(HOW. IT HAPPENED., II J Er How Bob Missed $ His Fourth of July REAT was the ex citement, for It was the night before the glorious Fourth. Bob hnd prepared everything for a grand time. For months before he had been saving np bis pennies, end with these his papa had bought all sorts of things that lit tle boys like; things that go bang when you touch a light to them. First there wre flre-crackersof all sizes, of course, for a Fourth of July without fire-crackers would be like a Thanksgiving Day with no turkey or a Christmas Day with no Santa Claus; then there were torpedoes all done up in beautiful tin foil, while for the evening he bad pin wheels and sky rockets, full of beauti ful stars, and roman candles, with five balls in them, all different colors, and oh! I- can't tell all the rest for the list would till a whole page. ft! delegating Indepenilee flag in Rew England, All these beautiful things camo home, iu a big box, in an express wagon, and', when Bob saw them he danced with Joy. What a fine time be would have! And how Johnny Marsh next door would envy him when he saw the things. Bob could scarcely wait for the sun to rise. He lit a piece of punk nnd wanted to begin to shoot crackers right away. But his papa said "No." Ho bud better wait, or bo would have nothing left for the next day. So Bob put the box out In the yard and dropped I;lde It his piece of punk, A LITTLH rrHCB OF PUNK WITH A J1BIOHT Brit. and before 8 o'clock he was in bis trmig little cot dreaming of the great day and the big celebration be would have. No sooner was the little boy asleep than a strange thing happened. The fireworks were not packed tight, and f Bob had been near by . he would have heard strange noises come out of the box that would havesurprlsed him. Such a commotion! All the Ure-crackors and firework were trying to talk at once, each saying that he was the most beautiful. No one aeemed to listen to what the othera said. Even the little baby firo-erackera were red In tho face from talking and were quite out of breath. Suddenly a big ten-cent cracker with two pig tails, the blggeet in tho box, orled out:, "Ho quiet, all of you." The litUacrackera trembled and made tacee at hlra behind hla back, but they "lopped talking to hear what he had o say. When all waa quiet tha teu vnt trucker aald haughtily: "I want you all to understand that I'm king here. l'm the biggest and I caa make ho most noise." ' "Ho thinks he's a lot," whlsporui: the Rkyruckct to his neighbor, "just be cause bo coma from China." .."Wil anyone apeukr Mid the big IIBN OGORGR WAiKt'TON was bay! didn't hare oa Fourth Julr, aotbln' geel - " ' I'll Jut bet that's why 1 !U cut down that eherry tree Didn't Bar nuthln' IM to do. Now Juat 'taaslna Cuerge waa . Aa' Fourth July coma rouo.' Not i flrecrackrr In the town. Kr church bell you could rlnf, Gr anything! Couldn't aven light n' blow a cuunlt Of punk! " Kr (tick a 'Nlttd fltataa Bat Up on a pair, cr brae 'Bout "frrtdom'a baoncr," Ilka tha mm; ' 'Caute they won't no 'Nltcd Dtatcu Br flag cr nathln. then. You know how a teller haua To Just aet down Chawm' fraaa. Kr dlggla' hla big to la tha groun',', 'Lata tbey'a aoma on alia to paaa Tha time away; Well, that waa why George Waan'toa en day Oot mad as' Mid he'd hare aoma tua Er koow the reaion why, fer one. So be got the M'llUa boya an' twa Er three other fellera that ha knew An' they went roun' Jnat ralaln' Ned- To make a Fourth July, they aald An' had deo'ratlon Independence wrote- So'a erer'body'd faaT a Tot. An' they ahot o!l ever'thlng an went An' made George Waah'ton presidents I An' alnce then ever' boy an' man. Juat hae all the fun ha can On Fourth July, bekut George Waah'ton aald It ahould bar waa, fellow, rolling over to where the sky rocket lay trembling. The little crackers giggled nnd winked at ench other. Then n roman candle spoke up: "You needn't be so proud." he said, "you go oil with a bang and then you are dead." "Well, I make more noise than any of you when 1 go off," he retorted. "Yes, but you are uot pretty, like I am," continued the caudle. "When I go off beautiful sparks come out of my month nnd then balls of nil different colors. Kven after I have been used I am beautiful, for I have a line pink Jacket nnd the boys find me useful.'' I'.y this time the skyrocket had plucked up his courage. "None of you are like I am," he said, timidly. "I have J lovely pointed hat, and I go sailing up to the clouds among the stars, and when I explode the people all shot 'Ah-h-h-h!' " "Fooh! You've only got one leg," said a pinwheel, who had lain hidden in a corner, "and you have to be held up with a stick; beside, you come right down again." "Well. It's a very useful stick," ex claimed the rocket. "It's good to make kites with and when kites go up they stay up for a long time. What are you good for? They nail you to a, tree and you sputter for a few moments and then you are all dead." "That's not so. I know the- nail me to a tree, but I spin around and around and areund and fill the air with sparks and beautiful colored fire and then af terward I'm good to make wagons with." All this time the big flre-cracker was trying to speak, but the others talked so fast that lie couldn't make himself heard and every one was so interested that no one noticed a little piece of punk with a bright eye in the corner. "None of you are any use without me," he said. "If it wasu't for me you'd be good for nothing." "What's that?" It was the big crack er who spoke. "You! Why you don't oven wear clothes, aud you don't make any noise at all." This last retort made tho punk very angry and ho grew brighter and brdgnter. "I'll show yon what I'm good for, then!" uiul ho touched bis head to the long pigtail ou tho big cracker's head. There was a nr.a aud then a big bung as tho big cracker burst. ThV set all the others going and such a racket as thero was! Bang! Crack-crack - crnkety - crack! Rova vob tub yotitru. Vlt booni-s-s 'k-! Craokety Urn bang! The crsck'xs cracked and the roman candle wu4 off aud the pluwheel spun 4'$ i ' I. .I. around, making an awful racket that roused every one in the bouse. Hob woke up, hearing the noise, and ran down stairs, thinking the Fourth hnd conic. When he got down he found bis papa standing by the box Hint had held the flro-crnokers, with an empty pall In hi. hand. "Whnfs the matter?" nsucd the little boy. rubbing his eyes. . "Why," said his papa, "you loft n lighted piece of punk In the box nnd you fireworks celebrated all by them Stives." Klwood Fru.'cr. in the Brook lyu Fnglc. r. A Fine Idea. 'Tft "cat ha.il daily Jpovj tor S-.'n.K 'or little boyi liKc you, Cut" wouldn't ir b Splend'ieJ ov. It firtcrackjerj grW Hrmne of Independence lMy. Our two national hymns arc regu larly attacked for their luck of good grnmmar and real poetry, but though they runy have technical defects, they unquestionably possess that Indefina ble something which arouses the in ward thrill. "The Star Spangled Ban ner," written on old envelopes by Francis, Scott Key, after the anxious night of the bombardment of Fort Mc Henry, was Urst ruing in the theatre by a variety actor. It was simply In troduced as "verses by a gentleman who hnd been detained on board the English fleet." There was no claque to exploit it, and, In fact, Mr. Key did not want to be known as its nuthor, but fitting words to nn old tune, the actor, with a voice which was not at all extraordinary, so impressed the a fuqilreil Years Ago From Collier's Weekly. audience that the song had to be suns again aud ogalu, and repeated on fol lowing nlghis. The fourth In 1B3J. Dr. Edward Everett Hale has said that of all Fourths of July in Bostou that of 13.J2 left the deepest mark In the history of the century. He tut id bo had spent his lust cent and bought medals, drunk root beer, eaten oysters and other things, and was slowly re turning hw.ie when at Park Htreet Church he saw a procession of chil dren entering. They were Sunday school children. It was thou and there that the hymn, "My Country. 'TIs of Thee," was sung, the first time It had ever been sung In public. Happy fate that this hymn ef the nation was con secrated on the national birthday! Saturday Eveuang Post. Vnrlj Veneration. This geueratlon of New Yorkers have no conception of tho respect, veu eratlou nnd Joy that their predecessors of the first seventy years of Fourth of Julys pnld to that day. Many New Yorkers ienrn of it for the first tlrae from the bronze tnMet to be rend oil the Mayoralily side of the City Hall, placed there by the Sons of the Revo lution in commemoration of the first reading of the Declaration In the park. 'f lie lay After the FonrUi. -T3 .J. mm A Celebrated Case. " 'Willie's Notntten. "Willie," asked the teacher, "now ninny days are there iu a yar?" "Throe hundred and slxty-flve and a fourth," promptly answered Willie. "How can there be a fourth of n day?" asked the teacher. "Why," replied Willie, "thnt'a tho Fourth of July." Oatliolle Telegraph. ML' LIVE HELLADOTIIERIUM JOHNSTON'S DISCOVERY OF A NEW MAMMAL IN THE CONCO FORESTS. A Itepreeenlatlve of a Creature Fonnd '.n a Fosall Htata In Greece nnd Thnnght by Prlentlate to tie F.atinrt A Comilnle ftklfl In London. Sir Harry Johnston hns discovered In the Hemllkl forests a mammal which, iu its living form. Is entirely new to science, says the London TIniPH. It is the nlze of nil ox. and Is distinctly rdated to the giraffe. This rouiaikahlo creature, In fact, appears, so fur ns a cursory examination of Us skin and skull may guide us, to be a living representative of the Ilellailoth eiiuni, a creature found In the fossil Male in (Jreere and Asia Minor mid suppoMcd to be extinct. The Helln (lotlicrlum wns thought to be a rela tion to the giraffe, smaller in size, with shorter neck, and without nuy imirlicd development of those Iioru cores which in the giraffe represent the pedicles from which, fur back Iu the history of the genus, a kind of miller formerly sprang. Wr Harry Johnston has at last se cured, throiigu the kiminiss of I lie Belgian authorities at the frontier post of Fort M lien I. n complete skin nnd two skulls of this animal, which Is now shown to be not at. nil u horse, but n cloven-hoofed ruminant of ex traordinary coloration nnd nppenranee, which seemingly Is "llher of the ex tinct genus Helladotherluni, or Is some eloNoly nllied creature belonging to that somewhat vaguely deliued group of which the giraffe Is nn exnfnplar. The skin aud tne skulls which have been forwarded by Sir Harry John ston to the British Museum were ob tained by native soldiers of the Congo Free State in the vicinity of Fort M belli, nnd were very kindly presented to Sir Hurry Johnston by Mr. K. Krikswon. a Swedish otflcer ill the service of that State, who has until recently beon the Commandant at Fort Mhcni. The complete skin sent home now allows the animal to be colored in the most extraordinary manner. 1 The cheeks of the rather large bead nre yeIlowlt.li white, nnd the tapering muzzle Is blackish brown. The fore head is a most vivid red, narrowiug down Into a thin black line continued along the ridge of the nose to the nos trils. The long ass-like ears are of a deep reddish brown, with silky black fringes. Tho neck, shoulders, stomach and hue!: are a deep reddish brown, which In parts has almost a crimson tinge, nnd In others becomes black ish. The hindquarters nnd hind legs, down to the hocks, u ml the front legs from the elbow to the wrist joint ure boldly striped in purplish black and white.the white having hern nnd there faint touches of orange. The hind legs from the bock downward are of a creamy color. The front legs are also cream color, but a bold black liu runs down Ihe front of the leg in an oblique manner. The fetlocks of all four feet nro black and cream color The tall is bright reddish brown, with n black tuft at the end. There are no horns, but it may be seen from the skulls that far back in its history this creature possessed three horn ores similar to those of the giraffe. brtt by long disuse these born con have degenerated Into rounded bumps on the skull, two of them being situ ated a little above the eyes, nnd iui at the beginning of the nasal bones. Ou the skin, just over the two b'g- ger humps, are two tiny and comical little twists of hair, which represent nil that reinnius outwardly of horns or horn cores. T. e animal stands slightly higher at the withers than at the hindquarters, but its ueck is not proportionately longer than that of a' horse. The bead Is rather large In pro portion to the body, and In outline uligbtly resembles the head of n tapir. The nostrils are two long silts, com pletcly covered with hair, nnd resem bling the nose of a giraffe. Tho lips apparently taper to a point. There are, of course, no front teeth in tho upper Jaw, ns tho animal Is a true rum Innnt. The front teeth In the lower Jaw ure so small and teeblo as to Bug gest the idea that the creature, like the giraffe, must possess a prehenslblo tongue for furnishing food for the molar teeth to grind. If this Is not the case, then the rather long and pre hcnsiblo lips secure most of tho ani mal's nutrimeut, which consists of leaves. I lie build of the itnimal is rather heavy iu the case of the male. The female is said to be much more light ly built, and her skull is considerably sum lie i' than that of the male. It is not yet known whether any difference of coloration exists between the male nnd female; tho natives say that they ditlcr ouly In size. The same author ities state that tho creature is found only In the densest part of tho forest and that It goes auout iu pairs of male and female. It would seem to bo quite Inoffensive nnd very easily killed. It Is ordluarily captured In pit falls, and from what Sir Harry John stoit ascertained ou the spot Its ex tinction is being rapidly carried out by the natives of the Congo Free State. Its flesh is said ti) be excellent eating, and there is no reason why nn attempt should uut. im made to domes ticate It. At tho present time tuj Unowu hub itirt of the okapl (as this luiimal is called by the natives) consists of the forests of the Hurt uud the westeru banks of tho Sumliki Iu the Congo Free Slate, and the nijoiniug district of Mboga In the Uganda I'roteclorate. The history of tho discovery may be briefly suuimariiied as follows: When Mr., now Sir Henry .Stauley passed through tiiese -Cou;o for '.Ma he heard occasionally rumors of a curious horse-llko animal biina fuuud there. This creature ho was simet.incs dis posed to regard as a wl'd ass. nnd sometimes us a pccullur antelope. Sir Henry Stanley several tlinrs alluded to the possibility of thin creature's ex istence. Ho pointed oul thut the dwarfs ot the forest hud ineutioued Jt as resembling an fix or zebra in ap pearance. Tho Special Commissioner waa on the lookout for u dlneovery of this kind when lie proeeuded to the Vgaudii Protoctuiute. Circum stances having thrown him a good deal in tho society of the Congo dwarf a ho lost no opportunity of ques tioning them, nnd eventually arrived at th border Ulstjlc.a of tho Congo Free Stato primed with a vood deal of Information on the sulij.vf. The In quiries lie made of the Belginn officers confirmed the dwarfs' story. They tit once described the animal ns a kind of sebrn, fairly well known to them and much sought after by their nn'lve sol diers for the gaudily si riM'd portions of Its skin. .Native soldiers were called up nnd made to exhibit portions of skin which they had obtained from the oknpl. The commissioner's duties iu llgnndn not permitting him to remain any longer In the Congo Free Slate, be made au enrnest request before leav ing to the officer commanding at Fort Mlienl the Mr. Eriksson referred to to obtain for him a complete specimen of the okapl. As has already been re luted Mr. Eriksson duly fulfilled this request. CURIOUS FACTS. The first directory published in Bos ton was published by John Nor inn n at Oliver's )ock In 17SII. It contained 1473 names, whereas Ihe directory of 1872, nbout 100 years aflerwnrd, cur tained lO'.'.ll names. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew I,nw, a Penn sylvania couple, were born on Hie same day fifty-seven years ago, were never separated a day during their thirty years of married life, and died on the same day recently. They were buried In a double grave. It has been calculated that the Unit of the heard grows at the rate of one nud a half lines a week. This will give a length of six and a half inches In the course of a year. For n ni.-iD eighty years of age, no less than twenty-seven feet of beard must have fallen before the edge of the razor. Among the curious things lo be seen at the Clasgow Exhibition nre n pair of curling stones which belong to Sit Walter Scott aud a pair owned by Lord Cockburn, Lord Chief Justice. There are also to be seen three single stories which were In use over 100 years ago, one of which has a ring at tachment and another the more mod ern handle. There are certain prawns along tin coasts of England that change theli color at least twice every twenty-font hours. In order to harmonize with the stronger or the weaker light near tha surface or In deep wnter. As night comes on I hey los their distinct! vf day color and take on a transpareni azure hue. The change is an interest lug and beautiful process. First, there Is a reddish glow, followed by a green tinge, which melts gradually into blue It is said tliHt the change hns becomi so habitual that specimens kept wholly in the light or wholly in the dark un dergo it regularly. Something lil.s the prehistoric cliff dwellers of our Southwest Is John Bar ney, an English freak, who for sever years lias lived, moved nnd had hi! being in a niche in a disused quarry ir whnt is known iu England as tho New Forest. His carpet is pine boughs am' his tnble Is a flat stone. His housebote goods consist of a tin mug. a knife &oU an Iron plate. He gave np tho trade ol carpenter because he wanted to be more free. His wants are so simple that he earns more thau he can speni by collecting faggots and snaring anc stuffing weasels, which he sells 1 town. "Love In a cottage" Isn't a circum-stance-to love in a drain pipe. Thomai Wright, an eel fisher of Penley, Eng land, having married recently, hut taken his wife to live with him in hit drainpipe home, where be himself ha dwelt for the lust fifteen years. Thli .Lingular home consists of two eurlhel pipes Qve reet six Inches in diameter nnd placed end to end. They were lef over when Peter's Fen was dralnetf forty years ago. Together they nr tweuty feet loug. and In the centre it the bedroom. Kush mats nre on th curved floor, nud reed flowers decorut the walls. The doors are of watt1' fence covered with tarpaulins. How the Captain Hetrled Account. In Burnnby's "Travels In America; in 1709," a book quite popular durin; the latter part of the eighteenth cen tury, the following Incident Is related The captain of a British man-of-wai cruising off the Massachusetts coasj left his wife In Boston. On one of hit visits tu port she came down to th wharf to nicct him, nud she was su lilted us a true and loving sailor's wifi deserved. This violation of law wa at once reported uud the captain wui brought before tho magistrate and sou teuced to be publicly whipped. Then was no getting out of 11, nud the cup tain submitted quite gracefully. Jus: before the departure of his ship hi gave an elaborate entertainment, t which all the ningistrntes were invited. After tho festivities were over anc everyone bad shaken hands with lb( cnptulu nnd was going over tho side, the magistrates were seized by tin arm and stripped to the waist. Eact ouo was led to the gangway, where t vigorous boatswain gave him Ihiriy nine lashes on the bare back and tlier, hustled him over into u boat amid lh cheers of the whole ship's eoaipany. Donnhoa's Magazine. Old Colonial Clieata Former Congressman liockwell ha nn old colonial oak chest, which, so fai as he can trace it, is 150 years old, Only tU"co of these chests nre kuowa to be lu tills country. One of them U owned by Itev. Mr. Hill, of llarlrord sou-ln-Iaw of the late Bev. Dr. Todd, sad the other by a family iu tho South Tito chest was b'-iuht by Mr. Uockweli about tweuty years ago of Mr. Ken yon, late postmaster of Otis, and th former said he h.'.d had it for ovet thirty years. Ho bou'jt it of a man named Joliu Cornish, who was nbout ninety years old at tho time, aud whe said it had been lu his family uince ho was three years old. Further back tbnn that ho was nimble to trace the origin of tha chest. The chest stand iu the hall at Mr. Rockwell's house. It about four feet high, with two draw ers nnd three pnnels, with quulut carv .'iiga ou the latter. Boston Transcript. The- "Hid Wagon'' Ohio. At Canton. Ohio, the "kid wagons," as the vehicles nre cailud which are used to transport too youngsters to uud frim the schools umlur the new hysteui. luivo windows uud doors and are covered with Piiauit i cloth. BANDIT RAID TACTICS HOW OUTLAWS RODE INTO TOWNS AND ROBBED BANKS. Cm ui ml Nerve of a Prenliar Order oma Exploit of (lie Jimri and Vonnan Brotliere .leaan'a Fainoue Itlile With HI a. Wounded Brother. "How was It ever possible for a half dor.cn men to ride Into a small town like Northflehl, Minn,, rob a bank and ride awuy?" asked a Sun reporter of a man In New York who knew the Younger brothers nnd the James boys. The question carae up In a talk a bout the report that Cole and Jim Younger are to be pnrtded from the Minnesota Penitentiary, where they have been since 1870. "Such a thing,'' was the reply, "could not be done so easily now as In 187(1. Hank robbery requires nerve of a po cullar order. I never engaged lu the business myself, but at one time In my life I knew men who did. I was. per sonally acquainted, for Instance, with the Youngors and the Jameses. Left to themselves, the James boys would never have been successful In bank robbery. They were better at holding up stage coaches aud rnllrond trains. But to answer your question directly, the Northflehl Bank affair will Illus trate tho method. "The gang thnt rode Into Minnesota did nor plan any particular robbery. It was a sort of bandit's outing party. They rode into Minnesota leisurely. The party was composed of Cole, Jim and Bob Younger, Frank nnd Jesse James. Charley Pitts, Bill .Chadwell nnd Clell Miller. They were well mounted. "Tho Younger were the brains of the party. They were always men of good presence. Bob wns as handsome as a well-trained athlete. He always Impressed women favorably. Jim waa the politician of the trio. He could talk to men nnd get their confidence. Cole wns more reserved but he could have Joined any church on his first ap plication. His early training was in u religious direction. "These three visited some of the re sorts in Minnesota before the North field nffnlr camo off. They learned a good deal in their visits nbout towns, about the. people, for you must remem ber they were away off their compass when they were In Minnesota. That's why they touched elbows with the peo ple at the resorts. When the season was over they knew the best place to strike. They know how to get into Northfleld nud how to get out of it. "Northfleld had about 2000 people. It was a quiet town. They didn't dash into It, as some people think. That isn't the way rnlds on banks were made In those days. Bob Younger, Jesse James and Charley Tltts rode Into the town first, very leisurely. They had no intention of creating any suspicion by doing anything else. It was a common occurrence for men to ride Into town as they did. They tied their horses to a rack near the bank. They stood on the corner, ns country men do. in a small town, nnd talked politics as you and I would. "At the same time, they were taking note of the people. They tarried on the corner at the hour of noon, and af ter, for thnt was the time when people in a town like Northfleld were at din ner. They eat d'nner In such towns at noon. There were fewer people astir then than at any other hour. "While they were talking the other members of the gang, having undoubt edly had some sort of signal, came whooping and shouting down the main streot. These were Jim nnd Cole Younger, Bill Chadwell and Clell Mil ler. Every one of them bad been with Quautrell, and as they rode they ut tered the rebel yell. It was new In Minnesota. Naturally it startled the few people on tho Btrect. I'll venture to say that if a man should gallop down Broadway at Its busiest hour and fire a pistol and yell, it would star tle the crowd. "As soon as Bob Younger and bis two friends saw that the people on the gtreot were confused they added to the confusion by running nbout sbouttug, 'Get off the street!' You know bow easy it is for one man to control a pauic-strickon crowd. He can either make it run like scared animals, or he can, if he la cool, rouud it up to a standstill. You have seen instances of both kinds here in New York. "The cry of 'Get off the street" was a new one In thnt quiet town. That It waa uttered by strangers made no dif ference. People in a panic don't rea son. If they did there would be no fa talities. Bob Younger knew this. He and Cole and Jim planned the whole tiling in ndvance. Get the people scared and they would run to their houses. "The moment Bob Younger saw the people on the run he and Pitts and James rushed into the bank. They had, however, flushed the game. The scare outside had penetrated the bank. The cashier, Haywood, had time to fathom the situation. He slammed the inner door of the vault, shut nnd locked it. He must have been an un usually quick man mentally a well us physically. "Hla act disconcerted even such men aa Bob Younger and Jesse James. The latter lost his head. He drew a knife across Haywood's throat to scare him end make him open the safe, nay wood didn't scare. There are few men who will not quail at the touch of cold fleet Jesse James cursed and raved. Two clerks lu the bank (-Reaped and were shot at. Bob Younger knew this was a mistake, and left the bunk. Jesse James followed, but turued, tired aud killed Haywood. It was bad business. It only Infuriated the town. "There wag uo necessity for James's shooting after he knew the safe door was closed. Besides, the uproar at the bank gavo the town time to think, unci the citizens went after tho bandits, who rode out of town on a gallop. Bill Chadwell and Clell Miller were killed on the way out. In this case the warning to tho people" to get off the street waa given too soon. If Hay wood had not had tho warning he probably would have given In. "I reud a atutement credited to Jim Younger, some time ago, lu which he said Jesse James waa not at tho Norf h field Bank raid. 1 don't believe Jim Younger ever aald thut. There wns nothing to be trained by such a sluto inent Lie Knew Josso Jauiee was dead. 'Trunk James was not In the raid, but he wns on guard. As the bandit rode away be Joined them. He was) taken sick, and that Is bow Jesse James escniwd. Ills love for Frank wns always like that a woman has for her child. He escaped, and took Frank with him on the pommel of his saddle. In this way they rodo by night, and ac creted themselves by day. "Sometimes Jesse left Frank In a thicket, entered a town on his route and bought medicine, returned to the sick brother, ministered to him, and nt night they resumed their ride. Thia was continued until they reached Mis souri, and a Kansas Clly doctor took charge of Frank ami nursed him back to health right there lu the town. I knew the doctor well, and I hnd the story from his lips. His account of thut ride was one of the most cxcltUw recitals I ever heard." CEMS FOUND THE WEST. Nearly All Vnrletlea of Pretiloue 8tone Have Been ricked tip. The search for precious stones has never been seriously prosecuted In Cal ifornia, and yet thero nre many ex perts who hold that a diamond field will le developed here some day. Indi cations are not wanting to support the theory of the presence of such a de posit. Small diamonds of good quality have been found at intervals in the sluices of the placer mines. Iu every Instance the find was an accident. The plucer miners are looking for gold, not for precious stones, when cleaning up. Occasionally a bright pebble of greater specific gravity than the ordinary gravel which is being driven down the sluices will linger nt the bead and at tract attention. Sometimes Ihe min er's curiosity Is excited, and he sub mits the laggard stone to a test, and it often proves to be of value. Most of the diamonds found in this State have come from El Dorado County, adjacent to Plncervllle. The largest gem dis covered in that quarter is said to have been valued at $1800. after being cut by the lapidary; It was sold to a San Francisco Jeweler In the rough for $300. Perhaps some one will stumble some day on the chlinucy whence these gems drifted Into the ancient river beds. Opals have been found on the ocean beach In this State at Pescsdora, San Diego and other points. Owhyee Coun ty, Idaho, has also produced some fine specimens of the snme stone. Sap phires of great value have been fouud iu Idaho, Montana, Arizona and New Mexico. The largest of this kind of gems was mined in Idaho, nnd $3,"iOO was offered for it by a New York Jew eler, but It wns taken to London aud disposed of tbore at a high figure. A sapphire-bearing vein five miles In length exists iu Fergus Couuty, Mon tana, from which splendid stones have beeu obtained. Rubles of considerable value have also been fouud lu the Western States named and In Arizona; and New Mexico. Turquoise of fine quality is found abundantly in the desert region of this State and In Nevada, Arizona aud New Mexico. Some of Ihe turquoise mines now being worked near the point where the boundary lines of California, Ne vada and Arizona meet bear evidences of having beeu worked by the Span iards and the Aztecs whom they con quered. Aztec remains and the Imple ments of Spanish miners have been found in the old workings. The depos its of this gem In the States and Terri tories named arc so extensive that min ing is restricted by their owners to pre vent a break iu the market. About $75,000 worth of these gems Is mined annually from these deposits, nnd nearly the same value ot sapphires Is taken yearly out of the western for niatlou. Along the northern coast gems of considerable value have been found in the shingle beaches. In Vancouver Island garnets of good quality are very plentiful, and a variety of gems have been picked up from time to time in Alaska. But no systematic exploration has been made for any kind of pre cious stone In the western part of the confluent, except for turquoise and sapphires. W'ucn It is undertaken pre cious stones may cut a figure among the mineral products of this region. San Francisco Chronicle. Intelllffence'of Flshee. "Here Is a curious thlug thut fishes do uud one that seems clearly to show great Intelligence," said an old fisher man. "It might be that two fishes some feet apart saw the same object of prey, maybe a smaller fish, at tho same lustaut and they might both dart for it at once aud come violently into collision, while their prey escaped. Now that would be when they had each the same chauce of capturing whnt they wanted; they would both make a dash for it. But often I have seen something very different happen. Of two larger flidies following along side by side nnd pretty well closed up together pursuing a minnow, I have seen the renrruost sheer off aud let tho other fellow have it; apparently; either because ho knew ho couldn't reach It, and there was no use of his tryiug any more, or because he knew that if ho kept on end mixed in he would nmko the fish uhead lose the game, as well ns himself. This last would seem to indicate, besides Intelligence, unselfish ness on the part of fish No. 2. but the actlou of sheering off wheu he raw ho couldn't get it, showed intelligence, nnyhow." New York Sun. llobunlled oltoee Cnuae lunploaion. Workmen iu American gunpowdur factories nre uot allowed to wear steel or Iron nailed shoes for fear the po sille friction may cause au explosion, but this prwaution doea not seem to be followed In certain factories abroad. A report ou a recent explosion lu a gun powder factory lu Chilwoi th, Kugland, shows thut it was due to oue of tho outside workmen, who was carrying a burrel of powder to the cornlns house, slipping on tho track of liu baud railway. Ho wore hobnailed shoes, aud commit ""wit a the rulla caused a spark, which ignited some powder which had fallen from the. barrel. The remit was ihe death of six men nnd the Injuring of ono other. Tho Government inspector of explu sivea exonerated the company from ucgligcnce, but in future audi fclioea will uot be allowed lo be worn by llc woikmen nud outside worUmeu will tut Iul euiulx..vurL
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