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The PLANTERS LOAN and SAYINGS BANK, AUGUSTA, GA., Organized 1870. Oldest Savings Un uk in Eastern Georgia. Largest Savings Capital in City. I'nj'H Interest ami Compounds every O months. THOS. J. ADAMS PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1898. VOL. LXIII. NO. 17. HAIL TO O Aoross tho land from strand to strand Loud ring thc bugle notes, And freedorr's smile, from isle to Isle, Like freadcm's banner floats. One song-the nations hall thc notes From sounding sea to sou, And answer from their thrilling throat The song ol liberty! -Fr? pc-: ? "AN A WK Uk '*%' Q^^^^r^rA Wherever c a i S ^JIVM^ Charlotto be?" * V 11 " M. Cha ^^^^^V' V"N p o u l o t wlii fjfi \ fn\?&^ ^ tne words show Hi- n j V^^* M. Chapoulot i; ^f&^QJ^^^^P out of humor . viifc?^^" Ordinarily M, Chapoulot is as good-tempered ant easy going as one would expect in i man of sixty, who had been like ?Tohr Gilpin, in his day,TI linen draper bold, and has in good time retired to enjoj a modest competency in repose. Youl wealthy London tradesman, now, whe has grown rich beneath the shadow o? St. Paul's, if ho retires at all befor< death or disease puts him suddenly hors de combat, flies off to spend his fortune at Brighton or Bath, 01 Cheltenham-anywhere rather than IE the great metropolis where he ha? made it. But M. Chapoulot, like thc true Parisian ho is, will never deserl hi3 Tille Lumiere, and has retired no further than from the bustle of the boulevards to the more peaceful Rue do la Trocadero. There ho now lives with his onb daughter Charlotte and an old faithful servant of tho family, and it is tho former whom he is at this moment im patiently awaiting. It is dinner time with tho Chapou lota, who dine at six. M. Chapoulot always begins his dinner with punctuality, but he has never begun it without Charlotte. And Charlotte comes not. . Fivo min utes past six, and M. Chapoulot's im patience becomes annoyance; ten minutes, and it is eveu anger; a quarter past, and he is furious. Hun ger, they say, will tame ft lion, but it will none the less ruffle the equanimity of n saint. Wherever eau Charlotte be? She has gone this afternoon to take her music lesson iu the Boulevard Barbusse. Sue goes three times a week, and always returns in ample time for diuner. Twenty past, anger begins to give way to nervousness; five-and-twenty, it is alarm; half-past six and no Charlotte, M. ChaT julot is trembling with anxiety. Hurriedly he summons the old r.ervant, asks, for his hat and boots; he will himself go out and see whatever may have hap pened. But suddenly there was a merry little rap at the door, and Charlotte enters. No evil can have como, for there she stands in the doorway, smil ing radiantly, in all the ease and grace of la petite Parisienne. "Oh, papa-I-" But M. Chapoulot's fear gone, his impatience again usurps supremacy, and reassured about the safety of his daughter, ho begins to feel anxious for tho flavor of his dinner. "Come to the table first. You eau tell rae while eating. I shall under stand better then." "Oh, but pap! You don't know. I have bad au adventure!" "An adventure!" exclaimed?T. Cha poulot, starting from his seat and drop ping his spoon into the soup upon which ho had already commenced. "Yes, papa! An adventure in the omnibus with a young man!" "The omnibus-with a young man! Parbleu!" "But with a yonug mau comme il faut, papa, I eau assure you." "You ought to know, Charlotte, that a young man comme il faut has no ad ventures, above all in an omnibus. "Whatever do you menu?". "It is very simple, papa. You need not make such a cruel face. I had for gotten my purse. Thvt is the thins which happens often enough-" "Yes, yes; especially to those who haven't got one. Go on." "I never discovered it until the con ductor held out his hand to take my fare. What could I do? What could I say? I should be taken fora pauper -for au adventuress, perhaps. I was crimson, I was pale, I felt that I should faint; when, happily, a young man who sat next to me gave the conductor a piece of silver, saying: 'Take for two.' This gentleman, seeing my embarrass ment, had kindly paid for rae." "Well, miss, you have done a nice thing. Accept six sous from a stran ger! You had better have explained to tho conductor, to the driver, to all the company. But people should not forget their purses-I never do. And now, how will you return his money? You will never think of keeping it?" "I have his card, papa; M. Agenor Baluehet, clerk atthe ministry of-" But papa, without hearing another word, had snatched the piece of paste board from her hand, exclaiming: "What? This gentleman, not con tent with insolently lending his six sous, has had the impudeuco to force his card upon you in the bargain! He is a very scoundrel, your young man comme il. faut." "But, papa, I could not return his money if I did not know his address." M. Chapoulot hns not a word to answer to this ingenious argument,but with a gesture of the intensest irrita tion throws dowu his serviette upon the table. "It is written that I shall not dine this evening," ho says to the old ser vant. "Find me a cab at once. I am going to restore to th?3 Agenor his six ROUS immediately. Mid to fell him a few truths as well.'* "But. papa, that will lie ingratitude. You must remember that this young mau has paved your daughter from un faux pas." "Un faux pas! Ile has rather lcd you into one. But, silence, miss! I nm not going to receive lessons, above ail, lessous in memory, from a silly girl who forgets her purse." ?T. Chapoulot has taken his hat, nu l looks even more enraged than ever. The old servant cornea back, "A i COUNTRY. They answer and an eolio comes From chained and troubled isles, And roars like ocean's thunder drums Where glad Columbia smiles. Hail to our country! Strong she stands, Xor fears tho war drum's boat; The sword of freedom in her hands, The tyrant at her feet, k L. Stanton, in the Atilinta Costitution. cabman is at the door.bnt he will only agree to a singlo journey." &j"Oh, that will (lol I can easily find another to return." And Bf. Cbapoulot goes out iu furi ous ;hasto, whilo Charlotte timidly confides to the sympathizing servant that she knows even moro of the young man than she has dared to say. For a month past he regularly traveled in the same omnibus, and sho has no ticed that ho has noticed, etc., etc. Agenor, in his bachelor apartment, sits thiuking over his experience of the evening, and vowing he will not wash until thc morning the hand that had been touched by the dainty fingers of Charlotte when she received the card. Suddenly a sharp rap at the door, a violent opening, and a stout gentle man, out of breath, his hat upon hi's ears aud cane in hand, breaks in upou his dreaming. "Monsieur!" exclaims the invader, "your conduct is scandalous. You are not worthy the name of a French gentleman. An honest man would never take advantage of the embarrass* ment and inexperience of a young lady. To profit by the absence of a father and a purse, to offer your money-and your card into the bar? gain-to nu unprotected girl, it may be a good investment, but it is a bad action. I have brought you your six sous again, aDd would have you to know, sir, that, as for my daughter and myself, wo wish to have nothing to do with you." And the stout gentleman, trembling with his vehemence, puts his hand into his pocket to get the money, when, before Agenor has time even to recover from his bewilderment, a new actor enters upon the scene. It is the cabman, all furious, with an oath upon his lips, and brandishing his whip in H threatening manner. "Eh! you! What do you mean? You engage me for a single journey. I tell yon I cannot stay. You even order me to hurry. And theu you jump from my cab like a madman, and rash in here without a word. None of that for me. I hare only Webbing tu amkf,#iMy*itomy<*noin&'?. quickly, or-" And the whip goes round again moro emphatically than before. Agenor understands nothing of it. But the stout gentleman, who has searched vigorously in all his pockets, becomes suddenly pale, then red, then redder still, then crimson, then violet. I He is silent in stupefaction a minute, and then, iu answer to a more vigorous demand from the cabman, he manages to falter: "I have-forgotten-my-purse!" "Oh, yes! I know," cries tho en raged cabman. "I havo seen that dodge before. You needn't try it on with me. Come along! you shall tell your?tale at tho police office." And he begins to drag away by the shoul ders the unfortunate Cbapoulot, who in ready to fall into 'an apoplectic fit. But Agenor, a true providence for the family, draws from his pocket the necessary sum and dismisses the driver. "You will allow me, sir," he says to M. Cbapoulot, who, all at once under standing that it is possible to forget one's purse, aud that of all friends a friend in need is one indeed, cm only reply with a smile: . "Monsieur-M. Blauchet, I believe -30 centimes for tho omnibus and 1 franc 75 for the cab, that makes 41 sous I owe you. If you will bo good enough to dino with me this evening we will settle our affairs at once. As an old business man, I like not out standing debts. Besides, ready reckonings always make good friends. " A quarter of au hour Ia ?er the ser vant puts a third plate upou the table in the Rue de la Trocadero. A month later thero is a still larger party, when the wedding of Charlotte and Agenor is'celebrated. And M. Cba poulot will often say to those who care to hear him: "Beware of borrowing, oh! fathers of families. I made once a debt of 41 sous, and could only repay it with j a dowry of 20,000 francs."-Strand i Magazine. A New Kind of YVwter Tower. A portable water tower is the inven tion with which San "rancisco is to bid defiance to fires in the future. It is the invention of H. H. Garter, master machinist in the city's fire de- j partment. It is a metal structure weighing only GS00 pounds'. It is a telescope, the inner tube of which is of brass and twenty feet long, and thc outer one of steel, twenty-two feet long. The old-fashioned cotton hose pipe, which frequently burst, is uot needed at all. The tower is arranged in sections,Eo that it can be deflected at any angle within forty degrees of the perpendic ular. The whole front of a burning building is thus exposed to the streams : from thetower.andnot merely acouple of windows, as has hitherto been the case. The whole tower was con- j structed in Sau Francisco at a cost of $5000. _ Aerlne. We have liquid air, nr aerine, a liquid which maintains a temperature of 200 degrees below /.ero, but we scarcely know how to use it. Possi- ! bly it might be used for hardening steel, as we know the quicker we can ! cool red-hot steel the harder it be- 1 comes. For drills, cutlery, etc., its uso as a cooling agent should be very effectual. Next to our grape wine, it is be lieved that Japanese sake, or rice wine, is the oldest alcoholic beverage known to mau, its use in Japan dating back over 2000 years. How Uncle Sam's Leisure The enlisted man of the navy of the United States, says the Washing ton Star, is even more interesting as au individual and as a servitor of tho flag than the . .listed man of the army, and a man of no less exper ience and brains than Rudyard Kip ling maintains that "the man that packs the gun has more character in the crook of either of his arms than all his officers have in their whole con struction." In the United States SKYLARKING. army are innumerable men just as humorously devilish, ingeniously niis ohievious and opportunely disobe dient as the members of Kipling's characteristic trio of Tommy Atkinses, Mulvaney, Learoyd and Ortheris. The main idea of most persons who are. unfamiliar with the life of the mau forward ou a man-of-war is that the tedium of such au existence can hardly be little short of unbearable. The}' can understand how the officers might find it possible to put in their sea service comfortably and enjoyably, but as a rule they can see nothing for it but a general twiddling of thumbs on the part of the whole ship's com pany forward of a man-of-war when the men are not actually engaged in earning their monthly money by the sweat of their brows. There are fre quent intervals during the progress of the routine of the naval day when the smoking lamp at- the break of the fo'c'sle is alight, and when there is a glow in the smoking lamp that means that there is nothing for any man forward to do but to loaf and invite his soul or to seek amusement in any way he elects to seek it, so long as he does not bump into regulations. The bo'sun's mate's "knock-off" pipe is shrilled at about the hour in the af ternoonw??e^tn^TroveTn^ in the Washington departments are closing their desks, and from that hour until pipe-down at 9.30 o'clock at night the time of tho blue-jacket or the marine is practically his own. The men forward have as many ways of putting in this sizablo ?leriod of recreation as have comfortably situa ted men ashore. For example, American men-of-war's meu are fond of mock scrapping. The man forward who knows how to use his hands effectively is generally re garded with a good deal more respect by the ship's company than tho en listed mau who has an overplus of braius or information co fit his ship's rating-the latter, indeed,being always in danger of acquiring the natue of a "man-o-war chaw." Most American men-of-war's men know how to box well, aud those that do not imagine that they do. l?oxine; Knuts. When "knock-off" goes in the after noon, there is a general breaking out of boxing gloves on the main deck and the blue-jackets and marines go at each other for points. Nor is it to be im agined that the men only dish ont love-taps to each other. The work is perfectly good-natured and harmless, but none for less they bang each other about for fair, sluggingly or scientifi cally, in accordance with tho measure oi their skill. No attempt is made by the officers to put a stop to the box;ug of the men, and even when n L-an is put out no notice is taken of the thing. The knocked-out mau is brought around by tho apothecary, and the following evening he will very likely have another try at tho man who sent him to the deck. The officers give tho men to uudersiaud that when they box it is advisable for them to keep well clear of running gear, bulkheads, tur rets, or other deck furnishings liable to injure them in case they should come into sudden contact with them, but unless, as happens once in a great while, a pair of mock combinants get angry in the course of their bout and begin to deliberately rough it, the offi cers not only let theui alone, but watch the boxing with interest. While this is going on on the main deck, the most notable boxer in the ship's company is usually engaged down on the berth deck forward in instructing an enthu siastic class of apprentice boys in the art of handling themselves fistically. Lovers of Music. United States men-of-war's men are music lovers. In a large phip's com pany there ave generally a score or more men forward who can perform creditably, and in some cases even brilliantly, ou musical instruments of one sort or another. It is lo be re membered that men of unusually line education and accomplishments; very ofteu drift into tho United States navy, and it is this class of men who furnish the better order of instrumea' E ABOARD. tal music aboard war vessels that are not blessed with bands-and only flagships have bands. In a large ship's company there are always banjo plunkers and guitar and mandolin thrummers inumerable up foi ward, but in the line of higher music there are few good-sized ships in the Ameri can navy that cannot produce one or mo'-e excellent violin or zither play ers. A young Pole of noble family shipped as a landsman on an Ameri can warship at Gibraltar a few years ago, and before ho had been aboard twenty-four hours he had all the offi cers aft as well as the men forward in a trance over his violin playing. He did not have a violin of his own-It was in pawn somewhere in Italy-but he played on a violin belonging to an Irish marine, whose musical ability consisted only in his rendition of "The Bakes o' Mallow'" and "The Devil's Dream." This young Poie was simply a master of the violin. When the ship on which he served re turned to the United States he was permitted to leave the service, and now he is Trevinck, the well-known violin instructor of Chicago-but he was not Trevinck in the navy. The Evening Concert. The musicians do not ordinarily break out their instruments until after supper. But by the time darkness falls the forward portion of any Ameri can man-of-war in any port in the world might be taken for a floating conservatory of practicers. The clever players upon whose ears discord falls like vitriol take to the quieter portions of the ship below decks for their woo ing of the harmonies, and they are UNITED STATES CRl generally followed by cliques of the non-players who yet understand and appreciate good music. The plunkers and strummers and members of the vast mouth-organ brigade take up their practicing stations in close but oblivi ous juxtaposition to each other on or under the to'gallant fo'c's'le, and play away, each mau mauling a different tune, to their hearts' content, regard ing not the Babylon of unmelodic musical emissions all around them, which is simply stuuniug until you get used to it. The instrumentalists do not furnish all the music. There are always some fine roices among a man-of-war ship's company, aud some of thc night sing ing of thc numerous male quartets up forward is very beautiful, if conducive to homesickness on the part of the young fellows not long away from roixo A STEP. home. "Also, there is the usual num ber of men in an American man-of war ship's company-jnst as a similar complement in always filled ashore who imagine that they eau sing, and therefore inflict unassuageablo woe upon those who are compelled to listen to them. The man who can't sing, but who only fancies he can, is invariably suppressed in time, however, by his shipmates-by impalement on the sharp points of their humor at his ex pense. The essentially American characteristic of parodying all things breaks out in the vocal music furnished by the really good singers among a man-of-war ship's company, just as it does ashore. Always in Demand. Tho bluejacket who ir, a good jig or buck or wing dancer is always a popu lar man on a ship of war, but he is not given much rest by the shipmates when the smoking ?amp is alight. No matter what he may be doing-writing letters, sewing or patching up his wearing gear, or engaging in any other occupation that he wants to get through with-when one of tho mouth organ men aft at the main gangway suddenly starts up a jig all hands around him begin the patter of hands and the yell penetrates forward for the dancer. If he doesn't respond within a reasonable time an irregularly or ganized committee of husky blue jackets is organized to go forward after him, and they always fetch him. Then lie has to dance as if he were doing it for wages, but once he gets into his stride he needs no further en couragement or applanso, but goes right ahead until he is about ready to drop the men around him clapping ?nd stamping ih timo with his steps and making a cheerful uproar not un like the dancing bees still to be seen at pome of the Soutbern cotton ports. The ship's buffoon is as well marked aboard a man-of-war as if he wore the unifofm of cap and bells, and he is generally a clever and well-liked man, ORATORY. if nlbt very seriously regarded. Hil autms in the progress of the amuse ments after "knock-off" keep his fol lowers going, and not infrequently amuse the officers aft as much as they do Jue men forward. One of the ship's bu'*oorr's most entertaining schemes is t& suddenly mount the bottom of a bucket or the top of a chest at one of theeinain gangways and to begin a stu np speech with no apparent sense in it i Dr any man who is not a member of th? phip's company, but full of sharp bu [good-humored, "knocks" for mern b? sf of the crew forward who indulge inlpeculiarities of temperament or mapner. All of the speaker's listen ers-understand these allusions strung through the apparently crazy address ana roar over them. % Skipping the Light Fantastic. ?ilmost every evening, on ships the crW members of which are for some rea?son or other not permitted to take shore liberty, there is a dance of the m|u forward on the main deck. It at fhjpt looks rather funny to see pairs of hgge, bewhiskered men waltzing, polkaing and two-stepping around to gether, but you grow accustomed to the sight of it in time. It takes some UISER BALTIMORE. time for a couple of dancing men-of war's men to get used to each other's style of careering around, and when pair get out on the deck who are not matched for round dancing by previ ous experience, both of them always demand lustily to be "the man" for the sailor finds it is difficult as his "brother in civil life to assume the posi tion of the woman in round dancing. Theu there aro the tellers of tales, the yarn spinners, improvisers as gift ed in their way as the minnesingers and improvisitoires of the dim ages. There are always five or ten such on a good-sized American mau-of-war. The man-of-war yarn spinner gathers his select circle about him and narrates to them, always in the first person, thrill ing tales of adventures by flood and field, in situations ranging from the Bowery to Borneo, by the hour. His listeners are perfectly well aware that tho yarn spinner is a liar of thc deep est dye, and he knows that they are aware of it-but his tales, all "made up as he goes along," are always pic turesque and interesting, and his hear ers aro content. A Doctor's Telephone Lines. Discussing a bill to tax telephone linefj, Mr. Dongherty said recently in the Illinois Legislature: "Over here in Hancock County there is a wealthy doctor who has been building tele phone lines. He's gradually extended them until he now has quite a system. Oh, yes, it's a great convenience, but nobody on his lines dare to get sick un less he or she employs this particular doctor. He won't allow any other doc tor in the county to bo called up through his telephone system." A Sixth Sense in Figeons. Captain Benaud, the French spec ialist in charge of the military pigeon service, is a firm believer in a sixth sense in pigeons and other birds and animals possessed of homing instinct, which ho calls the sense of "orienta tion." Ho has defended his theory at length in a paper recently read before the French Acad?mie des Sciences, claiming to have amply proved it by special trials of various kinds. The Fart of a Friend. Honest men esteem the value ol nothing so much in this world as a real friend. Such a one is, as it were, another self, to whom we impart our most secret thoughts, who partakes of our joy and comforts us in our af flictions; add to this tb at his com pany is an everlasting pleasure to us. -Pilpay. Some Ancient Keys. Keys of iron and bronze havo been found in Greece and Italy dating from at least the seventh century B. C. Donkeys in Demand. In South Africa thiro is a great de mand for donkeys, as they are proof against climate, plague and flies. The Japanese have opened exhibi tions iu Odessa and Bombay, and are about opening a commercial museum in Hamburg. They wish to keep ?heir goods before the world. Tho Russian Si ato sceptre is of solid gold, three feet long, and con tains, among its ornaments, 268 dia? monds, 860 rubies and 15 emeralds, A System of rroflt-Shnrlng. It seems to mo that a manager should receive pay in proportion to his ability to make the farm pay; and if he caunot make enough to pay ex penses, including himself, and enough to allow a fair interest on the invest ment, he should not expect any ene to furnish money not earned on tho farm to pay him a large salary. Further, if he can pay all expenses and interest on investment he should share in any profit there may be be yond that; this is, of course, in case the farm is to be run on a business basis. Until about a year ago I bad hired a superintendent to manage my farm, and paid stated wages; but now I am working on following plan: I furnish farm, best of tools, stock, money when needed-in fact, every thing; then from the income is set apart, first, fair wages for the man ager (in the present case the wages are more than he ever received be fore, and include all he can use in his family which is produced on the farm, including of course, house reut); then six por cent, on the investment for my share, from which I pay taxes, insurance and repairs on buildings, and whatever is left is to be divided equally between us. Of course the general expenses of the farm are paid for first out of the income. The man agement is intrusted to the manager, but the plans aro considered and agreed upon between us. This might in some cases cause some friction,'but has not caused any trouble so far. Aud I ask, why has not a man with this chance just as good an opportu nity as if he owned a farm himself? For in that case he is entitled to iu terest on his own investment, and if there aro men who can make it pay, thore are plenty of men who will fur nish farms for them.-F. E. W., in Country Gentleman. Locations For Orchards. A dry, gravelly or sandyridge is- not a good place to plant apple or pear trees for profit. Both of these kinds of fruits like a deep soil with plenty of moisture. Where there is a va- . riety of soil in the orchard, it is easy to learn after the trees come into bearing which are most thrifty and productivo. It will invariably be found that the best bearing trees are on low and somewhat moist soil. For. *peftMra.^lay.subsi)il is best., J?Jtatap_ ; root of the trees will strike-down into the clay. Such pear trees will be gen erally exempt from blight, as their roots, being in the subsoil, are not affected by sudden changes iu temp erature. One of the reasons why low, moist soil is best for orchards is that the borers which attack the tree are there much less destructive than on high and dry land. The tree being thriftier is not so attractive a place for deposit ing the eggs of the beetle which pro duces the destructive worm. Where there is a great deal of sap it interferes with tho deposit of the eggs, and it may sometimes destroy them after they are in tho bark. Apple and pear trees on dry ridges are so certain to be attacked by the borer that compara tively few escape. There is also less \ moisture in the soil, and this always means a smaller supply of mineral fer tility, for, evenjthough it be present, it requires moisture to make.it avail able as plant food. On the ridge much of tho snow is apt to be blown oil' dur- : iug the winter, and this makes a smaller supply of water in the subsoil the following summer.. Tho peach and cherry, however, do ? much better on dry soil than on moist, ; and so also does tho plum, though all | on such land must have extra large supplies of mineral fertilizers in avail- ? able form to make up for soil deficien cies. All kinds of trees strike their roots much deeper thau tho usual depth of plowing. A thorough sub- , soiling before the trees are planted, and also thorough underdraiuing, if the soil is saturated with water, are needed when deep moist soils are be ing prepared for planting. It is im portant to make the drains through orchards as deep as possible, so that the tree roots will be less likely to get into them. When the land is under drained, mako a map showing where each drain is, and when the trees are planted leave the drains, so far as possible, in tho middle between tho rows. If a tree is planted directly over an underdrain, its tap root will probably strike down into it, and will, perhaps, fill it up after a fow years. If tho uuderdrains are deep and laid in tho middle of the space between the rows, there is less danger of this. The Science of Feeding. Under the above heading Hoards' Dairyman says : Strictly speaking, the matter of feeding for milk is yet a ong way from being an exact science. Probably rt never will be, owing to two very variable factors in the prob lem-the cow and the man who feeds her. But we are fast learning something from sciencp concerning the principles and laws which govern results. We do not need to bo wholly blind aud stupid on this matter unless we wish to. There is a simple and yet potent rea son why tho cow must have sufficient amount of protein each day in her food if she is expected to give a profit able mess of milk. Of course, she must bo tho right kind of a cow, and be handled right otherwise. But this is another branch of tho science. The reason why she must have her doily protein is, that she must put a certain proportion of protein in her milk-that is, the casein, or cheesy part. There is a great, big MUST behind the cow in this. There is only one way out of it, that is, to make less milk. Does anyone waut her to make less milk? If so, feed her without any regard to the science of her work and she will do it. Thou sands of stupid men all over the coun try who despise science, calling it ''book farming," are practicing that ?vay. The cow cannot change the propor tions of her milk to any extent. Aa me was born to do so must she con tinue to do. The cow, not the feed, governs the proportion of the s'olids in die milk. Here is where individuality jomes in. Breed is nothing more than 2stablished individuality in a certain iirection. But whatever her individ uality or breed she cannot make some thing ont of nothing. V She cannot make butter fat without making a due proportion of casein. She must make a balanced product, md she cannot unbalance it to suit my "man. She is bound down by th? rigid law of her being. Science is studying it every day, spending the money of States and nations by ex periment, to find out what? Tho law af her being. And yet there are men who keep cows who declare that their ignorance is a safer guide with a cow than the wisdom of all the rest of th? world. Albumen is protein; and so the cow, if she cannot get what protein she needs to put the casein in her milk, 3huts down the gate and gives lesa milk. Because such a great number ol farmers who keep cows will not read and study out this matter, is the rea son why they are making so little money. If they would read here they would read in other things about the cow to their profit. But they shut the light out of their minds, saying: "It's all humbug. I can't farm it the way that paper talks," and so continue with their poor cows, poor methods and poor results. A Petrified Snake. Near the Cascade, three miles from Susquehanna, Penn., a party of blue stone quarrymen lound a round stone projecting from the ground. It was in tho way of teams hauling stones, and the men attempted to pull it up. The foreman instructed his men to dig up the stone and get it out of the way. They dug down a few feet, but did not reach the end of it. Another ef fort was made to pull it ut, and it broke off. They continued to throw up the earth, and, as a result, three long pieces wen broken off. At last the foreman concluded to see where it ended. After several hours were consumed in the work the end was Seached. The men were surprised to ?1??!v??en~tn^ perfectly formed serpent's head and neck. The foreman at once concluded that they had unearthed a petrified ser pent. The pieces were placed together and formed a perfect snake fourteen feet long. The eyes, nostrils and mouth are distinct and unmistakably marked, as are the dark and lighter brown spots upon the sides. The head is about six inches wide, and decreases ono-third in thickness from the top down. The neck gradually grows smaller, and then the body increases iu size until the middle is reached, where the diameter is six inches. From that point it declines to the tail. One piece is missing, evidently about one foot in length. The petrifaction of what are supposed to have been the fleshy parts of the monster has a color corresponding to red sandstone, while that of the vertebrae is several shades lighter aud softer.- Kansas City Jour nal. Thoy Tested Their Klondike Outfits. There are two men on West's Hill who are going to Klondike next month. Each lias a complete outfit, and is anxious for the time to come when they can go. They have large and heavy blankets, and in order to test them each wrapped himself up last Saturday night aud lay down in the snow in his yard. They were so comfortable that they fell asleep, and in the morning were completely covered with snow. Their families did not know what had become of them, not dreaming that they would remain out all night. About 1(5 o'clock Sunday morning one of them awoke, but as everything was dark to him he supposed it was still night and went to sleep again, and the next time he woke up it was 3:30 in the afternoon. The other fellow did not wake up at all until he was aroused from his slumber by his partner, who came to the conclusion that he had slept long enough, and, raising himself up, lifted up about a wagon load of snow. Both were in^a state of perspiration. To say that they were astonished when told how long they had beeu asleep would be putting it mildly. They have now come to the conclusion that they can stand the rigors of the Alaskan climate.-Dubuque (Iowa) Times. Eye Don'ts. Don't use the eyes continuously at close work without occasionally rest ing them bj looking off in the dis tance. Don't hold the book nearer than is necessary for clear, sharp vision. Don't make a practice of reading typo too small to be seen readily at eighteen inches. Don't attempt to read in a car or other jolting vehicle. It is a.strain on the directing muscles of the eye. Don't read while lying down. It causes an unusual strain on some of the external or directing muscles. Don't read when very sleepy, as the accommodation and convergence are naturally relaxed, and the extra effort necessary to force the unruly mem bers to work may be shown by a con gestion of the blood vessels of the eye ball. Don't read in the twilight or in badly lighted rooms.-Pacific Health Journal. A Severed Heart. A stab wound of the heart has just been sowed up by Dr. Rech, of Frank fort, aud the patient recovered. "HEIMGANU" As we go forth eaoh hopeful, beokoalnf day To join In mirth or sterner lessons learn. Most glad of all we find the homeward way And sweet return. Thus, when life's day of work and play. ll past, And wo no moro with weary footstopi roam, Sweetest of all will bo to us at last, Tho going home. -C. H. Crandall, in thc Chords of Lifo. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Chappy-"Ah! Miss Maud, would you giro nie a penny for my thoughts?" Maud-"You're exorbi* taut."-Standard. : "In the case of many a suspected murderer tho innocent often suffer." "Sbake! You've been on a jury, toq, have yo u ? ' '-Ju dge. Wifey- "If I had my life to live over again I wouldn't marry the best man alive!" Hubby-"Quite right! I wouldn't ask you!"-Standard. Friend-"I understand the vermi form appendix is of no use." Doctor -"Nonsense! It has been a gold mine to the medical profession." Puck. He-"I saw Miss Scorcher get a bad fall from her bicycle the other day." She-"What did you do??* Ho-"I offered her a pin."-Atchison Globe. Florenz-"Hero comes my Hams. The dear boy says I am always in his tb nights." Marie-"Well, he cer tainly looks as if he had a weight on his mind. ''-Standard. . "Would it be right to call a house mover a shoplifter?" asked the ambi tious boodler. "Hardly," said As bury Peppers. "He is apt. to be a housebreaker, though."-Cincinnati Enquirer. The chief difference between the mau with a lot of new-made money and the gentle zephyr, " said the Corn fed Philosopher, "is that the gentle zephyr blows itself quietly." - In dianapolis Journal. The Dun-"I hope you won't be offended if I remind you that we are very much in need of the money?" The Dunned-"Not at all. If any body's going to bo offended it is your self."-Boston Transcript. Lady Guest (to hostess-"Really, I couldn't eat another hot roll, dear. I don't know how many I've had al ready!" Freddy (sitting opposite) "I do; you've eaten eight! I've beon counting."-Boston Globe. First College Girl-"What is to be the title of your graduation essay?" Second College Girl-"'Beyond the Alps Lies Italy.' What's the title of yours?" First College Girl-"Be yond the altar lies the washtub." Judge. A Mrs. Decree-"The newspapers are very discriminating." Her Friend "Why so, dear?" Mrs. Decree "They publish columns about my divorce suit, and now they don't say a ^J^Ur?tou^second marriage."-North American. '""""i riiwwuij?i - Mamma (to Tommy, who is taking his first lesson in reading)-"What's the difference between a comma and a period?" Tommy- "A comma, mamma, is a dot with a tall hanging to it, while a period is just a plain dot."-Judge.) ?: "Matilda, I wish you would ask that young Mr. Peters to have his suff buttons replated." "Why, ' mamma, what do you mean?" "They seem to leave black streaks on the back of your shirt waist every even ing."-Standard. "The trouble with you," said Mr. Fiuffedge's wife after a warm debate, "is that you are a confirmed dyspep tic. " 1 'No, my dear, " was the aus wer, "that's not comet. The trouble with me is that I am a contradicted dyspeptic."-Washington Star. "You shall be queen of my home," said young Mr. Northside, enthusias tically, when Miss Perrysville had given her promise to marry him. "I'd rather be the chancellor of the ex chequer, George, dear," replied the practical maiden.-Pittsburg Chron icle. Little Dot-"Oh, marama, the organ grinder's monkey is at the window, an' he has a little round box in his band." Mamma - "Well* my pet, what do you think he wauts?" Little Dot (after a glance at the organ grind er)-"I dess he wants to borrow some 3oap." "Habberjohn doesn't seem to have ? very lovable nature." "Well, no. [f Habberjohn were at a banquet and some one should discover' that there were thirteen at the table, all ey6S would instinctively turn toward Hub berjohn as the ono to go."-In dianapolis Journal. "Young man, this is the third time this week you have come to take my daughter sleighriding. If you pay cash for the horses and sleigh it means either lunacy or bankruptcy, and if you don't it means that you are a dead beat." "I own the livery stable, sir." "That's different."-Chicago Tribune. Aunt Sarah (as she lays aside her bonnet)-"Weren't those flowers that they had at Jane Newcomb's funeral handsome, Eben? It does seem's though some folks just have every thing. Now I s'pose they'll have a monuin^t with angels on it, or sorae thiug. But let them just wait; our burn'll como some time, see if it don't."-Judge. Jnueau Jake-"So the boys lynched old Chilkoot Sam? Why, he was a harmless old critter! Couldn't tell gold dust from brown sugar. What'd he done?" Placer Pete-"Why, one night last week, when it was freezin' the lamp blazes so that a feller could take 'em and use 'em fer whet-stones, that driveling old chilblain said it remind ed him of a cold New Year's day back in the sixties."-Puck. fireproof Curtains. Fireproof curtains are obligatory in many European theatres,and are made either of sheet iron or asbestos, com pletely cutting off the stage from the auditorium, and minimizing the dan ger of fire as well as of the still more destructive panic The first fireproof curtain in Europe was installed in the Comedie Francaise by an American electric company. - Philadelphia Record. Wales is the richest part of Great Britain iu mineral wealth.