THE MI1LEBURGH POST.
GEO. W. WAOKXSELLEK.
Editor and Proprietor.
Mii'M.ria I'a., July 'J3, 1800.
According to tho Atchison Globe,
to manv men nro wcnrinir uniforms
now that tho surest way to attract ftt-
'
lenuou is not to wear ono.
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Accor lin- to a report just rondo by
tho Acting Secretary o( tho Navy, out
of a total of 11, 5,10 bluejackets ami
marine", moro than Lalf (02S9) nro
nntives. This will bo gratifying town
to nil pntriotic Americons, cxclnima
tho New York Observer. National dc
fence can hardly bo carried on entire
ly by prosy.
Tho thorough loyalty of tho Boer
people is shown by tho fact that in at
testing their regard for President
Krcugcr they nro goiniz to keep a
statue of Oom Paul standing in a con
spicuous pnrt of Pretoria. Observers
of Oom Paul's pictured nro nwnro thnt
ho is for usu rntber thnn for adorn
ment, nd.ls tho Chicago Kccord.
Dr. Joseph Purkir, of London, de
scribes tho bicycle as "that rdionldcr
contracting, miscbevious, horrible
luiichiiie that will take tho nmtiline-8
out of any Nation." Tho New Orleans
Picayune add,: Time wn, when
the worthy utetor's thundering liiny ,
have hud como weight. That tiiuo
was anterior to his invasion of this
country somo years ago. Tho ex
periciicc which lie then gained should
havo borne fruit ere this.
Something is wrong, maintains tho
American Agriculturist, when Mrow
bcrricB cost consumers in New York
nnd
New England cities from ten to
fifteen cents per quart, while tho pro
ducer in Jersey nnd on tho Delaware
peninsula oily nets from two to four
cents per basket. It does teem as
though this condition of nlTuirs went
from bnd to worse ns tho yenrs roll on.
Tho more perishable tho fruit tho
greater sterns tobo thecost of haudliug
and selling it.
A large insurance company has re
cently published returns for 17,373
deaths, covering a period of ten years
from 1884 to 189:1. Of this number
7o'J were, the result of Occident, in
cluding 70 homicides. This is an appall
ing proportion of murders. No country
in tb world, not even Sicily, could
iniitch it. ElHurhwrB sober, respeot
able, thrifty men who tnsnro their
lives are tolerably safe oguiust mur
der. Here iu every 2000 who die nine
arc murdered. Ot these nineteen were
shot in pcruoiuil quarrels. Actually
of tho class which insures in this
country for every MOO who .lie one is
killed red-handed trying to kill some
ono else. No such barbarism exist
on tho planjt in uny other laud culling
ittelf civilized.
Ono of the most remarkable men in
public life nt this time is Hon. II. Y.
Thompson, of Indiana, cx Secrttary of
tho Navy. Mr. Thompson is now iu
Lis eighty-seventh year, nu l has been
in public life ever hiuco lMltl. This
yeur Lo presided over the Indinna
rituto Convention, and then visited St.
Louis as a delegate to tho Xationnl He
publican Convention. In spite of his
advanced years, Lis mind is still vig
orous and unimpaired, whilo Lis body
retains much of its former
elasticity. ,
Jlo is to-dny much stronger thau hun
dreds of men who nro twenty nnd
thirty years his junior und is capable
of doiug more hard work. As fur back
as 18P, when William Henry Ilnr
risou was n candidate for President of
tho United States, Mr. Thompson was
chosen as one of the elector from In
diunu on tho Whig ticket. Ever sinco
that time he Las been a factor in
American politics, and has participat
ed in every political campaign. Mr.
Thompson is six months older than
Gladstone and six years older thau
Pismnrek, but whilo these veterans
bave Jaid aside the enrob of odice Mr.
Ihompton is ttill actively engaged in 1
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public alTuits. On being asked tho
secret of his vigorous LeultL at such a
patriarchal nge, ho replied that ho had
never indulged in vicious habits or al
lowed Limself to acquire a taste for in
toxicuting drinks. If a man possesses
a good constitution ut the beginniufj
of life and docs Nothing to impair or
diminish Lis physical birthright, iu
the opinion of the Atlanta Constitu
tion, there in no reason why Lis days
fchould not be long in the land ; nor
Las Le any excuse, provided Le Las a
fair utuount of brains, for uot bcoom
ing a potential factor iu Lis day and
generation.
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Ami in .New 1 ork,
Wade-There goes a man who has
served twenty yearn as a policeman.
Pulcher Where has he served?
Wndo Fifteen on the force und five
In Sing Slnj,. New York World.
JUST ONE YEAR OLD.
' ,Tnt one short tear ngri h came,
. Our little run. God Mess him!
A heaven-sent trcosnre tip Is our.
To rare for and cores dim.
i No ni:ittor If the days be drear,
1 Our hearts he never fails to cheer.
I
When tn in.v work I po awsjr
I stoop mid softly kls him;
! tAl"1 .V""""'! 1,lp.,, nf . ,,," hour ' d7
il sadly, smlly mm 4 him;
-uli llt nM, nt f
I K'j to him when work 1 dotil
With outstretched arms and winnlnf,
smile.
Me coo. n loving prePting;
'Tit hit r'l to tell which one of us
N happiest at our ineetinir,
I'lii joyous frolicsome yonnjr elf,
(lis loving iti a m lti:i , or myself.
Ills dimpled nnn around my neck
t Vim close i;i iiiift caresses:
While 'gainst my tiroiixecl and licnrJi"!
cheek.
II Ik ilewy lips ho presses.
nli. little love! oh. baby mine!
You cloddy i-omi'l my heart-strings twine.
tiol ir:i nt that in the yenr to como
lie ne'er may know n norrow;
M;iy peace and happiness In his.
With every coming morrow.
Ami may Thine everlasting nrin,
Protect ond keeu ii i in safe from harm.
oh, li.ihy mine, when yenrs have flown,
An I I am ' 1 and hoary.
When y.'ii to man's etnte have grown.
An I :rrn in miiiihooil's glory,
I !i. I. ever may our hearts crow colj,
Iii itr baby loy. jn; one year old.
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TH lvFOHTL'NE TELLER
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" 'ii 1 1 : 1 1 -n . pfui! how cnti yon V
Tin- old high LiillilT of Krohn pushed
Mny
the
pretty little hand thnt his
Mist ilati:
.liter sought to phve over
I. is inoiitli.
"No," lie said. "I will not keep quiet.
I ri pent thnt the hole custom of nclld
tiia New Year's cards Is n d n bad
tie. and it Is time to put an end to It.
What are the results of such noi.setiMo'.'
"I'irst. I get ii ly iiinll bng later than
usual, mid. secondly. It Is crummcd so
fi ll with the stupid stuff lhat 1 can
hardly g. t It open:"
At loiiirth the oh) gentleman's efforts
were rewarded, the bag sprung open,
ind he emptied Its contents with Im
patience on the breakfast tnlde.
'ToPraulein Knthnrlna von Krohn,"
lie read. "My ;1! lire they all
for you. Kathlnha'"
"I'oii't be so unbearable, papa, nnd
please don't mil me Katlilnka."
The old gentleman replied to his
daughter's request with an unintelligi
ble growl and went on drinking his cof
fee. ".lust look what n lot lliere nro for
in!" cried Katliarlim. piling the letters
upon the table In front of her nnd her
face lighting up with pi nsure,
"Are thev all for rpiil" , . . ..
-- t-s. nil. iow you can se what It U
to be knowu as a beauty."
"And an heiress." ndded the father.
"Yes. and an heiress, she repented,
thoughtfully.
"Put Is there nothing there for my lit
tle l.ill V" risked her father.
Katliarina shrugged her tdinpely
shoulders impatiently.
"Why, of eiiirse not. If a girl ex
peets to lie s'lowil llilli'll attention she
must lie a little more pushing and Im
portant." "And an heiress, too," wns the fntli-
el's laconic addition to the seliteln e.
"I nally should be very grateful,
father, if i u would not allude so mm-h
to my mmc y," was the rather curt pro
test. "I i ' a 1 1 ' I help It. K.itliarina, when I see
my little l.ill lu re, as beautiful as the
tiouor th.it gave her the name, and -wi
ll, she is not an heiress, do you un
derstand'' That's the whole thing."
Katharina made no answer. Sin
was busily studying the hand writing
on the envelopes.
A young girl who had hitherto sat op
posite to her In silence left her sent,
went up to the high bailiff. II lid putting
her fair vouiii anus round hiu nwl:
gave hlin'n kiss.
A world of love shone In bis eyes ns
he looked at her with pleasure mid
stroked her soft cheeks.
"Never mind. I. 111." he said, slowly,
"1 am glad that you don't get such a
pile of letters. I'm grateful, too. that
you're not an heiress. P rhaps then
no olio will take you away from inc."
Tears came Into the girl's eyes, for,
though she said Ho word, yet the
thought that llo one had remembered
her or cared enough for her to send her
ii New Year's card made lo r sad. Put
she foil ed herself Hot to cry and tried
to coi al the few tears that would
imt he kept hack by kissing her father
again lovingly on the eyes and lips.
The high bailiff of Krohn, the father
of these two girls, bad inn riled twice.
I"s lirsI wl,V' " ,"v,',-v 1"'m"1' ,,ut val"'
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woman
ii, -ii iiiihi ain't in,, iiuiii iii a
little daughter, and left her the whole
of a large fortune. His second wife,
the daughter of a country clergyman,
brought him no wealth but n sweet mid
beautiful disposition. When she. too,
died after two years' married life he
felt overwhelmed and had never since
wholly recovered from the blow.
Kathnrinn, the elder of tue Mepchll
children, had Just finished her twen
tieth year, and, ns she wns ns proud,
pretty, mid Just ns vain ns her mother,
had already laughed nt many proposals
for her hand and money. No one hnd
no far been able to take her fancy.
Llll wns In nlmost every respect the
opposite of h. r sister. Hmall of figure,
quiet mid retiring, It happened that she
was often entirely overlooked. It cer
tainly wns not right of n father to love
one daughter more thnn nnothr.
Still ho did so, and It was plain to
everybody that It wns the soft, sweet,
patient Llll who wus his favorite.
It mnde' Katharina feel annoyed to
see her father so gentle and affeftlonntt)
toward her ulster, for nho wild, with a
tdmr look nt them tsjth:
"Whnt! kissing ngaln! 1 cannot un
. 'lerstand bow you find pleasure In nl
wnys lying round cncli other'n necks."
"Y'iu are out of sorts. Knthnrlnn,"
snld her father. "One of the cards you
I expwtvil has not come, perhaps. I
' would almost wager that among nil
those letters there Ij noti from Karon
"!
Kiitl
Eh?"
Katharliiii grew a simile pnlcr nt
these words.
"1 eeitnlnly expected n card from
Pa roti Horn." she replied, trying to eon
oil her annoyance. "He surely ban
sent ine one! Are you sure you emp
tied the mail bng thoroughly V"
"Yes. 1 think so. Put you Into better
took yourself: It would not be the first
'line that it letter has remained stuck
In one of the corners."
"Ah! 1 thought so." exclaimed Kath
irimi, pulling a crumpled letter out of
1 deep corner of the bag.
She glanced quickly and sharply nt
headdress, mid then with an exclama
tion of vexation let the letter hurriedly
drop.
"Not from Paroii Horn, nfter nil."
iski d her father, picking it up. "mid yet
- that Is his writing. Heavens! why. It
is for you. Llll; It's addressed to you."
"Oh: Impossible:" said l.ill. quietly,
while n faint blush rose to her pretty
.hecks. "It must lie n mistake."
"Py no i iciiiis," returned her father.
'Milling. "Here, open It. Let Us llll
ec It. oh. what a lovely card: Why.
Katliarina. where are you going':"
Put the father received l.o answer.
Katharina hurriedly gathered up her
tetters and left the room In a whirl
wind. The llliove-liietltiolied pjiroll lioril
was a young iiolileinan who had just re.
urtieil from Africa. It was well known
that he took great pleasure In visiting
'In- Yon Krohn family, and under all
:iiuntier of pretexts took every oppor
tunity to be with them. Of course ev
ry one thought that the attraction was
he riih and bi-aiititul Katluuitia. and
die herself took particular pains to
spread this view of the matter.
Acciisionied ns she was to a large
number of enthusiastic admirers, she
'..ad never for a iiioim tit Imagined that
the Imroii could Interest himself iu her
lliet little sister tt 111 it she was relliilld-
d to day iu a rather unpleasant maii
lier of the possibility of sin h a thing.
She read her letters through and be
anie hotter humored.
"I low stui. Id of mo to get so cross."
he said, lis she smiled at her lovely
face iii the glass. "It Is not possible
that he favors I. ill when he knows tue."
There came a gentle knock nt the
loor, and the servant girl came in and
Dnuouiiccil that the carriage was at
th" door.
Katharina nt once remembered that
Huron Horn bad promised to go for a
Jrive wl'h her. nnd with this thought
her face grew bright once ngaln.
A charitable bazaar was to be open
ed in a jii'jghborlng town, pd, as the
father wns not able fo go, Itnron Horn
had offered bis escort to the two young
ladles.
The baron wi's ns punctual ns most
lovers that Is to say, he came half an
hour In fore the time, mid found Kath
trin.'i quite ready, to his great astonish
i.ieiit. for ;:s n rule she kept everybody
waiting half an hour, at least. I
Her purpose of frustrating a teo-a- j
etc between I .ill and the baron was '
ompleti'ly sii. ci ssi hi. tor she did not
l.ove fr il'i his side until they all three
vi re ready to g'et Into the carriage.
The father stood with beaming face
m the doorstep and wa d a fond fare
w ell after t hem.
" This Horn Is a v. iy sensible follow."
he thought to hlmsi If. "and I admire
Ids choice. It w iil be very hard to lose
I. Iii. but I would let him have her la tie
r t han any one t Ise."
Although the bazaar was crowded
the arrival of Panm Horn and his two
lovely companions caused considerable
Xcltemelit, mid they Were speedily sur
rounded by acquaintances.
Among these was a t'apt. I.iiike, a
tall, bloiulo fellow, and one of Katli
i ri tin's most sincere mid faithful ad
mirers. "How glad I am to see you hen'," he
-aid.
"Iteally? Why''"
"May 1 show you why? Please come
with me. At the other end of the hall
there Is a fortune teller, nnd I want you
to see what she will tell you."
"May we Join you':" asked the baron.
"Certaluly. Come, we will all go to
ed her."
The mysterious room that held the
fortune teller was 1 cached. The for
tune teller proved lo be a little ligure in
the middle of a disc.
Pound the disc were figures nnd
numbers and slips of paper arranged.
Anyone who wanted to see into the fu
ture paid n mark, set the figure revolv
ing, mid took the slip of paper opposite
w hich It stopped.
"Now, in jk- gcliaedlges fraulein." said
the captain, taking out his purse, "won't
you try your luck':"
Put Knthmina refused positively to
ben parly to such nonsense, mid. Inas
much as l.ill could not be persuaded
I'ltlier, the baron asked permission to
inquire of the oracb himself.
He set the fitrure in motion nnd took
the slip of paper opposite which It stop,
pcd.
"Seek her hand nnd buy the ring. Thy
life will then be full of Joy," ran the
words on It.
The bnroii tried to cntcli n glance
from Llll, but she appeared to be ab
sorbed lu the nature nnd character of
the lloor nnd would not raise her eyes.
"Pots Plltz!" cried the captalu, turn
lug to Katharina, "thnt Is famous; you
really must be persuaded to try It uow.
Or, hlinll I do It for you?"
"You inny do It for ine," she replied
In such sharp tones thnt everyone look
ed nt her, . .
The cnptnln turned the tbe figure nnd
read the words: "Hast thou not ofteu
lienrd H wild H He hesitated; then
tore tho pnper tip nnd threw It on the
floor. The conclusion of the sentence
seemed to suit the many proposals that
Kntherlna had received too well for
him to rend I.
"What was tin rest, cnptnln?" asked
the baron. In nil Innocence. Put the cap
tain looked so displeased thnt the ques
tion was not pressed.
"I wonder whnt It was?" Llll whis
pered to th- baron.
"We shall lenrn later, porhnps." ho
eplled. "Put did you get my New Year's
rnrd this morning?"
"Yes," she nnswered softly, with a
blush.
"And do you remember what the for
tune teller told me Just now? If 1 buy
the ring will you wear It?"
He drew n deep sigh of relief ns he
.iv his answer in her happy, blushing
face.
She lowered her eyes and snld: "1
Joti't know. Y'ou must first speak to
la pa." 1'rom the Oeruinn.
FRANK MAYO.
(IU
Cnrccr ns nn Actor Woi Most
Successful One.
The drama lost one of Its most ablo
ind distinguished exponents by tho
death of Prank Mayo, on a train en
route from Henver to Omaha. Neb., re
cently. Mr. Mayo was one of the best
known nnd most popular of American
actors. He will be most widely and
most pleasantly remembered In tho
diameter of tavy rrockctt In the play
of that natiie, which had a "tin of many
JL W .k .a ,e.l '
SSL:' JPSFfc&T..
years. The pant two seasons he has
been acting the part of Pudd'nliead
Wilson In the dramatization of Mark
Twain's story. He was born In Pos
ton In ls".!. lie began his theatrical
career ns a "super" nt the American
Theater In San Francisco, where he
had gone with his parents In 1V. He
continued to follow the stage for sev
eral years In parts of Increasing lmpoi
taucu until In lMV-'i he came east.
fijen went on a starring tour wfifch
proved very successful. His repertoire
Included nil the standard Shaksponr
laa dramas, ns well as Ylrg'.nl'.ss. ltlch
elieii. The Robbers. The Three Hoards
liicti. The Marble Heart. 1 Union and
Pythias, Jack Cade and The Streets
of Nw Y'ork. In 17'J he first pro-
dllOefl Itavy Crockett In Rochester. In
W he took it to New Puglanil. He
appeared In It altogether nmre thnn
".noii tunes. Philadelphia was his
ll Hue.
BABY BETROTHAL.
lliree YcufOM Hoy orel TwoYcor
Obi (iirl Mated for Life.
They do nil sorts of queer things in
Indiana. Just ns queer ns in any other
patch of country In the world. And es
pecially are the Ilooslt rs eccentric In
the mutter of marriages. The latest
ividciicc of this llonshr iiintriiuoulnl
peculiarity conies from St. Orolx, Ind.
There has Just been performed there
in Incredible nort of ceremony, "the
kind of thing' you rend about In nov
Is. and never see. except llpou tho
stage." It was the formal betrothal
of two babies the thrcc-ycar-ohl-soii
'.if Mr. nnd Mrs. Michael Maxwell nnd
the two-year-old daughter of Mr. nnd
Mrs. Albert M. Mans. The ceremony
THE IIF.TItoTIir.rt
I! All IKS.
was presided over by the nicest old
Mans patrlari'ii that could be found,
ind the parents stood sponsors for the
fulfillment of the vow by the babies.
1'he pictures of the betrothed children
ire presented herewith. Exchnnge.
A Wooded ul f lower.
The most wonderful tlower In the
world, ns well us one of the very larg
est "blossoms" knowu, is n native of
the Malay peninsula. It Is simply a
gigantic tlower without either stem or
leaves, and has more tho nppenrnuce
of a fungus than anything else.. It is
about three feet ill diameter and has a
globular central cup which has a ca
pacity ot nearly two gallons. This crip
Is nlwuys filled with a fetid liquor
which attract nu Immense swnrin of
files and otluir Insects. The pistils o
this queer (lower distill the liquid a id
It is believed that the rank odor attracts
tho flies In order that tho flower uiny
l- rttllli1 i
ill
THIEVISH ARAM
NATL'KAT, nORtt ROIlRKftl ..OF
TIIK HOLY LAND. .
A Carious Custom Which fiowieft mei
Save the Victim From Their
Rnpnclty An Ameri
can's Experience.
W
RITINO from Tripoli.
Syria, to the Baltimore
Sun, acorresrondentssvs :
DuriDff the last month 1
have ridden on horseback more than
400 ailcs through Palestine and Syria
on my way to Asia Minor. On this
long tour, with tbe aid of an excellent
dragomnn, I Lave not only been
enabled to visit the principal cities
ana towns of these historically inter
eating countries of which I have writ
ten, but I bave had occasion to study
the habits and customs of the wild
Pedouin tribes that live their un
fettled lives in these valleys and along
ineso mountain slopes. On the west
ern side of the Jordan River there are
many of these roving bodies of men,
women and children, divided into dif
ferent family tribes, but on the east
ern side of the river there are only a
few tribes, much larger than tho
others and very much wilder.
Each tribe has a sheik or prince,
ho is flnnl authority on all questions,
and often has the power of life and
death. This office is hereditary, as a
rule. When an e'ectiou is neccffary
it is done by vocal leclnration, mast
in all cases bo unanimous, and must
be endorsed by the Government at
Constantinople.
The Lead of each tribo is legally re
quired to pay to the Sultan oue Turk
ish pound (nearly five dollars) for
cash uinn who is ablo to go to war,
which amount, paid yeirly, rids the.o
men from militnry duty tinder the
Ooverntnent. Certain "districts of
country are allowed these tribes where
their lent and herds nro usually
found, but fnquently they roam iu
other ports of tho land, carrying on
their independent raids tiutil they nre
driven into their own regions by
TurkiKh guus. Their tents ate gen
erally made of the Lair of goats, in
geniously woven, and their loo.l con
sists nearly altogether of bread trade
into th'.n watci?, looking very much
like sheets of p.nd paper, butter made
from the goat nnd bnlTalo cow, and
fit-h, which abound in all tho streams.
The Pcdouins nro native-born rob
bers, and it is aU aye unsafe for any
one to pass through their country un
gturdeiL A few months ago a party
was visiting the Jonlon and Dead Sen
with tho usual guard ; but four of the
number tcparated from tho others,
and in less than two hours they were
eized, robbed of their horsesmoney
and clothing. A most pitiable set
they were, I am told, when they
reached their tents after night.
Mr. Holla Floyd, whot is the only
American draonim-m Palestine asd
Syria, entertained me for isveral
days by a recital of some of his early
experiences during a thirty years'
tay in the country. Not loag tiuce,
arhile accompanying a number of
ladies and gentlemen through the
desert, in tbe neighborhood of ancient
Shechem, a noise was heard in the
hills near by ; und on turning, he
found they were being surrounded by
fortr or fifty Bedouin?, headed by
their sheik. Of course, there wns
great terror among the party, and fcr
s whilo Mr. Floyd was htri'cken with
fear. Put a fortuuato thought oc
curred to tho dragoman. It is n cus
tom among theso wild tribcii to be
friend any one who is in trouble if he
reaches the sheik, and, seizing hi
Celt, exclaims: "1 am your cuest."
While demands were being mndo
npon Mr.' Floyd and thoco under bis
protection and the robbers wero in the
set of carrying out their dcsiies, Le
rushed forward and, taking n strong
grip upon tho belt of tbe sheik, ex
claimed, in Arabic: "Theso are all
your guests." TLis acted like magic.
Tbe robbery was ordered oil ; the sheik
drew his sword and iu the most pomp
ous manner announced to his men that
the purty was under his protection and
guidance, and. lending tho way, he
guided them for hours through the
desert.
When I war suddenly apvroache J by
a band of these barbarians at 10
o'clock at night, in the wild country
east of the Jordan, by the moonlight,
I saw there was no belt to seize. As
all of them were clothed in single and
unadorned guiinents, I resorted to an
other device, which proved juHt as ef
fective, though not so dignified, and
which put me quite u distance from
them iu a very short time.
Mr. Corey, whose life-long residence
in Pulestiue and Syria furnishes him
with a fund of information on this sub
ject that is possessed by few, gavo me
an account of a personal episode with
the Pjilouius which illustrates their
exceeding kind-heartedness after they
have robbed you of everything that
they can lay their hands on.
' Mr. Carey left his home in Nablons
on a missionary tour ainongthe mount
ains once owued by the tribe ol lieu
ben, east of the Jordan Kiver. After
crossing the stream he bad not gone
many miles when he was surrounded
by a score ol these men, who, lilting
him oft his beast, stripped him of his
clothing, and, while be sat on a cool
rock near by and watched tbe perform
ance, they examined carefully all of
the srmtnts, ripping opening the
linings of his coat, and after they had
taken everything, even his pocket
knife, they tossed him his clothing and
politely informed him that he could
go Lis wsy.
As it was now late in tbe evening,
he told them that he could not con
tinue his journey alter dark without
losing his way, and requested that
they would take care of him until the
next morning. They immediately and
gladly agreed to do this, helped him
on bis donkey, led the way tbrjTj1
the
vaney to toe place 01 their encij
ment
"i uuuitu uiui iuuu, listened -,' i
attentively while he told them
started him on his journey next i!
with everything that he had when i
met them except his mouey and (,
things in his traveling bag that ifo
conld possibly use.
It seems that the belt trick ii p,
known among the inhabitants oily,
ben's ancient province. I Lad
sion to viit one of their encarupmeu,
bnt it is impossible for me to
adequately their mode of living.
family of the general tribe occap;,'
small tent of one room, which ii
sleeping, cooking and working
ment. The floor is the bnro groat,'
which, in a few cases, may be pir
covered bv bits of dirtv cost v'
cloth. Theeatinir is done in frnM.J
the tents, whero the family sits it I
semi-circle, usin? their Dalm :'.. 1
and fingers as forks. A rern!i..J
distasteful butter, churned from til
milk of the coat and bnfT.ilo I
their chief means of support, anj J.1
mie, tney reside In one locality t J
more than two months. They cli -J
;rect descent from Abraham. I
was, they insist, a wealthy sheik o! J
largo tribe. 1
A Petrified Man. I
Fourteen rears nao Dr. Ti",.l
Davidson, of Jackson Count v. ,i 1
and was buried in the usual way.
March bis wife also died. A grate ,
prepared by the sido of her tame;;,
husbind, but it soon flllod with wav.
so much so that it was decided to h
at auother place not for olf, which-,
done. Ou last Tuesday relatives i;
friends decided to remove the roa
of tho doctor to tho sido of his.;!
His gravo was uncovered, at tb b I
torn of which a large running str-. I
of water was found passing in t t
head and through and out at tho f
of tbe grave. Tho coffin ami all ot;
wooden material which had ln-en-a
inputting him away, except the b
torn plank of tho coilln, had de.v
and turned to earth again. Put t
istonishment of everyone pres.nt,;
Davidson lay before them ii full ,.
size, in form except both iiranv
gone and bis mouth a little enlar.
On examination it was found ti.it
was petrified and had become i.
rock instead of tlesh and blood.
O. N. Wheeler, of Co:kville. I
County .Surveyor ot Putnam Cur.
was present at Dr. McCoiu's lu-t I
day, tho old homestead of Dr. !;:
son, to which place the petrified b.
of the doctor had been reraovt.l,
made a critical examination o( '.
body. He says the socks on the!:
were plainly visible and tho g.
which he had worn were croscci;;
lis breast and had turnod tot
rock. Those present who handled',
body informed him that tho bthivi
a solid rock. Tho body had Leeo-i
into a new cofhn and a winding iif
drawn nnnd it. 1
CroiJ,i.Jof. huidI' were Am. sin: I
Dr. XlcCoin's toiow thtboiiv, hi
doctor was a wel? u.uown ph -icitt
that part cf Jackson County, i-.:
well remembered by many ol .
citizens.
Preparations to re-inter tho I f
last Saturday Lad been eotipktcl J
it was buried. It took nine per-o: J
carry the body, and it wns estiL.1
oy thoso wbo carried it that it i I
weigh 5!)0 pounds. I
John Y hit son, wbo knew tho c. I
well in Lis life tiiuo, says Lo ri-co,':-!
his features without auy troublf. I
Iho phenomenon bus creuteua 1
fonnd sensation all over thi: f
as no sucii ocstirrenco Las ever ': I
brought to light so far as retu -"'.'.;'!
Co'jkevillo (Teun.) Press. I
The Knglisli Pri akfasi. I
Tho English breakfast, whiiiit I
figures so attractively in the o J
novel, id ant to bo trying to .trsffl
guest-'. Tho method followed:: I
country house is a fair suilpIv. 1
guests strayed iu at will. I
J.ea and cotleo were kept hot. I
spirit latups, and boiled c-i
toast were brought as orders!,
the sideboard were cold beef, hi:
game pie ; and the gentlemen
themselves and any ladv who '
for meats. Toasts came in 1
never very hot, and mufiius, bnt l
and toasted in the oven, soiuetiorl
peared. Orange marmalade com
the menu. Only tho most u j
English houses have wtU:
ranges, slow, old-fashioned '(
making all forms of cookiug iii--Hot
bread, pancakes und other
merablo forms of crushed wua:
oats are almost unknown eceit
vegetarian restaurants, and tbe A1
can must reconcilu himself to th
well as to the confusion of ecb:
to help himself, which Jolt
chooses to consider simplicity t
formality. The result of tuis e i
tion is ofteu great cluiusibc!
many English fashions are bote i
sy and inconvenient. iio fur
is concerned tho American wj
tinctly the udvautage, nnd tbe 4
cates of tbe light continental bn1!
can quarrel equally with bott"!
waukee Journal. I
The rree"or Llf." I
The Quaraunoj are to be fo:l
over tbe delta of tho Orinoco, i
eat little and wear less. M': j
thontics claim that they
the moriche palm tree aluue. v:
this be true or not, the tree
tion is without doubt auiuJf';
faotor in the problem of l'!e;
only does it lurnuh a safe
for a borne, but gives a cs;
sago, or meal, from which
made, a tree fifteen years olJ.f
six hundred pounds of this K"
addition, the j uice furnishes
wine, aud out of the nht-r
cord, rope, liammocks and 1
species of cloth. This tref, (l
tbe many atod various yt'.
serves, was called by tU "
sionarieit the "tree of life.""1
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