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SUNSET.
I Flo ! sound the alarm tbo western sky's on
lire ;
The flumes dance wildly o'er cacb fleecy spiro.
Staining cloud cufallcsvlth their crinibon
flow.
Reflecting plory on tbo earth below.
But becl from out the eust , fulnt flushed with
The'pbobti of darkness coruo wjtb btcaltby
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And Quench tbo mighty conflcjrratlou in tbo
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THE FRONTIERSMAN.
Captain ( afterward colonel ) William
Crawford the same man who was bar
barously tortured to death by the In
dians in 1782 near the site of the present
village of Upper Sandusky in the state
of Ohio on a certain occasion was
marching a company from the frontier
of his own state toward the western
wilderness.
Crawford's men were principally hunt
ers and farmers from what were then
the border settlements of Virginia ,
belonging to that hardy and enterprising
class from whose ranks at a later day
were furnished those bands of sturdy
pioneers whose dauntless deeds have
filled with thrilling interest the annals of
the "Dark and Bloody Ground. "
"When on the verge of the settlements ,
in consequence of some accident , Craw
ford found himself without adequate
means of transportation for his baggage
and supplies. At this juncture his eye
fell on a wagoner whov had stopped to
feed and rest his horses in the vicinity
of the camp. In such an emergency
the captain felt no hesitation in pressing
the services of the team and its driver ,
and lost no time in communicating his
intention to the latter.
The driver , who was an evident dis
believer in , the doctrine of "military
necessity , " became highly incensed , de
claiming eloquently on the inviolability
of private property , in relation to which
he would probably have concluded by
quoting the constitution of the United
States had it been then in existence.
But arguments were vain. He was
alone in the midst of a military band ,
ready and abundantly willing to enforce
their commander's orders.
The wagoner was a burly , double
fisted , square built fellow , whose face
bore the marks of many a hard fought
battle. In his own locality his name
was , fistically speaking , famous. He
had on more than one occasion gouged
out his eye : md bit off his nose 1 don't
mean his own and was looked upon ; r >
consequence with much the same sort of
respect which dueling communities , if
any such there bo at present , are accus
tomed to pay to him who has winged ,
much more to him who has killed his
man.
The wagoner at length became quiet ,
directing a. . sullen look at the soldiers , as
if making an internal comparison between -
tween his own strength and that of the
forces opposed to him. Apparently de-
riving but little encouragement from j
the scrutiny , ho turned once more to the
captain and observed that every man
ought to have a fair chance ; that the
odds against him deprived him of the i
power of protecting his rights ; that he ,
would , however , make a proposition j
which the captain , in his opinion , was I
in honor bound to respect. i
"I will fight you , " said he , "or any
many in your company. If I am whipped
I will go with you cheerfully ; if I con
quer you shall let me off. "
The wagoner proved himself a skillful
diplomatist. He either knew Crawford's
character or had read it during the in
terview. The captain was a thorough
backwoodsman stout , active and chiv
alrous and not undistinguished in the
field of pugilistic prowess. A refusal of
the challenge might be construed into a
lack of personal courage , than which
nothing could more certainly deprive
him of the respect and confidence of his
men. Besides it is not unlikely that hi
own disposition and code of ethics may
have suggested that there was nothing
unreasonable in the wagoner's claim of
"a fair chance. " He at once acceded to
ttuu. uutu.
to prepare for the encounter.
At this instant a tall young man who
had recently joined the company and
was a stranger to most of them , and who
ha'd been leaning carelessly against a
tree eying the scene with apparent in
difference , stepped forward and drew
Crawford aside.
"Captain , " said he , "you must let me
fight that man ; he will whip you. "
Crawford was unwilling to exhibit
the appearance of "backing out , " but
the youth contended that to have the
captain beaten , which would be the in
evitable result of his persistence , would
tarnish the honor of the company , and ,
moreover , expressed the opinion that he
was the only man who could whip the
wagoner. The confidence of the youth
had something in it calculated to inspire
the confidence of others and enabled him
to carry his point. Crawford having
done all that policy required in accept
ing the challenge prudently suffered
himself to be persuaded by his men to
let the stranger take his place.
There was a great disparity in the ap
pearance of the two men. The wagoner
was in the full vigor of maturity. His
herculean frame , hardened by exposure
and exercise , to say nothing of his great
experience in such contests , seemed to
promise every advantage. The form of
his antagonist beneath the folds of his
hunting shirt appeared slender and
loosely put together , as well as .lacking
in the capaciousness and power of
ripened manhood , but when divested of
the garment that concealed his proportions
tions a more perfect specimen of physic
al development was never beheld. The
swelling muscles were unencumbered by
an ounce of superfluous flesh. The glossy
skin of his exposed arms exhibited in its
polished smoothness and fineness of
texture the surest proof , when found in
man or beast , of nature's aristocracy.
Such a skin as plainly marks the human
thoroughbred as the silken coat of the
racehorse , through which can be traced
the most delicate veins and the outlines
of every muscle , distinguishes its lordly
owner from his plebeian brother , doomed i.
to drag the plow and bear the heat and '
burden of the day.
The two combatants for a moment'1 :
glared at each other with a fierco'earnest-
ness' which betokened a fixed resolu
tion on the part of each "never to sub
mit or yield. " The wagoner threw him
self into an attitude which evinced a.
complete mastery of the most manly of
arts and brutal of "sciences. " The po
sition and bearing of the young man i
may have been indicative of a want of
that complete educational training so >
perceptible in his adversary , but tlie iiasli
of his eye denoted genius , and genius ,
you know , can do everything except
what is useful.
The wagoner speedily assumed the of
fensive , aiming a blow which must have >
felled an ox. The youth , who never for
a moment lost his antagonist's eye.
sprang dexterously aside , and ere the
other could recover his guard or regain
his balance , which he had partially lost
in missing his aim , with the bound of a
tiger the young soldier threw Iiimscl'
forward , dealing his huge enemy a blow
between the eyes , to which was added
the momentum of his whole body. Such
a sound as is heard when a butcher
knocks down a bullock accompanied the
blow and not less prostrate and ap
parently lifeless lay the bull } ' .
Although the etiquette of "the ring , "
as then expounded , would have per
mitted the victor to fn' .v rn > nis ad
vantage tillhisoppoi\ v. . . ti "enough , "
in cases in which tlie party had evident
ly received enough , but was unable to
say so. as in the case of a prisoner
"standing mute by the act of God , " it
was usual for the plea to be entered for
him. Such was the course pursued in
the present instance ; but the plea , which
the young stranger seemed imperfectly
to hear , required to be enforced by the
active interference of the bystanders.
The condition of the vanquished man
began to excite the most lively appre
hensions. Some insisted that iiis skull
was broken , for they had heard it crack ,
while others took a more hopeful and
as the event proved correct view of the
symptoms. After a persevering use of
the approved remedies , including the
dashing of gourdful after gourdful of
cold water in his face , the wagoner
slowly opened his eyes and began to rub
them. He was soon able to sit up , and
in a few minutes move had regained his
legs. He had had "a fair chance" and
was evidently satisfied. Without a word
ho proceeded to hitch up his team , after
which he turned to the captain and re
ported himself "ready. "
The nume of the youth was Daniel
.Morgan , whose subsequent exploits in
the American revolution , in which he
rose to the rank of brigadier general ,
have been read by every schoolboy in
America. His achievements during the
two terms he served in congress are not
so widelv known. Exchange.
Feeding the Pet IJog.
Pet dogs should never have but one full
meal i\ day , and that about 5 or 6 o'clock
in the evening. A little milk or broth
should be given in the morning , but
nothing else. They should have a dish
of mashed greens , well boiled tripe.
lightly boiled liver once or twice a week ;
not a full meal , but mixed with their
food.
Remember that their food must be
nourishing ; for example , tough ends of
steak and bone pieces boiled until you
can remove the bones , then silted ; and
thickened with potatoes or stale bread.
Terriers must have meat of some kind
often. Never give any dog chicken
bones , there is nothing much more dan
gerous. About once a month get a joint
of the neck of beef and let the dog have
the bones after cooking.
Puppies should be fed four or five
times a day on boiled milk. When two
months old bread may be added , or a
little very finely mashed potatoes ; never
meat until six months old , and then very
sparingly until they are a year old.
Feeding meat to young dogs causes dis
temper. They may have small , safe
bones after three months. If they get
diarrhea , give a little cheese. Mrs.
Theodore Wright in Ladies' Home Jowr-
TIio Toughest.
The plain boarder looked up from his
plate furtively. The landlady was gaz
ing directly at him. He trembled
slightly , for he was about to cross the
Rubicon , and even Csesar had a shiver
when he made that break , successful as
it afterward proved to be.
"What is it ? " she inquired.
He hesitated a moment.
"The beefsteak , " he replied.
"What's the matter with the beefsteak ?
I'm sure I buy the best in the market. ' '
"It's tough , madam. "
"You only think so , " she said warmly.
"Possibly i do , madam , " and his
nerves came to a tension , "but I know
there is only one thing in the wide ,
wide world tougher than it is , and that
is the conscience of the landlady who
could place it before a boarder without
at the same time providing him with an
ax or at least a saw. "
Today that man is living at a cheap
restaurant. Detroit Free Press.
The Government Time Service.
The Western Union company earns
about $1,000,000 annually from its elec
tric clock service , charging fifteen dollars
lars a year for setting each clock at noon
daily. The time sold thus profitably it
gets from the government for nothing ,
but anybody can have the same priv
ilege free of charge by putting an in
strument and a wire into the observa
tory. Captain McNair , the naval officer
in charge , is anxious to furnish time
ball service to private individuals and
concerns in every seaport city , only de
manding as a condition that he shall
have a return wire furnished him in or
der that he may publish corrections in
the newspapers. Such time balls would
enable mariners to correct their chro
nometers. It was chiefly for this pur
pose , in fact , that the time service was
originally established. Washington
Cor. Boston Transcript. _ _ _ _ _
Deaths lu the White Honse.
Two presidents and wives of two pres-
Sclents have died in the White House.
The first time that death invaded that
mansion was when the grandfather of thou
u present president , the rugged soldier and
farmer , used to plain fare , out of door
life and early hours , succumbed to the
nervous strain , the persecution of office
seekers , the worry and the physical ox-
lianstion of official life. President Wil-
liani Henry Harrison diett one month
after his inauguration. The wife of
Vice President Tyler , who succeeded
General Harrison as president , died in
the White House the following year ,
i' ' When the change -was inado and the
Tylers moved into the White House
I Mrs. Tyler took the room of the dead
president for her own occupancy. " 1
' have no superstitious feeling on the subject -
ject , " she wrote in one of her charming
, letters to a friend , "and it is as pleasant
as possible. "
The other death of a president in the
White House was that of General Zachary -
ary Taylor in 1850. Lincoln , it will bo
remembered , died in a house on Tenth
street , to which he was taken from
Ford's theater , and Garfield died at El-
beron , N. J. Of tlu twenty-six presi
dents of the United States four have
died in Washington the elder Harrison ,
Taylor and Lincoln , and John Quincy
Adams when a representative. Boston
Commonwealth.
The Elephant Frog.
The Paris Rappel , not to bo outdone
by its contemporaries , who during the
summer startled the public of the French
capital by the most surprising sea ser
pent stories , recently capped the climax
by mentioning among the wonders to
be exhibited at the Chicago World's fail-
in the department for amphibians the
elephant frog.
"On the shore of the Ohio , " it says ,
"there exists a gigantic frog Rannla
elephanta which exclusively feeds on
the eggs of wild geese and ducks that
nest in the reeds of that river. As it is
not endowed with teeth for breaking
the shells it swallows the eggs as they
are laid by the webfooted tribes on the
banks of the rivers. They are of course
hard to digest in this form , but the frog
knows how to get out of this dilemma.
It climbs a moderate sized tree and dex
terously drops down upon its stomach ,
the concussion breaking the shell of the
egg , which is now easily digested in the
shape of an omelet. It is highly inter
esting to observe his frogship's blinking
eyes , which give expression to the utter
satisfaction enjoyed by their owner. This
oviphagons frog , us may be expected ,
will also be on exhibition at Chicago
amid innumerable other curiosities of
nature.
The Great Library of the United States.
When it is considered that the largest
existing public library , that of the
French government at Paris , contains as
yet but 2,1300,000 volumes , and that ample
space exists in the edifice now rising on
Capitol hill for storing more than twice
that number , it will be perceived that
the wants of the future are well cared
for. While nearly every government
edifice appears to have been built only
for a generation and its uses have long
overgrown its limits , this one , through
the farsighted liberality of congress ,
will provide room for the nation's books
for nearly two centuries to come.
The ultimate cost is limited to § 0,000-
OGO , a sum somewhat less than half the
cost of the Capitol or of the large build
ing erected for the accommodation of
the state , war and navy departments.
The library building covers very nearly
the same space as each of these govern
ment buildings ( about three acres ) , and
is constructed of solid granite , with iron ,
brick and marble interior. Its ample
interior courts and numerous windows
will render it the best lighted and best
ventilated library of large proportions
yet erected. A. R. Spofford in Forum.
Disfranchised Jurymen.
There were twelve unhappy men in
Cam den on election day. They were the
persons drawn 10 serve as jurors in the
trial of Francis Lingo for the murder of
Mrs. Annie Miller , of Merchantville.
The cause of their unhappiness was the
fact that they were not allowed to vote.
j.ne jaw provides tnat tne jury urawn in
a murder case must not be separated.
Judge Garrison could have granted the
jurymen the privilege of exercising their
right of franchise by directing the con
stable to take the entire jury to each
polling place where an } * of the members
casts his ballot. But here the law inter
fered again , as under the provisions of
the Werts ballot reform bill every voter
must prepare his ticket secretly in a
booth. Philadelphia Record.
She Enjoyed the Eclipse.
That the ignorance of New York high
school girls is duplicated , in a measure
at least , across the bridge , was indicated
in a Brooklyn' street car on the day of
the solar eclipse. As the car passed the
building that afternoon a bevy of these
students entered. They chattered of the
event , one explaining that her oppor
tunities had been especially good , as a
teacher had let her have a smoked glass
at the most interesting moment and had
told her all about it while she looked ,
"and , oh , girls , " she finished , "which
was it anyway , an eclipse of tne sun or
the moon ? ' ' New York Times.
A I.ucky Lord Lieutenant.
It is rumored in Dublin that Lord
Houghton , the new viceroy of Ireland ,
will very soon enter again the pleasant
bonds of wedlock. The lord lieutenant
is addressed as "sir , " just like the Prince
of Wales , and he has the privilege of
kissing the young ladies presented at the
drawing rooms. Some of the past lord
ieutenants have kissed as many as 800
young ladies in the course of a single
afternoon. London Star.
Umbrellas and parasols are now fitted
with clasps to hold the ribs close , in
stead of the silk or elastic bands former-
-y used. On handsome ones the clasps
are of silver or gold , and add a distinc-
ive touch of elegance.
Mourning note paper shows a rever
of black only on white or blue gray. _ _ _ .
MEANING OF THE MONTHS.
How They Catno to Bo Named Evolu
tion of the Present Calendar.
January begins the year and looks
both ways toward the year just past
and that just coming. It was therefore
named by the Romans for their god of
war , Janus. Ho had two faces , and
was therefore called Janus Bifrons ,
which may bo freely translated "Holy \
Two-front. " Originally this was only
the eleventh icor.th , and the four pre
ceding were named from Septem , Octo ,
No vein and Decem , as they then were
the seventh , eighth , ninth and tenth f
months. It would take a small volume
to explain how , as a quaint old almanac
says , such sixes and such sevens the
months were knocked to thut ton be
came translated into Octo. Suffice it tc
say , January begins thu year now , anrt
the other months nro to be explained in
their turn.
February was mi unfortunate month
from the start. The Romans did not at
first intend to have any such month , but
finding the year all askew they added
some days at the last of it , and de.ig-
natcd them as the days "to purify"
( "februare" in old Latin ) . Finding they
had set the time too curly they put the
new month after January and measured
it by the moon. When they began to
"purify" for the coming summer tliy
ate beans instead of meat , and therefore
named the season Lent ( "Icntes"
beans ) . By miscounting the days , how
ever , their year soon got two months behind -
hind , and Julius Ciesar overhauled it
again.
March is a name of war. The Romans
named it for Mars , their war god , per
haps because winter and spring contend
for the month. We owe the Romans one
for making this the third month , for
this laid the basis for some of our finest
old crusted jokes' , such as "March
forth ! " addressed to the retiring presi
dent , and the chcstnutty minstrel com
mand to the stage soldiers , "January ,
February , March ! " Let us remember
the Romans , even for this little. On
second thought , let us remember them
all the more as they were not in a gen
eral way a humorous people.
April is supposed to be so called be
cause things open about that time
( Latin "aperire" ) . It is the aperient
month , so to speak. Having no mythology
the month is in this latitude sacred to
catarrh. When the new humanity does
away with all old superstition and re
establishes a pure Saxon language , as it
promises to do , this will probably bo
called Springchickenuionth or Kuch-
leinmouath or Sneezereezer or some
tender little name of that instructive
sort.
y is by common consent tlie syno-
I nym for flowers and poetry , women and
I children , music and moonlight evury-
} thing sweet and soft. As a matter of
I fact the popular poetry for the month
i would suit the last half of it and the
i first half of June much better. Tin'
j Romans named it from Maia , daughter
' of Atlas and mother of Mercury. The
I Romans seldom got married in May , as
the festival of the dead was celebrated
I early in the month. It is a bad omen to
be taken sick in this month especially
for farmers and gardeners.
Juno was the wife of Jupiter in clas
sic mythology and made it hot for him
hence Jui ; ° . Some say , however , that
it was so called because it was the
month for young men ( juriiores ) . Juno
was the great goddess of motherhood
and growing nature , and so the Romans
honored this mouth with her name. She
was also subject to sudden storms of
wrath and jealousy and was very vin
dictive , which led Virgil to ask
In heavenly minds can sucb resentments
dwell ?
August , with its thirty-one days , is a
perpetual reminder of how Augustus
Ccesar ( Octavius ) slipped up on his uncle
Julius. He insisted on having a big
month named for himself also , and so
pulled the whole calendar around so as
to bring two thirty-one day months to
gether in midsummer , as iu midwinter ,
at the same time changing the name
from Sertilis , or the Sixth ( which it then
was ) , to Augustus. "Dog days" prevail
in this month , because the sun is in Canis
Major , and Sinus rises about the same
thought but it is now known that the
heliacal rising of Sirius is peculiarly in
determinate , and therefore every dog
now has his day.
September is the mouth , and the 14th
the particular day , on which the creation
of the world was completed , according
to the old rabbins. The Russian priests
added that man was created in thia
month , because more fruit ripens in it
than in any other. That was when they
had no ideas of south latitude and had
never heard of the equator. In the
Roman calendar it was the seventh
month , and so they named it from sep-
tern "seven. "
October was the Romans' eighth month
originally , and therefore named from
octo "eight. " In the old legends it
was set down as the month in which
Adam and Eve were expelled from para
dise.
dise.This
This was ninth ( novem ) month to the
Romans. It has long been a notable
month for signs and omens , as well : u >
religious dates , though no one can show
why. The Saxons called it "blood
month , ' ' because they slaughtered cattle
and salted away all their winter's beef
in this month. The old Romans had
many important religious observances
in this month , and the Christians have
adopted some of them. It closes most
appropriately with a general thanks
giving for the fruits of the season past.
The tenth ( decem ) month in the old
Roman calendar , but now the twelfth ,
is the month of holy memories in all
Christian lands. The yule log and the
Christmas tree , Kris Kringle and Santa
Glaus , the vacation , the home coming ,
the gifts and the holidays these are of.
December. Christmas has conquered all
classes. The old Puritans fought against
it in vain. So by the triumph of faith
and civilization combined the season of
cold and often of sleet and rain , the
time of shortest days and longest nights ,
is turned into the season of greatest
cheer and hilarity. J. H. B&VDLB.
