Freeland Tribune Established 1888. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TUB TRIBUNE PRINTING COMPANY. Limits! Onricl: MAIN STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FREELAND, PA. SUBSCRIPTION 11ATES; One Year $1.50 Six Months 75 Four Months 50 Two Mouths .25 The date which the subscription is paid to Is on tue address label ot each paper, the change ot which to a subsequent date be comes a receipt for remittance. Keep the ligurcs in advance ot the present date. Re £ort promptly to this office whenever paper not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Make all men-y orders, checks, etc..payable 1# the Tribute l'rintmj Company, Limited. Spain will find a heap of consola tion in that 820,000,000 of good American money, It is more cash than she could have squeezed out of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines in the next dozen years, even if she had been permitted to retain ber sov ereignty over those islands. Men now living can remember when Rowland Hill effected the adoption of j the "penny post" in England, and the vast progress it marked in human in- \ tercouse and information. To-day we stand upon the threshold of a penny I post era, not only throughout the British Empire, but in all the English speaking world. It will be a time of inighty forward movements toward that intimate intercourse and sympa thetic mutual knowledge that are the essential prelude to the brotherhood of man. Tho English newspaper people are aoinplainiug that the American-Span ish war did not prove a source of profitable revenue to them. War cor respondence from Cuba to one Loudon I evening paper cost SISOO, and the re sults did not pay bare expenses. And so it seems to have been all around. One editor has mourned that the smashiug of the Spanish fleet off San tiago failed to move the circulation of j his paper by a single copy. Moral; They do not know how to work these things over there. It is many years since the report of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue was invested with as great a degree of interest as attends it this year. That interest will not be confined to tho United States, for the report tells of a probable addition of 8100,000,000 in round numbers to the internal rev enue receipts as the result of the pas sage of the war-revenue act of this year. The internal revenue receipts for the fiscal year ending June 30 last amounted to $170,806,819, which repre sented an increase of over $15,000,000 over the estimates submitted a year ago, and the receipts for the current fiscal year are estimated at about $270,000,000. This is after making allowance for a reduction of the volume of the receipts from the level reached in the first three mouths of the current fiscal year. There is no hotter barometer of bns incs conditions than the state of the rail-making industry, observes the New York Commercial Advertiser. When crops are abundant and factories aro busy the railroads aro among the first to profit and they take advantage of increased earnings to improve thei roadbeds, carrying stock and the like This is the meaning of the contraots which have just been placed for 500,- 000 tons of steel rails for roads in this country. For several years these roads have spent very little money in botterments. They could not do so, for business conditions would not ad mit of it. Even substantial roads were forced to cut down dividends in order to make cuds meet, while weak er roads ceased io pay dividends alto gether or went into the hands of re ceivers. All this is now passed. Tho belter class of roads have not only in creased their dividends but are now improving their property, and other xoads report increased earnings. The result will be that the service of tho railroads of the whole country will be greatly improved and all of them hot ter enabled to withstand a period of depression when next one shall come. Tlio Divlni; Spider. There is nothing new in the diving hell. Long before man thought he in vented It, the water spider knew al ahout it. The water spider shins down a reed dragging his diving hell with him, ani anchors it under water on a level keel so that the air it contains keeps th( water out. When this air becomes foul, the spi der swims to the top, captures a bubbh with a flirt of its tail and carries h down to the bell for future reference There the spider lives in snug com fort and no storm disturbs his lowl/ home. A NEW YEAR. Our othftr years have slipped away, as slips the flower its sheath. Once more with hands held out we grasp a fjift the Father sends, And give Him thanks for length of days, for joy that comes witli breath, For home and books and happy work, for children and for friends. All in the midnight and the frost we sped the old year out; All In the dawnlight and the glow we bid the new year inl The King is dead! Long live the King!—'tis aye the clamorous shout; And ever 'tis with mirth and hope the new-born reigns begin. What yet may wait of care or grief to-day wo cannot tell. Another year, another start, another chance to do What lieth closest to our hand; God loves us, all is well. Disdaining fear, we greet the year, whoso tlrst white loaves are now. —Margaret E. Sungster, in Harper's Bazar. I A ROMANCE OF THE CUBAN WAR. 1 O 3 BY IIELOISE DURANT ROSE. <J> ! [The incidents ot this story aro taken troin life.—The Author.] „ L T was breakfast time Jl ft Avondale, and v la*™ \ * or the fifth time, \ ffjjf wondered what | 1 bP|b kept his daughter I as fidgeted .with I) trail hi s paper and V IM I stirred his hot I ft cofl'ee. Just as his """-fjy'n patience was at an end the door opened I an d admitted a tall, Jl handsome girl, with bright blue eyes and a determined mouth. She held a big bunch of cle matis in her hands. "Where have you been, Mona?" in quired her father. "Down at the river; I found the stone wall near the boathouse ablaze with these blossoms. I am sorry to be late, dear." "The Southern mail is in," ob served the General, nodding toward a small pile of letters at ber plate. She flushed slightly as she laid the clematis on the sideboard, and took her :cat at the table. A couscious smile crossed her father's face as she broke the seal of the first letter. He turned to the paper in his hands, and his eyes caught this heading; "A Romance in Ileal Life." Ho glanced at the ar ticle casually, and then the smile died away; his hands tightened on the paper and his face grew hard and stern while he read the following paragraph: "With the invalided officers return ing this week is young Colonel Law rence, who was severely hurt in the charge at San Juan. Among the nurses who went to look after the sick was a handsome young woman whom the Colonel formerly admired. Fam ily misfortunes had forced her to adopt nursing as a profession. Their j friendship was renewed, and when the Colonel came home he was en gaged to his old love. Colonel Law rence is to bo married very shortly. Report says that he had entangled himself with another lady, who will now find that she must look else ; where for consolation." As ha laid down the paper the Gen eral glanced at his daughter. She was sitting with a dazed expression on her face, gazing at a letter she held. "Father, what does this mean?" she exclaimed, holding out the letter. He took it from her, and this is what he read: "24 West Fifty street, "NEW YOUK, September 12, 1898. "Dear Mona—You may have seen in the papers an account of my being wounded; 1 mnilo light ot it in my last letter, fearing to alarm you, but the truth is I um awreek as tho papers have accurately stutod. lam invalided and crippled, and if it had not been for devoted uuislng I should uot be here to-day. Under the circumstances I do not feel justified in holding you to your engagement; notwithstanding the pain it causes me to do this I wuut to release you entirely aud leave you free to marry some one who is uot so shattered us myself; but believe me, dearest, thut whatever my fu ture lite, you will always be shrined deep lumyheurt of hearts. Your faithful friend, "HENRY LAWRENCE." "What does it mean?" almost shout ed the old General. "It means that your lover is a scoundrel, Mona; read this," aud he thrust into her hands the newspaper containing the "Ro mance in Real Life." "Be brave, child; he brave," said her father, as ho watched her anx iously. After a moment's silence, the girl turned a pale face toward her father; "I will he brave, but leave me to my self for a while," and crushing the let ter in her hand, she hastily left the room. It was a terrible blow to the Gen eral; he had always liked Colonel Law rence, and consented to the engage ment just before the young man was ordered to Cuba. Facing tho rooms wrathfully, he gave vent to his feel ings. "The scoundrel! I should like to horsewhip him myself for a whelp of a cur if ho wore not wounded. What are his hurts to the Htab he has given. Mona —ah! when Gilbert hears this —" and then the General remembered that his son was coming home that week. It was a satisfaction to have a man around to whom he could give vent to his outraged feelings. As though in answer to his thoughts, the butler at that moment brought in a telegram. "Yes, Gilbert was com ing, aud, fortunately, a day earlier than expected, bringing a friend with him for the hall. Just as well to dis tract her attention," thought her father, as Mona joined him with her hat on and a letter in her hand. "I have written a fow lines to say that his views upon the subject of our engagement entirely coincide with mine." "My brave girl." "Don't say a word more, now,father; I can't bear it." "Gilbert is coming to-morrow at 5 with an old college friend, who, it seems, has just turned up in New York." "I am glad," said Mona, quietly, and then calling to her dogs, she walked quickly away. Gilbert Higgerson was a good-heart- Ed, rather jovial specimen of his pro , fession, loving outdoor life and always stealing off for a day at Avondale when ho could manage to escape the routine of his office, lie arrived in high spir its with his friend, a Major Laurie, just returned from Porto Ilico. The two men had not met for nearly ten years, and each seemed equally glad to renew his college friendship. As soon as they wore alone the General poured out his indignation and woe to his Bon, who was naturally much in censed at the behavior of Mona's fiance. "Pity that your friend is an officer and just home from the war; it will keep the wound open," added his father. "Confound it, so it will; I am deuc edly sorry for Mona. No wonder she is cut up, but as Laurie is sure to know Lawrence, we must be careful not to show him that Lawrence has hurt us. Mona is plucky enough and must force herself to be jolly for a couple of days till Laurie takes his departure." "Jolly! Poor girl, how can she he?" sighed the General. sri.'T should liko to wring that rascal's neck," exclaimed Gilbert, impetuous ly, "and he of all men, whom we all liked so much." "That is just where it hurts so," answered his father. "By George," exclaimed Major Laurie, (after excusing herself early in the evening, Mona had left the three men in the billiard room smok ing,) "but Miss Mona is stunning. If I were not engaged to the dearest girl in the world, I should lose my heart to your sister." "I did not know we had to congrat ulate you, old fellow." "When does the happy event eome off?" "Very soon; you'll be invited." "Who is she?" asked Gilbert, inter ested. "A Miss Sterling, whose nature verifies her name; have known her since she was a girl." "Rather anxious time for her when you were wounded," suggested the General. "Oh, but I was not in much danger, you know; now some fellows got so cut up you would hardly recognize them. There was poor Lawrence— (both his listeners started) —one leg clean gone, the other up to the knee, one arm oft', and a scar across his face —and the plucky chap just smiled through it all." Father and son exchanged glances. "He pulled through, thanks to the devoted nursing he got," continued Laurie, unconscious of the interest his words aroused. "I never saw that man down until yesterday, when he collapsed as though shot." "How was that?" asked Gilbert, in a constrained voice. "Well, you see, itwas this way; he's very reticent, still, we nil know he was devoted to some girl at home, though he never mentioned her namo or spoke about her; couldn't get him into the slightest flirtation with any one. When we camo hack together he spoke for the first time to me about his affair. 'You sec, Laurie, I am such a wreck; should I marry a girl when she might have to nurse me? and then, at best, I'm not a whole man; will have but one sound arm and only part of one leg to offer her.' By George, I felt for the poor devil when he talked liko that. Well, I suggested to try her and see what she thought about it. Write and offer to release her. He caught at the idea. 'But I wouldn't write as though pleading with her; I would not want to be married out of pity, but would just state the facts aud leave her free to decide,' said he. 'And what do you think she'll write?' I asked him. 'I think she is too faithful to give me up,' ho answered, and, 'pon my word—scar or no scar—- he looked so proud aud handsome as bespoke, lonly wished his sweetheart could have seen him." "And then?" asked Gilbert, as Lau rie paused in his narrative. "Oh, then he wrote, alluding to his being a wreck, and referring to the ac count in the papers, and yesterday her answer came; I was in his looms when he got her note—just a short one, hut he turned white, and said bitterly, 'She writes that my views upon the subject of our engagement ending meet her own; she releases me, evi dently without regret, thankful to be free from what might have been a bur den to her.' I tried io cheer him up; he gave mo one look, such as you see in a hunted beast as you shoot it down, aud, by Jove, he keeled right ever. I was in a fearful funk, and called his man. He came round presently and begged me not to mention the subject again." "Laurie, for God's sake explain matters a little more," cried Gilbert, who had risen from his chair in great excitement. "Yes, sir," cried the General,equally roused, "you don't know how much depends upon what you have been telling. Cqlonel Lawrence is engaged to my daughter Mona." "The mischief!" and the eyeglass dropped from its habitual place. "And here's news of his engage ment to another woman?" echoed Laurie, evidently in hopeless amaze ment. "The nurse who took care of him. There is a flaring account of it in to day's Beporter." "Confound the newspapers; it's all a lie." cried Laurie, fumbling for his eyeglass and almost dropping his lisp. "They have mixed our names up; it is I that am engaged to the nurse Miss Sterling, whom I just mentioned; Lawrence has never looked at any other woman nor had a thought except for his fiancee; I can swear to that." "But his letter," began the General. "All his confounded chivalry; wish ing to give Miss Mona a chance to be free of an invalid; why, he's more a man now, with legs and an arm off, than half the whipper-snappers one meets every day." "What is to be done?" cried Gil bert. "My sister is nearly broken hearted " "By thunder, sir, if what you say is the true explanation of the situation, then you have made three people very happy to-night," added the General. _ "Tell your sister that I am off for New York, and get a note from her. What time does the train leave?" "There is one at 11.45, if you really mean to go." "If you will kindly order a trap for me, I'll get ready now," said Laurie, looking at his watch and relapsing into his lisp and drawl. The next morning when Major Laurie walked into the adjoining bed room his friend started up in bed and tried to ask a question, but Mona's note was in his hand before he had timo to frame the words. "My darling." she wrote, "forgive me for misunderstanding vour letter. 1 cannot free you from our engagement as long as I realize that you love me and that 1 can be of use to you. What matters to me a lo9s of an arm or a log, as long as you havo body enough loft to hold your soul to gether. I urn yours till God calls thutsoul home to Himself. Youn LOVING MONA." Toward noon of that day Major Lanriehad a vision of Mona with her arms around her lover's neck, heard her joyful cry, and from Law rence a murmured "My darling—at last," and he hastily left to themselves two of the happiest hearts in Now York. As he tarned to Mona's brother in tho next room, wiping his eyeglass, which had suddenly become misty, he said below his breath, "By Jove, I rather think I've done a good day's work."—New York Times. A Story of General Grant. Stuart Bobson tells the following story in which the late President Grant occupies a prominent place: "I was playing some years ago in a well known theatre outside of New York. Tho first act was over and I was chat ting in the wings with my manager when a boy rushed in on the stage to tell us that General Grant and his family were in one of the boxes. A flush of gratified pride mounted to the manager's face, followed by a look of agonized doubt, as he evidently re flected that perhaps the General had 'dead-headed' into the box. 'Did yon send him a box?' he asked me, and on my replying in the negative he pulled a card from his pocket and, scribbling a line on it, told the boy to take it to the box office and bring back an an swer. The boy rushed off, his head full of the General, and returned in a few minutes with the card, which he handed to Mr. Manager. A ghastly look crossed his face as he read it, and without a word he handed it to me. The first line read, in a rather shaky managerial chirography; 'Did General Grant pay for his box?' while underneath appeared: 'No, but my son, Fred Grant, did—U. S. Grant.'" —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Matrimonial Inhibitions. Don't marry a polished girl—she might reflect too much. Don't marry a tennis girl- she'll be on to all your rackets. Don't marry a girl who plays pool— Bhe knows too much about pockets. Dbn't marry a musical girl—she knows too much about notes and bars. Don't marry a bright girl—she might go out when you most needed her. Don't marry a grass widow—you might have to cure her of hay fever. Don't marry a melancholy girl—her sighs might prove a heaviness to you. Don't marry a girl who cries—damp powder is awfully disappointing. Don't marry a "peach"—she might not he easily preserved. Don't marry a lazy girl, unless yon are in the tire-repair business. Don't marry an industrious girl—it might prove too great a temptation for you. Don't marry a vaiu girl, unless you are anticipating breezy times and will want £to know which way the wind blows. Her Pet Parrot. A woman came out of a tailor's es tablishment on G street Wednesday morning and X could not but turn to stare at her. On her left forefinger sat an imperturbable green parrot. There was a faint suggestion of frosty sting in the sunny air and Master Parrot was fortified against it. He wore a coat, or a blanket, or whatever you like to call it, of green velvet, made of two pieces, just the shape of a turtle's shell. One piece hung over his chest. The other pro tected his back, and the two pieces were joined to a kind of collar. A bicycle stood at the curbstone. The lady placed the utterly self-possessed bird on the handle bar, mounted and rode away. I said to myself that ob viously there was a woman who was— well, who had been having "Miss" on her visiting cards since hoop skirts were in fashion, but when I asked the very next woman I met about it, she told me that the parrot's mistress not only has a husband, but a real live baby, too.—Washington Post. | PARI AHB GAEDEH. jj Origin anl Nature of Soils. Nothing is more common than the soil undor our feet, and yet how many af ua stop to consider it. If you take ip a handful of soil and examine it /arefullv you will see many mineral fragments, which look like small stones. That is what they are. All soils are composed very largely of pieces of stone. In a gravelly soil these pieces are large, some of them good-sized pebbles, or even larger, possibly bould ers several feet in diameter. If you examine a handful of clay you appar ently do not see mineral fragments, but under the micrcseope this same clay does look like sand to the naked eye. In fact soils are composed,mainly, of these particles of varying sizes, larger in gravel or sand, and smaller in clay or loam. The fertility of a soil depends largely upon the size of its particles. The mineral food of plants (the portion of the plant which remains as ashes after it is burned) is formed in the soil by the dissolving of the mineral frag ments. Naturally, which will dissolve more rapidly, gravel or tine sand? Why will pulverized sugar dissolve more quickly than rock candy? Because its particles are finer, and the liquid has more surface to act upon. Thus tine soil dissolves faster than a coarse one, hence plant food is formed more rapidly. But soils contain something more than broken fragments of worn and weathered rock. If we heat a sample ot soil to a red heat, we find that after cooling it has lost weight. This loss was partly water and partly organio matter. All of our soils contain large quantities of decayed and decaying plants. This decayed material gives to the noil its dark color. Muck soils are dark colored because they have a large amount of decayed swamp grass and weeds. Clay soil has among its very fine particles a small quantity of silicate of aluminum, which gives it its sticky or plastic quality. Loam soils have more or less of this same sticky material. The importance of soil to animal and plant life cannot be estimated. Without it we could not exist. All forms of trees and all kinds of crops would perish and all forms of animal life, including man, would perish with them. Only a few mosses and lichens would remain. Where does soil come from? How is it formed? All soils are formed from rock. Geologists tell us that at one time the surface of the earth was covered with nothing but solid rock and water. Now how was the rock changed into soil? Bocks decay when exposed to the weather. Freshly quarried stono has bright and angular surfaces, while stone that has been ex posed to the action of rain and freezing looks dull, and the edges are rounded. All rocks absorb water. Even the hardest granite will absorb .4 of a pound for each 100 lbs of rock. When the water in the stone freezes the ice expands and breaks off small pieces of stone. Bains come and wash this material away and at the same time wear'away the surface of the rock. Bunuing water is a good soil former and soil mover. Every year the Mis sissippi Biver carries into the Gulf of Mexico seventy-two sections of land four feet deep. Mnngfl and Distemper in Ilorflet*. The want of proper grooming, and want of sufficient food, starvation in a word, are the chief causes of mange. The disease is very contagious, hence it is essential that all animals suffer ing from it Bhould be isolated. Blankets and other olothing should be soaked or boiled in a solution of soap and carbolic acid; nlso, the sad dle, harness and grooming utensils Bhould be washed with warm water and soap, and it would be all tho bet ter to follow this with an application of corrosive sublimate diluted in water, ten grains to the ouuee of water; then air and dry them thoroughly. To fol low this washing by sprinkling of sul phur on the parts coming next the horse, is highly recommended. Some of these precautions may seem un necessary, but where the disoase has been of long standing the infection is difficult to eradicate. Among the many remedies for this disease we find tho following recom mended as equal to the best, if not the very best: Sperm oil, six ounces; oil of tar, three ounces; lac sulphur, two ounces; mix these well and apply by means of a brush. The skin of the horse, however, should be well washed before tho remedy is applied. The remedy should be applied again at the end of tho second or third day. Thus tho treatment should be coutinnel un til a cure is effected. The first steps in the treatment of distempered horses'is to keop them warm and comfortably sheltered; and if in severe weather, have the chill taken off Jthe water they drink; and their bowels kept open by giving them gruel. For the swollen glands be neath tho ears, ad the tumors that form there, a poultice of poplar bark, slippery elm, linseed and lobelia, equal parts, moistened with vinegar and water, should be used. And to give relief to the passages of the head and throat, pour slowly a small quanity of tincture of lobelia and vinegar on ahot stone or shovel, and have the horse to inhale the steam. This should bo con tinued at short intervals to cause the pus to discharge from tho nostrils. When the tumors are ripe, which is indicated by becoming soft where the matter forms, they should bo lanced, and relief will genorally follow. And to facilitate and increase the dischargo from the tumors, the bandages on thorn should be kept moderately tight; and they should be sponged occasionally with a cold infusion of bay berry bark. ,If the bowels become inactive, which often occurs, giva injections aomv^ei or four dracliins powderod aloes and ono drachm common salt, whioh will promote action. As the horse begins to improve, and will partake of food, begin with gruol, them advance on the mashes, boiled oats or green food, but no corn until ho is pretty well recovered. In the feed may be given two ounces pow dered gentian, one ounce licorice root, this divided into six equal parts; this will be strengthening d otherwise helpful.—James I. Bnird, in Agricul tural Epitomist. Effect of Tuberculin. Opinions still differ as to whether the tuberculin test has an injurious effect upon a healthy cow. Many un prejudiced and careful veterinarians and scientists maintain that where it is properly employed, the effect is not injurious; on the other hand, the com plaint is still made among Massachu setts farmers that their herds which have been tested with tuberculin dur ing the past two or three years have in some cases "gone to pieces," mean ing thereby a general breaking down of health and milking power. This complaint is loudest among those who have expressed the greatest prejudice against the test, aud it may also bs partly due to the use of a foul syringe and improper methods. It is admit ted on all sides, however, that quite a number of the cows in a given herd which do not react to the test now are pretty certain to do so six months or a year hence. Of conrse there is no means of knowing whether in such cases tho test favored the development of the disease, or whether the cows would have become infected if they had not been tested. The extreme claims formerly made for tuberculin are no longer uttered by sensible men among either the profession or the laity, who are all agreed as to the fai larger importance of proper care o) cattle, with plenty of good air, pure wnter and every reasonable sanitary precaution against disease.—New Eng land Homestead. Milk That Will Keep. Clean milk, cooled as soon as drawn and kept in a cool place, will stay sweet longer than new milk thai has been carelessly cooled and handled and kept in a dirty dish. Thus old milk is sometimes fresher as far as practical keeping qualities are con cerned than new milk. This is a point which should bo better appre ciated by those who carry on milk routes. Lowering the temperature puts the bacteria to sleep and pre vents their getting so numerous as to do any harm for some time. On the other hand, warm milk is exactly the material in which bacteria whioh cause sourness like to grow uud multiply. Thoroughly strain and cool the milk, and keep it cool until delivered to the consumer, and milk will nearly al ways keep as long as it is wanted to keep. This care in straining and cooling is important in winter as well as summer. Cooling oannot be properly done by setting large cans into cold water, be causo the bacteria havo already gained somowhat of a start beforo the milk in the middle of the can is cool. Yet this method is much better than none. Those who have any considerable quantity of milk will find it profitable to buy au aerator.—Massachusetts Ploughman. Green Food For Fowl*. Fowls in winter confined in hen houses lack the variety of food which they had in summer while allowed a wide range. At this season they re quire more condensed food than in summer, and grain should be their principal ration. But they will eat more or less green food also, and we never found a better way than to ban? up a cabbage head by the roots, al lowing the head to come near enough to the ground so that by jumping they can bite out a mouthful. Tho infer ior heads of cabbage that would othor wiso be thrown away can thus bo put to good use. Poultry Note*. The runs should be 3paded up onca a year anyhow. Introduce new blood among the poul try once a year. Fewer eggs will be gathered if the hens are crowded. Buckwheat, oatmeal and milk are good for laying hens. Give lime for growth 'of bono and for eggshell material. A little cayenne pepper in tho food often stimulates laying. The usual causes of roup are cold, dampness and exposure. Good leghorn hens may be kept un til they are live years old. Tho llavor of eggs depends very much on food given the heus. Feed ducks and turkeys always where you wish them to roost. A layiug hen should have her food aud drink at regular intervals. It is essential that coufiuod fowls be supplied with plenty of gravel. If tho hens show an inclination to pull feathers, feed them salt pork. Corn is]a fatten iug food P but can nearly always be given at night to good advantage. Fresh egg 3 are heavier than the old ones, therefore when put iu water the older ones will float higher. When the floor of a poultry house is earth, the top should be removed once a year and fresh earth put iu. It is a good pi m to mix the foi the fowls with boiling water, for this partially cooks it and makes the food better. It is considered by many that over feeding fowls on corn is the cause oJ apoplexy. When chickens fall off' the roost at night they are generally af fected with this disease. The man behind the broom and shovel is the hero of Santiago and San Juan to-day. GENIUS* Par out at sea—the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flopp'd the sail— Wo saw a snow-wliite butterfly Dancing before the fitful gale, Far out at sou! The little wanderer, who had lost His way, of danger nothing knew; Settled awhile upon the inast, Then llutror'd o'er the waters blue, Fur out at sea! Above, there gloam'd the boundless sky; Beneath, the boundless ocean sheen; Between them danced the butterfly, Tne spirit-life of this vast scene- Far out at sou! The tiny soul thensoar'd away, Seekiug the clouds on fragile wings, Lured by the brighter, purer ray Which hope's ecstatic morning brings, Far out at sou! Away he sped with shimmering glee! Scarce seen—now lost —yet onward borne! Night comes!—with wind and rain—and k No more will dance before the morn, Far out at sea! He dies unlike his mates, I ween; Perhaps not sooner, or worse crossM— And he hath felt, thought, known and seen A larger life and hope—though lost. Far out at sea! —Richard Ilengist Home. HUMOR OF THE DAY. Long drawn out—The naval secre tary interviewed. Bell—"And so they were happily married?" Nell—"Yes; each oue of them married somebody else."—Tit- Bits. She—"l think I must have hit the caddie." He—"Naturally; you were not aiming to hit him."—St. Louis Republic. Mommer—"Billy, Avhere are all those huckleberries? Did you eat that plateful?" Billy—"No, inoiiiuier; I ate it empty!" Doctor—"Do you take a bath regu larly? Once a week, I suppose?" Pa tient—"Lor' bless you, no, sir. I hain't so dirty as all that!"— Sketch. "Let me show you something." "What is it?" "A kinetoscope rep resentation of Johnny going through a new pair of shoes."—Chicago Rec ord. "Why did Josephine dismiss her suit for damages?" "The niau proved that he ran into her bicycle because he was looking at her."—Chicago Record. "Mrs. Rinks seems like a very fussy woman." "Fussy? Say, if she built a house she'd insist on having all the nails manicured."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Groom (very wealthy)—" Why did you marry an ordinary chap like me?" The Bride—"l haven't the slightest idea. Mamma managed the whole affair."—Harlem Lifo. Mrs. Brouson—"The Sillibys have reached an agreement with the owner of their flat house." Mrs. Marble— "So?" "Yes. Their childreu are to be allowed to visit them once a week." —Life. Emily—"l am so unhappy. I be gin to see that Arthur married me for my money." Her Dearest Friend— "Well, you have the comfort of know ing that he is not so simple as he looks." "That woman tried to beat me down on the price of quinine." "What did she say?" "She said I ought to make it ten cents cheaper because she had to pay her little boy to take it." —Chicago Record. Tenaut—"You call our flats the Klondike becanse they are so cold in winter and so hot in summer, I sup pose. 11a, ha!" Landlord—"No, be cause there's no.such money in them as people think."—Detroit Journal. Husband—"Anything you want down town to-day, my dear? Shall I order some more of that self-rising flour?" Wife—"We have plenty left; but I wish you would stop at au in telligence office and order me a self rising servant girl." "Aui I th^first girl you ever loved?' she asked him, more as a matter of habit than anything else. "I cannot tell a lie," said he. "You are not. You are simply tliebestof the bunch." Being a modern maid, she was con tent with that.—Cincinnati Enquirer. Mr. Buyer—"Mr. Green, there seems to be something serious the matter with the horse I bought of yon yesterday. He coughs and w'heezes distressiugly, and I think perhaps he is wind-broken. What would fou ad vise mo to do?" Jay Green (jDromptly) —"Sell him as quickly as you cau; I did."—Tit-Bits. These two converted savages were speaking of a third; nothing is to be gained by repeatiug names here. "He'd sell liis soul for a dollar!" ex claimed one. "And that's 'way below cost, if there's any truth iu tho sta tistical reports of missionary expendi tures!" replied the othor, evidently much disturbed.—Detroit Journal. Torpedo Hcmt'g Wear anil Tear. So injurious is lifo ou a torpedo boat that a year's continuous service will mentally and physically inaapaoi tate a mau. This assertion i 3 piade on the authority of Lord Charles Bcresford, but that the strain ou any one serving ou these crafts is very great is shown by the fact that to one month's service the British naval regulations allow one week off. Aus tria is endeavoring to mitigate the hardship of service on these boats, and life on one built for the Austrian navy, and tried on the Thames re cently, was demonstrated to be pleas anter than on those of tho English navy, A Great State. Kansas is a great State in a variety of ways. Among the candidates who were voted for at the late election oc cur the following names: Napoleon Bonaparte, George Washington, An drew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, John Bunyan, Tom Corwin, Julius Crcsar and Edgar Poe. Nearly all of these were candi dates for the Legislature,
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