Freeland Tribune Established 1388. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY, BY TUB FRIBDNE PRINTING COMPANY, Limited OrvicE: MAIS STREET ABOVE CENTRE. FREELAND, PA. SI, It.H K 11'Tl ON KATES: On© Year SL3O Bix Months 73 Four Months . .30 Two Months .25 The lute which the subscription is paid to U on tne address label of each paper, the change of which to a subsequent date be- AOinee a receipt for remittance. Keep the flguree in advance of the present date. Re port promptly to this office whenever paper ;* not received. Arrearages must be paid when subscription is discontinued. Ma : .* nil momy orders, check*, etc,,pnyabl% to (he Tribune Printing Company, .Limite-L It is gratifying to observe a re markable expansion in tho legions of golf players. Golf clubs have multi plied East and West and North and South, and every new golf club is a wellspring of pleasure and c gain tc the community. Of a man running for coroner n. Colorado a local paper said he was *'as pure of heart as any angel that ever spread his spotless wing in tho golden realms 011 high." The man | was so pleased that he held four in- j quests before election. An Indiauapolis newspaper tells us j that "Robinson Crusoe" is the favorite . hook with the boys of that city. This announcement is not in the nature of j a surprise. The same thing might lie j ■-aid of the boys of any other city where the English language prevails And English literature is known. Broad-minded statesmen do not agree with the general belief that the British Empire would be weakened by capitulation to the African republics, I or even by a cession of territory. On I the contrary, it is pointed out the ' empire lias continued to expand in | spite of reverses such as were fluttered ' in the American revolution and in the ' South African all'airs during lata' years. Russia lost 500,000 men in' the Crimea, yet it has developed in I every 'since 185*1. British pres.! tige h ..• suffered before now,and prob ably must suffer again. But this, it is contended, does not mean imperial disintegration. The motor car ha. now been so thor oughly tested under different coudi- j tious of work that the public is able to j judge for itself of the comparative j value of the different forms of eompet- ! iug motors which are in the field for I recognition. The requirements of a practical automobile are so numerous and differ so widely, according to tho nervine to which it is to he put, that it is at present impossible to pick out any particular type of motor aud say that it is best tor every type of work. Not only does the service differ, but there is new, and will he yet more markedly in the future, a wide differ •nee in the requirements of the user. The present indications are that cer tain types of motors will become iden tified with particular forms of service. Tlieiv Names .11 iftlt'itdliij*. It is quite generally known through out Orange County, New York, that the Goshen Independent Republican is a Democratic paper, while the Go shen Democrat is of the Republican faith. That this fact is not known by everyone is evident by the following from tho Independent Republican: There came into the office of the Independent Republican not long j since a gentleman who desired to have j his name enrolled upon its list of sub- ' scribers. But as the new subscriber took his departure he was moved to remark: "One of the things f have no use for is a Democratic paper." Evidently he had been deceived by the name of the paper. The joke seemed good enough to tell to Brother Will Mead of the Democrat, who chuckled and said: "That's nothing; we've had orders lately for $2.50 worth :>f work from a man who said he'd never give a Republican newspaper a cent's worth of work if he could help it." With the threatened exhaustion of ivory in Africa, a supply is opening up in Siberia. Tons of fine ivory are found of tho mammoth Eleplias pritui genius. Hundreds of fr. ze 11 carcases are found crowded and jammed in cer tain spots. Mourn a llaoine Hawk. All last summer anil during Hie early fall the attention of passengers on the Black Diamond express was called to a hawk which every day flew along by the train rushing through Lehigh val ley on its approach to Matich Chunk. The train crew said the bird was rac ing, and beta were always pending on which would reach a certain point first. The hawk never won, but re newed the contest daily, and, as though acknowledging defeat, would mount Into the air and swirl round for the backward light. One day. a few weeks ago, it flew on with the train, as usual, when suddenly it was seen to halt and quiver, then fall. It was found soon afterward shot through the head by some wanton huntsman. All the train hands mourn thin bird as though it were a personal loss. Europe is beginning to realize that I the British Empire has a distinct and I eery positive meaning apart from I Great Britain. The Government e.ducates for their | callings only two classes —farmers, to I feed and clothe the people and enrich j the nation, and soldiers aud sailors to ] defend its lite. The fertility oljour soil, our rainfall, | the salubrity of our climate and even j the health of our people depend in ! large measure upon trees, and yet we do almost nothing to protect our for ests. According to a ruling of the First j Assistant Postmaster-General post- I mistresses who get married mast re sign their offices. The ruling does } not apply to postmasters. A protest j from the gentler sex is in order | against "that brute of a man." The Mormon husband is assumed I by his doctrine to have the right to j designate those of his wives who shall have the privilege of accompanying | him to a future world aud those who ' Bhall be left behind. It is small won- j der that the Mormon wives seem so ! obedient aud approving. The development of iron, coal, cop per, gold and other mineral proper ties iu which the South is immensely rich has only fairly begun. Many millious were invested in such enter prises last year and there will prob ably be au even greater amount t'ais year, observes theAtlauta (Ga.) Jour nal. It has been estimated that last year enough candy was purchased aud con sumed in tbe United States to give 1 every man, woman aud child in this ! country four pounds apiece. A well- j known New York confectioner, in i talkiugabout this estimate, says that i in the last six months of last year S2O,- ■ 000,000 worth of candy was manufac- ; tared and disposed of in New York City alone. He estimates that the total output for the year in the United States is worth $75,000,000. He is convinced that the American people | have a sweet tooth and the niouey to 1 satisfy it. The farmer was the first producer, 1 aud he is likely to be the last. Before there were towns and cities, before there were manufactories, the farmer was earning his own living by tbe sweat of his brow, and depended on nothing whatever but the labor of his bauds. If all tho cities of the world, all the ships of the sea. all the art eries of commerce, all the channels of trade, all the uiaiiufaetoHes and in- j dustries were to perish from the earth, S tho farmer would bo able to maintain i himself, and would gradually produce, j as he has already produced,the wealth necessary to recreate them. By means ] of the products of his toil, the cities and towns would he rebuilt, tho chan- ' nets of trade would be restored, aud after a time things would be as they had beeu. The cranky customer is met with frequently enough in the dry goods store, but it is seldom that even the worst example becomes absolutely abusivo. Otherwise, perhaps, we i should of heard before of such a suit as that which was decided in Phila delphia the other day, iu which a 1 saleswoman in a large departiuenta j Btore in that city snod a customer—a wealthy woman—because the lattei' had abused the girl behind tho conn- j ter, says the Dry Goods Economist. The saleswoman sued her traducer foi! SIO,OOO damages for defamation o f character, aud received a verdict for $12,500, being the amount claimed, plus interest and expenses. The sales girl had never seen the customer be fore, so that the auger of the lattei evidently arose merely from a bad humor which she has now found to be 1 a costly luxnry. Inspired by the large dividends paid by cotton-mill corporations in the Carolinas, the people of Texas, Louis iaua and Mississippi are showing much interest iu the organization of cotton-mill companies iu those States, iu Louisiana one new mill will begin operations soon with 2500 spindles, while two other companies of a like capacity hope to spin yarn by next September. As many as tweniy five companies are reported to be in pro cess of organization in Texas, In Mississippi there are about five new mills under contract, with ten others about organized, and seven others in course cf organization. These will represent au average of SIOO,OOO cap ital each, though one has $200,000, aud one $125,000, and another sllO,- 000. One idle mill in Mississippi wil[ start soon with 12,000 spindles, and nearly all of the others have eu Urged. THE FAULTJDF THE ACE. I Ph Mult of the asjo Is ama .1 endeavor We force our roses, Deforo tlielr sea* To leap to heights that were made to son, climb; To luoom and blossom for us to wear; 3y a burst of strength, or a thought mo3t Aud then we wonder and ask the rea clever, sou We plan to forestall aud outwit Why perfect buds are so few and Time. rare. We scorn to wait for the thing worth hav- We crave the gain, but despise the getting; ing; We want wealth—not us reward, but We want high noon at the day's dim dower; lawn; And the strength that Is wasted in useless We find 110 pleasure in tolling aud saving, fretting As our forefathers did in the old times Would fell a forest or build a gone, tower. —Ella Whoeler Wilcor. J THE FAMILY PISTOLS. 1 lp BY EDWARD WILLIAM THOMSON !p WmmmwmwwMWMMmmMMwmmm V— —' AERY BURKE, \\ V'ho was one of ft *('cic\j *' le hottest-head- VYPS-\ ed of boys, bad re 7f\ oeived a curious It, -* 1' '• a/aji}' code of ethics from his parents. Mrs. Burke had l> een a Miss Kii taSSPlSxl I brody, of Kilbro- ® ast ' e l®®©'/ way, Ireland, and _ f\\ Major Burke's an ' V.. " vi-VSfJ oestors were of the " famous De Burghs, of tho Pale. Now the Burkes and the ICiibrodys did, for at least six hundred years, regard duelling as an admirable custom. Barry's parents emigrated to Canada soon after Mr. Paruell began his anti rent agitation, which deprived the major of every penny of revenue ex cept his half pay as a retired officer of the British army. They settled down in Cahoogie because it was a little place, with nothing that the Burkes oullod society to put them to expense, aud yet with a reasonably good school for Barry, their only child. Among the family -elics were a pair af loug, old, saw-handled, flint-lock duelling pistols, which reposed in a polished mahogany box iu the major's untidy little den. Ofteu ho discoursed of them affectionately to Barry as the "good otild family pistols." The ma jor spoke with a delicious brogue. "Faith, the world has nlthered, Bar ry," he would sadly say. "It's a hun dred to one you'll never have a chance to show the spirit of tho Burkes aud the ICiibrodys. [.Your father's sou would, of course, scorn to defend his ward except with the weapons of a gentleman—but you'll never have a chance, me boy. Sure, your grand children will have to remember meself as the last of their ancesthora that went out with his man." Had Mr. Charles Davidge, the young master of the one-roomed Cahoogie grammar school, ever heard the major discoursing in this way, he would probably have been more politic with Barry in the matter of the pearl-lmndiod penknife. When Mr. Davidge missed it, the boys were all in their places on one side of the schoolroom, aud the girls iu theirs on the other. The time was late in the forenoon. Mr. Davidge was about to call up the class iu Virgil, when he missed his pearl-handled knife. Ho felt in his waistcoat side pockets, he slapped his coat pockets, he searched his trousers pockets, he lifted the sloping cover of his desk aud looked inside, ho turned over his books, papers, pencils and pens all iu vain. Then he began to recall his proceedings during the forenoon. Had the knife not been in bis hand while he was tracing out on the map for the Greek class tlio march of Xcnophou's army to the sea? Yes, he was sure it had beeu. What then, had become of it? Had it been pocketed by one of tlie Greeks? The boys of Cahoogie school were not all above suspicion, Barry Burke was the head boy in Greek, but Mr. Davidge did not. sus pect Barry for a moment, nor, indeed, any pupil in particular. But the sbarp-bladed knife was gone. Tbe master at once boganbo inquire for it; bnt lie did not wish his pupils to sus pect his suspicions. "Burke, have yoti seen anything of my pearl-handled knife this morn ing?" Mr. Davidge spoke gently and cheerfully. "No, sir," said Barry, after a few moments of reflection. "Did anj of you Greeks see it in my baud while I was at the blackboard just now?" "I diu," said three voices at once. "Humph! It's very strange! Did any of yon notice what I did with it?" No one answered. Perhaps Barry was tho only person in the room who had not already surmised that Mr. Davidge suspected somo pupil. "Did you see me lay my knife down, Burke?" said Mr. Davidge, as if forgetting Barry's previous an swer. "I've said already, sir, that I have not seen your knife to-day." "That's queer. The others saw it. Why did von reply angrilv Burke?" "I had answered your question once, sir." "But is thnt any reason why yon should not answer pleasantly again?" "It is, sir." "Very strange! Why?" inquired Mr. Davidge, with sincere curiosity. "A gentleman gives his word once, and no more," said Barry, with a flare. At this a titter went rouuil the schoolroom, and Barry instantly be came icily cool with inclusive con tempt. Ite eyed Mr. Davidge as one of the old Kilbrodvs might have eyed some squireen whom he suspected of desiring to tread on his corns. At this Mr. Davidge became net tied. " Youjseem to be fencing with me, Burke," said he, sharply. "Why, you almost force me to suspect you." " Of what, sir? " " My knife is gone." Up to that moment Barry had not conceived that the master suspected some pupil. Tho schoolmaster's re mark struck him with the effect of a slap ia the face. It was clearly au innuendo. He stared hard, while the pupils drew a loug, audible breath, then dashed his hand down on the desk no forcibly that his iuk-'ooltle jumped from its hole, aud rose to his feet. "Yon will give me satisfaction for this insult, if you have any pretensions to be a gentleman!" said he, furious ly. "l'ou shall hear from me short ly." Then he stalked out of the amazed school, with his head very high,while Mr. Davidge said, "Stop, Burke!" and all tho pupil 3 chuckled at the ab surdity of tho young Irishman, Barry's father invariably left tbe house for the, day on Monday morn ing, after breakfast. His mother was almost as eager to escape the odors of washing-day. Both were absent wlion Barry sat looking at the old pistols. Because the priming-pans of the old pistols were rusty, Barry went to the kitchen to clean them. There ho could find hot water, a tire aud coal oil. Barry washed the pan of one pistol, laid it down and took up Iho other. When this had beeu rubbed a little, be put it down and retook the first. Its pan was not likely to dry soon,aud so Barry determined to burn a little powder under the Hint. He weut back to the mahogany box, and brought away its little silver powder-flask. Thou he knelt beside the stove, put a few grains of powder on tho priming-pan, and snapped the flint. The pistol, loaded years before by the major in some idlo moment, had thrown its charge against a leg of the stove. Its butt flew out of Barry's baud, hit, him iu the stomach, aud knocked tho breath out of him. Ho tell against tho stove just as it was tottering on the leg that had been shuttered by the heavy bullet. Down came tho stove; and the whole boiler ful of scalding water poured over Barry's neck. Barry lay a second, dazed with the blow of the pistol butt aud his astou ishiueiit. at the crash. TUo scalding water did not instantly pierce through his clothing. When it did ho rose aud ran shrieking from the house. Tho suffering, which extended from his shoulders down his back aud rapidly rail along bis legs, was so in tense, and increased so dreadfully as tbe boiling water penetrated bis skin, that he could not continue the mo tions of taking off his clothing. He had indeed torn off his coat, and tried to get rid of his waistcoat; bnt by this time he could only scream and run in agony. He know not wlioro ho was going, nor was he conscious of anything ex cept liis pain, when lie ran steaming into the arms of Mr. Davidge. Tho water was still so hot to the school master's touch that he needed no more information ol' the boy's plight. Next instant Mr. Davidge had cut Barry's waistcoat straight down the back, anil was operating oil bis shirt. "Don't move, Burke. My poor, dear boy, don't move," lie kept say ing. "I must out your shirt away. There's no time to peol it off. You r skin would oomewith it. That's right. Oh, you brave boy, to stand still when so tortured!" Barry thought, ho must faint, but lit was still conscious that the eyes of the school were on him, and that those of the little sclioolinastor were wet with tears. "Here, Jackson! Here, Scobie!" cried Mr. Davidge. "Are your pen knives sharp? Quick, then! Cut down tlie arms of his shirt. Be care ful. Oh, my poor, dear boy! Now then, very carefully, lift away the pieces of cloth. Dear Lord, how ter ribly lie is scalded!" As the cool wind blow on Barry's red skin lie fainted dead away. Then the schoolmaster laid liiui down, face to tlie grass, and lifted alt tlie rest of his clothing from the boiled back. " Bun for the doctor," cried Mr. Davidge. " You, Seobie! Tell him to hurry to Mr. Burke's liouse. I'll carry him home." With ttie words ho lifted Barry, face downward, iu his arms, aud rail with a speed surprising in so small a mini burdened by so large a boy. Mrs. Sliaughuessy, tbe Bnrkes' cook, and the pupils followed. "Where's the flour-barrel?" panted Mr. Davidge, carrying Barry straight upstairs to the first bedroom, "In the pantry, sor." " Bring me a milk-nan fall at once Hurry," When the flour came Mr. Davidge had Barry lyiug ou his faee on tha bed. The schoolmaster covered tha scalded back thickly with flour. " There, that will keep tha air away from the burns," said he, just as Barry came back to his seuses. " Where am t ?" "You are fearfully scalded, my dear boy," said Mr. Davidge. " X beg of you to lie quite still—don't move at all." " Oh, I remember ! Oh ! My ! My, how it hurts 1" "Don't cry, darlin', don't cry," said Mrs. Shnughnessy, weeping. "Cry us much as you please, Barry. It will help to relieve your nerves," said Mr. Davidge. But now Barry's senses had fully returned, and he set his toeth with determination to utter no sound ol agony. "You stopped me, Mr. Davidge," he said. "Yes. And I carried you in." "Then," said Barry, coolly, "you've found your pearl-handled penknife. I saw it in your hand." "Good heaven, Burke, so you didl I have it!" cried the schoolmaster, taking it out of its customary place in his waistcoat pocket. Into that recep tacle he had unconsciously dropped it after using it to cut Barry's clothing off, but in what pocket he had as un consciously found it is a tnysterv oven unto this day. "I beg your pardon from the bottom of my soul," said the little schoolmas ter, in a tumult of grief and shame. "I must have misplaced it." "I accept your apology," saidßarry, very gravely. "A gentleman can do no move than apologize handsomely. 00-ooh, how it hurts!" "Thank Goil, here's the doctor!" said Mr. Davidge. But the doctor had nothing new to advise. "You have probably saved his life, Davidge," said he. Bix weeks passed before Barry was again at school. He brought a better code of ethics back with hiiu, for, thanks to his suffering and his gratitude for the constaut ministrations of the little schoolmas ter, lie had opened his heart to Mr. Davidge, and they had discussed the question of duelling thoroughly. It is not necessary to specify the whole argument with which the master ousted the "onld family" notions. Enough to quote a few sentences from Mr Davidge. "Barry, the bravest course is to en dure and not to wish to revenge in sult. Kcligiou teaches that very plainly, but I want you to uee that it's a case where religion agrees, as usual, with sound common sense and decent pride, ltemember those two lines: No decent, sensible and well-bred man Will o'er Insult me, and no other can." "The man who insults another is n ru(Han, then?" said Barry, quizzically. "Precisely." "Well, then there can he no duel even by my father's code," smiled Barry, "for it says that a gentleman should never challenge u ruffian." "faith, I'd like to know what me grandfather would say to the point," said the major, who had overheard,— Youth's Companion. Some Pisciculture! Fuels. No Government enterprise has made more rapid progress than fish culture. In 18(19 the Commissioners estimated the shad crop of the Hudsou River to he worth 37000. What is more tooth some thuu a shad? In 189.1, twenty-six years later, the shad taken from the "American Rhine" weighed 4,000,000 pounds, and at. ten cents each for bucks and twenty cents for roes, the catch was worth 3185,000. If you want to see a sight in the shad season go to Umlerciiff and spend the day. Take a boat and ,'ow through tho squares miles of shad poles on the western side of the river. Shad aver ngo 80,000 eggs apiece, bill a single fish has been known to produce as high as 15(1,000. A codfish produces as many as 9,ooo,oooeggs atone time. The musealonge averages about 100,- 000, though they sometimes go as high as 900,000. Tjittle fish aro distributed by the National and State fish commis sions in America by hundreds of mil lions. .How arc they counted? Tliey are not counted. Tue eggs from which they aro hatched are measured by tho quart, all loss is dead eggs beiug de ducted, and by aetual count it has been determined how many there are to iite quart of any species.—New Y'ori Press. ■ A Permanent Pontoon Itririffe. Owing to tho frequent settlement of the laud ill the salt districts it has al ways been found a difficult matter to maintain in proper order bridges and other similar structures. To meet this difficulty the engineer of the Weaver Navigation, in constructing two swing bridges over the river at Norwich, Euglaud, lias so designed these that instead of resting on the laud the weight of the bridges is car ried on steel pontoons floating in the water, and the bridges aro therefore independent of any settlement of tho laud so far as their foundations are concerned, and they are so built as to be easily adjusted to any settlement of the ground at the two ends. These bridges also are opened and elosod by electric power, being tho first to be so operated iu England. Cllililrnn as Toy Makers. The official report of the Govern ment Inspector of Factories for CJo burg-Gotha gives details as to the la bor ot children under fourteen years eugagod in their homes in making but tons, toys, etc. It appears that in this district 5455 such children are employed. They work from tour a;id one-quarter to six hours per day, and earn iu buttou-uiakiug from two cents to six conts. 11l making dolls they earn from three cents to eighteen cents, while on toy work they earn from two cents to fourteen cents per day. rjXfitsxii a)®® | TALES OF PLUCK AND ADVENTURE. 2 I I A Creat Lion Hunter'* I'erll. ££ \ IO game bunting is a faa- I—-*£ ciuating sport," saidß. B. 1 J Clapp, of San Franisoo, to a New York Tribune reporter, "aud tbo hunting of lions particularly so. although the manner of following the sport, as well as the nature, habits and fierceness of the beasts, differs with differing climates. "With possibly the exception of Rolue, probably the greatest lion hunter particularly and big game hunter generally alivo to-day is a young chap named Greenwood, and, although an experience lie had r. ear or two back came near to finish ing him, he is still as enthusiastic a sportsman as ever. At that time Greenwood was hunting desert lions in Somal—or Somalilaud, us it is sometimes called—just opposite the Gulf of Aden, in Northern Africa. These lions are literally stalked, for when the spoor on the desert is once struck the hunter follows steadily on the spoor itself, while a half mile on cither flank are Ids beaters, whose duty it is, if possible, to turn the j beast back toward the hunter should he make a break iu their direction. Greenwood started on a lion's spoor at 8 o'clock one morning, and after a steady chase, about 2 o'clock they caught sight of his kingship crossing a distant hillock. These particular lions are apparently very intelligent, and seem to realize that the man fol lowing their spoor 's the danger with which they have to deal, and they hardly ever give any attention to the men on the Hanks. Out on the desert it grows terribly hot, and the gritty | sand gradually works in between the j lion's toes and makes him latue, and, i as daytime is usually his sleeping j time, these things combine to wake i him up into a great state of rage. As i Greenwood came steadily on, the lion I allowed him to get nearer and nearer, before taking to his heels, and finally ho curled up under a bush and re fused to budge. This is always the signal that he will show tight. To gether with the beaters Greenwood closed in, and wl en within long range dismounted, for a horse under such circumstances is restless, and pres ently the lion charged. The first shot struck, but glanced on the hard head bonus; the second missed, and then Greenwood went down under that fearful weight. Although the lion took three bites on his arm from shoulder to wrist, Greenwood retained his presence of mind, aud, rolling over on his stomach, held the butt of of his rifilo tightly over his head. True to his instinct, the brute in a moment attacked his head, and chewed the rifle butt to splinters, at the same time chuvingf his hack. At this juncture the beaters arrived and killed the lion. Then they stripped Greenwood aud rubbed sand into each wound and managed to get him back home. The sand was used to keep the wound open until proper medical attendance could be secured, i and it must have been the best thing to have done, for when T saw Green wood last he was completely recov ered; and, beyond the fact that one of his arms was slightly withered, seemed none the worse for the experi ence." Tattooed by ruuonbn Savage*. The physicians of the Polyclinic Hospital are about to undertake the removal of tattoo marks from Thomas Ladbourne, who arrived iu Philadel phia on tho British ship Centurion from Chile about a month ago. Lad bourue is beyond dispute the most heavily tattooed man iu America. His l'aee, body, and limbs arc covered with weird devices. In tliie early part of this year Lad bourne shipped as a sailor on the Brit ish steamer Kurdistan, then on a voy age to the west coast of South America to load a cargo of nitrate for Phila delphia. Captain Liutehales did uot take a pilot at ([Montevideo, us is generally the case when steamers go through the j Straits of Magellan. He intended to i find his own way among the maze of I islands which lie off the southern part j of tho wild Patagoniau coast, and in j doing so found that the voyage was a perilous one. He did not dure to sail . at night for fear of grounding in those ■ unsurveyod waters. Punctually at j sunset every night he dropped anchor. ! The cre\v of the Kurdistan had ample j time to go ashore. Every moruiug ! they would take their gnus and make j excursions into the country beyond j the beach. Ladbourne, who was an expert marksmau, always accompanied his mates, and they frequently returned i with their game hags full. One one occasion Ladbourne wandered too tar j from his companions. He was lost, in ! u wilderness of sand hills and stunted trees. While wandering helplessly ' about he was captured by Patagoniau cannibal.'i. What befell him while in their hands he told to Captain Good child, of the Centurion, when he suc ceeded in reaching Valparaiso. The natives did not desire Ladbourue's i death, but contented themselves with 1 tattooing him with every conceivable i desigu under the sun. He escaped from their hands and reached the coast of Chile in.a trading-bark. Captaiu Goodchild of the Centurion was short of men, aud shipped Lad bourne for tho Philadelphia voyage. When the steamer reached here he was turned adrift. The police of tho Second District had their attention called to the man about two weeks ago, principally from the faot that Uia appearance ' struck terror to the children of tho down-town streets. Tho surgeon and the ward physician examined him iu tho roll-room of the station-house, and were astonished at his appearance. Nine colors were used to make the pictures which Ladbourne bears ou liis body. Ou his breast he has a fig ure closely resembling the signs of the zodiac, while his back bears an al most identical representation of the winged lion, typical of Assyrian sculp ture. The latter is regarded as the most surprising feature of the ease. How the natives of the lonely South Amer ican peninsula could conceive an alio gorical figure thought to belong to only Babylon and Nineveh gives it a mysterious aspect. Nevertheless there is no doubt entertained about the truth of Ladbourne's story. The Kurdistan has since returned to Philadelphia, and her Captain reported that he had ; lost a man on the Patagoniau coast | who was not tattooed. He is familar vfith the adventures of Ladbourne, having heard them while in Chile.— Philadelphia Times. Heroic Act* of Hospital Nurse*. "Hospitals teem with tales of self sacrifice and devotion to duty," says au Indianapolis physician, "but noth ing is ever heard of them on the out- i side simply because they are con- 1 siderod in tho regular lino of duty, J and little is thought of them among | the nurses. Hero are two out of , many eases which occurred iu my 1891) I practice: "Only about a year ago a nurse sacrified her life to save several typhoid fever patients, and did it knowingly. It was after the Indiana troops returned from the South, and some twenty-six cases of typhoid fever among tho soldiers were taken to the hospital, making at that time forty six cases in the building. The soldier cases were the worst, and required constant attention. The nurses worked night and day. This girl scarcely left her ward. . The superintendent or derod her off duty, but she came back and said her place was on the ward, and there she stayed. She had one interesting case, among the others, which every one else had given up. As soon as convalescence had been established this nurse was taken down with the fever. I saw her the next day, and she told ine theu she would die; that she had given all of her strength and vitality aud had nothing to fall hack ou. We did everything iu our power, but she died in three weeks. "Not long ago a patient, a surgical case, was brought in one evening and put in a ward. Near moruiug he developed a violent attack of delirium tremens, and while the night nurse was preparing to put him under re straint the mau slipped from his bed, seized u heavy window stick and ran down stairs. The nurse heard the noise and saw the man as he turned the stairway, brandishing his club. She, instead of calling for assistance, ran down stairs after him. She could hear him charging across the grounds. It was pitchy dark, but she caught tho man before he got off the grounds, with much difficulty persuaded him to return with her, and finally lodged him iu tho strong room before sending for the house physician. She said afterward that she feared if she waited to call help the man would get clear away from her, and might injure some one." A Doctor'* Heroic Death. Tn a recent interview Sara Bern hardt, the actress, related the?follow ing incident which occurred during her late visit to Portugal: "I am thinking," she said, "of the death of Dr. Pestana. You know he died of the plague. Queen Amelie was pres ent till his lust bieath. It was she who told me of his last moments. The unfortunate man was wonderful. From hour to hour he pointed out tho phases and the symptoms of the dis ease which was carrying him off. 'I have yet twenty minutes to live,' ho said. 'Notice such and such symp toms. This ia what I feel.' The hor rible suffering which he experienced did not in the least disturb his com posure. 'Still ten minutes,' lie said. 'lt seems that this symptom has not been properly described. Notice; notice carefully,' he said to the weep ing physician who attended him. Five minutes before tho end he felt that death was coming. Without moviug a muscle of his face (!) he turned to the Queen, who was sobbing. " 'Adieu, madame,' lie said. 'lam very grateful to your Majesty for com ing to my bedsido. Adieu, allofyoui Tho tetauic spasms are about to seize me. Adieu. You have observed everything?' he said again to the phy sician. 'Describe exactly the convul sions which you are about to witness.' "Five minutes later this hero was •lead. He was thirty-five years old. Portugal will mourn him for a long time." \ l'u in a Story From Paraguay. The puma or mountain liou of the Andes is naturally an affectionate and harmless animal, and is often domes ticated, and some of the ranchmen in Patagonia and Chile often tame them and tiain them for watchdogs. An extraordinary story is told of the tyrant Franoia, who ruled in Paraguay for many years and was notorious all over South America for his cruelty aud craft. It is said that Fraucia duee had a woman chained to u tree in the forest where she would either starve or bo devoured hy wild beasts. After she had been out about ten days he sent a scout to see what was left of her, aud, much to his astonishment, it was found that she had been fed aud protected by two pumas, male and female, aud had suffered iu no way except from exposure and fright. The pumas brought her raw meat from the animals they had killed aud slept by her ride each uigbt like watch dogs.
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