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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , JANUARY 11 , 1891-SIXTEEN PAGES-O
AX KIHIOll'H LAMEST.
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( llvo tno the tootlincho orsoro eyes ,
llut don't ' Klvn TIIO drlod-nnplo pics.
Tlio farmer tnkos his ptmrllcst fruit ,
'TIs wormy , bitter , imd hard , to boot ;
They leave the hulls mid ninito us cough ,
Ana don't ' t ke hulf the peeling ofl.
Then on n dirty cord 'tis atrutii ? ,
And In a parrot window hiintfj
And thcro it scves , a roost for flics ,
Until It's ' tnndo up In to pics.
Trend on inv corns find tell rno lies ,
Hut don't ' pass me dried apple pics.
*
THE SPIRIT OF LII10GGX ,
A SKA MYSTiritY.
I.
J. D. Jorrold Kelley in New York
Ilcrnld ; The nnrratlvoof the Hnlnler'a '
wreck is In ono inyHtorious Incident un
paralleled in tlio history of sea mis-
ad venture. 1'athotlc us nro the usual
talcs of occnn disaster , of peril , Buffer-
iiir ( , and heroism , this ono Is signalized
by the claimed operation of an occult
agency which foretold and , to a slight
degree , aided the final rescuer.
The vnluo of the evidence depends , of
courto , upon the credibility of the wit
nesses and their object In uniting upon
the same testimony. Ono of those. IB Mr.
Humphreys , mate of the ship and an
ofllcur of unchallenged reputation ; an
other is his wife , the daughter of the
Kainior's master , Captain Morrison , and
the remainder arc scainon who could
gain nothing by agreeing to lie persist
ently in a matter which did not afTcct
their material interests , and who told
their common experience with a frank
ness and earnestness no cross-examina
tion could tangle.
The indirect evidence rests upon the
careful oxaininiition inndo at the time
nntl place by the officers of an American
man-of-war. I have questioned a num
ber of those gentlemen , and they agree
that the story was confirmed in its
essentials by nil the white people found
on the island of Ujea , and that the voy-
ngo of the captain and his part of the
crow , as described by the so-called Spirit
of Llbogen , was verified when these ma
rines wore subsequently found at Jaliuit.
The narrative is plvon largely in the
mate's own language. I have made a
few changes in its order and have con
densed the preliminary story , leaving
it unhampered by his descriptions of
shipboard life and of the Island and people
ple of Ujca. I have no theory to ad
vance , not oven the hackneyed ono that
here , as often before , thoconncctinelink
is left unexplained and coincidences are
mistaken for causes. Nor have I any
purpose in view save to give a favorite ,
latter-day service yarn a wider pub
licity than it has hitherto onjovcd.
II.
On the 12th of August , 1883 , the
American merchant ship Itnnior , Bath
built and of 2,000 , tons burden , took her
departure from the Delaware capes ,
bound for Kobe , in Japan. Thirty-live-
days out the line was crossed , and in duo
tinip , when the forty-fifth degree of
south latitude was reached , she was
hauled to the eastward for the long run
of 0,000 , miles across the Indian ocean.
The average vicissitudes of sea , wind
and weather wore supplemented by much
sickness and many hardships , though
otherwise the voyage did not promise to
bo n bad ono.
Upon the Mlth day out , about 3 in the
afternoon of the 3d of January , an
island , supposed to bo Lao , ono of the
Marshall group , was raised on the port
bow and a few hours later it bore
abeam , distant eight miles by cross
bonrintrs. As this marked a turning
point in the course the captain wont below -
low , laid down his position on the chart ,
and then said to the mate : "Tho course
is now northwest and wo nro at least
clear of the islands , with nothing to
trouble us until the shores of Japan
lieavu In Bight. "
"Tho night , " writes Mr. Humphreys
at this part of his narrative , "had grown
dark , ana the moon having sot as eight
bolls struck- , there seemed to bo an i in-
penetrable darkness , and the bright ,
twinkling stars had commenced to show
thomeolves in the far-olT sky. The
watch was mustered and relieved at
eight bolls , two men were sent on the
top gallant forecastle for lookouts , and
the first olllcor took charge of the decks.
AH he walked nft hofound the captain
on dcclc with u telescope trying to pen
etrate the gloomy darkness. Two bolls
struck mid tlio ship was staggering
along under n heavy press of canvas.
The captain and mate stood on the
weather quarter eagerly watching the
ship as she hurried , when ono said to
the other :
" 'That white ridge ahead looks like
breakers. "
"At the same time tlio lookout's cry
was heard :
" 'Breakers ahcadl Breakers ahead1 !
"It was a terrible cry , and ono that
every man in the ship heard , for they
camoondcck In an instant. The cap
tain gave the order to the wheelman to
'ITanl-a-starboardI' ' The first and third
otlleors jumped and let go all the port
braces , but it was too latol The ship
was in the midst of the breakers , anil
with a heavy crash struck on a coral
reef.
reef."Orders
"Orders wore given and executed
without dolny and without confusion.
Yards were laid aback with the hope
the ship might back oil with the assist
ance of anchors and hawsers out
iislorn , but the heavy seas striking
'
nga'liiBt her stora like trip hammers ,
and the crashing of timbers , gave evi
dence only too true that the Itnuilor was
a doomed shin ; and to look at the sooth
ing mass around , with the seas rolling
on board , it presented rather a gloomy
nrospoet of any ono being loft to toll the
tale. * *
"As daylight npproached the scene
presented was a dismal ono , As
far as the eye could reach In either di
ruction could bo Boon a line of breakers ,
while in the dim distance nfowbiimll
knolls of land appeared. As the sur
showed itself above the horl/.on ivhlh
Bails appeared In the far.distancowhicl
on near approach proved to bo canoes
swarmed with dusky natives coming
down insldo the lagoon , which is more
properly called atoll. Coral roofs are
called atolls , and are generally round or
of an elliptic form and always hare ono
or inoro deep entrances. This atoll waa
thirty miles long , in the shape of at
ellipse , and was about llvo miles or sr
across from ono line of surf to the other
Insldo was deep water , except now am
then when a coral tree would grow u |
to the surface and spread out it
branches llko a palm leaf. The roe
whcro wo lauded was not dry , hut hm
onlyn few inches of water at oxtrom <
low tide , but at high tide it was over i
person's head. AVe were fortunat
enough to land at low tide.
"Tho canoes were made fast to tin
coral , and tlio nntlves'camo to the Insltli
eurfiieo line and commenced to shou
and gesticulate , which sent a chill o
terror to the unfortunate umrlnors cling
ng to n. wreck that soon must go to
pieces. "
Every effort wns mndo to establish
communication with the shore , and
Inally , by the employment of n line
traveling on a hawser , the boats , storca
and crow ; voro sent clear of the reef into
.ho smooth lagoon. By this time the
lay wns nearly spent , and as tlio island ,
indistinguishable from the ship , was
fully ten miles distant , the king dotor-
nlncd to make sail for homo.
"Aftermany orders and much gestic
ulating the largo mat palls wqro hoisted ,
and each canoe took a boat in tow , the
< lng taking the captain's boat. Away
, hey Balled with great speed and soon
.lie tops of trees could bo seen. Tlieso
gradually Increased in size , until the
canoes and boats reached the island ,
which proved to bo throe quarters of a
mlle long and a nunrtor of a mlle wide ,
and was called Ujoa. It wns covered
with cocoanut trees to the water's ccgo ,
presenting on noir approach to thooycs
: > [ the anxious shipwrecked people a pot-
feet tropical paradise. It did not take
long to dispel the Illusion , for men , wo
men and children could bo scon running
down to the edge of tlio water watching
our arrival.
"All the Inhabitants of the Island soon
gathered to view the white Kanakas , as
< hey termed the shipwrecked people ,
f hey seemed most surprised at seeing a
womantho females closely looking at the
captain's daughter , feeling her chooits
ind long hair , and gazing at the clothes
she were , which were of tlio Now York
style of a few months previous. Mothers
irosonted their children and all the sav-
iges seemed toudmlro the palo faced
damsels.
"When darkness gathered n bonfire
was made with , the cocoanut husks , and
men were detailed to keep it burning
while the remainder retired to rest.
Three mattresses and borne blanlcet's
mving been saved tlio captain and his
daughter were provided with a com-
'ortablo bed. The other was used by the
steward , and lie was ono of the sick men
and had been in the water all day. Sleep
soon cnmo to the weary eyes , but the
savages still sat about the fire , some of
.horn , Indeed , linjroring until the morn-
"
III.
Several days wcro idled away in re
covering from tlio bruises and excite
ment of the wreck and in building huts ;
butnlmblo fingered as Jackie is at most
things , ho was a poor hand at this , and
was glnd to trade a shirt or a pair of
: nrry trousers for the three hours' labor
by which the deft natives could make a
shelter of cocoanut branches and , coral
niss. In the meantime the captain de
termined to seek assistance , and when
Lho men were rested ho hauled out the
long boat and made her ready for what
at the fairest chance would bo a dreary
and perilous journoy. A volunteer crow
oilored itself , the boat was soon in as
good condition ascireuinstancosallowed ,
and on January 10 , the second mate in
charge , she sailed with a fresh breeze
down the lagoon and into the Pacific on
her quest for help.
The captain's instructions wcro to hug
the wind and if jiosslblo reach a white
man's trading station , which was said by
the natives to bo JiOO miles distant. If
the wind blow too strong the second
mate was to run before It to Oulan
island , and if no aid could bo found
Lhcro ho was to shape a course for As
cension and thence to China , which
would then bear west-southwest , distant
3,000 miles. - i
The ton days following the longboat's
departure wcro bitter , with strong
winds and rough seas , and the captain ,
who was ailing and fretting over the
toss of his ship and the discomforts of
his daughter and crow , commenced to
build a schooner. Chance throw in his
wnynbtout timber , but the carpenters'
tools were imperfect and the Rainier had
broken up to fast that little coulu betaken
taken from her. Still so vigorously and
skilfully did all hands work that by the
rnlddlo of March the boat was sparred ,
rigged and provisioned , and on the
morning of the 17tn all hands mustered
early to see the departure of the
"Ujea , " as they had called hor.
"Having boon speechless for so many
weeks , and having no use of his hands ,
and as his logs were getting numb , "
continued the mate , "tlio captain de
termined to make a desperate
attempt to reach some place
where assistance and medicine could
bo obtained , for Mrs. Humphreys and
many of the men had boon sick for some
time. Ho decided to sale for Jaluit ono
of the Marshall islands , in the Rnwlio
group , HOD miles away , as the king had
said , 'White Kanaka belong Jaluit ,
plenty , plenty , ' From seeing u whisky
bottle wo concluded it must bo ono of the
many trading stations of the South Sea
islands.
"Tho king's son and ono of the na
tives had consented togointhoschoonor
to act as interpreters , should It stop at
any of the islands lying in their course.
So when the day cnmo farewells wcro
said , hands woroclasped and the captain
and Will Jackson stopped on board the
canoe , followed by Liia Buoho and his
servant. The cauoo wns then shoved
into deep water , the sail hoisted and
proceeding rapidly down the lagoon be
fore the wind was soon lost to sight. "
"What happened to the longboat and to
the schooner the hapless ones learned
when later the spirit of Libogon re
vealed to thorn their own and their
shipmates fates. .
IV.
Ltfo on Ujea was dreary enough , and
privations and heart wearisome broke
the whlto men's health and destroyed
their belief iu any hope of rescue. Thou ,
too , the natives began to show signs of
hostility , and as there were no longer
presents to give , and the strangers were
dependent upon the Kanakas for tholr
dally cocoanuts and bread fruit , dissatis
faction ripened into mibchiof. The next
mate , therefore , determined to lit out
the two quarter boats and leave the
island. These proparationsworowutchod
curiously by the king , and finally Hum
phreys confessed his intention. The
evening Noinn , ono of the king's
wives , came to the door of the whlto
man's hut witli a message from the
chief.
"In the native dialect and a little
pigeon English which Mrs. Humphreys
had taught her , " writes tlio mate , "uho
informed mo that Liboiron had come to
the Island and wanted to talk with mo ,
and tlio king had sent for mo to come to
his house. Previous to this time the
king had often spoken of Libogon , and
at ono tlmo had said : ' "White Kanaka
belong to Libogon. ' When I asked him
what ho meant , ho said : 'So long time ,
Ligobon speak king ono night. King
take canoe , go down reef and find toe
big canoe all broke. Plenty whlto Kana
kas. Snoso king no good to whlto Kana
kas. Ihnnby man-of-war come and bum-
bum king. So ho go down roof ono
morning and BOO big canoe all broke. Ho
get whlto Kanakas. So white Kanakas
belong Libogon.1
"So to Llbogen wo must owe the ns-
sistaucoof tlio natives In landing through
the heavy surf , as no isjand could bo
seen from the ship.and what Had brought
the natives down the lagoon at that
early hour wns hitherto a mystery to us
nil. On further inquiry I found that all
their movements on any journey by canoe
were governed by a spirit called 'Libo
gen , ' who had died in the house in whlcl
wo lived ( formerly tlio king's palace )
"Whether it wns a woman or child I couli
not 11 nd out , but Ltbogon was some
human being whom they ull worshipped
nnd whoso spirit still came at times to
visit the king and his family , nnd thcso
were the only ones who coulu converse
with the spirit. The body of Llbogen
"ind been burled on a small Island twenty
nllos down the lagoon , and no person
was over allowed to land there except
the king and his family. After giving
no this Information I asked the king to
toll mo when Llbopon came , again as I
would llko to talk with her , but not bo
ng a believer in spiritualism , I thought
no tnoro about it until the king sent for
mo.
* * *
"On our arrival wo found the third
ofllcor nnd the seven sailors gathered
icar the door , and also many of the Ktm-
ikas , listening with sober , long drawn
'aces to the mysterious talking of nn in
visible spirit. The king beckoned us to
come in , and wo were seated by him In
-ho center of the house , surrounded by
, ho members of his family , who took but
Htlo notice of our arrival , as they wore
greatly interested In tlfo spirit's conver
sation.
"The king continued talking to the
plrlt for some tlmo , and the voice could
) e distinctly heard , first In ono part of
the house , then quickly changing to the
opposite side , now overhead , and again
ilong side of mo. With my slight
viiowledgo of the language I could < lls-
Jnguish some of the words suokon. The
voice sounded or spoke in the tone of a
hlstlo , and was fully as mysterious as
t was wonderful. After a little time
the king said : Llbogen would speak to
mate. ' So I gave the king to under
stand that I wanted to know what had
> ecomo of the second mate In the long
> oat , and of the schooner In which the
laptaln had sailed away with thirteen of
ho crow and If wo were overgoing to bo
cscucd from this lonely island.
"Tho king asked my questions ariu the
spirit told him that thobceoml mate had
) con picked up near an island called
? ornlpotto , and that Captain Morrison
iad arrived in the-schooner at Jaluit ,
) utho was sicked and could not come ;
that all the schooners wore away but the
captain was all right , and in one week a
schooner would come to the Island ; but
ho captain would send u schooner as
icon as one could bo got , but in two
vceks a big schooner would come , and
wo would all bo rescued.
' 'Libogon said the steward who had
died was buried on Ujea , but that his
spirit was with her.
"Tho conversation lasted some
, ime , and when finished I
vns told to say 'Good night ,
" ibopon , ' which I didnnd was answered
jy 'good night , mate , ' in as plain Kng-
ish as I could speak mysolf. Mrs.
Humphrey was asked to do the same ,
and was plainly answered , good night ,
2mma. '
'Such wonderful information was
inoro than my brain could conceive to
jo true , and the days of the following
week seemed a lifetime. Slowly they
.Missed , until Saturday night came , and
o all anxiously waited the morrow
iVith wavering faith. During the oven-
ng the king drifted clown to the house ,
is was his custom every evening , to got
v few whilTri of my pipe of oakum , as our
.obacco had given out many weeks be-
'ore , and a smoke of oakum or dried
eaves was a luxury. True I had a little
which had beoa wet with salt water and
Iricd , but this I was saving to give the
{ ing to smoke in payment for some
jrcad fruits or coconuts when wo were
hungry.
"Tlio king seated himself on the floor ,
: ind I rclilleil the pipe with oakum and
javo it to him. After smoking a few
: noinentsho said :
j "Libogon speak , tomorrow schooner
come. ' To this I replied , 'Llbogen too
much lie. No speak truo. "
"No , no , nol" said the king , "tomor
row come , sun finish and schooner come.
Libogon no lie , always speak true. "
"It must bo remembered that all
: cinds of craft seemed a schooner to the
lativos , since having scon our schooner
juilt and sailed away. No doubt It was
; ho largest vessel many of them hud
over soon.
"
* * * * *
"Sunday morning carao at last , and
saw ten watchers eager for some sign of
Lloliveranco from their island prison.
Tlio hours dragged slowly and the sun
was Hearing the western horizon.
Anxious eyes had grown dim with
watching , when a shout was heard from
ono man to another the whole length of
the island. Tlio king who was standing
near me , shouted , 'schooner cornel Lib-
ogenno Hot'
"Tho morning dawned , and with it
drizzling rain , and hot , sultry weather ,
and the prospect seemed a gloomy ono
oven though'assistanco might bo ncnrns
a fog surrounded the island , so thich
that oven the reef could not bo seen ,
though only a short uistanco away.
"No cocoanuts hnd been brought to us
the previous day , and so wo had nothing
to eat , since the natives , like ourselves ,
remained under cover out of the rain ,
and the trees were so high it was impos
sible for us to climb thorn to get any
nuts. Towards o'clock the fog lifted a
little , and I was seated at the door talk
ing to the third olllcorlooking out on the
dreamy waste of water , when boom I
the sound of a big gun came across the
water and in a short time the island was
astir.
"I had previously given each man a
station so that n system of communica
tion could bo had from all points on the
island , I immediately sent out the men ,
with orders to report anything that
might bo seen , as the gun must have
been from a ship in distress , or else as
sistance was near. Hardly had the mo
started , when another boom came rolln
Ing along and appnrentlynot far distant-
and boon after the Fhput came from one
man to another until it reached our lit
tle hut that glad , welcome shout which
pnt falls to describe 'Sail hoi Sail ho ! '
With the hail came two of the men , who
reported u largo vessel olT the southw ee
end of the island under fore and aft sail
an dappnrontly passing by. There was
not imo to lose if such were the fact , and
the natives who were fast gathering
helped us launch tlio boat , and In a short
time four men were pulling mo rapidly
down the lugoon.
"Wo were obliged to pull for some dis
tance down the reef before a safe cross
ing could bo found , as the surf ran
so high and washed with such force
against the coral reef. As soon as a , safe
place could bo soon the boat was headed
for the reef nnd all hands jumped into
the water and pulled the boat over the
reef , ready to launch her through the
surf as soon as a chance wns otfored.
With a loud hurrah the boat was shoved
into the surf , we jumped in , and quickly
grasping the oars , with a few bold
strokes the boat was clear of the break'
ors and wo were pulling for a largo vessel
sol which came to view around the point
some three miles away.
"Soon wo could discern that the vessel
was under steam , nnd all sail had boon
taken in. The stare and stripes were
floating at the peak , and on near approach
preach the first fnco I could distinguish
among the many crowding her rails wns
that of our old second mate , W. II.
Dhrono , whom wo had lone slnco
mourned for dead , but through whoso
bravo endeavors , under painful clrounv
stances , wo were rescued from our island
prison.
"Hardly hnd the boat reached thosldo
of the unknown ship when the com
mander shouted from the bridge :
" 'Is Mrs. Humphreys alive and well ?
" 'Yes , ' wns the answer , 'but the cap
tain has sailed away iu a echoonorwhich
wo built a month ngo , and no news from
him as you Ono inau , the etowurd , wo
mvo burled , nnd there are ton of us now
on the islaml. '
' 'Come nlongsule,5 wns the reply , and
ns wo glided laloiicsldo n rope waa
thrown. Wo made-Ms ( fast to the boat ,
ind grasping n ladder which had boon
lungovor tlio side. I leaped from the
bobbing craft and. quickly reached the
deck , whore I was warmly greeted by
Commander McCormlck , who grasped
my linnd and said' '
" 'Welcome on board of the American
nan-of-war Esse.v , sent by tlio United
states government to rescue the crow of
the wrecked Am'uricim uhlp Ualnler. ' "
"Tho island was ' aroused , and the
ihoutlng and yelling were Indescribable ,
ho natives running this way and that in
confusion. Quickly grasping my glass
I started for the othof end of the Island
oil which the sail had been seen , and
with long strides , followed bv the rest
of the crow , soon reached a point where
a sail could bo dimly scon bearing down
on us.
"With my glasses I could distinguish
a curiously built erait with a largo three
cornered sail , and on near approach
could sco the many naked > snvngos with
which the vessel swarmed , 1 made up
ny mind Immediately that our dellvor-
uico might bo from life , but not from
bondage , and dutot mined to return to
ny hut and arm the crow with the rllles
which wo had and to hold out for our
ives as long as possible. But my fears
were quickly allayed by the king , who
said : 'Never mind , Kanakas no hurt
natc. ' So 1 returned to my house to in
form the anxious ISIrs. Humphreys that
our deliverance had not yet come.
"The Ilrst oart of the spirit's proph
ecy had proved true , and tlio following
Sunday was the day sot by Libogon for
the second mate to coino in a schooner
ind rubcuo us. The week dragged
slowly , and the weather , which had boon
! lno and pleasant with a strong bree/.e ,
; iu\v became hot and disagreeable , and ,
it being the change of tlio monsoons , the
[ aln came down in torrents. The mos-
juitocs crowded In swarms , seemingly
junt on eating us up. Having no shoes
wo were obliged to hang our feet out of
, ho door to keep the mosquitoes olT , and
then to fan tlio rest of our person to bo
iblo tolivo in ponce. Our misery was
nearly complete , and if deliverance came
not on the morrow hope was akin to
despair.
"During the morning Mrs. Humph
reys was patching n morning gown with
: i piece of bed ticking , the gown resem
bling Joseph's coat of many colors , while
, lie third otllcer and myself were enjoy-
ng the luxury of a smoke of tea , prog
nosticating what the morrow might
bring fortli , when suddenly Mrs. Humph
reys started up exclaiming : ' 1 hear n
.51111. ' In a few moments a native came
running up to the hut saying : 'Schooner
come , and bum , bum'but hearing no
moru sounds wo concluded it was all im
agination and lay down to sleep.
V.
Tbo stories of the longboat and of the
schooner are interesting enough to deserve -
servo a place for themselves. But/ space
forbids and it may bo added as the tag
to the drama. Hut the second mate's
boat was picked up cloven days out , and
lifter its crow had suffered greatly , by
Lho British bark Catalina , Captain \Vil-
.iains . , bound from Australia to Saigon ,
Cochin China. Tlio rescue was miutoas
Libogon had revealed , near nil island
called Porporotto , of which they had
never before heard. Upon their arrival
nt Saigon they were sent to Ilong Kong
ind , as a result of their report , the
United States steamer Kssox , then pro
tecting American interests at Slmnicen.
was ordered to Ujco. With the cus
tomary diligence and efficiency of this
ship on that famous cruise , she sailed
Immediately after coaling at Nagasaki.
On the lith ! of April'tho Eisox arrived
oft" Ujcn and firedtho , signal gun heard
by Mrs. Humphreys. The next day ,
Sunday , just two weeks from the date of
Libogcn's promise , the mist lifted and
the gladdened watchers hoard the guns
and saw the Hag of home and of rescue.
And ns predicted the second mate was on
board.
Thej'o is no time to tell the wander
ings of the captain's schooner , but Mr.
Humphrey in concluding this part of.his
narrative , says : "I leave the reader to
jndgo if the snirit of the departed
Libogcu had spoken truly or not. i am
no spiritualist but the wlth'n ' facts are
true ones , and I must believe what I
have fccon , for all that the spirit told
came truo. What the spirit told in re-
irnrd to the captain's being sick and un-
nbl 3 to come to our assistance wo found
to be true on our arrival at Jaluit , and
that a schooner had been sent to our
assistance manned bya crew of natives. "
All this relating to the captain's
schooner was told on board the Essex
before she sailed for Jaluit , and all the
alleged circumstances were found to bo
true when she arrived there.
These are the fuels in the case , and
this is a queer yarn , is it not ?
Tlio Western ' /error Tcrrorlz d.
jVcio York llcnitil.
By the Little 111 ; ; Horn river ho had slnm
the callnnt Sioux ,
And besldo the Ntobr.ira put to flight tlio
Yniilttons , too ;
Whcro the heaving Hlo Orando rolls bosldo
the Mexican hills ,
With the blood of countless Greasers he'd
eiibari'Uinel ( : nil the rills ;
Ana they culled him "Oravoyard Johnnie , "
nnd the notches on his trun
Each bropoko a man ho'd slaughters ! ! hut ,
alusl his rnco Is'run 1
For ho weakly wed a widow from Chicago's
grassy vale
And it wasn't ' aficcn minutes ere she imulo
this terror quail.
A Chniu'c Tor iMiiniifnoturcrH.
Trinidad , Colo. , offers ( 'rcator Inducements
to manufacturers than nny other town in iho
west. Coal nt Si ) cents per ton , coke at $ ! . ' . ! . ; ,
and raw material at u nominal cost. For full
Information address Trinidiul Land & Im
provement Co. , Trinidad , Colo.
Orlvlni ; n Slinrp
Clothier and Furnisher : Customer
How much for a dozen shirts ?
Clerk $110.
Customer How much for three ?
Clerk " \Ve shall have to charge yon
$ | 2 for three , sir.
Customer Then you chnrgo mo moro
in proportion for the first three than you
do for a do/on ? '
Clerk Yes. sir.
Customer Make Tna up the last threo.
Upon a fair trial rl find Salvation Oil the
best euro for rheumatism I have uvtr known.
It ( jlvca relief moru quickly nnd always does
Its work. Joshua Zimmerman , Wothcrca-
vlllo , ftld.
Chronic couriers * nro bores to the com
munity and should bo forced to use lr. )
Hull's Cough Syrup.
How r.'illllps ' IlroolcH Rworo.
Oliver "Wendell 'Holmes went fishing
ono day says the New York Truth , and
while ho was patldntly sitting dangling
the line and hooK , temptingly baited ,
over the side of the'boat , and talking to
the old salt , who was spinning him many
a yarn , was surprised when the man said
to him in the most earnest way , that
"Phillips Urooks swears. "
"Yes , sir , " ho continued. "I had him
out in this very bout last week , and ho
caught a whopping big follow with that
small line there. Just ns ho nearly got
it in the boat it brolco off. I waa awful
excited , and I said to him :
" 'You were d d near catching the
biggest lisa of the season. '
"Airl ho said sort of sorrowful to mo :
114YOB , Joe , tlmt'eso. "
"When I come to think who he was , I
toll yer I was surprised at his swearing ,
too/ '
BITS OF WIT AND WISDOM ,
Some Important Truths and Valuable In
formation in Pleasant Doses ,
PRESERVING THE BALLET'S ' PURITY ,
Tlio Dnr After Clirlstmns-OurlnB tlio
Iltin A Ilnoliclor's 1'rnotlonl View
Uy n Tyiiocrnplilcnt Error
I'ujilcr Mnclic ,
Now York Weekly : Minister's wlfo
looking up from the puiior ) "The
ideal A minister in "Michigan has
brought n bill of $500 ntruiiist nn cstnto
for nrcnching the funeral pennon of
wealthy citlzon thoro. "What In the
world did ho make such a elmryo ' lor ? "
Good minister ( wearily ) "I r
it was to satbfy his conscience. "
Hoclt'ty.lllrdH.
Drake's Mrifrazlno : L.urkin "Mar
tens are the most btylish of birds. "
Gazzum "How so ? "
"Thoy wear swallow-tails. "
Tlio IB3After. . -
lluffalo KjrjifCff.
Ills many frlcnils remembered him
\Vttli presents small mid great.
The Christmas cards nntl holly sprigs
lie can't cntitnenito.
Hut still he's reeling pretty blue ,
ilo's .spent all ho could earn , *
Tor every ten-cent favor coat
Five dollars to return ,
All in U in II.VO.
Pharmaceutical Em : Customer Got
some pills for sere eyes ?
Clerk Yes ; thcso are said to bo excel
lent for Fore cyos.
Customer How do I tnko 'cm ?
Clerk Two every four hours.
Customer ( returning from the front of
the store after ton minutes or so , hold
ing a reel band ana to a watering eye )
Soohoro ! The doctor that thinks a fel
low can keep two of them pills in his eye
for four hours must bo crazy ; why don't '
ho make the pesky things BO they'll
molt when you put 'om ' In ?
A Mcro nary Itnuliclor.
Itarpcn' Ilnxmr.
The maid was more than fair ,
The maid wns more tlian sweet
Sho'il wealth of soft ami poltlon hair ,
A sinllo that was discreet.
Her snulo wns all for moA -
A bachelor most odd
.And i to any am very free
I loved the ground she trotl ,
And yet the match was balltod ,
Decuuso , Rood sir , or dome ,
The ground 'pon which this maiden walked
Stood la some other's iiaiiio.
ICniiilutloti.
Chicapo Tribune : "Wo will now,1'
said the preacher , "take un our usual
Christmas collection for the ' poor. I
wish to remind the congregation that I
Inn rolinhly informed that the gamblers
of this town have boasted they will outdo
tlio churches moro than two to one in
charity this year. At the gambling
house in the block below the sum o ! 5250
was raised yesterday. "
Tlio organist struck up a hymn , and
whou the collectors came back with the
baskets after making the rounds of the
pows it was ( ouncl that the indignant
board of trade men in the audlonco had
contributed enough to bring Iho collec
tion up to $500.
A Typographical jError.
St. Joseph News : ' 'Look hero young
man , " said the lately resigned conduc
tor to the railroad editor. "I've always
treated you white , haven't IV"
"You have. "
"And when I resigned the other day
didn't I tell you I'd worked for the com-
mny twenty years ? "
"Iboliovo so. "
"And yet this is the kind of a send-off
, 'ou give mo. " And ho laid the last Issue
> f the paper on the table and pointed to
the notice of his retirement , which
stated that he "had the company for
wonty years. "
Chicago Trilmno : They were eland-
ng In front of a furniture 'ind house-
ittlntr establishment on State street ,
.coking at the display in the window.
"Stay out hero a minute , Nuneo , " ho
said , "while I run in and ask 'oin some
thing. "
"Gosh ( ill pancakes ! " ho oxclnltncdl
"Uec'loct them ton cords o' hlck'ry I've
pot on the ridge bunk o'tho eow pastur ?
They'revuth inoro'n a thousand dollars.
Look at the stick o' wood in that thur
lire fireplace , will you ? They pay a dol-
lar'n a half ivpleoo fur 'em , by guml Man
told mo so himself ! Como on , Nance1 !
And ho gruppod her by the arm. "Cap , " '
said nollcomnn "wher's
lie , halting it ,
the nearest oyster s'loonV"
Oharlio'H Court I MR.
ilariiM. llariir.s tn Centura.
YounK ChurlloO'N'oll cninoto inooModay.
Anil bashfully speaking ho said :
"You nro older and wlsur tliiiu many I know ,
Anil by yminiilvleu I'll lie led.
Now toll mo how cun I tlio ( [ uostlon propose
Tohunioprutty nmldpii I know ?
I'm uiixlous to iniirry , bu tcan not , teonuso
'I'ho asking It piuzles niu M ) . "
I told him my thoughts , and urscil him to try
Tlio plemliiiKiifavorso s fet ,
"Korllfo without love Is a lli'Ul that Isharo ;
\Vlth love Ilkou Hulil fall of wheat. "
Wlionnoxtl aawUhurllu. hiiluipiiylia RCCIIICU ,
I nsUud him If love imisiK'rod bo.
Ho IniiKldiiKly unsweioil , "Tlio pleading's so
Z'vtathnltveriittlrl that I know. "
No Corivciiiuauo * .
Detroit Free Press : A lone woman
who was passim * down JotTorson avenue
to the Third street depot the other tiny
suddenly observed n great big silver dollar
lar lying on the sidownllc. She made a
Btoon foa It , but it ran oil Into a hallway ,
imicn to her surprise and consternation ,
She was looking aflor itvhon \ a boy ap
peared , dolTod his hat , nnd said : " 'tseuso '
mo , ma'am , but it WIIB another dull'or I
wns Itiyin' for. "
"Yon you had n string to it ? " she
queried.
"Ycs'm. "
"And you fool people that wayr1
"Somo'times , ma'am. "
"Well , young man , all I can say Is
that if I had n bootjack nnd a plnco to
sit down , I'd pull a string on you which
you wouldn't forgot If you lived to bo as
old iisMolhuBclumV"
IntcrcKiliiK liiliirmalion.
Smith , Grayfc Go's. I Ionthly : "That's
an nwfid price this now company has to
pay the government for every seal they
kill in Alaska , " said Mr. Wlgglor.
"Ton dollars ; just think of it ! "
"Ton dollars for every one ? " asked
Mm Wigglor.
"Kvory blnglo ono , The old company
never paid but three. "
"IstnataW"
"Yes ; It's a shaino , too , the wny the
animals have boon thinned out up there
by the traders and poachers , and I don't
know what all , "
"I suppose so. "
"Man up there from the Smithsonian
institution a little while ago nays there
ain't ono now whore there were twenty
a dozen years ago. "
"Tho ideal"
"Soalsaro seals now. "
"Well. "
"Well , I thought I'd kind of toll you
about it , so you'd understand how I cnmo
to buy this beautiful silver glove-but
toner for Christinas , Instead o ( the bcul
skia sack you epoko about. "
/low / plain to fW mind are the scenes of
J\smy \ recollection recalls ftemio viev/j /
\ Tlje so&p-keifle hungf on jfje poles of
loseday6ofooAPAfici ? ,
corjsequeql arjguisty
ave lor/cf / since departed , we
pray and we jjopg ;
m fl \ \ i f' U7
lap \7e ! ) use of flje stuff ' n to
SSSA A WAte ] ar7dl ? lAnui5h
As
W s 50011 as fyey offered
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