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nttmnn1catlons.
I The railroads of this country own about
800,000 freight curs used in revenue ser
vice, which represents enpitnl to the
amount of nt least J 00, 000, 000.
1 Professor Palmer, of Harvard College,
"who has been making nil incpiiry into the
matter, find, thiit one-third of the stu
dents there upend under $700 year, one
half under 11.000. and three-fourths
under 1,200. -
The fund of 500,000, or 3,fi00,000,
left by Gcorgo Pcnbody for building im
proved houses for tho poor of London
ha, through rent and interest, grown to
010, COS, or $4, BIS, 3 10. There nro now
5,014 sepnrato dwellings, containing
11,150 rooms, nnd tho average rent of
each dwelling in less than f 1.23 a week.
Professor Thomson is quoted as pre
dicting that when tho means of utilizing
the power of creating quick heating by
electricity is better understood it will bo
used in every workshop for welding,
forging, and other purpo'es. It Would
he well for manufacturers to watch tho
progress of tho adaptation of electricity
to manufacturing purposes.
' A tunnel is projected to be bored under
Gray's Peak, in tho Rocky Mountains.
It will bo placed 4,000 feet below tho
summit of tho mountain, will be about
1!5,000 feet long, and will direct com
munication lietwecn tho valleys 'in tho
Atlantic slopo nnd those of tho Pacific
iido, with a shortening of some 1)00 miles
in tho tmnsmontnne distance.
Tho JupuTu.se liuve adopted a plan for
nrovidiniT tho money necessary for coast
, a n - rf
defences which relieves tho mass of tho
jtcople of the charge nnd throws it upon
tho class chiefly concerned. With tho
permission of the Mikado the wealtny
classes of Japan arc subscribing hums
ranging all the way from $1,000 to $100,
O00 fer this purpose. No sum less than
f 1,000 is ncceptcd
Frank O. Caqienter, of tho Cleveland
Leader, reccutly cast his observant eyes on
the Khedive of Egypt. Ho thinks tho
Khcdivo resembles King Humbert of
Italy. "He was dressed in European cos
tume, save that his black hair was cov
ered with a red fez cap. He wore a black
f rock-eout and white vest and trousers of
grsyl'h huo. llis iucn was spotless,
.and I noted that his bosom was decorated
with diamond studs. Ho is a well edu
cated man and speaks French and Eng
lish' i
,. i . . . A AAA AAA
new llirKCliy iiccoa nuuni u,vuo,uou
, jwstal cards a month. Chicago comes
next on tho list, with about 8,000,000
cards in the samo period.- There are
4.10,000,000 postal cards manufactured
annually. Tho adoption of the two cent
postago did not cuuso any lessening of
the use of postal cards, but checked tho
growth of their uso for somo little time.
That check has been overcome, nnd tho
public is using more postal cards every
day, tho ratio of increase being constant
and steady.
"The return of vessels lost or missing
at sea furnishes a most terrible record,"
say the fit. Jamet'tGairtte. "In tho four
yean from the 1st of January, 1880, to
the 31st of December, 1883, 1,200 vessels
foundered or wero .reported us missing,
with total loss of 0,001 lives. The rec
ord for the eleven years 1873-83 shows a
loss of 3,153 ships, nnd iw fewer than
17,1571ivcs. An extraordinary fact with
regard to these figures is tho largo excess
in loss of Ufa in tho vessels reported
as missing in comparison with that of tho
thins known to have foundered. It is
t
clear that nearly six-sevenths of the loss
of life is in vessels which have disap
peared without 'the ken of mortal man.'"
' Three of tho largest payments on ac
count of arrears of pensions which liavo
ever becu made passed through the Pen- J
sion Office recently. Fsaneis Patterson, 1
of the 154th Now Voik Infantry, who is
totally blind, receives $13,337; Waller
8. Stephens, of the Eighty-tint Ohio In
fantry, $12,340, and Jacob Dingman, of
the Thirty-fourth Iowa Infantry,t2,441.
Patterson's claim has been pending for
many years, and has been twice rejected.
The application in behalf of Stephens,
who is insano, was first made in 1805. Ho
has been bedridden for years, and his
money will go for tho benefit of relatives
who have been caring for him. Ding
man's application has been pending for
ten years. All threo wero printers. They
will receive $73 a mouth each from this
time.
A Russian General indulging in tho
curious name of Kork, in command at
Wursaw,cominittcd suicide the other day.
In a note which ho li ft behind him ho
stated that his son, Licuteuaut Kork, had
had been arrested A short time before fcr
being implicated in a conspiracy, with
several of his brother officers, to kill tho
Czar. "I know," added the heart-broken
father, "how such criminals are treated
in our country. I know what tortures
they are compelled to undergo, and I
fear lest my son, in a moment of weak
ness, may be induced to make pretended
revolutions which may compromise mo
. and threaten a lifo passed in tho service
of the IVur. I will not submit to such a
fate and I put au end to my own existence
with the solemn dcclurutiou that I have
ever beeu the Emperor's fuitUXttl servant."
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VOL. XX. NO. 12.
THE STONE-CUTTEPi
There dwelt in far Japan,
Long agos since, a man
Who earned, by hammering stone, his daily
food
Rut discontent and dnle
Lay heavy on his soul,
Which craved great riches as tho only goo.l-
And so the grain on high,
Who sometimes bitterly
Punish a man by granting nil his prayers,
Gave him a mine of gnld,
. nd lands to have and hold,
And, by and by, breed feuls among his heirs.
But soon lie, murmuring,
Desired to be a king;
To reign and rule ah, that were perfect bliss :
Ho wearied enrth nnd air
With his Incessant prayer
Until the gods indulged him, even in this.
His courtiers fawned and lied,
And rival jxiwers, outside
His realm, assailed his pence with fierce de
bate, And heaviness and enre
blenched gray his you thftff hair,
And made him weary of his regal state.
"Oh, change me to a rock !"
He cried, "that no rndo shock
C'nn stir, nor any strife disturb or shako!"
And lo! he stood, ero lung,
A bowlder, fixed mid strong.
Which torrents could not move, nor tempests
ureas.
In vain the burning hent
Of fiercest sunshine beat
I ion hlshoad; in vain the storm wind smote
His rugged sides; in vain
Great rivers, swol'u by rain,
Came roaring from their mountain caves re
mote.
He was at rest ; and he
Kejoiced exceedingly,
Baying: "No more for mo, oh, sweat release
Will there bo change and woe,
And wavering to and fro
Since I am fixed in an eternal pence!"
Put on a summer day
A workman brought that way
A hammer and a chisel these alono,
Ho measured hero and there.
And then, with patient care,
Began to cut away the stubborn stone,
"Ah!" said the bowlder king,
What means this wondrous thing?
This plodding workman snutes and conquers
ino !
He cuts, as suits him best,
Huge blocks from out my breast
Ho is more strong than I! Would I were he!'
And lo, tho powers aloft,
Who had so long and oft
Laughed at his follies, craved and then out
grown, Again his pleading heard;
H, taken at his word,
Became once more a hammerer of stone!
So, wiser than before
And asking nothing more,
Again about his olden toil he went;
Until he died from ago
He toiled for scanty wage,
Nor over spake a word of discontent!
Elizabe'.h Akcrt, in Seribner.
A CONSTANT WOMAN.
BV EYEt.YN THOItrE.
"But, my dear Mrs. Hlair, I ask you
now, is there nny common fcusc in such
far-fctched, finely drawn"
"Stop, stop, stop:" laughed Mrs.
Jllair. "Don't say too much. In the
abstract yon know as well nsl know that
constancy is a very tine thing."
"Oil. in tho abstract! I'm not con
sidering that ut present, But"
"Yes and in the concrete. Reverse
the case now, y way of Argument.
Imagine if you yourself were in Captain
i.ow s place, suppose that mv charm
ing friend Marion hud engaged herself to
you "
"It was not nn engagement," broke in
Farmley sulkily.
"Well, so near it that one may call it
so. Hut I'll say nn understanding, if you
sny ni incomer term, suppose, anyway,
inai you nnil loveu Her "
"I don't bclievo the fellow ever loved
her!" Farmley ngain interrupted, pull
ing savagely at his mustache. "If ho
had, do you suppose he would not have
i ' ii - "
comeback in seven years?"
Mrs. Illair tapped him on the thoulder
with licr fan.
. . . -
ion are a Tcry lmpcmncnt young
I man. Twice you havo broken in upon
j what I was saying. And you wish mo to
iuko an interest in your littlo affairs."
"iou are a thousand times in the
right pardon nic," murmured Farmley,
contiiictv. ine trutu ss l am com
pletely demoralized."
"I was saying, then, suppose that there
had been u tenderness between Marison
Dcnnison and vou, nnd that you had
gouo away ami she had not be able to
keep faithful to vou for a few years,
Would you have thought constancy iu
that case a far-fetched, finely drawn
notion f"
Farmley chatcd silently.
"It is not the same thing," )io laid, at
last. "ISisnlea, seven years '
"Oh, it is not? Mrs. Blair threw her
self back, showing all her still pretty
teeth. "Oh, you men; you are very
amusing nt limes! The truth is, vou
don't understand anything about fidelity j
it's un unknown quantity iu yourselves
(or no quantity ut all), and youuin never
admire it in the other sex unless you per
sonally ate the object of it."
"So you will uot help me wiih Miss
Dcnnison f" Farmley asked, appealinirlv.
"Well, I won't say that," Mrs. Bla'ir
responded, getting up and walking the
length of her pretty drawing room. "I
like you, und I am dcurly fond of Marion.
1 thiuk you are very well suited to each
other, and I really should like to see you
married. Still, if the girl will persist in
cherishing her love for the man who took
her fancy year.-; ugo, I don't see much
that 1 can say. In the abstract, I repeat,
the sentiment is admirable and rare, and
it does Marion very great honor."
"Bah! She was only a child when sho
met that fellow. Her feeling for him is
a pure chimera, based on a schoolgirl's
romantic illusion.
"Uo dress for dinner, my dear boy,
und put on a fresh humor before you ap
peur agaiu," .Mrs. Blair admonished him,
and left the room.
Mrs. Blair'i.- house was A delightful one
to visit, and it wns never so delightful
TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1887.
as when her guests, always well chosen
with respect to harmony ana sympainy
of tastos, were assembled about her own
gracious littlo person in the large dining
room, whoso generous bny Window
opened upon the flush of sunset, tho long
shadows over the lawn, the glimpse oi n
curve of shining Hvcr nnd soft blue
ridge of hills beyond. But this evening
tho little compnny was out of tune.
Marion Dcnnison looked pale nnil grave,
Karmley (nice fellow ns ho was usually,
Mrs. Itlair said to herself indignantly)
was silent nnd morose, or only otcited
himself out of couit-!sy to his hostess.
'lteallv. voting people nro very tire
some when they fall in love," thought
Sirs. Illair. "And when nro nicy not
falling in love?-'
After dinner Mn. Blair gave Furmlcy
permission to light his cigar, nnd, taking
Marion Dennison's nrm, went out upon
the gravel walk nt the back of the house,
where cnnirs nan ucen piacca, ana joineu
him. The dusk was full of sweet smells
of flowers nnd herbage, nnd there was a
pale light abroad, mingling with the fad
ing daylight, and emanating froin a yet
unriscn moon.
"I wish you would sing something,"
Mrs. Blair said to the girl.
Marion Dcnnison sang as no else sang.
She had a low mezzo soprano voice, in
finitely sweet and clear and thrilling,
hut not powerful. It had been trained,
but not overtrained. She Sang ns natu
rally and freely as A bird sings, and as
effectively and simply without itoconv
panimcnt as witi one. She hud what
the French call tears in her voice. There
was an intense pathos in some of her notes.
She was neveclmore charming than when
she sang, and&Vj was always charming.
Mrs. Illair, as she listened to the liquid
tones and watched the girl s delicate,
spiritual fare, acknowledged toherself that
Ambrose Farmley' infatuation was not
an unreasonable thing. Ambrose Farm
Icy himself, throwing one nrm over tho
back of his garden chair, Allowed his
cigar to go out, and pulled at his mous
tache, with his fine eyes glowing with
resentful passion at his enchantress, whilo
she, her head thrown up a littlo and her
hands clasped loosely in her lap, seemed
lost to nil things sublunary. Was sho
thinking of that handsome, dashing, ab
sent English lover of hers, who had cap
tured her young heart when yet it was in
its early teens, nnd whom she had given
Farmley to understand she had promised
never to forget?
A servant came-out of tho house and
nppronchod Mrs. Blair apologetically.
'A gentleman: tno saiu low, in an
swer to his whisper. Marion stopped
singing. " here is t no gentleman f"
"In the littlo reception room, ma'am."
When Mrs. Blair
had departed there
fell nn embarrassed silence between the
two young people. The moon was now
up, and it cast a pearly radiance lull on
Miss Dennison's blonde head and othercal
face. She seemed to her impassioned
lover too beautiful and delicate and good
for this earth and its rough uses. A
moonbeam could not be more intangible
nor cooler than bIic had been to him.
This very evanescent, poetic charm of
hers enthralled him seemed to meet a
want of his nature which no other wo
man had ever vet remotely touched.
He leaned abruptly forward, and Her
startled, dovc-liko eyes rested on his
pallid visage. ".Miss Dcnnison, I shall
go away to-nnrrow."
"Uo away;" she murmured.
"You see, I can't stop here, and be
with you constantly after what I said to
you yesterday." They both colored a
little, but eacn was too mucn moved to
notice tho fact in the other. "And so I
had best go away. But I wish you to
know that 1 shall never change, and that
if ever if you "
"Marion, dear!" called Mrs. Blair from
the house.
Marion rose with a little agitated
glance toward Family, who had put out
Tiis hand.
"5?ay good-bye now, won't you?" he
stammered huskily, lie looked very
handsome and devo'.cd and miserable
standing there, and she impulsively laid
her tiugcrs in his. He held them in a
close grip, and ut last she had to tear
them away. When she entered the little
reception room she had A heightened
color.
A gentleman sat talking to Miss Blnir
a large, red-faced, middle-aged man
with a resonant voice. At her entrnnco
he started to his feet nnd walking rapidly
up to'her seized both her hands.
"Marion 1 Well, well, well !" ho cried,
jovially. "I declure ! Why I llu, hu,
ha 1 Bless mc if the child knows me !
So forgetful as that, Marion ? Incon
stancy, thy name is woman ?"
Mrs. Blair hud risen with the intention
of leaving the room. But dismay rooted
her feet to the spot. Sho expected the
words which fell the next second from
Marion's white lips, vet she could scarcely
credit that she had heard them aright
when they cume:
"This is Captain I.ow, Mrs. Blair."
Tho captain bowed gallantly, and the
exertion lucreiucd tho ruddiness of his
complexion.
"I have hud tho pleasure of talking
some minutes with Mrs. Bluir," he cried.
"Fancy, Miss Dcnnison" some intui
tion had evidently warned him to ad
dress her hereafter in that form "I only
knew of vour whereabouts by A mere
chance this morning. I've a cousin liv
ing in ew oik now, and I asked him
if he had ever met you. He knew some
one who in turn knew Mrs. Bluir, and he
happened to have heard that a Miss Ma
rion Dcnnison was stopping with her. I
expected to find you inui ricd.you know,"
this interesting personage went on
iociilurlv; "I never expected to meet
you again by the old name, llu, ha!
Well. I said to myself : 'Old boy, since
we have a few days in this part of the
world, we'll just run down thero and sec
if it is the same Marion Dcnnison.' I'm off
to San Francisco again Suturday week. I
always like to hunt up my old friends. It
doesn't always happen thnt one meets
them looking so lollv. though, ho sub
joined, with au admiring glance straight
into tho girl's face. "Meeting people
you've known is beastly disappointing
most of the time."
"You have left the service, Captain
Low r
"Bless mc soul, yes! Left it years ago.
I've been into every quarter of the globe
since, too, sheep farming iu Australia un 1
in Colorado, und a little of everything
clso eveiy where." Again he ended iq
with hia laugh, which set Miss Blair'i
every nerve a uuivcr. Marion sat as
while as murblo and as motionless. She
must say something, Mm, Blair fult. The
R
EP
only way to force her into doing so
seemed to bo to leave her alone with her l
visitor. As she succeeded in vanishing
from the room Marion sent a look of be
wildered appeal after her.
"Outside the closed door Mrs. Bluifr
clasped her hands tojicr head with a sin
cerely dramatic nction. What should
she do? Ask that unspeakably vulgar man
to remain over uightf Unless he cut his
visit very short he would miss the last
train to town ; and it was not in mc least
likely that ho would cut it short. As
soon ns her back was turned he would
probably begin making love to Mnrion.
lie certainly looked ns though ho wanted
to. llis open glances had expressed
enough admiration other. What had
he expected to find? - A shrivclcd-Up,
passe woman? Did he think every one
retrograded ns he must have done slnco
Mnrion first had met him? But, of course,
he was not conscious of his own abomi
nablencss. It occurred to Mrs. Blair to
nsk Fnrmlcy's advice as to this dilemma.
But a second thought suggested the in
delicacy of such action in view of Farm
ley's own feelings and the shock tho in
telligence of tho Captain's arrival would
be to hiin. Mechanically, however, Mrs.
Bluir hud walked to the back door. From
there she saw thnt Farmley was no longer
sitting under tho moonlight on the gravel
sweep. The little group of chairs stood
empty.
At that moment the servnnt enmo up
to her again with A note on tho salver.
"Front Mr. Farmley, mn'nm. He ex
cused himself to you for leaving in such
A hurry."
"For leaving?"' repeated Mrs. Blair,
very much vexed.
u 1 . .. , . ........ ,1. a nnln Tliim wnm
OHU lull! UlU uviv. miu
Oily a few words. Farmley had hastily
packed ins vanse ana waikcii on 10 mo
station to catch the last train. It had
been a sudden determination on his part.
Mrs. Blair would understand his feci'
ing.
He had spoken to Miss Dcnnison anew,
and as things stood it was painful nnd
embarrassing for them to meet again.
With her unfailing indulgence and ner
great kindness and long friendship for
him, of which he was all unworthy, he
hoped Mrs. Blair would forgive him.
... .-i, i: .1. -
Mie was sun reiuung uie noiu iieu
the door of the reception room abruptly
opened, nnd Cnptuin came out, very red
in the face. He bowed shortly to tho
lady, and striding straight to the front
door, disappeared. Mrs. Bluir went into
tho room, und Marion tnrcw nerscii into
her arms nnd burst into a storm ol tenrs,
"Ho wanted ho wanted " but she
could get no further.
"Wanted to renew his engagement
with you? The brute '."cried Mrs. Blair,
oblivious of the fact thnt tho person thus
denominated hnd been the unapproach
able idcnl of all her friend's youug years;
Marion sobbed on as though sho could
not sob enough. Mrs. Bluir held her
sympathetically in her arms, and every
now nnd then cooed enressingly down
upon her head. But the chief thought in
her mind all tho time was: "What a fool
Ambrose was to start off just now 1"
In the courso of n couple of months,
when indeed tho maples nnd elms wero
nflush all over Mrs. Blair's place, and the
evening grew short and coolj and the
mistress of the domain was beginning to
think of returning to town, Far;aley re
ceived a letter.
"Mind, I don't promise anything," A
part of it tan. "But I think, if you know
how to go nbout the matter, you stand A
tuir chance. I nm going to keep her with
mo until next week, when wc urettk up;
Sho has been with me all summer, and
I've hud a great many people in the house
on nnd off, but she has taken no apparent
interest in nny of them. You had better
come out next Saturday and stay over
Sunday here. The country is beautiful.
Remember that I have promised nothing.
She would be furious poor Marion! if
she knew I had written to you. She has
grown paler and thinner, poor girl, but I
think that only makes ner iook sweeter
than ever. We shall see what you can
do."
Tho following Snturday Mis. Blmf
herself met Farmley nt the station nnd
drove him lip ill her low trap. She found
him, too, looking paler and thinner. But
sho would not in any way satisfy his
anxious inquiries.
"I have helped you as much as I can,"
she said. "The rest is for you to do."
Then she smiled a little to herself. In
point of fact, she had not tho smallest
doubt of the outcome of this little bit of
manoeuvring on her part.
When they got to the house no one was
in sight. Farmley, ns ho assisted Mrs.
Blair in her descent from the curt.trcrabled
visibly. He could not articulate a word.
Mrs. Blair led the way through the
house, and then ubruptly opened the door
of the little reception room. Marion, who
was there, wheu she saw the luce hem ml
Mrs. Blair s shoulder, turned crimson as
the bunch of Autumn leaves at her belt
and started to her feet. Farmley, utterly
overcome, paused on the threshold. Mrs.
Bluir, amused nt once anil impatient wun
the whole performance of these two
youug people, who wero dying to be good
to each other, pusncd nun in quicKiy.anu
then she closed tho door upon them.
Nan York Mercury.
A Fiffht With a Mountain
John Woods is working on
ranch in Colorado. lie hud
Lion.
a cattle
been at
1. ulnar, Col., nnd whilo on his way to
the ranch, some thirty miles distant, was
attacked by a mountain lion, llu was
riding along on his Uorso and mo non
jumped down on him from a bluff, knock
ing him off on one side of tho horse nnd
the lion fulling on the other. Mr. Woods
urosc as quickly as possible and shot ut
the lion with a Winchester rifle, but
missed him. It came at him and he then
pulled his revolver and shot it twice be
fore it got to him, both shots tuking
effect in the head. Ho then retreated a
few steps and fired agaiu, and the animal
fell mortully wounded. Mr. Woods was
so badly hurt thut immediately after
tiring the last shot ho fainted, and did
uot regain consciousness until he was
carried to the- house by some of tho
ranchmen, who had been attracted to
the scene by the firing. The liou toro
Mr. Wood's coat and vest and shirt into
shreds, and scratched his shoulder pretty
badly. llis shoulder is also sprained and
his side hurt, and it will be some time
bcfoie ho is ulilu to resume bis duties.
The graves of Wendell Phillips and his
wife, ut Milton Cc.-.ver, Mass., are nu
marked by any monument whatever. ,
UBLICAN
SIOUX AGAINST PAWNEES,
k CHIEF'S STORY OF A GREAT
INDIAN FIGHT.
riio Pawnee Surprised by the ftloux
nnd Slaughtered A Message
Hent by I lie Prisoners.
The Sioux Chief Bed Shirt, who is with
tho Wild West show at the American
exhibition in London, has been inter
viewed. The following are extracts from
the report of tho interview: "Did you
never sec isullalo litii until you joineu
this show?" "Yes, I saw him long ago;
but we never spoke until n littlo while
since, All the men of the Sloitx nation
know Buffalo Bill by reputation. The
first tune I saw him was at the tight at
War Barnard Creek, when the white men
wero too many for tho poor Indians. It
was twelve or thirteen years ngo; but
(and here his bloodshot eyes twinkled
ominously) thnt fight I can see now.
Buffalo Bill in the struggle killed Yellow
Hand, a great Indian brave, and took his
scalp. I tried to fight my way to the
while man to revenge my brother, and al
though we not very near I could not
reach him. Had wc met one would have
died. But the soldiers were encire ing
us; five of our men were shot down, and
we fled. Then wc would have killed
each other; but now Wc have the snmO
heart, and wo nro brothers. Colonel
Cody is awfully good to mc nnd my
people."
Asked if there was any other fight in
which ho was engaged, Bed Shirt re
plied: Y'cs; I will tell yon of a great
light of the Sioux nation with the
Pawnees, who wero always bad Indians.
They had met our people on the hunt
nnd killed them ; they had attacked our
villages and carried away our squaws nnd
children, and their young braves came
like serpents in the grass and stole away
bur horses. The Sioux nation offered to
make a treaty of peace with the Pawnees,
but the bad Indians refused, nnd the
grand council of the Sioux sat. down to
discuss how we should punish these bnd
people, nnd every Chief there spoke for
going on the war path. Then we made
ready to tight. It is fifteen yenrs ngo,
and I was a young Chief then ; but my
father, who wns a great Chief, was on j
the war path, and 1 was eager to prove
myself a great warrior in his eyes. I
collected my young men and we set out, I
altogether 1,300 strong, under sixteen l
biir Chiefs. The most exneiienccd
lunula weiu m'lii uu ivvu uun iiuuiii iu
advance to scout, and scouts were thrown
out on every side to guard against sur
prise. For eight days our brave
matched against the enemy, nnd then
some spies came back nnd told us tiint
they hud found the Pawnee village.
Many of tho Puwnee brnvVs were on A
big hunt, but nearly nil the remainder
of the tribe were at the village.
We gathered round the"" camp without
being discovered, and the great Chiefs
told the young men how tho battle was
to be fought. Not till the signal was
given for ut tuck did the Puwnee find
out their enemies wero near. Some of i
UUL IIIU1I UIIUIII119 WVIU Ultll' ITVlllO
the Pownoca wore cowards, and ran be-
' .
fore we got into the village, but the ma
jnrity stayed to fight for their wlgwnm
and to die for them. They were sur
prised, nnd in one great dash we cleared
their lodges and wigwams. 1 was nrmed
with a long speflr. Nearly all our braves
had spears and boWs and arrows, but
many had guns, too. I ran to a young
Chief who stood to guard his lodge. He
was A brave und a good warrior, but he
fell before my spear, and his scalp
adorned my belt. Near by, four Paw
nee braves stood in a bunch nnd made n
rrcnt fight ngainst the attacks of some of
our young men. I joined them, nnd
with my long spear I killed each one of
those four braves, and their scalp I
added to the one already on my belt.
Then tho fight was almost done. The
Pawnees left niivo tried to got to their
fust horses, but our young men were too
quick for them. It wus a running tight,
and they were sculped almost as they ran,
I met three women running for
the horses. Two wero Armed wilh
knives and one with a club: but 1
killed all three. I did not take their
hair. A brave boasts not of killing
women, and a woman's scalp adorns not
a Chief's lodge. There was no hesitation
About killing their women and children.
They had killed ours, anil revenge is
sweet, to the red man. All, however,
were not killed, for we took thirty-six
squaw prisoners and carried them back
to the Sioux camp, where wc were hailed
with shouts of victory, for we had
brought back with us over five hundred
scalps to show that theso bad Indians
hnd been punished. Besides, we had
nil their horses and stores and trophies
to make glad the hearts of our squaws.
The tight took place iu the southern part ,
of the Big Beaver; but the white maul
holds that land now, and the Indian has
gone nearer the setting stin. Another
grand council was held on our return,
when we Agreed to send the thirty-six
prisoners back to their tribe for we felt
sonic pity for them then mounted on
our best horses and loaded with presents,
and the message we sent with them was
that we tried to make a treaty with them,
but they would not listen to our words,
nnd they continued to attack our people
and steal our horses. Now we had killed
all we could find except the women, and
these wc sent back to tell them how we
punish bad Indians who interfere with
the Sioux nation.
Four Bird Stories.
A bird Was noticed fluttering about A
tree about to be sold in the market in
Troy. An examination disclosed iu the
brunches the ucst of a lark wilh five
eggs in it.
A big hawk swooped down on one of
Robert Brodie's fat hens ut Tabernacle
township, S. C, whereupon Mrs. Brodie
taught it and wrung its neck.
The recent burning of tho Puterson
(X. .1.) Iron Works is attributed to the
English sparrow. The spurrows have
beeu noticed carrying straw and other
inflammable stuff and building their
nests among the girders, und it is I
lieved that the sparks lodging iu these
nests caused the lire.
A tainu magpie, belonging to a lady of
Leeds, England, is uccusioincd to receive
dainty Utile bits from the lips of its fair
owner. Recently it horrified the lady
when, perching upon her shoulder, us
usual, und inserting its beak between her
lips, it dropped uu immense green, fat
caterpillar into her mouth, us a grateful
reeiproi ut .on, '
S1.50 PER ANNUM.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
Care of Presorted Fruit.
Keeping fruit of any kind depends on
three-things. It must be sound to begin
with. A speck of decay or acid change
will develop ferment in a kettle of fruit.
Second, the jars or cans must bo air
tight. The object of steaming the fruit
is to expel the air and arrest the change
in the juice, w hich would naturally pro
ceed to ferment. Air penetrates in finer
ways than we can discern nnd needs
much less than the crevice of ft hair or a
pin's point to enter and spoil tho con
tents. Glass that is free from cracks or
air-blubbles, . wcll-gluzcd stoneware free
from flaws, yellow-ware, or strong, dark
earthen jnrs will keep the fruit from the
nir, provided it is sealed with putty,
wax, or bladder soaked and left to
skrink on the mouth of the pars. Cons
with screw tops nnd rubber rings are apt
to have slight defects which prevent Per
fect sealing and cannot bo depended on
without wax.
Third, the jars must lie kept in a dry,
dark, cool place, very little above frcez
inir. A shelf in a furnace-warmed cellar
or store-room opening from a kitcken is
not the puico to preserve mnt. i: may
bo put u n in the best manner and yet
spoil through keeping in the light or
where it is not cool, uiass cans snouiu
be wrntmcd in paper, buried in sand or
sawdust, or kept in dark closet. Packed
with plenty of chuff, dry sand, or saw
dust, or dry sifted ashes, most preserves
will stand freezing weather without in-
jury,but each can needs nt least six inches
of non-conducting material aoout n on
nil sides for production. A pit on one
side of the cellar, dug below the reach of
frost and lined with boards, with straw
or ashes between them and its walls, will
keep preserves from heat or freezing. A
pit dug in the cellar four feet below tho
level of its floor, well drained and lined
as nbovc, will prove the best place for
4eeping small quantities of preserves,
f.iough for a single family. Chicago
ltcclpcs.
Tomato Pkeseiives. To have t'ood
preserves the tomatoes should be about
a third ripe. Remove the skin with a
very sharp knifd, for the thinner the peel
ing the more whole the tomatoes will re-
majn. p0ur into a preserving kettle
(.noh wnter to cover the bottom an inch
deep. Measure the tomatoes and put
them into the kettle ; add ns much sugar
us tomatoes, and let them cook slowly for
several hours. The syrup must bo thick
and the preserves a rich brown.
PiiKsEnviso RiiuBAnn, or Pin Plant.
Peel nnd cut in small pieces, cover it
with boiling water, let it stand five min
utes, then pour oil all the water and put
tho rhubarb on tho fire in a kettle with a
little water, nnd a cupful of sugar to each
bowlful of tho fruit. After it has boiled
slowly for ten minutes, put into glass
jars, and seal whilo hot. Glass is better
than tin for rhubarb, which ia very acid
and may attack the tin.
Arri.E CiiAiti.oTTE. Butter a deep
I , ,. ,
1 dish thickly Cut smooth slice of bread
1 V.nt i-ttli lmttir nnd linn
and spread" them with butter, nnd line
tho bottom nnd sides of the dish. Fill
it with sliced sour npples. Sprinkle each
layer of apples with brown sugar and any
spico you prefer, also a few small bits of
butter. Soak somo slices of bread for a
minute in milk or water; lay them on tho
top and cover them with a plate that will
fit close, and lay a weight upon that.
Bake 2 J hours iu a moderate oven. It
should tuin out whole, into another dish.
Serve with cold sauce.
Bkkf Scallop. Two cups of cold
underdone roast beef, one cup of raw
potatoes, cut into dice, two beaten eggs,
mustard, pepper, salt and a tcaspoonful
of fituiy minced onion, one cupful of
gravy or stock. Peel and cut the toma
toes, lay them in cold water for half an
hour, drain, cover them with boiling
salted waterand stew gently ten minutes;
drain off tho water, udd the gravy and
the beef chopped fine; cook slowly for
ten minutes, turn into a bowl, beat iu tho
eggs, the onion, suit, and mustard, put
into A greased bako dish, strew crumbs
on topj bake covered hulf an hour, then
brown.
Blackhkhry Jkllv. Use only per
fect fruit, boil till tender in enough wa
ter keep the berries from burning. Strain
through a flannel jcjjy bag, pressing out
nil tho juice. Struiu two or three times
through a clean cloth, return the juice to
a clean preserving kettle; for every pint
of juice nllow a pint of sugar und tho
beaten white of nu egg for the whole.
Boil rapidly for twenty minutes, count
ing from the time it begins to boil. H
is well to test it by putting a few drops
in a tin on tho ice. When done run
through the idly bag. If the first drip
ping is not entirely clear, return to the
htraincr until it runs clear. Put the jelly
into glasses when it has become firm, cut
out little papers to tit the top, dip them
in brandy, and put over the jelly. Place
over these larger papeis, brushed over
with tho whitcof an egg; press the edges
against the side of the glasses to exclude
the air. These directions appiy to uiu
making of nearly all jellies.
Australia.
Australia first became kuown to Eu
peans in the beginning of the seven
teenth century. Though a vague outline
of land in this portion of the Southern
Ocean appears upon the map of some Por
tuguese uuvigator dated 1343, the first
real discovery was probably made by the
Dutch in KiDtl, when the Captain of tho
yacht Duyfkcn, sent out from Bantam to
explore a part of the coast of New Guinea,
saw the northern shove of the continent
at a distance. The tame year Tones,
Strait was named from a Portuguese navi
gator who sailed through it. Iu 1016,
Hartog, a Dutch Captain, came upon the
west coast of Australia and culled it
Endrachtslaiid, from the name of his
ship. From this time other parts of the
west coast were discovered, lu lo'-i'-J the
l.ecuwin discovered the south coasted
Capo leeuwiu, aud shortly after Van
Nuysts sailed from that cape on the
south coast to Spencer's Gulf. DeWitt's
Laud and Carpentaria, in North Austra
lia, were ulso discovered by Dutch tra
ders Captain Cook, in 1"?0, discov
ered No .-..mill Wales and Botany Bay,
1.1,1, ,,: no culled bv Sir Joseph Banks,
the botanist of the expedition, from tins
llorul display which its plain
afforded. Iu 17H8 thu first English colony
was established in New South Wales, at
) first pcual iitUmeut,
RATES OF AD VERT 191 NO.
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ertlen.
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All bllli for yearly adrertiMment eoHetUd qnar.
Irrly. Temporary adTerUime most B palO la
adrance.
Job work cuk o itUnrf.
THE SHORE OF LIFE.
" h
Two children stood by the see, of life
Watching the wove break on the shore,
Reckoning little what care and strife
What ceaseless toil and boundless woe
Life's mighty billow In endless flow
Upon their dark, grim bosoms bore.
II.
T o lovers wandered along the strand
And the billows sang them a gladsome song,
Heart bound to heart, hand clasped in hand,
No sorrow, no suffering, grief nor care
But the dnrk grim billows like syrens fnir
With the happy lovers laughed loud and
long.
III.
An aged couple bended and gray
Looked over life's sea from the other side,
What did the distant billows say?
Grief left behind, no more sad tears,
But the peaceful shore of life'send appears
Nearer and nearer with every tide.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A knotty question Whom shall we
marry 1 Merchant- Tratehr.
Tho cheapest thing in straw hats fhi
season is tho head of a dudo. Picayune.
According to nn eminent English
authority a gitose lives fifty years. It
then becomes a boarding houso delicacy.
Xurth A mericitn.
Elevator youth (inquiringly') "Suito
sixteen. missJ" St. Louis miss (blush
ing) "No, only fifteen last January."
JJarcard L'tmjioon.
There is one admirable feature about a
wire fence. The patent medicine mau
can't pain't a legend on it in regard to
his liver cure. l'uck.
The recent cyclones nro said to have
'moved "on a parabolic curve." Thnt is
evidently the difference between n cyclone
nnd a tornado, which moves on dia
bolic straight line. Chicago Journal.
An intelligent fire engine ran against a
Chicago Alderman and broke his jaw. In
the excitement nttendant upon such a
feat, people forgot to inquire how bndly
the engine was hurt. Omaha Herald.
The towels used in tho Treasury De
partment have the monogram "V, S. T.
D." woven in the center of f&n. It i
supposed to stand for "Uncomfortably
Small and Terribly Dirty." Wcuhington
Critic.
' A Dakota man recently got $30 dam
ages from a railroad company whoso line
runs through his farm, llis claim was
that the trains were so long in passing
across his fields thnt they injured tho crop
to that amount by shading it. DaloUi
Veil.
Although there is no reason why there
should be less stability in financial affair
in summer than iu winter, it is a fact,
nevertheless, that after a crowd of boys
who have been in swimming leavo the
water there is usually a run on a bank.
Bonton Courier.
Tho Porters or Constantinople.
Another curiosity of Constantinople,
which docs not excite disgust, but, on
tho contrnrv.u surprise ukin to admiration
is thehamci, or porter. His name, which
has in Arabic the samo origin as thut of
camel, describe him quite well. He is,
in fact, a camel without the hump; but
this hump is, however, moro or less rep
resented b-ia large liMithercuJuon rest-
on his buck, nnd iiJfflvTijtfTuIT
oilmen, .moreover, mc i a-Kisi--juici
has the sobriety, the patience, And tho
strength of the camel. '
The French proverb: "As strong as A
Turk," must have been suggested by tho
sight of this burden-carrying bipid, whoso
back is strong enough to bear frightful
loads. One hardly dares to tell ot somo
of their feats of muscle, for fear of being
considered a booster. Here are two, how
ever, : One day when I changed my
lodgings, I hint three men come to remove
my
piano. They tied it jip tirinlvjntn
straps. Then two el tlimu wcut
away, and the third, stooping uown,
raised the piano, nnd placing it uion his
back, carried it a distance that took moro
than three quarters of un hour. On On
other occasion I met a hamel who was
currying "upon his back an enormous
culash, the wheels and axlctrees of which
hud been taken off aud fastened to one
sidu of the vehicle. The only thing
wanting wus tho two horses on his arms.
The passers-by, Accustomed as they were
to theso prodigies of strength, stopped
to see this diminutive Hercules welk py
who disappeared under his loud, takli'
nn even und easy step, nnd uttering u.
the same time the word "guarda."
The frugality of the hatmi is equally
surprising. Who knows but it is one of
the secrets of his strength? Ho never
cats any cooked food, except a littlo rice,
and a kind of soft and insipid sea-cracker,
called jiide in Turkish, and taking the
place of brc.nl. His ordinary food con
sists of cucumbers, which ho eats with
the skin on, salad without salt or season
ing, nnd uucooked-oulou. Cvwtopoltlan.
Cut and Engle.
While two residents of Galena, III.,
were driving through Southern Wiscon
sin recently, they wituessed, near Arena,
a fierce tight between a bald-headed
eaglu and a largo tomcat. The "proud
bird of the mountains' had attacked tho
cut while hunting in the field, ana suo-
led in fastening its talons into tho
iiuimul's buck, when the battle immedi
ately began und was continued amid ter
rific yowls of the Cat und tlio screams oi
tho eagle. It was a sort of catch-as-cateh-coilld
contest, und while it con
tinued tho feathers and the Mr new mien
and fast. The cat wus too heuvy lor uiu
'lo to fiy with, but it fciiccccucu iu
.... i .!. lr- 1O0
raising it several uiuen iu mu ...
feet or more at each effort, but the at-
mpts to get away with its prey were i-
lile, ii the weight ot me cat uuu y
lerce struggle lor Hie luvariumj o,u.....
the eagle to the ground again, wiiere i"
battle was related Willi ucariy wo
result, la the final bout, wh'C, took
place on terra tirmu, the eagle iIjuw up
Urn sponge uud flew luboi'ously across
the river, whilo the c-.c, much v.omed,
made tracks us rapidly us possible away
from the scene of the battle. 9
Always.
A luw v jko,
And afiu-iidly I'",,
In the l ibs, 'und lauliter mellow,
Is uuver Is'd,
Hut a iniui is in"
U it's not uu to oijw
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