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THAN MOXKY.
ft, k Mta tb money, ye
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And fondly yen leek trettr geld;
, MiWta,. ht far
milemwHgn
Your wealth, though It may be untold.
Just single bright smile te some one in dis
weaa, A kind word te some ragged boy ;
These will often go further than money t
Meat,
And fill sad heart full of joy.
Jnsta baach of fresh flowers for an Invalid's
A line te dear absent friend;
These alone may de mere te dlicl liin ami
gloom
Than all of the geld ' c" "I-end.
-Celumbn' Dltxilch.
vandusen's mm,
The Biggest Sensation of the Nine-'
teenth Century.
HY K. W. THOMSON,
The following narrative is prophetically
extracted from the New Yerk Time of Jan
uary 2, 1900 :
Net the least Interesting among the multi multi
tudiuens recollections of the nineteenth cen
tury which engrossed America j etcrdny i
that of the famous Lake Michigan piracy of
1887. Many still ipiite young w ill remember
the horror of the nation en that June even
ing when the news came that Milwaukee had
been bombarded with Greek fire that after
noon, and that Chicago was threatened with ,
the same fate. The public consternation and
fury surpassed for some days ex en that of
theprepertled classes eight year age, when
the Socialists first carried the presidential
election. Frem Mr. Teleg Q. Scudly, a prom
inent citizen of Milwaukee, who reided
there when the bombardment occurred, the
rimrt reporter last evening obtained the fol
lowing graphic account of the affair.
"De I remember the Arthabasca bom
barding Milwaukee?" said Mr. Scudly gen
ially. "I should say se. Mere likely te
forget my wife or my namel Why, it was
the darndest, boldest, most villainous thing
that ever happened. You're tee young te
remember it, eh?''
"Ne," said the Timtn representative. "I '
recollect the excitement well enough. I was
nine years old then. Hut I never exactly
understood hew the thing came aleut.
Hew was it pessihle, anyhow?'
"I don't wonder at your asking that,"
answered Sir. Scudly. "New that the latter
ports are fortified, and the lakes each with
its Ironclad, folks feel safe against such
another attempt. But you see there wasn't
a big gun up there at that time, nor an
armed vessel except a little wooden gunboat.
Mere' n that, there was no way of fetching
them up at short notice. The railroads
hadn't tmcks ready te carry very heavy
cannon ; the Erie canal was little mere than a
ditch -r -the St. Lawrence canals wouldn't
--pass really large craft clear up from the wa.
Se there were the great lakes all undefended,
and the only wonder is that Vandusen's
game wasn't tried earlier."
"But hew did he contrive te arm his x eel
without anybody getting wind of it?"
"Well, you see this was hew it all hap-l-cned.
The British owned Canada then
that was before the Dominion became an
ihdeiwndent republic. In the winter of 1S.6
everybody saw that England and Russia
were bound te fight toen. The Canadians
were howling for protection for their Pacific
lierts sjcially Victeria. Se, in May, 1S-37, i
the British sent a cargo of cannon and am
munitien te Montreal te lie transported
across the continent te Victeria by the Cana
dian Pacific railway. There was n fifty-ten
gun beside a let of heavy Armstrongs and a
dozen or mere of long-range Nerdenfeldts,
together xxith any amount of shells and
cartridges for the whole caboodle. Well,
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when the stuff reached Montreal the ew
Yerk iVrdM madceutthat the armament 1
was a threat against this country, and se it J
hlazeil away at the British government day
in and day out, demanding explanations
and assurances and se en. It was a big
newspaper sensation. The pan-r chipeil
in all round, and the Canuck journals,
especially the Terente GMit, were mighty
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own business. Of course it was all this
1U1K liiab E-ui(lxu miuuM-11 uu os -V11X.1UX:.
He was a born American, but had gene te '
(Sermany and cntcreil into a conspiracy te
blew upTrince Bimarck. That made him
apolitical refugee. He xx as a mighty small
man, and hail the control et considerable
funds for the Communists.
"Well, while everybody xxa talking about
the fifty-ten gun, the Canadian Pacific rail
way found their bridges round the north
shore of Lake Superior needed some strength
ening liefere they'd pas a heavy ordnance
train safely. They ran the train a few hun
dred milesi xvest of Montreal, and then ide
'trackedit en the Algoma branch, a line that
struck Lake Huren water at Algoma Mills,
then a little backwoods village hundreds of
miles from anywhere. Te get the ordnance
train outeftheroadof tralllc it w as run dew n
te Algoma Mills and there switched off just
alongside of the big wharves they were fin
ishing Of course, all this xxas in the i-ai-cr
and Vnnduscn hadn't much te de but read
'em jut then.
"Same time the Canadian Pacific was run
ning a line of steamers from Owen sound en
Lake Huren te Fert William, at head of
Lake Superior. The Arthabasca was one of
'em a big, strong, iron ship, Scotch built,
very fast and Inspected by the British ad
miralty before she was sent out, se as te
make sure she was fit te carry guns if asked
te. She was brought out in sections and put
together en tne lanes. re you sec every;
thing was ready te hand for Vandiiscn and
I'liClJJU Xl .MAV-.. s J .... -.".IJ-
nisgangei reiiigcesanu ceminunaru. lnej -
hail taken te Canada because, after the plot
against Bismarck, the Germans in the State
made this country tee het for 'em. Most all
of 'em had served in the German army and ,
were up 10 everything in the war biLsine. ,
Toward the end of May it was noticed that
a geed many of 'cm were feeling round To Te Te
eoneo, where Vaudusen lived, und around
Owen sound, where the Arthabasca stepjied
for a day and night each trip. There was a
talk about Vandusen being at work en ex
plosives that was the new Greek fire it
had some chemical name, but 1 forget it, the
stuff they afterward tilled the shells with.
Well, the Canadian police vxere just thinking
te seize the whole gang when the news came
that they had collected at Owen sound,
seized the Arthabiuca, with the whole crew
and engineers aboard asleep, and put off in
the night for netmdy knew where. That was
startling, but nothing te what fellow cd.
"Net even next day when the wires te
Aleema were rcneired down did nnv mn '
.l"net the sehen ... It wnn'l .1 i .Al.v.
basca. Then the operuter at Mackinaw I Chicago
straits reported that a queer-looking craR 1 "Our situation in Milwaukee was horrible
had run feeuth xery fast In the evening into but we M-cdy Scffluiw hS i, ,.mr -Lake
Michigan. Uter a fislierman rail Inte TaKe. That the lurenial villains certainly
Mackinaw settlement In a riddled skiff. He must have everything their own wav for
had been ulmest under the bevvs of the about four days mere seemed clear. Yeu
Arthabasca about twilight. Vandusen had can remember yourself hew the continent
ordered him and his crew aboard, and when wa paralyzed with amazement and horror 1
they refused te go, had opened en their Chicago threatened with Greek fire and the
mack iritn a Neruenfeldt. The sklpier had government of C5,otn,inje Americans totally
jumped overboard and escaped by frequent powerless te help her against 3X11 Nohedv I
ciiTina;. uegvueu m uie iwiukui, iuiu nucu
the Aithabaaca steamed ahead he
iiiunuKcsi
te right the nearly shattered skiff and came
sn, Datuy weunueu, wim tne news, jie re
ported the Arthabaaca'i upjier works cleared
off and that she wan carrying an immense
gun nearly amidships, with smaller cannon
and Kerdenfeldta frowning in every direc
tion. Yeu may bet there wai wild excite
ment everywhere at that news, but (till no
one could Imagine Vandusen's game. Soen
Milwaukee discovered it.
"About four o'clock in the afternoon the
trHtinejne. ateamed toward the city. It wu
i.i i in i.'iJ!nmK She I
'!!': i'iPj'LIS il!2SrSrir;
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'm1S,irS& ' wT5? .mnirW;
' Jfihrt wMwatdiln fnm thewharje-.
sees ;s.e,,, te v? fisr-tH
ne, man . .""- "."-, , ., n
memlwr the vx hole letter, Imt It said if the
trthabasca's beat was Interfered xxith they
would begin firing en the town rigntaway
They wanteil the wire eiiiinertrii nun the
mayors emcr. as me m m me .xmm
basca's beat were amml te the teeth the
I imlire kind e' reckeneil it would Ihj ut a
well te let them go hack unmolested. Then
the wire came ashore. I'll never forget the
i fiirrand tear of the crowd when the police
told the news. The tery ran with rne in
eerv direction at once, Mich n reuras broke
out "and the crying of women' Then the
police set about clearing n lane Mr tne wire
It was curious te ee hew the people seemed
te fear it. They presed along en Imth idc"
with its advance, hut never trampled it. and
at last the connection xv as made.
"1 hail reached the mayor's efliiv when
Vandusen cried, 'Helle.'
Helle''
" 'Are veu the max or"'
" 'Yes.'
"Then you've cot a big job te attend te
right off. "Of course you knew the pins we
earn-. Igive Milwaukee one hour te send
aboard fixe million dollars in geld, diamond,
bank notes and bends If the mene' net
here then I will burn the city '
" 'You're crazy ' answered the mayor.
" 'Sane as x en "are. Hut you've cot no time
te talk. Hump yourself, new. Half a min
ute gene already"'
"You'll hang for this,' said the het-tempered
tnavnr.
" "All right. Talk awav, if you'd sooner
I expect te have te burn your town anx how hew
It will kind of encourage Chicago. u there'll
be no time wasted in talk, there. It's tlie
next place I take In '
" 'Yeu can't lie such a monster, protested
the mayor, 'as te tire en a peaceful city and
kill hundreds of women and children, who
never harmiil jeu. jeu infernal pirate and
robber.'
YOC THE XIXTOR'"
" 'Beh ! Ne mere robber than you and
the whole let of swindling capitalists. They
think it's all right te make corners in grain,
or put up freights, te take five millions or
twenty, or all they can steal by the unholy
jewef of capital. " Such conduct is abomina
ble. New, 1 de the same thing with guns
and risk hanging. It's manlier and lielder.
and iut as honet. As for your women ami
thlhlren, their bleed will be en your hand',
net mine. I gave you an hour's notice.
They can all clear out of town.'
"On this being reported in the trevt there
xxas the wildi-t -ceiie of llight Suddenly
convulsed with terror, the s?eiile hurried for
the suburbs and awav by thousand and
tens of thousands Manx" taxed, though,
same braxe. some skej.tical, eme reckoning
they could hide in the cellar. It wa ipieer
that no one thought of surrendering te the
nirate. vet theiiaiuI Hint oil" with all man
ner of portable valuables, ohxieuslx believing
the rit. wellIlI i,e ,helled
'"You'll be captured te a certainty.
aid
tne mayor, at trie teiepnene.
"You're a feel,' answered Vamluen,
rudely. 'Yeu haven't realized the situation.
Cern-filer it I can sink any vessel en the
lakes fixe miles etl' with one shot from my
big gun. There's neartillery en these waters
that can touch me from two miles If an
attack was made with -mall bouts I umld 1
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sons iiieusaim xxiiii mx .iriusuuiiu ujni
v-nr.i,.fi.i.if. i...i-.,,n n,,. ,,.i.i .ni, ,,,m t
mean te fire en anything approaching within
three miles of me. It's your duty te reisirt
mat 10 an America ; niritweuiu ne unpleas
ant for me te be cemis?lleil te sink uninten
tienally offensive craft There's net a
toriiede Ixiat en the lake. Nothing te touch
me can be floated here for three days vet, nor 1
can anything Ih; brought upsoener te hurt me ,
from ailiere. Yeu ee. 1'xecet allthecunls.
Reisjrt it especially te Chicago. When I '
m there, after burning Milwaukee, I want
,hem te have twenty millions, at lea-t, ready
ler me
"Why, veu feel, reared the mayor.
'What geed will the money de you' How Hew
are vim going te escape '
"'That' my little secret,' laughed Van
iliisen 'New 'Pin dune CJecsl-bye I never
did like talking te a feel, and I've said
xxhat's 1111.es-.1ry If the fixe millions are
net en beard in exaulv thirtx' ix minutes
the first shell will bur-t ever' thedty Hall
in exaitly tliirty-"x n '
H.1)BE Of THE I'lIIXTKS JL'Ml'tl) OVtllkOVIin.
1 ,,:.,, 1, ,!,. IMH-l llil ,,111,1 11,
ell, it did hur-tju't when he said As
' the great shell shrieked ever the city there
, wasa universal cry, aim mesi 01 inese still
en tnestrecu rustici) ter tne cellars it ex
pleded right ever the City Hall Next
moment little rill of tlamlng liquid xvere I
running in every direction down the reef.
As they went slowly down evcrthe edge of
the cornices the reef suddenly blazed up
in a hundred places. Siell-beund I watched
the Greek fire Hew something as melases
might only burning as it went down the,
wall te the upjier windows. Firemen came ,
galloping up and a hose was laid instantly. ,
tint tne water was worse man useless, u
teemed te help the coullagratien by II eat ing
ami spreading the hellish liquid. Then
another shell hurst evcrthe Cern Exchange.
The fiends did net even call a parley again,
hut laid oil there for two hours steadily
firing from both the llftx'-teu and the big
Armstrongs. The postetlue went next; in
half an hour all the business part of the city
was a wild scene of llame. Thev dropped
seventy-four shells into the wealthiest iart
L. ".'"""V V""1. K"""7. ! l1"'!'"", "T
- xxiuui nuuui, uuer .aiiiwauitee, inai vandu-1
sen xxeiuii cxec-iiie ins in rent in me letter. I
Thousand of men were working day and
night te bring up guns te ceie with the!
Arthabasca, but there actually was net one I
en the continent cavablc of destroying her
from her longest range. That she must run
out of coal within a week was the one hope
of salvation for everv city en the lakes. We
thought that then the villains must take te
their beati, and even' shore had its atrel te
catch them and tear them limb from limb.
"I went ever te Chicago te see what would
happen. Next thing we knew of her was
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when she steamed up liefere the waterworks I
Her and sent ashore simply IhU iiwmr
aSSffli-alKKftPa1 Mwu'-
"The money wa ready, eh-
'Of course it was ready! ht con d
afein'Wi.'rR?
Wl,v. Ilir riikw uvi,lc hl MUUI.IHI
liexed en the wharf, and launches ready te
take the plunder out '
urn two hoi i: tiii.x
ST1 VPtl.Y llllll'
Well
Well, there was just one chance left and
the Chicago folks were hound te take it
That morning the Devil KMi, a little sub
marine leat a new Invention then had
armed by train from New Yerk. She had
a niiglitx-" big torpedo with her, but nebislx
half believed in her They had get her
launched and sunk, with just her air dome
out of water, alongside the waterworks
pier. The vxett xx:i that something had
jienc xx rene with her pni.'ltliig machinery
and the List thing the engineer said, just be
fore she s.mk te the W)ttem, when the
Arthalusca hexcln ight. was that he was
afraid he could net right It in time Se
there was the infernal pirate, and half an
hour of the time allowed xa gene1 The
anxiety xxas terrible Tens of thou-.tudsef
vplc"loekedon from the lmits tups Three
quarters of an hour xx ent Vandiiseti sineil
suspicious of seniething He kept the Ar
thaUisesi slowly steaming te and ire. I tiv
jese he li.ul expected the eitv te be ilearexl
out and xx endereil at t he crew ds A n hour xx as
gene Thc$a.ts).llxxcre put aWhird the
launches Thev starteil A mighty cry of
turv aree at that token of surrender The
Arthabasca Meppeil te let the launches reach
her The lake that afternoon wa gl.issy
-till the weather lovely Suddenly there
xxas a great hurrying of men te and fro en
the pirate. Thex" had felt something touch
her, 1 supiswe. 'The launihes were xxithm
HO vanls of her when the Dexil Fih re-e up,
backing amongst them At that moment
scores of the pirates jumiil exerijanl As
they drnppeil there was a whurlge liesiile the
ship Next moment her Imiws were thing
clean up with a mountain of water and a
volcano of rear and smoke Instantly hun
dred of small leat with jsilur, soldiers,
sailors and all manner of armed men made
from shore for the eene Hi fore they had
get fairly tunler way the Arthabasca pitcheil
down head first. Only a few xxritclie n.
uiaineil swimming. "Se furious xxere the
Chicago men that they injudiciously kw;ked
out the brains of exefy one of the villains
?rhai of some of the innocent crew of the
shi and se the sivret as te hexx Yanduen
meant te escape with hi million xxas never
rev ealed
''Yes ir-ree," cencludeil Mr. Scudly, ris
ing, "it certainly was the biggest en.itien
of the nineteenth century. Next te it xxas
Vanderbilt lieing preclaimisl Emrer . '
but the 77mr reirter had no time te hear a
thousandth rcis.litien of the story of that re
markable conspiracy.
WAYSIDE WISDCM.
WI1EBE THE DCST COMES IS.
Seme men lix e en a pedestal,
Put there by xx eman's trut ;
But when her doubt
Will find him out,
That constitutes the "bust."
LOOICAUY SPE.XKI.M1.
Every morning, for a week jsist, the Tort
land (Me.i postmaster, en rising, found ever
Km crews in his back yard greeting
him with caws. It is logical te .upt-"ehe
het thim te justify "caws and its effect."
XVHVT THE M VIPEN f tells FOH.
"He mut be of heroic cist
Who wins me for his loving bride,"
The maiden sighs, and finds, at last.
He is heroic cast aside.
FROM THE A.S.GLF.K.
As. a suggestion for bait in angling for cat
fish, the fisherman offers. "Take fat" II
veu want a "fat take."
x la escvr. WILPE.
Ne eccentricity is vain
While furtune lies in oddity .
The "crank" can often turn his brain
Te salable commodity.
XSP STILL XVOTHFL.
Mr. Cables late-t literary eccentricity i
"Pregri ferwanllx witli rapiditixe telcri
tude." Is thlsphilolegilixe legcnlemaining,
vernacularly speaking
O. O rover, where be thy "innocuous dt-s-uetudeineusiits"
new ?
i
I CLMMIXU KINniP.
When faults of greatness are espied,
We moralize upon them thus :
The chasm doesn't seem se wide,
And mind seems mere analogous.
M0LLOW II0CKEKT.
With bristles, false bangs, etc., the aM
boundaries of the stylish maiden are se uiil
cult te determine that when a young in.n
embraces one he understands for the lu-
time the meaning of the phrase "hugging
delusion."
IT 18 THE OLI WHO DYE.
'Tis said that self-love never die.
still, if en truth you will insist:
The ones w he have It realize
It often dyes just te exist.
1 11 vp McCoy.
A Fine lllark-Tuiled llurk.
tjay F. Hui-er and partner, two Kan
hunters, killed a black-tailed buck en t
f!,,., ..!...... m... IV.l......ln !.,. una n ...nn.
' MUlli-s il 11,11, . IJt-fl-t-,, lltU. , .", it IttllU-
ble old-timer. He had fifteen prongs en one
horn and twenty-live en the ether. They
were webbed somewhat after the manner of
the horn of a young moose. It I unusual
te find mere than five or ix prongs te a
horn.
flcjn? Tee;
.-. his
lilftlliTM
'iyyffyl SOAK! 'sSvJl yw? tW
SrVM'j01 ii
MAKING MONSTROSlTIKSfl
The Interesting tluslnr-s t'arrlril mi b)r
t'rfrssr Nhranl, of timlen.
The law that In the long run supply is j
eiptaltethe demand is leitut!futty exempli- I
tied in the show business There Isumlrcus I
se small or -si jsHirlj-eipilpisil but what it
tan lmxe its man-eating lumelapus or its ter
rible gvacutu, and the supply of Fiji nier-maiiKtwe-headed
girls, hernisl Ihijs, whis- i
kenxl women and ether monstrosities for
dime iiiiiseuins is unfailing A nxvnt urthle
in the 7iI MMI (iiinlte niukvs an interesting
revelation of the secrets of the slmxv busi-
ness There Is In honden ii Professer Sheanl, '
xxliOM' business It is te mauufai litre artificial
monstrosities and curiosities of exer.v de
scription, and he held liiinelf read) at anx
time te imitate any curb "it x already in e-i-teiuv,
or te enrrx out any idea that a ens ens
teiner may have
At the time of the visit of a Imdeii re
jsirterthe pref-sir xxas tliiihilig oil what
appeared te Ih the mummy of a negre
i hild rejeiiing in the msMien of two heads
ami four arm lit bHik eiiuuierate the
following iuontresitic a having Kvn made
lix him for the Use of x annus miis'iuii' A
xiemau s kiiU with honigrewingout of the
forehead, a babx with wlng, u baby with
two t.ues. but xx'itli enlx enehe.nl a child
half menkev an infant with an exe in
the ivutre of the feri head, and a ihild
isesiiig one lisly xxith two rfextly rfextly
terined head. Fer uili an attniitixecurl
esitv a the twi-headwl negre baby the pro-fi-.ser
charges $UJ. One of the most eccen
tric curuvsitius the professor remembers hav
ing made w as a sheep with a is-rfci tly formed
human arm growing from Its shoulder
Although the professor reinentratcl with
the hexx man xxhe gaxe him the order, tell
ing him that it was rather tee far-fetched .1
monstrosity even for the tastes of visitor te
cheap museums the man instcd uieii
having his armed sheep, and it is still ime of
the inte-t attractixe ieatures of bis show
Anether curiosity which has had a great run
is the Burmese' hairy man The idea for
this was taken from 11 photograph of an ex
traordinary hairv man who was aituallr
found in Burundi, vet the artificial counter
feit outdoes the reality 111 many iannng
wavs. Thee product of manufacturing
Kill aim IIlKCIlllll) lire muni:,'. i'.i I'm -in... in,
leather and very freiitiently with addition
of gt mime anjinal hides, xxlne hair or wind
i long enough te hide any joint or eam
One of the isld features of this business 1
that a sti adv demand for curiosities i-oini-frem
dealer in Indian and Chtnee gil
xx he I'xiKiTt them te the F-ast and from thence
.1! .I. .t.n... ... .....,.a ..,,.. I. n. lira .lit..
are of cetire under the impression that they
are acquiring genuine Oriental inenstrnitie
The professor has had the priv ilege of seeing
exhibited curiosities reiently arrivi! from
China or Japan w huh four or live mouth
before he had put the lat touches uin at
his workshop in the suburbs of I-owlen
Te the question whether or net he had exer
supplied monstrosities te Barnum Fori Feri
paugli and ether manager of large hew.
the pmfeer prudently replied that as a rule
lie ifid net knew thedestiuatieti of hi wares,
that he had many American order, but that
thev came te him through English agints
TIIKV AND NOW.
The Athlete of Ancient Times Outdone
t, MiHterns.
With reference te the ancient we knew
viry little of the real performance of their
athlete. It is only very sx-asienally that
any of the Cl.vsicai Historians reiaie ueiaiis,
and some et the are obxieu-ly incorrect
Fer instance it is recorded that the Grecian
Phavlles, with theaidef "lialteeres,' le.i-cxl
a ill-tancc of fifty-lixe feet '-Haiti-ores''
were something similar te our dumb bell,
which the Greeks held in their hands while
leaping They put their arms back, and.
swinging them forward with a sudden mo
tion, took the leap. There is no doubt their
use enabled them te jump further than they
could have done without them This ha
been proved bx exis-nence, twenty-nine feet
even inches having been covered in 1.M by
an athlete with weights in his hand,
whereas the record" for the long jump at
the annual Intcr-l'mxer-itx ipn i only
twenty-two feet ten and one-half indies,
which wa made in W4 and the longest
distance ever known te have been jumissl
without the aid of weights i the record' et
twcntv-tliree feet two inches, maile ill 1J
But, a'fter allow ingeverj thing f-ir the siiis-rier
skill which the ancient Greeks probably i-e-esed
in the application of ttie wer of
these "lialteeres, fhey lieing in the habit of
constantly iidng them, it is incredible that
thev could have succeeded in jumping with
thcin nearly double the distance that It has
been possible te cover in modem times
The feet race at the Olympic games were
of three lengths namely once ever the
course or "stailien," a it was tailed, and
which became the unit of the Greek read
measure, lieing f.1 O-cek feet, equal tot)
feetDinches English t xx ice ev er it that is
from one end te the ether and back again,
and the third, twelve, twenty or twenty-four
times ever, for the various rerts are net
clear a te which it was Taking the longest
distance, this would only lie I4.UK! English
feet, or jut nvertweaudthrce-quartermiles
and yet, when the S-artan lidas dropped
down dead en completing this course, appar
1 ently it was net cen-idereil a matter of great
i surprise, for it xva evidently thought a w un
derfill i-crfermancc for an athlete te 1m able
te run se far New our runner would make 1
light of sin h a distance, and races for twenty
miles and mere constantly take place.
Londen isjftrUman
Water In KnnipeMli Cities.
The water supply of the various Eurejs-an
1 capital affords some interesting facts, net
I the least notable of which I that l'eme heads
the lit with her jm,riii,liii) litres of pure
water a litre being a little mere than one
and three-fourths pint' every twenty-four
hour, ami, as her population is :H5,n.Til,
every inhabitant can thus dii!eef nearly
it) litres i-erday Louden telnes next, for
everv one of whose jiopulutieu of riing
4,i"j,fjnij there are 3i litres daily. Pans
takes the third place, her population amount
ing te 2,2t0,PJI, ami each Inhabitant having
for alimentary purpose illty-wglit litres per
dax , and for secondary uses 1UI, or 11 total of
i."7 Berlin has l,2,2Si inhabitants, for
each of whom there, are 110 litre daily
t'ruslir.l.
Editor (having glanced at the contributor's
Jeke) Where's the ether'
Contributor Other? There in't any ether.
Editor I'm ' I thought Neah took two of
every kind into the ark. Tbi-IM:
tterrj Tec;.
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Ji CJNE?5K UKKJt,S.
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each i.T day , Naples, tJB.l.L', with '.il litres, . ,, - , ... ,inI1 . i ill,. Imlilt
and 'furin. 7..Vis. with ninety lltr.- a head "lc "n"e,, '" at. "'K' are in tlic hatiit
, 1U1I1U. 1111.11. llllljlllllllllU.. ...Ill ,V-f (t,. n,na.r.., 1... .1.1,. . ,.n...n. I...,llll, llinllllll
'as every twenty-four hour -Xtr Yerk- Sm, l "!" poisoned arrows, i ne sicamer
he wa protected en all sides by wire net-
-jurn Mr Ne
" Klin6s (Aiz
Dum fiels'S Hum
T" JI" Tes.
velly Klinr3s lepsi lc '
dJ men tain
jil AI7 Sir?
NW FOUND MEN.
Qt'l'.l'.lt I'FOI'I.K
t ( V.ltl'.D IIY
ItlXT.N'I'I.Y ll-
)'.ri,(iiiKiis.
African VlllrtKra In the Trees Whine In
habitants ('limit t.lke lnntie- TrltH-s
of I'Hxrfs In the t'enmi ttrainn The
atle Arts of IntllKfiieus IJrrrulanilrrs.
llynihtnlt Ins;.
One day early
last j ear Dr
I. mils WellTvxas
steaming along
the I, u in n in I
river, sunn. Km)
miles from the
point where he
liml turned the
prow of the lit
tie I'.n Ax ant
a&
out of Conge's
bread stream
into the great
Kassai uttliifut,
vx hen he slid
ilcnlv heard a
livelx clatter among the trees along one
bank of the river He was sure he heard
human voices overhead, but he could ev
nothing except the dark green foliage that
overhung the stream and almost shut
out the sunlight As he ran his steamer
te the shore the bur of excitement
among the branches intensified and the
explorer was seen garing upward at one
of the most remarkable sght in Af rlca
a little village in mid-air xxhee deniin
xxere looking down at him from their
lints amid the branches In great ilismav
and astonishment It was net known
before that anv of the natives of Africa.
like a fexx of the InhnhiL-nits of Hnrnpn
mil New Guillen, live in trees, but Dr
Wolff found st-v eral of these tree v illage
At distances of fifteen te twenty feet
from the ground the natives had securelv
fastened platform of interlaced willow
and brain he upon which they reared
their thatched hilt l"p and down the
tree trunks they clambered witli the agil
ity of nienkexs and swung themselves se
skillfully from branch te branch that it
eemeil as though, like the orang-eutang,
they could traxel through the forest
without touching the ground Partly te
guard against surprises from their ene
mies and partly te escape the inundations
of the river.their ancestors, some time or
ether, took refuge in the trees, and in the
course of time they became x eritable tree
dwellers Their hut are net built s(
high from the ground a these visited by
Mr. (Jill in New Guinea vvhiili, he ax.
were near the top of tall trees and.
though well built, he did net feel s,ift- in
them because they rocked much in Un
wind This is a notable instance of the strange
and wholly unexpected discoveries that
e m e 1 1 mes
requite the
explorer for
all the toils
and dangers
of his jour
ney. 1 hese
tree-dw eller
live south of
the ( onge
The.vear be
fore Mission
arx Grenfell.
xv fiileascend
ing the Me
bang!, the
greatest
northern
tributary of
the Conge,
madeaillcex
cry that xva
A: his
little steamer
I" e a c e w as
pulling away up the stream Mr. (Irenfell
suddenly saw liefere him a large village In
a state of great excitement. Everyliedy
camu rushing out of the huts, and, te the
white man's surprise, the people began
Hcending the tree. Then he saw that
huts hail been built in the branches of
these trees. They were evidently de
signed for places e'f refuge in ca-e of at
tack. The trees were tall, and there
were no branches within thirty feet of
the ground The huts were reached by
means of native rope ladders. Men,
women and children clambered up the
ladders and tumbled into the fertlet.
Then the ladders were pulled up, and
with their means of returning i-afely te
terra tirina thus secured it is evident that
they would have enemies who were
armed only with bow and arrows at
considerable disadvantage.
Presently showers of arrows were
launched from the fertlets at the
steamer, which xvas new abreast of the
town. Mr Grenfell and his wife xxere
sitting en the deck, but thev xvere net
ting against the arrows harmlessly
hurleil. Mr Grenfell x-alnly tried te
enter into a parley with the excited ab
origines, lint they merely redoubled their
acts of hostility, and se the exploring '
party steamed away.
Mr. Grenfell is an Englishman and a
Baptist missionary whose ilisceu-rie I
have made him xvell known te the geeg-
raphers of all nations. He has done far
mere than ether man te explore the i
tributaries of thfmlglity Conge. Net j
even Stanley himself lias contributed J
mere largely te our present maps of the j
l,,n.i lin, .lit.i in, nil, Ii, ,i,!l,.nA.,. If..
XilllltU 111111 lllin flltllllllU iiiinnniiini 11V
Iecs done another remarkahl.. thine'. II..
lias married a nntive of the country, a
converted girl who wa educated in one
of the mission station en the west
coast. When ntnnlev was here awhile
age he said that Grenfell lived hatmilv
xvith his colored wife and that they had
"two beautiful children."
Dr. Wolff ha just added a fresh chan
ter te our knowledge of the dwarf trilies I
of Africa of whom we have heard very
little since Schweinfiirth discovered the!
Akka. When Stanley first floated down ,
the Conge he heard thut a great tribe of
dwarfs called the Ilatvva lived south of
the river. Wlssmann also heard of them
later, and new Wolff has been among
them, und remarkable little people he
found them.
They average about four feet three
inches in height. Most thirteen-year-old
leyH are as tall as these little folks.
Their villages are near these of the Ha Ha
keuba and ether tribes, who regard them
as very useful little beings. They are
great hunters and makers of palm wine,
and they supply the tribes among whom
they live with plenty of game and wine,
receiving in exchange manioce, rice,
bananas and affectionate protection.
Sometimes they unite with the larger
".VJJ 4 .
rates, mid Dr. Wolff saw half-breeds xxhe
were the fruit of these unions, Thev I
climb palm trees te collect the sap wild
xvetiderfill ease, and I hey excel In the art
of Inventing snnres for 'game. Thev are I
remiilkahlv agile, and In the clmsa
thev bound through the tall herbage, ,
springing like grasshoppers, They ap.
prnach the elephant, buffalo anil antelope
with the inmost audacity, and launch
their arrows and lances with precision
They have noilefermitv, hut are simply
little men, well iiropertloneil.fonrageou'K
mid cunning I'liey are brown In color,
much lighter thaii the tribes munug
xv hum they live Dr Wolff heard of 11
bcartleil dwarf tribe which has mil xet
Ih'cii xlslteil
l.at sprini; n niesi iinlipic and Inter
esting exhibition was opened In Copen
hagen It xvas a collection Illustrating
the handiwork and rude arts of some
new found men in (Ireeiilnnd, whose e
isienie was net known until three or
four j ear age On the east coast of
xirccnlaml in about (HI0 north latitude Is
a desolate stretch of coast, cut by several
glaciers and xx ailed in by eternal packs
of sea ice This formidable barrier was
net passed by explorers until Captain
Helm mid his comrades two xears age
triumphed ever the obstacles In the wax
and found en the ether side about I.Vtl
natives living in two villages (termini
explorers had mapped thetenst far north
of them, and the Danes had explored
the fiord smith of them, but net until
t xx ex ear before Helm appeared among
theiii like an apparition did they knew
that any ether people lived in all the
world beside themselves A few adven
turesome spirit among them had tiuiillv
KS.
braved the perils of the ice-hound 1 nasi,
and after perhaps centuries of isolation
had put their people into eoniniiinicatlen
with the outer world
There they lived, the most forsaken of
human leitig apparently comfortable
and happy. The west cea't natives who
were xx it 11 Helm could undc-rtaiid but
little of the speech of till forgotten
remnant of their race They looked
upon their lel brethren a savages
Helm, however, thought them rather
superior In some respect te their west
em relatives. Tall and rather slender,
with oval and sometimes attractive faces,
they are mere interesting objects than
the Wetern Eskimos, with their squat
figures tnd stupid, expressionless fea
tiirt-s Their weapons and household
implements are strikingly like these in
ue among the vel coast natives l.lil
vears age. In-fore the whites introduced
Iren harpoons and ether improved uten
sils Pretty embroideries ornament the
edges of their kln garments and they
are neater ill their habits than the wes't
coast almrigiiifs
The explorer reports thai the climate
y
there Is considerably milder than that of
tin-west t-ea-t Tne stone huts of the
chief village are grouped along the shores
of a great fiord, where grass thrives in
many sunny places during the brief sum
mer. Seven stream which empty Inte
the fiord abound with salmon and the
natives live en fish, white bear and
walrus.
-cLr-
New and then the wind ami waxes
waft te them some of the blessings that
ether men enjoy Captain Helm was
surprised te find'that their lance shafts
were of weed and that their harpoons
were tipped with iron. Ill-found that
occasionally n tree from the far away
rivers of Siberia drift te them and that
they have learned leue the bit of hoop
iron they have found among the wreck
age that the e.i casts en tiieir snore.
(' (' Aiivxi. '
. IteiiiarkableCrxstal
It is well kuevxn, of course, thut America
has lung licen .elehrateil the world ever as
the home of enormous crystal, and the pro
digious "in-cinien of apatite, beryl and ether
minerals have been the subject of wonder- (
ment But among these the irystals ef1
spediimcne brought te view by the excava
tions in the Etna tin mine in IVnnliigteii
county. Dak., are lielleved te Ih- without a
rival in rcsicct te7c According te the re re
iert made tin this subject by Prof. Blake It (
iiiicars mat one ui these crjstals is thirty
six fed in length In a straight line, and from
one te three feet In thickness. The cleavage
I smooth and straight, but the lateral and
. . , , ',, If 1
' '"ninal planes are described as being eh
A Iteinarkal.le Nnlrl.le.
Perluqw the most sh cklug sulc'de until
I new- retmrtuL was that of a Mr. Cre, the
I wife of u pensioner in Neva Scotia, who
ended her life by
thrusting a red-het poker
down her threat.
That ex en an insane per
t son Is able te endure the tortures attending
such an act Is remarkable.
A Khjrm te Utlra.
"I'll buy," said a maiden In I'tica,
"A M chatelaine for my new 'ticker.'
Or else a spring bonnet."
Ilerinlndlteiiigen It,
Che went in for hat 'cause the hue took her.
It's just loe easy 1" Uttca Obitntr.
(jetting Her Itevenge.
First Saleswoman Of all the arrogant, .lis
ugreeable jpeeplc I ever waited en, that
woman is the worst. I wonder who sheis.
Second Saleswoman Why, that's Mrs.
ChlPp.
11. She used te tend at the same counter
me at Macy't, before she wa murried.
Willi 1
Tiit-BUt.
The true American's a man of feeling:
When he gets "busted"
Toe proud for begging, tee honest for steal-tng-
Thcn he gets trusted. TidV,t:
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A -MhS-' "
Till: (101.1) IN Till- SUA
The Klrtlnn of tlir I'resrnt l-ss Ntrsnue
than the Truth of the lt.
lalklng alKiut the stories of treasures
Mln,t " sen, xxhlcli are new se popular
said a lawyer who has had n large expe
rlence ulib ft. i..,.. ... , . ..." . .
I have en tile some facts which Iiik.Iv
support the old adage that truth ,.
stranger than fiction. One, of the m ..
famous cases of ,1,1, .t)r, ,)(.,.um.,, H ,
age a. I. W.. and the h,p op,.r,les
have been cent nued p , nllne ,,,
present .ay. Elghty.elgh, ,,. age the
ship l.utlne sailed from Yarmouth lle.ids
I'ngl.'inil, 011 October II, for Texel, laden'
with twenty-two gun,, number of pi
seiigers, mid I'llll.OiKl of specie She
struck en the outer bank of r'ly.luid
passage, in a violent gale at night, going
te pleies, mid carrying dexvn with h all
1111 beard except two The treasure had
been consigned te Hamburg by cc.rtalu
mercantile firms, and the spot when she
wenl down being within the terrlleiv of
Helland, salvage operations were at nine
iH'gilti, the Dutch government making .1
condition that two thirds of the specie
found should go te it and the temaltnler
te the tinders Aftei eighteen months
iMl.lMMI were 1 centered, besides seuu sil
ver after which the work was himu
deneil In ISII it was resumed, ami
kept up ferjear. the u-ult beltigthr re
cevery of a'few paltrx piece of silver In
II.".! a cemp.iuv wa"ferincd for the pur
pe- of making a further search for he
tiils.lng money .the Dutch government id
vanclng the company n-inn of money en
londitieii that it should have half the tin. I
M'xeral thousand pounds were spent m
the iverk. but nothing was recovered
11 this time the w ret k had become
dccpl imlH'ihlfd in the aml andwa 1 x
tretnclv illfilcult te rem li by the diver
In !." the search was again begun -v
ether speculators Alter several veirs
of persistent effort, ever i.1.(HH were r
levered In 171 11 -ei ial ai t of l'urli.i
ineiit wa paeil auilierling the Llevil
te ciiutiiiuethi work ami tlii-ecentr u t
with the Diitihgeverumi'iit Hut 1 luvi
net heard that ail thing iiiert has In 1 11
recovered Peiblv in t-.ir te cemr a
violent storm ma.v shift the bed of md
new iiivering the' old w rei k anil all -rd
better facilities for the diver
"A parallel cae wa that of the 1 In
tl. a llritlh frigate, whit h wa wre keil
en the iiu-t of llrall in KM), wlih
tli!'.M"lef bullion en beard The hull
went te pieces, leaving the pet le in five
or lx fathoms of water Fer eighteen
months the admiral at the British -la
lien and the explain and crews of four
Ioeps-of war were engaged In hunting
for the treasure !e great wu thedtn
ger that four lives were lest It isknewii
that n geed part of the treasure wa te
levereil. from the fact tint in the d
pule mid litigation resulting from the
find the Court of Admiralty awarded
l,,tKH) and the iirivv council ". -
privy
with r.Vi.MX) for expenses'
-AVir
.Willi unit r.j-prf
HIIIIM. OX ft HI l.l'.s- IIACh-
An AimiM'inrnt of .miiik 1'iilks , II,,.
CarellnM llrtu lies.
Monster green turtle. ,inn- weigh
much a 1,.'I itmd each, fr.-qu.-ii-lieai
h all the way down te FertCaswcl
mile Ih.-I.ixv th.-town 1'is.pleeat their - gr-
btit de net .at the turtle Bench part"-
young folks go dew 11 there gather ben t-il
shell, have dames en the hard am! 1 il e
moonlight, rea-t extcn.iml have fun mMi
the turtle- When a female turtle wiv c. ..,
lay her eggs she crawl up the andy u-i Ii
te a plan-that suits hi r fancy, dig with lir
thpifM a big hole in the aud ami thci. 1
in tlie hole "Jul or ."! egg The eggs a'- -i
iliimiil in a pile, hut laid out -iniH,thl. inl
ueiitly in row When he cemmenc.- . ,'
ing 11 m.ik.-s no.eld te hir hew big a I h
imrtj stand around siis'rinteniling tin pr
..ss .s.i- attends stn.tlv te business m I
even If the eggs are taken Irem the h a
fat a s)n- luxs them it dues net at al l
murage or Inghtin her Whin hi j-
through she si'ra" the sand kick hit
hole, xxh.therthe egg are there or net au-l
then start h.nk te the water That is re
time for the ln-ach sirtv te have fur xv Mi
her As inanv of theiii as can tneun1 'n'
big dome-like hack de se, and -he t.,r
them right down te the water's edge win r,
they jump oil ami she gees 011 .hcdeei,
seem te mind their weight or show an I
jsnitleii ten-sent theirgend-iiatiircd fain Inr
ity sometime they turn her ever mi I
buck but after he ha help'i'S"ly iixxi! 1.
air a little while thev right lit-r again and she
1 wad-lli-eil .SilAi.hV(A" C ) hlltr in XV
' I'urJt Twit
I'KII-sON VI..
, .M de lllexxit, tlie fameii Paris. -,
I sjMiud. nt of Hie T,miitim 71m. r.ventl) k-ixe
allium r In the Krem h capital, at whli h MM
I Jules Mmen, In- l-st.ps Hntl lickrey assisN-d
The most uncommon names in English
are thei- xxlilcli Is irln with X. There are none
In the New Yerk director l'liila.li Iphi.i.
liewexer, prc-cnt tlie inline of XhvPt
XiiiulerHnil Xamlr.
A Western man w he foretold the n.dni
nation of llujes.CIiirllel'l. Ilaneeck 11ml 111. line
ii j s that Mil rmiiii will Is- the Itepuhlti in
nemine' In lss. This euulit te sjuir Wiginii
iiptoilesoiiietliliiiriixtfiil.
Nathaniel Greene, of Newport, It I is
a grand-en of the fameii levohitieuary ven
end of the same name. Ilci a prominent "it
zen of KIhhIc I-liui'l, mid preidi lit of the ,uii
SkIiI) of the nnclnuiitl.il position xxhi- n In
illustrieii hiii esler first tllli-d.
A piece of advice te Mr William F.ur
fin. Hie Biiirllsliiiiuu xxlie caiiimt umli rt,iml
xx-hy the Preslileiit slesik hand with the cImiii
liii slugger, urn net U' xxitheut itsxiilui' If
Jehn I.. Solihull reall) Insists. m taking "iu
linuil, Mr. Fairfax, it "111 la'iiiiieh safer f'iryin
net te resist.
Prince .ihiuil lleniiparle i nt pr. sent
vlltlng Austria, whence he will proc-ed P.
NTlIu unit I111111111111I11. Ilefeii- Inn lug I'srU
the prime gave arlih present te the llthno llthne
vrnphliiil Museiiiii of the TnK-n-1. re. centnin
Ing a pieiieiis ..ill.vtlen of elijects, nm ng
them tli.isc-eptr.-ef (Juccii 1'einnre.
Prime Victer Niipelenn, exrh'.l new
ri'slillng In llruel. holds weekly reception
Among hi regular x Islters are u unmix r of t lie
Itenupiirllst mciiitiers of the ChanitaTef Hep
utles, who iimke a vv.i'kly pilgrimage te Itel
glum te pay their respivts te the representii
tlv.i of thu house id Xneleiiii ami te ti te
Isilster up Its "let cans.-."
Ex-Mayer Smith, of Philadelphia, sent
copies of hi mesiige last jear te all mrtef
thewerld. Themuoref eaelilargecltylii llii
country recelx.-d a cop of tlie precious decil
ment, mid the "maers" of J.-'Me. Japan, and
of Constantinople, Turkey, were likewise lien
tired. Adam Kipres Company new calls en
the city of Philadelphia te pay li'ieipii-s-iagi-011
the copies suit ellt.
Count Ifehihtnt, illegitimate brother of
King lliinilsrt.ef Italy, and Italian minister
Ht Vienna for many crs, wish.- te relgn
hi Kisltl.in as foreign minister of I till and In
come again u lieutenant general. Ills reason
for till change, according te the Pari Fi'j'ite,
I his fullnre le secure hlsilcslreslii.the Itiillne
(lerinaii-Aiistriun alliance. It was lie vx he eh
Jecteil te Mr. Kelle)'s reccilen at thu An
Irian court and seeured the Aineileiiii mini
ter's rejection.
Senater Hcurst's en i making hi
mark In California journalism. He I u gradu
lite of Harvard and iilniut tweiity-tlirce)eais
of age. He has secured possession of the staid
old San Francisce Kxemlntr, which has Ims-ii
going along at a Mihcr, censerxatlve gait for
forty odd curs. Veung Hearst, bucked by his
father's wealth, has made a xast change In tint
old-fashioned sheet. He has medernised It In
ev ery way, und turned It Inte a live newsnarei
of the prcsc pt era.
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