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1*0 J™^M!!»O5mo!OSO B&0*0*QjLO*0»0^0^o»oo»o^.o»o^Q.^njf-n.v.fi.v.rtjin.a^A-.^^^^M i-ol WERE By JOHN 9*0*0*0*0*0*0*Q*0* 8g^»SgS%gSSSgSgiKgffiSg^ CHAPTER XIV. ySs A ratENDLY CANTEEN. wo Johnnies got' Into the boat, putting two of us, still bound, in the stern, and crossed the river then one brought the bont back and took over the re nin Inder of the party, flrst stowing our car bine* In the bow under the legs of man who held a double barreled guu ready for use. When nil liad crossed, the boat was hauled up Into the buslics Just as we had found It on the other aide. Then we were marched about half a ntlle from the river to a big log hut, "Now, boyi," said my old acquaint "We'll make you feel as much at aa we can without beln' unsafe. We'll onloeae one of you at a time, so yon can stretch your arms an' cat, an' we'll eend word to our camp soon ez .we can for somebody to come an' take you lone to Richmond." "We're in no harry to get there, I'm •ore," sald l. He looked at me sharply a moment •ad replied: "Mebbe they ain't as well fixed .thar as yon nns at Fort Monroe, where they tuck ns when we got ketched, but they'll do the best they can for you. SeeWes» you'll be exchanged 'fore long, Just-ar we was/' It was real kind of him to say this, and I told him so, but my heart grew fceavler and' heavier. What would fa ther and mpther think?' Who would write them' about my disappearance? What would the writer say? Could there be any possible way of getting word home from Richmond? I asked ray.old acquaintance this question- and told h|m 1 was afraid my disappear ance would kill my parents unless they knew what had happened. "That's so, my friend," sale} he. "Just yen write a scrap to some friend of yours to yonr catnp, an' I'll see it reaches hhn InS week. Nuthin'.else, though, mind, except that you're -cap tured." "How will you get It there?" I asked, with natural curiosity. me no questions, an' I'll tell you no Use," stld be. "You give me coffee one time, don't you refnember? Well, that's enough." .As It happened that Just then was my. turn to be unbound, I got some letters Mt o'f my breast pocket and found a blank half sheet of paper, on which 1 (enWed: Bast Haautop-V. wen raptured by tin ra •V- Tell mj fefher fkot to worry. Our captors my WO ka nthurd pretty Booh. JACK FROST. Ml old acquaintance looked over my shoulder while I wrote. When I had be said: "Put In a little more. Say 'The man thit (I gave coffee to .when he was ketch,ed Is the man that's got me, an' b* says I'll be well treated or his name •JntCwy Hillyard.' That ought to make 'em feel easier to home, oughtn't It?" "ftn sqte it would If they knew you, said I. "I wrote them a long letter after that scout in which you were captured, about how you fixed fried baeon and hpecake for us that night and how you showed me how to parch com in bacon fat I wrote how awfully hungry I was on that trip, too, and my mother wrote back that she'd pimy tor yon every night of her Ufo for beng kind to her hoy." "8ho! Ton git outl Is .that so, theugbP' said my particular Johnny, Xrith a sheepish look. "Well, mothers I* all Alike, I s'pose." Then he and one of bis party began to prepare a meal Of- bacon and hoecoke, for it was now netuly dark. The voma of the cooking diverted my Noughts from the situation, for we had started near noon and In such haste that we had forgotten to bring our haversacks. The Johnnies evident ly Intended to feed us, for they were preparing an immenao quantity of food. "Bay, sarge^" remarked my friend to the large, quiet man who Becmed to be the leader of the party, "these boys cayn't eat with their arms tied. S'pose we tie' their legs instead. They'll be safe ag*ln runnin' away, an' they'll be more comfortable/' The sergeant muttered assent The change was made, and then, as we sat on a long, low bench against one wall, we were bountifully fed. We chatted freely, our edptor-s being quite willing to converse, and the conversation ran as entirely to farming methods as it iSS 'All I want, i/ou saidl" 8 no war or other special sub ject of Interest Two or three hours after dark the sergeant said to us: "Now, gentlemen, any of you that tries to get away '11 be shot like a dog, but if you behave yourselves you can sleep as comfortable as If you was at 'home. Just Ue down on the floor where you are whenever you like, or sit up, but keep to that side of the room. We'll keep to this side. If you even put your hands to your feet you'll be shot, so don't do It" I said something to the effect that we weren't fools. Meanwhile my friend and the third man dropped upon the floor, with their guns and our car bines, while the sergeant sat down upon a box in front of the fire, cocked double barreled shotgun and kept his eyes upon lis. Conversation larigulBli toua IBBtiiMiililffii *r MEN HABBERTON. I ot "H lan's Bibles," "George Washington GOPYItlQHT, lopl. BX Etc. JOHN HABBERTON your life on suliluioHt provocation. We exchniifml remarks occasionally with otic- another, hut they weren't at all hilarious. I was just dropping asleep, still sitting on tlie bench, when Braiu ard .whispered: "Any water in your cantccn, Jack?" I hadn't thought before of the cap tain's canteen of wliisky. Would It be safe to tell Charley in the hearing of the guard that the canteen across hiy shoulder was full of whisky? Suppose the Johnnies should learn of It, drink it and get righting mad and kill us? 1 answered lirainard, "No." Then, reinombering some Jar inscrip tions that he and I had spelled ont to gether in our village drug store and persuaded the druggist to translate, 1 continued, trusting the sergeant did not understand Latin, "Splritus fru nientl." The surprise that gleamed through Brainard's eyes would have startled the sergeant bad he seen it. Before 1 dropped 'asleep again the guard was changed by the sergeant rousing the man of the three who seemed to amount to least He was a thin, rath cr feeble looking fellow, with a stupid face, the lower half of which had been left unfinished soon after 'it was be gun. He threw fresh wood on the fire so as to keep the room alight, then he sat down with the gun and yawned so fearfully that I feared he might fall asleep with his hand on the trigger and rouse the house, perhaps to our serious Injury. Finally, however, he got en tirely awake, and then he seemed to feci dismal amid so much silence, so ho tried to eliat with us. He was a poor talker, but Brhinard helped him along to the best of his ability. They drawl ed along for an hour, and under the soothing influence of their monotones, the snoring of the sergeant and the wheezing of the other Johnny 1 began to drop asleep again just as the guard was explaining a lot of bad feelings ho had from time to time. "I could cure you, I think, if you wouldn't get me into trouble," said Brainard. "Ef you've got any medicine of any kind, stranger," said the guard, "fo' the Lawd's sake, gimme some. I don't keor what It is. I know' it'll do me good some way." "Wouldn't whisky bo tlio very bost medieiue you could haver Brainard asked. The man's face looked like a beatified saint iu a fourteenth century picture as he placed a hand on his waist and murmured "Oh!" "If I find you some right here with out stirring, will you promise to leave me a little of itr* asked Brainard. "Of eo'se I will," said the guard soft ly. "But how— Sho! Quit your fool in\" "I'm not fooling," said Brainard. "Tou promise, loo, not to wake your, friends to help drink it nil? 1 don't be lieve in whisky except for sickness,j and your friends don't look or act as' if they had any bad feelings." "Stronger," snid tin? guard hoatseljtf "I'd promise niiythiug, excep' to be a! Yank or to let you git our, fo' one drlnkl of whisky." "All right," said Brainard, taking the captain's canteen from tuy neck, draw ing the cork and'holding it out to the guard. What Brainard was up to I could not imagine, aud 1 closed my eyes ns the guard stepped toward him. I fear ed Charley had some desperate idea of seizing the man's guu as ho passed the canteen. In such case discretion would bo the better part of valor—for the rest of us. But there was no scene. The guard quickly resumed his seat, and out of a mere slit of my eye I could see he had his gun ready for ua with one hand while he raised the can teen to his mouth with the other. "AU I want, you said?" he whisper ed after he had ascertained that it really was whisky. "All you want," was the reply, "so you leave me a little in case of sick ness." How that canteen did gurgle for a full minute! When the drinker was compelled to stop for breath,, ho held the canteen in front of him with a "you have saved my life" expression of countenance that was really touching. Then he began again and drank for a full minute longer, it seemed to me. As he breathed a long sigh of content he placed the canteen at his feet and said: "Stranger, you're a gentleman. No body ever done me so much good be fo\" "I'm glad to have been of service," said Brainard. "My friend here helped your friend there to a good drinlc of coffee about three months ago, and I'm glad to be about even with him." "You're a gentleman. J.gay It again, an' I'll say It always." Evidently whisky really was the medicine lie needed, for ho began to bo quite happy, though quiet Then he fixed his eye on something on the floor. He appeared to go into a brown study. Finally he closed his eyes and loosened his grasp on his gun, which fell softly across his kuees. I looked toward Brainard to wink, but to my horror I saw him loosening the strap at his feet and motionlug me to do likewise. Then he rose softly, took the guard's gun, handed it to me and proceeded to tie the fellow's feet. Then I understood what Charley was up to, and, although I was so frighten ed that I was afraid I would drop the gjm, I covered the sergeant and my rebel friend with it. I wasn't going to be outdone in appearance of bravery by any live foot ex-student of theology alive, even if he happened to be my particular friend. Nevertheless as I stood there with that gun I devoutly praj'cd that the slumbers of the re cumbent Johnnies might continue to be very sweet. Meanwhile Brainard carefully un bound the two other men of our own party. I wondered why he didn't wake them and tell them to loosen them selves, but I offered no suggestions.'' I don't believe I could have spoken had I tried. With the belts taken from our boys Brainard softly bound, or hob Wed, the feet of the sleeping grayeoats. Then he cut the sling strap from our captain's eauteeu and bound their hands also. They became somewhat restive under this operation, and the sergeant suddenly opened his eyes, The fire that shot from those eyes when the sergeant saw me with his £Hftiajti&i.Doint rondo me tremble, and wheu he strained at his bonds I.recall ed the story of Samson. "We're awfully sorry, sergeant," said Brainard, "that it had to be done, but duty is duty, you know/' The sergeant was speechless. Per haps 'twas just as well, for I learned afterward that he was a member of the church. He did, however, arouse my old acquaintance by nudging him with his tied feet, but when that matter of fact fellow grasped- the situation he ejaculated, "Well, I'll be ." Charley took one of our boys and went out of the hut. They came back in about half an hour anh .said they had the boat ready. In the interval my old acquaintance had exclaimed about once in five minutes and each time ap parently after profouud thought, "WelL I'll bo I finally told him I hoped not, and It wasn't his fault, wo had turned the tables ou him. "Jest tell me how you done it all,' said he, "an' 1 won't ask no more." "Wo didn't do it," said I, thinking to get off a practical temperance lecture that might be repeated after the war, "Wo didn't do it whisky did it" Then I nodded suggestively toward tbe guard who had wauted medI6ine. "Whisky?" exclaimed the questioner, with a wide eyed look. "An' you didn't offer me a toothful?" Then he look ed reproachfully and remarked, "1 wouldn't hev thought it of you." This made me feel so bad that 1 hastened to say: "I didn't do it. I never thought of the whisky. 'Twas given to me to use in case we got a soaking. I wouldnJt have thought of it again. I haven't tasted whisky three times in my life." The poor fellow looked at me search' ingly and finally- said: "I've gpt to b'lieve you. I do b'lieve you. But,say, whar was you brung up?" "Score one for the north," said I to myself, as I shortly answered,* "York state." "Now, gentlemen," Bald Brainard, "we'd .better move before any of yoar friends drop along and upset our plans. Two of us will flrst take the sergean and the firearms across the fiver." As the sergeant didn't demur Bra i ard loosened his feet and took Mm down to the skiff, the other boys stag gering under all the weapons except the gun. which I held. In about 15 minutss one came back with the boat, and the remainder of us crossed* the disembarkation being covered in tbe ktavlight by Brainard and a Confeder ate double barreled gun. Then we sat or stood, on that river bank until dawn began to break, Brain ard having whispered to me that it would not be safe to approach camp in the dark. We did not dare to make a fire, and as we had hot worn our over coats when wo started the morning be fore we were chilled to the bone. I sug gested we should try to warm our selves with single sips of the -whisky, if any was left, but Brainard objected, saying it was no time for experiments. As for the Johnnies, they dropped upon the ground and slept as peacefully as if nothing unusual had occurred. At the first streak of dawn Brainard ordered the prisoners into the boat two of them in the stern and one in the bow, while ho sat amidships and -row ed, first cautioning our two boys to keep along the bank abreast of him and fire on any prisoner who chanced to change his position. He suggested that I, being the commander of the expedi tion, should hurry on in advance and report, so that the prisoners should not be fired at on suspicion that they were coming on a business errand. I acted upon his suggestion, and as I hurried along it occurred to zne that al though I officially was in command Brainard had been doing all the plan ning and work. Why hadn't I instead of he thought to get that stupid fellow drunk and thus ptepare the way for bur escape, Instead of accepting our fate and dropping unquestionlngly to sleep? Brainard's head had been alert, mine in a.daae. That was the only dif ference, but it was enough to make me feel uncomfortable. Still, "honor to whom honor is due." I would-see to it that Charley got full credit I could be glad, too, that the man who had been smarter than I was my dearest friend. I entered the camp without being fired at and the captain was as glad to see me and hear the story as If I had been his own son. I told everybody the news, got them all on the river bank as a reception committee and got Hamilton to propose "three cheers for Brainard." Charley himself loosed the bonds of the Johnnies as our boys crowded around. My own special John ny no sooner found his hands free than he whispered something to Brainard. "Yes certainly. Thank you for re minding me." Then ho shook tbe cap tain's canteen inquiringly and handed it to the prisoner, who swallowed some of its contents and passed the remain der to the sergeant, saying as he point ed indignantly to the third prisoner: "Don't leave none for him, durn him!" "You've done handsomely, corporal," said the captain to Brainard. "'Twasn't I, captain," Charley re plied, with a salute 'twas your whis ky that did the business." There was at leaBt one duty of tbe expedition remaining in which Brain ard shouldn't get ahead of me. I took those prisoners under guard down to the brush hut where our company cook had been installed and I provided them with a big breakfast To my de light they enjoyed our white bread and cold corucd beef as heartily as had enjoyed their bacon and corn bread three months before. As to coffee, they nearly emptied the half kettle that bad been standing since our own boys had been served half an hour before. When he could drink no more, my own spe cial prisoner caressed the place where he had put the coffee, gazed contem platively at the kettle and remarked: "There's always some good luck can be dug out of trouble ef you'll look at it right Here I am a prisoner ag*in but, on t'other hand, I'll have genuine, sure 'nough coffee twice a day till I'm exchanged ag*in. Urn-m^ml" CHAPTER XV. ON PICKET. mature delibera tion upon samples of sorts of military service that falls to lot of cavalry sol diers we recruits agreed that plcketduty salted us better than anything else. To be ON T»I01 ihih **°n UB\ |M dlei an actual picket was not pleasant wheu one's turn of duty cam^, during a driv ing rain or In the middle of a dark night, but In ordinary weather and at decent hours it was quite pleasant to sit on horseback at crossroads, look about the country and chat with such farmers as had passes enabling them to visit the town. Northern and south ern farmers were radically unlike each other In some respects during the war, but they were exactly alike In their willingness to rein up and have a lon'g chat with a stranger. I found the aver ago !V4rgInla farmer had quite as largo pftib'QCM *fet=-curl08lty, aa bis northern brother, and generally he was able to absorb all the family history that a Yankee soldier might care to unload. It was great fun for me to be on post on a prominent road at daybreak, (or the chances were that a large de tachment of fugitive slaves would come in. How these people managed to travel 80 or 40 miles without being seen and hounded back by the ene my's scouts I never could understand, for instead of coming singly they would travel in large bodies, all the men, wo men *and children leaving a plantation together and not separating during the trip. Any one would linagiue they would be discovered, for they always dressed in their best when they started toward us, and the colors of some of their clothing were ns startllug as the plumage of a tropical bird, besides be ing more'variegated,, but they never complained of having been annoyed while en route. Another mystery was their knowledge as to where to find our lines and just where to halt to wait for daylight They were not al ways received iu the spirit of tbe eman cipation proclamation. Some of our fellowB were In mortal fear of "nigger equality," so they would order the fu gitives to return to their masters. "Yas'r," would be the usual reply* and the entire gang would retrace their steps until they reached a friendly screen of trees. No sooner would the man on post be changed than the crowd would come plodding back. As one old leader told me one day: "We'se ben tole ter keep a-tryin, 'cause some sojer or udder would let us in some time ©r udder." There was nothing funny about these C'' people unless it was their ex irravity. They weren't even ex ci. ..a*. They didn't throw up their Glials and thank the Lord that at last they were ou freedom's soil. They sel- 'Only Confederate llpa can ever touch mine." guides—'"de woods was full of 'em"— yet in nearly a year of-prowling about the woods between the lines I never once saw a colored man except on plantation. To this day their "ways are as mysterious to me as the traditional 'underground railway" was to the slave hunters of old. The special delight of picket service, however, was the privilege of visiting the few white natives who lived near by. All of them professed to be Union ists all, I believe, were earnest Con federates, but it was policy for them not to allow any harm to befall a Union soldier who visited them. So we never feared that we would be cap tured by skulking Confederates, much less shot while In a native's house. To tell the truth, I think most of us were about as welcome as we would have been In any farming community at the north. We could generally tell them about much that was going on In the world, thanks to our steady supply of newspapers we could give them an occasional book or magazine, but had we only our presence to offer it was gratifying to the people, nearly all of whose own men were in the Confed erate army and whose women did not dare to exchange visits over roads where they might at any time en counter marching troops. At mosrt of the native houses there were girls, and each girl had about BOO adorers in our regiment alone, as well as an equal number In other cavalry regiments at our post. There was little or no lovemaking. No man dared ab sent himself long enough from the picket reserve to attend to business of so serious a nature, nor could he easily find opportunity to Bpeak to a damsc1 alone. If father or mother or grand parents chanced to be out of the room for a moment, some other trooper was almost sure to be present. This was misery for sentimental young men of the class that regards lovemaking as an absolute necessity of daily life. It was great fun, however, for the girls. Not one of them would have married a Yankee had he been Apollo and Crcesus combined, but It wasn't unpleaslng to get au adoring, heart broken glance from one not unhand some fellow after another and to real ize that all the sufferers were from the enemy's ranks. I used to Imagine, probably correctly, that the southern girls looked prettier and more vivacious when we appeared than they possibly could do at the humdrum routine of housework. Most of them bad lost their slaves. ID the usual manner, be fore our t'owu became a military post, and they would remind us of this when anything in the house seemed to them to lack proper attention or when they Invited us to sit down with the family to a dinner or supper, which they as sured us was not what they would have given us in other days. They got Be many compliments, however—some awkward, but all honest—on the skill of pretty hands and heads that 1 don't doubt one of them told the truth when she said to me in a burst of confldeuce that she was-more than half glad tliut the house servants had run away aud given her and her mother a chance to have things just as they wanted them. Some of these southern girls asked in numerable questions about the duties and diversions of our mothers and sis ters, and they heard enough to make them open their pretty eyes in wondert But all this had nothing to do with love. As was natural to suppose, and as we afterward learned, each of the girls was already engaged to some good or bad fellow In the Confederate army. Their hearts were already disposed of, so they could laugh at all would he suitors and break hearts cheerily Willi the sublime consolation that they were weakening the enemy In one of his most vulnerable points. Their maimer was as proper as that of any northern girl, as the more Impudent of our fel lows discovered wheu they .proposed a kiss at the door. The experience of one of these fellows was quite inter esting to every one but himself, was so handsome that he had mi great havoc among feminine hearts at borne and had come to regard himself iwwBmn#* ft* irresistible. He asked a little Vir ginian, pretty enough to break the heart of au anchorite, for a kiss, but she replied: "Only Confederate lips can ever touch mine." One day when this man had been on post the relief found his place vacant although there was no sign of blood shed or a struggle. As soon as this was reported at the,reserve a squad was sent out to look'for him. Inquiry was mndefat every house on the road, and at one we learned from the heartbreaking beauty just referred to t|iat he had st-opped there two hours before and announced that ho was de serting to the Confederacy. Almost half a yoar afterward the rear guafl'd of one ol'. our scouting par ties was harassed for the last two miles of its return by shots from a small mounted force,-which scattered and took to the woods whenever we turned and attempted to charge them. Our commander arranged a strong am buscade of the advance, with a view to capturing the entire party, and this hiddeu force suddenly surrounded them when they were directly in frout of the house in which the little beauty lived. There were only a dozen of the enemy, and they quickly saw that their game was up. As we approached them they recognized the inevitable and ceased fighting, but one man In gray suddenly drew a revolver, fired three shots in rapid succession at the house, then pointed the weapon at his own breastCredand fell from hissaddle. We were upon them in a moment and un der the cap of the man upon the ground we saw the face of our handsome de serter. He gasped belfrre he died that he was as loyal as ever. He had de serted in a wild desire to kiss that girl. Now» I I 1 .. I.tll I I ... dom laughed, uud as for joking, one could get as much response from an oak stump as from the brightest of them. They apparently knew just where to come and just what to ex pect In fact I afterward learned from one of them that for 50 miles around us the -slaves were thoroughly inform ed about each post and its treatment of contrabands. They said there were plenty of colored news carriers and seeing her at the window, he'had fired to kill her and hoped he had suc ceeded. Then he had killed himself rather than be shot as a traitor. He had missed the pretty mark he had aimed at. The girl was unhurt ex cept from a severe scare. We had lost more than 20 men uiost unaccountably from that |iost. all of them violent ad mirers of that very girl. Somehow her father's house was burned to the ground that very night I hope the pretty girl escaped, but we were told Bhe did not. Not one of us attended the funeral. It would bo "hard to tell how many lives on both sides were lost thereafter as the result of those two deaths. "War Is hell!" [TO BE CONTINUED.] WAVES OF WATER. Slow rivers flow at tbe rate of three to seven miles an hour. The amount of water flowing out of the Nile is sixteen times that of the Thames. The English channel is nowhere more than 000 feet deop. The Irish sea is 2,130 feet deep. The largest gulf in the world is the gulf of Mexico—800,000 square miles— almost twice as big as the bay of Iten gal. The Parana of Brazil aud Argentina Is 2,200 miles in length and after the Amazon is the largest river In South America. The shallowest of nil seas are the Baltic and the Adriatic, which averago only forty-three and forty-five yards' depth respectively. Askal Chin, in Tibet, Is the lake which lies at a greater height than any other, in the world. Its level Is 10.000 feet. The lowest Is the Dead aea— 1,200 feet below sea level. DISAPPEARING WRITING. The War a Bis Swindle Wan SncceBM« fnllr Worked In PnrlK. A number of Parisian financiers were recently defrauded of a very consider able sum of mouey by a swindler who relied for the success of hist scheme en tirely upon the peculiar properties of Iodide of starch. Posing as a man of considerable wealth, whose money was tied up iu such a manner that lie could pot realize without heavy losses and pretending to have the option of some valuable concessions in China, lie ob tained various large amounts of money In exchange for bills dated to stand for three mouths. No one for a moment suspected that there was anything in the least degree shady about the man or his transac tions, and when lie made it public that be had been successful In selling his Chinese concession at a large profit his creditors felt absolutely certain that he Would meet his bills. To their immense surprise, however, when they came to look through their papers to lind the tills they only fouud bills with blank spaces In the places where the swindler's name should have been and had actually beeil. They clamored ronnd him for an explanation of the strange affair, but lie deuied that he had ever given any of them bills and defied them to sue iiini for repayment of the loans, aud the fact that the bills were devoid of the swindler's signa ture rendered them absolutely wortb !8S. The matter was put Into the hands of the police, who were able to discover that in signing the bills the man had used a solution of Iodide of starch, which, when flrst used for writing, ap pears much the same ns ordinary ink, but completely disappears in the course of a few weeks, and, although traces Of the chemical may subsequently be discovered, nothing can make the writ ing show up again. Finding that his victims had discovered his method, the schemer decamped, despite the fact that the chances of the police obtain ing a conviction against him were very remote indeed. A Iloyul TraBcdy, Frederick 1. of Prussia was killed by fear. His wife was Insane, and one day she escaped from her keepers and, dabbling her clothes in blood, rushed upon her husband while he was dozing in his chair. King Frederick imagiued her to be the white lady whose ghost was believed to appear whenever the death of a member of the royal family was to occur, and he was thrown Into a fever and died in.six weeks. Tlie Attraction. Gladstone told Lord ltonald Gowor tlmt once when he visited Koine lie ac cidentally met Maenuluy, who intro duced himself to the statesman. On Macaul&y's telling him that ho took a dally walk iu St. Peter's, Gladstone asked liim what most attracted him in that place. "The temperature," was the answer. CrJtJi'ialiig- F»rtrnit. Walter Dean, Sr., once hired an artist to paint his portrait, with the stipula tion that the picture would not be nc« cepted and paid for unless it looked like himself. When the portrait was completed, It was sent to Mr. Dean, who did not reeoguize himself and ab solutely refused to pay the painter. The painter sued, and Joe Strong, the artist, was called in to give an expert opinion. "You see the portrait of Mr. Dean?" the lawyer asked. "No," Paid Mr. Strong, "1 do not." "There it is," said the lawyer, point ing to the big canvas. "I don't call that a portrait. 1 call that a map of Mr. Dean," said Mr. Strong. Two Kanca nna Two Iteanlt.. A large steamer was onoe wrecked because one of the sailors was named West. The vessel was outward bound from ltutlerdam, and the sailor was on Cork Jnilishina some brasswork. Sud denly the captain called him and told lilni to go below. The second officer OB the bridge heard the captain call out the man's name and thought it was an order to change the course of the vessel to west lie did so, and the result was that the ship ran on to a dangerous shoal. That name cost the owners of the vessel the sinn of $500,000. IHiring the Afghan war of 1S70 a small British detachment gained a vic tory over a large body of the enemy by a mistaken order. A private named Vance, who had distinguished himself by several aets of bravery, was a great favorite with one of the officers, and durin:: a skirmish the officer wanted him to curry a dispatch to the colonel in comman:l of aiu.iiier detachment. The mail was only a few yards away, and he ealied out, "Vance!'' at the top of his voice. Tlie men thought he had given the order "Advance!" and imme diately rushed forward with such dash and spirit that the enemy broke and fled. Mifflsti-nim Force of Tornado.., Much has been said about electricity ns a factor for destriictivcness in the various gyrating storinelouds known as cyclones, dreclioes and tornadoes. In all of this voluminous mass of so ealied seientillc opinions aud deduc tions one fact seems to have been en tirely overlooked—viz, the almost re sistless force of wind when moving with high velocity. When the veloc ity is but fifty miles an hour, the pres sure of air in motion is equal to twelve pounds to the square foot, and wheD this velocity rises to a hundred miles per hour its force rises to the equivalent of J'J.2 pounds to the square foot, the Augmentation of force being always proportional to the square of the ve locity. It needs no further elaboration or amplification of this statement to con vey to the intelligent reader an idea of the monstrous mechanical force which such a rapid traveling mass of air 111 lis! have, a power groat enough to tear down any structure that has yet been built by man or to uproot whole forests of the largest trees now growing on the surface of the earth. Xot:r'i»is the Goa. One of the odd things the visitor to nurtna will notice is the large number of bells about tlio pagodas. These bells are usually hung on sacred posts a few feet above the ground. They are Kweet (oned, as ail Burmese bells are, but they are not furnished with tongues. The worshiper who comes to pray before the pagoda strikes one of these bells with a w6od en mallet. This Is to attract the atten tion of the god. Sister Sue—In my new play, Mr. Dan iels. the hero and the villain are to tight a duel. Daniels—And who will get the worst of it? Brother Tom—The audience.—New 1'ork Times. Entirely Different. "It's all very well before a girl's married for her to get a tiower in her hair." remarked the observer of events and things, "hut it'n an entirciv differ ent matter If. after she's married- she gets tier hair in the llonr." If a uiau asks you a question von ean't answer, make your answer so long anil shadowy that he will be glad to forget Ills questiou.—Atchison Globe IJetter lose your argument than your friend.—l!8m'8 Horn. Bronchitis tor Twenty Years. Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, IU., writes: "I had bronchitis for twenty years and never got relief until I used Foley's Honey and Tar which Is sure cure." Sold by Denton & Ward. An industrial and agricultural school for colored youths of Maryland opened last mouth near Laurel, in that state. No False Claims. The proprietors of Foley's Honey and Tar do not advertise this as a "sure cure for consumption." They do not claim it will cure this dreBd complaint in ad vanced cases, but do positively assert that it will cure in the earlier staces and never fails to give comfort and re lief in the worst cases. Foley's Honey and Tar is without doubt the greatest throat and lung remedy.. Refuse sub stitutes. Sold by Denton & Ward. A recent report shows that 2,5B0 Christians were murdered in 1001 by the Turks. In only 01 cases were the murderers punished, and then with not more thau four yeare' imprisonment. A. It. Hase, of MorganBtown, Ind., had to get up ten or twelve times in the night and had severe backache and painB in tbe kidneys. Was cured by Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Deuton & Ward. In France it is Illegal to catch frogs at night. 1 olay's Kidney Cute purifies tbe blood by straining out impurities and tones up the whole system. Cures kidney and bladder troubles. Sold by Denton & Ward. The records left by the Phoeneclans, Assyrians aud ancient Persians show that among all thote nations the use of perfumes was very common. Treat your Kidnoys lor .Rheumatism. When you are suffering from rheu matism, the kidneys muBt be attended to at once so that they will eliminate the uric acid from the blood, Foley's Kidney Cure is the most effective rem edy for this purpose. R. T. Hopkins, of Polar, Wis., says, "After unsuccess fully doctoring three years for rheuma tism with the best doctors, I tried Fo ley's Kidney Cure and it cured me. 1 cannot speak too highly of this great medicine." Sold by Denton & Ward. A melon patch in a cornfield will sometimes neutralize the work of the local Sunday school. Sound kidneys are safeguards of life. Make the kidneyB healthy with Foley's Kidney cure Sold by Denton & Ward. Meat originally meant Bny kind of food. When other medicines have failed Take Foley's Kidney Cure. It ha* cured when everything else has Sold by Denton & Ward, iJi Improvement of Corn "Uncle Henry" Wanace,lg devoting a good deal of space in his paper Wal laces' Farmer to tbe improvement of Iowa Corn. He calls attention to the fact that while the Iowa Farmer has been improving his live stock for twen ty years and more he haB given very little attention to the great Iowa crop, corn. Among the many articles which have appeared in Wallace's Farmer on this subject has been a series by Prof, sbamel, of llllnolB, the corn expert, ana these are illustrated by a number of photographs showing different va rieties of corn, perfect and imperfect ears, the most profitable to raise, etc. The average Jowa farmer thinks he knows as much about corn as anybody does but we miss outguess if he can not learn a lot from these articles in allaces' Farmer. In this connection we wish to that Wallaces' Farmer Is one of the best agricultural papers that comes to this office. It is handsomely printed on paper of fine quality, filled with at tractive illustrations, and in addition to its regular features, Its editorials by Unci® Henry," its departments of Dairying, Horticulture, the Hog and I oultry, Its Home Department, for the women contains full reports of the leading fairs, live stock shows, and sales, agricultural meetings, etc. It is published weekly at Des Moines, Iowa' at 81.00 a year, alt subscriptions pay able in advance and the paper stops when the time is out We can Bend Wallaces' Farmer and the Democrat both one year for only 8.25 and yon get one of our nice premiums. Apply at the Democrat oflice. •):, Vacation Says. Vacation time Is here and the cbil dren ate fairly living out of doors, Thfc»e could be no healthier place for them. You need only to guanl against the accidents Incidental to most open J'fsports. No remedy equals De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve for quickly stopping pain or removing danger of serious con sequences. For cuts, scalds and wounds, "I used DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve for sores, cuts and bruises," says L. B, Johnson, Swift, Tex. "It is the b«Bt remedy on the market." Sure cure for piles and skin diseases. Beware of counterfeits.—Smith Bros. The newest lighthouse on the French coast shows a beam visible at a dis tance of 39 nautical miles in clear weather, it Is situated on the Isle Vierge, off the French coaBt, to the northeast of CsbBnt, tbe lantern being 244 feet above sea level. Much Beading for Little Money. The New York World has got the coBt of printing down to a minimum. Its latest offer of its monthly newspa per-magazine is interesting if from no other cause than it shows the acme of "how much for how little." The Month ly World Is a 32 pBge magazine with colored cover. Its pageB are about the size of the pages of tbe Ladies Home Journal, and it is copiously illustrated in half-tone. The illustrations are the results of the beBt artistic skill, aided by all the latest printing-press appli ances, making a magazine unrivalled In the quality of its contents and its ap pearances. Each issue contains stories of romance, love, adventure, travel stories of fiction and fact stories of things quaint and curious, gathered to gether from all over the world the re sults of scientific research, and editor ial reviews. It numbers among its contributors the leading literary men and women of the day. A feature each month is a fall-page portrait of the.most famed man or woman of the moment in tbe public eye. In collect ing and preparing for publication the literary matter and art sabjects for the Monthly World no expense is spared. The New York World will send six numbers of this newspaper-magazine on receipt of fifteen cents in stamps. Address The World, Pulitzer Building, New York. Poisoning the System. nis through the bowels that'the body is cleansed of impurities. Consti pation keeps these poisons In tbe sys tem, causing headache, dullness and melancholia at first, then unsightly eruptions and finally serious illness un l6?.8., V6?6?* ls aPP"®d' fefeSste DeWltt's Little Early Risers prevent this trou ble by stimulating the liver and pro mote easy, healthy action of tbe bowels These little pills dc but by bI tbem to gripe or !o not act violently A Little Book of Great Importance. Do you ever wish for a book that can be relied upon to answer correctly all tbe little questions and knotty problems tbat present themselves day by day—a book that will quickly decide all argu ments on all subjects? The 1902 World Almanac and Encyclopedia, which is now ready, is exactly this kind of book. It takes the same position in the world of facts and figures as does the diction ary in the world of words, This little volume contains over 600 pages of well printed agate type, every line containing some fact that you will sooner or later want to look up. Tbe World Almianac Bhould occupy a prominent place in every progressive American household. The 1902 edition is more complete than any of tbe former ones. It contains facts on many sub jects tbat have recently been brought to the public notice and which every up to-date person should have at his lin gers ends. Among the features of the 1902 Al manac are: The millionaires of the United States, a list giving the names of nearly 4,000 Americans who possess over $1,000,000. The great American trusts full particu lars of 163 leading industrial organlza tins. Organized labor enlarged sta tistics of the strength of labor unions and tbe present condition of the labor movement. The Nicaragua Canal and the Hay-Pauncefote treaties with Great Britain. Progress of aerial navigation in 1901. Complete United States census. Anarchist statistics ot the United States and Europe, etc., to the extent of over 1,000 topics. Tbe 1902 World Almanac and Ency clopedia is on sale by all newsdealers throughout the country for 85 cents. When ordered by mail 10c extra for postage must be inolosed to the World, BO YEAR8' EXPERIENCE PATENTS TRADE MARKS ONIONS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description may quickly asoertaln our opinion free whether an uoTfflnotR|SSSS!ftMffi^0 ?auffiS 3i3a5BeSBE«=" Scientific American. Ahandsoraely Illustrated weekly, tamest olr. eolation ot any selentiDo loarnal. Terms. $3 a joy months^lL Sold by all newsdealers. M. F.LEBOY Prem. H. A. GRANGER Cashier E. G. BKSNBR, Aast. Cashier A. H. BL&KE. Mt. V. President. «& H.<p></p>First 0. HAEBERLE, 2nd.<p></p>National 1 V. President, g- BANK, MANOHESTER. IOWA. CAPITAL. $50,000 General Banking Business Interest Paid on Time Trana*oted* SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES FOB RENT. B. B. Boblnsoni B. K, OUT, H. A. Qj H. A. TC Li I« Hoyt, cc iLjLjonftran, U. F. LflBoy. X. Beehler, A.H.Blike, 'OaaMgfierQasj jjjbxtegi.HaebtrleO.H. FlrotNfttional Bank. Dubuque, low*. Central National Bank New York citv. Commerolal National Bank. Ohloaeo, IMI, .R. W. TIRRILL Is Loaning iloney as chead as any person or Corpora tion. Compound VaDorand Sham poo Baths. Baths 6tf Most all die eases are caused by poisonous sec rations, which clog the wheels of NATURE. Vapor and Shampoo. n}®*'ria1' The name and the symptoms may be different but the cause of disease can us ually be traced to the imperlect action ot the millions of pores of the human body. A bath in accordance with scientifio require ments is the best preventative and remedy known. The methods employ ed by me are the moBt scientifio ever Invented or discoveted tor dispelling disease. Results tell tno storv. Give This is the Conant system of baths. A competent lady attendant in charge of the ladiesdepartment. Office and bath rooms on Franklin street, opposite Globe Hotel. O. D. 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