TilE BOOMING CAMUN
MECITAL8 OF CAMP AND BAT
TLE INCIDENTS.
arrlv-or ef the aVhellloa Relate
Blear A Being aa Startlinc lai
aaata mt Marches, Caaia Life. Ferae
tag Bsaarleacca a ad Battle hceaea.
Meaaorlea of I.lbbx Priaoa.
A war time comrade of Captain 8am
ael T. Hamilton, police marshal of Bal
timore, tells a very Interesting story
f hlro In connection with the Incarcer
ation of Captain Hamilton and himself
In Llbby prison.
"We were quartered on the top floor
f that hll hele," said the old soldier,
"and from the top floor clear down to
the cellar there ran a hatchway, used
n time of peace for lowering and rals
ng hogsheads of tobacco. One of our
fellowa, who waa a good deal of a devil
In bla way, had occaalon to visit the
edge ef thla hatchway one night, and
noticed a guard In the cellar squatted
n Ua baunehea, with bla musket In
bis arms and apparently fast asleep.
On the edge of the hatchway there was
a barrel with a rope handle on each
side. Thla barrel waa used aa a recep
tacle for all sorts of refuse. Thla dare
devil soldier quietly atepped among the
aleeplng forms, touched 8am Hamilton
lightly on the shoulder, awakened hlra
and beckoned to hlra to follow to the
hatchway. Then he motioned to have
6am take one handle while he took the
other, and In a whisper he aald, 'One,
two, three,' and at the word three both
let go. That barrel waa aimed square
ly at the bead of the sleeping sentinel,
but by some occult means he seemed to
realize that lie was In danger, and sud
denly Jumped to one aide, and aa the
barrel atruck the ground be gave the
alarm by firing bla musket The shot
was taken up and repeated by the
guards outside, and then two battalions
Wf artillery, stationed over at Belle I ale,
belched forth a volume of smoke and
flame. In an Instant the long roll waa
sounded, and from tb left to the right
flank of Lee'a army around Richmond
could be heard the alarm repeated from
regiment to regiment There waa a
great commotion, aad of course an In
Test! gatlon.
" "Next morning, when It waa discov
ered that the slop barrel waa missing
from the opper floor, an attempt waa
tnade to force a confession from the
culprit Every one waa aa mum aa an
yater. No one knew anything about
It Finally the governor of the prison
announced that until the offenders
made a confession, that floor would be
kept without rations. Thla lasted twenty-four
hours. Then Bam Hamilton
asked to be taken to the governor.
"When be reached that august per
eon's presence he said: 1 did not do
this thing, but I am going to confess
that I did. I cannot stand It to see my
comrades starred to death, as the man
who did It la too mean to confess that
lie waa guilty of tbe accident or crime.
whichever you like to call It I am not
gumy, out i wiu courses mat i aia u
lust to atop this starvation.'
-"Well, If too are aot guilty,' said
Lbe governor, who bad something of a
on of humor, wfeat do you confess
forr
" "Weil,' replied Hamilton, "you can
itak me out and snoot me If you like.
I would Just aa sooa be la tbeol aa this
iplae. I cannot stand It to see thee
'poor fellow here kept without food
lany longer.'
' "Hamilton was confined ba tbe dun
jgeou for another twenty-four hours,
'aad tbee ne was released aad tbe m-
9DS were restored. I bava ahraya
ted," continued tbe narrator,
ptoat the governor of Llbby was con
tent that Hamilton was tbe mas wo
that barrel down there, bot be
i too much of a good fallow at heart
to appreciate tbe Joke of tbe eltua-
l--Washington Poet.
Aa Artillery Do
A dog that without bataf trained for
army, can take tbe pUoe of a man
erring a gun la a dog worthy of
ng remembered, and Mr. W. Oar-
only gives this particular dog bla
oe when be narrates his doings la tb
Indianapolis Mows.
. Styx was a fox-terrier. He cam In
to tne battery eoe morning J net as tb
loldoor war "hitching op," at day
Igbt to resume their march in Loula
ana. H attracted tb writer' a atten
tion by running up to him and placing
a email stick at bis feet asking plainly
that H might be thrown, eo that he
could catch It and bring It back again;
bot aa the captain of a battery has at
bucb a time something better to do
fhan to throw sticks for dogs, his Im
portunity was disregarded.
I Styx, however, waa not disconcerted,
fa picked op bis stick and started with
tbe column, keeping eome where be
tween tbe gun-carriage of that battery
nil day. The writer ear:
"Larte la tbe afternoon, when we halt-
Cfor tbe night be reported himself
say particular Are, as If on duty as
aw orderly. II asked for no food or
(caresses, bot putting down a sdck at
pay feet, declared In bis fox-terrier Ian-
e that ir I woum pieaee throw
t for him Just once, be would con-
all obligations discharged In full,
I threw It He brought It back be-
'or It bad fairly touched tb ground.
"Tbe next day we were la action.
Tbe enemy, In their retreat bad mad
I gallant stand at a narrow pas where
t waa most. difficult f or as to advance,
tod ber tbe genius of Styx cam Into
aay.
Tn 'No. 5' man, as he Is called, nm
Mtween tbe limber and tb cm when
tb battery la hi action, carrying tb
BtesJI or cartridge from tb amrnnnl
Hon cheat lo tbe 'No. 7 man, wbo
fejacaa It In tbe gun, when tb Ho. 1'
fcend It bom with tb rammer,
Myi bad Joiaa4 a of tan mm m
tsrhrnents, fnd was acting aa He. 6"
man. Receiving tbe cartridge front
No. a: who took It from the chest, he
rushed like lightning to tbe gun, sud
delivered his burden to the expectant
artilleryman. He waa in bis element
now. The thunder of the guns could
hardly drown his shrieks of Joy aa b
rushed back from having delivered one
charge to get another. This waa some
thing like. Now he saw what a battery
waa for.
"That day gave Styx a reputation
through our whole corpa. The com
manding general heard of him, and r
quested me to bring him up to headquarter--.
An Admiring circle of offi
cers sat about him one evening, and
discussed the possibility of using doga
In artillery In general."
Tfiree days later Styx waa In tni
nfldst of his favorite battery, when an
almost spent six-pound solid shot
struck the ground and rolled, as It
seemed, slowly Into Hie battery. Styx
Jumped for it, and the moving mass of
Iron that seemed as harmless as a rulv
ber ball crushed the life out of the lit
tle volunteer. The career of Styx was
ended.
A War Hero.
Gen. Alger Is in many respects an
Ideal Secretary to be at the head of the
great War Department during the try
ing period of a great war. lie was 2B
years old In 1801, when he bade farewell
to his bride of a few days and volun
teered as a captain of a Michigan com
pany of Infantry. In the battle of
Bonneville. Miss., although be waa so
111 lie could scarcely sit on his horse, he
led a email body of men In a periloui
charge upon tbe rear of the Confed
erates uuder Geo. Cbalmere, being sore
ly wounded Just afterward, not by the
lead of the enemy, but by a tree, which
broke his leg a be passed K on bla
horse. For bravery in this engagement
he waa made major, and afterward col
oneL In Caster's famous brigade. He
was afterward breretted major general
"for gallant and meritorious services,"
and waa on prWate service while still
lame. In 1868 and 1864, receiving orders
personally from President Lincoln. lis
therefore fully understands tbe rela
tione between tbe executive and the
m artery to time of actual war.
Narrow Kacape from Daatkw
There died In Philadelphia recently
Charles B. Mason, a veteran scout of
the Union army, wbo during tbe war
bad an experience of a close call by
death unrivaled In Action. A file of
soldiers with lereled gun stood before
bis kneeling figure. Tb command te
aim had been ftven, and then the un
expected happened. Maeon bad many
thrilling adventures while fighting un
der Sheridan.
On this particular occasion, becoming
detached from hie comrades, he wan
dered so close to the Confederate lines
that be was taken prisoner. He was
placed In the guardhouse for tbe night
and tbe next morning was taken out
with a number of other Union prisoners
wbo had been captured and booked for
a trip to Ltbby prison. Unfortunately
for him, however, aa be left the tent a
Confederate spy wbo waa In the crowd
urreylng tbe prisoners as they were
placed In tbe Ira recognised blm aa a
Union spy, and he was once more re
manded to tbe tent That evening be
want before a drum -head court martial.
"To be shot at sunrise a a spy." That
waa tb brief finding and seuteno of
tb court martial.
That night, with tb death watch pa
troUtnr about tbe guard tent be found
no chance of escape. Letters to bit
sweetheart and comrade were written,
and when daylight came be was led out
to what be beHered to be certain death.
Tb spot chosen for tbe execution
was In a pretty title rartoe along ths
stream Just outside tbe Confederate
camp, and to thla place be was con
ducted. . A white bandage was placed
over his eyes and he was mad to knee)
upon a rude pine bra wblcb was to be
his coffln. Tbe rifles wore loaded, tbe
firing squad took tbetr position, aad
wltb tbe admonition, "Take careful
atan, boy,'' tbe sergeant In charge
mored away to tb rear.
"Beady," ba commanded, and tb
nanuners of tbe rifles rose wltb a sharp
dick; "aim," and before be could gtr
tb final command there swept over
and above Maeon a sheet of flame and
a storm of lead, and tbe sergeant wltb
more than one-balf of hi men fell
dead or mortally wounded. Tbe re
mainder of tb party fled without firing
a shot as a Una of bluecoais charged
orer the bank. In a moment Mason was
la tb band of Mends, but be fainted
from Joy. U bad been rescued by a
squadron of tb Thirteenth New Tork
Cavalry, wblcb waa out on a scouting
expedition, and bis position bad been
dlaoavwred by on of tb members of
that wp"", who summoned the oth
ers In time to ear bis life. v
Inlpba of qntnin baa some very
curious properties, on of rbm being
Ma power to I at press an Image of MaeU
oa a aaeat f ssasltivs paper la Ib
oa. a. a. ALBa.
Tories fou farmers
A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL F.ilENDS.
Profitable PrreH rf Pnnltry to
Mix Kertmene Kmu.'feiuu l'lrintiuftg ,
lira na with Corn-I'oInU in Kutter- I
Vjk'.nc General Tarm Mutter. '
Frofitnble Poultry.
An exwrlenced poultryuian sayss
"There are breeds for all purioseH
summer eirn". winter eirs. broilers,
roasters and general purposes. We
have had heavy i?g records with the
non-sitting breeds, but the bulk of their
production Is in hsiin and early fall.
Unless uuder very favorable circum
stances, they are but ordinary layers
during the witiler. Our winter laying
breeds are of the broody class, and
they give comparatively few eggs dur
ing the warm season of the ear. Much
of their time Is taken In incubating.
Then we have a cla-ss that are better
adapted for broiler raising Hum for
roasting purposes. On the other hand
we have breeds that make better roast
ers than broilers. Again, we have gen
eral purpose fowls reasonably well
adapted for all that one could wish for
in poultry. To become more plain-, the
summer layers are the Leghorns,
Minorca, Andalusiiius, Spanish, 1'olisli,
Hamburg aud lloudans. The winter
layers are the Asiatics Brahma's, Coch
ins ami LangshniiH and the Americans
I'lyinoutli Ktx-ks and Wyandot tea.
The best for broiler are the Wyau
dottes or Plymouth Rocks. The best
for roasters are the Bra hums or the
Langs"lians. The best general purpose
fowl Is the Plymouth Bock." Denver
Field and Farm,
Kerosene Emulsion,
'l be elilclency of kerosene emulsion
depend on bow It is made. The moat
important part is the agitation of the
material. Simply stirring the mixture
will not aaWer, a violent agitation,
by pumping the liquid back into Itself,
Is necesxnry. Use soft water and avoid
water containing lime, aud aiso ue
plenty of soap. An excellent method
Is to shave half a pound of aoap aud
add It to a gallon of boiling water. Let
the water hoi! until the soap Is dis
solved, and then rniove the vessel from
the Are. Next, add two gallons of ker
oseue and a gill of crude carbolic acid,
while the water Is hot, and brkkly agi
tate until the result Is a substance bar
ing the appearance of rich cream. It
require about ten minutes to agitate
the mixture, as no free kerosene should
be noticed. When cold add twenty gal
lons of soft water aud spray with a nos
zle. . Tbe carbolic acid Is not included
In the usual formula, but It will be
found of advantage. Use the crude
acid (not the refined), which Is a cheap
subslance. Kerosene and crude car
bolic acid will not mix wltb wafer, but
both substance form an emulsion wltb
strong soapsuds.
Planting Means with Corn.
It used to be the practice more than
It is now to plant one or two beans In
each hill of corn that Is eaten out by
tbe cut worm. It makes much extra
work to harvest these beans. But tho
plan Is perhaps better than to plant In
late some more corn that will not be
ripened with the other, and can be
used only for feeding aa soft corn. The
corn shades adjoining corn too much.
Beana of the bush variety will not
shade It at all. The extra aunlight
which gets down to tbe soil where a
bill of corn has been destroyed makes
tbe corn hills on either side more pro
lific than they would have been.
PolaU la Buttcr-Makiac
Butter-making has undergone many
changes of late years In the line of
washing, aaltlug and 'working. For
merly It waa churned until It waa one
solid mass; It waa washed once, salted
and worked. It waa thought beat to
churn at a temperature of about 62 de
grees, but gradually the temperature
has been lowered until now It is not
unusual to churn as low aa 48 degrees.
A low temperature has many advant
ages. Tbe lues In butter fat will be
lees, tbe butter will need leas washing
and have better body than when count
ed at a higher temperature. W'lth
proper precaution, tbe lose of butter fat
In churning need not be more than
about otte-hundredth of 1 per cent. The
lose depends largely upon tbe tempera
ture and tbe evennee of ripening. If
the cream baa been gathered for sev
eral days, unless the oldest has been
held at a low temperature to prevent
any partial ripening, or It has been
thoroughly stirred each time new cream
was added, It will not be evenly ripened
and the lone will be unduly large. Less
time will be required to churn at a high
temperature, but It wHl be at tbe ex
pense of butter fat Indiana Farmer.
How to Bat Oat Traee.
In preparing to set out trees, shrubs,
rtnes, etc., a bole should be dug large
and deep, a foot at least larger than
the natural spresd of tbe roots, from
the fact that a tree or anything set out
should grew a year or two In good
loam before it rune Its roots Into tbe
original gravelly material; otherwise
Its progress In growing Is apt to be
very slow and sickly looking, If It lives
at all. When setting out a tree, shrub
or vine In fact anything of sine tbe
loam should not be shoveled In In a
body, for any person can see that In
this way It can not be air tight. Around
tbe roota tbe loam should be very care
fully sbaken In, and at tbe same time
using water, which will make a por
ridge of tbe loam so It can be carried
Into tbe least bole, crack or crevice,
and thus It Is made alr-tlgbt around
erery fiber, which, tbe reader can see,
la of great Importance for tbe tree to
tart right away and so continue to
grow right along. Tree often die from
tbe effects of being set out In a hurry
and tb roots bant and eramped Into a
poi link. AuyulK- b. mil-; out trees in f
this way should wear a Ui or shoe a J
irn iki.'b itbu ftjs too siiiiiu, mt 11 iiuij
crump his iix-s: tii,-n he tan pity the
tree th.it has lis roots cramped aud
betir to lit a smail hole. Yt ood ard.
Ho re Marks ano 'Irrtua.
tirluili-is, the luiiU tuctt
Bore. i bear on the 1-it.
A while eye is a ghms ey e.
Hand, one-third of a foot 4 isohes.
white spot in the forehead Is a star.
A white stripe in the face is a blaze.
A strip lM-tweeu the nostrils Is a snip.
A snip can't be anywhere except on
the nose.
A white face from eye to eye is a
bald face.
Croup, that part of the horse back of
the saddle.
White around the top of the hoof la
a white coronet
Forearm, that part of the leg be
tween the elbow and knee.
Appcl, the gentle tug on the rein glv
eu by the horse at each step-
A star, blaze or lwld face can't be
anywhere except on the face.
Klbow, joint of foreleges next above
knee, lying next to horse's side.
White below the pastern Joint Is a
white pnsteru. Above the pastern a
white leg.
A horse has pasterns, not ankles, and
there is no such joint as a hind knee
or fore shoulder.
Bucking, leaping vertically Into the
air with all four feet, aud coming to
gether on the ground.
Amble, a gait like pacing, but. slow
er, in which the two legs on tho same
side are moved together.
Forge, to strike tbe toe of the fore
foot with the to of the hind oua; rery
often the result of bad shoeing.
Frog, a triangular piece of spongy
horn In the middle of the sole of the
foot. Rural World.
Developing Good Hogra,
First, choose the breed. Have an
Ideal aulmai and work for It. Breed
from matured and well-bred sows.
Dou't sacrifice Individuality to pedi
gree. Breed prolific sows only.- Avoid
croM-hrsedlng and feeding too much
corn aad Ice water, as this lessens the
vlUllty and tends to make too light a
bone. Feed young stock and the breed
ing sews oats, shorts, bran and oil-
meal, Tlth but little corn. Give plenty
of exercise. In finishing off a fat hog
nothlui Is ahead of com and pure wa
ter. Give plenty of room In sleeping' quar
ters aid teach young pigs to eat early.
March and April litters are best. Keep
salt and charcoal by them at all times.
The glowing of frame far tbe first six
month aud tbe keeping of uqual-alzed
pigs together must be looked to. It re
quires Intelligent of tbe highest order,
after tbe Ideal bog la secured, to keep
It and not allow It to degenerate.
Transplanting Rutabagaa.
Last spring I planted an experlmen
tai put'.h of sugar beets. Tbe seed, be
ing stjn too early, came up poorly
and did not make a stand. Having
some rutabagas which were too thick,
my boys transplanted three rows of
rutabagas Into the sugar beet ground.
The rows were twenty rods long. We
harvested seventy-five bushels of rut a
bagaa from three rows. Allowing nine
rows to one rod In width, the yield was
1.80U bushels of rutabagas per acre.
Tbe sime rows produced ten bushels
of sugar beets, making the yield over
2,000 bushels of roota per acre. T. W.
dark, la Orange Judd Farmer.
Farm Philosophy.
One of the best devices for feeding
loose oats and bay to sheep is to place
tbe feed Just outside tbe ebeep lot fence
made of palings placed such a dlMancf
apart that t!he sheep can reach through
to eat
A farmer can bring as orchard to tbe
bearing point and at the same time
produce nearly as much corn, potatoes
or other produce, as If It were not there,
It will add greatly to tbe value of his
farm, whether he Intends to make It hbi
home or sell the place.
When fowls are afflicted with ver
min, the moat practical remedy Is a
thorough dusting with a good quality
of Inaect powder, applied with a blower.
The habit of applying grease or oil to a
fowl la of ancient origin, and exhibit!
poor judgment Insect powder is Just
aa cheap.
A gallon of scalding not water, half
a bar of common laundry soap and
three tableepooafuas of crude carbolic
add makes the beat disinfectant for s
ben bouse. Apply with a scrub bnisb.
In addition It wiH be wen to burn aul
phur and tar in tbe house, but not
where exposed egg are being hatched.
Tbe Iowa experiment station ana
lysed 1.000 samples of sugar beets from
all counties In that mate. Tbe result
waa quite tatU factory, but high and
low grade beet were produced In all
sections, due doubtless to the lack of
observing proper methods of culture.
AU parts of the State are adapted to
beet culture.
E. J. Hlatt of Athens County, Ohio,
writes to tbe Breeder's Gaaette that
blood, breeding and feeding should each
hare about equal credit for the most
perfect type found In herd or flock.
When breeders and farmers will set
tbe need of these three requisite m
prorement will come more rapidly.
Strictly high -class animals are not
found in large numbers.
Tbe susceptibility of plant to change
la their chemical composition by seed
selection and proper cultivation Is seen
In tbe development of tbe sugar beet
When Napoleon sat about making Eu
rope Independent In her beat sugar sup
ply tbe beet contained but 8 par cent
of Its weight in sugar. Bot tbe world
baa seen tbe yield of sugar from th
beet multiplied by four. It I auggest
ed that tb quality of ail cereals ran In
greatly benefited by proper ed seiec
tion.
CUBA'S RfcbOUHCcS.
Oreat Commercial, Aaricnlturjl aad
Mineral Wealth of the Jalun.
The aaea of Cuba la about 42,000
square miles. Its greatest length la Wi
miles, and lis breadth ranges from 'M
to 135 miles. Perhaps there is no space
Of earth the. equal iii size to Cuba that
can begin to compare with her In the 1
production of those things that are
useful to man. Antonio y Morales, a
noted authority, has prepared a table
showing the variety and quantity
of the staples that can be raised on a
tract of thirty-three acres in Cuba. A
farm of that size in one year produces
thousands of pounds of sugar, coffee,
tobacco, cacao (chocolate), cotton, ln
lligo, corn, rice, sage, bananas and
yucca. The choicest lands in Califor
nia noted for the varletv and Quan
tity of their products cannot approach
I he soil of Cuba In this respect. With
ts mild climate, Its exuberant vegeta
tion aud the eagerness of the earth to
respond to the slightest efforts In the
way of culture, Cuba offers an Ideal
home for the man In love with the
agricultural life.
The commerce of Cuba, even under
the blighting rule of the Spaniard, has
been great. In 181K1, before the curse
of war fell on the island, Cuba export
ed 718,204 tons of sugar and produced
815.804 tons. Its exports of molasses
te the United States alone tu that year
wt're 7,(554 hogsheads. Of rum the ex
ports were ,ao8 pipes. In 1893 the
Cuban exports of leaf tobacco were
227.805 bales. Of manufactured cigars
147305,000 were exported and of cigar
ettes 39,581,403 packages. These are
only the main exports. They show
what may be done with tbe exhaust
less soil and climate of the Island when
Its people were In a condition of virtual
slavery at a time when chattel slavery
bad been abolished only seven years.
It la an axiom of economic science that
free labor la Infinitely more produc
tive than slave labor, and the Industri
al growth of the United States Is an
example of the expansion of Industry
when enterprise Is unhampered by the
curse of slavery and by foreign politi
cal Interference. Cuba's chief Indus
tries were growing In apite o, the
train upon ber before tbe present war
began, for In 1894 her totaj production
of sugar waa 1,054,214 ions, an, Increase
of 238,820 torn over the preceding.
The natural resources of Cuba are In
finite, one may say, In variety. Of ber
area only 10 per cent. Is under cultiva
tion, T per cent I not reclaimed, and
a per cent Is under forests. Great
tracts of the Island are practically un
explored. She had In 1864 a popula
tion of a little more than 1,500,000. Of
these nearly one-half bare been starr
ed to death during tbe present war.
Cuba could support In plenty a popu
lation of 10.000,000. Her forests are
btocked wltb tbe finest wood In tbe
world wood, sereral species of which
are as hard as Iron, turning tbe edge
tf tbe ax and remaining Imperishable
under water. There are found woods
Invaluable for tbe dye Industry, ebony,
cedar, fustic, lancewood, mahogany,
rosewood, Jocuma, acana and many
others. There are fifty varieties of
palm. Her fruits are valuable and lit
tle cultivated. The climate la admir
ably suited for tbe olive; and tbe
Orange, the lemon, the pineapple and
the banana are Indigenous.
The mineral resources of the Island
are great, yet the mineral Industries
are In their Infancy. Almost all the
metals are found In Cuba. There are
gold, sliver, mercury, copper, lead and
all tbe forms of asphaltum; antimony,
tnagnesla, copperas, gypsum, red lead,
ochre, salt arsenic, talc and many oth
ers. Copper Is abundant In all the
tnetamorphlc rocks yt Cuba. It is true
that coal Is yet undiscovered, but ua
der a free republic capital would flow
Into tbe Island, aad there Is no doubt
that true coal would soon be found to
C' ;place tbe bitumen that Is now used,
nd which la faund In springs atid
mine In great quantities.
Cuba is rich in marble, awaitaig
ths capital of tb speculator. Oreat de
posits of this rock are found, ant) In
tbe Isle of Plnaa there Is marble of a
quality as One aa tbe beat of that ma
terial used by tbe sculptor. Beautiful
ly colored marble and Jasper ar com
mon. On tb coasts are Immense de
posits of rock salt, and there are also
unlimited quantities of tbe purest
white sand, capable of being converted
Into fine earthenware. Even the illus
trious II cm bold t was amazed at tbe
richness and variety of the mineral
wealth of Cuba, How mtteh of this
wealth baa been utilised may be gath
ered f rem tbe fact that at the end of
1801 tbe total number of mining title
Issued In Santiago district was 296. Of
theee x88 were Iron, 88 nutnagne and
53 copper.
As a pastoral country Cuba waa
more productive a century ago than
tbe W now, but her peanprea are broad
and rich and the possibilities are un
limited. Cuba, with bat grand natural
pastures, waa Juat beginning to raise
fine Durham and lawonshtre stock
whin the ten-year wnt desolated tbe
country and put a stop to tbe Industry.
Thi millions of acre of free land In
Cuna are ready for the agriculturist
tb cattle, sheep and bog raiser, the
covton and fruit grower, tbe miner and
tbt reducing plant ud even for the
silk grower and manufacturer. The
mulberry tree grow to perfection in
tlat Island. Silkworm, according to
Da1. Auber, are more prolific and pro
ductive In Cuba than In any other
tviuutry on the face of tbe globe. Here
Is a land prepared to yield up utilities
kaat will add Immeasurably to the
happiness of the world; waiting to
blossom Into a garden and to swarm
wltb population; to develop almost ev
ery art of peace; to be converted Into
an Industrial microcosm la tb macro
fosni of tbe world at large. Cuba Is
iraltlng tbe hour when tb capitalist
tasured of pane and uaJitarrapted
growth, may mtfely rain ana reap tM
harvest which nature has prepared for
man lu the misruled, throttled and ne
glected I'eurl of the Antilles. Chi
cago Tluics-Herald.
How Sardinian Women Dress.
The women of Sardinia are described
by a visitor to that Island as being of
elegant figure and graceful carriage,
with large black eyes, dark hair and
brunette complexion. They dress In
very much the same style as women
in other parts of civilized Europe, ex
cept that there la not the same ex
treme haste to adopt the latest fashion.
The wives and daughters of the farm
ers and tradesmen, by the gorgeous-
ness of their costumes, amply compen
sate for the simplicity of dress among
tbe upper classes; and at their relig
ious fetes and other festivals, when
they appear In gala dress, they present
a wonderful spectacle. These costumes
are a sort of family heirloom, handed
down from mother to daughter and
treasured as highly as hereditary Jew
els of ancestral portraits. The fashion
never changes, aud instead of feeling
ashamed of being seen in the same
dress at two different entertainments,
they glory in its antiquity and in the
number of occaslous on which it has
been worn. Tbe costumes of the wo
men vary greatly in different parts of
Sardinia. In eome districts a small
black Jacket, open in the front, is worn
over a very short bodice of bright col
ored silk aud brocade, which is loose
ly laced before aud cut rather low;
there are apparently no corsets. Tbe
petticoat Is of light brown cloth, very
full, and between It and the bodice Is
a sort of neutral ground of protruding
garment, which by no means adds to
the general beauty of the toilet.
Mrs. Cralgle's "School for Saints"
has gone Into Its second edition both In
England and America. The first Eng
lish edition nurabereS 10,000 copies,
Rndyard Kipling's ne,j serial wfl be
a stirring historical tale of maritime'
adventure, entitled "Tbe Burning of
the SarabSands." It la to appear In a
young folk's weekly. ,
Mrs. Mabel Loo mis Todd, wife of
Prof. Todd, of Amherst, bos completed
another book. It la called "Tbe Corona
and Coronet" and will not be publish
ed until September. .. ...
General James 8. Clarkson write
for tbe Century an account of General
Grant'g famous Des Moines speech,
telling the circumstances under which
It was written and delivered. ..
Gteneral Horace Porter's admirable
volume of reminiscences, "Campaign
ing with Grant" is to be published
shortly on the other side of the Atlan
tic by Fisher TJnwln, of London.
The Macmlllan Company of New
Tork is handling the American end qf
tbe extensive Lewis Carroll memorial
enterprise, and la receiving subscrip
tions for It. Tbe plan la to endow an
"Alice In Wonderland" cot In the Ha
pltal for Sick Children In Great Qr
tnond street, London.
Henry James, tbe novelist. Is abut
to settle down at Rye, tbe ancient
t'lnque port on tbe borders of Kent
England. He has taken a house wbjcb
baa a fine hall, a paneled staircase and
couple of paneled rooms, beside a
delightful walled-ln garden with an an
cient mulberry tree.
Gabrlele d'Annunzlo, the Italian aor
ellst, ts a married man with two sons.
His tastes are distinctly aristqergtio.
He belongs to sn old noble fanuty of
Chlett, In the marches of Anconn, and,
being married to a daughter of tae Due
Galeae, Is allied to moat of ta Tat
Roman houses.
It may not be generally knofn that
the lines by George Eliot, beginning,
"Oh, may I Join the choir lnrtslble,"
which are given on the tltlt peg ef
Mr. Allen's "The Choir Invisible," and
from which the title and mptlf of his
book are taken, are engraved on
George Eliot's tomb at Hifngate cem
etery. Richard Harding Davlf new serial,
"The King's Jackal." wadch Is being
published In Scrlbner't Jaagaslne, la
aald to be full of tbe kia of character
Mr. Darts particularly Jellghta In, a
modern banished king bo to la need
of fnnda and organise daring plot
to get tbem, a young American girl
with a great deal of ytoney, a modern
prince with medieval notion, an ad
ventures, and a dashing newspaper
correspondent whi baa been erery
where, knows ererpxlng, and can slap
kings on the back. Tbe scene I laid
la Tangier.
Voyage -Jf a Pin.
It was a long, da a" royage for such
small thing as tar sixteenth-Inch of
the sharp end of pin to take from a
boy's foot to tbe ? of his tongue; but
It was done in Nark, and tbe Jour
ney was ended 1 couple of days agn.
Kenneth klorehend, 6 years old, ran
part of a pin intt bla Instep laat sunv
naer. It waa discovered In bis leg by
X-rays, and th lost and waa not
heard of again antll bis ague tin
gled, and tbe pi same out New Tork
Press.
For Thoae ft p rived of Sialic.
A readtug-roaM for tbe blind I a
unique departmtt of tbe new congres
sional library at Washington. No other
library In tbe world has a separate de
partment for thoae deprlred of sight
Tbe nation' new reading-room for thla
pedal class win eventually contain
practically all of tb book and period
icals published ta tk blind alpliWnl
of rry lingrif.
