to the room; beneath. The walls and doors of v rooms are neatly and smoothly finish ed with plaster, for which suitabl earth is brought from above and mad adhesive with the saliva of the. insects There is usually one grand storeroom with a dome-shaped ceiling, and man smaller rooms for storage purposes which, as a rule, are sealed tight! when they are full, and not openei until it is necessary to draw upon thei contents. All of thc labor, of whatever dc seriptlon, is performed by the worke ants, which are undeveloped female The males du nothing, the sole pur pose of there existence being to perpc tuate the specks. Th? develope females, or queens, are destined t become the mothers of future colonies The workers constitute the bulk o the population, being devided int two classes workers major ah' workers minor, the former being dis tinguished from the latter chlitly b, the fact that they have bigger heads When the time comes for the an nual "marriage dight," the wingei males and females the workers hav no wings issue from the subter ranean town in great numbers. A fte mating the males die, but each fe male sets cut immediately to begh the accomplishment of her one im portant duty in life namely, to be come thc mother of a new colony Choosing a su i table place, she start in to excavate a hole from - to i inches deep, in which she rears anr provides for the first brood of workers All of the labor must be performed bj herself, unassisted. 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This excellent family is composed of enlightened peo ple and there is not a particle of ijmu rant superstition in their make up, but one night last week a "some thing" oceuriei that is calculated to make the most sturdy of us uneasy, just a little bit. ( bi tlic night (or rather in the wee, snail hours of the morning) in ques tion, Mr. H. F. Warneke was awaken ed by a noise in his back yard. He waited a while and as he ?gain heard something he went in the yard to look around. Not seeing anything he starte! back to the bous a. He says that while he was going to the house iie felt an almost irresistible force pulling him back. Nothing touched him and he saw nothing. He entered bis back door and closed it. The door Hew open, lie slammed it shut and it-Rgain Hew open. And then Mr. Warm ko went to see what the matter was, and there "lt" stood, a tall figure with a sheet wrapped around it aad with a very white face. "What do you want, and who or what are you?" asked Mr. Warneke. "Come out here and I'll tell you," replied His Chalkiness. "G.i away, J don't want anything to do with you," said Mr. Warneke, and tried to close thc door, but the figure pushed' its fo it between the door and the door frame and shoving its white face up to Mr Warneke's said, "Come out here and I'll show you something that is going to happen to one of your children on June 15th." Mr. Warneke asked which child and what was to happen toit. The ligure always replied, "Come out here anti I'll s iow yt ti." Finally, the ligure Anding that Mr. Warneke would notcome outside said, ''Remember, I tiled to warn you," and vanisher:. Mr. Warneke did not get at all frightened until he got up stairs an I got to thinking over the matter, and it steined so curious and unexplainable that lt has worried tho whole family a little. Hut the fatal I ?th has passed and they arc alias healthy as ever. Whether the whole thing was a practical joke or not Mr. Warneke cannot of course say. He does not ba lieve in ghosts and is just a little blt mystified at the affair. However,-if it was a jok as it must have been, the joker, if found out, will certainly be Induced to stop such antics. A Parting. tod-bye, then"-and he turned nway, No other word between thom spuken; Von baldly would have gassed that day ' How cl BO a bond was broken. 'The quick short tremor of the hand. Thal clasped lier own in that brief parting Only ber bean could understand, Who .saw tho teardrop starting. Who felt ti sudden surge of doubt Come rushing back unbidden o'er her. As, at the words, her life without His presence loomed before her. Thc others saw. the others heard A (.-alni, cool man, a gracious woman, A quiet, brief farnell unstirred J ty aught at all uncommon. 'See knew a fatal die was cast; . / She knew that two paths hence must' sovor; That ona familiar steps had nassed { Out of her life forever. / To all the rest it merely meant A trivial parting, lightly spoken; Sin' read the bitter, mute intent, She knew a heart was broken. day night. The Amerlcus theatre was pa-g/e'd beyond Its capacity. Twelv* hundred people, principally ladies and children, tilled the building when an alarm of fire was given from wltliout. Hundreds rushed for the single entrance which ls 20 feet above tue pavement and reached by a single wooden stairway. Efforts of police and teachers upon the stage were un availing until the orchestra, with wonderful inspiration, struck up "Dixie." Tills served to restore tiuler In the stampede on the outer stair way, several women fainted. '.iii lo I tho lOngincor. 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