' Pffy j u,t' Preeldent and Qnanl Herri tt deliberately nmi unkindly kicked the" - . t-
I 1 Skmfsn'i lillO U " toti'K ,ttrK,,," of volunteers. Filipino out. In tills Install. v hot ' ftiir '5' trf '
'Q ml '7 111 I in f with a leaven of regulars to steady the headed determination set ulde all 7 ?j2.ejr- i5k
i nii ll I ' 'nmP' 11 waa supposed that there rules of warfare. Viewed In n regular f'SL .T - ; - - V - g
iiVv , U, ..(&' -k 1 Ui'siW ' w"uM ,H "nly a m""""'r i,l,-,,u' f"r 1,10 wn-v- ,hi' malted were beaten, bul J5. ;tt' --e-.
rfe ll J f'Tiner, with the latter needed only for Irrepressible pitching lu defied all mnr- 5g?jS -""a 52nr-
,,' ' I'Hef garrison duty until tlm ball Waa tlal strictures, and the day wus won. " VC-a
., ih l Wl1 f .(Ml) "vt'r so It fame alioiit that the army In like manner, when Anderson wni '3-' jgjjjV' g
f ' " I iA of occupation of the Philippines was .attaeked hy Augustl ou Aug. 3, thlek "
- '
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO.
MANY PRfcSENT-DAY CELEURI
TltS THfcN UNKNOWN.
in ttip Karlj i IghtUa font of Ttaoa
N.i on the Top l'rrt nf FaSBS VVrrc
Toilinu in Comparative ' overly
Bad DbocBritjft
OW well volunteers have borne
il. I. runt of battle line the war
with Spain began Ih now a mat-
r..r historv. A recapiiuuraon or me
,ln ezploltl of our armies In Cuba
!! Pblllpplnei shows at once uow
..ii.lhllv this contingent as upneiu
m ii-i... ti... i . ...
illilliii'"1 viiiciicii. "-" .........
I 1 1. da loit-lu.r tlli
ople eogerl clamored to lie led to
front, nnil when war was nciuuny
telared the response to the call to
was ten-fold greater than tne
lis. Twenty-live inotiHanu regular
i natter how brave, skillful and
disciplined -oonld not ba a match
br ton times that number of trained
egulnrs fighting under the banner of
astllt', nml. from the beginning or
lillltiirr operations to the volunteer
Li ,'ciiiio a glowing share of the glory
If daring, patient, effective work well
lOBf.
The Aral fierce fight of Los Quaslmas
r;i . : gaged in ny Western volunteers
coiijiinctlou with negro regulars.
these nun were practically without
nsrience cavalry, but dismounted
nd forced to plunge through a Cuban
knitli1 In the face of a hot lire. Wood's
kugb riders led the fierce charge. The
li'D sere away from home in an tin-
Mdly climate, which In Itself was
hnVlcut to enervate them. Hut they
fujlit and won. Regular army of
ers, who scorned the national guard
bil nastily organized volunteers, Open-
I their eyes in wonder to see the "inln-
le men conscripts or tne M est give
e truculent dons their "trimmings '
approved measure! The men who
rut to l'orto ltleo with Miles wore of
same class with no previous ex-
rtence umler fire. Yet all the fight-
that amounted to anything was
e by Illinois and Ohio men. not of
regular army. Hennltt's Third Hil
ls had never said much, but It
Bgbt, and wept that peace was de-
fcred Just as they had things nicely
ked "to smash the dons!"
The Philippine situation Is worth go-
; over In detail to analyze the tlght
; mettle that has been shown by our
pv men. Dewey won tne tirst ngnt
here -o easily that nobody thought
en' would be another battle. As the
ordered enemy took heart, however,
tne President and General Merrltt
madf up a force largely of volunteers,
with u leaven of regulars to steady the
lump. It was supposed that there
would be only a summer picnic for the
former, with the latter needed only for
brief gnrriaon duty until the ball was
over. So It eama uliout that the army
of occupation of the Philippines was
made up of 7."i per cent, of volunteers.
Of sixteen regiment of these only one
was from the Baal and South respec
tively. The others were all Western,
representing California. Kansas. North
Iiakotu, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho,
South Dakota, Colorado, Minnesota,
Nebraska. Oregon, Washington, Iowa,
and Utah all from west of UM big
river. These men had only that train
ing at arms that comes from having a
pistol as a regular article of tollot.
Ninety per cent, of them had never
been organized as regiments. Without
being drilled, within two months after
concentration ninny of them were
aboard transports und on their way to
Manila. Five expeditions, with nearly
17,iKH) troops, reached the capital of
Luzon by the middle of June. No
drilling could be Indulged In on the
troop ships, but little time was giyen
after debarkation for such things. Hut
they were there to oust the Spanish,
and ten days after arrival this raw ma
terial was engaged In a deadly strug
gle. Under the most terrifying c II
tlons of night and a whirlwind of tem
pest and rain they repulsed the enemy
and covered their States with glory.
No denial of the lunate fighting iual
Itles of these men of the nation bad
ever been made, but all regular officers
held that much training was Deo M "
to render them steady under fire, and
enduring In a sickly cllmnte. Yet these
raw levies, fresh from counting-house
ami farm, accustomed to all kinds of
good things to eat and drink, buckled
down to army rations In a land IO.ismi
miles from home, took the good with
the bad, and lacked not one whit of the
steadiness of regulars.
The first sortie of consequence by the
I'lllpluo was on Feb. 3. It consisted
of a preconcerted attack at a dozen dif
ferent place on Otis' Hues, and was as
skillfully planned nB any fight ever
made, but It was soon turned Into a
disgraceful rout. Our volunteers did
not know that under the rules of war
the were licked at the start. Hence
it came about that Instead of retreat
ing these hardy Westerners hopped
over the fronts of their trenches and
made for those occupied by Aguln
aldo' men, three time their number.
They simply took them. Tin y wanted
the waterworks, and from the vicinity
delltH-rately and unkindly kicked the
Filipino out. In till Instance hot
headed determination et aside all
rule of warfare. Viewed In a regular
way, the assailed were beaten, but
Irrepressible pitching lu defied all mar
tial stricture, and the day was won.
In like manner, w hen Anderson wa
.attacked by Angustl on Aug. 3, thick
weather prevented the regiments from
knowing that In a tactical point of view
they were a good lis wiped out. Hut
they pressed on diligently, fought
their way post obstacles, half realized
at the time, by sheer force of pluck -system
and scientific skill out of the
question. When Miller lundcd at Hollo
with his handful of lowan he seemed
to have committed ulelde. He faced
a bunch of Filipinos ten times his num
ber, and well armed and well disciplin
ed. Yet he kept the town, and when
lli.- Tehllessi ,- r. glinctit w as add. d I"
his force, w ith a part of the Third art 11
lery, he went Into the country looking
for a fight. He found one, and, to the
chagrin of nil military strategists, from
Charles Martel down to Kitchener of
Khartoum, he won It. He had no right
to do anything of the kind, but he did,
and there Is an end to the discussion
that risl htpa and Ironclad rules have
anything to do with real enthusiasm
ami victory.
What Is aimed at here Is to express
what "Teddy" Koosevelt, "Joe" Wheel
er and others nlllrm: the volunteer of
America Is a fighting machine who Im
bibes practical skill with salt pork,
iK'an soup, black coffee and bad bread.
He does not need a course of sprouts at
any school of technical war Instruction
If he can get the real thing lu front of
him. Lacking regular training, he
d.ws the best lie can, coolly realizing all
his advantages ami marching up to the
point where he con do the most effi
tlve shooting. He mokes use of w hat
skill he hos, ond then drops the whole
science of war to find out who is shoot
ing at him and how quickly ho cult
shoot bock.
A great deal of Jungle skirmishing
has marked the Ftllpluo conflict. Here
the work of the Western volunteer has
boon such os to excite wonder and ad
miration on the part of trained offlcer
of foreign lands, who never dreamed
n force of raw recruits could behave
so like steady regulars. Sniokless pow
der In bamboo wildernesses could not
daunt these men. They wrestled With
the undergrowth os they would with n
patch of sunflower at home, they
wriggled through right down upon the
guerrillas, and the sturdy regular grin
ned with approbation when he heard
these lighting wildcats yell.
lu the lighting that hos taken plan
111 the Philippines the difference be
tweeli the methods of regulars and vol
linteers has been strikingly manifested
The former move forward perslstentl.i
mid doggedly In silence; the hitter g
to the front with yells and enthusiasm
but both go to the front. When Wheat
on was opposed by a river, the othei
side of which bristled with rifles, h
halted for the pioneers. The regulari
did the same, but the Oregon boys, Ik
lug good swimmers ond not liking U
wait for bridges umler fire, swain thl
river. When Otis met the Marllar
ltlver Colonel Funaton and a core ol
his men swam over and took tOBM
trenches which were manned by tin
Filipinos. Some of the Washlugtor
boys sow n blockhouse flag. One ol
them volunteered to go and set It or
' fire, lie did so under a heavy fire, and
I Ills comrades rushed up. III possession
while the Filipinos gave lu. affrighted
at rack foolnardlnet ami bravery.
I.Ike (irant's army In the Wilderness,
the volunteer contingents have made a
showing no nation ou earth can match
-not a man has advanced backward
In oil that gallant army. Bullet :.:
fromold rllles lu the hands of supposed
ly raw troops have done as much dam
age ns bullets sent from modern gun;
by men wearing sharpshooters' badges
They have been kepi stautly at tin
front, the reason assigned being that
they ore hardened to the climate, ond
better than any freshly arrived regu
lars. It took (ieiicral (it's less thai:
half n year to reach a conclusion that
all the precedents of (In. army and thf
science of war were useless In the file
of the Indomitable bravery, the match
less aptitude and speed, the unbound
ed enthusiasm of the American robin
teer. Lacking skill as pioneers, they
swam rivers; knowing nothing of skill
ed clearing work, they cut the Jungle.
Hot supposed to be full fledged soldiers
they camped on the trail of the sullenly
retiring enemy with bulldog tenacity
Our regulars lu the Philippines ha v.
proven themselves marvels of stcndl
lies nnil machine like precision, but
the volunteer all dash, spirit am
pluck has shown that the true Am. i i
can lighting vim cannot lie repressed
and. given expression, carries all he
fore It to victory.
)UTCLASSED DEWEY IN LOVE.
the Bpanlah Duke Who Did It Now
Minister to usliingtnn.
P'mlu's new ambassador to the L'nl-
Ited States, the Duke d'Arcos, Is a man
In whom Admiral Ceorge Dewey once
found a successful rival. Twenty year
or more ago D'Arcos, then a poor
Count, but a handsome, (lushing fellow,
was in Washington as a legittiou at-
Itache, Dewev was also there in n
uabordtnate naval position, and was
Iwuallv poor. Both men were popular
I favorites. They were In society a
grent deal together, and were well
liked. Among their Intimates Dewey
was always "George (" nud D'Arcos,
wli"s,. family name is Hvunettl, was
I called "Jack."
Dewev and IVAmmi lnth Ml In love
with the same girl, the beautiful Vir
ginia Woodbury Lowery, of Washing
ton. Archibald Lnararv. who Is rich
P' Mil os AND HIS WIFE.
nl proud and tiatrlotlc. did not like
either suitor. Ho thought his daughter
f"ukl do better than marry Dewey. As
jW burnetii, he was uot an American.
lbi father's eye he was linisjsslble.
Terliaps that was one reason why
beautiful "girl preferred the hand
me Spaniard. She gave him a vow
that the would wed no one else, but she
told her father that she would uot inar
Without his consent. She kept Isith
1 but there was a long and
waiting, For years the father
Obdurate; the lover were sundcr-J1-
In the meantime Dewey had mar
ried another girl. She was In her grove
twenty years ond more before the gun
' Manila echoed around the world.
Aft'T many years the old Duke died
"'! bi.-k BrunettJ became the Duke
' v 1 B was named Spanish mln
tT to Mexico. Mr. Lowery finally
acladed that further aoadeltlon was
J1 ann" Kave sanction to the mar
age, which wa carried out very
lllttly.
Ttie new minister from Spain la an
Iortant man in Washington, and his
'' a great lady. Hut there are people
sI'!n as well os the Tnlted States
h think Miss Lowery missed a great
Pportunlty when she ald "no" to
Dewey.
C A Modrl Town.
"Tun e mile from nowheie. In a Ilt
J tackwuod .village over In North
r,'lln the other day. I found the one
a in the world where every txxlv
works, and no loafing Is permitted."
said a well-known traveling salesman.
"In this hamlet there's no Idleness that
Is not voluntary or vicious, and this
privilege I not nllowed even to the
wandering Willie out of a Job. On a
sign at the postofllco In Beecbland Is
this Injunction, from which there I no
appeal! 'No loafing allowed In this
town. We work, nnd so must everybody
else who expects to reside here for any
length of time. Idleness breed crime,
ond, ns we never hod a robbery or a
murder here, we have determined to
strike nt tho root of all evil. Tramps
will be given one hour In which to de
part, and honest men out of employ
ment will be given work If they desire
It. If not, they must git, and git ns
quick as their lozy legs wll carry them
away from our village. This means
you.'"
HE LOST ALL,
Including that Winsome Crentnre, the
Lovely Blrdy Jnne.
It was the first perfect day of the
glad springtime. The warm sun bright
ened the country landscape, and the
odor of opening apple blossoms came
upon the laden ntmosphere. The lozy
cloud floated dreamily tu the sky over
head, chiefly because they could not
go afoot nor on the trolley cars. The
rural roads were smooth under the
hammer of Innumerable wheels, and
Clarence Wheeler had stolen Blrdy
Jones from her haughty BobO home
for n ramble on bis 'i7 tandem among
the highway of the townships. Stop
ping from their run, they rested le
neatb a great oak tree w hich overhung
a wayside spring. Cowbells tinkled In
the woodlot below the meadow, and lit
tle lambs with wabbly legs three sizes
too big for them gamboled on the short
green grass. On n brood, flat stone that
looked down upon the crystal water
Blrdy spread the lunch they had car
ried In the tandem box, nnd Clarence
brought water In a romantic tin cuu
thai be had found hard by.
The soft winds toyed with the girl's
bleached tresses, which streamed over
her face like a photogravure picture of
the west wind to Illustrate Longfel
low's poems. Her cheeks flushisl with
the vigor of exercise and robust health,
and when the young innu approached
her from the spring his whole thought
was centered upon the winsome beau
ty of the divine creature. He sat dow n
by her side. Ills soul drunk In the
charm of the picture. She looked up
from the can of embalmed lieef that
she was opening, with a smile of confi
dent approval on ber young face, sud
denly her eye kindled and the rosy
flush of young womanhood gave way
to a ghastly pallor. Her Up curled lu
corn. Her classic head lifted In
anger. "Merciful heaven:" shrieked the
young man. "Tell me, dearest girl, what
Is the matter?"
But she stepped back, and, striking
the attitude that she had learned nt the
soh. i Amateur Dramatic club, she
pointed her Huger at him nnd sold In
tones that would wither a load of hay:
"All Is lost, Clarence Wheeler. You
aro sitting lu the pie!" Pittsburg
Tlmea.
i
NEW MISSION SOCIETY.
Formed l? HuptUta tn F.atabllth For
eign MUnlnna.
A new mission society has been or
ganized among Baptists. Bev. Dr.
Ceorgo C. Lorlmer, of Tremout Tem
ple, Boston, 1 one of Its organizers. It
alms to put Into foreign mission effort
n new Idea that of mission stations,
which, after having Ih'cii given three
or four years to get startnl, must be
self-supporting thereafter. The field
secretary of the now society, Bev.
Charles S. Morris, a grandson In low
of Frederick Douglas, starts shortly
nr.v. dr. op.onnic i.nuiuitn.
Ml. Ol
for upper Liberia. He takes a party of
ten men with him. At that point the
gateway to the Souduu a mission sta
tlon Is to be planted. It Is to bo al
lowed $4,01)0 a fear for four years, and
after that It must not only pay Its own
way, but start a new mission further
Inland. I'nrt of the missionaries are to
Ik preachers. Tin- rest are to Ik; school
teachers, carpenters, physlctotis, form
ers, blacksmiths, etc. Tho Industry Is
to ins that of raising coffee. It Is sold
a general desire exists on the pnrt of
man colored young men nnd women In
our own South to go back to LIIktIo.
Kfforfs are making now to raise money
to buy tWO ship to sail between Snv
nnnoh and Liberia nnd provide cheop
transportation.
While or Ilrown Ilread.
The oft-repeated debate betWeOI the
advocates respectively of the white and
brown In breads Is again llng car
ried on In the columns of the London
Illustrated News. Dr. Andrew Wilson
takes the side of the brown, while Drv
Lauder Burton writes In prale of the
white, and he 1 supported by several
other contributors. These latter pro
I 1 m a -a ....
icssiouhis ore nrm in the holier, oftei
Having made Investigations Into thf
question, that white bread is more nu
trltlous than the brown variety. Th
latter bus Its merits, of course. It
tends to remove the torpidity of tin
digestive system, which too often DO
curs lu persona of sedentary habits
and supplies also mineral matters
especially pboephate of Mm led
for Isine building. But the w hite bread
also supplies mineral Items, and as re
gards fat It Is said to afford a larger
proportion of this Important ( I than
the brown bread. The great point OUI
Investigators lay stress on, however, b
the Importance ol Judging the value ol
a food by a physiological rather tlfiu
by a purely chemical criterion. It ll
one tiling to soy that any food show
under analysis n large proportion ol
this or that nutriment, and quite an
other thing to assert that It can be
easily assimilated, or. In other words,
that its nutrients can be easily obtain
ed by the body for the ultimate pur
pose of nourishment. White bread
overtops the brown In tbll latter re
ss'ct, ond so we may rest content to
know that in the ordinary loaf we bare
a typical enough representative of the
staff of life.
I e in I fiom Itegul (loll.
An Italian physician, rushing on Ids
w heel to the bedside of a patient, WHS
arrested by a policeman for scorching)
nud notwithstanding the urgency of
the case was Compelled to go to court.
When the doctor was Anally released,
on arlvlng at the home of the patient
he found that she had died for lock of
dlcal attendance w hile he was In the
bonds of the low. The elrcunistonce
led to the exclusion of physician from
the regulations regarding scorching.
France' M itrli .Monopoly.
The manufacture of matches H a very
strict state monopoly lu France, nnd n
Baa of 1 franc per match Is ruthlessly
imposed on all contraband Imports or
tho klud from abroad. Forget fulness
of this lately cost U BngTJah traveler
the sum of 100 at the port of Bou
logne, where be had to pay a fine of fssi
frnnes on a box of waa lights, raJne
cents, which the custom house officer
found among hi luggage.
Mlirrlan Horsehair.
Vat quantities of horaehalr, which
Is chiefly need for upholstering furni
ture, comes to thl conn try from SI-ls-rla.
It Is taken from the mane and
tall of horses rldd. n by Cossack.
London' I'opulallo i.
It I estimated that at the present
rate of growth Loudon, which now hat
a population of Mt7000 will lu ludl
have over LVKJ0.000.
A married woman's tears excite curi
osity ofteuer than they excite u
pathy.
Fifteen years ngo! There are many
people who ore now gromlnentt whoee
names are ou many tongUCI u many
lauds, and were then unheard of out
side of their own little circles. Uud
yard Kipling, for Instance, was, in lin
early eighties, ou assistant editor on
the Indian Pioneer. Ills pay wos lln-n
many less rupees per month than be
uow earns dollars lu a single day. In
his few spare moments he was writing
hi "Department Ditties." Some day.
he hoped, and Ibis was the height of
his ambition at thai time, to Induce
the world to read t hem III lmok form.
In the time that has elapsed since then
he has made many thousands of dol
lars, Is midway In a remarkable coreee
and has created a fame that will live
w bile the world lasts.
About the same time Blder Haggard
had written one book. 'Vctcwino and
His White Neighbors," and was utter
ly discouraged, it had been published
at 0 loss of JJ.'.d. lie was then on the
verge of publishing another novel,
"Dawn," which never attained any
great fame, and w hlch netted him Just
100) the resnli of a vear of hard work.
To-day everybody Is talking of Lord
GURon, tin- present viceroy of India.
In lvsi he was reading for his bachelor
of arts degree at Oxford, and w as look
lug forward t an apprenticeship in
politics. He began the following year
lu the humble position of assistant sci
re la ry to Lord Salisbury. The 11 ft 000
years thot have elapsed have piacea
him In a position second to none lu u
wide sphere of action aud power.
A decade ond o half ago Dr. CotUM)
Doyle was laboriously working up u
medical practice at Pouthaoa. Bngland.
He set uied destined to live and die n
count rj doctor. His pen was as yet
untried, aid that he had wii bin him
the hovcllstlc spirit which has gained
Mm dollars and fame was unlhought
of. Not until 1888 did be try his baud
at writing. The reading public who
have enjoyed Ills Sherlock Holme
ami other stories know w ith w hat sue
cess he met so do his bankers.
inn llacLaren won popularity fifteen
years ago as a minister of the Sefton
Park Church lu Liverpool. Knghiud.
But for a dozen years after that his pen
wo engaged lu transcribing bis
thoughts Into sermons before It turned
to the bt amy and pathos of the "Bonny
Brier Hush." As a writer and as o
minister he now has u reputation
which Is world wide.
Anthony Hope was a scholar at
Halllol lifteen years ago. and his only
ambition then wos to follow In the foot
Step of his uncle, sir Henry Hawkins.
Not until 1800 did be begin 10 write and
find out for himself os well as show
others that he had ability lu quite on
other direction.
Mine. Sarah Grand was rambling all
over the world with her soldier-doctor
husband fifteen years ago and only
vaguely mapping out a novel which
the w orld now know s os "ldcolo." For
away In the solitude of the African
veldt at till' some time was OUVO
Schielner, dreaming dreams. "The
Story of an African Farm," with Its
Wetrdneai and Its philosophy and Its
religion, was gradually asserting itself
In her brain. Mrs. Humphry Ward
was busy with domestic cares lifteen
years ago Un busy to recognise the
genius that was working within her.
Nobody knew Hall Cable lifteen
years ogo, but now everybody knows
of him, and it is a certainty that before
he dies, unless the end comes quickly,
he will corn his weight In gold. After
spending a number of years lu Liver
pool, a Journalist of DO very marked
ability and working for a stipend rath
er than for a salary, he went to London
ond become Dante Uossettl's private
secretary. There he found scope nnd
Inspiration for the gifts that were In
him. Change of environment appeared
to work a miracle, for In 1880 his story.
" The Shadow of a Crime," Introduced
n new iispirntn to a worm or readers.
New York Telegraph.
the grent linen factories In Ireland nnd
found (o be of excellent quality.
Among the remarkable mo.-lue mil
luals whose Intl.-1 - have recctitlv been
' studied at Wood s Hull. Ma-s . ore the
nbl on bk" MM-uorm called "uetner
teana." One species frequenting the
i New England ooaal sometimes attains
0 length os great as twenty -tWO feet,
with a width of about an In. h. sTln-se
worms ore i nridv orous, living on
minute Inhabitants of the water. At
low tide they conceal themselves under
st. .in s. W hen handled they easily
break apart, but from such fragments
an entire worm Is sometimes re pro
dtwed. Prof, t'oe estimates that a
nemertean five fool In length may con
tain not less than a quarter of a million
eggs.
Aii Bngtlah naturalist, Dr Augustus
Henry, now traveling lu China, sends
to the director of the Row Hardens In
London o lively account of the wild In
habitant! found lu some of the forests
of the Interior. No large or dangerous
animals are met with. The songs of
the birds are exquisite lu showery
Weather, but as soon as the sun shines
the cicadas make a racket that drowns
oil other sounds. Most Interesting are
the Jungle fowl, which are very com
mon lu the woods, and are gorgeous lu
their plumage. They are glorified
bantams," Kays Dr. Henry, "the colors
having a brilliancy that seems abated
lu the domesticated kind. They crow
and cackle ami behave In the forest
Just as farmyard fowl would do, only
they are a little shyer of man."
From time to time experts have no-
ti I certain tun iphilmible peculiari
ties In magnetic Instrument In various
buildings. An American professor
BOW declares, as the result of experl
nts and Investigations, that the
vagaries ore due to the presence of
magnetism In bricks They ore mode
of earthy mutter containing a greater
or less proportion of magnetite or mag
netlc Iron ore.
Attempts to employ electricity In
stiinu'ating plant growtb appear to
have met with soinu success. Dr.
Stone, of the Massachusetts Agrlcul
rural College, reports that In the case
of gOyOOO plant! experimented with,
the results show that germination I
accelerated by the application of elec
trlelty, although the beiielb lal effect Is
ohtolncd only within certain limits do
termlned by experiment.
Prof. CompbeU, of lbs Lick Obeerra
lorv, has discovered that the star Kin
Cephel Is approaching the earth ut the
rate of 188(000 miles tin hour. Hut
even witu inai i h avna raquirst
iimi yean for the Hying star to cross
tin- gup which separates tin- enrm
from the nearest star In the heavens,
Alpha Ooutaurl The dlstsnce of FJta
Cephel Is not known, but It Is much
greater than that of Alpha Ccntaurl.
The hope Is held out by the Depart
meiit of Agriculture mat UN rinsing
of flax of a Urn- quality may liecotnc
an ImiKirtaiit Industry In the Fulled
States. Kiperltuetits III this direction
have proved most successful around
Puget Sound III the Hlote of Washing
ton. The noil lino climate mere are
said to be espial for lint raising to
those of the l'"t flax producing re
gion of F.urope. Puget Sound Hal
i been cipcrlimutcd with at one or
TALE OF A COAL WINE
All
LI MATE OF ALASKA.
Hrokcn I. en of n litisk? DaaBSOl
Unit Kriniilns.
In tin' ltrltish museum there stands
a Bgure of a human leg carved out of
cannel coal, the remnant of u "coal
black lady" that fell to pieces crossing
tin- ocean from America, it is the odd
est exhibit In the great museum ami
commemorates the folly of a number
of British speculators, among them th
Prince of Wales, w ho were token In by
an American promoter.
The story of the fake Is os follows
in Breckinridge County, in Southwest
em Kentucky, there stands a hill that
was formerly seumed on Its sides ond
crest of 100 feet with large veins of
Cannel cool, but unfortunately tin
veins did not extend to any depth In
the ground. The cool hill was an IsO
luted section of mineral loud, there be
lug no oth.-r vein Within BOO miles. Tin
Pennsylvania minora agreed thot it
was too expensive on undertaking to
Investigate, as the cool was In too
small a quantity to pay for putting u
machinery and hauling It to market
Hut a Cincinnati man was of another
opinion, in 1884 i. n If soman cross
ed the Atlantic to Loudon armed with
o photograph of the COal hill and sotm
specimens of cool and o svortl state
ment from the recorder of llreckln
rblge OountVtnTri the specimens of
coal were truly taken from the photo
graphed coal hill and a statement also
tli.it attested the area of the coal N
gloll.
Needless to say. a coal syndicate was
easily organised In London. The ipei
ulntor became known as the coal king
of America and in six months be man
aged to Induce the Prince of Wales tl
buy stock to the value of $u,rsHi,(ssi
" The Breckinridge Company. Limit
ed.'' was inaugurated aud an Buglla
manager crossed to America to take
charge of the mining. The Itrllou saw
ami was coinpicicd by the richness of
tin' coal and proceeded to work the
veins, although it cost Mm fx u ton to
mine for what he received only 7 it
ton in return. Nevertheless be did not
seem to care. In his exhilaration he
had o large figure of a woman carved
out of the cool ond forwarded to I'.u
gland, but It became broken In the
rough voyage nnd thu limb In the muj
scum Is oil that remains of the dusky
goddess. It was only last January that
the Prince of Wales and his swindled,
fellow speculators awakened to thu
knowledge that the Kentucky coal had
been exhausted ond that lawsuits for
miners' ond managers' woges lay on
their hands to the sum of 1 180,000, IV)
the mine wos abandoned ami all thai
remains of Its story Is the auatomlca
fragment In the ltrltish museum.
WOMEN AT THE FRONT.
Noble Part ' n , Bave Boras in the
Treuclira In the I'lilllpiilnfls.
When the d Is of courage ond valor
lu tho Philippines have hi me a part
of familiar history one of Its brightest
page will be given to the wives ami
maidens who bore a port so nobly w ith
the Kansas troops, says the Kansas
City Journal. They were present In
the trenches, reody with their blind
ages to give first aid to any stricken
soldier, and about the hospitals their
cheerful presence and deft nursing
guv imfort to many a wounded boy
lu the letters written to home folk by
tin- Kansas wounded we find mention
ed the names of Mrs. Funstoti, wife of
tho colom-1; Mrs. Sclillemnn, wife of
the chaplain; Mrs. BUChan, wife of the
Kansas city captain; Mrs. Whitman,
wife of the Junior major, and perhaps
mote frequently yet the names of Miss
Bradner igni Mlai 0111a O'Brien. Miss
Bradner went from Kansas to India
several years ago as u missionary.
With the breaking out of the Spanl-.li
war she proceeded to Hong Kong, ami
then, after Manila had fallen, to tho
Philippine capital, where she ut once
lustulled herself us u nurse lu the
Twentieth Kansas. She Kept nt th"
front with the boys all through ths
late campaign ami applied the nrst re
lief to ail the wounded that came with
in her reach. It Is related by OB0 Kan
sas Isiy that during one of the ficrco
engagement! this young woman sut by
Ills side In the trenches, coolly passing
c artridges to him as fast as ho could
Ore.
Miss OUI CBrlOO Is a Topcku girl
who went to Manila lust summer on
pleasure bent. She uccomplitiled Mr.
Htuteiisburg, wife of a regular army
officer, who Is now serving with the
Volunteers from Nebraska. When the
wounded commenced to come from the
front she volunteered to go Into tint
hospital as a nurss-, nud she has attend
e. to her duties faithfully and well.
A i. in i urn log Furniture.
"Home men can take new furniture
und make It look a If It waa made a
century ago," says a Journalist. 80
can some children. - London Tlt-Blts.
The man who suggests a compromise
has usually been whipped.
IT II LITTLE UNDERSTOOD BY
MOST PEOPLE.
r os pars Favsrebljt with Timtof the
Northern atatss Winter la tonsil
rrn lountry Not I SCISSSlTSlF I old,
Like Ths I in Takoa Biatrial!
DoUbtleOI there Is no part of the
earth the climate of which Is as little
lliidcmtoiid by the SVOfegO uiuu and
Woman os that of Alaska. Most of tho
people of the I tilted States, especially
those east of the Itockles. have only u
baa recollection of AIuhUu or "llussla
lu Anierho," as described In lln-lr
childhood's geography) ami the mod
era "Klondike" has only dissipated
that base nUBdeatly to allow their vis
ion to be concentrated 00 that one
point To them whatever happ. ns In
Klondike" of course happens In oil
oth.-r parts of Alaska. They forget
that the Klondike aud the Yukon coun
try Is separated from the southern
coast by a range of great mountains,
and that COfUOqUOUtly the coast line
has a vastly different climate from
that of the Interior. Tln-y forget that
the proximity of the Paclllc, and the
prevailing westerly winds over that
ocean, give the southern coastal region
of Ahisko a climate having 11 compara
lively small range of temperature;
while the Inlerlor, shut off from these
modifying Influences, Is SUbJeet tu
truly arctic rigors In winter which
scarcely ffoet the southern sections.
It Is safe to soy that before the discov
ery of gold lu the Klondike scarcely
one ihthoii lu ten knew the length and
breadth of tho district, and some of the
mistakes and guesses made are ludi
crous lu the extreme.
Southeastern Alaska, ot least os for
os temperate conditions are concerned,
has a climate thot ninny of the States
may envy, remembering the severity of
the cold waves that have swept the
country from Montana to Florida. It
- true thot Southeastern Alaska bus a
considerably greater amount of pre
cipitation and more rainy or suowy
days than most of the State of the
Union; however, the absence of eoM
waves and disastrously sudden
changes lu temperature will go far on
the credit side of the Southern Alnskn
ledger. The Interior, deprived In a
great measure of the soothing effect of
(lie ocean, of course has a rigid climate
In winter, yet the summer mouths a re
warm, often oppressive.
The coast Hue has bud considerable
more rain or snow than the mainland
Juneau and Skaguay aud thu num
ber of clear and partly cloudy days at
Juneau and Skaguay Is more than
twice as great ns ut Sitka nud Klllls
QOOi In fucL the winter weather of
Juneau ond Skoguay will favorably
Compare with that of any of the North
ern states Indeed, with many of the
Southern. The Western bureau bul
letins of I'ebruory 1." reported a tem
perature of I degrees below Hero S
Inning aired on the Kith at Talla
hassee, Phi. Ou that date, at Juneau
ond at Sitka, the lowest temperatures
were. Juneau, III! degrees; Slll.a. 8B de
grees, while the lowest temperature of
the winter waa 4 degrees U low r.ero at
Skaguay, lu December and January.
when it is remembered thai skaguay
la abOUl ".iski miles farther north from
the eiitotor than Tallahassee, tin. dlf
fere 1 ice becomes more striking, and
should turn the tide of winter travel
toward Alaska. Seattle Post Intelli
gencer. LAW AS INTEHPHETED.
The much disputed question of the
right of a third portOO to bring action
on 0 contract made for his Is-m-llt I
decided In Baxter vs. Camp (Conn.), 42
L. It. A. Ml. by denying the right of a
son to recover on a contract made with
his mother by her husband to pay a
sum of money after her death to the
son.
The pendency of nn action In n fed
eral court after removal from a State
court is held. In Wilson vs. Mllllketi
(Ky.)4S L- K a. 44b, raffle lent to abett
n Subsequent notion for the same cause
In a State court. This decision Is lu
conflict with the majority of the case
which have considered tho question,
and whh h an- anuly.ed In an extensile
note to the cave.
All offlCOr'l declaration that he makei
an arrest. by authority of (he Statu and
statements by his companions that he
is an Officer art- bald, In Stale vs. Tuy
h.r iVt.l, 42 L. It. A. 878, to lie suffi
cient to require submission tu the ar
rest The tUtbortttOt oil the question
of the Information to which an ac
cused person Is entitled at the time ot
his arrest are reviewed In 11 note to this
case.
Payment of ths principal of a note
to the original payee In the belief that
It belonged to hint Is held, In Holllus
heod vs. (Hobo Investment Company
(N. I).), 42 L. U. A. 8B0i to ho no pi otec
tlon to Hie maker when (he note had III
fact In'oii Indorsed ond wa lu the
hands of the Indorsee, olthough cou
pons from the note hod been collected
for him after the Indorsement by th
payee.
Tree Killed by Ita Htlng.
J. K. Boron exhibited tu Cadis, Ky.,
11 most remarkable homed snuke,
which he plowed up lu a lb-Id on hi
place. Tlie snake has, near the end ot
hi tall, a long, keen born, which
comes to u point as sharp its it needle.
I'll Im Is the first serpent of this variety
ever seen lu Kentucky.
Tin- snake, when angered, take thu
end of Its tall In Its mouth ami rolls
like 0 hoop toward the object of It
wrath, but, Just before reaching It, the
serpent stands almost upon It bead
and thrusts (hi prong Into whatever
It would strike down. Mr. Boiefl de
clare that the horn of the snake Is
nihil with poison, and thai a blow from
K Is deadly. It Is sold that even a tree
stung by Ibis variety of reptllu will. If
the sop Is up, die In a few- hour.
I lg III house..
I Hiring the Inst decade Prance has
constructed eleven lighthouses of enor
moils Illuminating power, thu averugu
being eipuil to that of 800,000 candle.
Kugland lias eighty-all llrst class light
houses, which avcrago only 20, UMO-cuu-die
siwer.
After a woman reuche tlfty, she la
usually culled upon to deny her weight
a wvll iu her agu.