CHUKCIIIttJLliFI(Jin'
ORIGINAL PLAN OF COWBOYS TO AIL
RELIGION.
Will IMftVr From the Stereotyped PpanWt
Fights onth Ilnknta the firms of tin
Novelty People Kxrltrd and a filiecew
Anticipated.
A bnll fight taunt often given to rnipt
money for n religions purpose, but such
Is the pliin which the residents of Zie
bach, Nowliu and Sterling counties, in
South Dakota, linve now in contempln
tion. The fight itself will resemble lit
tie the stereotyped affair to which the
Spanish-American unites nnd the parent
country in Knrnpe are accustomed. The
Idea oiinated with the cowboys on the
Wernnch ranch, in Ziebach county, on
the cast bank of the Cheyenne river, and
from all indications the entertainment
wi 1 1 be a grout success.
For ftonie time the Methodists of tin
counties in question have been thinking
of establishing a chinch at a central
point where all Hie residents of the dis-
trict can reach it. The country is thinly
populated, not to mention the fact that
only a small proportion of such popula
tion as there is takes the slightest inter-
out Iti ml,r!i-a nt-itl.n-u .nwl l,n .101. !
cnlty of raiting the nece'sury funds was
for months an insurmountable obstacle
in the way of the establishment of th?
house of worship.
The Wernich cowboys were not among
those who felt the need of religions in
traction, but they w ere deeply interest
ed when the daughter of a neighboring;
rancher suggested the bull fight as nn
excellent plan for raising money. With
in o week from the time the suggestion
was made the outlines of the fight hart
been roughly sketched, and volunteers
were eagerly offering themselves for a
part in the festivities.
Several lively young steers were so
li cted to play the star roles and a score
of cowboys to fill the secondary parts.
The religions element would not hear to
the tortuie of the animals, aud it was
accordingly arranged that the fighters
should be ruined only with their heavy
quirts or whips of hair nnd bo permitted
to resort to the use of firearms only in
case of nbsolnte necessity. As the men
will all be mounted it is unlikely that
any sneh occasion will arise, aud the
eteers will probably enjoy the perform
ance qnito as much as the cowboys.
When an animal has been in the ring
for a snflicient length of time, it will
simply be lassoed and dragged aside and
finoiker brought in to take its place.
The exact date of the tight has not yet
been fixed. It will probably bo some
time in January, weather peimitting,
or a few weeks later in ease severe cold
should make the exhibition impossible
during that month. A large attendance
Is promised from the towns in tho vi
cinity, and a considerable sum will un
doubtedly be raised for nn early start,
upon tho new church. New York
World.
DARING PLAN OF ESCAPE.
Mnrriernnn Plot of Criminal to I.ilinrata
Tliemtelvet From Mtttteawan Anylmn.
Fouhukkki'sik, N. Y., Deo. 18. The
plotted escape from the Matteawan Asy
lum For Insane Criminals, which was
frustrated through the confession of con'
olunoe stricken Conviot Patrick Mct-iulro,
was one of tho most daring evor planned
In any state prison.
Huskies Muciulro. Cnnvlots Edward Wil
liams and Homy LeSlrange, both of New
York, are known to have been concerned,
and other convicts, who Superintendent
Allison will not namo, are believed to have
been implicated. Mct-Julre was the ring
leader, and tho arrnngenicnts for the es
cape bavu been going on for several weeks,
Keeper Urown anting as a go hetwejn for
the convicts and their friends In New
York. Thanksgiving night was the time
originally sot for the escape dust before
dark on that afternoon two straugors ap
proached tho asylum and wont to the
nuthenst oorner, directly under Mctiulre's
cell, from which the oonvict bad lowered
A rope. Tho men fastened a large wronoh,
a burglar's tool known as a bar spreader,
and a liS oalibor revolver, loaded In every
chamber, and MoUuIre pulled them up
Into his cell.
Mcl-iuire had arranged with his pals to
spread tho hara over the wind iws of their
oolls and In this way permit thorn to
escape Into tho hall. Williams, who la an
athletio follow, 28 years of age, was to
have the revolver, and he had been In
truoted to kill the first keeper he met,
taking his keys, which would un'ock all
the doors of the institution. As Motiulre
came to realize that one and perhaps more
of the keepers would probably be killed,
his heart failed hiin, and that night, just
before the attempt was to be made, he sent
for Superintendent Allison and laid baro
the whole scheme. Dr. Allison at onoe
sot detectives at work on the case.
McGuIro, acting under Instructions,
crave Keeper Brown a deooy ll er to mail
to friends In New York, telling them to
coma to help Dim to e. nape. A 12 bill,
marked for Identification, was Inclosed,
with a letter as a tip for Brown. The
keeper was arrested before be left tho asy-
lura. The marked bill was found on his
person, and the letter which It aooompa-
Dled was found hidden in bis room.
Brown has been held for the action of the
grand jury.
Detectivoa are still working on the case.
whioh leads to the belief that more arrests
are to be made soun, and it la rumored
that the men who were Instrumental in
securing the tools for the convicts are
known. .
Killed Ketarulug From Sunday School.
Svuaoisk, Deo. 16. William Mttal-
tadt, 13 years old, waa struck aud in
stantly killed by a passenger train on the
West Shore yesterday afternoon. The boy
waa returning to hla hunie from Sunday
ehool and waa making a abort cut by
walking on the railroad tracks. Two oili
er boya who accompanied him narrowly
escaped death.
Navigation Closing.
Poegiikekpsik, N. Y., Deo. 13. The
oold wuatbtr has brought navigation on
the Hudson river at this point to a close.
From lludaon north the river is fnuea
tight from shore to shore, and men croaaed
on the loe at Hudson. The Hudson ferry
boat ia laid up, but from here aoulh all
the ferry liuea are still running.
ttrukfcinaa Crnalied to Death.
Yokk, Pa., Deo. 10 A freight train on
the Northern Central railroad parted be
tween York and Koldsboro. A brakoiuau
named Blizzard of MaryavlHe waa caught
between two cara aa they crashed together
and a jaiained fatal injuries.
lala Athlellua Froutable.
New Have, Deo. W. The Yale Base
ball association finished Ita season with
fJ, 840. 6 on hand out of total reoeipta of
Alu.oOK. UJ. The Harvard gauie netted
8,11111.45 aud tha Prlooetuu game U,-
1 06.06.
Peter Bhoeran, while at work on the
new bridge at Belvidere, N. J., fell from
the structure to the ground, sustaining
fatal lnjurlej.
a remarkable pearl.
Taken Prom an Oj-wtcr and fxioltR Like a
picture of folntnlins.
A most peculiarly shaped pearl of
great size and value Was found by
Charles N. Ames while opening oysters
in bis cafe at Pittsficld, Mo., the other
day. The oyster containing the pearl
was raised and gathered In Js'arragaiisett
bay at the mouth of the Providence
river.
Two Maine hunters went into Mr.
Ames' restaurant and asked for "a doz
en on the half, quick!" Two ord'mny
oysters were opened. In the third bi
valve Mr. Ames' knife struck some
thing. When the shellB fell open n most
extraordinary pearl was disclosed. It
was a slartlingly lifelike reproduction of
n human he.ul. There were the partly
bald head, deep set eyes, long straight
nose aud thin lips disclosing beautiful
ridges like teeth, and n pointed beard of
an Italian, Spaniard or Kuropean of
high degree. The hunters said it looked
very much like the death mask of Co
lumbns. Mr. Atnes agreed with them.
The pearl protrudes about half ail
inch from the surface of the shell, to
which it is firmly attached at the back
of the neck. It is surrounded by a circu
lar band of muscle which looks very
much like one of the styles of rnflled
collars worn by the noblemen of the
middle ages.
MEMPHIS HAS A HEALER.
A Colored Man Pld to Core by Tonchln
Patient.
George Herman .Tones of Memphis,
colored, says that several weeks ago he
aw n woman suffering from rheuma
tism. Something, ho said, told him to
cure her. He called btr to him, passed
his hands o . er her face, and the pain
fled, he says. The next person he says
be cured was Charles limit, a brick ma
son who was suffering from consump
tion. B. 1-'. Hatcher, once suffering
from entire paralysis nnd decay of one
arm, lias been murin wnoie by ,101100, it
is said. Phyllis Thompson, 1111 old nn-
gress, became so ill troni rlieumatism
that she was compelled to me crutches.
Aunt Phyllis, it is asserted, hr.s been
cured by Jones.
Jones is an ignorant fellow nnd nt-
tiihulos bio power to spirits.
A commit lee of physicians is studying
Jones' work.
COURTING BY PROXY.
And Now the Pushful Ifnslmnd Won't ray
I he Price Agreed On.
A remaikabie ease of lovomakiug by
proxy came up belore justice Hoger ol
St. P.uil. Casper Schmidt, a wealthy
farmer living near the state fair
grounds, asks that n brother farmer,
August Sidcnkranz, pay him (lilO for
seem ing the hitter n w ife.
Kchinidt testified that he had entered
into a regular contract with Sidenkranz.
because of the hitter's l.ashfulne-s, to do
his courting fur him nnd si cure therefor
$100. Schmidt secured his sister-in law
ns the bride, mid Siilonkrans'. w 11s duly
married to her, paying 10 down and
agreeing to pay the remainder at a later
day. The fj'.HJ was not forthcoming, and
tho" suit followed.
New I'se For Corncob.
Frank Slinfer brought to Lacon, Ills.,
tho other day 11 samplo of sirup which a
uumbcr cf experts pronounced genuine
maple sirup. It was nothirg more or
less than corncob sirup, made as fid
lows: Twelve clean cobs vrro put, in a
gallon of water and boilef. until soft.
Then tho juice was strained olf ami a
gallon of dark brown sugar solution
udiled. This is boiled a little while, re
sulting in 11 fine quality ef sirup, hard
ly distinguishable from tho lnupic prod
not. A Lynching Tax.
Senator Flanagan has introduced a
bill in tho Virginia legislature to pre
vent lynching. It entries into effect in
part the governor's recommendations by
providing that the board of supervisors
of any cor-.ity or council of miy city or
town wlier in a lynching oocnis shall
pay into tha state tieasuiy f?3 for every
1,000 inhabitants for each lynching.
How Do Politicians Thrive There
They've just elected a new president
of fljo republic of Switzerland without
liny friction nnd without even the for
mality of u presidential campaign. Hap
py Swiss ! Boston Herald.
PLANS FOR A NEW PARTY.
The National Council of Patriotic Organi
sations In Sections.
Tho National Council of Patriotic Or
ganizations has been in annual session
in Washington. Delegates from ull the
prominent Patriotic orders were present,
representing over 8,000,000 members.
A platform of principles was formulat
ed as follows: Demanding that ttriu
geut lawa be enacted by congress to re
strict immigration ; that no public fends
be appropriated for any sectarian pur
poses, and indorsing the proposed six
teenth amendment to the constitution
of the United States; that nostatesbiill
grRut the right of suffrage to any per
son not a citizen of the United States;
demanding that all property, poilic
property uloue excepted, be subject to
equal taxation.
A committee was appointed to attend
the national conventions of tho political
parties for the purpose of inducing them
to incorporate these principles iulu their
platforms, aud, in the event that none of
the political parties recognizes these
principles, then steps will be taken to
form uu American party. The National
Council is working to secure unity of
political action by the membership of ull
Patriotio orders. Washington Post.
Be Needed Animal Food.
Feeling the need of medicine the oth
er day, Pat applied to a doctor with
whom he was acquainted. Medicua ask
ed the symptoms, felt the pulse, exam
ined the tougue aud did whatever else
professional etiquette demanded. Then
he said:
"Patrick, you're run down a bit,
that's all. Whut you need is animal
food. "
And Pat departed quite contented.
Abuut two days afterward tho doctor
happened tu think of his ease and call
ed on Pat in the stable.
"Well, Pat," taid he, "how are you
getting on with the treatment"
"Oh, ahure, air," said Put, "Oi man
age all right with the grain aud oata,
but it's doiumed har -rd with the chop
ped hay." Portland Express.
LneV V.XC1SK SCHEME.
PROPOSM. TO KEEP A DEPUTY SHER
IFF IN MISSISSIPPI SALOONS.
ReprencntAtlve m.. I'ntq-io mil to lte
Presented to the MltmlHulppI Legliilntare.
A Radical Peatnre Which Re Thinks
Will rM,
An excise hill with nnitiiie features is
to be introduced in the Mississippi leg
islature shortly by Representative M.
A. Does. The present law is generally
unsatisfactory, being too severe for citi
r.ens who .favor the sale of liquor and
pot seveio enongli to plouso tho Prohi
bitionists. Mr. Dees proposes to take all
the respous bility for the observance of
the liquor laws off the shoulders of the
ftaloou keeper and put it on a deputy
rherilT to bo plat ed 011 duty in every sa
loon in the stato. He asks people to give
his proposition careful consideration be
fore they follow the peili: ps not unnat
ural first impulse to jump on the bill
becanse of its radical .tures.
The bill provides (hat 11 saloon may
bo opened in any parrc f the Pluto where
a local prohibitory law is not in force
011 the payment by the saloon keeper of
$1,000 for n b'ceme. Of this nam f.")00
ia to go to tho state treasury, if "i00 to
the county treasnry, SfriOO to the munic
ipal treasury of the place where the sn
loon is opened, ami the remaining $100
is to be set aside as 11 fund for paying a
temporal j deputy in case of need. From
the money paid to the comity nnd tnn-
uic;pality a salary is to be paid tu a reg
ular saloon deputy, w ho is to be 011 duty
in the saloon at all times when tho sa
loon is open for business. It is to be the
sole duty of the deputy to see that there
are no violations of the law in the sa
loon to which lie is assigned. Under no
circumstances is the deputv to act as
bartender, clerk or in any capacity
whatever in the servico of the saloon
keeper. All statutes at present in force
placing any responsibility on saloon
keepers for selling to minors or after le
gal hours, aud for all other breaches of
the law, me to bo repealed, and the sa
loon keeper is to take the following oath :
"I solemnly sw ear that I w ill not sell
any intoxicating liquors during tho con
tinuance of this license, except in tho
eight of nnd under the police supervi
sion and direction of the deputy sheiiff.
and I will faithfully obey his instruc
tions in all mattt rs that affect or con
cern tho polite supervision of tho dram
shop for which I have 11 license."
Saloons may bo open only 12 hours in
each day, nnd never between tho hours
of midnight anil (i a. in., nor between
nrdnight Saturday and 0 a. m. Mon
day. But the saloon keeper may chooFe
for himself the hours of opening nnd
closing, provided his place is open but
I'i hours in tho 18 specified by tho law.
If the saloon keeper or un assistant, ot
any ouo for him, sells even 0110 drink
wheu the deputy sheriff is not present.
his license is to be forfeited, and ho is
to bo prosecuted for violation of hiBoath
Not only is tho deputy not to net an
bartender, or to go behind the bar, but,
further, he must not take a diop of in
toxicating liquor of any Kind 111 or
about tho saloon in which ho is on duty.
Ho is not to accept uny gift, "or kind
ness," from the saloon keeper that may
be construed by the hitter as pulling the
deputy under un obligation. The deputy
is alone responsible if any minor, drunk
aid, Indian, intoxicated or other pro
liibited person gets a drink. He is to be
responsible for all disorderly conduct
or any kind of lawlessness in or about
tho saloon, and if ho fails in his duty ho
is made liable on his bond and must bo
discharged and prosecuted. A room is
to be si t apart as a kind of temporary
jail, in which the deputy may place any
disorderly person until u constable id
rmuuioued aud arrives, livery ouo in
the saloon is to be subject to tho call of
the deputy for assistance in preserving
order.
Mr. Dees thinks his ideas are sound
and that his bill has an excellent chance,
of becoming a law. Ho urguesthat "the
only way we can expect to see our law s
executed aud obeyed ia to make it to the
pecuniary interest of the party intrusted
Willi their observance and execution.
Ue doesn't think people will obey the
law just because it ia right so to do
until tho millennium arrives. 0 be
Would ruuko it pay both the saloon
keeper to obey the law mid the deputy
to see that the law is obeyed and niako
the penalty severe and Hiiro. New York
Sun.
IT WILL COME BACK.
The lictnrn of the IlUbtle an Edict of
ianhion.
Announcement has been made that
the bustle ia to be revived. In ita incip
ient stages it has already appeared.
The obnoxious little accessory of worn
an 'a toilet, which for the past five years
has been m disuse, is no lunger to be lu
uored. A premonition of the renewed
interest in the formidable little pads
which supplied natuie's deficiencies was
given when padded hips came in.
A tiny roll measuring about 8 inches
across aud 4 deep ia to be inserted in the
dress skirt. Since the abolition of hair
cloth it baa become necessary to substi
tute something which will fill the re
quircmeutB and hold nut the ripple skirt
of u Louis Seize cout. Tho bustle teems
to fullill the mission admirably. New
loik World.
TOOK PAhT OF HIS SKULL.
Kluinuctar Will Iiave a Piece of hllvcr lo
I'.a l lACe.
What promises to be a very successful
trephining operation was pt-.rfurnicd 011
Pol.ceinuii Peter Klunipotor of liiti' k
lyu the other morning by Dr. Sappirl.
Klumpeter, who ia the only Danish
policeman lu Brooklyn, lias been stitVor
ing for tho last eight moiitha f;uui uu
abscess, growing gradually into tho
form of a buuch of carbuncles back of
hia right car. Tho suigeous ctiscoveio l
that the ubscess was caused by a portio;
ot tho skull being diseased.
After ho wus placed under tho influ
ence of ether Dr. Sappirl cot through
tho ul.x-e.-s, and with u hue saw re
moved the in-eased part of tho skull
leaving u hole about I lie size ef a suvt
quarter. The patieut was watched care
lully, unci ia doing so v. ell that the sui
geou lee la confident that the operatio'
will prove a aueccsa.
As soon aa thu blood that flows fioiu
the wound has bet u bufliciently staunch
ed a silver plate will be placed over I bo
opening in tha bkull. if all goes well
Policeman Klumpeter will bu back ul
his post within two or three, weeks.
"COIN" FOUNDING AN ORDER
The Patriots of Amprlcft, a Pccrct Orajan-
lr.Rt-in. to Further lthnctnllWtn.
A Chicago 11101 iiing paper says n so-
vet political orilt r, founded by William
II. Harvey, the author of "Coin's l i-
iiancial School," will file articles of in-
ipurat ion with 1 lie secretary of state
Springfield, Ills., within tho next
w days. It is to be known a' the "Pa
triots of America," nod its solo object
tho restoration of tho bimetallic
standard.
Charter, it; is raid, bnvo been mu le
ont nnd will bo lent immediately to at
ea:-t 1,000 lodges in various parts of
WII.LIAM HOI K IIAItVF.Y.
he United States. The immediate pnr
imso of tho order, as voiced by its found
?r, is to take such steps as will compel
recognition of the claims of the bimetal
lists from the representatives of the
Deni'ieratio or Republican parties, or
both, when they assemble in national
onvrntioii next summer.
Since September a persisteut rod
thorough cauvnss of every county in toe
United States hai been in progress, and
thousands of letters w ere sent out to the
sympathetic leat'i rs 1 f nil parties from
Harvey's fTice i:i the Fc.it Dearborn
building. Thonsa::tl:i t f it plies camo in
from every slioe.
A RIVAL TO VCLAPUK.
Ksprranto Is the Name of r New lTnTcr
fll l.a!iK":'?:t'.
Esperanto is not t lie mono of anew
liqueur or of u i.ew a; tT-t ;:r, nor that
of a popular 0 i::ic s,.,g, but it b-i the
name of an isrl'.'ieiu! laiiguago whieli is
fast gaining adherents in Franco, nn.l
that is already able to b -.t of many
followers in Kusiji, (irremnv, l-.'itrlaiuj.
Norway, Swed' n. I.aly, Spain, tho
United States and rvn in some parts of
Africa.
Among those it'l proficient in the
language is a I'i ,'iichnian, b-aring the
aristocratic mime of D'iiys:ntier. Ho
says that, I'speriiiitn is by no ni"ain a
now language, nnv evui a recent discov
ery. This imoinain .mil language has
been in existence nearly ten years, and
theieme lit least 10,000 atlheieiits in
different parts of the v e-M.
The author or originator 1 f Esperanto
ia a Russian gentleman, Dr. Zameuhof
of Warsaw. Ho calls it 11 universal lan
guage. He says that one may learn its
grammar in an hour untl all its vocabu
lary of words 111 n few (lavs.
Max Muller writes it w ith tho gi cut
est ease, and so does Tolstoi, who ia one
of the leading contributors to tho ofll-
cial organ of tho language, The Esper-
nntisto, which, by the way, la utterly
opposed to the Volapuk organ, for it
has literary tendencies.
Tho fact is, Esperanto hopes to de
throne Volapuk altogether. Vetses may
be written in it, and translations of tho
Iliad" and "Hamlet" have been pub
lished. This new language, which means
Iho "person w ho hopes," is perhaps bet
ter known in Russia than in liny other
country. Russia is ita bitthplaco. New
York World.
NEW SORT OF CRANK.
lie Rceina to Find KntlNftictlnu In Snatch,
liiir tiff Uuttona.
A new crank has mado Ilia appearance
in New York in the person of Antonio
Volpe, an Italian, 18 years old. Ho is
what may be called "a button sniitcher "
Policeman Khm saw him in the crowd
around a dry goods store window.
He dodged in and out among the
women so often that the policeman
thought be was a pickpocket. Ho
watched him closely, hoping to catch
him in tho act. lie finally noticed that
ho only brushed against the women who
wore large buttons on their coats. To
his surprise be saw that all of these
women had lost lit least ouo button.
Presently lie caught tho young Italian
in tiio net of pnlling one of the buttons
from a womau's coat and arrested him.
On the way to the station house the
prisouer threw a handful of largo but
tons into the street. When ho was
searched ut tho station, -10 other buttons
were found in his pockota.
THIS HORSE WEARS WOOL.
tirokcr Marten' AcqiiMtion Has a Coat
Like Astrakhan.
Clurenco ii. JIuiteus, a broker who
has a stock farm near Mount Vernon,
N. Y., haa just bought a horse which
has ull tho uppenrance of u hugo black
sheep. Ho is about 15.3 hands high, aud
his liic'.o ia covered with a woolly coat,
black and us soft 11a silk. When Mr.
Martens drove him through the streets
of Mount Veriin recently, he attracted
crowds of curious people.
"He ia uu inbred Wilkes colt," said
Mr. Martens, "and is 4 years old. I
have never speeded him, but the man
from whom I bought him assurea me
that he can trot in 2 :."0. Ho was bred
in California mid is by Sable Wilkes,
dam Rosemu Wilkes, by (iny Wilkes."
The horse's coat lot ks exactly like a
piece of astrakhan wool. Mr. Marttna
says that be will shear it next spring.
Proposed Permaucut Nccro lxhlbltlou.
A movement has been started ut Wash
ington by some colon d peo;lu, having
for its object thu establishment in that
rity of u permanent negro exhibition.
Their plan is to get congress to take the
mattir in hand and cvubli.-li the exhi
bition w ith Iho necessary appropriation,
aud they will ask that the utiairle kept
under the control of tho govern men t.
The Exposition association of Atlanta is
to be asked to allow the removal ufier
their fair closes of the negro exhibit,
which baa attraettd to much interest
there. This, if seemed, ia to fouu the
nucleus of thd peimuueut exhibition.
V:f.'-
WITH THE COUILLAS.
PROFEUSOR GARNER STARTS OUT
AGAIN TO STUDY MONKEYS. I
I
ir Sncceaslnl, Rays ttie Itcunlts Will TXi
Rnrprlslng Oolna; to tho Interior nf
Irket Africa Will Itetnrn Some Time
Nett ftprlng-. j
I nm now on the edge ef civilization,
nbnnt to plungo into the depths of tha
African forest. These me t!-j lust words
I shall pi ml before 1 (Heap, ear. Whire
nnd when I shall coiao c..t I do not
know.
1 tun now writing rt A d -' An-
gola, nnd it is the Kllht f He.
unlikely that nnythii ;! will
from me for some niontl'.
course, po-ithlo that I r.:.'7 i'
reat !i civilization, and In,.' t
script will bo my last.
P.nt if my j iiirn y l.-i a.t t:
Itis
be
hear.)
i i is, of
-'t r u ;aill
'lis inauu-
s..fnl as
I expect it to bo it lo surprising i.t
its results and rapid in execution, I in
tend now to strike out for the Ii iluinbo
conntiy mid into the interior of darkest
Africa.
Hire I shall ngain resume my experi
ments with the native gorillas nnd
hope to complete the nip' I of tho na
tive btti,7ii:i;:.t of tl'.nap. liich I was
compelled to abandon during my first
visit here year ago.
I hi';? cross E-yrisi to tho Rembo
Nksi:i f h . 1 via Fernan VazlaUo into the
Lake Izauga country, whtro I shall
ma!;c, f ,r thr coast. No time can be
ptate l ft r this hazardous journey, os
ru si i f it is nfoot or by canoo. lint I
In-pe to In back in New York early in
the new year, or, nt any rate, before tho
summer i:i well advanced.
I nvi veil equipped for this journey
ond f .1' ley experiments.
l.'v previous experience in Africa will
be of the utmost value.
My knowledge ( f tho conntiy and of
tho native languages has already been
of the gieatest assistance.
Standing here 011 the brink where civ
ilization nutl barbarism meet, I nm con
fident that the journey which is before
me will bring them both closer together.
I nm biinging sumo of tho finest me
chanical pioduciions of civilization into
the hunt ef the jungle. I shall bring
out of the primeval forest specimens
bearing 011 anthropology and testimony
tu tho antiquity of language that will
bo absolutely new.
Thero are things in this African jun
gle which comes down hero to where I
stand that bear directly 011 tho history
of our race and speech. Hero nio found
races that have not advanced in 10,000
years, races that seem indeed never to
have advanced nnd to occupy today 11
lower place in the sociul sculo than
many animals.
I do not doubt that thero are members
of the monkey family possessing n
higher intelligence and a greater fluency
of language than many natives cf Afri
ca, whom they so closely resemble. I
havo known of tho same words being
used to exp:e:s tho name things in the
language of both. These me some of the
facts my pieseut journey will throw
lifht npon.
I 11111 1, ending now for the greatest
monkey conntiy in the world, tho great
original bleeding pluco of our race, ns
some bel'-ve. Here are to be found
races of lffcn the liko of which can bo
seen now hero eh 0 on earth,
Hero are to bo found men so pecnliar
that hundreds of thousands, if not mil
lions, of years must have elapsed since
they branched off fiom the lest of the
great human family. They nro today
either the stile reinuiniiig specimens of
primeval man or men who have slowly
by interbreeding developed unique, idio
syncrasies which differentiate them
from all otheis.
In this great Africuu junglo which
tho light of civilization has never pene
trated, where timo has stood still,
which is today identical with what it
wua 10,000 years ago, tin animal civili
zation has sprung up that baa advanced
quicker than the civilization of its hu
man inhabitants. Tho skull of monkeys
in this great heart of Africa hua grown
fas'er than iho skull of men.
Hero uie found tho largest monkeys
aud the smallest men. Not far from
where I am sitting tonight writing to
The Sunday World thecbinipauzees have
lnn. ieal instruments uround which they
hold 11 dance, while there are tribes of
savages so low and brntul aa never to
havn invented a mu.sic.ul instrument.
Monkiy tribes, goril'u tribes nnd
chimjiunxeo tribes uro organized. They
havo leaders and governors. They st ein
to have a rutin system of government of
tho forest.
Each appears to have a special coun
try of its own into which tho others
rarely pencti are. They have mysterious
calls, periodical conventions aud regular
limes, for joyful gatherings.
This is tiie greatest placo for scientific
inquiry on earth first, because it ia the
ohlest known field of human occupancy,
uud, secondly, becanse it has been w hol
ly in y.lcctt d. This is aviigiu forest and
11 virgin fieid for explora:iou and dis
covery. There is more to be lea.Ted in Africa
nn t l,o remoto history of our race than
in ull tho rest of the world together.
R. L. (-iuruer in Kcw York World.
HE HAS AN IRON SKIN.
I'ct-eliur Caise of Patrick Wood, a Painter
In New York.
Ill the Hospital For Incurables on
ElaoLwcira inland, New York, Patrick
Wood is sufiVriiig from an odd burden
ing f the skin. The medical term for it
ia u leu (Urn. a. The doctors say he ia to
all intents and purposes us firmly in
cased us though ho wore a suit of mail.
I Ho i 1 4a yours of age, aud hia skill has
been solidifying for the pa.-t two yiara.
lin was n paiuter. When he tried to
twist hia neck, hia skin felt positively
brittle.
His malady grew so rapidly that he
hud to giio up hia trade. Deprived cf
making a Eehhood, he waa forced into
i the almshouse. The doctors decided that
' mussage tieutuieut should be given.
; Four at mug armed men rubbed the hap
less Wood for hours, but the skin grew
1 harder nuder their manipulation.
j Dr. D. Le Roy Culver had him remov
ed lo iho liotpital. There he was given
thyroid extract, two grains at a time,
nutil be now takes 103 grains a day.
Under this treatment be has shown
signs 1 f improvement, H is alsu trou
blid with partial paralysis, brought on
by loaystiui ubulbilig oxide of lead
employed in paint. Wood is cf u cheer
I f ul disposition.
stories of the day.
The Lntrst fining nnd .Tnhc of Actors at
Hew York Thentcr.
Peter F. Dai ley is a bicyclist. The
other evening he was fonvohing to get
to the Hijen ill time when bo overtook
a friend pedaling away and wearing nil
nnxious look on his face as he glanced
in evei y direct ion.
"Ileilti, Rill!" saited D.iiley.
"What 's tho matter? You look ns though
your liver was out of order. "
"Oh," Bill replied, "n:y liver's all
right enough, but (in a lit arse whisper)
my lights 'live gone ont !"
A borsn is cue of the first things that
Mr. Frank Danii Is selected to bay him
self for a Christmas present. For that
put pose be w ent In an miction room last
'i hmday. Ho happened lo feel particu
larly fa tidious nt the time.
"Look here, old man," said he, "I
don't want 11 horse of that sort. They
are nil big eaters, according to your say,
and I don't like that. Then they are loo
heavy, too delicate at the same time nnd I
would requiie more time than my men I
can give them. What I want is 0110 that
eats lightly, is trim, small, light, clash
ing in appearance and yet quiet ami
will stand. I want one that will be
good for a lady's use and yet fast when
occasion demands. Understand?"
"tlh, I nielerstand, " said the dealer
thoughtfully, "but it ain't n horse ytn
want. What ynn want is a bicycle."
When Olga Net hersole's brother Louis
fust landed in America his cockney dia
lect got him into lots of trouble. Ho
was sneh a typical liritisher that all
maimer of jokes were played upon him.
Ho took a shotgun to Bnllalo to kill buf
faloes and some knives to Indianapolis
ill ease of trouble with Indians. Last
summer, when home, tho young Eng
lishman thought over these pructical
jokes and decided to even things up this
season, and he has enjoyed his revenge.
Dining Miss Kethersole's engagement
in Baltimore Brother Louis rushed out
to Manager Ford in tho box office and
said that his sister was looking very bad
and might die. Mt. Ford hastened across
the street untl summoned a physician,
oud they went, buck on the stage.
"I want to see Miss Nethersole,''
spoko up tho doctor.
"But you cawn't see 'er," answered
Lou i s.
"I must. You know, I am tho physi
cian they sent for. "
"But Oi say yon cawn't sco her.
She's dying. "
" What I' ' t-xclaimed both doctor and
manager.
"Yes, but it's not serious, you know.
Sho dies everyday wo play 'Camille ' "
W. E. Browning is the comedian in
the huilrsqne show at Aaron's Gaiety
theater. Some 0110 announces the arrival
of Trilby
"I don't see how Svet gali can get
near Trilby," ho says, "now that the
door's Ben Bolted. "
"Did yon pit k a winner at tho races
last summer)" nks .Ionian of William
son in a black face turn at tho Cl.iiety
"No," is the reply.
"Well, what are yon going to do this
winter)
"Pick untl shovel. "
"Now, ladies and gentlemen, it af
fords 1110 greut" begins Jordan.
"Hold 011, tbeie !" interjects William
son.
"What do yon mean, sir, by inter
rupting me? D. n't you know that gen
tlemen do not like to bo interrupted in
the middle of 11 sentence?"
"Not ut all. There uro lots of gentle
men who would liko fo be interrupted
in the middle of a fcntence. They're in
Sing Sing. "
At Proctor's Pleasure Palace are
Smilli untl Cook.
Cook How do you liko tho Brooklyn
trolh y cais?
Smith Oh, they're just killing!
Conk And I lie patrol wagons?
Smith I was simply carried away
with them.
Cook V, hat was that teiri'oln crash I
beard in your room about U o'clock this
morning?
Smith That was me falling asleep.
The O'Briens have a boxing specialty
at Keith's.
"I now maken special offer ef f 1,000
to uny man who can induce me to stand
np for two rounds," says one of the
team.
"Where do yon wish to be buried?"
asks the other.
"See that I urn buried in the fireplace,
that n:y ashes may mingle with those
cf the grate. "
Ills f mailable Appetite.
The British lion has decided that the
time has con.e to gobble up lower Siam.
Perhaps this rich morsel may somewhat
satiate his appetite, und lead to a more
tolerant feeling toward Vectzuela.
Bottou Journal.
A Carpet Tack Trnst.
During the last two weeks u trust,
comprising almost evciycai pet tack fac
tory in the country, has bet u organized
aud the price of tacks advanced to al
most double tiie former rate.
Key to 11. e Puzlcr.
No. 7i). Mixed Syllables: 1. Jlull.ui
9. Parrot, a. Cun-ul. -1. Pardon. 6. Car
pet. il. liiilh t. 7. Hoioict. s. Cutlet. 11.
Damson. l'J. Outlet. 11. Sonnet. i
Pupju't. 13. Ituoliiill.
J.i. Tu:. -Illustrated lletiu'-cs: 1. To
understand ymir si uilies w , li, do nut un
dertake too tiiaoy. lie ial tli-.c,ii.ii'a;red
lu a lam!. thin until rtakii'.'. li. lltihlm
viulatii what you it- -cut to In all under
staialllti;.-,.
No. 7ul. Prliu.il Acrostic: Pior, Ki'se,
Ruba, Salu, Ezcl, I'lini. ruad. PriniaU,
Perseus.
.N'a. 7'i.V Cha-.idc: Mind-l -can't.
No. 7 uti. Tran.-i.osili'Jli: Longed, gold
No. 707. Easy Word :
liuan
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V
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A
P
No. 7i,3. lfiblical Anagrams: 1. Zceli
nriuh. 1!. M urn ut olhcs. a. .Mary Mag
dalcni,. 4. Oiic-.iplmnis. a. Jail. is I.cart, 11 .
No. 7ia. All I lourgUi-s: Ci-o.v-.y u-il'.:
1. Erected, a. pio',ir. 3. Sir. 4. M 6.
Asp. 0. Cbiiik. 7. Chui.'li'. Central,
Critiisin.
Nu. no. Ctii'taltitu'iii : lias p.
No. Tll.-r Knit: ma! - Aui'hti' 1.
Yoiiuif. W. Lowell. .1. l'aui.ls'il i. W ails
Wultll. f. A ken -.hie. 0. 1. .Mit feilmv.
T Whilliur. 8. liuM-milli. II. . ase. 10
Chatter-ton. 11. Hart. li. iJu iiiact-y
13 ILwju.
.1 .1
IRRIGATION METHODS.
M'ajfl and Mcap Adapted to the Wants of
I.'iintcrn llorl Irulturlttts.
The ea'-tem horticulturist has no use
for the "flooding" methyl, as it is not
adapted oither to our crops or soil, and
is too wasteful of water to bo used in
most localities. When the water supply
is ample, good results will be obtained
if the water is applied from furrows
and allowed to soak into the ground.
Wht 11 the land is level or nearly so, tho
water can be run for coin ith ruble dis
tances, even in light, sandy soil, nnd
Will wink its way d iwnward and side
ways, wh"io it will la found by the
louts of plants. The same method can
be used for watering oichurds ns is em
ployed in California. For closely phint
id trees and bi.i-li fiuits (be water from
one fin row will water the rows 011 either
side, a It In Hie !i in the case 1 f young I rocs,
especially il some dhtaticc npuit, it w ill
be well to cilher have a brunch furrow
iven off to each tree, or lo havo a fur
ow for each row of tries. While the
tree are small and befoie the roots have
filh 1 the ground it will be well In make
a furrow about the dec about as lame
es the ciiclo ef the In am lies, into which
the wulcr can be tnrned and from which
it v. ill soak inlo the ground where the
rools can leadily obtain it.
Whether the ' led" ir "furrow" sys
tem si, mid be used for vri etablcs will
depend upon the lay of the land and tho
character of the crop. According to L.
it. Taff, who tells it ill American Oar
dening, if the hind has such n surface
that the furrows can lo run at 1111 even
lopo end alnpitth not so great as to
wash, the furrow method will be the
simplest and will give, ns good results,
Wle 11 the rows 1110 five or 111010 feet
11 art, ti.eie should l e n funowfor each
row, l ;:t if lc:.s than that, one furrow
will tin for two lows. With uneven
groin, d, end c 1'i cially for dri lied crops
.row 11 in nanow lows, the beds can be
tisod to aOv.01t.1go.
The 1 oils should I e thrown tip by back
fiiimwing and tht u!d be so located thut
the lidfco along the cenler will bo level.
If not over 10 (V 111 feetwide, the water
th::t is n.n along in a furrow at the crest
will step into and moisten tho soil to
that width, but if mnch wider it will
l e well to r;;;;n th" Icelef the water
i.nd allow it to inn ever the edge of the
farrow. This method of watering has
many tf Iho defects pointer out in
" fir-,(!. 01;, " but to a loss deorte, and
the. 0 can 1 11 alino. t entirely done away
wiih if tiie gn.to:d is cultivated after
rat h watering. When the soil is light
'iinl the supply of wa'er abundant, there
vill, l.'iv, ever, l o le.-s uush.ii for this.
Tho irr'gntion of land, whether level
r in led', from water in furrows will
I..' great ly i-iii.pl !iid if the watir is dis
1: 1! o 1 .1 tu the different pari : of the field
in i 1 . t f some hind. If wooden flnmea
are i,:-; d, there should be a slide oppo
site Iho end of each fnnow, through
v. b't !i the flow of (lie water can bo reg
ulated as de-'iied. When iron eir cement
pipes 10 u. i d to rli -tribute ibo water,
ti:o hydrants or faucets should be ar
ranged for Iho S'ui.e purpose. In this
ii'uut.'fr Iho inrmnit f fb.wca:i bo regn
l.i til, in id if Iho fuinwshuvo u sniluble
iO'"! v. ill ic.prie but lift Jo caie.
lor ti:. in nrcliaids mint her method
may 1 e feircd lo the distributing fur
rows. Ir v.onld consist in running tho
wiiti 1-in pipes that will stand a slight
pres.. ure. such a t iron or eemt'iit, to by.
ihants b.cati d at intervals of pf l imps
S!00 ft i t, ci.d then with 100 feet of file
engine hose, vhi li can often be pnr
cha eel cheaply nt secondhand, diicct
the v. ater inlo the furrows or basins that
have lu ll mailti to ireeive it areunil
e.uh liee. For vegetables and fruits
v. here tviriows ere 11:1 il (he Fame means
lI' convey i:g the v a'er from tho pipe
luiiv 1 e en ployed, and thns one hydrant
vi!l au.-.v.'er instead of a dozen or menu
s.euill ones.
Feeding rJllno.
F. II. King, exeel'nit Dnlliorify on
sU'!i mailers, adv:M'S in feeding silage
to always feed from Iho top. He says:
It i 1 a com 11:011 mii.la'.-e t.i havo the fcul
ieg surface of (he siiago too large und
under these co'itlitions tho silage has
timo to heat and 1 nil to seine extent.
AH I eatinu'tif si lag? is at the expenro t.f
ft t din.'x value, and in good silos, after
the first heating, the silage cools ami re
in '.riiis cohl to the touch for an indetiiriVi
t'mu unless agaiu cxp- sed to the air for
some days. Sih'go should be fed after
mi:kiug. Almost any substance posccss
ing au odor at ull marked has 11 tenden
cy, wheu fed to the cow just before
milking, tu have it excteted with tho
miik at t ho t.iue of milking. If, how
evt r, tmnip'i or silage, tc, arc fed aft
er milking, thin Ihe otlors have time to
e-cape from Ihe blood of tho cow,
through tho le.ngs, kidneys und skill, be
foie it is again timo lo milk, and thu
milk will not be tainted.
Kunsan 1'mlrle Viay.
Kansas hay 1i::h uu enlhusiastio ad
mirer in the person cf Oecrge S. ltkikes
lce, president of Ihe National Hay as
sociation, anil he, i;t 1 'ust, concedes it
the p'ace of honor us thu best of ull
piairie bay and the crjual of uny gix.a
grown.
AgrlcalturuJ lllntw.
Apple growing is en (he increase in
Mauio.
Lettuce ia a 1 re fiti blo cup for glass
culture.
If not already done, give the. nspura,
gtia bed a dits.sing of good comport.
An eastern exchange says : For a big
yie'der, the new Carman No. 3 potato
bfcuis lo take the had. And it is a
smooth potato, (00, and i f got d ijuality.
It seems declined lo become a pi pn'ur
late potato.
In Aroostook, lie., Ihe world famon
potato couuiy, loss 1 1010 blight and rot
waa serious, but, uccordiug to The New
England Homestead report, the yield
waa large on area, 20 per cent larger
than last beasen, aud starch factoi ies are
Working up big quantities ut 11 to i'O
ecuts per bushel.
An international beekeepers' congress
at Atlanta Deo. 4 S.
Cuxey'a Ircni.
Oicuorul Coxey, the ex-commonweal
louder, announced the other night at
Pittsburg that ha ia a candidate for the
(residency.