r
r
UOUNTFVr.
As long- ago the force of Ada's hate
Was turned on Greece becaiue aha dared
bo free.
Ho Kuropc, following- the self-same fate.
Snail hurl her combined armies, soon or
late,
My country, upon thee.
The world moves on In cycles. History,
Advancing by some hidden law subllmt,
Is re-enacted, as the ages lleo;
For that which once has been again shall
be,
Though changed to (It the time.
The monarchies behold with startled eyes
Thy growing shadow, casting In eclipse
Their trade and prestige; fear and envy
rise;
And he who asks, hears ominous replies
Fall from the Future's Hps.
Tor Europe, haughty In ancestral pride.
With alt her mighty armaments of war,
Till .they aro Used will not be satisfied;
To crush a rival, an ner stated allied
Will gather on thy shore.
She will not brook an equal; will not see
The marts of commerco pass from her
control.
She hates thy newness, hates thy llborty;
IJut most sho hates thy threatened mas
tery, f
Thy fleetncss to the goal.
Already growl the war-dogs In their lairs;
Already come the mutterlngs of storm:
Tho next decado In silence she prepares;
Then, as tho trumpet call for action
blares.
Her columns swiftly form.
Her hosts unnumbered swarm upon thy
shore:
Her navies sprinkle the surrounding
seas.
This Is the culmination of all war,
Tho Armageddon prophesied of yore,
Preceding lasting peace.
And long the contest wages to and fro.
And long the clouds hang heavy over
thee,
My native land; yet, In the ending, know
Thou shalt prevail and over thee shall
glow
Tho sun of victory.
Then, as a tempest on a summer day
Leaves all things purer from Us passing
flood.
So shall thy stains, corruption and de
cay, Thy fllth of greed and guilt be washed
away
In that baptism of blood.
Then stronger, better, truer man or yore.
Tho flag of freedom over thoo unfurled,
Thou shalt, tho people's champion onco
moro.
March onward through tho Future's open
door,
The leader of the world.
Forcing a Oecision.
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.
Author "A Romulus of Kentucky," Etc.
ICoDvrlirht. 1901. by Dally Story Pub. Co.)
"Como to think of it," said Goorgo
Peterson to Will Garrison, as tho two
Btood chatting on tho highway, "I
heard that, you said that ono of us was
a-goln" to git a bullet-hole in him
afore long?"
"Well, now," returned Will thought
fully, scrowlng his left eye and digging
at his scalp, "hit comes to mo that I
hed Jest about slch talk."
"You think wo ought to shoot over
Tlllio AdamB, eh?"
"I don't see thet wo cud shoot over
ennythlng moro Important: do you? I
shot olo Jim Stacy over a hog last
summer, an' by gum, in my estima
tion, Tlllio Adams is wuth a whole
drove o' hogs."
"That is all true," admitted George;
"hogs ain't to bo mentioned in tho
same breath with Tlllio no man gits
ahead o mo In appreciating hor worth
but tho question la one o' policy an'
good Jegmont ort wo to kill each oth
er over hor?"
"Now, that Is a matter to seriously
chaw on, I admit. That wo both love
the gal moro nor an ox team cud pull
ef they bad a down hill shoot on it, is
certain. That both wud fling our
HveB, as worthless rags, at her feet,
Is ekally shore; but as to whether wo'd
bo doin' the proper thing to do it is
a matter to chaw on. But tho matter
must be settled somo way. I bellevo
the ono sho loves best ortcr have her,
but sho won't say. I bellovo I'm tho
one."
"An I feel shoro I'm the one."
"An' this shoreness o' both, yo see,
1b what I've thought would bring
Spang!
trouble. So I flgger it this way: If
both Hvo, an' ono gits her, tother wud
ruthor ho dead. With ono dead, ho';
at everlasting peace, an' tho othor Is
happy with Tlllio. Now, what do you
say?"
"I'm a chawln' on the thing."
"Havo you got yor pop with you?"
"No, but I seo you'vo got two."
"Yas, an' hero Is a good place. A
nlco, thick shado yander under that
beech to die corafortablo under, an
Urniorry is Sunday, an' tho now
prtacher is to preach at High Point,
an' tho feller that gits his light put out
will havo a glorious big funeral!"
"I kin Jlst seo Tlllle, her bootiful
fnco, like or dow-wet rose, hanging
over mo right now'"
"Hush! Go tor drnwln' a plctor Hko
that, an' I'll commit eutcldo to git to
bo tho ono to git hung over."
Tho two men laughed morrlly, while
at tho same time they woro unjolntlng
tho "pops," costing out old hulls and
putting new cartridge!! Into tho cyl
inders. ,
"Kow far oft had wo better got?"
nkod George.
Oh", wc-e-11, Bay well ono hundred
yards ai.d step forward ten stcpB at
each Are."
"That's good say, who's thom com-
ln' In that buggy?"
"Durncd ef I don't bellovo it's Bill
Tom Branner an' Tlllio."
"That's Jest who they is, by gum!"
An old topless buggy, drawn by a
thin, bay horso rattled up. Tho occu
pants, coming opposite, inclined their
heads gently, smiled pleasantly and
passed on, a foam of dust rising in
their wake.
"Sho smiled at me, Goorgo."
"She smiled at mo, Bill."
"Say, Bill," laughed George. "Would
n't it bo a good 'un on us if Tlllio loved
that dog dratted rascal with her hot
ter than sho do either of us?"
"Huh! An' him with nuthln' but an"
"Boys, don't shoot, for God's sako!"
edicatlon, an' not a hoss to his name!
That's 'bout as rcdlckilus as ono of
ub beln' loved by a president's darter."
Oh, I wuz Jest funning, of co'sc, bui,
como to think, I've hearn o' things
Jest as onroasonablo. Yo seo, Tlllio
has been down to the Blucgrass goln
to school for a year or so, an' thor's
no tollln' what slch fool doln's as that
will lead a gal to. Thoy aro curious
crlttorB at tho best gals Is. Why, I
hearn of a gal onco that refused to
marry Jesso Underwood, tho best pistol
Bhot our Kalmuck hills ovor had. Well,
sub, sho kep on an' on actln' the fool
till she finally married some poor
lawyer thet never amounted to nuthln'
coptin' sumthln' like circuit Judge, or
some foolishness like that. Tell ye,
gals is curios."
"Yas, that's so; but wo ain't no more
time for foolln. Let s step off.'
The men stepped out, took places
and confronted each other. They were
to count three in concert, then Are.
"One, two, threo!"
"Spang!"
A ball passed through a lack of hair
abovo Bill's left ear. Ho hadn't ilrod,
and for good reason. When ho went
to cock his revolver tho main spring
had broken. Ho had pointod' tho
weapon nevertheless, taking the risk
of being killed rather than to explain
an accldont that Goorgo might regard
a purposed act to avoid tho duel.
"Wo'll havo to adjourn this case,"
sighed Goorgo, "until you kin git yor
own pop."
"Say, Georgo," returned Bill, hand
injr Georgo tho crippled weapon. "I'vo
Jest thought we kin settle this matter
moro satisfactory. Tlllio, as woll as
sho appears to lovo both, mout refuse
tor marry the ono that kills tother
about her. Then wo'd bo in a nlco
shape ?no dead and tother wussor,
Less flr;o out which one sho really
loves best; then let that lucky ono glvo
tother all his property to console him
a little, and tako her."
"That'll bo satisfactory to me If wo
kin git a bill o' discovery, as the law
yers say, that will wuk."
"Will, I think I've got It. Tormorry
at church mo an' you will let on like
wo git in a fuss, an' pull our pops
Everybody will be excited; tho wim
men will yell, an' plrty Tlllio will, como
screamln' out to tho ono sho loves
best, an' beg him for her sako to put
up his pop."
"Tho very thing!" exclaimed Georgo
lapping a cloud of dust from his right.
leg.
A great congregation had gathered
for Rev, Ball, tho celebrated rovlval
1st of Knott county, was to preach, and
the report had drawn people as a suck-
hole draws chips from a broad tarrl
tory.
The houso being filled, tho grounds
overflowed. Men and boyB covered
tho turf in front and at the sides, as
thickly as bees cling at tho side of a
gum on a hot morn of July all ears
eagerly polBed. Nothing save tho elec
trie voice of tho speaker, fell upon the
vast quiet
When the preacher began to pitch
his tono to tho scale of concluding ex
hortatlon, Bill and George, as per pro
vlous arrangement, came Into the
crowd from opposlto directions. They
were radiant in their new clothes, nnd
their now boots announced thel
ontranco tnrougn proud meas
ured squeaks. Being tho richest
young men of tho Bectlon
their appearanco mado heads of
roveronco silently lncllno and a whis
per of admiration rlpplo through tho
wldo throng.
Qulotly tho young gallants worked
toward each other, and, before the si
lent company know thoy had mot, or
know they had occasion for quarrol, a
rapid Are of denunciation began bo
tween them.
You did step on my footl" vo
ciferated Georgo.
"You ara a liar" shouted Bill.
"Boys, don't shoot, for Lord'B sako!"
shouted a scoro In concert
Tho hitherto passlvo throng, was
now In rolling, surging motion. The
timid fell to the rear, and the bold
tolled madly toward the danger-Awlrl.
Tho windows of tho houso becamo
mouths for rapidly expolllng wads of
color. Tho doorway was a choked
channel for tho emission of a fcmtnlno
flood. Wild shrieks wont up, and
benches tumbled down. Dogs yelped,
and white-faced, wild-eyed women
cried: "Oh, whore's my baby?" or "Sal-
He" or "Tommle," whero are you?"
A rolling commotion of voices on tho
outside finally killed all distinct ex
pression. Bill's white-faced sister got to him,
and seized him by tho arm, but a big,
firm hand pushed her back. Tho con-
stablo wedged his way to George, but
ho fell back limply against propping
men, his faco gushing blood. Tho
Justice of tho peace, who commanded
peace, found tho pcaco of Bill's paral
yzing fist. All was In swirling, ronr-
lng confusion when tho thunderous
voice of tho preacher broke above tho
crowd with tho awelng powor:
"Ef yo ain't got no respect for me,
an' tho day, nn' tho Lord, respect yor
neighbors who now loavo slnglo llfo
for tho holy ways of matcrmony. I
now peform a sarimony. Bo yo silent
in tho faco of this awful, sacred in
ordinance uv heavon's disposition.
Jlno ban's Thomas Benton Brammor
and Matilda Jano Susan Ann Adams!"
Sllonco fell, nnd so did tho spirits
of BUI Garrison and Georgo Peterson.
They looked up at each othor and
though agony loaded their slow-chugging
hearts, thoy smiled through sick,
feeble Hps as thought answered
thought: "What fools us follors bo!"
BABYLONIAN EXPLORATIONS.
Dlacovery of Grent Tempi Library of
City of Nippur.
Prof. Hllprecht of tho University of
Pennsylvania, tho Babylonian explor
er, has discovered the Great Tomplo
library of tho ancient city of Nippur,
which was destroyed by tho Elumnltcs
in tho year 228 B. C. For eleven years
the professor has boon exploring the
mounds of ancient Nippur, tho city
that antedated Babylon by centuries ns
tho capital of Babylonia. Within tho
past year lis has found among those
prehistoric ruins tho library of tho
Templo of Nippur. This is tho first
Babylonian templo library that has
over been discovered, and it contains
tho oldest and most Important records
of tho earliest civilization of which
oven an echo has come down to our
own age. Already 18,000 volumes
havo boon taken from tho ruins, nnd It
is oxpected that many moro thousands
will be recovered. Inscribed on clay
tablets In tho cuneiform characters
which tho explorations of Nineveh and
Egypt have made familiar to archaeo
logical students, these literary works
of men who lived 5,000 yearB before
tho Christian era began Includo die
tlonarles, architectural plans, bistort
cal and chronological data, legal and
commercial as woll as religious liter
ature, that bear witness to tho "form
and pressure of time ' In which Abra
ham lived. Thoy also show, says Prof.
Hllprecht, that ages before tho reputed
appearance of Adam . man was not only
existing but that developed a high
state of civilization, comparable in all
its essential polntB with that which wo
ourselves possess.
America' First Protectant Chnrcli,
The first Protestant church In Am
erica was mado of tho sallc of Capt
John Smith's ship hung between tha
trees at JameBtown, Va. Tho pulpit
was a stump and the congregation sat
upon unhewn logs during the Bervlce
until 1011, when a log cabin was erect
ed under tho direction of tho governor,
Sir ThomaB Dale. In 1638 n brick struc
ture fifty-six by twonty-elght feet in
dimensions, with a tower through
which It was entered, olghtcon feot
square, was built with tho most sub
stantlal material, as its endurance ten
tlflos. It was partially destroyed by
fire In 1676, but was restored and occu
pled until 1723, when the capital was
removed to Williamsburg. Chlcngo
Record-Herald.
Church Tarda In Had Condition.
Many of tho church yards In the
Highlands nro reported to be in n
shocking condition. There has been
a scandal in North Harris, where the
sanitary authorities havo had to step
in and prevent tho people from bury
ing any moro bodies In a small piece
of ground, whllo tho churchyard at
Moralg, another small Highland place,
Is so full that It Is described as sim
ply mounds of human beings. The
Highlanders have a great liking for
laying their lost ones with those vrh
have gone before and thin accounts
greatly for the over-crowding. This, of
course, applies only to tho old paro
chlal cemeteries, as tho newer ones nro
under government control, which stopi
or Is supposed to stop anything llkci
overcrowding.
Ulnc'n Ten Miimi,
Tho King of England has ten maces
which aro kept In tho Tower of Lon
don. Thoy aro all of different degrees
and all will bo used at tho coronation
Tho lords have their own mace and will
not nllow tho houso of commons' mnce
to enter tholr house. It accompanies
tho commons to tho door of their lord
ships' houao, but it is alwnyB left out
side.
By tho will of tho naroness Nk
thanlel Rothschild tho Purls Consorvn
toiro has Just como Into possession o'
a valuable collection of MSS. of tho
works of Chopin and Aubcr.
A LIFE OF HARD SACRIFICE.
Louisiana's Aclancho!y licper
the Mississippi.
There Is n place behind tho loveo
on the east bank of the Mississippi
eighty miles nbovo Now Orleans that
the river boats pass In the early morn
ing long before the passengers leave
their berths, so It Is not pointed out
as ono of tho sights of tho river. Per
haps it would not bo pointed out, nny
way, as It could hardly bo expected to
enhance tho attractiveness of tho
route. Tho lazy plantation negro,
passing It on the river road, "gets a
gait on" his mule, becnuso of a super
stitious dread, and to thoso even, who
fear only tho material, tho eorlo nt
mosphero brings a shudder. Tho char
acter of the placo Is llttlo known, ex
cept to tho Creoles of Iberville, tho
parish In which it lies, nnd to the
Bteamboatmen who bring supplies to it.
An uninformed person would suppose
It was only one of tho sovcral deserted
plantations to bo scon along tho Mis
sissippi, relics of Louisiana's "fo do
wah" glory, though a larger nnd grand
er ruin than tho others. Such It was
until 1894, when put to its present uso.
THE LDP
It is now a leper colony, tho only in
stitution of Its kind in the United
States.
The Identity of thoso confined nt tho
Institution 1b maintained a profound
secret and few outsiders aro allowed to
enter tho place. A permit, by no
means easy to obtain, must bo pre
sented before a visitor Is admitted.
Tho most truglc cases at the Institution
are. two young girls, both of them
beautiful, cultured and members of
prominent Louisiana families. Not a
mark has yet appeared upon tho face
of either but thoy wear gloves, al
ways. When tho writer visited tho
lnclosuro theso girls woro sitting In
tho garden reading to sovcral children
and old men. A sister Introduced the
writer to tho girls without mentioning
their names. Both talked cheerfully
FRONT VIEW OP
and without reference to their terrible
fate. Their cases are, of course, hope
less, all leprosy cases are.
Life In the settlement Is by no means
as terrible for tho most of tho lepers
as one might suppose. Many of them
aro perfectly able to do a good day'B
work, but no labor Is required of thom.
What work they do Is dono of their
own freo will. Many of them tako a
great pride in their gardens. For
recreation tho liveliest of them piny
croquet and even lawn tennlB; while
those who aro partly Incapacitated
carvo wooden ornaments and crochot.
They havo all sortB of Indoor games,
and friends keep them supplied with
reading matter. Complaining, pctu
lanco or rebellion against tholr fate
HOW A HORSE STEALS
HIS COMRADE'S OATS.
Thero Is a clever postofllco horso In
Brooklyn which for somo tlnio past hns
been getting doublo rations, and will
probably continue to do so until tho
postoPlce men discover his trick. From
tho substation at the corner of Ninth
street and Fifth avonuo nro sent out
a numbor of mall collecting carts
through tho surrounding district. When
tho horses drawing these carts come
Colony on the Banks of
Is almost unknown among theso unfor
tunates. They await the Inevitable end
with a quiet nnd touching patience,
treating each other with unfailing
swcetnesB nnd tenderness. Thoy nre
a devoutly religious body. Marrlago, of
course, is not permitted nmong them.
Tho chlldron of tho sottlement woro
all legally assigned thero with ono or
tho other of their parents. Though
leprosy Is moro provalont among tho
negroes than among tho whites, thoro
nre but soven negro Inmates of tho
colony. Thero has been but ono cs
capo from tho lnclosuro; that of n lad
who scaled tho fenco nnd got safely
away. 'About a month after ho had
gono tho slstors received a letter
thanking them for all tholr kindness
nnd informing them he was on his
way to tho Sandwich Islands, whero
there was more Bcopo for thoso of his
affliction.
Product of Ireland.
Potatoes havo censed to bo tho prin
cipal root crop of Irclnnd, If they aro
ER HOME.
to bo compnrcd with turnips by weight
of yield last yonr, for oxamplo, only
about 1,842,000 tons, against 4,420,000
tons of turnips. Nor was tho potato
acreago, though twice as great as that
of tho heavier root, nearly tho largest
given to any crop. That of oats was
larger by 450,000 acres. Tho Irish prod
uct of oatB was much greater than the
Scotch and Welsh put together, and
amounted to G04,000,000 buBhols,
against 73,500,000 bushels raised in
Englnnd. What has to bo deplored
nowadays in Irish agriculturo Is not
dependenco on a slnglo crop, but a
general tendency to a shrlnkago in
area of all areablo land. In splto of nn
lncrcnse of 46,000 acres dovotcd to
mangel wurzol and beet, this shrlnk
ago has beon ono of tho 32 per cent
slnco 185C. Tho distinctively Irish crop
A LEPER COTTA GE.
of flax has lost ground slnco 1870 to
tho extent of nenriy 75 per cent. Land
either becomes meadow, or moro largo
ly, goes out of cultivation. In theso cir
cumstances It la gratifying to seo that
a rally to flax last year was rowarded
by an exceptionally fine harvest. As
compared with tho year before, tho
area given to it was 35 per cont great
er, and tho yield 42 per cont grentor.
Much moro than as much honoy was
also produced as tho averago weight
for ten years back.
Scotland' Prlnnd, tbe Salmon.
It has been snld that moro laws havo
been passed for tho protection of tho
salmon than for that of any othor II v
Ing crenturo save man himself, says a
in thoy nro driven up In front of tho
stntlon to stand until it Is tlmo for
nnother collection. Whllo thus stand
ing thoy aro fed. On tho curb In front
of each horso Is placed a bag of oats.
Nono of tho horses aro tied, for stand
ing Is a part of tholr business.
This Is whon tho horso with a dou
ble appetlto has his opportunity to pnr
form a skillful maneuver at each meal.
Ho waits until all tho rations nro dis
tributed, then, paying no attontlon to
his own allotment, ho begins slowly to
bank. Slowly but surely ho backs Into
tho horso below him, which In turn
Dundco newspaper. But, then to
Scotland tho salmon Is worth a good
deal. Tho rental of tho Tay alono runs
to over 20,000 a year. Indeed, tho
nmount paid to Scotland lairds for tho
prlvllcgo of cntchlng tho salmon, and
his lesser kinsman, tho trout, Is believ
ed to bo considerably over 100,000 a
year. And tho beiicflt to Scotland docs
not end hore. Sportsmen must live.
They usunlly Hvo well, and havo to pay
well.
NECKLACE OF NUGGETS
GIVEN TO A DUCHESS,'
In commemoration of her visit to
the West Australian court of tho Olas.
gow exhibition tho Duchess of Flfo has
boon presented with a nccklnco of vir
gin gold nuggets. Tho nccklnco,
which was presented by H. W. Venn,
president of tho royal commission of
Western Australia for tho Glasgow ex
hibition, is inclosed In n sandalwood
casket inlaid with Australian woods.
Tho nuggets nro of flako gold and to
tho nccklnco Is ndded a pondnnt of
gold-vclncd crystnl. Tho inscription
on tho box runs: "Presented to H. R.
II. Princess Loulso, DucIicbs of Flfo,
on bohnlf of tho government of West
ern Australia, by tho West Australian
royal commission to tho Glasgow In
ternational exhibition, 1901, ns a
souvenir of tho exhibition, and of tho
visit of hor royal highness to tho West
Australian court on May 3, 1901."
LADDER WITH A PLATFORM
IS INVENTED FOR WOMEN.
That tho ordinary stepladder Is
noithor safo nor convenient for women
can readily bo seen, and for this rea
son a now ladder has been Invontcd.
Its morlt lies In tho fact that it 1
provldod with a platform and a balus
trade, tho platform opening automatic
ally as soon as tho ladder Is placed In
position, and a fall being rendered im
possible by tho balustrado which Bur
rounds tho platform. Furthermore, this
ladder can be fitted with a largo tablet
board on which can bo placed kitchen
utensllH or other articles necossury for
cleaning purposes. If windows have to
bo washed or walls to bo cloanod the
work can bo dono with porfect safety
and convonlonco.
In othor respects tho ladder is con
structed in the ordinary manner, and
it Is so light that It can easily bo trans
ported from place to placo.
Tho Mutton-Hook Ha Vanlihed.
What has bocomo of tho button
hook? Onco upon a tlmo evory othor
man you mot would havo a button
hook on his koy-rlng, nnd fow careful
chaps would havo ono In somo handy
place in his desk for emergencies. That
was because mon wero wearing button
shoos. But thnt day is past and tho
button-hook has vanished, presumably
because button shoes aro no longer
popular. Washington Star.
pushes back furthor nnd furthor until
In n fow moments tho clover horso In
front who started tho backward proces
sion Is standing In tho plnco of his
neighbor In tho rear with his hoad
at tho animal's fecdbitg. Then ho be
gins to cat ravenously, finishes his
neighbor's oats us soon as possible, nnd
stepB nimbly back to his own placo,
cats his own onts, nnd settles content
edly for a stnnd-up nap with a well
fed air of placid Jnnoconco.
But tho horso at tho end of tho lino
suffers. That Is no affair of tbu clovw
Inventor of tho scheme, however.
1 ,j '. . '