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Thc PIASTERS LOAN and SAVINGS BASK, AUGUSTA, OA., Organized 1870. Oldest Saving* Hank in Eastern Georgia. I,nrar?Bt Savings Capitol In CI tv. Tay? Interest and Compounds every C months. VOL. LXIII. NO. 19. Men of t?ic Maine, O mon of thc Maino, Flower of tho people's life, Valiant your death was, nor suffered In vain: You perished for peace, not strifo. ?lon of the Maine, O men of the Maine, Sad though your fate beyond words. Still your true souls 'mid tho Uro and tho pain Eoso high with thc winds and tho hirds. Meu of thc Maine, O men of thc Maine, Your forms in the deep water slept; ?ct tho thought of your faithfulness never shall wane. And our memory's faith shall be kept. THE WEC By WALDO HTJ HE letter carrier was coming up the street. In a mo ment he would be at the door. Bertha Wayne pressed her forehead against the pane and stood on tiptoe, to see if WiMk ho were going to HKft stop. Yes;hedis /.-i/jiuA appeared at the ?llVU entrance. She mm m - aT, \?}U1' ^ N fAMXtft and opened her ^fW? door a crack. She could hear his slow, even tread on the stairs. Perhaps he was only going to leave Mis. "Warren's mail, on the hoer below. Bat, no he was coming on up the second Hight. The girl's heart .beat violently. He mast not find her waiting there, and she sped noiseless ly to the window. Bap-tap! . With a sinking heart Bertha saw tho large envelope in the carrier's out stretched hand; but she smiled as brightly and said; "Oh, thank you!" as heartily as if she had not known that the brown wrapper covered tho . story on which she had bnildcd so many herpes. Thc corners of her mouth drooped with tho shutting of thc door. So it had como back-after these weeks of weary suspense! "I did think they would take it!" she said to herself, tearing open the envelope. She glanced nt the printed declination blank, and there was a slight curl of tho pretty lips. With au impatient gesture she tosse 1 the package from her. "There is no use!" che said. "If they won't tako that, they won't take anything-from mo!" She gazed stolidly out of the wiudow. For six weeks this stovj had been her forlorn hope. Xever had the futuro looked so dari: as nov.-. Alone iu thc world', .with fourteen dollars in her purse, aud no visible way of obtaining more .-that was he rpresent situation. Bertha Wayne's first attempts in writing had been fairly successful. That was three years ago. Then had como the financial depression which had been r>o far-reaching, and for the iast twelvemonth the only market she had found for her literary wares had been most unsatisfactory. Tho man whom she had counted as her best editorial friend had died, and the new editor had hi.> own corps of contribu tors. Stories and poems which - year ago would have brought libe: .vi checks were now returned to her with politely-worded circulars. Publishing firms that were her debtors collapsed without warning, and for two months she had not had a singlo article ac cepted. It would have required a stouter heart than her3 to have met these days without quailing. For weeks she had felt physically and mentally incapable of continuing thc fight. Xow slie told herself, "I might as well givo it np first as last!" Thinkiug her hitter thoughts, she looked down on thc hurrying throngs. "All with something to do!" ihc said. "But for me there is nothing-noth ing! There's that ugly little doctor again!" iler eyes rested on a young man alighting from a carriage. He was be low tho medium height, slender and boyish, with a face that was unde niably " plain. Having fastened his horse, he swung a yellow bag from the vehicle, and passed within a doorway. "He is a success," muttered Bertha jealously. "Only a little while ago he was footing it all over town! Now ho drives everywhere. Well, ho's a mau-and smart, I suppose; he is ugly enough to be! I am only a girl. What's the use of living anyhow!" At last she went to her writing; but her mind was distraught, and tho story lagged. It is not easy to build a happy romance when one's heart is aching. Day after diy Bertha Wayne wasted her precious pennies on paper and postage, hoping against hope. Days of work and worry were succeeded by wakeful, weary nights, until nature had her revenge. One evening the girl dragged herself home from the post office and crawled up tho long flights of stairs, only to faint at tho door of ber room. ^liss "Winslow, tho littlo dressmaker across the hall, found her on the floor. "It is nothing," Bertha said, trying to r?assure both herself and her frightened neighbor. "I am only tired. I shall be botter in the mom tMM tl mg. But she was not better in the morn ing. On attempting to arise, she barely escaped another faint; aud Miss Winslow insisted on summoning a physician. Dr. Halberta was of splendid pro portions,-tail, erect, broad shoul dered. As he stood in thc doorway, his strikingly handsome features lighted by a smile, his patient was swe?>t by a thrill of admiration. But at his words her face whitened. "Oh, you have heart disease!" She looked at him appealingly. "How-clo you-know?" sha falter ed. The doctor hud abandoned his smile, and stood considering her gravely. "A very ea3y matter,'' he replied nonchalantly. "I could tall ibo mo ment I saw yon. Bat there ?3 no uso in being alavmed; that only heightens tho danger and retards recovery." "Do yon think I caa get well, ilica?" Bbe flikeel eagerly, HE MAINE. Men of the Maine, 0 men ot tho Maine, You uro pnrt of the earth and the sky. Grandly you've shown us poor fellows ajraia How bravely to live and to ilio. Aud, mon of tho Maine, O men ol thc Maine, VvThen our groat guns shout aloud, lu peace or war, they will thunder again To the world your loyalty proud. Mon of tho Maine. O mon of tho Maino, The sound of tho sea's deep roar. As lt rolls on tho coast, in an endless re frain Shall chant your faino evermore. -George P. Lathrop, in Now York Times. )NG- DOOR i "Possibly-possibly. I cannot tell yet. If I can see yon every day, I presume I can help you." A few questions followed, which ? Bertha answered lamely. Her heart I beat wildly, and her brain was con fused. There was a piteous look in her tender blue eyes. It seemed to aron-ethe doctor to something akin to sympathy, for he said: "You must not allow this to worry you unduly. It is a hard thing to tell a patient what I have told jon; but I consider the truth to bo best under all circumstances. There is a chance that I may be able to euro you-a chance-only that; but a chanco is sometimes worth much in this world." He left some medicine, and rose to go Bertha drew her purse from under her pillow. "How much?" "Ten dollars," carelessly. Tiie face on the pillow grew whiter. With trembling fingers the girl handed out one of thc two bills the purse con tained. The doctor glanced at if, and tucked it into his vest pocket. . "To-morrow I will see you,"j e be gan. "No," she interrupted, "I-cannot afford-I shall not be able to pay you." "Ah, well, as you please," said the t doctor, somewhat stiffly. "But I tell you this much ; if you have a home yon heiter get to it as quick as you can!" He bowed himself out, shut ting tho door with noiseless ecision. Thc sick girl stared at the wall. It was covered with a paper showing im possible blue and brown Howers in im possible garlands. One wreath had al ways seemed to represeut a winged cherub in a smart bonnet. Now, as Bertha looked at it,.tho face of thc cherub a]rpeared to bc.that of a demon leering.at her despair. When Aliss Winslow came'she found lier with tho blanket over her head, to shut on* the evil face. The little dressmaker was shocked at thc news. "I'm dreadful sorry," she said, her eyes full of tears; "hut jjerhaps it isn't so bad as the doctor thinks. Thong!) folks do say he's awful smart. A mau must be, to tell things by just looking at you. I've heard that about hits before. Isn't he handsome, though? But now, don't you go to worrying! My aunt had heart disease fifteen years before it killed her; so you arc not going to die yet." For four days Bertha Wayne lay in lier stuffy little room, exhausted and despairing, with only Miss Winslow's visits to break the long, monotonous nightmare. "If I am no heiler," she had said, "I shall have to go to the hospital." But Miss Winslow's an swer had been emphatic: "Indeed, you shall not! It is move genteel to stay here, and I will take care of you. As long as you lie abed you don't need much but toast and tea, and that's easy enough got. Noth ing would tempt mo inside a hospital, and you arc not going:" But Bertha did not improve on thc toast and tea d:et and Dr. Halberta's medicine. Every day brought in creased suffering. On thc fifth morn ing she became desperate, and at tempted to dress; but she was seized with an overpowering weakness, and was forced to lie down again. Her heart acted strangely, now beating violently, now seeming to stop. Per spiration stood cu her face; breathing was difficult. It seemed to her that her last hour had come. Au awful numbness was creeping over her. She tried to frame a prayer. A light knock sounded at thc door. It aroused the sick girl, and she sum moned all her strength for the needed word. The door omened. "is ibis where a physician is needed?" It was "that ugly little doctor?" Bertha was too near unconscious ness to answer; but the young mau did not wait. In a moment he was holding a stimulaut to her lips. His fingers were on her pulse. "There, you feel better?" he said She smiled faintly. "I thought I was dying." "Were you frightened? I think thero was no need." The doctor put his ear to her heart. It was slower now, and Bertha lay very still, breathing easily. "It ir, all right," he said, "a little weak, that's all." The girl stared. Suddenly she found her voice. "Do you mean I haven't any heart disease!" Joy and incredulity were in the tone. "Certainly," he smiled. Then tak ing a stethoscope from his bag, he made a thorough examination. "Thero is not the least organic trouble. Did you think there was?" In a few minutes the story waa told. Au odd smile played about the physi cian's month, but ho said only: "I am glad you sent for mo, if I have relieved your fears. "I didn't send for you." The two looked wonderingly at each other. 1 "Aren't you Mrs. Taylor?" "Why, no! Mrs. Taylor has the room over this." The yonng man laughed. "I thiuk I'll go up and see her," he said. "I beg your pardon. I supposed I was attending thc right patient." "I'm so glad you came," said Bertha. "No one knows what ! I'&YS suffered ios tko lufct four (laya, Plew stay and tell me how I can get w Dr. Malcolm attended first to Taylor. Then he spent anc quarter-hour in the room below, ing questions, arranging medici and giving directions and advice. Bertha did not refer to his Only thirty cents remained in purse. She half hoped, she feared, that he would not come a< He told her that she had overwor that her nerves were exhausted, that she would probably be oblig< keep still for several weeks. T was no doubt of her being we time. Ho bade her cat beefsteak t a day. He did not inquire into household arrangements. She grateful for the omission. Whe went out, he said, "I'll see you a to-niorrow," and shut the door. Bertha's eyes fastened themse on the Avail paper. The demon been transformed into a cherub. Miss Winslow brought her a slit toast with a poached egg for tea. had added the egg on her own acco "I didn't know as toast was q nourishing enough by itself, eve you are abed," she said. Bertha was thankful for the lux She did not mention the ord< steak. "I don't know but what this 1 doctor is good enough, as far ai goes, "Miss Wiusloiv remarked, wa ing Bertha eat her egg; "but : dreadful short and spindling. I ways did like a big man." Shi? sal a time in dreamy meditation, evidi ly lost in her dead past. Bertha gazed at her tenderly. W j she looked up, "It was so kind of j to bring me this egg," she said; feel better for it already." The little dressmaker came back herseir, and resumed: "Yes, I gues3 Dr. Malcolm's i enough, and you do look brighter; it seems as if such a big,splcndid r as Dr. Halberta ou?ht to know m about hearts and things than a mit: a feller like him. Though I don't but that I'm glad if you haven't it-if you haven't!" She shook head dubiously. Bertha smiled. 'Td rather tr Dr. Malcolm and his stethoscope tl Dr. Hal berta's eye*." "Well, I don't know! He's aw stylish, and he's got pretty convine: e.T3s! Miss Dc Peyster says h highly connected. But I don't kuov Dr. Malcolm did not appear ur nearly noon. Ho was glad to lind tl his patient had slept well. "What did you havo for breakfast he asked. Bertha blushed. She had not f ticipated such direct questioning. Ii she was honest. "Toast and co?Tee." "Don't you like beefsteak?" "Yes." "Why didn't you have it?" Sho looked into his face. It w grave, but kind. "Because I could not afford it. I Halberd carried on^inost of r mone,, ' sho added, smiling. "I e peet iuoro every: day" (which w strictly true), "but it hasn't come." "Hov/ much did that man charj yon?r' She told him. He scowled, aud mutiered som thing about "quacks" and "fain prices." Then ho inquired iuto h< mode of living. "You must have nutritious food. ! is imperative. I think I'd bolter tal you over to the hospital thia afte noon." "But- hov/ can I go?" "In my carriage. It is easy." "I- haven't enough to pay m board." "St. James Church has cstablishe a free bed there, and it is mioceupic just now. Tho rector is a friend ( mine, and I will arrange it. I am sui you will be better at the hospital," h added, seeing her flushed hesitation "You ave very kind, doctor; but don't know whether I eau ever pa you." Her eyes filled. "That's all right !" The young ma tossed off the words with au impatien motion ot the head. He looked at hi watch. "I will come for yon at three, he said. "There will bc plenty o time," musing!}'. Ho turned to hi patient. "I do not want you to gc up before one o'clock. You will kee] still till then?" "Certainly, if you wish." Theri I was the hint of a question in he ?voice; but the doctor did not appea to heed. Half an hour later found Berth; still pondering the physician's last or der. She had begun to have sus picious concerning it. She beare footsteps yu the stairs, then fragmen tary talk near her door. A momeni more, aud a knock was followed by th( entrance of a young woman with a basket. "Dr. Malcolm sent me with youl dinner," she unmumced,proceeding tc set tho dishes upon the table. Did evor beef tea and steak taste sc good! After she had eaten, the woman made her rest a little while while she arranged her clothing and the few articles which she would need to take. "Doctor said I was to wait and help you," she said, in answer to Bertha's protestations, and she gave such effi cient aid that when the sick girl was fully equipped for her little journey, she was not much thc worse for the slight exertion. "How good Dr. Malcolm is!" ventured Bertha. ."Good!" echoed tho other, "why, he is just lovely! I don't know where . I'd be, if it hadn't been for him-in my grave, maybe. I broke my hip, and was a long time at the hospital. Ho carried mo through that all right, I and theu got me a place with his aunt. She is a nice lady. I've lived there ever since. But I must go. You'll like it at the hospital, and I hope you'll get well fast." J The doctor was on time. "You will be back iu a little while, belter than you have been in a year," he said, as lie steadied her across the room. Exertion made her conscious of her weakness. She stood trembling while he shut the door and locked it. "You must not walk," he said, and before she realized his purpose he had her comfortably in his inns and was carrying her down the stairs. It seemed useless to remonstrate, so she only thanked him quietly when he set her on her feet at the street entrance. At t!ie hospital sho made fair pro gress towards health; but it was live weeks before she went b.iok to Uer jit' I tit roc?a io tho ?pav'ctoMl houser "It does seem so good to have here again," said Miss Winslowjf. establishing herself for a comfortably chat. "I've been so lonesome "!m couldn't set myself nbont anything evenings. Queer, how Dr. Halbert** petered out, isn't it? Haven't yotfl heard? Why, he raked in the moue* right and left, and finally cleared on? one night, leaving lots . of debts, ancH taking ever so many things he hadn'tt paid for! Strange! -when he was such? a good-looking man! I think some? times you can't trust anybody. Seemly as if you couldn't." Bertha took up her writing against and worked as hard as she dared, iitt hopes of earning enough to pay somfcj thing of her indebtedness to Dra Malcolm. He had treated the matter* very lightly when she had mentioned! it; but that did not lessen her feeling^ of responsibility. She had been home; but a few clays when the doctor oain?i to take uer for a drive. The fresh airl would do her good, he said. Thew drove into the country, and talked! of many things. They had grown to know each other well during these ; weeks of Bertha's illness. That morning she had received a ton-dollarl check for a poem. Now she drew'ila from her purse, and handed it to thcS doctor. He looked at it, and passed^ it back to her. The girl flushed. "I know it isn't? much," she said; "but it is a boging ning-" **1 "I never did like beginnings," he! laughed. "But I mnst begin to pay yon foi your care of me-you have done so much, more than can be told in dol-. lars and cents!" "The worst of "a physician's life ia tho dollars-and-cents part," he said. "I wish the doctors were paid by tho ? Government, and I might never have to present another bill to a patient.^ But- I shall let you pay me, if you will." She held the check towards him. "No." gently putti"?r lvr hand aside, "if you really wish Lo pay me?j there is only way in which you can do., it." "How?" "Turn about and take care of ma;.) I have no home; but. I shall have one.* It will bc small and plain, for I RV*-^ not rich; but I think wo can be happy,]? if you will come and care for me.l Will you?" Had the wealth of the world been? dropped at Bertha's feet she couldj .?.eavcely havo been more dazed. There;.; had never been the least hint of thd-; lover in Dr. Malcolm. She sat liko~ one stupefied. "Are you nc- . ?-to.nay me?" if it be not iu "Oh, no, i - stammered, c The doctor of ladies in '. drew a deep Bertha tu "I was tb . . -The Ho: WISE WUHL,, Education is a mental mariner. Vanity is tho yeast cake of pride. Beading is planting seed thoughts. Character is the mirror of thought. Effort converts tho ideal into th? real. Moderation is a check to presump tion. The pa?t is the shoolmaster of tho future. Reason is the dissecting knifo of thought. True politeness is kindness kindly expressed. Make education a scieuce and it will become an art. Tho true prophet is seldom n prophet to his own people. If stolen dollars would burn, there would be somo hot pockets. Sympathy is tho channel in which the current of a man's thought runs. When your sermons arc exhausted, imitate the farmer who plows deep. Tolerance is good, so far as it goes, but it has no place between equals and friends. There is a vast difference between speaking "one to another," and one about another. \ Some men blow their own trumpets by praising in others what is most conspicuous in themselves. It is one thing to survey yourself with pride, and quito another to ex plore your heart with humility. Without first making everything else, God would havo been without a language with which to speak to man. -Barn's Horn. Moving Pictures. Since the days of the old-fashioned stcreopticon, the improvement of pro jecting and moving pictures has been one of the surprising advances of the age. From that crude and imperfect beginning, the evolution of the pres ent marvelous effects has been steady, and, considering what has been achieved, exceedingly rapid. It is now possible to throw upon canvas the most perfect delineations of life a street with everything in motion, and with all as clear and distinct al though actually aeon by the unaided vision. Among the latest improve ments in thia line is one by nieaus of which the operator may introduce other figures into pictures already shown. It is possible to do this with ordinary lantern slides, and change and shift \ tho picture in such o way thnt the realistic effect is en hanced, rather than diminished. The samo lantern will, permit of the uso of kiueoptoscope accessories, which add so much to the success of enter tainment. Tani Krueger. Sitting thora in his well-known at tidude in an upright armchair, smok ing a huge pipe and expectorating profusely, he thumped upon the table at his side and bellowed back his answer, that as long as his country was not attacked ho would attack no one. . * * Certainly at the prea eut day no one like him exists, and perhaps no one of his peculiar stamp will over appear again.-South Africa To-day, Younghusband. Coldest Hour At G O'Clock. Taking all the year around, ibo coldest hom' of the twenty-four i% ? o'clock in ibo hior&ittgi Few people outside tho naval ser vico know just how a war vessel goe.-j into a fight. ?o put a battleship like thc Iowa or Indiana in thorough readi ness for action ordinarily requires about two hour3, though, of course, it can be done in much less time in case of urgency. Thero is one thing that makes it a . comparatively simple and orderly task. On board a fighting vessel every man has a certain assigned post and a certain task laid out for him, with which he is perfectly familiar. . This holds true from the captain him self down to the little coolies who rwait on table for the different messes. When the signal is sounded it brings every man to his place, and long familiarity makes tho work, so in volved and complicated to tho eyes of ' an outsider, a mere matter of routine. If a ship engages an enemy unex pectedly, so that there is not the :.usual time for preparation, the call to quarters is sounded immediately and tho men take their places in divisions. In this case each division attends to a part of the work of clearing the ship, but ordinarily tho first signal is, "Clear for action!" At the boat : swain's whistle and the verbal com ?mand the men move to their positions, ' those whoso places are on deck '.forming in squads under direction of ' the different ofiicers. The captain takes his place on the bridge. Latter, i when the battle begins, he will go in sto tho protected conning tower, Hhrough the narrow slits of which he can watch everything that takes place v,>n deck and tho movements of the : enemy a.- well. But for the pres sent, while thc preparations are being 'made, ho must decide tho general ?plan of action, how the guns ave to bo ?uscd, and the class and nature of pro- ' wectile on which ho will depend. Near the captain stands thc naviga tor, who will nave charge of tho hand fling of the ship during thc engage raient, the 3ignal officers and thc vari POU3 aids. First of all, the docks and Cworking spaces arc cleared. The spars, pigging and boats ara secured. Every jthiug movable that will not bc needed stanchions, hatcu object that is not essential to the man agement of thc ship. Thc chronome ters and otho: delicate instruments aro carefully gathered up and laid away below, to save them from de struction by concussion. The torpedo division gets ont its apparatus for sending torpedoes and spreads the intercepting nets over tho ship's sides, where tbey can bo quickly lowered if need be. Below thc activity is equally great. The ongiuu fires are stirred up and steam is made as faa I as possible, for a modern battleship is intended to go into action undera full head of steam. The steam and bilge pumps arc rigged and tho magazine squad stands to its post, but the magazines arc not un locked until tho signal for action. Tho kays, however, arc delivered to tho officers of the powder division by thc captain at tho inst signal. Wheu thc ship is cleared thc call to quarters is given and the men lake : their places in divisions. Tho gun squads stand tb their guns and make them ready for uso. Thc hatches, ex- j cept those that will bo need, aro cov ered with gratings and tarpaulins, the ? carpenter collects his men and with the armorer stands ready to repair any damage that may bo done hy the ene my's fire or thc recoil of the ship's cannon. A man with a lead line is placed at tho well and during tho fight will make frequent soundings to discover if tho vessel is injured below the water line. Tho hose squad is placed in charge of the fire apparatus, ready for instant service. Chemical fiTfl extinguishers arc used on all thc United States warships now, and hand grenades aro placed in every quarter of the ship. Every precaution is taken to secureJ;he instant stamping out of OPERATING A CBTJI? tho fire should it start in or near the magazines. . Down in the sick bay thc head sur geon, or "hull doctor," has been di recting tho laying out of cots, instru ments ?nd bandages. One hatchway, asnear amidships as possible, is al ways left open foi thc passing down of wounded men. T^o surgeon may have no call upon his services, but tho rule in every quarter of a battleship is, "Bo prepared for tho worst, and hope for tho best." When everything is ready the offi cers movo to their stations. If tho ship is a monitor tho battle hatches aro clo3od, and the mon at last hear tbs final comiaancl for whlob thoy hure beeil impatiently waiting-"Ac tion!" At that command the doors of the magaziues are opened, and the men, who form the different chains of scut tles, begin to pass the cartridge cases up to the deck. Tho delivery of am munition ia in charge of the gunner. In modern naval fortunes the gunner is not, as many landlubbers suppose, the man who fires thc cannon. Ho is a warrant officer, and his position is a most responsible one in time of ac tion, for he must see to tho prompt TATTLE SCENE 02 and steady delivery of cartridges, shells aud projectiles to all the guns. The chief gunner takes his position on thc berth deck, where he can note thc progress o' thc work ; his chief assis tant is below in tho main magazine superintending the handing out of powder, aud a quarter gunner is in charge of each of the other magaziuc3 and of the delivery on deck. Tlie charges arc passed up from the magazines in wooden cases, which a; 3 painted black, with thc size of cali ber and charge painted in large Avhite letters ou thc side. They are passed -L tho magazine to a . them up to the 1 they are passed . magazine screen . rtaia which iu : ho possibility o' WOItKIoG A BAPrD-FIBIXa GUN FROII THU CONNING TOWER. ing to tho powder stores. From this screen carriers take tho boxes to the nearest powder scuttle, where they arc passed np to the gnu deck and thence to the cannon themselves. For moving ammunition various mecbaui .cal appliances, including electricity, have come into use, though the work is still dono by hand on some of thc vessels. "I believe in thc hand lift io- mu nnin tion," says Hear Admiral Lenry Erben, "because if you depend on electricity the cutting or breaking of a wiro knocks you out, but if a man is cut iu two you eau put another in his place." A crew of sixteen men is required to man each of thc big guns, such as the MSB'S SEARCHLIGHT. twelve-inch and thirteen-inch cannon of the Iowa and Indiana. They are d'.' ided into loaders, sjiongers, shell uicr., handspikemen, sidetacklcmen, inlaekleinen fud porttacklemen, and ari, under the direction of a first and second gun captain. There is also a powder mon, who delivers tho charge to the gun, a fireman and a wreck clearer. The firing of a pivot or turret gun requires ten separate commands. Most of these explain themselves. They aro as follows: 1. Silonco! Cast loose and provide! 2. Bunin! 8, Shift pivot! 4. Hmo, vent Rad sponge I 5. Load! 6. Bun out I 7. Prime! 8. Point! 9. Beady, fire? 10. Shift and secure! If the ship is under way the man with tho range finder is kept busy calling off the distance of tho enemy's ship or whatever the target may be. As each new distance is announced the gun is adjusted to that range. At the order to "Point," No. 1 of tho gun crew adjusts the sights to his satisfac tion, while all the others stand back from the gun. Then at tho order "Beady!" he takes a final look, draws his lanyard and quickly repeats "Fire!" In firing nt a ship tho target is al-, ways the waterline. Though the com puting instruments now use? are of great value, the only way to get the exact range now, as formerly, is to see whether the first shot falls short or over, and to move her a notoh or let her down as the case may require. The firing of this first shot releases ? THE GUN DECK. tho pentup tension of tho prepara tions, which is succeeded by a fever of work. The lines of powder car riers and runner boys move steadily back and forward, the men in the tur rets are soon blackened by powder aud smoke until they look more like imps than human beings, but they work on as coolly ns the engineers, far below, unmindful of shots that crash about them. All tho splendid discipline and training of years makes itself felt in these few moments of fighting as the sailor boys drive their ship manfully on, still onfroi- to ' '*'?. f'tK fi? ._oO Ow, . I." j ... -.. 824 every day, 3730 every hour, sixty every minute or one every second. The married arc longer-lh ed than tho single, aud above all those who obsorva a sober and industiious con duct. Tall men live longer than ?hort ones. Women have more chances cf life in their favor, previous tj fifty years of ago. than men have, but fewer afterward. The number of marriages is in the proportion of seventy-five to 1000 individuals. Those born in tho spring aro generally of a more robust constitut .. than others. Births are more frequent by night tbpn by day, also deaths. The number of men capa ble of bearing arms is calculated at one-fourth of the population.-Great Thoughts. Homes of the Anthracite Miners. A group of papers dealing with the Pennsylvania Coal Regions appears in thc Century. Jay Hambidge gives "Au Artist's Impression of the Col liery Region." Mr. Hambidge sajs of one of the "patches" where thc min ers live: Each little house, with the boxes, cuby-holes and fences about it, has been built by tho man who lives in it. And he is a laborer, a struggler for mere existence, not deft iu the use of tools, nor with an eye for the symmetrical, nor with an appreci ation for anything beyond the mo3t primal facts of living. Tho roofs of tho buildings slant at all angles, with no two sides of the same leugth or de flection. One portion v.-ill have eaves, while its companion will scorn the luxury. The same incongruity pre vails everywhere. Some of the small openings used for windows aro high, while others are low. One door will open in, and another out. The hinges have evidently come from the com pany scrap-pile, and tho staples and latches and locks from tho samo source. Some of the roofs have shin gles, others weather-boards, while others are formed of great pieces of rusty 3heet-iron. Accommodating mourner*. R. Talbot Kelly writes an article entitled "An Artist Among tho Fella heen" for the Century. lu speaking of the kindliness of the Arabs, Mr. Kelly says: Hero is an instance of his willing ness to oblige. I was making a sketch of tho village cemetery, and wanted only a funeral procession to complete my study. I remarked to the old mau:, "What a pity there does-not happen to bo a funeral going on, so that I might put it in!" His reply took me by surprise; for, jumping up, ho said: "Thoro is a man ill in the village, and he must die soon. TU gc and hurry him!" And, sure enough, he bustled them all so much that an hour later my sketch was conmlete, and the man safely interred! .\.nd I believe that tho bereaved family con sidered themselves especially hon .ored by my interest in the ceremony! Benefactor to the Bald Headed. An entomologist says he has known a common garden wasp to kill 1,000 flies in a day. If we have ever said anything in derogation of the wasp and his heated terminal facilities, we trust that it will be considered as never having been spoken. Anybody or anything that will kill 1,000 flies in a single day is worthy of all praise, and the wasp will henceforth be per sona grata among the bald-headed fraternity,-Boiton Transcript, TO-MORROW'S PINS. tThcre ia the thrill of last night's fo<ir7 Where is the stain of last night's toar? Whoro is tho tooth that ached last yeur? Gone where the lost pins go to. For last night's riddle is all made plain, Tho sunsbino laughs, at the long past raia The tooth that ached has lost its pain That's what our troubles grow to. . & Wo can stand the smart of yesterday; ^V To-day's worse ills wo can drive away; What was nnd what is bring no dismays For past and present sorrows. But tho burdens that make us groan anil sweat, The troubles that make ns fume and fret Aro tho things that haven't happened yet, Thc pins that we'll And to-morrow. -Robert Burdetto. HUMOR OF THE DAY. "Two souls with but a single thought,* Tho poem says, nor e- - Ills thought is all of her, you see, "{ And so, likewise, is hers. -Chicago News. Fweddie-"Aw, I couldn't get along without niywatch." She-"Howmuch do they let you have on it?"-Harlem Life. Suitor-"Sir, I love your daughter." Blunt Father-"Well, sir. What does that prove?"-Philadelphia North American. The^Boy-"I guess sister's beau must be engaged to her at last." The Girl-"Why?" Tho Boy-"He has quit giving mo money."-Up-to-Date. Helen-"Don't you think my new bonnet is a perfect dream?" Mattie "It's more than a dream, dear; it's a gcnuii e nightmare."-Chicago News. "You've voted here once to-day," said the election officer. ' 'Nonsense, " replied the repeater, unabashed; "you see, I'm twins."-Philadelphia Amer ican. "Parker always exaggerates every thing BO." "Yes; ho can't even start an account at the bank withont over drawing it. "-Columbus (Ohio) State Journal. "Do you think it is like me," sh# asked as she showed him her latest photograph. "Like you?" he repeat ed. "I can almost hear it."-Indian apolis Journal. "This mandolin cost only $10, and it will last your daughter a lifetime." "A lifetime? Gracious! Show me one that will last her about ten days." -Chicago News. Jones-"I started to ask Newlywed whether two could live on what one could, but-" Brown-"But what?" Jones-"But he struck me for a tea. before I could finish."-Puck. Traveler-"Don't you ever get tired answering so many fool questions?" Ticket Agent-"Yes." Traveler n..* tiT* mu most?" Ticket ...t*??:?*;'? r\ door to us, has gone to the Klondike." "Weren'? you sorry to see him go?" "Not so awfully sorry. He took his six dogs with him."-Chicago Tri bune. "Joes is looking all over town for you." "So I understand: but I'm keeping under cover. It must be that I owe him money or that he wants to owe mo some."-Philadelphia North American "Young ilr. Enjee is quite statu esque," remarked one youngwoman. "Yes," was the answer. "He strikes attitudes all the time he is awake. All ho docs is to pose and repose." Washington Stai\ He-"The trouble with too many people in this world isthat they never stop to think." Sho-"Yes, but I no tice that thc most successful people aro the ones that don't have to stop to think."-Chicago News. Conclusion: Sportsman (who has bagged nothing and is bargaining for a hare)-"Seven-aud-srsponce? That's rather high, isn't it?" Shopkeeper "Ah, but see what a splendid place it's been hit. "-Pick-Me-TJp. "Really, my dear, you are not blind enough to think that the count has a real love for you?" "It does seem in credible, docs it not? But he has offered to let me keep half the dowry for myself."-Cincinnati Enquirer. Professor-"Too bad! One of my pupils, to whom I have given two courses of instruction in the cultiva tion of the memory, has forgotten to pay me, and tho worst of it is, I can't remember his name!"-Fliegende Blaetter. Pictures of Leaves In Natural Colors.' ' One of the most interesting experi ments in photography is the photo graphic'|reproduction of a green leaf in its natural colors. To do this, take a copper plate, such as is used for process work, and have it silvered. Put it face up in a developing or ton ing tray, and on it place the green leaf of .which a copy is desired. To hold the leaf in position lay over a piece of glass. A spoiled negative not larger than 4x5-unless the leaf is quite large-may be used for this purpose. Tum over the plate & so lution of hydriodate of potash contain ing a fow grains of iodide to each ouncoof solution. Cover the plato completely, so that it is at least a half inch beneath the surface of the liquid. Set tho tray in the bright sunshine and leave it exposed for about half an hour, when, on removing from the tray, a most beautiful photographic impression of the green leaf will be found on the plato.-Harper's Bound Table. _ ' Makins Leather Velvet. M. Puech, of Mazamet, in Francs, is the inventor of an interesting method by means of which the worl on sheepskins can be converted int o velvet. Up till now tanned sheep skins with wool on them have been used for rugs, carpets or the lining of clothing and the wool has been left ia) the curled or combed state. Seeing tfcst the natural disposition of the in-' numerable fibers is perfectly regular and well suited for velvetization, MJ Puech conceived the idea of removing all impurities from the skin and wool and adjusting them in such a way that the hairs would not tangle or mat, wMoh would of course bs fatal to tho fluccees of tho operation, . - .