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Teaw 1 nnlo thee, giftttivlnr; Hwei-t and iiinoceut baby mine. Never royal diadem 11 Id no pure prioelesx peiu. A 11 the wori J is as nought to me Slother buby compare.! to thee. -eeUst biennis tmm Pnidise lU-st, my llule one ; cltw your eye. t'blcaso Kixird. A MADMAN'S- SEARCH. UY ClfAKLES H. LEWIS. , We were lying at Singajiore in tho b.-ij Albatross, waiting to take ou a few tons of freight for Liverpool, when au Anitrican- named James Granger came aboard, lie was a man in the prime of life, tall, stout and haudsome, and he had a jxrsonal magnetism be yond any man I ever met His busi ness was with Use captain at first, and he had a si ugular story to tell. He was a New York shipowner, he said, and had taken a trip to China and Japan in one of his own vessels called the Red Kiug for the beuefit of his health. Sue had been cast awav veral months before in the China sea, and all hands lost save him self. Ho managed to reach a small island, aud after two weeks was taken oir by a native craft aud transferred to au English merchantman. A part of the island was sterile and rocky, aud amid the roeks he ono day found a robber's cave, There were, he contended, thousands of yards of silk and other valuable fabrics, boxes of pearls, chests of jewelry a.nl keira of coin, lie had counted out SiW.OJJ iu gold without counting it all, and he roughly estimated his find to be worth $1,0U0,0U0. He was sure that the stuff had been hidden away for long years, and he discovered that portions had been taken from vessels which had mysteri ously disappeared in the China sea years before. It was the cave of a baud of Chinese pirates, and the entire band had been lost or captured at sea. Jle had with him twopeails, a diamond ring aud several gold coins as proof of his statements. What Granger wanted was to charter a ship to fetch away the treasure, and he had boarded us becau- he had beard that we were to discharge cargo at Singapore and reload for.15 )mbiy. He talked with our captaiu for two hours, and then the chief mate was called into the cabin. The story was all gone over again, and then I was called down. Xo man could tell a more plausible story, nor could any one have demanded better proofs. The only wek pjint was that he was no mariuer aud could not locate his Island that is, we knew there was no such islaud as he described within 2X) miles of the spot where he insisted it WdS. Had our captain been free to charter I think he would have taken chances. Had the chief officer not been impa tient to get home aud marry and take command of a ship I am sure he would have been ready to sail a craft to the island. As neither would go, Granger turned to me. If our captain would release me, I was free to go, and as I understood navigation he need have no fear that I would hit the spot aimed for. Sailors hear a good many yarns about buried treasure aud pirates' caves, and I was not ready to give an answer oir hand. I agreed to let Grang er have my decision next day and he went away after sweariug us all to silence. Then the three of us went over his story in detail to try and sat isfy ourselves. The result was that the captain said: "Well, it is the straightest story I ever heard from a castaway, and if you want to go with hiiu I'll release you. If you get the treasure, you can quit the sea; if not, you will not have lost so vtry much." Next day I gave Granger my decis ion and went ashore with iiiin. I fjuud that he had plenty of niouey aud was in good standing with busi ness men. He weut to more pains thau I demanded to prove his identity, and be insisted ou a written contract thxt I was to have a generous share of the treasure. In the course of a week I got hold of a schooner hich was for charter and ten dajrs later had fitted her out for the voyage. I saw Mr. Granger two or threetiuies a day dur ing this time and grew to respect him very much. He seemed to me to be a very thorough business man aud was well spoken of by alL It was given out that our object was to search foi other survivors who might have es caped, a l as there happened to be a surplus of seamen at Singapore just then I had uo trouble iu securing a crew of first class meu all English spjakiu r. We cleared for a port in Japan and got away with a fair wind, aud during the to weeks it tookus to work up to the locility of Granger's island all went well with us. He had located the island as being aboutoO miles to the east of the island of Hainan. My chart showed a clear sea for 300 miles in every direction, but in those days uac harted Islands were being re port! every month and it was possible that the bit cf land on which he bad spent a moath had been missed in the surveys. I was not at all disappointed, however, when we failed to find iL We overhauled junk after junk to be told that no such island had ever been heard of, and when at last I sat down with Mr. Grauger to learn what we should do it struck me for the first time that there was something queer abcut him. He did not betray the dis appointment one would have expected, aid I thought he glanced at me iu a furtive, cuuning way. I asked him to g- over his story again, an 1 to my av touixhment be doubled on- himself. a.BBBa AHi,iAK. i i. m m s Am r v . s -i He had said In the first place that his brig was bound to Japan when lost. He now declared that she was home ward bound. He got his days and dates mixed up, aud if I hadn't con cluded that he was under the influence of liquor, I should have thought him crazy. As near as I could figure out from the statements he made the Red King was between the capes of Siaai aud the Philippine islands when caught iu the typhoon and driven to the east ward. The Philippines are counted by the hundred, large and small, aud it wo'ild not have boen at all strange bad he landed on one of the westernmost. He agreed with me in my deductions, and the schooner was put about and ran to the south for three days. When we finally g.t among the isl ands, the difficulty was in locatiug the right one. Granger had been swept ashore at night. He had landed on one side of the Island and been taken otT on another. He claimed to remem ber certain landmarks, however, and for .ten days we threaded our way among the inlands, and he took a long aud close look at each one. His queer demeanor passed away soon after our talk, and I found myself fully believ ing in him again. No man could have heard his story and doubted it. He went into each minute particular, and you felt certain that he had passed through all he claimed, and back of all were the souvenirs he had brought away with him. It might have been on thelwelfth day of our searca that we came to his island, and tbe fiudiug of it gave me a queer feeling. There were no such landmarks as he descri bed, nor was the lay of the ground ac cording to his description. It was a totally ditl'erent island in size and ap pearance, but he stoutly insisted that it was the one he had come in search of. We carried deep water to within half a mile of the beach, and theu the ehooncr was anchored and we pulled ashore in the yawL This was just after noon onacertaia Wednesday. There would be plenty of time to overhaul the island and get the more valuable stuff aboard before dark. Theschooner was snugged down and three men left aboard, aud it was only when the boat was ready to set us ashore that I told the crew the nature of our errand. We had come to carry away a great treasure, instead of looking for casta way sailors, and Mr. Granger author ized me to say that each man might look for a haudsome present in gold coin when the plunder was safe aboard. This put everybody in good spirits, and Granger's demeanor was such that I had uo doubt of beholding and band ling those boxes and kegs within an hour. We lauded on a sandy beach, and Granger headed into the forest without hesitation. After walking for half au hour lie began to reooguize certaiu land marks, and said the treasure was not far off. Just at that moment we en tered a well-beaten path aud saw two or Uiree goals. He had never said a word about there being goats on the island, but I did not give it more than a passing wonder. He cried out that something had worked into his shoe and for us to keep right on till we reached the roclts, and as he sj.t down and began uulacing his shoe we went ahead along the path. We found no rocks. We found other paths and saw other goats, and by and by we had crossed the little ialand and stood on the beach. Granger had not yet joined us, and after waitiug fifteen minutes I sent one of the meu back. He had not only gone to the spot where we left the man sitting, but as far as the beach, and he reported the yawl gone. All my suspicious were now aroused, and the crowd of us started into a run as we beaded back. We reached the beach to find the yawl gone, but the next moment we sighted her alongside the anchored schooner. As we were about to hail the craft we saw Granger and the two men descend into (he boat and shove off for the leach. His going aboard alone was a matter to wonder over, but I was think ing U'i might have a plausible explana tion when the boat touched at a wooded point running out below us and Ihi two men got out. We could plainly see and hear that they were forced out at the tuuzzle of a revolver. As soon as they were clear of the boat Granger threw an oar over and began sculling her back to the schooner, and all our shouts brought no response from him. No man but a sailor could have used that sculling oar as he did, and one and all remarked it. What sort of a trick was he playing us? Each man asked this question of another, but no one could answer. When he had returned to the schooner alone, his pretense was that he had for gotten something, but no sooner had be reached the deck than he ordered the men iuto the boat. As he was armed and looked dangerous, they did not think it wise to resist. Well, here we were, eight of us, ashore ou a small island, and an insane man in possession of the anchored schooner, and a council lasting an hour did doc bring any satisfaction. The man had firearms, aud we had only our knives. It would have been no tuck at all to swim olf to the schooner but for the sharks. Look where you would, you could cee their dorsal fius cutting the water, and it would have been rank fully to swim thirty feet from the beach. After a while we retired from the beaeli and took a tramp over tbe island. We found fresh water and fruits, but no sigr.9 that the place had ever been iuhabiud by man. The goats num bered fully two hundred, and the original pair had probably been landed by some whaler or bad floated ashore from some wreck. As the weather was warm we were not so badly off, but of course we were anxious about our posi tion. Granger was certainly insane. He could not run away with the schooner, but be might sink her at her mooriugs or set her on fire. He refused to show himself or answer our nails, and when night came I was inclined to believe that be might have committed suicide. We made our beds on the grass that night and slept soundly enough, and when morniDg came and Granger still refused to answer our hails we began the work of building a raft to float us to the schooner. Tula work was car' ( ESTAJ3LISHl!:i ' ried on around the point where he had landed the men, and by noon we had knocked together a structure which would float at least four of us. If this raft were dragged around the point, the tide would set it down on the schooner, but we had to wait until 10 o'clock at night to get both darkness end tide In our favor. Then I selected three men to accompany me aud started off. If Granger were on the watch, we were sure to meet with a warm recep tion, but crouching low on the raft we drifted down on the schooner' broad side' and were not challenged. Five minutes after getting aboard we found him hanging by tbe neck in the cabin, and the state of the body proved that he had been dead for hours. Who was Granger? I discovered that he was uot the New York ship-ownerof that name. He had been cast on an island, but the Red King was not wreck ed. He had proofs with him in the shape of pearls and coins, but where was the'island ? He had paid a round price to charter the vessel, but seemed to have no other object in view than to trick us. He had over in cash among his effects, and although it was turned over to the authorities at Cape Town they have never found an heir to iL We believed he liad been a sea captain, but the lists showed no such niau for years past. No man could s&y he was insane, but why did he commit suicide? A score of other questions might le asked, but they would throw no light on the mys tery. I sailed tbe schooner back to the cape and made a report of the case, and though twenty years have passed away the real Identity of tbe man has not been established or his singular con duct accounted for. That he was an American I am Bure, and he seemed to kuow all about New York, but no.t one of the advertisements regarding him in the American papers ever brought a reply. He simply came and went aud left mystery behind hiiu. Pitiful Absentmindelcess. Here is a "true story" of an absent minded man to whom it "came handy" to forget. Said one of his friends: "I could set right here on this nail keg from now till the Connecticut river turns round and runs up-stream an' tell you about the different things I know of that Hank forgot, first an' last; but I'll only mention one instance, an that happened at the time Hank got married. "You see, Hank knew his Tallin's at well as anybody, au' he was mortal Mfraid he would forgit about givin' tho iniuister the fee; sohekep' his mind t,lued right to that, an' completely for got everything ele. "He was to be married iu the evenin at the parsonage, an' when be went rouud there, all alone by himself, ac the app'inted time au' meandered int the parlor an' told the domiuie to go ahead with the spliciu' the good cuau looked up, Horto' puzzled a. id surpris ed like, au' said: "'Haven't you er forgotten suth in." Mr. Hobbs?' " 'No,' said Hanks, still thinkiu' of the fee, 'I've got it light here In my vest packet Might as well pay you now as any time.' "'Why, bless you, my friend, I wasu't thinkiu' of the fee,' said tho parson. Time enough for that after I earn it; but I er noticed you'd for gotten the bride, an' '"By jiminy!" says Hank glancin' round, 'so I have. Mighty glad you tqwke of it! I was almot t sure I'd for gotten somethiu', but I couldn't think what it was.' "He grabbed his hat au' weut off on a jump after his intended. He got back with her before thtt dominie clos ed up the parsonage for the night, but it was a close shave; au wheu the story got out 'twas a loug 'rhbe afore folks quit askiu' Hank if he' forgot anything lately." Harper'a Magazine. Discovered by a Woman- Another great discovery has been made, and that too, by a lady la this country. "Disease fastened its cli itch es upon her and for seveu years he withstood Its severest tests, but her vital organs were undermined am 1 death seemed imminent For three months she coughed incessantly, aud could not sleep. She finally discovered a w ay to recovery, by purchasing of us a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Con sumption, and was so much relieved on taking the first dose, that she slept all night; and, with two bottles, has been absolutely curjd. Her name ia Mrs. Luther Lube" Thus write W. W. Hamnick & Co., cf Shelby, N. C. Call on J. N. Snyder, Druggist, Som erset Pa., and U. W. Rrallier, Druggist, Berlin, I'a., and get a trial bottle free. Regular size &uc tuicl $1.00. Every bottle guarauteed. ' Brick Made of P-per. The manufacture of enameled paper bricks, according tothelloston Journal of Commerce, ban now lecome a defi nite industry with a satiifactory prom ise, Tbe production of these bricks on the hollow principle is a marked feat ure In their form, the object of this, as stated, being practically the same as that sought in the ruafe lug of hollow forged steel shafting. !Not only is a defective centra removeo , but it is pot sible to put a nmndrel into the hollow and by applying pressure the walls are operated upon both from the inside and outside. Wbea a solid body Id heated the temperature of the Interior always varies from that of the outer portion at first, often resulting la the expansion of one or tbe other that causes defects. It is for these reasons that the plan of forming the brick upon the hollow principle and plugging tberu afterward is one of advantage. Sawdust is ound to e a good filler for the purpose; it is first fire-proofed, as is also the paper pulp used in tbe bricks; theo It is mix ed with cement and pressed iuto the hollow of the bricks, smoothed and euameled over. Ordinary household accidents have no terrors when there a bottle of Dr. Thomas' Eelectrio 03 ia the uiedieiue chest Heals burae, cuts, femises, spraios. Instaut r j ---- ' ifcjLa. -a. a. a. ai.au v. AVJUUi E 1827. BY SPANISH TREACHERY The Evidence All Shows That the Maine Was Blown TJp bj a Submarine Sine. WHAT A WITNESS OVERHEARD The report of testimony takeu by the Maine court of inquiry shows that the court covered thoroughly every phase of the case. Captain Sigsbee's testi mony related hi the discipline main tained and the condition of the maga zines when the explosion occurred. Everything was hi perfect order, and a safe temperature in all the magazines at the last inspection, uot long before the explosion occurred. The vessel lay at the anchorage fixed for her wheu she entered the port, and from which she had never been changed. Eusign Powelson, who supervised the work of the divers, gave voluminous testimony, accompanied by diagrams showing the extent and character of the damage. He sent divers down at various poiuts along tbe line of the keel as it lay bro ken and twisted on the harbor bed. Then he got into a boat and located the points on the keel by a lead line. Ou the wreck he established stations at the maiu mast, the port crane, the smoke stack and so forth, and from these bases he would get the bearing by angles of his lead line as it rested on the keel and other points of the wreckage uuder water. Thus he was able to plan a map of the wreck both above and below water that was niatheiiiatieelly correct By comparing this with the original plans of the vessel it was possible to tell just bow much aud in what direc tion any part of the Maine had beeu distorted by the explosion without rely ing ou under-water estimates by the divers. A good idea of the character of the reports made by the divers is given by the testimony of Gunner's Mate Smith, lie described his first descent, which lauded him lu the 10-inch shell room. The shells were there iu good order, most of them nose up, but some top pled over by tho force of he explosion, which had wrecked the woodwork of the magazine and blown the aft bulk bead over from port to starboard. He crawled over this bulkhead aud down behind it found a 10 inch powder tank bent and dented, but not exploded. It was lutact, with powder and cartridge bags. On his next descent, he went down from the port crane, following the side of the ship down till he struck plates that were blown from jort to starboard In-board. He followed these plates down till he came to the 6-inch ehells still in the slings used tor send ing them up out of the shell room. They were lyiug with their noses up, pointing to starboard. The frward part of the 6 inch reserve magazine seemed to have been blown away alto gether. The ragged edges of the steel floor to tbe shell room were turned up, and Smith walked over them out into the mud. Coining hack from his trip into the outer submarine world, the diver came across a lot of 6 pounder shell and shell cases, some of them not even broken away from the shells. Lying right across the middle of the 10-inch shell room be found an armor plate that had been torn away from the ship's 9ide. The plate, on beiug ripped loose by the explosion, had turued a complete somersault and landed with the thick edge in tbe mud and the plate leaning obliq iely over the wreck of the shell roim. There were 6-inch powder tanks scattered over the 10-inch shell room, most of them split A number of them were sent up, but more re mained. On his fourth trip down, he slid down the outside of the ship by the pwt crane. "The skin of the ship," he said, "is in good conditiou till you com) to the jagged opsning leading Into lha G inch shell room before men tioned. Here the steel edges are blown inwird." Crawling into the hole he felt the double bottom and the jagged edges of the cemeut turued up. He described in detail the 10 inch powder tanks found here, none of them appa rently exploded, but with the soldered seams split and the cases flattened. Some lids were to ba found. Witness was questioned very closely as to the p'.ates that he found blown inward and whether they might not have been bulkhead.-s but he insisted that they were the outside skin of the ship near the bottom, and located them accu rately ou the plans about the middle of the 6 inch shell room, where, 'iu a big circle there is noue of the outside of the ship left at all." Several witnesses who saw the explo sion from the steamer City of Wash iogton, which was anchored about 3X) yards away, gave testimony. The most minute account was that given by Sig- niond Rothschild, a passenger. Roths child said he was interested in the Maine, and had taken a position where they could get a good look at her. Just as he had taken his eyes off her to move his ehair there was a souud like a cannon shot iu the darkness. He Im mediately looked toward the Maine. He saw the forward end of the vessel rise, he thought, a couple of feet out of water. An instant later came a second distinct explosion. Tnisseemed to burst from the interior of the vessel forward In a dull flame, and the air was in stantly filled with flying debris. The vessel lurched back in the water after the force of the first detonation that had lifted her bow and quickly began to sink forward. In less than a minute her bow had disappeared. The wreck took fire and burned for two hours. There were single reports that kept up through all that time, as the fixed am munition was reached by the flames, but these were not to be confused with the two big explosions which had de stroyed the Maine. There was no doubt about the separation of these two first explosions, an interval of two seconds at least separating them. Commander G. A. Converse, of the navy, an expert in explosives, stated that the distortion of the keel cf the Maine was too far forward aud to remote from the magazine to have been caused by their explosion. He was of the opinion that the bend ing of tbe plates on the bottom of the Maine could be produced by the explo sion of a submarine mine containing a Ov tb it rf i A a large amount of the lower explosive gunpowder or similar not in contact with the ship, but some distance below it, perhaps on the lottom. He had never In his experience seen any inte rior explosion that was possible to pro duce the effect upou the Maine. "Do you think that necessarily there must have been an under-water mino to produce these expl;sions?" "Indications are that under-water explosions produced the conditions there," was the reply, with a further statement regarding the impossibility in his opinion of an internal explosion causing the Maine's wreck. A witness was introduced whose name was suppressed by agreement be tween him aud the court He had to talk through an interpreter. This wit ness was crossing about "iSJ on the moruing of February 1" from Havana to Relas on a fern boat He was Ht ting near three Spanish officers, two of the army and one of the navy, and a citizen. -They were talking about the Maine. One of the army officers said : "That is nearly arranged." The citizen asked if making explo sions iu the bay would not endanger Havana. The officer said, "No." It was arranged that it would ni.ii ply explode, open the vessel, and she would sink immediately. The other man joy ously exclaimed: "I will take plenty of beer on that occasion." Some one came by aud they suddenly stepped the conversation. They had said it was a shame she (the Maine) should hi in the bay, and they would blow her up anyhow. THE A50 TZ3 HAS. The New York Tribane'a Tribate to President KcBunley. The hour has come. The climax is at hand. Before this day is done the word will bespoken which may decide the fate of nations. The issues of hon or aud shame, of pea'e and w ir, are in the balance. One mind will conceive, one voice speak, oue hand act, f-r the turning of the scale; one, and no other. In no land ruled by autocratic dspo tisrn is one man more responsible, more potent, more commanding, than iu this pure democracy. And for weeks past, all through the trying time, that has been as true as it is todar. What Con gress might think or do has scarcely been considered. What the report upon the Maine may behaslieen deem ed of minor importance. The sole questions have boeu, what does the President think? What will the Presi dent do? Congress, Cabinet, army and navy all have their functions to per forin, aud are performing them well. Bat is is no dr g'ititn of their dignity it is the simple tru;h to sty that for the time they are each aud all com pletely overshadowed by the individ ual personality of the Chief Execu tive. In academic theory it should not be so. The powers of pacj and war lie iu the bands ot Congress. The real government of the republic resides with Congress. The President is merely to execute the will of the people, as ex pressed iu congressional action. But in stern fact, iu great emergencies, the President is more autocratic than a Czar. Or he cau, and indeed should, be so, if he be made of the right stuff. More than one has b en, conscious that the people were behind him. L'noln wa", bending secretaries, Cougress, even the Constitution itself, to his tact ful, yet no less imperatory will. Hi felt upon him the stress of tlu tremen dous charge to see that the republic sutlered no harm, and iu the way of bearing it aright all obstacles must yield. It is the old, f:imiliar rule, the union and the balanceof responsibility and power. As the one increases the other must increa.se. It is that other ancient rule: In seasons of great peril 'tis well that one bear sway. When the life or honor of a nation is laid in one man's hand, that one man m Jst be a Caesar, a Cromwell, or a Liu- coin. The man of the present h our is mad of Gttiugst uff. Those w ho have known him w.U hav3 always kaon it To day tb.3 w'aole lanl kniws It The nation knows that iu this supreme crisis it has a worthy head, that is why it accepts him as its head with so impressive a unanimity. The other day Conzress with not a dissenting vote, placid 810,O.W,0O3 iu his hands, for use without letor hindrance, accord ing to his single judgment, for national defense. Today a uatim of seventy million, with not a dissenting voice nor a reluctant nor a misgiving heart, places its honor aud iu safety iu his hands. The voice of faction is dumb. There Is only one party, as there is on ly one country, and that is the Presi dent's party, as it is the President's country. That strong, silent, self-pois ed, telf contained man in the White House is master of the situation. The voice with which he speaks today is the voice of the nation's judgment, of the nation's couscieuce and of the nation's wilL Whether for war or pjaee, it will hi the nation's order of the day. For tunute is the nation tuat has such a leader. Fortunate is the leader who has such a n ation for his follower. M rs- Lincoln's In3a ence. At a recent dinner in Boston a for mer citizen of Springfield, III., told the following Lincoln story : "The fire hose company of Springfield was very proud ol its well-equipped fiie appara tus, and desiring to procure some ex tra supplies, subscription papers were sent around. The small boys, myself among the number, were given a share in the work "I weut up to some dusty roonisover a grocery and entered the law office of Lincoln. He asked me numberless ouestions. and I had to tell him all I knew of this fire brigade and itsmem bers. Then he said: "Well, I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll go horn to sup perMrs. Lincoln Is generally good natured after supper and then I'll tell her I've been thinking of giving ?M)to tb brigade, aud she'll say : "Ale, will you never have any sense? Twenty dollars is ouite enough." So to-mor- ro-, my boy, you come around and get your f 35. ' si J iH O VHOLE NO. 2430. "I HE SUPREME DUTY." Tite New York Herald oa the Situ tioa and the Message Hu manity Now. "The latest news from AVasblngton U to the effect that the President be lieves that so far as Spain is concerned the period of forbearance intimated by President Cleveland in tbe well known despatch of Secretary Oiuey has ended. "The I'uited Stales having observed and enforced non intervention iu Cu ban affairs feels that, having exhausted the amenities of neutrality, we must listen to the mandate of humanity. "Toe fidelity of our government in international duty is of record. Offend ers against neutrality are in prison. O jr stiips patrol the seas to arrest the la less ventur-s. We stand before the world with clean hands patient, loyal, peace loving in our relations with Spain. Wuatever may come out of this new policy of active humanity will meet with the commendation of mankind. "The resolution of the President is a mister stroke. Diplomacy has been se lulons aud eager aud patriotic But diplomacy haa doue its work. The conscience of the country is profoundly stirred by these revelations in the Sen ate. Tuere is but ono voice now the voice of humanity. There is a time for a deliberation, persuasion, compro mise. There is likewise a time for ac tion. It has arrived. "America can no longer be deaf to the entreaties of the sufferers in Cula. It is not war, nor insurrection, norsub- ugation, but humanity. Nor can spaiu keep her place among the na tions and resist a movement of benefi cence. This would be to place herseii outside of the pale of civilization to slip back from the Christianity cf Isa bella to the ruthless policy of the Moors. We propose to feed the starving wo- meu aud children, and. It may be, put an eua to the processes by which star vation is engendered. S'uould Spain oppose this, should she resist the land- ng of provisions for the succor of Wey- er's peasant victim-", whose sufferings are certified by a cloud of witnesses, she must accept the sinister responsi bility. 'Should American ships approach ing Cuban coasts on an errand of mercy be fired upon it would be a casus belli. mite as much as when Beaureguard fired upou the Star of the West as she was carrying provisions to a beleaguer ed fort Tiie guns of Beauregard made war inevitable; the guns of Blanco would invite a similar consequence. spain has no more right to oppose our sending food to a people she is unable to protect than England to forbid our carrying supplies to the starving peas ants of Ireland, or Russia to resist the landing of the grain sent three or four years ago. 'We cannot overlook the fear that even an errand of benevolence would be resented by Spain as in someway an atr.out to the national hodor an invasion of her sovereign prerogatives. We are dealing with a proud, imperious sensitive iieople, with many sterling virtues,-a history of renown, and not averse to the chances of war the gamb ling chances of wantonness and caprice. "We remember that our erlorts iu ISol to relieve the Sautter garrison were misunderstood iy a pjople as proud as the Spaniards, aud with their own enviable claims to renown. The war theu forced upon us by Beaure gard brought what was never intend ed the emancipation of the slave, Aud while our proposed mission to Cuba would be an act of charity, among its contingencies) may be Cuban independence aud the passing of the Spanish flag from the American con tinent "That rests iu the bands of Spain, just as in IStil the consequences of the Saunter business fell upon slavery aud t ie South. The duty is with us. The finality concerns Spain. We have an swered every call of neutrality. Now let humanity have a tongue. "Happi y, we have only to read the stirring news from Washington to know that the government is making nvery preparation. We are ready With a jassionate longing for peace, it must be the peace cf honor satisfied, humanity appeased, justice assured. The President will send the supplies. They should go in merchant vessels, but under naval convoy, so that if fired upon they will not retreat, like the Star of the West, under an enemy's fire, but advance; with the guns of theireouutry ia support Should Spaiu, in an angry outburst, deem our human ity an act of war, we shall at least have d ne our duty, an 1, whatever the out come, we shall hold the respect and moral supixirt of the world. "Peace or war rests with Spain. Our duty is immediate and clear. Every contingency has been well considered and every deference paid to the suscep tibilities of Spain. The President has the nation's coutideuce. Let him do his humane work. He will be follow ed with a devotiou and unanimity not even accorded to Lincoln.'" "I feel it my duty to give you a truth ful statement of what Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera aud Diarrhcea Reme dy did." writes J. S. Collius, of Moore, S. C, "I had a child about two years old. that had the diarrhu-a fur two months. I tried all the best known remedies, but none gave the least relief. When this remedy came to band, I gave it as directed, and in two days the child was comph Iy cured." Sold by all druggists. A novel method of attracting students is about to be put into operation at the University of Frieburg. Those who attend the lectures will be insured against accidents witbin the precints of the university, including such mis baps as are liable to recur in gymnastic exercises and in dueling, or during ex cursions conducted by tbe professors. The Best Liniment "Chamber lain's Pain Balm is the finest on earth," write Edwards A Parker, of Plains Ga. This is the verdict of all who use it For rheumatism, lame back, sprains, swellings and the numerous slight ail ments and accidents common to every household, this liniment has no equal. With it in the house, a great deal of pain and suffering may be avoided. For sale by all druggists. The efficiency of krosene emulsion depends on how it is made. The moct important part is the agitation of the materials. Simply stirring the mixture wiil not answer, as violeut agitation, by pumping the liquid back Into itself. Is necessary. Use soft water and avoid water containing lime, and also use plenty of soap. An excellent method is to shave half a p nmd cf soap and add it to a gallon of boiling water. Let the water boil until the soap is distoiv ed, and then remove the vessel from the fire. N ext. add two gallons of kero sene and a gill of crude carbolic acid, while the water is hot, and briskly agi tate until the result is a substance hav ing the appearance of rich cream. It requires about ten minutes to agitato the mixture, as no free keroaene should be noticed. When cold add 20 gallons of soft water and spray with a nozzle. The carbolic acid is not included in the usual formula, but it will be found of advantage. Use the crude acid ( not the refined), which ia a cheap sub stance. Kerosene and crude carbolic acid will not mix with water, but both substances form an emulsion with strong soapsuds. The value of the bee in the work of fertilizing plants by carrying pollen from one p'aut to another, is greater thau its use in producing honey. In fact, without the aid of bees many crops would be complete failures. Dar win found that in bJO beads of purple clover protected frota the visitations of bees not a seed was produced, while 100 heads visited by bees produced nearly 3000 seeds. When two varieties of cer tain plants are grown In the same neighborhood there is a liability of cross-fertilization, as bees forage over a wide territory. It will therefore pay the farmer or fruit-grower to keep at least one hive of bees or encourage his neighbor to do so. The common mode of feeding animals is to give the grain in a separate trough from the hay or fodder, and at difierent times. Such method is preferred be cause it saves labor, but tbe best results are obtained by mixing the ground grain with coarse food that has been passed through the feed cutter. Less food will theu be required to obtain re sults, because the mixed f-xl will be better digested and assimilated than when the substances are given sepa rate ly. A crop of 2 bushels of wheat per acre removes from the soil lu pounds of nitrogen, '23 pounds of potash and 10 pounds of phosphoric acid in the straw, lu the grain there is removed 27poundsof nitrogen, 8 pounds potash, and 12poundsof phosphoric acid. This Is equal to the iugredients of a fertili zer containing about 2)" pounds nitrat of soda, 05 pounds muriate of potash and 12) pounds phosphate rock. Un less the soil U well supplied every year with the substances removed therefrom it must eventually deteriorate. Rota tion of crops, using clover iu the list, will prevent loss of nitrogen, but if farmers sell produce they must neces sarily bring something back on the farm to take the place of the mineral matter removed. There is a great difference iu the cow raised aud petted on the farm and one bought from a dealer that may have a disposition to kick or resist the opera tion of milking. No farmer or dairy mau can buy a cow equal to one raised on the farm, unless he is familiar with the characteristics of the purchased animal, as it is always ftrisk when an unknown cow or horse la brought on the farm. Manure on the farm is seldom an abundant article, and it is frequently spread over the land injudiciously. It should be the aim to apply the manure over the poorest spots of the field more liberally tbau on the portions that are fertile. By so doing the farmer can utilize his manure to the best advantage and in a few years have his land uni form in fertility. When manure is spread indiscriiu'nately there will be more or les-j waste because of not hav ing a sufficiency to properly provide all the requisites of plants. Good results with potatoes have been secured by mulohiay between the rows with straw as a protection during dry seasons and for keeping down weeds. The mulching with straw has lonz been known, and has its advocates, but one objection is that the straw terves as a harboring place for insects. By carefully weighing a cubic foot of average soil the director at Cornell University estimate that an acre of band will contain soil (one foot deep) weighingaWitous, or 4, 1 1,000 pounds. The soil may contain all the elements of fertility or be deficient in some, while abounding to excess in a particular kind of plant food. Reports of the agricultural Depart ment for IS '7 show that the valuation of sheep baa increased over 2S percent This is due to the fact that farmers are giving more attention to sheep that produce mutton rather than to depend on wool. Another profit from sheen whitfh is increasing every year i; the production of choice early lambs. A poultrymau who is noted for euj- cess in producing vegetables states that he grows twice as mncU on an acre as formerly. He keeps 10) fowls, and has two lots of ground, one being given up to the fowls, while the other is used for a garden, the lots being about one and a quarter acres each. The next year be turns the fowls on tbe garden plot and uses for a garden the plot then vacated by the fowls. By thus giving up the garden plot to poultry every alternate year he keeps the soil very fertile. If a garden is niide on sandy soil, especially in a seeti.m where nearly all the soil is saudy, the use of air slocked lime will be found benetioia!, as such soils are defiu'eut in li-u,. G w linn will not serve as a substitute for stone lime, but shell liiui i-r excellent, how ever, th-Hjg!i the ua of stone lime should be preferred- The cost is small compared with tha benefits de rived. Eow Tney Helped Him. Dunbar, Pa., Feb. 2Ti, 1808. John Hiles of this place is a warm friend of the famous medicine, Hood's Sarsa parilla, which he says he believe is uuequaled by any other preparation. He was troubled with eruptions on his hands and face, but Hood's Sarsa par il ia purified his blood and gave him re lief. Hood's Pills are the favorite cathartic in bis family. The two-year-old eon of wT L. Fur gason, of BolUw, Miss., had whooping cough. "After several physicians had prescribed for him, without giving re lief," writes Mr. Furgasoo, "I persuad ed niy wife to try a 21 cent bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The first dose hail tbe desired eflect, and In forty-eight hours he was entirely fre from all cough. I consider your reme dy the best in the market, especially for children and recommend It at all times." The 25 and 50 cent aa for eale by all drug-jUt.
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