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15UUS ON THE TJiACK.
Thoy Swarm in a Quarry find Stop
a Locomotive.
Th
ti-:iil'l- of llie lasii-tl ruliel
lieutU II. lrii Whi t l-i it li
port ICih-!iIIiiii; J-X-loUil.g
Torpc.ioea.
Southeast of Ilrirhton Corners n the
T.a. lea wanna railrtat are cxtctisive
linit tone tu;irri s which have Ken in
operation for many years is ti.l have
penetrated deeply into the rock, says a
Syracuse correal ndent of the Now
York Tribune. Through the cut thus
made anil into the pi.irrics a branch
track has been laid from the Lacka
wanna road for the hauling" of t'.ie
hewn stone. Nig-ht work lei:io" neces
sary a larpre part of the time, an arc
lipht has been placed hiph over the
track of the darkest part of the cut.
Several cars were loaded for shipment
and left on the switch pending the
observance of Memorial day. At uipht,
in preparation for dra winp the cars out,
the electric lipht was put in and an
online with the necessary crew left the
city for the quarries. What was the
surprise of all hands upon rca-jhinp the
scene of operation to find the track
beneath the electric ligdit completely
throm-ed with s.trnnps insects of preat
size, some of them lyimr perfectly still in
bunches and some of them playing a sort
of leap-fro pa me. They covered a space
of not less than sixty feet a km!,' t!io
tracks, though toward either l;mil;iry of
the occupied territory they prew fewer,
as the rays of lipht bojran to prow Um
mer. These pickets, or skirmishers,
were one and all of a most lively dispo
sition, and ran over the pro-.md with
that liuhtninplike rapidity which char
acterized the movements of the electric
lipht hups that mailt; their appearance
11 over the country soon after the sv s
tem of el'ctrie I:phtin;r became of gen
eral adoption in cities.
The locomotive continued on its way,
and as the drivers rolled over the in
sects the insects died with a crack line
sound like the successive explosions of
toy torpedoes, lint this was at the le
pinninp of the swarm. As the iron
iior.ster plowed its way alonp the hups
became more numerous r.nd the crack
ling prevv to a monotonous dhi. as
though some firecracker storehouse had
liecn touched oil: in a hundred places,
until in the thick of the swarm the en
pine was hroitpht to a stop, the drivers
refusing to catch on the now slippery
rails, pre used by the crushed and
slaiurluered biv-s. An exnmmation of
the insect:', showed a resemblance to the
electric-! i.-r' t hup. tho;spl they are
somewhat lnrpor than those hups, the
outer shell of the back lxdr.p about the
size and shape of half a shanphai-cpg
shell. It was this turtle-I'Le armor
with which the insects are equipped
that made the eiM'.-k'iinp sound as the
wheels passed over them. The shell is
black and partakes of the nature of
stone, having a slatcy structure and
hemp brittle. This property of the
shell set the more thoughtful people to
th'mkin.r a::d oosci vmp. and a.tcr a
time : e-i'.-ch :ih the si.lcs of the cut
revealed innumerable small holes in the
rock, which seemed to have I icon bored
into it by .'.or.ii at:ency not that of man,
and in them .. ere traces of a peculiar
oval a srvu h.
.: .h. d and w:no apparent
cra.life recluse whose
lv bli.
d.
abode is in the neiphboi hood of the
quarries had by this time appeared, for
news, of the stnmjc ocmr ronee had
spread rapidly. His opinion was that,
the buys that blocked the track were
the issue of a rave species of lithodome, a
rock-1 torhij m tlln.sk crossed with some
kind of prel;o.ory insect. To secure
me shipment of tins freipht it been me
necessary to let the loaded train from
ulove in the quarry come down the
grade of the cut. (nitrci-i'ir-' momentum
all the time, its impetus when it came
to the obstruction carried it by the
l)Ug.
- IT WAS RAINING.
New Story Which l!ttistr:ites the Imhc
cllity of Some IVople.
Many of our everyday remarks, said
Eli Perkins, when analyzed philosoph
ically, are very absurd, but still they
have a humorous side. The other mom
iny, while the rain was pourinjr down
and everybody's umbrella was trickling
over every body else, two old friends met
at the post office.
'Kaining-, isn't it?" inquired Mr.
Johnson.
tYhat say?" asked Thompson, who
was hard of hearin.fr.
"I say it's rainiiifr."
"I don't quite catch what j-ou say,"
said Thompson, putting his hand to his
ear.
"I say," roared Johnson, with full
force, '"it's raining" rainy day!"
Thompson's face colored with sup
pressed raye as he passed on. Then,
turning suddenly, he looked ut his
friend and shouted:
"Johnson, step into this doorwav a mo
ment." As the two men stood there fresticu
lating" wildly. I heard this dialogue,
only interrupted by rain drops und
gleams of lifrhtninfr:
"Mr. Johnson." said Mr. Thompson,
earnestly, "you have known me for
many years?"'
"Yes."
"I'm generally rated a pretty shrewd
business man, ain't I?"
"Yes; 3'ou are vatedhifrh."
"Well, you ses the rain mnninjr ot.
this umbrella, don't youV
"Of course."
"Your own feet are wet?"
"Yes."
"Now, I don't enrry this umbrella to
Veep the sun off, do I?"
"Why, no."
"I carry it to keep off the rain, don't
?"
"Of course-"
"Well, then, it. rains. You know It
rains. Kvervb
:!y knows it rains. Peo
ple are not idiots. Now, what infernal
design have yon got in pushing aside
my umbrella and saying: "liairiin' isn't
it?1 "
"But Hut "
"Now, that's all. You just let it rain.
She knows her business. You just at
tend to your own ;!iT;urs and h t the
weather alone. If yon don't know
enough to know when it s raining, don't
Ufck me. Good day. sir!'
And then Mr. Thompson shook the
rain off his umbrella, stepped into his
bank and commenced cutting tut his
coupon s.
POPULAH SCIENCE.
. The earth is gradually growing
larger from tiie fall of meteoric matter.
An astronomer estimates that I he globe
is unnually pelted with 14i,0o0,0u0
projectiles.
KxpKitiMK.vrs on the ai-tincial prcnluc
tion of rain are to be made in Kansas.
Balloons filled with hydrogen and
oxygen gas will be sent up and exploded
by a "wire connected with an electrical
apparatus on the ground,
SiNt'i: the ice age there is evidence in
the fttssil faunas and lloras of marina
deposits and peat Ixvs that northwest
ern llurope has e.vjenencei for some
time a climate considerably warmer
than that of the present day.
Wiiilk clouds, especially the higher
forms, have a general tendency to
move in the same direction as storms
that is. from west to c.v.st it has !-c en
decided that they are a very p.xr guide
to follow in special instances, und they
fad especially at times when such as
sistance is the most nee. led.
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take Dr. Pierce's Pleasant
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They're made to assist Nature in
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Their effects arc listing ; they
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They're the c?tenj)est pill you can
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give satisfaction, or your money is
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You only pay for the good you
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Can you ask more ?
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BVER
Plrl ITeftt'.acie and mliovoatl tbetronbla fncf
Ccnt to a l i.icua ptntoi.f ttio Byntem. such M
ii-iucei, K.ausoa, I)ro-siaot. Pititresa aftev
eitin. 1 uiu ia tlio Si.l.j. Jto. While tliolr moat
riiis-rkiUe aucceus bus been ehowu ia cuxlsjc
Uraaslio, vot Cnrtor'a Utflo IJver PTH SA
conaily val'nt;U- in Const ipu.t ion, curing and pra
vJntit 13 tbinannoyir)coiaplaint,whila tuoyalso
C'.t' t ell disorjor-toi t"uostomchitin:nuito the
aa zcuUio Uio l-cweld. . ven If Uieyonly
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A f -I'ii ii is li:resii!j complaint; bulforta
.i.ny o.ifif nctftntlhrre,&ndtbo6a
:. - s'aca'.ty tLcu v.-ill find these litUo pillaTalo.
1 in f o Mttuy vsrava that ttcy will not bo wil
. to , :;l;'..ut tLt-i'i. Hut af Ur aUtiick bea4
TTir.v Uvoa tliat here !a whera
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. O:io or two r.iliti uiakoa doM.
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tl:?in bitjce ho to'k oi:o bottUt of Ihe reu:oiy. 1
moot bctiriily vbauik (or it.
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TbeIapVr Koig's NorveToiiic 1 ordered vu
foraytttinc la.!yoi my household. ho .
mobt UHfl, v,h t luTheif and others, owing tc
iurYou4 ir'Rtr&t ion. hitx-piessai-HS, weukRehi,
Ac, Ac. 'lo-tiny thrrn in ijui; a cbanco. 1 be
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and iMMir putlcnlH can aio obtaia
thm iiifxiic-tiie tree of eliarxe.
Tbis r'niedba been prepared by the Reverend
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is uow itrvparcd under uia dirtscuou by tbo
KOENIC MED. CO., Chicago, II!.
Sold by Ini;rjrit at fit per Bottle. 6 fair 85
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UNDERTAKER
And Manufacturer & Dea'er In
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where, as wa are confident ttat we can
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GRASS.
The Whole of Curopa wants WHEAT,
and the most of America wants CRASS
in abundance. 12 leading Agrlcul-
jurists nave written us essays on
"How to Grow Wheat and Crass.
These, in pamphlet form, we will send
Free on receipt of three 2-ct. stamps.
Members of the
Farmers'
Alliance
en1 F:rmera' Clulm can bare their
J-crlliiwrs iii:Io p..liUly to urw, at
reduced prl. es.
W. S. POWELL & CO.,
Baltimore, Md.,
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A MISSING LINK,
A frrainrr That I a Combination or Ani
mal mnd VcRftaltle.
One ;f the officers oi the sU-amer
Mariposa recently hal a sort of mising
link on exhil'ition, says the San Fran
c'ico Kxaminer. It is a combination of
animal ami vegetable life called bul
rush caterpillar in New Zealand, in
which country -if (or they) is (or are)
native.
The caterpillar part of the specimen
is just an ordinary, everyday caterpil
lar, of the kind scientists call the
sphooria robortsia.
The bulrush part of it . prows out of
the back of the worm's head, and but
for the fact that it has a fork in it, it
could pose as a miniature American bul
rush of the kind commonly known as
cattails.
It is about eiffht inches hifch, and has
"whiskers" at the top just as a cattail
has.
The caterpillar ia only thre inches
long.
He was quite dead, of course, and
careful dissection showed that the root
of the bulrush had eaten out every par
ticle of the worm's interior, so that the
hairy hide simply formed a shell to
cover the root. .- . t
The plant is scientifically known as
metrosideres robusta. It grows in New
Zealand in more profusion than this
particular variety of caterpillar does.
AVhile the bulrushes are frequently
found without the caterpillar, it is sel
dom that the caterpillar is found with
out some bulrush is using him for a
vegetating pot, and the extra size of the
rushes that spring from the caterpillar
ln-tokei that there is a natural aiinity
for flesh on the part of the plant.
Those who have investigated the sub
ject of the strange combination state
that the caterpillar burrows in vege
table soil prior to its metamorphosis,
and its burrowing gets some of the min
ute seeds of the bulrush lodged in the
scales of the neck. Nourished by the
warmth, moisture and richness of the
insect's IkkIj", the stseds strike root into
the unfortunate caterpillar's brain.
The change into chrysalis Is at once
stopped, and after a few days the cater
pillar dies, whereupon the bulrush pro
ceeds to convert the entire animal sub
stance into plant life.
The hide undergoes this change also,
but does not lose its form, and many
specimens possess the horns, legs and
claws intact, but for the transforma
tion of substance from animal to vege
table. The bulrush pursues its way uninter
rupted until every part of the cater
pillar is transformed, when it, too, dies,
and the bunch of .seeds at the top blow
away to chase other worm victims.
The native Now Zealander is very
fond of the combination when it is fresh
for food, and when evolution is com
plete for coloring matter to bo used in
their tattooing. - -
A LION AS A PILLOW.
low a Tamrr Avuiitd the
Kervle of o
Jury Summons.
An amusing sketch of two lion whelps
which were adopted us pets during the
writer's residence in .South Africa is
given by a contributor to Forest and
Stream. The lioness appeared to amuso
herself by playing pranks on human
strangers of her own sex, lying in am
bush for them under the dining tablo.
Fearing that something serious
might occur if I allowed my pets their
liberty any longer, I had a large cagu
constructed, and for the first week or ;
two was obliged to spend much time in
it with them. The lioness fretted a
greut deal, and the only way I hud of
quieting her was to go in and lie down,
using the lion as a pillow, while she
Btretchcd herself beside mo with her
head on mv tH.fc. - -
. One day the sheriff Informed me that
he had a summons in his ofilee for me
to serve as a juryman. I begged off,
but he was inexorable. A few days
afterward he rode up to my gate, and I
called my servant to pn it for him
while I hurried to the lion's cage.
l"resently 1 heard him calling me, and
on icy unswering ho gradually found
his way to the den, ' in which I was
seated on the lion's tvcuinK-nt body,
while the lioifess sat behind me with
her chin resting on my shoulder. As
soon as he saw me he sprang back and
cried:
Come out of there!
"Hand that summons in here and I
will do so."
"Do you want my arm torn off?"
"No, but I want you to make a legal
service of that paper by handing it to
me."
"I shall not take any such risk, but I
will tear up the paper if you will only
come out and save me from seeing you
torn into pieces."
The paper was torn up and I stepped
out of the cage, much to my friend's re
lief. A short time after I met the judge
in the street, who wished to know if
my mode of dodging jury duty was the
one commonly practised iu my own
country.
AN EYE FOR BEAUTY.
Sick Men like to Have Good-Looking
Nurses.
If ever a man likes to have a pretty
woman near him it is when he is sick.
When a young man decided to go to a
hospital, says the Detroit Free Press
liis greatest inducement was the hope
of having one of the young and beau
tiful nurses he had read about in books
minister to him. lie imagined a sweet
creature, tender and helpful, bending
over him, her charms enhanced by &
bewitching cap and apron.
When the doctor called the follow
ing day he found his patient restless
rind disturbed. Tho hospital seemed to
have no charms for him.
"Homesick, eh?" asked the doctor as
he felt his pulse.
"Oh, no."
"What is the trouble, then?"
"Doctor," said the young man faintly,
"it's the nurse."
"Oh, I see. Too rigorous. But you
know that is for your own good."
"It isn't that. I expected Bhe would
be young and beautiful, but she's old
enough to be my grandmother, and as
homely as a hedge fence."
"All the better," said the doctor.
"You won't fall in love with her." . -
But the homely nurse scored a suc
cess. As the weeks rolled on she
waited upon the patient so kindly and
her service' was so faithful that he
outgrew the desire for the pretty face.
Another proof of the proverb: "Hand
some is that handsome does."
The rhospuoreacence of Diamonds.
In a recent article on "Precious
Stones" a most beautiful experiment in
the absorption of light by diamonds
which was carried out in Paris during
the exposition was referred to. On this
xreasion a collection of one hundred
and fifty diamonds was placed in a dark
room. In a side of the room was in
serted a lens, outside of which an are
lamp was hung. The lens, which was
employed to concentrate the light, was
covered with violet-colored glass so
that only ultra-violet rays fell on the
gems, of which but three of the entire
number proved to be phosphorescent.
All the others assumed a beautiful
violet tint. The two stones whose
phosphorescence was most marked
were perfectly transparent white
stones, one having a bluish tinge. The
phosphorescence exhibited by these
stones is descriled as extremely beauti
ful and remained visible with gradual
ly diminishing intensity for fifteen
minutes after a metallic cap was put
over the lens.
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Fast Presses aulfHew Trjs
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Notnlug bat tbe beet material r nsed and
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Posters, Programmes,
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Monthly Statements, Envelopes,
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Some of the
Krnmrkable Traits of the
SLarOall.
"The attack of a starfish upon an
oystor may be likened to an assault by
organized conspirators, inasmuch as
each of these five-finpfred animals is
composed of five-distinct individuals,"
said a scientist to a Washintrton Star
man. "Each of the starfish's five arms
has its own mind, nervous svstem and
thoughts, snt-h as they are, and all fire
nerve systems simply meet in the cen
ter vrhere the arms are joined. Thus it
may be said that the mentil guidance
of this complex creature and the man
agement of its affairs are intrusted to a
board of five members, who have com
munication with each other, but act
without the intermediation of a pre
siding officer. Now, is it not wonder
ful that snoh a quintet should le able
to manage its affairs so well and with
such agreement of purpose in every
thing? Supposing that each of the
five individuals attempted to go where
it listed without giving any heed to the
others, the animal conld not reach a
choice bit of food, espiod from afar
with th- eye of one of its members, nor
travel in any direction with a purpose
m view. lint as a matter ot fact.
proved by observation, when a starfish
is sp3'ing for food it lifts the end of its
five arms so that the eye leneath each
extremity may get a view of things in
the neighborhood and if any object
worth going after is discovered all the
many hnntlreds of sucker-like feet
beneath the five arms are seen to push
out together in the directum of the
morsel desired. There is a unity of in
tention among the partners that im
plies unmistakably a conscious sharing
of aim and design. The same thing is
shown by the way many starfishes have
of letting themselves drop from steep
rocks and cliffs in order to save the
trouble of laborious climbing down. In
such cases, before they relinquish
their hold and drop, they let go with
three or four arms, holding fast until
tle last moment with the remaining, as
if to calculate the leap.
"My observations on this snbject
have inclined me to think that mutters
of concerted action with starfish have
not infrequently to be effected by first
obtaining the assent of an individual
ray that is willing. It is known that
these ereatures sometimes divide them
selves voluntarily into a three-armed
and a two-armed portion, which may
le regarded as the violent dissolution
of business and domestic relations once
happy, but grown inharmonious. A
starfish will often cast off one of its
arms and leave it liehind, perhaps lie-
cause the member is not found ugree
able to live with. If a rubber band or
string is fastened around an arm of one
of these animals and it cannot puh the
annoyance off with its other arms the
starfish will throw the troublesome
arm away, not desiring to retain the
companionship of such a cripple. Star
fish are like human lieings in many
ways. Then the animal whkdi has
thus deprived itself of a ray grows a
new one in place of the old.
As for the arm that is dropped it
promptly proceeds to grow four new
arms, thus b-coming a whole starfish
itself, lk-ing the biggest it is pre
sumably for a long time the boss of the
five, which must be gratifying. A few
years ugo people who caught starfish in
in the oyster leds destroyed them, as
they thought, by cutting them in halves
and throwing tliem overboard, but the
process was not very effective, inas
much as everyone thus treated prompt
ly becomes two."
ON MOUNT SINAI.
Magnificent
Library In the
Hum Haftaif."
Monastery a
During the last two days of the jour
ney the Sinai group is reached, and its
significance be;ir.s with the Christian
era that gave birth to the first monk.
This mountain group vies in grandeur
with the Scrbai, and its highest point.
Mount Cathrine, overtops the other by a
stretch of over sixteen hundred feet.
Steep passes and hazardous mountain
ways lead to the broad plain of Ilaha,
and from here the view opens upon a
powerful mountain panorama. The
Knglish biblists regard the barren cone
of rocks, "iCas Saffaf," as the indisputa
ble mound of divine legislation. At the
foot of Mount Moses, or Mount Sinai,
lies the monastery of Sinai, which is
visited by nearly every tourist to Egypt,
writes a correspondent of the St. Ixuis
Post-Dispatch. It looks much more like
a fortified stronghold than a peaceful
cloister retreat- Only the cypress gar
den belonging to the institution is sit
uated outside of the inclosing walla.
According to tradition it was Emperor
Justinian who founded this monastery
in the year 530 in order to give shelter
to the inmates against the frequent in
vasions of the murderous Saracens.
The monastery chapel contains a mag
nificent library, and a precioua collec
tion of old manuscripts on parchment
and paper. One of ita chief treasures is
the famous Bible from the time of Em
peror Theodosus III. (middle of the
eighth century). The text is written in
gold on single sheets of parchment, and
the title pages are marvels of mm: a
tu re painting, representing Christ, the
Virgin Mary and fire of the apostles.
No visitor should fail to view this
precious document of the Christian faith
at that time.
There are about twenty-five monks
at Mount Sinai, and they regard their
more or less protracted stay within its
walls as a sort of exile. Communica
tion between them and the mother
house at Cairo is carried on through the
Bedouin brethren, who always go the
way of Tor to reach Cairo. The former
is now a little seaport town on the lied
sea, hedged in by magnificent coral
reefs, through which a narrow strait
lead out into the open sea. Mail and
transportation facilities at this point
are in the hands of an old priest of the
Greek church, and whatever small
traffic there Is between the Asiatic and
African coast is looked after by him.
SOME MEAN PEOPLE.
A Fairton (N. J.) man locked his wife
in the hencoop because she had not
gathered enough eggs to satisfy" his ap
petite for dinner.
A New Yokk magistrate sentenced a
girl of fourteen to ten days of hard
labor and three months in the reforma
tory for stealing a magazine worth
twenty cents.
A max in P.loomington, I1L, recently
gave $.10,000 to his children, intending to
spend his declining days with them.
They accepted the money and then had
him put in the poor house.
AocceKMNo to a local paper there are
actually some jieople in Home. N. Y.,'
so selfish that the only way they pat
ronize a public benefactor like the
street railway is by walking between
the tracks when the sidewalks are icy.
Tiie meanest man to date has just
.been sent to tbe Joliet penitentiary
from Chicago. His name is Charles
Perkins and his crime is grand larceny
for the theft of his dead brother's cloth
ing, including a pin and cuff buttons,
which ho took from tho corpse.
A Told Cave.
A great unexplored cave was recently
found near Clarion, Pa., which emit a
sort of blue fog, chill as from a power
ful refrigerator. A pail of water sus
pended at a depth of ten feet was drawn
up after four hours and found to be
almost a solid cake of ice. As far as
known no living animal could remain in
the opening for more than a few uiui-utcs.
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A MODERN Nif'AiJosi
How an Indian Maidn cB
Whlto Man's Ut '
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for Hi in l.nt lu-c.,,r., :,"'v?
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f-,rti.l. lit .f t!u- Yniit','., i
jv:tJ..-1 i.- in-:i'.Tt w hir'i 1..lm;i'1" ;'" '
triU frixty-Hw or k..v..j,tv .-,.! ' '''
ami wl.u-h slio Ih-Tu-vi-s ),",, ','rr s
in r.rint. S1m is m.t sr ;v,.:is " ;
lt-.t t?n events urt ji.-ti.:., i.r i""'
r.in.'Ki-.l for. f ? viys, i.v ,. r''"!
riiv liviri". some ,j" t!u-m t--.- '
f.T:isi.; hililrcij of tl. li. r..;Iu.
stiTT.
AiM-mt tho ilnto I hnvi- -iv.-n !
nw.n n:unol Lui.ll.'.w, 1k-!..::.-;,. ' !
"of tlu !rri-:it Atiu-rii-aii fur T.
tr;nli-.l -xU-nsivi-ly with t!- n 'r '
tii lin'.i;in trpM-s. fn ..nc,f ! s ;
lilt ions his l:':i(l.pi:iiirv ,.r,. j,.
(Til Wd'ks limn?!;' tin- S,,x jhv
tli.-it t itno a few men of the- "
sotun lancu-il initm. or in ,,..,., ' !
of s-iith ii-tuul c'isa; fr'-i-iiii-rit '
lil'rt:illy oircrnlfd with l.i:ii. ar,i :
niin-! to t:iKe his life. i,,,. '' ;
Kj.ilUul :ir-"!n-r, wsts to m. .l k" '". :
t',H". ami, while I.aiill.f.v wiv :
with his ain .tints, sen. 1 ;ru arrow
his h ::rt. ;
An Indian miiMt-n ov.-r1.. c
" ' l i,
1ison:.5n tlii-ir (!ia). :.! s,',,.-.,"
iU"U"rm;:i"l t) save the
life. She -r-pt fjnict'y t t'i.
lt;t jti-.t :;s -1t ri'ai-h" it. a.; :
i-'i"" ci.ul l wim him, sh-saw ri..-, '
:it thi pi-ninj of tin- ti-M v i;U
reii'lv drawn. 'j
ti:k"tc an thouirht sin- thrr-w h.,v
Ix-hitv I.aiiilaw's l.r.-a- t. ti. aJ
wi-t.t t!ir( ii;rh one of her ar:.i,. t
Intlhin floil, leaving the sr.'T-rir.jrp.'. j
h r f:ito. I.aiilla'.v, m.i-m!-;.;) .. i
hhoelii-il 1V t'.e : inlil-inii-i. ai.i 1,,,-. .1
the aflitir. k-.etv not whai t ii.. ),.... f
girl's fiirtitmli" iiml jm-si-jic-t- iL;, r
not forsake l.er. (
She told hi:n t assist h, r !nn.-.I
the arrow, wiiiv-h h" iii! 1-v . -1 1 .. !
Mem in two ar.i! Tetttly !';!'.!." ; .
They then sought her j mr.-n-. , . j
apt!ie-l their crude remedies , -
won in 1. 1
Alter the mnidi-n's r'-rov.-rv aZv
in 'r;iu-aMf lor ner iie-,,.-:n. nu,
her, and lroiir-i.t her 1. 1 ( !:1V K
Mo., where he died ul't r almut t til
th ree years.
Mr. l.aidiav.-liiiiU an eli-jnrt W
with kpaeiotis ruid Jovely rr'-uuk y
kept a r. -thine of servant.. His .,
was vUiteil Vy sightseers and t:,
with (fllests. lie had, I
eiiht ehildren, whom In- si i:t .,
lM'st neaiieliiief; for -tl'.:i-a4i.in. .
d:nt'hti-rs were line 1-t',,-;-showin"
in a tnnrked d.-jrri-.- t!i- j
ilian hlood. The mother t . di! r.iM:..
orly the two sons had jti tty Mu- r
like tlieir father.
The in:tnsi' n was pn tvi 1.-1 a'it:n.U
ly with eor.iforts and hmirn-s, i.
while the children enjoyed tlii-ai ti u
full Mrs. l.ai-Uaw scciuid to pM
siditnde und simple food and ci'it'im,
'or many years of her tvid.mril 2
(.hi- lived w it h one of her ihiu.a-u. .
kind nei.'hlxir of mine. I often rij.it
her. und she talked of her liuOmni t
parents and her t iii m with m
feelin' t hut 1 was often moved ti w
Shetohlme that aft.T l.i'. i-
tnarrieil sixteen years a Si. .in rr
passin;r thnm;h Missouri ln-ard u! ,v
and csiirie to we her. hut sin- ntli i
tu'c to him, for she had f-: ittvi V
native l:m;riia:;e.
S!ie saiil it hrohe hi T heart. 7r
was m ruuch she wanted to n-k i.:
ill k nit her jK-ojih", win -ui - he )'
-ole?rly, und so many iavs.,1." t
wouhl have liked to send to i ii !r:.i.
anl kiiiiln-il.
In her lust iliivs, even when re-:-.1
ldind, .'.he wan-1 fed every day 1" .."
the wimmIs. ilejeeted an. 4 ainae. 1: -
Kl'e had kind fricif'.s nt.d ;.'"'" '..'
children she t-eemed tosl.uti i- '
f-hip. and her Mut.dy ti-iire. -t :"
In-lit with uire. coming slow i . fna. '.:
wood. Kiu a si'ht touei.iiv m Ut e
trerae.
WITNESSES OF THE PAST.
Many
Matan of IJiti;rt- l.rwlW S
(urbii'ii.
One ennnot fail t- he h'riu'n !v '
fact tliat the influence . J tui.'M 1
say the preseiiee, id the hii;i; :r'w -'
il v is everywhere unpatvi.t ;:i
"(mi'n Island." says n writer if. -New
York Sun. At A j:o-.-i- nr. "..
market pla-e the woiniiii c :vty 1
the Matue of the frst i..p-:i1;
other mjiiare he towers amid !.. 1"
crs in the purl f .1 Ieia:.u ei:.;1-" r
UehiiKl the citadel in t!,i" '1 ; '"
they show the hasinthi-t he!.! :u
for his lmptism, and in t!n" el.::
the hard sofa on which lie wn. '"
and the trap hor lead:u' t t "
U-rranean passage hy whch
to the harU.ronc nii'h v. Ii. nt. -covered
that he was trae'iied ' .r si A
Where he himself i- ti-'t tin" n: "
of h'u family are. Their jrtr-t- -in
the museums, their n..!-:.--. i'-
lihraries. His mother is hm i. -.".
liona parte chapel with the - ::1 '
taph. Mater Kejrnm. H i - f ''" r s:
ereet at thr Hotel tie Villo a
pohl-laei'il coat.
There also are his hr..lher
in a vT-!il mnntle. lyoius in a
form. "Jerome- n n str;v 1 11 "");'
Mrnctly drenmin? under u tr.v
tragical antithesis the htM ,f
of Home faces the mask -f
dead, aud the contrast t-tw-e j
silent witnesses of a 5''-'!'s
jiainfully a-cented hy the j'v-; J
ful hum" of the Lrit;h? a-:. -
ouhfare. r. I
STRANGE WEDDING PRESENT
.. . ..a 1.. an
Kurira In sumnira.
Amonff Kuhus of Sumatra t.-
mssion is nwt t.nsaii":l'-y ''"
It would wiira that delicate ,.
ities have but slight c haiuv oi ,
UH-nt wnonir so untidy. - ll'r"'
ople. Their lives nr " - ' ;
hy progress; they sccin ,""t'-"1 v
their ways exactly a-, th.-irl"''1-' "
and foremothers have trav.-."t
Very simple indeed
ccreiiKiny. A Kuhu V""'"1';1"';'
tied in his own miiil l-'s ,'"1'.''''' 'v:
views tho parents of the ma"1 ;
tioninp what he can olh-r i
laU' Larsaina with the itiiwra" Tr ,
have U-en prutifyinp. 1" .
hand a knife, a spear, or
of pay cloth-iHissihl.v t"'; :
aU"d a puide or Mi';'
travt lera. There way u. f-amUH-cHwax.
rare fru; an ..
.niinals for fo.nl (a 'e",1,,,w,
iiimhle lizard), all "'" '
theeve-of the father .... a--r.
Should this iuecr cn.i. (
be satisfactorily ia .
callc.l topcther. who arc
iit-J-
Mif'S.
due formality un.ier .1
a 1. ml !''.
hisconsi-nt to the lH-.ro. . a!;
presents received fro.n t...
-ud expresses his plcar
At
c.m-st-My ro
much. What a
1,,,,- this view
brings w ii.".-- M;ifcf-
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