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THE MlDDLKfflJKGH POST.
T. H. HARTER, Edptob aid Tfo'r.
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A Mii.tux (Pa.) paper aays that ou
the day of tho Snllivan-Kilrain fight
the wife of William Polluter, of Sbak-
epcaro, presented him with twin 1kv. j
of six and eight wnnds, which the
father named Jacob Kilrain and John
Sullivan respectively.
There wero some curious features about (
tho recent revolution nt Honolulu,
Hawaii. King Kalakaita ;n informed
by telephone that hi palace was invested
ly rebels, anil by telephone he sent for
hit Chamberlain. They spent the day
quietly in il boat-house playing poker.
Meanwhile Wilcox, t lie lender of the re
volt, nt tired in nn Italian uniform, had
sheltered himself in a gasoline tank from
which h" issued hi" order regarding the
aiegc of the pulitce. Twelve of Kalakaua'i
warrior repelleil the onslaught of the
gasoline hero's myrmidons. and by night
full the farce was ended.
The California civil engineers, em
ployed in surveying the boundnry line
between Nevada and California, have
about completed their labors. It is re
ported at the lake, on good authority,
that the line established by Von Schmidt
in a long way east of that established by
tho United States survey, and that the
monument now marking the boundary
between tho two States, erected near tho
town of Hijou on the Von Schmidt line,
will be removed went to Meyer' on the
riaccrville wagon road, near the foot of
Lake valley. This will give about the
entire area of I.nke Tahoe to Nevada.
The British (iovernuieiit is in receipt
of an iillieial couimunii it ion from the
State Department at Wadiington, invit
inu the co-operation of Kn'jland in tak
ing measures to prevent the spread of in
fectious di-e.iM s. The Kime communica
tion, it is understood, has been sent to
the other European powers, ami con
tains a proposal that well known plague
it ii ten-, liable from their conuni ivial re
lations with the world to diffuse the
germs of cholera, yellow fever ami
similar pests, shall be declared obnoxious
lo humanity, and the Governments into
whose territory they arc situated .shall be
culled upon to cleanse them to the satis
faction of an international commission
Appointed to regularly inspect. Lord
.Salisbury say that England will do
everything in her owcr for the further
ance of Nlieh llll object.
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The records of the New York police
fourt present some remarkable facts as
ihowing the increase of crime in the city
luring the past year. An army of N.l.llMD
nervous were arrested during the last
fwelve months. or an increase in the iium-
;er over the orece liii" vi ar of about j
.hive per cent. Of that number about
fifi.tllM) were males ami an.tllHI females.
Kifty-eiuht thousand persons were tried.
Hue huudridmen and twenty-two women
Ittempteil to kill themselves, most of j
by pistol shots and razor.. Nearly
J'MHt men were arrested for unci lar
ceny, while 2 .Ml females were held for the
tame olTeiise. Six thousand women were
arrested for being .drunk, and Ki.Otiu
males for the same thing. Of this army
of criminals Fiance had about Mil n:i
ties, Scotland rial I. Italy '.'.Mm, Duulaml
I'.Mlll. Ji i many tlilllil, Ireland la. OUII and
America about 7,0(1(1. About i-e.'s.llilll
were collected for lines. One hundred
ad twenty women were arrested for
lieiii'4 supicious characters, six for abduc
tion and three for perjury.
POKT AND KINO.
Though T am king I have no throne
Rare this rough woodrni d aone;
I hara no emplrs, ret my sway
Kxtond a myriad Iragu" away I
No servile vassal bend hi knoe
In groveling revM-ence to m
Yet, at my word, all linarta bent high
And there 1 fire in every oy.
And love and gratitude they bring
A tribute unto me, a king!
The folk that throng the busy street
Know not It is a king they meet,
And I am glad there i not mvn
The monarch in my five and mien;
I should not choose to be the cause
Of fnwuing or of cnanwapplauso
I am content to know the art
Wherewith to lord It o'er their hearts;
For, when unto their hearts I sing,
I am a king, I am a kiiij!
My seepter see. It Is a p.n!
Wherewith I rule, these hesrto of men,
(sometimes It plnaseth to bo-guito
Its monarch fancy with a smile
Fhimetlmm it la athirst for tear
A nd so adown the laureled year
1 walk, the noblest lord nn earth,
Diletiing sympathy and mirth
Aha, it is a niagie thing
That makes mo what I am a kingl
I.rt empires enimlile as they may,
Proudly I hold imperial swoy!
The sunshine and the rain of year
are human smile and human tear
That come or vanish at my call
I am the nionaroti of them all!
Mindful alone of this am I :
The songs I sing shall neer die
Not, even envious death can wring
.!Jis glory from so great a king!
Coin, brother, be a king with ma
And rule mankind eternnUy;
Lift 'jp the weak and cheer the strong
Defend the truth, eonifiat the wrong!
You'll find noseepter like the pen
To hold nnd sway the hearts of men;
It edicts flow in Mood and tears
That will out wash the flood of years
Ho, brothr, sing the songs, oh, sing,
And bu with me a king a kingl
Captured by Comanchcs.
There is something suggestive", avers
the Leavenworth (Kan.) Timet, in the de
liberations with which the several In
dian tribes are considering propositions
to open their reservations to white set
tlers. The savages begin to see their ina
bility to stay the mighty waves of civil
ization which are rolling westward w tho
Star of Knipirc leads the way of progress
in that direction, imd rather than be
iivcrwhelmed by the rush of thousands
keeking homes there, and involved in
bloody conflicts against unequal numbers,
they are ready to sell their hinds nnd
yield to the inevitable sure to follow in
tho absorption of the race. Whenever
Counsel can be given to inlhienee the In
dians to adopt this course the adinoiiitioa
will bo iu the interest of peace and the
lafety of person on the prairie. The led
mail must now be absorbed, not exter
minated, lie mut be accepted and
treated as a fellow-citizen and it brother,
and gradually be made to understand his
business rights mid how to maintain
them. Under such a policy all Indian
Territory will be Hindu to inure to tho
highest possible benefits for thu Indians.
Thu wise men among thu tribes see this,
and their counsels arc winning their
brethren to tho adoption of n course that
w ill bring them nearer in business rela
tions and social intercourse, to white men
thau they ever were sineo the disrovei
of tho country by tho bold Noraciua.:
I had been scouting from Fort I.ascoin,
On the Canadian llher, nnd carrying d;
Ipatches between that point and Kurt
Stanton, on the l!io l'eeos, for six
months, before the Ctmiauchcs called the
turn on inc. Jt is agreed that an Apache
is a fiend incarnate, but in the old days
there wasn't much choice between tho
tribes. All were hlooilihir-dy and re
lentless, and it mattered little into whoso
hands a prisoner iniudit fall. Kvery tor
ture which ingenuity could suggest was
certain to be applied, ami no ransom,
however great, could clfect the rcleii.se of
I prisoner. It was w hile engaged in such
in elfort that my first capture tunic
about.
A party of ritien from Santa Fe had
come out Fort Ilascom for a hunt along
tho Canadian River to tho cast. They
were all well-known men, and were out
fitted in the finest style, having thu best
if firearms, uud being accompanied by
four hunters and guides of long exper
ience. The Indians were bitterly hostile
it this time, and although seldom seen
near tho fort, they were ever on the
watch for any one leaving its shelter.
This party numbered twenty, all told, and
was strong enough to iro anywhere, pro
viding it was well handled. It left the
post one Sunday morning nnd was goim
three weeks, nnd, up to two days before
reaching the post, all went well. Then
a lr. Alberlson, of Albuquerque, tarried
behind one morning as the party broke
camp, and three Comaiiciies da-heil in
nnd cut him olT. They mounted l.im on
his own horse and hail a start of half a
mile before the mishap was discovered,
iml. nl'lioicji piirsuil was made, it was
iis'hss. The Doctor was a man of
prominence, holding some position under
ihe tbiveriuiiciit, and haNie:' many
friends, and the party no sooner reached
the poM than it was ileteiininijd to make
every clfc ul to sei lire his release. It was
idle to think of sending out mi armed
force, and it, was linallv decided that 1
should go cut as nn emissary to treat for
his ransom. It was agreed that I should
promise the Indians as hii;li as l),l)IH)
in cash for his release, and all were hope
ful that this large sum would induce the
redskins to uive him up. 1 had been
told time and again that the Commit' lies
Imd never been know n to give a prisoner,
livl 1 was therefore in u state of doubt
is I rode away on my errand. I had u'ot
to put myself in their hands in order to
negotiate, and if they refused to give up
the Doctor it was probable that they
would hang on to me.
1 rode away to the cast, knowing that
Vie prisoner had been conveyed to some
imp in the Wichita range, 1 left the
post in the morning and rode hard all day
w ithout sighting an Indian. At dark I
went into ramp and had no alarm during
the night, and at sunrise was again hold
ing for the mountains. At about 1 1
a'clock, w hile riding over broken ground,
I caught sight of an Indian taking cover,
ind halting my horse I mado the peace
ligus with my blanket. Ten minutes
later I was surrounded by a dozen war
riors, who were evidently astonished ut
tny foolhardiness, I could speak their
lingo fairly well, and I told them what I
had come for, and asked to bo taken to
the nenrest village. This request was
tulkily complied with, and at the end of
two hours 1 found myself iu the village of
Red Moon, Chief of all tho Coniaiichcs.
Ihe villago was seattereil along the river
, for a mile or more, and numbered at least
j a thousand souls. My advent was bailed
I with whoops uud yells and other tokens
I of satisfaction, and even when it a
1 known that I had voluntarily come into
camp on nn errand of mercy it was hard
to restrain some of tho young bucks from
doing me injury. I was taken directly to
Red Moon's tent, and my reception there.
was anything but cordial. Ho was any
thing but noble iu speech nud look. Ho
was dirty, unkempt und out of sorts, nud
I hud .no sooner set eyes on him than I
knew- my mission would bo a failure. .
"Why does tho dog of a whito man
come to my campl'1 was his salutation.
. "Four days ugo somo of your warriors
raptured a white hunter ft nin'i journey
ot tho west," I replied.
"They did, and to-morrow he shall
die!"
"I have come from hi friend) to buy
hi lilM'rty. They will (jive Red Moon
more silver than h ever had before."
"I apit upon the white man's money!"
ho retorted. "The white man ha killed
my young men, built his fort on my
land, nnd would drive ti nway If he were
strong enough. I would not take food
from hi hand if I was starving!"
I named tho price which we would pay
for thn Doctor, and tried to mnke him un
derstand how many guns and blanket
and other thing the amount would pur
chase, but he grew more and more ex
cited, nnd finally shouted:
"Doe tho white man regard the Co
manche a squaws that their heads can
be turned by soft talk? Only tho Dog
Indian begs for mercy from a fooortakin
presents from an enemy. Were von to
offer nil you hud I would not give him
up. Ho shall die, I hare said it!"
Finding him so obstinate and deter
mined, I mentioned that I had come
alono and placed myself in his power,
trusting to hi honor to be permitted to
return in safety.
"Did Insk you to come?" he thundered.
"Are you not here to insult met You
shall see the other prisoner die, and then
you shall suffer the same fate!"
I began to protest, hut was hurried
away to a lodge, disarmed, searched, and
very roughly used. Ilcforo being left
alono my hands nnd feet were
tied, and the buck who (lid
this gave me a good -day in tho shape of
a slap In the face which made my teeth
rattle. I was left alone until just atdark,
when a boy brought me a gourd of water,
and helped it to my lips while I drank. I
thanked him, nnd Inquired where the
Doctor was. He replied that he was con
fined in n lodge about two hundred feet
away, and that ho would be put to the
torture next day. All the tribe within
call had been notified to bo present. I
asked him about my own fate, and ho
said it was understood that I was to die
the day after. If there was any doubt
about this it wn soon dispelled. Tho
boy had se.-.rcely disappeared when old
Red Moon appeared. Ho was now fully
dressed as a chief, and had on all his
dignity, I was lying on my back, nnd
he stood over mo far a moment, cjower
imr down upon me with savage expecssion
before he said :
"Does the white man think the Co
manche a dog that he can come into his
village and insult him?"
"On the contrary, the white man
knows the Comanelics to be brave," I re
plied, "and no chief is greater or braver
than Red Moon."
"Hut you come to buy tis off."
"The white man captured by your
brave warrior is neither a soldier, hunter
iior scout. lie is n man of peace, living
far nway. He has never harmed you.
He is a great medicine man among his
people. For theso reasons his friends
Imped the great chief would his
life. We wished to make you aVjiVcs
cnt." "White dog, you lie!" shouted the
Chief. "You wish to get us in a trap!"
I argued nnd protested, and again ap
pealed to his honor in my own case. Ho
heard me through, nnd then gave me
several hearty kicks in the side, and ex
claimed :
"Von shall die! You were a fool to
come!"
The kicks made me mad. and feeling
that I had no hope of release I opened
on Red Moon in the choicest Hillings
irate of the West. I called him n cow
ardly lialtroon, snuaw, buzzard, am
everything else mean I could think of. I I
offered to tight him in any way he j
wanted, ami boasted that I had oil one .
occasion charged five of bis bravest war
riors and killed two ami run the others!
into tlu woods. 1 cave it to him straight
from the shoulder for ten minutes with- j
out a break, and he did not interrupt me
ly word or gesture. AN hen I finally
paused for want of breath ho said:
"The whito fccout is not a dog, as I
thought for. He is a brave mnn. Ho
w ill not cry and beg for his life when
the fire is lighted at his feet. My young
men shall let it be knowu at the fort
that he died without being a woman."
"And that's more than you can say for
hi friend thought so well of Mm, and
his sorrow that I had brought misfortune
upon myself, and he seemed to have made
tip his mind to die like a man. I knew
the Indian thoroughly, nnd I told him
what the programme would be. After
running the gauntlet, he would be tied to
a post and submitted to the powder tor
ture, which consist In shooting charges
of powder into the flesh, with tho muzzle
of the gun only a foot or two away.
After that would como cutting and mu
tilating, and he would not bo tied to tho
fire stake until pretty thoroughly ex
hausted. I advised him to do as I in
tended to do leap upon some warrior a
he ran down the lines, grab his knife or
tomahawk, if possible, and then fight un
til they would have to kill him then nnd
there. Ho calmly replied that he should
adopt tho plan, shook me by tho hand,
and all was ready.
As we talked I had been getting the
lay of the village. It was only a quarter
of a mile to tho foothills. I ha lmado
up my mind to make a break for liberty,
and I hnd my plans nil laid before tho
Doctor started. Red Moon commanded
me to tell him that he was to run straight
down the lane and back, and that if he
made a good run ho would not bo much
hurt. I gave him the information, nnd
advised him to mako his break about
two-thirds of the way down, as he came
to the last of the warriors. When I
stepped back my elbows touched a guard
on either side and I saw that they were
deeply Interested in tho scene before
CURIOUS FACTS.
The turnip originally came from Itome.
The peach originally came from Per
sia. Hull fighting Is getting foothold
among French amusements.
A five-year-old child In Monson, Mc.f
is said to tpeak three languages.
The practice of feasting nt funerals if
still in vogue nt Lancaster, I'enn.
A tree was cut down nt Orting, Wash
ington, that measured 310 feet long.
At Huntsville, Ala., a pink nnd white
chicken was hatched a short time ago.
Reversible trousers, to correct tho
"bagging," aro promised by a beneficent
tailor of Akron, Ohio.
Old Mrs. Sidner, who died nt Decker
town, N. J., tho other day, aged 105,
had smoked a clay pipe for forty years.
A strange nnd fatal diseaso has ap
peared in (iuayiiquil, Ecuador. Vletimi
fall in the street, vomit foam and blood,
and die.
They have a trained lion nt the Paris
circus that rides on the back of a hors
around the ring and does all the customa
ry feats.
General Charles Williams, of Manches
ter, H., will give a fine park to that
city, to bo enjoyed especially by pool
children.
Large land ownt rs in Scotland arc im
porting reindeer from Norway, in thf
hope that they mny become acclimatized
nud increase.
A swarm of butterflies, so thick as te
almost obscure the inys of thosuu, passed
through Mott, Cal., recently. Thcr
were myriads of them.
A rustic bridge just completed ir.
Houston County, Gn., contains fifty
seven different kinds of wooil nnd vines,
nnd all were grown in tho county.
It is claimed for the Mitre Hotel, Ox
, ford, England, that it was first opened
ns a public house in 1400. o one to
look at it can doubt the statement.
The California State Hoard of Trade
reports that there arc 13,000,000 a n
of nrablc land in that State ciioable of
ii.ti given mo no i.,MIt rendered nrodiictivc bv trrwitmn
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" .r wn ,"' ,,cu' 7" The cemeterv at Sea Cliff, X. V.. ha
lhen I bounded oway , , 1 ..... .i. i;,,i..
lll.nl LlifHIil I" IHtr 111,11 i;i nv ihiiv i.--i:
for it only fifteen burials in four years,
und the receipts not equal to the expenditures.
James Ruchannan.of Athtabula County,
Ohio, cuta his hair in a very peculiar
Ho shaves all his forehead
thort, except a ridge from his forehead to
the back of his neck.
The latest fad in mechanism Is nn in
genious contrivance iu the form of 1
large ice-cooler, from which, if one
drops a penny in the slot, he can obtain
a cupful of ice-cold Hjgcia water.
A consignment of 000,000 kilo
grammes of terra alba which arrived at
New York ou a British steamer a few
days ago will bo converted into candy
for the delectation of the Americau peo
pie.
A novel idea in church building has
been stnrtcd in tho neighborhood of
Dawlish, England, where it is proposed
to raist funds for a new church by Ue
bentures bearing interest at four percent
secured as a first mortgage on tho offer'
tories.
Azoth, which was besiegrd by Psam
metichus, the Powerful, held out, ac
cording to Archbishop Usher, for nine
teen y.-ars, and ueeordiiig to Herodotus
for t'A'ctitv-niiie years. Troy held out
for ten vears. These are the two longest
seiges of which there is any record.
The latest and newest thing In New
York shop window s is a huge spider w eb
made of tine twiuo and remarbiibly
1 natural. It is at least four feet high nud
' is as true to nature as though a Gulliver
. like spider had used the window for a
. home. To intensify the illusion a spider
; as big as a man's fist, cleverly nianufac
! tured, has been placed in the centre of
tho web, while artitieal butterflies uro
scattered promiscuously about.
11 n v of vour warriors!" I flung back nt
him. "The Comanche whines like a dog
when he is hurt, lie cannot stand tire.
When his feet get a iittlo warm ho be
comes a child."
lie pulled his knife from his belt,
thinking to end my life then and there,
but on tho second thought he replaced it
nnd walked out. Directly ho hnd gone
two warriors came in with a liberal sup
ply of food, and my arms wrs untied and
1 was given it chiiucc to , eut. They ap
peared good naturtd, nud ns the thongs
were being replaced one of them said:
"The white man is very brave. Ho w ill
hold out a loug time."
At hist two guards were placed outside
my tent, nnd knowing that I had no
show for escape, I mado myself ns com
fotable ns possible and soon fell asleep. It
may bo thought curious that a person
could sleep soundly under such circum
stances, but as a matter of fact I did not
open my eyes until long after daylight.
There was coiisiderablo bustlo in the
cam)), and in a few minutes my break
fast was brought iu. Arms and legs w ere
now untied, ami 0110 of tho three bucks
who camo into tho tent informed mo flint
preparations were being mado to torture
tho Doctor. It was an hour later before
I was sent for. Then my arms were left
freo and my legs wero hobbed just below
tho knees. While I could walk it was only
with short steps, and the idea of my try
ing to escape from such a crowd was too
absurd to be entertained. I 'found the
inhabitants of tho village drawn up in
two long lines extending out on tho plains
Even children five or six years old, were
iu line, each 0110 armed with stick or
switch. I was led to the head of tho lino
between two warriors, and in four or five
minutes tho Doctor was brought out Red
Moon hnd arranged this as a mental tor
turo to both ot us. llo sigmtieU to us
that we might speak, and I at once in
formed the Doctor of my errand nnd its
failure, lie expressed hit pleusure that
them. When I dropped my left hand
down it was close to the hilt of the war
nor' knife, ami then I was as ready as I
could be. The Doctor was a powerful
big fellow nnd was entirely naked. Ho
was to start at the report of a rifle fired
In the air, nnd when tho signal came he
bounded awny like a deer. Tho lines
closed up and evciy otic tried to stnka
at him, but the climax camo when he
made hi bolt. With a leap to one side
ho seized a tomahawk, and nt that mo
ment I got hold of tho knifo without
being detected. A great cry arose and
one of my guards started forward I bent
down and cut my thongs at a single
sweep, and then by n back hand blow,
drove tho knife so far into tho body of
the other guard, who
attention, that
grasp ns lie fell. 1 lien I lioundeil oway
down the river, nnd I believe I had a '
start of twenty rods before pursuit began. 1
It is not bra'.'adocio to assert that in
those dnys I had the speed nnd bottom of I
a thoroughbred. I hadn't the least fear !
of beinir overtaken after I got that start i
by anyone on foot, and as I at once mado ; 'T"nncr,
for Ae broken ground their ponies had
no advantage. I looked back only once,
and that was as I got clear of tho village.
At least fifty Indians were pursuing mo
on foot, nnd a few minute later a score
of others had mounted. Tho pursuers
were so strung out that no ouo dared
hoot, and when I got settled down to
the pace I ran for my life. In five or six
minutes I was in tho foothills, end in ten
I had gained the shelter of the scrub pine.
At that moment twenty rifles turned looso
on me, but none of the bullets camo near
enough to make me dodge, and I con
trived to put in my best licks. They
followed; me for nbout four miles, losing
ground nil the time, and then drew oil
to return to the Doctor. It was
five days before I got back to
tho fort, my clothes in tatters,
and my strength almost gone, and
it was two years before I learned
the particular? of the Doctor's fate. Ho
mado a gallant light when he got posses
sion of the tomahawk, killing a warrior
and a bov und wounding another warrior
I und an old man, but he was overpowered
' 11- 1 1 .1 .1. . 1 . '1
ami iiisarmeti, nun iiieu me nevus giuueii
their vengeance. Some idea of his suf
ferings can lie imagimd from the fact
that he was under tomo sort of torture
for three days and nights, and
and there was still life left in him
when he was given up to the fangs of
tho village dogs. The Comanche who
gave mo the particulars was then "a
ward of the Government," drawing his
rations, ammunition, and blankets from
the very men whose scalps ho hungered
for, nnd he could not be punished. He
identified himself as the warior who was
guarding me on tho right when I mado
my break, and for his carelessness on
that occasion tho chief stripped him of
all his worldly possessions and gave tho
goods to the willow of the. warrior I had
slain. At-ifl York Sun.
wttmA
Our National Snake Cliarmcr.
Tho Icelandic Lutheran ( liiireh.
Tho Icelandic Luther nn Church of
America consists of twenty-two congre
gations, and has just held its fifth auuunl
conference nt Argyle, in Manitoba. In
1880 tho wholo number of immigrants
from Denmark to the United States was
only a Iittlo over 01,000, including Ice-
lamlers; but since then tho total has been
about doubled, and among the new set
tlers aro many Icelanders also, though
their most numerous colony is in Manito
ba. They have established a colony in
Dakota, 0110 in Southern Minnesota, nnd
there is a settlement ut Greun Bay. Al
though they number as yet only a few
thousands in both this country and Can
ada, with tho prospect, however, of a
considerable increase, though it can
never bo great, since tho population of
Iceland itself is barely 72,000. These
Perhaps it is not generally known thai,
this country has a national charmer, who
is paid a good round salary by the Govern
ment. Hut such is the fact. Tho
charmer iu question is Professor A. Zeno
Shindler, a bustling Iittlo German, whoso
headquarters are in the National Museum,
at Wushington. His principal duty is to
make casts and drawings of all specimens
of tho snake family received by tho
Museum authorities. Somo of tho snakes
nro received in alcohol, but many of them
arc boxed up and sent hero alive. Tho
Professor has a largo wooden cago in his
room in which there is a collection of
dangerous and venomous reptiles. A
number of theso ho has succeeded in tam
ing and ho runs his hand in among them
in a manner that caused cold chills to
chase each other up und down my spinal
column. Although ho has been handling
snukes for several year Professor Shind
ler has been bitten only once. Ho hnd
received a queer looking Iittlo fellow
from Mexico, w hich somew lint resembled
a garter snake. Being afraid that his
luakeship might escape, owing to tho
smallness of its sue, tho professor de-
und
preserve it uutu no was ready to
make a plaster cast. Ho seized tho Iittlo
-"-ars j
Old Silas lived threes .
Of yeans to him one Um, J
To way of women and of n,
To reptiles crawling on hTJI?
To swift birds flytn, th""
b-i.i .1 1 i"io!
me unwuini, out One COffinvM i. '
"W.U, I declarer
ft wa the name from morn till ni..
From nfght till morn, ander
When life waa itnrlr -i. ... "I
, writ nig -. . ; I
When doctors told him h... .
When preachers preached with
When Judee and ur k-j. 1 ,
Surprised ha answered, wrm,e
''WelUderW,
When some one said the earth
And othors said the earth
The disputants he would confound
1 "ring nouuna rmt Jnrt that
When he was told, Oh, this U hot '
It seemed to take him unar '
And be would (rasp out as If ,ht-
"Well, I divlart.?
One summer day old HUai riid
Ana menus nui tears ho, um ,.,
T - . .. I
I- urer, 1V,.,
That part the living fn,m the aa.
But from the blue and tender iW '
Down through the sun lit nimm. .1.
A w hisper came of glad surprise; '
"Well, I ilerlarp-
U'Wrrito ,Y
HTII AND POIXL
A glaring fraud A glass rye.
A pio plnnt A pic manufactory
Net weight The movlmnker d'J
After young Parkford. the Priwi 1
hugged his girl he culled her tin
boney.
Tho man who rrgU.-rs at W
nignt, is soon on the '-retired he I
Arte ivrk -Vir.
No wonder the spoon lonki I 1
1 1 - 1 1,-,. . ?
niiu luiiK-iatvu. uai in tin-v!
oftener 111 the soup?
Mrs. A. "Do you plav tlim;
Smith?" fsmith "Yes,if tin
not broken." l'jirh.
I ashion item from the Colunilmi 1
jjinucii: I reasurers aeiiainutrtil
worn very short this season.
Tho first man who iIisimtcH
elixir of life died at the a'c .iftu
nine. Commcrciil A!i r(.y r.
Wisdom docs not nlwavs romei:!
yellow leaf, but you'll generally tail
tho seer. Oltns fal! Uii'tll'm.
Visitor nt Medical (.'ollep
did those skeletons come frmiii" Tl
Doctor "Wo raised tlieni.''
"Ho owes everything hnlmtod
"That bad. Ho owes a
than holms tome." llirjxr'tBaii
Tho man who invented thecow-cd
never got a cent for it. And yet it I
given lots of men a lift. Aci Tori
"Then, my dear sir, we will tgri
differ." "No, sir, we wont dour I
thing, because you ro wrong, ft!
Up.
The rich buir, now with liaiuhtrrl
Will iKiast. what he's of l'arujwa;
The jxior iMitatn bu-r, 11; -uimhile,
,i-;ii .. .!... 1...'. ..r 1 -
w in ici-i mai. 111: a in iuiui s'
.Vrm l'orik.;
Wifo (tearful) "You've lintel
iiromiso von made nie '." HusUid 1
inir her) "Never mind, tr.y dear.
crv: I'll mako vou aiiot'.ier." Jf-.
WaUy.
Old Ladv "I hope, my d"r. I
never conceal anvtliiii'' frun yua
band." YoumrWife "Oh. to;:
lug but my thou';i,t.s."-.V.i
YtiUy.
At n concert in Wilke-lurre. H
while everv one was annl uMiri:. 11
child exclaimed: Oil, n.:im-i -
41. - !.!. ,,,., notlvi akin"." I I
tiiu 'i(5 in 11 1"'--. a
ll.mll.
Do you think it is gr:iinr.r.itirt';l
"He Bummers 111 the country. 1
tone "Whv not 1 o:iv.m ,v n
in the mud' or 'lie snril,''-in l 'I
Chicago Atnfii'ii.
"I cruess I'll take my .:
.V'uin. if vou have 110 nlijectM
fiashy young clerk to bis empi ;f ,
tho slightest, sir. . oil 1:111 u.j"
tiianent." Hartford l't.
'Dear." said a physician'
sat in church, "there w .Mrs. u
: v .... rl
sitting in a draught. -u , .1
h..r ii.i,!id. '-I wilU i-""!
later on." WuJiiu'l'i' i'lM-
Shall strutters in the S"'' n
Del V till) Mkrn ot Mar nn ,-r-m..
.11 if.... 1 1 ..i, b iili rutiuM
Our seulbUin swum-l"'!"" 'If'- I
II tlMlimj'''" ij
lltV.. ni-n nil worms!" I'SlUl'l
j, 1 1. ii-iii . .. -- ------
1-I1n was listeniiiL' at ti-iitivi-ly,
1.:., ,..l.p 'Then that ;
4 I.:.. -l..,l swallowed il
it f" l'tnthmd Wen.
Miss rutelv "May I msrr
... ... . .
Mrs. luH'i) ""
. A T I . 1
mim.granis iron, iccianu como i.o.u a t-dcJ , t u iut(J a juf of u,cohol
region where they have never seen n .real ; tlm8 ' rve jt uuta ho WM read
tree, a rouu or a piow, una yet 11 is re
11 T A. A 1
marKai.io now soon uiey uuapt, ,1, )tii0 i,y t,o nw-k aa liehad tlono
selves to their new surroundings 1 hey j I ft timo 'j(.fow am, aextcroHHly
arc of much intelligence, nud there nro , i,i. ;, 41,. i,.,4i it,,,.;.
nrn II . " . . -
I touching tho liquid the snake sprang sud
denly upward and fastened lus lungs in
bluudler forefinger. 1 ho latter quickly
no people umong whom education is mora
generally diffused, tho humblest being
able to read and write, nud being thor
oughly conversant with tho sages, nnd
tho history and laws of their country.-
All Yorl Sun.
A Congo Wurrlor'a Outfit.
A Congo warrior's outfit which hoi
just been received by tho Smithsonian In-1 but homo in a carriage and
stitution at Wasldngton, from Lieutenant
Taunt, United (states commercial agent in
tho Congo State, consists of a bainijoo
shield biz feet long and one wide, a
spear four feet long, a knifo that looki
like a pruning knifo, and a bow with
bamboo strings and two irou-tipped ar
rows. Ntu York Tribune.
seized a knife and cut tho fangs loose,
uud then, placing tho finger in his
mouth, vigorously sucked at tho poison,
while ho mado tracks to the nearest bar
room. There ho drank a largo quantity
J of whisky, and was afterward taken to
a physician
wus summoned, llo remained on tho
kick list for three months, during which
timo ho was twice or thrice near the point
of death. The snake, he says, must huve
been fully as poisonous as a rattler, as
the wound has never fully healed, and
occasionally breaks out into a virulent
tore. Keu York N".
ley, mamma V
llVnl nn nnv arcoUIL
(tovintr with her mother's
even 011 his bauk account,
Lairrcnrt American.
Mr. Iinnort (to upplicM'- f ?1
"You say you art- -M t" 1
diamond. WlrttWJ
...,,..... Arthur
I'll'ill iiaiuiini -- lit!
m-.,ml stand, a home plate w j
i:,,u 1... tun. ,ii thn liases. ii"-"1
Ulll. '1-W ,, .... .w
Alaska Seal Urwli"? 6"
H-l. ..,..!;., .rrnlllllli of I
i' """""ij fc-. j ,... I
fill- BIMll tllf'llll lin thn seal I'"" I
Paul and St. Georges, the A!l
nnd that nortiou of AW'
nnrtl. ..f li'ml int. lllfC, I" !
1.... called, theM
from May to December to 1
about bix millions e-ij
ut least otic-third are re "J
been found that tho k cf .
.1-...1 4l,n..u.....l a veur el tW
. . ,t imuff'!
seals makes no uppan'""
tho wholo mass, and it raB J
what a fertile source - ,
.... 1.1 1111J" .
dustry might ue uiu-, M
governmental super "v"
Ihrald,
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