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O. H. AUAMB, Publisher. CAPE .GIRARDEAU. Missouri THE WEB WE ARE WEAVING. O God. what Is the vattera'I must' weave? pattern- arawn; rear Lord, by Alices "What will I do wlth'broken threads Itgave? V?r mt again ne ilea Dy-.JneT XIow can .the tanaled fnnrii Be made .a pleasing;1 lovely: -4Mnc- Tor -Can there come rood to ua through wSrtAly Strife? t- - i.r '. . Can we make warp and woof from tangles i - - , ., SOW SVEiftlv flfpa tfia tint!.. A "With careless hands we speed tt on Its way. Thy pattern marring by the sudden throw; xue Bourne, men, on loom we sadly lay. A ma red to see how Door our work for Tip. Could we our web of life but weave again. "With clearer vision we our work might see. Dear Lord, we feel we weave almost in vain. O God! this tangled, tangled web of ours. Except Thou take and mend tt through ana tnrougn, "We cannot weave It through the earthly nours: Except Thou mend the threads it will not do. Emmaline Peckham, In Christian Work. i Terradelphia, the Lost Wreck of a Philanthropist's Aim to Help Hoboes. VUT in what used to be the swamp, II beyond the railroad, on East Car- Toll street, Trenton, X. J., one of the biggest and handsomest fac tories stands four stories high among surroundings of grimy coal .yards and the accumulated refuse of railroad junk. .Throughout the day the buzz of its industry sounds in the ears of a man who sits in a little shanty back of one of the coal yards pouring over his ledger with but one -dominant thought that runs through all his labor; how he may once more -come into possession of the big factory that he built and owned and lost and make it a home for the thousands of its former lodgers now scattered over the length and breadth of the continent The man is Thomas M. Terradell, and the factory building with its surround ings was formerly a community which -was to prove to the world the indus trial worth of the so-called worthless and all but succeeded. Fifteen years ago, Terradell, then a man of 32. was an engineer on the Pennsylvania railroad. He had already seen life in many phases. As a school "boy in Trenton he had blacked boots .and sold papers to pay for his book and clothes. Thereafter he had been an iron molder, a jockey, a circus man, minstrel and a jack-of-all-trades, -wandering from place to place and constantly thrown in with the floating -bomilation of trampdom. When he -went into the employ of the railroad, as a fireman first, and then as an en gineer, he found himself still in a posi tion to see much of tramp life, and a certain fellowship which he had always felt for the knights of the high road, developed into a strong desire to be of some lasting benefit to them. In his years of experience and association -with the tramp fraternity he came to the conclusion that the hobo, as a class, was not a cumberer of the earth, "but an unfortunate misfit, who, under the proper conditions, might be made Of use to himself and the community. How to establish the proper condi tions was the problem which Terradel! set himself to solve. The tramps them selves gave him little aid; their ideas were vague beyond the firm conviction that a permanent settlement for aged nd wornout tramps, where beds and food could be always found ready would be a grand thing for all con cerned. This wasn't precisely Terra dell's idea. He had no mind to set up a home for the idle. What he wanted to do was to make the tramp work and feel satisfaction in his work. While lie was still deliberating on the matter he himself was incapcitated for work by one of the accidents incident to his business. His locomotive plunged off an embankment one day, and when they got the engineer out from under the wreckage there wasn't much left of him that was in place and unbroken. For months he was in bed, and after he was able to be up his health was so shattered that it was impossible for Jiim to return to his old occupation, and he supported himself by odd jobs. All this time the scheme for the re demption of the hobo was growing and solidifying in his mind, and to the idea of making something of this life for the tramp was added the hope of pre paring him for the next, for Terradell lad joined the church, and had thrown himself into religion with the fervor characteristic of the man in whatever he did. Though without reg ular employment, he contrived to get together a few dollars- and, with the faith which afterward enabled him to Achieve such amazing results, set out to build a tramps' home. For a site lie selected a bit of swamp land near the railroad and the canal, partly be cause it was along these thoroughfares that his experience taught him the tramp would travel; partly because the land was so worthless that nobody cared to claim the ownership of it at that time. To build some sort of a shelter was the next consideration. Lumber was beyond Terradell's means. He 'waited for something to turn tip. It turned up in the river in the shape of a raft of old telegraph poles which liad broken loose from its moorings and was floating down stream to the great grief of the owner, who cursed bis luck and wondered what he was aver going to do with it. Great waa his 1 astonishment when Terradell, who had heard of the arrival, appeared on the scene and offered Aim a price for the outfit. It was not such a price as the owner would have wished to ask. but it. was-better.than-heexpected wi der the circumstances, and it involved no transportation, so the deal was con cluded, and with what little money he had remaining after paying' for the .'old poles, Terradell' hired help to take them over- to the 'swamp and there inaub lucui. xiic wviici qiuucui iuccb- -r'. . ' . 1 . - i .1 TLX : .1. - laDiisnmem, n a corner stone can oc made of wood, was laid when the first pole was firmly planted upright en the edge of the swamp'. 'A circle o'f poles was formed, and in the:midd1e" Terra dell set a barrel and a "seat. -That Was the office, -and the -hotel was-declared Tormallv open. The next thing was to find lodgers. The - founder went out to the railroad track and sat down to wait. He didn't have long to wait. Three tramps pres ently appeared, and one of them was recognized by Terradell, who pos sessed that quality invaluable in an organizer a tenacious and accurate memory. lie hailed his former ac quaintance. "Hello. Hardy! Don't you remember me? I gave you a lift from Bristol once when you were padding on a bum stump." (Walking with an injured kg.) "It's the engineer, said the tramp. "Lost your job? Are you on the pad, too? Come along with us. I made a good touch back on the path and I'll stake you to half my pile. "You come along with me," said the other; "you and your friends, and I'll put you up for the night. I've started a lodging for the boys." "What's the hold-up?" asked one of the trio. "Nothing unless you want to. But I want a little help." "Come along, boys," said Hardy, "He's on the level," so the party set out for the swamp. With some old nails which Terradell had picked up and stones for hammers the four soon had a sort of shelter built across a small segment of the circle in which they slept that night. Two of the tramps took the road again early in the morn ing, promising to tell any of the guild whom they might meet of the new hos telry. Hardy stayed several days help ing Terradell about the place, and when he left he contributed a pair of good secondhand blankets which he had bought in town. It wasn't long be fore the hotel was known on every high road in this part of the country, and lodgers came in rapidly. None was turned away by the proprietor, but each man who was able was expected to do an hour or two of work about the place, with the result that it was soon completed and a stranger-looking building was probably never raised since the day when every man was his own architect. The place was orderly, for the pro prietor, while liberal in his allowances for hobo nature would tolerate no riot- ousness. He was an unwise hobo who attempted to disregard orders, for Ter radell had too many friends among the tramps who were ready at any minute to take up his cause.. A case in point is that of a tramp who was found unconscious beside a roadway near Rahway several years ago. The police thought they had a murder mystery on their hands, but the man recovered after a long stay in the hospital and finally left, refusing to tell how he came by his injuries. Two years later a vagrant who was jailed revealed the secret. The injured man had fallen in with some of his fellow hoboes and. being drunk, had boasted of having robbed Terradell's till of half a dollar, whereupon the whole party set upon him and beat him into insensibility. That was the only time the till was ever robbed ; indeed, most of the time it would not have paid anyone to rob it. Work was found for Terradell's tramps when they wanted it. He set up a wood-cutting industry and made a little money that way which he used in improving his place. Trenton peo ple, who had become interested in the experiment, found jobs for the lodg ers,' and though by far the greatest part of the hotel's clientage was of the strictly transient order, some few from time to time would express a desire to stay and make a regular living. Unremitting toil and devotion brought about, in the course of years. the wonderful transformation wrought by the penniless and unemployed Ter radell. In the swamp land where his curious structure of telegraph poles and boards had sheltered his hobo friends rose the four-story building of vitrified brick with brownstone trim mings, and around it small cottages were put up, 27 in all, for such families as might join the new community. Where and how did Terradell get the money for such an establishment? People asked this question with won der, but nobody ever answered it. Doubtless there were rich men who, believing in Terradell and his project, gave liberally to help him, for not only was his building costly, but the land which before was regarded as so much waste space had acquired a value and nearly $50,000 was laid out on land alone. Terradell himself worked with the builders, spurring them on by his example, and when the big industrial building, as he called it, was finished he was the proudest man in America. There was a $50,000 mortgage on the place, but he had perfect faith that the worst of his work was over and that success was close at hand. To support the institution, Terra dell looked to the workshops, which took tip all the industrial building ex cept the dormitory space and the eat ing rooms and office. There was a shop for broom and brush making and one for the manufacture of crates and packing boxes, and in one or the other of these any man who was honest and would work could find employment no matter how little experience he had I had. If he didn't know the trade some I work would be found for him until he could learn it. Men out1 of employ ment flocked to him and many of his former hobo friends came and took regular employment to his great joy, though he never felt sure of them, for they, would, work, through .a' winter faithfully, but the first sounds tand scents of spring would, set them back on the road again. - The irreclaimable ,,hpbd,. whft. had no intention of doing regular work, could- find .shelter there for two -days, and nights conditional upon 'his doing- a certain' amount' of work- in", cijfflifg wood or cleaning ujj about 'trie place . Thr.ee meals of coffee and bread were given .to aim each day while he was there. . Jf a sick tramp came there he was cared for and med icine that Ihe establishment could ill afford- .was given to him until he was able to proceed or had qualified for hospital treatment. Terradell held religious services and tried, with vary ing success, to convert his associates. The 27 cottages were rented at low rates. Regarding his community as a city of itself Terradell decided to name it. A geographically learned hobo sug gested "Terradell Fuego" as appropri ate. The founder accepted part of the suggestion and named his community "Terradelphia." For a time Terradel phia flourished. Merchants and man ufacturers who were interested in Ter radell gave him orders and the output of the place found good sales. The cottages were filled and apparently the community flourished. Terradell pro jected another factory building, and the future of the community seemed assured, when hard times began to be felt in '94. A year later there was no question about extending Terradel phia; the question was whether it could maintain itself. Workmen out of employment poured in, but there was no market in the stagnation of '95 for the products of the factory. The cottages ceased to pay rent, for Terradell had not the. heart to turn the occupants out. Sometimes he went hungry himself that others might have food, and throughout he worked with undeviating courage and faith. Not a ing else could have carried Terradel phia through that year and into 1896. But it was a hopeless fight. The friends of the institution saw that it must go under. The mortgage was foreclosed and "Glad Hand Tom," as Terradell had come to be known by the hobo fraternity, took up his hat and went out into the world again. At first he intended to lecture here and abroad in the hope of raising funds for a new Terradelphia, but found no encouragement. An agency in the lumber business was open to him and he took it, fixing his office in a little wooden structure almost under the walls of the main building of Ter radelphia. There he sits, an eager, restless man, bowed with sickness and hard work, but bright of eye and still possessed of that strenuous energy and enthusiasm for the one devotion of his life, characteristic of the man whom we call a crank or a genius ac cording to the measure of his success. Occasionally some hobo who has been out of the tide-drift of tramp life for a long time, in jail, or hospital, or for eign parts, and has lost track of the news of holxxlom, applies at the fac tory for a night s lodging. They direct him to Terradell, and "Glad Hand Tom" gives him greeting and help if he needs it, and Godspeed, and tells him that some day there will be built a new Terradelphia with bed and food and work and play for all. For despite the wreck and ruin of his great project Terradell believes still, with a death less faith, in his mission to prove the worth of those who have been branded as worthless, and their right to a nlaoi in the economic world. N. Y. Sun. GAME IN GIPPSLAND. There Are Many Queer Birds and Beasts la the Wilds of Australia. The kangaroo, wallaroo and walla by are to be found in every district. Bears are in all cool regions. The wild boar is common on the Murray, and on most of the other large rivers of New South Wales. Deer are plen tiful in South Gippsland, in Birre gurra and Cook's river. The opos sum is as ubiquitous as he is funnv, and the dingo, pure or mongrel, which is found on the confines of all settled districts, will repay the hunter for any pains endured while chasing him. In the steppe country of South and West Australia wild horses afford some fast work to the sportsman who drives them into snares, while the slow-coach can take his fill of pleas ant musings waiting at some drink-ing-hole for his big game to come in. Buffalo are now to be met with in large numbers in West Australia. Wombats give excellent night sport; and flying foxes, squirrels and bats of immense size afford interest to those who are able to bring them down by the light of the moon. Pad dymelons, kangaroo rats, bandicoots, tiger-cats, rabbits and hares abound n all the southern colonies, and stalk ing them affords easy, pleasant sport for those who do not care for the rough labor which bigger game en tails. Wild fowl abound in splendid vari ety. Pelicans, spoonbills, herons, cranes, ducks and black swans are scattered over well-nigh every sheet of water or river. In New South Wales. South Australia, and Queens land, "native companions" and emus afford splendid rides. Cassowaries are found in Queensland and on the is lands near the mainland. The lowan is interesting to the sportsman who has a taste for subtleties in nest building and doesn't mind being fooled occasionally by a bird smart er than himself. The lyre-bird la another pretty rascal given to tricks which cannot fail to exasperate. Na tional Review, HUMOROUS. Airtantr-"How . shall I . catalogue this book describing a hunter's adven tures?" Librarian "Among inven tions." Fliegende Blatter. She "I suppose she has a perfect trust in vou?" He I'rust? She has" a TtoOtfopoly ofmeV ifthatVwnat,'jbu: .mean." Catholic Standard.- - Different .Ways.-They sat s and held heeds all evening." ''How silly." "Oh,. L don't know. .. Ion have tg,4n wVist."-rPbilajielphia Balletjn. : .j.jfl.see.hat Mrsy Krujjer alwayajntas Oom Paul's hair.", "say, you can ex-., pect sucn a man to oe aaraia oi any thing on earfhY can' you?" Cleveland Plain -Dealer' " ' '- "' : -Judge "Have you anything to ; say before the sentence is passed?" ' Bur glar "Yes'r; if I'd a know'd that spinster lady had a dinner, bell under er piller things'd come out diff'rnt." Indianapolis Journal. Superstitious. Mistress "Bridget, are you superstitious??. Bridget "Well, mum,' Oi fink it's unlucky to break a lookin'-glass. Oi broke de par lor mirror in de lasht place Oi lived in, an' lost- me job." Philadelphia Rec ord. Mrs. Nexdore "Does your husband like music?" Mrs. Peppery "Yes; he's quite fond of it." Mrs. Nexdore "I suppose he has heard my daugh ter playing?" Mrs. Pepprey "Yes, and he just raves over her playing." Philadelphia Press. Poultney Bigelow's admiration for the kaiser is well known. One per son, however, who recently tried to joke with him about it did not get off unhurt. "You remind me began Mr. Bigelow. "Not of the German em peror!" cried the person addressed. "No," was the reply, "the kaiser is a gentleman." San Francisco Argo naut. FRIENDS OF THE YANKEES That la the Reputation Which Gives Traveled Blacksmith the Boers. Blacksmith Pea vey must certainly be put down as one of the greatest travel ers among the residents of Manchester. A story of his years of travel from land to land and his life among different peoples would make a geography in it self. He is a bachelor, resides in West Manchester, and will be 50 years old next May. He learned his trade at Ash land, ill this state, and has worked at it in almost every civilized land on the globe. He was $100 in cash when he was 27 years old, and in 1876 started for California. His brief stop among the Boers is most of interest just now, but he put in five years in Sacramento and there abouts, in Arizona and New Mexico, and was in the rush from Seattle to the Skaggett mines, British Columbia. Then he went to Honolulu and spent 13 months in Hawaii. On March 21, 1883, he started on his greatest trip by becoming one of the party of 23 that purchased the brigantine Naneenti, bound for Siberia. Seventeen of the owners sailed, with four outsiders as ship's officers. Most of the men want ed to go to South Africa, but the cap tain claimed he knew whereof he talked, and insisted on Siberia. The Si berian trip was a mistake and a fail ure, and the boat was disposed of for cash. When the venture was given up Mr. Peavey went to blacksmithing. and hia subsequent course covered points in Japan, Corea, nong-Kong, Shanghai, Canton, Amboy. Foo Chow and Tien tsin in China, Manila in the Philip pines, Singapore in India, New Guinea, New Caledonia. New Hebrides, the Gil bert group. Fijis. the Friendly and So ciety islands. New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, Queensland, Thursday is lands. New South Wales, Victoria, Cey lon, Calcutta, Bombay, nearly every country in the Mediterranean, Italy, Germany, Hungary, Spain, France, Sweden and Norway, England, Scot land and Ireland. On September 26, six years ago. he sailed for the old New Hampshire hills. 'In all my travels," savs Mr. Peavey, "the Boers were the best people in all the world to the Yankee man, and the Japanese a close second." Manchester (N. H.) Union. Shocking; the Earth. The revelations at Prof. Milne's ob servatory on the Isle of Wight of the manner in which earthquakes send their impulses thousands of miles through the frame of the globe are a source of ceaseless wonder. In Sep tember last Prbf. Milne's instruments detected remarkable tremblings of the earth on the 3d, 10th, 17th, 20th and 23d. Since then he has traced the origin of the shakings on the first three days named to Alaska, on the 20th to Asia Minor and on the 23d to Japan. But every earthquake does not thus set the globe in a tremble, for the shocks at Darjeeling, in India, on September 25 and 26 were not felt at the Isle of Wight, the reason be ing. Prof. Milne thinks, because those shocks were due to local landslips. Youth's Companion. Arthur's Round Table. The round table, which is supposed to have been handed down from King Arthur's time, is a revered bit of fur niture in the county hall of Winches ter, England. Tradition says it is the same table around which King Arthur and his knights were wont to assem ble. It is an ancient painted oaken table of circular form. A royal figure bearing the orb and sword and wear ing the crown adorns the center, troit Free Press. Privilege Anticipated. Clerk That young woman asked for clergyman's discount on books. Proprietor Is she a clergyman's wife? C.erk No, but she said she had msoe up her mind to marry one if he asked her Indianapolis Journal, TO . PREVENT DAMP WALLS. A Simple Process Which Involves) But Little Expesst and It is unnecessary to dilate upon the danger and undesirable, character, of damp walls.--Not .only do.thejr.endan- I ger the furniture, .books, lilting.-ana I dressings oi toe nouse liseil, oyi whieft' tM "cWvey tofhlf" health - of inmates. - It is also known . that in many : cases- walls; as though' gifted with the power of H ehnftary perversir tywl(-persist in proving' damp,' where no .recognized cause exists. In a recent- article touching upon this , mat ter the writer describes avery simple remedy lor this difficulty, tie .says: In many localities there is a great deal of complaint about damp walls. ' Ex pedients of all sorts have been resort ed to ' in ' order to remedy this evil. but in most cases they have involved great cost and labor, and sometimes the only alternative was the tearing down of the wall and rebuilding it with a filling of Portland cement and other impervious material. A simple process is said to effectually do away with all dampness. Applications are made alternately of dissolved castile soap and dissolved alum. Three- fourths of a pound of soap is melted in one gallon of boiling water. .The liquid thus obtained is thoroughly beaten, to cause a stiff froth. This and the water are then completely in corporated by stirring and made boil ing hot. The time for preparing the wall should be after a long dry spell, and, as the wall must be as free from moisture as possible, this condition can be assisted by the judicious use of fires. Then brush the surface to be covered until as clean as possible, With a wide, flat brush coat the sur face with the boiling soap prepara tion, working it back and fortn until the wall is covered with small bubbles, Let it remain 24 hours to dry out. then apply an alum solution made by dis solving half a pound of alum in four gallons of water. The alum coating may be nearly at blood heat. This should stand a day or two to dry and harden, then another application of soap, the same as the first, must be put on. How many coats are needed depends on the condition of the wall; sometimes half a dozen would be nec essary. The soap and alum form a coating insoluble in water, and this unites with the material in the wall. filling all of the crevices and making a thoroughly waterproof surface. Housewife. ONLY A DREAM. Convict's Sweet Illaalon of Free dam and Wealth Rnthlessly Dispelled. The day of my discharge has come. How happy I am. How proud I feel as I stand with my face to the wall near the cellhouse door, awaiting the summons to go to the storeroom to change my clothes. It seems that the men will never cease their tramp, tramp, as they file from the cellhouse on the way to the shops. But the last of them finally goes out the door, and I am hustled to the storeroom. I ar ray myself in my "store" clothes, then make my way, eager and trem bling with excitement, to the front of fice. There, after a few preliminaries. I em handed my discharge and my money and joyfully go forth to battle once more with the world. How brightly the sun shines. How fresh and invigorating the air. It actually smelled better than the air behind those ugly frowning walls. And, now that I am once again free, where will I go, and what will I do? Ah! a thought strikes ine. I have not yet breakfasted. Where is there a good restaurant? Bight down the street. I enter and give an order that makes the waiter stare in astonish ment. Ha, ha! He will stare harder than that when he sees me get out side of that breakfast. Beefsteak, fried potatoes, eggs, ham, hot rolls, butter, coffee and . But while the cook is hustling around making ready the feast I will take a drink. Is there a saloon near? Yes. Just two doors below. Thither I go, and feeling rich enough (for haven't I 25 big Ameri can dollars in my pocket?) I ask ev erybody up to drink. All accept. The drinks are placed on the bar. The bar keeper is making change for a ten, we raise the glasses to our lips, and Clang! Clang!! Clang!!! goes the gong, and I rise and dress, and, at usual, go to my daily grind. Minne sota Prison Mirror. Planked Brend. Just as the most tasty way of cook ing shad is on a plank, so many peo ple think that the best corn bread is that cooked in the same fashion. Into two tablespoonfuls of cold hominy rub a tablespoonful of butter or lard, one egg, one-half pint of milk, and corn flour enough to make the batter just stiff enough to be spread upon a board. Do not let the batter be more than half an inch thick on the board. Put it in the oven, or before a hot fire if you can manage it, and let it brown. Pass a coarse thread between the cake and board, torn it and brown the other side. Use a well-seasoned hardwood plank. Farm and Fireside The Kernel. The difference in our estimate of people snd things depends on how we take them. If we eat the whole nut. we find a good deal that is coarse and innutritious; but if we have the habit of picking out the kernel we general ly find it sweet. Even the squirrel knows enough for that. Persons of a very wide and varied experience are apt to acquire this squirrelous wis dom. Out of each of their battles, targes, snd fortunes they have con trived to extract a central core that iru interesting. Housewife. SCHOOL AND CHURCH.' Ill 1891 a society for Ae promotion of the study of foreign languages waa "ounded in Paris. It now has aver 1,000 'members. -. The average total attendance on the listrict schools of LouisviUe; 1Tj,' for the month of January" -was: Whita schools,' 16,272; colored; 2,820. '" ''The 'Salvation Amy,' for' the' second time,' has failed to get a foothold in XMexico. Mexican. Jaws -forbid rail re- Jigipus, processions. ia .$no .streets of cities. . The University of Saniicgo, -the. head of the educational system of Chili, has from 1,200 to 1,500 students, and the professional schools are: well- kept op aqd .wetf attended... ...-.. Though Ihe. Moha mined co i. Lon don number no more than 200, they are building a mosque, at a cost of 10,000, to accommodate from 300 to 400 worshipers, in addition to the wom en, for whom a gallery will be pro vided. While women are only now being ad mitted to German universities, the doctor's degree was conferred on. a young woman named Dorothea Ton Schlozer as early as 1787 at Gottingeo after an examination, in Latin, archi tecture, mining and algebra. The - czar demands that all pupils in the schools of Finland shall receive their instruction in the principal branches of education in the Bussian language. Teachers and parents ore in open revolt against this innovation, as they fear that their mother tongue will gradually be eliminated from the schools entirely. At the Young Men's Christian asso ciation hostel in Madras all classes share in its privileges, Brahmans, Mohammedans, Eurasians and Euro peans are dwelling together in it. There are two boarding sections one for those who wish European food, the other for those who prefer native food. GAMES OF WAR. Report That British Soldiers Piny Cricket Cnder Heavy Fire la Sonth Africa. Americans who are prone to regard the British national game, cricket, as a sort of monstrously lazy libel on base ball have never given followers of that alleged inane and sissyish game cred it for being of warlike natures. In deed, cricket ha's been placed upon the same ladylike basis as tennis in Ameri ca and its few followers here, mostly uririsn Dorn, nave .always oeen regain ed as "softies," too feminine in their nature to enjoy the rougher and faster sport of baseball. Yet the following excerpts taken from Cricket, the bril liant and entertaining English paper devoted to the game, go to prove that the English cricketer is a bold soldier. In sooth it is essential that he should be for Englishmen, whatever their faults, are brave men and fair fighters, and, of course, there never was a true Briton, or untrue one, for that matter, that did not play cricket. So it is only natural, that cricketers should be found in the army of Sonth Africa. Though cricket is a strange game to most Amer icans the appended accounts of games played under fire in South Africa and of stunning exhibitionsof coolness cannot fail to prove interesting. "So many of our most famous crick eters are in South Africa and so much time has been at their disposal while the armies have been waiting for transport, etc., that it was inevitable that games of cricket should be played. It was also inevitable that there should be points ibout some of the matches which were quite different from anything hitherto seen on the cricket field. Early in the history of the war, when Ladysmith was first besieged, we heard that a match was brought to a premature con clusion because the players attracted the shells of the Boers, who do not seem to be of a sporting turn of mind. From time to time reports have come through the Boer lines from Ladysmith of inci dents of as startling nature in connec tion with cricket matches. A corre spondent of the Daily Mail states that during one of them a chell from the Boer positions fell among the players, one of whom was instantly killed. When his friends came to pick him up they found the ball tightly clasped in his hand. The correspondent adds that the player was 22 years old, but does not say whether this had anything to do with the accident. Again, in a private letter it is stated that a bowler was about to deliver the ball when a shell from the enemy blew him to pieces this may possibly be the incident re ferred to by the newspaper corre spondent. Another writer says: The light-heartedness of the troops is won derful. At Ladysmith they had a crick et match during the bombardment, and man who was bowled declered that the bowling of the antagonist was a good deal worse than the Boer shells. But by far the most startling story of the war which has yet appeared is to . be found in a letter by Mr. Becaet Bur leigh, the famous war correspondent o: the Daily Telegraph: The Beer gens, he says, (at Colenso) also began a lit tle later throwing shrapnel, and the machine gun firing solid shot at them. But the gunners never flinched nor winced, buckling to their work like men who grip a heavy load. Nay, more, some of themin derision began to "field, as at cricket, with the badly-aimed spent shot of the machine canccn. Bun- ing aside they would make a eaten. and call: 'How's that, umpire?" As tounding, and yet more astounding, for this story is absolutely true!" 8fc Louis Eepnb'.ic. Deer on Railroad Trsc!is. A curious fact in a recent annual re port on the operations of the railroads of Sweden is that 30 deer were struck by trains, while the numbers ot ows and horses struck were, respectirely . onlj 18 and six. If. Y. Sun.