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LtT ME BEGIN ANEW. " Lord God, Thou letteet the green thlncs tart A new life every year; Out of their sunktn selves they rtas, Erect and sweet and clear; Behold the lily's pure white leaves - I'nfoldtne; by each mere. Again the aap mounts In the fir Through every swelling vein; Again the clover it In and thrill. Hesponslv to the rain; Again the tender grafts makes graea The Ions breast of the plain. Hear the new, the golden flood of song, The lark pours forth to the blual Behold the strong, undaunted shoot Pushing Its brava front through The fallen tree. Lord (too, Lord Ood. Let me begin anew! Out of my own self let mi rlsa, For, Ood. If It can ba A new and r.oble growth may spring From yon decaying tree Surely a strong, pure life may mount Out of this life of me. Ella Hlagtnson. In the Pacific. ZXXXX2 THE GRINGO By Frederic C. Thorn pun. tCoprHSSt, ISM, bj ahUwi Sr4laM.J TNBIDE Manuel's contlna the Airier- lean music box wan playing, thai was nothing unusual, lor, from morn' Ing to night, the music box was going. At a table drawn close to the one on which the box stood aat old roan Chamberlain. . His ryes were closed and he wan seemingly half-asleep. Hut with an almost automatic action he now and then lifted a glass to his lipe and sipped the fiery mcscul which It contained. And that was nothing tin usual, for, from morning to night for many a year, old man Chamberlain sat beside the box nnd the bottle In the dark Mexican saloon. ltetween the box and the man were two points of resenihlance. Kach had come from the United States and each was wearing its life out In Manuel's cantina. There the resemblance end ed. Of the two the music box waa a more respectable member of society. "The Drunken (iringo" the palsnnos called him. It was a double contempt because he wns a foreigner and a sot. And yet, once each monlh, llicy wel comed him as one of themselves. For, then, there came to the old man a oheck from a fur-off city In gringo land, and that strange check, convert ed into cash, speedily found Its way over Manuel's bar. On the day that It came there was free mescal for all who cared, and they were few who would not leave the tiresome scratch ing of the soil for a time of Intoxicated hilarity. Then "The Drunken Orlngo" became "El ficnor," and his tottering atepa were steadied by willing hands. It was not a big check only for ISO United Statescurrenry. Hut that make almost a roomful of Mexican pesos, and, besides, so fur as results went, It was worthy the respect It received. For, In one way or another. It was one of the supports of the village. On it old man Chamberlain lived entirely. To blm it was board, lodging, clothing, and what was more drunken forget ful nesa. To Manuel two-thirds of it found its way to his pocket, it was prosperity in husineas. What alfted by him directly or indirectly support ed half the village. Ho It was that for one day'in the month the old town had a fiesta when Bacchus was king and the Drunken flringo his premier. Old man Champerlaln had not al ways been the "Drunken flringo." Once it wan before his music box waa invented he had been young and the future had seemed fair. He hsd hnd vi sions of a prosperous and honored life, Then had come hin durk days, nnd Mcx Icowashis refuge, as it la that of ninny another American. Once across the border he had been seized with a long ing for bin native land. The scenes which bad been so prosaic and com. mon in the days he lived among them were transformed Into dreams of par adise. To see them again In reality was forbidden by the laws he had broken. To dream of them over a mes cal bottle wan a resource left him, and In this he found his solace, Little by little the reality of the past was forgotten; little by little he became the "Drunken (Irinjro," and all that was left wns the music box, the mea eal bottle and the monthly check. The Inst fiesta of the check hnd been unusually exciting. It was the holi day time, and the spirit of the season had covered the disgrace of the grin go eo that the check was larger than ordinary, and brought with It a mcs aago of Christmas greeting. For a time the old man had shaken off his stupor. Hut now the music box was grinding away as usual, the mescal In the bottle hnd been reduced by half, and Manuel was doting ou the bench outside the door. Then came a crash. The music box went tumbling to the floor. Through the open doorway came flying the metal disc in which were punched the Botes of "Home, Rweet Home," and on which the box had been at work. "Ma.niel! Mnnucl! Come here, Man Ball I tell you I will go. No one shnll atop me. I will go. I say, Manuel " Old man Chamberlain was atandlng in the doorway grasping the wall to aupport his trembling legs and shout In. wildly. Roused from his nap by the unwont ed disturbance and the erica of his usually speechless patron, Manuel alood half-frightened before him. "What is It, scnor?" he giuped. "I tell you 1 wilt g," repented old snaa Chamberlain. - ,i,'t care for the law. 1 diui't care if they do get ae. I'm going home again."' "Hut, scnor," protested Mnnucl, as the old man's Idea became apparent to him, "If ymi cross the river I hey will gel ymi. You have said so many a time. And you have said, too, that It la belter to live here than die in the prison " NOT COD-LIVER OIL but Scott's emulsion of cod. liver oil. They are not the same ; far from it. Scott's emulsion is cod-liver oil prepared for the stomach. Let cod-liver oil alone if you need it. When your physician orders toast, do you breakfast on flour? Pure cod-liver oil is hard to take and hard to digest. A man that can keep it down, can saw wood. 1 le thinks he is sick ; he is lazy. We'll and roe Utile to tiy II roa like. SCOTT BOWNa, ym,) Hml, New Vims. Kodak and fllme A.E.Voorhle. H Thare U Claaa ol Poopla. Who are injured by the nee ol coffee. Recently tbere bM been placed in all the grocery Horn new preparation called 0 HA IN-O, made of pure grains, that take the place of coffee. The moil delicate stomach receives it without dis tress, and but few ran tell il from coffee. li doe not cost over t a much.' Chil dren may drink it with great benefit. 15 els. and 25 eta. per package. Try it. Ask forURAlN-O. Lctdle Crt Wear Show On sua smaller after using Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken into Ilia shoea. It makea tight or new shoe feeleaey; givea instant relief lo corns ana bunlonr. It's the greatest comfort discovery of the age. Curea and pre vents swollen feet, blisleea, callous and sore spots. Allen's Foot Ease is car tain cure for sweating, but aching I eel. At all druggista and aboa stores, 26c. Trial package Free by mail, Addreaa, Allen B.Olmsted, La Roy. N. Y. "I don't care, I tell you; I don't care," mumbled the old man. "I'm go ing back. It was playing 'Home, Sweet Home,' and I can't aland it any longer. You don't know what n home Is down here. None of your people do. How can you, living as you do? liut I know. I hnd a home once, and I'm going back to It." The strength which bad come with his excitement left the old man and he sank down on the bench. Manuel, thinking to quiet him, brought him the mescal bottle. Cbnmberlnln drank, but rlung to the Idea fixed in his mind. To Mnnucl such a thing was worse than folly. It was sheer madness, for the old man had told him ninny a time of the trouble which hnd mnde him flee the states and which had made the Itlo Grande the houndury of a for bidden land. The thought of what he might lose financially did not enter his head. With long years of association he had come to like the old mas, and "Drunken (iringo" though he was he wanted to save him from harm. This Idea was strong in him, and he hur- rled for two or three men who, he thought, might have Influence with Chamberlain. They came and they argued their best, but the old man waa Arm. "I tell you I'm going back," be in slstedi "I'm going back, even If they do get me." "He'll have changed his mind by to morrow," said the jefe politico, "They say the prisons In his land are worse than those we have, and" A significant shake of the head showed what the Jefe thought. Hut on the morrow old man Cham berlaln was as Arm as ever. The music box was picked up and repaired, and the mescal bottle was refilled. Manuel and his friends argued. All in vain. Finally they held a consultation. It waa In one end of the cantina. In the other old man Chamberlain waa lis tening to the music box and fitting to Its airs the wordst "I'm going back, I'm going back, I'm going back again." When the consultation was ended, Manuel came to him. "I'm going back, I tell you," said the old man, bla voice keeping time to the music "ril. si. You shall go bark." answered Manuel. "Hut I will go back with you. Then, perhaps, they won't get you." "I'm going back, I'm going back, I'm going back again," persisted old mil Chamberlain,' aa the musio box continued to shakingly grind out Ita tunes. ' That night there waa a long talk, and the mescal bottle was emptied and reenrptled. Manuel talked and the jefe politico talked and old man Chamberlain crooned his one refrain. Hut he listened to the arguments. He had no money, and Manuel could not pay the expenses to New York. That did not matter to the old man. New York was a dream so far in the past that It had ceased to be real. Hut the United States still existed for him, and If he could step foot In them once more he would be content. Bo it waa arru nged. The next night aa the Mexican Cen tral train drew Into Cludad Juarea two men got off. One was Manuel; the other was the "Drunken Orlngo." It was still light, and slowly, by bark streets, they made their way to a sa loon. There a bottle of mescal waa secured. When it was empty Manuel went to the door and looked out. "Come," he said, "it is time." Old man Chamberlain totterlngly rose from his chair. He drew him self aa erect as he rould, and walked to the street. In his hand he held the empty mescal bottle, which he had been grasping as It stood on the table. Slowly Mnnuel led the way to the stretch of dry sand which, for geo graphical purposes, la called a river. 'Are you sure? fa this tha way?" asked the old man, as thsy stumbled along. 'Si, al. I am sure. I know tha way," replied Manuel. (Iradually they went down a sandy Incline. Then they crossed a small plain cut up by minute arroyos. Then there was a sharp ascent. 'Here, here," whispered Manual, in a frightened voice that showed he was trembling as though he waa the on who atood in fear of tha law. Are you sure?" again protested the old man. "Are yon sure? Is this really the l ulled States?" 'Yes, yes. Look," answered Manuel. as he pointed to one side where could be seen the lights of th river guard on duty at the frontier customhouse. The old man looked. From behind came the rumble of the street cars as they crossed the bridge. Straight ahead, the first one hardly 90 feet away, were th lights of Kl Paso. "I believe you. It ia It Is home," said the old man In a strange voice. Then he sank on th sand, his far hidden from sight. For a time Manuel left him. There wns no danger, probably, but to the friendly Mexirnn every sound, every m.ocment of the bushes ahead was a warning that they should go. At last lie touched th old man on th shoul der. "Yes, yes, I'll go. Only glv ms an tther iniiuil." Manuel waited. Then the two stum bled back across the sand to the lights of Jares and safety for Cham berlain. The music box is still playing in Manuel's cantina. The disc of "Home, Sweet lli.me" which old man Cham berlnin nearly destroyed when he tore it loose h.ia been repaired as well as Manuel could do it. On the table are two bottles, one of mcscul, the other of the aand which the old man gath ered ou the "home" bank of the tin, (iriiude. Theiuonthlycheek .11' comes, and the Hesta Is held aof ,M ",i now, after each one, the "Drunken t r ugo" croons a new refrain. It i: "For l' been home, I've been home, l'r Iwcn bouie once more." CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS. Lttlta Hough, negro, was hanged Bear Wadesboro. N. O., by a crowd of enraged eitiaens. Hi body was then riddled with bullets. He had crimin ally assaulted Miss Lena Keith. One man was killed aud another prob ably faulty wouuded aC Aaheville, Ala., in a Uilile to save the negro Jiua Hi own from -the vuugeuuee of a mob after ba bad been fried and aeuteuoed to b banged on Sept. 80 for a criminal as sault. The sheriff aud bia deputies suc ceeded iu' placing th negro sjfoly aboird a freight truiu fur Birtuiughaui. Hurry Shaw's Riverside Station, 80 wile east of Florence, A. T., was held op by two masked meu and robbed of 1100 in cash aud other article of value, fcliaw and Sam Fiuley, who claim to be a Piukerton detective, were iu the bouse at the time, and the lutter bad (40 and bis revolvers taken away from blm. ' Henry Noles, the negro who assaulted and shot to death Mra. Charles Williams,1 wife of a prominent farmer tier Win chester, Tenn., was captured and taken to Winchester by hisoaptore and placed In tiia county JuiL Ha was taken from the jail by a mob aud taken to tut) scene of his crime, 13 mile distant, and burned at tha stake. When asked to, make statement be said: Tell all my sisters and brothers to meet me in glory. I am going to make that my bom. Tell my mother to meet ma where parting will be no more." "Why did yon kill Mrs. Williams?" he Waa asked. "I jnst don that because I bad nothing else to da" , A Northwestern road engine and bos car pluuged through th Janesvillo (Wia) Canning factory' plant. The building waa of brick, just finished at a oost of $150,000, aud ia now in ruins. The engine struck the big water tank, which fell lengthwise of th building and crushed it. Several million tin cans were smashed, aud all the costly special machinery, engine and boiler crushed. The loss will reach over $100, 000. The engineer aud fireman left th eugiue aud car on a grade 100 yards from the building, to determine where to put the car. The engine aud car started down the grade, jumped the track and weut through one end of the building. No on waslm-jred. ' SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. ' Lord Kitchener report Aug. M that three oflluer and 08 men war aur rounded ou unfavorable ground and captured by a superior force Aug. S3. One man was killed and four were wounded. ' The prisoners were released. Lord Kitchener has received letters from Steyu and Do Wet, In whtch they express their determination to ooutlnue the fight. Hiuoe Aug. IV IM Bow nave been killed, 139 made prisoners aud 185 have surrendered, including Kruger, a nephew of the ex-presideut. South African dispatohea show that the Uuers coutlune aulira lo Cape Col ony. Sharp skirmishing baa occurred near Unioudale, a Jay's ride from th aea, while Commandant 8cheppr com mando ia threatening the important town of Oailscheru, 30 miles from th ludlan oceuu. In Brussels It is asserted that Commandant General Botha haa ordured the Boer commander ia future to retain all captured British aa hostages iu case Lord Kituheuer carries out the threats of bis latest proclamation. Lord Kitcheuer, in a dispatch from Pretoria, dated August SO, says: "U Larey has Issued acouuter-proolamation warulug all Boer against my latest proclamation and declaring that they will continue the struggle." A Cap Town dispatch of Aug. 23 says a fresh order proclaiming martial law baa been loaned, providing for the closing of all the country store iu the Queaustowu district, requiring that all goods likely to be nseful to the enemy shall be takeu to certain specified towns, and forbidding country resident to have iu their poaseasiou mora tuau a week's provisions. A Pretoria dispatch give aotu inter- sting statistics of Boer leader. Of the members of the old govern men t ex ecutive council ouly Hohulk-Burgur aud Ituill are in the Held. Oeui-rul Joubert I duud, tieneriil Kroujii is a prisouer aud Ueuerul Kock was killed. Italan wns killed. Ibsen I dead. Wolmoran Is a prisoner. Eight members of th first volksrand have surrendered. About half of the member of the seooud volks- rnad are accounted for. All the heads of the state department are aooouutod for exoept Smuts. Three of them are in Kurope, two are prisoners aud U have surrendered. The judges are all accounted for. Of tha aub-beada of de partments 75 per ceut are accounted for. Caluashla and Veaesuala. Serious oonsmiiiuueos mav rnsutt r -...., the present trouble between flolnmM. and Veneiueln, aud other countries may become involved in the trouble. A leading official ou the isthmus aaid to a corrvsnoudeut: "There haa twuoi . declaration of war, aud ther will ba uoue, for uoue is uocesaary. The Veue. uelan Liberals noenlv aid ima rvi...... bian rebels, aud now the Colombian government iu turn assists President Castro' enemies in their attempt to overthrow him. It la asserted thai they will succeed in this, aud that tb gov ernment will give Its attention to Nicar agua aud punish President Zelaya." The ooudktiou of affairs on th lath...... I very threatening. Tha Liberals say mar. ram aioug in railroad are mad with the intention of tndncins- fa!.,,. governments to follow aud attack tha ranters in tneir strongnold. Johu J. (.iiHtlaud. a former mamhae nf the Nebraska legislature aud one of to most orotuiiient men of Lincoln, was shot dead late at uight by uukoowu liicli, supposed to be footpads. Ther wrrw mark of a strngiile. tllUIUi,,!' cut unit shirt being uearly torn off him U..U pa pet s iroiii I lie lockets scattered. Question Answered. Yes, August Mower still has the largest ssle of snv medicine in lb civil ed world. Your mother and grand mother never thought of using any thing else lor Indigestion or lliliuusness Doctor were scarce, and they seldom hesrdof Appendicitis, .Nervous 1'ioslra- lion or Heart failure, elc. Thev used August r lower to clean out th svstem aud topft-lliirutatiouof undigested food, regulate the acliunof lilt liver, stimulate the nervous and ovnic action of the system, and that is all they touk alien feeling dull and bad with headaches aud other ache. You only need a lew ilrnw l Unrein 'a August Kloaer, iu l-o,oid form touiakeyou eatistled tl.rie is nothing serious the mailer with ou. Uel Ureen' Fuse Almanac. Th 8l PrtKriptesa lor Malaria Chills and Fever is a bottle ol tirov.'. Tasteless Chill route. It i simply Iron and Quinine in a tasteless lorin. No cure no y Price 5ti Browniee $I-A. E. Voarhl. PUZZL3I "I'M GOING A MILKINO, BIB," THE mpixi0PMrJE Prices $5 to $150 . Latest NEW PROCESS Records SEND FOR CATALOGUE 36 COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH COMPANY 125 Geary Street, SAN TRANCISCO, CAL. NICKELS FOR CAR FARE. Ilawle lavas Appropriates a Quarter ol a lllloa Dollars (or Letter Carrier. "A flrs-aeut piece isnot much in itself, but when piled in heaps with millions of other round pieees of copper and nickel alloy It goes toward inuklng up the pyramid," aaid a postul official to a Washington Star reporter. "Th government appropriate 5.100,000 nickel piece In the form of WS4,000 for car. fare for letter car rier In the different cities where the fres delivery service is established. "It wns formerly the practice in Washington to supply ilie carriers with car tickets. Several carriers were suspended for appropriating ticket from their allowances for purposes other than official. An arrangement was made Some time ago with one of the car companies to tram-port allcnr riers over Its Hues when going to nnd returning from their deliveries in uni form for a lump rum yearly. This ar rangement has be n found to work ad mirably iu Washington, as it kuvvk a greut many hours of the curriers' time and removes all temptation on the acore of applying the tickets to per sonal use or otherwise disposing of them. "This is the reason why carriers iu Washington 'do not pay fare on the ears,' as has been often observed In the street cars. The same rule is in force in Denver and Detroit aud oth er cities, and It works well where tried." AWNINGS IN BIG LOTS. It Tavkos a Oraat Raaabee la nsplr ftoaa of Raw York's HIB Mod era Uttiidlaas. "To supply some of the big modern buildings with awniius," said an awn ing maker to a New York Hun man, "costs as much as It would to build a moderate-sued house. "Not all of the great buildings re quire awnings. Some of the very Inrg st have their principal exposure in uch a direction that thev lire tutt needed, the sun not shining on these winnows during the hours the offices are occupied. And then, of course, there are great buildings that do not require awnings on some side, but nsed them on others; or in courts and ao on. "Here, for Instance, is a buildinit with about 1,000 windows, of which 600 or thereabouts are supplied with awnings. "Another building I have in mind has six. ut 1,600 windows. I don't know how many awnings they have there, but If It is supplied in the same pro portion as the other, that would (jive It about 1.000 awning. 1 dare say, that in fact, you would Hnd in the city single buildings with more than a thousand awnings. "You see, just the awnings for some of these great modern buildings amount to quit an item." uirta to a t olUst. Allegheny college, at Meadville, Pa., has a gift from an anonymous donor of ao.iNHi, conditioned on the raising of 45,000 additional by the rollege before January 1, luuj. Within a sln.rt time the college has In-en given the .Newton observatory, the Ford Me morial chapel, aud a $.lo.issi library building, the last two also from an anoiivimiii4 ib.nnr. 1 ! x A K and iviii Sa so llvt ua Sitae.. it,.!,J mi it is. No rvukh 'tir i in llilin. M.J. tr StaadardOtl Cesspsay ma i.. . ... . l. ... PICTUBB SHE BAID. KIND THE COW. ENTERTAINS EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE JTniTDrTORDArio MUSEUM OF ANATOMY mi iiuet it., 111 rmcisci, cil Tto Mpt AnatrsxalcftJ Metcuaa la tb World. HMkn in c-racid flUMM pMlllolr Brd tf r)tdX fcpwfclaJIM am lVt CtJMt, feat 1 . , DR. aJOROAK-DISEASES OF MEN If fcbl ffraiLi thwvMffhiy mm.twi I Y1V B tmtWm wlliuvi atit tfltrwry, BT Trj)si ill ex by tit Bipft MaMlt- I M H al (at ssptair. a quick auid l HT i-tlica! cur for ril Wlmmmrm ind I II laaa, hf Or. JmOm' (yUsU ptutv CoMMtttM fro) uid ttrlrtfTpHntA TrajftltMM mm oral!' eta fey teiifff . A rrj CNart la ety ca udert.kcit. Writ tin B k rillLOKOPliT mt ItlllCI. WalLlO . (A MtisUil. book ) Cll ot "( OR JORDAN li CO, It) 1 1 MtrMtL.t.P. -rrs( Cereed The most wholesome and nutritious substitute for. cof fee and tea. Made from the choice'st California figs, prunes and selected grains. A delicious, strengthening beverage holds its delicate flavor to the bottom of the cup. Physicians recommend Figprune. All grocers sell it SOTK'K OK INTENTION TO WITH I 'MAW INSl'HANl'K PKl'OSIr. In accordance Willi Hie requirements ut the laws of the State of Oregon, rein live to insurance companies, notice is hereby given that The Lancashire Insurance loiupan) of Mancheete-, Kngland. desiring U cesse doiiw biisitiese within the Stab ol Oregon, intends o withdraw its de posit aillitlieTreanurerol saiil State and will, il no claim ehull le tiled Willi the In-mranee Ommis-inncr williin sis ninnilm from the 2.'ud day of .lulv, I'.mJI withdraw its deposit from the Stale Treasurer. TlIK .M-.Htll-,K IVSI KAXl'K CoMI-V.N'V. liv M vss A Wilson M imn-erx I. r the I'acit'u- Coast. Dated at sn Krun-'isco, Ibis 15th, day ol July, 1W1. MViMoNS. In t lie Circuit I'ouil of the Slate ol Ore- ii-iu. lor Josephine Co. Fannie I'. Keller, l'lauliir i v William M. Keller. IMendaul. ) Action to dissolve the marriage con-Ira.-'. To vV 1 1 1 a m M Keller, Defemleiit ; In the name o( the Stale of Oregon, )ou aie hijehy required to appear and answer tli" complaint filed avtiiinst you HI Ihe above entitled Court nnd cue, H bin vis weeks from date uf lirat pn-ili cation oi tliU Summons vis:-froni August 1, I'.iJl, and it von fail to answer lor want ihereol, the INaintill" will appiv to the Court for a dvcrte dissolving i ti ll, ai roue contiact of I'lmiititr and D.. lemUni. . this summons is published l y or.lei of 11. K. Ilsiiiis. judge oi ihe above en tilled o'lirt. maile in Chamber-., at J, k eonville, Jackson Conntv, Oregun, on tins 1st il.iv of August I'.KII. Auk AxiKi.l, At oin y lor l ljiutill NOTll'K TO Clir.l'lTuKS. The under- i.ne.1 having leen appoin ed i xecn'or ol the estate ol Joseph Kes ler, deieased, by the Connlv C-ui-l o Jotbm Comtiv, all persons having clsiuis against said esiate are herein m titied to present the ssine lo me ai tirun . Pass, Joectiliine County, Oregou. stil lh i-roer piool and vomhers, wi-hn in ui-mil-s Iroui Hie dsl- ol this nun, i Dated tl.ii- :'lili dsv ol Int. l;s'l. II. T. Ki.sM.r.M, Esevutor of the estate ol J a. i h Kesslet lit ceae vW'Sl e.WVW-.ef mmm FlGPRUHE rTtrV3eWWiivX " JAPANESE PILGRIMS. ' Ot r....re. -t Tfc.., A.Or. ..4 Olsilaaalaklaisl BsllM at Their UtTeret Parties. The Japanese peasants, when they get themselves up for the business of a pilgrimn-.-e, are the quaintest fig ures imiig.i able, says tiood Words. The women generally tuck up their petticoiitx well ubove their knees, either leaving the legs bare, or else swathing them with white bandages, which form a Kind of legglns. Their hair Is done tn the usual eloborate Japanese stylt, and generally an arti ficial flower is stuck in at tne top. It rtoea look so comic to see the wid ened face of an old woman with a large red rose bobbing over it. And this floral decoration ia not confined to the women; when you meet a par ty of pilgrims you often see the old men also with a flower stuck eoquet tishly above the ear. 1 found out the reason of this rather inappro priate ornamentation when I was nt Nagano. It appears that many of the poor old dears from the country get so bewildered by the magnificence of the places they go to, and the dis tractions of shopping, that they quite lose their heads, and conse quently their way. So the ever thousrhtful Japanese police have in sisted that every party of pilgrims is to have a distinguishing hedge. At Nagano it was the commonest thing possible to see some snnoient dame rushing about wiJling: "Where is my party? Where is the purple iris par ty?" or "Where is the yelllow-towel-round-the-neck party?" And then she would be told that tbe "yellow-towel-rouiid-the-neck party" was on its way to the station, or that the "purple irises" were still saying their prayers iu the temple. A BATTLE OF THE BEES. Sabjaota Wera Foreel lata Doadaar. One oolony of wild honey bees, less than a mile away, had survived the famine of the previous summer, and in July, made desperate by lack of forage, certain of their wanderers dis covered r. y hive, and . succeeded in sneaking by the sentries and getting away with honey-bags rilled with plunder undetected, writes Willium Kverett Cram, of "My First Colony of liees," in Ladies' Home Journal. Returning later with others of their tribe they were discovered and driven off. Hut the whole colony of foreet dwellers was now eager for booty and came In overpowering force. I nar rowed the entrance to the hive, and my bees defended It valiantly; the flghtimr was flen-e until long after dark, and in the tuoit.ing it was again renewed, and Hnnlly tre defend.ii. is were defeated with heavy losses. The survivors were compelled to go into bondage and assist their victors to carry nwny the captured honey to the woods, and before the midKUiuin-T sun was half way up the sky the hive stood silent and deserted, save for a few loitering pilferers crawling about the torn and empty combs, searching among the dead for a last drop of honey. The queen, I presume, nuKt have been killed, for she cer tainly would never have consented to accompany the enemy with the other prisoners. Yet I was unable to find her among the dead, and believe she died fighting in th open and dropped into the grass. MAYA INDIANS IN EXILE. Ynsstss Bwvaares Drive froaa Thai Hoaaa hr th Mcxtaavsi Troops. Th former resident of llacalar, state of Yucatan, are rejoicing over the occupation of that town by the government troops under command of (ien. Vega, says a recent report. Many of these people stilj hold title to valua ble properly iu the Itacalar district, although they were driven from their homes by the Mtiya Indians many years ago. A large number of these persons arc now residents of Iiritish Honduras and they are already look ing up their deeds and title prelimi nary to reclaiming their, properties. The villn of Itacalar, which was founded by the Spaniards, has been besieged various times by the Mayns, and it was only after a desperate re sistance on the part of Jose Dolores .ctent that it anally fell into their hands. There are still ruins of the ancient fort and rusty ennnon employed in the last defense against the Indians. The latter, after taking It, did all In their flower to obstruct iinvirutl.m, felling trees aud custini? huge bowlders into the streams. 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