THK DAILY IIKIIALD : i'LATTSMOIJTII, NKIWtASK A, FKlDAY, JUNK 14, lSSf).
Till: KLG OF THE SKY.
AN EACl.E THAT MADE A DESPERATE
FIGHT FOR LIDERTY.
TrMM-l, Slifit, ItmiiKl ami lilliulrtl, tho
IH Ml II-l.l I lie Hrl.l- itl,t Knctui-li for
Knor Vllli:tm, and lie Wiu dad to
Turn lf!a Slmrn of It Otrr to Others.
"If anyjterhoti who dotihbil tluitu wounded
cnto wan a !-sHTat customer for u man to
tneko," haM Li.-wi-t Wllliuins, of Hoiks coun
ty. I'll., "coiiM haru iviiiu-Km.il nn encounter
that I hail with oik: onco oti tho ;!uo .Moun
tain, in Tu I x li M-U-ti township, ho wouM
ivo had hi donhts removed in short order.
1 luul Ixin Im-in;; a (;oxl inany hii Uons one
iun, an-i kujim)siii mat uiey wiro ih iii car
ried oir l.y foxi-s I so'; a trnji for ltoynarL
Tho morning after- wttin;; tho trnp I wont
out to look for it, mi-1 it wa nowhere to lo
soon. It lial In-oii chained to a small t-tako
in tho rounl, nml thu strike wan also mining.
FlUST ItorNJ FOR THE IIIUI).
Ait I was returning home I heard a great
commotion amon a li; Hook of crown in
tho wo l i a quarter of u milo lip tho moun
tain. Tho crows wero cawing in such a furi
ous chorus that their cries could liavo lieon
hear. I for a mile. Tho birds wero circling
romnl thu tr A tojs in one particular sit,
nml f rctpiciitly a lilimlx r of them would
dart viciously down thr'tuh tho trees toward
thu ground. I was curious to know what
could lx causing this unusual proceeding
among tho crows, for they nro birds that do
not fool their tinio away for nothing. I
walked u p the iuoimtain, and as I approached
thu spot whero thu crows' circus was going
on, tho tumult among tho crows increased.
When I arrived within easy gunshot of tho
Fpot tho llock withdrew to a inoro distant
part of tho woods, but kept up their hubbub
mid jawed and chattered in a way that left
no doubt of their having been intensely dis
turlicd by soiuo unpleasant oxjcricnce.
'I walked on, and had taken but a few
step when I heard a sound as of a chain be
ing draggi-d along on tho ground, and in
stantly concluded that it was the chain of my
missing trap. I momentarily cxiiccted to seo
tho fox, hampered by tho trap on his leg,
como into bight, ln-heving that ho had lceu
attacked by the crows who had discovered
iiim in his crippled condition. Imaginoiuy
surprise ih-n when, instead of the fox making
his apH-arauce, an enormous bald eagle strut-ti-d
out from In-hind a big tree, dragging" tho
trap, chain and stake. Tho jaws of tho trap
wore fastened on one leg of tho groat bird.
"1 hud with moan ordinary shotgun, with
which 1 had cxx-cted to kid the fox if I found
it in my trap. When the vaglm saw mo it rose
with great ilifHculty from tho ground, owiug
to tho burden on tho I'-g, and Hew toward tho
tp of a tall, dead treo. I tired at it. The
charge bit the eaglo in one of its wings and
brought tho bird to tho ground. Tho eagle
was such a splendid specimen that I resolved
to capture it alive. 1 upproacliod it with no
thought of having any diiliculty in accom
plishing my purjioxj in tho haiuli-aplctl and
crippk-d condition of tho bird, but 1 found
that I didn't know as much about bald eagles
as I thought 1 did. for in spite of the crippled
wing ami tho burden of tho trap and chain,
tho eaglo rushed ujh.ii i;:e mid attacked mo
with sueli fury that I turned and lied from
th woods.
"At tho edge of tho woods I stopjicl, and at
lirst thought 1 would go I Kick an I shoot tho
c-agle, but Hi" desire t- have it alive was so
strong that 1 determined to muke every otfort
to capture it. I hurried homo an 1 got a stout
ropOiilid oil empty feed bag.
". I.ITTI.K DISFIOl'I-.t-JJ. UL'T"
"IV' eagle no sooner saw i:ie again than ho
rushed toward me w ith ull tiie lorceal Lis
command, lui!ii;ercd mid crippled as ho was,
an-1 forced the lighting at once. 1 liiim inallo
ii iw.-oso in ono c-inl of my rope. As tho eaglo
cauio tearing toward me, his sound wing
raised several inches from his side, tho
v. ot:.Kil one dragging helpless and bleeding
lui the ground, his powerful hoolu-'d beaii
throw n open, the feathers on his nock brist
ling like tiie hair on an angry buck, and tho
t-iwUu clanking as lie dragged the heavy trap
I. U ji g, ho v. as a startling picture of in
tense hato and unfunded fury. 1 had never
faced so lL-rce a presence, nor could I havo
j;:ia.iiii"d one.
"I knew fh:.t by tlw plan I hnij funned for
captuvirig tho caio 1 could quickly over
power linn if I could manage it successfully ;
mi 1 stood my ground, and when tho immense
bird w as almost near ftiough to mo to strike
mo with his lieak, I quickly tossed tho "noose
over Lis L.-iid. It s!ipied down over his w ing,
and 1 drew it close by a sudden and strong
jerk. I then ran to one feideaud tied the other
end of tho rope to a sapiing. Tho eaglo was
now shorn of the great help of its once power
ful ;ng, as it had been of tho use of ono of
ts eiiorni-ous talons by tho trap. Vet it
pulled the iope taut and shook the sapling
from root to top -a his efforts to get at rno.
A be thus strained at tho rope, 1 succeeded
Jn slipping the feed box down over his head,
iid then c!aped the eagle around the body,
supposing that he was now at my mercy.
'jlut although blinded, pinioned and doubly
er'pploJ, the eaglo w:is still uueonquered. As
I stood clasping tho great bird, endeavoring
to secure the mouth of tho bag about his legs,
io ndeuly threw himself against me. lie
' sprang c!.r off the ground, and striking me
in the Jbreast iviU; his one free talon, with a
.fierce downward stroke, ripjied my clothing
from me, and made two deep furrows in my
fk-sh ck-ar to the waist. Tho blood fctreomed
from the wound, and supposing that I was
t-i'iiy hurt, I hurried home as fast as I could
go. TLo eagle was trapped, shot, bound and
encased in a bag, and stiJl he Leld the field.
"On reaching home I found that my wound
wasba-' enough, but nothing to be fright
ened about, Zl lt Put nn?' t bo notion
of further contest ?vith h eaSle" y
boy to where a. couple ox
en were threshing
buckwheat for mo in a distant uC'1' IO reu
them to go and tinish the capture. Tavy
went and succeeded in overjwwering the ugly
bird, und brought hiin triumphantly in, fol
lowed nearly all the way by the flock of
crows, whoso cries were easily interpreted
into shouts of rejoicing over tho down
fall of the terrible foe that had played
such havoc with their over confident
companions. The eagle was released from
the trap end his sweep of wing measured.
It was uearly eleven feet from tip to tip. He
was tied to a strong stako in tho yard, but
his terrible temper forbade all attempt to
care for tho frightful wound the trap had in
flicted on his leg and for tho broken wing,
lie refnsed to eat, and dieJ in three days.
His stufTod figure is now in a Philadelphia
museum. n New York Sun.
Chinese 'Wonders.
Of works of art, tho great wall of China
may truthfully bo 6aid to be the most elabor
ate and extensive on the globe. It was built
about tho year oua B. C, to protect China
from the annual incursions of the Tartars.
It is l,"yjO miles long and, where still intact,
30 feet high ami broad enough to allow of
six horsemen riding abreast on its top.
The Imperial canal, tdso a Chinese work, is
fomethi:!govT It.-O miles long. A vast army
cf from to -JO.OSK) men are said to have
been cinui'-.ycd fr a ieriod of fifty years in
its construction. St. Louis IlepnLUc.
JEFFERSON DAVl!i OLD SLAVE.
He I'rolmhly tlio Weitlthleitt Colored
Man In tliv Kinilli.
Tho wealthiest colored man in tho aouth
since I iio war, who wm lorn a blave and sit
free by tho t;i Mancipation proclamation, was
Ben Montgomery, of Mississippi. Ho lo
loiigel to Mr. Joseph Davis first, and
then to Mr. Jcirerson Duvis. for yearn
Iji.-foro tho war ho was tho secretary of
thu Hon. Jnseph Davis, r. Jcffcrsou
Davis' elder brother. Tho Davises were
largo planters and owned tho "Hurri-caii-s"
i-state, consisting of three great
cot ton plantations nt tho extreme lower end
of Warren county, MUi., and a1out t-ighti-eu
cr twenty miles below V'icksburg. There
wf-ro U twe-ii I J,0(W and l.l.OOi acres of tha
finest land on tho Mississippi river in these
plantations and I'M slaves.
All the letteni resiiecting tho business of
thow places for thirty years were written by
Ik-n Montgomery, lie frequently went to
New Orl'-ans on business for tho Da vises and
crril with him onco $!X),(XX) in money. Ho
traveled with Mr. Davis all over tho north,
und could have run away fifty times had ho
winhoL I'ut ho remained faithful and loyal
to tho last. Tho Davises wero noted for their
kiii'liurss to their slaves. They had finer
"quarters" on their plantations, probably,
than any planters in the south, excepting the
Hampton's. They kept a physician nlwaysou
tho places, and in every way cared for their
"colored jieople," ns slaves wero frequently
called. When Mr. Jefferson Davis and his
brother Joseph left their homes, ono as the
president of tho Southern Confederacy and
the other as a brigadier general, they put
everything under 15en Montgomery's charge.
Ho made the crops of lbGl-G'-J and 1WJ2-G5,
alxMit :J,(XXJ bales of cotton, and shipped it to
New Orleans and sold it to foreign buyers for
gold. This money ho carefully sent to Mr.
Davis. In 1SCJ, when tho slaves wero eman
cijMited, Mr. Davis sold tho "Hurricanes" to
lien Montgomery for $:J0,0iXJ in gol'L It
has lieon said that this sale was only a ruse to
save these splendid estates from confiscation.
Whether this was true or not, when tho
Federal "agents for tho protect ion of aban
doned property and lands" come to takeiosses
sion of tho Hurricanes they found Den Mont
gomery with a title so strong and valid that
it could not Ih upset, und they left him alon
in K.-aceable possession.
After tho war ho continued to plant theso
places with great success, making every year
from 1,1(MJ to 2,CMJ bales of cotton, besides an
abundance of corn and hay. In 1874 or 1S70,
there still being a balance duo on the pay
ments, Mr. Davis took the property back, but
UftlJ'.-n Montgomery in full charge. Theso
places yield a very handsome annual income
now to Mr. Davis, who, though he prefers to
live on tho Mississippi seashore at Beauvoir,
yet visits his old home onco a year and spends
a few weeks with his friends of fifty years
ago. As I have said, ho was a very kind
master, and, therefore, whenever ho goes
back to his former resilience, all the old time
Davis negroes within fifty miles around come
to si-e "Old Marso Jeff"' and have a great
time. When Ben Montgomery died, in IStd,
Mr. Davis went up to his funeral, and there
was no sincere!" mourner than ho who onco
had tho fate of a liooplo upon his shoulders at
tho grave of his old and lifelong friend,
though hLs slave. Wn-sliington Letter.
I'st-s f Jlirrors.
The use of a mirror for reflecting tho sun
seems to run from tho extremes of boyish
roguishness in Cashing tho sun's rays upon
the eyes of some companiou or even older
ersons, if tho distance bo sufficient and
then reaches to the other extreme of using it
to Hash the sun's rays for heliotroiKS signals
in the coast survey or army service, or to
mea---uro tho deflection of a galvanometer
needl . But there is a vast middle space of
practical usage of mirrors, apart from
that of individual a11it3', which is rarely
thought of.
Iu the boyhood days of tho writer he re
members looking into n new pump which
had been thoroughly spiked the night before
it was to bo placed in tho well, by means of
some rK-ks which wero pushed in about mid
way and wedged against each other.
Various plaits for their removal had been
suggested, tho most practicable of which was
to saw tho pump in two and join it together
again somehow. Tho writer suggested that
a mirror be brought, and tho sunlight flashed
iu to reveal the position of the stones. A bar
of wrought iron was lent to a hook, suitable
to the condition of affairs, and extricated the
stones one by one, the mirror ehowing the
ojKjnings of light so that the person could
work efficiently and intelligently.
Objects lost in wells havo lieen disclosed
by means of the sun'e rays thrown down
upon them by mirrors. Dark basements
in cities are lighted by means of mir
ror surface of total reflecting prisms, made
out of decidedly cheap glass, and held in
proper position in racks placed in alleyways,
under gratings forming a part of the walk.
Electrical Review.
Had Cut His Eye Teeth, Anyhow.
There was a very old man from Meriwether
county iu attendance at Piko superior court.
He was feeble in appearance, and, indeed,
some of his old acquaintances asked hint his
age. ""Well," he said, "if I live to see Feb.
St I will be 115 years old. Aiott161, remark
able fact connected with my construction is
that I haven't a tooth in my head." Opening
his mouth and pointing to his smooth, tooth
less gums, ho continued : "I was born that
way. Wonderful as it may appear, my
youngest son and eldest daughter were born
that way alio." The same old fellow, looking
as if h.o were standing at the other end of th-
corridor of bio, with ell the gravity of over
a century hanging over him, seriously says to
an acquaintance:
"Yon mark h dollar and give it to me, and
I will put it with one of mine, and you can't
tell for the ' life cf you which one you
marked." "You are mistaken," says the ac
quaintance, and the silver dollar is forthcom
ing, marked and handed over. Then the
M mpu rattles it with ono of his own
and rackets' born. d .my dollar back,-
savs tho acquaintance. "No," intrruPka
old man. "I said that if you would mark a
dollar and give it to me you could, not tell it
from one of my own that is, because I m
not going to give you a chance. Remember,
r did not ask you to loan mo a dollar, but
give it to mo; you did so, and now 1 don't
care to have any joking." Tho fellow grunts
and goes away with a blank expression of
countenance. Savannah News.
True Fissure Veins.
There are very few of what would strictly
bo considered true fissure veins. Tho term is
applied somewhat generally, and there are so
many kinds of veins that it would bo difficult
to explain the distinction. It would be difii-i-olt
even for a person well versed Ln'geology
And all the formations described by geologi
cal writers. The Comstock, for instance,
is one of the youngest veins we have, though
it is generally spoken of as a trne fissure, and
few people recognize tho fact tjiat it is not.
The Granite mountain, I presume. wouM 1-e
termed a genuine true fissure by the majority
of eiertJi. and I think probably it is. It
certainly has ftllof the requisites. Frequent
ly, also, we find cross veins, in which the
youngest one is by far tho strongest, Expert
in St. Louis C lobe-Democrat.
SCOUKGK OF PHTHISIS.
APPALLING DEATH RATE IN PRIS
ONS AND THE CAUSE.
Dr. Von ZleniBsen Knjr That There Ought
to lie More Air mid Kierclse for I'rUon
or hikI Healthful Kcrciitloii for School
Cliilflmu
"The effect of lack of fresh air und insuffi
ciency of outdoor muscular exorcise can li
Ix-st studied in prisons, usylums, convents
and similar institutions." This I'rofessor Dr.
II. Von Zieinsson declares. "Tho curtail
ment of freedom and the privation of ojk-ii
air entail a row of factors," declares tho
leariiisd doctor, "tho potency of which in in
dividuuls is not easy to estimate Tho air in
tho closed rooms, and especially in the dor
mitories, is not pure; it contains dust and
fungi, is poor in oxygen, but rich iu carbon,
dioxido and bad odors. On account of the
sedentary life, respiration is not deep enough
and the lungs aro not well expanded. Tho
absence of outdoor movement ami of vigor
ous muscular work diminishes assimilation
and reduces the need of nourishment, while
tho monotonous diet impairs the apiiotito."
slayi.no prisoners.
Continuing, the writer charges that the
diet is often poor, and that in jails there is
penitence and longing for homes; in peniten
tiaries contact with tho dregs of mankind,
anil in cellular prisons there is solitariness
and absence of all incitement. Under such
weakening faculties the organism sinks into a
depraved condition, and n wide door is oieiicd
for tubercle bacilli, which ure ubiquitous iu
prisons.
Dr. Von Ziemssen declavgo that tho huge
projiortions in which inmates of prisons suc
cumb to consumption are not sufficiently
known. Iio quotes from Baer to show that
mortality from that disease in prisons is three
or four time what it is on tho outside. In
the race generally it is computed at 14 to 45
percent., while in prisons from 40 to 50 per
cent, of all deaths is due to consumption.
This rate varies greatly, however. In Aus
trian prisons during four years the mortality
from consumption was 01 per cent. In tho
prisons of Bavaria it was but US per cent. The
death rate seems to vary with tho conditions
of the buildings und of discipline. In Ameri
can prisons Dr. Von Ziemssen's statements
are fully borne out.
After somewhat extended consideration of
destructive tendencies of prison life, the doc
tor asks: "Why are not prisoners put at out
door work? Why are they packed together
in closo working rooms and impure atmos
pheres? It has been found practical to put
tho insane at rural employmcntsand to watch
over them; why should it not bo possible in
tho case of prisoners? Why not allow prison
ers to indulge in athletie and other exercises?
Surely it is not the intention of the law that
tho criminal, whose removal from society is
lut-essary for its safety, shall become sick and
die? The penal code aims to punish and im
prove, not to niako sick and slay."
He points out that while tho condition of
prisons has been immeasurably improved,
and that in consequence those terriblo epi
demics of typhus, scorbutus, dysentery, etc.,
which once decimated them have disappeared,
tuberculosis remains a veritable scourge, be
ing three or four times greater than that
among the general population.
S.YVJ? THE CUlLDRE.f.
Dr. Von Ziemssen especially condemns tho
cellular system, where ho says tho highest
mortality from tuberculosis is found. lie as
serts th:.t iu collective prisons and houses of
correction, where the deteriorated atmosphere
of working rooms and dormitories is breathed
in common by tho prisoiy.-rs, although the
volume of air furnished is less than in the
cellular system, and tho healthy prisoners
are associated with the dise:ised ones, still the
mortality from consumption is less. This
fact he ascriles to tho ubiquitous nature of
tho tubercle bacilli and to the deprivation of
outside air and outdoor work. Under the
cellular system, as well us to psychical causes,
such as ennui, lonesouieness, repentance, long
ing after freedom, etc. Ho insists that tho
considerations cited deserve the attention of
-law makers. The alarming evil, he repeats,
cannot le got rid of without changing the
manner of working and increasing tho sup
ply of fresh air.
By Dr. Doherty confession is rnado that the
criminal classes are moro liable on account
of their dissipated and vagabond lives to con
sumption and other diseases, but, he adds,
that regard for tho welfare of society, jf not
for the health of tho convicts, should compel,
since consumption is contagious, an earnest
effort to diminish or destroy tho danger from
such prolific breeding places of the disease.
lie also treats at length of tho health of
pupils in the public schools, suggests reform
and points out the need of jt, declaring that
the case of cloister like seminaries, orphan
ages and educational institutions is similar to
that of all trades and avocations which bring
together u number of persons in crowded, un
healthy rooms and deprive them of fresh air
and freedom, aud that what has been said of
tho prison applies mutatis mutandis to ail of
these. Ho suggests a state sujiervision of
hygiene in seminaries and similar institutions,
especially in girls' boarding schools.
Ho declares that it is shown in all cases that
the more the free exercise of youth is limited
in such institutions the more frequent is tu
berculosis present. Ho highly commends the
practice in English schools of tho pupils do
voting all their time out of school to outdoor
exercises, and equally condemns the German
curriculum, which compels too protracted
hours of study, leaving but littlo tinio for ex
ercises of any kind. The advantage is, he as
serts, with the English children, who show
differences for the better in color of skin,
bright glances ud active piovements. He
thinks it is high time that school children
should have a gufficieucy of recreation, and
that regular investigation, at least onco a
quarter, should bo made into each pupil's vi
tal capacity, a 6yst!natt!J potiug of his
weight in relation to size, to his muscular
power, end also Into the choiee and sujier
vision of games. Such regular investigations,
made at Last quarterly, would, iu his judg
ment, furnish valuable information for the
training of youth. Fvery catarrh, every
swollen gland, every ' skisi atleetioii, erery
trouble, though apparently unimportant-and
hardly worthy of notice in a child free from
a hereditary disposition, should receive care
fnl attention and treatment. Chicago Her
ald, Cat Adopts u Chicken.
Wliilo councilman John A. Gormley wdS
in the cellar of his house he heard the peep of
a chicken. Making an investigation, he
found that an old cat belonging to hjm was
kindly looking after a young chicken which
slio had f and in an adjoining j-ard. She had
taken the shicken down into the cellar, and
having placed it in a box where she slept, was
looking after tho little one with as much iu
torest as if it had been a kitten. When the
wanderer was token away from her she cried
after it and appeared to "be much distressed
over its loss. New Bedford (ile.) Standard.
Cheese is mentioned by Aristotle about
350 B. C. It is supposed that cheese making
was introduced into England about the be
ginning of the Christian era, having been
learned from the Romans.
BIG PAY OF FREAKS.
cin of tl O.UIItlf Tliwt Are JtPnl Gold
Mine hi TlirniM'l v .
"Horrors! how can such creatures liver
exclaimed a country dame a fow days ago, as
sho tottered about with her eyes bulging out
in surprise at the human curiosities iu one
of tho museums of this city. "They make
more money in ono week than you do in six,
all tho same," aud a littlo all wise street
gamin laughed at the surprise of the country
damo.
"That's true," murmured tho museum pro
prietor, who had overheard tho previous re
marks, "and no one knows it better than I."
Tho freak of nature possesses a veritable
gold mine in himself. All prodigies, whether
they lo great or small, 0110 eyed like tho
mythological Cyoloj, or possessing as many
heads ns n hydra, can fill their purses, pro
vided they muster enough courage and
strength to sit in gaudy dresses loaded with
tinsel on museum stools. Tho salaries of some
of these freaks aro enormous, and not a few
make as much money in tho course of a year
as tho honored gentleman who occupies the
presidential chair. Their salaries rango from
fi" to $l,0tK) a week, and are determined by
the relative eccentricities or iHjeuIiarities of
tho freaks. For instance, albinos with pink
eyes and silken white hair receive from $ 10
to ;p.0 er week, wliilo those with eyes und
hnir of tho same ruddy huo are valued at
$100 a week becauso of their rarity.
Among tho high priced freaks aro tho so
called "skeletons,'' or extremely thin persons,
whoso weekly salaries rango from $2W to 000.
To bo a proper skeleton freak ono must have
lionos, skin and a little bld, with all the vi
tals, but no llesh tosjiealfvf. Bow legged skel
eton freaks are preferable to those who are
knock kneed, simply because they ore scarcer.
Such prodigies as woollv bp bios or InfanN,
with a re111.it ;::ibio ;ro.' uiol hair ail over the
iKxly, faco aud limbs, are worth a grout deal
to tho museum manager. They receive com
pensation of from $500 to 700 a week to sit
011 a museum stooL Rare curiosities like dog
faced boys also come hi;h. They, or rather
their parents, guardians or owners, receivo
for putting them on exhibition salaries rang
ing from 100 to ?C00 per week. Those hav
ing faces resembling pug dogs get $500 a
week, while others who more fortunately pos
sess shepherd dog or greyhound faces bring
$750.
The star freaks in dime museums are, how
ever, midgets, and Mexican ones, like tho
famous Lucia Zarate, who has a maid aud in
terpreter to accompany her around tho coun
try, draw salaries rangiug from $750 to tKX)
a week. Goad midgets weigh from ten to
twelve pounds. There areso many fat people
that there is a general impression that prodi
gies in this direction do not command large
salaries. This is not tho case, however. They
aro paiil as high as $ti00 a week, but to earn
such a valuation they must weigh at least GOO
or 700 pounds. Giants are paid about 375 a
week. Those from Japan, for some unaccount
able reason, aro tho best drawing cards, and
are consequently the highest priced. Aztecs re
ceive tho comparatively low coininsation of
$175 weekly.
Big footed girls aro much needed curiosi
ties at museums. To possess largo enough
pedal extremities to bo called a freak, how
ever, it is necessary that each foot shall bo
three times as large as tho owner's head. For
such a monstrosity $450 is the prico paid
weekly. Armless people who do all manner
of work with the feet aro paid $100 or more,
according to the skill which they may havo
acquired in making their feet do the work of
their missing hands. There areso many "wild"
girls that freaksof this class receive only $125
a week. Ossified men are paid from $'200 to
$300, and are considered very profitable
freaks in well conducted museums. Genuine
Hindoo snake charmers receive about $175
a week. Glass eaters draw weekly salaries
ranging from $75 to $125. Twins and triplets
receive $100 for the sumo length of time.
Men with remarkable memories, boomerang
throwers and such ordinary curiosities get
from $25 to $100 a week.
Freaks oro rarely kept in any dime museum
over two weeks at onetime. Managers fiud
that if kept longer than this thej- hardly prove
sources of profit. Philadelphia Record.
A Reporter Wanted.
""When I was working on a St. Louis pa
per," said an old newspaper reporter over his
midnight lunch, "I had rather a queer expe
rience. I dropped into tho office ono even
ing after dinner, and tho city editor asked
mo to go up to Choteau avenuo and seo
what was wanted. A card had bfcen received
asking that a reporter should calL I thought
that perhaps there was a wedding or some
thing of that sort, and so I went to tho house.
I rang the belL A young woman "opened the
door. 'Step into tho parlor, please,' she said.
I removed my overcoat and ha t and entered
tho parlor. Thei-e wero three young ladies
sitting in the parlor, which was handsomely
furnished.
"Tho young lady who opened tho door fol
lowed mo into tho apartment. I sat down,
and to make myself agreeable, chatted about
some conventional topics. All the young la
dies engaged in the conversation, and before
I was well aware of it I found that an hour
had slipped by. No ono had said anything tci
me about what the reporter was required
for, so at last I asked:
" 'Well, rniss, can you inform mo vrhat it is
that you wished a reporter for?'
"Tho young ladies at this all smiled apd
looked at one another. I thought there was
something interesting, and I finally asked
boldly:
" 'Well, I am a reporter for The Democrat.
WTiat can I do for you ?'
"-'Oh,' said the young lady who opened the
door, 'I'm sure there is nothing.'
" 'Well,' I said, 'why was tho presence of a
reporter desired f
"All tho young ladies smiled and at last
one of them said:
" '"Why, Cousin Annie is engaged to a re
porter, and as we had never seen a reporter
we thought wo would write to the office and
feave ono call, so that we could look aud seo
what sort of a person a reporter is.'
"At this naive reply I rather wilted, and
as soon as I could I got out of the house. I
often wonder now what soi-t of a rara avis
those young women imagined a reporter to
be." Cincinnati Euauirer.
'ten or Fifteen.
The party of Maine capitalists who made
a trip to the south was received with an ad
dress of welcome by on old colored "auntie"
at Shreveiwrt, La. "Glod ter 504 yw, gem
iiieu,"oii tus 'roourse I is. "Wharye from,
genirneu, ' what yer gvriue ter ?' Here the
speaker wa3 overwhelmed by applause, fol
lowed by what she and her brood appreciated
still more, a shgwer of nickels from her dis
tinguished guests. "Haw many children have
you?" waj inquired, as the ebony flock in
creased about the door. "Dunno, sah; ten or
fifteen of 'em, I guess. Til get 'em togedder
an' you can count 'em." She began to call,
"Jake," "Pete," "Rastus," "Jule," Liza,"
and got a good many together, but they wara
too much excited by the nickels thai kept
dropping among theni to keep still, and tli9
census had to be abandoned. It was evident,
however, to Judce Hall, who tells the story ia
The Waterville Sentinel, that the mother was !
correct as far as her knowledge extolled.
There were at least "ten or fifteen." Lsws
tou Journal. . .
IluflVtlo IliWn ruthor.
An old time resident of Denver a day or two
since related an incident of tho original "Buf
falo Bill" Cody, father of tho present famous
showman, which has never boon in print. Ohl
man Coly was a prominent figure on tho
plains in nil early day, being tho owner of an
extensive trading ost on tho Arkansas, In
tho vicinity of Fort IariieL lnto in tho '.Via
he received information that tho Indians pro
jiosed tox-lean out his ranch, which was an
extensive lulolio building surrounded by a
stockade. He did not pay much intention to
it, but tho san 10 nows continued to reach him,
and was at list confirm-! by tho nrrivnl of a
large band of C'heyonues and A r pa hoes and
Kiuwns, w ho camped 011 tho opposite side of
a deep arroyo from the trading post, across
which tho military authorities had erected a
bridge for tho passage of pply trains.
The savages pretended to by very frie ndly
and wanted to trade, swapping furs and skint
for ammunition, but llir real object was to
burn tho st and carry uway Cody's scalp as
a trophy a fact of which tho old frontiers
man was well informed through tho spies
whom ho had among them. The place was
well armed, but not siidieiontly manned to
resist the attack of so formidable a band of
red skins, and old Bill oast about to seo what
ho could do to protect himself. Iu the stix k
yard of the post was an old howitzer which'
had Imh-ii abandoned by some of tho plains
military expeditions, and this ho carried up to
tho top of tho post and placed it so that it
would sweep tho bridge. Ho had plenty of
owder, but no other uuunuuilioii fit to load
it with, and so ho charged tho gun with old
niulo shoes, nails, bits of iron and similar
truck.
The cannon loaded, ho awaited develop
ments. Early ono morning ho observed uu
unusual movement in thecumpof his pretend
rd fri.-ndi. .-Mid wkhi, f::'!v nrmr-l. v : wr;
p.i:ul on, tho .vu'iii'.; i.i iwu a u.isii tov.ard the
fort. Cody was at his howitzer, match In
liand. Tho painted devils crowded the long
but narrow bridge, and just as tho foremost
reached tho nearest bank ho discharged his
gun at clear rango of tho bridge. There was
a wild howl of disappointed rage, a vision of
dead Indians tunfbling in the arroyo, of legs
and arms and heads lying around loose with
out claimants, and fleeing and frightened sav
ages escaping from the fatal bridge. Cody's
single shot had saved his Kst, and ho was al
ways thereafter left in ienoeful jMissession of
his ranch. Just what struck them on I ho
bridge tho Indians never knew, and t iio sur
vivors of tho fatal charge always entertained
tho firm belief that "Buffalo Bill" was in
league with the evil spirit, aud, as such, a
person to whom it was safe to give a wide
berth. Denver News.
He Iil IU
Emil Charles FfeifTor, of Cambridge, states
that a student of physiological psychology
named Martenfeldt is the culprit who is ro
spousiblo for tho "Pigs in Clover" atrocity
Martenfeldt had lecn making researches in
somo determinations of the sensitiveness ol
tho tactile sense, u..der tho direction of the
great Hehnhoitz, and found that tho ability
to balance a marble on a perfectly smooth
piece of plate glass depended upon tho deli
cacy of what is known as tho reaction time
that is, depends upon tho quickness of the
nerve current in receiving tho impression
that tho marble will roll, sending tho impres
sion to tho controlling organs in U-.-3 cerebel
lum that contract or relax tho muscles of the
arm and tho degree of responsiveness ui the
nervous end organs of tho lingers which hold
tho piece of ghiss.
Martenfeldt found that if he placed the
marble in tho center of the plato and marked
four or five spots on thoedgo of tho plato and
then asked tho subject with which ho experi
mented to tip tho plato so that tho marbk
would run across a particular spot, a consid
erable time elapsed before the subject could
determine how to tip tho plato to make a
marble roll as requires. When Martenfeldt
complicated tho apparatus aud placed rings
of pasteboard ubout tho center of tho plate,
with holes for tho marble to run through, the
average results of his experiments gave a re
ma rkablo psychological law, which was that
tho "reaction tinio" depended upon tho size
of the circles of pasteboard, which made an
impression upon tho field of vision of the ret
ina, and was in direct proportion to the
diameters of the circles expressed in milli
metres. He sent one of his plates to Dr. Her
man Meyer, of Philadelphia, where it was
seen by C. M. Crandal). thu ,jy deviser. The
Doctor.
rid Eve Tslk French?
No subject has been more fertile of specula
tioa than tho origin of language, and 0:1 few.
perhaps, can le.--s satisfaction ba obtained
Tho Jews positively insist that th-j Hebrew
tongue is tho primitive language, and that
spoken by Adam and Eve. The Aral'.;, how
ever, dispute tho point on antiquity with the
nebrew. Of all tho languages, except the
Hebrew, theSj-riac has had the greatest num
ber of advocates, especially among eastern
authors. Many maintain that the language
spoken by Adam is lost aud that tho Hebrew.
ChaJdoo and Arabic are only dialects of tin
original tonguo. Goropum published a work
ia 15S0 tQ piovo that Dutch was the langnagi
spoken in paradise." Andre Kemp main
tained that God spoke to Adam in Swedish.
Adam answered in Danish, and Eve spoke in
French, while the Persians believe tiireo lan
guages to havo bc-on spoken in paradise Ara
bic, the most persuasive, by tho serpent.
Persian, the most poetic, by Adam and Eve.
and Turkish, tho most threatening, by the
Angel Gabriel. Erro claims Basque as the
language spoken by Adam, and others would
make the Polynesian as the primitive lan
guage of mankind. Leaving, however, these
startling theories, we may sum up ;n the
words of Darwin: "With respect to the
origin of articulate languages, after having
leadpntheone sido the highly interesting
works of Wedgewood, Farrar and Professor
Schleicher, and tho celebrated lecture of Pro
fessor Max Muller on the othsr side, I cannot
doubt that language owes its origin totheim
itation and modification, aided by signs and
gestures, of natural sounds, voices of other
anirrals and man's own cries." Current
Literature.
Modern Witchcraft.
A horrible case of murder for supposed
witchcraft is reported from the Deccan. A'
a village in Chennar, Jaluho, certain shop
herds were suspected by tho villagers, and
theso suspicions were acvutuated in conse
C'Jcnca if u aevere epi Jemic of cholera. Two
of the suspected men were seized, solemnly
tried end condemned for witchcraft by the
village commission, and sentsrse-i-d to be tort
ured to depth. There, in the presence of al".
tha viiiacia, ther teeth wero extracted with
pincers' end their heads shaved. Subse
quently they wero buried up to their necks,
wood was piled round their head-, a fire wa
kindled, and the skulls wero roasted into
powdor. Somo thirty persons hva bern con
victed and sentenced to vai ions terms of im
prisoEment.
AnoUi.i- case of murder for supposed witch
craft was recently tri-?d at Bombay. T!u ao
cused impute:! the death of his father cud
mother and tho illness cf certain members of
his family to tho arts of an old woman, and
beat h--r to dsath with a thick, heavy stick
Th'.s? cases ore- common, but ara rare!
brought to the notice of tiie l5riti.-hRUthc.ii
tics. Calcutta Dispatch Loudon Tinus.
It. n. Windham, J,ms A. Davikh.
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