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Why not rit.a Ma; cropa of j.Kta,toeet We estn tell vo; ow to do It, and hovr to Ire-Pnl I'-jt-. Hot and Ultlit. rSc-ii' r tuo-itni ,tumia for Ilook of page. W. S. Powell Sc Co.. Chemical fertilizer Manufacturer lialtinore. Aid. F. X. FEES' Shaving Parlor, Centre Street, Near JaB. e The BaderaicBed dealrea V lfa tba pal) lie that be r.e efened a aliariD r er ua Ceo tie mni. nrtl be lit, befo tbe bertMrlnK ba Inesa la ell Ha araocne will o rerneo on IB tn luture. Kr-rftsloa; Deal aat cleaa. VoaJ patioee etllcjied- ygES- A SUMMER SHOWER. Paitir, piittr on the pane Hear ttit melau. huly rain. As it f alts u iili sua retrain Nkturr's fate is t.uthinl In tears K'cu our own full sa.l upiM'ars. 't-t U Heuv-li"s ill we buv". TbuUTh we're weather bound just now. I'aiur. putter on Hie pane iictir tti- nieliint'liiity ruin. Patter, patter on the pine lieur tbe Holt, iefrcsrnii, ruin. As tt Tills with phul lvfruin: N'uluri.'s creiilures, .ue and all, Sei in Hie (.ladder for its ltl!. S.-o th? Uulhlrs ho they smile, Ttnuri ,o sul una iKir.-tiea ere while' I'itier. (fitter on the 'Ti:-. a .oft. refre-luuK rain. I'.mer, p utor on the parie N.iw no uiore we h. ar the rain. !.! the sun-hlne riapears: :id Is stiiihiit; throiii'li tin' leurs. Thus, thoui'h Hie muy Imvf lt- shower. 'Tis direett tl tiy lli.s Kwer. 'Ihott(rh tt ialter oil the pane. Tuou-h it fall with ad ret.-i.;ii. lod is Hiniliiiir throni'li ie ruin Kev. r'. S. C'orot it, iu lioluen Days OX THE SITXSET TRAIL. The Fata That Befell a Faithful Mail Carrier. Danny Reilmonrt whs the mail carrii-r on tlu Sun,-t trail, and he fnllv r':tlizel the importance of his txe-itio!!. 'I'rartie miltt stagnate. -i v-ilizatiott miflit pall, lint the L'ltitetl States mail must pi ritfht ahead, and oil M.-heiluh's time at that. As for the NmwLtrail. it woitutl its way far over the ilreai " pluiiisof Kansas, across the ( iiumurruii. and on and on into the reat state of the iAine Mar. Ktit Wanny's route only exten.leil ti C'roolioil Creek, a town consisting of a. grocery store. At this time the popula tion of Korl county could have Ik-cii easily corralled on a quarter sectiot., and had comfortable standing vooiu at that. Danny was an apostle t. these lone settlers, and only one who has experienced the appalling loneli ness of existence in those ihinly-tHto-pled plains, where ytu can &ee yont-next-loor nei'hlior's shanty on clea days only, can realize the joy with which they heralded this 1 due-eyed, hrown-haired bunch of turbulence. "Two o'clock," would comment sonin unkempt denizen, consulting the sun. "Danny'll be here in ten minutes.' Then they would look till their eyes ached afar to where the Sunset trail tipped over the roll of prairie at tlm horizon. Soon their watchiutr would be re wan led, and steadily and swiftly would the bay mare, Dolly, lcar her rider down the trail in th it swinin, indefatigable pallop of the mustang. Perchance some settler coming int. the post oflice would appreciate the liest ide of the road and jorr alonr in th- path that Danny chose. "Hit out o' the way of the 1'nited States mail"' would come the warning, and he would prudently ";:it" to the other side tit the ro;ul. for Danny couht and would shoot, ami. besides, didn't li have cverj'one of those fellows down ai the otlice to stand at his back to th,i last shot? So no ru'atter how much of tire eater the obstructer iniiht lie, lm switched off when the carrier demanded the riyiit of way. And that was often. For that lad had the idea inculcated into his bing-that alL -ther powers, terrestrial and celestial, arere jieeondary considerations .when iV U nited States mail was concerned, assd he seized every opportunity to ex crei his authority. Hour lnjinjrly and erp'ctantly thoso eap'er iij.-neers would watch the letter-; distributed! Though, perhaps, the.v had no pronnds for expect in f a letter, yet their hcjv did not sink uutil th last one wa pat away. Tlien th; return mail would le inali tip. itnd at tlx -xact minute Danny would vault iota the larjv Mexican sad dle almost as !r' as he or IWdly and with the all-polcnt mail securely strapped to the girdles on each Ride, hei would recommence his loner ride, never stopping as he tried a flying shot ar. some unwieldy rattlesnake that had Jrapped its mottled foritk t.ut on thei rail to loll in the sun. ami who would out U able to wipgle into the tall rras ; ere the 1'nited States mail was upon ham. Alinp the route the settlers would cocic out of their shanties half Ient ajad wave their sombrenas and cheer the) boPT.iit rider. raJrash was the only stop. It was of the sane importance as ("rooked Creek, only llaere were two houses instead of one, or rather, a double house; for tho owner rt the claims that joined m there oentpied a shanty of two com partment, one on each claim. Some how or other the scamp would sit tstraihter ia the saddle aud pull Dolly':, head up higher when they approached Wabash, and a pretty little jh-hcH if .it tirl would come out and chat with thu carrier while her spectacled father's .ai tort ion was riyetetl tm the letter Tfrackaife. Dolly evotild probably thiuk thuft Jlanny was ireuinjf rather weighty on ojm; jile as he bent low in the sad dle, larjTously closr to that pink sun bonnet. Arai the seollitiir popher that sat up conTenieutly close to his burrow would wonder for what reason a fellow would want to bite a pretty frirl like; her. ltut Kosie ilulul st-em to mind tho punishment a bit. All. I fear Danny would fctpii havelinpered longer at thei unprepossessing1 post if Wabash, but the United States mail must be carried on. One day a cowboy came into the fort with a jaded mustang and a slash across his check antl reported that he had H-en chased by a band of Arapahoos. These childreu of nature had grown in-r-i'lent with well feeding and little, wt'rk. They often lieeame. thus at ir rpn ular intervals, and bn-akinr from the rtervation swept north upon tho the .cattered 6ettlers of the plains, con-fciih-rubly depopulating those sparsely inhabited districts. Their great father in Washingtin, they complained, was not giving thena enough blankets, ami. in -onsequence, they were compelled to trade their moccasins for 'firo waAer." Danny was preparing to start upon his route when the news came. "You oughtn't to go, Dan," they said, "for they'll strike right up the Cim marrou like they allays do, an' mor'u likely fall afoul of you. If you do your scalp'll dangle from some red nig ger's belt before mornin'." "I'm not skeert," replied he, settling himself in the saddle, "and, besides, tbe folks at Wabash and at the Crick ought to lie warned. And you know tbe mail has to go as long as it's any ways possible." Tho spur touched Dolly's Hank m re often than usual, but slu- kept up brave ly, and Danny clattered iato Wabash ahead of time, imparting the alarm ing intelligence to old man IleeU. the jiosi master, and cautioning him to get the family ready and .-.tart !'-r the tst without further dekiv. In rmli- on to ward Crooked t'!-e!.. "Jewhillakers!" i-elaimed one of the watchers. "What's I atinv j-idin' so all fired fast alumf.' Mtitbe suthin' up. ' They soon knew, and scattered for their n-siH-ctive claims to prepare for ttight ere the storm lmrst. Danny clinched the saddle tighter anil liMiked ti his weapon ere he mount ed fur tho Iioiik ride. Ilo was not afraid. Had he been a coward he would have remained safely at the fort, ltut an ominous dread fell ttjsm him as In thought of the dark t'im marron. He arrived at Wabash attd hxikeil in at the open ihor of the lleck and I.artan households. Kverything was topsy-turvy as left iu the hurry of departure. "Well, Kosie is safe anyway," he con lided to IK illy, with a sigh. Their living shadows grew longer and longer, and finally night dropped on the plains. Ilefiit'e him loomed the ( immur ruii. lie could see the mist y vapor roll ing up like smoke. "If they're any where they'll l.e down there." he mused. "They'll want to lay along the trail and catch some of the settlers makiti' for Dmige. Wonder if I hadn't licUer cross further down?" It was a good idea, and he turned Dol ly from the trail and directed his course further down the river. The reins changed from right to left as he entered the mist, and his right fell upon the protruding butt of a re volver iu his licit. A twig cracked un der the horse's feet and gave the rider a start. Down into the waters of the Cimmarrou they splashed. Dolly pulled at the rein. "Xo, no, Doll; can't drink this time," he murmured. lie climlH-d the bank on the opposite side and rode out on the plain, breath ing easier. "Spang:" Ikilly Ixdted forw ard, and a flame of light Hashed in the darkuess up the river. "Yip-yip-yip!" It was the war cry of the Arapahocs. The tight and flight was on. With a yell of deltance he fired sit the dark mass tearing after him, and bending low over the saddle horn spoke encouragingly to the horse: "Dolly, if you ever run, do it now. You're faster than any of them, Dolly, if you'll only try ! iok out for gopher hills that's a good !:n:-e. Whew! that one was close. Now you're gettin down to it. Doily. We'll ln-at the red devils yit. On. lloll. Ucuicmlicr. we've got the mail, and il must be saved. Here's the trail. Now mv how fast you can run. Ouch! Oh. (od, I'm hit. and hit home at that. It's all with you, I lolly: it's all with vim." And he clung to tie saddle horn and gave the mustang free rein. Horse sense: we hear it alluded to in u jocular way. Did ! illy reali.-.e that iu her tleel feet lay her ma- tor's only salvation? 1 think so, you may not. Ltut she ran like a frightened atit-doj, hanlly seeming to touch the ground, while Danny with closed eyes and clenched teeth clung to the saddle horn with the dep r:tt:o:i of death. "Halt, who comes there'.'" challenged the guard its a horse and rider came lounging into the fort. "The I nitc.l Stales mail." came the faint repiy. and Dolly galloped up with blood in h- r nostriis. a:id blood n iier Hanks, ijuivoring like an uspon. "Dan, are you hurt'.'" pier'n-d the sol dier, lifting him from the saddle. I'm hit dead," he replh-d, with a moan. They carried him into the barrack-room and the surgeon v. a sum moned, but there was no hojie, he said. It was a wonder he had lived as long as he had. Soon the news spread to the cauip, asd the rough soldiers and fugi tive sealers patlu-rei armin.l inm, watching with breathless interest for the end tt come. A girl crime pushing er way through the crowd a seared faced girl, wringing her hands iu ugony. She lielil down and took the suffrirer's hau l "liosie," said he. with a pained smile, "I'm a goner, I guess, tiixd-bv, Kosie: yon rati have Dolly, and take pood care of 1i-r, for sLe did all she could to save inc. 4ood-bv. lioys. Yotider's the Cimmarrou. Thai's a good horse, Dolly." "Delirium." said the surgeon. "Hot out of tluf way of the L'nited States mail" The end came. Another daring spirit had passed along that unknown trail that leads through the dark, dreary desert of death. C harles Maurice Cray- ton, in Chicago Inter tleeau. r ii l't. Every incident should lie welcomed which, in a country where ti'Toudc.l "honor" must In- .satisfied by tiiestiou abh means, tends to make the practice of dtiedng absurd. Many a sensible man has escaped the lifelong reiaor-.e attendant on "bringing down his mail" by the simple method of throwing cold water on the jxtsoii's injured sensibil ities iu the lioghiiiiug. One day, st di-.'.inguished notary, w hile breakfasting w ith a friend at a cafe in Paris, indulged in some f-ting-ing comments on the public acts of Marshal MarmonL Suddet.ly, another gentleman, (liuiu,; at a neighboring i able, rose and approached them, his niu-.tache bristling with unger. "Sir," tried he, tragically, "you shall give me sat.sfa.'l ion!" "An-you Muiilul Marmont?" quiet- ly a :.kcd the m-larv. "I have not l!.e'. honor," was the re ply, "but 1 am l.i . i.ef uide-de-cain p. , "tiive me your i ::rd, then, sir," said the notary. "1 v.i.l tend you my head clerk." Youth's Coin pardon. TliH May 1" New tt Von. It is impossible to till a glass com pletely with any liipiid. from rim t i venter. The mo.st common lluids such as vvr.'cr. i ii dc or tpirit are attracted by tie . i :,s of the vss-l into whi'-h they :.re j ':. ! ui thai they rise around the bri::i, iea-. lag ;i Jii-llow in the mid dle. IK-nce a cup iiiled to the point f overtlow with any of those liipii.ls i-; not absolutely full, though it appears to bj so :ii the edge. Fluids on the other hard, which do not adhere, or are 1. it attrif ted tipwnrds by the t.ides of the vessel, sink round the brim and rise in the center. Thus mercury in a glass forms a convex surface, while water forms a concave. PL'XISIIIXCJ A THIEF. IIow a Burglar Was Very Clever ly Trapped. Asa memlier of the "special staff" to whom is intrusted the duty of dealing with telegraph business at race meet ings and other events of irreg-ular aud itinerary occurrence, I have visited most towns of any importance in Kng luud, and have been a spectator of, and iu some cases a participator in, some curious incidents, one of which I pri xise to relate here. Many of the most successful meetings, from a racing man's jxiint of view, are those held at places otherw ise of very little size or iinixirtancc. As an example, it will Im suilicieiit to mention Kpsoin. It was to a town in the Midlands ordinarily con taining about six thousand inhabitants, that 1, with five colleagues, including a supervisor, was ordered iu the autumn of 1ST-. The event was a two day race meeting. The first day was fine, with occasional showers; the racing was good; and as a large com pany was present, we had enough to do not only at the grand stand, but also later in the evening at the tow u office, hence we dispatched a large quantity of press-work by means of a "Wheat stone" which had been sent for the pui-jxse. It was eleven o'clock before w e finished, and we then had a good half-hour's walk to our lodgings. Tho second day was awf uL Ilain fell in torrents the whole afternoon. Of course the programme was carried out; but, Ix-yond rlioial results and "re- eeived messages, we had very little to do. It is the only day 1 can remember during which our buss did not stir out of the oflice. He freue rally contrived to have some business to transact out side alxmt the time fixed for each race. This day. however, the persistent down pour w as too much for him. After the third race, he sent me to oue of the re porters on some business. I fouud my man in the weighing-room, a small tem porary wixxlen shed at the hack of Tat tersall's ring. When I entered, the jockeys were Wing weighed in. and there was ap parently some difficulty or dispute, as the process was an unusually protracted one. I waited, leaning against the back wall of tho shed, and as I did so, lie came conscious of voices whispering outside. I caught the words: "A bloke with a big red iuse and one eye;" and my attention was arrested at once, for this was a description of our counter clerk. I listened attentively and with increasing astonishment. The voices wen- those of two men; and the gist of their conversation was that a plot which had been formed to rob our oflice of the cash 1 iox on the previous day had failed, owing to the fact that Harper, our counter-clerk, had taken the xx into town early in the afternoon, in stead of. as was the practice, at the conclusion of racing. He had, how ever. Wen closely watched, and seen to place the box in the local postmaster's safe at the tow n oflieo. The safe was in the room in which we worked in the evening, and was an old-fashioned, al most obsolete contrivance. All our movements must have been very dili gently followed, as the men knew not only the exact position of the safe with respect to the dixjrs and windows, but also at what hour we closed the oflice, and the whereabouts of our lodgings. 'I hey had also ascertained that uu one remained during the night in or near tiu- room where the safe was. The upshot of the conversation, which (K-cupicd less time than it has taken me to relate it, was that the town ollice was to lie entered that night as soon after we had gone as would Ik considered safe. Kntrance was to lx effected from the back yard, through the window of a small room adjoining the larger one ia which we worked. Further details I failed to overhear, as the dispute at the weighing-chair, which had gradually grown warmer, now waxed loud and furious. Taking advantage of the noise I slipped out and hurried to the ollice. Taking the boss to one side, I told him all. He was for informing the police at once, and having the place guarded and the thieves scared off; hut, after a lot of persuasion, I talked him over, convinc ing him how much more to his credit it would redound if he himself captured the rohliers ped-handed and unaided by the polic. 1 expounded to him a plan, the main idea of which had struck me at the tirst moment, to which he lis tened attentively, and occasionally smih-d approvingly. When I euded he said: "It would do very well hut for one thing. It involves three of us re maining concealed iu the oflice. I assented. "You say they watched us leave laat night," be went ou. "six of us? What will they thiuk if only three leave ttr-night?" I was nonplussed. "I rather like the idea," resumed th I ss; "but I think we should have help. Suppose we get a couple of Schinken's men?"' Sergeant Schiuken was a kind of semi-public, semi-private officer with a, staff of men, who were largely em ployed by race committees in the tk of preset viug order in the inclosures. and including liaa ana doulitlul cnar acters. They traveled about from meet- . ing to meeting like ourselves, and in this way a sort of intimacy sprang up. "Oh, they'd just be as bad as the lo cals," I said. "They'd wiint to boss the whole affair, and Yery likely spoil it. I'll tell you what: 111 ask three young fellows I know to come and have a game of cards at our diggins to-night. I'll tell them to call for us at the office half an hour or so before we close. At closing time we can make some excuse, and send them off with our own three men, whilst you. Harper and I remain." He still hesitated. I could see he was again more than half inclined to let the police deal with the matter. Of course his responsibility was heavy; and should anything go wrong, he would certainly Ik? severely censured. I had, however, the utmost confidence in my plan, and would or could see no possibility of fail ure; so that, eventually, I succeeded in gaining his consent. This done, I was only anxious for the racing to conclude, that we might get down to the townt and prepare our surprise party. At five o'clock the final race was run; and an hour later we were hard at it in the town, wiring full accounts of the day's doings. Only the three of us already mentioned knew of the projected at tempt and our counter-plan; aud we. convinced that we would be overlooked assumed to the lent of our abilities an. ordinary manner and hearing. Harper produced as usual his cash-box aud sheets, counted and balanced his ac count, telling the money, which amounted to about e'aghty pounds, out on the counter In-fore iiim. Finally, he replaced it in the Ixix, v. hieh he hauded to the lioss. who placed il in the safe, closing, but not hacking, the dior. Meanwhile I had quietly and unob served procured a lxx very similar to Harper's. andaftr partly filling it with some xld pieces of mal I fastened one end of a long wire t its brnss handle. I prepared another similar pieee of wire. Ostensihlv for working purposes. 1 had gathered all the batteries at our command underneath the counter, aud when the work was over I quietly knell down aud joined the.m all together in series. At the same time I fastened one end of my spare wire to llie nega tive pole of this monMer haattery, and then standing up and leaning over the counter succeeded, uuiu.ticet!. iu at taching the other end of the wire to a narrow brass rail which ran ajoiig the top edge of the counter. I must explain that iu order to reach the safe from the pantry door, as we called it, it was necessary to pass aluMmt the entire length of this counter, and of course to repass it in returning. The hour for closing arrived. My three friends had been wailing some time. Everything lirag ready the boss sent our three colhaagnes home, saying we would follow siliortly. The three guests went with tlavm. ' It was still raining and they hurrird ofL The gas was immediately turned off, ami I at once opened the safe and removed the cash box, which Harper put in a place of safety, and substituted the one 1 had prepared with the length of wire. There was plenty of slack wire, which we brought round the back of the safe, over the other end of the counter, fastening the free end to the positive pole of the battery. AU was now ready. We hid behind the counter and waited. Harer. w ho was very hitter against the th levers on Hd-ountof their unflattering description of himself, took up his place chase to the Wheatstone transmitter, a Jock work machine driven by laeavy weights, and capable of attaining a very high speed. An hour passed. It struck twelve. The rain was still beating against the windows. I was stiff ami oold and wear-, and was Wginuuug to wish w e had called in the police, when I heard something a trifle louder than the rain at the pantry window. There was a quick scratching sound like a nail drawn across a slate, and immediately after we heard the window latch slipped back and the sash quietly raised. The nieti were certainly expert at their work. Had we not lxen alert and ex-jx-cting them, we should not have hetrJ their operations. Iu a few moments the pantry door opened with a gentle creak, and the marauder was in the room. We held our breath. Confident in his knowledge, the man had no light save what came from the windows. He approached the safe, and could not al together suppress an exclamation of sur- 1 prise and delight at linding it open. He was destined for more surprise and les-s delight shortly. Peeping carefully over the counter. I could just discern him in the dim light, with the box in his right hand, turning to retrace his atrps. As I had anticipateit. and indeed reckoned on. he stretched out his empty left hand to guide himself along the counter, aud teized the brass rail. As he did so the full force of the battery struck him. "Mazes!" he shouted, or rather ylled out. lie tried to let go the rail, but in vain. Then he tried to drop the cash box, but that stuck to him too. He legau In hop about, and stamp, and fnuD, and swear, and pray continually and all at once. We could hear the cash Imjx thump and rattle against the flixir or counter as the current jerked his arm spasmodically to auj fro At this point Harper quietly tamed j ou the transmitter and pushed the lever I over to top speed. Anyone who has lizard an instrument of this descrip tion set in motion at its maximum speed knows what a sensation of coin ing disaster is given by the rapidly in creasing revolution of a score of wheels which gather speed aud force and noise uutil it st-tuns as if the whole machine will burst op by excess of ve locity. Imagine the effect this had ou the nerves of the man alrvady in the grip of some mysterious, i a tigh table agony. Of course he jumped to the conclusion that the noise indicated some fresh increase of his torments. He began to scream for mercy. Oh-h-h! Help me! Murder! Oh. gen tlemen, stop it! Don't kill roe! Help! Help!" He writhed and struggled, fell ou his knees, and, by an enormous ef fort, tore the rail from its place; but the battery wire still held on. For a time his cries aud struggles redoubled; but at last he lay exhausted on the floor. I then turned off the current and we turned on the gas. There lay our man, his face gray and distorted as though he had had a fit- He was quite young. After he had somewhat recov ered he begged hard to ba let go. gasp ing out: "You've done it hanl enough on rne." After some hesitation th boss decid ed to let him go. I fancy he was not quite at his ease as to how his action would be regarded by the department. Another reason was that the second man had got clean away. He had been waiting outside; but on hearing the dis turbance and his pal's cries had fled and left him. The man was grateful for his release and walked slowly and heavily away, lie was evidently severely shaken, and 1 saovld scarcely think would ever try to rob a telegraph oflice again. Cham liers' Jowrnal. ilmptjr ltooaa Towna. There are twenty well-built towns in Kansas without a single inhabitant to waken the echoes of their deserted streets. Saratoga has a th'trty-thou- : saud-dollar opera house, a large brick hotel, a twenty-thousand-dollar school i house antl a number of fine btasiness I houses, and yet there is uolxxly to even i claim a place to sleep. At Fargo a ; twenty -thousand -dollar schoolhouse : stands on the side of the hill, a mouu ;! ment to the bond-voting craze. A herder ' and Ids family are the sole population i of what was once an incorporated city. This ia a atl commentary on unhealthy ' booms. Thse Kansas towns, like Wichita, advertised themselves as , phenomenal boom cities. For awhile everything was lovely and the goose tuner high, i hi t at Last dry rot took towns and killed bold on them. the boom WHEN I AM DEAD. Li-li I alii il. i. 1 Lc yeji--. :;: i ..me eu.1 F'l Ac t'l'-v i3i i-iiv, . Ana Vn.r.i 1 .-4.1.1 w Li u i-n s l.iV.' o .) "J Svl ltii',1.. in hi' l.l Ji !..!. Uli'l i lii' '.j ' - -Will :ti:l 'live jm, W tel. 1 ulil ill Wl-i n I am ..!, The littli- iti -r- j fiiiti :i'U ri iiiiv.'- r..'i.'1 rx. v -i.ii in'', oil. Ill !.!.!! imi.e tin urif 'i'Lat tu. n nr.:-l i h e. j.l. r I. !!:.!, Win u 1 rn ioui. Life i- -.i 'htV. TiXI -hurt ..r Ul tlie i'.K.1 I li.. 11 I. ill ltllt ion;-. I've t !io-! ii 1. W bll If.,, ViA ul-,l i Kyi, .i.T ' o'i t il I- , il The ln.i.r- 1 - j-t-'l AUU I'm U1 -.. e - !.... . tbuucblii.:)-. W!i!. I alii r I would lm- 1! ti.e l'ifi i i..i.ii..i ,, Vhsl in l1!"' .e-- w hi-ii 1 huv.-! a-' .l tl.-- itre AuU - Wi l t v Ji son:- ii.i v. ill li--Jee4'li- I I. ! ell, TlaiUV.ll 1 iiTu ili-d AIM In 1!:.' day When ilmt ili-tir privr, 'riiV kiiit-iloiu ciiu. No ui r. n t.r n ; lien Jr-. d f .-i.ii care Aim in-iii tli.- !..:i.u M i.f. -Viil I-, Tbe i'..'.-! 1 ve ia me W ill !iil live ou F.lerii.-itV -Prani-rs 1C SauinWr. in llouv Uii-in-r CAr.Tl.EI PY A LION. Au Adventure With a Kin of the Indian JuiHflo. Among tlie crowd that gathered aliout the lion's cape in the ..logical gar dens oue tine day recently the riler observed a middle-aged gentleman hold ing by the hand two children of about eight tit tea years of iiye. The gentle man's erect aud soldierly bearing lu t rayed at ee his calling, even had not the Victoria ert he wore on his breast done so. "Was the lion yon killed, grandpa, as big as this one?" asked the boy. "Weihto my frightened eyes. Arthur, he seemed three times the size, but I can truthfully say lie was quite as large as this one," replied the oid -o!dier. as the e-hifdrcu led him to a seat near by and Oipo,-c.l that the story b told them where th big lion could illustrate it as n w4tds could do; and. interested by what i bad already heard. I took the liberty of seating myself ou the -saaie lieueh and uasteuing to the le.-t. The gentdemaxi saw me and underst.! my desire, but otl smiled Wncvoletil ly and wa-nt on. "You two have heard all aliout it many times, but suppose there is nothing for me to do t.ut tell it again. Well. then, in 175 1 obtained a fur lough of a month, which, with three osiier friends. 1 meant to -ja-ud iu a ii-rnnA hunt iu the great forest that lay wiikin half a miV of the station li-r we javwre camped. I had ln-en in In dia nearly, a y ear, and w as lx-jinniiiK to get ia-ed of the inquiries that came in every letter from Kngland as to w hether I had yet killed a tiger. So Xaow 1 resolved to kill oue or know the reason why. Kut day alter day we went further and further into the bun gle wuhotit meeting anv big game that we thocght worth pursuing. eh.nl native vith us named Ku'n ll.iti. wtio occasionally warned us that we were getting itito a dangerous mid unfre quented part if tiie .country which, hunter as lv u us he had iu-ver pene trated: but Uiis was the very thiu' we wanted, so pushed on. thinking we must surely run across a tiger soon, hur dav, a v-r hot one. tlut eeti 11 the 'orest nearly prostrated us. ue were camped on tlie bank of a little river llati called tlie Nu. and tow jrd the afternoon m.v friends pii.jiosed to lake a sw im hi the slreu.ii. 1 wa- feel ing rather unwell, so d'.d not join them, but rcmiued ling l-iiejt Ii the trees and do..i!g at intervals. K:uu llati Went with the others, and so 1 tas left alolie. 1 had do.ed longer tiian Usual when 1 was awakened by feeding something warm and dump touch HIV hand, that was thrown out Leside me. "Ojieuiiig my eyes, to my iist.mish turiil J saw a huge beast standing over me, snnrliiig at my i lotlies and liuil.s. "Here is my tiger at last, I said. Hut one glance at the creature's tawny skin. and at the splendid inane that wept the ground, told that 1:1 v visitor was not a tiger, but a Lou. and a magliilieent male at Cut. lie was evidently t ry iug to see if I was drad, for In- kept slicking his nso in my f-e in a way that 1 might have foun4 coinical but for the gravity of the situation. I continued to ce him through my half-shut lids and hoped thai he would presently decide to go away, lint just here 1 heard the voices of my companions returttiug from their bath, and one u light headed subaltern was singing some camp ballad at the top of his voice. The liou paused and listened, and then, in a sudden panic, sprang inw ards the jungle, and 1 was congratulating my self on this swift and pleasant termination of my adventure when the royal !east glanced back aud our eyes met. lr gave a roar and then leaped ti ward me, as if he meant to have me in defiance of the approaching enemy. I closed my eyes at once, but it was too late, and the next moment the lion had fastened his teeth in the sleeve of my coat and was dragging me after him into the thicket. There was no use struggling with the now frightened brute, who would turn and rend me in a moment, so I allowed him to carry me whither he would, for 1 did not doubt that my fri-uds would 1m on his trail as soon as they missed me. I helped myself on all I could, for I found that if I lay inert the effort of the animal to drag me over the un der growth, thorns and fa' leu Ixitighs would stxiii rake away every inch of skiu from off my body. So 1 assisted him all I could in getting myself over these obstacles without arousing his ire by Ix-ing loo active. "In a few minutes he had reached a part of the wotxls entirely unfamiliar to me. It looked as if it had once been the scene of au earthquake or some violent liehavior of some sort on the part of nature, for the ground was torn up iu some spots as il by a giant plow, and In others rose heaps of rock that peeped out of a gash In the earth. Here the lion seemed to have its den. though it did not take me to It, but dropped me from sheer fatigue and fell some feet from me to rest, without, however, taking its eyes off me. I glanced alxjtit me in hopes of seeing some ex apt from my captor, or in search of an idea for a weapon, but the only objects that I saw, with the ex ception of some thorny shrubs, were heap- of sliart-Minled rocks varying iu si'.e from bowlders to smaller ones tli.- si.e of turkey eggs. "lint those suggested nothing until the Inm. evidently wearied unto death, Ik' gall to yxwn. As he turned to me his capacious jaws, blinking lazily as he st retched t hem. I seized the idea to which I will always It-elieve I owed my life. The one accomplishment that I could lay claim to wa that of throw ing. I was the crack thrower of tho regiment, and had often killed my bird on the wing. Th's accomplish ment was to si and me iu good stead now. for gathering a stone about the si.e of a eort'ee cip I waited for the lion's net g-jjx: and when I could see half way down the enormous red gullet I hurled my rix-k straight, into it. With a sniot hered cry that broke off into a gasp, the animal closed ita jawa aud tried to evacuate the obstruction from its throat, l'.nt my aim had lieen sure, and the stone bulged right in the gullet. The Wast then sprang to its feet and liegan to paw- the ettrtU, and tried to roar. It spied me, atid guessed at ouce the author of iis misery. With a pit eous attempt at avenging itself, it flew toward me. but as I jumped aside, dreading its dying agony, the stone did its work, and the suiierh creature fell over, k iekitig and clawing in it strug gle tor breath. I could not help but p'dy it as it turned its blixxlshot eyes on the nx-ks and forest where it would never more reign, and with a final de fiance of death sprang into the air to fail back dead almost at my feet. I started back to the camp, and about half way met my friends coming to seek me. When they arrived at camp and found me missing they had not felt alarmed, thinking I had probably changed my mind alxjut a bath and x night the nearest Itcnd in the river. It was when my absence grew too pro longed to exclude the idea of this bring the cause of my sta3 that they soufrkt for some indications of the way 1 had gone. Vt'heu I told ihem of having killed the lion the tale was laughed at, but prevailing on them to accompany me to the spot where I had left the car cass, they saw that 1 had spoken the truth. 1 have often lieen praised for my courage and presence of mind in, this affair, but what I did was not the outcome of these qualities, but of des peration and I Kirn of necessity, which you know is the mother of invention." London ( F.ng. ) Cor. St. Louis Globe Ileiuoorat. - THE STORY OF A GEM. A Kraut il ul K me raid That Had aa later-rattii-. lllatory. At the Weddell house there is a horseman staving. That horseman has an emera'd the size of a thumbnail and the emerald has a history. He bears the gem ou his black necktie, and this is its story: Hack in '4'J he was coach ing lx-tweeu Sacramento and San Fran cisco. His partuet had a beautiful pin, au emerald of great a.j.te, surrounded with diamonds. The man at the Weddell house wantcal the pin and totally traded with his partner, giving a team of horses in exchange. He then t.xik the pin to a' San Francisco jeweler and asked his opinion. The jeweler smiled as he looked at the sto:ie, took a little tool out and de tached the emerald from the setting. It proved to Im two pieces of glass cemented together with a piece of green paper U-tweeu. The man who owned the piu was mad- He was als flush, so he told the jeiweler to put in an emerald to match the glass jn aize and color and it was done at an ff petiso of seven hundred dollars. The partner who had cheated his friend liked to let ou a sure thing, and lived it up with a pal to 1-ct the owner of the pin that ii was false. They all met in a l.arr. x.m at San Francisco, and the pal said to the suppmed dupe: "Jim, you like that pin you got in a trade w ith Abe, but I'll bet at" uo g.xtd." dim acted the indignant, said his own partner would not cheat him, and of fered a nnxlest lie-t. " 'Taint 'miff," said the paj- "Maka it an even J-.VK) and I'll go yon." "h." said Jim, carelessly, "if you want a big lx-t make it a clean Sl.owy and put up the dust." The money was staked and the whole crowd went out to a jewelry store up the street. The pin was presented ami w as pronounced one of the finest em eralds on the Pacific slope. A lie nearly dropped in his tracks, for he furnished the money secretly to his pal, and the other poor fellow who made the bet was paralyzed. "There must le some mistake," he said; "let's try another jeweler." They thi. -and the verdict of tbe second ex pert was that the stone was genuine. Jim pocketed his thousand and said quiet 13- to his partner: "Abe, I'm just snow ahead on that little deal of youra. I'm going to open a few bottles of champagne for the boys." St- Louis Chronicle. Irirliila a d" tho Fair. The Virginia world's fair board at a meeting recently considered without (Mining to any decisiou the question of duplicating the Mount Vernon building at the Chicago exposition. The sug gestion which ro-ovives the moat consid eration is to crot the frame work of timWr and cover it with papier-mache. This it is t hought would be a very cheap plan and will enable the architect to retain all of the original designs of the structure. It is thought that enter prising lumWrmen w ill contribute snf li -ietit timber to erect the building free of charge. The house at Mount Vernon is a wimhIcu one; it is not weather boarded, but the sides are framed aud panellc 1. The panels could, it is thought, be repnxiuced in papier-mache and mode t.i appear very much like the original. It is very probable that the design will lie carried out. Cot a m Sua s la I fa. .a . . isx-i w hieh is intended to be an exact copy of the- Santa Maria, on w hich Christopher Columbus made his first voyage to America, is being built with the greatest activity at the govern ment yard at "La Carraca." As soon as the Spanish centenary feasts are over, the vessel is to sail for New York. Iw i..B b., tiwnuiaU,
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