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him. But no one did. What he had ex-
pected happened. Some men had been
sent in advance and they got it, That
first volley sounded hike the crackle of a
brush-wood fire greatly magnifed While
the soldiers were jumping to their feet
and orders were being rapidly given. a
strange metamorphosfs occurred in the
expression Of Roosevelt's face He was
no longer nervous. He became az calm
rs any man ever was, In combat, with
bte first song OF the first bullets He led.
his men into that jungle. and he led them
we'll. It was strange example OF the
nervousness that will come with eHpecta !
ton and the tremendous self-control
which may belong to the strong man
with the coming Of retaliation. #
Later during that day, another phase
OF Roosevelts character showed. A nrrn-
Der Of wounded men were lying under q
big tree. The gpoap constituted the So
called field hospital" I was one OF the
victims. Roosevelt came around, and he
was infinitely tender and kind The
men worshipped him. He went among
US as we lay there ON blankets in the
damp sweet smelling grass, and gave us
a little Scotch whisky which he had in
u GIoilS every uldue 1l0
had a pleasant word. and he knew each
ones name His sympathetic syllables
were cut off as closely by those char
acteristic teeth as were the words Of his
railroad car speeches during the recent
campaign, but they meant a lot to us.
To several men he paid more attention.
The hospital corps overworked and Rooee-
Welt as well as Col Wood went among
u.s. Strengthening the blanket of this man
and rearranging. the cartridge belt on
which another rested his head. When ha
found an empty canteen he saw to It
that ii was filed and as the little group
nf dead men on the knoll grew. cer4
tainIy no face showed more real distress
than his.
One Illustration OF THAT composurs
which came TO him at the first firing at
.tracted my attention during the fight.
He was tired. and leaned against small
palm tree. Three times. while he stood
there. this tree was hit, and once his eyes.
were filed with dust driven out by the
impact Of the bullet But he did not
change his position. And that was ths
man under fire.
When he was inaugurated governor Of
New York State the episode was less i1-s
/ teresting because it lacked the element Of
schapc The ceremony was arranged be-
Continued ins7th Col. 81
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saddle to the colonel-which / have never
seen since. Perhaps that may have had
Its effect on the fact that was permitted
to go to the front with the regiment and
be present at its first fight At any rate.
L went. s4.lz 4.; q sss
It occurred the next morning. s1
There were only few men who knew
Just when we would he fired upon. /
nad shreWd guess OF 1t. and. Of course,
the colonel, did also. Certain signs-a
uead Cuban and some abandoned camp
hres--were salient. We found these signs.
put afor awhile there was no shooting.
CoE Roosevelt stood in a breach in
!arbed wire fence. I was lying in the
grove on the other side Of the trail, rest
ing, as watched him. The temperature
was above 100 degrees No one knew
Just what was coming, but we were all
waiting for something to break loose.
nave never seen man more appar-
entity nerve-ra cked than Roosevelt was.
II showed onfEh1s face and in every mo-
ton of his body. He twitched His
khakl-cIad figure had for its background
the superb green of an almost innpenetra-
we CUBAN jungle. The trail was narrow.
EVIDENTLY 1t had been used for, years
merely as .-:t.e r. tn. Back OF u Fer
q long distance it u as filled with the sf,,,
diers from the West, most of them lying
down as y was, because OF the awful
neat and the effects of the hard march.
They did not know. / had been told. but
scarcely believed it. Roosevelt knew and
realized. -',.-",s, : -. H.. TX. ~.
AS have said, he was extremely nerv-
ous' ne was not frightened, but every
hber in his body was tense from excite.
nemt He was waiting for the crack OF
Mauser rifles. If anything else had come
Is hard to figure out what he would
nave done. I earnestly believe if some
one had got behind him and said "Boov'
he would have jumped and might have
run. That would have been unexpected
and the surprise would have diseoncar.tad
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Nonsense exclaimed the chief. "Tt's
nothing. Report to me what he said.'
About half an hour later the slbchief
|entered his superior's room His face was
scratched and his clothing appeared some
what rumpled Otherwise, HIS usually Sc
lrious demeanor was unchanged.
IT sat on that clerk for fifteen minutes. y
The said, quietly.
II ''What?'' shouted his chief
I. II sat on him for fifteen minutes nv the
clock. For little fellow he put uD q
stiff fight bucked him. bound him and
almost branded him from force Of habit.
but it was easy
i My God!" gasped the other man.
1 You said to be gentle with MIN, yo,,
know rs ~ &
i Holy sruokes!'' cried the CHIEF, nearly
Ifainting You obeyed my orders literal
.Ily! / meant for you to sit on hin, figure
!tiyely. . :.
You didn't say word ;fbout figures. y
responded the .sX-cow boy, snlle11ly.
Il didn't say for. you to5i sit down on
him literally. $3.50
I You didn't say at all where was to
sit on him., but sat there all right, said
the former cowpuncher desperately.
-, ... No, no, you don't understand" said the
chief, when he recovered his breath. ..You
must not take everything in a literal
sense in Washington. You are not chas-
ing COWS or frontier bandits, and you
mustn't be so serious. When you are or
|dered to sit down on a clerk it means in
figurative sense only, and you should
give him, to be thoroughly explicit this
time. a good talking to- with your mouth.
You mustn't actually SIT on him. II this
gets out we will be the Laughing stock of
the office. l must fix itsup at once 5
!, 1t was fixed up by sticking patches OF
soothing plaster on the little clerk
wounded body and feelings by the. posi-
tive promise Of promotion to the next
vacancy occurring in the division If he
Kept quiet. The. ex-cowboy squared him
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Rnllnr.a Coal Sonae

FL. S. S. Pearse. war correspondent OF
the London Daily News, tells the follow
ing story of Gen. Butler: The general
and Mr. Pearse came home in the same
boat Each evening the band ria7ed
:'God Save the Queen after dlcr*r on
deck Of course, every Briton stood up
and removed his fead-covering. A num-
Der of Highlanders, however, remained
seated and covered The Brltons were
very angry. and it was feared that seri-
Gus trouble might follow. The anxious
captain privately consulted Gen. Butler.
Sir" he said, II wish you would tell
me what you would do under the cir
acumstances If you were commander OF
this Ship Me- replied Butler. II
should ask the band not to play God
Save the Queen >" 5 81 - -
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ROOSEvELT.s STRENUOUS MOMENTS.
Continued from 9Th Col. 2,

forehand and he expected everything that
happened-except one thing. Several days
before the formai inauguration ne nad;
taken the oath of office. The function IN
the big room there in New York States;
elephantine capitol was purely formal
but up ever the band in the gallery and
half behind a pillar. there was small
boy, who was not. The background Of the
ladies' gowns and the offfcefy uniforms
in that great chamber in ALBANY was
more varied but less impressive than had
been the sornber green of the Cuban Jun
gle. Roosevelt's black frock coat stood
out as wildly as his brown uniform had
on the other occasion. I was too badly
crippled to get through the crowd and
close to him. But 1t would have been
difficult net to notice that youngster up in
the gallery. The small boy was almost
reproduction of the man who was being
inaugurateG governor Of the richest state
in the Union. He had the same big eyes
covered with enormous glasses like those
the new official wore-and always will
his teeth We're like those of the distin-
guished man 5below, and when he crie3
out Hthree cheers" and gave them, he BIT
the words off, exactly as his father does,
with SNAPS. It was Theodore Roosevelt.
Jr.. His father waved his hand Mt him
and grinned. He was thinking more Of
the small boy just then than he was Of
being governor: there Is no DOUBT of that
When the governor received the newS
that he had been elected vice president
of the United States there was one deta1
of the episode which reminded me OF that
ether one in Albany. Again a minor nats
ter took his mind off the greet things that
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eddy Qoo eyelt's
Strenuous Moments.

45 go
Theodore Roosevelt's latest book Is
called The Strenuous Life He is the
man to write such q book, for his own
life is fifty described by the adjective. It
has been my good luck to have seen him
during three Of his most strenuous mo-
ments.
N hen he was first under hre in war
fare.
When he was inauEurated governor Of
New York State.
R hen he received the news OF his cleo
ton to the vice presidency.
s. had gone to Cuba as the correspon-
dent Of New York daily and learned
tina the rough riders were TO 90 to the
front the day after I landed also
learned through the horrifed1y profane
remarks of an officer that Lieut. Col.
Roosevelt had no saddle although he had
q horse. 4 had no horse. but had several
saadl les Was nrivilaRa TO send i
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The Philippine Friars.

!; 1t Is very improbable that the friars OF
the Philippine islands have been ordered
TO Venezuela and Ecuador by the pope,
as reported in the dispatches from Ma
Mia. In fact, such a thing is impossi-
bic, because both Of those countries are
at war with the church, and have sup
pressed pre- and expelled all Of the religious
orders. There are now in Brooklyn q
number of monks who were recently ex-
PEELED from Ecuador. No Catholic priest
Is allowed to land at a port of that coun-
try unless he is a native. Not only the
monks, but all leaests Of foreign birth
have been driven away. Hence Ecuador
would be the last country to which the
pope would send the Philippine frfars.-
Chicago Record.
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Nurse. but she makes men ana women
who delight in living, and who live long.
Our urban civilization and tdaintipess and
comforts destroy real manhood and wom-
anhood and so do flourish dentists, doc
tors, faddisrs and milk-and-water reform
ers.
Nothing but the sun and air, the free
life of nature, produces the best In phys
ique and in character. The Indians grow
up sans coddling. and their strength CT
body is equaled by their vigor Of men
tality. It is great thing not to be
nervous. breathe deep. to have plenty
of quick-moying blood.
One is amazed at the power of applica-
ton OF Indians of culture; they get ia
tigued only after intense work. They
have stamina. 1t is goodly sight to
see coming down into the warm country
valleys from the Sierras the Indian
women straight, clear-eyed, uncorseted.
MSidens with fine eloquent eyes, walk.
ing like the Greek goddesses did; their
/ every motion graceful; and If gowned in
! civilized manner, fit to adorn a drawing
room. Some of the tribes have many
handsome women; you look at them, and
all accepted civilized standards fail
away. You do not think Of what we
call their poverty; they are simply
eowned. and their manner suggests no
-s>tson Of subserviency they bring to one
thoughts of the antique world, when life
was lived broadly, fashions endured, and
the age of fuss had not begun. Contrast
the erect and serene Indian maidens on
the country roads of Mexico with the
paSlor darlings of civilization, under the
care of specialists, teeth yellow with
9asa with a hundred arta Of :ha tstset,
ard nerves easily tired and tangled cua
gives over Thinking of wealth when one
sees the riches Of simple health these
young women possess. Fl. s &. ..,s,...,, !,
Their eyes are wonderfully clear. ana
their type, OF beauty Is Greek, in that
there Is no overfatness. no waddlins. and
never cancellation A. physician would de-
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ssCHwABBING THEM OUT.

selr by treating the clerk and his CHIEF to
lunch for a fortnight. 1t was at one OF
these lunches that they told Star mar
all about it, and the joke is too, good to
keep.-Washington Star. #
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All in Peril.

Il tell tell you,' said the curbstone mora1ist.
this is tough world. - That's So the
busy man took time to reply, and very
few Of us will get out of it alive. Phila,
delphia Telegraph.
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#istellaneuus &eading.
WHEN CHRISTMAS COMES.

For thee, my small one-trinkets and
new toys,
The wine Of life and all its keenest
joys.
When Christmas comes.
For me. the broken playthings Of the
past
That in my weary hands I still hold
fast,
When Christmas comes.
For thee. fair hopes of all that yet may
be,
And tender dreams of sweetest mys-
terry,
When Christmas comes.
For thee, the future is a golden haze,
For me. the memory Of some bygone
days,
When Christmas comes.
For thee. the things that lightly come
and go,
For thee, the holly and the mistletoe.
When Christmas comes.
For me, the smiles that are akin to
tears,
For me the frosts and SHOWS Of many
years,
When Christmas comes.
For thee. the twinkling candles bright
and gay,
For me. the purple shadows and the
gray,
When Christmas comes.
For thee. the friends that greet thee at
the door,
For me, the faces I shall see no more.
When Christmas comes.
But ah, for both of us the mystic star,
That leadeth back to Bethlehem afar,
When Christmas comes.
For both of us the child they saw Of
old,
That evermore his mothers arms en-
fold,
When Christmas comes.
New England Magazine.
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MORGAN. the Raider.

Morgan was regarded by the Union
soldiers as holy terror" said one of
the famous cavalry leaders men, land
stories have been spread among them
reciting how he shot down his captives
and gave mercy to none. On the con-
trary, he was kind-hearted, as those
who knew him can attest. He was
fond of a joke. though. On one occa-
sion on one Of our raids, we captured
about 25 Union men near Murfreesbo-
70, Tenn. They expected nothing else
than to be shot down after the general
had first eaten a good meal. They be-
gan to talk about 1t so excitedly that
some one reported the matter to Gene
raj Morgan. Walking from his tent,
he ordered the prisoners to be drawn
up in line. Then, mounting his horse,
he rode to the center Of the small COL
umn and said to them that they must
be acquainted with his method Of get
| ting rid Of prisoners and he personally
regretted that such fine looking set
of men had fallen into the hands of a
man who, 1t was known to them ALL
sacrificed human life as though he
were shooting down a fatted calf.
Zone little Dutchman at the head
Of the line. grew weaker and weaker
as the generals speech wore on, until
| he finally bore into tears. exclaiming:
"'Oh, for Colts sake, vot will mine
family do?'
"The generals heart was touched
Riding up to the little Dutchman, he
placed his hand on his head and said:
why. God bless you. my man.
would not harm a hair of your head
for my life. You were all so scared on
account of the bad repute in which you
held me that I thought I would play a
practical joke on you '"-Louisville
| Courier Journal.
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up proper" and South Carolina rice
and "purlue" will be very much in
evidence on the 26th.
DR.. G. H. Symmes. Of Pendleton, s.
c., now q staunch Floridian, is to be
master Of ceremonies on this glorious
occasion. Messrs. Reginald M. Grist
Of York; Carl T. Dudley and c. M.
Blake, Of Chester, were unanimously
elected a committee Of invitation"
with instructions to send invitations to
the Hon. Miles B. McSweeney, Cover
nor Of South Carolina; General Wade
Hampton, ex-senator Of South Carroll
na Senator B. r. Tillman, Senator
John L. McLaurin, Editors Stovall and
Lambright. of the Tampa Tribune;
Mr.. Calhoun, of The Herald, and Mr..
Mckay. of the Times, and all other
editors Of the Hillsborough county pa
pers.
The Rev. J. T. B. Anderson. OF Beau
fort. and pastor of Hyde Park Baptist
church. will be chaplain of our club.
and will ask a blessing on the night
Of our banquet, which will sink deep
into the hearts Of all Palmetto BROTH
ers and cause them to exclaim God
bless dear old South Carolina and
make me live such a life as to reflect
honor on her fair name"
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reached Moscow. and finally that noth'
ing was ready In the Russian provinces
to throw into Siberia troops sufficient
to repel the invaders.
Afterward Ivan Ogareff, entirely
free In bis movements, began to study
Irkutsk. the state Of Its Notifications,
their weak points, In order eventually
to make use Of those observations II
any circumstance should prevent the
consummatlon OF his treason. he de-
voted himself more particularly to the
examination Of the Bolchaia gate.
which he intended treacherously to sur.
render. Twice at night be came to In.
spect that gate and the Notifications
around It. He walked about there with.
out any fear of exposing himself to the
missiles of the ibesiegers. whose first
posts were less fhan a verst from the
ramparts. He Knew well that be was
not exposed-nay. even that he was
recognized. Heshad had q glimpse Of
q shadow which had glided to the foot
Of the ramparts4
Sangarre. riskIng her life. had just
come to try to put herself In communi.
cation with Ivan Ogareff. Besides. the
besiegcd for two days had enjoyed a
tranquility to which they had not been
accustomed since the Tartars first in
vested lrkutsk. 1t was by order Of
Ivan Ogareff.
The lieutenant Of Feofar-Khan had
wished that all attempts to carry the
town by sheer force should be suspend
ed. Thus after bis arrival at Irkutsk
the artillery was absolutely silent. Per-
haps-at least be hoped so-the vigil
lance of the besIeged would be some
what relaxed. In any case. at the out
posts several thousand Tartars were
ready to hurl themselves against the
gate when deprived of Its defenders,
when Ivan Ogarefr should let them
know the hour for action.
Meanwhile that could not be long de-
hyed. They must make an end Of II
before the Russian corps should arrive
In sight Of Irkutsk. The resolution OF
Ivan Ogarefr was taken. and that very
night from the top Of the rampant a
note fell into the hands of Sangarre.
1t was the following night, the night
from the 5th to the 9th Of October, at
2 o'clock In the morning, that Ivan
Ogareff had fixed for delivering up lr-
kutsk to the Tartars.
To pH CONTTNIIED
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PRACTICAL STATEsMANsHIP.-Th fact
that the Democratic representatives
from Louisiana voted with the Repup-
licans on the Philippine tariff bill goes
to support General Hancock's conten,.,
ton that the tariff is "a local issue,
With the Louisianians In this case II
was a matter Of sugar. With the rep
resentatives of every state 1t Is mat
ter of something or other when II
comes to framing tariff bill. and TINS
was the cause Of the undoing Of the
Wilson bill when it was before con-
eress a few years ago. This will al
ways be an obstacle in the way or a
practical substantial reform of the
tariff. Every fellow is against pro
tection-except Of the interests that ne
represents. He Is earnestly anxious
that the tariff be reformed-at the
other mans expense: never at his
own. It Is human nature. Thus 1t Is
that
when self the wavering balance
shakes
'Tis rarely well adjusted"
Charlotte Observer.
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"a GHOSTS WALK.'-Galusha A.
Grow made speech in the house yes
terday on the Philippines. He was
making speeches in the house before
many of the representatives who lis
tened to him yesterday, were born.
He took his seat there on the first day
of December 1S51-a half century ago.
Henry Clay still sat in the senate. Ten
years later Mr.. Grow was elected as
speaker. He Is the only survivor In
public life of the house over which he
presided. Among its members were
Owen Lovejoy, Eluhu B. Washburn,
John A. Logan, John J. Crittenden,
Thaddeus Stevens, Daniel w. Voor-
hees, Francis P. Blair, Schuyler Col
fax, Henry L. Dawes "a merry Christ
mas and a happy New Year to himD
Clement L. Vallandigham, Sunset
Cox and Roscoe Conkling. Truly, as
the Philadelphia Press remarked the
other day. the halls Of the Capitol must
sometimes seem to Galusha A. Grow.
veritable ghosts walk.-Hartford
Courant.
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TO BE CONTINUED.
THE PEANUT.
OF Great Commercial Importance
and Adapted to Various Uses.

ana AuapteO 10 tuElOuH Cbcbs
There are reports Of wonderful
new kind OF peanut. called the Japan
ese White Mammoth" grown in Mata-
gorda county. Texas. 1t is Of giant
size. and is said to yield 81 barrels to
the acre.
One reason, Tor being interested in
this news Is the fact that the peanut
crop Of the old-time peanut growing
reeion Of the south has been dimin-
ishing alarmingly Of late years. large
areas that formerly produced from Sc
to 100 bushels an acre now yielding not
more than 20 bushels. The cause OF
the trouble Is careless farmine-neg-
Iect to fertilize the soil. and lack OF
rota ton Of crops. Virginia. however,
still has an annual output Of some
thing like 100000 bushels: Tennessee
and North Carolina come next.
The finest peanuts in the world come
from Virginia. and in that state Is the
grea test peanut market. at Norfolk,
where are a number Of large "facto-
ries" in which the newly gathered
"goobers." as they come In from the
rural districts. are winnowed and
screened. to clean them. and sorted
and shipped to iobbers in other cities
It Is now believed that the peanut
was originally a native Of Brazil. and
that 1t should properly make fifth In
the list Of plants Of great commercial
importance credited to America. the
others being the potato. tobacco. maize
and cotton. AS far back as the sew
enteenth century 1t was extensively
cultivated in the Old World. and had
become such an important article OF
food in Africa that the slave-dealers
loaded their vessels with 1t. using 1t as
provender for their cargoes Of cap
tives.
African peanuts, which are small
and nearly round, and contain single
kernel. used to be imported largely in
to this country, but they have been
driven out by our superior varieties
However. the African nuts contain a
greater percentage of oil. for the sake
of which immense quantities Of them
mostly raised in Senegambia and along
| the east coast. are shipped to Marseil-
les for conversion into pure "olive OIL
| The poorer peanuts are employed Tor
soap: the residue, after pressing, is
known as "cakc," and brings $50 ton
as cattle fodder and the shells are used
as material for paper.
! Recent experiments by dieteuc ex-
perts have shown that one pound OF
peanut meal contains nearly as much
nutriment as three pounds Of lean beef
The meal, which Is obtained by grind
| ing the "cake," costs four cents q
pound in bulk. and the Germans have
prepared from 1t several agreeable ar
ticles Of food-such as peanut grits.
and peanut -four" this latter being
ground and bolted like ordinary flour
Palatable crackers have also beer
made from this crude by-product OF
the oil mill.-Saturday Evening Post.
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ANIMAL PECULIARITIEs.-If a female
fox (vixen) gets caught in a steel trap
and is discovered by the male or fox
dog, it is said he invariably kills her,
although 1 have not heard it stated
that the vixen would kill the dog fox
or another vixen or the male another
male.
If a COW becomes impaled on fence
and groans with pain, the whole herd
instantly rushes wildly to the spot,
fight and apparently do their best to
destroy her If not beaten off.
A hog confined with others in a pen
breaks out and on being returned to
the pen Is at once set upon and bitten
by the others.
Why, with all the instinct animals
possess. is the desire so strong to In
jure or destroy rather than to help or
rescue New York Sun.