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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10. 1897.
The mercantile agencies say that
the failures for July were less than
during" any month since 1892. If
this is not a sign of returning" pros
perity, what is it?
In manv of the
farming
states
the tillers of the soil
are navino-
i j
their loans so rapidly that the loan
agents are getting more money on
hand than they care to have, and
are making new loans at a much
lower rate of interest than former
ly. It is said that in Minnesota
farm loans are being made at five
per cent per annum.
o
A populist friend tells us that
Wm. Neville, who wants the popu
list nomination for supreme judge
and wants it awfully bad, will ex
perience some trouble in securing a
delegation from this county. It is
generally understood that if T.
Fulton Gantt wants the Lincoln
county delegation he can get it for
the asking, and Mr. Neville will be
in the tureen so far as his own
county is concerned
Holders ot 189G claims against
the city of North Platte are begin
ning to anxiously inquire when and
how they are to get the money due
themT We have no doubt but the
reform" city administration can
enlighten them on this subject.
The present administration did not
contract the 1896 indebtedness but
it is its dutj'" to see that .some pro
vision is made for the payment ot
the claims, all of which 'have been
audited and approved.
.-
Farmers of the west are now
having as much difficulty in getting
freight cars to remove their crops
as they were a couple of years ago
in getting crops to put into the
freight cars. Thousands upon
thousauds of freight cars which
have been standing idle since the
summer of 1893 are .now rushing
day and night to carry the abundant
crops of the west, tor which ad
vanced prices are being obtained,
despite the fact that silver has
steadily fallen meantime.
Some of the local populist don't
like the.idea of the reorganization
of the democratic partyin Lincoln
county. This is, however, not
strange, as in the past the popu
lists have received almost the solid
democratic vote of the county. But
as the democrats have never re
ceived anything in return for this
support, the populists certainly can
find no grounds for a just com
plaint. -It is the democrats who
have a "kick" corning by reason of
having been ignored by the popu
lists in the distribution ot offices.
If silver still goes on declining
during the next three years at the
rate which it has declined during
the last twelve months. Mr. Bryan
in 1900 will have to argue for about
a ten-cent dollar. The value ot the
metal in a silver dollar is about 44
rents now. while a 3'ear ago it was
53 cents. Yet the inconsistency of
proposing to permit people to pass
53 cents worth of silver for a dollar
is not so much less than a similar
proposition with reference to 10
cents worth of metal when the prin
ciple of the thing is taken into con
sideration. The number ot cattle assessed
for taxation in Wyoming has in
creased from less than 300,000 in
1S96 to 500,000 in 1897, and the
average market price of cattle per
head from $12.56 to $17. Last year
there were assessed in that state
about 1,000,000 sheep, valued $1.77
per head, and it is said that they
will number about 2,000,000 this
year and command an average of 25
cents more per head. What busi
ness, says an exchange, have cattle
and sheep to increase in number
and value, with the silver in a sil
ver dollar worth only about 45ccnts,
the lowest figure on record.
There is no country in the world
so productive of alj the things need
ful for the enjoyment of lile tis that
in which lie what the famous
British - statistician, Michael G.
Mulhall, describes as "the prairie
states of America." They are Illi
nois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Mich
igan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska and the rftvo Dakotas.
Taking the grain crops of these
states in aggregate, they of late
have averaged 118 bushels for each
mail, woman and child. In all the
prairie states, 060, 000 hands are
employed in agriculture, and the
average product of three years has
been 49,700,000 tons of grain and
2,190,000 tons of meat, or 650 bush
elfcof grain and 1,610 pounds of meat
to each hand employed. Mr. Mul-
hall, in an article published in the
North American Review, states
that the grain crop of these,
pta'es is ten times the usual Euro
pean average. During the last
forty years there has been an in
crease ot acres under cultivation
amounting to 157,000,000: which is
to say that 13,000 acres daily have
- .
oeen added to the area, in tillage.
Inter Ocean.
John Cudahy, of Chicago, a wel
known board of trade plunger, is
organizing a company to develop
Alaska gold mines, the concern to
have $25, 000, 000 capital. He has had
a prospector there for five years and
says he has secured claims which
are the cream of the jrold district
and worth $50,000,000, perhaps
five times that amount. . John
Cudahy will be thFBarney Barnato
of theKlondyke if what he says is
true, and being a plunger perhaps
he will have the same tragic end as
the late demented Barney.
President McKinley seems to
have taken the St. Louis convention
and the seven millions of voters
who supported its platform at their
word. That convention declared
that the civil service law was placed
on the staute books by the repub
lican party and that the part' re
newed its "repeated declarations
that it should be thoroughly and
honestly enforced and extended
wherever practicable. ihat is
A.
what the President did by his recent
civil service order prohibiting the
removal of men and woman from
positions except upon written
charges and permitting them to
have an opportunity to reply to
these charges wherever made
While the order has " displeased
many who have hoped to see faith
ful officials removed in order to
make places for them, it has
strengthened the one weak spot in
the civil service and is thus com
mended by those whose only inter
est is the welfare of the nation and
the party.
FEET AND CHARACTER.
ffhixt the Pedal Extremities
One Who Knows.
Itcveal to
The rerson who had his character
read by the palmist mtist now go to the
drst cousin of the chiropodist in order
to learn whether the markings ou the
foot agree with the prognostications of
the hand.
According to the adepts, a small in
step denotes religious temperament,
while if it is high it suggests self con
sciousness. If arched, it indicates a love
of luxury,, while if it is thin in addi
tion it not only demonstrates the desire
for approbation and applause, but the
possession of honor and loitv ideals. A
thick, heavy instep, which the boot
maker would describe as rather high, is
the mark of the individual who is ca
pable of great exertion continued over a
long time, the instep, in fact, of tho
worker.
The heel is another of the great diag
nostic points. If it is smooth and round
and without any prominent outlines, it
declares the individual to belong to that
commonplace order which never achieves
distinction and who though pleasant
enough in his or her way to live with,
js vet devoid of auyspccial talent. If it
is small, it shows that the owner is ca
pable of going heart and soul into any
work that he undertakes.
Long toes suggest artistic capacity,
just as do Iouk fingers of a certain
shape, while short toes iudicato selfish
uess. If they are crooi:ed as well as
long, they demonstrate the possession of
good common sense and no little busi
ness capacity, while toes separated by a
distinct interv.nl, in spite of tho com
pression in which fashionable boots com
pel them, are indicative of emotion. If
they curve downward, they indicate an
amiable turn of mind, and different por
tions of them denote different character
istics as do tho so called "mountains"
and "valleys" on the palm.
In addition to all these characteristics
-the markings ou the sole must be care
fully considered, for they may modify
certain other peculiarities. It is impos
sible. however, to lay down any laws of
Eelf guidance in these miuntiro, but tho
broad facts will no doubt furnish a suf
ficient stimulus for further investiga
tion at the hands of the wise women of
tho world, ir they must bo indeed wise
who can read, as in an open book, char
acter which may be formed by the con
strictions of a fashionable boot.
Whatever else may be done, howev
er, it is safe to say that great toes
whioh are pressed out of the straight
line, and which arc therefore in hide
ous contrast with tho beautiful feet, of
Trilby, bespeak an egregious vanity in
their possessor nud proclaim a belief in
tho proverb which states that "to bo
beautiful one must suffer." This, how
ever, was the old fashioned idea, which
it is hoped tho vogue of tMr. du jtfau
rier's heroine will have done a great
deal to counteract. Philadelphia
Times.
Ills Sacrifice.
"Darling," ho said, looking down
tenderly into the eyes of his bride, "I
have often, heard you say that there is
no truo lovo without self sacrifice. You
have taught me this great truth, and
now I am going to prove my love by
giving up something that has been very
dear to me for years. You know how
fond I am of.smokiug. Well, dearest, I
am going to abandon the practice, even
though it bo like tearing out my my "
At this point his emotion apparently,
overcame him, and he looked down at
the sweet face, expecting to see there
appreciation of his noble resolve, but
he saw only a Jook of blank disappoint
ment "What iB tho matter? Aro you not
glad that I cm following your teach
ing?" he asked.
"It's not that," she answered, almost
sobbing. "Nevermind what it is." And
sho rushed from the room.
Tho self sacrificing hero smiled. He
had learned from his wife's dearest
friend that she had set her heart ou
buying him half a dozen boxes of cigars
covered with lovely silver paper wrap
pers, with pictures in the middle.
And that is what gave birth to his
noble resolution. Pearson's Weekly.
BTJCETAIL" E1PLES.
.HE
THIRTEENTH PENNSYLVANIA
RESERVE, CRACK RIFLEMEN.
Organized by Thomas I Kane In tho
Mountains of Pennsylvania Tho "Buck
tails" Shot to Kill Thrilling Episodes
on tho Battlefield Gallant leaders.
Copyright, 1SS7. by American Press Asso
ciation. Uook rights reserved.
RACK riflemen
wearing the blue
played a greater
part in tho civil
war than is pop
ularly supposed.
f$lfi Federal veterans,
and verv natu-
rally they do not
forget tho sting
of tho Confeder
ate sharpshoot
ers' bullet. But
tho southern
marksmen met
their equals
when they ran afoul of the Sharpe and
Spencer rifles in the hands oj hardy
mountain hunters from Eomo of tho
northern states. Tho "Bnc&tails" of
tho Keystone never once gavo grouud to
Texan or Mississippian, notoriously
quick hud deadly as theso woro ' 'on
tho shcot." Tho Bucktails formed a
uuiquo corps,- and their name and famo
didn't die out until the last gray coat
hung up his riflo and cried quits. Tho
idea of enlisting mountaineers for war
faro originated with Thomas L. Kane,
brother of tho arctic explorer. Kauo
had been schooled in rough life by ex
tensiyo mountain travel, and so far an
ticipated the needs of the service that
on the 13th cf April, ISO 1, the day Ma
jor Anderson was vainly trying to hold
the fort at Sumter, he applied to tho
government for authority to raise a com
pany of mounted riflemen among tho
yeomanry of the counties of Forest, Mc
Keau and Elk, a region in western
Pennsylvania popularly known as tho
"wildcat district." Men responded
promptly, and when the news came that
Sumter had fallen it was decided to
form au infantry battalion. Recruits
flocked to tho rendezvous clad in home
spun aud red flannel shirts, carrying
their hunting rifles and wearirfg buck
tails in their hats.
"Within ten days after tho call sound
ed a hand cf "Bucktails" over iiOO
strong embarked on rafts at tho Siuue
mahouiug landing to float down tho
Susquehanna to Harrisburg. From flag
poles of green hickory, each surmounted
by a bucktail, tho stars and stripes were
flung to the breeze As the strange flo
tilla moved down tho river the primeval
forests lining its banks wero stirred to ;
echoes by tho shrill notes of tho fifo and
the rataplan of tho sn:uc drum.
Owing to some blunder at headquar
ters there was a hitch in tho programme,
aud word was telegraphed along tho
lino to intercept those- mountaineers
who in the spirit of the old Continentals
wero hastening to the scat of war, and
turn them back at Lockhavcn. It was
said that they could not bo mustered
into. tho United States service. A long
headed general of militia got hold of
the telegram aud suppressed it, so the
flotilla movul on, aud coming within
view of Harrisburg the "Bucktails" sa
luted it with a volley from their rifles.
Their famo had preceded them, and
they were quickly recognized by tho
telltale badges ou their hats.
Mcauwhilo similar -companies had
been formed, one by Roy Stone in Wr
ren conuty, at tho headwaters of tho
Alleghauy. This company also had
troublo hi getting accepted, aud was
ordered to disband, but tho men rc
fnsed. General McClcllau, on learning
what was nfot, offered to take Stone's
company into his West Virginia army
as-an independent corps of pharpshoot-
ersj hut-while tho baud was on the way
to join the army Governor Curtin re
called them to Harrisburg, whero there
was another company from West Chester
county led by Captain Charles F. Tay
lor, brother of Bayard Taylor, with
others frcm Perry, Clearfield, Carbon
and Tioga. In the end nino captains,
supplicating for so many separato com
panies, asked to be formed into a regi
ment under tho leadership of Colonel
Kane. Kane gavo way to C. J. Biddle,
a veteran of the Mexican war, and him
self took the position of lieutenant colo
nel, with Roy
Stone as major.
In honor of its -modest
founder, i
tho officers form
ally christened it
"Kane's Riflo
regiment." It
was assumed to
tho famous Re-
servo corns, in
which it becamo vf?
known as tho 1 '
rpi-f.n,,fl, C0L0KEL II. W. JlVNEIL.
serve. it was imw.imui.wiii(J
also given tho synonyms "First rifle"
aud "Bucktails.'.' Tho last was ji good
fit, could be read by all at n glance,
and it stuck.
The first batflo of the ."Bucktails"
was at Dranesville. Colonel Biddle had
dropped out and Colonel Kane handled
tho men according to his owu idea of
rifle tactics. With three companies and
a battery he ndvauccd nud captured a
brick house which was tho Confederate
citadel. The "Bucktails" lay ou tho
ground and loaded, then arose, aimed
and fired aud dropped back to load
again. Kane was shot. Tho enemy was
repulsed. Kaue's idea of skirmishing
tactics was brought to tho notice of Gen
eral McClellan, who gave him four com
paniesof the "Bucktails" to drill. They
joined Bayard's cavalry hrigado in the
bnenandoah valley, while tho rest of
tho army went to the peninsula with
tho Army of the Potomac. In their first
campaign Kaue's mountaineers out
marched aud wore down Bavard's cav
alry horses. Once they traveled 20
miles a day for 12 successive days, car-
ried-uo tents or blankets, and subsisted
duriug tho whole 12 davs on what the
country afforded, eked out by the scant
supply of crackers, meat aud coffeo
which they had in their haversacks.
mi' r j ii ? 1 1 . ..
'xao ursc tunning encounter of the
"Bucktails" in the field was at' Harri
sonburg. Tho first New Jersey cavalry
was ambuscaded by somo Contederatcs
and Captain Haines, ft brave young offi
cer, was left on tho field. Colonel Kane
volunteered to go with his baud of
Econts and rescue Haines. Meeting
Ashby's cavalry, ho attacked aud drovo
it. Ashby's men filially rallied for a
stand, and the "Bucktails" made ready
X
mm
for. a second charge. As lane whs
about to order the battalion forward
Private Martin Kelly exclaimed, "Wait
until I draw their fire, colonell" Kelly
then boldly stepped out from cover and
received a full volley from thoadvanced
companies of tho Fifty eighth Virgin
ians. He fell dead, riddled with bul
lets. The "Bucktails" advanced and
routed the Virginians. At that juncture
General Ashbv rushed forward and
urged his men to uso their bayonets.
Meanwhile Kauo had been wounded in
the leg and was leaning against a' tree
directing tho fight Beside him lay Pri
vate Holmes, mortally wounded. See
ing Ashby at the front and recognizing
him from descriptions given by Kane,
who knew him, Holmes nerved himself
for a -last shot, picked up his riflo and
resting it across an outgrowing root of
tho tree shot down Ashby. After taking
this speedy vengeauco for tho death, of
his comrade, Kelly, Holmes breathed
his last. Kauo was captured at Harri
sonburg. Tho remnant of his battalion,
50 men, fought heroically at Cross
Keys a few days later and saved a bat
tery which had been cut off and deserted.
Tho eight companies of tho regiment
not present .with Kauo in tho valley ac
companied tho Reserve division to the
peninsula under tho leadership of Lieu
tenant Colonel
Roy Stone. Stone
was on tho pick
et lino with his
men when Leo
attacked Fitz-
Johu Porter at
M e c hanicsville,
in front of Rich-
m o n d . Tho
Bucktails"
wero surround
ed, but cut their
way out. After
COLOKEL C F. TATLOK. foQ "battle of
Killed at Gettysburg. Gaines Mill,
when Porter retired across the river,
tho "Bucktails" covered tho withdraw
al and were under firo of tho Confeder
ate batteries over two hours. Forced to
retreat at last, they fell back uuder firo
for a distance of three miles, getting
out with only 125 men in tho eight
companies. At tho battle at Glendalp,
in the "Seven Days," Stone rallied tho
broken commands of the Reserve divi-sion-on
his little lino of sharpshooters
until he had parts of six regiments with
theJr-baltlcflags around him. Although
wounded, ho led them against tho ene
my.
While- north, recovering from nis
wound, General Stone was authorized
to recruit a "Bucktail" hrigado iu
Pennsylvania, hut failing to get four
regiments together ho took tho field
with a demibrigado consisting of the
Ono Hnndred and Forty-third, One
Hundred and Forty-ninth and Ono Hun
dred and Fiftieth, .which were to mako
history in tho terrific "combat of tho
Chambersbnrg pike. No command
fought moro desperately or suffered
greater losses. Stouo was fearfully
wounded iu the hip aud lay upon tho
field two days. His successor was also
terribly wounded. Lieutenant Colonel
Walton Dwighfc of the One Hundred
and Forty -ninth was wounded, and his
i tracccsscr, uaptaiu bcoueui, Kiiioa
Colonel Wister of the Ono Hundred and
Fiftieth was" wounded while command
ing tho brigade, and his lieuteuant
colonel and major wero both wounded.
The last commander of tho regiment
that dav, Captain Widdis, was also
wouuded. Part of tho timo tho "Buck-
tails" fought the Confederates across a
fenco and again used tho bayonets iu
deadly qpser. Colonel Stouo recovered
and fonght in the Wilderness, where
his Gettysburg wound was reopened,
and he was compelled to leavo the field
The second colonel of tho original
"Bucktails" was Colonel Hugh Watson
McNeil. He was elected to succeed
Coloucl Biddle in the fall of 1801. Ho
. first led the nuited regiment in battle
at Anlietam. When tho "Bucktails"
attempted to advance, they wero greeted
"by a .storm of shots aud bullets, and
Colonel McNeil, stepping to the front
of the Tine, started to run, exclaiming,
"Forward, Bucktails, forward I" After
carrying the first lino the colonel start
ed toward the second, and was shot dead.
McNeil's successor was Colonel Charles
Frederick Taylor, brother of Bayard
Taylor. Taylor's company was jvith
Kauo in tho valley, and being taken
prisoner there ho did uot get juto battle
With the full regiment until Fredericks
burg. Ho was wounded at tho stouo
wall, but recovered in tjnic to lead his
regiment at Gettysburg. Jn the wheat
field in front of Round Top ho was shot
through the heart by a Confederate
marksman.
In telling this story of tho hardy sous
of tho Keystone State, I do uot riay a
tribute to "rank because it-isrank, but
because the accident of position gave
valor a chance. It was no accident
either that made Stono and McNeil and
Taylor leaders among tho "Bucktails.
They were selected by tho men them
selves. And it is worth whilo to note
that all threo were college men Mc
Neil from Yale, Stone from Union cg
lege pud Taylor from the University pf
Michigan. 'Iho mountaineers of western.
Pennsylvania bad keen wits as yell -as
sharp eyes and steady nerves. Kane's
old regimcut lost 004 rncn killed and
wounded out of 1,105 ou the roll. In
front of the stone wall at Fredericks
burg its casualties were 101. Roy
Stouo's "Bucktail" brigade lost 1,000
out of a total enrollment of 4,000 men.
Geojige L. Kilmer.
VerecH on a Dictionary Maker.
The following verses wero addressed
to Professor Skcat by. Dr. Murray in the
London News ns n congratulatory effu
sion on Professor Skcat's having finished j
with the first seven letters of the alphas
bet aud his beginning with "H"for tho
now English dictionary;
I'm glad ihat you've clone so I hear you eay-
With words llmt begin with D
And have left A B to tho glad and gay
Willi tho gloi-y that waits on G.
And you langli ha I ha! defying fato,
As yon tackle tho terrible sspirate,
The H that appalls tho coclaiey crew,
Lancashire, lilsscx and Shropshire, too,
For they cannot abide tho hunter's horn,
And hold e'en heavenly hosts in scorn,
And I fear there are some that can scarcely i
say
Why you didn't- give hat whenjou worked at
A,
Whose utterance leaves some doubt between
.Tho human hr.ir and an air serene,
The harrow that creeps and the arrow that
flies,
The heels" where chilblains pre want to rise
And the nice fat eels tliat are baked in piesj
fro all ri.-joice pn this New Year's day
To hear ypu ars fairly uppn your way
Tp honor and happiness, hope and health.
I would you wpre nearer tp worldly weal'th-
Womeu have municipal suffrage jn
Cape Colony which rules J.000,009'
square miles. "
'' '
HAD A SURE THING.
But tho .Baseball Manager Counted His
Chicks Before They Were Hatched.
"When it comes to squaro sport
among professionals, " admitted tho vet
eran who liyes by huckiug chance, ' 'I
reckon you've got to give the first place
to baseball. But way back in tho days
before tho league system was perfected
I used to see some curious things. I re
member one club in central Ohio that
was as good a local organization as I
ever saw. All the men in the team wero
strapping six footers, used hickory bats
and knocked a live ball so far that all
the farmer boys in tho vicinity had a
supply. Finally a sporty manager got
hold of them, went wherever there was
a game to bo had, took a professional
battery with him and bet all the money
he could place. Having nothing special
on hand that season,-1 concluded to do
a little business on my own book.
"By a little quiet skirmishing in To
ledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Colum
bus I got together a nino that wero fast
enough for any company. I took them to
a little country town about 20 miles
from tho club I'vo been telling you
about, named them after tho place, did
some saucy blowing through tho county
newspaper and got a challenge from tho
very fellows we wero after. We went
over there in old farm wagons, looking
like tho rustiest lot of grangers that
ever ventured awayfrom homo. In
practice my boyg got tangled up in their
own feet, fell over each other and made
tho opposing maunger feel so good that
ho was betting at every turn. I was
right with him as long as I had a dol
lar, and thcro was a big roll for one of
us when the game was over. Now there
was a change. My hoys camo out of the
dressing room in knickerbockers, sweat
ers and canvas shoes, as slick a looking
lot of ringers as your ever saw. It was
a cinch, and I was ouly hot because I
had no more money to pnt up."
"Yon made a good thing of it?"
"Good thing? I got the donblo cross.
My battery sold out to the other mana
ger. They heat us so bad that the scorers
demanded extra pay. My pitcher and
catcher got away beforo I could borrow
a gnu. I walked ten miles to tho nearest
.station and then took a box car. That
wasn't a squaro
game." Detroit Freo
Press.
FRIENDS OF HIS.
Eomo Close Acquaintances of Whom Ho
Spoke In His Dreams.
"John," said Mrs. Eastlako to her
husband as she poured out his coffee at
tho breakfast table, "I think you havo
never introduced your friend, Mr. High,
to me, havo you?"
"I have no friend named High," re
plied Mr. Eastlakc sis he devoured but
tered toast.
"Oh, but yon must havo, dear," in
sisted Mrs. Eastlake. ' ' You are familiar
enough with him to call him Jack."
"Jack High I Don't know anybody of
that name. You never heard mo men
tion his name, did you?"
"Certainly. That is tho reason I ask
ed you about him."
"When did I speak of him?"
"I think you must have met him last
night," Mrs. Eastlake went on,
"though of conrse if you had met him
then yon would have remembered it
without auy trouble. I only know that
after you went to. bed you got homo
about 2 o'clock, John you fell into a
troubled sleep. Yon muttered a good
deal, hut I could not distinguish auv-
thing very clearly except tho name of
Mr. High Jack Hi'idi. you called him.
Once I thought I hoard you mention a
woman's name Hitty but I'm not
sure."
Mrs. Eastlako looked narrowly at her
husband as she said this, aud he looked
at her suspiciously aud then said:
"Oh, yes, I believe a man named Jack
High did drop in to see the sick friend
was sitting up with, but you 'could
scarcely call him a friend of mine on
such short acquaintance."
"Of course not. But who was Kitty?"
''There was no one named Kitty. You
must havo been mistaken. Idou't know
anybody of that name absolutely no
body."
Theu Mr. .bastiako put his coat ou
and left the house, after kissing his
thoughtful little wifo gcodby. Louis
yjlle Courier-Journal.
Tho People Nearest the Pole.
The Etahs, a huudfnl of Eskimos
numbering rrobably 100 persons, are
the most noithern people of tho world
They have their abiding place on the
west coast of Greenland, between 70
and 79 degrees north latitude. For
mauy years after Dr. Kauo came home
vith his vivid and absorbing story of
these isolated natives they were sup
posed to have built their stone huts
nearer the pole than any other human
beings. It is known now, however,
thanks to Bass Is, Nures aud Greely,
that there are numerous traces of hur
man occupancy as tar north as the
eighty-second parallel, and so long ago
was it that they builp their huts and
pledges and hnuted the bear and walrus
in the far north of Grant Laud that the
Efcah natives of today have, only the
dimmest and most uncertain traditions
of them. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Bancs.
The Danes, or Northmen, first became
prominent in European history in 783,
when they began to ravage the north
coast of France and southern shores of
Great Britain, Tljo daring of these
hardy seamen was reniarkable, for in
their small ships they even penetrated
tho Mediterranean and became terrors to
the seaboard population of Italy, Sicily
and Greece. The first king pf Denmark
is said to haye been Skiold, 00 B- O.
The rarest and costliest gems, though
pot always esteemed the most beautiful,
arc pigeon's blood rubies, firo opals and
diamonds that are pure but shed a dis
tinct glow of blue or pink. -A very pT
feet pearl of generous size and lustrous
skin, tinted n rarely beautiful golden
ornnn v2 v;ilnfl ntusph nf 6l Tnfi
Nikola Tcsla's latest proposition is to
telegraph without wires. If the wires arc
done away with, what will the politicians
have to "pull?" Chicago Tribune.
Nikola Tesla announces that ho will ho
able to telegraph without any connections
savo tliosu wnicli tno earth usuu nuorus.
If this prediction comes true, tho overhead
wire problem will bo greatly simplified.
Washington Star
The auiiQunceiJicnt that Tcsla has made
telegraphing without wires an accom
plished, fact is very )ikcly'n little prema
ture, but it may well becomo'n fact before
the telegraph ponTpanics have nj'ade up
their minds to put their wires under
grqund. Providence .Teurnal.
HE WAS REAL NICE.
riitfl Telegraph Clerk, and She Intends to
Patron Ire Him Exclusively.
Sho sailed into tho telegraph office at
Fourth and Viue streets, Cincinnati,
recently aud rapped on the receiving
clerk's window. Tho receiving clerk
remembered that she had oeen there
about ten minutes beforo as he camo
forward to meet her. Ho wondered
what she wanted this time.
"Oh," sho said, "let me have that
telegram I wiote just now. I forgot
something very important. I wanted to.
underscore the. words 'perfectly lovely'
in acknowledging tho receipt of that
bracelet. Will it cost anything extra:
''No. ma'am," said tho clerk as he
handed her tho message.
The yonng lady drew two heavy liues
beneath tho words and said :
"It's awfully gcod of yon to let mo
do that It will please Charlie so much. "
"Don't mention it," said tho clerk."
"If yon wonld like, I will put a few
drops of nico violet extract on tho tele
gram at tho same rates.
"Oh, thank yon sir. . You don't
know how much I would apprcciato it.
I'm going to send all my telegrams
through this office, 3ou arc so obliging. "
And tho smile sho gavo him would
havo done any one good to havo seen,
with the possible exception of Charlie.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Sculptor Kciurns to America.
Mr. Thomas Ball, the sculptor, who
has resided in Florence, Italy, for the
last 80 years, returned lately to Amcri
ca aud intends to spend the rest of
his life in New York. Mr. Ball, al
though in ins seventy -ninth year, is
still full of vigor and enthusiasm and
does not consider his -career finished by
any means. He is a native of Boston,
where several of his works may be
seen, notably his brouzo figures of
Charles Sumuer and Josiah Qnincy, his
marble statne of John A- Andrew and
his equestrian statue of Washington.
Ho is represented hero iu Central park
by his colossal bronze of Webster. Wash
ington has his "Lincoln Freeing tho
Slave." Ho also made tho bronze fig
uro of P. T. Barnum for Bridgeport
and that of Edwin Forrest for tho For
rest home, near Philadelphia.
During the last seven years Mr. Ball
has been at work on a Washington mou-
umeut for Mr. Edward F. Scarles. who
intends to present it to Mcthuen", Mass.,
his nativo town. It is to bo put in place
sonio time this year. Now York Her
ald. Overexertion In Bicycling1.
Dr. Albu recently made an interest
ing communication to the Jierlm med
ical society on certain effects produced
ou the heart and other internal organs
by overexertion in cycle races. His con
clusions wero based ou tho condition of
12 professional cyclists whom ho had
examined both before and after races
lasting from 5 to o0 minutes. The strain
thrown on the heart was shown by wel
marked dyspnoea and by tho strong pul
sation of the heart and arteries, but the
most remarkable fact was an acute dila
tation of tho heart, especially of the left
ventricle. This dilatation is of conrse
temporary, disappearing when rest has
been taken ai.d returning on the occa
sion of the next race. When overexer
tion is frequent, this dilatation may be
come permanent, and in a heort that
was previously weak an irreparable in
jury may cccur. Another symptom was
the presence of albumen and casts in the
urine, caused by the kidneys being irri
tated by the effort of cycling.
A Fleu.ish George Washington.
There was recently in New York
youug man who bears the illustrious
name cf George Washington. He hailed
from Brussels, the capital cf Belgium
He is fair complexioucd, gcod looking
and intelligent and is yet on the snuuy
sido cf 30. "Yes. "said he to an in
quiry, "my namo is Gecrgo Washing
ton, and I am cf the same stock and
family as the illustrious man who is
looked up to in the United States as the
greatest of all Americans. My great
gramllatner was John Washington, a
half brother of General Washingtou. My
grandfather and father wero born in
England, and my father married a Bel
gian lady. This is my second visit to
America. I am a great lover of this
country and hopo some day to become a
citizen of tho United States."
"Want to Smelt IJritisli Columbia Ores.
It is tho iuteution of Otto Mears aud
Simon Guggenheim, the prominent rail
road and sujcltcr men of Colorado, to at
tempt to briug the mineral output of tho
northwest to tho smelters of that state.
For this purpose Mr. Moars left recently
for British Columbia, and -he will bo
joined at Spokane by Mr. Guggenheim.
The two capitalists will then proceed to
the Kootenai and other districts of the
northwest aud afterward travel throngh
Washingtou, Monhuia and Idaho, with
the intention of turning tho ores in tho
direction pf Colorado.
A North Carolina Obituary.
He left ten children and a wifo
When Death, the tyrant, somjht him;
Made nsooushine liquor nil his life,
AncJ tho government never caught him!
Atlanta Constitution.
air. AGbnry Peppers.
"Howtheold blue laws havo faded out I'
said the reminiscent boarder. "Every ono
of them is now nothing hutadcad letter.''
"That is a natural sequence," Asbury
Peppers kindly explained, "of their being
uncalled for." Cincinnati Enquirer.
A jJcrsey Idyl.
How does the busy bird of prey
Delis'it to buzz and bite!
Ho sings in vain the liveloag day
And works in vein at ni'Iit-
Nov.' York Sunday Journal.
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THE CUMFOO DANCE.
Ono of the Popular Fastimes of tho Ne
groes In Demorara.
Tho negro has undoubtedly a very
strong inclination to sleep in the day
and to spend tho night in gossip, danciug
or singing. Oa this account ho i3 often
a nnisanco to his-ueighbors, especially
when ho- has a. wake. As his homo is
often nothing moro than a single room
about eight feet square, the funeral
party i3 conducted iu the open yard.
Hero congregate 50 to 100 people, who
begin tho eutertaiument with hymns,
going on after midnight to songs and
games aud ofteu winding up toward
morning with a free fight. Then there
is tho cumfoo dauce, one of tho fiuest
institutions in tho world for producing
nightmare. Two men beat drums with
tho hands, tho one instrument produc
ing a turn turn aud tho other a rattlo
rattle, almost without intermission dur
ing tho whole night. At intervals of
about a rniuuto the party utters a weird
cry in some African laugnago which
startles you as yon lie in bed vainly try
ing to sleep. As hour after hour passes
your houso appears to vibrate, the bed
Ehakes and your spine feels as if mado
up of looso segments. How can tho
drummers keep this up for ten hours?
And tho dancers? With the latter ex
haustion alternates with tho renewal of
the orgy; one set falls down and anoth
er takes its place. This and other dances
are connected with obeah, the witch
cult of tho African.
Every negro and most of the colored -people
have an innate fear of tho Obeah
man, however they may deny it to the
whites. One of tho latest developments
of this superstition was brought to my
notico a short timo ago in connection
with a cricket match. Tho East Coast
Invincibles and the Admirable Crcoliaus
wero to play a match, aud from a few
words dropped by iho captain of the lat
ter it appears that he was suro of vic
tory to his side because a notablo obeah
man had oiled -their bat. Saturday Ro-
view.
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