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SKIRHISH LN CUBA—DRAWN FROM A SKETCH ON THE SPOT. VULTURES IN WAR. Flock to the Fields of Battle to Prey Upon the Dead and Dvina. —Chicago Times-Herain. ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE. Vania II. Carpenter 11 aa Now Kiaen to Hrigudl-er Crtnerul. One of the most striking example* of the democracy of the United States army Is presented by the career of I jo ufs II. Carpenter, who entered the army as a private and has risen to be a brigadier general. Carpenter was at the University of Pensylvanln In 18151, when he was seized with the war fever ami enlisted In the regular cavalry. Within six months his soldierly quali ties won him a commission ns second lieutenant In the regular cavalry. Ro tor® the civil war closed he was repeat I.OCIS n. CARI'F.XTEH. edly brevetted for bravery displayed tn campaign and on the fi«'ld of tnittle- to first lieutenant 1868 for "gallant and m«*r1torlous services nt Gettysburg,” captain 18<M for "gallant ami meritori ous services In the battle of Winchester," then lieutenant colonel Unit«! Stat»** army ami colonel of volunteers for "gal lant and meritorious services during the or." He wm In nearly all the cavalry lights of the Army of the I'otomac. In the battle of Fairfield. near Gettysburg, he rem-msl and brought off the field the colors of Ills regiment when the regi ment was surrounded by «an over whelming force of the enemy. His bravery was so conspicuous that Gen eral Sheridan, one of the greatest cav alry commanders In history, called him to his side ns one of the most trusted officers of his staff. After the war of the rebellion he return«! to his regi ment and again became conspicuous as an Indian tighter. At the Is-ginnhig of the prinent war he was made a twlga- dl<*r general and put In command of the brigade made by the famous Fifth Maryland Regina’nt. the crock First Regiment of the IHstrlct of Columbia and the celebrated Second New York Regiment of volunteers. How Slate Pencils Are Made. Slate pencils undergo n number of processes before they are ready for use, and tn making them nearly all of the manual labor is done by boys. First broken pieces of slate are put Into a mortar run by steam and are crushed to a powder, which Is then bolted In a machlue such as Is use«! In flouring mills, A line slate flour results, which is thoroughly mixed In a large tub with steatite flour and other materials, the whole making a stiff dough. The dough la knead«*«! by being passed between Iron rollers a number of times, and it is then taken to a table, when1 it is made Into short cylinders four or five Incites In thickness and contalulng from eight to ten pounds of material each. Four of these cylinders are placed In a strong Iron retort which has a changeable uossle so that the size of the pencils may t«e regulated. In the retort the material Is subjected to great hydraulic pressure and la thus pushed through the nozzle In the shape of a long cord. As the cord ohiks through the neszle Is passes over a knife and Is cut into the desire«! lengths. The lengths are laid on boards to dry and art* then placed on sheets of corrugated zinc, the corrugation preventing the pencils from warping during the bak ing process. The baking Is «lone In a kiln which superheated steam is passed through pipes. Ths pencils go from the kiln to the finishing and packing room, where the ends are held for an Instant under a rapidly revolving emery u-beel. which neatly r>oints them. Finally they are packed In paste board boxes, 100 pencils in each t>ox, then 100 of the pasteboard boxes are packed In a wooden tx>x, and they are ready for shipment — Philadelphia Times. BEAUTY AND THE BEAU. The Show of Gallantry Kebuked by Genuine Courtesy. Some of these establishments contain over 30i) monks, and nearly as many servants. Their riches are mainly d«?- rived from splendid estates in Russia. ItoumanLa. Bulgaria and Servia. For many hundreds of years no woman has ever been permitted to set foot any where in Athos. The fact Is the more remarkable l«ecause extreme honor is accorded to the Virgin Mary In all these the needle and as close to It as pos sible. then places the potato once again on the assistant's hand. After making a few flourishes with the sword, he cuts through the potato, dividing it in half. In striking the potato with the sword he makes sure that the sword will come exactly crosswise on the nee dle: consequently, when the sword reaches the needle it can go no farther, ami the brittle nature of the potato will cause It to fall apart. the very thin portion below the needle offering no resistance to the separation. The part played by the vulture, or j turkey buzzard tn the war in Cuba is I not so well understood by the soldier i boys from the North as it is by those from the South, said Frank N. Jor«ion, I a Chicagoan, who formerly live«! in Charleston, 8. C. This thought occurred to me upon reading some of the recent re[»orts of the war correspondents con cerning this blr«l of evil omen. Reports i from the battle before Santiago July 1' say that thousands of vultures could be! DISCOVERIES IN LEAP CASTLE seen soaring in the air above the dead, j wounded and dying, in a hurry to get at Eleventh Century Stuircase Fonn<i in tbelr prey. The other soldiers did not an Early - nirliah Structure. desert the men whose strength gave A Birr correspondent writes that a out, but lay down on the ground and - series ot interesting "finds,” Just dis- , with their revolvers kept the buzzards i i covered in the historic Leap castle, I away from their suffering comrades un- i have been shown to a number of visit I til the latter were picked up an«! hur ore. The tirst and most important was ried out of reach of the rapacious birds. monasteries. It Is related, and im on eleventh century stone spiral stair In the Southern States the [M«ople are plicitly believed by the monks, that the case springing from the first tloor level familiar with th«*se birds and their Virgin Mary herself originated the ex and terminating at the summit of the habits, Turkey buzzarils axe the scav-1 clusion of her own sex from the sacred great tower, 100 feet high. Tills relic engers of Southern cities, and are so soil of the place. of a remote past is in a splendid state useful in this respect that they are pro Mount Athos proper Is a beautiful of preservation. The finely cut stone tected by law. There Is a sharp pen peak of white marble, which soars up steps are laid with matlieniatical accu alty attached to the law forbidding the at the very end of the promontory far racy and are large, like the passage it killing or wounding of the buzzards. out at sea. It reaches a height of near-1 selL The O’Corrolls. princes of Ely, The buzzard Inis long since been! ly 7,000 feet. Running back from this who«* chief stronghold this castle was, voted a great success as a sanitary tn- j apex is a range of lovely hills, often were all big me»—in tact, a race ot | spector. Not only In Southern cities,! thickly wooded, and tn some places giants— as the fey relics of them extant j but in oriental towns and villages, as 11 nearly four miles wkle, which diminish attest Hence the reason why every | have read, sanitary precautions, so tar tn height more and more towards the thing about the castle is large. as garbage Is concerned, are wholly Ig t«ase of the promontory. In various ro» The second “tlnd" is an entrance to nored, for the problem of its removal mantle nooks of these hills the twenty and purification hits been solved by the ancient monasteries are scatter«!. the guard room cut out of the rock, and vulture. The turkey buzzard, which Some are perched on thee»? cliffs, In al which was up to the present believed Is the species of the vulture family most Inaccessible positions, and others to be a mass of solid masonry. Here numerous bones, coins of the reign of known to the Southern States and Cen nestle tn the woods. Edward the Confessor and other relies tral America, has pro«llgious strength of beak and claws and It can tear ami ABSORBS WATER FROM BELOW. were found. Human bones in large quantities, flints and spear heads were THEY WALK ON THE CEILING. strip a carcass, leaving nothing but the Soil in the San Joaquin Valley Moist also found In tb<- extensive rouge of j clean-picked bon«*s. in n phenomenally ened by Subterranean Stream*. dungeons which have teen brought to Two He! r*e«H»e»* with Inherited Love short time. It seems to have the Investigations ma«ie by Professor light beneath the castle, these curious for Gymnastics. j strength and rapacity of the wolf or Milton Whitney, who Is in charge of prison-houses being rock-hewn, and Perhaps the most daring perform hyena. ance to tie seen In all the many places I have noticed In the letters telling ns the division of soils in the Department their existence having teen previously of entertainment at Coney Island. New of the battles at Santiago and vicinity of Agriculture, have revealed the curi unknown to the owner of the castle and York, is that given by two girls, who that in many cases scores of our brave ous phenomenon that the soils of tlie lord of the soil, Jonathan C. Darby, seem to be altogether out of harmony boys were reported missing after an San Joaquin valley and of the great I This gentleman is the descendant of with their surroundings. These are engagement The bodies of many mnst Palouse district (comprising the fertile the royal bouse of O’Carrolls of Ely, the Austin sisters, each of them re ; lutve become prey to the buzzards. wheat-growing regions) contain a con- ! whose family have remained in uninter lined, well educated and of charming I With their tek*scope-like eyes, these slderable quantity of moisture in ex- I rupted possession of the Leap for many personality in every way. Their home vultures can see a fallen soldier, horse cess erf the amount received from Fain- I centuries. is a beautiful place at Bath Beach, or mule from distances that render fall or surface Irrigation. A similar I The present owner, aided by Mrs, L. I., where tbelr parents live. The themselves Invisible. So Impatient are phenomenon has been observed in the [ Darby, has put into a complete state of latter are ¡lersons of good manners and ' they with hunger that they begin their Yellowstone valley and tn ports of the [«reservation the ancient chapel, an easy deportment, many years of travel attack even before the man or animal Is Red River valley, and this would seem apartment twenty-tire feet square and In all parts of the world having given «quite dead, and so sharp Is their sight to explain the mystery why these re high, which Is on top of the tower, and them the lraiefinable polish which your that a vulture which first discovers prey gions, which are semfarid, rarely suf here has been discovered a very large and fine early English window, which stay-at-home can never ho[*e to attain. Is soon joined by others, until at last fer from drouth. Mr. and Mrs. Austin were trapeze per formers since early childhood. In the PART PLAYED BY VULTURES IN WAR. course of tbelr professional journey- Ings they met and married, traveling nnd performing together for years. Un like many others in the same business, they took care of their earnings, in creasing the same handsomely by sev eral judicious Investments. When their two daughters were still little girls The car was crowded. It happened that only men were standing, with the exception of a colored woman In the middle of the car. But at a corner a woman dressed in the top of the mode got on. She stood next the door, and [•laInly here was a chance for some masculine person to be gallant An old lx?au, who was seated near the cen ter, was obviously fascinated by the appearance of this beauteous female, and bobbed his bead to catch her eye. Finally succeeding he arose, beckoned to her, and murmured: “Won’t you take my sent, madam?” The colored woman, standing direct ly in front of hint beard this, and. turning, thanked him gratefully as she made a movement toward the vacant space. With Indignation wrinkling Ills tinted nose, nnd spoiling for a moment the gracious air which he had assumed, he pushed her beck, with both hands ut her elbows, as he exclaimed: 'Dh, no; not for you, ma’am!” Ills adjustment of expression was rapid as b<* turned once more to her of the handsome face and fashionable clothes nnd mad«* way. Then. with a smile at his neighbors which plainly said, “Didn’t I manage that well?” he learns! comfortably on his stick. The favoretl one bud not noticed the little play which had been enacted for her benefit, bitt a young girl who sat In th«* next seat was an ol»server, and Siiw the warm red deeply flush under the black skin of th«* other woman and th«* tears come In the dark eyes. She saw the mouth quivering, and her own eyes snapped. With a glance at "Ills Complacency,” unmistakably express- Ive of her scorn and Indignation, she quickly rose, touchetl the woman on the arm, and gently said: 'Take my seat; I'm getting out at the next corner." Then flashing a look at the man. un der which bls expression of self-con gratulation rapidly changed to som«*- thlng near to sheepishness, she pass«*«l WAI.KIXO ON m CE1LIXG. out of the car; and more than one man there would have bet that she had not they retire«! and purchased their pres intended to get off at that corner.— ent home at Bath Beach. New York Sun. The two children were sent to a first- class school In Brooklyn, from whleh < hst of the War. they recently graduate«! with marked Spain hns 50.000 Gypsies. cr«*dlL From their earliest childhood I'attl made tier rebut In Cuba. they were carefully trained by Mr. 'Frisco to Manila—6,600 miles. Austin, his object being to develop Cadiz to New York—2,800 miles. their frames so as to make them Key West to Havana—ninety miles. healthy an«! hearty young women. In 8[wiln luis 28,922,601) Inhabitants. this he has been entirely successful, Russia's common sohlier gets $2.25 a i but the training the girls received In year. the sjmclotis gymnasium at Bath Beach Our dally output of powder Is 16,000 : also developed the love for such exer- tons. ! else, which they Inherited from their Cuba has 16,000,000 acres of virgin i parents, and last fall they obtain«! per- forest mission to prepare themselves for pub War has doubled the price of army lic appearance. Now they show dally horses. In a daring trapeze act and also as 'Frisco Chines«* nre making soldiers' <*«*111 ng walkers. The latter perform- ckrthes. ance Is especially thrilling. During our civil war there wore 3,125 The girls make a charming modest battles. picture when s«*en together dressed for Italy's war department utilizes HA- their act Alrnee, the elder girl, has a OOOiOOO a year. great mass of chestnut hair, beautiful Cuba has 1.631.000 Inhabitants: Phil blue-gray eye«, am! an exceedingly adelphia 1,350,000. dainty appearance. Marie, the younger, Prior to th«* war the annual net rev- i a real beauty, was born In Vienna. Her enu«* of Cuba w as $80,000,000. | eyes are «lark and she wears her hale Every Spaniard Is liable to be calle«! pompadoured over her face. Th«* girls to military service on attaining 20 are attended by their father at all per years of age. formances and are at present attract Policemen In Boston have been In- ing much attention by tbelr topsy- structed to salute the flag whenever It turvy feats. Is corrie«! past them In a parade. Plea fbr fleer on Hnndaya. A Cuban Insurgent In order to get An extraordinary argument for Run cigarettes, rlske«! death by going Into day opening teas quoted by one of th« a town with Spanish soldiers. A Salt-laker who writes poetry flrat- »[•eaki'rs recently at a temperance con rate thinks there was a Merry Mac In vention. He related that at a public the White Hous«* when the nows came meeting once held In Coventry, En that the Santiago bottle had been | gland, an orator urged that public corked by that coal ship.—Philadelphia houses should be opened at n«x?n on Sunday. In order that workingmen llwnnl. should hare an opportunity of discuss- No one who Is compelled to buy It Is ' Ing tr»go<her the sermons they had very fond of champagne i beard In the morning. ; : ’ ! | ' ' i the carcass is almost covered with the birds. In civilized warfare the victors al ways search the field of the battle, res cue the wounded and bury the dead, whether they be friends or foes. But many are reported "among the miss ing.” There the buzzards fin«! their prey. In savage or partly clvlllz«?d war-1 fare the dead of the vanquished are [ Intentionally left by the victors to be devoured by the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air. A curious plmnomenon In regard to I vultures is that they seem to be aide to locate the s«?ene of a battle before the fight takes pla«*e. One of the most cu rious examples of their astonishing in stinct was observed in the Crimean war. In the nelghborlwod of Seb«isto- pol the vulture was a very rare bird, from the same reason which has made it extinct In England, lack of food. Yet the war had hardly begun to assume a serious as[s*ct when the vultures ar rived In largely Increased numbers and fed upon the dead horses. Whence dd th«*se vulture® come! Many came from Northern Africa, for (he Arabs declared that during the war very few vultures were to be found In the pla«?«*s where they usually abound«xl. Many also ap peared to have come from Asia, as the samt* phenomenon was observed in sev eral [tarts of India. Just as sharks follow a slave ship, so do vultures accompany a slave cara van and the legions <rf Imttle, knowing that many of the captives and the slain will In some way become their prey. MOUNT ATHOS. A lively Spot from Which Women Are Excluded. One of the most romantic spots In Europe, though one of the least known to people generally. Is Mount Atho®. j This Is the name given to an Immense and magnificent promontory, which i run* about forty mile® Into the Aegean sea, from that gram! peninsula of Ma«?e- donla called Chaidice. For more than 1,000 years Mount Athoa has been considered the Holy Land of the great Ru»s«>-Gr*ek Church. It Is Imp«>Mlble to express the venera tion and affection with which millions of people regard this k>*allty. It 1* In the power of the Turks. Twenty mag nificent and wealthy convent* are ac*ttCred over this lovely promontory, which la a mountain garden tn the tea. But this explanation solves one mys from its great elevation commands a tery only to present another which is view embracing eight counties. A llt- even more inexplicable. In the Mo , tie below this is a remarkable room, jave desert for Instance, where the an which none of the servants will enter nual average rainfall Is only five inch after nightfall. It was the state bed es. the soil beneath the alkaline crust room of one of the princesses of Ely. Is always moist. In Southern Califor I who was murdered six centuries ago nia. where the summer rainfall is less ' by her lord, and the solid oak floor re than an Inch, tobacco ami sugar beets, tains the bloodstains of th«' royal vic- which require much water, grow luxu i tlin. This part of the building is re riantly without irrigation. puted to be haunted, and Mr. and Mrs. This phenomenon has been ascribed Ibirby, who do not believe in ghosts, tentatively to the peculiar quality of admit that they cannot account for the the soli to absorb moisture and retain extraordinary noises that occasionally it. notwithstanding the low humidity ' come from the death chamber of the of the atmosphere. But whence does murdered princess, and which niaki* it tils excess of moisture come? Arte nearly impossible for them to retain sian wells In all the regions under con their female servants In their employ sideration show water at depths vary ment The manifestations are reputed ing lietween forty and 2oo feet, and It to take the form of shrieks, which re Is coajecture«l by the department in sound and reverberate through the vestigators that there may be a slow building and set all the dogs In the ken and continuous upward movement of nels whining and barking.—Lee«is Mer moisture from subterranean sources. cury. Since water however, never percolates A Hotne-Thrnst. upward It must be assumed that the “You womeu are much like Span- soils of a large part of the arid ami lards, after all.” semiarld regions of the «?ountry consist "What do you mean?” of a vast sheet of absorbent material, “Well, when you aim you never hll which draws up moisture from below, anything.” like bk>ttlng paper, by capillary attrac “Now. boys. I have a few qu«*stions in tion. The investigations of the divi sion of soils In these arid regions will fractions to ask.” said a teacher: "sup make one of the moat remarkable chap pose I have a piece of beefsteak and ters In the history of agriculture.—Phil cut It Into sixteen pieces, what w«>tiM those pieces be called?'' “8!xtee<nrha,” adelphia Record. answere-.l one boy. after m«*ditatlng a SAFE WHEN DONE RIGHTLY. i moment. "Very gwd. And when the i sixteenths were cut In half, what would How a Potato May Be Split Open on , they be?” There was silence in the the Nake<1 Palm of the Hand. olass; but presently a little boy ar the Among the several medium-sized ' foot put up his hand. “Do you know, sound potatoes on a tray, according to Johnny?” "Hash!" answered Johnny, the Scientific American, the juggler i <*onfldently.—Current Literature. places two potatoes prepared as fol lows: Insert a needle crosswise of "How did this happen?" asked the surgeon, as he dressed the wound in the ch«?ek and applied a soothing [»»ul- tlce to the damaged eye. “Got hit with a stone.” replied the patient. "Who threw It?" "My—my wife," was the reluctant answer. “Hum; It's the first time I knew a woman hit anything she alme«i at," muttered the surgeon. "She the potato near the bottom. After show was throwing at the neighbor s hens.” ing the sword to be really sharp, by explained the sufferer. "I was behind cutting paper and slicing one or two her."—Tld-Biu. of the [xitatoe®. the performer picks When a woman can't find any place up one of the prepared potatoes and places tt on the assistant's han«); but else to put a thing she holds It In bet apparently It doe* not He to suit him, mouth. so he slice* off one side of 1L using A young man's sweetheart 1* now care to cut away the side just under known as hi* "leech.”