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a ilslti two mindnxl toentiui- wanted.
MY OLD FRIEND IS NOT HERE.
! hnrk to the Itars-li 1 isi orl:int notes
Of tin morons toil junl strife,
1 -Jrair my f.-. t ttnotiKli tin-ilnst arnl heat
tf the I load hitirnai! of life;
Km 1 rati h not liie sound of a well-known
oiee
A tij tiie road Is l.rcvwii and pere.
Ami my eyesif;ht l.lears with unslie.1 tears
For my old friend is not here.
Willi a Lav k ward clanee and a wave of the
hand.
Me has wandered far away
i :i land that li.-s uitder loudless ?kiet
here the sun shines all the day:
l it his form is lost in the hurrying thronij
That K.ith. rs from far and In ar.
.". lid 1 miss I he ura.-e of his kindly fact
I'or my old fn. ml is not h. re.
Hut 1 caiiKht a Klimps.- of that unknown
lati.l.
As my old friend hurried through
Tii.- out. r can- .win re the dear on.- wait
For the piirim whois.lnv:
Ati.! I know that tin- sun shines all t he day.
That the tlow'rst 1.1. om all the y.-ar
1 shall miss his smile through the after
while, li. r my old friend is not here.
S. w. i-H'ius, in Ohio Farmer.
II1S MlIiAOLE.
BY CAUL SMITH.
Tlie -t-tion fort-man's 1miv, r.l f
liair :tnl fre-Mel .f r:n-e, .lTrrel
t Ii.ih him flu- way to flu' viniri- i, ! i
lie (l.triiiii'il Ui. rilT-rttl i t t.-sy, itt--lVrrinir
t walk upllje rai;r:i'l ti.n'l.
until lu iihoiiltl fp-t. lire.l of tin- jau:it.
lion lit- would s;i at. a -atiIo ifi an I
;:n.l refit, ami l!i-n relttru in t lur for
I'ttwier. Cliiiit-h o-oi up- had l.eeti an nil
kio.wri .jiiantity with littn in ttio city,
wljere tli.-re w.-re- ffi--at t-at luilmls in
oalf a il.. .rti .IiIVi i. nt p.-u ts. f t.!i
own. anil In- hardly saw the ocea -ion
for !p';i rt iiilt from ciMum s:iii.lj l.e-
aiist- his t-xile in Hie little fount ry
town wt'iS so nninterest 'no !y .. eiii
He start.-d with a sw iniii'. at hlotic-i-!ul
xiriilo tip t In lint" of jrravel, 1 lie rc-ro!-.-,
and 1 he seition foreman's 1kv.
j-nljialilv sttirehy and awkward in his
niil:iy a-lot liis, went liiirryintr lwn
: In- si i i-et from t lie slut ion. .his red hair
f riinsotil v sio-nalinir his afiproai'li to
:!ie little frtiini i-hurt-h w hii In-w ;is ( t
t i-n-at distaneo away.
Kennedy w a the new teleo-rtiph op-
rttl'ir. lie was an jL-pirinir fi linw am!
hi i n t.-ll ifjoti i one, and sotne d.iy If
'oped to le a t riek I .spa.1 eher. and po--itily,
after reason. il.le lapse of I "ine. t In-
i.pir:nteiilnt nf li-letrrapti. i spent
'he lono- and loiiesoim' nirlits In ie:i.!-
I'iT on social eeonoinii-'. and I f kti. -iMoro
a I Mint the history of stt-.uu-e and
; . -u!inr tli'lifrs ti-i.(M-;;lted with oi.vel.
'nut. llian alniik-l an l-o.lt ho ,.-ntmi.-
r f.iine is now siiiTfresled loinim'. lie
tis the chief t.-leirraplier of his d:-
fsion of llu te!eo-r idiers" lalx.r ill. to,-.
v lii-li iin-t in 1 In i-i ty :ui in i 1. a way. and
n was the man w !io liitn!. t lie le-t
-neee'ies on Tuesday iiif'lit-, w li. ti
!( I. priMy-edili-s had i.rot as f.ir tl'.ii:;'
't--- the "irfMl of the iinliT." Tli- t'u-r--"
f the division thoi;o-ht h'o!iI of liita.
ind usually they s-nt him a-t l.tn tt
lidv leli-r:i t to the sessions of t-T . -inleriiational
conv.-nlion. II.- t-otii :
ttfo-tic splendidly and Ire stud he was a.t
tiiMiost.ie.
As h. walked up the track this- Sun
day niorniiif- the P-ildcit b fieiilijt
seemed to rise lip as thoiioh to on--lid
against his reas mi nfr and reasontilil.
tiirnost icisrn. Across the (ieM- ctme
the tm-llowTiess of a church liell, and
s.einiti- far, far. far away, its sound
was the sweeter for t he distance, liver
to the rifrht. a farmer's wtijroit va-creeping-
Mltintr fit section line road
as thordeck lirown horss drticfroil the
family toward th- plait of worship in
tin town. Aronind the piirvi-. altead of
h;m there rose a .piiet rtimlil ;iifr, :i.nd.
h'okinar to see what- unexpected train
was l-aring' down upon him. !i rc-i-iv.l
tlie hit 1 1 of Michael D.tolali. fore
mtiii of Section 4'1, wveral miles up the
parallel line of rails, who, with liis
inert and their women and children,
was whirrinp; nlonir in the direct ion of
ilie little parish churcli toward whti-'i
the redheaded loy had Sd stcr-il
minutes ln-fore. The men won, on a
hand car, to w hich a lit tit" Hat. had been
attached, ami this flat. accommodati-l
the women and children.
"I suppose it's all ritrht for tlu-m."
Kennedy miirmuretJ. as the twin cans
disappetknvl around the other lend of
the curie, "but that, isn't, for me. Ke
liirioti is a poivl -notip,h thinfr an in
!is.ns:il)Ie thinir. ird.tsl. hut il httsn't
irot around to mi yet. and it never w ill.
It's ; 'rood, handy thintr to have for thc
p-triHise of swearing- jeopl ill ctuirls
ind inipn-.s-sin-r iirnortint p-rt-nns whix-e
characters require some sort of liallasf.
of mysticism, not only for their own
com fort, ltit for the safety of tin
pnl. lie. Such piopIe. without a v.eiir'it.
i.r andioracre of sotm kind, would rat
tle around annoyinply and even harm
fully toothers. I wish I eon Id lielieve
as th y do. I oult less it is a o nt fort i ny
thin to h- as they nrc. lmt "
And he chnd his statement of opin
ion liy pickinjr up a. slom and llirow
iny it. at a rabbit.
He walked to the c at t lep-nard, and.
restin-r. returned, anil found lit had
ustly miscalculated distance and time,
and that. it. was still wry eaily in the
day. He looked alxiiit and ssiw th." hand
car on a sidinp-. ajid it sii-pested sime
thin to him. Kennedy prided himself
on Ih-iiio- a lilicral sort, of pcrsoti. and
the thought came t him that it would
he a fair and reasonable thintr for him
to drop into the little t-hnrch. just- to
show that, he had really no feeling
turainst rclifrion. He found the white
tainted structure with the cross over
its ipieer little ciio!a. and. enterinjr.
Vik the rearmost sat. The services
were nearly closinfr. lb looked forward,
over the heads of half a hundred de
vout worshiMrs. at the priest in vest
ments, hk-!i although Kenned;" did
not know it he had brought at eivat
!alir frijnt the city, for the parish was
oi MXr to sttpKrt. a resident pastor.
He notisl that the worshi!crs seemed to
oiisiiler every movement of he be
rowncd man as to sui!i especial ini;ort.
ind trenutle-tl and -rossed themselves
:nd initrmnred iinintellifribte ntirr
uiccs, whi-h he took for prayers. It
tvus very interesting-, and in his heart,
he w ishisl that r ason mirht show- him
how lo lie as htippily sal islied with the
priest's teaching's tis were these.
"If a miracle could be ct'.a.-ted in
those old days, why si t.uid nut one lie
i rfoi nii'd now?" he inquired 'nw aid'y.
"Oh. no. It :s all op; osed to si ns. and
science. Fait 1; for he had ariiied
in time to hear enough of the sermon to
know that tin- priest had disi-oui ed cm
faith "yes. l.y a miracle 1 ,1011 hi have
faith, but "
His t-el f-c it!i mun ion was i 11 1 crru t.d
by the sound of a silvery nice cotniiiir
ffom th pallery tilnwi- his lietid.
"O sal tit ;i ris! " the hail rose pure and
sw eel - - such a voice as t he a t.r!:.--1 ic litt.l
never before hettrd. "( I saluta ris!" and
the ehnreh was lilhd with th. wonder
of a music which caused I.im to think
t.Iuit an :i np'l stinjr. epitt.- ii: r.or" r.fr t he
fact thttt a-.-ordinir lo his philosophy
no stn-11 thinj- :is an anp-.-l eoiild -i-t.
lie list.-ned s:s one entranced, ami he
left t he church w it li his very soul brim
miliiT with the joy of that heavenly so
prano. The next Sunday he walked 11 p the
track airain. but only a little w a v . The
section foreman's I my hail iuviie.1 h'!i
ns Ixdorc to accompany him. but Ken
nedy hesil a te.1. anil, hesita t i was tt.it
lost. Now.however.ashi tiirain hxiked up
at the rim ry hail of the happy j ii.-.-.-n-LT'
rs of tin haitdcar. he hesittttcd acain.
and t his hrsitat ioti sent himelmi chwtu d.
He took his former "-eat in tin rear, un
der the odd lit t le choir loft, and t.i-day
a new priest talked, and. strnnfrely
nontrh. of tlie "Mirneleif Faith." As
thou-j-li :i nsw erirtr question of Ken
nedy's the elerirv man said: "Who are
Ih.- U liev.-rs? The irreatest of all th
ereat in h-arnit'L'. statecraft and ma
teria! advam emeiit. 1 resiil.n t s. pri me
ministers, men of niiirhty mind accept
the divinity of Christ and if these
men. w ise enough to Ik- "-rea !. a nd trrea t
1 in.iih to lw honest, accept by faith,
why should vou or I cry out for a
miracle to 1- enacted for our sH-.-ial
behoof. There are mflny millions of
people in the world"
Kennedy could have told him how
ma ny.
"--and what richt hast one man to
:is-.k ;id to miraculously M-tforni for
him so that he mio-ht be badfered an 1
forced reluetiinl ly into ai-i-ept itilT v ha:
worthier, more learned men and inert
of infinitely irreat.-r responsibility ami
v aster I em pt a t ion irladly a ml .rra tef ullv
take as a lxioti?"
"This." thoUL'ht- Kennedy, "sounds
reiisonal)!-. but I cannot blindly accept
their belief on iins-iippnrted, nnwi
nevsed son 1 1 men t ." And ns he thnuirl't
itjMin it the voice of the soprano rose
in .rloriflention. If was whit he had
" :iiti-. for. It filled him with trreat
happiness. The undeserved miracle
wiis- iM-oinnintr of m- form;, nee.
livery Sunday after this lie came in
r.fter tin- others ami took his brick seat,
tfer voice had suf-.r h'nt n'mo t into the
iv'-i 'timr toward which tie- ii-:is(Miii-
of ! priest was j iow el-less t 0 K suale.
lie sicmi"d to iirtal.i of the feelinif of
tli- s'tfrcr. He evulted with her in the
T.titin praisi of the Iledeennr. He
h-ti rn-d t he words, a nd t h.-i- rose tiltnir-t
1o his lips ns sh" sunrr. W'tti t a woman
"ho must Im-! Wh'it a heart of purity
to v eil ii-i in such w it t,- s (1f f 'ic mih t
of Christian love a ml i '! r:st r m.re
ft had never seen her. fur he was an
"""Kl ii-. and he could nut yield the
t it hi orit-ss of his n n ! I ie f t o a s. about
l.r-r or to even wait ;n .the c'lttreh to
watch her. lb- cam" into ehnreh la.
tittd lie left early. He w as an arnoslic.
...1 she
Put n - h-?
1- lltly .-.f'er tlie -'.'nir.' weri'cotl-
elinleil he nilvnreril fn.st the half hilfi
dred hundile Horliitx t's. ami t'rei't incr
the priest, said: "Father. T want to
come into the church." T7' heart
'e-tped with th it :;ckTowli''."nient. and
the Tttl- edifl-e seem, d fiM.-d with the
florv of f h" Sheph.-nl of the os sheep
Suddenly, from the oriran loft, which
t ow for the first time was visible t )
his eyes, cam- the swellirijj sound 'if
that heavenly voice in some sonir of
praise.
lie looked for the sinsrer. Tt was the
section foreman's lmy.
Anil this was his miracle. Chi.-aco
Heeord.
A Slrill. i'DWIT.
It is a curious t lii 1 tr. t he pow er which
some human l-inrs ha v. over a 11 . ma !s.
I 1. etc is itt Lowell a l.oy. d.lV. rn-.i; i'i no
i,-sj- ct, from his com pan ions, who litis
this power in it marked lYfrcc. I-!vci v
stray ihir or tit in the heitrhl.o; !oil
knows him and loves to be 111 his ni-p-iny.
A vicious horse v hich the sta-Idcm-ii
can with ditiiculiy handle w.ll
stand Like a lamb while he ha.111es.s1s
him. The doves liy around him. and in
1 he w 1 mils the wild 1 ;i rds a ppti i 11 1 ly re
oard hh as a friend ;:nd ally. 1 he most
tenia 1 k. I le exhibition of his powir.
which has lonj- been known and i-m-tiienied
on by his friends, waso-ivvti llu
other .lay. A larfrc and vicious rat was
captured in the stable in one of t hi t-e
traps which jieriiitt. of easy injrrcss and
no i-o-tcss. The men who wen- lool.i:;
a! t he ai: intal were a f raid to ro near 1 he
trap, the aniintil showed stn-h t.-ri'ii.
Int the boy. w hen he Ik held tin im
prisoned creature, fcsirh ssly put out
his linger ami stroked it-; head, the rat
ma 11 j fest in ' as much plcisu re ;is w'onid
a cat or a dopr. Several days have pa n'll
since then, and tin- stablemen arc still
afraid of their capture, but he has
prow 11 so tame and familiar with the
boy ns to allow him to take h'm cut .mil
put him back in the t ra p. w ill coin-. : t
his whistle, and manifests every : p
pcar nice .f joy at his presence. There
seems to be no question that th- !-oy
could train that rat to perforin almost
any feat within the kiit of su h an
animal. Ijowcll ('ass.) Star.
l'umlcsa Sorcery.
The rreatcst Ikioii evi-r rivi-n to hu
manity throuirh human apt-iicy is sui
Tical tniacst hesia. There is not a min
ute, day or niphl. in the year when it
is not saving some human creat ti"".
from torture. There is not a minute
when it is not frivinpr mental comfort
to thousands who know that they must
uudt'rpo operations, but that this be
nifrn pi ft will make the ordeal pain
less. Anaesthesia has banished pai'i
from stirpery, and has taken away tin
drt-ad of pain, that was almost as hard
lo licar as the iiain it.self. It has made
easy, operation: :hat could ic.it be don.
because the hurl was more than huniai.
fort i Hide coilld end 11 re. and thus it has
leiipl.hcned life. The fiftieth anniver
sary of the first public dcmoiistn.it io:.
of surpicnl a nticst hesia was recently
celebrated in lloslon. I'hysicians and
? iir-rinns mailt much of t4ie occasion,
as iK-eame the r present:itivt-i of a hu
mane ami bcnefii-vnt profession. T.i
have Ihh-ii permitted topivethis lxiou
to the world is sullieieiit to immorttili.'
the name of the pivir, lr. William
Thomas (Ireen Morton.
INDIANS HATE ENGLISH.
They Refuse to Speak It After
Leaving SchooL
The Rigid Kolr Aeainat the I ne of Their
Own Tongue t'uuae Them to Ie-
plne the White Mid'
Laneaiicb
For years povernment instructors
lilimnp the Indians have been troubled
by the f;u-t that the red men. after learn
ii.p lllipllsh at 1 he schools :is children,
invariably riturii to l hi-ir own toiipues
ami seem EsiliveIy to .hate the w hite
man's latipiiap.
The siiM-i inteiident of Inditui schools.
V. N. Hailinan. in a n-Hrt jul made to
t he coiiimissiikiicr of 1 ndia.11 affairs, says
that 1 1 1 r lndi:Liis were tu'tually taupht
t.i hiiti the Fttplish tonpti... Ix-etiuse of
t he riirid rules arainst lju. use of an
lii.li;un conversation by puj.ils. I'ntil
l.-.t.-lv the prcat majority tf Indian
tisich. rs have I aim red under the delu
sion that. 1 hey can hasten tihe acquisi
tion of t ho Fnplish laiiputure 011 tin part
of the pupils by eoatpulx.ry measures,
visitit ir imire or hss severe KnaIties
upon th u 11 fort 11 tiate child ren vv ho were
-:.uyht in t hi of t In i ndiaii s-e.h.
The uni'a.soiial!eiu-ss .f such pro
eeedinps, which an always punish-.!
with more or less siriou.s failur.-, ap
pears when it is considered that an
i'liuin that is forced Umn a child by
mea ns of nilties and ot her appeals
to fear is iicciMtarily hateful to him.
Then, in his own heart, h turns away
from it. ;uid u.s.-s it only under more or
less pt oiioum-cd protests. This bc
comes ipiite nianifest :i.s soon as the
eliildren are removed from the restraint
'if the .schmd. when, for instance, t.hcy
returii to their Ki rents for a visit or
more or less Hrnia nen t ly after pradua
tion. and when, on mctinp Iln-ir
f. rim-r teachers, they will either re
fuse to s-.ik Iinplish a I tipit her or an
swer with shame-faced re.lucbuice.
I'rof. II ail mail says: "There is no
doubt in my mind that the unrcason
al.leticss of the otTeiisive warfare mad
in the Indian snlnmls apaiust Indian,
vernacular is larpely to blame for the
t'pnarent stubbornness with which
older Indians refuse to learn Knplish
if I'i use the little kliovvh'dpe thereof
which they may jmisscss. If it isarpucl
tha.t with lilx-rty to us. the Indian ver
nacular the I nd i an children will eiipajr
in conversation, possibly impro-r,
which tin teacher can neither under
stand nor control, the fault lies pot
vvit.h the child's knowledge and Use of
his own idiom, but. with the teacher's
ipnoram-e of t he sti.me, and the remedy
will be found not in the repressive
measures, which must.. bi'C-insc of t!uir
in. rea si -ea bh-m-ss. fa il of t heir pu rpi s.
but in the dc tcrniiiuv cITott on the
ter.eiiert." part to acquire il kliowledpe
of I he chil I's idiom.
"I'roliablv t hi- t ra lit tonal hostile at
titude of certain schools to the Indian
vernacular is resoiis:hlo for the fact
that in a nmnl-.cr 1 .f insl nnccs teacher -and
oilier school employs continue a
t he sa.it. e school, work i tttr with t he same
1 1 ihc of I ndiatis. w itliou' :.-q 11 i ri np any
a j pr -i:i b!e l;n Irilirr if t.'ie lai-puttsre
sroketi at the homes cf t he;r ch i ' re-: .
Tics iirt'orttncc f re.pi.-nt 'y extends t
t!: customs, habits cf li fc, a 11 I 1 he his
tot-ieal deve!o luei t of the tribe il.
question. They s.-eiii to tr.-"t Ihc In
dians as outcasts, am! the ute ine f
tlu-ir work cortvsp. tit's with this atti
tude." C.hieapo Tribune.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The blivod flows almost as frcclv
through the bones a. t liri.itLrh the ties',
.if very 011 up chl 'drcn. but as :;pe corn. .
01. the IiIoimI vessels ill the bon. s a 1
elmost tilled by t he disposit ion of mat
i.-r.
l r. W. H. Dall, retiirninp from his
- a initial ion of t he coal lie Ids of Al iska.
as broiipht back with h 111 lo asiii np
i.ui pieces tf fat of a mammoth pi.
M ived in in, this bcinp the lirst dis-
ovcry of a maiuuioth in the tlesh on
1 he American continent.
If by any means a bird attained the
lipid noss if a balloon it could not liy.
v bal loon drifts w it h every pn ii : sic.-r-:np
is impossible, the wind ciioo:-cs its
ourse. The bird balloon, as liphl a-lii-
win.! ami as t roup as iron, is a lip-tm-iit
of llu iuiapinat ion.
Amonp t he receltt discoveries mad. by
mi a ns 0 th- Kocbtpen rays rcjiortet!
from I'.erlin jtre si-vi-ral rclat inp lo ilis
. ase of the heart. It has a b l et 11 0I1
served iu cases of ast lima that the rtpht
half of the ilia ph rap 111 s'ops work ilnr
'up t he at tack, a ml t he lef t half is com
pelled to I M-a r al I t lie exert ion.
A piirnn tic cultlelish. new to science,
was taken by the prince tif Monaco pear
t he Azores, from t he stomach of a sperm
whale. Two specimens were found.
:;ch .about two meters in lenpth. The
stomach of the whaie also contained
another cuttle, the skill of whVh in
closed the photopraphie or luminous
bodies. Minpled with the p.irtly-di-pestcd
cuttles were teeth and pens of
other individuals.
A tpcrml oT I.omliardj.
An old Lombard iepeiul lells tho story
of a chief Kiin who asked the h ind of a
neighbor's dttupitter. Fon its In-inp
refusi il him he ileclarel war, killed the
chief vv ho had dcilin.il the honor of be
ii p his fat her-in-lavv, and married the
pirl after all. .Vol sattstied with this
much, he had I he skull of his wife's fa
ther mounted .11 pold as a drink inp cup.
a:ol one ilav. wIk'Ii under tin- intlm-nce
of wine, ordercil Ids smiisi to appear
before the assembled pnestn at his
house and drink to his health out. ot the
horrible bowl. She did so, but ever
Piter was her husband's secret but tn.ie-t
deadly nciny. She joined in a eon
r pi racy which eventually resulted iu the
kinp her husband's assassination.
Oltul They Weren't ClertraL.
A well-known Wonvster clerpyman
tells a story at his own expense. In
his vounp davs he was trampinp
th rottph the White mountains with a
companion, who was nl.-o a clerpyman.
One day they mounted the driver's m-at
of a stape coach. The driver was an interesting-
character, loaded with ;rood
storiis. The three Fj-eedily became
friendly, and it was with reluctance that
they paired at the entl of the journey.
"I'm plad tei- hev met yer, fellers," said
the driver, in farewell. "Yer pre, I
heven't seen a man this summer, ex
cept in" ministers."
EPISODE OF OLD TEXAS.
The Government Set Up by Count
St. Denis in 1714.
A Koinantlr Fragment of Southwestern
tlintory The Count's Meet Ine with
the Mn lie TliouKht lie
lad Main.
There is much wcll-aut hent i-:ited ma
terial for tin historian in the minds of
th old veteransof the lmrtler t hat will
soon uiss Ix-yond the reai-h of all w rit
ers. Few co pie know an thinp of the
vry first, set I lementK iu Texas, ami.
doubtless, many will lc astonished t.i
learn that the business of cn-atinp re
publics in that country commenc-d
nearly L'tHi years apo. There were fili
busters w ho dreamed of carvinp out for
t hem selves an empire in the preat sout h
vvcsl. lonp lief on even Aamn Iltirrwas
iMirn. (Pliers in tin ranks of the must
can ful readers of history will jmssihlv
Im surprised to learn that the old San
Antonio nmd, which is one of the la-st-kiuAvn
landmarks iu the southwest,
was laid otT and carefully mapH-d just
ls years apo. It was at. one lime n
eard.l as the lonpest hiphway in 1 he
vvtirhl. It was lonper than any of the
old Koman nKids lonper than thepn-at
military road that led from t he pates nf
tin I'ti-rnal City to Constantinople and
the Asiatic piovinces. The San An
tonio roa'd proper ran from San Au
ptistine to San Antonio, and the Ion?.'
ronil extendi up south of the A hi mo mis
sion across the Ilio Cr.itide to IheCitv
of Mex ico, a d ist a nee of m.in 1 ha n 1 .t h ip
mile.s, was also called the San Antoni.
road. It w as oripinally laid otT Kxi feci
vv i. le. It is a road yet. This preat rottd.
over which Spani.sh vii-crovsand rch!
laden itirtnti ns Irav.-led --over whi.h
countless I lious.li.ils i-rowded their
way to battle fields for more than 1H
years, was laid olT by men who vvcrt
tall.inir id republican institutions lie
tore tin idea of Jefferson or the tri
umphs of Washinpton had ever en
tered the minds of the wildest dream
ers. Spain and France both claimed the
country. Frain-e based her claintcs on
the discoveries of I-a Salle. This preat
explorer, in scarchinp for the mouth of
t he M ississippi, sailed too f a r w est. ami
finally landed on the shores of Mata
porda bay. Here he built a for, and
ailed it Fort St. Imuis. in honor of
Ixuiis XIV. of France. Kealiintr that
hi- had made a mistake, I .a Saile ac
companied by his followers, attempted
ti march across I he count i y. hopinp to
reach a French fort on the Arkansas
river, where hi had instructed DeTonti
to ki-i p a small Imdy of siddicrs. lb
lost his life throtiph the treachery of
tils own comrades, and it is su; (Kised
l.iat his Imnes rims som.w heri on
.he shores of Ihc Nei-hes liver. lixap--ciatcd
li-j oils conc.-4-ui up the rich
oinitry west of the Mississippi river,
which lmrdci-e.1 on tin- 1 '. u I f of M ex ico.
1 1 a. lied Fram-e. The soil was said to
l; tin richest in 1 he world, 1 he clin.at
.. as salubrious like that of soul hen.
Spain, tin mountains were full cf pold
in! silver, and the rivers ran over pold-i-n
sand. Amonp the hundreds of ad
'cntitrous and warlike spirits t hat sur
rounded the throne of Louis XIV. noni-lisl.-mil
to these stories with more e:i
Lrcnss than Count St. l-nis. lie was
a brave, eiicrpi t ic, and handsome youl h.
who hail ii.heriti'd a prcat name and
many heavily inortptip.-d estates. Th
opportunity which he caperiy soiipht,
l-.i draw his swonl ami make .in effort
to till his purs. on the plains of the
Kio tirande. stum presetit.il itself.
The bare cold facts of the story of
this vounp man's adventures rea.l so
much like the dreams of a roniam-er
that they would In rejected by all his
torians if they were not supported by
indubitable records. Count St. IVnis
ai.d a vounp Frenchman of equal rank
of tin name of llelisle w im e lioth io
'titly "in love with the same vounp
adv. Their rivalry ended in a ipianvl
which Itil to a duel. The antaponists
Piet and foupht a terrible battle with
swords, which terminated, as St. lienis
- tiptosed. in the death of his rival. II
tit once fhil front France, anil after a
icries of narrow escnjics from arrest
lii.l death he finally landed in America
ml joined the preat Imuisiana i-om-pany.
His countrymen received htm
with open ami's, and immediately of
fered him employment. All Sanish
territory at that- time- north of the Kio
'Jrande was ruled by a pov.-rnor ap-t-.oinSe.l
by the iceroy of Mexico. The
Louisiana company was anxious to ks
t ess the country, and the authorities
cut Count St. IVnis at the head of a
little army of less than loo men to plant
'he flap of France iqnin the doniew of
the Spanish forts and missions. lie
marched throuph a rcpion of country
that literally svvarm.il w ith hostile sav
ipes and eslablished himself in north
ern Texas without ever firinp a shot,
lie must have la-en an extraordinary
younp man. possessinp many of the
t-a?ts of a leader, not the least amonp
which were his masterly accomplish
ments ns a diplomat, for he not only
nade an alliance offensive and defen
sive with the owerful. warlike Natchez,
'lit he soon won the friendship of the
panish settlers who lived in the terri
tory. Intoxicated with his -uccess, he
boldly cut loose from the Iouisiana
company and st npa povernment of his
own. This v,n in -Mie year 1T1 I. and
it was the very first attempt toestablish
an ipilcjndent povernment ever made
on the North American continent.
It was a curious kind of a povern
ment. St. IVn;s was at the head of it
nrder the modest title of povernor. and
!v the provisions of the constitution,
which he drafted h 'nisei f. he possessed
in his limited realm just alx.tit as much
power as the aufocrat of all the Tlnssias.
I.i-avinp a trusted subaltern in com
ma nd. St. IVnis set out for the City of
Mexico on a mission that has never
!een thorouphly understood. He either
hoped throurh hi- shrewd iwiwers of
iplotnacy to trt the Sianish viceroy
o recopnie his povernment. or, failinsr I
n this, he expected to turn everything
over to Spain and pet himself appointed
povernor of the territory. When he ar
rived at the Fresido San Juan, near the
tiio C ramie, the povernor reivive.1 and
entertained him in a most hospitabh'
manner. The mlishcd ail dress and
courtly military liearinp of the lioh!
younp ailvcntiirer almost instant ly wen
the h;ul of the old povernor. and at the
Kame time tlie heart, of his Ix-autifui
luiiphter. It was a case of mutual love
at first sipht. St. IVnis almost f(.rr.T
the empiro that he had U-eii dreaiuinp
of. while en joy inp the hotqiitality of
Senor 'illes.:is and baskinp in the
smiles of Donna Maria.
There w as anot her suitor for t he ha nd
of this younp lady, and this was no less
a -rsoniitre than toiv. Anaya. (.f C.a
l.uila. This ollicial no sonu r heard of
St. Ileitis and his attentions to lionn i
Mr. ria than lie onlercd his arnst. St
Penis was loaded with chains and
thrown into the fortn-ss.if Momx-lava.
Donna Maria con tin tied t.i assure the
younp man of her devotion and of the
friendship of her father. After St.
IVnis had lieen confinul a month ,,r
more his werful rival appeared on,
fine day at the.hior of his. -ell. followed
by a file of his puanls. and told Si.
I Vnis that if he would instant I v surren-th-r
all claims to the Itaml of Donna
Maria that he would release him and
pive him letters tlutt would assist hin,
in the prosecution of his plans iu ihc
City of Mexico. St. IVnis. w it la fla.s,iiltr
eyes, seormil the otter, and his replv
wjis worthy of one of the old kniphts.if
chivalry.
"Tyrant, you may hind me with chains,
but so lonp as Donna Maria honors p;e
with her love, and confidence, so lomr
shall that lov e ami imnfidcni-. Im-pitard-til
as my most sacred treasures. You
may take front me my life, setior. but
y ou cannot take from me my honor."
The tyrant onlcnil St. Ivpis to lie
I rented as a common criminal, but w h.-n
months had passed and the brave y otiup
Frenchman show til nosipiisof vii-ldintr.
tlie wretch sent a courier lMaritip t his
cruel messape to Donna Maria: "Mar
ry ine, and St. lH-nis shall Im reh-as.il:
refuse, and your lover shall sun-lv die."
The fearless y ounp pirl dcclim-d l he
tyrant's o!T.-r iu emphatic terms, and
at once a ppl icd to t he viceroy iu 1 he it v
of Mexico, iclliiip him the story of their
love. The viceroy was move. I bv the
piteous a, p- .Is of the U-aut if ul pirl. and
he relen-cd St. IVnis. As smiii as St.
Denis v.as hh.-rated he mtirri.d Donna
Maria at d resumed his journey t.i 1 he
City of -x.icxico. Here his plcasiiio- ad
dress won all hearts. The viceroy of
fered him u Misiti.iu tinker tin Spanish
povernment and pave him full ant horit v
to punish his enemy. St. IVnis show isl
that magnanimity was numlM-n-d with
h.is many other tine traits of character,
for he refused to make any trout, I,- for
the man w ho hail so cruelly w ronped
hint. ,
It is not know n a to what kind of au
thority waspranted to him by i lie Span
ish oiltcials in Mexico, lie built a fort
at Nacopdoches ami laid otT a city . lie
ot-.l.-nil 1 lie lands surveyed, and irranti-d
titles to the settlers. lie t-.tai-lisli.il
tiadit.tr (x.st.s at various j-oint.s in the
interior and rap'wllv ai cujnulat . d a
larpe fortune. He osscsscd t he happy
fa.ulty of nuikitir a friend of . very
man who came in contact with him.
II w:i call.il the "just, chief by th"
Indians, ami his fame for fair d nitup
vvtis well establishe.1 with all the tr.in-s
v, it hin n-tti-ti of his capital. While in
the heipht of his iower two liebans
one d:iy came to his house and told niiit
that they had seen awhile man with a
t rilie of coast I ndiatis w ho held him as a
pri.ner. St. IVnis at once otTcntl
them a larpe sum of money if i hey
would poand resi-ue the. white maiia.id
bt inp him to X acopdiK-hes. The I iidi.ms
went away, and in a few wet ks they n
aj caj-iil at Su IVnis house with a
iiak.il. luijf -starve. I human lieinp who
v.a.- lM-smeareil with dirt and painted
like an Indian. St. IVur. ordered a
bath for the nar shiverinp cre.it nr..
and sent a suit of his ou t clot hes lo 1 lie
bat tin torn. When the man hail Imiu
wasliail and clot h.il he apM-tand N-fore
his la-nef;u-tor. St. IVnis no ner
hokol at hint than he was s'ruck
dumb with amazement. The man was
lit lisle, whom St. Dctijs thoupht he
kill.-.l with h'isi sword in Paris, llelisle
was equally as much aslonishe.1. Th.-y
were Frenchmen, and they instantly
embraced csich other and biwi.-'l all
past dilTen-nces. Itelisle's story was a
short one. IhU full of sufT.fings. Il.
had re:-oered from the wouiuls in
tlicted by the sword of St. IVnis. ttti l
not hnp afterward he joined a colony
of ailvciitiinrs lw sail.il to join the
Louisiana company at the mouth of the
Mississippi. Like It SaJle. they lost
their way. and sailed too far west. 15.
lisle, with two c-mnules, went ashore
n the coast of Texas to enjoy a hunt.
They pot lost, and the ship sailed away
and left. Uiem. After vvai d.-nn:r
thnuiph t lie- forests f ir many day s IV
'isle's two tullirailes j-r--she.l from
lumper. I Vlisle fell iit w ith seme coast
Indians, who tn-ated him very crucMy.
They striil him of his clothinp. ami
would have torlunil him to death with
lire htul not an old squaw interfemt
in his favor. He hail lie; n a pr souer
with the Indians for a lonp time. i;.
IVnis pave Iti-lisle an otlic- in his piv
ernment. and put him in the way of
inakinp money.
St. Denis was slain in a liattle with
the Indiiuis on the frontier of his i-iwitt-try,
and after his death tlie afT.nrs of
the colony fell into disorder. At the
time of St. IVnis" death there wen
almitt oifi white (M-ople who claimed
the protection of his povernment. and
tl.ey wen nearly all in prosjierous -ir-ciinistaines.
Many of them h:ul ac
i umitlated fortunes trtulinp with the
Indians, and St. IVnis himself was said
lo have had in his mssessi' n more t han
1imi.imm in pold. Had he lived a few
years Iorip.T he would haveanti.-iji.i1.il
the work of Austin and Houston, and
firmly established a povernment in
Texas that Mexico timid not have over
thrown loo years liefore the liattle of
San Jacinto was foupht. Clolarv-m-oerat.
Creamed Oyatera.
For one quart of oysters use one pint
of c-ream. Put the en-am over the fire
in a double lioiler. Mirrinp in a table
spooiifu! of flour while lmilinp; s-asou
with salt, cayenne and black iepir
with a tablesxmnf ul of onion or --lery
juice and a lump of butter. I-et lh
oysters i-ome to a lioil in their own
liquor; drain and turn into lhecns.m.
Have slices of hot-buttenil toast ready
and jiour the oysters on them. N. V.
5un.
Americana should A lott Iu
Tt is said that of the .t.Poo visitors to
the Yellowstone National iark ilurinp
the last three years not more than lia
were Americans. If the ark was in
Fumjie it would proliably be visited bv
tit.l'O'i Aniericans a vear.
Sl'ONUE CULTURE.
A Proposal to Carry It Oa by
Artificial Moans.
Keekleaa FtahiaK Threatening to gTtar
mlnate the Natural Supply of
the Great Producing
t rntf-rm.
Several causes have ncetitly com
bitietl to rtiluce the supply of spongea
in the American market. The paralyw.a
of all iialusiry in ( 'ulm in onsequ Jnc
of the t'uil w:ir tww prevailinp there
is one of them. 1 he West Indies, lla-h.im-is
and Florida are ihe princql
ecu tees of production in this Jvartof tl.e
world. Feckless fishinp. v hich tht eat-
ns exterminate the jonpe!, umch
as similar procetilinpi- .lo the seals off
the coast of Alaska, ia a.iolhcr fa lor la
the situation. These facts lend
IM-culiar interest to the proio
sitiou n-cehtly made to the
I nii.il States povenmient, through,
its consular apent at Mitylene. by a
Creek named Chat alauijios Chorpl.ies,
to establish tlie business of artificialiy
cultivating sjioiiires somi v here on the
Florida coast, if he can pet a txjprrs
sion. A preat d-al has lieen done in the
ast, utnicr the auspices of the national
and stale fishery commissions, toward
rcstoekinp American l.iki-s and rivers
with trout, 1iss, shad and salmon, with
small fry hat-ied and nurtured ui.d.-r
hum in liianapement. Artificial m -iis.
too. have iriueli to do with the culture
uf the oyster and the maintenance of
tiie supply of that bivalve. Hut the
reasonableness tf the project of Mr.
t hrophios does not rest alone on these
prcctih nts. Itchy olopicul exjM-rts in
V. ashin-rtott an said to have shown
ii.titiilettce ip its practicability. Ihey
s.iy th-tl by taktmr pror measures tho
I'lorida sMnipe tisher'-es could Le
broupht to a liiple-r stateof produi tive
n.'ss in a few y ears. The men already
t-np-.ipil in the industry mipht net,
howev.-r. relish this intei l'ereni e in 1-c-half
of the public.
Th" touph. soft, elastic, fibrous moss
which i- to Ih had at the druppist". un
der th n-iitie of sjMippe. is really the
skeleton which once suportiil a whole
colony f j-lly-like cn-tiluies which,
have built up that structure. Thte
proptp.:te. naturally, in two ways, by
n catts of Pores or eptr. ami by the
formation of buds whi.-h eventi'.ly
split otT from the mature fiolyp. The
scicntitic sjoupc culturisi protxeds on
a plan which utilizes lMith of " tio:
methods, but is like a common practice
in I. irticulture. He simply cuts up the
tenement house of a colony into a num-li-r
of pieces, cm loviap a sharp knife
or ra.tor for th.- purpose, and conduil
np 'he o;cr:it':..n while the pulpy mass
is t:ll underwater. He is also car. ful
to le.ive a jiortion of the oripinal oulrr
sttrfa.v on each frairmcnt. Faeh bit
may then ! loaded with a small s'one
r other sinker to take it to the bottom
apain. A few of these s(f-titus fat! to
revive; but the preat majority, after
an interval of two or three months, Im?
trin to thrive and eventually prow to a
considerable sie.
Th-re are hundreds of distinct spe
cies of sponpes. but scarc-Iy a dozen ai-e
suited to mau's use. It is asserted that
those which are obtained from Medi
terranean waters are the finest in the
world; yet the delicate "sheep's w-ool'
and "velvet" sjionpes of Florida .re
wrpd-rs of softntss and lauty. And
if a system of artificial culture should
come into vopue these choice varietif s
could le produced almost as abundant
ly as the coarser prades are now. N.
Y. Tribune.
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Mauve anil brown are one of the pop
ular contrasts in millinery.
Ton-hon and Valenciennes pattern
combined are the new laces for trim
ininp underparmcnts.
F.louse waists of velvet or velveteen,
with a narnivv metal lelt are the ror
ret't btxlice foe skatiup costume.
Watches have pradually diminislied in
sie until now the very latest bit of
enamel, set round with diamonds, is tii
larpcr than a man's sipnet rinp.
One secret of success in dres ia t'
f nd out the colors which are most lc-i-ominp
and nver wander away from
these, no matter what the fashion ts.
Maliopany-coloml hair is the latest
fad. and the transition iriod between
dark bmw n and this coveted shade of
r.i! is very interest tup to the keen ob
server. Satin ribbon two inches wide, plaited
en the inside of the skirt at 1 he bottom,
is the liitlayeuse which fashion favor
just at present. It is more durable than
the pinked silk ruffle.
Finelmck muslin in all the pretty lipht
tints is used for eveninp waists for the
younp pirls. and it is maiW over cheap
silk or satin, trimmed with lace an 1
riblMins and worn with lipht-colored or
black silk skirts.
Muff chain- of p-ld with diamonds
set at intervals, sit that they areojienoa
loth sides, are one of the novelties in
jewelry. Kubie. sapphires, emeralds
and amethysts ame also distributed in
t he same manner.
CRUSOE'S ISLAND DISAPPEARS.
Krootted fUnklna of Jama Fa
lad Hy ..Iran It- Aetioa.
A few weeks apo a vessel putting ia
at I.islioii after a trip around Caie
Horn. rearted th- destruction by vol
canic action of the Juan Feritaandei
irland. famous as the scene of "liobin
son Crusoe." The tiiaeter claimed to
have seen the catastrophe from the
deck of his veswl. The report waa not
piven credence, at the time by scientific
men. and many denials were printed in
piers and inapa.ines. Hut Cape
Powells, of the I'.ntisJi ship James Kerr,
tisfccrts tnat the ftory is penerally be
lieved by seafarinp men all over the
world. The James Kerr has recently
arrived from Newcastle. N. S. W w here
siie was laid up four months on account
f the coal mine strike. Cajit. Powells
met a very larpe numtn-r of master
mariners there, and says that tixA de
struction of the island was a matter of
common posisp amonp them. The
captain himself has not pased within
sipht of the isJand since 1V9, when he
secured a pbotopraph of it from the
deck of his ship. He says that some ot
the cap t.i ins who art Wed in Newcastle
while he was there wrified the report,
thta the island was iiiisinp.
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