) Of catel thos ICtlV"; ire ouit'1 ntal 1 ,BM-' It I' ,bll' al Pr, o th U' rue1 nt-': I .4 CALL 0THE DRUM. -111 tiff 01 HI" IIIU'H Tb'S trn nimlt. (f, drawing near, nearer And ci"nr-r, Anil loii'l". Am iron1"" wwJns tlio aounJ comes aud fomcl" 'wiieciillof tbe drum. ;(, nnd grand, anil nonr at linud nonrtliG .llliiK drum. . hv nnllnut hreeBa fnnued, :,'.e:.,Vir,ir;-,'Oli, ooninl ""tr.'li null lo tlm olntnor oi (trim, Willi HBRlninoiir,", ? And svrolllnir. And Hilling Tho story Of glory , ine in Bin" " " passes by mo. ,,.mn' Come!" I, t'bo nong of. tbe drum, l,lnl and for nwny I Ueor Tl ever caning iiru.n. . RVnt-'Oom.." With toliei WOi u uuuuyt it lures me to follow. Fur iiwny -.' , Tlirougli tbo day It pnlln mo EnthMlli me .,(ltiV.entlngmv heart toropeatliiB. Come! Com.-!" I. tbe call of thodrum. " -Josh Wink. Massing ol the laird. TOUIES are be ginning to co mo f roui South Africa about that field of dread memory M agersfon tein. From dawn w hen the belching hill front of fire had mowed in swathes the ranks of the dunk when the bid tent its whistling shrap- tir had seemed to live and ibiI scream, and to maim, id wither the men ol tue nigh- igide. dirk Afrionn night had fluug i-iness over Magersfontein, and ic.nty scrub ana stony Hollows id those who could not well rlien the bugles, with reluctaut wiiaded tbo retreat. r Daucau Farquharson sat up j:i;J. His lust experience of I been nitbcr mixed. Here red rctiriug behtud a wire md alter lie had scrambled j8 velJt a few dozen yards Bg happened. Whnt this was liwjs uucertaiu, but as he felt Lite knew no had been hit. it up aud considered. Whore i company? Where was the tud his lieutenant the young iioijoro tbe eamo name as he Hcwoul J go to them. So ho pa wero groans and sobs from .uess, and sometimes n wild ! rathe night asunder. There ill for water in all the dialects north of tbo Tweed aud in -rms of southern Anglo-Saxon. m crawled through them. At time to the barbed wire en- puts, As he crawled throturh in barbs tore his kilt and hose, leutuora outer his flesh; but Jt threw himself clear. hi rolled down a short way, wider brought him up. He kii hand to protect his face, light another baud, cold aud ff in his own. ' groaned aloud. M you, laird?" said riper Ftrqukursou. il'Joa. Duucan." said Lieu- Dincau Fnrqulmrson. mo, laird! Are ye sair I don't kuow, Duncan! For ...... : we, u you nave any wator e water, Inird, but I'll get f. Ye are awfu' caul', though," k off his tuuio aud wrapped , aa well as could be "Jft tbo nirniimafniinna sadileuly stirred. Nil, lad. if Vein inn mAtra 'drink of water." - wt still aud folt his head. I1 with his ears, but his brain 'Jtf comprehended. OStillllRlioao ti,;, -.v.,n,m(mJlt Li'iailil. -lobpv II, li...i I; j " .... in, j5 theso cironmstanoes that arnnl,A. . i . . . -iumauu roooea tuo ueaa l'illagud from an oflloer a "W Which its mviioM wnnl.l L0' require. Ith0r llliilnnnl.l- 1 L T ," y back to the laird, aud, bhps. m tint i;.,:.i .... i ..l - ...u iuto uis tremuuug '"'. I houp that officer BOOlMnvii.' ... 1I 8ug to a place there's nao 'Kki an H, l ii o always plucky, Dun- numenant, "ijut I'm vuiue was now at a yO'll tnlr niliH.Q,. rli'nnm'n P'PM. And nrTnitl lia iiniti-c ;P between tho laird's lip could f.i .o ''Jibllt nialln!.TanFfiilnMnn Jy pipes?" 1 Jit mvlnftlinml 1 "quharson tuned his pipes. i r, "'"njiis o- uroiiKlulo,' ' lm goiiigj" whispered the , jer I'll 'Ay; I think it will be snow afore mornin'," he said. ' Then I'iper Faiqnharson played mnrnhes and stratlifliiCTS. nnd in tho oold and darkness death camo to many or uis oiifiiouce. nut as they foil BHleep, and their thirst was sated, and their pain oased, their lullaby was to them tho sweetest they had heard Rinoe childhood. Duncan could piny no more. It was indeed only fitfully he had played at all. And the laird was passing. "Oood-by. old man. and thanks!" sighed the laird. "If you go home tell them I sent my love. I wrote them all yestorday. Good " There was a sliaht tinkle and tin aird foil sideways. Ho had ttone with his comrades, Tho dawn would come soon. Al ready the summits of the Eastern hills wore beginning to appear through th graynoss. Day . was coming and th night, and those who had gone undel its blackness were now to be num. bertd with that which had been. Duncan, however, was only con. cerned about one thing. llie laird was sone. He had asked him for a march; he should have one, Duncan rose, propped himself acrainst tbo bowlder, and stood over the bodj of his lieutetiaut. . Then over the veldt the low, wail ing strains of "Loohabor No More" rose and swelled in the dawn, like tht voice of a mother mourning with i sore, articulate grief tho loss of her children. Tbe Boor sentinel in the advanced trench saw, as the dawn came, a rooi nek standing facing him. He was a potticoat aud might have thousand! behind him. Tho sentry brought hia rifle to the "Fresent!" It was an easy shot a tall man, with no khaki tuni to deceive tue marksmen. Thon tht Mauser barked. In this wise Tiper Duncan Far. quharsou, 'of the Highland Brigade, rejoined his laird. Auswers. Wnn t I.... .. H1", lUlfUl I A 11.1 .. 41. .1 Jltali. v WlUf 4UB UtJ "l'l'iugiug orispuess 41UUT ' It Ikea..!...! .. ktttn , " lU0 sonn ies on E ri nd the trenches llred V1. anil i mivir nitiupy com 'I'll nun it A u bow uuu ght ted. It was danced .- meir arms, K,,,l J wuimn U UJKUl nlythe music stopped. "UlUdtllnM T4 .I1.' .1 'Member, Duncan. . ",;clliaud sit down hore w..t,ula' It will soon K'eff!?6 Le,ia wos throbbing But bo be .) eff - wos inrooi -,U , Ulo iu playing "liiwu beside his lair the GKEAT POULTRY COiNTEST TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE TRYING TO FIND WHETHER HENS PAY. NOT WHOLLY FREE FROM CUILE. A Traveler CorraoU n Fnlat Iinprawlon at to llie Central Atnerlcnn Indians. , "It is a common impression thai the Central American Indian is singu larly honest and free from guile," said a traveler who came up on the last banana boat, "but don t you be lieve a word of that story. I recently made'a raule-baok trip to the Olauchn district, in northwest Honduras, my partioulav purpose being to take a look at the famous old placer diggings on the Guayape Kiver. I spout a week or so in the region, aud was especially interested in the native In dians who live along the banks of the stream aud who regard the placers as a sort of family pocketbook, from which they help themselvos as they please. When a household needs anything that can't be hunted or fished in other words, that has to be bought at the store the women sally out with their 'bateas or wooden bowls and proceed to wash as much gold as is required for tho purchase. The metal they soonre iu that way is usually in the form of minute grains, hardly as large as the head of a pin, but occasionally they find little nug gets, and that brings mo to my story. "The day before I left I was at the principal storo of the district talking to the proprietor, or 'tionderos,' when a typical Olaucha Indian shambled iu aud sat dowu on the floor. I at tempted to question him about the diggings, and presently he uutied a corner of his neckcloth and showed me three small, fantastically shaped nuggets which he said his wife had lately found. It occurred to mo they would make interesting souvenirs mounted as scavfpius or baugles, and after some haggling I bought tho lot for $1 they weighed altogether some thing under a quarter of au ounce. I was so disarmed by the apparent siuu plicity of tho Indian thut I never thought to examine the nuggets close ly until I reached Fort Cortez, and thou it hardly needed a second look to see that they were not gold at r.ll, but evidently a sort of brass alloy. "A few days later, I learned from au engineer who camo down from the Guayape district that my Indian frieud was boasting that he had stolon somo yellow 'composition metal' bear ing from a stamp mill and melted up a fragment in a home-made clay cru cible.' In that way ho produced his handsome nuggets. If lie had put in the same amount of labor at tho placers he could easily have washed out $20 worth of gold. That's what I call a natural aptitude for crookod ness." New Orleaus Times-Democrat, The Geolocy of Unhu. Iu a reoont Bulletin of the Geolog ical Society of America C. II. Hitch cock doscribos the geology of Oahu, which is the main island of our newly acquired Hawaiian Islands. The town of Honolulu is situated on tho island. Geologically the island is al most wholly composed of basalt, with a narrow fringo of limestone. The following is a ooudeused nummary of the geological ovents iu the history of the Island of Oahu: Igneous erup tions commenced under water in post tertiary time nnd accumulated until a smooth islaud dome aroso above tue surface of the water. This dome was soon ohauneled by rain, precipitated from tho warm trade wiuds, aud grad ually vegetation derived from distant regions oovorod the surface. As soon as coralline and molluHcan fauna migrated thither limestone began to bo formed. Tho subtorraueau fires were by no means dead, but con tinued to pour forth at uncertain in tervals lava aud ashes. A siuking of the laud then took place, allowing the accumulation of a marine deposit, which was subsequently raised, prob ably by an earthquake. Tlie Accident He Meant. "I understand," remarked the re porter to the manager of a railway noted for' the nnpunctuality of its traius, "that there was an aouident on your railway last night." "Oh, do you?" was the sarcastic re ply. "Yes, sir." "Do you know anything about it?" "Only that it happened to the train whioh was due here at 8.15." "That train came in to the minute, sir," said the manager, firmly, ''Are you sure of that?" "Of course, I am." "Thauks. That must have been the accident referred to," aud the ie vortev dodirod out. Tid-Bits. f'.iiilcul I'rnm Which Much Vnlnnli! In. r.irinlln t Kxpartetl Vlly Men In It Well ns F.trmrr-Viilne of ilia liul trr of tho Unite. I Mt'ulen. NEARLY ten thousand persons in this country have recently entered a contest tho object C of which is to answer throe apparently very simple little qucstious. The questions are: Do hens pay? If so, why? and how? Tho man, woman 3r child who can aimwer theso throo questions aud demonstrate the correct ness of his auswers in the briefest yet somplotest fashion will ou April 1, 1901, be entitled to something liko $501) iu gold and may also obtaiu somo of about two thousand special prizes sffered by various individuals and linns that have become interested iu the contest. The conditions of the sontest hfltve been arranged so that the aity man who keeps heus iu his back yard has an equal chance for first lion ars with the man who makes his living by raising poultry on a farm. Iu fact, under the conditions a man with three birds may compete on even terms with the man who owns 301)0, aud further more a man who loses money ou his chickens during tho time he is com peting may still win the cash and special prizes, providing his system of recording his methods and tho results 3t putting them iu operation is bettor than that of somo other man whose bonellts have beou greater. The contest is one of a series hnv iug to do with the various phases of the farmer's life that have bceu con ducted by the Americau Agricultur ist. A few years ago tho proprietors of this paper undertook to collect some statistics that would give au adequate idea of the number of fowls in this country, the number of eggs produced in the course of a year and the value of both fowls and eggs. Tho figures obtained wero rathor startling, but there was no roason to doubt their acouracy, for they were the result of statistics sent in by thousands of cor respondents in huudreds of different localities and wero compilod with the greatest care. Tho figures showed ;)83,00(),00() fowls iu this country iu the year 1800; tho number of eggs produced, reckoned in dozens, was 1, 111,000,00'), and the value of it all in was $:)13,000,0()0. Theso figures showed au increase of about 33 V per cent, over 18.10 aud of almost 200 per cont. over 18H0. At tho present timo they figure tho number of fowls at G0l),00(),00(), which, with their prod uct for tho year 1000, represent a to tal value, it is estimated, of more than $100,000,000. The ttguros given for tho year lSUfl'woro reached on the basis of an average valuation for chick ens of fifty cents each; for turkeys, ducks aud geese of $1 each aud for eggs of twelve ceuts a dozon. Con sidering the large amount of money investod iu breeds of fancy strains thronghout the country, which do con siderable to briugjup the average value of barnyard fowls, together with the relatively higher values of both poul try aud eggs in producing regions ad jacent to large cities, those figures are regarded as conservative. For many years tho editor of the American Agriculturist has invited correspondence ou tho subject of poultry raising. Tho best methods of raising fowls and tho easiest ways of making them pay, have bucu dis cussod at length iu the columns of tho paper, and of course there have been conflicting opinions. Tho West ern fanners have poiutcd out methods to their brethren in tho Fast, which have caused the Easterners to write humorous lottors about the farmers of the West. Tho Westerners have said things about their Eastoru crit ics, while Southern poultry raisers have taken falls out of each. And iu the meantime each man has rained his fowls in his own way, satisfied that that partieulnr way was tho best. The present contest has grown out of this discussiou, and although April 1 was decidod upon as tho the time for the beginuiug of records, more than 3000 poultry misers had entered tho con test on March 1. Homo idea of the amount of interest taken iu tho con test can be gathered from the fact that there are now about 10,000 con testants, aud more names are being entered every day. Among them are oity aud country raisers iu every State in the Union, iu all parts of Canada, and even in Mexico, Forto Rico, tho Philippines, England and Australia. The greater numbor of contestants are farmers, but among those who are striving for prizes are many poul try specialists, who raiao Hue biids for amusement aud with no idea of profit. In speaking of tho coute-it and what led up to it one of the ed itors of the American Agriculturist said: "Foultry is raised on every farm, on most village homesteads aud on couutless city lots, to say nothing of city collars and back yards. So great is the interest iu it aud so vast th j amount of money invested, that wo regard the industry as one of tho great American industries. Now wo have au idea that it pays to raiso poultry. But we dou't know how profitable it is, aud wo want to know. Still less is tho general knowledge of how to manage poultry on either a large or a small scale, sous to got the biggest profits with the least trouble and expense. This is a problem which we are going to, try to solve. Wo expect that tho inducements that we have oll'ered will result iu one graud effort on the part of those in terested iu poultry raising, to find out how much profit there is iu the business, aud how tho profit may bo increased. On our part we have headed the prize list with $500 iu gold, aud in additiou we have set aside $2500 for the expense of running the eoutest and for oollatiug and pub lishing the result. Huudreds of othor prizes have been contributed by in dividuals and firms. Some are inouey prizes, but for the most part they are articles of value to persons iuterested iu poultry raising, "The first prize will bo awurdod for the record that shows most clearly and accurately just how the con testant has managed fowls during one year, tho product obtained aud how disposed of, tho cost of making aud marketing suoh product and the re sulting profit or loss, Tho prize is not lor tho biggest prollt. It is for the most accurato record of methods and results. A report that shows a loss may win over a less carefully kept ono that shows a profit. There is no incentive to he, to misrepresent or to bo careless and every reason foi a contestant to be absolutely truth fill. "We nre greatly pleased by the character of tho contestants. " We mode a special effort to get eity raisers as well as farmers in mid bavo met with great success. Among the con testants are dozens who raise poultry in tho most crowded localities in large cities, othors who keep hens iu tlieit collars or back yards nnd one inau who raises bis birds iu an old horse car that bo bought for " and con verted into a hen bouse. When all of thoso poultry raisers get through toll ing us their experiences, wo will be able to givo the world somo valuable contributions to poultry literature." Iu addition to the 501) in gold, which the contestants nre to strive for, there are theso other incentives to energy ou tho part of tho poultry raisers 2107 prizes of cash, birds, eggs, poultry food books, subscrip tions, etc., valued at 3000, and a grand nweepstukos price of $200 iu gold. The regular prizes are $100, $50. $25, $15, $10 and twenty prizes of $5 each. New York Suu. t jwoter CURIOUS FACTS. Tho practice of eating arsenic is very prevalent among the peasantry of the mountainous districts of Aus tria, Hungary and France. They de clare that this poison enables them to nncend with case heights which they could only otherwise climb with great distress to tho chest. ' At a recent meeting of tbe Zoological Society iu London a photograph was exhibited, showing a pair of remark ably large tusus which had belonged to au African elephant. Measured olong the outer curve, each tusk was teu feet and four inches long, but they differed a littlo iu weight, one weigh ing 225 and the other 235 pounds, or a total of 400 pounds, which tho elephant had carried ubout without the leant inconvenience. The smallest coiu now current in Europe, aud the oue having tho least value, is the Greek lepton. The lep ton is, according to the decimal inouctary system, current in all coun tries belonging to the Latiu union. This little coppoi piece is wotth one fifth of a cent in our money. It is tho one-hundredth part of a drachma; the Greek drachma usually passes for tho same value that a fra'no piece does, that is, it is about equal to twenty ceuts of our money. At Bicknoller St. George, near Tauntou, England, there is a vigorous yew tree growing on the top of the squuro church tower, and though it has been cemented around, it still flourishes. There is an old yow treo in tho churchyard, aud it is probable that tho birds have, after eating tho fruit, loft the seeds ou the tower, while the mortar was soft, aud oue of thefie germinated. The yew treo is two feet eight inches high with a girth of twelve iuches. It is thought to bo ut least a hundred years old. The attention of hundreds of peoplo who were ou tho stroets of Los Angeles, C'al., was attracted by a largo Hock of wild geese which flew over tlie city a few dnys ago. The big birds wore flying castwurd, and whou about over the centre of the towu formed au almost perfect triangle of enormous proportions. Wheu passing Boyle Heights tho geese lined up north aud south liko soldiers on parade, forming u column eslimated to be a hutf mile iu length nnd presenting a striking spectacle The well-drillod nrmy was about 1000 feet above the earth and out of range of ordinary gnus. In the Yellowstone National Park is a curious freak of nature. Along a little frequonted trail leading to the fossil forest stands a great glaoial boulder, twice as large as au ordinary street cur, which has been split apart Irom top to bottom by a pine tree: The tree is thirty or forty yoars old, and it grows entirely through this block of grauito, spreading the pieoos wide apart ou ono side, while ou the other the crevico remains compara tively small. Everything goes to show that tho treo ha.i split the rock by its own foroo, perhaps assisted each winter by the ice. It seems to havo thrived on the task. Though it has moved apart those massive frogmouts, each weighing hundreds of tons, it' is tho healthiost tree in that locality. ' Tlie I.evrl-IIenileil Never t.oie Their Nerve Worry is the twin sister of nervous ness. Neither should over cater into the daily life of any one. God, in His all-wise providence, put tho head of a human being cn top, thr.t all bo neath it might be subservieut to it, There is something wrong nbovo tho eyes, iu tho region of the will power, wheu ono becomes norvous in tho sciiso of excitability. "Kuow thyself" is good; control thyGolf is bettor. Worry aud excitement uovor aidod anyone. Any fool can got along when everything is all right, but it takes a wise man, a lovcl-headui man, to got aloug and not wony noi- become uervoiia whou everything in r.ll wrong. Ladieii' Home Joui mil. n't Answer Ini.i:iniit Oiiciilnnn. Impertinent questions nro to be met with firm :uid dignified polite ness. Any question ubout tiuolhor's personal affairs, about tho piice of one's clothing, tho amount of ono's earnings, tho rrasou one h.ts for en tirely private couducl, is impertinent. Would I answer ;u'h questions? Not at all. Usually, by a littlo Uct, one can settle such questioners. 11 thoro is no other way,' I counsel u plain but courteous sincerity a simple refusal to nuswer. Oue iay just say. "far don me, I prefer not to givu any in formation whatever on this matter." Margaret E, Sungster, iu Ladiea' Home Journal, llul.ler For linlilifr 81nipt. ITandy is a holder" for rubber hand stamps with a scries of spriug metal plates attached to a fixed back, with the sides of the plates formed into Y shaped slots, the BUmps being pro vided with T bonds at one end, whlah are slipped iu at the tops of the tlot aud pulled out al tho bottom i A use, GOOD ROADS NOTES, Wldo Tlre.l viicrls. JN the Farm, Field and Firenidi?, writes E. P. tlibbs, of Hardesty, Md., I notice an article by C. S. Bunstine, Oklahoma, beaded, "Doubtful About Wide-Tirod Wheels." Now, speaking from tho standpoint ol t farmer, I not only consider that the farmer that uses wido-tircd wkeole benefits himself, but is also a public benefactor, by helping to mnko bettot roads. Tho wide tire packs aud imooth the moderately moist ground, whilo the narrow tire will cut up nnd render tho Bauio ground almost im passable. I had, a few years since, n largo lot at manure that I wished to haul across a piece of cornstalk land in the spriug that wtis quite soft. Wo commenced with our narrow-tired farm wagons, is I had no other. We hadn't haulod dozen loads until the boys were getting stuck with about every load, and I saw we cither had to stop haul ing or get a different wagon. I bor rowed a four-inch tired wagon of a neighbor, and we had no trouble get ting over that soft ground at all. Of course, it does not matter so far as the wheel cutting into the ground, whether tho wheel is a high or Ion ono, but one man can go out aud put a load of hay on a low-down wagon as easily as two men can put tho sam load on a high wagon. A load ol fodder the same. It is easier to put 6 load of manure, gravel, wood, or anj thing else that I cau think of on tht low wagou thnu ou the high ono, auc' just as easy to get. it off, unless it is load of grain that has to bo shovolec' away up. I will venturo this assertion, that g man cau have two wagons on the farm ono a wide-tired, low-down truck, the othor a narrow, high-wheeled wagon, and he will hitch on to the low, wide-tired wagou teu times tc the high one once. I will admit they run bad ou tho road where nothing but the narrow tires are used, as they ro oonstantly cutting the Bide of the rut. In some localities they are using 90 many of the wide tires that the rut Is cut out the proper width for them; iu that case they run, iu my opinion, much easier than the narrow tires, and in some localities that I know of they think it would be well if the State would hold out some induce ment for poople to use tho wide tires, o that in time thoy would all be wido tires. ' I think this might be done by the 3tate offering to refund the district road tax to any man using a tire not less than four inches, then whou a paan had to buy a new wagou it would be an object for him to get tho wide .'ires. In a short timo thoro would be more wido tires on the road than nar row tires. After that, I think the aouuty could bo taken off. I am now using a six-inch low wooden wheeled Iruck that cuts under, so you cau turn iquaro around, aud I would not ex shange it for any four high up, narrow-tired wagons 1 evor saw, if I had :o keep and use them. Of course, it runs hard when tho ground is very loft, but I can go with it where you :ould not go at all with the narrow ;ircs. I think there has been less im provement in the farmer's wagon in die last fifty years than any other oue thing tho farmer has had to use. It las no spring, it wants one-half au icro to turn it around, aud the sooner ;he old stylo form is dono away with, ihe better it will be for the farmer' ind every one olse that has to travel die roads. Much Work 1 or flood Kami. Now that the League of American Wheclmou has abolished its racing department every attention will bo givon the other branches of work. Ihe most important of thoso is the highway improvement department, iu which is entrusted the work iu behalf Df the good roads movement, whioh was started by the L. A. W., and which has been constantly agitated by it for almost twenty yoars. The League has mado rapid strides in this movement, particularly during the past year, but the raoiug question has reflected upon this as upon all other departments, the belief being des geminated that none of tho branches of League work could be made effec tive until tho ruciug questiou was settled, , The most iraportaut work accom plished last year was the holding ol many good roads conventions in var ious States, the introduction of high way improvement measures iu many of the Stute Legislatures and the evolution of the movement to national proportions, as was evidenced by the bill iutrodueod in Congress calling for an appropriation of $2,000,000. Coustitutioiial amendments woro car ried iu Michigan and Minnesota, and a largo amount of education ou the subjoct was circulated by tho League. All of this work will be continued during the present year, but upon a much larger sealo thau heretofore. The Cnro of Miicaduin, A macadam road, properly built aud with proper slope to oach sido, will readily drain off water aud snow. The object of all road experts is to so con struct a macadam road that water can vot permeate it. If wator is allowed to find its way through tho macadam road into the foundation bolow, it is sure to work mischiof ; aud if tho road is theu subjeoled to any considerable pressure from the wheels of heavily loaded wagons, it is certain to give way, Hence, the propor maintenance and caro of a macadam road are as im portant as its proper construction. If once the road be damaged iu thii way, the work of destruction is bound to coutinue. It is, thereforo, as im portaut to preveut this first datnagi as it is to praveut tho first small hoi 'n a dam. See Thnt Work U Well Done. Taxpayers, who are obligod to con tribute to tho cost of macadam roads, will do well to see to it that the work is properly done. The old adage thai what is worth doing at all is wortk doing woll, applies with irresiatiblt foroo. Many of us still believe that we cannot afford, iuthe United States, to build first-olaus highways. It ii even more emphatically true that wi cannot afford to waste money in un successful attouipts at maoadamiziug, The seoret of fomiuiue diplomacy Ii to kuow how aud wheu to tell a seoret. APPENDICITIS, Hie I)lrni In More frequent Willi Tonne Than Oi l. The vermiform appendix, inflamma tion of which constitutes appendicitis, is a curious little offshoot from the largo intestino near tho point where it is joined by tho small intestine. It is hollow tubo about as thick as n lead poncil, from an inoh to Reveral inches in lougth, which communicates with tho cavity of the large intestine but is jlosed at its free extremity. Nobody knows definitely what its use is, anil many think it has no nse at all. It is a popular belief that inflam mation of the appendix is often caused by tho lodgment in it of a grape-ieed ar somo similar little body, but as a matter of fact this very seldom occurs, nd no oue need deprive himself of a dolicious and nourishing fruit from any suoh fear. There are probably very few per sons of middle age who have not had appondicitis, but fortunately they did not know it. It is only wheu the in (lnmmatiou becomes severe, aud in volves the parts about the appondix, that violent symptoms appear, and thisocours in only a small proportion of cases. i The diseaso is more frequent with tho young than with the middle-aged or old. In mild cases the only symptom is t Blight dull or colicky pain in or near the right groin. When the inflamma tion1 more severe, or extends to the neighboring parts, the symptoms be come more pronounced. Thcro is "a sharp pain in the abdomen, signs of dyspepsia loss of appctitd, nausea or vomitiug, and bowel disturbances are present, and there is ofteu slight fover. .. In the mostsorions cases'a sudden, violent pain occurs, there is marked fever, and the patient is depressed and presonts all the signs of beiug very ill. Hiccough is often a distress ing symptom. The treatment of appendicitis is one of the points upon which doctors dis agree. Some believe that iu nearly every case a cure will follow rest iu bed, a milk diet, cold applications to the abdomen and sedative remedies. Others assert that an operation is neoossary in every instance, and thnt this should be performed tho instant a diagnosis of appendicitis is made, beforo serious symptoms appear. -The proper course, here as else whore, is doubtless the middle one, for in many cases an operation is ab solutely necessary to save life, while in others recovery will take placo with out subjecting the patient to this seri ous risk. In any cose a aufferor from appondicitis is in danger, and should be under the coustant care of his phy sician. Youth's Companion. I'rcjecllle Air. " Fhysioians iu South Africa now have another thoory for explaining away the chargos made by both Briton aud Boer that the other is using ex plosive bullets. Tho extensive lacera tion often found in bullet wounds is now said to be due to tho air which tho bullet drives before it into the wound. Tho existence of this phen omenon cau be proved easily. If a round bullet be dropped into a glass of wator from tho height of a few feet it will be soeu that when the bullet touches the bottom a large bubble of air will become detached and rise to tho surface. In this caso the bubble will usually bo from ten to twenty times the size of the bullet. Now, a Mausor bullet traveling at high speod is said to oarry before it a bubble of compressed uir of large dimensions. Experiments mado by a surgoon who fired a pistol ball into a glass of water showed tho bubble to bo ono hundred times the size of the ball. From the appearance of the wounds and from those experiment! it is concluded that tho mass of ail driven by a Mauser bullet explodes iu the body of the woundod man with sufficient force to cause extensive laceration. This destructive ail bubble is woll known to surgeons under the name of projectile air. The City of Nome. The city of Nome itself might prop erly be termed a model of productiou, Before the end of Juue, 1800, there was practically nothing ou its present site; in early July it was still a place of tents, but .by tho middle of Septem ber it had blossomed out into a con structed town of three to four thousand inhabitants, moro thau one half ol whom were properly housed in well built cabius, the lumber for whioh wan iu part brought from a distance ol two thousand miles, uud noue of it from less than one hundred miles. Numerous storos aud saloons has ar ranged themselves ou both sides of c well-defined street (which was here aud there coutrally interrupted by building transgressions), the familial signs of dancing and boxing bouts woro displayed in frout of more than comfortably Ullod faro and roulette es tublismonts, aud iu a general way the site wore tlio aspect of ridiug a boom swell. Aud indeed there was plenty of activity, for the fiunl weeks of fiue weather warned of the impending wintry snows and blasts, and much had to be done individually to shield one from these and othor disooiuforts. Appletous' Popular Science Monthly. Home Authors. The most cheerful author Samuel Smiles. Tho noisost author Howells. The tallest author Longfellow. The most flowery author Haw thorne. The holiest author Pope. The most amusing author Thomas Tickpll. The happiest author Gay. The most fiery author Burns. The most talkative author Chatter ton. The most distressed author Aken side, In the Uood OIU Kara. "I don't believe," said the youug man, "that any man ever courted a woman without telling her lies." "There was suoh courtship once," said the middlo-aged man. "When you were youug?" "Hub! I'm young yet. I meant back in the early days of the raoe. In those days, you know, when a man loved a woman, he sneaked up aud Unyoked her out with a club aud took her to his lonely home, aud they lived happy ever after." Indianapolis I'l'ObK, FJtESCIIMEN'S GUEST. INDIANA CIRL WEARS CROSS OF LEGION OF HONOR. During the WnrM'n I'alr or 1 803 Rhe Nareil a Train Load of I'rople from lrt ruction Invited to I'arl a l.nrm of World' Fair Director. A M 3 Jennlo Creek, of Milgrove, a little village in Indiana, Is an American girl who Is certainly to be envied. She has been Invited by the National Humane SoWety of France to be the guest of honor of the French government dur ing the Paris Exposition. Jennie will wear upon her breast when she -Marts for the other side of thn water on of tho proudest decorations In the gift of the French nation, the Cross of the I-eglon of Honor. She rerelved this high mark of distinction for a deed of excentlontil bravery performed six . 4-SW4 2T --'IMS i laataV'"T. V.- S . i .' if JENNIE CRKKK. years ngo, when she was but 11 years of age. The story Is no doubt a fa miliar one to many of our readers. On the afternoon of September 10, 18911. Jennie, while wandering through some woods belonging to her foster father, her parents having died some years before, suddenly caught the smell of burning wood and on going to investi gate, found that u railroad bridge over 1 gulch on tho Panhandle road, which run near by, had burned away. Al most at the same instant the brave girl heard tho rumble of an express th- World's Fair train rushing on to de struction. She knew that she must act quickly or the train would plunji'' Into the yawning chasm with its prev ious freight, of human liven. Tearing off her red underskirt (she waved It frantically before the onrushlng train. The engineer saw the signal of danger, reversed hn lever nnd came to a Bto; almost on the verge of the gorge. Jen nlo was carried through the train In triumph and the passengers took up a collection for her. On board were :i number of French people, returning from tho fulr, und when they reached their native land they told the story ol the brave little American girl. The re sult was that she received the five pointed gold star of the Society of the Legion of Honor. Science In the Nnriprr. Davy Cousin Kit, what is a i-M-erobe? Cousin Kit (reading u book and not wanting to bo bothered) Oh. It's a thing that gets Into things. D.uv Well, then, baby's a microbe, for every timo I go down stairs she get into my things. Indianapolis Journal. MARKETS. rn.TiMona. OHAIX KM. 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