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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1894.
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DI WORSE CtTEJD~AG HI CULTUIIK.
'TieOarcin fiooduro railroad «oent-
ljr sold tnvenly (boatand pound* of to
bacco, ralacd on It* farm at Cj-olonetn,
to n North Oandtm tobacco factory for
0 1-1 oonRs per pound. H« pride wag
not 1M0b, but as It oont only $35 n/i aero
to ra;*o the tobacco, and flroro 700 to
1,000 pound* per acre were produced,
It may bo said Unit the crop was far
mom profitable than the cotton crop
of any farmer In Oeonf.-*. The not
profit iwaa, pnfeap,, uooottUnn to ifls-
nres cltvfi, $15 on acre, wherrtaa the
acne of cotton which paid for tlie coat
of cultivating (t and of pulUlng the
crop on the morVot la a, very raro*onc
In Ucorgla this year.
TheOtiwjtptpcna have for many year,
been urging upon the furnrera that their
salvation lay indlvcmlfylngitholr crops.
They bare done ao so pemtstently that
farmer* Htvc tnanifeMefl some impn-
tcroo of this ad vice-and Inure frequent
ly shown a disposition to ridicule tho
man who farmed with a pencil Instead
of a hoe. But, neventhhlosH, tho pencil
farmer la right, and the aim with the
hoe has boon wrong. lit la a fact that
In diverallliwlton of crops. In the rais
ing of homo supplies, lies tho opportu
nity of Southern fanment to escape
from tho depressed condition In which
they now Unit themselves. The fact
that, as a clans, they are now batter off,
In the seme .tint their position l» safer,
flnaoolally, than any other class in
tho community. Is duo to their partial
adoption of this theory. When It Is
fully adopted, when cotton becomes
the surplus crop, Soinhom farmers will
be tiro most indcpcralran people In Uio
world. They ought to l>o the most lu-
drpmdcnt. Tliey tom not, perhaps,
the richest hind*, hot they ha ve a cli
mate that enable* 'Aim to produce prac
tically orcryiiruvs lhat Is needed on
their farm*. They can lire at home,
whereas the farmers of other regions
cannot do no. Ami tho production of
tho things nocKWiry to enable thorn to
lire at homo need not exhaust all their
energies or take up oil Uhctlr time.
With (klIttlltaiaafMHt, with tfie ex-
erriao of tho good common sense with
which so many of them are endowed, it
is possible to leave over a mtirgln of
lime and renounces, after homo require
ments are provided for, In which to
produce a cotton crop ampio for the
world's need* and to put into every
farmer’s pocket tut least an equal share
of the wo lid's livoraiso ref wealth each
year.
Tho Georgia Soul burn railroad, In Its
elTorts to demonstouto tho capabilities
of 'lira lands along its route, is not only
proving lliat ilicso hunts are well
aiHptod to agricultural purpise*, liut Is
naehlng vahwtblo lessons which the
farmers of tho South should not nttw
to go unlearned.
CU1UBTIMIAS AjMD THE BABIES.
Today ia u day more universally
Iwn.uvd <t»\n any other by the inhab
itants of the civilised world.' It In
Christ’s day.
Its observance <n ono locality tltffera
from its observance In another, and yat
the general Uttorit Is itho same. Every
where is tiirtstandom it ts wganlod us
a liol.duy, and In tlio original sense of
‘■holiday"—ibat la, us a day of holy
memories.
In tho Xottteom states It U more
qulelly cMlohnvtol riwn In the South.
Here are have oaunon ora ok ore mid
emmOR and <Uu horno and goodness
kuows what builds. In addition to tho
&im* Claus stocking. There It Is
ten., an merely ss "childfeu's day" and
:he fixiilh-ofduly feaiures are on*ia«L
Dtffurwtt nation, and ill(Terect snetiona
of dlfftmot natrons observe at each In
1C* owu any, but *11 Obriatuos
do tt honor. It is celcbraint sa the
- k.ng of holidays, because It iwoguises
"ibs coming of the King."
However Obrtsrian poapto muiy disa
gree coooemllng ilia method most ap
propriate for tt* oiebraxion, gag do
not fall to celobrate it. They rocogniao
the fact that it Is an occasion well wor
thy of oelribcatton In such maimer as
nny corswrc w>th tho customs of tho
country (n which tho ceremonies are
hold, and that mere ceremonial In not
Important so tong t* iho OhrisQms
spirit is glvon duo expnmion.
It Ss a beautiful idea of the Christian
vrorld to tuake iho <-hildron ural their
plc«Hiro pronamr. on tho Icrth day of
Christ, lie was a lover of children
aud bis morality wns of to* marata*
nature that men and woman are bom
w.tti. but And K d.ftlouti to mil maun
after rtn-j become men and women.
"Minor lulu children to come usrto
too." To bia pure spirit they were rta\
meet aoreptable of earthly offerings.
Whether men beliovo In. him as s ©Ml
or not, his was tho religion of Idcdnrew;
and Into bis own keeping be took the
souls of "little* children," which have
Id thorn only klndnons.
Lot tills, for the beautiful Savior 1 ,
lake, be "iWHmfs da.y.” Let it be
spent In gladdunlrig Itbvlr life. If they
are especially troublesome at Cbntnmaa
Urae, endure it If they pop llrecrack-
era, permit It os the arilt-heartcd po
pcorn* ar do, Ihoirglr *tfrny deserve rv rep-
rimuml—every guilty naiu at ahem—for
ollowlDBr.holr bumaolty itegetuhe start
of their nvrlctcin duty. Ill they beat
drums, stand It as long us your patience
will bold out; and oven If they blow,
horns, indtAlo genial Fiuakt Stanton
and don't ilotcrfero II you CUn pose.bly
help U.
These babies are bettor Hum you. You
know tt They are not only yocr child
ren, but Christ's children. They have
not only received your tostructlon but
his directly Imparted InstiDots. How,
then, dare you take from them Iho
pleasure of the only day on uhlch they
are supreme.
Their horns ore terrible, but their
right to be oven terrtlAc 1# unimpeach
able. For a limited time, they “are
the people.” To say "bear wilt them as
such" would be a mere wuste of words.
What doth'* .MKkils of oormnero'' shew?
—that those who deny thennelvcs all
the year “turn loose” llrolr Iroardlugs
at Christmas time for she benuht of
their young ones; fbat stinginess has
provou iiself comaneodable when ieatod
in the Cbrlswnas crucible; ahtu parental
|K>vetly pinches itself tu onlev that tire
children may *t lenst be happy for a
day. It is remarkable to observe bow
spirited may Be (he Christens trade
after a long yror of commercial depres-
nlon. Tho babies are responsible.
And their Santa Claus Is tho
most procUms myth on record.
Unlike Mid pagan genii who
came from fairy land, bo oomes
direct from heaven. 4Io Is the
authorized agerit «f tho Lower of IJttlo
Children, end ho who dares pramatnre-
ly to datrroy She evholtBome Illusion by
which ho is rendered tucrcd, takts upon
pis tfioulders e very grieve respon-
slbUfly.
Hurrah foe Citrletoaa ami Santa
and the kind parents and aho hap
py children—for the stocking anil lie
Are-poppers ami even for the infernal
U‘.n of the bollikiy bn fawn !
. rnointr pl'mVishimiost.
The Telegraph yesterday told two ter
rible stories* of enooting affrays In Geor
gia. In Auguwa, « disperato negro, al
ready guilty of the murder of one of
his own race, killed or wounded two
or throe offtoen* who were itnylug to ar
rest him. Ills crime. In resisting arrest
and Shooting men who woro only trying
to do diodr duty, was a tcrriblo one,
but Vt was a crime -not particularly
chncacteristlo of any reice, nor pecu
liarly Hignlflcant of any bail comllilou
in our social organization. Ho might
bare been a white man, for mill to men,
grown desperate In alio commission of
crime, havo been guilty of conduct llko
his.
The other story, that freon Brooks
county, was of quite a different, kind.
If told at the killing of three or four,
possibly seven negroes, by posses or
ntoln of white m«te In revenge for tho
murder of two valuable schlte citizens,
who had been shot by negro rulllans
wttivout provocation, and while ptuce-
ably attending to tilde own business.
The sioto of affnlra is cirtlrdy different
from that at AuguHta. Instead of n
dmper.ile criminal, rcslstlug urn«t be-
eauso conscious dial if arrested ho
would explato a previous crimo on tho
gallon's, we love armed bodies of re-
HiKwtnbhi citizens scatvthing for and
klltng men of sootier race, whom riicy
bellavo guilty of crimes against society,
but particularly against thht part of
soo'.ety mads up of white people. The
affair, therefore, has the feaiturcs of
a race war. In tlio first place, white
men woro killed for no apparent miaon
except Unit tliey wore whlto men. In
the second, the persons guilty of tho
munlera, or suspected of (being guilty,
are 1 sauted <V>wn, not by ottlzens in
geiwna.1, but only by whits citizens,
whose anger ta the grea ter bccauso the
Moll ms wen* white aikl the criminals
black. It la wry «my to roy that mi-
dor any und kU dreuanriiances, good
citizens tunite strictly dwervo tho. law;
amt loavo to die law the task of pun
ishing crime; must rest rain their pas-
gen.*, no matter what tho offense
against Khoin, nnd must do tills in their
own Interest. Thts is not only rosy to
say, hot H Is true. No oaamtMj can
take die punithmeut of crimo in its own
hands safely, except through the en-
foraacaoui lo the regular and orderly-
way of tho laws provtJvtl for the puo-
IShmcat of criminals. iy> do otherwise
I* to go back to a suite of hatbarlsm—
not at once, i<ertu|», buz surely, If such
practices continue. But while this la
true, it Is practically liurosaNo, -where
the poptdatlon Is divided into two races,
to secure tho strict o)M*a'MUK'o of the
law under su>h iproroextlcn as has been
given In Brookx comity, unltia* die eu-
forcomwit of iho hiw Is pot only cer
tain, but prompt. The Idea, of veti-
goince elmcf.1 net otwer Into the pun
ishment of crane. But under the clr-
malNn .which exist In that county.
It la ilKvritelde tiuit tlut ei<ineut ihould
liave a part hi one onforeenwnt ef die
l»w. Wo ill not mean by this that pis-
»!on or pr>dodieo sh.wihl or will afftvt
the d.vreo* of the courts—l<w*cn or In-
cbMse (ho penalties of iho low as It is
enforced—but only flvu die dtsire that
tho law shall bo enforced, dx>< bloody
criminals sbntl be punished, has tu it
an element ot panHon. This fact may
be just as Will recogulxed. U is one
of the roodiucns under which Law*
must be enforced In th's oiuntty. Wo
will aihntt Hist It Is a bad element.
Bat the host way. In our Ju-Igrocnt, to
deprive it of evil influence. Is to so ad
minister the law ifxi-t pereinfl guilty
of 'violent Crimea sbntl Un punished
promptly, so that <ho communlity which
feels Itself outraged tnay see in the law
and in the courts ftBlnmi'-Ji's which
will promptly take rtmgeunco on the
tr;ire<gTt*i-tor. The dUfloultlm In the
way of burryirv up die process of the
courts In criminal rases are very great.
It Is ihe duty of higlSIaitora and tho
courts hi 1>o most careful that the
rights of Hie accused dhotild not be neg
lected—tlnste Shall not reeult In tho
Itunialinitiar of Imnoocnt people; but
thero Is a conviction in tha popular
uilml ih.it the care for the rights of
criminals Is too grea<t; that it results
not only In *tho froquent escape from
punishment oS .men really guilty, but
Injure* a delay In the punishment of
those convicted, which takes from the
law «nut£l of the terror that would re-
strain ovll doers.
HHLLT.VG ABROAD.
One of the groat mining companies
of'South Africa -recently advertised In
France, Belgium, Dngkuul and the
United Btates for bids for a million and
a half dollars’ worth of mining 'ma
chinery. After considering all the bids
made, they awarded tho contract to a
Chicago flron. AYitb'jn the -last month
or two The sale by an Alabama iron
making Arm -to u. Japanese city govern-
inerit of iton thousand tons of water
pipe has bean made, and a contract has
been signed by a Pennsylvania Ann
with the Russian government to fur
nish tan thouriind tons or more of ship
armor. Doubtless these are three of
the largo*; contracts for *ron supplies
that havo been made during recent
monthB In the whole word, and nil of
them come to the United States. But
recently it has been, contended Thai the
Iron works of tho United Stales, oven
the Iron ore mines, would close up If
brought into competition with -those of
foreign countries. Here wo sec refu
tation of This contention In a. form that
compels belief. It is no doubt true
that tt costs more to movo bulky ma-
dilnery nnd Iron water pipes from
Amorlcu n cities ti tun ted far In the Inte
rior, Than H dots To movo similar art!-
dies from 'the Iron works of England,
Scotland. Belgium or Germany. Not
only are i}io points of production In
thoso oouulries nearer to The sea' coast,
but established HteUmcr line* Insure
cbm per freight ratCB Item can be ob-
talnctl by vessels chartered for the spe
cial purpose of conveying goods from
our owu .ports -to South Africa, to Ja
pan or -to Russia. Wo believe It Is
true tlut only to Japan am goods bo
shipped from ithls'counltiy l>y a regular
lino of aUumcm.
If, In spite of This great disadvantage.
It Is true Huut our ntikeu* of ma
chinery, of ship armor nnd of rougher
Iron pipes can make ond deUvorcheai»er
than" their Europcun rivals, and dem
onstrate their ability to do so by enter
ing into contracts involving millions of
dollars, is It not about time to stop tho
talk of American Industrial feebleness,
compared with the strength of Europe?
The possibility of making those con
tracts, of soiling vast quantities of
Ainiflitcm Iron anti steel 1n highly
wrought forms abroad, lias grown out
of tho vault reduction during the lust
two or three y«ura In tho raw material
euioring Into these products. There
lias bean only a slight reduction ot
wages, so far ns we have observed, hut
tho cost of ore to 4he manufacturer, of
tho rougher forms of iron, and of other
crude imuterlal 1n whlch tbo clement of
labor Is snitll, has been reduced to the
lowcHt point known tn our hlstoiy. Nt*v-
erthelas, there Is reason to bcllevo that
at this low point production Is proflta-
ble, and -tho fact having bevn vatab-
llahcil that great quantities of Ameri
can Iron and steel ran be aolil abroad,
the pooplo will bo Intolerant hereafter
of attempts to regulate our tariff laws
on 'the hypothra'.s that our iron and
steel Industry can be preserved from
destruction only by duties That practic
ally oonAsra-to foreign articles uhen
brought Into our ports. Tho prevailing
duprraalou ot biktlucrts bus brought
much distress upon tee country, tut It
will not bo without Its cuuipea*ntious,
If It shall result In ’.nareaslng our for
eign i-rade, and In dcrnoustraiti-ng tint
certain Theories of protcutlon hereto
fore obstiudloly defended a-re entirely
unreisoitxblc.
WITH POPULAR AUTHORS.
Nearly tth the most popukir authors
sei-m to have been drown upon by the
editor Of t-he Ladles’ Home Journal to
Insure tor hi* reader* a pnrucukiriy in-
ten-etlng year during IS'jj. Jerome K.
Jerome, for example, will resume his
role of an "Idle IYltow" for the bene-
Ot of American girls and women In a
series of nrtictesi Bret H.irte will have
a new love story, while Kn k R.
StoaklYvi hss glvsa the Jouni.it not
less than three of hU quaintest tales;
-Mrs. Burt™ Harrison will write on cor
rect deportment and usages of good
society, while Mr*. A. D. T. Whitney
Is -to write to girls on (nafrSSge and
dress; Madame Xordlon aitd Jessie
llsrMett Dfcvla will tkl of the care of
the voice: Mr. Howells will continue
ble nuecessful literary autobiography;
Dr. IMrkhUTst. the famous New York
preacher, will write his series of arti
cle* for women on the questions of tho
day which women ar* thinking about;
U.tw.vnl BoBamy will add s chapter to
his "le>>kWnr BackwardlSugtn*
Field. BH Nye. John Kendrick Bangs
and Robert J. BuidoU'o WUI supply the
hun*»r; Conan Doyt* will give tils views
of 'The l.lterary Side of America";
Frances Hodgron Burnett, ihe kite
Jan* Austin, Julia tMrarnider wet Eltxo
beth Bellamy will supply mwelottea;
Kate <Jcsenaw*y ts To .low her quaint
llttee tot* of «»mm foe the rtrw time
for * m aura line, whits PUlmor CVjx will
supply *ome rs-w "Browntos"; a unique
art lot** on "Mrs. iTtuvkespoans" wrHl
present all that is Vnosrh of Cbske
spears "t* wife; M err tree Dels ml. Stwwh
Oroo Jew-ett and Mr*. Ruvion Harris
will Tlao* "When lardy; When Wo
man"—wTu-n TTw*.. teems should b*
used: E. S. Martin Is going to tell
'•Wiser* Was ihe Gordon of Eden?":
Regbsafld de Koven has given his new
sung, whale (xher hwmous composer*
will also be represented by songs,
marches and waltzes. And tu this rep-
resentaitlv* manner, The Ladles* Horae
Journal will really cower every inter
esting ptuise of contemporary life—es-
liecinlly max of woman. Tho magazine
wfll indeed be worth having during
the new year.
A ©ELIHTFtJL MELTING.
"Fancy mo .Ting you Vwrr, rlour’."
"It's qutte too de'ighttut, isn't 11?"
They klwed one aaicTju*- raduroja-
ty—a short pink on t»lh cheeks. I
bad taken Uc*wn -he younw lady In
the *whM« gown at a dajice eupoer.
anil I k.n>tw she was from Chicago. I
suMl ?» vrind her in to* corner when
Cti young lady In a Mue gown
stopped (bock s. pace or two aril said
In (ones o fasiontthmerit:
1 Miry, you’ve got tm your wvddlng
gown!’
“Yes: I only wore kt twice, yon
know, and nobody knows K here. I
had new sinew put In and—"
Here her eyea rented ora me. awl my
face crruBt have expressed the fact
that I had bon addressing her for
thro la.-t; half bour - as a-n unmarried
"Perhaps 1 had better get you—er—
an too or oancthlng" I ventured mis
erably. Trying towriggle around a
palm. Bat she turned to her friend
brnghtiy and remarked, without tho
Hll,~?i>*.*t embarruasmom:
‘So pesfectly ridiculous; Isn’t ft? But
Mrs.. Blank (toe hereto®) didn’t think
It nnoesskiry tl> toil any of the men
tih’il I twd Taken my maiden namo
after getting a divorce. I was married
Iasi Febrtnoy, you know, nnd di
vorced tn September at Spihngflebl.
Thai’s betw I Wappm «o be wearing
my wrabunt gerwn.’
I haven’t got over Ot yeft.—New
York Preen.
STEVENSON IN SAMOA.
A Visit to the Unique Home of the
Novelist tn Apia.
On my wny south from Honolulu to
New Zetland In 1802, I stopped over
for (two rvveeks to ted Navigator’s Is
lands, or Sunoi, as too ground Is Dow
generally culled. The Aret object of
my stay was to visit Mr, Stevenson,
whom I baa mat in Atmortcu und had
had some rarrrapondenco with him,
and toe second to moko a <trip to tho
lily of IVogo-tPango, to the Island of
Tdlulib. which hud boon ceded as a
coaling Hla.tlon .to toe United States.
■The batfbor of Apia, the capital ot the
Cbaotio klujjcbom of Samoa, 1ns been
compared to tlialt of Nuples. butt ns they
have n-y-.bing in common but Shore nnd
water, I could see .no ground for com.-
partson, though both are imonilorftilly
beautiful In a different ray. Our,
Stramer bad (hardly coma to ondior
wbca a nervous man, mltit rotldlsh
board nnd wearing a mfiltc helmet,
came on boanl. und I mus introduced
to him. iHo was Mr. Haggard, Rider
Haggard’s (brother, and the EngUrih
commissioner who, wlllf ropre.s'vitn-
tives from the United Btatcs nnd Ger
many, -wus Htrtitdttcnlng out the land
totalroa of forelguera on the IslaralH.
“Wtiere is 'Mr. Stewonson’i* place?”
was about the AWT question I pit to
Mr. Hagaird.
Pointing to a conical peak of Pula
Mountain, wh'.eth dotnlnalra too l-antl-
smpo, he called tny nlteoflon to a long
silver ribbon sntdsray up Who emerald
volcanic slope. 'Thai is a waterfall,”
said Mr. Haggard, ‘tend tho blue smoko
ptliar, rising over It, marte too alto of
Stiyonson’sTiouse. lit Is ahenlt two nnd
n bulf Tittles tip from Apia by a wretch
ed road, I nit toe view, ami, above an,
the hospitality tte.it aiwntts you will re-
ptv the trip—ell! toe way from Now
York.”
I found everything na Mr. Haggard
naltl, but tt struck mo alt the tlmo ns
not a Untie strange Hiatt away tlown
Iher-e In a lonely cluster of islands In
tlio Southern Puciflc I should And toe
brother of ono of too anoret suoceaiful
writers of Action, and tho home of the
most virile writer of Engl Mi of the
prremt day.
Before going nahore with Mr. Hag
gard I was told tout Mr. Stevenson
led a. very quiet life up the Rvla moun
tain*, so quiet, indeed, «tea>t he rarely
come down to ApMv u®d that even the
arrival of the monthly streamer from
America To Australia did not bring him
down from the solitude of his lovely
home by tihe waterfall far up tho
mountain side.
Learning this, I did not expect, to
se Mr. tevenson nt toe landing, for
though ho knew I was coming, I
thought of toe precarious mate of his
heath. Great, therefore, wus my sur
prise when toe native rowers puttied
In besMo a Hole pier, toho.vradcep,
manly voice, with n decided Doric
burr, calling out my name and shout
ing wto boyWh heartiness:
"Welcome, old boy, to Mpola. —
Mpola Is toe name of the Island upon
which Aptoi (a situated.
I looked -up and onw a lean, -bronzed
man. cltul In obits, with An* gray, eyes
ami total straight features, bending
over me with extended hands. He
helped m« up omd so great wns ihe
change for toe bettor a -two-years’ stay
had made, that I Should not hove
known him bu-, for hi» eyes nnd role*.
tHo looked to be so writ ttvat 1 didn’t
oven ask about his hc-a-tlh. The bright
grav eyes, the strong efasp of toe hand,
toe "hearty, generous, boyish ways, toe
nlcrt movements its -he took my tirm,
for an Old war wound makes me la-ne,
itll bespoke a man In the prime of life,
full <« teope, full of quin: vigor and
with a generation of happiness and
usefulness before him.
I doubt If tn riU toe world there
was or ts * more ntque borne Than
siat which Mr. Stevenson built far
himself by toe beautiful waterfall and
1 *00 feet up toe Pala monntnln. In
the one-story frame structure, lo toe
shadow of the palms, and presided
over by a woman womanly, rhe worthy
wife of ouch a nvan. I was not s little
surprised to' Ami >a weK-fllted library
sn.l massive pieces of furniture, to*?
h«l been brought from toe old world,
and far the purpose ot keeping the
older world auf(sstltlOy *n toe mind
of the nn who was never fa pee It
riratn '•'t who -,1 *o su'ldenly and
ro completely hrought himself into har
monious SMCHtta with rills newest
of lards i.nd Its dsrk-i-yed, genie »n*l
affectionate Inhabitants.
The ..lAT!om.ina need to say. they
change'thelt nvI.s but not tlielr hearts,
who costs to- sre." I found Mr Ste
venson lnlensely ltrterested In nil that
was going on In the building world
which m-fa'iltii had feted him to leave.
But his Intense sympathies f-irbuman-
Ry found *t flttlnr ASM In the troubles
of toe Bamouu.w'bom he loq-ed and *tb >
lovrel him with n specie* of Idolatry.
He wnmed teacher* and serth*** preach
er* to home to Circs* people, snd he
wanted toutisnd, Germany and Amerl-
ca to withdraw, for ns he eald in his
serious way. "the oomtnR of the white
man has so far been :i curve to these
simp! *, gtnerous people; let us send
them whtte men who will prove a blcss-
* U f found Mr. Stevenson rather rtieTp-
pointed tfi.it hi* South Sea letters had
failed ft the United State* nnd Eng
land -’But," b' said, “when I planned
to write those letter* I ms ooTiMsIy
Ignorant of the land rate) which I was
comln*.**
Sitting b>* the waterfall tlic follonvin>c
dny he t**M nv» of his p*3-c». His health
«sii comin* hack. He *‘crew stronger
e>*er>* ri-ty,” hi** own word*, and
the -work laid out meant two decades
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S, Gov't Report
_ Powder
Absolutely pure
instead of tsro yearn. Ho was 0 Hopub-
UoiO at heart and wan very fond Of
America. **No doubt*’ 1 he wid with ft
dry smile, “ktNcstuae you Tanks Jkive
the bad uu*e to like me. W*hen. I am
quite atronjj again, «• I am ?un> I
be in a year or two, I shall return liomo
for a vnhUe, and then make my home
in 0cni4w.ro CaUfomla, which won my
heart aa a young man."
When I left fbr New Zealand he saw
me off, and tils ku*t WY^rds were, “you
hhalt find mo to New York before you
know it. Laps to friends. God bless
jvu, old bojrf. and ho stood waving his
hat as the boat pulled away, and his
eyes were ®o bright and his figure so
sinewy lhat II was euro he had found
The health came for and that we
should m.?ot again. •
Rosert Louis Stevecson died of a dis
ease, apoplexy, of which he e ho wed
not tho slightest trace, nor did his hab-
ifs induce it. He is burled on the Pala
mounuin. and It should rwnalni his
monument forever. I am in no mood
to speak of my fricsnd'a character. I
loved him, as did all who knew him,
and I believe his name will last as tong
ns tho noble moiratnin on which lie
sl.-ps. -.V.fud it. Calhoun, in New
York Advertiser.
FLOWERS AiT FUNERALS.
RATTLESNAKES AND SCORPIONS.
A Good Place to Find Botli Was in the
Beaver River Rejgkm to.Utah.
“Mhny years ago, while stationed at
a poet on »tho Beaver rtver In Utalh.”
said an army offloer the other day. *1
had an experience with rattlesnakes
and scorpions, two things dreaded ro
much by cnan, that was so i&rtlli'nK
tma»t tt will be dltlk-uit to make people
accept it as true. YMt it Is true, and as
I look back upon the Inciden ts of those
few weeks in camp I cannot understand
how either my men or myaeEf had Che
courage *U> a-emafln In Che place. WitfiUo
tiwo miles af iha post was a mounta'jn
over which It was nccossary to have a
road built In order to facilitate travel
between our own post and a town some
mlks dtsMamt. When such work was
required I was always given charge of
"So I received orders to command a
detiOhimmt of sixty men who were de
tailed «to ibiUd this road a4ong the
mountain sides. We had heard many
wild stories about -the deadly scorpions
and rafcHesnakes 'that infested the re
gion In which we were ito work, but had
put them down as exaggerated "make
stories." But whon we arrievd on ihe
econo we found that the tallest snake
story was outdone by tffe foots. We
found t'hat the entire mountain side
seemed to be one (large rattlesnake meet
and for variety thousands of scorpion*
were thrown to. We selected Hhe posi
tion for our camp In the most deslralbte
situation, and hoped that the presence
of so many men and homes would soon
drive uhe deadly things into the wilds
of The mountains. But .they did not
seam to tic disturbed by our presence,
and mudfe nightly vlststs to us. Were
we afraid? Well, there was some fear
among the men, especially after three
of the privates had died from ihte ef
fects of bites.
"But after (this incident was erased
tram tfo&r memories they took things
as a matter of course, wenit about th'rir
work, killing buy scorpion or rattle
snake -that might make Its appearance,
but otherwise not toeing much put out
by their preoence. I experienced the
greatest fear ait night My sleep was
interrupted a* roulhr intervals by
strangle sounds, the cause of which I
retullly discovered.
Thu canvas of my tent seemed to am
plify sound so that tho scorpions crawling
upon the walls of my tent made a noise
which, if not loud, wus startling enough
to awaken me. I alwhys slept with a
lighted candle and an army fork on the
table by the side of the bunk. You will
agree with me that tho only scorpion tn
my tent which was not to bo feared was
a dead scorpion. I found that the easiest
way to kill them was to Jab them with a
fork, then toast them over the candle
flame. The, least number of times I wus
awakened during my detail there was four
or flve times during the night I became
an expert at killing scorpions, nnd ns I
always fastened the victim to .the‘wall
of 'my tent with a pin, I soon hail It very
uniquely decorated.
"Rattlesnakes were Just as plentiful as
scorpions. To And two or three sporting
about yourl tent at night waseno amuse
ment, as you may Judge. I had one man
In my company by the name of Cassidy;
Ho was a devil-may-care sort of fellow,
feared nothing, and was never happy out
of adventure. He amused himself about
cump by catching rattlesnakes In a clever
manner back of the head, then extracting
their fangs and letting them go.
"A professor of an Eastern college vis
it.--i thf ramp, and. Inuring of rattle-
snakes being so numerous, ho asked ino
If I could not get one my men to get him
two or three young ones, as he wanted to
us& thorn for some scientific purpose. I
knew of no one better fitted for the work
than Cassidy, and as he seemed to take
a delight in It, I told him to And three
young snakes for tho professor, <who was
stopping at the post. Ithought nothing
more of the matter. Several nights after
this I was lying tn my bunk sleeping
when I was suddenly arused from my
dreams by an unearthly rattle and some
thing heavy being thrown upon me. I
opened my eyes to And three rattlesnakes
making all sorts of evolutions over my
blanket and saw the flaps fall ns a voice
said: ‘Here captain, are your snakes.*
I didn't wait to take a nextra snoose, but.
Jumping out of bod, made after the fel
low, who was Cassidy, and I am sure if
I had caught him he would have nursed
some broken bones or bruises. But be
escaped, and after thinking over the In
cident my anger left me. 1 knew Cassidy
thought no more of a rattlesnake than I
would of an angleworm. He had taken
the fangs from those he had thrown upon
my bunk when he captured them, and,
without thinking of the fright he would
cause, had pitched them In to me In what
u is t.i him r\ irt-rft I'tiy liat’ir.d nminor.
He came nround in the morning to ex
plain and apologize, but it was weeks be
fore my nerves regained their repose.—
Pittsburg Dispatch.
ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
Professor Itottertoy—Have you ever
devoted any study -to the new wo
man, Mr. Ccogan?" Grogan—Ol have
not. The ould woman is enough to
keep me busy etudyln*, sure .—Indian
apolis Journal.
"Do you expect to get anything In
your stocking for Chrlstmao?" asked
fi facffOaat congressman of a. colleague,
"No," was the reply: 'Vnot in my stock
ing. I get everything in *6he neck now-
I adays.'.’—^Washington Star.
| "It la almost as good as the theatre,"
saM the young woman who was watch
ing the proceodincH from «bo tooutwitaof
! representatives gallery. "Yes." was the
j reply; '^but some of these farewell ap
pearances aren't of the Paul descrip
tion by a long ^hot."—Washington
Post.
At the seseVm of rtie school for non
commissioned officers of one of the
cnrpin'es stationed at Fort Wayne the
followln gquestlon was a*ked of Bergt.
: "What is strategy? Give me an
instance o? it.'* After Ftudylnu frur a
moment or two the sergeant gave the
reply: "When tn battle and you are
out of ammunition and don't want the
enemy ito know tt.lt is «md strategy to
keep rlg?K on firirur." The rrvptsln gave
tho scOiocC a vacation till the first 'Mon
day in January.—Detroit FTee Press.
The Dttsptoy at tlib Services Over the
Ootnpfce life Paris.
Ait Che funeral otf the CompF-te de
Ruts, tbs Pipletndid floral emblecrus. of
•htch • tlhfere were ov<*r nlxJLy, wvre, by
order of fci/is widow, photographed and
than takfetfi to Weybiiilge, where they
wene put in the niausDl* urn. The
beaiuitiful wreath eent by the officers
of ahe American army measured
twtuQffwAve fleet itn circumference anil
cun.uinad more than three thousand
aiUfiuiad roses.
What to do with rthe great quantity
of flowers and. emblems than etai oc-
oonupdirxy mWny flunk-rads, nouwililh-
standing the flrioqumcy of Ihe ‘kindly
ombl flaw»ns" noiilce, ib ufreti a ques
tion to the family of the deceased.
Rocervtly a man .prcnmiineinit in a public
way died, atud the house wus oi)uno»sl
batfeged on the day of •Uhe funeral by
mossen'gem oonytoig Vhdr burdeoa cA
flowers. When the cortege wooded ilia
w’ay to hhe cemetery sev’eral cami'dges
wvre r<Jed ihlgii with pk»cr«, ci*fmr t'ne
casket had bean UtaraLLy covered wti'Jh
l’os^y flaw era. 'AH were placed on anid
aboult the grave and iheiio left, which
is the usuafl course. A better use
ivouhl w&evn 'to (break apart the splen
did masses of roses and scatter them
among tBDa slok and poor. In the chec
referred <0, such a course would h!ave
been (pooidiaiUy apipropriate, as the
dtjad man was one who never burned
a deaf ear do thle suffering and whoss
charities can never half be .told.—Now
York Times.
A CHRISTMAS LYRIC.
Sweetheart, I send my greeting
Across the world of snow,
Love's tender pledge to break the edge
Of winter winds that blow;
The one word still repeating—
The word I dared to say
When all the hours were sweet with flow
ers
And melody and May.
In these December ashes
That fill the valley’s urn,
Now sleeps the fire of spring’s deslri
Which yet shall wake and bum;
And when once more it flashes
And lights with buds the vine.
Shall you be here with love to cheer v
And light thl9 life of mine?
Across the frosty isthmus
Of winter, white with drifts.
Love, like a bird, flies with a word.
To you who holds his glftB;
Oh, at the dawn of Christmas,
When he returns to me.
Bid him sing of such a spring,
And you his song shall be!
—Frank Dempster Sherman.
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