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VOLIJME XXXI.
EBENSBUHG, PA., FKIDAY, MARCH 12, 1897.
NTJMBEK 10.
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; .. -1 :v 1 co'.ijion oiT-T. civitiv everv
. ' k , t o ii-'t a first -class wheel at the
on ree ipt of f.i. iio ttn
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" r Monev -i-tunled if not asi
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. ;,- A : ;, . r 1- r is a L'tiaram e- of irooil f hi ti.
.. .- (: '. ith e o h Iticyule. Tins is a
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: . . .o lAki iH rik of daiuaKt' in
WHOLESALE PRICES.
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MY OLD FRICND IS NOT HERE.
! bark to the harnl. ilis. ordant notes
Of lanioroiis toil juul stiife.
1 liiat- my f..-t i!iron;h the dust ami heat
I f the broad hlhroao of life:
l:iit 1 .-at. h not the sound of a well-known
Vlijrl'
.And the road Is brown and sere,
Ai.il my . yes-itlu blears with unshed tears
l-'or my old friend is not here.
With a backward Klanee and a wave of tin)
hand.
He has wandered far away
'' a land that lies under cloudless skieR
Where the sun shines all the day :
I ! his form is lot in the hurryiiiK thronir
That gathers from far and near.
And 1 miss t he (. ra. e of his kindly face
i'or my old friend is not lo re.
IJut 1 cauirht a glimpse of that unknown
land.
As in old friend hurried tlinmeli
'i"h' o;it r irate , 1 re the dear ones wait
I'or the pilgrim w ho is due;
And I Know that the sun shines all t hi-day.
That the llow'rs bloom all the year
I shall miss his smile through the after
while. For my old fri. nd is not here.
S. J. 1-ijdus, in diio Farmer.
1I1S MIUACLE.
11 V I'AKL .SMI i II.
TL" 'c-tiiri foreinan's ly, nl of
hair anil fr--klel of face, idYVrril 5
r li'.iw liim I lie way to I lu- -lni rc!i, lu;
li- (lociliiied tJie ridTereil -iii--sy, in'-f.-rriiio-
to wtilk iiplln railiwti l tiacl.
until In' shrmlil rrt lir..l if tin- jnmit.
u lu'ii In wnulil sl at. a cat lie tri aid
;:iil rest, iiini Hit'n roturn in fine for
i ilMUT. ( lilll'i li iroinjr h:ul i'eeli ai mi
Known quantity with liiin in tin? ei:.
'. here tln-re wi-re threat cat lied i":l in
half a dozen vliiTeii iit mils of bin
inwii. sin. I lie- liariliy saw t lie m i-asinn
I'or ilt'(Kirt injr from custom simply
causa' his exile ill 1 lie little country
town was so uninicrcst !iio ly .-M-nl les.
tie started with a sw intrinir. athletic
c! ii l stride up the lin.-of irnivcl. tliere
foiv. and tin' section foreman's lov.
palpably starchy and awKward ill lii
Sunday i-lothcs. went 1 1 1 1 r r i ir l vn
:h- street from t lie sta t ion. .h is r i i liair
orimsiMily sipfiialitio- liis uppro.icli to
t!a' little frame church while lie w a.-, yet
i orcat distance away.
Kennedy was the new telcfrrnpli op-
nttr. lie -was an a.spirinir fclhc.v and
in inlelliftrnt one. and some d iy !)
';opeJ lo be a trick dispatcher, an 1 po---ihly.
after rciisnna ble lapse of I ' me. t lie
u p-r i n tenden t of ti letriapn. M spent
hi- lonir ami lonesome nitrhis in rea !-
iiiT on social .conoiiru-s. ami I e Knew
imii'p alMMit the history of slraiij'i' ai'il
;:i -cnliar tiling's :i. oeiated with oovere
i n nt I hit 1 1 a Inn a-1 any 1 dy w ln .e iiame
r fame is now sufrireste.1 to mini', lie
was the chief tcleirr:i pher of I'is !:
. isWin f the t.-le.'rr.i pliers" lal" ir ii n :o;-.
w h ich met. in 1 he city mi h"-- a v:i y. a i: l
In- was the man who inaile I he l-t
spei-clies on Tuesday nislits. wh.-ti
!ik1lt.- proiM-edi iilts had (rot as I'.'.r :i' i;:;'
is the "itikiiI of t he order." The tails
f the division thought highly of him.
.;t:d n.snallv they s--nt him as lhi:r
iodLTi" leler:it to the sessions of th"
interna t ion a I convent inn.
II.
:ir'iie splendidly ami In" said he. was an
airimst ie.
As he w.nlked up the track this r'lin
day moriiincr the Sabbath fo!:np
p.eti!ei to rise up as lliouirh to ofT-nd
aifaiii.st his ri'iU-jiiiinp nnd re:iMii:ilh
airiiosticisiii. cross (.he field-' came
I lie mellowness of a church bell, and
scciiiinr far, far. far nw;ry. its somol
was the sw cctcr for t he d ist am-e. Over
lo the ritrht a farmer's wjitron vva
i re.-pinir alonif tlie sect ion line i n id
as theleek brown liiirses drarrsr"'' 'he
family toward th- place of worship in
the town. Around the curve ahea I of
h:m there rose a quiet rnmbliiirr. .'i.nd,
Woking to see wliab une pccla-d train
w as iM'arinfr tlow ii upon h'm. he re
iciveil the hail of Michael Deolan, fore
iiian of Section 4."?. several miles tip I he
parallel line of rails, who, with his
men ami their women and children.
as hirrino" alonp; in the direction of
llie little fiarish church toward which
the redheaded I toy hail sp.M.1 several
tfiiriutes ln-fore. The men were, on a
hand car. to which ;l little- flat, hail been
attached, and this flat, accommodate.!
the women and children.
'I suppose it's all rirj-ht for tlwin,"
Kennedy uiurninreil, as the twin cans
disappeared a rou ml the other bend of
the curve, "but that, isn't, for me. Ke
lioion is a fru -noiifrh thiiifr an in-dis-cnsnble
thinir. imleed. but.it ha.sn't
pit n round to me yet. and it never will.
It's a frood. handy thintr to have for the
p"irose of sw.-arinef jieople in courts
itid impr'.s.sinfr ignorant x-rsons wiuw-e
charact.'rs requin some sort of balla-st
of mysticism, not only for their own
comforts but for the safety of tin1
public. Such people, without a weip-ht.
i.r anehoratre of some- kind, would rat
tle around annoy inply and even harm
fully toothers. I wish I could believe
as t.h y lo. 1 oulit less, i t is a com fort i v.iX
thinir to be as they are. but
And he clou-el his statement of opin
ion by pickinc up a, stone anil throw
injr it. :it a ntbbit.
lie walked to the cat t Iffruard, and;
rest.inir, returned, and found he had
la.stly miscalculated distance arid time,
and that it was still very earlv in th
day. lie looked about md snw t he ha mi
ca r on a sioinjr. ajid it snu'p'i-ste.l sime
thiiio' to him. Kennedy prided himself
on beinr a lilwral sort, of person, anil
the thought came to him that it would
le st fair and reasonable thing' for him
to drop into the little church, just to
show that he liswl really no feeling'
ajrainst religion. He found the white
tainted structure with the crossover
ts, queer little ciloIa. and. enterinir.
( (Hik the rearmost sent. The services
were nearly i-losinp-. lie liKiked forward,
over the heads of half a hundred de
vout worshiiers, at alic priest in est
ments. which although Kenned;.- did
not, know it he had brought at prcnt
'alor from the city, for the parish was
;oo oor ti support, a resident pastor.
Me noted that, the w orshiers seemed to
onsider every nun enirnt of he be
;i)vneil man as f o some especial im;3rt,
ml o-emillecte.1 and crosse.1 themselves
:nd murmured uninlellirible tittcr
mces. which he took for prayers. It
xva-s very interestinr. and in his heart
he w ished that rt ason luiht show him
how to le as happily satisfied with the
priest's teachinj.'s a.-' were these.
"If a miracle could 1m- ciia.-lcd in
those oh! days, why should n.iJ one lw
;:crfiil ini d now?" he inquired inwardly.
"Oil, no. It :s all op; o-cd to si use and
science. Faith '" for he had ariiwd
in time to hear enough of the sermon U
klaiw tuat the priest hail il iscou rs d on
faith "yes. l.y a miracle I could have
faith, but--"
Ilis se! f-i ommui: ion was interrupli il
by the soun l of a silvery oiee enminjr
from the o::llcry :i'ooc his head.
"O salutar's!" the hail rose pure and
sw eel - - such a voice as the :i.rT!s: ie had
never before h.-sird. "O salularis!" and
the church was tilled with the wonder
of a music which caused him to think
t hat :in nnpvl suno;. quite ifrnor: I'.y t h;'
fact that iieeord i njr ti his pliil.tsophy
iiii such Ihinr as an anu'el couiil .-ist.
lie list.'iicd as one entranced, ami he
left the church with his very soul brim
ming willi the joy of thai heavenly so-pia-io.
The next Sunday he walked up the
track nirain. but only a little way. The
section foreman's lmy had invited him
as In-fore to accompany him. hut Ki n-m-.lv
hcs;t:ited. and. hesi ta t i titr, w as not
lost. Now . how e er.as lie apain hokeil lip
at the cheery hail of the happy passon-ir-ers
of the ha ndea r. he liesii : t i d ayain.
and Ihisln sit.H ion sent him clmi ehw a rd.
He took his former seal in the n-ar. un
der the odd litt le clioir loft, and t-day
a new priest talked, and. strangely
ei.ouirh. of the "Miracle of Faith." As
thouirh nnswerinir a question of Ken
nedy's the clergyman said: "Who are
1 he believers? The irrcatest of all 1le
p-reat in learniniT. stat.-craft. and ma
terial advancement. Iresid-nt s. prime
ministers, men of misrhty mind accept
the divinity of Christ and if these
men. wise enoiiirh to li.- irrcat. and trreat.
tioiiL'h to lx- honest, accept by faith,
why should vol I or 1 cry oi.t for a
rn'racle to lie enacted for our special
behoof. There are many millions of
people in the world "
Kennedy could have told him how
ma ny.
" and what riq-ht has one man to
ask I iod to miraoilousl y jwrforTn for
hitn so that he mitrht be bailirered an 1
forced rel net a nt I v into accept itift w ha;
worthier, more learm-d men atd men
of infinitely crreater responsibility sind
vaster temptation irladly a ml fra tef ul I v
take as a Ikoon'.'"
"This." thought Kennedy, "sounds
leasonable, but I cannot blindly accept
their lx-lief on n nsu pjiort ed. unwit
nessed sentiment." Ami as he thouirht
ttpoti it the viviei- of the soprano rose
in trlori fieat ion. It was what lie had
waited for. It tilled him with rr-at
happiness. The undeserved miracle
was lwirinninrr of p.-rfortnn nee.
Ft cry Sunday after this lie came in
nfter I l"e olle-rs atid took his back seat,
'fer voice had snt:" him :ilnv-t into the
i-'-i-i t.HM'c l.-vw aril w li'eh the rensonin'T
o t h" r'est wa-' io erless to mts uade.
lie soem.l to paltafe of the fee!bir of
th- "'iK'iT. lie evnltcd with her in the
Latin i"-aisc of the Kodoomer. lie
b arned the words, and thev rose a 1 mo-1
In liis lips as sin- siniir. What a woman
she must What a heart of purity
to well no in such w i t n-ss of t 'ie mi. '.rht
of Christ 'an love a nd 'h t st r: mercy!
lb. hail never seen her. for h- v as an
r-fnostie. and le i-nn!.l not y;eld the
t " bliorness of Ids n til h -lie f t o a sk a bou t
her .r to oven wait in ithe ehurcli to
watch her. ITe came into church la'.
and b" left early. He was an simiost ie.
,...1 sl,o --
Fnt w-i--
Oo- ila after fh-' services were con
cluded he advanced past the half-hundred
humble worhi'r. and. I'rcct iny
tho priest, said: "Fill her. I want to
come into the church." His heart
loatx-d w ith tli.it ::cknow ledrment. and
tbo little oFfVc seemed fi'led with the
lorv of the Shi-pherd of the lost hcep
Smhlenly. from the .irrran loft, which
i iivv for the first time was t'sible fo
his eyes, came the swellitirr sound of
that heavenly voice in some sonir "f
praise.
Flo looked for the sinirer. It was the
section foreman's laiy.
Ami this was hi miracle. 1iicac-o
Iieeord.
A .striaiic i oitiT.
1 1 is a curious t hi i:r. t he pow er w hi. !i
sonic htiuian 1-cinps ha v : ov c r a n '. ma!.
'I hi re is in Lowell a boy. l , lYc rir.o i.i no
res pi ct. from his coi.ipanii ns. who has
Jiisr power in a marked I'l -rree. Fvi-iy
stray dcir or cat in the n. iphboi lio.l
knows him ami loves to !:. in liis ' i:ni
pany. A vicious horse hich the sla
Mi ne'ii .-an with diliiculty handle wol
slaiid libe a lamb w hile he harnc-si s
him. The doves fly around him. an. 1 in
t lie winds I h;' w ild birds :ip an nt ly le-o-ard
loli as a friend anil ally. The most
; cn:a I'kii ble exhibition of his pow i r.
which has lony been known and com
mented on by his friends, was iriven the
other day. A larpe ;:nd vicious rat was
captured in the stable in one of tlu.se
traps w hich permit of easy ingress n ml
no egress. The men who were looking
a', the ai'.imal wore afraid to go m a r l he
trap, the animal showed such tenor,
hut the hoy. when he I hi Id tin- im
prisoned creature, fearlessly put out
his iingi r anil stroked its head, the rat
manifest ing as much pleasure as would
a cat or a dog. Several days hate pa-s. d
since then, and tin- stablemen are still
afraid of their capture, but lie has
grown so tame, and familiar with the
bov as to allow him to take him cm and
put him back in the t rap. will crm- fit
his whistle, anil manifests ecry s p
prar nice of joy at his pri scm-e. There
seems to lie no question that tin- hoy
could train that rat to perform almost
any feat within tin' power of sui Ii an
animal. lowell (Mass.) Star.
1'iaiiilesM Surccry.
The great.-st Immiii ever given to hu
manity through human agency is sut
gical anaesl lu sia. There is not a min
ute, day or night, in the year when it
is not saving some human crcatuv."
from torture. There is not a minute
when it is not giving menial comfort
to thousands w ho know that 1 hey must
undergo opera! ion-s. but that this be
nign gift will make the ordeal pain
less. Anaesthesia has banished pais
from surgery, and has taken away the
dread of pain, that was almost :is hard
to bear as the ain itself. It has made
easy operations ;hat could not be don -because
the hurt was more than human
fortitude cotlid endure, ami thus it has
lengthened life. The fiftieth annixer
m,rv of the first public d.-moiisbratio:.
of "snrgii-nl anaesthesia was recently
celebrated in F.oston. Physicians ami
nirjrrons made much of the occasion,
as became the representatives of a hu
mane anil benefit-cut profession. To
have liecii M-rmitled to give this -Immiii
to the world is sufficient to immortalize
the name of the givrr. lr. William
Thomas (.ireeu Morton.
INDIANS HATE ENGLISH.
They Refuse to Speak It
Leaving SchooL
After
Tlx- ItiRl.l ItnleH Aealnat the I'ae of Their
Own Tongue l'aue Them to Le
apiie the M hite Man's
I-Mii t; aia i;e.
For years povernnietit instructors
aiiHtug the Indians have been troubled
ly t he fact t hat. t In- re.l men, after learn
ing Fngllsh tit t lw schools a.s children,
invariably return to their own tamgues
and som positiv.-ly to ihate the white
man's languag'.
The suMTintend.'iit of Iudiaji school..
W. N. I lailmaai. in a rcort just made to
t he commissioner of 1 ndian afTairs, says
that Ih.-. liidi.iiis were :u-tually taught
to hat.- the Kt.g-lish t.ingiK-, lw-cause of
t he rig-id rules aigaitist tii.'. use of an.
Iinli;ui conveisit ion by pupils. I "iit':l
h.leiy the great ma j. rity of Indian
t.ach. rs h:ic kti-.rcd under the delu
sion that. 1 hey can hasten the acquisi
tion of I In- Fnglish latiguag-e on tlw part
of the pupils by coinpu Isairy measures,
visiting- more or less severe M-na!ti-s
upon t he iin fort una Ie child ren w ho w ere
caught in the us-of the Indian sp--c,b..
The uiircn.soiia.h!ciioi of such pro
ceedings, winch arc stlways punished
w itih more or less serioii.s failiir.-. a-p-ars
when it is coii.sidercd that stt
idiom that is forced UHn si child by
means of (x ii.'ilt ies and other appeals
to fear is m-c.t-;arilv hateful l him.
Then. i;i his ow n heart, lie turns iivva v
from it, sunt uses it only under more or
less pronounced protests. This le-i-
tnes quite manifest a.s soon as the
children are removed from the restraint
.if the school, w Im-ii, for instance, t In-y
rcturu to their jwirents for si visit or
more or less a-rniii nent ly aft-r gnidua
lion. and when, on nneting' their
former teachers, they will either re-fu--
to sp-.ik Fnglish altoget her r an
swer with sha me-fac.-d rel uctaaiee.
l'rof. Ilailimui stiys: "Tlu-re is no
doubt in my mind that l!ia iitireasnm
sibleuess of the offensive wsirfare made
in 1 he Indian seihools against Indian:
vrrnai-iilar is largely to blame for the
sqmarent sliililiiirnurss with which
older Indians refits.' to learn Knglish
or to use the link knowledge thereof
h liii-li they may sses. If it isargued
tha.t with lil-rty to us- tlie Indian ver
nacular I he 1 ikIulii children w ill engat'e
in nini iTsat ion, possiidy improper,
wliicli i.Im- teach.-r .-an neither iinder
. stand nor control, the fault lies not
wit.ii the child's knowledge and iw of
Irs own idiom, but with the teacher's
ignorance of I he sxirme, a ml the remedy
will be found not in the repressive
ine:istines, which inii-t. l'-iiis- of tlieir
n i. reas' Mii I ilem-ss. fail .if their purpose,
bill in tin- determin.v! effott .mi the
tesn herv part to acquire a knowl.-dge
of t he child's idiom.
"I'rolicibly the traditional hostile al
titude of certain schools t.i tJie Indian
xertiaciilar is rcsp. ns;:ble for-the fact
1hat in :i number i. f instances fiesieher -and
other s.-lu;.d employes runt in lie a
t he s i.n.e s.-hool. wot k ; rg w it h t he same
1 rib.- of I nd ia ns. wit houd. acq ui ting any
a preciabic k n -w li-dgc i-.f f.'ie !ni:gn.-gv
spoken a.t the homes i-f 1 heir . hiidre':.
Tli's ignorance frequently extends t.
tin- customs, ha hi t s of I i fe, an I the his -torical
devc!o inct't of the tfi! e it.
question. They sis in to tri'it the In
dians as outcasts, and the i u1e-.ine c '
their work c rresp m's with this attitude."-
Chicago Tribune.
POPULAR SCIENCE.
The hlo.nl flows almost as freely
through the hones as I hroiigh t he lies!
.If cr our.g chlitircn. but as :ige cola. .
n. the blood esscls ill tin- horns ai
almost filled by t he .lisposil ion of l.iut
i.-r.
Mr. W. II. Dall, returning from hs.--a
m ina I ion of t he coal fie his of A l.iska.
as bi-ought Lack with him to Washi ng
iiiii pieces of fat of a mammoth pii
-i-ni-il in i.j-. this licing- the lirst .iis-
-ovcry of a maiijnioth in the tlesh on
i he .Mneriean continent.
If by any means a bird attained the
lightness of a balloon it could not lly.
balloon drifts with every gu d : steer
:ng is impossible, the wind .iioor.-s i t
.-otirse. The liird balloon, sis light as
I in wind a ml as st rong sus iron, is a fig
ment of the imagination.
A mong t he recent .liseov cries made by
means o. tlie Ilocntgen rays Teofte!
from I'.erlin are several relat in;' to dis
ease of the heart. It hsis also been oti--t-ri
d in .-ases of asthma that the right
half of the diaphragm sops work dur
ing t he :.t lack, a ml t In- left hsilf is com
pelled to hear sill the exert ion.
A gigantic cuttlefish, new to science,
was taken by the prince of Monaco n.-ar
t he Azores, f rom t he stomach of a sperm
whale. Two specimens were found,
each about two meters in length. The
stomach of tlie wliaie silso conta-neil
ai, other cuttle, the skin of wh'.h in
closed (he phot.igrsi phii- or luminous
bodies. Mingled with the partly-digested
.-utiles were teeth sind lien's of
other indiv iduals.
- I.egen.1 of l.nnibardy .
An ok! Uitnlianl iegen.l tells the story
of a chieftain who sisk.-d tlie h-inil of st
n.-ighboi's daughler. l'on Its Ix-ing"
refused him he declared war, killed the
chief w ho bad leclin-d the honor of he
it g- his fat licr-in-hiw . and married tin
girl sifter all. Not ssit'sfied with this
much, he had Hie skull of his w if.-'s fa-flu-r
moil n ted in gold as a drink imr . up,
a:nl one .lay. wh le under tin- int!u-iiee
f win.-, orilered his spouse to npiwar
before the a.ssemlile.l guest at his
house and drink to his health out .( the
horrible lnnvl. She did so. but ever
sf ter w :is her husband's secret but miv-d
tlesully enemy. She joined in a eon
f -piracy w hieh eventually resnlti-d in the
king- her liusbsuid's assassination.
, Clad 1 hey Weren't lerlral.
A well-know n Worcester clergyman
Iclls a, story at his own expense. In
his young ihiys he wsis tramping
through the White mountains with a
compsmion, who was sd.-o a clergymsin.
One day they mounted thedrivcrV neat
of a stagecoach. The driver w as an in
t en-sting character, losuled with 'oml
stoiii's. The threi' spei-dily Ix-ca un
friendly, and it wn w ith reluctance thsit
they parted at the end of the journey!
"I'm glad ter hev met yer. fellers," said
tlie driver, in farewell. "Yer we, I
hexen't seen a man this summer, ex
cept in ministers.
EPISODE OF OLD TEXAS.
The Government Sot Up by Count
St. Denis In 1714.
A Kmnantlc Frafsmrnt of Southwestern
lliHtory Th- Count's VI eel inn with
the Man lie Thought lie
Had Klatn.
There is much well-authenticated ma
terial for the historian in t he minds of
the old veta-rtuis of tlie 1-ordcr t hat xxill
mmiii (vsiss Ik-xoiuI the resi.-h of siil writ
ers. Fcxx eople k noxx' a ny t hing of t he
v ry first, m-i t lemeuU in Tevsis, ajid,
doubtless, many will lie sistonishc.1 to
learn thstt the business of creating re
publics in that country commeiu d
nearly IKI years ago. Tliere vx.-re fili
busters x ho dreamed of carving out for
t he in selves an empire in the great Mint h
xxest long Ix-fore exeli Aaron l!:irr xvas
Ixvrti. Others in the ranks of t lie most
.-art ful readers of history xxill possibly
Im- surprised to learn that the old San
Antonio road, which is one of t he Iw-st-ku.mii
landmarks in the southwest,
xxsi.s laid ojT sind csircfully mapM-d just
lv2 years sign. It xxsis sit. one time re
garded sis the longest highxxay in the
world. It xx:i.s longer than any of the
old b'oinan roads longer than t he gresit
militsiry rojul that led from theg-atcsol
tin- F.icrnal City to Constantinople and
111.- Asisitie provinces. The Ssm An
tonio rusul proK-r ran from San Au
gustine to Ssm Antonio, and the long
road extending- s.nitli of the Alamo mis
sion sicross the llio Crande to the City
of Mexico. :i tlistanci- of nuirc t ban l.b'1'.
miles, xxsi.s sdso .-allcil the S;in .'-.ntonii
road. It xx sis originsilly Isiid otT l()'l fed
xvide. It is si road yet. This gresit road,
over which Spsini.sli x i.-eroys sind riclilx
Isult n carsivans trsneled ---oxer xxlii.-h
countless thousands .-roxviled their
xvsiy to hsittle fields for more than UKi
years, xxsis laid olT by men xx ho xxert
talking of republi.-sin ins it lit ions lie
fore the idesi of .IcfTerson or the tri
umphs of Washington had ever en
tered the minds of the xxildeM dream
ers. Spain and France loth clsiimed the
country. France based her claims on
the discoveries of I .a Ssille. This gresit
explorer, in sesirching for the mouth of
the Mississippi, sailed too far xxest. ami
tiiisiily landed on the shores of Mata
:rorda bay. Hen- he built si for, sind
ailed it Fort St. I;ouis. in honor of
IyOilis XIV. of Frsinee. Fealizing th.-it
hi had made a mistake. La Saile ae
eouqisiuied by his folloxxers. attempted
to march across the countiy. hoping to
reach si Fr.-iw-h fort on tin- Arkansas
rixer. xx here he had instructed Ib-Tonti
to ke p si small ImmIx- of s.ddii-rs. lie
!ost his life through the t resichcry of
li'.s oxxn comrades, and it is suposed
I oat liis lioiies, re - som.-xx h. re on
he shoreis of the Ncches rixi-r. Fag-j.-i
-sited rejorts -on.-i -ruing the rich
'oimtry west of the Mississipfii rixer.
which iMinlered on the Oulf of Mexi.-o.
tiaciieil Fr:in.-e. Th.- soil xxsis ssiid to
be tin- richest in t he xx orld. 1 he .Tmsib
osis sajiibri.ui:. like that of southern
Spsiin. the mountains xxere full cf gold
Mid silver, and the rivers ran oxer gold
en sand. Among the hundreds of ad
venturous and warlike spirits that sur
rounded tlie throne of Louis XIV. none
li-tejied to these sLiriiH xxith more ea-!'crin-s-s
thsm Count St. I-riis. He xxsis
si braxe, eiicrgt tie. stnd handsome yotith.
who had inherited si great name and
many heavily inortg-aged cstsites. Th.
opportunity xxhich he eagerly sought,
! draxv his sxxord and msike an clTorl
10 fill his purs.' on the plains of the
Kio I i ramie, soon n-st-ntiil itself.
The bare cold facts of the story of
ih in young man's advent ures read so
much like the dreams of a romancer
thsit they xou1d Ih- rejected by all his
torians if they were not supported by
indubital-le re.-ords. Count St. lK-nis
ai I a young Frenchman of equal rank
of tlie name of IU-lisle wcie lnrth x io
'cntly in love xxith the same young
hrily. Their rivalry ended in a quarrel
vxhich leal to a duel. The antagonists
Mot and fought a terrible battle with
sxxords. xxhich terminated, as St. IVnis
- upHised. in the death of his rival, lie
at once tied from France, ami after si
i cries of narroxx- escsiH-s from arrest
and desith he finally landed in Americsi
ami joined the great Ixiuisisina com
psiny. His i-ountrymen received him
xxith open arms,, sind immediately of
fered him employment. All Spsinish
territory at that time north of the Uio
'irande.xxas ruled by a governor ap
iHiinteil by the viceroy of Mexico. The
Louisiana company xvas anxious to -os-sess
the country, and the authorities
-cut Count St. lenis at the head of a
Ft t Ie a rmy of less than 10 men to plant
'he flag of France upon the domes, of
the Spanish forts and missions. He
marched through n region of country
that literally sxvarmed with hostile sav
ige.s and eslsiblished himself in north
ern Texas without ever firing a shot.
He must have I teen an extraordinary
young man. possessing many of the
f-aifs of a leader, not the least amon-r
xxhich were his msisterly accomplish
ments as a diplomat, for he not only
nade an alliance offensive and defen
sive with the HxverfuI. xxarlike Natchez,
'lit he soon won the friendship of the
-"panish settlers who lived in the terri
Inrv. Intoxicated xxith his success, he
boldly cut loose from the I-ouisi.-tnri
--mjin v and set up a govern nt-nt of his
oxx n. This was in 'he year ITH. and
it was the xery first attempt toesfahlish
an ind.-.'M-ndent government ever made
on tlie North American continent.
It xvas a curious kin.l of si govern
ment. St. IVnis xvas at the head of it
itt-.'ler the modest title of goxernor. and
!v the prox isions of the constitution,
xxhich he drafted himself, he i-ossesscd
in his limited realm just aliout as much
r-oxxer sis the autocrat of all the I'ussias.
I.eaxing a trusted subaltern in com
mand. St. TVnis set out for the City of
Mexico on a mission that has never
Ix-en thoroughly understood. He either
fio-il through hit shrexxd poxx'crs of
fiplomacy to get the Spanssh x ieerov
o n-coghize his government, or. failing
11 this, he exx'cted to turn everything
ever to Spain and get himself sipxiuted
goxernor of the territory. When he ar
rived at the I'resido San Juan, near the
Kio liranik', the governor received and
entertained him in a most hospitable
manner. The xlished suldress and
courtly military liearing of the 1-oM
young ailventurer alimistt instantly wen
tlie head of the old governor, and sit the
vsime time the heart of his Ix-autiful
daughter. It xvsts a case of mutual love
at first sight. St. Dents almost forgot
the cmpirix that he had lx-cn drea mit-.g
of. xxhile enjoying tlie hospitality of
Scnor Villescaas and basking- in the
smiles tif Ilonna Maria.
There xxas another suitor for the hand
of this young lady, and this xxas im less
a personage than (iov. Anaysu of (':,.
I.niki. This ollicial no htxuier heard of
St. lK-nis and his attentions to iKmua
Mnria than he ordered his sirrest. St.
IVnis xxas loaded with chains and
throxx n into the fortress of Momx-lava.
Ilontia Marist continued to sissure 1 he
young mail of her devotion and of the
friendship of her father. Aft.-r St.
IVnis had lx-cn confined a month or
more his vverful rival appeared ine
fine dsiy at the d.xir of liis. -ell. folloxxe.1
by a lib- of his guards, ami told St.
I -cnis that if he would instant ly surren
der sill claims to the hand .if Donna
Marist that he would release him and
give him letters tluit would sissist him
in the prosecution of liis plans in the
City of Mexico. St. Denis, xx ith fla.sliing
cyt-s, scom.-d the offer, and his replv
xxas xx orthy of one of the old knightsof
ch'vsilry.
"Tyrant. you may load me xx ith chains,
but so long as Donna Marisi honors mo
xxith her loxe and confidence, so long
shall that loxe and confidence lx guard
ed sis my most sacred tresisiires. You
msiy take from me my life, seiior. but
you cannot take from me my honor."
The tvrant ordered St. Denis to lx
I resiled as si common criminal, but xx hen
ii ion t lis had tassel and t he hrsiv.-x ouug
F:i lichmati showed no signs of v.eldiiig.
IJie xx retch sent a courier Ix-aring t his
cruel messsige to Don nsi Marisi : "Mar
ry n:e. and St. IVnis shall lx- reh-as.-.!:
refuse, and your lover shall surely die."
Th.- fearless young- girl declined th.
txrsint's ofTer in emphatic terms, and
sit once sipplicd to t he viceroy in t he Cit v
ot .Mexico, telling him the story of their
love. Tin- xieeroy vxsis moxel bx' t In
iteous si, pels of the Ix-autiful girl, and
In; ri-lesis.il St. IVnis. As s.xm sis s.t.
Denis xa.-. liberated he msirricd l-nna
Marisi su.d resumed his jouniey t.i tin
City of M. xit-.i. Here his pleasing sul
dress won all hearts. The viceroy of
fered him a xtiou under the Spanish
government and gave him full authority
to punish his enemy. St. I Vnis shoxx .-d
thsit magnanimity xxas numlx-r.-d xxiih
his msuiy other tine traits of cli.-iraot.-r.
for he refused to make any trouble for
the msin who had so cruelly xxrong.-d
hiin. i
It is not known :s to xxhat kind of au
thority was granted to him by iheSpsin
ish ollieials in Mexieai. He bu It si f.ri
at NsicogdiK-lies and laid off a vt . He
order.-.! I he kinds siirxeyeil. and granl-i
t'th-s to the settlers, lie t-stsi! bsfie.l
tisidintr ixist.s at various uiints in tin
interior and rapidly a.-cumulsit.-d si
hirge f.rtlllie. He oss-cs-ed the hsippy
faculty of making si friend of . xerx
man xx ho came in contact with him.
IF- xvsi-s cstH.-d the "just chief by the
Indians, sind his fame for fair .1. uiing
x sis xvell established xxith all the tnlx-s
within reach of his capital. Wlrle in
the height of his jxuxcr txvo Indians
oik dsiy came to his house stud told nim
thsit they hail seen .a. w hit.- man xvith a
t rilx- of coast I ndiaias w ho held him sis :;
prixoner. St. IVnis sit once otTerx-d
them a lsirge sum of money if 1 hey
wo. ild go sind rescue tlie w iiite man asid
In ing him to NacogdiK-hes. Tlie I i.dians
went axxsiy. and in a fexv vvii ks th.-x re
sq x-anil at SL Ifc-nis house with si
nsiked, half-stsu-ved human Ix-ing- xx ho
xa:- Ix-smesirx-il with dirt and tainted
like sin Indian. St. IVnr-s ord.-red a
bsith for the jxxw shivering creat ure.
and sent a sur? Of his oxx n clot lies to 1 he
lisithroom. When the man ha.l lx-.-i
xxsisIm-i! suul clot hed he apxared lx-fore
his Ix-nefsictor. St. I Vnis no so .m-r
h.oke.l at. him than he wsis s'rtick
dumb vxith amazement. The msin xvs.s
lU-lisle. xxliotu St. Denis thought he
killed xxith h"n- sxxord in Paris. lU-lisle
xxsik eqtisillv as much astonished. They
xx er.- Frenchmen, sind they instant Jy
embrsiced nh other sind buriel all
psist ilitTerem-es. ISelisle's story xxsis a
siiort one. Imt full of sufferings. He
hsul re-.-oxeretl from the wounds in
flicted by the sxxord of St. IVnis. suv.l
not hang- afterward he joined a colony
of sulx.-iirur.-rs vvhn sailed to join the
Louisiana .-ompany at the mouth of th.
Mississippi. Like I-i Salle, they lost
their wsiy, sind sailed too far west. Ite
lisle. xxith txx.i c-Hiirsules. xx cut ashore
n the cosist of Texsis t.i enjoy si hunt.
They pot list. and tlie- ship sailed sixxsiy
siii.l left them. After w ai.da-riiii--th
rough tin forests for many days Ik
1 isle's txxo -ouirsiles -rlslie.l from
hunger. Helisle fell in with some eosisL
Indisins, who trcsitcd him v.-ry cruaf'y.
They strix-d him of his clothing, and
xxould haxe tirtur-d him to.leath xxith
tire hsi.l not. an old squsixv inlerfer.d
in his favor, lie had lx-i ii si pr'son.-r
xxith the Indisins for a long time. 4:.
IVnis gave Itclisic an oltiev in hisgov-enim.-nt.
s.nd put him in the way of
mstking money.
St. D-nis xvas slain in a battle with
the Indisuis on the frontier of his coun
try, and after his death tin affairs of
the colony fell into disorder. At tin
time- of St. Denis death there xxerv
alxtut Sod xhite eople who a-lsaimed
the prot.-etion of his government, and
tl.ey xxere nearly all in pnsx-rous vir
ciimstsnices. Many f tlicm hsa.1 sic-
uniulated fortunes trailing with the
Indisins. and St. IVnis himself was said
to hsive hsul in his xssession more I ban
$liHI.OO in pdd. Had he liv.d si fexv
years longer lie would have ant irip.t1.-d
the work of Austin and Houston, sunt
firmly estsihlished a piwernmeut in
Texas that Mexi-o could not hsueover
ahroxx'n KM! yesirs lx-fore the 1-siHle of
San .Isicinto was fouphU ilolx-D,-m-oerat.
I rnamfd ttystera.
For one quart f oysters use one pint
of cream. Fut the cresim oxer the fire
in a double Ixtiler, stirring in a table
spoonful of flour xx hile lxiiling; season
with salt, cayenne and black -pjx-r
xx ith a tablesxxnf ul of onion nr i-eli-ry
juice ami a lump of butter. Let the.
oysters come to a lxil in iheir own
liquor; drain ami turn into tie rresm.
Have slices of hot-buttered toast residy
and pour the oysters on them. X. V.
Sun.
Americans Should ti Is it It
It ie; said that of the .t.0 visitors to
the Yelloxxstone National park during
the last three years not more than lnu
were Americans. If the jisirk was in
Kurojx it xxould prolwibly lx? visited by
Crt.Ofni Americans a year.
SrONliE CULTURE.
A Proposal to Carry It On by
Artificial Means.
Kerklem Flohlae; Threatening to Extol
auinate the Natural Supply of
the
Crral rrodorliif
t enter..
Several causes have recently com
bined to reduce, the supply of sponges
in the American market. The psaraly&.a
of all ii.iiustry in C ulm in i-uusetjut nre
of the civil xxar now prevailing there
is one of them. The West Indies, lia
h.iuiis and Florida are the principal
ccnt.-es of prixluctioji iu this part o: tl
world. Ke. kl.-a-s fishing, w Uia-h thi pat
ens o cxteruiiliate the sinpii, much
as similar prxx-e-l i n gs do the seal off
the i-jiist of Alaska, is another factor in
1 he situatiuu. Tht- facts leiid
jx-culiar interest to the propo
sition recently made to '.he
I uit.-d States povertiment. through,
its .-.insular agent at Mitylene, by a
liret-k named Charalamxs Chorphios.
to est-tblish the business of artificially
cultixal ii:g sponges somexx here on h
Florida cosist. if he can get a conces
sion. A great d.nl has been done in t be
past, under the auspices of the national
and stale lisliery commissions, toward
rest x-k ing American lakes and rivers
xxith trout. lsiss, shad and salmon, with
smail fry hat. lied and nurtured under
hum in management. Artificial m-iiis,
tx. hsive much to .lo xxith the culture
af the oyster and the maintenance of
the supply of that bivalve. Hut tlie
reasonableness of the project of Mr.
t hrophios dix-s not rest slone on these
I reccd. nts. ltchxological cxjierts in
Washington are ssiid to have snow n
eonfidet:ce in its practiesibility. Th'y
sav tint by taking proper measures ihe
I loridsi sxiige tisher"-es .-oulil be
iuought to si hiu her state of productive
ness in a few y.-ats. The men a! read v
ngagi-d in the industry might iicl.
however, relish this interfervm-e in le
half of the pnblic.
"I h- tougli. soft, elastic, fitirous moss
which is t.ilx had at the druggist';-, un
der i he name of sjxnpe, is really the
skeleton which once supjort-d a whole
colony r f jelly-like a-reaturef; which
haxe built up thsit structure. These
propag.ste. naturally, in txxo ways, by
m.ans of s ores or eggs, anil by the
format i. mi of buds which eventil'y
split off from the mattir. jxilyp. Tlie
.-ci.-nt itie sj oitge cnlturisl proceed on
:i plan xxhich utilizes Ixith of :tifse
uethiels. but is like si common practi.-e
-ti h 't ii-ull ure. He simply cuts ujitne
teiiei: i-nt limis- of si colony into a num-ix-r
of pi.-1-es. .-mployiBg a sharp snife
or rs..or for the purtxjse. and condul-
i.g ! : o; -.-rat i .u xxhile the pulpy mass
:s still underwater. He is also cat . fill
to l.-.ive a portion of the original cuter
surface on each fragment. Fach Lit
may then lx- loaded vxith a small s"oiie
r oth'-i sinker to take it to tlie bolt om
.again. A fexv of these sctions fad to
rexive; but the great majority, after
an interval of two or three months, be
gin to thrive and eventually grow to a
.-onsi-lerable size.
There are hundreds of distinct spe
cies of sxnges. but scarcely a dozen sue
suited to man's use. It is asserted that
those which are obtained from Medi
terranean waters are the finest in the
xx orld; yet the delicate "sheep's woo!
sind "xelvef" spo.iges of rlorida Jre
xvrrd-rs of softness and beauty. And
if a system of artificial culture shoa'd
come into vogue these choice varieties
could lx prrxluee.1 almost as abundant
ly as the coarser grades are now. N.
Y. Tribune.
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Mauve and broxx n are one of the iop-
clar cMitrsists in millinery.
Torchon and x alen. irnnes patterns
combined are the new luces for trim
ming umlergariiients.
Hlouse xxaUts of xelx-t or velveteen,
with a narrow metal Ix-lt, are the cor
rect rxxlice f.ar skatitig costumes.
W a Iches ha v e grsl ua lly dim in i shed i n
sie until now the xery latest bit of
i nanii-l, set round with diamonds, is no
larger than a man's signet ring.
One secret of success in d ress is t-t
find out tlie colors vxhich are most be
coming aiad never wander away from
these, no matter xxhat the fashion is.
Maliogsiliy-colored hair is the latest
lad. and tlw transition ix-ri.xl IxMween
dark brown and this coveted hade of
r.-d is xery interesting to tlie keen ob
server. Satin riblvon two inches wide, plaited
on the inside of the skirt at the bottom,
is tin hakiyeuse xxhich fashion favor
just at present. It is more durable than
the pinked silk ruffle.
Finelxx-k muslin in all the pretty Light
tints is u-d for exening waiss for the
voting pirls. and it is ma.le over cheap
silk or satin, trimmed with lace an J
riblxvns and worn with light-. -okired or
black silk skirts.
MutT chains of gold with diamonds
set sit hiterxaks. so thsit they are open oi
lxith sides, are one of the novelties in
jewelry. Kubie. sapfthires. emeraldi
and amethysts aire also distributed in
the same msiiiner.
CRUSOE'S ISLAND DISAPPEARS.
M.nro Maklnsr of Jmmm Fe
tLsvnd by .dca.le Artlosx.
A few weeks aar., a vessel putting-ia
at IasUui after a trip around C-le
Horn, rexrted the d.-struction by vol
canic net ion of the Juan Ferinandez
i.-hind, famous, as the scene of Ki -bin-son
t'rusH-." The maa-ter claimed to
have s-en the a-ata.stroJie from the
deck of his xesi-el. The rejxjrt was not
piven creilence a.t the time lay scientifie
men, sum I many denials were printed in
p.-ix-rs and uuuraxiiies. Hut Capt
l'ow ells. of the F.ntsJi ship James Kerr.
sverts that the story is peueraily le
lieved by seafaring men all over the
world. The James Kerr has recently
arrived front Newcastle. N. S. W where
siie w as laid up four months on account
f the coal mine strike. Capt. I'owell
met a very large number of master
mariners there, and says that the. de
struction of the island was a matter of
common pisp among them. Th
captain himself has not passed within
sight of the island since lss9. when he
secured a photograph of it from the
leek of his ship. He Kays that some of
the captains who arrived in Newcastle
while he was tliere verifie.1 the report,
thta the island xxas missing.