SULLIVAN JBSH REPUBLICAN.
W. M. CHENEY, Publisher.
VOL. X.
A vast amount of money is going to bo
spent in irrigating the arid lands in the
West. ____
The Mexicans are calling for more
American goods and they are now learn
ing how to uso machinery.
New Orleans is going to become a
great, wheat exporting point. Two mil
lion bushols per month is now the aver
age.
Jules Simon, one of tho clearest
bended statesmen in Europe, thus views
the situation over there; "Peace, bar.
ring accidents. Hut accidents happeu
so easily."
The scientific discovery by tho Phila
delphia Record, that tho contact of lips
in the dark evolves a visible spark,'givos
a literary valuo to tho word "sparking"
undreamed of by good old Noah Web
ster.
At the recent General C'onferouco of
the Methodist Church iu Maryland, by a
vote of thirty-11 vo to twenty-six, it was
determined to striko out tho word
"obey" from the marriage sorvice. The
women delegates supported tho proposi
tion with groat unanimity.
The typewriting industry reccivod a
black eye in tho United States Circuit
Court of Appoals tho other day. Throe
justices of the court cnterod au otder
thnt hereafter all motions and other
documents presented to the courts must
bo printod, and added that typewriting
was not printing withiu the meauing of
the order.
Americans take an interest in a num
ber of the islands of tho Pacific Ocoau.
We are interested in Japan, from which
a large number of tho nativct aro now
emigrating to California, and in Samoa,
of which our Government Is one of the
three protecting powers, and in the Ha
waiian kingdom, many of whose peoplo
aro anxious for annexation to the United
States.
A "conundrum sociable" is a new
Western idea. Besides being amusing,
it is claimed that thu compound con
undrums proposed stimulate the memory.
As an illustration tho Detroit Free Press
givos one us follows. "Why is heaven
like a baby? Because heaven is home,
home is where the heart is, whero the
heart is is the chest, a chest is a box, a
box is a small tree, a small tree is a bush,
a bush is a growing plant, a growing
plant is a beautiful thing, a beautiful
thing is tho primrose, the priruroso is a
pronounced yeller, nnd a pronounced yel>
lor is n baby."
A large majority of the men who enter
the governmental department* nt Watli.
ington romnin ia the service utiles* dis
missed, says the Washington Post.
Many young men enter with the view of
ftudylug for a profession, ami the short
hours mill regular salary ofTur ample op
port unity for this. .HOMV of thorn curry
out their inteution mi l occupy leisure
hours reading law or medicine. (Jthers
hue nil ambition for better things or be
come entangle I in some love affalr,tn irry,
inul then are dependent on a salary for
maintenance ami com pellet I to keep up
the routine life. Continue 1 service in
the departments has a tendency to snake
men timid, and many who ■put and go
out in the world timl themselves untitled
to bullet with the rude, rough demands,
and return to the treadmill existence.
Kaoh year more women are added to the
department service and in a feiv years
they will monopolise the clerkships.
The life of a department clerk has sonic
attractions and many drawbacks. One
thing Is certain, his salary, and this is an
Important item.
c
Kugetie 112 ield saye In the I'lm ago
Xrws-ltecord: lloli Pord was the vicious
young paianoiac who murdered Je<se
Jaute*. This crime aas committed uuder
peculiarly atruviuni circumstances, Pord
discoveied James's whereabouts, sought
thum, got ac'piaiiitc I with James, pre -
tended to lie his friend, acceptc l hi*
hospitality, lived Under his protection
and finally lieacln-i nulv murdered him
Ity shouliug him in the Itack. Purd aat
lu collusion with the aulhoilllus in \|i».
souri, he wat their a ;cul, aud as such
he was uot punished by tlteui fur this
crimu involving ingratitude and treauh
eiy uf the basest kind. Ilut he was dis
trui-ted aud hale I by everybody after
IhaV He got employ usee! for a time lu
a p«i ipatctiu diem tun siiow that played
wild, a tlul pic 's inn porting to llltts
trate botdei Ille. Itu was a vieious
tiealuie, yei NOT »» VMOIM as to be bllud
to the lent that Ills petltdy to Jesse
James ba I mai I him lot Ille, II
tlutea he dtdtel lai westward, an I e««i
and auuu he aas heard of as paitb ipst
lug In a dtuuktiii lu mi >1 »«, ai 'ast,
eomea news that liu ks< h> ■ u killed by a
lelton Milt < i In iie HUE a | i| tiU'talu
IEG IUM The mutdutet IIOHMIII htilef
by muidei, aud thuta ta w<ue to
the ptupilelr hi ilghta»u*ueas uf his late
tie a ale iat a »u>aaiug, atuel tat. lb'
ti«4 '• katVet <tl attitoul hiut>
THE OARI3KN.
Under the gloom of the shivering pines,
That whisper when it blows,
Behind the creeper-covered wall,
I> a garden that always grows.
In summer and in springtime.
And when tho winter snows
Bend the dark branches to tho ground,
The garden always grows.
The hand of m«n has made it,
The white stonee stand in rows;
The tears of the world have watered it,
And the garden always grows.
There are many gardens like it.
Their number no man kno vs.
Each day, till the world Is ende.l,
This garden alwsys grows.
—l.orimer Stoddard, In Cosmopolitan.
POLLY'S WEDDING.
BY IIKHIIKHT ar. CLAIK.
HUH i: had boon
called tho bnutis of
»,.•>/ mnrriago betweon
V Vrf'H 'W/ J 0 '" 1 Anthony Urine,
W*! " « bachelor, nmi Mary
Ellen Primrose, spln
ster, both of the par
'®h of Trevorton, in
tho County of Devon;
■? jflffipilthrice had pretty
irlHUji Polly Primrose—lrom
the Primrose pew—
smiled sweetly at the good old clergy
man while ho performed this highly in
teresting ceremony; and thrice had Jack
Urine endured the same ordeal, but with
far less self-possession, as he sat in the
free scats lower down burying a very
red face in his prayor book, uutil he re
membered that people might think ho
was rending the marriage service; and
then throwing his head buck and glaring
round dcfinntly with a look which said
as plainly as possible, "Ah, you may
giggle, but wouldn't some of you fel
lows like to be iu my shoes; and, may
hap, there's two or three of you girl*
who wouldn't mind being in Polly's I''
•'Well, the third Sunday came nnd
went, and the wedding was to take plnco
on the following Friday. Thcro was to
be a grand gathering of friends at Prim
rose Farm after tho ceremony.
All their frionds declared that tho
wedding would be an unfortunate one,
for had not the young pcoplo been pres
ent at the calling of their own banns I
—a most unluoky sign, thoy »nid. And
the wedding }o take place on Friday,
too!—the most unlucky of all days of
the week 1
But it was Polly's choice, and so Fri
day was decided upon.
Polly was au orphan and lived with
her undo and aunt at the farm. Farmer
Primrose «was not, it is true, much in
favor of the marriage; he had always
wanted young Squire Treverton as n hus
band for his neice, that young gentleman
having made half-hearted love to Polly
for some time past. Jiut Polly loved
Jack Urine and Jack loved Polly; ami as
Jack had a very good character as a
manly young fellow, and had since his
father's death, eighteen months ago,
made a very good thing of the Cross Hill
Farm, there was really no excuse for
keeping the young people apart.
All went well until the Wedneidny be
fore the wedding. Invitations for the
party were sent broadcast; and only a
wonderful little manager like Aunt Prim
rose could have arranged for the seating
and'fccdiug and amusing of such a nil
uicrous company.
"HICSH you, Polly," the deir old crea
ture would say, "your wedding party
will be the talk of the country side for
many a year; and you deserve it, my
dear, you have been a good girl to me."
Alas! on the Wednesday, young Sipilre
Trevertou, lately returned frimi London,
drove up to Primrose Farm in his dog
cart, and almost at the same time a dark
cloud teemed to .'oute into the brijjht
•ky.
The n,uire had a private interview with
Kartmr Primrose, and then drove away.
What transpired at that Interview need
not be told. The lie that was uttered
has long since been nailed down, ami
the ultcrer thereof has been made to stand
exposed and ashamed before the whole
of the little world of Trevertou. Kutlice
it to say that if the charge agaiust Jack
Urine contained in 'hat lie had lieeu true,
Parmer Primrose would have been ignite
justified Hi breaking off his niece's mar
riage, ever, at this eleventh hour. The
farmer, howcvi/, i oa too much for
urauted when he coi.deiuued Jack un
heard. lu spite of hi* wife'* geullusre
monstrance, lie lluw iuto a violent iage,
swore that there should lie uo marriage,
sent a long aud contemptuous letter to
t'toss Hill Farm by oue farm servant, a
short, euit note to the vicarage by an
other, and then stormed and raved about
tlie house for a good hour, the result
being thai hefotu nightfall the whole
countryside was ilngiug with the news
that Jack Itrine bad done something
ilreadlul, and that liieie was to be IIU
marriage on Prid •y.
Meanwhile, Jack was away at fcUeter,
making suiue business «itaugemeul», so
that he wight have a good toil night's
holiday, lie started ba klm home early
on Thursday. Ibe Iraiu ba<l seetcely
•teamed out uf the slatiou «t Iteii a heavy
Mowsluim broke over the ouunliy. The
touxipieute aas that about mid day he
fuuud htmsell landed at a little station,
lilies it miles lr«.m his home, aud not a
ttmteyauce lu be h|il
The tuuw aas e, miug down lit blind
lug diet is, and niakiog the loads all hut
impassible. Jack euj >yed a guwd me il
at the Military bills luu uf the place,aud
then set out mauluily U walk lu I'luts
Paiiu
Il «M a fearful aalk Ha lust his aay
I»lie, made teeuty lire miles of the
tournev at hear, sod, dually, ettlsed
luiiia stkaoststd arid hall If• < i, althie
a tmuple ol h iuisol mid ttlghi He did
nut look a' his isiuii, km alter giriuw
sit let unlets lu he <iaekti.il at eight
ueal muiiiiug, be tiio.UU'l lulu bed,
II
Priday INOIUIUK biokt aud the |#u♦
aas .nil laliibg slighii) sllltuugh th<
iuij A lUs vtuiw aa* part.
LAPOIITE, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1892.
When Jack woke, he sprang out of
bod liko a giant, refreshed, and came
I singing into the big kitchen, whero ho
ate his breakfast in a very joyous frame
of mind.
Then it was that a letter beside his
plate caught his attention. He picked
it up, opened and read it. For a mo
ment his lace assumed an ashen palonoss.
"Curso him!" ho gasped at last. "I
know whose foul work this is. That
scandal was nevor cleared up as it should
have been. I was a weak fool to treat
it with contempt; the girl, of course,
will be paid to bear false witness against
mo. What can I do? What can I do?"
Ho stood swaying to and fro for a
minute, tho letter crumpled in his
clenched hand. His old housekeeper stood
at tho doorway and watched him with
frlghtoncd glances, wondering what was
to follow.
Jack suddenly smoothed out tho letter
and reread it.
"And so, Farmer Primrose, you be
lieved him before me," he murmured
between his teeth, "anil you have writ
ten to tell the parson thero will bo no
weddiug. Well, we shall see."
There was an ugly, stem look on his
face. Striding from tho room ho wont
straight to the stables and saddled tho
big gray mare.
"Tom," he shouted, and a lad ap
peared from tho inner recesses of a cow
shed ; "saddle Dobbin and ride as fast
as you can to Trevorton Vies rage,"
Tho boy sUiod and said nothing,
while his master lead tho gray uiaru sad
dled and bridled out of the stable.
"And tell tho parson," wont on Jack,
as he vaulted into tho saddle, "that tho
marriage will c;>me ofT, aftor all, and to
be ready in the church at the time ar
ranged."
Then lie clattered out of tho yard, and
horse aud rider disappeared down the
road in a cloud of snow.
Meanwhile things were going quietly
at Primrose Farm. Tho farmer had
sworn that there should bo a party just
the same, and that Polly was well rid of
a scamp, and had better look cheerful,
and maybe she would not have to look
far for an honest man and a gentleman
(meaning Squire Treverton.)
Polly wept until her eyes were red,
and worried bar poor little self in vain
endeavors to imagine why Jack did not
write nnd explain.
Aunt Primrose wont about her duties
nobly, and did her best tj cheer Polly,
but it was a hopeless business altogether.
And now the guests began to arrive,
and uot many who had been iuvited
failed to make their appearance. The
invitation* had not been recalled, aixl
tho good people of Treverton and
neighborhood saw no reason why they
should forego their dinner and tho
chance of hearing more about tin
scandal. The consequence was that poor
Polly had to receive the young men and
maidens of the surrouudiug district, aud
laugh with them, and return their com
pliments of the season as though nothing
had happened. She bore herself bravely,
howovcr, and did not show her grief to
tho good folks who were watchiug her;
for she was a proud little hssie, and told
herself that she would bo worthy of
Jack. Nevertheless, there was an
awkward air upon the assembly, aud
this increased as the time arrived, when
the weddiug party should have set out
for the church.
The farmer blustered about and en
deavored heroically to introduce a spirit
ot joviality into the proceeding*, but he
was not eminently successful.
Presently, when the company were
whispering together iu little knots about
the room, a knock was heard at the
door, aud all heads were turned expect
antly.
The door opeiud, and a young man
enveloped iu a heavy fur coat entered
the room. He had aristocratic features
and au easy, attractive manner. This
was young Squire Treverton,ami Farmer
Primrose immediately pressed forward to
welcome hiiu.
liefore long the party was alive. Tito
young s.piire was so go >d uatured, so
ready to please, and distributed his
lavurt with such delightful impartiality
that every one was soon in the best of
humor. Kvery one except Polly, who,
although the knew nothing certain,could
not fail to associate all her trouble with
the young npure's previous visit.
{ After a while, the distinguished vis
itor made caution* advances to the niece
of the house, but Polly was not rcspon
i sive. Mho sat by the tlreside, an I lie
leaned over her chair aud whispered
sweet nothings, lie was remarkably
clever at this sort of thing.
•>1 should like lu make you a preteut,
Miss Pnmroan, Now what would you
like the best iu alt the worldl''
'l'lte iijuiia liil ju«t iitku-1 thin tjim»
lion wltuu, *iti| liufuru I'ully touM lutHa
miy r*»|»ty, Ibu >l>«»r w «< liiuijj viultuiily
u(Mju, mt>t 4 l»H li .jure 4|(|>u*iel in tliu
t|ourW4y, ltui«l<lu t liy « ymi ul iu i«v
li>lmt wtu'l He «ti iHimril «u'l
Willi *U»W 4* llioiltfli tin b»4
iu*<l * (nil tit iwu, nu'l iu lit* rigbl li«u<l
lit) Ii«l4 4 liimvy tniutlUjf troll,
Tbu Wiuurii fulli g»*« « Utile »i r«»m
IU Ulll*UU, ilttl luttu llMlbtt'l Hi uow •uulktir
mil ili'l uuiliiug. furittur I'iiuiiuM
*IIIII|M.I| lurwwU witli iu lit* lm«,
■tml lb« *iIUU» lltfltul Vary |>4l«, HU't
|«tv*4l<»i IIIIUMIII <tM<*tu*i I tin wiill,
t'Uu u«w mum l»uk uu uolir* u| all
ilii*, but, »li«JI uu* twill ijUin u ruuutt
III* IUUUI, ll« W*lltl|.| fI»H lu ilw lire
wltvlt i'ully, Umviu 4 ii*uii lu but
itivt, «m »l<»u>tiU|| «u>i (••!( blur
Willi ujtVtl MtUUlb 4U*I |f U»Uuilll|{ Myu*.
4* I,u lt«M uul III* 41 u»* »iit lit « |u
Ililll, tluutl trill 41 lu* ItiUU'l III* ll«ik,
uwllb I Im iuil} imvl ia • i(i»»i jiwU'li
Jm| umw um III* l*i««*l, uu l tuuruiuivl
»tu*|<lyi w
" l luil i* lb» iui*ii Mr uiy i|'i*«lluu, I
• >l|'|»<*tJ," IUIlll«l. I Ilw *')Ull*, •> Im
ili|i|,i,| li4t.il lulu lb* *l*4 lu w
1* 4 i«i«luilf *u I luily 4'**
I'uily iu kit bill ti'ln, m *i lu Imh bit
iigiil iiik l ! !(*■«, «i*>l llmu 1 41.*'1 Ilii
UUIHMy
"Wlt«l t* utv«4iiuj( ul il«i*, *H • ' nil#!
<b« I %r u**i ii*i*«ly,
'•|i UM4«* ib»i I but* 'uu»» Iwi mi
I 4|'», I t'iiifclw**, *4l I lIM fv*ug
man boldly. "I have not come here to
talk or to dofond my character, but I
havo come lor Polly. If you mean to do
the right thing, and give your nieco
away, you can follow us to the church;
but I warn you wo shan't wait long."
Without another word he walked
across the room to tho open door, with
Polly clinging to his arm, and for a mo
ment none dare say him nay.
As the couple disappeared through the
doorway, however, the company returned
from their bewilderment, and urged by
the common instinct of curiosity, made a
rush for tho road.
Farmer Priinioso, who had been struck
dumb by the superb audacity of the
young man, now woke to tho fact that
something must be done. He, too, made
a rush for the road, but it is no easy
matter to get through a crowd of chat
tering girls and chuckliug mon, who aro
not paying the least attention to you, ex
cept perhaps to obstruct you. The result
was, that the farmer, after much putting,
forced his way to the front, Jack was
mounted on the gray mare, with Polly in
his arms, at least so tho girls say who
woro present on that eventful occasion,
and I am inclined to take their evidence
on such a point. There are, it is true,
some of the men folk who say that she
sat behind him and hugged him round
the waist, so as not to fall off. Anyhow,
thcro can bo no doubt that they were
both safoly mounted on tho back of the
gray mare.
A* the farmer rudied forward Jack
touched the inare with his heel and
away she wont, plunging bravely through
tho snow and bearing her double burden
right gallantly; and the young people iu
the.road, and at the farmhouse door,
could restrain themselves no longer, but
sent forth on the crisp air a ringing
choor of eucouragement.
The farmer was not to be batfled,
however, and as soon as ho could saddle
a horse set off in pursuit. But fortune
favors the bravo, and while Jack and
his bride reached the church without
accident, tho hot headed farmer had
several unlucky tumbles iu thu snow
drifts.
When ho finally arrived at Trevertou
Church ho met the young people coming
out ami looking very happy.
I might prolong iny story by telliug
you how the farmer stormel, how he
finally gave in, how the truth caine out
that very day, when Squire Treverton
WHS proved to be a villain, aud how tho
happy couple returned to the farm and
received a triumphant reception.
But I have told you how, after all,
Polly's weddiug came oft, and as for the
rest, well, you can guess that without
my assistance, I am sure.
How to Presei re a Piano.
"Iu spite of all tho ellorts of th •
makers," said a piauo tuner recontly, "
do uot believe there is one piauo iu o;u<
hundred that, with ordinary parlor use,
will stand in tune more than two mouths.
An unskilful musical car, it is true, will
fail to detect any important discord in a
piano for six months, or porhafs longer;
but no cultivated ear can tolerate the
discordant notes that the best piano will
insist upon giving out after two months
of uso.
"Wheu you think once that tho steel
wires and iron frames of a piano are al
ternately contracting and expanding
under the variations of tho surrounding
atmosphere, giving a constant movement
of the wires aud a consequent change iu
the pitch and toue of tuu instrument,
the impossibility of a piano maintaining
a perfect tone for any letigth o( time
must be at ouce apparent, and if you
will but reflect on the surprising fact
that tho tension of the strings of a
piano causes a strum on the body of the
instrument equal to tho weight of 100,•
000 pounds, you will doubtless agree
with me that a piano that will remain iu
perfect tuuo for a year is an instrument
that must necessarily l>e of extreme
rarity, if not impossible to make.
"A piauo, good, bail or inililTereiit,
when new, should be tutied once a
month. The longer au instrument re
mains ut:tuned the lower its pitch of
tone becomes; and when it is desired to
have the piano drawn to concert pitch
the atraiu ou the body of the instru
ment is greatly increased, so much, iu
fact, that the ease is liable to yield
gradually, necessitating a second
tuning within a week, or two weeks at
the furtherest. lb is a common error
autoug uou-profesatoual piauo ptayera to
think a piauo should remain In tune at
least a year. Professional* know bet
ter."—Sew York I'ress.
The William Tell Utfvnd.
Though the legeud of William Tell
has been ultteUlly declared a fable by
the Hwias Government, It is oue of those
tables that | Miopia will go ou telllug aud
believing. Iu the ttory, at given in
ischtller't drama, Tell It lire hero of the
g*ut* revolt fur Indepen lenee from
Austria about the year I 800, tieitler,
Autlrian bsiiitf, placed hit cap upon a
pole In the market plaoe ol Allot 112 aud
i«*u«M orders that paasera by thould dr
II reverence. Ihit tell would not tlo,
slid he was arrested and teuleucvr) to
death Uetsler, leatttiug thai Tell wot
s skillful mutkturau, tuld him that his
lile would be spared If he would ahuot
4ii apple fiottt hit sun t head Tell made
the shot without hurling ihe la I, and
wheu liessler atketl why In had a at* .jo I
snow iu quiver, Tell replied "To
kill you if I had harmed tuy ton " (for
tint Tell wa* again put In chain*, and
iroesler embark*! Kutauaihl, inking
I ell with hint A ttutiu rstte up, and
to M*a all beu4* lto« dtuwnlog Tell wa*
j reieaaad In "fin thai ha might Meet the
bo»t, llsvlag eeriied the boat talei)
ihruugh the worat of Ihe dagger Tell
sprang athotw at a noiai an* ano an as
' 'Cell's lb" a." and, uuitig around by
lewd, worlad) wonude* Messier With an
smmw ihstltti'i death aas Ihe *igu*l
1 lot a gensual uprising, in ait ltd* the
tustiian baiilllt •» re driven out or gitie I
sn4 tiielr ratllat destroyed. Tell lived
■ lor lotty ytait otter tbit, ami wa* at lot*
ii/isned will* trying to tgfa • bo# •
ill#, ftt Lout* Itej-«bir> i
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
A human body when cremated, leaves
a residuum of about eight ounces.
Two thousand children under two
years of age die yearly in Paris from tu
berculosis.
Holland is considering the drainage of
the Zuyder Zee, a sheet of water covering
730 square miles.
There are seldom more than 6000 stars
visible iu the heavens to the eye, from
any point of observation.
That tho human race will some day
lack noses and tho sense of smell, is a
frequent scientific deduction.
An English mathematician estimates
the limit of Ideas entertained by any mind
during a lifetime is 3,055,770,000.
It is observed that in antique statues
tho second tho is longer than the first, or
great toe, but in mon of tho present time
tho reverse is the case.
In experiments with the drying oils an
insoluble onx-compound termed "Lino
lin" has been produced, which a French
chemist rO( »as a useful substitute
for caoutcf
J. G. Baker states that the aster rose
Unbraces 200 or 300 species, which are
concentrated in the United States. Of
these forty species grow wild in the
Rocky Mouutuins, nnd fifteen in Califor
nia.
A stone cornice-cutter, captt.de of turn
lug out sixteen feot of well finished cor
nice or moulding in twenty minutes, has
been made in Rome. The geueral fea
tures of tho machine are very similar to
those of tho metal planing machine.
Professor Short, of Cleveland, Ohio,
hat perfected a system of electric pro
pulsion for tho elevated railroads of New
York City, which he says will afford
20,000 horse power and overcoiuo all ob
stacles. The plan is under considera
tion.
Two engines have just been turned out
for the Pennsylvania Railway Company,
to run between Philadelphia and Pitts
burg. Driving wheels, seventy-eight
inches in diameter; weight of one, 123,-
000 pouuds, aud of the other, 188,000
pounds.
The brass tubing used for gas fixtures
is fashioned into the various complicated
ornamental shapes required for such pur
poses by placing the tube between two
steel molds which are heavily clamped,
and then the tube is expanded by hy
draulic pressure reaching as high as 10,-
000 pounds to the square inch.
Bacteriology is said to have scored n
practical triumph by putting an end to
a plague of mice, which threatened tc
destroy the greater part of the harvest
in Greece. A fatal pandemic among the
mice was cau«"? y Prof»««<>r Loftier, n
German follower of Pasteur, whose aid
was sought by the Greek Government.
There is not a lizard or snake north of
the northern extremity of Hu lson's Hay.
The summers there are so short that these
reptiles have no time to enjoy thenosolvos
oven if the ground, at a depth of two or
three feet below the surface were not
frozen all the year round, thus depriving
thera of a place to hibernate. Snakes
and lizards cannot endure a cold climate,
Hilda latitude of fifty-three degrees north
is altogether too frigid for them.
Degenerate Eastern Iml I mis.
In all things, except when aroused by
the excitement of the hunt and in driv
ing logs upon the dangerous rapids in
the lumber region, the Indians of the
East are cowardly, and they aro much
given to vice. I<*t one of them be at
tacked by a moose, bear, or caribou, or
even a wild cat, aud he will battle to
the end. They will tako great haiird*
on the thin ice over whirling waters for
a fish, aud uo Utu of logs has terror for
theiu, even though white melt turn away.
Hut let a dog of rlviliMtion growl at
them; let them see a yellow suu or com
et; put them on board a steamboat, or
take them into court for some tramgres
siou, aud they show abject fear an I
cowardice. Kven spirituous liquor* do
not give them temporary courage.
They are only self possessed and brave
when in the forest, ou lake, stream, or
lonely woodland.
They have no place with the voting
population of the State, though many ol
them cau read ahd write, and SOUK
are leguiar newspaper correspondents,
but they have a tribal form of tovern
mint, chooiing at their elofliouak ituv
eruor, lieutenant Governor, flnd i
member of the Legislature. The tatter
i> always at the Capitol at the opening,
ileilrawi his pay and mileage at once,
mid immediately returns home, leaving
t lie public business to be conducted by
whoever takes an interest In it. Al [
members of the tribes ride at half fare
in cars aud sletuib >ats when they have
the money to pay, aud free a hen out ol
futtde, They never attempt to ride In
the latter way wh«.t they tutu alford to
pa>
As laborers for all purpose. of the
while* the Indiaus, both men aud wumeu
are worthless, aud are uever employe i
lit th« settleineirU. Mitt Its hunting,
tishiug, I'ari'Mi work and cooking they
e»t.*l. -New York Time*.
%I'lvlrrrs.
Iu lietttiauy irisiry year* ago the apple
picket sai uta le ol a board like a uhurir
dasher, with hoiet for upright wooden
teeth, so planed a* to narrow Irs al the
tup, the teeth perhaps *<* or eeveu inuhet
long, « woo l«» handle, say eight feet
long, the pit set holding front luill to
tit apple.
Ih« biiA«ti rereuily seen are mad* of
•ttre, Ilka the muriate of a dog, only a
l< ilia larger I hit alao ha* a long pole
ailstbwl It requites tirong arm* to
handle either lot hall a day at a Mrnt
paging the Ifnti
A goo I an l deniable pteger m r»t b»
so loiitiMwtid at tn io i»«m tliu fruit and
hoi I It r iukosd nsl'l half a dotwi
applet arr> II it and debutt them in a
bssketi »l ' ttil—i the applet mutt nut b
blurted o| letialtl I iter a are no
Imofct un tha anb)a« I. Mo l/übl litem
ate US- I*l* la Ihr I'Steal Od»Mi *t Wath
tngivM. --•4 L'f* ll»r<tWK
Terms—Bl.oo in Advance; 51.25 after Three Months,
AN ORIENTAL EXECUTION
ENFORCEMENT OP A CAPITAL CON
VICTION IN EGYPT. •
Careful Deliberation of the Prisoner,
n Mohammedan, in Ilts I.ast Re-
IfKlous Kites.
ON the night of Decembor 18,
1890, a murder of singular
atrocity for Egypt, was com
mitted in Alexandria, Egypt.
A respectable Greek, M. Limperopoulo,
his wife, and woman servant were all
murdered, the motive apparently being
robbery.
After a long hunt the murderers were
captured, tried and sentenced, but, being
all Muslim (for. as it turned out, it was
committed by Arabs), tho trial took
place before the native tribunal, and,
under Mohammedan law, the record of
all capital convictions must be trans
mitted to the Grand Ladi for approval
before execution can follow.
The Orand Ladi annulled tho sentence
because of some formal error in the ex
amination of the witnesses, certain pro
visions of the religious law not having
been complied with; and a new trial
was ordered. This resulted, as did the
first, in the capital conviction nod sen
tence of Bekkit Suleiman, one of the of
fenders, and in the condemnation of the
others to life imprisonment.
Yesterday, writes a correspondent of
the Richmond (Va.) Times, the sentence
of death was carried out at sunrise in a
military parade ground near the fort
Kom>El-Dik. Up to the last the advo
cates and frieuds of the murderer hoped
for a commutation, and this on two
grounds—first, because it was the first
occasion for an execution since the in
stallation of the new Khedive; and that
fact, as well as the presumed reluctauco
of a lad of eighteen to enforce tho death
penalty, was thought to justify the hope
of clemency. Still greater confidence
arose from the fact that the great fasting
month of Islam had just fiuisbod—the
month of Ramadan—and this concludes
with a feast corresponding to our Kaster
in nature—called Bairara—which is a
time of joy, of universal exchange of
visits, of ceremonial leceptions, and,
with sovereigns, of clemency. The lato
Khedive invariably sigualized the return
of Bairam by releasing all prisoners
whose terms of puuishment had nearly
expired, and often by commutation.
But Suleiman did not profit by tho
great festival, and yesterday morning,
just as the gray dawn was streaking tho
cast, he was awakened in his prison with
the news that his appeal for grace had
been refused and he must immediately
prepnre for death.
Bound and handcuffed, but as imper
turbable as the W»t concerned of his es
cort, he was taken to the place of execu
tion, and at the faot of the gallows he
maintained the same fatalistic compo
sure.
The prosecuting officer of the tribunal
which tried him asked if lie had any be
quest to make or desired to make any
statement. He replied with perfect
composure:
"I am innocent and Allah knows it.
The guilty aro Abou Zeit and Ahmed
Sathin."
"Then you wish nothing!"
"Yog. I want to pray and to prostrate
myselt before Allah."
"You may."
"But can or.c pray who has not
washed?"
A stone veasel of water was offered
him—the gulhih in which driukiug
water is always kept in Egypt. They
unbound his bands, and he walked un
der the scaffold and performed the ab
lutions that every Muslim observes before
prayer. He washed first his feet, then
his hands and face, and then rinsed bis
mouth, refusiug to let any one help him
or wait on him.
He then unwound fiorn his waist
the shawl he used as a hand, and spread
ing it on the ground under the scaffold,
whose floor win higher than his head, he
•tooil ou it ami offered up his prayer,
prostrating himself four times with his
forehead to the earth, praying to Allah
for mercy and invoking the aid and in'
terceasion of his Prophet.
He drank from the gultah and said:
"I atn ready."
He w«s then pinioned, and he walked
up the »tej>» to the ncillold, and lifting
hit voire, called out:
"Halaam alelkum ya Mam"— peace be
to you, Muslim—and he added in Ara
bic
"l'cace be to all men, ami the order of
Allah. Peace to the children of lalain.
We belong to Allah, an I to him we re
turn. 1 testify that there ft uo Hod but
lie alolie. lie turned hit face to the eaat
aud bowed.
ll would be im|ni»»ililn to itKutjgvrnto
In ilcvcriiilinii the maj**ly «u<l dignity of
till* treiti), n»lwilli*uiutiii)( nuu'i it**u
nnet of the jirl»"inr'* yuili nud of the
jmtlif of hi* Into.
Alone iiml linjK'ln»< of aiil, hi> turned
liulmi' toward the Klowiiitf lm«1 *utl the
holy cilim, mil, hU U*i net n |ir»y*r, hit
Imi word a J(icl»r*lioM of hU tuuwcrvinM
belief, he looked Hill u|<iut the tiiuu-mU
••■•mlikd to wiiuu** hi» mi I with the uu
tri'tlbled MtuuuL'D of hi* fnUlUlir erted.
An mi, m lb* leant ray* of ih* Mont'
1114 llluiuiueil the »»>l turn itluery of death,
hi *•» »*«« if into eternity, tolciuuly
|>lwM>llin il.g, »» >hl I ord lightened
~i.mnd hi* link, hit need # detUute lo
lb* onbelievei
"1,« iiUltv ilUluhl" tibvr* i* uo liod
but Allah) «ttd ifM.
I'U* Hunt kut I'llluH*.
The M i*llt>l j'Wi Wool u lit* tie of thu
H*V«» o| tbl* IHt by *leif|>lUg lllelU in <1
>./lull.mi of c*tulM' »«"U or |)ot«*h, and
lbn* i«movii«m 'be •iIII'I hw mallei which
irntki* tbiw tu hard tb* re* do* i* a
»oft Bbie wbltb ii.« *< n.illei.i utaltii«l
fo| NJttIIMMI ttU'l |iillum, III! I*ll el
b«.iug uimh w«td by »if». ltd by
LbtM*i>U*«) di<»>H* In lb* btlirf thai
iinlil i itiln l 4* lint I" 1 -' '
I* dumd fn<ui liu iimj ■ in lit*
It*net, on) •ituiUi !**• of tbu • tb*tmit*
Might b*»» tb« win* tlltil by lb«
brttlblMtf ih# >4 i| «rK|t
\MI lIMtM
NO. 43.
THE ILL-NATURED BRIEH.
Little Miss Brier came out of the ground;
She puts out her thorns and scratched every
thing 'round.
"I'll just try," said she,
"How bad I can be;
At pricking and scratching there's few can
match me."
Little Miss Brier was handsome and
Her leaves were dark green and her flowers
were pure white;
But all who came near her
Were so worried by her,
They'd go out of her way to keep clear of
her.
Little Miss Brier was looking one day
At her neighbor, the Violet, just over the
way;
"I wonder," said she,
"That no one pets me.
While all seem so glad little Violet to see."
A sober old Linnet, who sat on a tree,
Heard the speech of the Brier, and thus
answered he:
"'TIs notthnt she's fair.
For you may compare
In beauty with even Miss Violet there.
But Violet's always so pleasant and kind.
So gentle in manner, so humble in mind;
E'en tho worms at her feet
She would never ill treat.
And to Bird, Bee and Butterfly always so
sweet."
The gardener's wife just then the pathway
■ aine down.
And tho mischievous Brier got hold of her
gown,
"O dear, what a tear;
My gown's spoiled, I declare;
The troublesome Brier has no business there.
Here, John, dig it up; throw it into tlio
tire."
And that was the end of the ill-natured
Brier.
—Mrs. Anna Bache.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The fruit of repentat.ee —" Peach."
—Puck.
Richo9 have wings but debts have
claws.—Life.
A press of business—The handshake
of a commercial traveler.
One half the world does not know
how the other half could do without
it.—Puck.
The lard refiner novcr knows what ho
can do until he tries.—Boston Commer
cial Bulletin.
The salting away of money is often
done in the briue of other people's
tears.—Puck.
A tiling is uot always what it seens.
For instance, what would you wiy of
Wemyss?—l'uck.
"Yes, every man has his price," but
he can't make his grocer agree with him.
—Columbus Post.
When a fly lights on a sheet of sticky
paper lie realizes that he is better off.—
liioghamton Lender.
"It's easy to catch on," as the fly re
maiked when ho lit on the fly paper.—
Philadelphia Record.
"What i» the lightest summer fiction
you know off" "The summer girl's 'I
love you!"'—Chicago News.
A man needs no spectacles to sco the
Beauty of Uprightness when ho peers
through an iron-bared door.—Puck.
Hn thought the hammock Ju<t the thing
To pawi n plousant uiiuute,
Until »uo tin v ho chanced to spring
And found he was not iu It.
Washington Star.
Old friend of the family. "Do you
think you can live happy with him?"
Perdlta. "Ob, I don't expect that."
—Life.
It takes i sneak to be a good private
detective, anil the more successful he is
the more cause ho has to bo ashamed of
himself. Puck.
"What I don't like about our schools,"
said the boy who had been chastised,
"is that they run too much to physical
culture."—Washington Star.
Silly things —Youngly—"Love often
compels people to do very silly things."
Cynicus—" Yes, makes them marry,
sometimes."—-New York Herald.
Never give up. If, however, you are
alone, the night is dark, and tiie other
fellow has a pistol, it may be prudent to
rescind this rule. —Texas Sittings.
Miss Candour (aged seven, to a lady
who has lieeil sinking with a (food deil
of tremolo to her mother's guest*)—"l
gargle in tho nursery."- -Tid-llils.
Stio—Their engagement was brought
about by a little four-in-hand picnic
lie—llcw strange. She—-Yes; lie asked
her to tie It (or him.—New York lleiald.
lie liaii II -d tha IJO.HU for A GREAT big man.
And the great ins Mian want in
Willi a will lonian, and the boom handier
then
Was lull iu Ihueold lo
•■IhtT'SI Kfw I'ruii
Mrs. Newlove—"Charley, dear, I need
$100." Mr. Newlove "110 yoij, darl
ing I How sympathetic you are' I'lial s
just what 1 need "—l'hiCiijo News llJ
cord.
Muodgras*.—" There is one .JLW thing
about silent'*'." rtulmly "Name it.
Huodgiass. "Wins lilsMs fall* t is
Uol Uucetsartl) broken, -I HI roll 'iee
I'llH
lUiiU« ''t'mi'l yuu»uj(4o*l eoimi wiy
in which I i**n y« i * bi'ilfi liuWin ; jut'-
lurti" l'hotoji4(iht<r "Not unli *« y>m
i.itn gvi *.!iiiil»>><!) ehw to »U for you.'
tmmti viil« Joorn.il.
Vimmi -"Will, yomu lUi lii|> nni
lit** in ha»t«, I »ii|i|i.i»i- lie * i«|>«ntiU4
at IcUuic. Mvltnu -'-Mot WOtih, liu
but lo bottle »o lively for h Iltin4 Iktl
Im bit* uo U i*iiH'.' t'hu hmtj # Jv»ttr.
I'olittiW l* nil .ail.ll
•la) I* I'.IIUIN i
Kv*i , it.i !)'§ Ui 11iv (mil*.
Win 11 lllu i » I!lll||t|i|«^
i*ll| lb* UK.tlvt
t "aieit l.«l«M 4 U»»4lfi' 1U4411 1 I*M tl.ilt'4,
* *1 mi i ill* Jrnti o«l
J whim it; UHt w*4t'ltUM lb* bi|l««u.|
glttuitt contu lioitutin QtiitiJ "l'm never
, 'lug lo jf«t Mini I mil " M'ilbcr «•' Why,
i o( 4 4t(ll ' Juuuitm --"Jittt iim % 4
it. •*• two Kb* » iiyiitg m»4 Im
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