THE MI1LEBDRGH POST.
GEO. W. WAGENSKLLEU,
Editor and Proprietor.
MiiM.Bnri:mr, Pj.,Se t. '24, 189ft.
In Germany suicides havo increased
twenty per cent, in thirteen rears.
Fonr-fiftbs of tho self-slayers are men.
A religions publication sayst 'Tbo
man who whistles hardly ever swears."
He doesn't neo.l to, exclaims tho New
York Advertiser. Ilia neighbors do
that part of it.
According to a cynic, there are throe
things yet to be discovered, pcrpctnal
motion, a firing ruachino which will
fly ami a woman who does not faco to
tbo renr when getting o!T a street cnr.
The Burns anniversary was more or
lots celebrated in Germany, where
there aro many translations of tho
poet's works, and whero somo of his
poems nro fuvorito drawing room
our. .
A tl.oro;i-hly Dutch scheme for tho
defem e of Aehi'cu in Sumatra i pro
pocd by nn honest citizen of Delft.
It is t surroun 1 the district, which
coiiij ri-m l'.i O ) F'juaro nrrcs, with
dikes that can bo opened iu caso of
attack, flooding tho country around.
The ArtmpcstenritChrbtianin, Nor
wny,(in an article na tho return of Dr.
Nun-en, tin' Arctic explorer, declarer)
that Dr. Nnnsen fays lio will not nt
tempt again to reach tho North Polo
in h t-h1p, but will perhaps lead
tdcdgu expedition from Franz Josef
Lund, from which phico ho regards tho
journey to thy Polu as not difiicult.
The c'neiuihts have been holding an
international courress of npphed
chcii.it.try, at which M. Buthelot has
declared that chemistry was creating
"n m w iiKiti and a tew earth." What
lie means, isplaiu tho New York Post,
is that we may look forward to a tirao
when by chemical processes wo t-hall
not only grently reduce tho cost of
production, but actually product)
wheat, meat, etc., nt men a very mod
erate exjeme that tho cost of living
will bo reduced to almost nothing.
Chemistry will render wholly unneces
sary nine tenths of tho toil which is
now wasted in enabling tho earth to
produce.
Tho peoples of tho earth generally
iavo pood reason for mourning the
death of Ilcrr Lilienthal, who for many
years has been experimenting to tho
end that ncri.il navigation by man
may bo speedily made possible, ro
murks tho Washington Star. Death
camo as a result of nn unfortunate ex
periment in a k Titu which up to the
time of the fatal occurrence had been
undoubtedly successful. Herr Lilien
thai made many valuable discoveries
along the lino of his special research
nnd fully established his famo BH u
fcient.st of note. His contributions
to tho theory and practice of man
Hight nro of j:reut value, and will
doubtl. m lie put to good use by tho.-o
who are seek.ie; to accomplish that
for which lkrr Lilieuthul laid down
Lis life.
The great State of Arkansas is long
ou men who know how to bring a dis
pute in tin. X.tti j mil Game to u closo
by the short, st nnd most direct route.
Arkansas bus developed a baseball
umpire who, according to tho New
York Mail and impress stands ready
to furnish tho National Lcaguo with
points v.hich aro calculated not only
to briug tho fame within reasonable
time limits, but io head off indiscrim
inate mitsido criticism and maintain
tho dignity of tho position of umpire,
while obviating tho nuisance of public,
wrangling that now difgraces tho dia
mond. This Arkansas umpire began
ly centralizing responsibility. Ho
held tho ttal.es of and had his nun
appointed as scorer. Thus intrenched,
he was prepared for tho worst and it
came. A cioeo decision against the
nine favored by tho spectators brought
the latter down upon tho utupiro with
o ra h. Ordinarily this would hav
been most embarrassing, but the um
pire calmly opened his vallso, dis
tributed Ktvcral loaded revolvers tu
Liu adherents, and in a jiffy six men
lay stretched upon tho groensword iu
response to mi distinct pistol shots.
It is true that theSheriff subsequently
took u hand in the proceedings; but
the fact remains that tho umpire's de
cision was not overruled, that a war
of words was avoided, and that the 5
etake went to tho umpire's side, be
cause ho disappeared with it. Tho
National Lcaguo needs men of this
tort to grapple with emergencies.
To IVrnhcn nollrtl Water.
Fold boiled water tastes flat because
i has been deprived of nlr. To restore
jir pour v.ater quickly from one Jujj Ji
anutlicr.
Miss Nancy.
KJP
OYEMBF.R was grow
ing old, and Miss
Nancy Camp, who sat
XT B window watch
3 VirL incr tho irrav clouds
shift across the sky in
heavy manses, wished
in her secret heart
that it was ionn.
"Who'd V thought it would hcv
come o.'t so cold after such a warm
spell, Nancy?" said a voice from tho
little bodrooni that led out of tho
kitchen.
"Jt's moderating. I reckon it's go
ing to snow," responded Miss Nancy.
"It't jest liko that November when
Jim Wilmot went out West," con
tinued her sister, rominlHCently.
"Yes," was tho low response.
"Twas a real warm Thanksgiving,
nnd then a day or two after it begun
tcr mow, ainl tho twenty-eighth you
remember, Nancy 'twas tho time they
had thet cel'bration in tho school
house, and you and Jim went my,
how it dnl blow and sleet I And ou
Sunday it wis so drifted thet Cousin
Anno Camp she thet was n Stevens,
you know couldn't git tcr meeting.
It was tho first timo in Meven years
thet she'd r.ns-ed hearing Elder Dick
ens. Sho felt reel bad about it," ad
ded Miss Abby.
Miss Nancy drew her chair nearer
to tho window and brushed her hand
across her eyes. There was no sound
ram tho little bedroom for awhile.
The big, old-lnshioucd clock on the
high shelf ticked away the miuutcs,
and Miss Nancy rocked by tho win
dow, with her hands folded in her
lap.
"Thero's t?omo ono n coming across
the old bridge," said Miss Nancy,
eagerly. "See wlo it is, Nancy.
Likely as not it's thet school-teacher
thet boards down ter Foster's, though
it don't sound liko their team. Sho
must bo a powerful sight of trouble to
cm."
Miss Nancy pressed her faco against
tho pauo obediently, although there
was a mist before her eyes that blinded
her a little. Tho wagon camo nearer
and nearer, until she could sec that it
had but one occupant a man of about
forty, apparently, with a beard that
perhaps added a littlo to his age.
"Who is it, Nancy?" questioned
Miss Abby, fretfully. "It ain't her,
is it? My 1 it sounds as if it was com
ing, in in here."
"I don't know," answered Miss
Naucy. Like enough he wants some
directions."
"He? Lands! It's a man, thenl
Do sure to tell him us"
Hut there came a heavy knock on
the door and Miss Abby subsidej.
Slowly Miha Nancy crossed tho room
and turned the knob. There was
nothing said fur a moment. The man
looked steadfastly at tho iiguro before
him ;'at the winply made woolen dress
with its pure wmte collar and cutis;
tho slender, blue-veined hands; the
faco with its tirm mouth aud faded
blue eyes; tho hair parted smoothly
and with the same little wavo iu front
that ho remembered so well, and the
high, shell comb that was new to him.
He saw tho wrinkles, too, but ho saw
more tho years of toil and trouble
that must have wrought them. All
this ho noted and then held out his
hand.
"Nancy I llavoyou forgotten Jim?"
Sho gave a startled glance into his
eyes, and a little crimson llusdi crept
iuto her cheeks. It reminded1 him of
that timo ho had kissed her iu tho gar
den at the back of the Louce.
"Who is it, Nancy?" whispered Miss
Abby from tho bedroom. "Do tell
him ter come in and ehet the door,
and I want some more fennel."
"Yes, Abby," answered Miss Nancy,
opemug her lips with au effort.
Jim Wilmot cairn iu and closed tho
door softly behind In in.
"Is Abby very siekV" ho askod.
"She hasn't walked for six years,"
answered Miss Nancy, mechanically
taking some fennel out of n dish on
tho table and going into the bedroom
with it.
"Who is it?" whispered Miss Abby
again.
"Jim Wilmot," responded her sister.
"Jim I Lands o' Goshen! Well,
well, Who'd 'a' thought he'd V
turned up after all these .years? Do
tell him to come iu here 'fore he goos,
Jim Wilmot ! Well, I never I"
Miss Nancy gavo a littlo pat to tho
pillows, sud then entered the sit
ting room again.
"If you'll stay to supper, you'd
better put your hurse nnd team under
the shed. We haven't a hired man
now.1'
"Thank yen," he said, gladly.
She sent him a little sly glance as
be went out of the door.
In a few minutes ho was baok again,
but the talk was a little forced. He
told her how rough the lifo was out
West when ho first went ; how, attor
many discouragements, a little pros
perity came to him, and then he came
ou a visit to his folks, who told
him thut they lived together at the
little house, and that Abby was "sick
ly," though they didn't know h ww
ecu.lttr invalid.
Miss Nancy wondered, looking nt
the firm chin, and tho hair that bad
been no brown now streaked with
gray, if it was not very lonesono out
there, and it he had qnito fcrgottcn
tho old days.
The clock at last warned her that
she must be about her preparations
for supper, and after excusing herself
she brought in a dish of oranges to
peel. Sho worked swiftly, though ber
hands trembled and felt "all thumbs."
She had almost finished her task, when
au orango slipped out of the dish and
rolled on tho floor. Iloth stooped to
pick it np, and their hands mot.
"Dear!" ho said, holding out bis
arms.
Miss Nancy gavo ono glance into
tho face so near her own, and in a mo
ment was crying softly on Lis
shoulder.
What mattered the years of waiting,
tho ycBrs of toil and trouble? Noth
ing mattered any moro.
Tho clock ticked ou, and Miss Abby
awoke from tho little "cat nap" tho
t-hu had been enjoying.
"Nancy ! ' eho called, sharply.
Miss Naucy started, and raised Ler
crimson face with its new expression
from its rcstiug place.
"Woit a minute, dear heart," whis
pered Jim. "1 want to know when
you'll go back with me. I went away
to make a fortuno nnd a homo for
yoti. They're waiting. When will
you go?"
"When will I go?" echoed Mips
Nancy, bowilderodly.
"Nancy 1" called Miss Abby again.
"I'm 'fraid I don't know what
what you mean, Jim," faltered Miss
Nancy.
"Why, back out West. I've got a
pretty littlo phico there, with thirty
acres or to, and nnry a mortgage.
You'll havo neigbbors.for thero's threo
other farms near, and yon uka'n't
work, Nancy, I'll get a girl."
"And Abby?" asked Nancy.
Jim Wilmot started.
"I had forgottcu her," bo said,
helplessly, "But whero's the rest of
tho relations? Or why couldn't fdie
go to a 'homo' or something?"
Tho flush in Miss Nancy's face fadod,
and a little line of pain formed around
her month.
"She'd never stand it to leave this
place. She's lived hero all her life,
Jim," sho said, slowly.
Thero was silenco for n momont,
then she continued, steadily:
"I shall never leave her; so good
goodby, Jim."
"And you'll sacrifice ycrsclf and mo
fer a notion?" ho replied, hotly. "All
right, then, I sha'u't leave my farm
and settle down in this humdrum placo
jest ter tho sake of your sister. Good
by, Nancy." An l'livo minutes after
tho horse drove out of tho yard and
down tho hill, whilo oueloneiy woman
strained her eyes for a last glimpse of
it, and tho gathering flakes of snow
wero already tilling np its tracks.
Sho stood thero a long while watch
ing tho sullen clouds and the snow
that was coming thicker and faster.
Little pulls of wiu 1 blew tho flakes of
snow against tk-j pane, and Mi9
Nancy wondcre i vaguoly if they felt
unhappy because they melted bo 'soon.
At last sho roiised herself and wont
into tho bedroom. Miss Abby, tired
of calling, hail fallen asleep. Sho was
thankful for the respite," and going
out softly, prepared her own supper
and the invalid's, whilo tho wind blew
furiously around the littlo old houso
and fairly shook its foundation.
She sat by the lire with her head on
her bauds long after Ler sister had
eaten her supper, and being satisfied
with the evasive answers to her mnuy
questions, had gone to sleep again,
liut the tire died down nnd it grew
chilly in tho little kitchen, so tlually
she, too, went to her night's rest, it
wos very late when she dropped into
a light sleep, and the moruins soon
came.
The day pnssod drearily. Miss Abby
talked incessantly of Jim Jim, until
her sister felt sho should scream or go
mad; but sho did neither, and was
only a little more tender, a little more
patient.
The night set in with a regular snow
storm. Miss Abby declared they would
be snowed iu by morning. Tho wind
blew down the chimney with moans
like an uneasy pirit.
Iu the morning Miss Nancy was
startled by the darkness in the little
rooms. Tho wind Lad blown the snow
iu big drifts against the windows and
door. What Mu Abby bad feared
had come to pass, uud they were
snowed io. Hut thoro was no cause
for worry as yet. There was plenty of
food in Uio pantry and wood in the
wood-box. There was no stock to suf
fer, and some one would surely go by
before the day was over and discover
their plight.
She lighted a lamp and did her work,
though in rather a half-hearted way ;
aud the day passed, and no ono wect
by, uud the suow piled up highor and
bibber around tho house.
Miss Abby wdj very Utile frightened
at their situation, indeed, her sister
hardly kne it what to maks ol Lev; she
seemed a littlo won-Wing, and con
fused thinguetrsngely.
The next day, late in tho afternoon,
it stopped snowing, but no one went
by, and the darkness came on again.
Another long night. Miss Nancy left
a lamp burning in the kitchen, and
then wont to bed.
Very early in the morning she waa
suddenly awakened by a shout and
the tonnd of some one kicking on tbo
side of the hono. Sho hastily dressed,
and then entered tho sitting room.
f Hl" noma called.
"Who is it?" she askeiT.
"It's me Atwood down to tho
foot of tho hill, yer know. Wife was
sick and I bad ter go fer the doctor.
Ee ye snowed iu?"
"Yes. Will yon git eomo one to dig
ns out some time to-day?"
"All right. I'll git Sam; if he'll
como. Be back in an hour or two."
M'ss Nancy sat down and waitod.
The wool was almost go no, and sho
was glad Mr. Atwood bad discovered
tboir predicament.
The clock bad just struck six which
sno heard a shovel strike tho bonse.
"We're here, Nancy bo out in a
shake," said Mr. Atwood.
"All riht," eho answered, and went
into the bodroom to tell Abby.
Hut her tistere was sleeping qnictly,
(o sho tiptoed back again.
After nn hour's hard shoveling tho
door opened, and in the gray li?ht of
tho morning sho saw Jim Wilmot
standing before her. Mr. Atwood, af
ter assuring himself that everything
was safe, went around to tho drift
beforo the windows, and commenced
work ngain ; but Jim did not no.
"Nancy," bo said, "I was a fool
tho other day. I'm goin tcr sell my
farm and como back here. I can't
livo without yon. Nancy, will you
marry mo?"
"And Abby?" sho questioned.
"Abby shall livo with us. You
thau'n't bo separated,"
"Hut it's so 'humdrum' here, Jim,
and you'll bo homesick after tho West
again," protested Miss Nancy.
"P'raps so, a little," ho admitted.
"But I must hevo you, Nancy. Will
yon forgit what 1 said tho other day,
an' marry mo?"
"Yon know I will, Jim," sho said,
in a whisper, and ho kissed hor fondly.
And in the bodroom Miss Abby lay
asleep, a sweet peaco upon ber wrin
kled face. Sho had gono beyond all
hadows into tho reality. Waverly
Magaziut,
Tho Bicycle in tho Army.
Somo timo nzo tho manufacturer of
a well known bicyclo wroto to Lieu
teuant James A. Moss, U. S. A., in re
lation to putting a company of sol
diers on bicycles. As a result ten men'
were cquippod at Fort Missoula and
some severe experiments are to bo
made. In spoaking of tho sa'oject to
u Hartford reporter, Licutonunt Moas
said :
During tho last four or flvo years
tho bicycle us a practical machine for
military purposes has been attracting
the attention of military men both in
ibis country nnd abroad. In foreign
armies-, however, tho matter has been
been brought to a mare practical
stayo than in this country. As early
as 1S70 tho bicyclo was used in tho
Italian army. In 1'raucc, Austria,
Switzerland and other European coun
tries there ore now iu the armies reg
ularly organized bicycle corps. Re
cently thero havo been numerous ex
periment made in this country, both
hy oflicers of tho regular army and by
tho National Guar J. The Interest iu
tuo subject has so increased that there
is no doubt that in tho courso of the
next few years every regimeut in tho
regular army will have its bicycle
corps. General Miles is un enthusiast
on the subject, aud iu his Inst report
recommended tho organization of a
regiment f bicvolo infantry. I have
just completed tho organization of a
bicyclo corps of ten men at the post,
which will make extensive experiments
during tho su tamer. Tba work that
has been laid out includes tho rapid
couveyinj of messages from Fort Mis
soula to other posts several hundred
miles dibtaut, tho rapid establishment
of signal stations, route sketching,
scouting, road patrolling and recou
uoisMincc, ami practico rides over long
distances with blankets, rifles, rations
and shelter tent s.
Tux Tall In tho Bab) '8 Throat.
Monday Mrs. Jack Welsh left he?
seven-months-old baby in charge of
the older children while she was busy.
The children were out doors and whilo
they wero showing a lady tomcthing
they placed the baby ou the grass. A
moment or two later they saw tho lit
tle one had a mouthful oi leaves aud
took them nway. Toward evening
Mrs. Welsh observed thut the child
had something iu its throat. She
examined it carefully but could not
And anything.
About midnight they became alarmed
and Mr. and Mr. Welsh camo to town
and took the little one to a ding
store. Dr. Wilson was qniokly culled
and Lo examined tbo throat of the
baby and tried with Lis fingers to re
movo the obstruction. Finding that
he could not do this he used an instru
ment aud brought forth a foxtail that
had become stuck in the throat. As
soon as the baby wa. rolieved it at
once dropped asleep. Oroville (Cal.)
Mercury.
A Itopo JSeveu .Miles Long.
The biggest rope ever nsod for
haulage purposes has just been made
for a district subway iu Glasgow,
Scotland, it is seven miles long, four
and five-eighths inches iu circumfer
ence and weighs nearly sixty tone-. It
has been made in one unjoiuted and
uuspliced length of patent crucible
steel. Wheu in place it will form a
complete circle wound Glasgow,
crossing 'S' Clyde in it. course, and
will run at a speed of fifteen miles an
hour.
THONENDOSCOPE.
....
WONDEIlKUIi l.NSTftMEST
AXO THE WORK IT DOES.
It Transmit! Sounds Which Tell
Whether the Internal Orzans Are '
Healthy and Tracts Tlielr
Outlines on the Skin.
IK one of tbo clinics of Paris, to
which I bad tho privilege of ad
mission a few days ago, writes
6 Garrett P. Servlss in the New
York World, I witnessed a very inter
esting revelation of the power of mod
ern scienco to penetrate tho secrets of
the bnman body, although they are in
visible to tho eye, nnd even when they
escape the piercing glanco of the won
nerful X-rays of Dr. Boentgen.
If I may bo allowed to nse such an
expression, I saw with my cars. A
man stripped to the waist stood in tho
centre of a circle of doctors, each of
whom bold in bis cars a pair of flexi
ble tubes connected with a small round
box of blaok rubber, which was
pressed against tho patient's breast. A
pair of tnbes was also handed to me,
and I was asked to listen.
Whilo we all listened intently Pro
fessor Bianchi, a distinguished visitor
from Parma, whoso achievements iu
medical pathology havo won for him
tho order of Chevalier of the Crown of
Italy, gently rubbed his finder upon
tho man's skin over tho spot where the
heart is usually located. Immediate
ly wo beard a murmuring sound, nnd
tho circle of doctors expressed satis
faction with grunted exclamations nnd
uols. Suddenly, whilo the I'rofessor
continnod drawing his linger in larger
and larger circles across the man's
brenst, the sound ceased.
"Ah ! Thero is uo longer t'10 heart
there," said the Professor. "We havo
touched the end of it." Whereupon ho
dabbed a blue pencil mark upon tho
skin, to indicate the point where his
finger had arrived when tho sound
stopped. The patient twisted Lis eyes
downward and stared wondcringly nt
tho mark. Thero was a touch of fear
in bin look, which increased as the pro
ceedings wero contiunod.
Professor Bian?bi resumed his rub
bing, while tho doctors aud I stuffed
the tubes onco moro into our car?. As
long as tho Professor's finger was over
tho heart wo heard the murmuring
sound, but tho instant the linger
passod beyond the bouudnrios of tho
hidden organ thero was dead silonze
in tho tube. And at every cessation of
tho sound tho pencil, followed by the
strained eyes of tho patient, made its
mark on tho skin. This operation was
continued for several minutes, at tho
expiration of which thero appeared,
clearly drawn in bluo upon tho man's
breast, tbo outline of a huge, mis
shapen heart, strangely shifted to a
position 'almost directly under tho
chin. But I was glad, for the patient's
sake, to hear tho doctors say that kit
was not a vory bad heart, after all.
Noxt the same method was employe J
to outlino tho position and shape of
tho lungs, tho liver, tho stomach and
other organs, and, tit tho end of half
an hour tho man's body, front and
back alike, was covered with au intri
cate series of outline pictures showing
his internal structure and condition.
Any defect in tho form or position of
an organ and the existence of diseased
places in the luugs was indicated at
onco by tho sound or ab.ienco of sound
in the tubes. The practiced ear, 1
was told, could detect u difference iu
the quality of tho sound given by dif
ferent organs of the body, but to mo
they all souudel uo.irly alike, except
that when the patient was caused to
swallow a littlo water a change in tho
couud given forth from the stomach
was clearly perceptible.
At a hasty glauoe tuo thing may ap
pear somewhat mysterious. Hnt, there
is really no mystery about it whatever.
Tho iUbtrument with which the opera
tion is conducted is called tho "pho
nendoscope," and is the invention of
Professor Bianchi. It may be called au
outgrowth of tho "stethoscope," whioa
physicians have used in various forms
for many years, but it differs entirely
from that instrument in its structure
and tho delicacy of its uction. it de
pends upon the well known fact that
all tho organs of tho bo ly are subject
to vibratory motiou, uud that tlioso
vibrations may be conveyed to tho ear
of the physician in the form of sound.
A very simple case is that where a phy
siciau listens to the sound given forth
by tho lungs. Another instance fre
quently witnessed, is tho examination
of some organ supposed to bo diseased
by tupping with the finger, or a small
hammer, upon tho surfaoo of tho body.
Tho trained car of tho physician de
tects tho couditiou of tho organ under
examination through tho character of
tho sound which it givej forth ca it
vibrates under las strokes.
The phonendoscope accomplishes all
this moro perfectly and easily by
transmitting to the ears of the examin
er sounds that could not bo porceived
at nil by the older methods. It is, in
fact, a kind of telephone connecting
tho internal organs with the outer
world. It consists of a hollow box,
about as big as a large-sized wstoh,
furnished with two vibrating mem
branes. On one side a short staff,
terminated with a button, serves to
put the telephonio box in contact with
the body of tho patient, the button
being pressed firmly on the surface
just over the organ to bo examined.
Ou tli opposite side fleziblo tubes are
attached, .which convey tho sounds
from tho box to tho cars of tho oper
ator, or operators, for, as I havo re
lated in tho beginning, several per
sons may listen to the sounds at the
same time.
i saw several patients examined
with the phonendosoopo while I was at
th'i clinic. In eaoh case the physicians
present deolared that tho revelations
made by the instrument were almost
as complete as if the body bad been
Ulisiccted before their eyes. Every
time, when tba process waiD
patient bore on his skin so,)
pioture of his interior in bi-ul
stroke. Professor Bianchi tJ
Cliniftal Hnnintv rtt Pr.ni:.
. j - i 1 wo'
France, and ottheHyndicaUtrl
clans of Paris and the Dep-f;tI
theSoine, who assisted etth.I
ment, .corroborated his u,
!. ll 1 1 t.
mai i wouiu do easy 1T thit r,
noionijio discover general c
but to locate any foreign hol
lo any of the organs or tisn
as vo uciermino toe ezittci
extent oi a cancerous or
internal growth. Even th
give their characteristic -onrxi
their vibrations are convey. ,
car through the phonondoscop.
A Remarkable storr,
A I nr IIiaI ,a.il. t;l
from the "Arabian Nights," tat
is so well authenticated as to ii
no doubt as its credibility eotti '
Springs, Oklahoma. Cleo jp.; ;
ono of the most beantifal np'
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UUiU HUl'iU Il it QllTll- If
sessod of peculiar nicdieinM
ties. Last Sunday Mies Fraact i
kin, formerly of St. John, in s
ford County, Kansas, with a ni-
uii'uucf hiu uu, w.riu iq 030(1
picturc3qno groves near tiio Uq.
lage, and the attention of tie e
was attracted by somo m
rocKa wnich tuey round aloat J
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j'uiu. j.uujr nv.u nuuiu win n. (
suapo or a loat or rye trend bsh
low in tho confer. One of th
broke ono of these pooulinr rojiJ
lonn i tnut tno cavity containers
a pint or clear water, while in
terior of tho rook was lined with
tifnl crystals. Tho water in t'e
rock broken was spilled. Tit
that the water might be cn loied
s-jmo virtuo took possession pf
Perkins and he announced hni$
tion ol drinking tho Inpn 1.
another of the egg-shaped rocb g
a bowl ana brolto it, thus sivi
tho water. Ihis sho posirnl
glnsi ami laughingly said : "He-.
to tho water that came not fraa'ten
or from earth, and quaffed it. Fi.':i
minutes Inter sho was .UmJ,
tlraiight she taste t ha J liiva a d.
potion. Tho sequel is tbo strn Vv
part of tho story. The bo iy wutu
to her home by her sorrowing to;
friends and iu due timo tbo imri.!;i
lueuiH wero ur.uu reany. iur (U:
went iuto tho death chamhrto a
her and ns sho did so her linger t
c imo in contact with the bo.lv, c
ing a sound as if it touched ruri
It was even so. Tho body o
Perkins had turned to stou. WL
this was diocovered it was iWA;
bury the body noar the ho f:i
it would bo safer from gray, t bie
Miss Terkins was ono of the 'o:f.
young women in tho settlea.'j i
sho was very popular. Her t::i
death has caused great sorrott. h
Edward Merchant, of Stallbr i Com1
is authority for the strange f.:t;.
Atlanta Constitution.
Auimals' Illusion?.
Birds nro perhaps moro coco:
the victims of illusion than o:Lr-i
mala, their stupidity about tbtirtr
being quite romnrkable. La-its
for lUEtasce, a hen got into s tt"
of a ladies' golf club and besu tcii
on a golf ball in u comer, tut ".a
made a ne.tt vith a couple o!:.
haudkerchiefs. But many cjui'ir:
nro not only deceived f jr tbe a.. r
by rollections, shadows and sa-t .
realities, but often seem vicnuM
lusions largely developed by tv
agination.
The horse, for instanc.', i 0:1
tho bravest of nuimnis wncn if
faao with dangers which it e.n. u:.
stand, tuch as th ) charge o.'
phaul or a wild boar at imy. f
courageous nnd Uevot i hot
hteadl'ust against tho thinners Lc
is a prey to n hundred t. rrori of
imagination du-j to illn-;oti, r-
those of sivihl, lor sliyiu, t;i
effect of these illusions, aud "jV
iu wliii'.h panic gains comp'.wi;
siou of bu soul, arc cans: I, cs i
by mist ikea as to wh it t:m hr
and not by uiisinterpret'ttiua
ho keur.s. It is notic-id, lor it ;
that ruiiiiv horses which fby
start away from objects on m a
moro ireiiucntly than from ti,l
tho other. This is i.ro!ab!r
defects iu tho vision of ono J
I'VB.
Iu nearly ull cases of eli.r :f '
horse takes fright at somo tin--objoct,
though this is coiunw-siJI'
harmless, suoh us ti wheplbarw :
tide down, a freshly felled !'"'
piece of paper rolling before the -'
This instantly beconus an "ills
is interpreted us somotbiu.! H
it is a curious question in '
neuropathy to know what it it1;
horso figures thoso harmiess objt
be. When llussinu ponies lint w
to bo shipped to Harwich thev u
objected to pass near a donkef.
reluctance was oxplaiucd oa t-'
pothers that tho ponies eebica
donkeys iu Bussia and uiistoo.
for boars. Tho Hpectator.
l'ursiiaj by Hie.
Hairbreadth eaoanoi often
the lot of man, but few of 'f
a nature aro inoluded iu woait'
perienco as those of which Maw.
ozan, wife of the physiciunto t
Shah of Persia, can boist. A
remarkable in mauy way,
Tholozan wos a great truvfit'.
matter where sho went the "':e:
seemed to pursne ber. I''1'te'':1
ago eho wns saved from a burm-. j
sol off Batoum. She was 3eC
rescnod from the teriblo fir ''
destroyed tho Opera Comil" lC.n;
and the Munioiple Theatre
i i v.n.,tiintim;'
the morning of the fatal flr
burned down Mesairo's fainoo
and only escoped with her li'fi '
property being burned