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VOL. X LAKE PROVIDENCE EAST CARROLL PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13 1897.22
NOTES AND COMMENTS, gaged in an experiment that will I tboe in the Wst 2.4.0
SING A SONG. the cowbou
if he shoul
he knew wa
If you'll sing a song as you go along, "But, !
In the face of the real or the fancied stammer,
wrong; headquart(
In sl1te of the doubt if you'll fight it surely be t
out, Why may
And show a heart that is brave and I am farm
stout; country."
If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse "Young
the tears, stamping 1
You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers anger, "y,
That the world denies when the cow- obey."
ard cries, The yor
To give to the man who bravely tries; monstrant
And you'll win success with a little though he
song- he should
If you'll sing a song as you go along ! route, es]
through a
If you'll sing a song as you plod along, l, he c
You'll find that the busy, rushing promised
throng I to go?"
Will catch the strain of the glad re- "Now.
frain; ready."
That the sun will follow the blinding Just a
rain; clothing,
That the clouds will fly from the black- sewed in,
ened sky; young M
And the stars will come out by and the river
by; Even a h
And you'll make new friends, till hope hard vo
descends for that.
From where the placid rainbow bends; steadily
And all because of a little song- It was
If you'll sing a song as you plod rise wh4
along ! Pass.
If you'll sing a song as you trudge to himse
through
You'll see that the singing will make the er
you strong; moree
And the heavy load and the rugged was rea
road, walking
And the stiog and the stripe of the alknhi
tortuous goad hillabout
Will soar with the note you set afloat; hills wa
That the beam will change to a triflingide the
narrow
mlotce;
That the world is bad when you are swiftfl
Pad, )t
And bright and beautiful when glad, abrupt
That all you need is a little song- air of -
[f you'll sing the song as you trudge tbowhlse
along ! o e
_*Philadelphia Telegraph. of i:
quicker
RAMAPO PAS S."H
stopper
ment
In the summer of 1781 the forces of ceived.
, Washington lay six weeks at Dobbs approa
Ferry on the Hudson. Every day comint
Sir Henry Clinton, who was in com- him.
mand of the British in New York, had He I
been expecting an attack, and we now place,
snow Washington had been preparing climb
to move against the city, but the sight
failure of Count de Grasse, who was alized
htioding the French fleet at the West of con
Indies, to co-operate with the troops near
an land, had compelled him to aban- they
don the project, and he had decided There
to move rapidly to the south and at- his p
tack Cornwallis, who was then in thong
Virginia. * ed an;
But he was very desirous that Clin- face a
ton should not suspect his plan, for bold,
he might prevent the march or send him,
reinforcements to Cornwallis, and the si
either action would hinder, if it did their
not defeat, his project. So the Ameri- tired
:an commander bent all his energies He
to deceive the British, and make them his al
think that New York was still the nized
place to be attacked. Indeed, we lie
know that even after the march was fathe
begun the French troops, who went cford
by the way of Perth Amboy, there hang
stopped to build ovens and boats, and desp4
gave out that they were about to at- and '
tack the posts on Staten Island and had 1
then move against the city. There the I
were other means that Washington ward
used, however, to produce the same and
Impression even before his army left time
Dobbs Ferry, and it is with one of Bay
these that this story has to do. was
"I want to see Dominie Montagnie'" and
said an orderly to a company of men Al
who were seated near a tent in the vain
camp at Dobbs Ferry. had
"There he is over there," replied self
one of the soldiers, pointing to a ,n
young man not far away. Pici
"That Dominie Montagnie!" said o h
the orderly. "Why he's only a boy."' ,lt
"Boy or not, he's one of the stanch- his
est Whigs in all this region. There fath
isn't a better man in all the Continen- thal
tal army," replied the soldier. nin
The orderly left, and as he ap- this
proached the young man shrewdly pro
scanned his face. Evidently he was des
satisfied with what he saw, for he at vill
once addressed him: He
"Is this Dominie Montagnie?" fim
"Yes," replied the young preacher,
returning the look to the officer. Mc
"Well, Gen. Washington wants to 1
see you at once." bul
"Wants to see me? What for?" his
"I don't know. Comewith me and bu
you will soon know." bri
Young Montagnie asked no further al
1uestions, but arose and accompanied we
his guide to the quarters of the com
mander. He had never spoken to him W
before, but he shared fully in the av
feeling of respect which all the army wi
had for their leader, and he wassome- cr
what abashed when the General as
rose to receive him, and could scarcely
reply to the kind words he spoke m
when he was presented.
"Yes, I have known of you," said w
Washington, "andfrom all I can hear w
I am certain I can rely upon you. Is g
this true?" o
"I try to do my best, .eral,"
said Montagnie modestly.
"That's right. Now, I have a very
important commission for you," and a
the General paused a moment to note
the effect of his words, but the young )
man only howed, and he oontinued:
"I want to send some despatches by 1
you to Morristown. You will crose
the river at King's F 7, goip by
Iaverstraw and thre .h Eaap
]Moatague looked upquickly at
lk; -;or.;, o"ba Pa.e tee
bknew the pta.., ' .. It
w *r , rgarro . dfielseug tia b aO
.eel NJ r~ ~ the .et eui~
the cowboys and skinners held it, and said: "S4
if he should once fall into their hands straight it
he knew what would occur, isn't, it's "
"But, Deneral," he ventured to In a m4
stammer, "'Ramapo Pass is one of the gotten his
headquarters of the Tories, and I shall found the;
surely be taken if I try to go that way. and if he
Why may I not go by the upper road? life as de
I am familiar with every foot of the been so q
country." approeach
"Young man," said Washington, when heE
stamping his foot in real or pretended stick and
anger, "your duty is not to talk but to blow and
obey." With a b(
The young preacher saw that all re- men and
monstrance would be in vain, and al- a despera
though he could not understaud why he expect
he should not be left to select his own gulls.
route, especially since he was to go unmindfi
through a country he knew thorough- desire to
ly, he only bowed his head and "Don't
promised to do his best. "When am heard Sn
I to go?" he inquired. more al
"Now. Just as soon as you can get ouldh
ready." looking
Just at dusk, dressed in citizen's such a r
clothing, and with the despatches when he
sewed inside the lining of his sleeve, ions wer
d young Montagnie was carried across or he'll
the river and started on his journey. Monts
Even a horse was denied him, but the ately to
hard young Continental cared little For a m
for that, and all night long he kept abandol
' steadily on his way. wond(
It was about half an hour before sun- he soon
rise when he came near to Ramapo two of t
Pass. "Mv time has come," he said They he
to himself. "If I can once get safely taking i
e through this place I have no fear of heights
the rest of the way." But he was To at
more excited than he knew, and he less no,
d was breathing rapidly as he entered lowed
the pass. He grasped his heavy neath
he walking stick more tightly and glanced "Tak
about him. The passage betweenthe aid Sn
it; hills was becoming very narrow. Be- found
side the roadway there was only a about
ng narrow little strip of land and the conceal
ire swift-flowing stream that ran noisily hills.
on its way. The steep hillsides rose "No'
abrupt and rocky. The damp, cool and th(
air of the early morning, the noise of his bi(
ge the stream, the threatening cliffs and was ci
bowlders, which might conceal some foundi
of his enemies, all increased the nerv- off, am1
ous dread of the messenger, and he claine
quickened his steps. Once through, side tle
his greatest danger would be passed. sleeve
"Hark i What was that ? He which
stopped and listened, and in a mo- quickl
ment he krnew he had not ben ie- the ot"
sof ceived. He could hear the sound of "It'
bbs approaching horsemen, and they were right.
day coming rpidly down the road behind sa geni
m- him. the fo
had He glanced behind for a hiding lining
low place, and already had started to ing th
ing climb the cliffs, when be caught very
the sight of the approaching men and re- you i
was alized that he could not gain a place you ci
Vest of concealment before they would be wie h I
lops near enough to see him. Perhaps lack-o
an- theyV had already discovered hinm to ia'
ded There was nothing left but to resume Cint(
i at- his place in the road, walk onil as Is,
in though lie neither feared nor suspect- fello`
ed anything, and k eep on as bold a
;lin- face as possileC. lnt if his face was the n
for bold, it was the only thing bold about too
end him, for his heart sank when h e saw "V
and the si men enter the pass, and bring repli
did , their horses to a walk when they no- I lettei
neri- tired the stranger.
gies lie could see their faces now, and T
them his alarm increased when he recog- a gu
the nized the leader as Richard Smith. way.
we lie had been at Goshen when his Mou
was father, Claudius Smith, along with aind
went (bordon and De la Mar, had been cord
there hanged. Montagnie knew ghat a guar
and perado Claundius mth had been take
o at- and what a terror his gangof cowboys his
I and ihad been in Orange county and along a we
rhere the borders of New Jersey. Many re- had
dgton wards had been offered fur his arreit, pees
same waand about a year and a half beforethis into
r left time he had been captured at Oyster 0
ne of Bay and taken to Goshen, where lie and
was chained to th floor of the jail the
ni!' I and a strong guard placed over him er's
men All his efforts to escape had been in ing
a the vain, and with hi two companions he but
had been hanged, as Montagnge him-e
eid self knew, for he had been in Goshen ti
si t ichard had been avenging te death out
said o his father, and the poor Whigs iln il
boy." tiat region had been suffering more at dai
tnch. his hands than they had from his wa
There father. These were the thoughts bit
itnen- that were passilng rapidly therogh the he
inod of the messenger, and therewas Ba
Le ap- wid thdepereo, echard Smith, ap- hi
rewdly preaching, and with him five men ase h
me was desperate as lie at hisback. What fal
he at hjllanoup- o ine l men they were. ad
S firmly and tried to appeaer calm;, me
achcrh, "Good morrow, gentlemen, said
ans to A grnff word as tenl re
but each man uas glancing sharply at uc
,r" him. Evidently they were suspibons, h
me and but, at they pased on, Montsgners
breathed more earsily. The nghe fe
further almost passed and in a momenthe hb
apaied would be beyond their sight. h
toou hm Without tning his he. d he was ir
' n he aware the hd stopped and were g
he army watchlg him. The moment wase a
asome- critical one Would it never come to r
senerael "Hold, strangIr,' called one of the m
The messenger stopped, for there
•, " said was nothing else to be done, and
can hear waited their approach. They noon
yOU. Is igathered about him, and he knew his
eeral," he replied, "ald neither are
you late in year start"
ye a very "*Whither might you oe bound ?"
ou," and mid hmith, igu o o histwordsh
heeyoung hills."
nttineed: Smith laughed derisively as he r
tsches by plied; "That won't do, p theroad
Baaaupo an account of D l dqueikly
wwel It before him, a4 they WOlUti4* a
a bills of smeo shoethl
ibeesihe qtrrelby
-bcilb~ - - rkl~
said "Search him, boys. If he's bitterness
straight it'll do no harm; and if he vanished i
isn't, it's the thing to be done." derstood i
In a mo Went Montagnie had for- tended all
gotten his caution. If the papers were prisoner i
found they would perhaps kill him, person an
and if he must die he would sell his New Yorl
life as dearly as possible. He had ginia.
been so quiet that the two men who How w
approached were taken off their guard from the
when he suddenly whirled his heavy next hear
stick and struck one of them a heavy yond the
blow and then turned to the other. pursued,
With a bound he leaped over the fallen word or o
men and started for the cliffs. It was As for
a desperate venture and every moment not long
he expected to hear the sound of their was soon
guns. He struggled on, however, his delig
unmindful of everything but his own ture. "
desire to escape. holding
"Don't shoot! Don't shoot!" he would as
heard Smith call. "He may be worth my; but
more alive than dead. Ha! ha! Who ing to I
t would have thought such a peaceful Atlanta(
looking youngster would have given
s csucr a rap?" and he laughed again 1
a when he saw how angry his compaln
I, ions were. "Take after him; be quick Jests and
a or he'll get away.
Montagnie was struggling desper
e ately to make his way up the hillside.
e For a moment he thought they had
it abandoned the 1ursuit, although he ''Whi
wondered why thi y didn't shoot, ibut pleasing
- he soon understood it all when he saw Apr
Io two of the men comin;; toward hiu.
il They bad known of a path, and by 'So y
Iv taking it had been alle to gainu the p)ly
of heights above. 'e
es To attempt further flight wa use broke in
ie less now, and N ithont a word he fol
id lowed his captors to the road be- Mrs. I
cv neath. think y
'ed 'Take him up to the hut, boys," memory
ie said Smith and the messenger so1on en
e- found himself in a rude log house one con
a about 200 yards from the road and
he concealed among the defiles of the Miss
ily hills. keys ar,
>se "Now search him.," said the leader, Blow
)ol and the men immediately began to do much o
of his bidding. his three-corned hat iiss
nd was cut into pieces, but nothing was sensitiv
ine found in it. Next his coat was taken
rv- off, and in a moment one of them ex- "Thi
he claimed: "Here's something; it's in- -is an
:h, side the lining," and he cut open the --No
d. sleeve and took out the dispatches, Idiot.
He which he tossed to Smith. The leader his tea
no- quickly opened them, and as he read
de- the others watched him keenly. Mot]
of "It's a good find, boys, and ail withoe
ere right. That's what comes of making lier
ind a general out of a farmer. Who was iyou v
the fool that tried to hide this in the me, cc
ing lining of a sleeve?" he inquired, turn
to ing to Montagnie. "Why, it's the The
ght very first place we'd look into. And thing
re- you must have been drunk to think Dot
lace you could get through Ramapo Pass The
be wibh them. You don't look like a Do(
taps lack-wit, but you must have been not all rig
inm, to have taken the upper road. But
nme Clinton will be glad to get this! Now, ,,T
1as bys, what shall we do with this a limi
ect- fellow, hbng hiri or send him away?'. "A,
d a '"Shoot himn," said the one whom ty
was the messenger had struck. "''It none starte
bout I too good for him." tend
bouaw "We'll see about that a little later,"
ring replied Smith. "We've got to get thi.
r noletter to Clinton the first thing we on
do. "
and Two were left with the prisoner as .,
?og- a guard and the others socl rode tand
ith. Iway. For thrce days and nights sit w
a his Montagnie lay in the hut, bound hand jam
with and foot. Nut for a moment were the
been cords looseued, and each day his Ai
at a guard told him they were about to solui
been, take him out and hang hiul and leave p;
-hoys his body on a tree by the roadside as who
Ton a warning to all Whigs. The preacher is I
a re- had fully resigned himself and ex- dinig
rrest, pected daily the threat would be put o
tthis into execution. io
)yster On the fourth day Smith returned,
re he and, after a hurried consultation with i
ie jail the guards, rode away.' The prison- get
im. er's hands were loosed, and his adh- itku
ten in ing limbs were rubbed by the guard.
1n he but he had no other tlhouglht than that the
him- he was being prepared for his exeuen- ku(
Sso hours he was bidden to follow them e
e th out of the hut he glanced oi eveyy Io
gs i idefor thne ropt he thougrht to ee ice
o at dangling fro some tree. As he
Shis walked his thoughts were somewhat ln.
aughts bitter against Washington. Whyhad wa
gh the he insisted upon his comin through do
-his own device he would have tke
t the upper road and never would have i fi
Sfallen into the oer of th ose desper- i
erre adoes. you ride, " said one of the C
men abruptly. C
aid "Yes," replied the preacher. Were hi
they about to mQunt i on a horse
erelyand then start the horse off after the
irply at noose had been adjusted ? He had
heard of that plan haing been used.
ntagnie But he had no time for meditation,
ger for they came to a place wheeO three c
nent he horses were waiting. Almost before t
he knew what had occurred, the pris
e ly. oner found himself mounted and rid
he was ing rapidly along the road, with one
id were guard on either side.
was a What could it mean? He saw no
ome to rope and not a word was spoken. On
and on they went, and gradually it
ie dawned upon the young man's mind
what the destination was to be. Nor
or there was he mistaken, for he soon was
cs, and carried across the river and placed in
UOnfl the old Sugar House prison in New
knew his York, one of the famous provost pris
one of that day.
,ither ar "You're C great one," said the guard
o Montagfie the next day- "Thoee
bound " letters you had were all about Wash
ls. inton's plan to attach New York. But
song the Clinton can take a hint, and every
-body in the city is getting ready to
as he re- rceive the rebels." Then he teoo
the rod from hi.pockt a copy g
dispatchse he had carried nad the us
~,i~vy awd~*OI~k '~1deq+
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bitterness toward Washington had
vanished in a moment. Now he un
derstood it all. Washington had in- After al
tended all the time to have him taken that a C
prisoner with those dispatches on his failed for
person and thus to hold the British in "kept all
New York while he started for Vir- His credit
ginia. "in their
ginia. ko
How well he held them we know
from the fact that when Sir Henry Ipo
next heard of him he was already be- streets,
yond the Delaware, too far away to be in ew
pursued, and it was too late to send in 1891 t
word or aid to Cornwallis.
As for Parson Montagnie, he was imi 1
not long kept a prisoner, for the war period.
was soon ended; but for years it was In En
his delight to tell the story of his cap- ing of f
ture. "I had read about the Greeks glass exe
holding the pass of Thermopylae," he a profit,
Swould say, "and keeping out the ene- was no g
my; but I kept the enemy in by fail- than for
ing to hold the pass at Ramapo."- ginal coe
1 Atlanta Constitution.
PaPrris
SExpositi
STHE JOKERS' BUDGET. double
its last e
Jests and Yarns Made and Teld by-Funny will be e
Men of the press. and the
mental
HIS CHOICE. into a
ie 'What, in your opinion, is the most banks a
Ipleasing decoration for a wheel?" An o
- A pretty woman. "ve,
1. COSTLY EXPERIENCE.slv, C7 a
yv * So you broke the engagement, Yaw- be 102
Io ply - tificate
"Y1es, but not till after the engagemnt proof h
e broke me." ing th(
,- DOUBTFUL COMPLIMrNT- Many
e- Mrs. Scareface-Why, General, I t'n't migt E
think you would remember me. What a if the
, memory you have for faces! ealy.
Al Gen. Blunt-JMadam, yours is a face
se one could never forget!It
ad, -ontrib
<[ A TRUE LIKENESSl t
he 3liss Cawstic-"Don't you mon. "a
keys are cute ?" iompe
er, Blowdust--n Naw, they remind me too
do much of some people."de
tat .\;iss Caw-tic--'IO, you shouldn't be so re
as sensitive." in the
en pSIOOnOMICAL- ilt
ex- ,The face," said the oracular tnliai
in- "*is an exact index to the mind."
the -Not an exact one," said the Ceerfuil Acc
es, Idiot. "For instance, when a man has ;crgy
der his temper rutted his brows are knit." w
enad A 8UGGESTION.110, a
Mother-What would poor mamma do to 200
all 1without her boy if he went away? Nulty
ing lier Boy-You could whip Fido when is 271
as i you were cross and just pretend it was Story
the me, couldn't you? stenol
Irn- asSY To ce word.
the The Wife--Doctor. can you do any- oracti
,ink thing for my husband? To
Doctor--What seems to be the matter? art
?ss The Wife-Worrying about money. erta
e a Doctor- Oh, I can relieve him of that
not all right.:oP
But THE LIMIT FOUND. ppe
ow, "'There," said the man of schemes. 'is dred
this a limit to the toleration of the public." I th
Y?'. ,And you found it?"
omt "Yup. 1 meta total frost when I ?hers
,one started out with a lecture on 'how I In- ogg
tend to Find the North Pole.' "ons
ter, PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION. 8
thi Mrs. Stebbins is the meanest woman r
we on earth." N
,,What has she done now?" itrif
er as 'She gave her li.tle boy a slice of bread t
rode and butter, and told him to go out and Yor1
ights! sit where he could smell the blackberry Bait
handl jam Mrs. Perkins was making." Bsi
e the EASILY OOMPREHENDED. ship
Y his American Boy- "Papa, what's an ab- ;eti
ut to solute monarchy ?" ten
leave IPapa--"A country ruled by a king ot
de as whose authority is unlimited! His word 'hel
tcher is law, and the people must do his bid-eh
d ex- din,.. Do you understand!" of E
e put American Boy-"Oh, ye, a sort o
piolitical boss."
trnetd. CONsOLATORY TIHOIUGHT- nal
i with Frofessor (disgustedly)-It's hard to Af
risen- get any knowledge into your head, your o
achl- knkll s .o thick.
uard, Pupil-But, remember. Professor, for ant
u that ihe saute reasou it will be Lardfor the ste
e _{cu- -knowledge to ever get out. pla
- fEg A GREAT DISADVANTAGE.
them "I suppose," remarked the sarcastic sui
t~eveyy ihousewife, that in the course of time s
to see ice will be worth as rmuch as diamonds." i
As he ,,Well," replied the iceman, reflective
ofewhatlr it ,iamondasre pretty good in their o
ry had h'ay, but you can't rely on their melting
hrough down so as to keep up a steady demand." B
1 left to HOW HE GOT ABOcND rT.
taken (halumeau has just returned from a D
Id have fishing expedition. de
desper- *.Well," his friends ask him, "did you as
catc anyth ingi:1 ?"
of the cachissed my twelfth Ash l" answers
- Chalumeau, who thus spares himself the
Were lhumiliation of telling that he missed his a
a horse firs as well.
rfter the ?Ina Youses assBIcas t1
He had Young lady--You ar a wonderful
inue.master of the piano, I hear. t
lan 'rofessor yon Spyieler (hired for the oc.
totrecssion)-I .b'Lay aggomprnlments zome
t eoetimes.
oeori ung lady-Accompaniments to sing
nd rid- ing;rofesor yon Spieler--Aggompani.
ments to gonversations.
Ile lt wls D.
e Oo Wallace -Eargreaves lad hei
aal pudence to accuse you of laughing at I
yurb ownk joks, bull called him down
b N all right.
bFoaelry--That was very kind of yon
bon soh, by the way, what did you say to him?
le i I told him that they were not your
in New own jokes at alL"
vost pris- Laear. L
,,Well, proceed." said the lawyer,
t t *The plantedi resorted to an inm8e.ns
" T uhs an ot circumstantial evidence," satd the
I itness. "at i
|ork. BtFor the benefit of the jury, state i
ad eiery- 1l4teer lang!usa exactly what you meMa
r 1ady to by that." intorrupseC the Jdge.
I he took ·"Well, my Iruesolt is--that hehel
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f r f theb orabi o
bt ht ;[~;efopr~ in d~ltlli~
NOTES AND COMMENTS. gaged in a
watched wi
After all it isn't so very remarkable who are in
class af u:
that a Chicago man who recently been rents
failed for $1,000,000 should have which cont
"kept all his accounts in his head." den soil,
His creditors are now seeing dividends sixty acres
"in their minds." with abou
Improved sanitation, including clean woodland
streets, has reduced the mortality rate ings have
in New York from 27.15 per thousand plements
in 1891 to 19.63 in 1897. The rate in secured as
London has been reduced to 17.25 by employed,
similar measures covering a longer judgment
women wl
period. Under th
In England it was stated at a meet- will be m2
ing of farmers that one acre under the labor
glass exceedell 100 acres in producing spatient a
a profit, and that the labor and cost tain degri
was no greater in proportion to area suaded bi
than for 100 acres, excepting the ori- take a cer
ginal cost of the glass and fixtures. with a d:
Paris has voted $20,000,000 to the regular h
Exposition of 1900, or more than will furni
double the amount appropriated for best con
its last exhibition. Two great palaces E dinzabe
will be erected in the Champs Elysees, abeto
and the Seine, crossed by a monu- liecord:
mental bridge, is to be transformed lisie a pil
into a Venetian canal, with terraced carfullymat
banks and ornamental pavilions, nma
they can
An old colored woman, a former fig tree,
slave, who died the other day in Oak- labors,
land, Cal., was commonly reputed to unknown
be 102 years old, and the death cer- moderate
tificate so stated, but documentary cottages,
proof has since been produced show- velopme
ing that she was only eighty-six. faith in
Many other reputed centenarians needed I
't uigt suffer equal deductions in years hospital
if the truth could be established as new farn
,e easily. zone to
"It is a remarkable fact," says a insane.'
-ontributor to Knowledge, London,
"that the two countries which are now
,ompeting most keenly with us in the
industrial race-especially in those Some In
departments allied to engineering
so are Germany and the United States;
two which have for many years been lakesp a
in the van in the matter of providing is much
facilities for education in matters per- this sex
tainiug to the industrial arts." tario,
ul According to an estimate in the Sun. water c
.lcrgymen in preaching average about higher
)0 words a minute, campaign speakers three f,
110, and senators in debate from 150 muer.
do to 200: Very rapid readers find diffi- is doul
?ulty in uttering intelligently so many great 1
ien is 275 words a minute. And yet a winter
vas story is going the rounds about a basins
stenographer who is able to write 402 the spi
words in 60 seconds.. But of what tation
n oractical use is such excessive rapidity? est flo
n. this ge
To what extent flogging is still tol- Ta
arated by Englitsh law is shown by the la
hat :ertain prison returns just presented much
:o Parliament, from which it woulid maneu
ippear that no less than sixteen hun- that 11
'q5 dred floggings per annum take place wonld
in the local and convict prisons of the howe'
United Kingdoin. Besides these, the d
mn I there are six hundred an'd seventy small
In. loggings a year in the military pri- over I
sons, which means that the floggings ov.er
A)f soldiers belonging to the British to os
man army average nearly two a day. there
Not in years has there been such to erea
strife among the big cities, east and I cound
read west, for commercial supremacy. New also.
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and bron.
erry Baltimore are all striving to get the sorbs
ousiness of interior merchants and less
shippers of farm produce. This encr- strea
Sab- getic competition among the trade 3Iore
Centers must prove indirectly helpful and
king ;o the farmer, because it meang a fur- ratio
wori ;her whittling down of middlemen's TI
Sbid- expenses and freights on what the ing I
art of iarmer has to buy and has to sell. com
The undependable character of rol
nany of the mighty modern engines artil
rd to )f war has been forcibly illustrated in thei
your connection with the late manoeuvres care
of the British fleet. Both the Mars cathe
r, for nmd the Terrible, the former a mon- th
or the ster of 14,900 tons, were suddenly drai
placed entirely out of the range of ac- a sh
tion by trouble with their high pres- t,
rcastic sure cylindcrs. The truth is that fou
time asaval construction at the present day fh<
onds" is largely in an experimental stage. Riv
ective- We have discarded sails and we can- but
Stheir not depend on our engines. I':
neltin The national debt during the last soo
five years in England shows an aver- feel
age daily increase-of nearly $100,000. Mis
from During the same period the national am
debt of the United States shows an La
lyou average daily increase of more than wil
$125,000. France's debt increased eni
ms lelt $120,000 daily, Germany's debt over to
el h $130,000, while that of Russia shows d
a daily 5-rowth of not less than $405,- an
000. France's national debt to-day is L_
the largest, heading the list with thi
dderful $6,000,000,000. Russia comes next, sol
then Great Britain and then Germanay. I!
Szome- "The East does not know," says
the Denver Republican. "and will not t
to sing- believe that Colorado is a gold-pro- t
ducing State, except in a moderate
;ompani- way. Above all, it does not know t
that it will surpass California this L
year, and that in the course of a few i
the im- years it will go ahead of the Banddis
ghing at trict in South Africa. People are
a down ready enough to believe stories ofthe
discovery of almost fabulous wealth i C
St YoU- the Yukon Valley, but they turn a re
to him? deaf ear to the statement that Colo- o
o ou r edo is one of the greatest gold re- tl
gions Js the world."
Ireland of prehistorti times was the
tergold eeundr of Europe. In no other
osaid the o..try, at any rate, has so mackI
a e n u"aared gold of early ago. been "
pzgnoutaae ia the musaeum of the
British uaseum gd atiqntO, hla--- q
tr-tio 8st""ab torl, o- " -
a oo ,-az~gb s~a .o-& *.~I .i
.r~iii.:kkt -o~ ~b*Wi
;'gg br
gaged in an experiment that will b* The Piceta
watched with great curiosity by those Fab
who are interested in the care of that It yo9 x
class of unfortunates. A farm has phles and
been rented near Oxen Hill, Md., Indies, yc
which contains fifty acres of good par- islands of
den soil, twenty acres of hill side, pher, two
sixty acres of corn and wheat land, your map
with about one hundred acres o complete
woodland and pasturage. New build- en. Thea
ings have been erected, modern im- Dutch, al
plements and machinery have been westerly I
secured and skilled farmers have been The Du
employed, who have the patience and and quail
judgment to deal with men and sveran
women who are mentally distracted. called the
Under these conditions an attempt it anywli
will be made to solve the problem of have thee
the labor cure for the insane. Each quee an
patient will be intrusted with a cer- advantag
tain degree of responsibility and per- way lalWi
suaded but not compelled to under- The isa
take a certain amount of labor, which, eter bei
with a diet carefully regulated and miles, an
regular hours of sleep and recreation, solat
will furnish an experiment under the sea. Ti
r best conditions possible. As Dr. high, is
Gaodding, the superintendent of St. teet. TI
Elizabeth's, put it, says the Chicago afe anc
'Record: "It is the intention to estab- the sla
d lish a pioneer colony of insane men, ulaton
d carefully selected from the quiet class sail aU
of inmates, to whom a home where signs of
they can sit under their own vine and wi6xed
r fig tree, enjoying the fruit of their Babans
labors, will be something hitherto on a she
'o unknown to their hospital life. A of the b
r- moderate outlay for inexpensive farm a teep
7 cottages, a little patience in the de- leadng
v- velopment of the work and an abiding Fow
s" faith in the result are all that is
as needed to take them away from the at last
rs hospital atmosphere and out of the
as new farm vistas to open wider hori- pl c
zons to the every-day life of the roofed
a insane." on eves
precipis
) THE GREAT LAKES. ferns,
he This It
>se Some Interesting Features About Those island,
Vast Inland Seas. curious
e; Reports from the great fresh water named,
on lakes are to the effect that their level which
11 is much above what it was last year at the bd
this season. Fishermen on Lake-On- voacan
tario, for instance, claim that the Dese
an. water of that lake is eighteen inches eat of
out higher than it was in May, 1896, and simply
ers three feet above the level of last sum- higher
150 user. This increased volume of water every
ifi- is doubtless due to the melting of the true I
any great body of snow which fell last and ti
ta winter on the drainage area of these yams
t a basins and to the abundant rains of with
402 the spring. The same heavy proeipi- palm
hat tation elsewhere has caused the great- The p
ity? est flood in the Mississippi River that negro
tol- this generation has known. the
STwo years ago. in 1895, the level of play
by the lakes was extraordinarily low, and haire,
uted much apprehension was felt lest a per- in si
mid nanent change had taken place and hbose
sun- that hereafter a lower level of water Dutd
lace would be the rule. This condition,
E the however, was easily attributable to
eaeI the dryness of the season, a muck. L
r srmaller quantity of watcr having falle
pri- over the drainage area than the aver
itiss ge. The level of the lakes is known
t to oscillate from year to year, but
there is no trustworthy data on whicl
such to base calculation in the matter. The
and conditions are constantly changing
New also. A larger area of land is being
and Ibrought under cultivation, which ab
t the surbs more rainfall, and consequently
and less runs off into the creeks and
encr- streams which help to feed the lakes.
trade More forests are also being cut down,
lpful and a larger surface exposed toevapo
a fur- ration from the sun.
men's The meteorological cause for chang- mal
t the ing lake levels and the causes which
.1. come from an increasing population
er of will doubtless continue and cannot
igines frobably be controlled. But there are i
.ted in artificial causes which are likely to in- lo'
fluence lake levels seriously unless lal
ares care is taken to regulate and check Ba
them.
n- theAmong these causes are the Chicago SP'
ac drainage canal, the project for cutting ol
a ship canal between Lakes Erie and Mil
pres- t. Clair and the plan of cutting V.
Sthat fourteen-foot channel throughout the
ntday whole length of the St. Lawrence
River. There are other schemes, of
e can- but these are the most important.
The Chicago drainage canal will, as
he last soon as finished, take 300,000 cubio
aver- feet of water per minute from Lake
D0,000. Michigan and ultimately double that
ational amount. The ship canal between
iows an Lakes St. Clair and Erie, as projected,
re than will be twenty-one feet deep and scv
creased enty-two feet wide at the bottom, and
bt over to supply it will require an additional -
shows drainage of water from Lakes Huron
$403,- and Michigan, and consequently from 3
--dayis Lake Superior. Th enlargement o.
st with the Welland Canal has already had
a next, some effeet in lowering the levels of
ran jay. Lake Erie, and if the ehlanel of the
iw St. Lawrence River ils deepend so Rs
will n to admit larger steamers and more of
i ldo them to the lake trade, arn inr ised
odd-pra demand will be made for water from
t know the lakes and a further deoline in both
i s Lakes Erie and Ontario is probable.
f a few Philadelphia Pres. - I
ople are A ValubhleoSw
e ofthel Henry W. W Brod~ t
realth in Commercial Hotel of iBL l mth *t'
y t urn a I remarkable disowo~Y ,.i L _
at Colo- confirms. the theory geoLeagst that
ggod re- the small gravel-btomt · . k soth
east ofll here contain go·tltlw.as .r I
s w the the sides of the tknobs. AMrZsw
no o ther chse d s ...e.e.l.kas o Sts..- ..
so much Iives in Finaley tows -tl, i . d.
ges been these gral ,sidtna , cid t t ,
h hndred Knobs. On mu tof fdwta is a
wf the th ,had it pr" " ed ftw4aat I;-*i;i,
The Picturesque and Peculiar City of
faba, in the West Indles.
If yoe" will take down your geogra
phies and look on the map of the West
Indies, you will notice, between the
islands of Santa Cruz and St. Chrieto
pher, two small islets which, unless
your map is an unusually large and
complete one, will have no names giv
en. These two islands belong to the
Dutch, and -the most northerly and -
westerly of them is called Saba.
The Dutch are noted for their odd
and quaint customs and for their per
severance, Holland being sometimes a
called the "Land of Pluck;" but I doubt
if anywhere in all their poasessions
have these curious people shown their
queer and eccentric habits to greater
advantage than in the little out-of-the
way island of Baba.
The island is small, its greatest diam
eter being not over two and one-half
miles, and it is nothing more than an
isolated mountain-tp rising out of the
sea. The sides sal very steep and
high, rising in places for a sheer 2,000
feet. There is no harbor, no beach, no
safe anchorage, and no large trees on
the island. Although Saba has a pop
ulation of over 2,500, yet you might
sail all around it without seeing any
e signs of houses or settlements. If you
wi led to land, or "go aboard," as the
r Sabans say, you would have to do so
on a shelving rock ont the southern side
of the Island; and here you would find
a steep. winding flight of stone steps
leading up the rocky mountain side.
8 Folowing these steps, which number
o 800 and are called '"The Ladder," you
1e at last reach the top of the mountain,
and looking inland, see a small grasy
pla covered with neat white, red
roofed houses, the whole surrounded
on every side by towering peaks and
preciplces covered with-beautiful tree
ferns, bamboos, and wild plantainS. .
This little town, the only one on the
se island, is kncvwn as "The Botton"--a
curious name, surely; but It Is well
ar named, neverthelss, for. the plain on
rel which it is built is nothipg more than
at the bottom of the crater of an extinct
in- volcano.
he Descending the slope into this queer
leg eat of queer towns, you find the streets
mid simply narrow paths walled W 14it atit.
im- higher in places than your heed, 'Whla e '
ter every inch of earth is cultivated with
the true Dutch thrift and industry. Iere
sat and there small patches of sugar-cane,
ese yams and arrowroot are side .by Ade
of with beans, corn and potatoes, with
ipi- palmn and banana trees rising over all.
bat- The population consists of whites a.a -
hat negroes In nearly equal numbers, while
the blue-eyed and tow-headed children
i1 of play with black-skinned and curly
and haired pieailn'is; but all are Dutch
per- In speech, manners and looks. The
and houses, shops, ganden5-oeryeY is
Ater Dutch.--St. Nicholas
ion, TASOO
ll Mississippi Valley
own I ailroad aalntains
SUnsurpassed :.Oait :- iet
betwsee
a i1 NEW ORLlAISl& S IPIS,
en+ly connecting at Memphis with
and trains of the Illinois Cen
akes. tral Railroad for
lown' Cairo, St. Louis, Chicago, Cin
cinnati, Louisville,
hang- making direct connections with through
whicb trains for all points
o io NORTH, EAST AND WEST,
re are including Buffalo, Pittsburg, Olo0v
nloss land, Boston, New York, Philadelp
check Baltimore, Richmond, St. Paul, nm
neapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Not
go Springs, Ark., and Denver. lose
iting connection at Chicago witb Central
Sd Miisipi Valley Boute, Solid Fast
t n Vestibuled Daily Trains for
t othe UUQUE, SIOUX FALLS, SIOUX TY,
vronoe and the West. Particulars of agents
iemes, of the Y. & M. V. and aonneoetig aines
ortant Wv.JMoal,. Dir. Pi. ns t.,
'ill, as New Orlean.
enbio Jxo. A. SooTn, Dir. Ps Agt.,
Lake Momphls.
o that A.H. Ha eox, O. P. A.,
etween Chloago.
jetd, W. A. ELomaon, A. . P. A.,
d sov Louisilla
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liiono
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d had RAILRB OAD,
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more of Between the
crease North and South.
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