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VOLUME XXVIII. EBENSBURG. PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, IS94. NUMBER 3. Ii f.i. uei-tt .'..on ;-ji p.'::i,.v'::" ' in. r ,.! t r a M'lLlil !! lllu . too ;:if Hi Mil Xi it a .1 IT tS A IH'Trvop nwfTo,iiwTrHnr! fin. ly 111 u-t '" lx-t t"i- f-u- i.,i.i v, 1-rnininiri In vnr lia(vii 1 ,v : inrv,..,..? . I.. ItoualiiM l'0", w lii.-h ri-iiM.Krtil tt. Ii. .1 vio tor iricr bUi d, hi 1;, will ii-Miiy. ITTaKE NO SriRSTJTt T'iJ W. L. DOUGLAS S3 SKOK eitsilTHi. THE BEST SHOE !! TfiE VUHIO F05 IHi !taONf. . r?"' rij', ' :n t i -i si. 1 . . .-r f''L'.'Sl'i iftlMH r?tl.'. m-;iiiiI --i, n- ;..( ih 1:1 ;.tr. tlt'Tll' f. .rl iM' - r vKn MU'I ! ; h.-t'i nv m ' i-r tin- 1 nee. tjiiUtiLl..ia ui-.i. v y 11 tn! 1 1 1-. n ' -I . fl p- 1 O r.Mii f v i:-ti. 1 v 1. i :i -m . O " r!Ir i vTii I " f.iT'T- ;.n.! r.ll J t'.hi r- v. v, aiu rv t: Imivv 'f, ; tip. r"t' 'l, 'f.ii--t.n r ; t-:r,y t ivniu'lu, aul i!t V.-ct. tin- fv. f (It v i.'.. I it j .5'' I- .ne fnii. fnl J i.fXO Vor'(. 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Why PtiiTcr tvlien yon caa To cured ? Dr. S;infor l's Livt-r Jnvigor ator in a cflfhrstwl fnniiiv mpt'iriiif. voi ti iHzrtitus-r will cii'ri.Y ior. Steel Picket Fence. . I KAN t W030 1 . M I R ' A A (, y X A i , ;1 II . Tf' aVwfirtit Pfet FfO "lth Oata. fThlt fs ot f..- a.i. On.i:.irT. N.in:T.- r of Cat. H. Ttrti.ttltf A SinriV. J Wan :c-l. H- n.iaulA rt:r.- ht-n? lro Fr; i..B. 'rtstinr, ' 'itu.: K'tttr--.. iro Hliutl.rH ml KiCK KOWH. C Ibr ! 1 .!- m-1 ii .Hi''..-. I'ra- ti-l fro.t tinll. J-ooU-AJia m.sDu .." fccu- Jkn.i u k-fid- of rn:- wuuk. TAYLOK tk. Ut AN. ?CI, 203 & 205 Market St. Pittsburgh, P. .i':J , .; , lit li" f . a ri.li-i .s nmi VTp?5 V 1 .x- W". urn l t'-.e n nrTilATin Fr-n'-hi i,i,.ir(i.THGS f r". ii'i'l r. I liVal ruaritiuea that t .ltih-b w ill g ( 1 l' lllehMrs.-. Jc Mnll'". It Hi; MrmnlorrLoik, VrlcucrU , and IU'.H l )ltt- LuM 1 IK." . VON MOHL CO.. lairiaa A(MU, liaciuau, ir4 h ii h1'"? r? 3 Li 13 Li Hk' RIMING r a 1 C 1. 1 i. t!i ,; ;, iji:r m ; iu i. atw-'.- i StXTlE.N. A sw-tvt ir.-1'.irrr of tuc laws Of .tiim-ti.' lunl r.ili s of dress, . And ti n tiii.t s t.rrtln r lK C:i::se Sl:o liiinv s luii i-f J'i r jirolliiit'ss! nh rlii'iii. hr.nlur iiorrprosMil Shf . Tmi ; r . i n Imt -irlisli way, Ainl ricvi r i!i.ui.:.i oi.r iat,-r'i In i n rytiiiu .h..' lii..t to any. Sin' tflls jirt iiiiw nitii-li sh' sponiid; Sii - t all.s ut out In r .In : atnl liorni", Alnii.t l:i r li st a:i-l r.i'xt tnit fri'-tids As if we know tl.rrn all iif couise. It siH'in.; if all tilings ci.mbintil T . r.i:i!;i' lu r i :uli:m; ly rl ut: I'.vi iy iTno.1 tinif i.s to In r uiliut Tli. t t'hi i.mim1 iuiii' hf rviT hiul Wliat thi:-h ttio fi:tun Ix ckon hi-r4 Wi :ii tti..i::li b'-rymitti must p.,.ss away An' tint tin- t;.iu r lln' h.vi !ior l'l'i-Lius.' tli. y ,iii!y l:ist a duy? An.l yi't, wlii-n Tfi''t Jm.'.s u:fn!it, U'i" softlv ;-i it i- I r v. l:at l.;is I oen: Ii.;ir Alic. n.i.t you. tio. irow old"; '.Hi y;u In 1 1 ;ilw ,'s I Mn-n'r IJii'.'i rt li. Jl;i!". in Youth's t'oiiiliunloc AdAIXST (iWKAT ODDS. Potor Nelson's Doar Fi?ht in tho Bumins: Timber. 'It wns to fii'Jit lire an.l not ltcar tltat l't-r Ni'lsnn. of 1 r . 1 1 . t Marais. Mi-.-h., :-tart ni fur lit.: wi-oiis lMuniint lis Ii itriit tin' w.'st si.!.'. Imt t:i' )irt thin;,' in- !;iiou- Iio had a ti'ht .vitli li ith t'.r.' ami ln-nrs on his hiinis," saiil a New Yurie Son oorr.'si ni.l.'iit ivho hiirits aimtially in tin- M K-liipati ivoikI "'I'luT.' Iiail l'fn fort'ht lirt-s of moro r l'i:; I'M-nt iti t'n-vici;i"ty for si-vcral iivs iiiiil at last Nolsoii illM-ovi ii'tl that tlu'v v.;-ro I'luTna.-iiititr ratluT nciir to i::i .-ifiir ii-,.", :-o h.' lio.i!vt'il his imrs.' t his Ti.ii-U! oanl ami lrovt tip th roail ;liat wotihl taiif li mi within two or liiri'f htiiuiri'.l yanls of tin Imrniii"; bush, lu-ri-, liy Vat-li firiri"; jtt.lifiotisly. i.i' tiior.ijht lit oiiilil roiaove all lar.r;T fruin the ailvam itifj liatn.'s. hotu'ver :ii;y.iiii' st::rl.. to trav.l two or three milt's throa-'li th:it wihl Country hi r;:l..'s his Y iiu-hi'stor w ith him if ho lias out', an.l if In: hasn't one any kitnl of iTtiit ho has, for ,'ait:.' is thi:Ic out liii-rc, an.l a jier.-on is liable at iiltuost :;::y it'niin'iit to run ai ro:s a .leiT or a Ivar or a wolf, or have one run aeruss him. S. Ncl-ori tiMi!; his NYinehetsti-r aloti. Hi- hail to .Irive al.otit a mile :::iil a half l i fore lie eaine to the nar ro'.v jii.-ee of UimmIs lyisi"; 1 .'tween the roa I atul the Tuirniii tiiulKT, an.l whi;-li lie in!, ii.ie.l to cross to reach the laUcr to !v I t the tire. .Just as he r. a.-heil lh l narrow st rip he saw two li'.t'.e ) ::r . til's tuiiiliie out of the luislu':. a! that siilv'.-f the roa.l anil coti lint:e lii.- roiiirii-nrnl-1 urn hie ilay they Ii.i.l l..vaii i.i the uoo.ls. "At sijrlit of the cuhs Nelson stopjxsl his liorse. The lilacii atul siiatrty little heiirs . liMiko.i cute that- Nelson iMiililn't resist the' temptation to cap ture them alive. lie (jot out of his wa'im. leaving his ri!le leaning against lii" seat. Hut the cuhs ili.in't want to he -aptiirel. anil, at the approach of cm in, ra:i into the wooils, nn the s'ni.' f tin- roavl opposite the one they lial just appeared on, as fast as their fat little Jetrs would carr3' them. Nelson followed, hut the cubs pot two or three r.nls into the woods liefore he overtook them. He prat died "nc of thv'tn and was ulniut to siie the other one when he heard a savape prowl in the bushes ahead of him, and the next instant the mother of the cuhs came crashinp alonp towards him. She was not forty feet away, when Nelson dropped the i iii s and made douhlc-iiuick time for the road, the lear only a few jumps Ix iiii..! l.lai. 'i la-re are not many horses that will ::.: liir.mii' terror-stricken at the prox imity of a War, and the men- scent of hi-iiia iill throw some horses into panic. Nelson's horse was one of the timorous kind, and its owner reached '.lie r.a I ju-t In time to see the fripht ,'iie 1 animal tear: tip down the road, and tlie hucUlioard carecninp ami jolt in over the ,-otiph way in a manner that Wt little hop' for its last inv lonp. Imt ?."elsm had no time t lK-tnoan the rni.nirip away of his horse, for the sav ape and antrry old ln-ar was i-lose in liiri.l him and pettinp nearer at every juaip. Xi-lson cleared tin- road almost at a hound, for he knew he could not outrun the ln-ar if he kept in the road, and. t:il:inp the lirst tree he came t. was r.ii in its bran. -lies out of the reach of tiie hear In-fore he knew it, and iiliotit any clear idea of now he pot 1 here. "The tree was not more than eipht inches lliroiiph, and con .eijuently too small for the War to cliinlk. That in-i-r.-.-ise.l her fury. Ordinarily a she l-ar vvi; h culs is satisfi.'d with encompass i.iptli.: safelv of her oli'sprin by pat tinjto tliphtthe foe that cm!;! np.-re.l tin-in, and los.-s no tiuu- in putiinp ilis taaee ln'twe.-u her and her family and tii" threatetiinp foe. Hut this one was not inclined that way. ller temper was evidently naturally uply: the in ter fere nee with her cubs had iti'-reased that ugliness tenfold; the trcciiip of the object of her rape in a tree so small that she could not follow him ad. led to it in like depree. She mail.' the most desperate elTorts to climb the sttriliri'' in vain. She pnashe.l it with lu-r preat teeth, tearinp out preat chips and splinters, threateuinp the stability of the trunk, much to the alarm of Nelson. She .hip away the earth at the roots of the tree, scoopinp nut preat hollows as if she intended to tip root it and topple it and her foe to the pround topether. accompanying' her work with the most friphtful cries of rape. "1-'or ten or fifteen minutes the lear varied her previous and pcri.stent ef forts to pet at Nelson, and those min utes had tii'en so full of terror and ex tit. -rnent to tho latter that all thoupht of what he hail come out there to do had left his mind. Inially it came to him and increased his uneasiness. Jt had been half an hour or morefeinee he left home. He noticed that a stronp wind riplit ou. of the west had come vp. The air had been full of smo!:e all day. but, as that had been the case for many days it had not caused him any unusual apprehension. Hut as he prad na!!y recovered from the excitement of the bear's pursuit, scemp that he was K.nfe from her in the tree, he notice. i that the smoke had frown much denser. It w as so dense at the hcipht he wa from the pround that it was t pcominp stillinp. He noticed with incrcasi:.; alarm that it was charped with heat, which came in puffs and waves some where from the w.mhIs lteliind him. lie knew what that meant. The wind had fanned the Hir1 fires to preater vol ume, and was drivinp it forward w ith increased rapidity upon the spot when' he was held captive by the War, so that it was likely soon to be an intol erable place to remain in. "The heat increas.sl so that Nelson could breathe only with difficulty. Ilurninp leaves an.l piowinp twips li pan to fall upon and about him. The heat and smoke were less where the bear, with tier culis at her heels, had crouched low, with her nose close t proun.L She was determined to wait for venpeanee to the very last. The wind became stronper. The roar of the advancinp llames prew louder an.i louder. To sta3' Ion per in the tree was impossible. There was no chance for life there. There was a fiphtinp chanci for it v. ith tiie ln'ar. Takinp his jack knife from his xicket and openinp it, -Nelson slid quickly to the lowest branch of the tree, and swinpinp hiu: sclf from it, struck the pround three or four feet tn-yond the War, and made a da,sh for the road. The lear, with her head thrust apainst the pr.-:und. was taken by surprise, but she was up and after Nelson so quickly that hi had but four or live yards the start of her. I'.ut terror almost pave him whips, lie pained on his implacable pursuer. Ihirninpleaves and branches fell thick ly at tout him. "The heat was intense. Hut on he spiil. paininp slowly Imt surely on the Wa,r. To his horror the heat prew liereer as he advanced. There was but one explanation for that. Tin- lire had preater headway in that direction, and was approachinp nearer the road there. Suddenly, in larninp a sharp Wild in the road. Nelson stopped. There wa: no thorottphfare further. The flame:, had reached the road not fifty yards ahead, leajted across it, and a wall of roarinp llamc barred the way. Nelson turned and 1. Hiked Whiml him. The bear was still slouchinp in tireless pait ou his track. "To remain at that sjHit ten minutes, perhaps less, meant the most horrible of deaths. In a short time the llames would reach the road alonp the part of it that he had come and shut him olf from escape in that direction. The Woodson the opposite side offered no avenue of escape, for they were but a narrow strip of slender prowth bi tween the road and a rockj- ledpe, per pendicular and nowhere less than ten feet hiph. The only way for Nelson to pi t beyond the daaper of the tire was to retrace his steps down the road for an eipiitli of a mile, and to do that h" must contest the way with the infuri ated War, now once more upon him. There was no time to think or plan. Nelson, who had held on to his knife, pitched blindly into the bear, lie docs not know how it all itecurrod, lint lie reiuomWrs a fierce lint brief hand-to-hand strupple, from which he cmerpod. . bleeilinp tin. I tattered, t.t tind himself apain in full llipht down the road, the W-ar close Whind linn, the air stillinp with heat and smoke, and li.-ry frap ments of the burninp wood fallinp atatut him in a thicker shower than ever. "He had not run lonp ltefore the air prew c oler, and he knew he had pass.il tiie danper line of the fire. Hut he was nearly exhausted, and the bear .was still on his trail, and. of course, tireless. No one ever saw a tired War. It was a mile to the nearest clearinp. Nelson knew he could never hold out to run that far. The W-ar was already paininp on him. He resolved to stop add have it out with her there and then. At that moment he ahn.t fainted with. j y. In the swayinp and joltinp of the biickWard as the terror striken horse had jolted it over the road, the rifle had bee.i thrown out, and there it lay, ready to Nelson's hand, at the side of the road. He had to put three bullets into the Itear ln-fore she fell, and she would not die before h had fired two more into her. Then he rested. The two cults came titddlinp alonp by and by. And he captured them aiive. after alL "Ncl.son found his horse at the clear inp. a mile ahea;L He went back an.l loaded his War upon the bncklxiard. which had endure 1 its lively trip with out mishap, stranpe to say. and reached home by a roiiiidaitout way, determined that he would never mix his lire-lipht-inpand ticar-liphtinp apain." A MUSICAL MELANGE. ( ui:isTi::r. Nil. .-o:; once saop to the country folk for per. tiics. to the accom paniment nf lu-r brother's violin. i.l'l:;;K'.vsM j,!st ltefore i 1 1 inp down at the piano I. ..1,1s his li'ip.-r--. for sev eral minute . in warm water, presum ably to render t'tei.i more de::iide. Mm.'-.. I'.mti has arrived in this coun try and is loo'.-.in" forward to one of f e Hi. r.t Mi'-ci'ssful farewell tours she has made in twenty years. A i:r.i-;::: '.::r.r: of the bappipe was found in th reins of Tarsus. The in-1 rum -:i! was in ;ts two thousand years before the Christian era. and it.-, oripia i -i unknown. A .sK.v.N i'i'.K.-oi.i-( i!:i.. who isa mem ber of a native African choir now travelitip in New Knplan.t. claims to be nice of Ho II ".ruki. but she doesn't si'cm to have inherited his taste for economy ia dress. Is .vc t ;.i:t to..- IIoTiiscnii.tt. aped fonr years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Pavid 'iscMld. formerly of Cincinnati, n. tw of New Yer'.;. is the latest infan tile miisuvil pr.ili ry. slnpinp all the latest o.miiii so.ip.s, luakinp no mistakes In tail- ic or words. A l" o l st A Cotti.oiV, thirteen years of ape. is tiie latest musical prodigy. She lias Wen ltefore tiie public for eipht years. Sne p.ir.sesi's the "absolute :tch" and from her earliest years could tcil the "notes struck upon a no in :i combination wit !i her hack ;.:nied to the instrument. In fact she I - a natural musician, to whom ear i:. ; :re than note. MissCottlow is now ou the 1'acilic coast. Itoyal Fres.-iire tf Hiltid. A historian of William IV. of Eng land relates that he seemed in a mo mentary dilem.na one day when, at table with several oflicers, he ordered one of the waiters to "Take away that marine there," pointinp to an empty Ixtttle. "Your majesty!" inquired a colonel of marines, "do you compare an eunpt3' Imttle to a incmiter of our branch of the service'.'' "Yes," replied the monarch, as if a sudden thoupht had struck him; "I mean to say it has done its duty once, and is ready to do it ap;ain." Youth's Companion. I A IIUXTEirs YAI.N. The White Deer of San Carlos An Arizona Mystery. The white Jeer of San Carlos ar one of the many wonder of Arirona. There are many hunters who leny thi-ir exi.stence, but there are l.iany others who say positively that they have M'eii them. All the Indians ia the part of the country where the dee .- are .aid to live tell of them, and man' can W found who say they have seen t.K-m. Hut the Indians ilou't want to see tiem. liceause they have a relipious l-elicf that they Wlonp to the tircat V htte Spirit, and that if an Indian should kill one tf them he would W cursed for ever. The place in which the deer live is one of the wildest spots in the coun try to-day. It is in the San Carles In dian reservation, and is almost inac cessible. Its exact distance from any settlement is not known, but the aear est place to any whisky and coi acco is the Mammoth pold camp. Alxmt a month apo one of the lioys fr m the Ki'.ito mine went out hunlinp. He was p. -tie several days, and when he came back was lory much excited. His horn wa:. worn out and had evidently Wen driven very hard for several hours. The man said that he had seer the white deer and never wanted to see tho in apain. He couldn't tell why he was afraid of them, as nothinp hail happened to him of a?: injurious uature. lie told how he saw the tierd prazinp on a prassy ridpe that reached across the It ottom of a Wautiful valley. It was not at all like any other valhy he had soon in the territory, hut was wa tered by a dozen streams, and tree:; and ;rass prew luxuriantly. The deer were rrazinp calmly, an.l he thoupht lie saw a chance to pet one, so he foi.n.l a place to rest his rille and took a dead aim at a bip buck. The install . his ritle cracked the entire herd van shed like maple, leavinp Whind them ioth inp but a thin veil of white mist- He j-.impod on his horse and started for camp, never sloppinp until he reached it. His story was .so remarkable thai two of the other Wys, Joe I'ranklii; and Henry Hoi torts, wanted him to po with Iheiti to the place and make an investi rTition. Hut the man who saw the deer had seen all he wanted. I'ranklin and KoWrts pot parti "ular directions, Imt iid not start tint i the next morninir. but were up very i trly, and by sunrise had pone over the r'tnpe that divides the semi-civilization from the howlinp wilderness of wild 1 easts and murderous Apaches. It took -hem a day and a half to pet to the locality. They traveled through a country where .'.oath seemed to W lurkinp behind every stone and clump of bushes. Hy lay they pa.-vuil several bleachinp f-kel-"tr-.us and deserted huts that tol-V the tale of some adventurous man's . ifort to make a home in this desolate spot. Hy takinp turns all throuph the aipl.t l'r.inklia and KoWrts lxt i did veil, and when morninp came an l the phostly forms stealthily pKdinp thronph the darkness had given rtlaee to cactus, sand and rocks. Itotli men were as fresh as if they had slept in a bed in San Francisco. When the sun came up the horses slept while the men were pettinp breakfast- A start was soon mail.', and by noon the men knew that the valley could not W far away, althouph they saw no signs of it, The country was wild and nipped and vegetation was verj lim ited. There was no sign of water, nor did they see any place where water could come from. They knew by cer tain thinpt tliey were told to It" i for that they had followed the dire lions closely. Hut where was the valley? It could not W ahead of them and must W to one side, as the sand prad ually sloped that way. lie fore sta "tinp down l'rauklin proposed that he limb to the top of a ridpe a few hundred feet tn the rtpht and see if he con'd see the tops of the preen trcs- It was a lonp, hard climb, an.l as he asc. tided he saw no sin of the refresh! np preen, lie felt sure that they must have nude some mistake or that the other man l'od. but concluded he would po to the top just to see what there was. When !. reached the summit there w as no '.atih of preen nothing' but I'escrt hills, and far off in the distance an Apache villape. He was alxitit to po back when he concluded to cross over the ridp" and vih- what was on the other side. Malt itip his way thronph the scrub, mos quito and actus, he soon came to an . jK-ti : pace, and then" ln-fore bin: was the valley he had ln-en looLinp fo It was carpeted with crroen prass. a id on the other side a ranpeof mountain:- rose, the to;is of which wore covered with snow that was constantly ineltiit r and foruiiap silver streams that t.ltibled irto the valley Wlow. To one accustomed to the plar. and dust of Arizona deserts the sjx: was iil;e plimitso of paradise, and 1'rank I in rubWd his eyes tomakesnre he was tot ilrcatninp. lie was satisfied that tlie spot had ltecn found, so he went back to the top of the ridpe and sip naled to Huberts to come up and brinp the horses an act IloWrts wa:. not vi ry .low in porforiuinp. ISoth aprccd that the sjtot had tcn found, an I the next was to lind 1 he deer. I'.ut first they would rest awhile and pet wmi thinp to cat. It really was like para dise when they had found a cool, : hady spo and built a fire. The blue : moke curled upward among the trees, where it was caupht by the pontic win.! and carried across the valley. Inline had Won cooked and disposed of. am. Itoth men stretched themselves out comfort ably, intending each minute to pet up and go and look for the deer. Hut while they were making up their nriin.ls aWut it HoWrls suddenly had his at tention attracted by Mtmcthinp moving on a low ridpe cf hill a short di-tanee .-.head. lie looked several time and then called Franklin's attention o the matter. Sure enough there were the white d;-or. There were at leas, two io;:en of them, and they were Wnutiful creatures, formed exactly like a oth ers, except that their legs wore a little 'heavier. They were snow-white . nd in such a position that the sun, whic was -- "citing low, struck them with a gleam of opalescent light that brought them into strong relief apainst the rug- j ped mountains in tho background. Jt was a pretty pood bi. ,t tn :aake, but both men lelt that they were equal to ii, ami arranged the sights on their rifles with great care, lioth sh jt at once, and the same instant the entire I Hock disappeared. KoWrts ran 'othe ridge and looked over on the other side, but could see no sign of the deer The' had vanished into thin air, and he felt a peculiar fear that made him pet back to the fire and his friwiid as quickly as possible. It was very mys terious and night was coming on. In the morninp they went back to the camp of the afti-rn.ton In-fore and waited. lint it was not lonp before they saw the deer on the hilltop prazinp peacefully. Itoth men were reluctant attout shootinp, but when they pulled their trippers there was exactly the same result as on the evening ltefore. They reached 'he top of the ridpe and plainly saw tho f-totprints of the animals. The ridpe went up from the Hour of the valley in a gentle, gradual slope, but when the top was readied it stopped abruptly and a bluff several feet hiph went down on the other side. It was now evident that the deer must have ttt-en on the edge of this bluff, and the instant the shots were fired jumped over the side and so disappeared. The men followed the way it seemed the deer must have pone. The' jumped down the bluff, anil there saw a clump of brush and the white mist atisinp from it. Hoth were almost afraid to po near the brush, Imt at that moment a rattling in it made Ixtth men raise their riJJes. The next moment they saw a wounded white deer jump out and at tempt to run. They tired and it fell dea.L There was nothing supernatural altout that, and the .lust that arose from the bushes explained the cause of the white mist that had boon seen ris ing over the hill. Limiting down into the bushes, IloWrts said that the brush grew on a bank and directly In-low it was a deep hole, which investigation showed to lo a cave that went deep un derground. The tracks an.l broken brui.li showed that the deer had gone in there, and so disappeared from the face of the earth lioth men r.ow thought they had all the game they could carry off and start ed inside, but had gone but a few steps when they were called to a halt, and found that a tall old man, onjy altout half itressed anil surrounded by the herd of white deer, had a Wad on them with a pair of large-bore re volvers. They st-tppe.L ' 'What do you want here?" asked the voice Whind the revolvers. lioth men wer3 too frightened on ac count of the surprise, and had dropped their ritles ou the ground. "Sit down there," said the voice again, and Franklin and Huberts did as they were told. They had no disposition to argue the point with the man, as he kept them covered all the time. He then com menced to ask them all sorts of ques tions, and the deer stoxl by as if they comprehended it alL The old man's harangue lasted for a long time, but finally he said lie was certain tney were the two men who had killed two of the deer the night Ik-fore, and now he would have to kill thein. Hut he wouldn't shiKit- No; that would be too po.nl for those who had dared to kill the pet.-, of the Croat White Spirit. Hut what would he du? That was a ques tion that troubled him deeply. He walked up and down, while the deer followed him closely, and would occa sionally bury his face in his hands. At last he seemed to forpet the two men and Wpau to murmur some inar ticulate words. Hoth of his captives now Wpan to see a way out of the fix, as it became apparent the man was a sort of maniac. Watching their chance, they grabWd their rilles when his back was turneit, and wh-n he faced them he found him self gazing into the muzzles of a couple of Winchesters. The poor creature howled in agony and W-gped for ins life. The men tink his revolvers and then attempted to find out who he was. I'.ut he would not say much, except that he had I teen there for many years an.l was a servant of the preat white spirit. I'ranklin and IloWrts wore standing with their backs to the entrance and hail lowered their rifles now that the only man was unarmed. Their ques tioning was becoming tiresome when suddenly the old man made a move with his arms, and ltefore the hunters could realize what had happened the entire herd of deer had jumped toward them and knocked them down and be gan running out of the cave, tramping on them as if they were so much dirt It all happened so quickly and the shook was so great they were stunned for a moment. W hen the trampinir ceased the men jumped up and found they were alone in the cave. Hoth wore considerably bruised, but managed to get to the en trance in time to see the herd vanish ing over a hill a few hundred j'ards away. Whether the old mau was with thorn or not they couldn't teiL They stiil had his revolvers, but he had dis appeared. He must have pone with the deer, as he w as not in the back part of the cave. They couldn't find him any where around, and what became of him they never knew. The hunters felt that their expedi tion had not amounted to much, as they had killed only one of the animals to take back. Hut when they went to pet it they found that it had tteen thrown into a fissure forty or fifty feet deep in the hillside. The sides of this were covered with cactus, so that it would have W-cn almost impossible to have got it even had they had ropes. They came to the conclusion that the old man must have throw n it down and then concealed himself iu some other cave near by. Hut they could find out nothinp, and started home empty-handed, trying to conr.le them.' elves that they had at least . n the white deer of San Carlos. San ir rancisco CalL AGRICULTURE ABROAD. The vintape in Italy was more or less damaped, owing to the presence of peroiiospora. a fungus that settles on the vine leaves and eventually de stroys them. TliE total net profits from l'.fj acres of the Cormaii Crown vineyards, on theUhhio, have averaged lH.i'.:io over a period of twenty-four years, or per acre jht annum. Iloitsn breeding for the Indian mar ket is not now ttcing carried on with much attention in Australia, and the class of animals shipped to India is not as desirable as formerly. Ar.'.tli t I.Ti ii". is ttcing developed along the Amazon valley, and at did'er tnt points new commercial centers are r.pringing up. and those previoti: ly ex isting are growing in population and wealth. 3A3Y WHITE. My tiaby v. Li'.i' ivi.l aa-cp ut-tii.-nl, 1 heard th- Wat. ii i.n .ay. No tnorv li:-; t.r. 1 I"t.c moan Is h.-ard Loth n fhl a:.d d.iy: . And tin- patient tiintli. r folds hi-r hands lit softly v.i.. ;i ut:d j.ry. Tbi li''li. rrni;i m ity Ktaiuls, The little larri::.., too. Tlie li.iy !.;.. : I..! 1 aside. The t.i.y r-ui: worn Mute, An.l tiie uioUicr'h attns. O achinp arm9i Are empty, empty, too O. little h ilf-otn-1 1 i:l. how sweet Th" :r!Ti::ri. t-i t vo-i hi il. You .lo not lu ed -.1. tt-iirt, that fail I'jAtll JOLil- li.W (Teell lied, Li' tt i an j resst-d i "t frora wounded hearts, I-rum wlii in-.- nil joydiiis Hi d. You arc not thi-re: your unrel wire's Hrush suit y.iur tiiu'.hcr't. face. Your arms about h r necU .ire wound. She lies in your i mtira.f, O not atari Cose, rinse to her. That is your iw. !lln;; place. Helen A. Kei tji-. in Ohio Farmer. A TALE OF TWO CITIES. Badfirertowri, Alkali City and tho County Soat Contest. For some time Hadgcrtown had en tert'iined the most perverse antagon ism toward Alkali t'ity, and. on tlie other hand. Alkali City had htoked upon Hadgcrtown with the supremost ci tntempt. Kach town repar.led the other as a trespasser and a menace to the pros perity of Cactus county, and each claimed the sovereign right to Wcomo the county seat when the new county should W orpanicd. "Jist tor think." exclaimed Nathan Skidmore. the mayor of Alkali Cit v. "uv a t twnot only seventy-four inhabitants claiiniii' the right t.-r the countv seat over a city uv nearly a hundred popu lation. Hit's preposterous!" "Hit's outrapeous, an' desarves the contempt uv every intellipetit squatter on Coyote l'ntirie," oltscrvcd Hill Hur oiidollar, a muscular six-footer from Missouri, who had cast his lortunes with Alkali City. "Seems tor me," he went on, "that hit's nothin' Intter'an a confidence game tor pit strangers tor stop in Hadgcrtown. "Why," he continued, petting warmed up with the subject, " the mayor uv Hadpertown has had the all tor actually ask Grangers tor come thar an' meek thar home.-.. Had a circular printed, which scz that the town is on the eve uv a preat Inn tin finest loca tion on Coyote l'rairio, rich soil, tine water, Ilalyon climant. an' the only live city in Cact us county ! Hlame take the onery cuss! Hain't Alkali City in Cactus county? Hang my looks if it ain't a downright insult ter " "Hill," interrupted the mayor, re moving the cob pipe from his mouth and fixing a look of incredulity upon the speaker, "ken ye produce that cir cular'.'" "Hyar it is." responded Harondollar, drawing out a greasy, well-worn docu ment from his pocket, and handing it to the mayor. Nathan Skidmore took the papr and read it through with a thoughtful coun tenance. "I'll W hanged!" he broke forth, "if it ain't enough to send every cuss in Hadpertown tor the pou'tentiary hit just is or I'm a liar an' don't know my own name!" and he shook his fist in the direction of the despised city. "The correct thing ter do, accoritin' ter my judpaicnt." pursued the mayor, "is ter call "a m .to tin" uv the Ward uv trade uv Alkali City an' provide meas ures for the abatement u public noos auce, an' I think " "Hadpertown would come under that head." broke in Harondollar. "Nathan," said Harondollar, "by what method would ye pornose ter set tle the di.iicuHy? ' "This," and Nathan Skidmore tapped a six-shooter that hung at his side. Harondollar nodded his approval of the mayor's "tucthitd." atul the two separated for the nipht, Harondollar pomp to his cabin, a short distance away. The next day, at an early hour, a met-ting of the Alkali "board of trade" wa:; calleiL and its lucmWrs assembled in Hill Haroiidoiiar's ca bin. 'J lie mayor was the first to address the meeting. "1'eller citizens an' members nv the Ward uv trade," he Wga.ii. "we hel met fer the consideration uv a ques tion which is uv the most vital impor tance for every l ilizen of Alkali Cily. Hadpertown. it see ins. hov issued a cir cular u hich reflects on the good uv tin.-, city, an', as I am honored be Win" the chief magistrate uv the :ame, I feel thaL in justice tor myself and worthy feller citizens, some action should be taken at once ter vindicate on solves in the eyes of the world an' the intelli gent squatters of Cactus county. "How sha'l this W accomplished?" coutinued the oflicial, when the enthu siasm had subsideiL "I can't meek no speech," said Jim Hudlow, "but I'm hyar tor say that 1 indorse every word our honorable mayor hev sod. an' I think we orter form ourselves inter an in vestigatin" committj an" ride over to Hadpertown, an' if they don't 'pologize an' mock amends lor their conduct, mock an ex ample out ov 'cuu." "My idy, cpzactly," chimed in Hill Harondollar, and this opinion was speedily ratified by the entire crowd. Then the mooting adjourned. A half hour later a delegation of armed ami mounted men, headed by the mayor, lelt Alkali City atul gallojied swiftly toward Hadpertown. "Hoys," says Harondollar, "if they don't do the square tiling " "Fix 'em so they'll wish they had," broke in Joe Hudlow, jerkin j; his hand in the direction of a heavy six-sho. iter that protruded from under his loose coat. "Yc air ter do nothin' without orders from me," said the mayor, in a voice of command. "I'm the commander uv this company, an' I'll give the orders at the right time." A cluster of miserable little shanties scattered about the wind-swept prairie were all the indications of a town to be seen. !-i fr it 'f file of these shinties a little ciowd of na il wore collected, conversing in low tones. The men from Alkali City ap proached. The mayor was the first to speak. Stopping to the front of the crowd he said: " Jcntionicn of Hadgcrtown, ye see tn-fore ye a eommitty uv citizens nv Alkali City, appointed by the board uv trade tor investigate tho lyia an' sland'rous stories ye have Won clrcu latin' regard in' our city, an' ter ask ye ter 'pologize in a litt in' manner er suffer the consequences which means that we intend to tear dowu this dilapidated chicken ranch, scatter its rickety henroosts tor the four winds, an' ad minister sioh chastisement ter the ile famers uv our city as w ill ?to as a la-stin" warnin tor all like o,i, ndcrs in the future! Uring out yer mayor an' council that we may feast our eyes on the bigg, st liars that ever issued a real estate circular or laid out a town " The sound of a oii-.au coping bit terly came from within the building, and the mayor paused and cast a ques tioning glance at the men ln-fore him. "Hit's the mayor of Hadpertown iu thar," said one of the men. nodding., toward the shanty. "He was throwed from his boss and killed this nioruin". " The men irom Alkali City exchanged swift glances, but none of them spoke, fine of the strangers standinp near by now turned to the man nearest him, an.l said: "It'll W hard on his poor wife an' children. They haint pot hardly nothin' ter live on. I reckon." Meanwhile aW- Homer, the marshal of Hadpertown. had gathered a little crowd of citizens a'oout him. and was talking earnest ly. "Hoys," he said, "I hain't pot much ter give, but I'm pi 'in' ter pive all I can tor help the pore widdcr an' family uv little ehiiilren, an' I know ye'll do the same." The marshal took off his. h:it. and dropping several pieces of silver into it proceeded to make a financial tour through the croud, and for sometime the clinking of fallinp coin was the only sound that broke the stillness. While this was poinp on the chief of Alkali i it anil his followers were con versing in low tones. "Irom all appearances," said the mayor, "I 1 n-ikon we hev " "Made big fitols of ourselves!" fin ished Hill Harondollar. "That's w hatever!" agreed the mayor with an emphatic nod of the head. "I see that them fellers over thar air gettiti' up a little puss for the pore family, an' when it comes to that I 'low Alkali City aiu't broke, is she, I toys?" "Not by a jugful!" restmniled Haron dollar, "an' if we can't give more 'an tin m fellers-gives, I'm in favor uv us walkin' back ter tow n an peltin' our names changed," and this sentiment was ratified by tlie entire delegation. "I'll jist open the subscription with a few of thee," said the mayor, taking off his hat and dropping a handful of silver into it. His example was followed by all the others, an.l his I.at soon resembled the specie vault of a small s.-tvimrs banlc "Now," said tla- magistrate, "we'll neo -how them other fellers nir suoeeedin, ' an' i f wo hain't doubled 'cm we'll m.H.-k another assessment." With this he approached the crowd of Hadgcrtown citizens, and said: " Jentleiueii. 1 see yo have boon takin' up a leetle collection fertile pore w iddcr an children. How much have ye got?" "'limit twenty-five dollars," was the reply. "Wal." answered the mayor, "Alkali City wants ter play in this yore game, an' hyar's her bit 'Itout two hundred, I reckon," and he emptied his hat at tin feet of the astonished crowd. Then, without waiting to hear the expressions of gratitude that rose to the lips of the amazed citizens of Uadgcr tOitii, he turned and walked away. A few moments later the whole Al kali City delegation mounted their hnrscs and gtillojto.1 nrt of town, and were soon lost to sight over a swell in the prairie. I'or half an hour they rode la-fore a word was spoken. Then the mayor broke the silence; "Cleaned out!" "That s whatever," answered Hill Harondollar. Kansas City Star. The Ouall looked llKKHt,-d. "Talk altout your expressions on the faces of animals." said the artist, reach ing for the tobacco jar, "I saw a quad on.-e that exhibited disgust on his countenance as unmistakably as a matt could. I was out in the w mi.1s sketch ing, when 1 heard a quail give its whistle of challenge. I returned the note and soon got an answer. Then I gave the bird's flocking signal. I kept up my whistlinc, giving first one sig nal and then the other, and getting re plies every now and then" w hich came nearer and nearer. 1 kept on with my sketehing and, in fact, didn't pay much attention to the bird. I was sitting apainst a rail fence. Suddenly the quail, which hud Won following up my signals, flow on the fence just a little way from me. I l toked at it and the expression on its face was too funny for anything. It had Wen expecting a gixsl, rattling fight, and instead of find ing an memy had come upon me. I was certain from its look of disgust that it uttered mentally a string of quail profanity. If it met another quail within an hour I miss my guess if there wasn't a tierce battle." N. Y. Tribune. IN ORIENTAL LANDS. Tjik city of Hei:arcs. on the ('anges, is to the Hindoos the holiest place on earth. Ami:I!Ii'AXS drink tea lot and wine cold. The Chinese drink tea cold and wine hot. ,in:t t:s have Wen worn hy Chinamen since iiJ7. They wi re first worn as a sign of degradation. Akohax chroniclers call their people Hani-lsreal. the Arab for children of Israel, and claim descent from Saul, the first lsraelitish king. Wni:x the .la pa nose and the Coreans "hitch" a horse they do so by tying his forefeet together. Hitching posts are never used ill cither t'orea or Japan ex cept by foreigners. Tiik Japanese Wlieve that their em perors arc descendants from the gods, the present mikadv being the one hun dred and twenty-first in direct line from the Heavenly being. Anion.; the wonders of Algiers is a river of genuine ink. It is formed by the confluence of two streams, one flowing from ferruginous soil, the other draining a jtcat swamp. Wiikx a batik fails in China, the managers and clerks are the chief suf ferers. They have their heads taken off. In five hundred years there has not Wen a bank failure in that country. j
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