THE BRIDGE.
hi. bridge to Leaven?" tbey
wht Is
cried,
And the warriors held their breath,
A the grltzled king of a hundred fight
Wenv.dowu to the river of death.
"What I his bridge to heaven?" they
cried,
"Is It bastloned with buckles and
spears,
And girdled strong with the Iron blades
Of the battles of bygone years?
"And what are the voices he hears In his
dreams?
Are they the clamors of field
Or the echoes of splendid victories that
come
As he stands by the river at night?"
"Nny, nay," and they stand by In wonder
nnd nwe.
For nil that he builds on there
Arc withered blossoms, n baby's shoe
And the lock of a woman's hair.
And the only voice he hears in his
dreams,
Ajj the world die out in his ears.
Are an old iove-bnllnd, a baby's laugh,
And the nob. of a dead wife's tears.
Pearson's Mngaslne.
rr
a
DOH
School Qirl Heroine.
too
iss Jenn Kelson had n very
queenly bearing. Not thut she
really thought herself made of
nny better clay than the other mem
bcrs of the human family, but she. wis
sometimes given that credit. Often
had she been censured on that account
by those who did not understand her,
Oil! the agonies of being mlsuuder-
fttood! Hut to those who knew her, she
was cordiality Itself, and every girl In
the dormitory worshiped at her shrine.
Jenn was exceedingly pretty. In
fact, she was very beautiful, ller nose
was as straight as Venus' own. A Cu
pid's bow for a mouth, about whose
corners a smile so often plnyed. Her
ehln wore a mischievous dimple In It,
and her eyes words fall! The won
drous wealth of hair that crowned her
high forehead might have rivaled that
of Apollo. She was hardly fair enough
to be called fair, nor yet dark enough
to be called dark. After all, the charm
TO
''wnr ATTEMPT
TKLl, WHAT UK
of that face lay not so -much In Us slm
pie beauty as In the sympathy for man
kind that shone out of Its eyes.
"Ilere at last," Jean gasped, as she
fairly ran up the walk leading to the
girl's dormitory at Harper's Univer
sity. Inside the door she dropped grip
and wraps, and started up the stairs
with a bound. "Everything- looks Just
as natural. Why, they have a new
stair carpet! I wonder If any of the
other girls are here yet?'
Suddenly her attention was attracted
by the sight of a carriage at the en
trance. Scarcely had It stopped before
a head appeared, which proved to be
that of a very flighty young woman
Catching sight of the group at tho win
dow, she ran up the walk, waving her
umbrella about her head In windmill
motions (very uncouth In a young lady),
leaving her purse and box of candy
behind her in the carriage, which neces
sitated her going back after them. Jean
ran down to meet her, grasping tho
chubby form in her widespread arms.
Obi the thousands of kisses that are
wasted In that second week of Sep
tember, not to mention the extra va
gance of affection displayed at the
leave-takings In June.
"You dear old girl! I was so afraid
you would not come until to-morrow.
When Is Anna coming? This after
noon? We'll Just go over to tho train
nnd surprise her. There are two poor
little girls up in room 43, who are
frightfully homesick. Wo must do all
we cau to keep them amused until they
get used to things here. Julia, stand
'off. Let me look at you. Why, you'ro
just the same, dear girl you always
were," which was flatly contradicted.
"No, I'm not, I've lost three pounds.
J only weigh 1C2 now. Here, have
pome of my candy. It's the good kind,"
just ns If to her every klud were not
good, Slowly up the stairs the two
girls went, cliattlug like magpies. They
were no different, yet who cun account
for friendship?
One day In January, the girls were
assembled In one of the rooms greatly
i-xcited over two Important reports
immely, the rumor of smallpox lu the
town, and tho certainty of a German
test which was to come oft next day.
Tho president had that morning in
chapel Insisted that all students be vac
cinated Immediately, and tho German
professor had said, "Vo vlll baf von
ipst ober die endlro pook, and enypody
who can not make forty percent will
haf to tudor. Did you understood?"
They were Indulging lu a very heated
discussion, a good deal being uuld on
both sides, when some one said, "Girls,
wouldn't It bo Just perfectly awful If
smallpox should break out lu this dor
mitory? When my aunt was In col
lege " she was Interrupted by a girl
tossing her book In the air, contemptu
ously crying, "Smallpox, nonsense I
say, have you forgotten all about that
German? The very Idea of giving a
test over the whole book! I positively
never heard of such presumption. No,
not In Israel. Habcu, hatte. gchat,
kommett, hum, ge-go-getlddle-sticksll
who cares, nnyhowV Say, do nny of
you happen to have nny candy about
your persou?" Either they had be
come so unused to hearing this question
from her, or they did not wish to com
mit themselves, for she received no an
swer. Nothing daunted, sho proceed
eu. "When I get rich, I'm going to
live In a college town and run a caudy
store, and give candy to tho studeuts,
especially tho girls. People who live
lu college towns don't half appreciate
what a comfort they might be to stu
dents lu Just such little ways as that"
I hey were nil laughing heartily,
when Alice Thompson came Into tho
room with a dejected look on her face,
and a German book lu her baud (tho
two usually go In pairs). Inquiring for
Jean, saying: "I've got a German story
here about a cow, and 1 can't get head 1
or tall to It. Is Jean here?" One of
the girls spoke up, snylng: "No, she's '
not. bhe a up ou the third tloor helplnir
Julia Mitchell make up the work sho '
missed when she sprained her ankle.
I'm sorry I can't help you. Alas! Ich
sprcche uleht Dcutsch mesllf already
gchaben sein, but you better guess
Jean can. She took the cold medal In
Dutch last year, you know. 1 don't
blame George Lockwood for ndorlng
her. My, but that pearl she wenrs Is a
beauty! And she's got clothes to match '
It. I don't see what would become of
Knte Lennox If It were not for Jean.
Jeau can treat her nicely without be
ing afraid of losing caste, and that Is
more than some of the rest of us can
do. By the way, Kate Is out of school
to-day."
The next day the excitement ran still
higher when It was rumored that Kate
had a fever. The girls were sure that
It was smallpox, and all kept their dis
tance, leaving poor, uupopular Kate to
lie hours alone In her little bare room.
They nil protested and threw up, their
hands In horror when Jean declared
her Intention of going right up to
Kate's room with n glass of lemonade.
As Jean entered the room, Kate rose
up and gratefully said, "I Just knew
you would come, I am so thirsty."
Later a physician was called. And
sure enough It was smallpox. Tho
physician advised that Kate be moved
from the dormitory as quickly and with
ns little confusion as possible. She
was uiKen 10 a loriorn mtie cabin a
mile down the river, and Jean, poor
girl, went with her. This was the only
thing she could do, now that she had
been exposed to the dread disease.
yvvvvvvvwwvvvvw nwwvwwA'
THE ASHANTEES AND THEIR KING.
ARainst These Superstitious Africans finRlnnd Has Been
Waging War for Twenty-six Years.
IIILB Interest has been cen
tered In England's war lu
South Africa and page after
page of wnr history has Imjcii made and
published only occasional scraps have
come to us of the trouble England Is
engnged In with Ashantee land, where
for twenty-six years Great Britain has
been engaged In war.
Tho King of Ashantee. who Is Great
Britain's Implacable foe, Is the most ex
traordinary monarch lu the world, lie
Is picturesque, powerful and a merciless-despot.
Twenty-six years ago Kng
land sent out an expedition at a cost
of $4,000,000 to bring the King of
Ashantee to terms, nnd since then It
has cost $31,000,000 more.
few hundred of his Hiibjoots beheaded,
It wild to put n stop to this tnai l.ug
hind made wnr on the King of Ashnii
tee lu the seventies. Tin-re was light
ing again in ISM, and again In IWMI.
Now there are Indications of more trou
ble. Still the King of Ashantee goes
on with his barbarous practices, killing
whenever ho pleases and ruling with
absolute power. Ills subjects love him
because he Is of their royal blood, and
fear him Ix-oause of his cruelty. Hut
they will allow no other country to In
terfere with their affairs, If they can
help It.
When. In 1871. England sent an expe
dition against King KolTee. the prede
cessor of King Prciupeh. Sir Gurnet
i ..J
the rear of the woodshed nnd h
would never return. Mioiild tiny of lilt
warriors refuse lo light well, Micro In
no tolling whom the goio-slietlillng pro.
divides of the iiioimivh Willi the plii
hat would slop!
Whenever it King of Asliiinloo die
a guard of -',000 of his subjects mo
slaughtered to conduct him to the olh.
or world. It Is said thai n wy ui
UI.OOO people have been slnln qn hih-Ii
occasions,
Every time there Is n national fes
tival there are hiiiunii suorllleos. lu
fact, blood letting seems to bo one of
the principal occupation of loyally In
Ashantee.
Hack of the town of Cooiiiiito lliere
Is a place culled by travelers the Grove
of Skulls, whore the bones of victims
are thrown. Here Is whal Henry Stan.
ley said of It when. In 187-1. 'itr
corresiKUHlout, he nei'iimpanled the ex
pedition of Sir Giiinot WoUeley: "As
we drew near the foul smells
Ix-eanie suffocating. It was almost Im
possible lo slop tc.ngcr than lo take n
general view of this great Golgiitlin.
Wo saw thirty or forty d iplliHed
bodies mid countless skulls, which lay
plled lu heaps n ml sentloroil over a
wide extent. The stoutest heart and
mast stoical mind might have Ih-cii ap
palled." Several officers of tho exedllloii. al
though It remained In Conumlo only
SCENE OF MANyTTTT
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grants found this n .
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In the world.
The King of Aslinnlcc Is oppoxod to
progress, lie does not want any roads
In his domain. When tho Kugllsh out
their way Inland from tho gold const
they left a line road behind them. With
several pistols pointed at his head, tho
King agreed to keep this road lu repair
ami not allow It to 1k overgrown, but
lie know that tho rainy season was at , counties, I'lich
hand and that tho Kncllsh would have At Mil tliuo Mot Mn tut in n U.i. .
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umi mo nuiK or uemi rHiinvcn in uu . i mu wirnmiHrntH. wiib iiitiii
. . I . . . - ia a
iii-.i Horiu win ue iiieasuroii iiy mo
uuuibor of ilcsceiidniitii sent after them
from this. There are two M-rlods. call
ed 'The Ureal Adal" and "The I.lttle
Adnl," succeeding each other at Inter
vals of eighteen and twenty-four dnyn
after the death of some member of tho
' .,,IM,i. II. .
Ills part lu the murder i,.n
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ncmieniiiirr ni s im, i.-.it.
riieqm was arrested, mid In tb Icq
royal house, at which human victims ! trial that followed spent nil ihitu
THE ROYAL COURT OV TIIE Krxa OP ASIIANTKE.
Two months, nnd Jean was In school
This King lives In the Interior of Af
rica, several hundred miles from the
Gold Coast, on the western shore. He
again. Changed, oh, so changed. Her I T'.F9, a glrdIe f drIed sra8S nround
his Iolnsr, and a "plug" hat. Where he
got this hat nobody knows, but It is his
only crowri: He has no throne, but In
stead he has a stool of solid gold,
which four slaves carry around for him
wherever he goes. Upon this he sits
and gives his orders. They are all ver
bal, but often they mean either life or
death. t
The King's name Is Prempeh, and he
Is the absolute monarch of more than
3,000,000 savages. His emblem of au
thority is a giant umbrella. The spokes
are of embossed gold, and on the end
of each spoke Is a human skull. This
once beautiful face was pitted and
scarred, but she still had the same
queenly bearing. As she was sitting
In her artistic room after hgr first day
at school, her elbow resting on the
table and her head leaning against her
hand on which the pearl still shone
like a crystallized tear, a feeling of
utter dejection and sadness came over
her as she realized that she would
never be beautiful again and perhaps
George Lockwood might not care for
her now, although he had been as at
tentive ns he possibly could be during
her Illness. The unbidden tears were
creeping slowly down her face, when
a tap was heard upon the door. Sam,
the colored boy, handed her si card,
which bore the nnme, "George Lock
wood." She went down to the reception room
with a feeling of dread, mingled with
gloomy forebodings. As she entered
the room and George came forward to
meet her, she Instinctively drew back,
In a way entirely unllko her former
frank self. And sho said, slowly, hesi
tatingly, with downcast eyes: "George
I have changed since you gave me this
ring. Now I think It only Just and
right that I return It." George Lock
wood was a born orator, but thero
never was more eloquence or more ear- emblem has descended to him through
nestness in nis voice man when but a "ng line of ancestry,
are Immolated to a muustroiis extent.
Ou the Great Adnl the King visits
the graves of the royal dead at Han-
tntim, where their skeletons, held to
gether by links of gold, sit In grim
mockery of state.
HcourrU ller Hired .Mnn.
We ministers have many struugo
experiences lu performing the mar
riage ceremony," said the Itev. W. I-S
Sherldnu, of Pontine, Mich., In the
Pittsburg Dispatch. "One of the most
curious lu my experience occurred not
long ago. A largo and heavy woman,
accomimutcd bv a comnarutli-i.lv hiihiII
Wolseley was at the head of It. He and mock-looklm? num. imil d.
burned the King's capital, Coomasle. land asked to be married. Hi-nri-thim.
and forced him to agree to certain con- was regular and the ceremony was per-
.lltlntlO n..,n n 1 1. . 1. - . ... . . I . .... -
dltlons, among others that he would
abolish the practice of human sacrl
uces, uut these arguments neither
Koffee nor Prempeh has carried out.
Tho consequence hris been frequent
trouble ever since Great Hrltaln has
formed. After It was over tho bride
explained her jHisltlon.
"'lou see, Mr. Sheridan,' she said.
'farm hands are mighty hard to get In
thlif part of the country nnd they un
even harder to keep. You get u good
tin tlrift l-i ..i m ... I
u...au , .- iusk.01 civilizing uiese hired man and get him well broke lu
black-skiuned and untutored savages. t0 ,vork nrollI1(, fnrlI .J'J
The fact that the country of Ashan- thing you know he quits the Job iiimI
ee Is exceedingly rich In gold, and goes off to town or somewhere- else
that I- ranee coutrols the neichborinir i.nt mirim. i im.i .. hi.i... i i'
ST nmm5.y' ybaVe Bomo' nb0,,t n" K0(l n 1 w MIH-i't to get.
thing to do with Lnglaud's solicitude but Just when the season got right busy
for the people of Ashantee and their ho tin nnd milt me.
comic opera King.
Uiere Is probably no other savuge
BRITISH FORT IN THE CITY OP COOMASSrE.
1 Just made up my mind that I
wasn't going to be left lu the same tlx
this Ntiinmer, so here we are.'
The bridegroom In the case simply
stood and smiled meekly. He hud noth
ing at all to nay."
why attempt to tell what ho said?
Suffice to say that tho ring was re
placed and Jean never again had occa
sion to remove It
Shirt Waists in Africa.
Helen Caddlck, one of the few white
women who have ventured into tho
heart of Africa, has recently written
about her trip from Zambesi to tho
great lakes a trip for pleasure.
The cotton blouses or waists which
she wore were washed and "Ironed" by
her native "boy," and the process was
King rrerapeh has exactly 3,333
wives. Why this number should have
been decided upon he does not know.
Like several other things they came
to him by inheritance. He takes them
for granted.
Tho kingdom of Ashantee is rich In
gold, and Prempeh Is many times a
millionaire. He wears earrings of solid
gold. All of his personal adornments
are of gold. Ho owns tho only house
Jn his kingdom. It is a rude structure
of stone. His Royal Highness sleeps
on tho floor.
ICIng Prempeh Is a'bloodthlrsty ruler.
nA la In '4U t.l.l. -. ... . '
extraordinary,
The laundryman first spread a mat and Is In 'the habit of makim? humnn
on tho ground. Next the clothes to bo sacrifices. This Is one of the practices
"Ironed" were placed on It and smooth- which England desires him to stop, for
cd out as well as possible. Then, plac- whenever his gods nro displeased hp
Ing 11 towel or some largo cloth over seeks to propltlato them by havlnir n
uie garment, no ruuoeu nis rect back
and forth over It until ho thought it
was smooth enough.
Ills Itegliiiiliiif.
Years ago there was a cold night lu
the latter part of December at lirnttle-
boro, Vt. There had been many frees.
Ing nights thero before, but ou this one
something happened.
A young man, Larkln (5. Mead, at
tracted by tho beauty of the great whltr.
stillness, went out-of-doors, uud slow
ly, yet with much delight, modeled a
figure which, In his mind, stood for tho
S n,,: 'Sel ,Wr t,,MS . d0W" t,,u oration day there was n m
events fir iiio ppftr fiiQf tlfkf.fi a it . cnA
ranVclK 08 ar!he "tatue grVand t'he-Icuip,;;' thrw Tm iVriiSf I
ASIiantee, for they are hnrn wn-i. on water at lriti.i-.-i.li , .... i.ul" n,m 10"tr "lrl.llD' ..... ..uJ
CSdlln mniin.l, i. ... . I. . . . .. ntnlir nrrn(iil. Recently lB .
w n VII ,111V 1tll.llHiv
worm, including me a
to secure bis freedom, He airi
..... ....,..,"..,.,. , ,,c BlIHJfl a
n ... Ll .
.iii.u ii, im- miirvuic V oun, IDd fl&
very day on which the opinion of &
court was imudeu down ittlrcilttli
decision of the lower court hnodJai
uii.-u iii inn i-eu in wic jnunt.uuitii
Many other dark dtitli Lin ta
MA. .,...... I ...I.I. .1... I . I I 1 .
iviiiii-vii-u nun uiu i.ioDa, iioi 11 u
recently passed Into the poiiwiWi
company that has coiniiifuwltlrfc
tlou of a sawmill fur the rum
Pllftltlr. till, tlltilmr nrnf eamto lli.Uj
and putting It under cultivation. Vrf
interest Is tmiuirested In (bit wortn
it goes on, for It Is thought tint, la
ting down the giant trees and lotte
tug off tho land, where so tun; id
deeds havo boon committed, etta
will aiqicnr that will throw iljbttp
many mysteries which snrronod tk
siot. Minneapolis Journal,
MISTAKES IN FLAG. RAISIN!
"Old Olnry" Must Co to the Toplm
Time nnd All KUc llclov.
It Isn't everybody who knowih'
to throw tho American colon tab
breezes, says n writer In the I'WW
phla Record. Flag raining- rc m
doy occurrencoH, but there are feF
pie nmong those In chnrge, be IM
ever so patriotic, who are cojrolmt'
tho fact that Old Glory tops CTerrtlS
In the American possessions, Mi
never go below under any clreo
stances. At ninny of the flag rali!v
there uro pennants unfolded on tt
hiuiio poles, nnd generally the mliUb
of placing tho pennant nt the top,f
tho Uag, Is mnde. ia ver; Ir
tulnir to tho roeulnr navy men. wbo
Kurd such an net In their rankiu
serving of dismissal. A number oft
nllli.nru ulnlln.inil nt I'll"
navy yard have time and again bidfi
ling given Its proper plnco on pclw
various parts of tho city, eP
nver MclinnllimiRCH downtown. 00 W
race who are .capable of putting up
Sllnll n ulll ol.i .. " "I'
Ho resolved to be- BBi,t was seen from League
thinb- n- I'rempeh does and man who did It.
beaTacTnTa IZV TuZZL'T l VS
Sultan of Turkey Is a novice in tyray S!rt 1 became nerhans ,i S Tk 8f tCI" bont to ,,ttV0 tbo PMDa
as comnnrml tvIH. m. i... ""'" i"-uiim no iook no such nn,i nntinnnt rAVPPRCU.
.v WIU umuK nnr nf I THOnsum in it no in ... " MUU 4,vm' '
liable to lose her head. m,,i iZ
one of his suhtivfa 0..i., " .
pen to look at one f i u " U.a.P: JI!aneso a t bath Js
Snlll Blll.lnnt ,. .7 . " !UIU. WJ1CI
S, hnr, nr " M by hav,
Tlio Japs' Hot Ilutli
hen peoplo nro too poor to
Cromwell's Pocket nibln.
There Is n good collection of Bibles In
the Nntlonal Museum at Washington,
and- among others one of Cromwell's
pocket Bibles, which he gave to every
soldier In his army, with Instructions
to carry It In a pocket mado especially
for that purposo In tho waistcoat over
the heart.
Every bride Imagines that her photo
graph on her husband's office desk In
spires him to keep onward and upward,
like the boy In "Excelsior."
u uuiu in inoir own lioimou ti...
' ' r I" I Patronize the public baths.
EVOLUTION OF JOHN CHINAMAN.
' . ,. !... .1 ll
It WM JI" " - v.
"uo you no yu i, ui
killed Abel?" asked the old mtf f w
street car of tho nmu on nw -
"Why, Cain, of course," wM 0Jr
ply. "Who did you think it ff"
"Waal, durn my h Me, tt J w
..,l o nt ItlVSolf. It ,1
mlnltsngo that I bet a man ij fc
that It wuh Gollah, and now iu
go bnrefut all summer to J ,
Yes, sir, It was Cain, ami Go IW t
In It, nnd Samson wnm
wlth tho samo club that Abel w ,
Washington Post.
After tho Old hT AJttii
"IhearyourmotheHn-laffli"'
inaralysls. wnnt cuu in
f "Sho went to o
iiriuu iu uuik jf.w...
'Tl.,ll,.ln
7 room
An architect says tho 1"" eaet
ho world Is tho room ror w