A SINGULAR HOME~
STRANGE DISCOVERY MADE BY
SOUTHWESTERN HUNTERS.
An Indian Family In a Cave, Liv
ing on Intimate Terms with Ser
pents.
A party of sportsmen from Fort
Stockion, Texas, whi e hunting ante
lopes in tke Sierra Charrote a few days
ago, made a most singular discovery.
Riding up a narrow gorge they caught
sight of a gigantic rattlesnake trailing
his hideous length along the side of the
steep crag just above their heads.
Several of the party fired at the reptile,
but none of tlie shots had any effect
beyond causing his snakeship to accel
erate his leisurely movement, and by the
time the party had dismounted and
reached the spot, the rattler was d sap
pearing down a fissure in the rock.
A volley of shot was sent clattering
after him, but some of his pursuers,
feeling courageous enough to follow
him further, they l ad turned about nnd
were making their way hack to the
horses, when a human head, protruding
from tlie gap where the snake had dis
appeared, attracted their attention.
Tlie head was quickly followed by the
body, and a most remarkable person
stood gazing curiously after them. It
was a man, i lad from head to foot in a
garment evidently made out of the
tough, fiborous grasses of these parts
woven together in a mat. This was se
cured ah. >ut the waist by a belt com
posed of the pied, mottled skin of rep
tiles. This strange being's long, coarse
hair hung about his face in straight,
black-pleated locks, giving him a most
weird, Medusa like appearance. His
featu es were of a brutish, cunning
type, while the face was lighted up by
a pair of coldly twinkling orbs hard v
human in their steady gaze, and which
competed the suggestion of a serpent
of his entire make up.
The hunters, ama/ed at this singular
apparition, turned back and approached
the man, who waited for them without
any evidence of fear or desire to avoid
a meeting. Mr, K., who was somewhat
in advance of the others, called out to
him in English, "Good morning," and
was answered in Spanish, spoken with a
guttural accent.
Mr. K. then began to converse in
Spanish with the man, who responded
briefly in a dialect of his own, composed
of a mongrel Spanish and Apache In
dian. When asked what he was doing
down in that hole, he informed the par
ty that lie lived down there and offered
to shew them his home. The gentlemen
felt considerable hesitation about fol
lowing the rattlesnake into such close
quarters, and expressed as much, when
the stranger declared there was 110 harm
to be expected from the snake, but said
there was another entrance t > his abode
that they might make use of if they
preferred it.
He then showed them a large hole in
the mountain's side which they had
failed to notice for the b :shes tbat well
nigh covered it. They found themse ves,
on entering this hole, in a small, gloomy
cave, in which they saw, as soon as the
eyes became accustomed to the insuffi
cient light, a womau and several chil
dren seated, or lying about 011 skins.
They wore all dressed in the same rude
garments as the man, to whom they bore
a strong resemblance. They took very
little notice of the hunters, exhibiting
a sluggishness of movement that would
have seemed to indicate drowsiness had
it not been for their little, glancing,
watchful eyes that gleamed like diamond
points in the dimness of the cave.
In obedience to some order of her
husband, the woman rose from her
squatting position in one corner of the
cavern, letting fall from lier lap some
object that glided swiftly away to one of
the children, about whom it twined it
self, and who affectionately olasped it
in her arms. To the amazement and
horror of tlie gentlemen, this object was
the huge rattlesnake which ha 1 been
their guide to this extraordinary place,
so unreal and uncanny as to cause them
to ask themselves if it were not the cre
ation of a dream.
The woman had lighted a torch,
revealing the cave swarming with snakes
of every description and size. They
hung from rocky projections in the roof
and sides of the cavern, hissing at the
unwonted light, and glided about from
one corner to another. One great
shining black monster lay across the
throat of a sleeping infant, gently wav
ing its horrid "head above the child's
mouth. An o'.der child was eating
something from an earthenware vessel,
and n large rattler leaning from his
shoulder would swing over and eat from
the dish, while the child would strike it
with its bare hand whenever its strange
messmate seemed getting more than its
share.
After lighting the torch the woman
returned to her coiner and the skin on
which she had been squatting, and,
catching up a snake that was lying near,
dropped it into her lap as one might a
kitten. The creature crawled up her
body and Anally settled itself on her
breast, reaching up to her mouth as if
to kiss her. This fast exhibition of an
intimacy forbidden by the prejudices of
all ages and people was more than the
part. could stand, so they beat a hasty
retreat from that joint abode of serpents
and human beings. The man accom
panied them, offering in trade skins for
powder and shot.
While the exchange was being made
the man in answer to the question re
lated his history. He is a half-breed
Apache Indian, his father having been
a Mexican. Up to the time ho was
grown lie had continued with his
mother's people, but committing some
offence againßt their laws —he entered
into no details as to what this was—he
had to run away to escape their ven
geance, and his wild, roving existen e
having unfitted him for a civiliz-d life,
he had taken up his residence in this
mountain cave. His wife, an Indian
girl, had fled with him and here their
children had been born. He lives by
hunting and fishing, never venturing
far from his underground dwelling. As
to tlie snakes, he says they are gentle,
affectionate creatures, which, if man
would cease to persecute them, would
be liis faithful friends. —[Philadelphia
Times.
Life's Greatest Pleasure.
If asked what, as the result of my
experience, is the greatest pleasure in
life, I should say, doing good to others.
Not a strikingly original remark, per
haps, but seemingly tlie most difficult
thing in the world is to bo prosperous
and generous at the same time, During
the war 1 asked a very rich man to con
tribute some money to a certain relief
fund. He shook his bend. "Childs,"
he said, "I can't give you anything. I
have worked too hard for my money."
That is just it. Being generous grows
on one, just as being mean does. The
disposition to give and to be kind to
others should bo inculcated nnd fostered
in children. It to me that is the
way to improve the world and make
happy the people who are in it. —[G. W.
pliifds, in Lippinoott's.
NOTES AND COMMENT*
THE seat of the bitterest hostile >
the Jews has been the city of Vienna,
but vengeance seems to have come up
on it at last. A great event n Vienna
every year has been the International
Grain Market, the great market for the
continent. Lost year 6,000 persons at
tended it. But Inst spring Hebrew re
sentment was stirred to such a point
(that 250 firms of Buda Pestli signed a
{'declaration that they would not deal in
A iennu, and the movement was sup
ported in various towns of Hungary and
[in Prague. The Vienna Association,
seeing the dangerous extravagance to
'which the anti-Semitic agitation had
been carried, petitioned the Emper
or to allay it, but the result could not
be avoided. TUG efforts of the Jews
have made the corn market of this year
a comparative failure. Instead of the
16,000 of 1888, theie have been
but 2,000, and a proposition has arisen
also to establish another international
corn market in Paris.
THE wonderful tales of the Arabian
Nights are told aga n in New Mexico.
In the Lincoln Mine, at San Pedro,
long productive of very valuable ore,
miners have fount! a cavern about 10 i
feet by 50 feet in extent, whose s des are
studded with preoio s stones and metals
quite n the manner of the underground
garden where Aladdin went in obedi
ence to the command of the African ma
g ciftn, aud tlie floor 8 thickly strewn
with gems and ore bear ng pebbles, just
like Sinbad's Valley uf Diamonds. The
company only lately refused 0,000
for this mine, and are now huggiug
►themselves to think that they did so.
The camp is crazy with excitement, and
everybody fancies that he sees diamonds
as big as hens' eggs hanging 011 the
trees and sparkling from tlie beds of
streams.
MR. JAMES M. SWANK, in bis report
on the mineral resources of the United
States for 1888, states that throughout
the world there are mined every year
more than 50,000,000 tons of iron ore
and more than 450,000,000 tons of coal.
Of the iron ore Great Britain contrib
utes about 20 per cent., the United
States 24 per cent., and Germany 21 per
cent., these three countries thus fur
nisliing about 74 per cent, of the total
amount produced. The same three
countries furnish togther over 82 per
cent, of all the coal raised, Great Brit
ain having produced last year about
160,000,000 tons, America about 129,-
00'k00ft tons, and Germany about 10. •
000,000 tons.
OREGON is beginning to push Califor
nia in the honey business. Pretty soon
it will begin to coine East, for already
there is more made there than is needed
for local use. Dealers say the Oregon
product is richer than the California
article. It comes from wild flowers 011
the mountains, and the bees gather it
into the trees with all the industry of au
Eastern bee that has learned to hustle
in Western fashion. Some of the sweet
stuff is hard to get at, since woods are
accessible only by narrow trails, but it
iB found in sucli large quantities that it
pays to go for it.
THE sight of Japan taking long
strides in advance of it in modern things
has stirred up China, says an exchange.
The young Emperor is credited with some
ideas less than 2,000 years old. The
government has decided to inaugu ate a
great railroad system to cover in some
measure the entire country. The Amer
ican style of equipment and manage
ment has been given the preference over
the European. While the government
will control, it is expected to enlist na
tive capital aud overcome the objections
of the conservatives, who want 110 inno
vations.
SAYS a London correspondent: "There
are only two courses now open to Bou
langer. He must either return to
France in the avowed character of an
enemy to the Republic or retire per
manently from public life. If ho does
the former bloodshed and disorder will
mark his path; if he quietly submits to
his overthrow at the polls his followers
will consider him a weakling. He
seems to be between Scylla audCharyb
dis."
THE Author states that the editor of
Harper's Magazine selects for publica
tion each year about seventeen manu
script stories, and rejects annually be
tween fifteen and sixteen thousand. The
magazine is published at a yearly cost
of 8260,000 for original literary matter,
and the work of ariis's and engravers.
This sum does not include the expenses
of printing or publishing the maga
zine.
EVERYONE who takes the slightest in
terest in natural history will be sorry to
learn that the kangaroo is in danger of
being extinguished. I's skin is so valu
able that large of young kan
garoos are killed, iMI high authorities
are of the opinion that, unless the pro
cess is stopped, Australians will soon
have seen the last of this interesting
animal.
THE Germans aro distinguished for
their love of titles. The climax in this
direction was reached a few days ago in
Darmstadt, when the Grand Duke cre
ated a man "Court Sauer-Kraut Cutter."
Hereafter he must be addressed, accord
ing to custom, as "Mr. Court Sauor-
Kraut Cutter," and he will be offended
unless the title is used.
Miss SUSAN B. ANTHONY has peti
tioned the New York committee 011 the
World's Fair asking that the women of
the "New World" be allowed the use of
one of the permanent buildings of the
Exposit 011 in which to celebrate the
virtues of Queen Isabella while the men
are doing honor to Columbus.
EX-POSTMASTER-GKNERAIJ JAMES de
clares in the Forum that the most im
portant reforms in the postal service
been made by men who had
journalist 0 experience, the three most
important reformers being Benjamin
Franklin, Amos Kendall and Montgom
ery Blair.
Guttle-Fish and Sharks.
A sword fish oaptnred in the Gulf
Stream w as found to have in its stomach
over thirty eyes ancl twenty beaks of the
small outtle-fish, together with ft few
partly digested individuals. Sword
fishes anil sharks are natural enemies,
always fighting when they meet, and
there are accounts of fierce and deadly
encounters betweon them. An ugly
sword fish is a bad enemy to encounter,
us ng its weapons, as it uoes, with such
ease and force. One will often drive its
sword through the bottom of a boat, and
if it succeeds in withdrawing it without
breaking it off, the boat rapidly fills
with water, and the occupants, diiven
into the sea, are savagely attacked and
badly wounded by the furious fish. At
times they are abundant on all sides,
lying near the surface, with their dorsal
fin projecting above.
NAVASSA ISLAND.
CAUSE OF THE UPRISING.
A Laud Under the Jurisdiction of
No Nation, but Owned by Ameri
cans.
Tne dispatches stating that a riot had
occurred on Navassa island, in the Car
ibbean sea, in which a number of
Americans had been kilted, lias called
the attention of the public to the fact
that there are islands in the West Indies
which are under the jurisdiction of no
particular nation. Our Government
lias sent the Galena to the scene of the
disturbances, and as the land is entirely
owned by American citizens it is prob
able that wo will be permitted to settle
the trouble. The following facts re
garding the island will prove interest
ing:
From the head of the bay on which
Port-au-Prince stands there reaches out
011 the west the long arm of peninsu'a
which is so peculiar a feature in the geo
graphy of the island. The arm-bone is
a continuous ridge of mountains rising
to a height of 8,000 feet and stretching
160 miles. Navassa island is locatod
immediately opposite this promontory
in latitude 18 min. 25 sec. north, while
the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude
passes right through the island. The
guano deposits, which give to the rocky
outline of the Haytian dominions a high
commercial value, cover an area of about
a square mile, and are handled by the
Navassa Phosphate Company, of 22
South stree , Baltimore, Mil., and 19
Cliff street, New York. The company,
which claims a concession of the entire
island, is one of the wealthiest fertilizer
corporations in the country and does an
immense business in the Eastern States
from Maine to Florida and from Balti
more and Philadelphia to the Ohio
river.
Navassa island lies directly in the
track of the Pacific Mail steamers 011
the Atlantic side of the isthmus, and is
the last land sighted between Point
Maysi, in Cuba, and Aspinwall. The
population numbers about 500, includ
ing nearly 100 persons employed in nnd
about the works. The black or Haytian
element predominates, and there is a
considerab e accession of malcontents
and "transients" from tlie mainland.
Speaking of the relations of Great
Britain and the United States in regard
to Hayti and the present condition of
that republic, James A. Fronde says in
a recent memoir : " Hayti has passed
through many revolutions, and is 110
nearer than at first to stability. Close
to where our ship brings up, after pass
ing the narrow channel between Gonaive
island and the mainland, we see the
Canada, an English frigate, and about a
quarter of a mile from her an American
frigate of about the same size, with the
Stars and Stripes conspicuously flying.
We (the English) have had somo differ
ences of late with the Hayti authorities,
and the sat atacticn which was asked for
having been refused or delayed, a man
of-war had been sent to ask redress in
more peremptory terms. The town of
Port au-Prince lay under her guns ; the
President's ships, which she might per
haps have seized as a security, had been
taken out of sight into shallow water
where she could not follow them. The
Americans have no particular right in
Hayti, and are as little liked as we are,
but they are feared, and they do not al
low any business of a serious kind to go
on in these waters without knowing
what it is about. Hayti is the most ri
diculous caricature of civilization in the
whole world. Doubtless the whites are
not disinterested witnesses, for they are
treated as they once treated tho blacks.
They can own 110 freehold property, and
exist only on tolerance. They are Vailed
* white trash.' Black dukes anil mar
quises drive over them on the street,
and swear at them, and they consider it
an invasion of tho natural order of
things. No one can tell the future fate
of the black republic, but the present
order of things cannot last in an island
so close under the American shores. If
the Americans forbid any other power to
interfere they will have to interfere
themselves."—[San Francisco Chroni
cle.
The Great Mexican Monolith.
The removal ot the great monolith,
the Goddess of Water, from the ancient
Tolteo city of Teotihuacan, in Mexico,
is attracting widespread attention. The
top of the statue is below the surface of
the surrounding plain, and us it is over
ten feet lower it is seen that the task of
its removal is no ordinary* one. It is of
granite, contains 262)) cubic feet of solid
rook, and 160 pounds per cubic foot is a
low estimate for it. Mr. Bates esti
mates its lotal weight at twenty-five
tons. A temporary railroad track near
ly three miles long will be laid from the
station on the Mexican Railway over to
the place where tlie statue now stands.
Its age is supposed to be about 1,400
years. Its squaro shape and severely
grim Tolteo features all bespeak its fifth
century sculpture. In clearing away
the rubbish that had accumulated
around tho goddess, tho mouth of a
tunnel was uncovered. It is nearly
seven feet high, und runs straight back
into the mound about 60 feet, and has
four side tunnels of little length. Iu
its roof, sides, bottom —in fact, every
where—are to ho found fragments of
pottery, bones, obsidian, etc. Tho
ground was covered with u smooth coat
ing of pure lime mortar. Traces
of stops of terraces are seen 011 all its
sides.
The Indians at first made strenuous
objections to the removal of the goddess.
They said that its mission was to guard
tho treasures of the sacred city, but they
finally gave a reluctant consent. The
day that the statue is moved there will
bo a great celebration. The President
of the Republic is impressed with the
importance of knowing more of the
great Toltec city of Teotihuacan, and it
is probable that a part of it will he un
covered by the aid of the soldiers.—
[New Orleans Pieyuno.
Chinese Immigration.
Writing from San Francisco, a corres
pondent of the New York Tribune says:
The statement which has often been
made that the Chinese Government is
not encouraging the emigration of its
people to tho United States, is indorsed
by Chae Kwok.Yong, the now Chinese
Minister. Thisstatement, which was made
without hesitation, furnishes a strong
refutation of the assertion recently made
that trouble was brewing for Americans
in China on account of the 1 assago of
the Restriction Act. The Minister re
ferring to these laws, said: "Though
not speaking officially for tho Imperial
Government, I can safely say that it is
my opinion that this measure is quite
satisfactory. My government does not
approve of extensive emigration to this
country or any other." Tin; now Minis
ter also declared that his government
felt kindly disposed toward tlie United
States, and would endeavor to open up
larger commerce with this country. He
expressed his tlianks for the aid that
had been extended by Americans to
Chinese flood sufferers.
THE COTTON CROP.
Significant Facts About the Great
Southern Staple.
According to the carefully prepared
figures published by the Commercial
and Financial Chronicle, of New York,
the cotton crop for the current season—
-1888-89—is the largest ever produced in
the South.
It reaches six million nine hundred
and thirty-live thousand bales. The
crop of 1887-88 was something over seven
million bales. But in weight this sea
son's product exceeds that of last by
thirty million pounds.
To appreciate the magnitude of these
figures and to realize the progress in ado
by the Syuth in the culture of cotton, it
is only necessary to glance backward.
The greatest crop known in the days
of slavery was that of 1859-60. I
amounted to four million eight hundred
and twenty-three thousand bales. Dur
ing the war the industry was paralyzed.
After the war the annual yield increas
ed, with some fluctuations, from two
million two hundred thousand bales in
1865-66 to four million six hundred and
seventy thousand in 1875-76, and six
million five hundred and fifty thousand
in 1885-86. The progress is even greater
than appears from these figures, since
there lias been a marked increase in the
average weight of bales.
. As the Southern States contribute
about four-fifths of the cotton supply of
the world it will be seen to what extent
English and Continental, as well as
American manufacturers, are dependent
on them for their raw material.
Still more remarkable and insignifi
cant is the advance made by the South
in the manufacture of its great staple.
For some time after the war it was a
producer, but not a consumer. In 1879-
80 the number of Southern mills was a
hundred and sixty-four. Tlioy had five
hundred and for.y thousand spindles
and consumed that season eighty-seven
million pounds of cotton. There aro
now two hundred and fifty-nine mills
with one mill.on four hundred and fifty
thousand spindles running. The amount
of cotton consumed during the past year
exceeds two hundred and twenty mil
lion pounds. That is forty mills and
two hundred thousand spindles more
than the South had two years ago. It
is nearly fifty million pounds more of
•cotton than wa taken by Southern mills
then.
It is believed that the cotton crop of
the coming season will exceed that of
the past. Indeed, there appears to bo
no limit to the productive capacity of
the South. If the annual yield keeps
on increasing as it has the time is not
far distant when the c op will be ton
million bales.—[New York Herald.
The Burglar Couldn't Frighten Him.
Five years ago, says tlio Chicago
Herald, a burglar effected an entrance
into the house of a wealthy c nnmission
merchant and succeeded iu getting
away with a lot of valuable plunder. It
so happened that the merchant had
been attending a college reunion that
night, and did not get home until early
morning. Upon ncaring the house he
nearly ran into a man who was hurry
ing along with a heavy sa'chel. A
neighboring gas jet enabled him fo take
a good look at the midnight traveler,
but ho thought no more about him
uut 1 he arrived home and found tl a he
had been robbod. Of course he ret al'ed
li s meeting with the man, and the
description ho pas e to the ptdice enabled
them to spot the fellow very quickly.
When the ease came up for trial the
evidence was so overwelilming that the
burglar saw he had no chance to escape
unless ho made a bold bluff, so he asked
permission to speak to tlio broker alone.
It was granted, and when they faced
each other the thief hissed: "do help me
God, if you prosecute me and I am sent
up, I'll have your li e sooner or later, if
I have to swing for if, so I gi\o \ou far
warning !" But he had mistaken his
man; instead of scaring Ihe merchant
this talk only incensed him, and ho
replied: "You miserable wretch, I'll put
you through now, and keep you thore
just as long as I can for daring to
threaten me in this way." And he did,
too, for tlio burglar received a heavy
sentence. I.ast month the broker was
accosted by a seedy ind vidual wlto
called him bp name and wanted to shake
hands. But the merchant didn't know
the fellow, and refused the salute.
Then the man spoke up and said: "I
guess you don't remember me; my name
is Hendrickson, whom you sent to
State's prison five years ago." "Oh,
yes," replied tlio brokor, "you're the
fellow that threatened to kill mo on
sight, whenever you got out; when are
you going to start in?" The man
frowned. "That was a bad break,
mister. I hare learned bet'er since
then." "Oh, you have, eh; and now 1
suppose you want to borrow $lO, don't
you?" "No, sir, not a cent; I'm in
earnest, I've reformed." "Well, then,
here's a #5 bill; if you had asked mo for
a nicKel you wouldn't have got it; now
go about your business, and lot it be
honest," But the man didn't reform.
He was arrest*d in Milwaukee a week
after, in the act of lifting a watch, and
will do timo at Waupun for awhile.
Phonographic Wonders.
As a supplementary to Edison's im
proved phonograph, a Mr. Guoroult
proposes to introduce a small up
apratus that will represent the face
and the gestures of the person speak
ing through the instrument. Mr.
Gueroult suggests that, while the
cylinder of the phonograph is being
turned to register the speech, instanta
neous photos of the sneaker should bo
taken at equal intervals of ono-b ntli of
a second. Supposing, for instance, one
revolution of the cylinder to last thirty
seconds, 300 photos will bo obtained in
that time, which, after being s read out,
arc attached to the small apparatus and
made to rotate at the same speed as tlio
cylinder. As the photos pass iu si occa
sion before the eyes of tlio spectator, the
apparatus reproduces the movements
of the speaker, simultaneously with his
words, owing to the flxiety of the iin
pressions made on the retina. More
over, the precision of tlioso sue essivo
images is secured, as there is not a syl
lable that can bo pronounced in less
than one-tonth of a so that the
gestures and facial expression will cor
respond with tlio sentences uttered by
the phonograph. In this way it is pos
sible to reproduce the text of a speech
together with the gestures and physiog
nomy of the orator.
SAYS Joaquin Miller in, the Indepen
dent: "The copper mines of Montana
to day arc the most extendivo, produc
tive and profitable in the world. 'The
deeper we go the better they git,' is tlio
laconic and ungrammatical statement nil
along the top of the Kooky Mountains
away up here to tlio north. And this
applies to copper mines, silver mines,
gold mines, and all aorta of mines, in
deed, in Montana."
Umpires Lead a Happy Life.
©T AM a base-hall en*
I tliusiast, and I am
not a bit soft in my
upper story either. J
delight to revel in tin
luxury of hot balls, ant
foul tips, and sky-scrap
ers, and grounders, and
all the other little nick
nacks which take up so much of the at
tention of our amateur base-ball read
ers. One peculiarity of the national
game of this country is the fact that
you can enjoy a good game of base-ball
without participating in it.
There is much pleasure in reading a
versalite and humorous report of a
game of ball. Some read the report
for the humor that is in it, and others
prefer to have a hand in the game
themselves. Others prefer to play
ball from the auditorium, as it is not
so fatiguing, while there is less danger
of being shot by hot balls.
All that is required of those who
play ball from the grand stand is en
thusiasm and applause and a little
free information frequently. If Kelly
isn't half running, advise him of it in
a loud tone of voice and in a boister
ous manner. You must tell Kelly to
slide at the proper moment, and if he
makes a three-bagger applaud vigor
ously, and if he makes a home run
shout until you grow weary.
For the benefit of those who don't
know anything about playing ball I
will explain the modus operandi of
the game. The club on the outside,
or the "outs," as they are called—that
is, those who play in the field—take
their position, each in their respective
places. The twirler twirls the leath
ern sphere to the man at the bat, and
if the sphere is fickle-minded and
shoots off at a tangent from its original
direction when it arrives at the home
plate, the man at the bat fans the
wind. If the sphere takes a straight
course the man at the home-plate
sends a sky-scraper away out into
the dim distance over the fence, and if
the audience does its duty and cheers
vociferously, the man who smote the
leathern sphere will probably make a
home run; if not. he will surely make
a three-bagger unless there is an im
pediment in his locomotion. If the
batter does not fan the air, and if he
succeeds in sending the sphere squarely
and with exceeding great force, he may
send it far out into the field. If he does
not get a satisfactory whack at the ball,
he will probably send it with great
swiftness—like unto t cannon ball—
iuto the yearning grasp of the pitcher,
who clings unto it with exceeding de
light and feverish hands. The twirler
then fires the sphere to second or third,
as the case may be, and the urfipira
informs you that the runner is out.
The position of an umpire is a very
precarious one. There isn't much
money in it, but lots of abuse. The
poor umpire tries to do his duty and
give correct decisions, and does pot
merit the abuse that he gets. He is
only human, and was not born with
eyes that can sec east, west, north,
and south at one glance. He some
times makes an erroneous decision be
cause his eyes are not gifted with om
niscience. Then, again, the spectators
are not all infallible. Some people
are cross-eyed, some are laboring under
undue excitement and liquor, and oth
ers are not well read in the literature
of the game. So there are mistakes
made on both sides. In Pittsburgh
and other trrwns, where the "tough"
element is numerous and pre-eminent,
the umpire does his umpiring in a little,
strongly built house, constructed some
what in the shape of a small-sized
flag-house, capable of holding only
one man. After the umpire has made
his decision he retreats into his little
fort and awaits developments. When
the storm has subsided he comes out
again to attend to the umpiring busi
ness.—Chicago Ledger.
A Day of Rest.
Sunday-school Superintendent—Cau
any of you tell me why Sunday is
called the day of rest ?
Little Dick (holding up his hand)—
I kin. It's 'cause we get up early and
hurry through breakfas' so's to dress in
time for Sunday-school, and then hur
ry to Sunday-school, so wo won t bf
late, and then skip inter church 'fore
(he bell stops ringin'and then gohom6
to dinner and get fixed up for after
noon service, and then get supper an
go to bed so pa and ma can get ready
for evening service. That's all we do.
—New York Weekly.
A (HHHI Investment.
"Can you lend me $5?"
"Can't do it."
" Why not ?"
"I never lent you any money, so I
don't know whether von would pay me
or not."
"Well, great Scott! isn't it worth $5
to find out what kind of a man I am?
I might striko you for a hundred some
day, " — Harper8 Bazar. J
The Laziest Man In the Comitiy.
One of the laziest men in the coun*
try is John Curtis, who is serving a
three years' sentence in the State
prison at Salem, Oregon. Curtis
worked in the foundry, and about three
months ago took off his l>oots on the
plea that they hurt him, and then
burned his foot so severely that ho was
laid up. When the burn was healed
ho put vinegar on it, and aggravated
it to prevent its getting well. The
prison physician treated him, and
managed to cure the wound. Curtis
was set at work again. He worked
four days, ami tln-n vith a hatchet cut
off his left 1 id It to<k two blows.
Pne cut thr- tle-hy part of the
fiand, the i i through the
vrist joint. H <v , d that he did
it to avoid • -V( w York World.
A (JOOD • >N < !. .•<• IS to the soul
what healt > t ) body; it preserve^
constant ■ md serenity within us,
and more t i" • . i tor Nails all the cal
5 ami ties at - afih linn which can pos
sibly befal
ULIVEK \v si.run LMEB recently
remarked that dent boars as pleasing
a face to an old ui as sleep to one
who is tir d.
A Great Famine.
Recent researches into the Chinese
annals find reference to a drought which
prevailed in that country in the year
1764, 15. C. In the Chinese account
the number of years mentioned are the
same as in the biblical history.
Are Your Ilena Moulting f
Many people have learned by experience
that Sheridan's Condition Powder given once,
daily, in the food, will supply the needed ma
terial to strengthen and invigorate sick chick
ens or moulting hens and got them to lay
ing earlier than unythingelse on earth. Mrs.
Edwin Brown, East Greenwich, li. 1., says:
"I couhi not do without Sheridan's Coudi- '
tim Powder when hens are moulting I use
it for gapes aud diarrhoea; for when chickens
are small thoy often droop and die. To a
pint of clabbered milk I add a teuspoonful of
the powder, mix well, and let the chicks cat
all they will once a day; it does seem to be !
just what they need, they soon become so -
vigorous. People laughed at me when I be
gan to use Sheridan's Powder, and I had no |
idea I should win a premium. 'They
best who laugh last,' however. I got more I
eggs than any of my neighbors, ana some of !
them had over 100 hens." For 50 cts. I. S.
Johnson & Co.. Boston, Mass., will send two
25 cont packs, five packs for $1; or, for $1.20,
one large pound can of Powders, post
paid; six cans for $5, express prepaid. For
T a best Poultry paper sent. I
post paid. j
An interesting discovery is stated to have
been made In India. This is nothing less than
the lost, books of Euclid, of which a Sanskrit
translation is said to have been found at Jey
pore.
A Family Gathering.
Have you a father? H ve you o mctfcir
Have you a son or daughter, sister or a brother
who has not yet taken Kemp's Balsam lor the
Throat and Lungs, the guaranteed remedy for
the cure of Coughs, Colds. Asthma, Croup and
all Throat aiu! Lung troubles? If so. why?
when a sample bottle is gladly given to you
fret by any druggist and the large size Co9t#
only 50c. and sl.
Christian science is said to have gone quite
out of fnHhion in Philudelphin.
All that we can say as to the merits of Dob
bins's Electric Soap, pales into nothingness bo
fore the story it will tell you itself, of its own
perfect quality, if you will give it one trial.
Don't take imitation. There are lots of them.
Jay Gould hns ail orchid in his conserva
tory at Irvington that is valued nt $5,000. j
Old smokers prefer"Tansill'sPunch"cigar.
A plain gold ring was found by a Washing !
ton (N. C.) man imbedded in a large block of i
ice.
If ifflictfil with miro eyoH nso Dr. Isaac Tliuuip i
ion's Eye Water. Druggist* sell 25c per bottle " ;
A silver bell has been hung in a tower in '
the village where the ruilrond accident to the
Czar's train happened, and it will he tolled
every duy at the hour of the accident.
A Wonderful Food mid Medicine.
Known an I used by Physicians all over the j
world. SCOTT'S EMULSION not only gives flesh !
and strength by virtue of its own nut ritious j
propo t * but creates an appetite for food I
that bu tis up the wasted body. "1 have been
using Sett's Emulsion for several years, and .
am plemcd wi li its action. My patients say it I
is pleusAiil and palatable and .ill grow s rang
er aud gain flesh iron: the use of il. i use it in
ail cases of Wasting Diseases,and it s special
ly useful for children when nutrient medica
tion is ncedrd, as in Marasmus."-T. W.
Pikuck, M.D., Kuoxville, Ala,
Gen. M. C. Meigs says that we shall he
found by the census of 1890 to have 07,240,-
000 people in the United States.
Oregon, tlie Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climat .certain and abundant
Wops. Best fruit, grain, grass and stock coun
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An English lady hns left $50,000 to he de- 1
voted to the photographing of stars, planets
and nebulrn. Ull.
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Weak Women
Owe to themselves a duty to take llood'H Sarsapa
rllla, In view of tho grunt relief It hns given thoso
who suffer from ailments peculiar to the sex. Uy
purifying tho blood, regulating Important organ*, I
strengthening the nerves und toning tho whole :
system. It rnetorcs to health.
"I have been for years trying to get help for that 1
terrible general debility and weakness HO common
to women. Within a YEAR I have taken ton to
twelve bottles of Hood's Sursaparllla and the bene
fit derived from Us use has been very great I am
J now feeling like a new creature."— Mus. P. 11. Boss,
Moriln, Texas.
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for SS. Prepared only
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