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-rH No. 12. S Vl50PICKENS, S. C., TH URSDAY, APRIL 4,18.No12 "Corporal," said the colonel, "let m< . explain what I am about to do. I knou something of the blood that flows in the veins of Caroline Fitz Hugh. Sh< will never accept her life at the price I intend to pay for it. She must not knom that I intend to save her by violating v trust, by inourring my own downfall, or she will not leave her jail. Do yo understand?" "I do, colonel. She would chide m( if she knew I was doing the same." "While you have been away I hav< placed three horses In the wood yonder. "I see, colonel. " "Corporal Ratigan, every man hai his own part in life to perform. The distinctivo feature in mine seems to b to decide quickly between conflioting duties. I am going to violate a trust, t< perform a sacred obligation. If you wil: aid me, follow me." Taking up a slip of paper lying or his camp cot, on which lie had writter an order, the two left the tent. The3 were challenged by the sentry on post, but giving the countersign proceecdo till they were again ohallenged by thi guard at the temporary prison. Thor< the colonel advanced and gave the coun tersign and passed into the house. The sergeant in chargo met them ani asked what they wanted. The colone: handed him the paper he had brought with him. It was an order for the per. son of the prisoner. The place was on13 lighte'd by a candle, and the colonel tool care to stand with )fs back -to it. Bn this was not necessary, for his disguis was complete. Corporal Ratigan re mained without the door, on the porch. The sorgeant looked from the paper t the man who stood before him inquir. ingly. "This is very strange, " he said. Maynard mado no reply. "Hero is Colonel Maynard's order,' the sergeant added, reading it ove again. "Do you know what he wanti with her?" "Do you suppose I don't know an: better than to ask questions when I ge an order?" replied the spurious privati gruffly. The sorgeant went into the roon where Miss Fitz Hugh was confined ani .A r out, pale and wondering. "It Isn't sunriso, " she said in a voic which it was difficult for her to kee: from breaking. "Come," said the colonel. She fol lowed him to the porch, and Corpora Ratigan joined them, but it was toi dark for the prisoner to see who lie was an4 he did not daZe to make bimsel known. As soon ae' they had got to j safe distance he whispered: "Darlini" "Ratel" '"Not a word till we got furthei away." They walked on at an ordinary pace though all desired to hasten. After pass Ing some distance from the house May nard turned and glanced back. He say the sergeant watching. "We must go to the tent, " ho mut tored, and the three walked on. Befort ent'oring he looked again. The sorgean was still watching. He evidently wish ed to make sure that all wvas right. Al entered the tent, while the colonel standing at the front and peering be tween the tent flaps, watcd for thi sergeant to go back into the house. Pros ently he did so nd left the way clear. "Now come on. " Leaving the tent, they walked a shor1 distance down the road. Not a wor( was spoken. Presently they turned asid< and entered the wood. There they fount the heros. "Mount," said~the colonel to th< prisoner. Putting a foot in his hand, she sprang up on to a horse's back. There was n' sidesaddle for her, but tihe high front of a "McClellan" served very well, and u)a was so good a horsewoman that shc o Id have ridden sideways on the ant mal's bare back. The stirrup was fitted, the colonel and Ratigan mounted, and *the three rode rapidly away. "We must dodge the picket, " said the colonel. "Even the countersign might not avail us with a woman In thc party." "What does It all meian, Rats?" ask ed Miss Fitz Hugh. "I thought you were going to do your duty at all han ards." "'Well, thero's.dlffoent kinds of du ties, and sometimes they won't wvork4 together. If savin a woman's life isn't * a duty, then mie mother didn't bring mne up right." '"Who's the other?'' she asiked whik Nlaynard was riding a little in advaune. "One who this,,night makes me hib 0lavo." "'And I from this night will he in debted for my life to both of you if yoi 0ucceed In saving it. But I can't ben to have you sacrifice yourselves for nio You may be committing an unpardon able sin toward your comrades, but: cannot believe you are committing a sih toward our Father. And 0on0 day It wil * be all ended, Rate, and then who' wil oarq?" '01 know those who will rejoice. " Rtatigan now took 'the load, havinj passed ever the route before sovera times and being familiar with the bos way to got between the vedettos. Cole nol Maynard dropped back beside the prisoner. * "Who are you?" she asked. "One who serves you." * The voice sounded familia', but was dlisguised, and she did not recognize il as Colonel Maynard's. "Were you sent by Colonel May, ''No." y-"Why should .wou try to save me?'? &AMITCHEL. IT, 094 SY AMWCA Pw aSSoc4neV4 "Ask me rather why I should) It was plain the man, whoe might be, desired to remain uni and she desisted from further qu Ing. "After all, my death would no the Federal cause, " she said. "I will be sealed to any information possess. " "Your information would be t in any event. Had it been otl this plan would not have been at ed. " "Why so?" "Your commander in chief of I my of Tennessee has delayed t( already. He will attack us alm< mediately. Your information woi now hasten that attack." "How do you know?" "We have captured prisoners Ing that your men have been re-et from Knoxville and Virginia. G Bragg has ceased to retreat and i to fall upon us with a conoentra my. " "You are right in assuming th ther yon nor I can have influen or. against either side now. These have been coming from Virginia month. They are nearly all ai You may expect to hear the openir I of a groat battle at any moment.I The corporal, who was in front ed in his horso and held up his h warning. They woro on the edg wood and within a few hundred of the creek and could see to th( and to the left. "My God!" exclaimed the coi "there are vedettes there, and v( there, " pointing north and south. they are both comin this 'way must go back." Colonel Maynard rodo forward He glanced at both parties of ve then in front of him. From thai at that moment there came a I neigh. It was answerd by a neig behind the three on the edge wood. "Your people are where that neighod. Can you koop your seat saddle for a dash?" "Yes." "We are surrounded. It is ti chance. Are you preparodi Ready The two men dug their spu: their horses' flanks, and all thr out toward the creek. They li gone a hundred yards before they 1 "Halt there!" immediately folloi a shot. They paid no attention to but dashed on over the uneven g the two mon riding close on eith k the prisoner for fear she would 1< balance. Her horse stumbled, but "On, on" h said. -ored. A volley came from the ve riding from the south, but no on hit. .in crossing a gully Miss Fitz tottered sideways, but .Maynard c her and righted her. "On, on!" lie said. "A few hu yards, and you are saved. " Then came another volley, this from the party advancing fror north. Corporal Ratigan swayed saddle, but recovered himself. "They are advancing to moc Quick I Down the bank! Through It is not knee deep I" A third volley came, but it d harm. It was too late to stop the tivos now. They rode right into a of Confederate officers. Friends gathered about Miss Hugh. Her brother, beinig in pre of others, restrained his desire to his arms about her neck. Ho lifti hat to her as politely as if she wi nearly related to the rest as to hii then took her hand and kissed it. donily, in the midst of a shower o gratulIations-a wild(, irrepressible that hurst spontanonsly from th, ty-Carolino Fitz Hugh gave a al Corporal Ratigan had fallen fro horse and laiy wvhito and bleeding ground. Springing from her own she bent over him and raised his I ''0 God, lhe's dead!"'' CHAPTER XX. The cheer, the shriek, Miss Hugh's words, sounded in Colonel nard's ears as ho put spurs to his and dashed away up the stream iit rection parallel with the Union The cheer was the announcement Icompletion of an not by which 1 parted with what he held most C the confidence of lis superiors, his and the rank and file of the army had given to Caroline Fitz Hugh the rising of the sun whose lig! now broadening in the cast. HI called down upon himself what I was the bitterest of all degradatio1 Ihaps to meet the fate that had b< tended for her. Riding up the or the bank nearest the Confederate he approached a wood. This he cr crossed the crook unobserved and i e d to see the men by whom the os party had been chased returning I the ridge. Not caring to be quos by them, lie rode back into the we til they wero* in a nasiain no ifm. Then hetiotted slowly to the ri and over it, making his way back his tent. It was now broad daylight. As dismounted he noticed a detachnio cavalry marching on foot, under the reotion of an officer, toward the ho whoro Miss Fitz Hugh bad boon o l fined. On arriving there they halt and the officer went inside. In a I minutes he came out and strodo ovei Colonel Maynard's tont. The colo had gone in. He had thrown off cavalry jacket and was waiting for w. was to follow. The offloor entered tent, and not recognizing Mayna shorn of hig board, asked for the colo iot. commanding. ver ho "I am Colonel Maynard." :nown, "AhI I did not recognize you, c( ostion- nol. I have just called for the spy in house where I expected to find her v profit was told by the sergeant that he had 1y lips livered her soon after midnight to t I may men bearing an order from you." 'Well?" Do lato "I suspoo something must bo wroi erwiso Was tho order at forgery?" tempt- "No. " "Then the prisonor is in your ke ing?" he Ar- "No. " o long "Escaped?" )at im- "Yes. " ild not The officer was too astonished to i any more questions at onco. "Who is responsible?" ho asked pi show- ently. forced "I am." eneral "You?" about "Yes, I. You will march your u bed ar- back to camp. You nood not make v . official repor6 of the matter unless 3 At n ci- ohooso. I will report tho escape myseli 3o for The officer bowed, and with the sa troops astonishment on his face that had bf for a there throughout turned from the to Tived. and going to the men standing in I 1g shot road marched them back to camp. Colonel Maynard came out of his te , rein- and mounting his horse rode to I and in headquarters of his division comma a of a or. He rode slowly, his head bowed yards most to his saddlebow. Reining up 1 i right fore the general's tont, he sent in 1 name by an orderly, and was soon I poral, mitted. dottos "General, " he said, "I have come "And prefer charges. " We "Indeed, " said the general. "W not forward thom in writing in the ri tO sco. ular way?" lottos, "It is because of the person agaii i front whom I am going to prefer tho." ieros "And that is?" [1 from "Myself. " f the The general looked at him with puzzled expression. horse "Colonel, are you ill?" in the "No, general. " "I suppose it would be ridiculouE ask a man if he is all right here?" i o only he tapped his forehead with his fing( I Go!" "I am sound of mind and body. " .8 into "Well, well, colonel, what does )0 shot all mean? It's too early in the morn d not for joking, " and the general yawnee board, "I have to report that the spy lof ved by my charge has escaped and through either, connivance." round, "Good Lord I" exclaimed the gonei 3r sido "That is a serious matter. " so her Maynard romained silent. recov- "And the explanation?" "There is none. " The general looked into the melh oholy eye of Colonel Maynard and f a cold chill creep over him. He kni there was some reason for the act whi would explain if not excuse it. "Colonel, you are a dashing fello Swith a tinge of romance in your natu: I trust you have not yielded to an i surd notion as to taking the life of woman." "No. I have not. " "Then give me some explanation. fear it wvill go hard with you, but I w 4. do all I can for you if you can giva satisfactory reason. " "'I have no reason to give." dettos "Of course I must report the matte o was better speak now. It may be too le Hugh hereaftor. " aught "I have reported the fact. That is the report I have to make." ndred ''Then, colonel, it is my duty to a dor you to your tent under arrest. Y, time may leave your sword here with me, ri the you please. An order will be issu In his placing Colonel ---, next in rank, ehargo of your brigade." 't us I Colonel Maynard unhooked his swo here! from his bolt and handed it to the ge eral. Then ho reo back to his tent, a id no as he entered it he felt that he had l< fugi- his former self outside; that, as in tl party case of a fallen comrade, he would ue or ee this being of the past again. Fitz for is present self, that, if suffered sence live, could only live a life In death. hrow A court martial was convened to ti ad his Colonel Maynard with as much dispat< re as as had attended the trial of the eseap nself, woman. The charge was "giving a: Sud- and comfort to the enemy, " the spoco: l' con- cation ''himself aiding in the escape choer a sp~y in the serv'ico of said enemy." par- The court met on the afternoon of til iriek. dlay oni which Maynard had reported h~ mn his act. Moni of his owvn grade, or naear i mn the sat about a pine table in a wall tent a! orso, proccoedc with the formalities aitten ead. Ing the case. As Maynard pleaded gui ty to bo0th charge and specification the was little to do except to conmo to a ve diet. Before doing so the president asl ed the accuscd if he had anything Fitz say in his behalf, any explanation May- make. horse "No, " was his reply. a di- "Colonel Maynard, " said the pres line,. dent, "'you have served thuis army wvi of the distinct ion. You have been respecto e had trusted, beloved as few other men in i oar-. You have confussod to having commi peers - to se 9 t was o had o him \~ m, per-.. I i cin i- ) 3ekonl - lines, torod, 3apitg oward tionod nd un to aa~ a Cotonecl May~nard unhooked his~ aword dgo tod one of 'tlie most atrocious crimes to that can come under the jurisdiction of a military court. Nothing can excuse he it. There may be something to palliato of it. I conjure you to speak bofore the di- court brings in a verdict and names use your punishment. " on- "Mr. President, " replied Maynard, ed, "for my act toward this army I am no 'w countablo Io you as a court martial con to voned to try me; for my act as one of nol right or wrong, of honor or dishonor, I his am accountablo only to,a tribunal vith hat which you have nothing to do. Do not the waste valuable time. Before the sun rd, sets twice, if I mistake not, you will nel have a more important work to do in the reception of the enomy. Do your duty as a court, and do it with dis lo. patch." the There was not an offiler present but id lookod'at Maynard with a curious ad do- miration. It was plain that he had sac wo rificod himself, though it was not en tiroly plaiL why. Even those who conl doinod him most bitterly somod to ig. hesitate to bring in a verdict which would naturally carry with it the pun ishmont of death. op- "You are mistaken, colonel, " said one of them, referring to Maynard's predictions. "The enemy have been in - full retreat ever since we left Murfrees boro. I only fear he's going to give us %sk the slip again. " "I regret your confidence, sir, " re es- plied Maynard. "I am aware that oth ore feel as you do, and it is a miistako which will cost this army doar." "Nonseonso. Haven't we" on "This is not the plane to discutss prob ny lois for which only our comiamaling ou general is responsible, " interrupteA the ." president. "Lot the prisoner leavo the meo court. " )en Maynard was led away, and tho eourt at, proceeded to consider a verdict. Thero ihe was littlo time spent on it, for there was but one thing to do, and that was ut, to make it "guilty of the charge and ;he guilty of the specifloation." Then be id- gan a discussion of the punishment. al- One of the members stated that it was be- personally known to him for a fact that bis the accused had one year before visited %d- Chattanooga as a spy, when the place was hold by the Confederates, had been to captured, tried, condemned and son tenced to be hanged; that Jacob Slack, by a boy who was now serving as his o. 3g- derly, had been with him; that lie had contrivod to get news of Maynard's con ast dition to Missouri Slack, his sister, at Jasper, Tenn.; that she had gono to Chattanooga, had entered his jail, had exchanged clothes with the prisoner and a thus offected his escape; that lie had been concealed and afterward helped through the lines by a Miss Fain, whom lie had married on reaching the Union to lines. ud 'I put it to you, gentlemen, " lie con - r. eluded, "could one whose life had been saved by women carry out a sentence it of death upon a woman for the saind tug offense for which it was intended he 1. should suffer?" in The speaker knew nothing of the re my latioun existing between Maynard and Fitz Hugh. It Is impossible to know al. what might have been the offect had ho possessed this knowledge. The court noted only on the information commu nicated by the officer who told the story of Maynard's experience as a spy, and m- the main facts in this were known alt throughout the army. The oircum 3W stances of the accused's sentonco by oh Confederates to be hanged for a spy and his escape. the valuable service ho had w, rendered the Union cause, the reasons ro. lie had for not wishing to shoot a womi -:an, saved his life. The sentence of the a court was that he be dismissed the serv ice, with forfeiture of all pay and cimol umonts. I When this sentence was comniunicat ill ed to Colonel Maynard, he was in his a tent, waiting to knew his fate. Ho had expected to be shot. Ho hardly knew whether lie was more moved by the loni ir. ency shown him or more disappointed to at being obliged to live a disgraced man. But one reason gave him comifort di that he was not to die-his wife. Ho knew that, although all others looked ir- upon him with horror, she would love su him all the more that ho suffered. if dCHAPTER XXI. in A MILITARY PROBLEM.. The events attending the capturo and rd escape of Caroline Fitz Hugh anid the n- dismissal of Colonel Maynard fronm the id servico all happened in such quick ge-. ft cession that Jakey Slack was not aware 1o of what was taking place until after it v- was all over. It must be confessed that i Maynard had not treated his most do to voted adherent with the considerat ion lie merited. But it is the way of peop1lo 7 y who are rising to eminence to gradual. h ly leave off familiarity with those for id merly most intimate with them. Ld Maynard had treated Jakey with S- mock deforence, but had not thought of of loaiiing upon himi for advice or strength, munch less comfort, and( (during the rag 10 ing of t he firo through which lho had is passedl Jakey Slackc had bcon as far from t, his mliind as if ho had not existed. dOne evening as ''retreat'' was sound. 1- ing--it was ihe evenlinig oif tho coilonil's 1- deos)4 iutn fromt his rankc and conninand~ ro --Jakey walked into his tent. M\ay r- ntard's head was bowed (downi on his k- camp cot. Hearing some ono enter, lie to looked up and saw his old1 friend. Ihnd to JTakey heen another boy, w;hien ho saw the haggard look, the strongly miarked l inesci of suffering in tho face before himi, I- lie would have shown 50ome( mark of the ht effct such a sight hind upon him. Not 1, so .Jatky. Tholiro wats no oxpre'ssioni ci t. thor of surprise or grief upon his unox t- prossivo countcenanco. But the sight of Jakoy standing there to remind himi that, though a whole army condemned him, there wats one( In it who unevor could bo brought to think him guilty of any crimno had a different effect oni the lato commiiandolr, Ile reached out his hand, took that of JTakey, and, dr:1ving the boy towvardl him, folded himi in his arms. Thus do those who have been (10 p~rived of their greatness go back for sympathy to those from whom they have farthecst do(narted.,. [To nE C:ONTINUJED.] Nihloi's Gairdoni, thme eioldes play house in Now York, has closed its . dooer for good1. 'rho building will !Sn nser fn-' othae 1mrp'n"n AMERICAN FOOD AND COOKING, holue Remarkable Statements in a Recent French Review, Not storne Out by Faots. The Ignorance of French writers who treat of matters relating to the United States Is generally very much In evi, dee. One of them In a recent issue of the Revue Sciontifique, writing upon the subject of our edible turtles and Incidentally of cookery in this country, nmkes the statement that green turtles are taken in the neighborhood of New York-from there to Florida. He also asserts that it is only in aliments of * aquatic oright that our food products are superior to those of Europe, that our fishes are abundant and generally good, but that our culinary treatment of them is inferior. As regards our meats, poultry and game, the French man dismisses them as little worthy of attention. Of the first two it may be conceded, says the New York Sun, that the average quality is not so high as in France. His estimate of our game Is probably based upon the condition in which it reaches European markets, where it is sold in large quantities in the close season here. This estimate is not a fair one, inasinuch as almost all of our game which goes abroad has, previous to shipment, been held for moittlis in cold-storage warehouses, to its deterioration both in quality and fla vor. As regards our native cookery, the French writer asserts that there Is not much in it to teptit a Europiean particularly, and especially a 1rencli man. While this may he true concern ing the country at large, an exception must be made in fa vor of the native cookery of Maryland and eastern Vir ginia and that of the creole population of Louisiana, which, within its con pass, is second to none. The fact must not be lost sight of that in the last decade culinary skill with us has made great advances, the results of which would not be apparent to a superficial foreign observer. A case in point ilus trative of our progress in this direction is offered in the alimentary department of our exchanges for woman's work. Within the restrictions which it Im poses, the edibles there on sale, the work of native feminine bread winners, are promptly bought by discriminating purchasers, so far are they superior to foreign preparations of a similar character. Chinese Mandarins. Chinese mandarins of the second class wear a button of coral red, sug gested by a cock's comb, since the cock is the -bird that adorns their breast. The third clans. are gorgeous, with a robe on which a peacock is emblaz oned, while from the center of the red fringe of silk upon the hat rises a sap phire button. The button of the fourth class Is an opaque dark puIpla stone, and the bird depicted on the robe is the piican. A silver pheasant on the robe and a clear crystal button on the hat are the rank of the fifth class. The sixth olass are entitled to wear an embroidered stork and a jade stone button; the seventh a partridg< and an embossed gold button. lu the eighth the partridge is reduced t< a quail, and the gold button becomes plain, while the ninth-class mandarin has to be content with a sparrow for his emblem, and with silver for hi button. Clearly Proven. Forty years since, "Porte Crayon" was down on Albemarle sound, and told a native that there were men with months eight inches wide. The native dechlrd that was a fsh story; Porte re pr'oved huni for his incredulity, and point ed ou t that. deductions from knaown facts proved this statement. "We know," he said, "'that oysters must be eaten whole; we know that thmerei are oysters eight inches10 across thme minor dIimlensionl; therefore, there must be0 mouth~s eight inches wide to take them in, or the beautiful chain of harmony In thme universe is broken." ANGLOMAN IA. How an Amnerlean woman nebuked a Snobbish Friend. An American woman returned to New England after living for a season in London, and wvearied her friends wvit h her affectations andl mannaerismns, says Youth's Companion. She wvas ashamed of her own country and did nlot hesitate .to sany so. She not only initated English customns, dress, ex pre1ssionms spelling and pronumnciation, but off'eed otl'ensive ('vidlence of her ucut e at tack of Anuglonmania in con temlptuous referenaces to everthing Americana. One of her friends mulercmtook to adl minister social. discipline in a unique way. She senmt oumt invitations to a lunch party in hm'oor of the returned traveler andl collect ed a large company in her dlrawing-roomr. A fter the guest had been cordially welcomned, thme dloors in the d ining-roomi were ope nedl. The r'(om hald been1 dlcorated with buinting and the flowers wvere mssedi in2 effects of red, white aind luel. The're wvere flags everywhere, in thein chande lier, on the mantel and on every hit of plate or china displayed onf th'e talek. The table reserved for the guest was dra pod wvith the national colors. Never, perhaps, was a broadler hint conveyed at a social reception that it Is ill bred andl bad form to be ashamed of one's country. An Unmlucky' Number. lhoy-T1he number 13 is awful un lucky, isn't it? Mother--Why (do you think so? lioy-Tihere's just 13 in .our' spelling class, and I've heen) at the foot of it ever since it starmted. -Good News. A D~elleato Dist~Inction. "Did you say you wuan ted Shakce spea's1'' works?"' askedl the book store eiecrk. "'No," replied( the haughty girl, "'I want his plays."-Washaington Star. -The Church Missionary society of Lheo Chlurch of England has the largest neome of any amissionary organizationx n the world, amounting to more than $1,250.000 annually. For tihe last year t reports 423 stations, 339 .ordained nlissionmarics; and over 500 uordained wvorkers, and nearly 600 native preach ars, teachers andl helpers. Th'lere wer'e nearly four thousand conversions for bhe year.___________ -Macaulay said that no man need ask for better food than plain roast beef and baked notatoes SNOW MANESl., Awful Effect of the Beautiful to '*1l'co ple Way Down Soutil. NI Any person who has lived in countrie4 where snow is an ordinary circumstanco and condition of the winter season must, if he had witnessed the extraordi. nary behavior of the people of New Or leans in the snowstorm, have been F thoroughly astonished, says the New t Orleans Picayune. I ' The falling of the feathery flakes . seemed to have operated on the people ' like wine, and from the highest to the g lowest, young and old, grave and gay, t the dignifled and the comical, reveled* 1 in the unwonted conditions and fell to' a pelting each other with snowballs as if v they had been a gang of schoolboys. p The result of this midwinter mad ness was that every person who passed d along the streets was unmercifully a pelted, and in tany cases no considera- a tion was shown to ago, sex or condition. ai There were men who were posted at A street corners with nmagazinets of snow- , balls ready to fall upon the unwary p passenger, whether on foot or in vehi- w eles. Many of those balls had been dipped a in water and compressed until they is were solid lumps of ice, and when they r< strucki a victim about the head and faco s inflicted severe injury. One gentleman a who was passing on Gravier street, t near the Citizens' bank, got a blow in a the eye which may cost his sight, and it many others wero knocked down and t otherwise injured. Glasses in windows 11 of houses, of street cars and of private a carriages were broken by the volleys of p balls and nobody was safe from attack. d The peoplo afilicted with this snow f madness, although many were respect- r able citizens, did not seem to realize r that they were violating privat o rights a or disturbing the pece, or, if they did, 1 they were too intent on maling the most of an opportunity which occurs 1: only at long intervals to pelt all com- 1 ers without fear of punishment, to .1 care. 0 In countries where snow is common t every winter there are ethics of snow- P balling, just as well as of any other n, sport or business. There tho fun is c4 only indulged in between friends and o acquaintances who consent to liberties i taken, while to strike astranger or an 0 unwilling perpon with a snowball is as 0 much an assault as would be striking I with a stone. Of course some allow- t n4ice must be mudo here for tho ox traordinary excitement caused by so rare an occurrence as a snowfall, but even the maddest of the revelers ought V to understand that a ball of ice or one mixed with mud, lumps of coal and oyster shells is capable of inflicting a serious wound upon the head and face, t, and the deliberate uso of such missiles is more liko an act of malice than sport. 1 n BANANAS IN A BLIZZARD. t Comibination1 WhlehL EXcIted the4 JRInibill-d ties of Rome street. iaIIuway Men. Two Italians were trudging down the street-car tracks under the Houth tide elevated road In Chicago during the blizzard the other day. Great clouds of snow were swept by them by the wind, so that half the time they were invisible or only dimly outlined two blocks away. The tracks were covered fastor than the sweepers could clear then and the cars had a time of it in getting , along. Each Italian had a hugo basket v of bananas on his head, protected from a the unfriendly elements by a pieeo of a oiloloth, and trudged along in the teeth of the blast as serenely as if ho wvere un- b der the skies of Italy, and the howling f northwester was a summer zephyr from w summer seas. An employe of the street ear compa- tI ny, a strapping big fellowv with seven- |tli league boots on, faced about for a mo- :as ment to lot his back stand the brunt of |si the storm for awhile, and in doeing so caught sight of the two banana mer chants. Immediately his half-frozen features relaxed into a broad grin, and, turning to the other men who were at work with him, he shouted: "say, boys! lo at them Eyetalians with their banans. I guess we ain't got no kick comin'. " All-the men joined in the laugh, and after a few moments returned to their ty workc much relieved b~y this little di- o version. er____ Would lie Morc Lnnici Tan Water. Ic If old ocean's water-s were lowered c three miles more than half its groat gi depth would be taken atvay. All the ar great seas5, sutch as tihe Medit.erranean, ar the Caribbean, and thrse of the China 10 coast, wvould vanish or be railuiced to isi small baisins inelotsedi withi a rim th separating them from the shrtmken al field of wvaters. The lands, aifter~ a sub- a~ sidence of two miles, would rather ox- i ceed the occean ini area; wvith at subsid. decetl of three they woeuld occupy mnor-e I than two-thirds of the earth's surface. o The seas whlfehl would remini wouldii formn, not a connected ocean of consid- ca crable size, but separate basins, the largest gathered a round tihe south polo0. ti Exipnrimnenta b~y WhVlehl TheIr (trowth May ( ii. hoth Seen, ani IearuI. b There are several ways of rendering the gr'owthi of plants both and iblo and( fo visible, but the mnodus Opera nd~ i ini the th "latest imnprovcd"experimnts is as fol- Pa1 ilows: In order to make thme growth ca of a very vigorous plant vis'ble, a flno l platinum wire should be0 enre'fully at- go tached to theogrowing part. 'iThe other IIe end of this wire shouldi be attached to w a p~encil p)ressing gently against at drumi ba which is being driven by clockcwork. If ill the growth be uniform a str-a ight line tht is marke~d on the paper, bult the very J h slightest increaso is sh'own' by inlclined I fl tracing. apj A slight modification of this arrange- W' ment renders the growth aiudible. In api this experiment the drum must be coverecd with platinum foils of :r. certain wil width, andl separated from eaech other cat by spaceti about one-eighth of an Inch. WO These strips of platinum sh~ould be tic mado to complete the circuit of a gal- my vanic battery, to 'which an electrie fev bell hats beeni attached. In this ease th<t the hell is kept continually ringin inf while the plant is growing the hmeighl ph' of the width of the strip~s used, and api is silent while the pointer is passing w~ over the spaces between the strips ofth metal. The growing of corn may be heard diret by means of the micro phone, and there are those who declare they have heard it without any arM. th fleial asaintano wvhatemo.m WOOD Pt)LP MOSAJO. L 'looring Said to be Superior to Stone is Now Made of Paper. In the latest reports of the local adustrial Union, mention is made of rodess claimed to be entirely newv; fo7 xanufacturing floor mosaics from wood ulp. an innovation which is expected D producb Important results. It is laimed that this process is distin 'ulshed from the known processes of ianufacturing .'ectional or inosato eoors, by reason o! the fact that see Ions made accordin.; to it are not able to any change of temperature, nd are not like stone, b)ut similar to rood in all essential qealities. The rocess is as follows: Small particles of wood, such as saw ust, wood flour, fine shavings, etc., re soaked in a mixture of shellac and lcohol, so that the pores of the wood ve penetrated and thoroughly dried, cement, consicting ot fresh cheeso hey (curd) and slacked limo, is then opared. The cement is thinned with ater and then mixed thoroughly with to already dry wood particles in such way that the consistency of the mass uniform. Particular care is taken to mder the cement as thin as possible, > that it will distributo it-elf easily ad uniformly, and inclose each par ,ole of wood as perfectly as the shllao Aution. The mixture thus produced i allowed to dry until it is moist-not liroughly dry, as before, for in the Ator case the curxi would lose its colhe ivo power. The moist, pulp is then ut into heated mosaie molds, of the esired shapo and size, and, in theso LIrmis, placed unilder tihe press. As a esult of the heat, the, shellae softens egaining its adhesivoL) powers, and the urd cenont hardens rapidly. so tIhat, oth of the substances, the sh:'lhae us 'ell as the cement, unite under thu Vressure so perfectly with the wool articles that the wood imaiss resultin lay, withiln a few iminutes, he taken ut of the molds vitihoist losinr e0 form receivod. After the cooling recess and complete hardening tiese osaics, it is claimed, are fir loss sus !ptible to any chango of telpellraturo e moisture than any alitural wlood. [it absoluttely necessary that the uso r every other ingredient, especially if f an oily or fatty charaeter, should be voided in this Irocess, as otlerwiso lie close 1111ion of the shellaC with the urd ceeilont would be retarded or even revented. Wood pulp for the mianufactulre of ari-colored mosaics is prepalred in the yllowing mannell r: The particles of diffe reut va'ieties of 0ood are put tiroughm th lrocesa qparately, so that the ntunii color of 10 wood Itself is brought ilto plromi nce. Dyes, dissolved in alcohol, are ixed witil the siellac soltition before 10 wood plartiches ire coated. The 'ood particles are fIrst colored with yes, dissolved In water, and allowed o dry well before the colting with the hellac solution. for sillple iloor it uftlices to nalllfacture 1mosailes of dif. erent colors, changing them at peleaS-. ire so as to forn a variety of )atterns. i'he manufacture of palt tern or faney vood mosaics Isploce(ededi w it its ro ows: Pattern imolds, of tho required Lcsign (divided into Holds anI'd figures), ,ro fitted Into the plain mold: each ectioni of the (lesign is filled with tle rood pulp, (yed a is before described, nd the patterin mold reimoved, aftter hich tile whole, thuis freely outlined, subjected to hIeat- 11141 pressniro, A-4 afore mentioned, the result being perV et varn-colored fancy m (osaiIc. 'lThis ood mosaic, in spite of its hlardnifes id resisting qualitiles, still retaIins all e essential properties of wood, beiin'r us partieularly wvell adapitedl for us5( floor covers in living rooms and1( nilar purposes-N. Y. 0nglineer'. EDIBLE WORMS OF SAMOA. 2e of the Rematrkcable Table D~ollcacee of the Nattives. The Samoan Islands, otr rather the alors surrounding r iem, are the nt ral habitat of the I):dolo, ani edible oerm, wvhich is recckoned by tihe writ s en food curiosities as being one of mc most remarkable table dlelicacies ait ever tickled the palato of an icuro. Thle pailolo is a m ay-join ted eature, about live to eight inches in ugth, and is founid Inl a vaiety of lors, but genlerally ini y'olowy, blue or' een1. The(( worml is of about the di ioter of ai commlon daL'rig needlec, d is, as far ns the write'r kniows, and only in the waters bordering the ands of tile Souith P'acilic. 11. is not1 a matterof color, length andl nativity onfe, hlowever, that miakes thle palolo1 oddity, nor even ini the facet that it, used ats an article of food, but miore pecially because its motions arie con olled by the mflon. There'( is only e daIy --or rathetr on1el10' mornig -- g the entire year that te Samtoans ni (a1tc1 thel pal ole, and1( tha t onihe st (1ay3 of the last of thme Novembher' 00on. Very oarl~y on the morning of e "palolo1~ (1ay" toe~ wters of al muVh Pacifle islands are alive with >ais filled wvith natives ainedl with ort-handedi scoop nts, andl( eve'n be( roe it is light enough to se(e pl1ainmly ey are continually crying ''Palolo, loo!'' and tusinig their inlstr'uments of pture with wonderfulI dox teri ty, enf the~ wvom n d chliilren work ill thoring tiG. annua lil crop, thte hartlvest ng of such short duration, those Ileh a1re uniprovided with nets using kcets, sieves, ieces of thin cloth att, aniythling that wvill strain out wormts andl let the water pass oughi. All work with tremend1ous ,rgy, for each flully realizes that tho >earance of the 5sun above tile waters 1 he the signal for thle palolo to dis >ear' as if by magic. Ls we said in the Opening, this -lueer, fgly creature is r'egarded as a deli e article of food, but that fact alone uld not entitle it to credible men n among the world's wonders. Tihe story of its appearance for only a~ 'hours on one certain morning of year, and the fact that thlat mlorn. invariably corresponds to a certain se of tihe moon, and its magical dis pearance at the momnent of sunrise, re Darwin's reasbns for speaking of palolo as "the oddest creature o( creation."-Chicago Inter Ocean. -Who dares to think th at these few nusand years hlave exhausted this t.jestio and mysterious being that we 41 man?-Phillips Brookcs, - 4