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) OLD 4 FAVORITES ! 4- . Tk Builder. All lire r-lii-tst of fat. Working iu tlier walls of time; Some with uiaive deed anj great. Some with oritauiehtii of rhyme. Nothing us-leKi is, r lu ; Each tiling iu it place in best; And what nevui but idle show Streuirilieus aud support the rest Fur the structure (Jul t raia. Time U with materials filled; Our to-day a and yesterda ys Are the I . I k with which we build. Truly shape and fashion theae; Leave no yawuiug gap between; Think Uot, beeause uo man sees. Sucb thiiiKH will remain uiis-eu. Ju the elder days of art, Builders wrought with greatest r Each Uiiuute aud uuseeu part; For the God see everywhere. I.et um do our work n well. Both the unwell ami the w-eu; Make the house where gtxi may dwell, Beautiful, entire, aud clean. Else our live are incomplete, Slauding iu these walla of time, Brukeu stairways, where the feet Stumble as they seek to rlimli. H'liUl t.j-dny, then, "trout sd "'ire, Willi a li rm au1 ample Imw; And ascending und secure Shall to morrow hud ita plare. Thus alone ran we attaiu To those turreta, where the eye Heea the world as one vast plain. Aud one liomidlesN rearh of sky. Henry W. Longfellow. (seven Tlniea Four. Heigh-ho! daisies aud butter'UpH, Fair yell, v dufTodila, stalely and tall! M'hen the wind wakea, how they rock in the grasses Aod dance w ith the cuckoo buds, slen der and small! Here's two bonny boys, and here's moth er" own lassies, Filler to gather them all. Heigh hot daisies and buttereiipa! Mother nhull thread them a daisy chain; 8ilif them a mow? of the pretty hedge sparrow, That loved her brown little ouea, loved them full fain. Jing, "Heart, thou art wide, though the houae be but narrow." Sing once, and aim; it again. Heigh ho! daisies and buttercupH, Sweet wagging cowslips, they bend and they bow ; A aliiu sails afar over warm occnu wut ers, Aid haply one musing doth aland at her prow. O, bonny brown sous, and O, aweet little diuightera. Maybe he think on you now! Heigh-ho! dniaies aud buttereiipa, Fair yellow daffodil, stately and tall- A sunshiny world, full of laughter and leiaure, And fresh heart unconscious of or row and thrall! Send down on their pleasure anilles pnss lng lla uiptiaure, God, that ia over us all! Jean lngelow. NEW ALASKAN RAILWAY. Froyreaa of Work on Council C ity and hotom m Kiver Line. Ho much progress has been made by the Western Aluaka Construction Com pany In building the Council City & Soloiu n Hlver lailroad tlmt the opera .tioti of the rottd und the rapid up : building of the country through which -It runa has become u mutter of gen Til iuti-ivst, say the New York Times. Many cuterpris.ug Americans are al -riidy taking advantage of the opening up of the Seward peninsula. Iuterest In the new Alaskan railroad la far from being couiliie 1 to finan cial circles. In fact, tln-re U no stock for sale, and the money which la being used baa nil been subscribed by the -director and their friends so that the company la rather a close corjioratlou. On June 10 lighters from the steam er carrying the first supplies hindi-d at the iiiouih of the. Koloinon river in.d on that day J. Warren Dickson, vice president and general iimnatrer, turned the soli to murk the beginning of the llrst standard kK! railroad in Alaska. AVlihin to inoiillia from that d;ito eight miles if rond was In operation; the latent rvp.irts Indlcnte that over twelve miles have now Isfen complet ed. The Hue Is to extend from the mouth of the Solomon river, where the town of Dickson Is located, to Council City, fifty-one miles northeast from the course of the river. V'lckson Is etist of Nome and bottts ply dally between the two coast towns. Nome has no harbor and steamers cannot find slioltiT theie. At Dickson there Is a heritor or In goon protected by a long spit of laud aud a strong dock has been built, so that lighters from the steamers can come to the dock and unload directly into the waiting freight cars. It Is believed that tho entire fifty One miles of road will be completed by the end of this year or In the early part of next year, for the construction ' work will now progress much more 1 rap dly. The men were haudleapped al (list by Insufficient supplies, due to the fact til at the traffic from Seattle to Nome ha been t o heavy for the steam ers to carry. The total cost of the railroad will be met from the proceeds of tbe stock Issue already mads. No iKitifU have been Issued. Tbe plana f tbe company Involve the construe- j tioD of Miue bundled of mile of road, gridlroniiig the entire M-njii.iila, but f'r the pre-eiil jjie 'oiim il iir A Solomon Itivt-r iai!r-ud it at (e d ing every attention. Council City in the cei.ter of a rich milling diMrh-t. IlLiulreJii of tona of cuppJi. oriJeti d by tin- inliiliij.' c;iuip bae Us-u b-;d for hlpnn-i)t. iM-nilin;; the coinpletHiii of the railrod. How iiiiHjrtaiit the railroad will prive is shown by the indie! pnvi ouly employed for hauling freight. In KUinu.er dugM and sleds have always bs-n uw-il. In w inter It urns of bur-.. pullisl trucks the entire tifty-ore Uiile., and for a r-mdway ;;se I tbe l-d of tbe Sidomoti river, pulling through the shal low water, idle team could haul l.rV'i Jiouuds, and tbe chaige was ?S a day. A single mine owner In Council City complained tlmt hi freight bill for one season reacheil !,i, aud added that twotbirtls of this would be saved when the new railroad was completed. Many mines, too, w ill lie o'iied In and around Council City. The gold which has been sifusl froiu tbe river Kau'la near the const is only mi Indica tion of the gold quartz In the inti-rior. The firM stamp mills in Alaska have l1!! established by Thomas ljtne ten inl es inland on the ii'-nv railnuid. HEADACHE REMEDIES. CHARM OF AUTOMOBILING Heals All Otber Mnlm at a t'leasant Aleitua of Traveling. It has bivn our fortunate privilege during the last few years and 1 Kpeuk for two to have used many different mode of traveling. In addition to the common ones familiar to all iu this country. We have g!!dej lu gondolas through the watery "streets" ,f Ven ice, which has been called tbe M-try of motion. We have ridden camels on the desert of Fgypt. on donkeys in I'alctttlne. on elephants In India and Ceylon, In sedan chairs In China and In JlnilkVliiiH In Japan. Hut all of these novel aud ilnleresllng modes of conveyance some of them rather more novel than enjoyable seem tame and spiritless In comparison with recent ex periences In touring alsiut western Massachusetts In an eaay-rldlng aud well-built automobile one that dois not make unpleasant clatter, and Is not diMtructive of comfort by Htrotig vibra tion In uphill work. There la a charm and an exhilaration In riding In such an automobile which no oilier tui-aiis of traveling can xis slbly give. To sit In an easy carriage and be propelled by an obedient and untiling force at 'good spisd up hills anil slopes, without a sense of weari ness and eyinpathy for i-ersplrlng borsa; to swing around the curves, through attractive laiidw apes, across 1 ridges and be.-lde rippling streams, with glimpses here and there of im ps intnble pictures, gives a scn--e of exultation and exhilaration which ap pi alt to every man who has any p s! tiy or wnllmeiit in his makeup. To feel the miillled throb and force of the won derful gasoline engine, safe and potent In operation, us It constantly olieys Ihe Klmple conlrolilng-actl n. climbing hills so laslly, with such jiart of the power of seven horses as may be requlnsj, or gently moving at crawling pace more readily controlled than a pair of horses Is to feel a certain Inspiration over the triumph of travil of man's genius in thus perflating a mode of travel which is destined to become al most universal In its use and employ ment. Host on Transcript. Hilin You Photograph. (If ten in looking over a collection of photographs nt some relative's or friend's home, whom you arc visiting, you will see a picture the original of which you think you have known or met, and on making Inquiry you are Informed by the jsissessor of the pic ture that they do not know whose picture, it Is, ns II had been given to another member of the family aud they, not U'lng present, you are unable to get the desired Information. When giving one of your pictures to a rela tive or friend you are apt to consider it unnecessary to write your name on the picture, because the recipient knows you so well, Hut we should remember that we know not how soon the party receiving our picture may leave this world, and, the picture pass ing to other hands, the Identity of Un original Is thus ofltimes lost. This should be avoided by making it a prac tice to always write your full name and address on the back of your pic tures befnra giving them away. Then to which ever end of the earth they may go, or Into whose ever hands they may fall. If will be an easy matter for one to know upon whose picture they are looking. Brother Williams in Washington. Some one asked ISr.dher Williams how he enjoyed his recent trip to Well ington. "l)e trip llse'f wti7. all right," he said, "but ter save me I couldn't feel at home 'mongst de while folks. Most er dent said 'Yes, sir,' and 'No, sir,' ever' time 1 axed 'em a question. Hut de fust white home folks 1 met on de street gimme a dollar en said: 'What In de roun' wort' Is you n-doln' at de pluce whar de govcr'mlnt stay you black rasklll, you? Take dis ticket en go 'long home, whar yon come f'tim.' Fn dat," added Itrother Williams, "made me feel so homesick dat 1 Vrub IhsJ my carpetbag en hit d fust train fiT Oeorgy." Atlanta Constitution. fhratc iaaa Pprak liapproTinalr tbe Incf-maiaa; Ihem. "A louM-rvative e-timate woul plui e Ihe average iitiinlcr of le-joho-li remedies sold by each ding store il j lAiuiUIle at thirty five." s;imI a dru , clerk, in the Louisville Herald. "A , that rate, since there are 1,'iti di uj ' store in the city, Ihe number of sold daily is 5,4. This does not iu I elude cocoa cola, which Is soiuciiniet ! drunk merely as an luvigirrator and stimulator '" According to the li-slioioity of I iiuiiiIh-i' of the MM"-t pnmil! cut pliysi chilis lu IiHiisville, the beaibu he cur habit is assuming such ahirniiiig pro jiortiouii here a to Is- a serious menace to the health -of the community. In speaking of the habit Health ittticer M. K. Alleu said: "Unquestionably the indiscriminate um1 of headache remedies is widely prevalent here, and is exceedingly dan gerous. These remedies almost invar iably contain drugs whii li depress tin action of the heart, and should be taken only under the advice of a phy sician. They generally coin a in ace t il li il it I or some other of ihe coal tar products, all of which depress the cir culation. Frequently thev cont.iiu chlo ral hydride, the drug Used In 'knock out drops. "It Is often very dilticult. when one Is suffering from a severe headache, to refrain from si-cking relief, espe cially when it can be had so cusily. Hut the habit of taking the Hvders aud other remedies so freely offered at the drug stores is extremely dangerous. ' it. Hiiiea ts, i iienow el li iiuilie me following statement: "To be popular these headache "cures' must act quick ly, atwl to act quickly tiiey must be proportionately dangerous. A great deal of the nervous trouble and heart disease so common now is undoubted ly due to the use of these drugs. The cause of headache generally Is Indl gcstioii. Merely to dead the nerves with drugs instead of striking at the cause of the trouble Is absurd, even if It were not dangerous." Naturally the druggist Is inclined to regard liie matter less seriously, and to assert that the evil Is exaggerated. The proprietor of a downtown drug store said: "Although almost all these remodii-s contain coal tar pnslucts which depress ti;e action of the heart u it effort Is generally made to counter act this by some ingredient which has a stimulating effect, sin-h as the tinc ture of strophanti's, codeine, or caf feine citrate. Of course, the Indiscrim inate use of them Is necessarily injur ious, but I don't know that the habit Is so widely prevalent as you say." tttttt ttt r t ii i r h r 1 1 g r 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 r t t viha A SAFE RISK. A Yoing Wo in nn Who riiotngr Chihlrrn Without Onlcr. "I have come," said the young wont an, when the mistress of the house came into the silt lug-room wondering why a stranger had called, "to show you these photographs of your little boy taken in n donkey cart on the mall, lu Central I'ark. I posed him and your nurse kindly gave me your address. The charge for tho six pic tures is Jl." The proud mother was delighted. "Take them?" she said. "I ml 1 1 will, and you may send me six more at the same price. It is the best pho tograph of my little Arthur 1 ever raw." Then, as she paid for the pic tures, the mother asked: "And do you make a good living nt this?" "Yes," replied the girl, "and a very good one. I am going to one of tin Vanderbllt houses from here with pho tographs that are a sure sale. I make it a practice only to take Interesting children who will make pretty pic tures, -und children with nurses, so that I know (hey belong to parents who will pay me for my work. It is very rare Indeed that I meet with fail ure. I ran across one rich man who said that none of his children had ever been photographed, and that he Intended they never should be. He gave me $.", though, to brhijf him the negative, and he smashed it on his doorstep before my face. "Sometimes I find difficulty to learn who the children are. Most nurses will tell me when I promise them two or three pictures of themselves. I have three here now for your nurse, and since you are so pleased with the boy's picture I am sure you will for give her. .May I nsk you to send them to her? Thank you. I will bring the other photographs to-morrow." New York l'ress. H Had Tried It. The gentleman who likes to ask questions was visiting Miss Ablsitt's kindergarten. Finally, says the Chris tian Register, he turned his attention to Johnny. "My Isiy," lie said, "do you know iiow to make a Maltese cross?" "Yes, sir," Johnny answered, promptly. "liood!" exclaimed the visitor, de lighted to learn that Jn Johnny's case, at least, the work of hand and brain were going forward together. "How would you go alsmt It?" "Why, Jes' pull her tall," saJd John ny; "lhat'g all." Kllk Made ol" Wool. The threads of silk made from wool In Ccrniany have eighteen strands, n single one of which Is hardly visible to the nuked eye. Ileal silk Is two-thirds 1 stronger. Probably some, men meander around all night for the purpose of satisfying tbomselves I hut there Is no place like home. The Universal Lubricant. Still she held back. "We have uot got money enough to gel married," she protested. "Itut love will find a way," he cried. " 'Tls love that makes tho world go 'round," ' "Yea," she admitted. "Yes, but It's money that oils the bearings and keeps things running smoothly." New York Sun. It Is easier to be strenuous than It Is to reach the presidential chair. r 4 immimsm 5X1 Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects. p3 Rdnish Hallowe'en Mai tiou ness. N one wnse, Halloween aud the l ourth of July are alik?. Iiotb days give license for almost unlimited la wletwuess. On the Fourth giuqsiwder reigns supreme over the law; on Halloween all sorts of mischief hold sway, often resulting in heavy property loss and bl'xslshed. The murder of the chief of police if Morgau I'ark emphasizes the Halloween evil. Halloween, as a feature of American life, deserves to 3C laid to rest. There is no reason why one day in tbe year ihould ls set apart for the perpetration of malicious mis hicf. On Halloween hundreds of thousands of youths. Hid often grown persons, turu their attention to damaging iiher eopIe's proiierty. During the rest of the year ihese nersons are generally law-abiding. They have no thought )f destroying fences or sidewalks, daubing paint on houses, )r carrying off w hatever they can find loose. On Halloween they regard these depredations as strictly legitimate. In Morgan I'ark a married woman, colored, dressed he--elf in the clothes of a man and proceeded to play havoc with a sidewalk. She was discovered by the chief of police ind struck with a cane. A rash and quick-tempered negro ivenged the blow by cutting the throat of the chief. This killing illustrates the Halloween extreme, but all ver the country minor ads of despoliation took place, which in the agprregnte amounted to heavy loss It is to be hoped that Ihe coming generation of boys will be educated out of the Halloween Idea. Chicago Journal. Money vs. faith in The Pulpit. NK of the questions that caused the most anx ious Interest at a recent annual church con vention In Michigan was the cause of the clos ing of churchi s in half a dozen cities and towns t-uJUjHl in the Mate. I lie explanation was that young 'ItfiWtTtl tm'ti are not attracted by the idea of spending i.ooo or .oi ior an euui-aiion to nr tnem selvcs whose flnanei.il rewards run from T(K) to $l,fX a year, where other callings offer much brighter prospects at i less outlay of time and money for technical training. It is rather discouraging If the financial consideration Is sufficient to deter young men who feel that they had a vocation for the ministry. A faith which begets no devo tion superior to material gain, that inspires no spirit of sacrifice and personal consecration, lacks something that Is accessary to the growtli of n religion. When Heine was asked why the world built no more uch cathedrals as that of Cologne, lie mdied that cathe dral builders had convictions, while moderns had or'y ipinioiis. In order to forego worldly success and comfort and devote himself joyfully to a life of struggle and hard ship, it Is iiivcssary that a man have a very fixed convic tion as to the vital inmortance of the work he is under- taking. That he must he tilled with fire and zeal, and that he must accept literally aud unquestionlngly the theory thai the salvation of bis own soul and of other souls Is a ciatter which wholly overshadows the trivialities of earthly xisteliee. licllgioii diluted with rationalism does not tend to create enthusiasts or to foster the missionary snirlt. and those cts which adopt It must cither adjust their salaries to their own particular circumstances or continue to find a paucity of candidates for commercially undesirable m:lnlts Chicago Journal. Martyrdom of the Housewife. UK dillicully of securing domestic help Is not u t im-v. nun it is hoi peculiar in ,ew 1 orK. J I Some of the reasons for the present plight arc wniiuun. 4 ill-it" UiJVK UCCll UMU I11USI COIltlntlC io lie certain Inherent difficulties in the prob lent. These have often been pointed out: long and Irregular hours, confined and often lonch 'itiiiie. varying quantities of work, vagaries and caprices uf mistresses, and the so-called "social stigma." All thone inibine lo draw women Info factory einnlnvnient wtih lixed hours, opportunities lo lie on the street In going and oniiii','. congenial companionship while Imsv, definite tasks formal rules for conduct, consistent supervision, and een r.i! Independence outside of hours of labor. There are. ho.vever. some new factors In the reckoning The demand for the work of women Is keener than ever before. With the last decade a number of occupations hare opened up to them for the first time. Not only is the demand greater than before, but the supply is smaller. The very prosperity that has enlarged the servant-keeping class has enabled poorer people either to maintain their daughters at home or send them to school; and many girls w ho in 1803 would have been seeking places are now living in ease on the abundant earnings of their fathers and brothers. Satisfies on this point are not avail able, but the facts are patent It Is plain, also, that em ployment at good wages has allowed many young mechan ics to marry, and has thus transformed possible house maids into actual wives. The "steady company" ha been much in evidence, and his attentions have still further disturbed our domestic economy. New York Kvening Post Refuse to Scare. HE statisticians are beginning to frighten us about the consumption of iron. They say that 30,(H0,000 tons of ore was taken out of the ground in this country alone last year, and as the world grows older, and its inhabitants more numerous, tbe demand for Iron must increase tern, until tbe end of the supply is reached, and then what will they do, poor things, who are on earth in that remote day. We do not scare very readily over the prosicct of the failure of the world's resources in any direction. When It gets so that human being cannot exist on earth tbejr will probably cease to move on the planet, but it seems as If the generation living had much more occasion to be concerned about its own comfort, and wisdom, and virtue, than about the prospects of health and happiness of those who may dwell in some distant period. This fear of what Is going to happen to some one after our end has been common with humanity for many centu ries. Predictions of the coming to (he end of the world it self are numberless, and the prophet are still working overtime 01 that problem, but until the earth itself has been entirely looked over and its treasures estimated at their true bulk there is no need of any one being alarmed for fear of a fatal scarcity of anythlnj necessary to human happiness or human existence.-Buff hIo .'v.g. Reform in fhira HE man who cre Tor reionn iu China takea his life in his hanf. A century ago the Japa nese who had a putllc grievance to complain of ould present his petition with the assurance hat It would lie wtily considered, but he lost his life. The Chinese reformer loses his life And for some time past there has been s without effect. deadly conflict between the Dowager Empress and the ex ponents of reform. Only the other day member of the reform party was beaten to death with b!im!xos, while the fate of others at Shanghai Is hanging on the firmness of the Hritlsh representative. Now we learn that five others have been arrested at Pekln, and their terrible fate Is, we fear, assured. Shen Chien, before his death, wrote a mov ing appeal to his own people and the foreign powers. "I have won but little, and my day is done." It is a pathetic cry from this young man of one-and-thirfy, standing and falling with a few against scores of millions of fellow country men bound by immemorial tradition and led by the Dowager Empress. The life-blood of many must run in the market place before the reformer Is welcomed in China London Chronicle. X mm Lynching Must be Stopped. mm I-'. in not lieliui-n Hint IIia nli-llinAitnn A il. JJ ll'nited States is going to be wrecked in this V Y I way, but we do lielieve that it can be saved onty ny a coiuinnaiinn or the sane elements of society to assert and, if need be, to maintain by lawful means the supremacy of law. Every sheriff has the power to summon n posse. The peaceable and rational majority of citizens within his jurisdiction. If they should place themselves under his orders, would con stitute a legal force, and a force competent to restore order wherever it was invaded. There are some nnhappy Indi cations that a state of things is approaching for which such a remedy as that must be somewhat widely em ployed. New York Tribune. . -:: -:--: -5-h-5-i--5--!"t--"5"r e rf. A iRONTIIR MISSIONARY. 'Jin- Methodist Kplscnpul Church In California recently held memorial ser- v.ce tor William Taylor.. the first mis- sli nary of that church In the State. lie is," wrote Charles Spurgoon, the fan oils IjOiidon preacher, "the Paul of ihe iigi. and his experiences In estab-lii-hing Methodism on the frontier of America, Australia and South America Irive no I ariilbd In church history." 'I he story of William Taylor's career in ill wicktd mining camps and In San I'laiM-isco during the early (if tics Is more thrill ug than fiction. Lawless tii - was unbridled In the town. Mur- I -rem went without trial, "in all my travels over the world." Mr. Taylor used to say, "I never have ii such human degradation, such wof'ul Immorality and recklessness of hun an life ns In Sail Krauclsco " In ISl!)." It took courage to speak to the wearing, drunken crowds wlw spent their time In gambling and Intoxica tion. Many a lime he was thniatened with personal violence. One of his llrst efforts was made In Pat Donovan's dance hall. A murder had Just been committed. The body was hauled Into an adjoining room, and the drinking, cursing, gambling and dancing were resumed as noisily as ever. Suddenly Mr. Taylor's stalwart frame appeared In the d ior of the place. Catcalls and yells of derision greeted Ihe missionary; and one man drew his pistol and told Mr. Taylor to-get out or be shot lie stood quietly for a few moiuetits, ncd tic n said: "I have mi cine for trouble. If you will let me slug ,i few songs and say a few words, I'm sure you won't regret !'." "(io abend!" some one yelled. Mr. Taylor begun to sing In Ills full, clear voire some of tho familiar church hymns. The crowd was quickly won by the music. "Co on!" shouted the men when he stopped. Then he sang one or two Sc ,tch songs, and finally, getting up on the platform where the fiddler sat, be spoke plainly and forcibly upon the evil life hls auditors were leading, and they listened quietly. When the preacher had ceased, a big strapping Irishman, who had sirved time In prisons in Australia and New Zealand and had bom the terror of the water front in San Francisco, pro posed a collection for the new Metho dist church, and he himself passed bis old buttered s mhrero among the men ami women. Money.' gold dust and jew Iry went intn Ihe lint. With an Invitation to them to come lo the now. church, the preacher wilh ,lrew. The next morning he crime with a coffin that lie had made with his own hands during the night, and with Ihe help of several sailors properly burled the body of the murdered man, and nt the same time called on the liet ler feelings of his listeners In the h son he drew from the crime. KcailiHS. kindly, of Ann faith, he was the type of man to Ruececd ns a mlsalonary. IN DISMAL SWAMP. Hut Little Iletter Known Now Than When Waalaliieton Faw It. v The name "Dismal Swamp" Is a by word everywhere, and a legend has grown up round it of a dreary, boggy, unknown region of snakes nnd dark, damp tihlekeU, where runaway slaves fled for refuge. Frederick Street, in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly, In telling the story of this region, says that It Is but Utile better knowti nt this day than It. was loO years ago, when George Washington himself laid out a routo through It. ' The swamp is old historically, The first settlors at. Norfolk and the region round nlmut knew of It as a wild, Im passable bit of country full of giime and of valuable timiber; cypress, so good for making shingles; juniper, black gum and beech. In 1728 Colonel Byrd. while trying to establish the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina, ran a survey across It, working with the greatest difficulty and making only a mile a day fihrough the thick growth. He It was who named it 'The Dismal Swamp." Iater surveys and government maps show that the wilderness contains about WK) square miles of wood and water, lying In a tract twenty miles wide and forty-five long, and extend ing twenty miles Into Virginia and twenty-five into North Carolina. The soil is a sort of rich, black vegetable mold, dry and caky at some seasons, and saturated with water at others, the whole region Is like a huge sponge, alternately dry' and wet; and as the swamp level, curioiisly enough. Is twenty feet above tide-water, it is the source of many rivers and s-treamst There are deer In the woods, but It is the wild cattle that give the best sport. The ancestors of these "reed fed" cattle, as they are called, strayed In from the fields and took up their abode In the swamp. The result is a race of small, active, wild cattle, the' flesh of which is a delicious combina tion of the qualities of wild game and tame animals. There is a chance that before man years the greater part of the swamp will be redeemed from lis present wlht ness into civilised farm land; but It will be many years before the liear and wild cattle and moccasin snakes disaiponr from their rofuges, and be fore the rare plants and birds that still draw botanists and ornithologists from all parts of the country will be found only In museum sWow cases. For each big man at the top there are a million IHHe ones at the hot- loin. Many men want to be great and a few try to be good. " - t . ;