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SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon,
jfo. 22 East Jefferson St., Bitltr, Pa.
W. R. TITZEL
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J. W. MILLER,
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Looking 1 out over the many homes of thia country, we tee thousand*
of women wearing' away their lives in household drudgery that might he
materially lessened by the vise of a few cakes of BAPOLIO. If an hour
is saved each time a cake is used, if one less wrinkle gathers upon the
face because the toil is lightened, she must be a foolish woman who
would hesitate to make the experiment, and he a churlish husband who
would grudge the few cents which it costs.
Strange Ride of )lorrowbie
Jakes,
BT RrDTABD KIPLIXO.
There is, as the conjurers say, no decep
tion about this tale. Jukes by accident
stumbled upon a Tillage that is well known
to exist, though he is the only Englishman
who has bees there. A somewhat similar
institution used to flourish on the out
skirts of Calcutta, and there is a story that
if you go into the heart of Bikanir, which
is in the heart of the Great Indian Desert,
you shall come across not a village, but a
town, where the dead who did not die but
may not live have established their head
quarters.
And, since it is perfectly true that in
the same desert is a wonderful city where
all the rich money lenders retreat (fortunes
so vast that the owners cannot trust even
the strong hand of the government to pro
tect them, but take reftige in the waterless
sands), and drive sumptuous C-spring ba
rouches, and buy beautiful girls and deco
rate their palaces with gold and ivory and
Minton tiles and mother-o'-pearl, I do not
see why Juke's tale should not be true.
He is a civil engineer, with a head for
plans and distances and things of that
kind, and he certainly would not take the
trouble to invent imaginary traps. He
could earn more by doing his legitimate
work, ne never varies the tale in the tell
ing, and prows very hot and indignant
when he thinks of the disrespectful treat
ment he received. He wrote this quite
straighforwardly at first, but he has since
touched it up in places and introduced
Moral Reflections, thus:—
MB. JUKES BKG I VS.
In tbo beginning it all arose from a
slight attack ol fever. My work necessi
tated my being in camp for some months
between Pakpattan and Mubarakpur—a
desolate, sandy stretch of country, as ev
ery one who has had the misfortune to go
there may know. My coolies were neither
more nor less exasperating than other
gangs, and my work demanded sufficient
attention to keep me from moping had I
been inclined to so unmanly a weakness.
On the 23d December, 1884, I felt a lit
tle feverish. There was a lull moon at the
time, and, in consequence, every dog near
my tent was baying it. The brutes as
sembled in twos and threes and drove me
frantic. A few days previously I had shot
one loud-mouthed singer and suspended
bis carcass iu trrrorem about fifty yards
from my tent door. But his friends fell
upon, fonght for and ultimately devoured
the body, and, as it seemed to me, sang
their hymns of thanksgiving afterward
with renewed energy.
£The light headedness which accompan
ies fever acts differently upon different
men. My irritation gave way after a short
time to a fixed determination to slaughter
one huge black and white beast who had
been foremost in song and first in flight
throughout the evening. Thanks to a
shaking and a giddy head I had already
missed him twice with both barrels of my
shotgun, w hen it struck me that the best
plan would bo to ride him down in the
open and finish him off with a hog spear.
This, of course, was merely tho semi-de
lirious notion of a fever patient, but I re
member that it struck me at tho time as
being eminently practical and feasible.
TNB START.
I therefore ordered my groom to saddle
Pornic and bring him round quietly to the
rear of my tent. When the pony was
ready, I stood at his head prepared; to
mount and dash out as soon as the dog
should again lift up his voice. Pornic, by
the way, had not been out of his pickets
for a couple of days; the night was crisp
and chilly, and I was armed with a special
long and sharp pair of persuaders with
which I had been rousing a sluggish cob
that afternoon. You will easily believe,
then, that when be was let go he went
quickly. .
In one moment, for the brute bolted as
straight as a die, tho tent was left lar be
hind, and we were flying over the smooth
sandy soil at'racing speed. In an
other we had passed the wretched dog,
and I had almnost forgotten why it was
that I had taken horse and bog spear.
The delirium of fever and the excitement
of rapid motion through the air must havo
takeu away the remnant of my senses. I
have a faint recollection of standing up
right in my stirrups and of brandishing my
hog spear at the great white moon that
looked down so calmly on my mad gal
lop, and shouting challenges to the camel
thorn bnshes as they whizzed past. Once,
or twice, I belive, I swayed forward on
Pornic's neck, and literally hung on by my
spurs, as tbo marks next morning showed.
The wretched beast went forward like a
thing possessed over what seemed to be a
limitless expanse of moonlit sand. Next,
I remember, the gronnd roeo suddenly in
front of us, and as we topped the ascent I
saw the waters of the Sutlej shining like a
silver bar below. Then Pornic blundered
heavily on his nose and we rolled together
down some unseen slope.
I must have lost consciousness,
I recovered I was lying on my stomach in
a heap of soft white sand, and tho dawn
was boginning to break dimly over tho
edge of the slope down which I had fallen.
As the light grew stronger I saw that I
was at tho bottom of a horseshoe shaped
crater of sand, opening directly on one
side on to the shoals of the Sutlej. My
fever had altogether left roe,, aiul. with
the exception of a slight dizziness in the
head, I felt no bad effects from the fall
over night.
IN THE CRATER.
Pornic, who was standing a few ; ards
away, was naturally a good deal exhaust
ed, but bad not hurt himself in the least.
His saddle, a favorite polo one, was much
knocked about, and had boeu twisted un
der his belly. It took me some time to
put bim to rights, and in the meantime
1 had ample opportunities of observing
the spot into which I bad foolishly drop
ped.
At tho risk of being considered tedious I
must describe it at length, inasmuch as an
accurate mental picture of its peculiarities
will be of material assistance in enabling
the reador to understand what follows.
Imagine, then, as I have said before, a
horseshoe shaped crater of sand with steep
ly graded sand walls about thirty-five feet
high. (The slope, I fancy, must have been
about sixty-five degrees.) This crater en
closed a level piece of ground about fifty
yards long by thirty at its broadest part,
with a rude well in the centre.
Ronnd the bottom of tho crater, about
three feet from the level of the ground
proper, ran a series of eighty-three semi
circular, ovoid, square and multilateral
holes, all about three feet at the mouth.
Each hole on inspection showed that it
was carefully shored internally with drift
wood and bamboos, and over the mouth a
wooden drip board projected, like the peak
of a jockey's cap, for two feet.
No sign of life was visible in these tun
nels, but a most sickening stench pervad
ed the entire amphitheatre—a stench foul
er than any which my wanderings in In
dian villages have introduced me to.
Having remounted Pornic, who was an
ions as I to get back to camp, I rode round
the base of the horseshoe to find some
place whence an exit would be practicable
BUTLER PA., FRIDAY. JULY 18,1890-
The inhabitants, whoever they might be.
had not thought fit to put in an appear
ance, so I was left to my own devices.
My first attempt to "rush" Pornic up the
steep sandbanks showed me that I had
fallen into a trap exactly on the same mo
del as that which the ant lion sets for its
prey. At each step the shifting-sand pour
ed down from above in tons, and rattled
on the drip boards of the Wres like entail
shot. A conple of ineffectual charges sent
both rolling down to the bottom half chok
ed with the torrents of sand, and I was
constrained to turn my attention to the
river bank.
CAUGHT IS A TBAP.
Here everything seemed easy enough.
The sand hills ran down to the river edge,
it is true, but there were plenty of shal
lows across which I could gallop Pornic
and find my way back to terra Jtrma by
turning sharply to the right or the left.
As I led Pornic over the sands I was start
led to by the faint pop of a rifle across
the river, and at the same moment a bul
let dropped with a sharp "whit" close to
Pornia's head.
There was no mistaking the nature of
the missile—a regulation Martini Henry
"picket." About fire hundred yards
away a country boat was anchored in mid
stream, and a jet of smoke drifting away
from its bow in the still morning air show
ed me whence the delicate attention had
come. Was ever a respectable gentleman
in such an imposnef The treacherous sand
slope allowed no escape from a spot which
I yisited most involuntarily, and a prom
enade on the river frontage was the signal
for a bombardment from some insane na
tive in a boat. I'm afraid I lost my tem
per very much indeed.
Another bullet reminded me that I had
better save my breath to cool my porridge:
and I retreated hastily up the sands and
back to the horseshoe, whore I saw that
the noise of the rifle had drawn sixty-five
human beings lroui the badger holes which
I had up till that point supposed to bo un
tenanted. I found myself in the midst of
a crowd of spectators— about forty men,
twenty women, and one child who could
not have been more than five years old.
They were all scantily clothed in that
salmon colored cloth which one associates
with Hindu mendicants, and at first sight
gave mo the impression of a band of loath
some fakirs. The filth and repulsiveness
of the assembly were beyond all descrip
tion, and I shuddered to think what their
life in the badger holes must be.
A RUDE RECEPTION.
Even in these days, when local self-gov
ernment has destroyed the greater part of
a native's respect for a Sahib, I hare been
accustomed to a certain amount of civility
from my inferiors, and on approaching the
crowd naturally expected that there would
be some recognition of my presence. As
a matter of fact there was, but It was by
no means what I had looked for.
The ragged crew actually laughed at
me. Such laughter I hope I may never
hear again. They cackled, yelled, whis
tled and howled as I walked in their midst,
some of them literally throwing themsel
ves down on the ground in convulsions of
unholy mirth. In a moment I had let go
Pornic's head and, irritated beyond ex
pression at the morning's adventure, com
menced cuffing those nearest to mo with
all the force I could.
The wretches dropped under my blows
like ninepins and the laughter gave placo
to wails for mercy, while those yet un
touched clasped mo around the knees, im
ploring me in all sorts of uncouth tongues
to spare them.
In the tumult, and just when I was feel
ing much ashamed of myself for haying
thus easily given way to my temper,a thin,
high voice murmured in English from be
hind my shoulder: "Sahib! Sahib! Do
you not know me? Sahib, it is Gunga Dass,
the telegraph master."
I spun round quickly and faced the
speaker.
Gunga Dass (I have, of course, no hesi
tation in mentioning the man's real name)
I had known four years before as a Dec
cannee Brahmin lent by the Punjab gov
ernment to one of tbo Khalsia States. He
was in charge of a branch telegraph office
there, and when I had last met him was a
jovial, Ml stomached, portly government
servant with a marvellous capacity for
making bad puns in English—a peculiarity
which made me remember him long after
I had forgotten his services to me in his
official capacity. It is seldom that a Hin
du makes English puns.
TIUXDA DASS WAS CIIAXGEI).
Now, however, tho man was changed be
yond all recognitition. Caste mark, stom
ach, slate colored continuations and unc
tuous speech were all gone. I looked at a
withered skeleton, turbanles* and almost
naked, and deep set codfish eyes. But for
a crescent shaped scar on the left cheek—
the result of an accident for which I was
responsible—l should never havo known
him. But it was indubitably Gunga I)ass,
and—for this I was thankful— an English
speaking native who might at least tell me
the meaning of all I had gone through
that day.
The crowd retreated to somo distance as
I turned toward the miserable figure and
ordered bim to show me some method of
escaping from the crater. He held a fresh
ly plucked crow in his hand, and in reply
to my question climbed slowly on a plat
form of sand which ran in front of the
holes, and commenced lighting a firo there
in siienee.
Dried bents, sand poppies and driftwood
burn quickly, and I derived much consola
tion from the fact that he lit them with an
ordinary sulphur match. When they were
in a bright glow, and tho crow was neatly
spitted in front therof, Gunga Dass began
without a word of preamble:—
"There are only two kinds of men, Sar.
The alive and the dead. When you arc
dead you are dead, but when you are alive
you live." (Here tho crow demunded his
attention for an instant as it twirled be
fore the fire in danger of being burned to a
cinder. "If you at home and do not die
wh en you come to the ghat to bo burned,
you come here."
The nature of tho reeking village was
made plain now, and all that I had known
or read of tho grotesque and tho horrible
paled before the fact just communicated by
the ex-Brahmin. Sixteen years ago, when
I first landed in Bombay, I had been told
by a wandering Armenian of tho existence
somewhere in India of a place to which
such Hindus as had the misfortune to re
cover from trance or catalepsy were con
veyed and kept, and I recollect laughing
heartily at what I was then pleased to con
sider a traveller's tale.
Sitting at the bottom of the sand trap
the memory of Watson's Hotel, with its
swinging punkahs, white robed attendants
and the sallow-faced Armenian rose up in
my mind as vividly as a photograph and I
burst into a loud fit ol laughter. Tho con
trast was too absurd!
OL'SGA DASS' STORY.
Gunga Dass, as he bent over the unclean
bird, watched me curiously. Hindus sel
dom laugh, and his surroundings were not
such as to more Gunga Dass to any nndno
hilarity. He removed the crow solemnly
from the wooden spit and as solemnly de
voured it. Then he continued his story,
which I give in his own words:—
'*ln epidemics of the cholera you are
carried to be burnt almost before you are
dead. When you come to the riverside
the cold air, perhaps, niakesyoj alive, and
and then if you are only a little alive, mud
is put on your EOSC and mouth and you
die conclusively. If you arc rather more
alive, more mud is put; but if you arc too
lively they let you go and tako you away.
"1 was too lively, and made protesta
tion with anger against the indignities that
they endeavored to press upon me. In
those days I was Brahmin and proud man.
Xow lam dead man and eat" —here he
eyed the well gnawed breast bone with
the first sign of emotion that I had seen
in him since wo met —"crows and other
things. They took mo from my sheets
when they saw that I was too lively and
gave roe medicines for one week, and I
survived successfully. Then they sent me
by rail from my place to Okara Station,
with a man to take care of me, and at
Okara Station we met two other men and
they conducted we three on camels, in the
night, from Okara Station to this place,
and they propelled mc from the top to the
bottom, and the other two succeeded, and
I have been here ever since—two and a
half years. Once I was Brahmin and
proud man, and now I eat crows."
'•There is no way of getting out?"
"None of what kind at all. When I
first came I made experiments frequently,
and all the others also, but we have al
ways succumbed to the sand which is pre
cipitated upon our heads."
"But surely," I broke in at this point,
"the river front is open, and it is worth
while dodging the bullets, whilo at
night "
MAKES IIIM LAUGH,
I had already matured a rough plan of
escape which a natural instinct of selfish
ness forbade me sharing with Gnnga Dass.
He, however, divined my unspoken
thought almost as soon as it was formed,
and to my intense astonishment gave vent
to long, low chuckle of derision—the
laughter, be it understtod, of a superior or
nt least of an equal.
"You will not"—he had dropped the sir
completely after his opening sentence —
"make any escape that way. But you
can try. I have tried. Once only."
The sensation of nameless terror and ab
ject fear which I had in vain attempted to
strive against overmastered me completely.
My long fast—it was now close upon ten
o'clock, and I had eaten nothing sinco
tiffin on the previous day—combined with
the violent and unnatural agitation of the
ride had exhausted mc, and I verily be
lieve that for a few minutes I acted as one
mad. I hurled myself against the pitiless
sand slope. I ran round the baso of the
crater, blaspheming and praying by turns.
I crawled out among the sedges of the
river front, only to be driven back each
time in an agony of nervous dread by the
rifle bullets which cut up the sand ronnd
me—for I dared not face the death of a
mad dog among that hideous crowd—and
finally fell, spent and raviag, at tho curb
of tho well.
No one had taken the slightest notice of
an exhibition which makes me blush hotly
even when I think of it now.
Two or three men trod on my panting
body as they drew water, but they wero
evidently used to this sort of thing, and
had no time to waste upon me. Tho situ
ation was humiliating. Gunga Dass, in
deed, when he had banked tho embers of
his fire with sand, was at somo pains to
throw half a cupful of fetid water over my
head, an attention for which I could have
fallen on my knees and thanked him, but
ho was laughing all tho whilo in the same
mirthless, wheezy key that greeted mc on
my first attempt to force tho shoals. And
so, in a semi-comatose condition, I lay till
noon.
A WRETCHED MEAL.
I Then, being only a man after all, I felt
hungry, and intimated as much to Gunga
Dass, whom I had begun to regard as my
natural protector. Following the impulse
of tho outer world when dealing with na
tives I put my band into my pocket and
drew out four annas. Tho absurdity of tho
gift struck me at onco and I was about to
replace the money.
Gunga Dass, however, was of a different
opinion. "Givo mo tho money," said he;
"all yon have, or I will get help and wo
will kill you!" All this as if it wero tho
most natural thing in tho world.
A Briton's first impulse, I believe, is to
guard the contents of his pockets; but a
moments reflection convinced me of the
futility of differing with the one man who
had it in his power to mako me comforta
ble, and with whose help it was possible
that I might eventually escape from tho
crater. I gave him all the money in my
possession, Rs, 9-8-s—nino rupees, eight
annas and fivo pie—for I always keep
small chango as bakshish when I am in
camp.
Gunga Dass clutched the coins and hid
them at once in his ragged loin cloth, his
expression chnging into something diabol
ihal as he looked round to assuro himself
that no ono had observed ns.
"Now I will givo yoti something to cat,"
said be.
What pleasure tho posossion of my mon
ey could have afforded him I am unable to
say; bnt inasmuch as it did give evident
delight I was not sorry that I parted with
it so readily, for I had no doubt that he
would haw had mo killed if I had refused.
One does not protest against the vagaries
of a den of wild beasts; and my compan
ions were lower than any beasts.
Wbilo I devoured what Gunga Dass had
provided, a coarso ehapatti and a enpful of
tho foul well water, tho people showed not
tho faintest sign of curiosity—that curiosi
ty which is so rampart, as a rule, in an In
dian village.
I could even fancy that thoy despised
me. At all events they treated mo with
the most chilling indifference, and (iunga
I>ass was nearly as bad. I plied him with
questions about tho tcrrrible village, and
received extremely unsatisfactory an
swers. So far as I could gather, it had.
been in existenco from timo immemorial—
whence I conclnded that it was at least a
century old—and during that time no on©
had ever been known to escape from it. (I
had to control myself hero with both
bands, lest the blind terror should lay
hold of me a second time and drive me
raving round tho crater.) Gunga Dass
took a malicious pleasuro in 'emphasizing
this point and in watching ino wince.
Nothing that I could do would indnce hint
to tell me who tho mysterious "They"'
were.
"It is so ordered," ho would reply, "said
I do not yet know anyone who has diso
beyed tho orders."
"Only wait till my servants find that I
am missing," I retorted, "and I promise
you that this placo shall bo cleared off the
face of the earth, and I'll give you a les
son in civility, too, my friend."
"Your servants would be torn in pieces
before they came near this place; and, be
sides, you are dead, my dear friend. It is
not your fault, of course, but none tho less
you are dead and buried."
At irregular intervals supplies of food, I
was told, were dropped down from the
land side into the amphitheater and the
inhabitants fonght for theja like wild
beasts. When a man felt his death com- I
ing on he retreated to his lair and died
there. The body was sometimes dragged
out of the hole and thrown on the sand or
allowed to rot where it lay.
The phrase "thrown on the sand" caught
my attention. and I asked Gnnga Dass
whether this sort of thing was not likely to
breed a pestilence.
"That," said he, with another of his
wheezy chuckles, "yon may see for yotrr
self subsequently. Von will have much
time to make observations."
To be con tin tied.
A Big Swindle.
Beaver Falls Tribune.
The greatest swindle ever perpetrated in
this county has just been brought to light,
the victim being Joseph Shannon, a
wealthy farmer, residing at HomcwooJ,
five miles west of this place. About a year
ago a man of genteel appearauce, walked
leisurely up to Farmer Shannon's door and
introduced himself as Harris E. Harper, of
Pittsburg. He wanted to buy a farm, he
said, and was willing to pay Mr. Shannon
well for any trouble he might go to in
helping him select one. ne had the utmost
confidence in Mr. Shannon, as the latter
had been recommended by Judge Wick
ham and Lawyer Daugherty, of Bearer.
The Baker farm, a short distance north of
Ilomewood, was selected, and lhe terms
agreed upon. Harper left and on two
occasions thereafter came back. He also
wrote a letter dated at Pittsburg, in which
he regretted his inability to get down bat
promised to call soon. Ho represented
himself as the son of a banker, and wanted
the farm for a summer residence for an in
valid brother. He also took care to display
large sums of money each time.
Last Monday Harper paid his third and
last visit to the Shannon homestead.
Harper stated that he had come to make
final arrangement to buy the farm, and in
company with Shannon started to the
Baker homestead in a buggy hired from
Graham's livery stable in this city. About
a mile down the road, a small man, who
talked like a Southerner, came out from
under a tree and engaged them in con
versation and showed them how he had
won SIO,OOO. A short time elapsed before
Harper became interested, and at last
stated that he could select a marked card.
He did, and won SII,OOO which the small
man handed over. Farmer Shannon was
told that it would not be gambling if he
guessed. Ho never gambled he said, -but
thought he could pick out a. certain card.
This he did, and won $9,000, which the
stranger handed over in SI,OOO bills. Turn
ing to the two nion, the little man told
them the money was theirs, but they must
prove to hira that they could bare pro
duced that amount had they lost Harper
agreed to go to Beaver Falls and get the
amount, Farmer Shannon consented also,
and the two drove to this city. Shannon
went to the Exchange Bank and got $4,000
on a note payable in three days. From
thcro he went to the Economy Bank and
drew $5,000 in the same way. He was
soon found by Harper, and the two started
back to Homewood.
About half way back, in a secluded spot
in the road, the men were hailed by the
small man, and the two men put the pile
in a big tin box, Harper claiming that he
did not get the full amount, but would go
to Beaver for it. The little man agreed
to go with him, and the two consented to
allow Shannon to keep the box. The two
then took the buggy and started back,
Shannon walking towards home with his
treasure.
Three days passed and tho men came
not. Yesterday he opened the box. There
was nothing in it but brown paper and a
note which read: "You gambled and lost.
You are able to stand it. If you tell it,
everybody will think you tho biggest fool
in the country." Thoy had changed boxes.
The two men then drove across to Wur
tcmbnrg and sent word to the livery stable
keeper to come and get his horse and
buggy. This is the last heard of them.
Harper is about 35 years of age and is
about 5 feet 10 inohes, with auburn beard,
llis accomplice is about tho same age.
■Joseph Shannon, the victim, is 63 years
old and worth $50,000. He is considered
one of the shrewdest men in that locality.
He offers $5,000 of the amount for the
arrest and conviction of the men. Shannon
is ono of the best known men in the
county.
This morning he was in town flying
around like a hen on a hot griddle, in
voking tho aid of tho polico.
It is said since that the parties came
hero to buy a farm, and offered Shannon
SIO,OOO for it. Ho (Shannon) went to
Beaver Falls, d row tho money and paid it
over to tho fellows, who disappeared and
have not yet been heard from.
The Red Scale.
Tho red scalo is as dangerous and in
fections to fruit interests as small pox is
among human beings. If any one wants
to know what an awful thing it is, let him
come down in this vicinity and visit
Orango. It is a pitiful sight to soe what
ruin has been caused by careless indiffer
ence of tho people when this pest first
came into this valley. When I first saw
Orange, in tho fall of 1884, I thought it the
garden spot of America. I never shall
forget tho luxuriance of the acres of
orange orchards and tho prosperous-look
ing places. There were then shipments of
many carloads of oranges from Orange
station every spring, and there.were dozens
of men who got from $2,000 to $4,000 a
year for theitoraugo crops. The red scale
came there in the spring of 1885. Feople
talked some about it, and few said the pest
would be serious unless stamped out at
onco. Their fears wero ridiculed, and
every one went on in au easy, indifferent
way, while the little red scale bug multi
plied, spread and devoured, till at last tho
people saw acre after acre of orango trees
dead and dying. Go to Orange to-day.
Where thcro wero hundreds of fine
orchards five years ago, tho land is now
covered with the decaying stumps of
orange and lemon trees, whilo in tm
majority of cases barley and a few vege
tables are now grown where the orango
orchards used to flourish. Tho men who
enjoyed an incomo of $2,000 and $4,000
annually from their orange crops are now
as poor as church mice and are bewailing
thoir fate. Come here some day and see
for yourself what the awful red scalo has
dono for us.— T. M. ltoUy, in Pomona
I'roffrcss.
Choked Caltle.
My method is to draw the animal's head
while in a stanchion, up with a stoat rope
and fasten to tho top; thon, having
previously melted one-half pint of lard
placed in a bottle whilo warm, I pour it
down the cow's throat; she will struggle,
and all the more violent the bettor, as the
molted grease will make tho throat slip
pery, and theu you can easily work the
obstruction up with Sometimes
they will cough it up. I have had good
success with this method, and have never
lost a patient yet.— Cor. Dairy World.
—Tho man who is 123 years of age, and
the lady who has boen a fond mother 37
times, according to tho census, are both
colored.
Fire Crackers.
The stock of fit* crackers ia this country
at the present time is said to be from 25
to 30 per cent less than is usual at this
season. This shortage is tine in part to
labor strikes in China, where all the small
crackers and most of the large or cannon
crackers are made, and also to the im
position by the Chinese government of the
lelin. or tax, both of whteb bar* acted as
a check upon manufacturers. Strikes arc
of frequent occurrence in China, and labor
ers are'thoroughly organized, having what
are here called onions and guilds. Strikes
are sometimes attended with loss of prop
erty as well as of life.
The annual receipts of firo crackers in
this country are from eight hundred thous
and to one million boxes, and orders for
these goods have been sent forward one
year in advance. The Chinese manufac
turing year begins June l.and this is about
the date when American manufacturers
send forward their orders for next year's
supply. The usual voyage from New York
to Hong Kong is 120r days, so that there
are only left, after a passage to China and
return, 125 days of the year. The ship
Pandering Jew arrived in Xew York on
April 29 with 135,000 boxes of fire crackers
on board, and she was the last ship that
could arrive before the Fourth of July, the
Great Admiral, now on the way, not being
due until August 1.
It is, therefore, positively known that
there will be a short supply of fire crack
ers, and this has had the effect of advanc
ing the price from 80 cents a box, which
was paid last year, to $1.25 per bo v.
Crackers aro made principally in Canton
and in the country surrounding that city.
A cannon cracker factory in the suburbs of
Canton is described by an eye witness as
follows:
The buildiug is of sun dried brick, with
a tiled roof twelve feet from the ground,
and thin space is divided into an upper and
lower apartment, each with the ceiling
about six feet higb. The interior of the
building when visited was strewn with
pieces of paper, while vessels containing
powder were standing round, the contents
of which seemed to be in imminent danger
of being exploded, and men, women and
children were actively engaged in the man
ufacture of the goods.
The paper needed for the cracker is cut
to the required length and then weighed to
see that the proper quantity for each
cracker is exactly the same. The instru
ment used In weighing is of the rudest de
scription, being a stick about two and a
half feet long, suspended from the ceiling
by a string, which is attached to the centre
of the stick, and a stone is placed as a
weight on end and the articles to be weigh
ed on the other. The paper is rolled into
cylindrical form by means of a flat piece of
wood held in the bands, and then one end
is creased with a pair of pinchers and a
string tied into the crease as a temporary
means of preventing the powder from run
ning out when the cylinders arc placed in
a perpendicular position to be loaded. The
last named process is as follows:
The cylinders are bunched together like
cigars turned on end, and then pinched
with an awl, and into the apeiature thus
made the powder is poured from a tin. can.
Then the stem of the cracker is inserted,
which consists of a piece of thin, tough
paper, with just sufficient powder twisted
up into it to make it burn qnickly. A
piece of paper is temporarily pasted over
the end containing the stem for the pur
pose of preventing the powder from run
ning out, as the crackers are now placed
on thai end.
The string placed temporarily around the
pinched end is now removed and clay
tamping is hammering into the aperature
and then the paper is removed from the
stem end and the clay tamping is applied
there, which prevents any powder from
silting out.
The cracker is now ready for the thin
piece of red paper which goes around the
outside and completes it. The stems are
then very neatly braided together, which
forms the crackers into packs, and these
are each wrapped in thin paper and orna
mented with a red label with pictures of
dragons upon it. Ked is the festive color
of China, and as fire crackers are used
principally on festal occasions, that color
is rigidly adhered to in the manufacture of
these goodj. The packs aro placed in
boxes and in the proportion of forty packs
to the box. There is a regular division of
labor in the cracker factory, each person
having his or ber special work to do, and
in this they become quite expert.
Tbo above is a description of caiyion
cracker manufacture, but the same will
apply to the small crackers. The latter,
however, are generally made in the rural
districts, and aro brought down tho river
to Canton in junks.
There is a large home consumption of
fire crackers, and tho Chinese think that
their explosion will ward off evil spirits.
They aro fired off on numerous occasions,
but particularly on the Chinese new year,
which is a variable date regulated by the
changes in the moon. Foreigners residing
in Canton have what they call the Canton
salute, which consists in the firing off at
one timo of six boxes of small crackers and
two or three boxes of cannon crackers, and
this is given on the departure of some of
their number for home.
Of the million boxes of crackers sent
each year to this country, a number are re
shipped to South America, where they are
used on social occasions as wells as at pub
lic fetes. They are used in the south at
Christmas time, and also in Canada on May
24, which is Queen Victoria's birthday.
Cannon crackers are also made in this
country, but the small ones cannot be pro
duced here at anything like the price they
can be furnished by tho Chinese. Their
product is carried half way round the
world, pays duty, and is then sold for 80
cents a box. In the McKinley tariff bill
now before Congress, the duty on fire
crackers is placed at H cents a pound,
which will make the tax 63 cents as against
28 cents a box, which is the rate paid now.
If this provision of the new tariff kill is
adopted, it will probably have tho effect of
stimulating the manufacture of cannon
crackers in this country.
Fire crackers are of very ancient origin.
Dr. Williams in his exhaustive work on
China, entitled "The Middle Kingdom,"
says: "No evidence exists of tho use of
gunpowder as on agent of warfare until the
middle of the twelfth century, nor did a
knowledge of its propulsive effects come to
the Chinese until the reign of Yunglop in
the fifteenth century—a thousand years
after its first employment in fire crackers."
—A Missouri liquor dealer opened an
"original package" saloon in Ottawa,
Kansas, near where the Kansas Chautau
qua Assembly was holding it* sessions
which so incensed the Kansas people that
they subscribed $3,000 to pay tho expenses
of a league that shall capture tho liquor
sellers, tar and feather them, and ship
them back to Missouri labeled. "This is
an original package from Missouri." This
is a rather stalwart way of getting rid of
the gnerilla liquor seller. One Missouri
man with a coat of tar and feather would
serve as an awful warning to the others.
—The CCUKO* lion brought oat the inter
esting fact that there are women in this
country who will not talk.
NO 36
He Found the Schoolmaster.
We were sitting on the veranda of a
hotel at Niagara Falls, when I noticed the
man on my right looking sharply at the
one on ray left, and presently he got up
in an excited way and walked about. After
a bit be halted before the other man and
a<ked:
'•lsn't your name Grahamt''
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply.
"Didn't you used to teach school at
Elmiraf"
"Yes, sir."
"In 18«3r
"Yes, sir." -
"Do you remember a boy named God
kinf"
"Very distinctly, air."
"Do you remember that he put a pack
age of fire crackers under bis dock and
touched them offf"
"As if it happened only yesterday."
"And you basted him for Itf"
"I did. I licked him until he could
hardly stand, and I have always been glad
of it"
"You have, eht" said the other, breath
ing fast and hard. "Do yoo know that
boy swore a terrible oathT"
"I presume he did, as he was a thorough
young viUian."
"He swore an oath that he wonld grow
up and hunt for yoo and pound you within
an inch of your life."
"But I haven't heard from him yet"
"You hear from him now! He stands
before you! lam that boy!"
'•Wei It"
"Prepare to be lickedl My time has
come at last'"
He made a dive for the old pedagogue
but the later evaded him, and made a half
turn and hit him on the jaw, and Godkin
went over a chair in a heap. Then the
whilom schoolmaster piled on to him and
licked him until he oried "Enough," and it
didn't take him over three minutes to do
it Then he retired to get on another
collar and replace some buttons, and I
helped Godkin up and obaerved:
"Ton didn't wait long enough, I guoas.'
"Say! That's where I made a miscue!"
he replied. "I see now that I ought to
have held off until he had got to be about
130 years old. The old devil is all of 70
now, but he ltcked me right off the reel,
and I'll never have the sand to Stand np to
him again. Here's thirty years of waiting
for vengeance knocked into a cooked hat
in three minutes!"
It Was Recorded.
During a certain sea voyage the mate of
the brig T., who usually "kept the log,"
was found one day to be unable to attend
to the dnty, because of inebriation, and the
work was done by the Captain, whoee last
entry was, "The mate was drank ail day."
On the following day, the mate having re
covered from the effects of his indulgence,
resumed his former attention to the "log"
entries, when he disoovered his superior's
record, and immediately remonstrated
with that officer, asking,—
"What was the need, sir, of making that
entryt"
"Wasn't it traet" demanded the oom*
mander, in a stern voice.
"Yes," replied the delinquent, "bat I
don't see any necessity for making record
of it there."
"Well," rejoined the Captain, as it is
true, it had better stand; it had better
stand."
At the close of the following day, when
the Captain examined the log-book, he was
astonished and provoked, finding entered
thereon, "The Captain was sober all day."
Summoning his subordinate offioer, he
fiercely demanded, —
"Why did yon make this entryf"
"Why, sir," said the mate, "it was true,
was it notf"
"Of course it was true, bat em I not
sober every dayt" asked the now enraged
Captain.
"Well," repliod the mate, "bnt as it is
true, it bad better stand; it had better
stand;" whereupon he tamed on his heel
and left the Captain's preeenoe, hot had
not taken many steps when he felt a car
rent of air cansed by a rapidly moving
marline-spike passing in dangeroas prox
imity to one of his aoonstic organs, having
been hurled by the angry Captain.
Discouraging.
"Pretty bad soil here for a garden, isn't
itf" said the potato vine.
'•I should think it was," said the onion.
"I'm .losing strength overy day, and I
never had much to begin with. I don't
get along worth a scent."
"I can't get ahead here," said the cab
bage, "I'm going to leave."
"I know I can't get 'long at all," said
the cucumber.
"Nor I," said the asparagns. "I don't
get long or talL"
"This place isn't fit for a berrying
ground," said the strawberry; "bat here
comes the sun, so dry np all of yoa."
" 'Write me an epic,' the warrior said,
'Victory, valor and glory wed.'
'Prithee, a ballad,' exclaimed the knight,
'Prowess, adventure and faith unite.'
'An ode to freedom,' the patriot cried,
'Liberty won, and wrong defied.'
And the silence, all wool, was a full
yard wide"
—A Piute Squaw, being left by her aeeo
ciates in change of a very . old Indian in
Eagle Valley, Set., buried him alive nnder
earth and sage brash and went to a dance
at Paneca. And yet there are those who
claim that the Indian mind is insensible to
the social attractions of civilisation.
—Contentment, my son, does not depend
so much upon what a man has as upon
what be wants. Some men aro satisfied
with a house and lot, while others want
the earth.
—The Philadelphia Normal School for
Uirls has just sent out into the world 164
graduates in cooking. This will be pleas
ing news to the manufacturers of dyspepsia
romedies.
—A Georgia editor is responsible for the
following:
Whene'er I take my abroad,
How many poor I «ee!
A sorry lot; but they are not
One-half as poor as me!
As he walked out iuto the hall he saw in
the mirror of the hat rack a reflection of
the roguish girl «lyly throwing a kiss at
him and he tamed back. "I mast have
that in the original paokage," he answered.
He was a Kansas young man and he got it.
—Rider Haggard complains that an
American publishing firm mutilated one of
his novels. The number of savages killed
by two Englishmen in a hand-to hand fight
was cut down by the* American publisher*
from 743 to 246.
—The latest catch word for a fiend of
any sort is "fony." No one know* it*
origin.
An unsophisticated b°y
Grasped a bee with W>
But instantly, for
He let his
The bee uninjured flew aw Mr,
In search of sweets among the h*y-
A osefaltanchfc
With kean foresight be always fraught,
Nor think because a thing Is frail
There i* a° "linger in ito taiL