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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
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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.
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| 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.