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VOL. I. HYMN BEFORE ACTION. The earth is full of anger, The seas are dark with wrath; The nations in their harness Go up against our path! Ere yet we loose the legions— Ere yet we draw the blade, Jehovah of the Thunders, Lord God of Battles aid! ■ From panic, pride and terror, Light Revenge that and knows no rein— haste lawless error, Protect us yet again, Cloak thou our undeserving, Make firm the shuddering breath, In silence and deserving To taste thy lesser death! E'en now their vanguard gathers, E'en now we face the fray. As thou didst help our today! fathers, Help thou signs our host Fulfilled of and wonders, Jehovah In life, in death Thunders. made clear— of the ‘ Lord God of Battles hear! —Rudyard Kipling. ItZig ,, , : “A . Reporter n , , s Boy. n it i • ° 1 * C Some of the best reporters cannot write a sentence correctly. They are not expected to do so. It is their business,to collect facts, which they relate to others who put them in form as a“news story.” Something is lost, of course, by this method of second-hand telling,for the writer cannot reproduce a scene from imagination so well as he could if he had seen it, but the assistants, or “re¬ porter’s boys,” as they are called, are not sent out alone on any incident that promises much importance. Their work is the small news of the day, which is intended only for short para¬ graphs. That their results are often interesting enough.for long accounts is due, in part, to accident; in part, however, to the industry and the un¬ derstanding developed by long train¬ ing of native intelligence. Isaac Hofstein, or Itzig, as he was called for short, was such an assistant. He was a child of the East Side tene- ments, and his work, at police head¬ quarters, was chiefly among the Jews of the New York Ghetto. Shrewd and accurate, he was always to be trusted to fetch all the facts and to state them correctly. None of the other boys could “beat” him, and none was so accurate as Itzig, who never failed to get names and addresses, and never get them wrong. This devotiou to completeness and accuracy made his accounts sometimes a bore, for he brought in details that were of no use, but it was an invalu¬ able trait, of course, and very rare, except among first-rate men 'of all sorts. His work was libel-proof, and no other paper could go over his inves¬ tigation and add new particulars to his story. When he came back he was done; and he would sit down with his notes and tell all about the fire, acci¬ dent or crime, with swift ease and un¬ hesitating assurance. One day, however, there was au ex¬ ception. He had been to a fire. To cover so commonplace an incident was child’s play for him, and something he liked, because he rejoiced in descrip¬ tion and the heroic. It was a never- failing pleasure to him to discover and celebrate a bold rescue by a police¬ man, a fireman or a neighbor. “Say, it was great!” he used to say, when he came to tell about such a deed. “William J. McGlorv, number four truck, twenty-eight years old, No. 17 Cannon street, he—” then, lay¬ ing down his notes, Itzig would repro¬ duce with gestures, grimaces and lan¬ guage, often slangy, a vivid picture. The picturesque details were always as complete as the names, initials, addresses, etc. But on this day, while several repor¬ ters were waiting for his fire story, he ■was shufiling and hesitating over a fire. His sense of “the great” was evidently struggling with some other feeling or observation, and it was im¬ possible to make out what was the matter. “It wasn’t much, only a two-alarm fire, and it didn’t do no damage to speak of,” he said. “’Twasn’t in a good neighborhood, either—just a tenement house, No. 16 Essex street, five-story, red brick, full of families with kids, kids by the hundreds, eighty-seven. But you see there was a panic and a—somebody had to— you know how it is when ‘the geese’— the East Side Jews —get a scare trun into ’em! Just describe top-floor families out &y way of the roof to the next house, third and fourth cooped up in halls, some of ’em rushing to the fire-escapes, others too askeered to move, just shriekin’ and.'rending their garments,’ as the Bible says. THE TRIBUNE. “Don’t Give TTr> tlio SHip.” BUCHANAN, GA.. FRIDAY, AUGUST 5. 1898. “Across the street,” lie hurried ou. “the other ‘Motzes’ ” another slang word for East Side Jews—“out *on fire-escapes, with their hands and faces raised to the sky, crying, ‘Ei wei, ei wei!’ You know how it is. You can describe it an’ I’ll give you the names. But the firemen were late, on account of no one knowing bow to ring in an alarm. Samuel Bernstein, forty-two years old, No. 1G Essex,next door to the fire, tried it first, then—” “Oh, come to the point!” I inter¬ rupted. i ( What about it?” . . Well, there was a fire rescue. It wasn’t very hard, either. You see—” “Give us the name of the rescurer, while you’re about it. “Oh, it was just a fellow passing by ran in and saved some people, mostly children.” “Didn’t you get his name?” “I got the names of them he saved, which was the most important.” “Well, go ou.” “The fire,” resumed Itzig, “started “ the basement, sboeniaker shop, , Abram Roswinky, thirty-six years old, married, three kids, oldest four—do you want names and ages?” “If they did or suffered anything.” “No, they got out easy by the rear window, through the area to No. *22 back. But the flames were just climb¬ ing up the stairways. Escape by the front door was cut off when I got there. I—I happened to be over that way on a suicide and heard the wails, you know. Somebody had to help, or we’d had a big story with a dozen roasted to death. Put in, ‘Scared, white faced looked out of the windows each second, then disappearing back in the smoke. ’ It was tough, I tell you. There was a way to get to the third story by the next house. You could climb from one fire-escape to the other and get in the window. Inside, the flames was cutting the floor in half. A man and woman and two children in the front room were passed out by the way the man came. Their names were—” “Keep them till afterwards.” “The thing to do was get' to the rear rfldms, where there was more of ’em. The man—the fellow that had come up to save the whole crew—had to get down and crawl along the floor under the flames, and they licked his back hair off and set his coat on fire. But he got there. And he found two men, three women and five kids huddled in one corner,one woman and two babies unconscious from smoke. The others were getting air by breath¬ ing low down on the floor. “The men had to be made to go down the rear fire-escape with the women and jump. This took time, and the flames burst out of the rear, cutting off that way out. So there was the five kids. I—I think the man said that he grabbed two and was going to throw them out to the old people, but they had run away. So he had to go front. “He started to run for it; but he was set fire to and had to lie down and roll the flames out and'crawl again. The firemen had-come, and they caught the kids all right. The firemen wiio caught ’em was Jerry Sullivan, Truck Eleven,the first there, and—” “Give us that later.” “The fellow inside sneaked back the same way and got two more. The firemen had a ladder up to take the children. One was left. As he went back for that he seen the game was up. He had to shake his coat, which was burned, so he whacked it against a 1 wall till it was out, and wrapped the lp.st kid in it. “Then came the fun. The flames covered the back of the house and coming in the window. House full of smoke, - floors- hot, hallways ablaze, solid, you know, ‘hemmed in by tire, babe in arms’—that’s the feature of the story! The stairways fell, the hall floor curved, the whole building shook. The fellow thought of a lot of things, but they didn’t have anything to do with getting out of that hole. There was au awful crash, and he just sank in a heap.” Itizg wiped his face. The perspira¬ tion that had started to it dampened his handkerchief. “The next thing that man knew, he was in a drug-store, No. 28 Essex,and the fire was out.” '“But did he escape?” asked one of the reporters. “Didn’t he go down with the walls when the crash came?” ( l No, that part of the house didn’t fall, and you see, the firemen knew him. When he didn’t show up they crossed the air-well from next door, got through a window and battered down the door to the room where he was, “They found him asleep and—a feature of the story is they couldn’t get the kid out of his arms to save the two separately. They had to carry them out together.” The reporters laughed at Itzig. “What’s the hero’s name?" asked one. “Oh,he wasn’t a hero. He wouldn’t have dono it if he hadn't started to, being there first. Besides, he didn’t save the last child, you see, but had to be rescued himself.” “Did you interview him?” queried Chapman, who was writing the story. “No, not much; he wasn’t able to talk.” “Not even to tell his name?” “He didn’t want to,” said Itzig. “But the firemen, you said, knew him.” “Yes—not very well—only his first name.” “What was that?” “I—well, I didn’t think to ask.” “Didn’t think to ask! Didn’t think to get the most important point in the whole story! Are you losing your mind?” cried Chapman,in amaze¬ ment. But one of the other men was of quicker perception. “Was his name Isaac?” he asked. Itzig flushed. “Itzig,” said a reporter who had gone behind him, “your hair is all burned off and your neck is blistered. “Yes, and you’ve got on your Sun¬ day coat,” cried auother. “Oh, get out!” said Itzig. “It’s so disgusting when you reporters go sticking your noses into other people’s affairs!” STATURE OF AMERICANS. Surgeon in the United States Army Says the Average Is 67 Inches. In a paper read by Maj. Henry S. Kilbourne, surgeon of the United States army, before the Association of Military Surgeons of theUnitedStates, j he advocated the theory that the phys- ieal power of a race of people, and consequently th. ir capacity for work, i is measured by their average stature, For every inch of height between ; ing five capacity and ffx feet is increased the extreme eight breath- cubic j , inches; the vital capacity being at its maximum at 35 years. A table of j measurements of 190,621 native white Americans, accepted for the military service of the United States, shows ; that the number of men below sixty- j three inches in height, is but little ( greater than that of the class above : seventy-three inches. The most nn- ! merotfs seven and class sixty-nine is included inches, between and sixty- this j standard class would have a greater chest girth 4han the average. • The mean hight of 125 United States naval cadets above the age of | 23 years was 67.80 inches. As these men are drawn from all parts and , classes of the United States, they represent very nearly the typical phys- ical development of the American peo- ple of 25 years of age. • Major Kilbourne concludes that tha commingling strainsof Celtic, Danish, Norwegian and German blood among our people have thus far worked no deterioration of physical quality. “Not so the swarthy, low-browed and stunted people now swarming to our shores. Absorbed into the body oi the people, these multitudes must in¬ evitably evolve au inferiority of type. To realize the result of such a contin¬ gency, let it be considered that the loss of an inch in stature might bring in its train the loss of national ascend¬ ency. Let us take care then that the state shall suffer no harm—- Boston Transcript. The Home of Buddha. Far away on the border of Nepal, the home of Gautama Buddha has beer discovered. Buddha lived about 50C B. C., aud was the son of theBajah oi Kapilavastu. A pillar, inscribed bj the Emperor Asoka in the third cen¬ tury B, C., marks the. city’s site. The ruins are all of brick and are covered with jungle and so extensive that theii exploration will require years. The city was destroyed during Buddha’s lifetime. It was a mass of ruins in A. D., 410, when the first Buddhist Chinese pilgrim made his way there. The buildings now being excavated are older than anything known iu India heretofore. Potatoes on the Cob. R. L. Hudson of Delaware, Ohio, discovered a curiosity on his farm in the shape of a potato vine which hac grown up through the centre of at old corncob. The vine had blossomed at the upper' end.—Cincinnati En quirer. HUMAN NATURE LIKES PETS. This Is Especially True of Human Nature That Goes Into Camp, They call them mascots in the lan¬ guage of the camp. The word is the cover for the expression of the sol¬ diers’ affections. The brawny Mis¬ sourian, carrying about in the hollow of his arm a half-grown rabbit and oc¬ casionally touching it with a caress so delicate that the shy creature forgets to shrink, hasn’t any thought of luck to come from the possession. He has found something which affords a vent for the sympathetic and emotional ot his nature. You can’t take a young American volunteer away from home and social surroundings machine and make of him in a week a to fight and kill. It is human nature for the regi- ment to have pets, and the freshet from home the command the more in number and extravagant in character the pets, by misnomer called mascots, The Missourians who received from the hands of a little girl in* Athens, Ohio, her rabbit as they came through to preserved Camp Alger, it and near tamed Washington,have it until the j | bunuv hops among the tents and re¬ fuses all opportunities to escape. The j self-appointed guardians take it out in the woods to pasture on the ten- derest grass and it hops back to camp with a loyalty to its possessors which is wonderful. As interesting as the lavish expres¬ sion of the soldiers’ sentiments tow¬ ard their pets is the appreciative re¬ sponse of the brute creation to the enforced adoption, There doesn’t seem to he any representative of ani¬ mal creation which will not take kind¬ ly to camp life and to men in uniform after the first strangeness wears off. Of course the mascot dog is the head of the list. There is in canine dispo- sitiou a liking for vagabondage which answers quickly to the invitation. When the volunteers visit Washing- ton for a day oft - the dogs follow them back to camp. The higher the strain of blood the more luxurious the home kennel of the dog, the more willing he seems to be to quit his comforts and enlist with the soldiers at a snap of the fingers or an encouraging look, You may see on the curbstone in Washington a group of soldiers gath- eriug strength for the long tramp to Georgetown and over the aqueduct bridge to the Falls Church electric pars. Beside them will squat the fox- hound of costly pedigree looking up in their faces with admiration and confidence. And when the soldiers slowly get upon their feet aud move off the dog follows with an P “Whither thou goest I will go. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat, In a Mexican Household. As all cooking is done with char- coa q au q ovens are practically uu- known in private houses, very few families bake bread. Thesmall hard- cni sted loaves of French bread are de- Hvered all over the city in great bas- kets four feet across that are carried on the heads of carradores. The arrangement of furniture is much more formal than in the United states. It is a very common sight to see a splendidly furnished parlor with a row of straight-backed chairs all alike with their backs against the wall and as close together as they can be placed clear around the room. A good Mexican cook relieves the mistress of the house of worry and re¬ sponsibility in a manner that is al¬ most unknown in the United States. The cook is given so much a day and with this amount she will purchase each morning all the provisions of the day, including even the staples that are usually bought in large quantities in other countries. On a dollar a day a cook will provide a very good table for a family of three or four, and get enough beaus and tortillas and chile to set the servants’ table beside?. They can really do better than their mistresses, because they can drive sharper bargains with the market men of their own class, and they have more to haggle over thelastpenny. —Modern Mexico. Then He Got Mad and Didn’t. “If you don’t have me,” he cried, “I’ll blow my brains out.” “Ah!” she said, “I knew you didn’t love me as the man who wins my hand must love me. Blowing your brains out would simply amount to nothing. It would be the least thing you could do.”—Cleveland Leader. Sheep and Moles. It is a noteworthy fact that ‘sheep thrive best in a pasture infested with moles. This is because of the better drainage of the land. NO. 35, WOMEN AS MEN IN ARMY. Disguised, Many Hive Served for Moutbt Without Discovery. Slilltary records contain quite a number of instances in which women, disguised as men, have eutered the nrniy and distinguished themselves on the battlefield, tlielr sex not being dis¬ covered for many years afterward. In 1872 a soldier who had enlistetl under the name of Paul Daniel attract- e d the attention .of a sergeant while drilling a body of recruits at Ports- mouth. At the conclusion of the pa- fade lie sent for Daniel and stated hia suspicions in regard to the recruit's sex. On seeing that the game was up, Daniel confessed that lie was a female and burst into tears when informed that she could no longer continue with the regiment. It appeared that her husband, after getting through a large fortune, had fled to Germany, where he had enlisted, and his wife per- formed the deception in the hope that, os a soldier, she mijlit be dispatched for service in that country and thus discover her unfaithful partner, A most remarkable woman was found to be serving as nn ordinary soldier in a certain German corps to- ward the encT of the last century. Her sex was revealed owing to a false charge of theft being made against her, after she had been performing her military duties of the regiment for over six mouths. Before this she had served in a regiment of the cuiras¬ siers for two years, in one regiment re¬ ceiving a wound in the arm, and after¬ ward joining the grenadiers. Being captured by the enemy, she managed to escape and promptly enlisted in a regiment of volunteers, and but for the unfortunate charge referred to, might have spent her life in military pursuits. In 17G9 a, woman made a determined effort to enlist in the East India Com¬ pany forces. Although she was dis¬ guised perfectly as a man, her voice and her manner gave her away. When the magistrate told her that her appli¬ cation was hopeless she burst into tears, saying that this was her only chance of seeing her husband again, who was then serving in India. A woman who boasted that she had a unique career, died In 1782 at Pop¬ lar. For the greater part of her life she had served as an ordinary sea¬ man on several men-of-war, where her true sex was not once suspected. As opposed to these women, who have fought In the ranks, there are no loss than eight women colonels ia the German army to-day, several of whom draw their pay regularly. They are the Empress of Germany, the Dowager Empress, widow of the late Frederick Charles of Prussia, the Queen Regent Sophia, the Duchess of Edinburgh, the Duchess of Connaught and Queen Victoria i . Gee! but I’m tired,” said the dry goods clerk. “Had a busy day?” asked the motorman. “There hasn’t been much trade, but I have been hard at work all day cutting up rem¬ nants for our bargain sale tomorrow.’* The Oldest Volunteer. A New York State doctor, aged 109, volun¬ teered Ills services to the President recently. and expressed a desire to enter the army as (* surgeon. Even at his advanced years ho can readwlthout glasses, and walk 10 to 15 miles a day.- The oldest standard medicine is llostet- ter’s Stomach Bitters, which has no equal for Indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation, fevers and aid bad blood. It strengthens, purifies vitalizes. One bottle does much good. Corporal Anthony, the brave marine on tha tll-lated Maine, is now on the Detroit. To Cure Constipation Forever. Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C. C. C. fail to euro, druggists refund money. Cotton is rapidly collected by a new picker consisting of a piece of hose, one end attached to a suction pump, the other to the arm of the operator to suck in the cotton picked by hand and fed toward the open mouth of the hose. To Cure a Cold In One Day. Take Laxative Broino Quinine Tablets. All Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. 25c. Fifteen years ago Reading. Pa., did not have a single hosiery mill. Now it has 18. employing 2,500 hands. Fits permanently cured. No fits nr ne rvous- ness after first day’s use of Dr. Kline s Great Nerve Restorer. $2 trial bottle and treatise free. Dr. R. H. Ki.ine, Ltd., ttil Arch St.. Plnla., Pa. Mrs. Window's SootRIng Syrup for children teething,softens the gums, seduces inflamma¬ tion,allays pain.cures wind colic. 35c. a bottle. Rev. H. P. Carson, Scotland. Dak., complete¬ says, ‘•Two bottles of Hall’s Catarrh Cure ly cured my little girl. ” Sold by Dr uggists, <5c. Lyon & Co's “l’lclt Deaf” Smoking Tobaccot does not make every mouth as sweet as a roseu but comes delightful •‘mighty nigh’’-does smoke. Try give it. everyj one a most "Our future shall he determined by ns and not for us," says Prof. Theodore S. Woolsey. No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents. Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak ineustrong, blood pure. 50c, $1. AU druggists. Lyulph Stanley, a wealthy, all-round sport, enlisted in a Colorado regiment.