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Newspaper Page Textmsmvn turn en A Tale of tlio Early Soillors ol Louisiana, DY AUSTIN O. DURDICIC oiiAi"ri:n x. (Cuiiiiiiutxi.) "Hut m lint Is IIki nature of Hill i!n n Iter? Whnt la llilii nltcrnnllvo'i" "1 dnre not apenk now, lull I may tell )OII NOMIU iIimm,' "Hill " " nil!" Interrupted tin- prlnci'oi), In nn abrupt, tint kind lone. "Vim tiiimt lint urge mo beyond whnt I Imvi- nsaureil J nil, "i j it 11 1 1 it npciika nut without tliiiilnlil, mill lui lni Hi(ik nM the aecotnl lime. I iiiiint not atop now. 1 know llin chnriiiicr of aomn of your poo I'lc, nml lliHr wonla iln nof come from llivlr licnrtn, Ho nii might lm led nwny, nml tliluli Slung Hirpnit meant n ilnrk thing when lio npoUtt fnlr. Vim "III nut forget Co'iunlln." Willi these worila Him turned .jinny, mill ere llm youth coolil ili'lnln tier ah" na gone. Iln anw the hi-nvy door chisii nflcr Iiit Unlit mill griiioful form, nml llii'ii lu nnnk down ngnlti ti I 1 1 (In cold rnrtli. Whii I i-inilil Iim tin. uifTiniiiK "I Iiit Ml'l Why should alio hum iiiiihi to lilin lima tn worn lilm of n ilmiitir Hircntciicl by Iht fnilicr? It wna n alrnnge clrouiiislniiie, nml afforded tlm lirlmniiT plenty uf fun I for tlioimlit. The morning iliiumil, tin' prison dour wna opciiiil, nml Stung Hnrjx'lit entered, nml u lili lilm came tiro otlicra, o;i of tin-in mi nlit Minn, decrepit with nge, nml tlm otluT n t n II, athletic iiinii, only n little- older tlinn Stung Serpent. White 1 1 n (til iiilckly rccngn's-il this l.ittr I ml 1 vlilunl n the Great Hon -tlm king of nil tin' Nnttiie. not only from lila nolilo hearing mill lil rcscmlilniiee to lila hrnth rr. lull nUo from tin' rnrloiitly wrought circlet of fenilnra, with ll ilcvnled tililinn of norac hnlr, that adorned lila )lUil 'I'lir jniilli nroao na Iheae turn intercd lint lm illil nut apenk. Ilia nrma wrro folded acroaa hla hrcnat, nml with steady, rnlin look, hu relumed till' It n't' that una bent upon lilm. "White 1 1 ami." apolot the iirlliPC, "Hat en to the wurila Hint tlm Ureal Hun lull peak to tln'f." At these wonla the kiln! stepped for wnril, Tlio prisoner hml act n many proud nu n, nml ninny of the grcnt men mining lila people, l.llt lie hml never urn one ' purely iioMe In lila look mnl hearing na tlio (I nut Hun of the Nntehei. "Hun of the inle fnred InViulcr," spoke the rhleftnln, thy people hnve iiilile up on in with evil Intent, mnl their feet nl realty tre.nl upon lamia not their own 'i'hey have rome nllh mootli tongue nml tolling fine, ami while they whispered words of line, they huie rohlie,l ua of that wliIMi the (Irent Hplrit hml glron in. The white liinu saya the Nntihca re trrflrherotia; tint falsehood wna not here until the white innn enmr. He sajs ttiar Nati'hei nre cruel; hut the dove la cruel wlnu her neat la despoiled liy tlni erpent. Whence nrt thou here In the village of the White Apple? Uuat thou kunwl' "No, no," ultereil the prlanner. "Tla because of the etll that iwella In the lioaotn of your people. We nought rhllil of the while mull to aeml him mi mlmlim to the white lu.in'a (1ml, mi I while we aouiiht such mi one, lo! the wish Wna met liy one who wished to he free of mi I'liriiiiiliniuce upon lilm. Von will nut fenr to no upon the mission we wouhl have you perforin. Iliory J cur miiny of our people kii lotuiitnrlly to the ivmlj of pints to neiiiiiipnuy their lieloveil rela tire. Then why should ion fenr, allire yon, Vio, will naieml nt once to the home of your (loil? l mm of the pnle fnre, llatrul (lo tell jour (lo I that hu thill I'lnl no inure vciigcnui'o tipuii the Nntclici for tlio ileeila they hnve iloue to tlm white moll. Tell lilm how tli white innn hna come lo despoil ua. Tell Mill thla: Once the Nutchei were luiipy ml peaceful; their lioiuea were pure, nml their heart a were k'lnil. I'lcnly mnl.e, upon tliciii, nml Joy wna thelra. Hut hy mnl hy n a trim ire Inint, with wIiik like n irrcat hlnl, enme over the irrent mi It Inke. ml th white mini wna In It. lie enmo with lire III hla cuna nml Hie In hla hnr rela; nml when n inultltiule hml Imnlel litre, they liriinn to itnce their font upon our necka. Anil now our Joy la Koue, for rottrnui-aa hna crept over our hoiucn; vlrv iiaa fitter eil like iiient norea III our ill- Inzcai our wnrrlora have ilrunk of the ccuraeil lirvwiitvr until they h.ne I.e. come tlkit ohl women; our ilomnln la he romliiK wreateil from ua mi l aorrow alta like a hlack spirit hrooilini; over our lie cny. Tell your (!ol nil Dili, nml tlnn gk Mm not to nnawer the white niiiii'a praycra when they nak for leiixenucu Ifaluat the Natchez, lleinetiiher my worila, nml fnrk'i't not one of them," Th ii a apenkhiK, the (Irent Hun fohleil lila arms nml iioieil tllrntly Into tlio youth'a fncc. White. Hnml wan morvil deeply moved liy the Hpeech lie find heard, for thoro wna n depth of pnthoa In It thnt nppcnled directly to the heart. Jle knuw well whnt cacli .word of tlio cfilaft nlu meant, mul ho know how trim It mi Uut heyuud thla there wna n inemilmr thk atruck terror to the youth'a oul, lto wna Juat upon the point of fall ing upon hla kneea, when the (irent Huu turned nwny mid ntnlked from tlio place, l'nte nml trcmhllnit,' White Hand wnti li ed lilm until ho wna gone, and then turn ed to Htunif Serpent. . "White llnud, you Jinvo heard tlio wonla of the (5 rent Huu, Ho linn npokru to you the truth, Now follow me." Then Htunit Horpeut wnlked slowly from tlio prlaoti homo, nml the old man took White 1 1 n nil hy tlio nrm mid unlit: "Comol" Imtlnetlvely lio ohoyed tho uininoua, thoiiKh hla nlepa treinlded an lio walked forth. When ho reached the open nlr, tlio primmer looked around, hut not a llvliik Hdnk' could ho aeo aaro tho tout prime who walked on alieud nud , tho ohl in ii n who hid hlni. Next to tlio irlaon, nml illatnnt aoiue five roila, atooil tho tomple, Whlto Hand know It hy the rude Imitation of tho llni IniC aim thnt ndorned tlio roof nt tlio ga llic. Into thla tomplo ho wna led, nml hero ho found aomo twenty men, eight ol whom wero those wnrrlora whoao duty It win to nlteiid tho Kncred llro, Thla flro wna burning upon nn nltnr, nml very curloualy wrought with ntrntigu devlcea, Hut the youth took hut llttlu notice of th nltnr, Hla nttcullon wnn nrreated hy the appearance of twu atout men who atood ncur the nltnr with knives III their lunula, nml with u Inrgo howl between them which wna blood-itnliicd both outside mul In. "Now, Whlto Hniiil," apoko Stung Her pent, approaching lilm mid plnclug Ida liroud hand upon hla aliouhlcr, "you will not forget tho meaango that tho (I rout Hun has given you to deliver to your (lud, and you must gtvo It word for words mid If tho Great Hplrit of tho white mun knows nil thluga, ho will know thnt tho Natchez hao only unit to him tho words of truth. Von will havo nn cuay path from the ciutli, for our warriors know hoir In net tho nplrlt frcn without pnlu," Willi n 'iiilck atnrt Whlto Hnml hound- ed hnck from Htutig Hcrpcnl'n lunch, Tho whole truth now enmo iipnn Mm. Il kmiw Hint the temple In a nclghhorliw viiingo nan heeu recently struck liy uglii- plug nml huriiinl to italics, nml li had hmrd thnt the guverlior of the fort nt llnoiilln hml prorcaaeil lo nak hla (loil to aeml the calamity upon them. Now tho lliilliilia, In tholr iKliorani-o of fnlth, he llered they coiilil aeml n meaango to tint offended (lod of the while man, nml that when ho knew the truth, hla linger would ho nppenaeil, "Ilnlill" ho uttered, railing hla linn I tnwnrda the prince, "What hnrii I dune thnt you should take my life? I'roiu n aiuiill hoy I hnve grown up here, mul never, by thought or deed, did I harm lo oho of your people. Why, thin, do you Hike nn liinni'cut peraon to nhiy V 'The pnle hoy hna fallen Into our pow er, nml we would aiinl lilm on n holy uilaaioti. Not In nligcr or reiengo do wo aeek to do this, hut only for good. Thou nrt n rnat-nwiiy from tlioao you loved, nml u rely you would nither bo with tlioao of your people who hnve gone to I lie la ml of apliita before you Until to hnve no home." "And you think I will carry the mea sage you would aciulV" cried the youth "Nn!' he added, deeply nml solemnly. "I will tell the (Irent Hplrit how 1 wna n poor prlanner In your lunula, I will tell hint Ihua: In my own homo I hud n bit ter enemy. Thnt enemy dealred my riifn thnt he might pmacaa all my father's gold: no he hetrnyed lun Into tho hands of the red men. They took me with them to their village, nml I murmured not. Then they aclncit me, ns they would n brute, nml murdered me In cold blood! Thus will I apeak unto the (lod of henv- in, nud nak for vengeance upon my Intir dcrcrs. Ho aure, now, ye wnrrlora of the iNntciiiT, that I will do na I hnve anlil I hnve harmed ye not." The red wnrrlora were pcrplcicd, nnd fin aoine momenta they whlapereil togeth er III their own tongue. Then Htung Her pent npproncheil Ida prlanner nml took Mm hy the hnml, mi l having gated awhile Into hla face, hu anld: "Io you believe Htung Herpent wouhl apenk u fnUehood7" "I do lint," wna Whltn Hand's Inline il Into nnawer. "Then 1 1 h t fit to me. If I apnru your life, I iiiuat apenk fnlaehood, for I prom lie. I that you nhoiild not live." "To whom did you mnkv audi n prom lae?" the on I h naked. "Never mind. Hindi n promlae I mnde. Hut I hnve no dialre to keep It, now th.it you will not enrry the meaango wo ink you to, ante for mine honor," "Honor! And run the nnbleat wnrrior of nil the Utile Huna of the Natchez llnd honor In Inking the life of one who never harmed him?" "Not In thnt not In that. Vet 1 gave my word." Thus speaking, the old wnrrior walkel slowly to the other end of the temple, nud then enme hark ngnln, nml when he slopped, a rny of light hnd idiot nthwnrt Ida dusky fenturea. "While Hnnd," ho anld, apenklng more deeply than before, "enn I know that thou wilt not spenk fnlsehno.l to mi Hint If I have a promise from thee I tuny real naaured It will hu moat ancredly kept?" "Ay upon my life!" replied the prison er, lHiwIug low, "Then If I spare thee now, wilt thou swenr not to revi-nl thyself to any white person who shall como hither to our ill luge, nud thnt thou wilt not lenve our vlllnge, snve with my consent? Hhall 1 hnve this promise from thee?'' The youth hesllnted nut nil Instant: but the promise wna given iiutckly nnd disllniily. "Tlu ii come with me now, mid In time Hum ahnlt see me ngnln. Hut rvliii-m-lr, thy promise la glteu on thy life, mid Slung Serpent trusts thee. Not nnother lunn of nil thy people could have moved the N'ntchex prince ns thou hnst." Tuns apenklng, Htung Herpeut stnlkcd from the temple, mid the old innn took White Hnml ngnln hy the nrm nnd led lilm forth. Once more he wna conduct iil In the prison, nud without n word, the old Indian pushed Mm In, and then locked tho door upon him. niAi'Tnit xi. Alone the prisoner remained until noun nnd then hla dinner wna brought by nn Indian whom he had not before seen, lie asked no ipieallous, but allowed the mes senger lo go nnd come In alienee. An hour nfterwnrda the door wna ngnln opened, nuT tills time the light, nlry form of the rrlncens tinpinlla cut ere. I the prls White llnud Inline, Mutely nrojc nml moved tuwnrdn her. "Mr whlto brother Ii safe, nud Co- iiinlla Is glad," the princes utteieil, na she took the proffered hnml. 'Ah, fnlr prlneesa! exchilmed the youth, with some anilneas In hla tune: hut how long shall I be safer "As long na you widi. ll.it Udell. The Niitcliez apenk pli.luly when they luxe uuythllig to any, for they woo d be iiul.k ly uniersliiod. My fallicr lias promised to kill thee, mid In one wny nluiie inn he forego Ida pledge. He will not kid Ida own noii-lu-hiw," t The dusky princess trembled ns she poke, mul her heml wns bowed, Itut White Hnml understood her. Hu gnzed n few moments upon her downcast fine, mid hu wondered nt her extreme beauty She wns dark, but the ) tint Ii hnd atoll faces In Ida uwn Ian. I much darker, but never had seen a smoother, fairer akin, nor fenturea more faultlessly regular mi l beautiful. He started nt her words, but It was with a strange, thrilling start, mul roiihled, pcrplcicd look worked upon Ida face. Coiiuiilln," he snld, "Hum nrt the only laughter of thy father?" Thou apenkeat truth, was her reply. Ami will thy father give me to thee for n husband?" "He will." "And how la thy wish?" "Like my father's. He loves thee, for thou hnst touched Ida heart. Last night I heard him say thou wnat the llrat un complaining, noble white mun he h.id over seen full of pain nud sorrow, I love thee, too, nud can nlwuys lovo thee und he tr.uo," Whlto 1 1 n ml aturto.1 across tho prison, and his head was bowed In deep thought. At length ho stopped and took Coiiualln by tho hnnd aud led her to whero tho ground rolled up Into n little kuoll, and here ho snt down nud drew tho prlucesi to his side. 'Couunlln." ho whispered, "spenk to me truly, now, and let not a thought of nio retain your words, or mold them to smoothusss of utterance. You would marry mo. Is It for luvo of uie, or only to save lny life?" "Hoth," answered tho fnlr girl, "Hut wero thy life nil thlno own, aud I thought that the asklug would bring theo to mo forever, I'd ask thee on my knees," A little while tho youth held tho hand of tho princess, and gazed Into her large, dark eyes, mnl then he spoke. Ills words wero low nnd earnest, and Coquulla list ened In silence. Ho went on. nnd spoke nioro freely, but still lu a whisper, nnd when he hnd done, the prluccas placed her arms nliout his neck nnd wept. He, too, wound Ids arms nhout tho lithe form of his companion mid pressed her to his bosonij nnd from that moment their loves were reciprocal. Ooqualla hurrloj away from tho prison, I nml when she returnmt, alio brought with her the dreaa of n I.lltlo Huu of tlm , Nnti lieii, nml nn cnrlliiui Imttlc. Whltn , Hnml wna noun arrayed ju tlm In llan gnrh, mid then the prlnceaa proceeded lo imtho lila face, nrma mnl ri-et with fluid Hint wns contained In the bottle It wns ii preparation of tho outer cover Ing of III ii hickory nut, nml somo peril liar root, which gave the color of the rod man i skin. Thus nrriiyed nml metamorphosed, Co iiiialln look her lover by the hand nnd led him forth. Not far from Hie temple wns tho house of Stung Herpent. It wna, like nil tho other dwellings, of nil oblong form, the walls built of rough timber, mnde tight hy n cemi'iit formed of clny nnd Spanish uioaa, with n roof of reeda mul vines very ski fu Interwoven unon frame, nml mnde tlgh't by tlib aiime kind of cement Hint formed the walla. To thla house White 1 1 nml wna led, mil when he entered, ho foil ml Hint not only were nil of Htung Serpent's family prrstnt, but also the (Irent Sun nml his wives. (To be continued,) MAQILTON, THE APE AORODAT. Htor from f-cotluinl of ii Uhost and n rerles of Drenma, Somo yi'iirs ngo my wife linil repented ilreiiiim of n house, tho Interior urruugo incuts of which she ilesciibod minutely, iiltlinugli no Idea lis to Its locality wns coiivoyoil to her. Hubseriiivntly, In the yenr lWi'I, I hired for tho nutuinn from I. inly II it liotisu In the Highlands, with shooting nnd llshlng; my son, who wns In Scotland nt tlio time, arranged tho mutter, neither my ivlfo nor I hav ing seen the pluce. When I went (with out my wife) to tnnlio llnnl nrningo uii'tits for tnklng possession, Lndy II wns still living In tho house, mid sho told me thnt if I did not mind sho pro posed putting mo for the night Into a iH'droom which sho herself usually oc cupied, nnd which for somo time past liuil been hniinteil by "a little lndy," who rnntliiuntly appeared In It. As 1 wns somowhnt skeptical upon such mutters 1 replied that I should he de lighted to mnko the acquaintance of her ghostly visitor, nnd I accordingly slept In the room, but no such visitor appeared to me. Subsequently, upon my wife's arrival nt the house, she, to lier great astonish - meiit, found It to be the counterpart of nor urenm nouse, ann on inspecting u fiom ball to nttlc every detail appeared to correspond. Hut on descending ngnln to the hnll sho said: "No, this cniinot lie tho house, after nil, ns In my drentu there wns another suite of rooms on thnt side, which Is missing here." She was nt once told that there wns micli n suite of apartments, not bp- l-roiiched from the hall, and on being taken over mem sue recoguizca every room. She, however, said that a lied mom In this suite nppenred In her dream to lie a sitting-room, and It ap peared that this had been the case, but th.it the nrrahgement bad Just been al tered. A day or two after, my wife and I met Ijidy H , nnd I Introduced the two ladles to each other, as they had not previously been acquainted, lu sluntly Ijidy II exclaimed: "Why, you ure the lady who haunted my bed room." I havo no explanation to offer, nor had my wife during the rest of her life, ns to whnt some might call n re mnrknble coincidence, nnd what would be called In tho Highlands a case of Vci-oud sight." Certainly my dear wife was the Inst person in tlio world to give undue license to her Imagination, nud, further, I can vouch for the fact. nnd so enn other memlierH of my fatn liy, that she did undoubtedly descrlbo accurately a house which hnd somo rather remarkable arrangements, and this long before she or nny other mem hers of the family were even aware that such n house really existed." DodgliiK Ilullrt. I once watched n man for more thnn nn hour llro repeatedly at n loon ou n pond In Lincoln County, Maine, the loon Mug frozen In by thin Ice, but linvlug kept a small circular spnee open by Its movements, the Ire not being strong enough to sustain the innn, und the open space not being large enough to enable the bird to swim nnd rise, as a loon cannot rise lu (light from a sta tionary position lu the water. Tlio loou dodged every shot (by diving), although within easy gunshot range from the shore. It wns not killed until tho next morning, when the Ico had liecomo strong enough to iktiiiII the man to go close up to the open space nnd shoot when the loon cntue to the surface; but, under the (ircumsruiices, I think the man ought to have Ih'cii shot Instead of tho loon. -Communication ln Now York Sun. I don't know anything about loons, but It does not i-eeiii to me audi a re markable thing for nn atilmal to doxlge shot or oven n ball. The Initial velocity of n ball from the average sporting rlllo Is very much under 1.000 feet per sec ond, and the time of passage for 100 yards Is a very considerable fraction of n second. Tor the ordinary shotgun It Is frequently a second or more. Light, for all practical purposes In dodging, Is Instantaneous, ko If the loon sees tho Hash why shouldn't he get out of the wny? I have frequently stood on tho target butts until after a shot was fired nt 000 yaids from n Springfield army rlllo. Jumping Into the p!t before tho bull reached the target, nnd I never thought this much of n trick. With a Wliuiiestcr It would havo been scarce ly necessary to have Jumped at nil; I ,l,l,t Imi'u iv-ittbn,t nff Pjnmiii,i1nfl. ' ll,l,,ll ,11, ,V !!,.. V-., UV.It.UU Hon In New York Sun. , IlUimirck's Illg Ilniln. I'rlmo Ulsmnrck'H liratn, according to the Ihitterlng cstlmntu of tlio anthropol ogist, Otto Amnion, wns probably the heaviest known to anatomical science. Herr Amnion, In consultation with Prof. Sclinfer, tho sculptor, concluded from tho measurements tnuen for Schafer's bust that tho bralu of tho old Bttiteninn weighed 1,807 grammes, nnd consequently exceeds In weight thnt of nny known genius. Cuvler'a lirnlii weighed 1,830 grammes, Hyrou'a 1.807. Kraut's l.ttRO, Schiller's 1,030, and Dante's 1,420. Tlio nverngo weight ii... l..nl., nt mi Intfillliwnt V.... I Ol HU' Hint, -. ...OVM UUIU' penu Is only 1,880 grnmmes. Ills ltollnnoo. "Do you really bellovo In your profes sion of fnlth healing?" "It depends," satd the man who Ic ad- ,,wii n .i,.,.or youiiicannsamedlcalnIdoraallnan-!ft clal luvestment."-Washlngtoa Star. A young man should not make his every fancy his fiancee. AFTER ALL, WHAT IS FAME? Undo Ham -Holison, Hobson? Seems to me I can't place lilm. Oh, yes, n't ho kiss fconielxidy or sink a ship? dldn'l THE PANAMA CANAL. Home of the Main features of a Uraat Kfinlneerlng; Work. Now that tho diplomatic obstacles In tho way of tho construction of the I'n tin inn Canal arc removed, many peo ple, tho Tribune farmer believes, will bo glad to refresh their memories con cerning tho leading engineering fea tures of tho plan. Tho Isthmus Is thirty Ave miles wide 1 1 straight line, but the canal will . i)0 about thirty-eight nnd a half miles ( ongi not ncludlua channel dredging t10 terminal harbors. Tho general direction from tho Atlantic (Caribbean) ' nnj to tho rncltlc outlet Is from north- WP,t to southeast. Tho I'acldc iwrt. iMunnia, Is nliout twenty miles further j cast than Colon on tho Atlantic. The highest ground Is off to tho south, nnd J the elevation hero Is sometimes .100 tvet above sea level. Tho water sup- .C 4 ft f 0 0 T4 PACIFIC 0 C EA jy noUTE or THE PA.VAUA CAXAL. ply comes from the Chagres Itlver, to the eastward of the canal route. That stream Joins tho latter near Gnmboa, aud widens out Into a lako (Hohlo) twclvo and a half miles long. Much of this can be utilized for the canal at very little cost. The general coiirso of the Chagres Is northwestward, and It empties Into tho Caribbean several tulles west of Colon, having flowed through a low, marshy country much of the way. from Lake Hohlo the canal follows a different route from the river. It Is proposed to have the bottom of tho canal 100 feet wide. Tlio slopo ot the banks, and hence tbo width at tho top, will depend on the nature ot the soil through which the canal Is cut. The canal IsMo be thirty Ovo feet deep. To tho first stretch of twelve and a half miles southward from Colon there will probably be no Interruption. In order to reach tho level of Lake Hohlo two or threo locks will bo necessary. General H. V. Abbot advised having tho lake, whoso height will bo deter mined liy a dam across the old path of the Chagres, only seventy feet above sea lovcl. Tho United States commission adopted ninety feet as tho standard, although lu tho driest season this may fall off to eighty-two. Where tho canal tups the lake two or three locks nro to bo Introduced. The com mission favored only two, each making a difference of forty-two or forty-five feet In tho water level. Although such locks nre feasible, It Is remotely possl- bio that three may Anally bo adopted as It Is safer to lock up and down only thirty feet ns a time. If a third lock Is Introduced perhaps It will not bo located close to tho other two, but bo constructed at Tiger Hill. An enor mous datn, blocking tho course ot the Chagres, Is to bo built n lit t lo cast of tho Hohlo locks. Engineers say that tliero will bo less danger of seepage, leakago through the soil. If there Is lfcd of "ny B',i"aV0 , seventy 'r,e,' 1118 ead f, B f "'"f mil ho samo effect would bo secured. a spillway if dtocbarco the surplus At- Ma I A. water of Lake Hohlo, will be construct ed three miles to tho southwest of the ,lin nn.l I r Ir a . . . . 1 1 ...II. ..1 ".',. . . """ called the Olgante. A natural cut ox- 1st. here, slxty-flyo feet above sea lev- el. Of course the spillway must be higher than that to maintain the de- sired level In like iZlo The , con l mission proposes to have It clghty-Ove fr niv, i ho . n v ih e , feet above the sea. From tbo Glgante tho water will drain off through swamps to the lower Chagres, a little excavating helping tho flow here. It Is expected that the Glgante spillway will serve as an automatic safety valve In time of floods. As already stated, about twelve and a half miles of route lie through Lake Hohlo. For fully seven miles there will be deep wnter. Only a little dredg ing will be necessary as Gambon Is ap proached. To the eouthcast of' the lat ter point lies the heaviest work nlong the whole route. For nearly eight miles (7.03, to be exact) a cut In the backbone of tho Isthmus will bo need ed to bring the canal down to the proper level. This Is known as the Culebra cut The wnter will be no higher hero than In Ijike Hohlo, and there will be no locks. However, as It may be desirable to drain the Culebra level some time, gates will be Intro duced near Gauiboa (at Obispo) It may be remarked, In passing, that the depth of the Culebra cut bears a close relation to the height of the Ho hlo dam. The amount of excavation lu tbo former was lessened twenty feet when the commission decided to raise the level of I.ake Hohlo to ninety feet auove me sea, instead of seventy feet. on me other hand. If General Abbot recommendations had been adopted. It would have been necessary to go twen ty feet lower In the cut. I'art of the material to be removed here Is rock, but a good deal Is merely clay. Tartly to control the excesses of the Chagres In very rainy weather. It has been proposed to build a dam at Alha Juela, ten or eleven miles cast of Gam boa, near the source of the stream. An artificial lake there would serve as a reservoir, take care of part of the sur plus water when the precipitation was heavy, and thus relieve Lake Hohlo of a part of Its responsibility. By af fording storage, too, It would be able to reinforce the lower lake In the dry season. At the southeastern end of the Cule bra cut. at Tedro Miguel, there Is a drop of sixty-two feet, managed by two locks. At Mlraflores, a mile nnd a third further, another lock lowers tho level twenty-eight feet more. Beyond that point to ranama, over four miles, the canal Is at sea level. Dredging In Colon Harbor to the extent ot 2.0 miles nnd nt Panama for 3.0 miles will add materially to the work required, but theso figures are not Included In the estimates already given for the canal proper. Spontaneous Combustion. Cotton waste moist with lard or oth cr animal oil will Ignite from the sun's rays. So will damp lampblack. Nitric acid and charcoal create spontaneous combustion. New printer s Ink on pa per when In contact with a hot steam pipe will ignite quickly. Boiled tin seed oil and turpentine In equal parts on cotton or linen rags or cotton waste will Ignite In a few hours under a mild beat, and will In time create enough heat to Ignite spontaneously, Bituminous coal should not be stored where It will come In contact with woouen partitions or columns, or against warm boiler settings or steam pipes. This coal should not be very deep If It Is to be kept on storage for a long period. It piled In the base ment of a building It should be shallow and free from moisture and under good ventilation. It Accommodated nurglara. A placard reading "Will Not Iteturn Until December 3," placed upon th? door of a residence In West Philadel phia, was so Informing to burglars thnt when the family did return at the date fixed they found the house ransacked, and silverware, Jewelry and much clothing missing. The police were noti fied, but tho thieves had not been so accommodating aud left no hints on their part. Tho Problem Novel. Naggsby Wlmt Is n problem rlovel? Wnggsby It is one In which tho motive of tho author and tho Judgment ot the public are equally puzzling to tho reader. Haltlmoro American. Collars In Berlin. Itccent statistics published In Berlin show that thcro uro "5,700 dwelling cel. laru lu that city. A Difference lu 'Weight. A body weighing one pound ou earth would weigh twenty-aoveu nud a half pouuds upou the sua. ORGAN GRINDERS BETTER OFF. Uelped by Concentration of 1'oimla tlon,nti Old Uentlemnn Flinla. In thesa days of flats and tall tene ments, with families living on Hour above floor towering In tho air, tlio money for tho liiiml-orgnii man 1.4 thrown down to lilm wrapped up In paper. "I should think," said n benevolent appenrlna old gentleman who was walking along n South Side street the Mhor ilnv. tn nn ffnl!iti firnti tfrlmlue who could speak Kngllsfi cnotlgli to bo understood: "I should think: flmt tho money .coming down that wny, nil dona up so, would add greatly to tho Inter - est of the business. You never know Just what you are going to get until you nctually open the papers. Vou might find 8. There' a mystery In every package." "Notta much mystery," said the or - gan grinder, smilingly; Ho was willing to admit Hint tliero was a certain enjoyment In opening the package It might contain largo money; but he bad never come across any gold there yet; people give the or gan grinder now Just what they used to give, namely, cents. Well, then," said the benevolent ohl gentleman, who appeared to bo a mun who had time to stand around and talk, "If they don't give any more thenn they used to, how can you afford to doublo up on your plant like this? A big ex pensive organ, and two men to run It, Instead of one." "More people," was the substance of the organ man's answer; and, without undertaking to reproduce bis dialect, what he told the old gentleman was that In no end of blocks where there used to be houses with one family anlnA ll,n .,-,.,S ,1 nnn, 1.n A,,n.l In ' IflaU or apartments, five or ten faml , aml thn, v.u; Ie mI ,lt not ve ,n(,lTduay more tlian they did " . .' . . .,, ... iyea" a.K: ' ? . J Jt " rl'h!" LK'?; Jl'V?.?" "'J , ," '"" business nowadays made It possible to do even the hand-organ business ou the grander modern scale. "Ye es," said the benevolent old gentleman, turning as he spoke, and wrapping up a coin In a piece of paper, which, turning again, he handed to the suave organist, who smiled again as he opened It. It was not a great mystery that this package contained, but It was greater than a cent Chicago Inter Ocean. .i, . AN ACCOMMODATING NEIGHBOR Following; Conversation Between Two Tonnjr Women Overlie rd The following conversation of two young ladles was overheard a few nights ago on a Sixth avenue electric car: "Do you know, I think fhe Is abso lutely the meanest woman I ever knew?" "Why, what Is the matter with her?" "Matter? Why, everything. She does nothing but borrow from morning to night i'ou know. She has the apartment Just across the hall from us, and the day she moved In she started by borrowing an cgg,from mother. The next day she borrowed a cup of sugar, and since that time she has borrowed everything from n piece of butter to the baby carriage, and has never made any attempt to fctuni n single thing. I have often told mother that I wns going to borrow some ot the things back, but she has always forbidden me. Last night however, I hnd to write some letters, and I had no Ink. It was mining very hard, nud mother was out fo 1 resolved that rather than go out In the rain I wouhl disobey or ders and nsk our neighbor to let me have her Ink. I asked her, and what do you think she said? 'I haven't any Ink, but I'll let you take my shoe pol ish. It Is Just as good. It dries quick ly, but you can write Just as well with it' Oh, I never met a meaner woman In my life." New York Times. I'Httl's Snnlleit Audience. Mmc. PattI, whose one appearance on the concert platform during a Lon don season does not nearly satisfy the wishes ot her many admirers, tells a .story of the occasion when her audi ence was the smallest on record, con sisting as It did of only one person. The lucky ludlvdual was a child. Dur ing a tour some years ago In America Mme. Puttl was unable to sing at onu of the concerts; the bad weather kept her Indoors. While she was quietly resting In her hotel, she heard n child crying, and going Into the room where the child was, Mmc. PattI found that the llttlo one was ln trouble because her moth er bad gone to hear Mine. PattI slug, She had wanted to go, but was not well enough to be allowed out of doors. Mme. PattI tried to console the child, and at last she said she would Blng to her. The child did not accept the of fer very readily; she said she wanted to hear Mmc. PattI sing! However, before the first song was finished the child had recognized the great singer. aud when the little Impromptu con cert was over, the audience was su premely happy. Qolden Penny. Unsatisfactory. "You should be a little more ex plicit ln your statements," said the ed- lint- In Ihn nan- rennrter nn Iia f-lntimi.l nvop n lmteh nf ronv. "Her vmi ,nv I that the Hon. J. Edward Cashly, who who has been under tho care of three , physicians during the past ten days, la now out of danger." "Well, Isn't that plain enough?" queried the now pencil pusher. Certaluly not," replied the autocrat ot tho sanctum. "How Is the uniniti ated reader to know whether the Hon. J. Edward Is ou the high road to re- covcry or dead and out of reach of . the three physlclans?"-Phlladelphla IlUlletlll. An Kx puliation. What kept you so lato?" asked tho physician's wife. Coming down on the elevated road my professional services were very much In demand." replied tho belated M. D, "Man lu first car wus overcome by tho heat and by tho time I got hlm straightened out another man was discovered lu tho rear car almost fro- en to death.' No Amateur. Bill That man Is a honiblo liar. Jill O, I don't know; I think ho'u good at it Youkcrs Statesman. di-r4-r-r-T-; OLD I FAVORITES i i.t-H..5H.,,.: : - -. lirlalitest nd ltust. Ilrlglitcat and beat of the sons of th tliornlno'. Wwn on our disttliess ami lend us J1',1" "M,' , , , . . alI,JKV,ornl,:"' . , ""'ta ' ' " H - Cold on Ids cradle the dewdropa sr . shining, I-ow lias his head with ths benats of I ,no. ,ta''! . Kn.K,t'' "dor m ln lumJ "cllnln-, M"k" nd Monarch nni 8"lor of 4111 ,hM, wo Wd hlm , co dtT0. j tlon, Odors of Kdom nnd offerings divine? (Jems of the mountain and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or gold from the mlno? Vainly we offer each ample oblatlont Vainly with gifts would hla favor secure; nicher by far la tho hurt's adoration j Dearer to Ood are tho prayers of ths poor. Brightest and but of the sons of ths morning, Dawn on our darkness and Und us thine aid. Star of the east, the horizon adorning, Guide where our Infant Redeemer Is Isid. Reginald Ileber. Dixie's Land. ' Awr down South In da fields of cotton. ,C",?on ." ?nd ""d ' b"tom! I-ook awny, look awny, I Look Iook , Den 'wal down 8uth ta ds fleId' ot I on. Vinegar shoes and paper stockings) Look away, look away. Look away, look away. Den I wish 1 was In Dixie's Und, Oh ohl Oh ohl In Dixie's land I'll take my stand, And live and die ln Dixie's land. Away, away, away. Away down South In Dixie. Pork and cabbage ln de pot, it goes in cold nnd cornea out hot: Lk ,lt, Look away, look away. 'Vinegar put right on red beet, m;ke.hem nlwny. fit to eat; Look away, look away, Look away, look away, Den I wish I was In Dixie's land, , Oh oh! Oh ohl n Dixie's Innd I'll take my atsnd, And lire and die In Dixie's land, Away, nwny, away, Away down South In Dixie. WOMAN DOCTOR'S 8TORY. CnlleJ Into a Tongh Bectlon In th Dead ot Klirht. At a meeting of women physicians lu Philadelphia not. long ago the after dinner speaking took the form of per sonal experiences. One physician told of her first and only fright A rough looking man had come for her to visit a patient ln one of the worst quarters of the city. It was past midnight and the doctor told the man that be need not wait; she would go as soon as possible, meaning to call a cab. But wheu the doctor reached her door the man was waiting for her outside, and Insisted upon escorting her. I found It difficult to get rid of blm, she said, and so walked on with him. I soon decided that It would be better not to offend my tough-looking escort by taking a cab and going alone, and I dared not ride with him; so I walked the whole way. I found my patient In a dangerous condition, and the squalid room where she lay was occupied by ten or more other persons. I said they must go out, ami all left save one burly negro, who declared that he would not go out In the cold. I Insisted, however, and the other lodgers forced him to leave. It was an hour or more before I waa ready to take my departure, and then I planned to walk up to 8th street and take a car. My former escort offered to go with me, but I declined bis offer and set off alone. I had not gone a block before I discovered that tbo big, surly negro, whom I had driven from the sick-room, was following me. I walked steadily on, but my heart beat faster than ever beforo In my life. I hadn't a doubt that he meant mis chief. I missed the car I meaut to take, and I knew that at that hour ot the night It would be a long time bofore anotner would come along; so I hurried on, hearing those pursuing footsteps Just behlud me. At every shadowy place I expected an attack. In fancy I felt the man's breath on my face and the grasp of his ugly hand on my shoul der. How I longed to see a police man, but no one was In sight So I wanted on and on to my own door, and when I wag within its shelter I was too overcome to stand. Tho next morning I went back to see my patient, and was received like a princess. It then came out that the negro bad followed me to see that I reached home In safety; and It further transpired that two men physicians had refused to go to tho patient the n,ul u'u"-' ui-causo oi joo uangcroua character ot the neighborhood. A mur der had been committed there the pre vious week. Sir. Spurgeon'a Compliment. "Do you know, dear,", the late Mr. Spurgeou once said to hla wife, be- livAdll llm 1,1,00 nf ll(I elffll- 'T utma- Umcs wu , uad ,lever marrleu ,ou Wh u0 you wl9n lhtttr s M n,ked. i niarm. "Itecnuae. mv ilonr." enni terlng answer, "It would be so nlco to havo tho courting days over ngnln." A Wonderful Transformation. Three years ago a spot near I'hlladcl- I,ultt wus covered with cornfields; to- uly 11 $0,000,000 shipyard stands there, sllls ore built under a huge glass and Iron shed, which allows work to bo .aone in nil sorts or weather. Down town la the place where a wom an escapes from the care of her chil dren, und homo Is tbo place where the man escapin the bores ho met down town.