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i .' .id olectrio raotorman, it is Raid the
t. ' rt would have earned, while they
Wi , ) w riting their honks, one hundred
and tweuty millions of dollars.-
he .AVorcester . (Mass.) Gazette
that it may some day become
necessary to license . ''ins, if
Tvlsnt the physicians say is true in r6v U"
j-iu'd to eei taiu favorite -concoctions
vl.Ii-U have as thoir baais of attraotipiul
h i t n i n por cent, of drugs are cnpa-
I a t fotming; habits as hard to break'
11 i the alcohol lmt.it, and oven
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Xow that Aaioricaa capital is iiif v"
t ite 1 ir such t;rcat railway building
jrcject! ia Gblwii ia bolieved V.v.t
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in.niy have Tiro ' nuina-
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statistics ai
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tl) tho
which American women have made in
nil Colds of employment rlnrififc the.
ast eilit and tweuiyears Siuce
'lSTO tho women arftitoots.havo in-(rre:f.-e.l
from one to fifty-three; the
Idoutista from tweuty-fonr- to 41-7; the
J.iwyera from five to 417; the phyi"
vians aud eurgeocs from 527 to C88.S;
i -f. 'nnd the "clergy onion" from sixty
r-oven to loll. Trobahly the uext
iwenty-ei'ht jenra will see iit greater
.rides.- Hut what will be tho jffoct
niou the relations botxeen the men
f tho time and the -women' of the
me remains to be seen. But surely
r. i'r-'is tmH Cordelias, or -Jet t
' the race of Florence Nightingales
"Aii " 'i Frrncwill not pass
! v - fiu's advance in
.lit Eiay."..: -
The henlth and food fad." the day
,ore produoiug their legiticte result,
jeheerves the New Yorfc l'oat." Over
jZeal intheir pursuitua to be ex
j eeh d,' and it exists to the. extent
t' nt medical men have,. actually found
n f .(otitic name loV a condition whioh
arises from fear' of food. . It is not
etsctly a disease, bnt'. its effeot
fj'oeJiiy utcuiuos Lartnful if the con
dition continues. It seems desirable
to avoid too much thought over what
ono trtts. If certain general principles
of hygienio Jood are observed, a
healthy appetite and a roli"h for the
dishes set before one may be trusted.
It does not need any conversion to
mental science to discover that if we
make np our minds something will
di8ajee with us it will. This, of
couroe, is not a plea for the pendulum
to slip too far the other way, but
merely one more caution that in the
food fads, as in every other develop
ment of this investigating age, there
is need for sanity and poise.
The rural trolley line in this coun
try is in its infancy. .A comparatively
few roads have been buili through'the
farming regions -with the idoa of
superseding the wagon as a means of
access for the farmer to market. But
the great development of the trolley
has been lor passenger trafflo, where a
large and more or less constant busi
ness made the dynamo an economical
source of power. Perhaps the de
velopment of the produce-gathering
lines was somewhat retarded while
waiting; for the perfection of systems
by which electricity could be econom
ically nsed when the power for which
engines had with more or less con
stancy to be employed was only nsed
for the making of infrequent trips.
Moreover, it was certainly retarded by
jthe conservatism of farming coramuni
jties already possessing wagon roads
more or less good, cenerallv less. If
vimerc
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, jany Government authority had been
O , ".L i. 1 -il. n . it - .
"iuromeu wuu me prooiem 01 lm
viug local country communications
"4 mor farm produce would
s i ... . y .
io 3!arsei ,ou trouev. cars.
, 9 New York Tribune.
ytnn bad withered In tu
i slum
n he and liia were bred,
lis whi a burden, and, though Hps wrt
r . ' -lamb. '. ' A. .
ui-ta wUtied that he wore dead
An! n KlHtieJ he; (or In his wearied soul
Tlioro wa but one d-'ulre
To slip away, to roach strange, vague
goal
Where time WouU coaso to tire.
But on a day some one with grave, sweot
fm.'e,
And tender, skillful hands,
,Cam to Ills aHt, and bore hint trora tb
place,
It seemed, to far-off lands, '
Ills youthful
TB-iSILEITT, TROOPER.
$ : CI .
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If $J a Ou o v
t
KOOIT.iV LAN
dor, in.-private
Tauks, never told
. just why he. was
kicked, by his
. lieutenant, Jlat
Crim, Lander
never told any
thing. That ao-
'counts for his
being left to him
i
self more than is
common or judicious for1 one if Uncle
bi t horsemen in field or post.
' jt troop is a family of big boys.
Some of them are big bad boys, and
an odd thing about it is that these
are not always the unpopular ones.
Troopers do not fall on the neok of
new man. They treat him with pin
nacled dignity, like old cavalry horses
treat additions to the picket line. If
the new man,, id a reasonable-period,
develops no objeotionable traits, he
will find himself a member of the
family, whioh arc other words for a
good fellow.
But he can't be a silent man nor a
sneak; neither can he manipulate a
voluminous correspondence. These
things are fatal. - Lander was a silent
man. " '
. lie was also my "bunkie," which
means that I could put out a hand al
- most anytime in the night and touch
him. Naturally, under suoh condi
tions, my very proper prejudice against
him on account of his infernal reserve
would either grow into an uncomfort
able suspicion, ifnot worse; or else I
would learn to look beyond this seri
ous mental derangement of his. As it
was, I began to feel for him that
strong, wholesome respect whioh. one
i.i ways lias tor pnysioai capability,
-. hen it ia not accompanied by mental
Biuggisnness.
Then I liked Lander's face. .He
was a handsome fellow handsome
astride his horse, and at mess and at
grooming handsome when silent,
Yet I havo seen his eyelids droop over
a wicked pair of shining eyes, and
seen an ugly, bloodless look about his
lower lip.
I saw this on the hot day when
Lieutenant Mat Crim kieked him in
the back, because I wish I knew my
self. I will tell yon what I saw.
A couple of troops of the regiment
were out on a target range. We were
Vamped iu a bunch of unaspiring foot
hills wbich, late in the afternoon.
rested in the huge conical shadow of
Old Baldy. The tip of Old Baldy's
icy cone punctures the sky at one of
the highest points in Arizona. We
were in that sand-stricken land where
wsyfarers have to climb for water and
dig for fuel-wood. ' We were iu that
heat-ridden laud where the lean, long
coyote scents aeatu ana trots cau
tiously thither where the vulture
cranes his bare crimson neck from be
hind a cloud, and peers earthward for
aying tilings.
I Lieutenant Mat Crim was a little
wasp-wolsted chap, who had a dirty
trick of getting mnd. His West Point
days were too fresh in his mind for
iim to be a good officer. He never
allowed himself to lose sight of the
iaot tnat be was a commissioned
officer and that a mighty stretch of
superiority lay between him and a
common, enlisted man. Crim had
just been transferred to our troop.
Lander had come from another regi
ment two months before. The two
men met that hot afternoon just be
fore groomiug time.
Lander sainted. Crim stopped
short, caught at his breath several
times and bogan to relieve himself of
vy
a lot of livid English, all of which
struck me as mysterious. Lander
stood "at attention," eaid something
in a low voice and walked away.
Lieutenant Crim was ungovernable.
He sprang after Lander, kicked him
in the baok and said:
"I'll make life miserable for you,
Charlie Howard I" whioh I judge must
have been Lander's civilian name.
Lander laughed low and melodi
ously. I was thinking how wicked
Lander looked when he laughed that
way. Then tho bngle sounded
"stables."
Every man in the troop detested the
lieutenant, and all admired Lander for
keeping his nerve. One of the most
unprofitable things a soldier can do is
to strike a superior officer. The same
kind of a finish awaits him as if he had
been found sleeping at his post.
I watohed Lander, and Lander
watched Lieutenant Crim during the
several following weeks. And they
Were not pretty eyes, those strange
eyes of Lander's, as they trailed the
movements of his superior officer.
To all, he preserved his self-bound
intensity. Glad, indeed, would I have
been to come very close to the heart
of this silent man, because I learned
to have deep feelings for him. He
poBsessejl the cold nerve which makes
beroestind the great warm heart
which lu.Xjs friends I was' sure of
this. But vure was broad enough
' ' I,,, I ll.l , .. .
HAPPY!
yet,
t, alter all, 'twas bnt a whirling hour
uurot the '"fke-bllna town
To where thAwly shone with unblamlaUed
power
Ore.4 lair, broad down.
And he, the cripple, whose sad Springs
were ftiors
Than one who watched blm knew.
Had never seen i muoh green grass be-
'ori,
Nor ski so big anJMue, . .
Qe was so softly glad, bo full of peace, .
n iald him baok and sighed,
And watohed the deep sky and Its floating
floooe
Dreaming that he had died. V -.
J. J. Bell, In Chambers's Jonrnnl.
o3
Filth' U. S. Cavalry
to cover his troubles, so he did not
confide In men. Heroes can hate well.
Why my eyes wandered to the op
posite side of one of Lander's letters
while he was holding it np, and there
lingered for a single disgraceful seo
ond, is something moro-thau I can ex
plain. I can only regret it. At any
rate, I saw these words:
"Oh, Charlie, do let me come to
yon!"
A lady-killer is my silent friend,
thonght I; but didn't mean to read
part of his letter really, I didn't.
After five weeks the troops were
ordered to the barracks. No cue was
sorry, for life on target range in Ari
zona is tedious, putting it with studied
mildness.' ' And then they have mos
quito netting in the barracks.
A tragedy was enacted on those
moonlit foothills at Old Baldy's base
the last night tn range. I am not a
hnudy man at tragedies. It was this
way ir
"Say, did chap," said Lander in a
light manner the morning before,'
a little favor for me, will you? I wa
you to meet a lady for me. I believe
I will have another engagement to-
niKhtl" -
"A lady in this country I" I whia
pered excitedly. Nothing but greaser
maidens and squaws had I seen for
months it seemed.
Reluctantly he handed me a note,
part of which is below:
' "I eoutd not help coming. I was frantlo
when I learned that he was transferred to
your troop. You must meet me to-night.
Did you think I could forget you. Ob,
Charlie, I may be aotlng unwomanly, but I
am desperate. No one knows mo bore In
the village. I will be noar the last adobe,
but on the north. - Oh, why did you go
away? I thougut uome to-nlgnt.
Elsib."
"It's a common yarn," said Lander
nervously. "She knew me np North
as a civilian. Crim and I were sta.
tioned there, but hcAlid not know me.
I was only a private. She was lovely
to ns both. The queer thing about it
is that I won out. Then it ooourred
to me that I was only a common sol
dier, who had flunked at everything
else he tried, and nardly fit to marry,
so I applied for a transfer and chased
out. She wouldn't have Crim any
how.
"Now Crim turns np again in the
attitude of my superior officer, which
is very dramatic, and the little worn.
an is here, which is also very dramat
ic; and as I can t see them both,
want yon to go to her. I must keep
the other engagement. Tell her I'm a
deserter or dead or any old thing
For the second timo I heard Lan
der lauiirh low and melodiously. I can
hear it yet.
"There'll be a show down to-night,"
he said.
After retreat.theliontouant called for
his horse and lopod slowly townward.
The sun was red and low, and tho
silken flag over headquarters was
casea for- the night. A little later
Lauder entered tho tent, threw his
cartridge belt about him and snun
tered carelessly out.
"Don't keep the little wonun wait
ing long," be whispered to me,
watched his form grow dim in the
shadows toward the village. Then I
stepped into my cartridge belt, looked
at my six-shooter and became one of
the mysterious townward prooessfon,
Something is going to drop on the vil
lage road tnis night, I thought.
Lander was sitting by the road -side
a mile from camp. He smiled, bnt
did not speak to me. While I waited,
I wondered why I had not remembered
to shake hands with Lander that
night.
It seemed a long time before the
lieutenant's horse was heard down
the road. I hoped that Lander would
not pick off his man from ambush. I
hated to think he would do it.
"Dismount, lieutenant!" sang ont
the man who had been kicked, and he
did not salute his superior officer.
What Crim said as he obeyed is
rather important but not necessary to
this narrative. But Crim knew then
that he was only a common human
man, like the being before him, whom
he had kicked. He saw in the faded
twilight a private in the regular army
who in the presence of other men was
his slave: but, who alone, in the foot
hills of Arizona, was a oool, deter
mined, smiling foe. He saw before
him the handsome Charlie Howard,
who was loved by a woman he loved.
He saw the reckless light in Howard's
eyes which boded no good. And in
spite of all these things, Lieutenant
Mat Crim was game.
The moon was looking over old
Baldy's icy crown now and the great
dome above and the sand below were
filled with its whitenesss.
"You acted the coward once, little
officer try to be a, man to-night," I
heard Lander say. "It was imprac
tible to procure seconds, so yon will
have to rely upon the honor of a com
mon soldier. Perhaps yon never as
sociated such sentiments with an en
listed man. I see that you have your
Iff
. 6o4
six-shooter. . I was too soft hearted to
bruise you with my hands."
Crim looked at his man keenly. He
then looked over his six-shooter care
fully. He had been a clever shot at
Wettt Foiut.
"Who gives the signal?", he added,
olearing his throat.
"Count threes in the position of
'raise pistol,' " sad Lander politely,
"after which you are at liberty to fire
as soon as you please."
Crim'stall gelding browsed uneasily
and whinnied. He wanted to get back
to the hay on the picket line, but ho
was a trained cavalry horse and did
not think of trotting off alone. I
watched, not knowing what else to do.
Both men 'look position, and came
to tho regulation "raise pistol."
"Keady?" .asked the lieutenant,
olearing his throat again.
"All ready," answered the silent
man cheerfully. ' The - moonbeams
whitened his forehead.
"One;" said the lieutenant. Both
men were motionless.
"TwoJ" he screamed. His arm
drbpped. There was a noise and an
empty shell in his six-shooter. The
lieutenant had forgotten to say
"Three."
Lander was dying ia tho moonlight,
and there was no empty shell in his
six-shooter! ' Mat Crim, his super
ior officer, ran to his horse like a thing
affrighted, and galloped away.
"Go and tell her, old chap," Lan
der whispered, "that Charlie Howard
was afraid to meet her to-night. Tell
her that his memory is a far .worthier
shrine for her worship than a com
mon cavalryman. Tell her that I was
a deserter, because old-man, I think a
lot of the little witch. Yon needn't
tell her that Crim is a coward just
say he is a good shot."
And when there were no more words
I hurried away to the village to keep
Lander's engagement. She was there
a little thing pretty and trembling.
There was a lace handkerchief in her
hand and a soft perfume about her.
I told her what Lander had said.
She did not cry, but clutched my arm
with fierce strength.
"Take me to him," she demanded,
I led the way back over the rolling
road, and when we neared the spot
where I had left my silent friend .in
the moonlight, I heard a long, low,
mournful howl, the answer mingled
witn the eoho.
"Let ns hurry faster I" I said.
.There was no tcbange. Lieutenant
Mat Crim had not returned. The wom
an picked np the pistol whioh had
fallen by the silent man's side, and
threw open the cylinder with the ease
of a veteraii. Six loaded cartridges
fell into her hand. '
"You saw it all?" she questioned
slowly. "And he was your friend?"
I bowed.
"Then you will kill the coward for
your friend's sake!" Sho spoke the
words altogether too loudly.
"He is my superior offlcer.madame,"
I whispered.
"Leave me now," she commanded.
"Bnt, madnnie," I objected, "I
must walk with you back to the vill
age." "No.no! Leave me. I have this."
She was replacing tho cartridges into
the cylinder,
Ag I stood watching her, a bugler in
the camp a mile away played the last
call a soldier hears at night the
mournful, melancholy taps. And I
looked down upon my friend, the si
lent man they would sound taps over
him to-morrow and I forgot that I
was only a private in the regular army.
"Leave me now," she repeated.
And when I had gone a few paces I
turned. She was bending low.
The moon was high above old Baldy
now, and his whiteness was npon the
upturned face of the silent mau.
Lieutenant Mat Crim called for his
horse the next morning, when a guard
told him that the bodies of Private
Lander and a white woman had been
found ont in the chaparral. Detroit
Free Press.
Tbe Lait Days of Carlrle.
He generally spends his mornings
till about half past two- o'clock be
tween lying on the sofa, reading in
his easy chair and smoking an
occasional pipe, writes Carlyle's
niece, Mary, to his sister, Mrs. Ban
ning, in the Atlantic. At half past two
he goes ont to drive for two or two
and a half hours, sleeps on the sofa till
dinner time (half past six), then after
dinner sleeps again, at nine has tea,
reads, or smokes, or talks, or lies on
the sofa till bedtime, which is usually
about midnight, and so ends the day.
He looks very well in the face, has a
fine, fresh, ruddy complexion, and an
immense quantity of white hair, his
voice is clear and strong, he sees and
hears quito well; but for the rest, as
I have said, he is not good at moving
abont. In general he is wonderfully
good-humored and contented; and on
the whole carries his eighty-four
years well, no desires me to send
yon, his kind love, and his good
wishes; as you know, he writes to
nobody at all. I do not think he has
written a letter, even dictated one,
for over a year.
A Straw Hat and a Contented Shark.
A Chinaman named Ah Hoi, con
victed at the Kohala Court of having
opium in his possession, and under
sentence, jumped from the Kinau and
was probably eaten by a shark. At
any rate nothing was seen of the pris
oner after he disappeared over the
side, and the policeman who had him
in "custody has (been discharged for
carelessness. The officer did not
notify the steamer men of the jump of
the Chinaman till the Kinau was a
mile or more away from the locality of
the dive. The Kinau was put about,
bnt all that could be seen was the
straw hat of the Chinaman and a large
shark swimming leisurely about. The
steamer was several miler at sea when
the prisoner made his (break, Pacifio
Commercial Advertiser,' i .
PULfc UtrArllMLNT,
The solutions to these putzles Will ip
P.W ifl succeeding Issue. ' '
21. A Charade.
Without my first no voice la heard;
Wttbla my second, lives begin,
My third muBt end delightfully;
My whole tells bow they strive who win.
S3. A Novel Aeroetlc.
All the words described contain the
same number of letters. . When right
ly guessed and written one below the
other,' two of the rows of letters, read
ing downward, will spell the name of
a popular book,
Beading across: 1, tendency; 2 cov
erings for the head; 3, pertaining to
imaginary dwarfs; 4, instruments of
torture; 5, a hard, heavy wood; 6,
smetrs; 7, poets; 8, the century plant;
9, Venetian rulers; 10, immature.
S3 A .Traveling Pnxzle.
Begin eaoh word with the final let
ters of the preceding word: Example:
Buffalo, lotion, Iouio, Iceland.
. The fare from Kamchatka to Chica-
go is
1.
2.
3.
4.
6.
7.
8.
9.
An insect.
A thought.. . .
A festival. -
A mistake.
A small bird.
A point where two lines meet,
A beverage.
A discussion. .
A viceroy.
114. Five Bidden States.
1. Come here, mamma; I need help
at once. 2. The bear almost overtook
him, but a hunter came to his rescue.
3. We were afraid that we might miss
our ice cream. 4. He did a horrible
deed. 5. The boatman said that he
bad no more gondolas to hire.
SOLUTIONS TO PREVIOUS 1UZZLE8.
17. Word Squares
I BURNS
UNION '
RIFLE'
NOLDE '
' . SNEER
' II- PL A TO
LARAT
A R B I L
T A I NE
O T L E Y
18. A Double Cross Word Texas,
Maine. .''v.
19. Eight Beheadments H-ight,
b-eaoh, b-rain, M-arch, t-wig, c able,
n-early,"n-arrow.
20. Somo Novel Ladies 1, Ella
Fant; 2, Minnie Ster; 3, Emma Grant;
4, Minnie Rifle; 5, Ann U. Ity; 6, Ann
Atomist; 7, Ann T. Dilnvian; 8, Polly
Tishu1i;9, Delia Gate; 10, Minnie A.
Choor; 11, Carrio K. Choor; 12, Jen
nie Rosity; 13, Millie Tary; 14, Anns
Condor and Allie Gator.
SCIENTIFIC. AND INDUSTRIAL.
Thunder can be heard eight miles
away.
An avernge star of the first magni
tude is one hundred times as bright
as one of the sixth magnitude.
Charcoal absorbs the gaBes and re
lieves the distended stomach pressing
against the nerves which extend from
the stomach to the bead.
It is announced that a first-class
meteorologist observatory is to be
built on the Zugspitze, the highest
mountain in Germany.
While the gold fields of the world
cover an area of more than 1,500,000
sqrrare miles, Mr. B. J. Skertohley,
an Australian geologist, finds that the
fields of tin, which metal is the most
sparingly distributed of any of those
in general nse, occupies less than
12,500 square miles.
The curious fact that corn, potatoes
and other plants thrive better when
placed in rows running north and
south has been proved by Dr. Woliny,
of Munich, Bavaria, This reduces
the shading by each other to a mini
mum, more uniform aud regular light,
heat and moisture resulting.
The latest nse of glass is instead of
gold as a material for stopping de
cayed teeth. It answers splendidly,
and is far less conspicuous than the
yellow metal. Of course, it is not
ordinary glass, bnt is prepared by
some new patented process which
renders it soft and malleable.
The French periodical L'Electricien
reports that the town of Blanken
berghe is new supplied with water in
which all germs have been killed by
meaus of ozone, generated by an
electrio onrrent. The same principle
will soon be applied to the dangerous
Seine water at St. Maure, Paris.
fA Memento of Omdnnnaa.
A memento of the Lancers' charge
at Omduman not less curious than
sad is, aocording to the Pawnbrokers'
Gazette, in the hands of a Holboru
jeweler. It consists of the watch worn
by Lieutenant Grenfell, which was
found on his dead body when this was
recovered after the fatal charge. One
of tho many spear thrusts which the
ill-fated young officer received pene
trated both the outer and inner cases
of the watch, a plain silver lever,
driving some of the works right
throngh to the face of the dial and
stopping the hands at twenty-one
minutes to nine, the precise moment
of the wearer's death. Lieutenant
Grenfell's family are having the watch
mounted on a square block of crystal,
for nse as an inkstand, to serve as a
memorial of their heroio young rela
tive. III! Want.
I want two drams
When Christians comes;
(But I don't want slate for do!u' curd!)
An' a wagon load of sugar plum!
An' a big foot ball, an' a top that bums,
(Cut never a slnte fer dolo' suing!)
Oh, I Just want lots whon Christmas ooram.
Frank btanton, in the Atlanta Constitution.
SHIPWRECKED. THEN MURDERED.
Party of Klehteen Perone Matsacrcd by
Indian la Alaska.
Latest reports from Alaska tell of
the fate of a party of eighteen persons
who are said to have been killed by
Indians after having been wrecked
near the month of the Knskokwim
River last June on the little steamer
Jesse. ' The story has just been
brought from that section in a letter to
Barneson & Chilcott," who were part
owners in the wrecked steamer.
The letter was written by a man
named Marsten, a hunter and trader on
Nnnivak Island, 100 miles from the
mouth of the Kuskokwim. He says
his wife, who is an . Indian woinau,
paid a visit to her relatives 'at the
mouth of the Kuskokwim River short'
ly after the wreck of the Jessie.
While there she attended a feast
given by the Iudians. . During its
progress the Indians got drunk on a
kind of liquor made by themselves.
While indulging in the general de
bauch they quarreled over the posses
sion of certain articles taken from the
shipwrecked crew.
Her suspicions were aroused by see
ing them in possession of many valua
ble articles of wearing apparel,
watches, breech-loading rifles, and an
abundant supply of provisions. She
made inquiries of her grandmother,
an aged squaw, who related to her
how, when the Jessie went ashore in
the surf, the Indians assisted iu sav
ing the whites and the cargo, and af
ter the whites had established a camp,
the Indians demanded pay for their
services. They wanted nearly every
thing the whites bad, not leaving
them enough to last the party through
the winter. The whites offered a rea
sonable amount,-which did not satisfy
the Indians, who planned to take pos
session of everything.
A oounoil was held, and it was de
cided to kill all the whites, which was
done the next night while they were
asleep. The bodies were taken to the
sea in canoes and thrown overboard.
Nothing was known of the fate of the
unfortunate -prospectors for nearly a
month after the wreck, when several
bodies came ashore badly decomposed.
The Indians then reported that tho
Jessie and the barge had been wrecked
and all lost.
Report was made to nn agent of the
Alaska Commercial Company, who
visited the scene and identified tho
bodies of Captain Murphy and tho
Rev. Mr. Webber, a Moravian mis
sionary, who, with his wife aud child,
joined the expedition at Dutch Har
bor, and was going to establish a mis
sion among the savages who murdered
him.
It is further stated that tho Kus
kokwim Indians threaten to stop tho
whites from prospecting in the Kus
kokwim country, as they claim it as
their hunting aud fishing reserve.
Diplomat) Colors.
Books blue and books yellow: Tho
Figaro publishes a note on the colors
of the official volumes communicated
by different Europesa governments
to parliament and the nations. Tho
yellow book which France circulates
is the brochure coming from tho
French Foreign Office. It is destined
for the use of chambers, the embassies
and the press. About 2000 copies are
issued in tho publication, but they are
not on sale for the nation. French
usage differs from the English in this
respect and throws a heavy burden on
tho press. The Temps, for instance,
latelyJonnd it necessary to print a
speciarpage devoted to the yellow
book on Fashoda. The German chan
cery publishes white books for the
Reichstag, but only on colonial ques
tions, while Italy binds in green and
Greece in red. Austria and Russia
are, says the Figaro, without analo
gous documents, aud the United
States, Government contents itself
with a simple communication made to
Congress in relation to foreign affairs.
In the case of these official bindings
one can only say with regret that
whether blue, yellow, red, green,
black or white, they have never
formed a general harmony yet. Pall
Mall Gazette.
Catching Smelt..
Down in Maine in catchiug smelts
in winter the fishermen build shanties
on the ice over good fishing grounds
and ont a hole through the ice and
make a trap door in the floor of the
shanty to fish through. The shanty
is built upon timbers laid on the ice,
and the first thing the fishermen do
when they get the building np is to
pour water over these timbers, so as to
freeze them down to the ice; otherwise
when a wind sprang np it might blow
the shanty along on the ice on these
timbers, whioh would thus becomo
practically a sort of sled runners.
They have a stove in the shanty for
greater comfort, rnd when they are
not fishing they close the trap door
and thus have an nnbroken floor. Each
man uses two lines in fishing, and as
fast as he hauls the fish up he puts
them in a box, the boxes nsed being
made of various sizes, each containiug
a specified number of pounds of fish.
When he has a box packed full he sets
it out'on the ice and pours water iu
it. The fish are frozen solid in the
boxes, and in this condition they are
shipped to mar ket. New York Sua.
Paper Teeth Now,
It is certainly a reign of wood pulp
that is npon us, for now a German
has perfected a process for making
false, that is, artificial teeth for human
nse, manufactured from paper pulp
instead of porcelain or the other ma
terials usually nsed in the imitation
of masticators of commerce. They
are stated to be very satisfactory iu
every respect. They are not briitlo
and do not chip off. Tho moisture in
the mouth has no effect npon these
teeth, and they retain their colo "
feetly. They are lighter t '
lain and cheaper to raav-
SERENADE. ;
Who is It sings the gypsies' .nj to-nh,
To muted Ktrings, i .
Deep In the linden shade, beyond tha .
Aly casement flings? -
Can it be Death who sings? Ah no, no' '
For he is old
Ills voiee is like the murmur of the se
When light grows cold.
Who Is It sings once more, once more agalt
The gypsy song?
Bong of the open road, the starry t ....
Estranged so long
"Come to the woods, oome, for the woods
are green, ' -
The sweet airs blow,
The hawthorn boughs the forest boles be
tween Are white as snow." '
The wet leaves stir; the dim trees lr
again -..
Of vaulshed springs
Out In the night, out In the slow, soft rain,
Mr lost vouth sings.
Kosamund Marriott Watson, In Harper's
Magazine. ,
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Madrid is the capital of Spain, but
slie-can't bank on it, Adams Free
man. "They say her father moves in the
very best society?" "Oh, yes,
piano mover." Judy.
The Bride "No man caa serve two
masters." The Benedict "That's
why I want you to be cook, my dear."
VWho is that mau who has such a
lordly air around here?" "He used
to be our office boy." Chicago Record.
"I tell you, getting married ia i '
business." "I notioe tdie couple ha,
to have someone stand np for them."
Belle "How did you find out the
name of Maude's new beau?" Lena
"I gave her my new pen to try."
ruck. . '
"How do you like your ne..
prenidont, Mrs. Chatterton?" "She s
splendidjshe never calls us to order.'-
Chicago Record. j
' Mrs. Gunn "1 wish you'd pay a
little attention to what I am saying."
Mr. Gunn "I am, dear, as little as
possible." New York Times.
- Greene "Do they play golf ; ia
Germany?" ReddVOh, yes; haven't
you ever heard of the Frankfurter
links?" Yonkers Statesman. '
''How in the world do all tbf"e
young lawyers live?" asked a al.
"By the provisions of the code," re
plied a bystander. Atlanta Journal,
The wrath of two tourists was great
Vihaa the train at 2.02 wouldn't wait,
i Though they made a to-do, (
Tho train whistle blew
Toot-toot-toot at 2.02 toolat...
Gerald "They say that it takes
three generations to make a gentle
man." Geraldine "Your grandson
will bo all right then, "j New York
World. : - -
"You say Dr. Bowless is a specialist;?
I thought ho was a gquoral prac
titioner. . ' AVhat ' is his specis
"Big bills, said the viotim
i. Indiuu- ,
) "S-h-hl' -
apolis Journal.
She (in a startled whisper)
Don
I't you hear somebody talking?"
(dreamily) -"No; that's that golf jf
; you picked out for me." Cleve-; '
Ho
suit you p
land Plain Dealer.
Hi "I don't understand Tui0 , ,.aiu
Willie, gazing at the elephant.
"Here's the elephant that can't reti
growing two beautiful big paper out
rin,t ..nk r.f Viia rannthl" Tit-
Bits.
Book Canvasser "Pardon me
madam, but are you interested in th
study of prehistoric man?" i Mis
Antinne "Oh. indeed! ltkeeM in
busy trying to get the man
interested iume." Chicago iv.
Mrs. Browne "Yes, we used to 1
Tommy sit on tho dictionary when i
y when i
his fatbil
ne "Whj
he book?! :
to mucl
took b is piano lesson; but h
put a stop to it." Mrs. Greene
so?. Fraid it would hurt th
Mrs. Browne "No; it was
like punning; playing on woi
know." Boston Transcript.
WISE WORDS.
When yon tfease io piv
to possess, ,
The "larger hope" , luu end iu
deeper despair. ' '
The way to watch is to work.
It requires abundant grace to wil
stand abundant prosperity. .
Your position in life to-morro
pends on your oharaoter to-day.
A high ideal is a standing iavitat i'
to reach a more exalted position, j
The man who loses his life in Icj
sows the seed or untold noble livei
The man who will not suffer for 1
truth will have to suffer for
ingit.
The miser who is able (but i.
ing) to relieve want is truly a m
able man.
The exasperating trivlnl " '
are little lead lines 1 '
our religion. ' ......
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The Origin of Week Vmy.
Sunday The day devoted.)
worship of the sun by our forefat''
Monday The day devoted to tut,
ship of the moon by our for'
Tuesday The day devoted.
ship of Tieu or Tyw, the
Wednesday The day devo.
worship of Woden or Odin
wind. Thursday The '"
to the worship of Tj.
thnndnr, Friday las
to the worship of jjlieb,
Venus of the Nor
day devoted to
the god of af
god of the fo anely '
iulatea who
va.t election oc
ccr.mes: Napoleon
the Washington, An
Bery gliomas Jefferson,
niouw' Jollu Bunyan,
all na c,CMr Edgif
ma theso were candi
oH. iaturo.
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