TOPICS OF
THE TIMES.
It jou suffer from "cat fear" lake
torn of catnip.
rintn-i crpnlcsHHcpnliiBlFhiutcrlr (or
tun brothel nnd Jail.
It doesn't tnke much praise to spoil
tic man who can't stand criticism.
Tlic fellow was right who said "for
tune seldom knocks at the door of the
knocker."
To some people truth la stranger than
fiction because they have so little to do
with the former.
There Is an ago when every girl wants
to go on the stage, Just as th,ore Is whea
every boy wants to be a pirate.
Scientists tell us that Knglnnd Is Be
ing eaten up by the sen, but she man
ages to mako hlni pay well for his
board.
According to the I)rltlh budget, the
Boer war so far has cost Kngland
$l,OSlS,O0O,000. Was the game worth
the candle?
A few more anti-merger decisions to
squct-xe the water out of stocks, and
Wall street will be wondering If the
levees will hold.
Some people are Just dying to get Into
society If wc are to believe the ac
counts of the prominence of some re
cent victims In murder cases.
One reason why legislatures hang on
forever Is found In an overgrown mem
bership. There are In the average law
making body at least twice as many
members as there should be.
Bad news comes from Oklahoma,
where nil Investigation of the condition
of I.o the poor Indian has recently
been made by a representative of the
government. It appears that the In
dians of Oklahoma are suffering from
too much prosperity. Ten or twelve
years ago they were busy and happy.
They owned land, each head or n fam
ily hod a pony or two. a few dogs.
plgR, chickens and other necessities f
life, and the days came and weul with
a pleasing If somewhat monotonous
regularity. To-day the noblo red nieu
of Oklahoma appear to be rapidly go
ing to the had. Their land has turn
ed out to be valuable, and they arc
leasing It to white men at high prices.
The result Is that the Indian arc no
longer forced to work for n living, and
they are rapidly falling Into habits of
Idleness and lce. The report of the i
commissioner who has been looking I
Into the matter says: "From habits ' 8t
of Industry and thrift those Indians, or I
most of them, have become Idlers and T
vagrants on the face of the earth. The i "
best friends of the Indians arc those j $
who are In favor of compelling them to I fa
work. Work Is the salvation of these i
Indians and their only salvation. The '
leasing of lauds has proved to be n 1 ?
great calamity for a majority of them. I fa
It would ho a thulium. I times better f
for them If the leasing of lands was '
prevented and the proposition present-j f
ed to them tlatly to work or starve." I A
This will prolwbly be discouraging to
people who have longed to raise the In
dian up to nobler and better things;
but does it. after all, Indicate that the
red man Is essentially different from
his whlto brother? Is the Indian tho
only one who can't broaden out and
progress In Idleness?
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THE- GRAND - ARMY OF-THE- REPUBLIC
DECORATION DAY- MAY- 30' 1303
If you would realise the Immensity of
the United States study trade stalls-
The man who brings the flush of hnp- tics. e talk about billion-dollar Con-
plness to a woman's cheek, who drives grisses; now let's think about a billion-
uunnr commerce, in me year enuing
March 31. 1P03, the Imports of the Uni
ted States reached a billion dolalrs.
That Is the flrst time Imports ever
reached the billion mark. Uncle Sam1
Is a good customer. It Is a fact that Is '
as jrocd a peace guarantee as a fleet of I
warships. Countries that are selling us
a thousand million dollars worth of
away the traces of care and uubappl
jicss, who coaxes back the glow of
youth he makes powder puffe.
Uncle Sam wants the Indians to
adopt English names, and In turn may
put Indian names on some of the new
warships. This will be at least one
fair exchange which will not prove a
robbery of tho Indian.
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lib Mk and fl f v- . .
nml oM
At they toll tij, as tnttct-vtl a tbe banners
tlutt they wnte
See the worn linmU saluting! x They a
lute ttu crate!
High lift yiMir eMKlren. mothers!
jimtiff ticv meer
The brave oM heart that lwlj draw on
ami tlUHpitear
This ranaa that frtmt the aha do w a, raulf
tHUt'rtiiic out fast.
TU a ihautitu army that olemnljr drift
A fadlnc artsy mnrehlu;
fait rlnx trvad
Mut prvMdnj: all around It there throng the
mlfihty dead!
Aye. bright aud aplendld spirits! Their
battle Hue are drawn.
Aud- Comrade walta for LVoirade beside the
catea of dawu.
J. V. MUI.LKIL
samo-time jn Kansas
FARM AUCTIONS ULOOM IN THE
EAULY 8PI1INQ.
Millionaire Swift once said that no
man is rich enough to smoke 25-cent
cigars. However, It Is likely that Mr.
Carnegie or( Mr. Itockefeller could
stand the strain of three or four a day
wltbout Incurring a reputation for wild
extravagance.
S rwoId'atlMhlnk 'twice ' 4-44
before affronting such a customer and
China, according to the census Just
completed, has a population of
000,000. The Inhabitants of Manchu
ria. Mongolia, Tibet aud Turkestan
were not counted, but their number
was estimated. Nevertheless, by the
Information we now have, the empire
Is more populous than ever before.
Descriptions ot l'resldent Castro, of
Venezuela, turning from affulrs of
state to attend a lawn party recall the
man who had so many troubles and
carried them so lightly that a friend
asked In wonder, "How do you man
age to keei so cheerful?" "liecause I
have to," was the significant reply.
Very few will be disposed to ques
tion that In giving of his millions to
Tuskegee Institute Mr. Curnegle Is
puttlngrhls money where It will do the
most good. He Is satisfied that Dr.
Washington Is solving the race prob
lem In the only wny It can be solved,
and he does well and wisely to back
this belief with what Is most needed
In thtB great campaign of practical education.
The announcement that Joseph
Chamberlain asked the King to bestow
upon his wife a special mark of honor
which his Majesty wished to confer
on him must have caused the most
relentless enemy of the Colonial Sec
retary to lapse Into momentary ad
miration. All the world loves a loving
ana-gracious recognition of obligation.
anil who Is to measure Mr. Chamber-
Iain's Indebtedness to his American
wife?
TWO HANDSOME STOLE CAPES.
If Itus8la can bulldoze China In the
matter of the province she will acquire
such a prestige at Pekln that no
amount of diplomatic persuasion later
will restore tho other powers to their
rightful status with the Chinese court.
So Impudent are the Russian demand
and so grave their Import that a Joint
note from the powers Is to he expected
tonuwitn, else good-by to all hope for
RIGHT ABOUT FACE !
MRS. ADR1 CMAAL.
strangling such a market. The pros-1 h5h2
perous way of doing buslnes Is said to
b to sell more than you buy. The
United States Is doing that, and feed-
Ing nations. The exports for the year
ending March 31 reached the stupes
dous total of $UH.7So9C0, and cover
ed everything from steel bridges to dol
lar watches, breakfast foods to bottled
beer. This Is a big country. Its own
people can scarcely comprehend the
greatness of the empire. Why, the
farms alone are worth three thousand
million dollars. We have a bllllon-dol-
lar trust, billion-dollar crops, billion
dollar bank savings. We have Just
launched a ship that will carry 30,000
tons of freight, and more are building
The mines of the Northwest will give
np 33,000,000 tons of Iron ore In a sin
gle season. From Maine to California
big things are In progress. All this l
the wonder of the civilized world, and
when put Into figures the totals simply
stun humanity. Illg! Why, when you
can count nil of the stars and the grains
of sand on the seashore, you'll be able
to measure the glory and greatness of
America! We should pray for humll
Ity power to bear our greatness with
honor nnd dignity. We 'shou'd sec to
It that morals, education, charity, clvl
righteousness, all the higher things of
llfe,,kecp pace with the mighty ttrldrt
of commerce. For. unless tbey do, the
years of our greatness are surely numbered.
i-.iu..-., . ule pension, nnu now ue no lunger can
ui a rest, we ve beard alU a batket of medicine to sell, and he wo
; haven't you anything ele? amot Isy down bit life to serve one
Here are two chic stole capes,
"Ho. here couies old Waddy with his
drag store, boys; let's have some tun out
ol him!"
More than a down boy on their way
home from school, with noity Jests, sur
rounded an okl man who was limping
along with a basket on his arm. He
turned a curiously vacant looking, yet
smiling face on the boys, and stopped.
"Hello, Waddyl what go-rate, gj-rand
medicine bare you got in your banket
to-day?" "How's yer liver, Wsddy?"
"Why don't you .waller some of that
stuff and cure yer-elf you old quack
you? were some of their questions.
He waited patiently till there came a
lull in the storm, tbeu began: "Here,
young gentlemen, is that most wonderful
preparstion. Halm of Healing, certain
remedy for chills, fever, neuralgia, Iiiin
hago, gout, pleurisy
O, give u
that before
'And here fire the mtrapulou. Klectrie
Pad'. Ily their use-paralytics are cured.
club feet straightened" '
ell, I guets we wou t take any to
day, a none of us are paralyzed or club
footed. Just give us one of your won
derful exhibitions of ventriloqulim and
then dance a Jig! and the poor, simple
old man tried to do as they asked, and
when he had ceasd the curious gutteral
sounds and shrill calls, he accepted their
boisterous ridicule and almost deafening
bouts for honest applause. "Now the
Jig, Waddy," they cried, and setting
down his basket, he began hopping brisk
ly around on the ground. Tne wind car
ried away his hat and blew his lonn
i , i . . i.... i .
I uvuru niAjui ui lurc, uui lie nni iu-
leremeu niiu uiu uui iaue. jei uauce
too," cried the boys, and they began
capering around, bumping against the old
man anu eacn oilier witn sucn lorce mat
three of them were knocked down and
fell In a heap on the basket. There was
a sound of smashing glass aud loud hur
rahs from the rolling, struggling boys.
"O, you hare broken my bottles and
spilled my precious medicines; even my
basket Is ruined," said the poor old fel
low, and he began to cry like n child.
"Ho, he's blubbcrln' like a baby; I'd
be ashamed," cald some of the boys. A
lew ot tnem looked unnamed ot them
selves. Just then, around the corner
came Herbert I'age, one of the tall high
No. I school boys. He stopped at sight of the
I say, fellows," said one hid. looking
np trom the hole he hsd been digging
with bis toes. "Old Wa Mr. Wadi
worth, I mean does sbon' sIimis ot hav
ing been a gentleman once. liver notice
how neat and clean his hands and clothes
always are?"
"leV said Charlie Page, "and he
never forgets to lift his hat when he
meets a lady he knows, mother says."
"Let's pay him for thoe bottles we
smashed." said another.
The old fellow was as grateful when
tho boys went to his poor room to pay
what they owed as if they had made
him a magnificent present.
They hsd hsd a taste of doing right
and relished It. It was "About face,"
with a right good will. Instead ot fol
lowing him with Jests and ridicule and
making a Juke of his infirmities ot mind
and body, tbey took pains to treat him
with respect and Undoes.
After a while some of the fathers of
these lioys began to notice the rreat
chsnge In their treatment of the old man.
and then to feel an interest in hlni them
selves. Then the necensary step were
taken to procure fur him an increare of
the pension, and now he no lunger carries
ould
one of
those boys. Normal Instructor.
HI-
the rescue of China from tho thrnMnm showa henvv lnr-n In liwn prn. win, crowd and seeing his own brother Char
of n combination of Chinese reaction white, with a turnover collar to match. "e ,here' .akcli "What's the trouble,
and Russian selfishness.
No. - displays a stole cape of heavy
youngsters ?"
"O, nothing, only old Waddy s basket
wuuo nnen inrameu whu a narrow . .m.hi m u'.. u
Tl,n .......... . , . . Un,! ...!.! I. ,..,. , e . ' ---- ' .
c uiiMcwciji. iu uvuvr uy a suits. I uut-,t-D uiui-h uuiivua anu lnrr him dance a f lir and fell on It." .niil
uie meiuunai me iingiish newspaper I openworK siitcu none in DiacE. White another.
correspondents who lost their lives In
the South African War revives tho rec
ollection of service performed under
trying nnd perilous conditions. Tho
committee of the Institute of Journal
ists has been compiling a list of the
correspondents who were killed or
died of disease while In tho dlschargo
of duty. "Killed at Wagon Hill,"
"Killed at Sllngersfonteln," "Killed at
Mafeklng," "Died of fever at Simons
Town" so runs the record. Tho cost
of war In money falls Into Insignifi
cance when compared "with Its cost In
men. Try how they may, no class of
men concerned In war can escape tho
fatal toll of the battle-field.
pearl buttons complete tho trlmmlngj "Yes, I think I understand. Here,
There Is a blsbon turnover collar to Mr. Wadsworth, let me see your basket,
matel, , How many bottles were broken? Four?
orth two dollar, eh? ell, you young
sters can raise two dollars to pay for
Skating on Water.
It would seem tbut skating on water
may be successfully accomplished,
says Tlt-Ults. A German Inventor has
made a hundred-mile Journey with
water shoes on tho surface of the Illvtr
Danube. The ohocs are cylindrical Iu
shape, and are made of aluminum to
give them extreme lightness. They are
your mischief, I guess."
"Pay old simple-minded Waddyl I
guess not." "Mr. Wadsworth, iudeed,"
said oue boy, scornfully.
When Herbert had pressed the basket
Into shape and placed tho "Klectrlc
Pads" In It, he said, "I've only a half
dollar with ine. Will It pay for Charlie's
shore In this mischief?"
I he old man took It thankfully, and
several feet long, and are propelled by went . ,vt, ,nij Iace,
a treading movement, which causes The boys were very quiet as Herbert
four oar-sbaped wings to revolve. Tho looked soberly at them. They began to
Inventor claims that he can travel on sec that they had been rude and thuught-
Itead the appalling histories of the
poor In New York. Thoy are mere
ucciueuiai revelations. They nro to
water three times as fast as he can
walk on luud, aud that locomotion Is ns
safe on rough water as on smooth. He
hopes to have tho shoes made a part. or
tho great mass of hidden miser evcr' wcn-rcguiateu lire-savlng sta-
decrndatlon ulni dm rn,, ..,,. , I tloll.
to tne covered tire. Onco In a while
someone benrs of a case of special nf-
mciion, una nearly always tho ma
chinery of rescue Is set In motion by
Christian hands. Hut we hear of one
In a thousand. Tho others are left to
their Buffering, their hopelessness,
their degradation. We have untold
millions to spend and Immeasurable
aympnthy and ministration to bestow
In China, India the farther away tho
.better while hero at home, within
sound of our own church bells, scarce
h stone's throw from our sumptuous
residences, poverty, pain, despair all
Ami-lab, and tho pagan ferment of tho
k-sr.
"Do you know who that poor old man
is?" asked Herbert.
"Why, Old Waddy, of course; he's
simple minded. I've known blm all my
life."
"He is Ilarton Wadsworth, a veteran
soldier, and at Gettysburg ho received
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He gets a small pension, but It will
The Wall of Severus.
The wall of Severus. scnaratini? I?nr.. now,
land from Scotland, wnii ii,iw..i. hardly keep him 111 the plainest food and
miles long nnd guarded by twenty-one flo,'"'K' a'"1 1ecu,a l,eltt,r ov" hl".0
fnrt It was twontv rent 1,1., f , 1,0 ttlr' ,n ,'ar a 111,18 money by selling
;:,,. ZVl., Bh nn(1 "" medicine, you boys have destroyed.
mi.,; .vv. nu iu we nortn I noticed some of you fellows taking part
was protected by a moat forty feet wide In the exercises on Decoration Day with
nnd twenty feet deep. , great enthusiasm. Now It strikes me
that there would be as much patriotism
Croat Lumber IlcHourves.
In showing honor and respect to living
The State of Washington has the , leM I" t0.'lund ,one' and v'" P't
largest lumber resources In the world y "",ru ""V ,wou,d " Jl ,fof mr.
One arm nf w.i,inrfm, ni "S to have my mind so Injured
f.frni.i? Z JJ"?b,nton t,mb, will that every boy I met would make fun of
furnish Iu Its lumber us many carloads mo."
of freight as 120 years vt wheat prod-1 Then Herbert went on nnd left a
Oct from a Dakota farm.' thoughtful group of boys Instead of the
uolsy, heedless crowd ha had found.
Memorial Day.
Ustbered once more In I tie "City of
Comrade., sod friends, with our flag, and
-brinlit flower..
Honor we Eire Ilinte dead heroes of win,
Heroes, nbo fought on the kind, or the
wmi-r,
Hokller. wbo came at tbelr country', tint
rail.
Shoulder to .boulder, they marched to the
Learlng tbrlr loved ones, tbelr home, aud
tui-ir ail.
Years hare paued. by since tbe soldiers
from battle
Marched to tbelr homes, with tbe flog.
Once snore Ibry meet. In tbo "Clly of 81
Sadly, to keep a Memorial Day.
our country grow.
Year after year, o
older.
Stronger tbelr love for the Iti-d, White and
11IUP,
Deeper tbe feeling- of appreciation
lor our brave soldiers, .u loyul and true,
Comrades ore cone, who were with 11. last
iajr iiair,
Tnp sounded call, for the lant hlrouae,
Over tbe rtrer our so idler, uri. L.nthi.r,l
Safe Into camp, but tbey may uot como
UUll,
Though tbe (Jrand Army may leuen In
numbers,
Tootiteps may falter and refrain grow
Km,
Homage I. theirs from a thrice grateful
i.l I ion
Lovingly keeping Memorial l)n
Margaret il. iarl!ng, Iu lies Molucs
When Antlctasn Was Itoil with lllooil
Doubly sacred to the hearts of many
western families are the waters of An
tietam, because those waters were crim
soned by the blood of fathers, brothers,
nuaiiands anu sous during one of the
most sanguinary battles of the Civil War,
The sketches herewith given will li of
special interest to the veteraim of tho
Klghth Illinois cavalry, tho First, Sec
ond, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixteenth,
SeYiuteenth. Twentieth and Twenty-
fourth Michigan Infantry; the Seventh,
f ourteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth
Indiana volunteers, nnd the Second.
Third, Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin vol
unteer Infantry, for they were all most
terribly mixed up In the many bloody en
counters of the 10th and 17th ot Septem
ber, lmj. along the Antietam from Ha-
geratown to Sliarpshurg.
nod alone knows who owned the good
right arm, that was found In the corn
field, but It probably belonged to one of
uen. Hedgwlck a commands, wlio made
their famous charge through the cornfield
Just north and east of tho historic Dan
ker Church, for It was plowed up In this
field five years after the battle, and has
Men since that time In the olllcu of Drs.
D. Fahruey aud son of Hagcrstown, Md.
Its wonderful statu ot preservation can
not, be accounted for as a chemical analy
sis of the soil In which It was found
shows no preserving or mummifying
qualities.
The old mill and falls near the stone
bridge was the scene of a bloody conflict
between the Federals, who were defend
ing Hagerstown, and tbe Confederates,
wno were eudcavorlmr to train possession
of the town. It Is said tho slaughter of
horse and men was such at this cavalry
fight that tho Antietam ran blood for
several hours below theso falls. Tho
ground In this locality, especially along
the banks of the stream, Is almost solid
rock, and the blood ran rapidly Into tho
creek.
There la a gentleman In Chicago hav
ing nn oillcc In the Hoard of Trade build
ing, who was a major In the Federal
army and provoat uiarahal of Hagers
town at that time.
Juit over the hill tack nf the little
brick haute Is a female aeaJpmv. from
the balcony of which the Confederate
sharpshooters were firing upon the Union
olflcers down in the city, and there aro
to una day many musket hslla bedded
In the wall, around the public square at
the crossing of Washington and Potomac
streets.
The Eighth Illlnola cavalrr waa
ens in urao sKirmiancs, aim many
members nf that organisation, which waa
unuer command of Col. W. (lainhl,.. nlll
call to mind tho hot time In that old
own.
Civil War Desertion..
The actual number of desertion, from
the United Slates army during tho Into
I ivn nar is unknown, hut it has la-en
climated by tbe record aud neiiahin nf
flee, from the beat data obtainable, that
the number of actual deserters at large
at tne ciusc ot tne war (making due al
lowance fur those Incorrectly reported at
deserters) was 1 17,2 17.
Many charges of desertlun have been
removed by the War Department on the
ground or manirett error In the record
under the acts of July fi. 1KS-I : May 17,
ISM. and March 1', 1S.SII. and the act.
amendatory thereof. No record has been
kept showing the number of cases In
which tbe ehsrge of desertion has been
remnvrd by the War Department, aud
It would be lniMaalhle to determine that
number, even approximately, without ex
amining the records of the department
from tho war period to the preaeut time.
Origin of .Memorial Day In Houtli.
An naaoclatlon known as the I.ndlea'
Aid Society was organized In 18HI for
looking nfler soldiers who died In Colum
bus hospitals. They were burled under
the direction nf these ladles, who there
after took charge of these graves, making
It a practice to go In a body to care for
and beautify them with plants and flow
ers. Upon tho occasion of one of theso
visits, In January, ltMKI, Mia. Lizile
Itutherford, a member of tho society,
made the suggestion that a specified day
should be adopted upon which a memo
rial service should be held for tho pur
pose of decorating the Confednratn
graves annually. The proposition met at
once with the greatest favor, and a let
ter was addressed to each of the chapters
In other cities nnd towns suggesting sim
ilar action on their part.
"Ihese letters were written in March,
1WKI, and from their Publication resiilii.,1
the observance of Anrll lit) a. Memorlnl
day for the Confederate dead In ruvunil also hud n rudu Hurt uf entertainment.
On every snlu bill, in largo letters, ap
pears, "Free lunch ut noon," mid sonio
of them huvo the additional logcud.
"Itrlng your lineups." This Is (Jreelc
to the city resident, but the farmer
knows wliut It menus. It Is n promlsu
that there will Ihj grent steaming cans
of coffee, with plenty of sandwiches
nnd perhnps pickles. Tho tank of pro
viding cupH for n hundred or two visit
or Is a formidable one, nnd tho pru
dent liousowlfo links that tho comers
bring cups to iihu nt this function, Tho
Imhltuii! auction ntleiidmit Is fully
equipped with tho cups to lino op such
occasions, During tho whiter nil miles
begin nt 10 a. in.,- but ns tho ilnya
nioi'ir
mount
Southern States. Mrs. V. Jeffersou Da
vis in M oman a Homo Companion.
A 1 'In Dny.
Weave your garlands bright
Ili-fore the May-time closes;
I'liiish-a bluo and wblte
And blushing buds of roses,
lllue and white and red.
The lonely grave, they'll cover;
Ami o'er each grassy bed
The stars and stripes shall borer.
Ut this work be wrought
Heron- tbe May.tlmc closes,
Awl bring your loving thought,
More precious than tho roaea,
In lluttlo wllli Uui .Murrlmao.
Soldiers of the Twentieth Indiana hi.
fnntry were once a thorn In the llcah of
AiirlciilliirlaL Foil Implement, nnd
llniiteliiitd (lend. - Homo 1'icluiiiu.e
I'oaae.aliiti., Wbllo (libera Intend to
Itcllro or Lento the Vlclultr,
The early spring Is "plibllo sain"
lime, nnd not In ninny years luivo
there been luocp "iiui'IIiiiih" tbiiti In
this year, UKKI. The printing oIIIcch
have been liuay printing bills with big
liciidllncH, telling of tho number uf
horses, entile nnd bogs, tho farm lui
plomeiils, household goods "nnd other
article (no iiiiiiioniiia to mention" that
Imvu been offered for sale.
Tho public" sale hits become n tlxed
feu I u io In the development uf tho prnl-
tlc, writes nil Abilene, Kiuisus, enrro-
npondeiit of the St. Louis (llobo-Deiuo-
eriit. It bus reached n Unto when tho
farmers who huvo iniido their home
hero Imve acquired morn material than
i hey Hood to run their fiirin, or lire
nnxhius to eliniigo their residence, and
so want tu have n "snlo." They gn to
the county scat nnd innko arrange-
jiiienta with the auctioneer nml huvo
their bills printed. The latter urn put
tip III the imatolllco or nro scattered
on the fence Nists of the vicinity
With tho advent of the creninory the
monthly tiny envelope has luronio a
vnlunblo method of disseminating tho
news of the coming events, nnd tho
check for milk Is likely to be nccotii
(milled with somn cards announcing
the sale of Fnriuer Smith's Hue stuck
It Is probable Hint tuoat of tho public
sales ate fur tho purpuno of making
long moves, hut them nm occasions
when the reason Is obscure. Onu farm
or Iu this county sold all his stock and
Implements, two months ago, nml then
went from sale tu sain until he hnd
(itirchnsed n new otitllt for his farm
Inking his neighbor' articles rntber
than his own lit the end,
ii nut nro you se in: nut for? ' was
.iskeil of n well-to-do farmer recently
lie wns known as having plenty nf
nmterlu! fur running his lino farm
mid there wns no reason why he
aliould go nwny.
"Oh. I in going tn tnko n rest. I've
reined the farm and guess I'll move to
town. My wife nud I expect to visit n
while Iu the Fast nnd-lhen we will
linve n homo tu town for tho rest of
our lives. The farm will rent for
enough to keep us. Wlint's. tbe use
of working?" There wna no use. and
the former wns an example of the
growing class of those retiring nftcr
milking thcmsclvc comfortable for
this life on their liunsas farms.
The attendance on the public sales Is
usually good, nothing but bad weather
keeping tho farmers of the vicinity
uvtny. The women frequently nccom
pnny their husbntiiU nud form mi In
terested (Hirtlnn of the audience when
the household goods nnd dinned fruit
are sold. They lire also Interested In
the dairy appliances and the cows.
The bidding Is likely to be lively, and
It Is a curious thing Hint the nvenige
snle shows n scale of price on com
mon nrllclca nml Implements that Is
fur nlaive the ones Hint could be pro
curcil nt private sale. Under tbe nmgle
uf the wlde-nwnke auctioneer's voice,
the figures run up mid up until It
seems Hint the buyers must Imvu lost
sight of the cost of the articles new.
The "terms of snle" vnry little nt
theso mictions. There Is usually nt
each sale the representative uf Home
Imnk nt the county sent. It Is a bend
clerk or n cashier, one who Is familiar
with the lliinnclnl standing uf the
runners of the county. On the bills
nnd In tho iidvertlsementH In the pn
pern the "terms" nre set forth nud umii
ally run like this: ".Sums of $10 and
under ensh; over $10 n credit of nine
months will be given on note with np-
proved security nt 10 per cent Interest
If pnld when due. only ll per cent will
be charged; :! per cent off for cash
The prosperous condition of tho West
crn fiirmeiMa seen iu the large (lortloii
or tne nuiouut or ino anion Hint nre
pnld In cash. Sometimes, during the
present spring tbe buyers Imvu paid
more tlinii half the niuotint In cur-
reiiey or checks before leaving the
place. 'I he bank s representative buys
nil tbe notes Hint ore given, no Hint
when Hie day Is done the farmer who
Iiiih had a sale hns turned his entire
supply of old cultivators, harrows,
mowing muclilncH, horses, cuttle mid
bedroom furniture Into cash. If ho
mints to move he Is prepnred.
The crowd that has looked over the
posHCHsluiis of the household curiously
and nodded at the various Haws In
the Implements: of thu farmyard, has
cMct(t, 'flu linwkliiB boforo it crmyit
nr the tluWky possessions of the linuie,
llm onco ttTiismvd belongings Hint
seem so clieiip nnd worthless, when
drugged Into the sunlight) the occn
sloiml tear Hint comes when (lie fa
vorite ll li I inn I Is sold nud llm lij-ai'llcss
dispersion of the household pels, savor
of the tingle but ll Is n part of I ho
West's development.
i
NEW LIQHT ON ANDY JOHNOON.
I'realdent nf New Jersey Hennte (If
fvrcd 11), 01)0 for Voir,
Col. James Mullock Snivel contrib
utes In the Niilloiinl ii paper of "1'ir-
aoiml Iteeollectlons of Picsldent An
drew Johnson," Iu which he gives n
clenrer picture uf Andrew Jnckanii
tlinii baa ever before been put Into
print. Hcovel has no love for JoIiiimoii;
he ndinliv Lincoln too nrdciitly lo feel
much sympathy vflth the leaser man
who tiled 'to upset Lincoln's policies:.
Col. Scuvel siiys:
"The rex vesllbull, or king of tho
lobby, told tho writer that thu ex
penses of the Impeachment trial
iiimiinitiil to over $1,IKS),000, He knew,
for he helped lo expeunj n portion uf Hull
Niiiu. It Is known Hint a ruinous North
ern general wns n defaulter Iu the
iimomit of I.VkI.OiM) while one of John,
son's lulornul revenue olllcors Iu a
Hiulheni clly. lie was never culled
upon to settle by nny subsequent ad
ministration, his default doubtless be
ing charged to the 'exigencies of tlm
service.' The king of the lobby charges
that most of Hie money wns spent In
the Impeneliuieut trial.
"The following facts tuny cast soma
light upon the subject. 1 wns pre,
blent of the Senate of New Jersey In
ItiiVi, nud was engaged In n perxonal
light ngnlnst Hie election of n United
Slates Senator whom I thought un
worthy of the place unit I have never
changed my opinion. I kept this Sen
ator out of olllce nine months by my
single vole. This seemed to attract the
attention of Johnson nnd Scwnrtl tu
me. Iu September, IHifl, the king uf
the Washington lobby brought to Tren
ton, while tho Senate wns III session,
$10,000 tn new ll.noo bills.
ThN $10,000 was offered to me lo
defeat, by my casting vote, the rati-
Mention uf the fouliviith amendment,
making the uegio a citizen. He told me
the money came from tlen.
who hnd 'convoyed' It while holding n
public olllce. Of course, ns I then be.
Moved, ns I do yet believe, that thu
negro must nut be made a helot; that tu
disfranchise N.000.000 or r.'.ooo.isa:) peo
ple Is to emlnliger the republic; that Hie
.Wrn-Aiucrlciiii hud won his right to
vote with his IiIiiimI-I rcruscd the $10,.
000 nud the amendment wan rntllted."
DEARLY LOVE THEIIl EA8E.
Metlr.ii r.a.Miit. Have n Chroiilo
Aversion to Work ef Any Hort.
Tho pi-on, or pinsiiiit. of Mexico Is
probably the luilest mortal under the
aim. He seldom leaves his homo mid
only under the most exlrnonllnary cir
cumstances can ho bo Induced to per
form nny labor. It Is very dllllcutt to
Induce one tu go to n pnrt of the re
public where labor Is scarce and wages
double that of his own district. iJirgo
contractors Imve therefore resorted to
an expedient to secure Inlmr. They
often go ami engage a whole village of
peasantry from the Interior and move
them nil, men, women nml children, tu
the scene of their labor. The wealthy
ruiichiunn has often to resort to this
expedient to secure laborer to work
Ids land or iittcnd to Ida cuttle. For
this same reason every ranch of largo
dimensions In Mexico has several small
villages tiH)ii It which consist wholly
of people and their families employed
upon Hie much.
Ah the Mexican peasant Is enrclcs
about money matter, so he Is careh-as
about everything he din's. Very rarely
hns ho any Interest In his work, nud so
It Is usually very badly done. He can
not understand why any one should
want to hurry or to do more tluiii bu
actually has to do. If you leave him
nlnuo ami expect him tu work In your
absence there nre nliiety-uliiu chnucc
out of list that you will be mistaken.
In nil probability ho will sit down nud
patiently wnlt for your return nnd
Hiuoke the Inevitable cigar tu pass
nwny the time.
A the pennant Is with his work, so
he Is with bis family nud his home.
In most citHCH though he love them In
Ida own wuy, he takes no thought of
tlieiu, The wire has therefore to exert
herself to mnke lioth ends meet nnd
she generally docs.
thu Confederates on the Merrluinc. They ' lengthen tho 1 p. Ill, start Is
pussed n winter at Fort Monroe. They toniuion, It nil depenibi on tho n
also encamped nt Newport News, whom 1 , lllnll.rInl to bo sold
thev were at tho Ihnn H. u. I or ''""-r"" 10 "u
fought the Congress. Tho Confederates amount of property changing
wanted to tnko possession of tho Con. ' bunds In this growing method of dlu.
gress, hut the Hooalers deployed on the posing of used fnrm innlerlnl Is enor-
beach In face of n hostile firo nnd pro
vented the enemy from calnlns tho nrlzo
lu May of 18(12 they went ofcr to Norfolk,
mnuH. in this county iilunu probably
fifty Ktilea Imvu been held sluco tho
first of tho preacnt yenr.iiiid they Imvu
averaged fully $1,000 each, or over
fjO.OOO worth of Hocuiid-limid goods
disposed of by funnel's to their neigh
bors. The hiiiiio condition exists lu
nearly every well-Bottled county of tho
State, nud so common 1h the custom
A Curiosity nf the Hlmploii Tunnel.
The engineer digging tho wonderful
tunnel that run through tho great
Slinploii Mountain to connect Hwltrer
land with Italy uro experiencing great
dllllcultlcH because of thu prcenco ot
boiling water lu tho mountain. Thu
wilier cornea from tho top of tho moun
tain nnd la heated almost to bulling
point by the friction nml pressure of
Kh percolation through thu limestone
bed of thu mountain, Ileforo thu tun
nel nun iieeu uug very rur on the Ital
ian side tho heat becamo so Intcnsu
that It wns Impossible to live lu It.
Tho mountain wn piped, nnd soon llf.
teen thousand gallons of steaming hot
water wcro flowing out of tho Botith
end of the tunnel every inltnito of the
day nud night. The liumenso How was
Imriiessed nnd mndo to drive refriger
ating plant nud cold air blower. To.
day tho temperntiiro of thu tunnel has
been reduced from a height that would
huvo roasted u umii In n mlmito or
two, nnd tho atmosphere now bus the
plensant warmth of n Juno day, The
hgt water ulso drives pneuinntlc drills
and boring machine, ho that It helps
to dig tho tunnel ns well. When coin
pleted, tho Slinploii tunnel will bo the
biggest lu thu world fourteen miles
lung, with n cost of nearly one million
dollars u mile,
Let No Soldier Ho Forgotten.
The slgiiltlcaucu ot tho dav should
Inspire every veteran soldier and 'sailor
tu pay homago to the valurnua deeds
of their comrades of 180S. Tho annals
nf nnr nnnMli-v t.nv,. l.m. mn,l. ,.1.l....u
by tho noble and heroic sacrldces of her becoming Hint It I unlikely tbut It
sons. , will show any diminution (ut- some
It Is our duty to keen ever nresent In tlmo to como.
our memories the historic deeds of the whllo It Is seldom that n public snlo
patriotic dead our country's dead. i ,.n,nnnlnrv In unlw
Manicure narlor. and Turkish hath, being rather voluntary owing to go.nu
for dogs havo been established In Now contempiuieii unuiigu oi coimuion or Tho bass drum tuny not produca
Vork. A great many peoplo lu Hint city locution on tho pnrt of tbo owner, thoro good music, but It drowns a Jot of bad
Mm ut'iiiiiuiug io suspect unit it is un- is suuiviiiiug pmuuiiv iu every sucu iu-1 music.
uv.y u ue uorn a buruau being.
nulling Hid ol Him,
"I nm llxlng up a surprlso for John.
but I uui nfrnld that If ho stuvs
around tho house hu will discover ine."
"iiini'H nil right. You Just Ha a
towel around your head nud ask him
If ho can't stay nt homo to-dny nnd
help j on tnko up tho carpets." llultl.
iiioio Now.