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F E EP LE'S R Vol_ 5-__- PICKENS, 8. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1895.No9 'Ul CAT . He looked up at the woman, wl save for the pallor occasioned by ho fall from the collapsed buggy, stood al parently unmoved. Thoro was adnilri tion in tho eye of the man who gazed i her. He was astonished at the coolne with which she handed him documen that would warrant his hanging her i Two pairs of Ce8 met and clashed. a troo without a moment's delay, an above all there was about her a divir consciousnoss of having done a duty, look of triumph under defeat, that con polled his reverenco as well as his a( miration. "Are you aware," he said, "thi with these dispatches in your posse sion, and beyond our lines, you woul hold this army at your mercy?" "I am. " "And that captured with them o your person your life is forfeited?" "Cortainly. " There are people who cannot brook steady stand in one who may be natt rally expected to break down in thei presence. The general was one of thes In proportion as ho admired her flrn ness was his desire to force her to sho, somo giving way. Ho did not analyv his feelings and attributo his desire I any such cause. He yielded to it withot realizing that the cause existed. "The natural method of procedui in this case," he said, looking at hb sternly, "is for me to report your oal ture and the circumstances attending to headquarters. Word comes baok I try you by 'drumboad' court martil and hang you to tomorrow morning." "Well?" "Well, that is the end of the story. Thero was silence for a few moment while they regarded each other. "It is not the end of the story, ger eral. The story of a life has no oni Death is but a transition. It pleases t Great Commander to assign me a frut less task. It is not for me to ask wh] I am but one of his soldiers, fightin with my brothers for my people." She had conquered. There was sem thing so forcible in her words, some thing so truly grand in her manne: that the man who would break hi spirit desisted. Ho regarded her admhu ingly and was silent. "All I ask, general, " she said preo *ently, seeing that ho did not speak, " that there be no greater delay than no< essary. .Now I have a strength whio may be worn away by long waitini with death staring me in the face." Still the ofilcor did not speak. B was thinking-thinking how he coul get rid of so unpleasant a duty as thi trial and execution of this splondi wonmau. Hi feared that should he rt port her capture to headquarters hi would get the samto reply as ini the cas he had cited. "I will not hmarum .gou, '' ho said proa ontly. "'Soime one ( ,iso must take thi responsibility of this complicationc death and a woman. " "'It does net matter who (lees thm work, so long as it must be dlono." "Perhaps noct to you. It matters great deal to moc. My hands are cloni> X don't care to stain thom." While this conversation was going o Corporal R~atigan was listening anud o1: serying the speakers with a palpitatin heart. There was something so eel cut in the general's tones that the coi poral felt a repugnance fit his prisont b)eing in his especial kcoping. Ho pri forred that she should hoe sent to son one else and was relieved wvhen ho am nun~iiced his intent ion to shift the ri sponsibility. B~esides the corpor: hoped that 1h0 would himsolf bo intrus ed with hmer keeping until she shouli arrive at sonme camp wvhero the con mandor would ho willing to receive hoi ''Shall Oh take her to headquarter general?" he asked. "'Ah, my manm I"' said the general, though awakened from a reverie, "a you hero? I had forgottu~ you." ''0 oan conduct her to hcadquartc if you desire it, general. " "I am niot in the habit of receivir suggestions from my brigade or reo mental commanders, muchlssao poral."lsac Ratlgan saw that he had made a mi take and said nothing. The general r garded him with his shrewd eyes. was plain to him that the man was i: terested in his prisoner. "Corporal, you may go to your camp. "Yes, sir." "Orderly, " ealled the general to man standing near, "take this womi to the ambulance. " As Miss B~aggs passa not the eyes the two were fixed again on OaOh-othe ,While the general did noes use wort b'e could net resist a last attempt wil is presence, his masterful counteanoc h$is pierolhig eyes, to overawe his pri oner. She met that gaze firmly, a fbuchingly, till she was without ti t43t; theon With e A~nr1 I~ gl o oo hot her up( gle TV .19hol "Yud7nt emwl ats0dwt pt mystatmnt- f yu,."he aid n aof Col awl , 5 YAMftRtA Jors&*Q~1f. gle sarcamz -"e turnea ust w dozec ourdu r Sthe abulance. Th genotal called hir back. "You d not seem well satisfied with o , I mYitrstme t of you.." he said i on ath Atico in thieh there was something of sarcasm. We soldir must do our du ao *0 ty. th "'It if; not your doing your duty, gen- wh eralt, that fails to win any respect. It is that yodi havo not the rnauline~s to do it yourself, but must needs put it upo the some one else., Again the two pairs of eyes met and clashed. The victory was with the we man. The general lowered his to the wa ground. f, "You may go, " he said. nel As soon as she.was gone he went to a hal tent where there wore writing materials and and wrote a note, which he sealed and auf addressed. Giving it to the little captain, to he directed him to send it, with the pris- far3 oner and the dispatches captured on sitt her, to the offloor whose name was on Col the envelope. stri the CHAPTER XIV. AN UNwELCOMn PIUSONER. It was 8 o'clock in the morning. sido Colonel Maynard pushed back the tent to I d flap, intending to step outside and go to A0 o the moss tent for breakfast. The bright- at I ness of the morning seemed reflected in gaz his countenanco. His step was firm, his me] . bearing full of youthful, manly vigor. tie, He had been rapidly gaining the confi it dence of his offloers and was coming to boa 1. be admired and beloved by his men. All tyr d misgivings as to his fitness for his re- ing sponsiblo position had mdlted away. infi Colonel Mark Maynard was the man sunl most to be envied of those no older than co1 himself in the Army of the Cumber land. liki a He had scarcely passod from his tent lik . when, glanciny down the road beside bin r which his camp was located, his atton tion was arrested by an ambulance com- ge ing slowly along driven by a man in a y soldier's blouse and smoking a short sup ,O clay pipe. On either side rodo a cav- E ,o alryman. The colonel paused to watch not i the coming vehiole and its attendants. tw Had it not been guarded he would havo we e supposed it to contain a sick soldier go- tOl )r ing to hospital. As it was, it must ei- S ther hold an officer of high rank or a sick tha t or wounded prisoner. Whatever it con- Sh 0 tained, there came to the man watching tie, k it an uncomfortable feeling that it was in some way a link between himself and tha misfortune. The bright, happy look of tha , a moment before disappeared, to be re- wir ; placed by a troubled expression, though dos he could not have given a reason for to foreboding. When the ambulance stop- Shc 1. ped opposite his tent, he muttered with yet Le a knitted brow: . "What does this mean?" Ono of the attendants dismounted, ba& g wont to the door of the ambulance, the opened it and handed out a woman,who wai . descended to the ground with some dit -. flenlty, as though in a weakened condi .tion. The two then came directly to the ir where Colonel Maynard was standing.. .. The woman was attired in a striped did calico dress. Her head and face were j ,- bare. The colonel knew at a glance that mal s he had seen her before, but ould not oup ,. tell where. She walked slowly, for she tiet hl seemed scarcely able to drag herself out ~, along, and ho had time to study her bao: features as she came on. The two step- copi e pod before him. The soldier saluted, and of ci drawing an envelope from his belt hand -_._ e ed it to Colonel Maynard. The colonel 'y d took it without looking at it. He was dist .still studying the features of the worn- the: e an. I o "A communication from General ann --, colonel, " said the man who hand- rodi . (d him tile paper. As the soldier spoke e Colonel Maynard recognized the woman f he had met at Mrs. Fain's. His hand trembled as ho grasped the envelope e and tore it open. HEA nQUAnTunIa -- DivistoN, ARuMY 0F THES CTUIRAND,? IN T Un FILura Sept. -, 18d2. Colonel Mark Maynart1, Commanding the -th Cavalry Brigade: Corzoxarr-I send you a woman who this . moringwa caghttaperngwith tee graph line, and who has evidently been talk- - Sing off our dispatches. Doing in transit and about to move on this morning, I take the lib -erty to send her to you under guard, with the suggestion that you do with her a. seem. best r to you. I have use for the limited number of . en present for duty on my escort, and this is my apology for troubling you. Years Is the nearest conmmanid to which I can send her. I ' am very respectfully your obedient servant, ciBrigadier General. ~. Colonel Maynard read the mnissivo d ever twvice, slowly, without looking up. .- Ho had not read a dozen words before or ho know that ho held in his possessionte ,one whose life was forfeited as his own life had been forfeited to the Confeder-th e ates a year before. Is keeping his ('yes o:on the paper was to gain time, to avoid tl speaking when Is uttorance was clhok s'ed with a strange omnot ion. His thoughtsor were far away. He stood on the blank or ig the Tennessee river below Chattanooga. "" i. It was 'ithe gray of the morning. Hoov r- saw a ewiff tied to the shore. Ho jump Sed down to seize it and found himself, .jamong a group of Confederate soldiers. -1Personating a membelr of onoral It Bragg's staff, ho conmmanded thlem to 1- | ow him across tile river. They started Ito obey. As they left the shore suddenly int "Ia boat swung around Mocoasin point. m IIt was full of armed men. He was tak a en back to Chattanooga, tried and con- t n deWned to be hanged for a spy. ,All this passed before his mind's eyedu t'as he stood pretending to study the om r, .mu~tbai on- before him, net this bareth le statement et it, but each detail, each t h feeling of hope, fear, des pair, as they ,rapidly succeeded each other from the 49 - . moment of his capture tI 11 his escapere -and safe return to the Union liues re seLooking uipat last with an expression i- of com miseration which surprised th fro ioner, no Sam: 'Madam, will you please acept my rtfelt sympathies?" liaa Baggs, who had already reoog. ad Colonel Maynard, simply bowed head in acknowledgment without aking, but fixing her large dark eyes Pn his. When placed in a eimilar ition, Maynard had met his onemy's uco with affected coolness in a vain *e of deception. Not so the woman oro him. The time for deception had sod with her. She was a Charlotte 'day, knowing that the guillotine ited her, a martyr in whose eyes %med the divine light of a willing rfloo to a cause she believed to be red. 'he colonel spoke again: ;Madam," ho said, "it is my duty eport your case to my commanding oer for transmission to the headquar i of this arrny. There is a little house s the road. If you are able to go re, you will be more comfortable llo we are awaiting the reply." 'As you like, colonel. " 'Perhaps it would be better to r:i. ambulance." 'I can walk. I would prefer it." 'Will you accept miy assistance?" 1ho took his offorod arm, and the two Iked slowly toward a farmhouse a hundred yards distant. As the colo passed a sentry he directed him to ro the oicer of the guard summoned sent to him. On reaching the house i mounting the few stops that led up the door, they wore received by a iner's wife and ushered into a small Ing roomu. Bowing to the prisoner, onel Maynard stepped outside to in tot the guard. It was not essential t he should haston, but he did not t equal to an interview. Lifter seeing a sentinel posted on each ) of the house Maynard turned to go is tont. He was drawn by some un untable instinct to look once more he abode of his prisoner. She was Ing out at him with a pair of eyes ancholy, unresisting, full of resigna 1. Vhat fiend had suddenly thrown this utiful woman, this queen of mar , into his keeping, with death star her in the face, and he perhaps to ict the penalty? Why, if he must 'or this turning of the tables by fate, ld not the victim have been a man, to coarso creature who would die a brute? And why had it not come n him before love had introduced i to that instinctive delicacy, that tleness, those finer heart impulses of nan? 0 God I" ho murmured, "suppose pose she were-Laura?" [o could not bear to look and could turn away. For a few moments the > gazed upon each other, while the paan's natural feminine discernment I her that she was pitied; told her iething of what Maynard suffered; t her enemy was really her friend. gave him a faint smile in recogni 'here was something in the smile t was even harder for him to endure n had she shed a tear. Hers was a ining smile, and her position was so perato. She was so bravo, so ready norifico for her struggling people. bore her trial with such gentleness, with such firmness. he was a woman, and she must die. Io turned almost fiercely and strode k to his tent. Reaching it, lie found man who had brought the prisoner ting for him. The soldier saluted handed him another envelope. 'Why did you not give me this with other?" asked Maynard, surprised. 'I handed It to you, colonel, but you not see it." faynard stared at the man without king any reply. He had been preoo led, deprived of his ordinary facul .Opening the envelope, he took a small bundle of papers, on the kc of which was indorsod, "Inter bed dispatches found on the person Elizabeth Baggs, captured Sept. 186." 7ithout looking at their contents he Lissed the man wvho had brought n, and turning wont into his tent. was noon: before the courier sent to ounco the capture of Miss Bagga up to Colonel Maynar d's headquar I I I ookcIng at hi prflisoner. and handed himi a dispatch. It was layniard feared, Hoe was informod in the pr1osenJt exigency the matter Ld not bo giveu attention: at general hIuaI1rters, but it was dooedc~ impor to doeal summanri ly with spies, be e male or femualo, lie was therefore 3rodl to conivenoe a "drumbouad'' rt nmartial, try the prisoner, and If id guilty excute the sontoneo,wvhat it might be, wvithomut dlelay. Vhen Colonel M~aynaurd road this or cvery vustige of color left his face. could not bolieve the evidence of his mos. Wais it possible that ho0, Mark ynard, onco conidciuon to be execut or a spy, was called upon to super mud the trial and the execution which ild doubtless follow of another for same offense, and that other a womn Yet there were the instructions y signed "fly order," and only one iming could be attached. Hie held it lessly in his hand for awhile and n handed it to his chief of staff. 'At what hour shall the court come ether, colonel?'' 'I presume at once. The order so di te, doesn't It?"' 'flew about the witnesses?" 'Yen will have to sgud( to the source mi which the prisoner came to us." ''An naX event I will 311 191 flour ior 8 o'clock this afternoon.. The judge ad. vocate will require a little time to pre pare the charges and specifications." t "As you think beet" t Colonel Maynard turned anid went 6 into his tent. Hours passed, and he did not coio out. "The colonel is in trou- 11 blo, " said ono. "They say he was once c in the sccroc service himself," said an- 0 other. "Thou he knows how it is to be in snch a fix as the woman up in that P house." "Ho's been there." "It was at - Chattanooga a year ago. They say he b brought the news of Bragg's advance into Kentucky." "Well, if he has to t' execute a sentence of death on a spy, N and that spy a woman, I wouldn't be in C his boots for the shoulder straps of a 9 major general. " And so the comments wont on while e the colonel kept his tent and Miss Baggs peered dreamily out of the window, A watched by guards. ft CHAPTER XV. si TRIED. ti When Corporal Ratigan left Miss a Baggs with the general, to whom he n had unwillingly conducted her, ho was in such a condition of mind that he for- u got all about his horse and started to If walk toward his camp. When a cavalry- A man shows such evidence of absence of I" mind, it is a sure sign tha6 he is in a t( condition bordering on insanity. Rati. gan walked some distance before it cc ourred to him that he was pursuing an unusual moans of locomotion; then he a turned back to got his horso. When he b arrived at the place from which he had departed, Miss Baggs had gone. Mount- f ing, he rodo to his own camp, and upon c< reaching there ho first went directly to his tent; then, shunning his comrades, u' stole away to a wood and threw himself u( on his face in the shade of a largo troo and gave himself up to grief. [I "0 Lord, 0 Lord," he moaned, "if they'd organized corps of lovely women to be attached to each division of the army and the enemy, there'd be no muore fightin for either cause. Each would fight the other about the women and the e causo would hev to take care of itself. 01 "Corporal RatiganI" The corporal put his hands to his ears LI and groaned. TU "Corporal Ratigan, I say." Still the corporal would not hoar. He a knew that sone one was approaching, p for whether he would or. not he could ti not help hearing his name called, each c time more distinotly. Presently a sol- c< dier stood looking down at him. a] "Corporal Ratigan, " he said, "yor 13 wanted at the headquarters of Colonel c Maynard, commanding the -th bri- so gade." It "What's that for?" asked the cor- n, poral without changing his position. W " Witness for court martial. " 0 Why will people ask questions ex- Li planatory of disagreeable events or mis- U fortunes, the answers to which they know well enough already? And why, ' when the information comes, will they r deny its truth? n "If ye say that again, Conover, Oi'll break every bone in yer body." "What's the mather wid ye, cor poral?" Ratigan by this time had got up from the ground, where he was lying, and approached his tormontor. d "Don't ask me, Conover, me boy." p "Why, Rats, yor lookin as if yo were t goin to be tried yorself. " t "Tried? Oi'm to suffer on the raok a as one of imn ancestors did once in the t old Tower in Lunnon. " r "How's that?" "Oh, don't ask mue, don't ask me. 01 canj ;iver endure this trial. Oi'll doi, A Oi'll dol." "Come, brace yerself, me boy. Yer in no condition to be goin before a M court. What is it all anyway?" i "What is it all? A woman to be0 tried W for her life. And I caught her. Oi'm ni to bear witness against her. 0 God, 6 if they'd let mue off by tyin me up by bi the thumbs, buckin and gaggin, car- 01 ryin a log on me shoulders, drummed P1 out of camp with shaved head and feath- O ers behind me cars. 0 Lord, 0 Lord. g Oi'll doi, 0i'1l dloll"' The corporal mounted his horse and was soon jogging along at asnail's paceoi toward Colonel Maynard's headquar- * ters. There lhe was directed to whore the court was sitting. "Corporal Ratigan, you're late, " said b the president sternly. The corporal saluted, but said noth-t ing. Ho was directed to wait till some lb preliminaries had been disposed of, and e. he took position in a corner. It needed y all the strength of which he was pos- t~ sossod to maintain himself on his logs, n and lhe tried to keep his eyes from look- n ing about the courtroom. He feared t: that if they rested on the prisonoi', even h for a moment, lie wvould sink downt on s: the floor, a heap of blue uniform and c boots. Nevertheless the eyes will not al- t1 ways be controlled. Despite his efforts, e Ratigan 's gave involuntary glances here and thore unxtil suddenly ffhoy rested b 1 on the object they wore expeted to d. avoid, sitting opposite, surroundied by ja guards, pale, but self possessedl, and a pair of glorious eyes looking at. him r, wvith such sympathy and (ncourag~een h that the poor man felt as if the wvin- I dows of hoayon had booni opened anid an hi angol was looking out to give him strength. Once his eyes wore rivated on" hors thore was no getting thomn away" until ho was suddenly aroused by a voice. I "Corporal Rtatigan I" Mechanically ho staggered to a place designated as a witness standl, and hold ing on to the back of a chair steadied himself to give his testimony. "Rt t u how you first saw the prisoner ba tampering with the telegraph line on yesterday morning, Sept. -~," said the judge advocate, an oficer very tall, very slender and very serious looking. |SC "Oi didn't ace her at all." "It was too dark to see anything. " O'1 "WolJ, state what you did see. " "I only thought I saw something. " w "Come, come," said the president bi sternly, "we have no time to waste. Toll the story of the capture." Thus commanded, the corporal ibraced ~, himself to grive tile desired account-.t (TO BE CONMf'amD.] h PITH AND POINT. -Modern education too often ectere lie fingers with rings, and at the same iine cuts the sinews at the wrists. torling. -"Ie Gcorge getting on vell with is French?" "Yes, indeed. Why ho n translate -the most ditlicult parts f 'Trilby.' "-Judge. -Figg-"Suffrage is the shield that rotects the American people." Fogg -"Yes; but a shield with too many oasts."-lhoston Transcript. -"Ilow could you conscientiously -1i Miss IElder that she is the only oman you ever loved?" "It is a fact. ompared to ler the others were mucre irls."-Boston Budget. -"So Rusher has got a job at last., 7i? I wonder if it is thit one with the ooping-car company?" "I guess not. t least he told ine he'd strucc a coin >rtable berth?"-Buffalo Courier. -Nervous Old Lady (to deck-hand on ,eamboat-'Mr. Steamboat Man, is icre any fear of danger?" Deck Dind (carelessly)-" l enty of fear, .a'am, but no danger."-Deiorcst. -Mrs. Houser-"Hlave you any idea hat 'speaking terms' means, Mr. ouser?" Houser-"Certainly, madam. nywhere from fifty dollars to two tindred dollars per night, according > the prominence of the lecturer." uffalo Courier. -An E'asy Way Out of It.-Father lie says that. lie loves you, but can he ipport you in the style that you have !en aceust onied to?" Da ughter iven better, father, dear, if you will irnish the money; that is all that dis iurages him."-Chicago Inter-Ocean. -'I hope you don't find the amiount ircasoniable," salid the landlord. "Ol >, was the reply, the amount Is very asonable. What I want to know Is >w many months (o you give me pay in? Of course, I want a reasonn ble me to pay a reasonalle bill."-Texas ftings. -E'asily Remedied.-lita-dy Upton say, Mrs. Skinner, it's awful, these Id nights, to lie on this mattress with ily a sheet over one. Can't. you ar .nge it differently?" Mrs. Skintner ,ertainly! Lie on the sheet amd puill ic mattress over you."-Portland ranscript. -Abraham, the wine merchant, called the advertising oflice of a leading tper and Inquired if tle )ig (dver sement of Traubel, the I iquor Imer mut., which that day figured ill tibe >lumns of said paper, was going to >pear again. "Oh, yes!" uithinkiig replied the clerk. "It has to be 'pt in for a mon ih." "In that case," id Abraham. "will you please insert imediately below it the following an >uncement: "Airaliam Isiae .lacob, ie and li(iqlor illereha nt, supplies all ie wines namnted in the above adver sement 10 per cent. cheaper." aulois. --Lord Aberdeen tells the following tory of iiself: lie left London at iidnight in a sleeping-car for the orth. In the morning when he was wakened lie saw a stranger opposite im. "Excuse me," said the stranger, maiy I ask if you are rich?" Some ,hat surprised, his lordship replied hat lie -was tolerably well-to-do.. May I isk," continued the straiiger,. how rich you are?" "Well, if it will o you ainy Kood to know," was the re ly, "I suppose I have several hunmi-d imonsand pounds." "Well," went on ae stranger, "if I were as rich as 3ou nd snored as loudly as you I should ike a whole car, so as niot to inter ipt, the sleep of others." P'YRAMIDS OF SERPENTS. Maim of Snakes T'winnel Together Prob ably for 1)efense~f. A G~ermnan traveler and naturalist de ribes a spectacle he once witnessed the savannahs of Iznenbo, in (Guiana, hiieh he wvell character-izes as "tihe ost wonder-ful and terrible" that can >seen. "We were ten men on hor-se tek,~ two of whom took the lead, in der to soumnd the passages, while I 'eferred to skirt the great forecsts. neeof the blacks wvho formed the van mard returned full gallop, and called i me: " 'Here, sir, come and see ser-pents a pile!' H~e pointed ouit something evated in the middle of thme savan ih, which appear'ed likce a bundle of emsfl. One of my company then said: rliis is certainly one of those assem lages of serpents which heap them -dves on each other- after- a violent imp1est. I have heardc of these, but ave never seen any; let us proceed ntiously, and not go t.0o near.' When were witin tweinty paces of it, the -rror of ouri hior.ses pr1evented our enrer- approaucht, to which, however, ime of us were iniclinied. Suddl~enly 1o p)yramidl mass115 b.catmne agitatedi; nmrrib'le hissings issued from it, thou mnds of serpents rolled spirally on melh other-, shot forith out of the circle weir hideous heads, presenting thleir ivenoimed darts aind fiery eyes to uis. "I owin I was one of the first to dr-aw c; but when I saw that thiis formi dhle phialanix reimaimied at its post, idc app~ear-ed to be0 miore disposed to 'fendi~ itself thanii to at-tackc us, I rode mndiic it, in order to view its order of it the, facing the enemy on every sidle, then'i sought what couldc he the de rgn of thiis iinmerouis assemblage, and concluded some terrible enemy, which ighit bd tihe great aeirpent or the cay aii, anid that thmey reunited them ives after- hamving seen their enemy, Iordler to resist or' attack hiimi in a ass."-St. L~ouis Republic. Theii filatory of iIittio Tommnny'A Case. (1:30 a. m. -To'(mmy arises. 4:35-- lie complains of a headache. 7--Quite siok, bnt able to eat a hearty -enkI fast. 7:30---etting worse very rapidly. 8-le dlevelops signs of fever-. 8:l5---Complications of toothache and re throat. 8:45-ie fears he will die. 9i (school time)-lHigh fever, aches all 'er, and sobbing with pain. 0:15-Little Tommy is out in the yard restling merrily with the neighbor's ay. --Chicago Record. The Dlfereniee. Miss do Butant-Do you kcnow, Mr. m Ribber, that I never dIrank any. ting but cold water until I was eight mn? Von Ribber --And I, Miss de Butant, ive nevrer d ran l itmi.- ---o THE SOUTHERN MENU. Gulai Squash, cora. Pritter., "Hoppiag. Joh&# and Other Concoctions. The average northerner who at tempts to compile a menu to tickle the southern palate usually makes a mess of it. Some of the bills of fare from northern sources that are from time to thne to be seen in southern publica tions are well calculated-not designed ly, however, it is to be hoped-to make the southern housekeeper drop and ex pire from "that tired feeling." About nine times in ten the alleged southern dishes in the bills are pure fltions, and almost without a single exception the menu is unsuited to this latitude and to the palates of people who know bet ter. No southerner in good heal th and in his right mind ever eats "hominy with milk and sugar" for brealcfast, not withstanding the dish is undoubtedly safer than "salmon, with egg sauce," for supper. Hominy in this part of the country is dressed with butter or a little of moat gravy, and is eaten with a chop or beefsteak, or bacon and eggs, or broiled ham, etc. Homainy thus served is a standard breakfast dish in the south, and is fit for a king. Tt needs no sugar or cream or nutmeg, and to put either on it is to commit a crime against gastronomy. The same ob servations apply to rice, which the northern menu-makers tell us to serve with cream and sugar. The cooking of rice, by the way, is an art which has not yet been acquired in the north. Properly cooked, each grain of rice stands firm, dry and separate from its follows, yet it is as soft as a dead-ripe fruit, and the whole muss as white as snow. In the north they boil the grains into a glutinous mass, utterly destroying its beauty an(d individuality, and then sweeten it. Sometimes southern folks sweoten rice for sicc people or ailing children, and oall it rice pudding. Again, they maice a pillau of rice and peas; this they call "hopping-john," and it is a food fit for all upright and healthy men. Othqr pillaus, made of rice and chicken, or skra and bacon, or birds, are distinctively southern dishes, and the lierson who sits down to either dish with an appetite has reason to thank Heaven for his good fortuno. Rico is also used in soups und gumbo. But. sodden rice dressed with cream and sugar, for breakfast-bahl Out upon the infidel who suggests itl There are dozens and dozens of real southern dishes that delight the souls of those who eat them when prepared properly-sugared sweet potatoes, guinea squashes, corn fritters, etc. but the northern-built menus seldom or never meution them. They tell us to eat hominy with sugar for breakfast, and sahnon with egg sauce for supperl One may well wonder how he would get through the night and where he would be the next morning after fol lowing sudh direction,. There are In the south, however, peo ple who pretend to Ilce the northern bills of fare. It is all pretense. They affect oatmeal. The northerners eat it merely because they do not know any thing about hominy and rice properly cooked, and their southern mimics eat it because they think it is more toney. Such people, we feel constrainod to say, sacrifice both their brains and their stomachs to "style. "-bavan ah News. WHY THE TRAMP WEPT. But the Lady Who Dropped the Bottle lald Newer a Worrt. A largeo crowd of spectators, the ma jority of whom were women, were standing in front of a show window on Broadway one day, says a New York exchange, watehing the movements of a muscular young man, who was busily engaged in demonstrating the useful. qualities of a new exercising apparatus. While the eyes of the crowd were fixed on the graceful bendings and. twistings of the exhibitor, there was a sharp report, as though something fragile had fallen upon the sidewalk. The woman from whose hand the pack age had fallen, and who was a picture of respectability, stooped and picked up the paper, whlich was dIripping wet, and, casting one despairing glance at it, dropped it quietly in the gutter and hastened up Broadway, as though she' had an important engagement which demanded her Immediato attention. In the meantime the contents of the package had been spreading over the sidewalkc, andl as the odor of good old rye insinuated itself into the nostrils of the crowvd a broad grin spread over the faces of everyone except an old tramp, who sat down on the edge of the gutter and wept bitterly at the said sight of such a waste of good material. Revenge After Twenty Years. H~e was askcing the 01(d nman for his daughter in marriage. Ije was talking tremblingly, hesitatingly, says the Springfild Union, as you recad of io story books, and the scene was full of color, so far as an irate father andl a nerveless young man could mke it. It came the old man's turn to spcak, and as he began his face was white with passion and his voice shook with ox citemnent. "You vtant to marry my daughter?" lie said. "Ahi, now is the time for my revenge. TJ2s onty years ago your father crippled mn, in a stock deal and I swore to be revenged. And now may time has come." Ic p~aused1 for breathi, and the aspirant for the mnaidecn's handl was about to beat a hasty retreat in the face of supposed defeat, when the father broke forth again: "Yes, sir, I swore to be re vcingcd, and now I'll strike the father through the son. AVant my daughter, elh? Well, take her, and may she prove as expensive to you as she has to me." The old man dropped Into his chair, worn out with the excitement of his plot, and the young man fainted. A Valued Rluisama Ofmetal. Count Woronzoff Daehkoff, the lus sian court minister, who Is one of the most important offlcials in the state, was one of those chief friends of the late czar and the only surviving one, At the niew ozar's earnest request he was to remain in office until the cor onation tooks place to regulate the ceremonial of that groat event. ie $ides regulating the court ceremonisX he has the management of the oar'' private property, which brings in aren onue of teni unlanx .aa yar.y - FOUNDED A HAWK COLONY. A Pet Bird Recomes the Leader of a For Midable Bos of Ills Kind. - Old As Horton, a fisherman and hunter, living near the mouth, of Alto. way's creek, Salem county, N. J., los apet fish hawk a little SureQthan a year ago that he had had .tn"4aptivit for three years. The bird was a big fellow, and it never semed to take kindly to Asa, who, on aCCOUnt of its vicious nature, kept it" tied tip in the woodshed. A strong rope fastened around the bird's leg held it securely to a ring in the wall. The old building was infested with rats, and a strong fridnfship grew up between the rodents and thQ captivq bird. Whenever Holton b6rought up a fIsh from the creek to feed the hawk the rats would come out and join in the feast.. This condition of things in Asa's woodshed pleased the old fellow, and Io did all he could to help it along. When he went out to the shed one aorning the hawk was missing. The rope evidently had been gnawed in two -y the rats, and the hawk had walked .ut of the door and disappeared. Holton was inconsolable over the loss of his pet, and he lived in the hope that it would return some day, but weeks went by and nothing was seen of the hawk. Asa got out of bed earlier than usual one morning, and noticing a large num bar of hawks circling about over the pines back of the house, he took his gun and went over to get a shot at them. le had hardly got outside the yard, when, to his aslon1slihment, the missing pet hawk ivew sereamiung at him from the top of ii neigh boring tree. Holton knew it was his former Cptive, for a fragment of rope Ilut tered from its leg. rhe old bird swooped so close to liolton's head that he only ese p'ed be Ing struck by quickly dodging. The hawlc rose in the air, and joining the others, led them off in the direction of ie month of the creek. For severn i weeks Holton employed every artiffle Lo retake the hawk, but the wily bird Dvaded him. Holton noticed that every night the hawks came from the creek, and after Mircling around in the air over the pines for awhile, settled among then ind in the morning they left together, ind in their coming and going they were headed by the old pet hawk. Asa uande it a point to go to the pines Lwieo a week and leave a lot of fish which were devou red by the birds. The colony of hawks increased and sow thousands of them roost in the pines every night. A little while be fore dark they come in from the water Pnd hover over the pines, screaming and whistlinig. The old pet hawk up pears to be the leader of them, for they stay in the air until that bird starts for the pines, then they all drop down. nud go to roost. Ten minutes after the last hawk has disappeared in the foliage of the trees it is as quiet as if no birds were there. A hunter invaded the roost one night recently for the purpose of iuving somo sport with the birds. lie fired a shot into the branches of i treo and in less than a minute he was knockied lit, I an avalanche of hawks that, rushed upon him screaming like mad. The hunter fought the birds desperately and finally managed to imake his es cape, but his clothes and flesh showed siguai of the rough handling lie had re Trhey had mutual friends, and that fact emboldened him to spea1k wvithout -he ceremony of an introductioin. "Sloppy, isn't it?" lhe remarked, per uasively. "R ather," she replied. A freezing silentee followed, but he had no intention of lotting the oppor tunity slip. "Yeu wer a vewy long hatpin, do you knowv?" lie said. "~Weally, tho end reaches out quite far." "Yes; it's quite a protection." "But it's all rusty." "That isn't rust." "No? Hlow vowy qiueer!" "It is the blood of chappies who have spoken to me in the street car wvithout an introduction." "That fellow mumst have forgottent omething," said the conductor, as the ehappio bounced from the ear without asking hin to stop."--Detroit Free ?ress. Hie Roead the WVar News. A Chinamnan sat~in a llroadwany cable 1ar. He looked dull and dlepressed. His arms were folded within his vol. uminous sleeves. A gentlemani read ing the Herald sat beside him. The paper was open at the China-Japan war news, containing an account of the fall of Port Arthur. The1) China man suddenly became interested as, his eye caught the Chinese translation of the war news. TIhe genmtlenman held the paper before the Celestial's eyes, which rapidly flew over thme hiero glyphics. As the Chinamnan fInished the lserusal he sighed, looked a t the owner of the paper and remarkced: "Chtinee man gottee lickee, elh?''Everybody else n the car silently sympathized with his grief.--N. Y. Herald. lIn Diamio'ni~Dst~a Poison. Attention hats been drawn lately to the statement in an official work Is ued by the government of India that 'diamiond dust is known to be a power ul mechanical poison." This is ob looted to with an emphasis that should ,revent the waste of diamonds hereaf ter by persons desirous of removing -heir enemies. Mahommedans in the tar east still entertain 'the belief trongly, but it is said that investiga tors have never met anybody who,fromj his own knowledge, could describe the visible effects of administered diamond iust. It may be remembered that the great trial ini India of the Goikwar case brouaght out the statemen of the commissioners who heard the evidence that the dust had no injurious -efeet en the human body. Here, then, is an othet supewstition exploded, although I still lurks even in official docnments -W, 0. Sterling & Son, large cedar pok Iealears at Monroe, Mich., have re .celvc a order for telegraph poles to be... , Ped to Buenos Ayres, Sotuth A.merM This is a trial order, and it the poles go through safely and are f5tisfactory, this company is promised axiae large orders. -