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TRI WEEKLY EDITION WIN NSBOR . S.C..JUNE 7. T S00. REWARDING A rioh man's little daughter Left her nurse and strayed away, An ran out upon the oar track, Where she loitered long at play, Caring nothing tor the trolley As-it whirred around the bend, Enowing nothing of the angel That was waiting to.descend. The rich man stood and trembled With his darling on his breast. And the motorman was lauded And his hands were proudly pressed! By a hair's breadth he had saved her He had acted just in time And the people called him noble, And pronounced his deed sublime. The rich man gave him money, Gave him land and gave him praise. Gave him presents for his children, Made him glad in many ways. And, at night, knelt with his darling And implored the Lord to guide The brave motorman from danger And to save him when he d led. The Mattei Young Dr. Henderson read with surprise Miss Harrington's note ask M: g him to call that same evening. Only that morning the twain, agree ing that what they had considered a lifeengagement was all a mistake and would. better be ended, had parted, and the doctor was at a loss to ac ocount for this recall. '. "What can. she want?" he mut tAered. "I thought we said all there ifas to say this morning-more, too, -maybe--and Idon't know of any more gifts to be rt arned," and he smiled grimly at the miscellaneous assort meaut of packages on his centre table. "Oan she be trying to make it up?" ough knowing the- thought to ros, he was conscious of n Harrington received him in a room, almost a den,openmg out e library; it was here that they their happiest hours. She ofer to shake hands, and he self thinking how very be t cool little bow of hers 7ad never noticed it before. e you were surprised at rou to call, she began, and for-him to deny it, which he slightest regard for - sake. could not do. w* why I have sent for ington asked, indig-. ranger . her voice. -* - e a concern, strange sorrow, almost fear, at hex evid-3nt anger; he paused a moment tc draw in with a long whiff the warmth and coziness of this little room-they had spent some delightful eveningq here; then, in answer to her question, he made the brilliant re:nark that he supposed she wanted to see him. Ske looked at him scornfully. "No," she declared, "I did not wish to see you. I am leaving the city tomorrow morning; so are youl,i another direction. I have someilling of yours,something you had forgotten, twhich I thought too valuable to send you by mail or maessenger,so there re --n-ained nothing but for you to come in person and get it." The doctor shook his head sadly. "i'm-I'm sorry," he faltered, apol. ogetically, "but I can't imagine what you mean,'' There is some scorn too great for words-for a time at least. Miss Harrington walked swiftly across the room to the mantel, and re turning, placed on the table4 mnall red plush case; opened, this showed a handsome diamond ring within. Step ping back from the table, she clasped her hands behind her, and looked at him without a word. He stared with puckered brows, first at the ring, then at the girl. "Our engagement r'ing!" she an nounced finally, whet' the silence had lasted as long as she could stand. "Oh)l, surely not!" he auswered quickly. "You gave xme that this morniug-" ''And you thought so little of it, it was to you a matter of such little im portance, that you went ofT and forgot it, left it lying here out the table," she intIerrup Ited1. "I beg your p ardlon. I have a dis tinc-t recollectis ni of taking it with me.' To himself he was saying. "I alway~ knew y'ou were pretty. but unot thh pretty." ".'You are certiainlv miistaken," 'saw1 the girl. "'I remnember distinctly placing it ir my right hand lower vest pocket,' and he clasped his hand to the spoi indicated. ''That is Iimp)ossible. - Did you ever hear two children dis puting? "'I did.'' "'You didn't.' "I did.' ''You d.dn't.'' 1t came t< Dr. Henderson that they were fat approaching that stage. He p~uile himjself together to crush her with omi fine masculine stroke. *I lare too much respect, Miss Har' rington," he said, with great 1i-.:nity. "not only for your feelings, but fo: my own, to treat so lightly as yo~ have insinuated the seai of our- en gagemlentt. iEad I been so careless a to forgot it, as you charge, I conced< that you would have a right to con sider vyourse f slighted, if not in sulted, but if you knew the true stat< of my heart you would instantly real ize that your- charge is absurd. A mo nment's consideration should have con vinced you of this, or if your knowl edge of me was not suffcient a simpl examination of this ing, to desen to material things. should have been But, womanlike, you rush ahead, act ing on mere impulse, and, of cour-se blundered." He picked up the ring, a handsomn diaxiond solitaire, to point cut to he wherein she had been so foolish. Hi fae wore a sarcastic, withering smile )UR HEROES. The rich man's little diugihtor Lay upon her bed one day. And her lips were parwhed with fever, And all bope had ebbed away. But a doctor watched and waitel. Watched through weary nights.and won Back the little maiden's roses Ere his trying task was done. le had left his bed at midnight. He had watched with weary eyes; He had brived the fiercest weather, Sighing when ie heard her sigbs. And he gloried in his triumph When he saw her smiles camo :ack, Even as he smiled who saved her When she played upon the track. BErt no crowd pressed roun the doctor, And no happy eteers w,-re heard; lie had done a thing that's comuon. Nothing thrilling had occurred, Arid the ri-h mau fumed like fury When he got the doctor's bill. Whioh he called an outrag '-lawvers Have the matter going :till. -S. E. Kiser, in Chicago Times-Herald. of a Ring. but as he glanced at the inner surface of the ring, his expression slowly fro'e, for there stared him in the fae this le;end: "A. H. --M. H." And what did "A. H. -M. H." stand for but "Arthur Henderson-Mary Harrington?" Seeing h s surprise, his dismay, the girl laugLe! grimliy. "Now," she said, "I suplose even your-shall we say assurance--will bardly perm'it you to deny longer that you forgot your enagenient ring." He was still staring at the ring with apparently nothing at all to say. 3iss Harrington took a step back ward, and with a little bow said: "I 1 elieve Iremarked earlier in this interview, Dr. Henderson, that my only purpose in sending for you was to restore to you your property." At this curt dismissal the doctor ose quickly to his feet, coloring 0slightly. "I am going," ho said, but he unde no move in that direction. Instead he leaned both hands on the edge of the table and stared fixedly across it at Miss Harrington. His brow was puckered up in deep wrinkles, but whether he was thiiking of the girl or the ring cannot be said with cer tainty. "I am going," he repeaid, "but but- I don't unde-stand it I was angry this morning,I admit,and ac-ecl 16 i "h -ycused to muttert her"-"but when you handed me my ring it gave me a shock,made me real ize then, as I had not before, what we were doing. Had I not felt that it was too late I would then and there have retrafted and apologized for every hasty--" "You are pleading, then, I am- to understand," she broke in, cuttingly, "the severe shock as your excuse for forgetting the ring, that it so be numbed, paralyzed your senses that you failed to think of it at all until I showed it to you a moment, ago." "'No.'" he coutinuted, stubbornly, "I am not prepared to admit that I forgot it. I remember so weli--ami so abso lutely certain that 1 took it home--" "Dr). Hendeison!" Her voioe in ditied impatience, scorn, indigna tion, exasp~erationl and perh~aps several other strong emotions. "Dr. Henider '-on this w~ould be anusing, rid icul ous w;er e it not so insulting. J iound the ring on the table, so you cannot pos sil huave taken it with von. I think w e ni'ght as well make an end of this interview." When she comuonced speaking the doctor had stoppld.- B t he had not1 been 1:stening; lhe had b thinking. Now he went on slowly as though she had not interrupted 1 im: "I took it home, str aigh't home-I laid it on the table while I filled and lighted my pipe-I had it in my~ hand for almost an hour wh ile I was smuok ing and thinking'-he wa niessive lyvlaying off to her with his finger each link of his chain of retro -ectio-"I then locked it in a small safe I have in my bedrcomn. When I started hero this evenuing" --his face broke into a tirimphannt smile -"'I put it in rmy ett hand lower vest pocket. and here shxe is, and sure enuoug~h he pulled out a ring. lHe picked up the ot bar, and, hold iug them together,ecarefully camnpared them. Th'ley were exactly altike cin every particlar, size, shapc, setting. I brilliancy, and in both were engraved letters. "'A. H.-\I. H." Hegassed thema ac-ross to Miss Har rington, whose turn it now was to show astonishmennt. "I1-I don't uiderstanud it,' she faltered. "Nor I," said Dr. Henderso'n.sternI ly. "'You seem to have a p'.urality of eugagenmentd rings to keep a stock on hand, as it were The girl nushed. "Of course you k-now that I never ad but one engagement ring," she sale. She was stooping to defen~d herself, so the doctor went ''n the moore se verely. ''iudeed: Yet here are two. I can not undertake to say how many more -you rmay have with your initials 'H. 31.' in them. I suppose that even -your - shall we say assurance --will hardly permit you to say that I was -the giver of both. The rather un -usual circumstance of two of your tiances having the same initials has iprobably been the enuse of your mis .take-a very naturtal one uinder thne -circulmstauJce. 1 do not know who ,the other - shall I say luckv?-fellow -(h'l 'A. H.' might be A b Hliggin Sson." r''3r. IHiginson's name is Talbot, s asvou very well know,'' the girl put "Hum -well-maybe it i. I don't rare. It doesn't make any difference vho the other fellow is-or are. The act remains that you had other en ;agement rings at the same time you .ad mine. Why you chose to add in mult to injury by trying to wake out hat I was the faithless one I cannot inagine. Such brazen -- "Dr. Henderson, your conduct is nsufferable. I will hear your insults c 20 Longer." t "Can you deny what I have said?" r "Of course I can, and do. I know t .othiag of this other ring you have arought. It has your initials, 'A. 11.,' u it, too, remember. How an I to iiow that it is not ,no you intended I or some other girl who hapi ens to r iave my initials? Irobably you were c >n your way to see her whlen you got I nly note." Just here the library door opened, I md Miss Harrington's younger 6 Drother Gus ap:eared. Cus was a c ollega senior, a clhss of young men 1 ot often thrown off their dignity, but he belligerent attitude of the two oe ,upants of the room visibly startled t Aim. t "I beg your pardon," ho faltered. r "I-er - did not know P nyone was in ere. I was looking for-- er-SO so-Le hing I thought I had 'eft in here." He drew back as tLough to leave. the room, and theu his gaze falling on 1 the plush case in his sister's hand, he topped. "Why, that's the very thing I was looking for," lie saidcoining forward, I slight flush on his face, and taking it from her unresistiu hand. "say, Youing man," asked the doc tor suddenly seeing a light, "is that ( ring yours?" Mr. Harrington drew himself up to :t his full height and answered with dig nity: "It is.,, "Well, that's all right," I egan the t doctor, "when--" "Why, what a, e you going to 'o I with a ring like that, Gus?" eagerly asked his sister. "What does a man usually do with a ring like this?" asked Mr. Harring ton, in reply, stretching himself 1 another inch. "I am going to give it to the young lady I intend to marry." 'Ob, Gus, is it Mary Harbison?" "Yes," he admitted, the dignified 1 senior disappearing in the happy, i proud boy. "How did you know?" i "Ihen, my dear sir," said the doc tor, with a relieved laugh, "I suppose the 'A. H.=-. A.' in that ring stands I for 'Augustus Harrington - Mary the young lady of th - brother e temptuo ig nink u ar the only girl in the United Stttes named Mary?" and then, feeling that he was not Ieing treated with proper dignity, he salked fromi the room. When Gus shut the dour, somewhat loudly, Dr. Heuderson and 'Miss Har rington were standing at opposite sidea of the table, but before he could1 have taken two steps this was altered. 'fie doctor marched boldly round to her side. "None but the b, are deserve the fair," he muttered. "And this looks to me like an opportunity to undo m fool n ork of this morning. I'll make a try for it, anyhow. Mary,'' he said aloud,taking her hau~d in his, "'I have1 acted very foolishly today; you have been foolish; we have been very fool is. Hasn't it lasted long enough? I love vou-ah' until this day I did not realize hou much I loved you; I don't believe I could bear many such days as this has been, dear-and you love me, 1 know you do. Come," and he lite 1 her hands and < lasped theum around his nek: "'let me put this ring hack on your finger where it be longs before it causes more trouble." '"Eut-how can you, with my hands up there at the back of your neck?" she asked. "Wel"-and he paused a moment to look down into a p-iir of boautiful eyes, to consider, aind t. -'well, that is a problem; just Ce+ your hanis stay where they are, for the present, and we will attend to the ring later on.'' "All right," she said1. And so it wias. -Portland Transcript. chre Js a (e" i 2. - Thr is no doubt that. Lharles, aged 9, will grow up to be a geius. His family is couivin~ced of this because he des such erratic things. Above all things, C harles dislikes exertion when he can see no clear reason for i, and it is his oftenl-expressed opin ion that lots of good time is wasted acoplishing results which don't last. The other morniun his mamuma found about one cartload of mund plus tered over the immaculate sheets of his pretty brass bed. Forthwith was the ~son brought to. book. He squirmed. "'Tell me," insisted his amaz~ed parent, "'how all this mul c ani into your bed. It is disgra'eful! Chares stood on thme other foot. ''You certainly didtt go to l.ed with -our shoes ony" contiued his miother', scorful ly. "Ij did, too!"' her son flashed back. His mother sat dlown weakly in thel nearest chair. "I went to bed with my shoes on and my coat and all my clothee, too,"' pursued Charles, the light of discovery in his eve. He was not wriggling now -he bore himself with the air of a pioneer in the realm of thought and invention. "'I just happened to think if I didn't take 'em off at night I wouldn't have tostop to put 'em on in the morning and could get down to breakfast ontie. le regarded her' ut of the corner o his ev e as he a ided the tinal miolii fvngt piirase. But to his surprise she dd noit she-i te'a of p'ide andi ca-I h~m her ihoun uI boy.:s not hers do in books. Iutea'~ ne and ( har les had a socia s. sion', 1brief bu t electri fyin g -Chicabo News. FOR WOMAN'S BENEAT.] It Wears Iong-er. One sometimes hears the questioi sked whether it is best to have ' own made up with the skirt stitche own to the lining seam for seam, o o have a "deep skirt' over a lini udexrskirt. It depends somewhat o ma : iterial used. For a crepon or re:.adline, the silk under petticoat oes Lest instead of a full lined skid 'hese skirts may be worn a great de ut they are not subjected to ough wear and tear of a regular trag ling dress or street gown. A co etent authority avers that a tail - ;own will last longer if the materi, e basted and stitched to the lining eam for se ti, whether taffeta .or ambric be used for the purpose. A own worn in traveling gets some ough usage, and therefore should be vell made and firmly lined. The seam o seam method of lining a skirt cer ainly keeps the cloth from drooping ud sagging. oueen of Italy's Sumnwr Palace. The foundation of the Queen of taly's new summer palace has just een laid at Grossony, anA the build g, when completed, promnisea to be uperb. It has long been a pet desire n the part of the queen to have a ummer home at this particular spot, nd King Humbert has amiably con ented to her whim. The general idea )f the p!an is M3oorish, the several ourts, with fountains, having the airy like group of columns which dis inguish the court of the Leons at the hanbre, while the dolls' court is to )e reproduced almost faithfully. irms of decorato:s from all parts of he world have furnished such an L)unldance of sketches that the queen aughingly said: "It would take ten leads instead of one to decide among o bewildering a succession of beauti ail things." At the laying of the oundation Queen Margherita ap >eared in a peasant's.costume. Itidden Ueatities of Fashion. It seemus too bad that all the bean iful frills and fabrics and colors that orm the hidden foundation of this easo's gowns are not se'ea by the ppreciative public. Fancy kfrock of lack lace over white -handsome, of ourse, but. very demn.re and with a ouple of knots of pale lbr-ibbqn on he corsage as the o - M;es, of polor. ron7n - n.e chiffon, thickness ~ the foundat b!ue and wi with seif cola -reen has a fiG hen the frockWt the wearer twirls a oh in these coquettish ., .Is show just bit for a brid 'set . But other vise no-one would ever suspect their existence. For Foundation Slip. Fir ones who do not care to go to. he expense of taff-eta slips for ~wear nderneath sheer summer frocks, and who also (do not care for lawn slips, re interested -n the new mercerized aties. For thos-e who use the thin lawn for fundation dresses and draw the line it two foundation skirts, this satine will be just the thing-you know how wretched a skimpy affair is. Of course, this foundation skird must be as long as the outer skirt,ald its finishing ruilles should be of a trial to suit the overdress. In this case there will be no ak transarent space between the reales n the edge of the foundation skirt ud the regulation petticoat-andthis painful space is just what occurE too often when an organdie is worn with a lawn slip. Indeed, ever so ndoy of hese sheer dresses, whcn mide by areful drewsmakers, L-Ast two-slip skirts, t~e inner one having lit one ngarate Valenciennes edged ruffle. Ihe one next to the dress is c~nate as >e pleases, and both munst be full length. _ _ _ _ Ethics or the Pen. A wonman should kee-> in mind the following rules for letter witing: Business letters must be concise and clear, because business people are pposed to b~e busy. No letter is complete without the In writing to solicit employmaent of ny kind, -on no acncount should per sonal perplexities or igedls he meni tioned. The world is fill of unfortu naate persons, and to e stranger the troubles of one are no 1aore than those of hosts of others. Letters of introdctionl are left open when written. Elaborately ornamanted note paper, as well as highly prfumed notes, is vulgar. When answering letters remember: That an amhif~uous sentence is likely to be misintarpreted, That friendly wrds never harm. That a .letter written in a kindly spiit should be suswered !n the same way, even though the mesge is dis That business letters sad invita tions must be auswered atonce. That one should acknow.ledge any friendly offer of hosp'itiity, even though it be not by alccePnce.-Bos ton Herald. Stritly speaking, eve le ma lim olite, but ev -ryong m. ot be we. I bred. Giool b'oemnf nore geni era term and umeans~ n*'ug d1e,. er and larger thai "y ess, whing may be only a veneerj e isgo breeding is from th1 st naturo >1/ . prt. One may be p without be ing well bred, but 0 who is well bred will necessari e polite. To describe a well br erson is to de- H scribe one who is 1l nigh perfect. She is kindly, u Ifisb, considering always the comf of others before ber own, and shrvi'l have an under standing of the dernal order and fit ness of things. She is never small nor mercenaryis mindful of her ob ligations in alV the relationships of life, square inher dealings, generous a to. tose less fortunate, and tender old people and children. The gently brel person may be trusted to have the savior-faire, that nappy, blds& know how" that wili make her'fel equally at home in a hut or palac EL2ectab!e people are not always e people, bat gentlefolk are un continual obligation to be good an rue. Tha combination makes "naiare's nobleinen" and God's finest anliwork, and it comes from many na mysterious sources-soinetiies uherited from noble antecedents, ometimes innate in defiance of low irth and influences, and sometimes it o.mes as an inspiration to one who as a preference for the better things life. Whatever its root, the fruit tsgIf evident in those who have it, d its contrast in those who have it Ladies of the ('abinet. It has seldora happened that there s been so many young ladies con cted with the oflicial circle at Wash i ton as during this administration, is particularly true in re o the cabinet families. Since 3McKinley's inauguration there j e been more than 20 young lady daghters in these.famnilies alone, ani i present there are 10. The first secretary of state, the Ion. John Sherman, had no young hidy daughter, nor did his successor,. Jiea D'ay; the present incumbent o tWrytTersonian chair, John Hay, has 'tio very charming ones--Miss Hay a d Miss Alice. Miss Hay is follow izgg in the literary footsteps of her dstingnished father, and is already qite widely known by her interestind book of poems, which she published last.year. Her talent is an inherited one, as it has always been natural foii her to write in verse. Miss Alied Hay, therefore, often laughingly de clar4s th'at her sister has all the " s".of the family, but those whO er best do not agree with her 6 She is quite as bright and as 1 .social favorite as her sister, h of them are of great assist the' mother in making the 0 seVOe+ rc tat9, the heve no unmarried ne gh their beautiful home on husetts avenue is most always ith a gay house party of youn'g Secretary Alger's daughter his t re of the' rri office, the we <a eing on the most brilliant social events' of years. The secretary and Mrs. Root have ono young lady daughter, a tall, graceful girl with clear olive skin and dark, expressive eyes. .Miss Root iis thoroughly enjoyed this, h~ -ea sen in Washington, ans-very popu lar. She is an end-of-the-century girl in her devotion to outof-door sports, an excellent horse.toman, and very much at home on the golf links and tennis court. -She is, besides, an accomplyiedl musician. Lil/'his predecessor, Justice Mc Kemfa, the present attorney general, Jyg Gi-iggs, has two young lady daughters. Miss Griggs came out in society las) winter, and Miss Lsila was to have been formally introduced this season; but owing to the long ill ness and subsequent death of Mrs. Griggs' mother, this event had to be omitted, and Miss Leila came out without any formality. Miss Lsng, the eldest daughter of the secretary of the navy, has been a student at Johns Hopkins university for several years and does not care for society, whire her sister, Miss Helen, who took a prominent position so cially during the first administration, is now in poor health. Secretary Hithcook, who succeeded Secretary Bliss in the interior department, has two attractive daughters. Miss Wil.. so, the daughter of the secretary of the africultural department, is her father's hostess, and has made his home a brilliant social centre of the capital. -Harper's Bazar. Seeni in the Shops. Grecian gold scarf rings in citrious designs. Many gold and silver embroideries characteristic of the Louis XIVI pe Superb collections of taffeta and fancy ribbons in millinery and sash widths. Handsome noveity nets in effective patterns connected by intricate hand stitches. Wide straw nets and Swiss chip braids in all the newest shades and patterns. Poplin -aud other light shades trimmed with black velvet bows and gold buttons. A large variety of white net and muslin costumes finished with lace trimmed ruffies. Satin soleil, Swiss mulls and cham-. bays in solid colors, polka dot and neat figured patterns, Beautiful pana.e velvets in effective combinations of cerise, blue, pink, bla:k and violet with white. Iace trimmed p1lumnet is, orgaudie, mercerized bfthise and embroidt red o'e. ini white and light colo s. 'My varieties of beo-ih pius9 rep ese~tig iloral sprays, leame, fri n1 raons in silver gilt and enamel. 'HE HORSE'S C(iA1AUThR! IS EARS ARE A TRUE INDEX TO HIS DISPOSITION. t Is 31isleading to Thinsk That the Eve Always Tells the Tale-The A-titude the Ear Assuines Under Certain Con ditions -Many Claim Color Is an Index. Many persons in forming opiaions a to the character of a horse .:egard he eye as the feafture above all others vhich tells the tale, but our investiga ion of the subject, writes E. A. A. range, the professor of vete:iuary cience, in the New York Times, has ed us to somewhat different conclu ions, and experience with these an nals has cause us not to place too nauch reliance upat z olineuVin leciding as to its vicious traits or do :ilitv. Notwithstanding that the ex umination of the eye is almost an in >orn habit in judging the character >f the creature, yet it seems that this )articular iLature is often overesti nated. We have known persons to con lemn horses on account of the ap earance of their eyes, saying, "I ever feel safe with a horse which is always turning the whites of -As eyes at me," but closer inspection would have shown the ivory white to be the result of absence of the coloring mat ter in a part which is usually of a darkened hue, and was really the natural condition of things rather than a vicious habit. This deviation from the ordinary course of nature produces a variety sometimes called "watch eye," occasionally confused, however, with another kind calle-l "wall eye;" and here it may not be out of place to explain the difference between these two peculiar condi tions. The former appears as if illumin ated by the contrast of the ivory white surrounding that part of the eye fre quently called the sight, which in irs turn may I e almost black. This somewhat singular arrangenent of things gives the organ the appear ance of being ever on the outlook, watching, as it were. Some horses have both eyes constructed on the watch-eye plan, and it gives the aui mal a rather wild expression, when in point of fact it may be a very do ,ile creature. The wall eye, on the other hand, is a condition due to the absence of col oring meter, this time in the interior of the organ, giving it a blnish or steel-gray appearance; which is a striking contrast to the soft brown eyes so often noticed in horses. It must .trot be inferred that the ve should be entirely disregarded in og as .to a h charac - ia horse .4ic s~iga&o being en inder' t( the anim oncerned. IOur e ei h as- le a e ear with es its attitude and move ments iaIicate quite a variety of con ditions; borses whose ears are ever restless- without apparent cause are freoftlY ultra-nertvous e eat ures, .et0 worth watching. Again, the rest less ear will sometimes point to de fective eyesight, which may be accom panied with partial or total loss of vision, while animals which throw them closely back upon the poll are very often inclined to nip or bite. Iu deed, this very attitude is fre iuently a signal for combat. On the other hand, horses whose ears are kept nearly in the same po sition most of the time are more than likely to be dull, stupid creatures, if they are not totally deaf. Deafness in horses is not at all a common thing, though we occasionally meet with cases in which the aiinial's at tention cannot be attracted by sound. The ear of the horse is not only a partial index of the animal's charac ter as far as vice and docility are con corned, but its movements will at times sound the keynote of danger or warn us to be on the alert. In this connection a somewhat remarkable incident was related to the wiiter a few years ago by one of tbe Union sodiers who escaped through thait famous hole of Libby prison, but was afterward retaken. The officer who recaptured the man subsequently in - formed him that his proximity was first revealed by the ears of his (the o~cer's) charger. The story, in brief, was that the escaping soldier and a messmnate wer-e concealed in a wood. One night they were closely pursued by the Southern offer and his men, and whmi'e steal ing away fr-om them as cautionsly as they coulud, the cracking of the c'ry leaves attracted the attention of the the captain's horse, which' somewhat suddenly and without apparent reason pricked its ears and seemed alarmne1. The officer, taking the hint, erde: ed his troopers to surround the spot, and by the morning he hadI the two fugitives closely corralled. Another feature concerning the err of a horse, and sometimes taken ad' vantage of to illustrate the inutelli gence of the animal, is the attitude it assumes under certain conditions. Thus we find trainers of trick hors es in the circus ring present ing a mg nificent animal to an audience, and he tells them it will do exactly what it is commanded without manipulation or sign from him. To prove his as sertion he will stand out o& sight of the horse and command the animal to throw its ears forward, which is im mediately done, the horse presenting a noble, picturesq~ue ap: ea anece at the same time. The act is accomn plished, however, through the assist ance of a member of the band, who rattles his sticks upon the snare deunm. The horse, faring the d um, will im mediatelv throw its ears forward. The audiience usually applauds and the horse gallops aro nd the ring a time o,. t+o, bis +h trainer takes its rear toward the band or place where the noise is to be made, and then commands it to throw its ears backward when the rattle of the snare drum or some other noise will attract the horse's attention from behind and the ears will be thrown backward. The audience again applauds and the horse gallops around the ring. On being brought to a halt, the trainer announces that the horse will now. throw one ear backward and the other forward on the word of command, but explains that this is a very difficult act for his pupil to perform, and so it appears to be. It is accomplished by having counter sounds diagonally across the horse and on the opposite sids of the ring, one to attract the right ear, the other the left, Unless the two waves of sound are in the proper direction the act will not be properly accomplished; but after a trial or two the manipulators of the di ums will eventually get into posi tion and then the horse will throw-' one ear forward, the other backward, which invariably results in much ap plause. It may be well to say at this point that the part we call the ear has noth ing to do with the function of hear ing; it is simply an appendage, one of the duties of which is to collect waves of sound as they pass through the air and direct them to the internal ear, where the essential organs of hearing are to be found, hence its mobility. Another feature which is regarded by many as an index to the character of a horse is the color of its coat, some believing that chestnuts or sor rels are likely to be high-strung, ner vous creatures, while gray horses often ge-t the credit of being very do cile, but our investigation along this line has not led us to believe that there is any reliance whatever to be placed in opinions formed upon such a theory. It is also contended that color has much to do with the com fort of the animal when exposed to the sun's rays, especially in the sum mer season, but our observations have not demonstrated thi truth of this suggestion, as it has been clearly shown time and again that dark horses are able to do just as nuch .work without showing fatigue as those of a lighter color. This may be accounted for by the fact that the coat is a non conductor within certaii limits, so that it probably makes little differ ence what color it is as far as the tem perature of the parts beneath are concerned. In studying the character of a horse it may be well not to jump'at conlum sions, but obstvr its habits carefuy I and give every link us tion before comin Jat0 in sou' special studfMV published a book upon "'The of War in South Alriea in W deals with the taica of bers The essential differee _#ween En ropean and South African w hai he finds to be that the Boer advanced posts are always very, weak in n bers, and that when they are driven in by the British attack, they rapidly retire in a direction which aitogether prevents the enemy from drawing any conclusions as to the whereabouts of the main body. When attacked, the Boer skirmish ers allow the troops first thrown out by the enemy to pass through their positions so that they can shoot them down at close range. This has hap pened on several occasions during the campaign, the last beijig the affair at Korn Spruit, near Bloermfontein. They even engage the main body which fol lows, until its fire becomes too strong. In withdrawing, the Boers proceed so cleverly that the enemy does not at first realize that the positions against which he is advancing have been aban doned. Every hollow is turned to good account by the retreating out posts in order to conceal their move ments. Their rendezvous with the main body is often miles to the rear, and if they are followed through wind ing valleys, they have seldom any difficulty in leading their pursuers into an ambush. The Boer trenches are generally constructed to hold from three to eight men, and are crescent shaped and pr.tected by stone fences of about half a man's height. These trenches are often unoccupied at points which draw the fire of the enemy, whom the Boers await in some concealed and carefully chosen position, as at Colen so, whence they can concentrate a flank fire upon the advancing lines, even when the latter think they are taking advantage of cover in what they conceive to be a frontal attack. Tfhe Boer tactics are, of course, enor mously facilitated by the fact that they are mounted and that they can ad vance or retire, disperse or concen trae, with extreme rapidity. These advantages further enable them to ex tend their fighting front far i-eyond the limits necessarily imposed upon the enemy. For the same reasons. they are frequently able to concen trate at some unexpected point and to cut off and capture advanced eetions of the enemy's forces, as they did re centlv at Reddersburg.. The accuracy of M1ajor Von Fran cois's observation has been so singu larly proved during the war, that his work should serve as a text book to the British officers now in South Africa. -New York Sun. Pr. E. E. Hale's Cats, Dr. Ed ward Everett Hale lives in a. neighborllod of 'appy 'omes. He de clares that he is happy because 15 ats make their home under his piazra, while all his neighbors are happy be ause these 15 cats are not uder 1their iazzas.