Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 4, Plymouth, Marshall County, 2 November 1905 — Page 9

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BY DAVID iv 3E CHAPTER XX. (Continued.) ' ; "Oh, yes," cried Jethroe. "They were out of mind for the moment. If I'd been content to leave Zelkar to rot and die when his tea dollars were doae with, as any of that scoundrelly crowd would have done, I shoaid have had no trouble with them. But it came to the ears of one of them that I had bought Zelkar a mail annuity, and they came smelling roand to see what they could find out. Tliey found out enough, for they learaed that Zelkar had kept his key, and that I had bought it, and they knew beforehand that I had the problems. So they put their blackguard heads together, and they decided that since I was a member of the Kzekiel firm at the time at which I became possessed of the problems, they all had an equal right to anything that might accrue to me. It's true that we had a compace to share and share alike in all things so long as the partnership lasted, but they did not share in the purchase, and they weren't going to share In the profits. p.'s no mere phrase to ay that they hunted me for my life. They had two or three tries at me, but I was too many for 'em. They followed me to the United States, and I was too many for 'em there. And now we're within two days of the great find. Tomorrow night will pay for all." "Would you care to hear my codid opinion?" a3ked Ilarrey, after riding In silence for a while. "Well?" said his uncle, cocking a sidelong eye at him and shooting out his lower lip. "Is that all the evidence on which you base your belief in the existence of this .enormous treasure?" "That is all." said Jethroe. "Then," returned Harvey, "I wouldn't give twopence for all the diamonds we shall find on this trip." . "You don't believe the story?" "I see no reason for believing it." "Well," said Jethrce, laughing, "I believe It. We shall know who's right tomorrow." CHAPTER XXI. The sun was sloping toward the west, but there were stiil two hours of daylight left when the adventurers came upon as strange a spectacle as is often seen in nature. They had journeyed all the second day of their quest toward a mountain, of which one side approached the perpendicular, and even appeared in places to overhang. The vast wall rose Sjine fifteen hundred feet in height, and 6tretched out of sight with scarce a break. At the western end of this wall a river bed began abruptly. There was no mistaking it for anything but what It was the bed of a vanished watercourse. But there, where the stream had flowed, was a little projecting spur of the. mountain, just big and deep enough to cut off the stream, and with tree- and brushwood growing upon it. The enormous loose boulders which strewed the arid bed of the bygone stream showed clearly that it must at one time hive rushed upon its course with torrential pever and and the depth and nearness of the banks supported the same conclusion. The travelers paused, and Jethroo waved a triumphant hand at the view before him. "Pretty right so far?" he asked, In a roice of banter. "Let's dismount and look at this," he added, as he swung out of Us saddle. "I've had an idea about this since first I knew of iL" He led the way in a scrambling descent of t!ie river bed. and up the difficult bank on the other side. Long years ago a fall from the overhanging face of the mountain had closed the course of the river at this point, and had diverted it Into another channel: but the remarkable thing was that when the top of the obstruction was reached it was seen to be barely six feet wide. The rocks of which this natural dam was composed had so wedged themselves as to present a front resistance to the rush of the oncoming river as perfect as if It had been scientifically designed, and the accidental completeness of construction was all the more remarkable because of the extreme scantiness of the material employed. Nature, In short, had worked a miracle of engineering. The diverted river flowed but a few yards away from it3 old bed, and ran wide and sluggish. It had, indeed, spread Into something like a lake for the space of half a mile, and the current was only Just perceptible. "It's a thousand times easier than I thought It would be," said Jethroe, as he stood on the dam and alternately examined the fall of the rocky wall on either side of it. "What is easier?" asked Harvey. "I won't keep you waiting long for the secret this time," Jethroe answered. "I have had a plan In my mind that's all. I shall work it if the time comes. We thall see." He scrambled back Into the river bed, and climbing the far side, remounted his horse and rods on in silence with Harvey at his side. The young man was losing something of his skepticism. What Jethroe had expected to find had so far been found, and now a new bit of evidence was waiting. "Do you see that?" asked Jethroe, pointing to the river bed. "I suppose It looks like anything else to you, eh? It's earth and stone, and there's an end to it, ehr "I see nothing belond the common, certainly." narvey answered. "That i3 blue clay," said Jethroe, "and In this part of the world blue clay is diamondiferous at times." "Oh!" said Harvey, and said no more until a sudden exclamation, which bespoke at once Intense amazement and annoyance, escaped Jethroe. "Forest? lied !" the elder man cried, in a hoaree and strangled scream. "What Is the matter?" cried narvey. He had fallea a few yards to the rear, but he put in spurs, and was beside his uncle in an instant. 'There's somebody here before us," said Jethroe. "See yonder, there has been digging there within an hour or two. They haven't found out yet that there i$a't need to dig that's something. Let us push on." .The driver of the baggage cart was half a mile in front. He had been ordered to go on Tvhile Jethroe and Harvey examined the river at the place of its deflection, and they could see the top-heavy-looking machine, with its shining tilt of white canvas, as it swayed from this side to that in its passage over the uneven and hillocky ground. At the instant at which they urged their horses lo the test they heard the clear, sharp report of a rifle, and then another, and smother, and another. The baggage cart turned clumsily around, and the halftreed driver was seen standing on the tscibcird and Costing Into tha mules as If for dear life. The vehicle came danclas cd Jumping from hillsck to hillock,

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MURRAY onT the mules were fairly startled out of their, usual stolidity, and were, for the time being, mad. "What does this mean?" roared Jeturoe. "We must stop those beasts. They may come to a standstill when they see us charging them. If they don't let them pass, and then make-for the near leader's head. I'll tackle the off side." They had made a hundred yards when they knew that they were under fire, but the bullets hissed harmlessly at a distance. "Pretty bad shooting," said Jethroe. "Nothing within thirty yards of us, I guess." The mules came flying forward, wild with sudden panic, and the horsemen were forced to diverge before them. Bat, wheeling swiftly round, they were on a level with'them in a minute, and a firm hand on either side brought the frightened team back to reason before another two hundred yards had been covered. Jethroe turned to the half-breed, whose face had taken that extraordinary bluish gray which is never seen except In people cf his complexion, and among them only at moments of intense excitement. The man's eyes bulged with terror, and he could scarcely speak. By and by he recovered himself slightly, and was able to point to two holes in the tilt cloth, which plainly enough indicated the passage of a bullet. What with the excitement of being shot at for the first time in his life and the hard spin of the last ten minutes riding, Harvey was breathless, and -his emotions were all jumbled up in a curious kind of way unprecedented in his knowledge of himself until then. "I don't quite understand," he said pantingly. "What has happened? What is the matter?" "Oh," said Jethroe, "it's plain enongh. Somebody has found Diamond river, and wants to scare strangers. That bluff's good shelter, eh? Let's have a look at things. lie called a halt so soon as he had got fairly under cover, and began to prospect. As a precaution against any renewal of panic on the part of the mules, he hobbled the leaders, but in such a fashion as to be prepared to cast off at any moment. He passed the reins round the forelegs of his own mount, and did the same for Harvey's. "You can shoot, I suppose?" he asked his nephew. "At a target," answered narvey, with a half hysterical laugh, "I'm a dandy." "Then take that." said Jethroe, handing a magazine rifle from the cart, and arming himself also, "and don't use it without orders. Do you mind?" "All right," said Harvey. "You tell mo what I've got to do, and I'll do my best to do it." Jethroe snaked up to the top of the hillock behind which he had taken shelter.He found a tuft of brushwood tliere, and from behind it reconnoitred through a powerful field glass. "Well, I'll be hanged." he said, "if this isn't the coolest thin? I've ever known! There are half a dozen natives over there In slop-shop togs. They're reckoning to boss this show, are they? Well, we'll see." lie turned for his rifle, looked It leisurely over, and then, having poked the nose of the barrel through the brushwood, took careful aim and fired twice. "Ace thrown." murmured Jethroe, and fired again. "No loss of lead this time, Harvey," he said quietly. "I've bagged two of 'em." The survivors of the party of natives had taken cover, and showed no disposition to make a fight. Harvey crawled to Jethroe's side and got the field glass on to the dead natives. They were barely half a mile away, and in the clear and equable light he could make them out with astonishing precision. One lay quite still, but the other was writhing like a worm. He could not bear to look. The sight sickened him. "It's fair warfare," said Jethroe, watching him with that quaint, sidelong look he had when he was at his keenest. "And they declared war. I didn't It's j like a native to think he s going to keep a place like this secret when once it's had a spade in it. You mark me, Harvey. " I'll keep it secret when it's served my turn; but I'm tho only man that would, if you search the wide world over. We're not going to have any troubla with those fellows to-night. It's a full moon, for one thing, and apart from that, they've no appetite for more than they've got already. We'll unhitch here' and make camp. There's plenty of water below there." He turned to work to make ready for the night with that air of commonplace amid strangeness with which his years of wandering had endowed him. At his bidding the half-breed began to gather brushwood and dead branches, and Harvey asked in alarm if he meant to build a fire. "A fire?" said Jethroe. twinkling. Tm not going without my tea for those beggars. No, no. It's all right, lad. I'm going to- light half a dozen fires to persuade them that we're a big party. And to-morrow at daylight we'll be on the move again. Half a dozen miles should do it now; but it's likely to be bad traveling between sunset and moonrise, and we shall be better here." It chanced that there was firewood in plenty near at hand, and Jethroe made his driver build up a number of small piles, on the top of which he had green stuff laid to make smoke. "It's an old stratagem," he said, "but It will be good enough for those fellows. We'll take watch and watch all the same, of course; but we shan't be disturbed." They made their evening meal, and the night came down, and the fires were stamped out before the darkness grew. "Wait till to-morrow," said .Tthroe. "To-morrow will have the last word to say in this story." CHAPTER XXII. But it was not the morrow of that day nor the morrow of many dajs thereafter which saw the finish of the story. Jethroe divided the night into two watches. "I can sleep at any time and anywhere. I shall get my doze now. It's about n million to one that nothing happens; but if anything is tried on at all, the time for it will be jast before daybreak. Then, if they're strong enough, they may try to rush us. Call me at midnight; I'll look after ths rest Meantime keep your ears open; but, above all, don't permit yourself to Imagine things. You'll hear five million noises that have no existence at all; but the first real noise, if it's only as lond as the tlci of a watch, will show the difference between false" and true. Wake ma If anything happens; but If yon wake me with out necessity I'll revoke my will. Good- ! nisht." He rolled over in his blankets, and in a litt! while, to Jcdgs by the regularity j

and depth of his breathing, he was asleep. The night was chill, and Harvey found a thick overcoat of use to him. The mcles and the horses were moving about in the darkness slowly, because of their hobbles and cropping here and there; but after a time they lay down one by one and there was quiet. Tho moon stole up and silvered all the veldt and the face of the great mountain wail, and in tha neighborhood of her light the stars were extinguished. But, bright as the illumination seemed, it was unreal and deceptive beyond anything the lonely watcher had hitherto conceived. Harvey made the mistake which Is common to all young sentries, as any rann of experience will confess. He made himself all eyes and ears, and he saw a thousand things which his own strained sieht created for him, and heard sounds beyond number of whispered consultations, of creeping approach, of crackling footfall, of the dragging of stealthy bodies through dry grass. Whatever was to be imagined of the time and place he imagined, and other things which were entirely and absurdly out of question as he acknowledged to himself he imagined also. The half-breed had bestowed himself under the cart, and lay there peacefully enough, except that at .irregular intervals he made automatic sounds like those which are produced by some old-fashioned clocks when they are about to strike. 4 Harvey tried to steel his nerves against Jhis assault upon them, but in vain. Every time the thing happened he started with a great tremor, recognized it instantly for what It was, upbraided himself savagely for not having -been prepared for It, Boothed his excited nerves Into comparative quiet, became absorbed in other visionary alarms, and was ready to jump from 'his skin when the extraordinary sound recurred. He had but four hours to watch In all If he were left undisturbed till midnight. He could make out the dial of his watch clearly enough by the moonlight, but when he consulted it and discovered that only an hour had passed he was sure that something had gone wrong with the works.' He had again and again heroically resisted the temptation to look at the watch until he could be certain that he was near the time when he could seenre a waking man's companionship. He felt no sense of comfort in the nearness of the slumbering men and animals about him. It felt like a relief to the tension of his nerves when a shot sounded out of the darkness, and a bullet hissed far overhead. He was on his feet In the merj fraction of a second, staring round him in the moonlight and grasping his rifle in both hands. "Lie down!" said his uncle's voice, in a tone of much tranquillity. "Do you want to make a target of yourself?" Harvey lay down precipitately, and another bullet hissed past harmlessly. (To b continued.

LANGUAGE IN BUNCHES. Man Deplores the Growing Use Senseless Slans These Days. "I'm not opposed to the idioms of of speech, providing tliey are expressive," said the senior member of a StOCkbroking firm, of Philadelphia to tha Record, growing but I certainly do deplore tho use of senseless slang. I may be old-fashioned in my fears, but I predict that the time will come when pure English will be .13 uninrclllgibla to the so-called 'up-to-date people a3 a foreign language. I'll give you an example. Last week the son of an ol J friend of mine came to see me regarding some investments. I had met him only once, but this is the way ho greeted me: 'nello, governor; I've been tipped that you're the main squeezo In thi3 layout, and I want you to brush me up on the game. I'm shouting that I'd be willing to cough a few cases if you put me wise to a dead-sure thing. I've been bucking the ponies, and the con artists certainly trimmed me to a finish. No more for mine. I want to stack up against a kid-glove layout where there's a chance to cop out soma simoleons. I didn't know whet he meant, and, excusing myself, called cut my stenographer. This Is the way she translated it: 'Good-morning; I understand you are the head of thLs concern, and I seek advice. I wish to say that I will gladly pay n commission of a few dollars for advice regarding a safe investment. I have been risking my money on torse races and tho bookmakers cheated me so outrageously that you may be certain I will never again gamble in that way. What I seek is a respectable channel of speculation where there is an opportunity to. make money." COTTON IN QUEENSLAND. Two Neu1 Varietie Evolved Through Hybridization. United States Consul Goding, of Newcastle, South Wales, sends a report on two new species of hybrid cotton In Queensland that should be of Interest in this country, says tha San Francisco Chronicle. Two new varieties of cotton have been evolved through hybridization by Dr. Tomatls, Ph. D., an Italian residing near Cairns, Queensland, which promises to revolutionize the growing of this useful plant. To these varieties Dr. Tomatls has given the names of Caravonlca I. and Caravonica II. Caravonlca I. is a cross between a long-stapled cotton of the sea island variety, grown in Mexico, and the sea Island of Peru, resulting in a perennial tree cotton, which attains a height varying from ten to fourteen feet. It is planted seven -by seven feet apart, about 900 trees per acre. A tree six months old will bear a small crop the first season. A single tree la said to yield from 00 to GOO bolls a season, these bolls being so large that seventy will weigh one pound, thus producing 1,200 pounds of dean-ginned cotton per acre. An offer has been made in England to take all the cotton produced at 20 cents per pound on account of iL? superior qualities. Experts have pronounced it the best cotton yet grown, classing it as wool cotton. Caravonlca IL is a silk cotton and Is of even greater value, 21 cents per pound having been offered, but the yield Is not given. Pushing the Cane. First Lawyer Why do you chargg that pretty widow such enormous bills for consultation? Second DittoBecause I want hei to marry me, and I'm trying to convince her that it will be cheaper fc) do so. We don't see why women want to go on vacations. We should think that when their literary &ScIetIe3 disband for the rummer, thai would b vacation enough.

"What a WUe Wife Knowa. She knows that home is more than half what you make it, and that a builder of a happy home is a success Indeed. She knows that it takes two to prolong a family quarrel, one can therefore terminate it. She knows that filling a house with bargains keeps a couple from owning the house in which they place them. She knows that If we thought all we said we'd be wise, but if we said all we thought we'd be foolish. She knows that some people sneer at love in a cottage, but love that could wish to live anywhere else is not love. She knows that prond people seldom have friends. In prosperity they know nobody, In adversity nobody knows them. She knows that to make long-lived friendships ono must be slow In making them. She knows that the woman who gains a trifle meanly Is mealier than the trifle. She knows that "it is less pain to learn in youth than to be ignorant in old age." She knows that If she cannot throw brightness over her home it is best not to throw a wet blanket over It She knows that the wife who thinks she is perfect Is generally the most imperfect. The unwise wife may profit by studying what the wise woman knows. How to Mend. To mend a rent in cloth or silk tack a piece of the same color, if possible (if not the same material it does not master provided the color matches), underdraw the edges close together and pass the needle under from right to left and from left to right, and so on till the repair is finished; It makes a kind of igzag stitch and is hardly perceptible if neatly executed. It looks better than a darn. If, however, the material frays very much It will probably be necessary to draw the rent together first with a different colored fine cotton and darn it, taking up every other thread. Ono strand of filoselle of the correct shade should be used, either for darning or for the first-described method. J'o become an expert darner requires patience and good eyesight. Tbe Japanese Woman. The Japanese woman, according to her latest critic, is charming because she is mistress of all the beauty arts. They were hers centuries before the Christian era, and this perhaps is the secret of her wonderful attractiveness. She Is always trim, always groomed, always "mado up," always well dressed. She is never slovenly or untidy. Tho Japanese girl is exquisitely neat Her little garments are absolutely clean, as clean as many washings and. frequent airings and shakings can make them. She wears a silk gown that may be half n century old, but It Is so carefully kept that It looks as If just from the hands of the embroiderer. 'She cures little for new clothing, for she has tho nrt of making her old clothes look like new, and this is everything to her. , What does the nervous mother ask herself in moments when nerves are strained by pain or overexcitement of any kind? "liest I" she chiefly demands. "Leave ntel Let me have quiet, darkness, freedom from effort" Wo accord the nervous baby exactly opposite treatment. We answer as if entreated, "Kock reel Toss me! Shake rattles at me! Sing to me, shout, jump at mel Show uce a light, anything to keep me awake and ex-

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cited!" Tradition takes a strong hold In the nursery. It Is voted cruel indifference "to let a baby cry." The very mother who best recognizes the value of "a good cry" in calming her own overwrought feelings can least make up her. mind to allow the same relaxation to the baby for whose nervous condition she is probably entirely to blame. The tiny baby's fretfulness is, as a rule, purely physical, and especially dependent on overexcited nerves. Any mother who will allow her baby to grow for at least six months of its life in a restful atmosphere, absolutely unstimulated beyond its natural pace of development, will have food for thought in comparing her results with those of the more common training.

The short skirt is shorter than ever. Kilting continues to enjoy popularity. Kid gloves of a brilliant brick red are striking. Great loose-fitting coats suggesting the figure underneath are to be the CAPRICES OF THE VEIL. fashion. A lovely one for slender figures. Veils have never been so beautiful nor so necessary. The day of the muslin dress is by no means over yet. A plaid mercerized cotton is nice for fall shirt waists. Little boleros of lace edged with fur are shown for street wear. Grenat is a new name for vinegar color, which will be' worn. Those fluffy ruffs of dotted maline fit very well with the new hats. There's a popular fancy for wearing the hair parted and drawn back. Plaited skirts are shown in many variations and they are still the favorite design. The close-fitting bodice now in vogue has created a demand for tailor-fitting underwear. The tailored shirtwaist Is the only one which is permissible with a black tailored skirt. The newest silk stockings have their owner's monogram embroidered just above the knee. Quaint-looking little Red Riding Hood cloaks for small girls are among the newer offerings. No evening gown Is completed without its gauze scarf, several yards long, of a harmonizing color. Wedding Superstitions. A bride who finds a spider on her wedding dress may consider herself bfcsscd. The bride who dreams of fairies the night before her marriage will be Lthrlco blessed. No bride or bridegroom should be given a telegram on the way to church. Is Is a sign of evil. . . . If the bridegroom carries a miniature horseshoe in his pocket he will always have good luck. , If the wedding ring is dropped during the ceremony the bride may as well wish herself unborn, for she will always have ill luck. Bloomers for Children. Sensible mothers are going" to let their little girls wear bloomers with their winter suits. These bloomers jnay match the stockings or petticoats thus for Instance, a child wearing black shoes will have a pair of black dlls or black cashmere bloomers.

Where brown shoes and stockings are worn the bloomers will carry out the color note. It Is not so desirable to have the bloomers made of the material of the dress. It is too suggestive of the boy's knickerbockers.

The Reposeful Woman. "She is the cleverest woman of my acquaintance," was the verdict of one neighbor on another, "because she is not in the least dull, and yet manages to be restful. I know so many bright women bright in all sorts of different ways, but all alike in one thing. They are never reposeful. They are strung up to concert pitch. They amuse you, charm you, stimulate you, dazzle you but they never, never rest you by any chance." Ribbon "Wheel Tri mm ins:. Wheels of plaited ribbon interlacing each other are a popular skirt trimming and one which is easily applied. In putting on either wheels, scallops, squares or scrolls a gauge 4s necessary to keep the center of the trimming. This may be a basting thread run in at measured distances from the bottom of the skirt, from twelve to eighteen inches being the approved length. Laces in Fashion. Irish and cluny laces continue to lead the fashionable procession in trimming laces; but it is the smaller and finer designs In both that are favored for the autumn gowns. Baby Irish, as the extremely small and fine patterns are designated, is rapidly becoming almost a craze, and from collar and cuff sets up to coats and entire ball gowns there Is nothiDg that the great makers of the merles will not apply this exquisitely wrought lace to. The supply is extremely limited, and not nearly equal to the demand, and so the price is consequently high. The possessors of old pieces of this expensive fabric may get them out and congratulate themselves upon such possession, for any way that they can possibly be applied cannot fail to be modish at this moment Form of Lace and Taffeta Ribbon. Ink Spots ou Leather Chairs. Try washing the spots with milk, renewing the milk till it is no longer stained and the spot on the leather has disappeared. Then wash with warm water and when dry polish with boiled linseed oil and vinegar mixed in equal proportions. But an ink stain should really be removed as soon as possible . after It is made. If it has dried and hardened it is doubtful even if with several, applications, you will be able to remove it entirely. A Good rerfnme. Perfume is the expensive luxury of the dressing table. By adding half an ounce of oil of geranium to a pint of spirits of cologne you will have a Try nice perfume and a strong one. Let this stand for a month and it will be ready for use. 1

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NOTES AND COMMENTS. There never was a war without graft. Even the .patriotic Japanese arc learning that.-

"Uncle Sam, Farmer," will get this year at least $00,00,000 iiiorc for hia wheat crop, at least $30,000,000 mere for his corn crop and many millions more for his hay, cats, barley, rye auJ other crops. The student of the University cf St. Petersburg have decided, by a large majority, to resume their studies. Gov.-Gen. Trepoff will regard this as highly suspicious, if not actually treasonable predicts tho Chicago Record-Herald. The Kaiser and Kaiserin are already arranging tor a great party of royalties on the occasion of their silver wedding in February. It will be interesting, no doubt, but not complete. The scat at the head of the table will be vacant. MacGrcgor will be in Washington with Congress on his hands. Geologists have discovered in eastern Oregon fossil remains of hogs that were ten feet long and seven feet high. They were pretty good size hegs for ancient Oregon, but modern New York has dug up hogs in the insurance field that make their Oregon cousins seem quite piggish. In the modern battles of Lake Erio observes the Baltimore American, the commanders of the Yankee vessels revise Commodore Perry's message to General Harrison by saying "we have met the enemy and we are theirs." The Galveston News says everything done under cover of the law Is not necesarily just or even honest. Some of the gravest wrongs, the most oppressive wrongs, the most scandalous wrongs, are perpetuated even in the name of the law. The fact that ex-President G rover Cleveland's yearly income is but $10,000, remarks the New York Sun, may be of interest to the political chaps who forgot what some of the intensest political critics of the ex-President never lost sight of for a second that he couldn't bo dishonest any more than he could fly. Another stage of the growth of New York Jcrseyward Is marked by the boring of another tunnel under the North River. The giant is stretching his limbs preparatory to a new era cf greatness. A new $10 counterfeit is in circulation which we are told may be distinguished by its size, being longer than the genuine note. What is v. anted, avows the New York Evening Post, is a $10-bill tha will not merely look longer, but last longer. The automobile can't crowd the horse altogether out of the news, declares the Philadelphia North American. Vienna is celebrating the centenary of the Frankfurter sausage. A vessel recently called at Easter Island, the first to visit that out of the way spot in twelve months. Tho inhabitants seem content, however, for no one takes the infrequent opportunity to imigrate. The soldier who can shoot well Is the only effective soldier, aserts tho Nashville American. In the modern days of extended order fighting volley firing Is effective only under certain conditions. It is the Individual marksman who counts most. Tho Tennessee troops are being trained in target practice as a means of making them effective marksmen. Many of them are dead shots, and proper training will make them all good marksmen. The future historian of the United States will have abundantly interesting reading when he tackles the private cables which, within the last GO days, passed between President Roosevelt, King Edward of England, tho German Kaiser, President Loubet of the French Republic, the Czar and the Mikado. Some of .these cables, it is stated, are of an exceedingly personal nature, but they show, it Is aded, the persistence of President Roosevelt, accompanied by remarks as to sound financial and economic sense, and they display also, it Is asserted, the kindliness of England's King and the helpfulness of the German Emperor and of the President of the French Republic. Incidentally, it is averred, continues the New York Sun, some of the cables give momentary evidences of testines on the part of the Czar and the Mikado. These private cables will be tucked a?ay In the secret vaults of the State Department at Washington and will not see the light of day until all the great actors in the peace climax have gone to eternity and a future Bancroft is permitted to handle them. It is an Interesting circumstance, observes the New York Tribune, that the Industrial and commercial rivalry of Japana is to be directed, for obvious reasons, against those very two nations which have been her closest friends and to which, for her awakening already achieved, she owes most. These are the United States and the United Kingdomor perhaps the whole British Empire. It is worthy of note that, while the latter has been concluded with Japan a noteworthy offensive and defensive alliance In politics and millitray matters, the two have been and are preparing for a tremendous Industrial and commercial duel. A Eorn Jouralist. The Shlloh correspondent of "The Cordell Beacon" In describing an tntertainment given at a country school near there says that it "was just simply grand." After using up hli supply of superlatives the correspondent Incidentally mentions that the curtains caught fire during a tableau and that soma, tight or ten people were painfully burned. Kinsas City Journal. There are practically no illiterates In Norway