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The morning call., 1892-10-02

themselves, now that they have no slaves to
do il for them"
81 doubt very much il some OF them know
how to drive nail. for the matter of that.
said CORTLAND, still good hunoredly; but
that's the fault of system older than them
selves, which the founders of the republic
retained. We cannot give them experience
in their new condition In one day, and In
fact, Drummond, | am very much afraid
that for our purpose-aDd / honestly be-
lieve for their good-we must help to keep
then for the present as they are.
Perhaps" said Drummond. sarcastically,
you would like to reinstate slavery"
mo. But | should like to reinstae the
master. And not for mis- sake alone. but
for freedoms sake and ours. To be plain.
since l have taken up this matter for the
company l have satisfied myself from per-
sonal observation that the negro, even more
than his master, cannot handle his new
condition. He is accustomed to his old
traditional taskmaster, and / doubt il he
Will work fairly Tor any other, particularly
for those who don't understand him. Don't
mistake me. / don't propose to 60 back to
the whip, to that brutal institution, the r-
responsible overseer. to the buying and SELL
ing, the separation of the family. nor any
OF the old wrongs, but l propose to
make the old master our overseer and
responsible to The United States. He is not
fool. and has already learned that it is
more profitable TO pay wages to lis old
slaves and have the power of dismissal,
like any other employer. than be obliged,
under the old system Of enforced labor and
life servitude, to undergo the cost of main
tanning incom petence and idIeness. The old
sentiment Of slave-owning has disappeared
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L ILL IJLgLILlIuUll

too" added the general, pointing to the dead
man.
The young officer hurriedly explained
The general nodded, saluted and passed On.
But youthful aid -de-camp airily fingered.
Tine old mans feeling good. CouTtland,"
he said. We've rolled 'em up all along
the line. It's all over now. In point of
fact / reckon you've fred the last gun In
this particular fratricidal engagement"
The last gun! CORTLAND remained silent,
looking abstraetedly at the fragment it had
crushed and broken at his feet.
And I shouldn't wonder if you got your
gold leaf for t0-Gay's work. But who's
your sunny Southern friend here?" he
added. following his companions eyes.
CORTLAND repeated his story little more
seriously, which. however, failed to i'm
press the young aids leyity. $50 he con-
cluded to stop over" he interrupted cheer
fully. But" looking at the letter and
photograph, Il say. look here. Sally
picked up yesterday with a letter from the
same girl! Doe Murphy has it. And, by
Joyel the same picture, too! eb? Look
here, Courtyi you might get Doe Murphy's
letter and hunt her up when this cruel war
Is over. Say you're fulfilling a sacred
trustp See? Good idea. old mani Ia
ia" And he trotted quickly after his
superior.
CORTLAND remained with the letter and
photograph in his hand gazing abstractedly
after Lin. The smoke had rolled quite
away from the fields on the left but still
hung heavily down the south on the heels
of the flying cavalry. A long bugle-eall
swelled up unsteady from below. The
freed sun caught the white fiags of two field
hospitals in the woods and glanced tran
GULLY on the broad, cypress-fringed. lazy
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before natural common-sense and selfish
ness. am satisfied that By some such pro-
cess as this utilizing OF the old master and
the new freedom we will be better able to
cultivate our lands than by buying up their
estates and setting them adrift with little
money in their pockets as an idle discon-
tented class to revive old political dogmas
ana foment new issues, or. perhaps, set up
dangerous position 70 us.
You don't mean to say that those In
fernal niRgers would give the preference to
their old oppressors p''
dollar for dollar in wages-yes! And
why shouldn't tbeyp Their old masters
understand them better and treat them gem
orally better. They know our interesf In
them is only an abstract sentiment. not a
real liking. We show it at every turn.
But we are nearing Redland, and Major
Reed will. have no doubt, corrobora rate nv
impressions. he insists upon our staying
at his house, although the poor old fellow. /
imagine. can III afford to entertain COM
pany:. But he will DO offended If we re.
fuse"
HE is a friend of yours. then2" asked
Drummond.
Il fought against his division at Stony
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ENIGMAs.

watched the sweep OF the Wild wet weather.
The winds long lash and the rains free fall.
The toss OF the trees rs they swayed together,
The measureiess gray that was over them all;
Whose roar speaks more than q language spoken.
Wordiess and wonderful. cry cry.
The sob OF an earth that is vexed and broken,
The answering sob OF broken sky.
What could they tell US. We see them ever,
The trees and the sky and the stretch OF the
land:
But they give MS word Of their secret never;
They tell no story We understand.
Yet happily tho ghost-like birch out yonder
Knows much in placid silent way;
The rain might tell what the gray clouds ponder,
The winds repeat what the violets say.
Why weeps the rain? Do you know Its sorrow?
you know why the wind IL so sad. so sad
Have you stood In rift 'twixt q day and morrow.
Seen their hands meet ana their eyes grow glad :
Is the trees pride strong ~ its top abasemonts
Is the white rose more Of . saint than the red
What thinks tho star - 1t sees through the case
mont
young girl lying, beautiful dead?
BARRY PAIN In Stories and lnterludes.
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younger man, who had served through the
war with distinction, retained soldiers
respect and esteem for his late antagonists,
with conscientious and thoughtful obser-
walton OF their character. Although he
had resigned from the army the fact that he
had previously graduated at West Point
with high honors had given him preferment
in this technical appointment, and his
knowledge OF the country and its people
made him valuable counselor. And it
was a fact that the country people had
preferred this soldier with whom they had
once personally grsppled 10 the capitalist
they had never seen during the struggle.
The train rolled slowly through the woods,
so slowly that the fragrant pine smoke from
the engine still hung round the windows of
the cars. Gradually the "clearlngs" be-
came larger. They saw the distant white
colonnades of some planters house, look
the fence of its Enclosure had broken gaps
and the gate wagged on its single hinge.
Mr.. Drummond shifted at this damning
record Of neglect and Indifference. Even
IL they had been ruined they might still
spend few cents for nails and Stats to en-
able them to look decent before folks. and
not parade their poverty before their neigh
bors," he said.
But that's just where you misunGer-
stand them, DruDmond." said CORTLAND,
smiling. They have no reason to keep up
an attitude toward their neighbors, who
still know them as Squire so-and-so
Colonel this and thar, and the Judge
owners Of their vast but crippled estates.
They are not ashamed Of being poor, which
is an accident"
But they are of working, which is
elaboration" interrupted Drummond.
They are ashamed 70 mend their fences
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THE TEMPLE OF BAAL.
Description OF the Ruins of a Once Mao
pifcent Building.
Biaekwood's Magazine.

n
Difcent Building.
BIaekwood's Magazine.
There rises a huge wall seventy feet hioh
inclosing a square court, of which the side
Is 740 feet long. Part OF the wall. HAVING
fallen into ruins, has been rebuilt from tbs
ancient materials. bat the whole of the
north side. with its beautiful pilasters. re-
mains perfect.
As the visitors enter the court they stand
still In establishment at the extraordinar w
sight which meets their eyes. for hara
crowded within those four high walls Is the
native village OF Tadmor. 1t was natnrai
enough for the Arabs to build their mud
huts within these ready-mad fortifications
but the impression produced by such n vii
lage In such place Is indescribably STRANGE
:, The temple, SO to speak, Is eaten ont 81
But here and there fluted Corinthian col.
umn. or group Of columns, with eptablatmre
still perfect, rises in stately grace far over
the wretched huts, the rich, creamy color ~
the limestone and the beautiful moldinga ~
the capitals contrasting with the clear h,ua
of the cloudless sky o'ao
The best view OF the whole il In ha oh
tanned from the roof of the naos. which
once beautiful and adorned with scnlntnra'
is all now battered and defaced. and ha:
been metam0rphosed into q solalid littis
mosque. To describe the view from the
roof were indeed hopeless task. Hieh
shine rise the stately columns crowded and
jumbled, and heaped together below. mn
touched by the gIaddening sunbe ans. mn
freshened by the pure, free air lies All tha
squalor and wretchedness of an Arab mnds
hut village.
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Prologue.

What had been in the cool gray of the
summer morning a dewy country lane.
marked only by few wagon tracks that
never encroaehed upon it grassy border
and indented only by the faint footprints
of crossing fox or coon. was now. before
high noon, already crushed, beaten down
and lrampled ont of all semblanee OF It's
former solitude. The heavy springless jolt
of gun carriage and caisson mad cut deeply
through the middle track; the hoofs OF
crowding cavalry had struck down and
shredded the wayside vines and bushes to
bury them under a cloud of following dust
and the dull plunging double-quick of in
fantry had trodden out this hideous ruin
into one dusty chaos. Along this rudely
widened highway useless muskets, torn
aeeouterments, knapsacks, caps and
articles of clothing were scattered.
with here and there the larger
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CHAPTER I.

L.
The 2 O'Clock express from Redlands to
Forestville. Ga, had been proceeding with
the languid Dlacidity OF the river whose
banks Ii skirted for more than two hours.
But unlike the river, Ii had stopped fire.
Quent,y; sometimes at recognized stations
and villages. sometimes at the apparition
of straw-hatted and llnen-coated natives in
the solitude Of pine woods, where, after a
decent interval of CHEEKY conversation with
the conductor and engineer. IL either took
the stranger on board or relieved him Of his
parcel, letter, basket, or even the vocal
message with which he was charged. Much
OF the way lay through pine barren and
swampy woods which had never been
cleared or cultivated: much through de-
cayed settlements and ruined villages that
had remained unchanged since the war
whose last gun had been fired three years
before. There were vestiges OF the sever
ity oil former military occupation-the
biaekened timbers Of railway bridges, still
uprepaired, and along the line of certain
memorable march sections of iron rails
taken from the torn-up track, roasted in
bonfires and bent while red hot around tbe
trunks OF trees, were still TO be- seen.
These mementos OF defeat seemed to
neither excite revenge nor the energy to
remove them. The dull apathy which
had succeeded the days OF hystericaI
passion and convulsion still fingered; even
the slow improvement that could be de-
tected was marked by the langour OF con-
valescence. The helplessness of race,
hitherto dependent upon certain barbaric
conditions Of political place and power. un-
skilled In Invention and suddenly confronted
with the necessity of personal labor, was
visible everywhere. Eyes that but three
short years before had turned vindictively
to the North now gazed wistfully to that
quarter for help and direction. They
scanned eagerly the faces OF their ener-
getic and prosperous neighbors and quon-
dam foes upon the verandas OF Southern
hotels and the decks of Southern steam
boats, and were even now watching from a
group In the woods the windows OF the
halted train. where the head and shoulders
appeared of two men Of manifestly different
types, but still alien to the country In dress,
features and accent
Two negroes were slowly loading the en-.
CINE tender from q woodpile. The rich.
brown smoke of turpentine knots was fill
ing the train with its singing fragrance.
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orderly dashed down the track, wheeled,
Ieaped the hedge, rode out on the slope and
halted. In another instant cloud OF dust
came Whirling down the lane after him.
Out of il strained the heavy shoulders and
frightened chain traces of six frantic horses.
dragging the swaylDg gun that In this tenn
pest of motion alone seemed passive and
helpless with an awful foreknowledge Of
its power As in obedience 10 signal from
the officer it crashed through the hedge
after him, a sudden jolt threw an artillery
man from the timber before the wheel. a
driver glanced back on the tense chain and
hesitaIed. go on" yelled the PROSTATE
man, and the wheel went over him. An
other and another gun followed out Of the
dust cloud until the whole battery bad
deployed on the slope Before the
dust cloud had fairly settled the
falling back Of the painting horses with their
drivers gave momentary glimpse of the
nearest gun already in position and of the
four erect figures beside il. The yell that
seemed to have evoked this sudden appari-
ton again sounded nearer; a binding fash
broke from the gun, which was instantly
hidden by the closing group around 1t, and
a deafening crash with the high ringing of
metal ran down the lane. A column Of
white, woOlly smoke arose as another fash
broke beside 1t. This was quickly followed
by another and another, with a response
from the gun first fired, until the whole
slope shook and Numbered. And the smokes
no longer white and woolly, but darkeniDg
and thiekening as with unburnt grains Of
gunpowder. mingled into the one ominous
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vapor. and driving along the lane hid even
the slope from view.
The yelling had ceased, but the grinding
and rafting heard through the defamation
of guns seemed nearer still, and suddenly
there was a shower of leaves and twigs
from the lower branches OF chestnut tree
near the broken hedge. As the smoke
thinned again, rising and falling medley
OF Tapping hats, tossing horses heads and
shining steel appeared for an instant ad-
vancing unanimously up the slope. But
the apparition was as instantly cloyen by
flame from the two nearest guns. and went
down in gush of smoke and roar OF sound.
So level was the delivery and so close the
impact that space seemed suddenly cleared
between. In which the whirling Of the shat
tered remnants of the charging cavalry was
distinctly seen, and the shouts and oaths OF
the inexiricabIy struggling mass became
plain and articulate. Then gunner sery-
Ing the nearest piece suddenly dropped his
swab and seized a carbine. For out OF the
Whirling confusion before them single
rider was seen galloping furiously toward
the gun.
Tie red-capped young officer rode for
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ward and knocked up the gunner's weapon
with his sword. For in that rapid glance
he mad seen that the riders reins were
hanging loosely on the neck of his horse.
who was still dashing forward with the ac-
Quired impetus of the charge, and that the
Youthful figure OF the rider-wearing the
stripes of observation-disclosures still erect.
exercised no control over the animal. The
face was boyisb, blonde and CHASTITY; the
eyes were set and CLASSY. 1t was Death
itself charging the gun.
Within a few feet of Ii the horse swerved
before II brandished hammer, and striking
the cheeks of the gun carriage pitched his
.inanimate rider across the gun. The hot
blood of the dead man smoked on the hotter
brass with the reek of the shambles and be-
Spattered the hand OF the gunner, who still
mechanically served the vent. As they
lifted the dead body down the order came
to Cease firing" for the yells from below
had ceased too; the rafting and grinding
VAS receding with the smoke iurther 10 the
left. The omiDous central cloud parted Tor
a brief moment and showed the unexpected
sun glittering down the slope upon a near
and peaceful river.
The handsome artillery officer had dis
mounted, and was gently examining the
dead man. His breast had been crushed by
a fragment Of she'll; he must have died in
stantiy. The same missile had cut the chain
of q locket which slipped from his opened
coat. The officer picked it up with strange
feeling. perhaps because he was conscious
himself of wearing similar one; perhaps
because it might give him some ciew to the
mans identity. 1t contained only the pho
tograph of pretty girl, trendril of fair
hair and the word Sally" In the breast
pocket was sealed letter with the inscrip-
ton ''For Miss Sally Bows. to be delivered
if | fall by the hireling's hand" A faint
smile came over the officers face; he was
about to hand the articles to a sergeant. but
changed his mind and put them in his
pocket.
Meantime the lane and woods beyond and
even the slope itself were crowding with re-
serves and waiting troops. His own bat
terry was still numbered waiting orders
There was slight commoton in the lane.
VERY well done, captain. Smartly taken
and CALAMITY held
1t was the voice of general officer passing
with his staff. There was a note of pleasant
relief in its tone and the middle-aged care
drawn face of its owner was relaxed in a
paternal smile. The young captain flushed
with pleasure.
And you seem TO have had close work
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New Method Is Mine ventilation.

A novel device has been used to produce
an air current In q shaft in Pennsy lvania.
wooden airway Tor depth Of nine feet, and
the steam escaping from this pipe causes q
rush OF air which obyiates the use OF 8 fan,
SO considerable IL the effect of this steam
Jet that 1904 feet Of cubic air is carried out
q the, outlet OF the shaft every minute.
rms system Is so successful that IL is re-
garded as more practical than the air fans
now Ia common use.
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tied about the waist and hangs in loops at
the side. The collar is fastened with bow
OF ribbon. The other cloth dress is to he
parlor. 1t is quite fashionable and Is made
Of dark blue cheviot.
1t Is plated in the back. The waist is
worn over q red silk blouse and has jacket
fronts, long and stylish. just like mammals.
The sleeves are full and~hig on the shout
der, being finished with tight-ftting red
silk cuff,
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wrecks Of broken-down wagons, roughly
thrown aside into the ditch to make
way for the living current For two hours
the greater part of an army corps had passed
and repassed that way, but coming or going.
always with faces turned eagerly toward an
open slope on the right which ran parallel
to the lane And yet nothing was to be
seen there. For two hours gray and blue
ish cloud rent aud shaken with explosion
after explosion, but always closing and
thickening after each discharge. was all that
met their eyes. Nevertheless into this
ominous cloud solid moving masses of gray
or blue had that morning melted away, or
emerged from it only as scattered fragments
that erept, crawIed. ran or clung together IN
groups, to be followed and overtaken in the
rolling yapor.
Fot the last half-hour, also, the desolated
track had stretched empty and deserted.
While there was no cessation of the rat
thing, cracking and explosions on the fate
full slope beyond, ii had still been silent.
Once OF twice il had been crossed by timid,
hurFying wings and frightened and hesitat-
ing little feet, or later by skulkers and stray
gleTs from the main column who had boldly
entered it from the hedges and bushes where
they had been creeping and hiding. Sud-
denly a prolonged yell from the hidden slope
beyond-the nearest sound that had yet
been heard from that omin0us distance
sent them to cover again. 1t was fol-
lowed By the furious galloping Of
-nJT56s IN the lane, and handsome,
red capped officer accompanied by an
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plated at one end to give the natural fun
effect. and they are sewed to a large cir
cular foundation OF cardboard. The center
Is Of the velvet decorated with stitches OF
various lengths. A strip OF ribbon is fas-
tened across the back to hold the broom,
and at each side the suspension ribbon is
tackled. being pretlily bowed where it is
tackled. The flower is oftentimes made of
paper, but 1t Is more desirable made OF
cloth or felt.
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The little black spots on the end of ,ba
snail's horns are the animals eyes. He can
see with them very little. but they serve to
distinguish for him light from darkness and
enable him to observe objects at distance
OF an inch or two.
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A QUEER BIRDCAGE.


A Parrot Confined Within the Ribs Of
Skeleton.
New York Recorder
In America skeletons are neither legal
tender nor muniments of title. but it is diff
ferent at the antipodes-iu that as in many
other things. InNew Zealand. for Instance.
a European cannot acquire title to new
piece of land till the individual Maori title
is extinguishsd, and that has to be done be-
fore native land court. In this court the
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flowing and cruel but beautiful Southern
river which had all unseen crept so
smilingly that morning through the very
heart of the battle.
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SOMETHING ABOUT PINS.

New York World.
Pins are growing noticeably gay. They
come in bright array OF colors, with jew
eled heads. These are designated as the
ordinary pins. Then there are the hatpins,
which rival in price the bonnet they are
stuck through, and the gold and silver
safety-pins.
Pincushions are made in all sorts OF novel
designs. The illustration shows new idea.
II is On egg-shape pad, covered with fine
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white cloth, outlined with q gilt cord and
tastefully draped with lace. The cushion is
suspended by ribbons from the dressing
table. The pad may be embroidered around
the edge with vine of fine flowers, and the
ribbon should blend with the coloring of the
room.
A young woman received recently as an
engagement present paper of pins-it was
an edition de luxe of the ordinary paper Of
pins. 1t came in velvet box. The case
which held the pins was of rale blue silk.
There were four rows of pins Of different
sizes. The first row were pale blue pins,
with bit Of turquoise for the head; the
second row were pink, with garnet heads !;
the third row we're green, with an emerald
head: the fourth row were longer than the
ordinary pho. with q good-sized pearl for the
head. The pins were to be used for lace
and veil pins.
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FOR. SMALL CH1LDKEN.

For children about 2 the two cloth dresses
shown in the illustration are suitable and
pretty. One resembles the sailor dress Of
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Is cut off to the waist line In front and falls
to the knees at the side and back. The
yoke and collar is Of heavy black passemen-
terie, embroidered with finely cut jet. ana
the sides Of the jacket are the same. Satin
ribbons come from under the arms and
clasp in front. at the waist line, with
very handsome buckle. The sleeves are
full double puff of the satin, with close
sleeve from the elbow TO the wrist, edged
with passementerie. This is a very pretty
style for a house dress to wear at receptions,
or for an informal dinner.
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A MODIFIED BLOUSE.

This charming modification of the Rus
sian blouse is Of military blue cloth with
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transmitted from the
feet when walking; but
a Western inventor con-
siders that he has solved
the problem by the use
OF a pneumatic cushioned
arrangement in eac h
heel. This consists of
a rubber plug having a
closed air chamber and
inserted Ia q hollow por-
tion OF the heel. closed
at the bottom and open
at the insole. The APP
pearance Of the device
Is shown In the above
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A PNEUMATIC HEEL.

Numerous devices have been suggested
for relieving the body of the sudden shocks
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A PRETTY ROUSE DRESS.
Boston Herald.

This stylish gown is made Of black satin
with printed figures in heliotrope; the
demi-trained skirt is trimmed with slightly
gathered rich wide satin ribbon. put ON
very close to the loot. The jacket bodice
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A NEAT COSTUME.

Many novelties In street dresses have
been introduced this season. For the