KICillT SHALL llL'Ui.
Elinrt is tlia triumph of evil,
Ioiig is lh ikirm uf right.
The ini'ii Who win hy t tie nicl of sin,
The nntinn thnt rules hy miht.
The party Hint livei hy corruption,
The tiicknter, the kunve, tlie thief,
May thrive fur a time on the fruits of
crime,
I But their seeming success is brief. -
Eneer, if you will, nt honor;
Make virtue a theme for jest;
Reflect on the nmn who strives as he can
To seek and to do the best ;
Hake goodness a butt for Blunder,
And offer excuse for vice;
'Proclaim the old lie, the corruplionist's
cry,
That every nmn has his price.
Yet know that the truth shnll triumph,
That evil idinll timl iU.dooin; '
That the cmme of right, though subdued
by might.
Shall break from the strongrat tomb;
That wrong, though it seems to triumph,
Lasts only for u day,
While the cause of truth has eternal
outh,
ahnli rule o'er the world for aye.
J. A. I'Mgertoii, in Christian Endeavor
iWorld.
i A HALF-HOUR
$ WITH "EPHRAIM."
ty Franklin Welles Calkins.
"During tiie I?.t.e winter and spring
of '62," said my trapper friend, "I
was out alone a couple of hundred
miles wist of Laramie.
"I went up there In a light snow,
with my mule hitched to a travvy
that caiiied all my effects in a sixty
Ballon crsk a bis stmit barrel which
had been !;-;Ulited In at Fort Lara
lute. "The mule was n Government ani
mal, all light but for a spavin ou one
lore leg. which uniiUed him for the
lieavy freight service. I had bid him
In at a trader's auction. Moses, as I
'called the beast, suited me better
than a pony, and for eight years bo
and the big barrel served my purposes
In (lie way of travel.
"Moses was the most successful
forager I ever owned. When ho
couldn't dig up grass, he could thrive
on willows or almost any kind of
fcrush, and he wasn't scared of any
thing on earth, alive or dead.
"That winter, which was open and
mild, I built a light pole shack up on
the side hill for myself, and an open
ahed near the creek bank for Moses.
"I found the trapping prime. The
.water In all streams was very low,
there having been no rains the year
before, and when March came In the
leavers began migrating down
stream, hunting for more water.
"That made easy trapping, for
very shallow was a runway where
you could set your traps between the
Moulders just deep enough to catch a
beaver by the hind legs. I took a lot
ef pelts, and was getting on finely
(when the sllvertips crawled out of
their winter quarters and wade trou
ble for me.
"For some days they took my beav
er aDout as fast as I could catch them.
Neither they nor any other four-foot
thieves ever trouble a trapper when
lie is taking his catch In water deep
enough to drown his beaver. . .
"I put in my time hunting bears
lor three or four days, and killed four
within the range of my trapping
ground.
"One morning, just at daylight, I
net a big fellow In the creek channel
jwithln 200 yards of my shack.
: " 'Twasn't light enough for good
Bhootlng, but the rascal was picking
(the bones of one of my beaver, and I
took a chance at forty yards, and
Iflred at him. The result was that I
Marked 'Ephralm's' Jaw, and Instantly
Lad a mad grizzly charging after me.
"One shot was all I carried in those
Ways, and I dropped my rifle on the
ocks and ran for my shack. I was
light on my feet in the fifties, and
good at sprinting, otherwise I should
never have beaten that lean old bear
In an uphill race. As it was, I
clammed and latched-.my flimsy split
pole door in Ephralm's face. Know
ing that wouldn't stand up against a
single stroke of his paw, I dived for
my barrel, the only hiding place I
had. The big cask, with half a head
in one end and a whole one In the
ether, served me both as a provision
chest and a table.
I "I whirled it over, tumbled out the
contents, and with a bowls knife In
my teeth, backed Into It. I managed
to roll it so that the open end was
next to the wall, and In that refuge I
waited Ephralm's movements.
"The bear didn't smash in my
door, as I feared he would, hut pro
ceeded to climb up on my turkey'pen.
iThe walls were laid up like a worm
fence, a little notched at the joining,
and the cracks were stuffed with
moss. The roof, too, was covered
with light poles and with bark and
imoss, weighted down by stones.
"The whole structure was not as
Stout as a good rail pigpen, but there
iwasn't a tree big enough to climb on
that whole slope. Just a scattering
chaparral of small timber, and the
shack was my only refuge.
"Sometimes a bear is afraid of a
pen like that, especially if he has
lever been pinched in a log trap, but
jthls one wasn't, as the books say, so
phisticated. "I heard the poles creak as he
mounted, and one of them, clawed
out of its Joint, rattled tn end on the
! ground.
"When he came to heave himself
up on the roof the poles flew apart
and the bear slumped In head first.
He was mad at finding himself caged,
and the way he broke looBls'wasdam
aglng. ' "' :
"In less than a'mloute'b'e knocked
the shack into Bta'ifhereens. n Then he
climbed out of a wreck of poles and
began snuffing around' .the premises.
A. half'dozsn or more poles lay criss
cross over my barrel, and I bad hlsh
It r.
hope, for a moment, that I might es
cape discovery.
"But no; Ephralm either suielled
me or the bacon Ind sugar that I had
turned loose, tfnd back he came
grunting and clawing into the wood
pile. When he raked my barrel out
of the wreckage and poked his muz
tie In at Its opening I let htm have
the knife. Then thfhgs happened to
the barrel and rue.
"The grizzly threw himself upon
the cask as upon a living thing, rip
ping at It with teeth and claws, and
roaring like a mad Hon. Scared lest
his cuffing would spill me out,
wedged myself tn with the back of
my head and shoulders against the
half head, and my feet braced at the
whole end, while one hand pushed
ngninst the staves opposite my face
and the other held my knife, ready for
a Jab. And so, well braced, I took
my punishment.
"The cask was of the stoutest ma
terial, hooped, at six-Inch spaces, in
Iron, and no animal of less strength
than an elephant could have crushed
Its staves.
"When the bear reached a pnw in
at the opening I drove the point of
my knife Into his 'palm.' There was
a sudden exit of the paw, and a whin
Ing roar of pain, but he only fell upon
my defenseless cover with increased
wrate.
"Sometimes I was stood on my
I head, again on my crossed legs, but
more often I was rolled about flat
wise or spun round and round as the
bear cuffed and clawed at the barrel.
"He got the cask presently clear
outside the wreckage of the shack
and hanged It about among the small
growth. No loser at a prize fight, I
reckon, was ever more outrageously
thumped during his battle than I was
while that grizzly mauled my barrel
Ugh! It seems as If my backbone
and my shins are sore yet when I get
to thinking about it.
"After a minute or two of such
pounding the barrel was tumbled Into
an open space, and away It went
down the slope. What happened in
the next minute Is a fit of delirium
to me. Somewhere between the shack
and the mule shed the barrel lilt an
obstruction, mercifully spilled me out
and went whizzing on Into the creek.
"I suppose It was only for some
Beconds, but It seemed to me an age
that I lay on my back, with the hills.
some clouds and a piece of red sky
doing a dance around me.
"Then I staggered to my feet, won
dering where I was and what had
happened, and was brought to my
senses by a squeal of rage from
Moses, followed by a cracking thump,
and a roar from Ephralm.
"Then I knew the grizzly had
charged after the barrel, had some
how missed me in his rage, and had
brought up at the mule shed. In
stantly I was scared for MoBes' safety.
Tied as he was the mule would be
helpless and have no chance to get
away. For the minute, I forgot my
own danger.
"I ran to the back of the Bhed,
which was the side nearest me,
jerked the moss out of a crack,
reached in with my knife, which I
had picked up when I was spilled,
and cut the rawhide which tethered
MoHes.
"The mule was fighting the fight
of his life to keep Ephralm from
clawing his rump. He was pulling
back at his rope when I slashed it,
and he backed his fighting quarters
into outdoor territory as quick as
scat.
"I climbed up on the shed, grabbed
a pole, and stood ready to put In my
licks. Then well, I came pretty
near getting even with that bear. I
was In time to see Moses slam his
heels into the grizzly's cheBt with a
sounding thump that was good to
hear.
"It was Blmply astonishing the
amount of punishment that sllverttp
was willing to take. Blinded by
lightning strokes and beaten back
again and again, he rushed to the
fray with jaws open, only to have his
teeth kicked down his throat.
"There was no need for me to take
part in that fight. From the begin
ning Moses had things his own way.
With an eye to the rear, his forefeet
gathered close, the mule's Bplne
curved like a willow whipped in the
wind. In vain the bear tried to get
past his battery, to rush in under his
flying heels.
"When the grizzly was finally and
Ignomlnlously tumbled over the creek
bank the fight was ended. He gath
ered himself up, grumbling, crossed
the creek and slunk oft among the
bushes.
"When Moses cooled off enough so
that I dared overhaul him, I found
some ugly cuts on his flanks and
hams, and some nasty bruises on his
lower legs, but they were only such
superficial hurts as good bathing and
a little grease would cure in the end."
--Youth's Companion. '
Penetrability of Matter.
In a lecture at the Royal Institu
tion recently, Professor Sir James
Thomson said that matter is neither
continuous nor homogeneous. He
showed hy an experiment that hydro
gen can be passed into a vacuum
bulb through an incandescent plati
num window. In a similar way
sodium can be passed into the tube
to absorb the residual oxygen. Bel
latl, the Italian physicist, has shown
that hydrogen can pass through cold
Iron. Matter may therefore be gen
erally regarded as full of holes.
Youth's Companion.
Travelers through Servian vlllagei
often see dolls suspended in the wln
dows of cottages. . The dolls have
nothing to do with child life, but sig
nify that a marriageable daughter 01
. widow lives in the house.
Testing Plant Life
on Fort Brown Land
Remarkable Results of Experiments Foreign Growths, In
cluding Cork Oak and Bamboo, Raised Cotton Plants Crossed
The' military reservation at Fort
Browu, which served the United
States a useful purpose in trouble
some times during periods of border
warfare, is now being put to a still
greater and far more beneficial use,
writes the Fort Brown (Texas) cor
respondent of the New York Tribune.
The abandonment of Fort Brown as
a military post as a direct result of
the shooting up of the town of
Brownsville on August 18, 1906, left
the War Department with this valu
able property upon Its hands. Soon
after the abandonment an investiga
tion of the agricultural possibilities
of the land was made under the di
rection of the Department of Agricul
ture. It was decided that It would
be an Ideal site for the establishment
of a United States plant testing and
Introduction garden. It was found
that It was the most southerly local
ity in the United States where such
a garden could be established. In
point of climate and In other respects
It offered opportunities for conduct
ing experiments und Investigation In
the growth of a wide variety of pro
ducts that could not bo undertaken In
any other section of the United
States. There were two other govern
ment plaut testing and introduction
gardens in this country, one at Mlaurl,
Fla., and the other nt Chlco, Cal.
Professor E. C. Green was put in
charge. His first step was to clear
the land and Install a system of Irri
gation. The water for irrigation
purposes Is obtained from tho Rio
U i uncle by means of one eight horse
power gasolene engine, which drives
a centrifugal pump of a capacity of
six hundred gallons a minute. A
small eugine provides the agricultural
colony with Its own electric lights and
domestic water supply. '
These gardens at present embrace
an area of fifty acres, but the remain
ing hundred and fifty acres will be
brought under cultivation as rapid
ly as possible. Even with the fifty
acres in use more than twenty-five
hundred different varieties of plant
life are growing or have been grown
since November, 1907. A detailed
account of what has already been ac
complished In these gardens would
occupy many columns. Seeds and
plants have been brought from all
ovst the world and are being experi
mented with in order to discover
whether they are adapted to the soil
and climate of the lower Rio Grande
Valley, as well as to other parts of
Teias and the South generally.
As an Illustration of the possibili
ties In this direction, one variety of
cotton which was obtained from Nica
ragua produces Bquares which hang
downward. It Is a proved fact that
the boll weevil Is a clumsy Insect and
that It clings with difficulty. There
fore it would have difficulty in hang
ing on to tho Nicaragua cotton. The
Nicaragua variety is being successful
ly grown In its native country despite
the fact that that Is the country
whence the boll weevil originally
came. It is Professor ureen s idea to
cross the Nicaragua cotton with the
best long staple cotton of the South
in the hope that the trait of the
squares hanging downward may bo
retained and at the same time the
yield of the staple increased.
One of the most important experi
ments Is that of growing the cork
oak. The acorns from which these
trees sprang were brought from
Spain. A barrel of the acorns are
being planted each year. The trees
are of slow growth, but are valuable
when they attain a commercial size,
which is at an age of about twenty
years. It is from the cork oak that
the cork supply of the world is ob
tained. There is one of these trees
on the Jagua ranch, near Fort Brown,
which is flourishing at the age of six
teen years. It is stated by Professor
Green that when a cork oak has at-
AN "ELABORATE DINNER.
Modern Table, Decked
sions, a Formidable Affair.
The man who declined to eat at a
formal dinner because he was not
hungry showed unusual Independ
ence. Indeed, the modern table,
decked out for a festive occasion, is
formidable affair. Few, even the
most expert, know exactly what they
are eating. In a book called Old
Kentucky," Mr. J. F. Cook describes
an elaborate repast which he attended
some years ago while on a visit to
the East.
"Perhaps what food satisfies one
depends largely upon taste and habit.
Had Mark Twain been permitted to
enjoy the evening meal they called
it dinner at Sherry's, in New York,
he would not have been so frank in
expressing great admiration for
Southern cooking.
'It was said that it took four thou
sand dollars to provide the supper
for four hundred, people and how
much money was spent on other
things was not estimated.
"It was a great occasion, and to
an old Kentucklan who. bad spent a
quarter of a century, in the West, it
was naturally an occasion of great
expectation. ''' '' ' '
'All of us were seated by number.
Finally the trouble began. An elab
orate way-bill, called a 'menu,' was
presented to each one, and if ever
that way-bill has been1 read thorough
ly by any one to' this' day,' r have not
heard of it. It. was principally
talned the age of twenty years it Is
good for one hundred years of pro
duction. The cork oak trees which
are now growing In the Fort Brown
gardens are doing splendidly.
Tho growing of bamboos Is anoth
er feature of these gardens. Owing
to the strong Gulf winds, which pre
vail almost constantly in the lower
Rio Gande Valley, the need of wind
breaks to protect the growing crops
Is felt upon the farms, particularly
where certain delicate kinds of gar
den truck are raised. It is the opin
ion of Professor Green that bamboos
are the coming windbreaks of the
valley. When planted from the seed
the bamboo stalks make a growth of
twelve feet In one year. The second
year's growth Is twenty to thirty feet,
and, with irrigation, the stalks grow
to a height of sixty to a hundred feet,
the timber is from four to eight
Inches in diameter, and Is hard and
straight. This bamboo timber is good
tor use as rafters In houses, and Is
valuable in a thousand other ways.
By moistening and splitting, hand
some and durable furniture and mat
ting can may be made from it. The
bamboo stalks which are growing up
on the gardens here demonstrate that
they are well adapted to this soil and
climate.
The experiments and investigation
that have been made in growing date
palms In the Fort Brown gardens
show that the raising of this fruit Is
a domestic proposition in the lower
Rio Grande Valley. The trees thrive
and produce an abundance of fruit.
it Is probable that these gardens will
have more than 1000 date palm trees
ready for distribution next year.
Exhaustive experiments are being
made with cacti. There are now 225
varieties of cactus growing In the
Fort Brown gardens. Of this num
ber sixteen or seventeen varieties are
perfectly spineless. The enormous
production and great value of the
cactus as a forage product are well
known to the stockmen of the South
west. Much attention Is given to growing
native fruits, vegetables and grains
In these gardens. A Mexican variety
of corn, which has unusually long
and thick husks, that protect It from
the weevil, Is being grown. This corn
is said to be well adapted to Texas.
A Quincentenary .
Among the many seats of learning
which will shortly be celebrating cen
tenaries Is the University of Lelpslc.
This foundation will celobrate its
BOOth anniversary toward the end of
July next, and Its 1000th session.
The program will Include a service
In the university church, the Paullner
Klrche, a meeting In the new theatre
with an address by Prince Frederick
August of Saxony, a fete campetre
at Palmengarten, a historic proces
sion, gala performances in all the
theatres, and a "commers" In a spe
cially constructed hall, at which 10,
000 will be present. The arrange
ments are in the hands of the rector
and professors, assisted by the va
rious students' societies. London
Globe.
A Musician and His Dolls.
Dragonettl, the famous double
bass, had two weaknesses one for
snuff taking and Jhe other for dolls,
of which he owned a large number.
They were not beautiful and were
most quaintly dressed, especially the
large black one he called his "wife,"
but the whole wooden family accom
panied him whithersoever he went
and he would find amusement for
hours talking to them. Home Notes.
The total number of negroes in
the United States in the year 1800
was 1,000,000, speaking in round
terms, and in 1900, 8,841,000.
Out For Festive Occa
French, mongrel 'English, and out
landish expressions.
"Without' attempting to name the
different articles, I will say that it
seemed they had swept the pools, the
ponds, the swamps, and all strange
places to get the materials for din
ner. "Never having tasted terrapin, I
thought that when we came around
to that I certainly should be delight
ed. We had gone through with the
frogs and different kinds of soups,
and then came the terrapin and can
vasback duck.
"I had eaten among the Indians,
among the negroes, among white
folks and among the Dutch, but I
had never tasted anything like that
terrapin. It seemed to be mixed up
with little chips . and gristle, small
bones, spices, flavoring extracts, sage,
rue and hair oil.
"I tackled it boldly I had tried
several other dishes and soups and
failed but the first mouthful of this
discouraged me. I turned to my
neighbor and said:
" 'How do you like this?' His an
swer fully concurred with my Judg
ment. I then knew he was a wise
man.
"It took till very late In the night
to go through with the whole busi
ness, hut I hung on because I wanted
to hear the speeches."
Pluck and
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pi
A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.
When the revenue cutter Bear
reached Alaskan waters in 1887 the
captain of the whaling ship Hunter
handed the commander of the Bear a
message which hnd been delivered to
him a few days before by the natives
of Cape Behrlng. It consisted of a
piece of wood, on one side of which
was rudely carved, "1887 J. B. V. Bk.
Nap. Tobacco give." On the other
side was cut, "S. W. C. Nav. M 10
help come."
The riddle offered by this had
baffled the whaler, but it was speedily
solved by the revenue officer. The
bark Napoleon had been wrecked in
1885 off Cape Navarln, and only four
teen of thlrty-slc men on board had
reached port. Of the unlucky twenty-two,
says the author of "The- Sea
Rovers," a few had reached the Si
berian shore, but nothing had been
learned of their ultimate fate. The
officer therefore reasoned that the
sender of the message was a member
of that crew who had found shelter
with the natleS to the southwest of
the cape, about ten miles, and was
anxiously awaiting rescue. This rea
soning was correct, and within two
weeks they had the full story from
the rescued man, James B. Vincent,
of Edgartown, Mass.
The Napoleon, caught in a storm,
bad been wedged In the Ice, and Its
crew was compelled to take to the
boats. These, four in number, were
soon separated, and thirty-six days
of fearful suffpiing elapsed before
the boat containing Vincent reached
shore.
In tho meantime nine of the eigh
teen persons had died, and several
others had been driven Insane by
their sufferings. Vincent was the
only man who could walk when they
reached land. Five more soon died,
and the other three were helpless
from frost bites when they fell In
with a party of natives.
Some of the natives lived Inland,
and took Vincent with them when
they returned to their homes. The
following spring, when they vlsltsd
the shore to fish, he found his three
shipmates barely nllve; they all died
oon afterward
When the fishing was over Vincent
went back to the mountains with his
native friends, and during the follow
ing winter carved the message which
brought about his rescue, and entrust
ed It to some wandering natives fiom
Cape Behrlng.
At the opening of spring, the sec
end year, he again started for the
seashore. A few weeks later he was
attracted by the shouting of the na
tlves, and looking up discovered, to
his great Joy, white men who had
come to rescue him. The Bear con
veyed him to San Francisco, whence
he went overland to his home
While among the Eskimos Vincent
was kindly cared for by an old native,
whose wife received him as her son
After a year the husband died, but
his last Instructions to his wife were
to care for and keep their guest until
he was rescued. When relief at last
came the old woman, with tears in
her eyes, said she was ready to die
for she had done as her husband
wished. Warm and tender hearts
can be found even in Siberian wastes
A GAY REVOLUTION.
In 1848 a revolutionary movement
threatened Austria, and from the
window of his office in Vienna, the
well known author, Grlllparzer, had
a view of the opening scenes of the
revolution. He speaks of the beha
vlor of the people during the first
days of the revolution as "charming."
It was the gayest revolution imag
inable, he wrote. Favored by the
most beautiful spring weather, the
entire population was In the streets
from morning till night.
When the crowd reached the vlcln
Ity of the imperial Burg, where the
military with their cannon had been
stationed, there arose loud shouts of
Joy, which those within the Burg in
terpreted as threats against their
lives; bo that they conceded every
thing demanded by some Impudent
fellows, who represented themselves
as deputies of the people. In fact. It
became the fashion for any one who
chose to do so to demand admission
into the Burg, bring his fist down
upon the table, and insult the arch
dukes to their faces.
Those who were Inspired by the
sincerest conviction, and who at the
same time acted most absurdly, were
the students, who considered them
selves the heroes of the occasion. As
there seemed to be some hesitation
about granting a constitution, they
wanted to storm the Burg. They
thought less of victory than the glory
of dying for the cause of liberty.
They scrambled for the honor of lead
ing in the assault.
I have myself seen how the young
er and weaker ones among them
asked to be placed in front, so that,
after they had been shot down, the
older and stronger might be able to
hurl themselves upon the guns be
fore there was time to reload them.
At last the promise of a constitu
tion was given. The Emperor drove
through the streets. He was every
where greeted with shouts of joy,
cheers, expressions of love and devo
tion, the outbursts of true and loyal
hearts,
HUNTING SEA ELEPHANTS.
The chief danger attending the
killing of the sea elephant is in ap
proaching too near his terrible jaws,
which are capable of biting in two an
Iron rod the thickness of one's finger.
The hunter, however, must get protty
close, as the thick hide and blubbw
have rendered the animal practically;
impervious to attack, the only rul
nerable point being a spot about ths
size of a walnut above each eye. Care
less hunters have at times got within
reach of the brute's teeth and have
escaped only by dexterously wrlg
Rllng from their clothes. I had occa
sion once to shed my coat with great
agility, one of the smaller beasts hav
ing caught me by the sleeve.
Our afternoon kill had been about
forty animals, some of which had
given me and my four hunters con
siderable trouble. This was mainly
due to the treacherous footing and
the heavy nature of the work, not
only In killing, but In stripping the
ponderous brutes. We were anxlons
to make the afternoon kill an even
fifty, and night was fast coming on.
In cutting out two particularly
hard fighters, a male and female, I
had overlooked a young bull partly
hidden behind an Ice hummock. We
had stripped both animals and, walk
ing over to the hummock where our
guns were stacked, I was leaning to
pick mine up when, with a bellow of
rage, the young bull reared and
whipped his flall-IIke flippers at me.
Luckily the guns were stacked so as
to form a temporary barrier, but un
luckily one thick paw was Impaled
on a bayonet. Rearing in fresh rage
the animal lunged at me with Incred
ible speed, snapping the gun between
his Javelin teeth as though It were a
straw. I leaped backward, hut
slipped.
Instantly he clutched at my body,
hut mlsspd In the semi-darkness,
lunged and clutched again, catching
my right arm In his powerful maw.
His awkwardness enabled mo to re
gain my feet, but, with a ripping tug
the animal fastened on to the sleeve
of my heavy skin jncket, out of which
I slipped Just as one of my men drove
a harpoon Into him Just above the
eye. Captain Benjamin D. Cleve
land, In Hampton's Magazine. .4
BOSTON'S MAN OF MYSTERY, '
Even in our own country a secret
passage Is now and then come upon.
There was such a tunnel In Boston,
Mass., which led from the water front
back toward Copps Hill. No one ever
had the courage to Investigate It hut
once. Then two young men accom
panied by their dog ventured in some
hundred feet. But their candle was
snuffed out and they retreated. As
they hurried out they called their
dog with them. It refused to come,
but stood with bristling back, snarl
ing Into the dark, finally running
straight Into the tunnel, and that
was the last ever heard from it.
Later the tunnel was closed, but be
fore that the weird history of its
maker was brought to light. His
name was Gruchy bold, inscrutable)
and with his pockets full of Spanish
doubloons.
The little that is known of him
even now Is that one day he appeared
In Boston. He seemed to have no
particular business; he finally set up
a store as a merchant, and offered
many strange and valuable things
for sale at an extremely low rate.
And where they came from was no
body's business. Gruchy had a way
of leaning against his counter and
one hand akimbo on his hip and
within easy reach of his old horse
pistol, of looking at a man who ques
tioned him as to where he secured
his goods that was a quick bar to
such free and . easy questions. He
prospered to such an extent that he
soon bought the famous house owned
by Sir William Phlps, and soon after
constructed a wharf, which rested on
the hulks of two sunken ships lying
at right angles near the shore. But
ther.e was one odd thing about this
wharf no vessels were ever seen to
approach it. There were rumors, to
be sure, of strange craft afloat In the
harbor at nightfall and the sound of
muffled oars still later In the even
ing. Gruchy was a lavish entertain
er. His house was the scene of many
a good dinner, where he had as his
guests not only Colonials but English
army officers. No one in all Boston
offered such choice wines or such del
Icate viands. Practically nothing
more Is known of him or his end.
Old Christ Church to-day is in
debted to this man for candelabra and
various other things of solid gold and
silver not purchased in the Colonies.
Sunday Magazine.
CHEETAH IN INDIAN VILLAGE.
A large cheetah, evidently from
the jungles near Malapurara, descend
ed a few days ago on the village of
Tirur and caused a panic among the
village folk.
Entering a Molpah hut, the beast
pounced upon a woman, killing her
and then eating away a portion of the
face and body. The poor woman
screamed for several minutes, but
the terrified neighbors could not find
sufficient courage to go to the rescue,
and on the cheetah emerging there
was a general stampede.
The brute went out, savagely at
tacking all it came across, and some
thirteen persons were severly mauled,
four of them succumbing to their in
juries. Eventually the cheetah con
cealed itself in a pit, where it was
followed by a railway inspector, who
shot it. The first shot did Dot tell,
and the cheetah sprang on Mr. No-
ronha, the official, who managed to
evade it. A coolie and MolDah vil
lager going to the rescue were at
tacked, the villager being dragged
down by the cheetah.
Mr. Noronha then shot the beast
through the heart. When the vil
lagers found that it was dead they
rushed up and belabored the carcass
with stones and any weapons they
could pick up. Madras Mail.
The German available army num-'
berg over 5,000,000 men. ,