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NOT A MAN IN TOWN COULD BLOW
UP TO SEVEN POUNDS
Pnp Perk Inn lli Pimtmniitcr of JT
Irlio Ti IIm AIhiiiI tin KlitlnK
Which IMbimihuimI Ail vlaulillltr
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Look lioro pup snlil Siiunr John
Ron iih ho ilropptil Into Iho poHtolllco
ono ilny when I wns nlonp Ive Kt n
Hcliciiio on liiinil thatll do more to
hooHt Hit town of IcrU lio to tin top of
tln liulilor than -10 miles of now side
wnlk Yes Hlr Its n boonior nntl If
Its cnrrlid out youll see tho prloo of
riiil cHlnlo Jump HO pop rout
Hi wiiIUm fur uio to nit my brciith
nntl thou lowurcil IiIh voloo mid con
tlnuod
Tup Ivo sot n not loo written out
fur nil putrlotlo citizens of lerioho to
iiHsoinhlo at tho poslollleo this evenln
mid Ill post her ut on the door I
want to spring It ou em all of n sud
den I waul to sou Vm turn pale mid
their hair stand up Jest say to nil In
lulrors pnp that Jericho Is eoniln rljlit
to the front like a steer golu fur n corn
Held
1 wanted lo know what the scheme
was but the sipiar winked and nodded
and looked mysterious und went off
IlCtT on HIS 801K
without plvln his secret away Thero
was u ureal deal of curiosity durln tho
day Some thought tho sipiar had a
balloon ascension In view in order to
attract public attention to our now
cooper shop ami others had It that he
had found a way to dodiro the state
tax but it was all uiiesswork There
was a tremendous crowd on hand
when evenln came and the squnr went
around ruhbiu his hands together mid
smllln nil over his face When he hnd
uot the crowd worked up to the pitch
where everybody wanted to die fur
liberty he called the ineetlu to order
and said
Feller freemen of Jericho wo hev
hero n benutlful town a salubrious cli
mate mid a populnshuu to be proud of
We hev tho best of wnter the lowest
of taxes and skassly any use fur doc
tors Wo hev the telephone electric
doorbells mid a towu pump A strnn
uer would look around him mid say wo
needed nutldn else Hut wo do mid
that Is why I hev called you together
here tonluht We need jest ono thlnu
more to put Jericho ou the pinnacle
and that Is n brass band
Hy John but hos made a plnt
said Deacon Spoouer ns he whacked on
tho counter with his cane Yes sir
Jericho needs a brass band to boost
her nntl Im with the squnr Let us
hear what Moses Hopkins has to say
about It
As I take It said Moses a brass
baud plays tunes and Id like to know
In advance what sort of tunes this
band Is goln to play If Its golu to
play The Sweet Hy and Hy then Im
in fur a band If Its goln to play hi-
dlddle dlddle times then Im ngln It
Thats a plnt as fur as It goes said
tho deacon but It dout go fur nuff
Kuos Williams you wns In tho hog
buyln blzness fur 20 years and you
ought to know about brass bands
Wlint dyou think of tho Idea
That depends said Enos I dont
go much ou a brnss baud that toots Its
wind all over town and wnstes It on
the air If we had a band thnt would
come down to tho depot to meet me as
I come lu from Tarrytown I think Id
kind of llko It
By John but hes right and lies
made a plut shouted tho deacon
I dont seo tho plnt said Squar
Johnson as ho colored up Why should
our brass band go down to tho depot to
welcomo a man who haint never done
anything lu particular fur Jericho
Enos Is a good nuff man In his way
but did the outsldo world ever hear of
htm Was he consulted about bulldln
the now sewer or palntln tho town
hall Has ho ever laid awake nights
thlnkln how this towu could be boosted
4 to the top
Enos hos knocked your plnt put
and made one ngln you unld the ilea-
mi but well hoar from some of Hit
iosL Mow Is II with you Jaboz Tow
lr
I cant exactly say till I know what
Iho band Is goln to do replied label
My old woman Is mighty fond of
brass band tunes which lift up tho
heels mid If the hnudU come over to
my house throe times n week nnd give
us Hii ii t li 1 ti lively Ill chip lu
Mebbe Im mistaken In this crowd
said tho squar as he looked around In
a serious way Mebbe this Is a crowd
composed of freeborn Americans whose
forefathers fought at Hunker Hill nnd
mebbe Its made up of men whod steal
tho Maine of Liberty nnd sell It fur old
Junk To say that I am astonished
does not half express my foollns
Thnt Hollln tho stntue of Liberty Is
n plnt and a strong one snld the
deacon but what wo want Is a frco
epreshun of opinion Julio Ilornbcck
er looks ns If ho wanted to say sun
thin
Id llko to nsk the squar said Julie
in his humble way If ho expects thnt
bnnd to meet him at the depot when
he comes home
Helu I hold the poslshun 1 do an
Rwcrcd the squar belli Im referred
to ns the lendln mnii In Jericho If the
band wnnted to go down nnd see mo
off or wnnted to ho there to welcome
me homo I dont reckon anybody would
llnd fault
Rut Id want tho smiic thlnp said
Ehenezer Scott 1 aint no Justice of
tho pence but my dairy Is mllkln 128
cows this summer and 1 feel Im ns
big ns anybody I go over to Dobbs
Ferry once In two weeks nnd 1 should
wnnt that band to toot me off nud toot
mo home ngln
Tlv ro may be a plnt said the den
con ns he scratched his ear but I
dont skassly see It Mobbe the squar
wants to say stiiithln further about
liberty and Hunker 1 1 111 V
Im sayln replied the squar as he
heaved a long sigh that patriotism
mid love of country seems to be dead
ern n doornail lu these United Slates
Mebbe theres a man In this ctowd
aside from me whod be wlllln to shod
his blood thnt our glorious republic
might be saved from ruin and desola
shun but If thar bo 1 cant name lilin
You might as well disperse to your
homos and toll your wives and chil
dren that Jericho Is doomed
Hy lohn but what a plnt what a
plnt whispered the deacon lie
fore we bust up and go lo ruin how
ever Id like to hear from Iteuben
White Ileubeus bin as far west as
Detroit and he ought to know what In
tluence a brass band has on a town
The Inlluenco ol u brass band is ac
cordln to the leader snld ltcubcn
Ive seen em where they Jumped a
town right to the front In four weeks
nnd Ive seen em where they killed
things dead in two The leader wants
to be a pecoollar sort of a man He
wnnts to be born fur the place same
ns Washington was He wants to be
ready to die at two minlts notice or to
live fur n hundred years
And mebbe you think youre thnt
man queried the squnr as he pound
ed on the counter with his list
I do I know I am Im tho only
mnu In Jericho as kin lead a band to
success and make the town hump her
self Im a self sacrlllcln critter ns
you all know and If this meetin thinks
best
Hut the meetin shouted him down
nnd It was live minlts before Deacon
Spoonor could make his voice heard
and then he snld
Theres more plnts bobbin up here
thnn you kin shake a stick at but we
might as well hev ono more Sposlu
wo hear from Lish Hillings Hes the
only ninn in Jericho who kin play on
nn accordion Wlint dyou say Lish
Theres mighty little to be said and
nuthln to bust up the country an
swered Lish Do any of you sons of
Hunker Hill know how much wind It
tnkes to blow a brass horn
Nobody did nnd a hush fell upon the
crowd
It takes ten pounds reckoned by a
lung tester snld Lish and youd
want nn extra pound fur wnlkln up
hill There was a lung tester mnn In
town two weeks ago and every son of
us handed over n nickel nnd took a
blow Wo blowed and strained and
Mowed nnd Hubo White was one of
em who blowed a solo off Ids boot
mid ylt no man reached seven pounds
Whnr you goln to git your wind to
blow them horns
There was a painful silence while
you could couut n hundred nnd then
Deacon Spoouer snld
By John but Im goln homo nnd
tell tho old woman that I dont know
benns when tho lings untied and tho
rest of youd better do tho same
thing M Quad
Ila rtlmc In the Sentitr
Senator Butler once hnd n bill appro
priating 5000 to build a monument on
tho Moores Creek bnttletleld North
Carolina which was nn especial object
of Senator Wolcotts fun
Cnn the senator tell mo tho date of
tho battle he asked Mr Butler
It was Uio first battle of tho Revo
lution 29 days beforo tho bnttlo of
Lexington was the reply
But cannot tho senator tell mo tho
day and the year persisted Mr Wol
cott
Mr Butler was stumped I can tell
tho senator tomorrow he flunlly re
marked
Then replied Mr Wolcott I will
let my objection stand until tomorrow
also
A few minutes later Senator Wolcott
relented and Mr Butler made another
effort to get the appropriation agreed
to This time it was Senator Lodgo
who objected
Oh dont object Lodge snld Wol
cott In n stage whisper hell put tho
date of tho battle forward a year If
you are Jealous ou account of Lexing
ton
But Mr Lodgo continued to object
and the monument bill remained on tho
xalpudar Washington Post
x
THE MAD MAIDS SONQ
loot morrow in lie hy o fair
innl iniiinitii to j nn
Oooil rnutriu mine otm torn lialr
fl iltlibldl ultli tlr ilcir
Good inoriilni lo till prlmrov too
iood morrow to ncli nultl
That will with flout n the tomh hestrcw
Uhrrrln my Ion la laid
Ah noc Ii mr woe woe Is incl
aiiih nn ru h iia i
For pity sir find out tliat 1
W lil Ii bore my love nwa
ice
Ill fcV Mm In jour liomirl lime
Ill neck Mm In oiir
Nay liniv I llilnk theyie made tils firm
1 tli lied of rilis
Ill seek Mm there 1 know ere tlila
The rold told tartli tlttli -hake Mm
Hut 1 ulll K or solid a kl s
lly oti lr to awake Mm
1riy hurt him nrtl TIioiirIi lie lie dead
lie knows will who do loic him
And who with urcon turfs rear tils head
And who do riiilel mole Mm
Hea foft and tender pray take heed
With hand of ciiHsllpi bind him
And hrliiR him hornet Hut tis decreed
Hut 1 shall iicur find him
Ilobert Merrick
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a A Story of Peasants of India
tfoqo4oo4oHHooHolooto
Sltnram Dims left his hut at earliest
dawn He carried on his shoulder his
rude plow consisting of two strong
poles the onu forming the beam and
the other shod with iron at one end
serving at once as the share and the
single handle lie drove his two little
bullocks already yoked before him
His wife Mann and his sister Kohl
shrilly wished him luck in his days
plowing and Kainchaiiil his Utile
It-year-old hoy proudly bore Sitnriuus
groat bamboo bow and quiver of ar
rows for who could tell what evil
beast father might llnd in the clearing
which he hnd made in the forest not
to speak of the chance ol a line buck
coining his way to provide them with
a feast
Arrived at the clearing Sltaram firm
ly lashed the beam of the plow to the
yoke slung the bow and quiver at his
back and stuck the handle of his little
Santhai ax in his girdle Then driving
the Iron shod point of the plowshare
Into the ground and cheering on the lil
tle bullocks with an inspiriting cry the
plowman began his work Hack and
forward the little bullocks plodded all
the long morning The sun rose high
in heaven and poured down its rays
pitilessly on the little clearing of four
or live acres Sltnram was himself
ready for the midday rest when little
Hunichnnd appeared with a great arm
ful of coarse grass which he had cut
The plow was stopped In the furrow
the grass thrown down before the hun
gry bullocks Sltnram lay down In a
shady spot to sleep through the heat of
the day and the boy started off to
gather sticks for the lire at home
When the sun began to sink toward
tho west Sitaram awoke He had had
a dreaJii which disturbed his mind He
though he saw the great black Image
of the goddess Hhowani with her
necklace of grinning white human
skulls standing before him as he had
seen It In the old temple thnt stood
feared and reverenced by all his tribe
far in the recesses of tho hills Tho
goddess said not a word but she looked
at hi in with a frowning nnd terrible
countenance and brandished before his
eyes the grent sacriliclal knife she held
In one of her hands
Sitaram trembled In every limb He
dared not try to guess what that awful
apparition might portend The goddess
loved human sacrifices and though
the Sahib Log who were lords of the
land did their best to prevent them
he know thnt children were sometimes
offered But the plowing must be fin
ished Tomorrow he would have to
begin sowing In tho meantime ho
would try to forget his dream Again
with voice and gond he urged the bul
locks to their work The last furrow
would soon bo turned It wns nearly
dark when the bullocks got to the end
of the last furrow nnd Sitaram stop
ped them He hnd scarcely lot go tho
hnudle of the plow when something
that In the uncertain light looked llko
a grayish puff of smoke flew out of
the darkness of the forest and alighted
with a crash on one of the bullocks
Sitaram snatched at the strong bam
boo bow and fitted nn arrow on tho
string for he well knew that It was
ono of n pair of tigers that tho shikaris
of all the country round had been
tracking for weeks past The beast
had killed the strong young bullock
thnt Manas father had given to her
husband Sltnram drew tho bow with
all his force holding in his hnnd a sec
ond arrow In ense the first should miss
its mark Tho tiger lay on the body of
the prostrate bullock greedily drinking
the blood which flowed from a wound
lu the animals throat The arrow flew
truo to Its aim and burled half its
length In tho great cats shoulder But
it had bceu shot from behind nnd Sita
ram knew he had given neither a mor
tal nor a disabling wound The tiger
snarled savagely and bounded Into tho
darkness followed by the secoud ar
row
Sitaram sorrowfully released the sur
viving bullock from the yoke nnd drovo
the trembling auimnl home leaving the
plow and tackle behind The night
closed In and should the tiger return
to feed on the carcass of the dead bul
lock there would be no chance of an
other shot So a family council was
held In the little hut Mnna and Rebl
after the fashion of the Santhal wom
en freely gavo their opinions It was
decided that In the morning Sitaram
should go aud seek counsel of old Ha
Jnndra Lai Bhnal tho tribal priest who
served the temple of the great goddess
Bhowanl
The wisdom and sanctity of IUJandra
Lai wore renowned throughout the
country even to the sahibs at Hlrhhuiii
They Indeed vehemently suspeetod him
of keeping up the old Snntlini custom
of human sacrifice mid made many In
quiries about the matter hut nothing
tMiilrt be learned from the tribesmen
beyond hints darkly dropped at the
market by Santhnls whoso tongues had
boon loosened by excessive drinking of
toddy or rice whisky but the sight of
a white face or a police uniform was
enough to reduce them to silence nntl
thnt pretense of stupidity In which
when he chooses to nsstiino It the na
tive of India whatever may ho his
tribe or caste has no equal
The holy man sitting tin his heels on
a tiger skin spread In the porch of the
temple listened to tho story of the
dream the loss of the bullock and tho
wounding of the tiger
I will nsk the devl said the priest
when he hnd hoard all Bui what
hast thou Santhal to give hero for thy
life
What I have Hnbti Is naught said
the poor wretch trembling I am but
a poor Jnugllwnla and I have lost my
best bullock What can 1 do with ono
Is It not bettor the tiger should eat
my wife and child and mo thnn wo per
ish of hunger
Thou hast a wife and child Snn
tlini snld the priest and thou hnst a
good bow Then Knjandra Lai fixed
his eyes on a little black Imago over
the door of the temple He swayed
backward mid forward and his eyes
began to roll Then he spoke
Son of the Santhal hoar the devl
The Santhal have forsaken my temple
und withheld the sacrifice of blood
which 1 love Heturn Santhal Bring
thy child to the plnce of sacrifice Of
fer him on tho sacred stone and anoint
thy arrows with his blood With those
arrows shalt thou kill tho tiger and
for the beast thou hast lost thou shalt
have a better one Fall In this and
the tiger shall defile thy dwelling and
sweep thee and thine from the face of
the land
Sitaram trembled at the command o
the goddess He laid two or three
pice all the money he had In tho world
on the old priests tiger skin and sor
rowfully made his way home He told
Mann and Kohl the command of the
goddess and they too were very sor
rowful for little Itnmchaud was the
light of their eyes and the joy of their
hearts But where was ltninchand
lie had not been seen either by his
mother or his aunt and they were in
great fear lest some evil should have
befallen him Suddenly the child in
the midst of the anxious consultation
burst into the hut
He had a tale to tell Oh he was
quite safe no evil had happened to
him What indeed could happen
Ho had the bow nearly a cubit longer
than he was high that his father had
shaped for him Then theilittle fellow
drew himself up to his full height He
could shoot and hit n mark almost as
well as his father though his arrow
would not go so far or penetrate so
deeply But then he had his ax and
tho katas or knife Sitaram had bought
for him in Blrbhum He could defend
himself even against tho fierce chlta
He had been to the field where lay the
dead bullock and the tiger hnd not re
turned to its prey Ho had tracked the
tiger through the jangal but had come
homo to report what he had seen
Sitaram and Mann exchanged looks
nnd each mentally vowed that little
Itamachand should never whatever
might happen fall under the sncrificial
knife The boy wns a truo Santhal
learned In Jangal craft beyond his
years and destined in time to become a
comfort nnd support to his parents
Then they began to consult There
could be no doubt that since tho tiger
hnd not returned during tho night or
the early morning he and his mate or
both would como that very night Si
taram went out to seo the state of af
fairs for himself He found that his
boy had reported correctly His ene
my might be expected that very even
ing A low hanging limb of a great
tree one of the outlying sentries of the
jnngnl almost Impended over the spot
where tho carcass of the bullock lay
On It Sitaram ninde a sort of perch a
small platform from which to shoot
the enemy His wife nnd his sister
with little Rnuichaud had their parts
In the drama that was to bo enacted
Armed with sharp little Santhal axes
and rude spears for their defense they
were to lie hidden In an ndjaccnt thick
et ready to help ot the proper time
They carried brass dishes too by tho
beating of which and their shrill cries
the tigers If there should be more than
one would be confused and frightened
The sim hnd hardly set when Sitaram
took possession of his perch He squat
ted there patiently wrapped In a coarse
brown blanket After nil according to
our European notions this mnn seems
a poor creature thus to perch himself
on high out of danger while tho women
nnd the child remain below without
adequate defense But It must be re
membered thnt everything depended on
his strength of arm nnd his eye must
commnnd the whole scene of notion
The tiger might or might not spring on
ouo of the women or the child but
they knew the risk as well as tho man
did and they took It
The night was clear and bright and
Sitaram watched Intently Tho sus
pense wns almost painful At IcngUi
there appeared a long ghostlike form
stealing from the shelter of the trees
across the open country toward tho
carcass of the dead bullock Almost
Immediately after came another sim
ilar but slightly larger form dragging
itself along limping nnd with diffi
culty Any one who has watched the
motions of a pair of cats on a noc
turnal thieving expedition will have a
lively Idea In miniature of the appear
ance the procession presented
Sitaram took his bow and two ar
rows In his left hand With his right
he fixed the notch of a third arrow on
the string Then he took a steady and
careful aim at the neck of the leading
tiiyr Just behind the head The bow
string twnugod sharply The animal
was almost directly under him nt tho
moment The arrow hnd pleteed tho
spinal cord The second tiger stood
still for a moment sullllng the air
Then ho uttered nn nppnlllng succes
sion of short Phnrp yells tearing up
tho ground with his claws Suddenly
the air was filled with n mighty clatter
of brass dishes vigorously beaten min
gled with shrill screechlngs from the
two wuicn This confused the tiger
nnd he half turned presenting his sldo
to the hidden enemy In the tree Ho of
fered a fair mark to the skillful archer
who drew his bow with all his
Btrengtlt Again the string twunged
and the nrrow pierced tho tigers sldo
Just behind the shoulder blade
The animal turned mid In his dying
ngony for ns It turned out his wouud
wns mortal he bounded toward the
only enemies he could see the two wo
men nnd the boy He was received on
the point of Uebls spear Tho heroic
woman hnd planted tho butt of her
weapon on tho ground nnd firmly
grasped the shaft with both hands und
she continued to hold It with undaunt
ed resolution though tho tiger In his
death struggle almost tore her to pieces
with his claws
Sitaram ax lu hnnd when ho saw
the tiger charge dropped from his
perch But he was too late Ills ene
my stretched out his great limbs and
as Uebl falling fainting with loss of
blood let go the shaft of her spoar and
sank on the ground the tigers great
body lay stretched beside her
This then said Sitaram as he and
Maim after doing nil they could to stop
the flow of blood from Uebls wounds
were carrying her tenderly to the hut
Is tho sacrifice the devl wanted a
more worthy sacrifice than the life of a
child Itiijnndra Lai shall have no
more of my money or goods
Knjandra Lai Is a liar and n cheat
sobbed Mann If Devl Hhowani Is In
deed powerful she can take her own
for herself
They made the Injured woman as
comfortable as they could There was
no means of getting proper care nud
attendance for her and probably no
skill could have saved her Hut she
was happy for she thought she had
given her life for her sister and her
sisters child and she died rejoicing lu
tho thought
Sitaram hnd no time to indulge in
sorrow Tho two tigers must be skin
ned and their heads cut off They were
young animals and the skins were
very fine Then tit earliest dawn ho
had to pack his spoils on his remaining
bullock und start for Blrbhum When
ho got there It T7as no easy matter
between the treasury peons and the
tahslldar to get admission to tho col
lector sahib At last he was introduc
ed bullock nnd all to a gentleman who
was just on the point of mounting
his horse To him Sitaram told his
story
You killed two tigers last night did
you cried the collector Then youre
n lucky fellow to be alive to tell It But
tell mo the whole story And ho sat
down on a chair In the veranda to
listen
Your honors slave shot them with
arrows for one of them had killed your
slaves best bullock the night before
answered Sitaram with many salaams
Here are the heads and the skins
Then he unrolled tho two bundles aud
spread the skins on the veranda
Then tho collector called Knrim AH
the tahslldar and directed him to pay
Sitaram 10 rupees for each head and
when the poor jangliwnla saw the 20
bright silver pieces counted into his
hand he actually trembled Ho had
never seen so much money In his life
But that was not all for the sahib had
been examining the skins nnd ho ask
ed what Sitaram Intended doing with
them nud when ho heard that they
were to be offered to some of the
chuunrs who would probably buy
them for a few rupees ho himself at
onco offered to give 20 rupees for them
nnd ns Sitaram could not go home that
night for the sun was already low he
was told to come to the treasury early
In tho morning for his money He did
so nnd was paid
Sitaram became a prosperous man
after that lie was rich and old Ra
Jnndra Lais prophecy was so far veri
fied that he soon beenme the proud
possessor of tho best pair of plow bul
locks In the district Mnna aud Ram
chnnd were loaded with silver bangles
and anklets and the little hut In tho
Jnngnl wns soon resplendent with a
glittering array of tho brazen lotas and
dishes with which the prosperous In
dlnn ralat when he can afford It loves
to adorn his home
But tho temple of Bhowanl gained
nothing though her priest did not fall
to remind Sitaram of all he owed to
the devl The truth Is thnt tho Indian
aborlglnnl hnd had his faith In and
fear of the malign deities whom his
people hnvo added to tho Indian Pan
theon weakened till It hnd almost
ceased to exist Besides that In Blr
bhum he had listened to the preaching
of a Mussulman who said that the
Brahmaus were naught and tho gods
wore less but there was one great God
who had sent his messenger ono Mo
hammed to declare that beforo him all
men from the highest Brahman to tho
lowest outcast wero alike It was a
strange doctrine and Sitaram half be
lleved It At any rate it was a com
fortable doctrine In spite of his skep
ticism he prospered exceedingly and In
that he wns helped not a little by tho
favor of his friend the collector Corn
hill Magnzlnc
Pickaninny
The etymology of the word picka
ninny Is discussed by a writer In The
American Anthropologist who says
that Its possible derivation was pointed
out by Sir Hans Sloane In 1707 in hla
History of Jamaica Plgaulnnes
said Sir nans is a corruption of
pequenos nlnos applied to the bUck
or slave babies of Jamaica-
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