” ‘
' FINALLY IDENTIFIED,
Men saw the pageantry go by
They sought the real hero there.
The big bass drummer caught their
eye,
Who stepped witr such martial alr,
They raised thelr shouts In wel.
coming glee,
But found, alas, it wasn't he,
“He's further forward!” then
cried.
The grand drum major there
found
7ith great fur hat and haughty stride
they
cents free,
But found, alas, it wasn't he,
when the mighty train bad
passed,
They looked about in blank dismay,
And
And
fast,
“Perhaps he isn't here to-day!
* Though many a figure proud we
S00,
We always find it isn't he!”
aud then the wise policeman spake:
“Did you not note the gentle mien
Of one whose modest manners make
The touch of contrast in the scene;
The man who didn’t seem to be
Filled with importance? That was
he”
Washington Star,
Charley, hurriedly. “The rest of you |
make a ltter and carry the body te |
the village with all speed. It may be |
there 1s still a spark of life remain |
ing."
With these words he disappaulea, |
and the rest of us proceeded to fulfill |
our sad duty. |
With slow and cautious steps we |
proceeded with our burden. We had |
just arrived at the edge of the woods
when Frank Fields suddenly exclaim
“There goes a chap sneaking off, and
I'll bet he's the man, I'm golag to
catch him, boys.” The man, it was ev.
ident, had not seen us, for Frank was |
upon him before he could =calize his
short straggled followed
Frank's suspicions seed to be well
founded. The man was evidently a
nance.
There was blood, too, upon his hands
He eved our burden with a shudder,
resolutely maintained his inno
Fortunately, our village had just re
ceived an acquisition in the shape of a
The latter, although a
voung man, was sald to be a wonder
fully skilled person. Thus far, how
he had met with but little
couragement, for old Dr. Garland had
attended closely to his duties,
To Dr. Peters’ house we carried our
The doctor
new doctor.
ever, en
burden, young
A STRANGE
OCCURRENCE.
Many five
young
our new shell
years party of
men had been out practicing in
At that ti
considered to be one of the finest am
ateur boat clubs of New Jersey. They
finished their pull
and brought up the
stage. As we
spaniel
us.
There, 1 that 1
of the party, hn mat
Fido, i
for short,
mal. OC
had taken
good education.
if the dog
word that
On the particular day alluded to Fil
seemed more htan usually glad
the return of his
in a
though
ago ft
me they were
three-mile
1
alongside
regular
safely
did so a small
came running down to
wis one
ter now.
or
great pains
It really
pial
understood
we said,
10 greet
1
master: he acted, too
al
somewhat
in the
sgirange
manner,
onfusion and bustle of
little heed to
After had locked
house and donned our thie!
lel,
home
we
to prevent catehing «
gested that we go
wi wis
were
their
from the party.
badly
pull, and, taking t
been
sprung
pairs, we started
“Blamed if
queer,”
had proceeded
“He's
woods, you may depend 1
Let here that had
been left behind when we started from
the village, It belief
that id sought us out by way of
the he he
fore. The open road was considerably
the longest and Fid often
edd to the short cut through the woods
him
gested Frank Fields,
“I was just thinking
was the reply.
“Now, Fid.,” he
the dog. “let us
been making such a fuss about.”
As 1 have sald, well
quainted with the
therefore we were
prised when the
bark, started off on a run
ners we considered
were soon left behind.
The sharp, quick barks at iotervals
served to guide ux. At length this
changed to a long, prolonged howl,
gad and mournful that we involuntari
ly paused and gazed at each other in
dread.
“Something unusual
boys.” exclaimed
“Forward!”
In a few minutes more we had
reached an open space in the woods,
The sight there revealed was enough
to shake the nerves of the strongest,
Stretched upon the ground, with a
ghastly wound in the top of his head,
lay old Dr. Garland-a man dearly
loved by nearly every one around,
#id sat by his head, eyeing him sad-
ly. and at lotervals uttering that
mournful howl.
For a moment we stood paralyzed
with horror at the sight. Charley
White was noted for his extraordinary |
coolness in exciting moments,
It was his volee that suddenly arous-
ed us to action,
“This has been a cowardly murder,
boys,” said he, in a hard, metallic
volce. “The murderer, whoever he Is,
cannot be far away.”
Turning to the dog, with an earnest.
ness we had never before seen in him,
he sald, pointing toward the ghastly
sight:
“Fid. go find the man!"
The dog snuffed around. impatiently
for a few moments, then uttering a
fierce growl, started off with his nose
remarl
but
rufi ACTOSs Some
me dog
say
was Charley's
he hu
woods, as had often done
way. resort
“Give his way, Charley,” sug
of doing so."
added,
what
addressing
$e you have
we were ac
dog's sagacity
not greatly sur
sharp
Good run
dog. wi fo
as ourselves, woe
1]
has
Charley,
happend,
quickly.
to the ground.
“I'll follow the dog!” exclaimed
been
skull had
instrument,
The
by
chance victim's
crashed heavy
and a portion of It was pressing upon
Delicate
proved successful,
to
SOoine
the brain. as the ensuing op
eration was, it for
the old
SCIOUSDEeSS,
It was
White
doctor at last awoke con
before
when he
two hours Charley
and did, he
stady a wild-looking individ
ual. Fid Kept
heels, growling
We learned
had been engaged in a most desperat
returned
lose to the individual's
fiercely.
that Charley
afterward
struggle before he conquered his man
slenderls
‘he prisoner, although
had =
It was probable that Charley
news like
would
made a second victim hae
for Fii's aid
and
have
in wor:
been
mann, aitte
Matters now began
complicated
men in cus
Charley
be
is theory
{to convict
could be
all our questioning failed
noe gro
Not
upon
him
found
of explanation,
hand, Frank's prisoner
of fear. HH:
innocence,
in an agony
affirmed his
yet count
blood =taln
lie aDninion
between the
Hen
bir
woul
As
Cravisen
assailant.
Frank ¥
one brought
man,”
prom
Then the
forward
“That ix the
other prisoner was brought
the old
£ Jovas Ix
fellow,” said
“Have him
is an escaped lnnatic”
doctor, quickly.
watched: he
Th risoner made a rush to escape
The
back to the asy
but we were too quick for him
next day he
ham
He had formerly been treated by the
old doctor, and, it was supposed, had
which Jed
was sent
entertained
the attack
As to the other prisoner, he
ed to finding the
for.y, aud
Finding it
might
some grudge to
confess
mangled
restore him.
fearful he
the murderer,
had resolved go on his way.
After this affair Dr. Garland was
#0 won over to the young doctor that
he relinquished his practice in his fa
vor and retired.
The affair created an intense excite.
ment in the little village.
Fid, who such a prominent
part in the affair, had always been a
great favorite with the doctor On
one occasion the dog had been badly
hurt by a passing carriage and ten
derly treated at the doctor's hands,
He had well returned the Kindness,
however, in the manner shown,
It is altogether likely that had it hot
been for the dog, and the victim had
died, an innocent man would have an
swered with his life for the murder,
Fil was ever a favorite with all af-
ter this exploit. It was always a puz. |
#ling question, though, how he had
the
And that question none of
us could ever answer satisfactorily.
doctor's
to
attempting
useless, and
be
SUS tev] as
He tu
acted
Rarely Found In Earope,
The papyrus plant grows nowhere in |
Europe with the exception of the |
banks of the river Cyane In Syracuse, |
Sicily. It Is generally believed that it |
was Introduced from Egypt by the By. |
racusan rulers in the day of their in.
timate relations with the Ptolemies,
but it has also been suggested that the |
Saracens Introduced it from Syria.
The only eagle nickel cents on which |
there Is a premium is that of 1854,
The price varies, according to condi.
tion, from fifty-five cents to one dollar
and ten cents,
SIMPLY HAVE T0 STEAL
- INDIA.
(ang Stole a Bridge, Another a Train
Useless Plunder Hidden Away--Ex-
perts Tackle a Strong Room.
“After living In India
said the civil engineer, “1 am
ry on the face of the globe has thiev-
ng been brought to such a point of
yerfection,
into direct contact the
nasses, and passed weeks and months
n their villages,
with
rang of assistants and servants.
hieving began with my body servant,
{ie would steal my clothing, my mon-
sv and my toilet articles, No
syhiether we were in a village or away
yut in the jungle, he would steal. At
irst I used to reason with him,
‘ound that he was a llar and a hypo
wwite. Then I resorted to personal vio-
ence, I had one man with me for five
vears, and never a week passed that
10 did not steal something. After siz
ng him up I used have a regular
yrogramme, When I found anything
nissing 1 called him up and stated the
minutes In
He would
i
i wonld
to
‘act and him five
which to return the art
and protest and
iim by the neck and slam him around
When be had been half killed he would
the The
They
would steal and sell the provisions,
y
gave
i
Hie,
weep take
{Oo restore property.
LETen
ook and the boy came next
woking uténsils or whatever else
sould i Kk
sent
up.
+
*OOKS to
Or but
four others,
thief as
with
hires
was as big a
i deal
Then
noining
way 0
ase a whip
[here was
xcept
that about
natter if
and no
{ndia dared to buy the loo
we were out
matter that no nat
steal just Lhe
stroments
ce you that he was
i He w
fast
wRepiir ry
Hi
the
though
ng in
was
Ms
ok
"
kicks
the shot
nim by the n
thout twenty
thieves
ind there
hey
bridge
the
were
ati
bolt
work
When
left
man
the th
loaded
hrough nothing wax
The
od that job had not ask
he
ter of fact, it
just the
bt a skeleton on supports
who boss
#
“18 v here the
could sell
couldn't
wis taken
hadu’t been
plunder would have
{3 corse,
company got after
few days about SO
arrested When
aske 1 the
stealing a bridge into his head,
plied that he had noticed it
He would have
fled, be sald, could he have
half price for of the iron
All the fellows were sent to prison for
long terms, bot none of them
plained of the law. What they
plained of was the carelessness of
railroad people in leaving a big bridge
ungarded as a temptation. After
hearing of the bridge affair you will
not be surprised at the stealing of a
freight train. Sach a thing actually
happened in the province of Nagpur
Six freight ears loaded with merchan-
dige were run in on a siding at a small
station one evening, When the station
agent had gone home a band of thieves
same,
the boats wrecked
a sandbar the
been dumpsxd into a jungle,
railroad the
fellows,
of them
the
and in a
were the
idea of
he re
nn
antis
boss was what put
was
guarded been
gotten
ten bolta
com
CO
he
the siding and then used some old rails
to extend the track about twenty rods
into the jungle. They got two cars in
all right, but the third tipped over and
the way. During the night
were carried off, and next day one of
the thieves gave the whole snap away
to the police for a sum amounting to
about 30 cents,
“As for slick thieves, India has ‘em
by the thousands, No white man can
a burglar out. For a time I had quar:
ters at Jypur with a government agent,
and special precautions had been taken
against thieves, There were times
ferent occasions attempts had been
In the new bunga.
locked, The strong room was in the
middle of the house. The walls were
bricked up on the lpside and the door
was of iron. Chaloed to the floor was
an Iron chest, and of course the chest
had a lock, With this room between
the sitting room and dining room it
appeared to be perfectly safe, espe.
elally as our servants were Europeans,
The house was never alone by day,
and at night there were four of us in
it. One morning it was discovered
that an attempt had been made to en-
ter the strong room by cutting a hole
through the floor. The bungalow was
clear of the ground, and but for the
and cement floor the fellow
What puz
He couldn't have done better
full liberty to
it.
“The hole he made was repaired and
little sald about the matter, Just a
week later he returned, 3v climbing
hie up the roof of the
house, and working his way along he
It
his
The
got on
struck the exact spot from above,
thatched roof, and with
he ent out a square hole,
interior of the bungalow wns
or, at least, the rafters were,
a hole through
without noise,
Wis
ceiling
able
this wooden
and was then
He
first tried to pick the lock of the chest,
but failing that he determined to
take the chest out, He had to file
through
in
The chest
wins of
I “
had
ascend and for a rope
RO
welghed 170 pounds,
rope, after « nlarging
it up and out on the
i by
descend way
mom
HOLES THAT LIGHTNING MAKES
How the Diameter of an Eieciric Bolt Is
Measured
“Did you ever see the diameter of a
lightning dash measyred?”
asked a
“Pearson's
geologist of a writer In
Weekly.” “Well, here
inclosed a
ting It exactly,
just how hig it
Ww
‘fuigurite’ «
flash of lightning, fit
that yon
This
Tightnis i
onoe
“0 Can
wns
and the
I will
manufactured,
fraction
hole”
material it is made of is ginss,
tell you how it was
though it only took a
second to turn it out
“When a bolt of lightning strikes a
transforming simultaneously into glass
the silica in the material
which it passes. Thus, by
Now and then
‘falgurites)’
Fulgarites have been fol
Own Rize,
known
and dug up.
its
tube,
such a
fis
nearly thirty feet, They vary in in
to three inches or more, according to
the ‘bore’ of the fash.
‘But fulgurites are not alone pro
duced in sand, They are found also in
solid rock, though very naturally of
merely as a thin, glaksy coating on
Such fulgurites occur in
in soft and so porous that blocks a foot
long can be obtained and perforated
in all directions by little tubes filled
with bottlegreen glass formed from
the fused rock, There is a small specl
men in the National Museum which
has the appearance of having been
bored by the teredo, and the holes
made by the worm subsequently filled
with jrlass,
“Somme wonderful fulgurites were
found by Humboldt on the high Ne.
vada de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses of
the rock were covered with a thin lay-
er of green glass, Its peculinr shim.
mer in the sun led Humboldt to ascend
the precipitous peak at the risk of his
SANTA TERESA'S BANISHMENT.
Yaquis Compromised Her Family Because of
Thelr Gratitude for Her.
“1 notice,” said 8, H, Newman, *'.hat
wme enterprising reporter has tried to
make Santa Teresa responsible for the
Yaqui rebellion, Ranta Teresa is
tier home in Clifton, Ariz, and has not
on Mexican she was
banished some years ago.
“I have heard the story
Feresa’'s life from her own
from her father, and I kopow
aever did have anything
Indian uprisings in Mexico.
“Santa Teresa was born on
father's farm in the State of Bonor:
Her father was then a weaithy farm
peen soll since
Santa
and
phe
of
Hips
that
do
to with
the Yaqui reservation. The Yaqui In
linng have heard of the wonderful
healing powers of Banta Teresa,
She won their everlasting
gratitude, and thelr simple
minds the
superstit
MIR endowed
“One day there to the Yaqui
priest.
tiad a little cathedral, but no priest ex
wept
cate
as occasionally visi
did, The priest
cathedral a vers
heen ert
such
nas this one
found In the little
which had
|
1
there by the Spaniards
painting and sa
take it and replace
The Indians
'
3
Todd Ths
ginting
painiing
finally
vine service every Sunday
ing He usually reads a short |
prayers with a sermon
wn, but from
wellknown
and follows the
fot of
collection
German divine
his own compositi
of
During his recent tgip
the some
daring divine
the heat
had fallen
Their consternation was great
the
BOTY ice,
from
fast
sailor,
that a
either overcome by or
other cnuse,
asleep
% . 3
and they
were relieved when fim
satlor wakened with a start, After the
gorvice the captain called the sailor be
fore him, gave him a sound rating. and
to two days arrest
Now, it happens that on Sunday after
the RKalser's custom to hear the eap
coding week, If any sailor has distiu-
the Kaiser shakes
hands with him or says a few Kindly
the Kaiser hears the details, The eap
“Was he on the watch the night be
fore?’ asked the Kalser,
“He was, your majesty.”
“Then let the poor fellow off. Be
sides, it wasn't mach of a sermon,
anyhow, "Christian World,
Mistaken for a Goachman.
The Inte Cornelius Vanderbilt usaal
Iy dressed in black even when not in
mourning. He was clean shaven or
wore only small side whiskers, and it
was to these peculiarities of his ap
pearance that was attributed a mis
take once made by the sexton of the
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church,
Mr. Vanderbilt is sald to have enjoyed
the joke more than anybody else who
beard it. Mrs, William D. Sloane, his
gister, was on the point of having
some garments sent to the church,
when he came into her houss on his
way (pwn town. He sent word that
Lie wanted to see her hmmediately,
“Can't you wait a moment? she
i
A
“4 am anxious to send this
bundle down to Dr. Hall's church”
“Oh,” replied Mr. Vanderbilt, “I am
going right by the church on my way
down. Give me the bundle and 1 will
His offer was accepted and he siart
ed with the bundie in arm. When he
regiched the church he found the sex
ton there, The latter received the
of the
church,
Mrs,
Not so many days after
this, herself, on coming
Sloane
course, happened to espy the sexton,
John," “did you get that
ee
gnid she,
“Y on’ mn."
Your
the
coanchman brought
York Bun.
wis cheerful reply,
it Tuesday,
New
WILLIAM WIRT'S ROMANCE.
Reformed and Won a Bride.
When former Secretary
W. Thompson
is being
of the Navy
story
printed about
Wirt, At
Siates
saw the
widely
of Wil
of
that it
reformation nm
rney-General the United
called was far different
hear
where
last
man
se
‘ourt House, Va.
re Wirt, a
ice of law, pubs
a
near
lying
Water Inside a Pebble.
pebble, says the Phil
} cked up
dark
of a
street
os #45 1d
markabie
LB
i“
is af
ana ol
assession
Twelfth
The stone is translucent
glance looks like an
It ix about
walnut and
held to
peculiarity
drop of water that
How it ever
that natare
The surface of the
perfect, but there is no doubt
hollow interior. The pebble ie
but
institutions have offer
for it.
will never let it
possession, as it was
well-known lanidist
near Walnut,
a casual
on
frie TY PO
Gridinary season
half of a oral
© When
ie light
beheld,
oired
the size
the stone is
remarkable js
Inside
its
is a
interior.
A mysiory
abort the
SION i
of the
only interesting as a
many wealthy
curiosity,
however,
hie
out of
Rothschild Among Kings.
Among the anecdotes related by the
Hon. John Bigelow in the Century, in
a series of extracts from his conversa.
tions with Von Bunsen, is this about
the famous banker Rothschild:
During the famous Congres of Vien.
na, cach of the several monarchs pres
ent was the guest of some nobleman,
On one occasion Baron Rothschild was
invited par exception. He modestly
went to take his place, not among the
more exalted guosts, When they dis
covered Rothsehild, however, they all
rose, one after the other, and saluted
im, exeept the King of Prussian, Some
one asked the king why be did not sa-
lute the great European Banker. “Did
I not?” he replied. “Well, 1 suppose it
was becanse 1 was the only one who
did not owe him anything.”
Current Pi,
“Here's a pretty Kettle of fish!” said
the lineman, as he looked at the twist
od mass of wires after the big fire,
“Well,” replied the intelligent com.
positor, “1
current pi,