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VOL. XXIII. NO. 4. TIONESTA, PA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1890. S1.50 PEIl ANNUM.
Tliu petroleum supply of Pennsylvania
looms to bo inexhaustible. During
February 478 now wells wore opened,
adding 10,459 barrels daily to tho yield
Cif tlio oil regions.
A method of transmitting sketches by
telegraph has been devised. The fugitive
from justice will now find his path
trown with" obstacles, for his portrait
can bo sent to any number of points
along his lino of travel.
801110 0110 ha? figured that thero are in
Denver, Col., thirty-one millionaires
whoso aggregate wealth is $10, 500, 00(1,
and thirty-live acini-millionaires whose
wealth aggregates $17,500,000, making
In all $64,000,000 owned by sixty-six
men.
Kight cotton factories, sixteen banks
and various other enterprises have been
Btiuted in South Carolina within
year. Corporations chartered betweou
October, 3SHS, and October, 1889, num
ber eighty-two, with 1111 aggregate capital
of over $11,000,000.
Tho moral of this story 1.1 obvious
Robert Williams, of Woods County,
Ohio, was told not to go down into nn
old well without lowering 11 candle to
see if thero was foul gas there. As it
was his wife who warned him ho threw
club nt her, told her to mind her own
business and went dowu, to be hauled up
a corpse.
According to tho Jacksonville (Fla.)
Tinut-Union, 0110 fisherman of that city
catches 400 pounds of catfish 11 day which
ue sens 10 ucaiers, who, 111 tlieir turn
ship tho meat to Northern hotels as bass
and ahcepsheud, first cutting off heads
and fins to prevent identification. The
catfish is a disgusting scavenger, the bur.
zard of tho waters. But it differ.! so
materially from tho other fishes nimicd,
la outward appearance, that no ouo should
bo deceived.
A novel operation has been performed
in tho Edinburgh (Scotland) Infirmary.
A fanner was suffcriug from a diseased
leg bouc, induced by an accident. On
medical advice ho went to tho infirmary
and was put under tho caro of tho sur
geon, who determined to remove the dis
eased portion and substitute an ox rib
Tho operation was performed, and it has
been so successful that tho man will be
about again shortly with a limb as strong
and healthy as ever.
"In the competition of intelligence and
mauual skill," says tho New York Time,
'tho old-fashioned fanner is beiten and
driven out of business or forced to cn:i
grate to new fields where tho virgin soil
will given sullicieut return to afford sub
sistence for a few years and until the
siutu pressure pushes him still further to
tho trout. This is the explanation of tho
fact that so many men crowd to every
opening of new lands with all their few
possessions gathered in a wagon and their
stock driven in advance. It is tho froth
cariied on the crest of an ever-advancin
wave, which doej not move tho more
solid material over which it passes. This
remains behind firmly fixed, and cleansed
and purified, and strengthened by tho
pressure which has carried away all the
lighter material."
In nearly all railroad nccidenU the
common passenger cars uro crushed, with
great fatality to life, while sleeping and
parlor cars of heavier construction
usually escape with slight injury. It is
in these last that officers of the road are
generally found. Probably tho extra
weight of tho sleeping ami parlor cars
helps to crush iu others, but it docs seem'
to the American Culticntor as if common
cars should be st lengthened as far as pos
sible. ' If railroad officials were obliged
to ride on tho class of cars they furnish
for common people, fewer accidents
would occur. A less harsh remedy would
bo to assess extra heavy damages for loss
of life occasioned by using ears especially
liable to breakage. The law limiting the
damage tor killing in railroad accidents
to $5000 a life should be repealed, or the
limit put a good deal higher than it now
is.
James D. Leaiy, of raft fame, is going
to make another attempt to have a raft
towed to New York city from Nova
Scotia. Work began in the early part
of last winter on tho ico at Georgetown,
Nova Scotia, by building cribs. The
work is being carried out with vigor at
other places, aud a large number of nicu
are engaged. Leary's plan differs ma
terially from that of his former raft. This
tow will bo made up of 11 number of
cribs containing about 500 pieces of
piling each. Ea.-h crib has a strong
chain laid lengthwise in tho ceu.reof the
timbers, the whole being firmly secured
the outside by binders of heavy wire
rigging. When these are completed, a
Dumber of theso cribs suiiiiieut to niaku
up the tow will be coupled together,
much as a railroad train is. It is ex
pected that tho lirat raft will bo rtady
very shortly, when it will be towed to
New Yoik city by a tug or two,
THE HARBOFt OF DREAMS,
Only a whispering gale
Flutter the wings of tho bont
Only a bird in tbo vale
Lends to the silence a note
Mellow, subdued, and remote;
This is the twilight of peace,
This is the hour of release.
Free of nil worry and fret
Clean of nil care nnd regret
When like a bird in It nost
Fancy lies folded to rest.
This is the margin of sleep,
Here let tho anchor be cast;
Here in forgetfulness deep.
Now that the journey Is twist,
Lowor the sails from the mast.
Hero is the bay of content,
Heaven nnd earth interblent;
Here is the haven that lies
Close to tho gates of surprise;
Here nil like Paradise seems
Here is the harbor of dreams.
Frank D. Sherman, in the Century.
IN A TIGHT PLACE.,
INTERVIEW WITH A MAN-KATIXd TKIF.lt.
While at Kntamand, in tho Nepal dis-
iiici 01 inuia, wmi Captain White, tho
American tiger und serpent destroyer, a
delegation came in from n village called
Aliwar, thirty miles away, to get some
wi iuu r.iignsu oiuccrs to go out and dc-
iuy n iimu-eaier who Had rendered
limself a terror to a hiro-n iliuirir-t Honi
ng of the presence of the American, they
mum 10 111111 instead. 1 lie Government
jounty ou the bead of a man-eater at
that time was $00. The villagers offered
to make up sixty additional, and to give
the Contain a cow nnd four irnt in
;cn minutes ho had closed a barimin. and
u me uiicrnoon 01 tne second ilny we
reached Aliwar. It was situated ou tho
Wudwala Hiver, which is one of tho
tributaries of the Gauges, and within
iftecn miles of the foothills of the
llimalnya .Mountains. The country was
badly broken and covered with heavy
mresv nnu juugie, and tlio Captain pro
nounced it tho finest tiger range in India.
The village contained about 700 in
habitants, and had Considnmliln nn.
uierco with points lower down on the
stream. It was on tho bank of the
ner strung out tor naif a
mile, and the cleared space thus
occupied was not more than a
quarter of a mile wide. A day's work
on the part of the villagers would have
been sullicieut to clear ini tho
uuder which the tiger approached, but
wove was mane. 1 no beast had
appeared about four week nrovinm nnrl
tho first intimation of his presence cost a
woman her life. She was cooking at a
lire on the north side of the village, not
over ten teet from tho door at which her
husband and three child ret! Silt whnn a
tiger, who had come out of a ravine and
kept the cover of sotno bushes, sprang
upon her. This was just at sundown. The
spring of the tiger knocked the woman
iuto the fire. He seized her by the foot
and drcT her our. and nltl.rtn.rk 1,0-
clothing was on fire, ho took hold of her
suouidcr, gave her body a twist to throw
tho weight on his back, and was off nt a
run. 1 ue woman must have been killed
b the blow of his paw as ho spruug, as
she made no erv.
In the four weeks which had elapsed
since uie man-eater appeared he had cai
ried oil seven ueonle. aud for lnnr dis
tance of ten miles around the people were
in great terror. There were half a dozen
old muskets owned iu Aliwar, and these
nau been loaded and uncharged at the
ravine at hiuli noon in hones to scare the
tiger away. Two nights previous to our
arrival tne tiger Had entered a hut through
an open window, seized a boy ten years
of ago, aud made his exit by tho door.
The cries of the boy awoke every one in
the villago and could be heard a long
way up the raviue. He had not come the
night before, but was expected to bIiow
up ou this tho night of our arrival. Wo
reuched tho place about two hours before
sundown nnd as soon as tho Captain got
tho lay of tho land he made his plans.
Two huts on the northern edge of tho
villago were abnndoued to us. The Cap
tain and one of his men took one, nnd a
second native and myself occupied tho
other. All had trims, and the ithin tvna tn
watch for tho tiger and pot him. The
hut I occupied belonged to a storage
merchant. It WHS a anlill Imiblinrr nt-tjl.
of small logs aud a heavy thatch roof.
1110 ground tloor, which was tho only
OUe. occunicd a hiiihm, nf uh,iit 1fiv9.1
feet. It hud 0110 door and two windows.
The door aud one window were in front
aud the other window nt the rear. Six
teen feet from the door a bamboo nurti-
tion ran across tho room. In this rear
room goods belonging to various parties
were stowed at a fixed charge, while the
family occupied tho front room as a living
room. The door iu the partition slid un
aud down iu grooves.
When wo beean nor wnrch we fnctoned
the door securely. The window beside it
was an opcningauout two leet sipiare, pro
tected onlv bv H cloth rnrtniii Tli
at tho rear had a woolen blind, and this
wa lasteued on the outside.
It was a hot and sultrv niMit mid u-n
j 1 -
had a jar of water aud brandy in the
storeroom. ine irout window com
manded a good view of the country over
wuicu uie uger was expected 10 ap
proach, und for two hours I peered and
listened and waited, but without re
ward. Tho native was stretched out on
the floor and sound asleco. Vcirv with
standing on my feet, aud my throat very
dry for tho waut of moisture, I quietly
aroused my companion and told him to
watch while I refreshed myself. I was
behind tho partition drinking from tho
iar whtwi the mitivu uttered Iaw iti nf
-
alarm and bouuded in upon me and shut
uown tne door. 1 Had tne jar yet in my
hands when u hpnvvhfulv (Irntkrwd trttliu
floor and I heard tho snarl aud saw tho
lorm ot a tiger in tho hut. This was
what had haoocued : The finer IihiI ho.
11 1
broached tho house from the ormosite
turccuuu, uu creepiug souiy arouuc
had Rnrnmr fur Hih mMiiiiir uml into llw
id
native's face. In his alarm the man hat
itl
started back aud dropped bis gun, win!
mine was leaning against the door, how
ever, and tiis,t saved us. There wo were
face to face with a full grown man-eater.
taith only a bamboo partition between us
and his fangs, anil I am frank to say that
lor a moment 1 was completely ddne for.
j un uniive nung nimscii down on nis
face without a word, nnd I knew that
neither suggestions nor aid could be ex
pected from him.
It was a starlight night, but the small
opening in the wall of the hut made the
room pretty dark. I could just make
out tne outlines of the tiirer as he moved
to and fro, while his eyes were like two
small lanterns. Thero was no floor In
tho hut, the ground bcinir beaten hard
instead, but I could feci a sort of jar as
the tiger moved about. He undo a thor
ough inspection of everything in the
ironi room, nnd then turned his atten
tion to me. Mv revolver was iu niv bair-
gagc, and so I was entirely destitute of
weapons. I Had seen the native wearing
a long Kinio during the day, and I called
to him to know if ho had it with him.
Ho was crying with fear, and would not
answer me. I went over to him nnd
found tho knife in a sheath nt bis belt,
and when I had it in my hand mv cour-
nge came back in a moment. About that
time tho tiger had discovered that the
only victims in the cabin were behind
the partition, and he sounded against it
ngni opposite mo with a lorco that made
everything crack. Left to himself he
would have knocked it down in short
order, but I was there to interfere. I
hacked him with the knife, and from tho
way he snarled and spit I kucw that I
had cut him. He withdrew to the far
end of tho room, growling menacingly,
and I could hear him lick tho blood
which the knife had dmwn.
Tho general situation was far from
pleasaut. By knocking on the rear shut
ter and calling out I could make Captain
White understand how matters were, but
on second thought 1 felt that it would be
to his risk. The tiger might go out at
the opening any moment, and if he en
countered any one outside a tragedy was
certain. To alarm the village was to
bring about the same thing. Even if I
could get out of tho rear window by
forcing open the shutter the tiger had
only to go out of the other window at the
same time to pick me up. I felt that I
was a pretty fair match for him with the
knife in my hand, nnd, hoping that he
would give up and leap out of the win
dow after receiving another cut, I de
cided to wait. I could just make him
out as he lay on tho floor near tho dqor,
and I was standing close to the partition
wdien he suddenly uttered a roarof auger
and charged. He struck the sliding door
with a great smash, and his right fore
paw struck at me through one of
tho openings. I hacked at it and gave
him a severe cut in tho leg. This
time ue sent up such a dreadful
roar of pain and rage that half tho
villago was aroused by the noise. He
drew back and ran along the partition,
probably hoping to find a weak spot.
and three several times he reared up on
ins mnu legs, seized tne bamboos in his
teeth, and shook them as you have seen
a dog worry at a root when digging at
the hole of some wild animal. Then he
bounded toward the front and sought to
go out of tho window, but stuck in the
opening, snarling and growling, and
finally dropped back. Ho tried this
three times and then gave up. As we
afterward discovered, there was a huge
sliver on tho log at tho top of tho open
ing. This poiuted inward. As the
tiger crowded his bulk into the opening
he pressed this sliver up against the log.
When he undertook to go out the sliver
diminished the size of the opening and
stuck in his back like a dagger. Tho
uproar he made alarmed Captain White,
aud he called out to know what was the
matter.
"The tiger is iu the front room nnd
can't get out!" I answered.
"Why don't you shoot him?"
"The guns are in the room with him."
When I had fairly explained the situa
tion he advised that I be on my guard
and ready to use tho knife, and that it
would not be safe to make any new move
until we had daylight to nid us. I did
not know at that time that the tiger
could not get out where he came in, or I
could have forced tho rear shutters and
escaiicd from the hut. The beast slunk
into a corner and lay there for a time.
whining and growling. Then ho tried
the opening again, and, when he found
himself a prisoner, ho sat up on end and
howled without fear. I believe I could
have then driven him about with a
stick.
As tho tiger lost his ferocity the ua-
tive with me regained his courage, aud
by and by ho got up aud found a heavy
stick among the bales of goods und
stood ready to assist me in beating off any
new attack. While the entire village
was awake, no one moved out of his
house, and all waited for the coming of
daylight. At intervals of fifteen minutes
Captain White sang out to us to know if
we were all right, and about un hour be
fore daylight ho warned mo that tho
beast would no doubt fly into a fury with
tho first sigus of day. From mid
night to 2 o'clock tho tiger wua
not quiet over rive minutes at a
tune. He would sit and snarl aud
whiuo and lick his wounded paws for a
time, aud theu go circling around the
room and growling iu a way to make me
shiver. As he passe J along the partition,
rubbing his head ugniust it, his eyes had
a glint in them which haunted me for
months afterward.
I'pon tho approach of daybreak the
man-eater began to grow more restless.
It was time for him to be off to his lair,
but he was a prisoner. Just as the first
Mint light came he tried the window
ugaiu, and his efforts to get out were so
determined that I thought he would suc
ceed. When ho finally drew back he
was ripe for mischief. We could make
him out plainly now, and as ho dropped
buck to the floor tho native gasped out:
"By my life, Sahib, he is the largest
tiger in all India."
1 thought so, too, and subsequent
measurements astonished everybody. In
most cases the man-eater is uu old beast,
with most of his teeth goDe. This tiger
was full grown, not over five years old.
aud every tooth was perfect. When he
dropped to the floor he spit like a mad
cat, wheeled with a snarl, and at his
second jump he struck tho pnrtitidtt like
a battering rnm. lie not only struck itj
but ho Stood dn his hind legs and pulled
nnd shook, nnd it must have gone dowri
had we not nttacked him. The native
dealt ono of his paws a terrific blow
with the stick, nnd" I cut half wny
through tho other with a blow of the
knife. The beast let go nnd fell back.
It was now broad day, nnd we could see
him plainly. A photogmph of his head
and face would make a woman shiver.
Ho backed off, laid his ears flat to his
head, showed every tooth, nnd his eyes
wandered up nnd down the pnrtition
looking for n weak spot I expected
a rush, but he was not quite ready.
He made three circles of the room, and
then, springing like a flash, he fastened
to the bamboos aeain. If we had not
been ready the partition could not have
held him more than a minute. He used
teeth nnd clnws, and the whole hut was
shaken with his exertions. I got in a
savage cut on his hind leg, nnd stabbed
him in the shoulder, nnd the native hit
him an nwful whack on the nose. When
he let go this time ho was done for. Ho
letrcated to a rorner and howled and
whined like a puppy, ami Captain White
now called out to know the situation. I
explained that the tiger could not get
out, as I could now see tho sliver which
obstructed, nnd he opened the rear shut
ter nnd passed me 111 a rifle. When I
took aim at the tiger's head ho was
moaning and shivering and whinnering,
and I almost felt ashamed to shoot him.
Not knowing whether the dead man
enter had a mate or not we scoured the
jungles for his lair, nnd found it in the
ravino not more than half a mile away.
Ho had not devoured any of his victims
nt tho spot where he rested, but all bad
been eaten within a radius of a few rods.
From what wo could discover it was con
cluded that he was a "solitary," nnd as
the village suffered no more, this must
have been the case. In removing the
skin we found a spot on tho shoulder
where the beast had been severely cut
with a knife. The slash was fully four
inches long and quite deep, and tho hair
had not grown out to cover scar. Ninoty
nino channcs out of a hundred the native
who had inflicted the cut had been eaten.
iVcio York Sun.
Curing Bow Logs.
Jlrs. Bassett had twine, three-year-old
boys, who were bow legged. She con
sulted a doctor nnd asked if she must put
their legs in irons.
"Irons!" shouted the doctor. "Fid
dlesticks! Take off their shoes and
stockings. Their muscles have probably
been cramped und weakened ulready and
irons will only increase the trouble. Off
with their shoes."
Another suggestion of tho doctor was
to let the boys walk up hill, and when
they could not be out of doors, to have
an inclined piano arranged in the house
for them to practice on. In the effort to
walk up a steep incline one naturally
throws the feet outward. After somo
months' treatment of this sort tho boys
legs straightened and their muscles grew
strong. It was leurned by the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil
dren that a baby girl just beginning to
walk was toddling around in her bttlo
bare feet, aud a comuiitteo visited the
mother.
"But does your baby actually go bare
foot, too?" asked one of the visitors.
"Yes. She has never worn a shoe in
her life. When she goes out for an air
ing she wears warm woolen socks, for
until she can walk she cannot, of course,
take sullicieut exercise to keep her feet
warm. But in the house she is as bare
footed as the boys. She is just begin
ning to get on her feet, aud her little bare
toes are almost as useful to her as fingers.
They have saved her many a fall.
One of the members of the committee
was the wife of a shoe dealer; she sat
aghast. "But do you never intend to
have your children wear shoes?" she
asked.
"Oh, yes, when I feel quito sure that
the muscles of their feet and ankles aro
strong enough to endure them, but tho
moment they begin to indulgo in that
hateful ubomination of toeingin, off they
come again until the difficulty is reme
died." The society decided not to interfere,
and tho campaign against bow legged
ness continues. Unme Maler.
A Dog Who Loved Music.
There was killed iu Petersburg re
ccntly, a dog which, while it could
boast no proud pedigree, aud did not
even know its owner, was known to
most of our people because of the great
fondness it evinced for music. Where-
ever a drum was heard to beat or a band
to play that dog was sure to go, and he
would always precede the music and
show his delight at the Btraius he heard
He accompanied many funeral marches
to the cemetery when the lino was headed
by a baud or drum corps; attended the
parades 01 tne military ; was apparently
intensely rejoiced whenever a minstrel
company marched through the streets
would romp and jump w ith cauinu de
light when the bauds were sent out tc
gather tho sovereigns to public .meetings.
showiug no discrimination between
Democratic, or Republican music, und
would always hold out us long us t lit
musicians would play. He was caught
under one of the trains at the lower sta
tion aud so injured that he had to be
killed. JiUhtnond ( Va.) l)iinUch.
Speed of Animals.
In respect to the comparative speed of
animated beings, it may bo remurked
that neither size nor comparative strength
seem to have much influence. The sloth
is by no means a small animal, aud yet it
can only travel fifty paces in a day ;
warm crawls t 'y five inches in fifty sec
onds; but a lady bird can fly twenty
million times its own leugth in less than
an hour. An elk can ruu a uiileinseveu
minutes; an antelope can run a mile in a
minute; tho wind mule of Tartury hast
speed even greuter than that; aud ai
eagle can fly fifty-four miles iu an hour:
while a canary fulcou can even react
seven hundred and fifty miles iu th
short space of sixteen hours, .
HOtf tllOI D AFFAIRS.
fcWOM.fM OH TlltBD FfcET.
A remedy for the swdllfid feet whicll
housekeepers whd stand a grent. deal
often suffer from may be found in tint
following preparation, which Will prob
ably be put up by any druggist Mix
together three parts of salvclic acid, ten
parts starch and eighty-seven parts pul
verized soapstone. If this is sifted in
the stockings it is said to keep the feet
dry and to prevent chafing. Neto York
Tribune.
A fSEt.F.SS I'HKCAtmON.
Most persons think it necessary to hang
their winter clothes in the nir before
packing them away in the summer. Ex
perience has taught us that this method
is not only useless, but injurious. Tho
clothes do not need airing, having been
used all winter, nnd a moment's reflec
tion will convince any ouo that clothing
thus exposed is more than likely to be
seized upon by the moth millers, so nu
merous in the spring. Winter clothing
should be brushed before being packed
away, ns it is likely to receive the germs
of destruction if allowed to lio about for
only a few minutes; for if the eggs of
the moth aro once deposited we put them
away in the trunk with the clothes, anil
irreparable misthief is set on foot. Gum
camphor is the best thing to put with
clothing, and about a pound of it must
be put in each trunk. All wooleu gar
ments should be taken out cf the closets
and brushed if not in constant use.
FURNITIJItK TO MATCH THE CARPET.
Carpets should always be chosen as a
background upon which the other arti
cles of furniture are to bo placed, aud
should, fiom its sober colors and unat
tractive features, have a tendency rather
to improve by comparison objects placed
upon it than command for itself the uo
tice of the spectator. It should vie with
nothing, but rather give value to all ob
jects coming in contact, with it. Com
posed of sombre shades and tones, ami
treated essentially as a flat surface, it
exerts a most valuable, though subordi
nate, influence upon all the other decor
ations of tho day. Upon it the eye rests
while surveying the more important
furniture, nnd its presence, properly
treated, supplies tho necessary material
for a satisfactory contrast with other por
tions of the decoration, which comparison
in nowise detracts from its own peculiui
degree of merit, but proves from this
circumstance how valuable it is as con
tributing to the pleasing effect of the
wholo apartment. Aeie York Obsener.
ItECirES.
Suet Pudding Fuur cups flour, two
thirds cup molasses, ono cup sweet milk,
one cup chopped raisins, one cup chopped
suet, one teaspoon soda, a little salt,
spice to taste; steam for two hours
steadily.
French Dressing Mix together om
ealtspoonful of salt, 3ne-hnlf sultspootiful
of pepper, thrco tablospoonfuls of oil.
and one tablcspoouful of vinegar. Stii
tho oil thoroughly into the salt and pep
per, and ndd the vinegar, stirring until
it thickeus.
Mock Turtle Soup Put a knuckle ol
veal in tho stock-pot and boil for two
hours; ndd a piut and a half of black
beans (turtle beans), nnd boil for five 01
six hours more, pepper aud salt to taste,
remove from the fire, struin and whip un
til smooth. Have ready in the tureen
three chopped hard-boiled eggs nnd one
half of a sliced lemon, pour in the soup
and serve.
Sweetbreads, Broiled Place youi
sweetbreads in cold water for an hour;
take thein out, and put them in a snuce
pan with enough water to cover them ;
take off the fire as soon as boiling; cool
them off; split, aud put them on a
a broiler, with salt, pepper, nnd a table
spoonful of sweet oil over them; broil
slowly for fifteen minutes; dish up, with
a piece of fine butter on each aud a dry
toast under it.
Steamed Spring Chicken Take a half
grown spring chicken, split dowu the
back, rub with salt and pepper, place iu
a steamer, and steam one hour. Pre
pare a sauce of one piut of cream, half
a pint of boiling water, six spoonfuls of
flour, a tablespoonful of coru-starch, and
butter each with pepper, salt and a few
dtops of extract of celery. Mix all to
gether, let boil ono minute, aud pour
over tho chicken.
Soup Always take cold water to make
soups. Skim well, especially during the
first hour. There is great necessity foi
thorough skimming, aud to help the
scum to rise pour in a little cold wutei
now and then, and a' the soup readies
the boiling point skim it oil. I'se salt
at first sparingly, but season with salt
and pepper just before taking it up. A
quart of soup for three or four persout
is the quuutity to allow.
Musical kites.
Musical kites aro provided with a bam
boo resonator containing three apertures,
one iu the centre aud one at each ex
tremity. When the kite is flying, tin
air, iu rushing into the resouutor, pro
duces a somewhat intense aud plaintive
sound, which can bu heart! at a great dis
tance. The transverse rods of the fiumi
of this kite are connected at the extremi
ties, uud give the kite the aspect of twr.
birds' wings atlixed to a central axis.
This kite sometimes reaches large dimen
sions say, ten feet iu width. There are
ofteu three or four resonators, plat ed one
above another over the kite, and in this
case a very pronounced, grave sound it
produced. The musical kite is very com
mon in China and Tonquiu; hundreds ol
them are sometimes seen hovering iu the
air in the vicinity of Hanoi. It is be
lieved among the superstitious to have the
power of chiinniug evil spirits away, ami
with this object it is otlcu tied to the
roof of houses during tho prevalence ol
winds, where, during the whole night, it
emits plaintive murmurs' afi'.'r the man
lier of an .-Eoliau liai p
There are said to be 5000 Cuiuese Ma
SOUi in the United Slates,
HIE TERROR OF BATTLE.
K FANIO WHICH SOMETIMES OVER
TAKES BRAVE MEN.
9ol(llcr Often Hold In One Bnttlo
and Timid In tlifl 'ct Not Cow
aril Ice, but Terror.
During the war, says a writer in the
Detroit Free V, wo used to hear of
companies falling back, regiments giving
ground, and brigades becoming demor
ilized, and the average reader took it
for cowardice and openly expressed his
contempt. No man ever went into battle
twice nlike. No company, regiment or
brigade were ever situated twice alike.
A man may be very brave in one battle
and very timid in the next. His physical
and mental conditions have much to do
with it. A private soldier knows the
msition of his entire brigade in a fight.
' the position is n strong one he is eu
uiraged ; if the flanks are exposed or
he defenses are weak he is nervous and
apprehensive.
It is tho grand stake the soldier plays
for in battle. If nc wins ho may live on
intil the next fight. If he loses he gets
I headstone iu a national cemetery. I
annot make you understand the situa
ion better than to give you personal cx
eriences. The great majority of sol
liers had the same feeling nnd passed
hrough the same experiences.
At first Bull Hun my brigade gained
(round for several hours. This, with a
mall loss of men, kept us encouraged,
udced, it was hard for the officers to re
train us. Every man was hopeful and
letermined, and any single company
vould have charged a regiment. Tho
innic had upset thousands before it
ouehed us. Indeed, tho rctreiit had
icen going on for two hours before wo
;ot word. We were well in hand and
eady to advance when tho news reached
is. In five minutes every man wasshaky.
II ten minutes men whose faces were
lowder-stained were sneaking out of tho
.sinks to gain the rear. In a quarter of
an hour half u company of Confederates
could have driven the whole brigade like
a flock of sheep. I saw men cry like
children. I saw others tremble and sit
down from weakness. Every fresh re
port milled to the feeling of terror, nnd
by nnd by pride and discipline gave wny
to a grand rush, and it was every liiau
for himself. No one would stop to
reason. No one cared whether his com-
ade was ahead or behind. This was
ailed cowardice, but it was not. It was
innic tho terror of battle a senseless
ut powerful something which seizes the
iravest men and makes children of them.
In the streets of Fredericksburg I saw
'"edcral soldiers discharge their muskets
uto the nir, wheu the enemy was within
loiut-blank range. I saw plenty of them
drop ou their faces and tremble and
groan and cry. This was a case where
"very man saw the hopelessness of attack.
He felt that he was pushed forward to be
shot dowu. There was no way for re
treat until the lines should fall hack. On
the other hand, the Confederate troops
posted behind the stone wall at the foot
of Mayrc's Hill joked and smoked and
were iu the highest spirits, feeling thcin--elves
secure from bullets, and knowing
rhcy could bent back any force. One of
clieni told me that after taking a dead aim
on thirteen different men und dropping
every one of them he refrained from
iring the next quarter of an hour out of
beer pity for the human targets being
shoved up to meet death.
At Malvern Hill my legiment lay in
the dry bed of a creek at the foot of the
levntion. It was a natural rifle-pit, and
-heltered us so well that wo had only a
slight loss iu killed nnd wounded. As
.ho Confederates charged across tho
fields we felt to pity them. Wo poured
in our volleys without fear of danger in
return, and out of five Confederate who
rushed into our liues in their bewilder
ment three were cryiug and sobbing. It
wasn't cowardice but terror. No coward
could have been induced to march across
those meadows in the face of that terrific
fire from cannon and musketry.
At Cold Harbor, after beating off
everything in our front, aud while most
ot the men were cheering, some one
started the report that the Confederates
had gained our rear. Two thousand
nicu broke back like a lot of boys, some
even throwing their guns away, and the
jeers of other troops had no effect until
the frenzy had had time to evaporate.
At Gettysburg my regiment had tho
cover of a stone wall, aud we knew that
we were well supported. Wo hoped for
a charge, and when it came every man
was cool and calm and confident. Ono
band of prisoners, nu ubering about
thirty, was led past us on their way to
the rear, and I noticed that many were
crying uud ull were whitefaced. I have
seen the best soldiers and tho oldest
fighters win their medals in one battle
and show tho white feather in the next.
1 saw a Second Lieutenant almost cry for
tho privilege of leading a charge at
Autietam, and yet at Chautilly ho fell
into a ditch and pretended to bo hit so
us to drop behind iu tho charge.
( 'owards never go to war. It is only brave
men who face the grim monster on a
field of battle, and next to the foe his
worst enemy is a terror which seizes him
as a chill or fever might como ou, aud
there is no remedy for it except t 'ti t
away from the screaming inissill '
death until one's nerves und saud re
Killed a Monster West India Llzib...
Two Mexican fishermeu killed un ugly
and vicious unolis of the lizzurd species
on Padre Island, near Corpus Chrisli,
Texas, hut not until a bard battlo had
laeu fought. It measured four feet long
aud thirteen inches in circumference,
with claws equal to a tiger's. It con
tained twenty-four eggs. This mounter
is a native of the West India islands, uml
the first ever seeu there.
During the combat the unolis several
times changed its color from green to
brown und vice versa, a peculiarity of its
tribe. Many theories are advanced as to
how it reached the island. Tho most
plausible is that it came in ouo of the
huge mahogany logs from foreign lands
that are frequently washed ashore.
Kanxi City Journal.
IN THE FIELOi?.
Oh, maiden, under the skies so blue,
Of the eye and tresses brown,
I'd rather be walking in fields with you
Than going my way to town.
Is it far to your dwelling! But here's a rore
Perhaps you slipped from It heart who
knows!
It Is like your face; it is like tho smilo
Of your lips so red and sweet.
Do the roses bloom for a little while
And their hearts then cease to beat?
How fair were the roses my youth-time
knew?
Were I a rose I would bloom for you.
Do you roam through the summers sweet
and long
Over these fields so fair,
And blend your voice with the harvest aong
That thrills through the scented air?
When you bind tho wheat with a golden
skein
Are the tares not mixed with the ripened
grain?
Sowing and reaping my life has known,
And now with the gathered sheaves
There are fruitless weeds that have heedless)
grown,
And thorns 'neath the rose's leaves.
Sowing and reaping, the harvest seems
Less than my labor and less than my dreams.
Oh, maiden under the skies so blue,
Of the eyes and tresses brown,
I'd rather tie walking the fields with yoo
Than going my way to town.
Is it far to 3-our dwelling? But here's a rose.
Perhaps you slipped from its heart who
knows?
. L. Stanton, in fiedyuue. .
1IIM0H OF THE DAY.
The wind ofteu turns an umbrella, but
a borrower rarely returns it.
A man who fools his time away The
circus clown. Motion Bulletin.
The man who never smiles is a centre
of gravity. liorhesttr I'ott-t'j'prcit.
Arbitration cau settle a good many
things, but it won't work on muddy
coffee.
A song-writer says he prefers to turn
out lullabies because there is luck in cod
numbers.
No matter how great a burden it is to
him, the doctor cru easily endure life if
he has patients.
Gladstone's axes are in great demand.
This is because he is such a good feller.
Norristoien Herald.
Time will tell; but tho ordiuary man
with an important secret won't give
time a chance. Lynn Prem.
It is a risky business to engage a chem
ist in a war of words, as he is always
ready with a retort. Seic York A'eirs.
In America every man has a right to
his own opinion, but nobody who has an
opinion seems to recognize that right ex
cept as to himself.
Bessie "I mnke nil my own dresses.
Don't you thiuk I deserve credit?"
Jennie "Yes, my dear; but only for
your good intentions."
"Don't you think that doctors nre
usually handsome men?" said one girl to
another. "Some of them are just kill
ing." Wdthinijton Critic
American "No, sir; we have no titles
in this country." Englishman "Then
the ownership of real estate must rest ou
nn iusecure basis." Ytnowine't Neict.
"Are you fond of orchids, Miss
Laker?" asked Miss Gotham of her
Chicago visitor. "Heally," was tho re
ply, "I don't believe I ever et any."
Afunney't Weekly.
McCorkle "Dolley is as tall ns a lad
der." McCracklc "Yes; and he is like
a ladder iu another respect, too."
"What is that?" "You can see through
him." Yenowine'i ATaes.
Lady (to tramp) "Of courso, if I
give you your breakfast you will do a
little work for inc." Tramp (politely)
"Oh, certainly ma'am; just a3 little as I
know how." Wituhimjton iitar.
A MAKTIAL rAHADOX.
There is a puradox quite new.
With common sense imbued;
The man who's married to a shrew
Is auy thing but shrew'd!
.Miiiir' Weekly.
"It was a fearful night cold as the
Arctic regions. Tho ruffians were two
hours ruusackiuo: the cars." "You must
have lieon nearly frozen." "Oh uo.
I
was covered by two six-shooters."
Munteit Weekly.
Customer "I'd like to get about fifty
cents' worth of th?so cucumbers, if you
please." Dealer iu fine groceries, tropical
fruits, etc. (with withering scorn)
"Cau't you afford tobuy a whole one?"
CliieiKjv Tribune.
Bookstore Clerk "Wo have a Biblo
of the same typo us that, sir, but bound
in uiorocco." Customer "I don't caro
ubout helping those foreign fellers along.
Give 1110 a Bible bound ia the Lnitcd
States." JuJ'je.
Merchant (to his clerk) "How cau
you take your hat off to that man when
you know how he has cheated inei"
Clerk "llow can I help taking off my
hut to any man who cuu cheat you?"
Flit'jeiitlc lilactler.
TIil-ib s a bhmdt-rbus nt the window;
There's a ent uu the Isu-k yard feut-e;
There's a shut: there's a tpiull,
And a long oatei-waul.
And then ttieru is silence. iuU-ue.
Wusiiinytttn I'ui'i!.'.
Husband "Aiu't you ready yet?"
Wife "I'll be ready iu a minute. l'vo
only got one glove to put on." Husband
(sighing) "One of those ten-button
gloves. Well, I'll sit dowu ami write
four or five more letters." 7j-na '((
in'jt.
Story of a Copper Cent.
Just fifty ye.-.rs ugo, oriu 1 S-ll), Willi im
F. Andrews, a master iuhmiu of Provi
dence, stumped his initials on u copper
ceut aud scut it out to the world, or, iu
other words, put it in circulation. But
Mr. Audrews always hoped to have it
back. Last Monday, iu taking s.miu
change, he found his loin bat s, agaiu.
After fifty years of wandering it had re
turned and he would not lake hundred
of dollar for it. FroeiJenet Tt'eir,tm.