BUCK BELT BELIEFS,
ODD SOUTHERN SUPERSTITIONS.
"Visit to a Colored School. Character
istic Sp-rh hr an Fx 9!nve That
End-d With a Prayer.
IIP. sunlight Is to
tin) earth, after a
period of dark
ness, what super
stition is to tlio
Hotitliern negro.
In it Iim seem to
"live, movo ami
havo hi lining."
1M
hvcn Urn, my
faithful tjiihlo
hihI storehouse
nf knowlu'lt'e, Is
Rtci'lM'it in it.
For some tiny he hns nnt n)
rjicnred to bo I'imsplf, nnd upon in
qiiiry I li'iirn that "do olo red tnuln
ijono lose her shoe in ilo cotton patch."
and thnt is a sign thnt lien will tint bo
.mieressful in selling tlui cotton pro
duc!s in tin- fill.
'VU', lli', Urn, do nnt be so super
.atitious; thnt cnn't hurt you nny, The
Idea of believing such 'I lin!"'
"Well, chile, yo' ninth donn know
notliin' about it. Is yo' superstitious?"
No, Ben," I replied, nnd blushed at
the lib. Would it do him nny good to
know that I hud ono or two pcfsigns"
which I cherished and believed in im
plicitly! Hu would not understand thnt
to mo superstition was "thu poetiy of
life."
"Dunn yo' know I'm a Joseph, hon
ey!" cniitiiiiied Hen; "nn' would yo
know mine of my sinus? Yo' better
vrrito 'em down in yo' little. book,"cnd
I obeyed him.
"When yo' piek up a horseshoe nn'
It has nails in it yo' will sum havo
sickness in yo' fitm'ly; if do nail tint
gouu it mentis luck, but yo' in us' hang
It up.
"When yo' house, is full of mica or
rats yo' must writo a letter to dn mica
and tell them wa' ter go. If dey donn
go at once writo another letter and dey
sure will go."
"Hut, Hen, the reason they go is be-
cause you are closing thu holes, nnd
thev must starve or go somewhere
else."
"I'liile, Jes' keep quiet. I sure know
noli' about it than yo'. When the
liousi! is banted, nn' de 'limit' dress is
white, jo' mus' cut a lock of hair from
-de first nigger yo' meet an' put it over
do front door. Kfyo' chile be afraid
NMI.S IN T1IK8HOK MKAN SICKNKSS.
-of limits, sit it over hot lard and say:
l)e Lnwd He put do debbil in do
awlno an' I done send do debbil in do
lard, fo' swino nnd lard mus' evil
pints keep, but do Lawd He save de
hile."
"But, Btn "
"When yo' dream ofa coffin yo' will
lieah yo' friend is mnrried to yo' lover,
but if yo' see do corpso yo' will marry
bim yo'self. When yo' scour a flo'
always turn yo' bucket to tho right; it
save you many shiver. When de deb
111 come in the sick room, burn do
lied and yo'll have a livo man tor
keep."
"Hen, don't you"
"When do white lady ask too many
questions nnd 'nipt pore Ben he won't
ay nny mo' " and with this quaint bit
o wisdom ho ended his seeming solilo
quy. IIow sorry I was thnt I had inter
rupted him. I coaxed him to continue,
but ho was not to bo coaxed. That
-evening we were all sitting on tho ver
anda when lien mid:
"Who is de daughters of tho Revo
lution yo' talk so much about?" and wo
.neh gavo our viows of tho question
and explained it simply, so that Tie
ould understand.
"An' must yo' prove thnt yo' ances
tors fought? I sure believe my old
-w oman is one of do daughter. llor
grnn'futhor, Mnssa 8 , wa' a Gen-
eral in do wuh. He sure fought in do
Kebnlution; he suro wa' killed at do
Bunker Hill."
"Aro you very sure about it, Ben;
-cry sure? How did she come to bo so
:far South?
"Someone carried lior mother hoah.
To' com' ter do cabin an' ask de olo
woman yo'self; she knows."
Again Ben bad innocently raised a
perplexing question. His wife, tho
quadroon and ex-slave, could boast of
ristocratio blood. This women, this
degress, was the grandchild of a man
whom the colonists loved and admired
a daughter of the Revolution 1 No I
No! Her black blood, the negro blood,
torbids that, and yet what irony of
'fate brands this women a negress and
Dounts her three-fourths of white
blood as nothing! Is it not strange t
'What inequalities of life in a land
where all men are declared free and
equal. What black and clouded skies
for some, what brilliancy and sunshine
or others! Martyrdom aud freedom
-go hand in hand. Time must solve
this problem.
A VISIT TO BLACK DEIT SCHOOL.
Ben bas taken us all to the Tillage
chool. What bumble boys and girls
-era sea. At we go Into the room the
pupils lay down their woll-thumbod
spelling . books nnd look at lis in
amazement. The "professor" tells ul
to bo seated nnd continues tho lesson.
"Sydney (' glvo a sentence con
taining a conlunctive adverb."
Sydney rises, and with quivering
lips replies: "O, the sun Is running
around tho globo nnd I'm so cold."
"(live another," says Ben. (The
professor hns told us to request his
pupils).
"I'hi! henvens dnclnre tho glory of
Clod and Birmingham is a great city,"
replies Sydnoy, now thoroughly fright
ened. I look around tho bnro room nnd
copvtho questions and answers that
are upon the blackboard.
Hones or articulation aro those Joint
nt. wu h tow (2) boms piny on eaeh
other, como in contact, muselo aro com
monly cold Hush or moiit mosns or red
mas.
Blood Is a rend llqiinlnt culled vcr
tebre. Digestion goes through n ctimil call
asparagus into a pouch rnll stomach.
Nnniu two kinds of blood.
Thick nnd thin, warm and cold, red
and yellow.
How is tho air received into the
body!
Tho air is received first by the
throat, enters the bodily to n spungy
bulk in nur bndillescnll lites.
The organ of circulation is the nose.
Circulation Is cat Bed by the circula
tion of tho ear.
While I am musing upon tho pos
sibilities nnd the futuro of theso ur
chins brforo inn I hear thu tencher say:
"We will now hear some remarks from
our visitor."
How tho changes ring in the gamut
of fear. Even while I think I nmcallod
upon to speak. Don't ask mo what 1
said, something about Cinderella nnd
being good children. They must par
don my abruptness. I never Hindu a
speech, in fact wasn't prepnrod. Then
I get to talking about Joseph nnd am
suddenly disconcerted when a piek
nnninny says: I know dat; Joseph was
a pritty man ati his brethren sheep
heads."
"So nm I" is my inwnrd thought, nnd
I sit down. 1 ho others of tho pnrty
mako brief addresses nnd then Hen
comes forward. I tnko a pencil from
my pocket nnd slyly copy his remarks.
OLD II K.N MAKKS A SI'KKl'll.
Chillen, yo' sure should be proud to
live nnd go ter school. When I wa' a
boy liko yo', I used ter got a lnsh in-
mm
"Hi Hi
TIIR ritOFESSon AT WOI1K.
stend of tho spollln' book. Yo' should
bo glad to be in America, and, nig
gers tho' yo' bo, yo' is as surely A marl
can as anyone ciso in it. bee what a
line city we live in; we hns a bank in
this city, we is. We nro a great people
in' must be gooil boys and girls, with
hearts largo enough to grasp do whole,
worl'j yo' must hub sympathy fo' de
fall'n an' do lowly. Fo'gct yo'self and
live to' others an in others.
Yo' nebber saw yo' poor olo mammy
tied and lashed. Yo' nebber heard do
hoiin's bay nt night whilo vo' knolt nt
her kneo an' tried to say "Our Father."
lo' nebber heard do cry ol do unfor
tnnit creature Yo' hub nebber bin
sold to do highest bidder. Poro Bon
remembers well do fust tlm' ho wa'
sold. Ho wcro free in soul tho' called
brute; freo In thought tho' called lir
norant. I'vo hoard yo' spell, an' it till
my soul with joy. It make poro Ben
glad ter know his boys and girls can
read and writo.
And then, loaning forward, he pray
ed lor them nnd theirs. What a simple
prayer it was tho very a, b, c's! And
yet who knows but in His sight it was
morn acceptable than others thnt are
ni.no magnificent? Hen's pruyer was
Irom tho liuart. Miss Jo Nako, in
Pittsburg (r.i.) Dispatch.
An Autnntit'10 Contribution Collector.
A fashionable Philadelphia church has
JiiHt hud put in an automatic contribu
tion collector. Tho idea of this In
fionlouH mechanism In derived from tho
cash railway of tho dry goods shop, but
u poesosses certain original attachment
ull its own. The Idea is to sond a num
ber of hi autlfully dei-oratod little bas
kets of brans wlro through tho congre
gation at collection tlino; nach buskot,
of course, following a different eourao,
und moving with solemnity and soduto
noss, A famous Spaulsli scientist hns
Inventod a musical tlgnal box, which is
fastened to each basket and whloh is a
miracle of Ingenuity. If a cont is de
posited It will grunt a loud, dissatisfied
grunt aud will emit tho same sound
when buttons or other spurious contri
butions are paused olT on it. A series of
musloul sounds will be given forth for
quarters, halvos, dollars aud bills,
sweet in proportion to their vulue, ami
when a check is deposited checks gen
erally being for larger sums than iu a
long whistle, as of gratified surprise,
will proclaim the event throughout tho
church.
Tax annual report 1mu1 by Htato Comp
trolltr Hsppsnhsimar shows tnat durliz tbs
past year tutr wsrs 1500 acoiawits on all the
rallrosdt in Nw Jsnsy. Ths nuinbtr ot
pwsoDi kllltd ia tbs aoofdsnts was 831 ; 80s
wars kiUsd or injured by Jumping from
trains la motioa. Tbs elevation of tbs Psan
sylvania Railroad tracks ia Jsroty City bas
arsaWj Issssoeil tut mimbsr of tat lUtiss.
COLUMN
riTTSBURd LANDING EN3A0EI
MENT.
A Thrllllns; Co-onptton of Two Dreadful
Says on ths Battlefield.
Tho hospital
steamer on which
myself and two
other Indies took
pnssngn to Pitts
burg Landing
from Cairo, III.,
readied Hinn
nah, eight miles
below it, about 4
nVbink. There wo
rjVlienrd tho news of
inn Lcrrimo onino
Hint I,.,, I I, ..on
p:f""ht tho day
Wo'" were soot,
T of our berths
"-- - 'si'iiiid on the out
look. The bent, with a full head of
steam, mndn all possible spend to reach
Pittsburg Landing. I net gunboats
lay out in thu stream, sending shot nnd
shell over the hends of the Union Army
in the Confederate ranks. As tho boat
steamed up to the Landing, whero al
ready a great fleet of steamers was ly ing,
the shells went screaming over
our heads with deafening fury. All
was In seeming contusion at tho
Landing. The roadways, dug out o
the stesp bank, were insutlicient for
such nn emergency. In tho hard fight
on the day before a vast amount of am
munition ImiI been used, and the
officers nil well knew that with the
dawn of thu coming day tho buttle
would be renewed with desperate fury.
Kvery teamster was, therefore, doing
his utmost to get ammunition ami pro
visions to tho front. They would
bring their mules to the steep, roadless
bunk, that stood nt an angle of forty
fivu degrees, nnd while the driver held
the lines with a strong, sternly hand,
and set his boot heels so as to keep a
standing position as he ploughed his
way to the bottom, his mules put their
'.little front feet down, settled them
selves on their hniinches, on which the
wagon rested, and skeefed to the bot
tom with the driver. It was a wild
'sight. F.ach teamster hud an nssistant
who held a torch mndn of pine. Hun
dreds of torches lighted up tho black
night. There was n clamor that can
jiot bo described in the loading up and
a Btendy stream of loaded wagons go
ing up the hill by tho regular road
ways.
As soon ns the first rays of the morn
ing light mudo objects distinct, the fir
ing began.
llntli armies had rested, face to face,
nn their arms, und a hasty breakfast
had been snatched of what they could
get before daylight, for all well knew
that a bloody dny was beforo them.
Our hospital bout was lying along
side of other steamers.
Wo could hear tho heavy guns, tho
f creaming of the shells, tho thunders ol
ho battle going on nenr by. As tho
light increased wo shivered to seo tlm
wounded lying on bags of grain nnd
!uit on the guards, nnd thu (lend who
uid been carried from the bonts, lying,
mingled und bloody, along the shoro
if the river. At first wo could only
cover our faces with our hnnds in a
shiver nnd chill of ngony, in tho at
tempt to hido tho horrid sights of wnr
from our eyes.
But ns wo stood there a feeblo hand
was lifted, and a feeblo voico called
out:
"Say, lady! Can't you bring mo a
drink of water?"
Immediately a hundrod hands wcro
lifted. AVo could scarcely sco them In
tho faint light of tho early morning,
but wt could henr tho voices.
"Bring me some water."
'Bring mo something to cat."
I called out cheerily:
"Yes, yes, we'll help you all w
can."
It wns o great roliof to havo some,
thing to do. We went witli gladness
to our work, I was tho pioneer nnd
went right on to thu boat lying near
est. Tho surgeon in charge of our boat
had gone off to tho field. Thero was
no ono in authority left on tho boat,
and we took possession.
I had several boxes of canned oys
ters nnd three or four barrels of crack
ers, but wo soon exhausted these; thon
wo began on tho boef In tho storeroom.
Barrels of soup wcro mnde nnd distri
buted. Tho oilier two Indies mndo the
soup nnd I distributed it from boat to
boat and from one to another. Oh,
tho sights and scenes I witnessed that
day I
As I wns carrying a bucket of soup
across a gang-plank, nn officer met mo.
Ho camo bounding forward, with his
sword clanking by his side.
"Madam!" he said; "what aie you
doing?"
I was startled nearly out of my wits,
but I managed to say:
"I am carrying soup to the wound
ed." "Why, you ought not to do that.
See here, soldier, you carry soup for
this woman."
Tho soldier sprang forward and took
the bucket of soup from my band, and
the officer went on. I never know who
he was. If this falls under his eyes I
want to thank bnu for his thoughtful
nets. And on, all day, I went with
my assistant, whilo the two lady help
ers worked as fast as thoy possibly
could to get the food ready.
The distribution of the food was
yery rapid.
Men with broken legs and arms and
gashed faces would hold out their tin
cups or canteens to be filled. The tin
oups vere easily tilled, but the canteens
took' longer. When they saw us com
ing, they would pound on the floor or
on the side of the boat, calling plte
onsly: 'Don't pass me by! I am here, ladyi
please give me soma soup."
him:
'Plciise, lady, ponr some water on
my arm, it is so dry and hot and the
wound hurts so."
Without a moment's relation the
dny passed In this kind of work. In
tho afternoon the gunboats stopped
firing, and tho news enmo that tho
Confederates were driven back.
Oh! ho-v much that meant to us all,
for through all that morning tho boats
had their full head of steam on, so
that if tho army wns driven to tho rivor
ns many as possible could escape by
that means.
Mow and then I would see a surgeon
dressing some of the worst wounds.
In every caso they would pause long
enough to say :
"Thank you, lady, that is just what
they want, I seo you carry water, too.
Drench tho wounds with thnt." I
soon found myself dressing tho wounds.
My clothing wns wet nnd muddy to my
knees, but I did not seo it. I bad not
eaten a mouthful of food sinco tho
night before, but I did not know it.
I was entirely unconscious of weariness
nnd human npcds.
It was about 10 o'clock at night
when some ono asked :
' Did you linvo supper?" This littlo
question called mo to tho conscious
ness of my condition.
"No," I nnswered. "I havn not hnd
a mouthful to cat slnco yesterday even
ing." A surgeon operating near by looked
at inn earnestly, and then said with a
Voice of authority :
"Madam, stop work immediately.
Wo will linvo yon on our hands next."
1 was cutting a fragment, ofa blue
blouse away from the arm of a wound
ed young soldier. I continued my
work till the bits of tho blouse were
gotten out ns far ns I could see, then
laid on n wet compress.
"Oil! thank you," hn snid, with
grntiTul tears in his eyes.
I went buck to tho cabin of the hos
pital boat nnd had my supper. Aftoi
changing mv clothing I sat down on a
divan, feeling almost too wenk and
exhausted to stir. A chaplain camo on
the bunt inquiring for me. When hi
met nm ho seized mv linnd nnd begun
to bellow. When I siw him I knew
that bo wns crazy. Tho officers of the
boat ran back to sen what wns the
mnttir, nnd somehow tho surgeon in
charge managed to get him into s
state room and lock him in and place
guards nt the door, und tho next day
ho was sent up with other patients tc
St. Louis on that boat.
Karly the next morning I wns trnns
ferred with the little baggage I had tc
mint her boat set aside for hospital
workers. My flno dress which I had
worn for the first timo was wet nn I
muddy and I pitched in into tho river
Dr. Turner was placed in charge of
tho boat, and Dr. Orlnstcnd was hit
attendant.
Tho Confederates had retreated
toward Corinth, Miss., but there wat
Still firing to bo heard In tho distnnco
Karly in tho day I went up tho stoep
bank and out on tho battle-Held. Th(
wounded had been gathered up ns far
ns I could see, but many of tho dead
were lying where they fell.
Not far from tho landing thero were
somo tents. In one of theso tents a son
of Sum Houston, of Texas, lay on tht
ground with others, the gray and the
blim lying together. Young Houston
was severely wounded in the thigh. I
snw him ninny times nfterwards, tin
Inst time a prisoner at Camp Douglass
near Chicago.
I went toward a house on tho right
but beforo I reached it I saw men
coming, currying a wounded man.
They had made a seat by clnsping
their hands, nnd his arms were thrown
about their necks. I went forward to
meet them.
"Oh, set mo down by thut tree. I can
go no further," ho cried.
They carried him as tenderly as they
could, and placed him between the
groat roots of a very large tree. II if
breast was bare and tho blood was
slowly oozing out of a wound in hit
lungs,
"I am dying," ho said. "Can't some
body pray?" Both men were weeping.
If ho was not a brother he was a
friend. I answered promptly:
"I can pray." I knolt thero on the
damp ground, nnd taking one of his
hands in my own, I neked in simple
words tho Heavenly Futher to forgive
and bless Ho responded to each peti
tion. I kept on praying till ho snid,
"Tho wny is light now. I do not fenr."
There wns a littlo g.isp, a shiver, and
all was still. As I knelt there I closed
his eyes and said:
"Ilo is dead."
"Yes," they answered with a sob.
"Ho is dead and this is all we can
do. We will report tho caso and havo
his grave marked." And wo turned
away and left him there.
An hour aftorwards I returned that
wny. It was a most impressive sight to
seo a (load man sitting there so calmly
and peacefully, with eyes closed. When
I passed that way again they had tak
en him away,
Tho country can nover pay those
who wont out and heroically defended
tho flag. Such scenes as these bring
gray hairs before their timo to those
who look on. What must it have been
to those in the midst of tho fight?
Annie Wittbnmteh, in "Home and
Country."
An Odd Cutou.
In Hungary and Brittany the
young girls assemble, on certain fete
days, wearing red pottlcoats wltb
white or yellow borders around them.
The number of borders donntcg the
portion the father is willing to give
bis daughter. Each white band,
representing silver, denotes 100
francs per annum, and each yellow
band denotes gold, betokening 1,000
francs a year.
1-Korr.jc intend to do tholr best, but
somehow thoy do nothing during the
day they can think of without regret
when tnoy areajouaat nigbb :
PEKKSYLYAN1A PICKINGS.
00KB IMPORTANT HAPHKINOfl
Of Intarsst to Owsllsrs In the Ksyetone
State.
Krw Mfrt mm: i omi-x t,
Tho statement of the Mennvillc Producers
and Itetluers' I'lpo Line Company, limited,
capital l-'.Ki.oiM, has been flleil in the olllcs
of the 'utility Iteeorilnr. The managers of
the company nre .1. W. Lee. Chairman; H
Y. Knniai?e, Pdcretary and Treasurer: O. II.
Torry, John Swartz. ami A. I). Wood.
Messrs Kainnim nml Swart represent the
Miners ami thoother the prndureni. The
Ri'iieral office of the cum pan y will bo locat
oil at Titiisville, hut them will bo branch
offices opened wherever neressaty or con
venient, the principal of which will ho in
I'ittshiirii.
two vkv isvrwri.r niM.Kn.
Lawrence Kiirniinugh ami Cyrus Hrslef
were the nninei of two men int.-inlly killed
On the I'i niiylvanla Itiiilroiel lit Steeltou.
Knvaimucli had been near tlin track, con
versing with a la.ly, mid while stnniliiift on
a private cm-slug was struck by n passenger
train. Ilysler attempted to cross tho rail
road n short ill it mice from Mm mid was
caught by the locomotive. Ii..th were from
Kteclton.
A ( llllfKY llnlHC TIIIIT.
W. I'. Irwin, of Canton township, Wnsh
lmrtnn c.,ilr.v into town Humlay and
hlti li.il his linrse In tho rear of thu second
Presbyterian church, where be attended
worship, lie bad no sooner entered thu
building than a clever thief drove "If in his
buggy. His lais will bo -'no. Officers urs
i i pursuit.
kOIIIIKIIS RMII A VII.I.AOR.
Lm'sti:i:. An organized band in th
northern part of this enmity raided the vil
Inge of Maytown. The hoiisei of six of th
most prominent citizens wore entered nnd
considerable booty secured. Tho robbers
were llrcil tipn ut tho last plao entered
nnd heat a retr.-at. A posse of citizens is
How ill pursuit.
FATW. r I.I. FIIUM SWIVU.
Joseph King, an 1 1-year-old son of Hugh
King, n lila. ksuiith living at Ihinhar, fell
from a swing and broke his neck. Hn died
in a few minutes, lie only fell it few feet
from the swing, but in falling bo struck tho
back of his head ill such a way that his neck
was broken. His parents are heart-broken
over their sad loss.
TIIK OltASSIIMM-Kn ri.Aiit'K SFKKAMXO.
Iti'iiorts from various parts of Lawrence
county, particularly that portion on tho
Heaver river, Indicate that grasshoppers aro
playing sad havoc with the oats crop. Never
to the recollection of tho oldest Inhabitants
have grasshoppers been so numerous as
now.
iivxom iiimsfi.f to a mrris.
The viciniiy of Oruenvillo was shocked by
the news of Hipiiro Ooucher, a prominent
citizen living on Mercer street, having
j banged himself to a rafter In bis burn.
lien cut down all signs of lire had lied. At
this hour no cause has been given for the
rush net.
HrnoMrs entered Kred Itamey's coal of
fice In Alloona Monday night and blew open
the safe. They secured very little.
Hamcki. IIkli.. of Manleton. Pa., was in.
stanllv killed yesterday by tho premature
ull oi rocK in a stone quarry in which lie
was working.
Sti:vf Hiioukkf.k, a Hungarian miner, was
killed by failing slate in the b(-i.ouriiig No.
1 mine, near Hreeiishurg, Monday. Ho
leaves a wife anil family.
r.xuiMrnws. The Washington Springs
property, the well known mountain sum
mer resort, was Monday sold lo 1 .oil is lluiu
haur, of Pittsburg, for l,tW.
Ar Iteaver Kails, William Hnlt.an Eighth
avenue merchant, wns victimized by sharp
ers who played an old game on film. They
bought llvei ents worth of tobies and while
bo was out getting change for $10 they tap
pud the till for i i'i.
At New Castle, fee Cunningham, one of
the most prominent persons of f.ittie Heav
er, shot four times nt Justice. Harvey Mo
Kown in a dispute over a lino fence.
At Norrlstown lfnnnuh Johnson has
been held for court, charged with beimj a
common scold. Hhencently, it is alleged,
abused n neighbor until the latter was pros
trated by nervousness.
John Daii.kv, a farmer of Ibimorton, near
Reading, was fatally wounded by a tramp
whom be had employed.
Tup reward for the capture nf Frank
Cooley has been iiiereaseil to l,3n0.
Tnr 3-ycnr-old son of Andrew Iluscter. of
Merwin, swallowed a button-hook, aud died
from the efforts.
Wm. Wai.kkr. apainter, wns found und
alongside the Lake Shorn track near .Stone
boro. He was evidently killed during the
night by a train, ilis wife is visiting in
Clarion".
At Ifollidaysbiirg fourteen stables, out
buildings and shops wcro hud ill ruins by
tire. I he home lire ilcpiirtni-nt was unable
toconlriiltliesitiiaiii.il, nnd lire companies
were summoned from Alloona nnd the
Lutheran church was thus suvci J'lio loss
is fs.uuo; insurance. :t.uou.
FnMKn Collier, whose trap gun killed
Jack Cooley, near I'niontown, has nerved
written notice upon Sheriff McCormick that
be will hold Fayette county responsible fur
any damage the Cooley ttang may inlliut
upon him.
IIkxkv Yahokb, of Krie. had been work
ing a steum thresher.and when through went
to the creek and took a bath. Soon after ha
was taken sick and expired in a short time.
His death is supposed to have been caused
by being overheated when be wont iuto 11
water.
Traveling !
The distances traversed bv hcc9 In
pursuit of honey are surprising to a
person unfamiliar with the habits of
theso busy workers. A book-keeper-one
morning dredged the bucks of hia
bees with Hour as they were leaving
the hives. Ho did this by precon
certed arrangemont with a friend who
had a tine clover field In bloom forty
miles away. The day following the
experiment he received a letter from
his friend, stating "There are plcntr
of your white-Jacket bees here in my
clover." It was truly a wonderful In
stinct that sent tho bees so for from
bomo la Questof honey. '
AR Insane Chins at HllUboro, Oregon,
ehoppsvi off his right haaj at th wriac. ii
stoically mads two strokas witlt a hatnhat
before ths niarcihar droppsl oil. Th only
explanation that h utaJ wa taat th hood
"st!,' and b waotad to rid himlf of
th dishonest portion ot bis anatomy.
NJBVVSI GLEANINGS. f
Ciioi.mia Is rifting in liurmah.
'J II K drought In Texas is broken.
'J'i:k cholera Is still moving westward. i
Tiik oat crop Is raporteii a fair average
:n...
TorniKM sro numerous In th Whit
Mo'intrttii--.
T IB Azi-l-ilturnl Appropriation bill stop
fin 10 -r iureign oro;l rjpurc.
Tiik Uuoen's speech to ths British Parlia
ment is ta shortest un record.
flRsKit, hns doubled It purchase ot
Anurimii cotton within a year.
'I n F. drouth In Anstralln ha ben ffoo
tual in destroying; many thousands of rab
bil. OnrAT rinmng ha been don to Spanish
vineyards through th ravage ot phyl
loxera. Trnt shipment of new crop India whsat
to th Kngiish market ar loss than thonof
last year.
Hkvksj widows of P.nvolutlnnsry soldier
nro on the rolls of tt Knoxville (fonn.) p Ba
llon (filer,
Arrn jrntherins; In their crops In Utah, '
Roll Mormon families will mov to Mexioo in
ths autumn.
TllR Chilean Senate will try th tat Min
isters of Hnlmaceda on charges ot trsasoat
and corruption.
Tme salmon pack on Columbia River, In
Oration, for thn season just olotaii amount
to 44H,UO(j can s.
Hicm Dakota Is overrun with tramp.
Farmers triel without stieceM to hire them.
1'hey are nj being driven out of th coun
try.
DcniNO thefr concert tour through Ger
many ths New York Arlon Hocloty sung to
over .71,000 persons and added S.vrjO to var
ious poor funds.
Coun.AtNTS are heard from Omaha that ,
In many sootlfvn there arn few or no
grains or wheat In mtny beads which look
plump and promising.
AsTHoNoxuns throughout tht United
StnUi eiH-ct great seifntillo results from
the observation of thu planot Mars, while ia
opposition to the earth .
Ukitko BTATr.s troops are driving "soon
er" and cattleman out of the Cherok
Strip. The latter are using all posslbl
means to delay eviction.
pHoritSMon Koch has gon to th cholera
Infected districts 3t Russia to renow bis in
vestigations into tho cause of ths .disease,
paying spocial attention to the cooiuis,
bacillus.
Tn a Now York Run's astlmnte points t- a
wh't yiold in Minneiots and the Dakota
of 100,000,000 to 1 i,OK),(Xj busheU if th
frosts hold off until th later on crop
mature.
TOHLB'S FAIR N0TE3.
TnaFino Art building at thu World's
Fair will hare a mosaio floor, ths con
tract for which hns been let at I4,!K).
Ontawo (Canada) breeder of thorough
bred nuirnali hve already applied for spaet
for IfVI homes, VM cattle, 27s shoap an-j
uinoty ono swine.
A hkparatk building at thu World's Fair
for tho shoe and iesthor industry exhibit I
now nn assured fact, as thereqairsd tlOO.OOJ
has all brun raised.
A "tiunar, of the (1 jure nf L-it's wife In
unit" will apponr in the Kansas World'
Fair exhibit to represent or illuatrat th
tait industry of th State.
Tr Herman exhibit at the World's Fair
will contain an architectural display Inclul
ing drawings illustrating -JOn or more of toe
most notable buildings iu the empire.
Tn New York Stit Board of Charities
Is preparing an industrial exhibit for tbs
World's Fair of th products of the charita
ble, corrective, reformatory and eleemosy
nary institutions under it supervision.
Fui.i.y lWi.OfiO mn, it is believed will
participate in tho p-irad-i on the occasion oC
the dedication of the World's Fair buildings
in Octolier. The militiamen and "regulars"
who will purticipatj will number about 10,
KJO. Ay Indiana stone nuarrv ronirmny
having a life-six figure of an elephant
chiseled out of a solid block of stone. It
will be eluven foet. high and weigh thirty
tons. It will bo exhibit I at tu World's
Fair.
Itunnit Jsr.ANO will present its World'
Fair building to Chicago after tho Exposi
tion closes, i'ho structure will be very pie.
tureiue in anpearonc", being a reproduc
tion in part of the famous "UU Stoti Mill"
at Newport.
Mas. Pottxr Pai.mbh, President of the)
Board of Xady Managor., and Archbishop
Ireland hnve arewl unon a plan for secur
ing for the Worlo's Fair nn exhibit of th
work of the Catholio women of tho world.
This project kas tho special approval of Fop
Loo Xftt.
A wiiai.ivo party Is biing fit tod out at a
Mssrachuset s port with viowof obtaining
a live whale for exhibition in th Fisheries
department at th World's Fair. If cap
ture!, the whale will bo onllned in a tank
and towed lo Chicago by way of the bt.
Lawrence Hirer.
Mona than 200 panels of native wood
will enter into the interior decoration of th
Washington's Worlu's Fair building. Home)
of taem will b carved and others deoorateit
with paintings of Washington scenery and.
groupings of flower, fruits, grains, fieri,
jam, birds, etc.
Tnn South Knlngton Museum, London,
reet-utly pai 1 10 (tvsi) a yard for som
lace manufactured in the south of Ireland.
It is said that this is the highest price on
record and that the laoe is of ths most
sxo,uisita workmanship. The loo will b
sxhtbitedat th World's Fair.
Al International congress of charities;
correction and philanlrophy will be held a
the World's Fair, to con.-.! .or quostion
rotating to the car nf criminals, pauper
sni uniurtun ites. The eonres will bjiu
June 11, loll), and last oua weok. Kx Pi-esi-jent
K. B. Hayes bas boon invited to p.o
lid over iu doiitwrntions.
Tiik California Capitol will be represent!
In niiniatiir attha World's Fair by an ex
hibition of nlc'.le, Tho women of Fresno
County will distribute pounds of raisin
In souvenir boxos. A playing fountain of
nu will form a feature o( tn viticullural
lispiay. A rose Ire twenty-four inches its
sircuiuf areuu will b oue ot California's ex
hibits. Taa New York Central Railway, in It
txhiblt at th World's Fair, will strikingly
illustrate th wonderful improvements that
have teen made in railway transportation
by showing a magnincient, complete vestt
buled tram and along si'ls of it a reproduc
tion of the llrst train of oars used In this
oounu-y, th oar of which resauibUd olde
lashioniMl stag coaches.
Frank Wcihinbach, svmbd years old.
was playing with soma ooyson th Harrison,
pike, near Ciaolnaati, Oaio. water
melon wagon passed along. Th boys slipped
up behind it and Weissubocb reached tra
uuder th ourtaia for a melon. He suddenly
uttered a so ream and draw ouS his arov
bleeding fearfully and th hand merely
banging by th skin . Hs fainted and toll to
th ground. On of th occupants of th
watermelon wazou wasoooaesvlad beuind thai ,
curtain and with a large knife, used ia cut
ting melons, he chopped off WewoDch
hand.
Tin latest contribution to astro
nomical science la that the moon reg
ularly ban a couple of horns before)
Retting full.-Philadelphia Times.
A in oil pip un, rival to th 8taods
Oil Company, la to be run from North we
era Pennsylvania to Newburg, oa th Bads
son. The Una will b UU aulas loa a
will cost about Il.i00.00o.
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