Y
PIONEER PREACHING.
EXPERIENCES OF A MINISTER
IN EARLY DAYS.
'When lloll-Uu nml Killing! Wero f
Frequent Occurrence - Murderer
Knnpr I'lmaer hy Taking Itcfuge In
n l'u!)lt.
turned In the opposlto direction, got
nwny Into Utah nni was never captured,"
QTVnMfZ I WAS REV. FEE,
KJ X XV TV rnrM nrrn
A Hutlot or n Gold l'loco. ' W . u , f , . IflW WCi
Ono of the most startling adventures f f W A ( I H IT S PPrPNTF.Y
Mr. McFnrlnnd over hud wus Just after & Jli i i w a wa w g
he went to Durango. The civil war of Q---,------,-
see A MODERN TURPI N.
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MARVIN KUHNS TERRORIZED
TWO STATES.
Somo of the preachers who visited
tho West in Its enrly days of develop
ment can tell pretty good stories of
Its wild life; but few hnvo had the ex
perience of Rev. .Tames McFarland,
pastor of tho Hydo Park Presbyterian
Church of Denver. Nineteen years ago
last fall ho went to Durungo. The
place was then one of the liveliest
upots on earth. Situated so near the
corner of four territories It woh a
favorite resort for1 thieves, murderers
and cattle rustlers of all the surround
jng states. Tho bad men ran rampant
until the vigilance committed rose In
its might and ran them out. "On tho
day that I made my entry Into Duran
go," says Rev. Mr. McFarland, "I saw
a man galloping nt breakneck speed
down the main street, a gun In each
hand, and firing one of them at every
hound of the horbe. I wondered what
kind of a placo 1 had got Into. Rut I
got used to that, after a while."
Mow Ha Founded Hi Church.
Hefore that time the Congrcgutlonnl
lsts and Methodists had tried to start
churches, but failed, owing to tho row
dies who broke up tho meetings. Hew
Mr. McFarland tried different methods
and succeeded. llcfore starting his
meeting tho preacher went around
among tho gambling joints and asked
tome of tho very toughest element to
como and act ns doorkeepers in the
house of tho Lord. He had a way that
pleased them somehow. They went to
church and acted as scrgcant-nt-nrms.
Ho put them on their honor to help
him run the meeting, and the meeting
was run In peace and quiet. After
this signal victory Mr. McFarland bo
came very popular, and could go any
where among tho hills of that region
without molestation, though he was al
most the only man of tho region who
was allowed the privilege. Hold-ups
wore so common that they lost tho
charm of novelty.
Fourteen II. mil In Air.
"One day I was riding on horseback
from Durnngo to Animas City," says
Mr. McFarland, "when I came plump
Into tho midst of a group of seven men.
They wero all leading business men of
Durnngo waB In progress, and n battlo
took placo in the streets nil one day. One of the strong characters of nnto
It was for some caustic editorials on helium days passed away recently In
this day's battle In her paper that Mrs. tho person of John 0. Fee, founder of
Homney, the sister of Mrs. L. M. God- llcrca Collego In Kentucky. In early
dard, bad her newspaper office threat- j life ho presumed that slavery was
encd by tho rustlers. For a long timo wrong. Hather than abandon this con
after thnt thero were two bands of vlctlon and recedo from his early
rustlers nnd thieves and bad men
round about Durango and Animas City,
and there wnR war to the hilt between
tho hands. Men were shot In tho
streets dnlly. One night Mr. McFar
land, who was "batching" In a log
cabin behind his church, was roused
from sleep by a knocking at the door.
It was the dead of night, and he de
manded to know who was there. A
voice replied that It was a friend who
wanted to see him. Whon he opened
tho door a masked man stepped In, nnd
presonted to tho astonished young
preacher tho alternative of n cocked
revolver held In one hand and a $20
gold piece In tho other.
A Draperute dinner.
"You can take your choice, parson,"
said ho coolly; "I want you to marry
me. If you will, 1 will givo you this
$20. If you won't, I'll give you tho
contents of this gun."
The preacher said that under tho cir
cumstances ho was willing to perform
1 thn pprnmnnv a anmi na lin iviin
dressed tho man with tho gun led him
by'n dark and devious way to tho
anks of the Animus. "Tho River of
Lost Souls" rushed dark and forbid
ding between Its banks. Tho moun
tains towered grimly on either side,
and upon a not distant hillside twin
kled tho camp Hro3 of tho onemy. Tho
Ituatlon was simply that tho man
with tho gun was about to marry a
girl connected with ono band of tho
ustlers. Tho other band, camped on
tho hillside not far away, wero out for
blood; and tho enamored bridegroom
Judged it expedient to havo tho wed-
wind over just ns quickly and quietly
as possible. So It was held at mid
night on the banks of tho Animas.
REV. JAM US M'FAHLAND.
tho place, nnd tho best friends I bad
there. Every one of them had his
hands rnlsed to heaven, and one high
wayman was going through them
while nnothor had them covered with
a gun. I had to laugh. 'Well, boys,
said I. 'shall I get In line?' 'Where
you going, Mr. McFarland?' asked one
of tho highwaymen. 'Down to Anl
mas I replied. 'Well, can you keci
your mouth shut?' said he. 'You bet
1 can,' said I. 'AH right, you can ride
along,' said he. So I went on. Two
hours later I was on my return trip
when I came upon them again. They
wero doing a land-ollico business that
day, sure, for thoy had another batch
of victims with their hands up. In
this last lot was a man named Linton
who was almost tho only man In town
who had refused to give ino a cont
to help build my church. I laughed
when I saw him, 'Hullo, there, Lin
ton,' said 1, 'I'm glad somebody's got
hold of you at last thnt can mUko you
shell out. The next uay no eamo
and gave mo a donation for tho church
I know both tho highwaymen. Thoy
were cnlled 'Trinidad' and 'Charlie,
Ono year later I saw them both hanged
in Rico.
I A Murderer" Itefuuc
"I soon had a big Sunday school
at Animas City, which was then tho
larger town of the two, and before long
had n church built. Ono night ns I
was preaching, a man galloped up to
tho door. The moment ho dropped his
loins the horse stopped stock still, ns
theso horses always do. The rider
leaped off and rushed Into thn church.
Ho came along up tho aisle, quietly but
quickly, nt every window stooping so
that ho could not be seen from tho out
side. Ho stepped up Into tho pulpit
and stood exnetly behind me. 1 finished
my remarks, made tho closing prayer,
and gavo out the closing hymn, all
with the man standing behind me. The
people wero evidently excited, but they
mado no disturbance, and after sing
ing, quietly dispersed. There wero
three brothers of the man In tho audi
enco, although I did not know It.
After the congregation had dispersed
tho man snld to me: 'I'ardner, I'm
much obliged to you. If ever you're
In a tight fix like me. I'll do the same
for you.' Then ho told me that he had
killed a man In Sllvcrton, and that n
posBo was after blni. Ho had turned
asldo Into tho chinch, and it wns a
good trick, for they never thought of
looking for him there, but went thun
TOLD THE STORIES BEST.
ziiiUlu Iloniiolty Dlacmnlltnd it ti .VI-
voriiry hy Itencuthip; Ills Ynrns.
Tho lato Ignatius Donnelly of Min
nesota was ono of tho best story-tellers
n tho country. Ho never forgot an
apt or humorous Incident, and could
not bo surpassed In relating It. On one
occasion ho mot In political dobato In
Minneapolis an adversary named Gil
man. i lie latter undertook to assist
his arguments by telling funny stories
Now, It happened that Donnelly know
every one of theso stories a good deal
better than nil man did, and If there
ever lived In this country a man who
could toll a funny story as well as
Donnelly could his namo was not Oil
man.
During tho entire length of Mr. Gil-
man's somewhat prolonged effort the
squat figure of tho author-orator ap
peared Inconspicuously at tho rear of
tho stage. His chair was tilted buck
against tho wall and ho seemed lost in
deop reflection on tho Important state
mcnts being mado by Gllman, but
when tho latter concluded with a fow
airy flourishes and Donnelly walked to
the front of tho platform everybody
felt that something was going to hap
pen. Gilmnn's stories had excited tho
merest ripple of merriment and tho nu-
dlencQ was rlpo for a diversion.
"Gentlemen," said the sago, "I havo
heard Mr. Oilman's stories and it oc
curs to mo that I can porhaps entortaln
you by telling those stories over
again."
Gllman looked aghast at tho absurd
ity of tho proposition, and so, for thnt
mattor. did tho audience, but Donnelly
knew what ho was doing. Gllman
didn't know how to tell a story, but of
all tho stoiy-tellors of this country
none had compassed tho art more thor
oughly than this north of Ireland
genius. In three minutes he had tho
crowd In a frenzy of hilarity. Finish
ing ono of Oilman's stories ho would
turn with his llttlo fat hands on his
hips and gaze at the discomfited Oil
man. while the crowd shrloked and
gasped with merriment. In this wlao
he went down tho line with every one
of Oilman's stories, turning their
points In his own favor, and by this
specious means so thoroughly discred
ited tho latter's arguments that there
was no possible question on the result
of the debate.
formed purpose to nld In bringing
about tho freedom of tho blnckB, ho
forsook home, Incurred parental 111
will, struggled for years ngainst tho
enmity of his former friends and bent
hlB back to receive tho lash which
only respect for his courage prevented
falling. Evontually ho saw tho hopes
of his early years fulfilled and lived
long enough to sec old prejudices and
hatreds mellowed by tho softening
touch of time and to enjoy the esteem
of those who onco reviled him. His
early days wero turbulent; his final
years were peaceful and If thero was
aught of vanity in his composition ho
could contemplate with prldo tho noblo
monument to his youthful zeal and
fortitude which ho himself erected
llcrca College, In Madison county, Ky.
Years ago It was a rallying point for
racial prejudice; to-day It Is regarded
throughout the South as ono of Its
most beneficent Institutions, from
which thero graduate nnnunlly fiOO
blacks and white mountnlneors, who
go forth to lives of usefulness,
V Slave Holder' Son.
Fee was born in Bracken county,
Ky., September 9, 1810. His father
owned a dozen slaves, but tho son,
after p.mslng through Lano Theolog
ical Seminary, became a pronounced
nbolltlonlst. His father disinherited
him nnd when ho prenched nntl-slavory
doctrines, tho church authorities dis
missed him. With his young wlfo ho
wandered hither and thither In Ken
tueky, preaching whero he could got
hearers and taking shelter wherever It
could bo found. His father, yenrs bc-
foro, had given him a tract of land.
This ho now sold, not to uso Its pro
cecds for his mnterlal welfare, but to
nurchaso tho freedom of a slave. In
1853 Cassias M. Clay, the lion-hearted
old Kcntucklan, tho vlclbsltudes of
whoso latter years have aroused no
small amount of pity for him, Invited
Fco to preach In Madison county,
whero he gnvo him a farm. Hero ho
founded a school the original Dercn
College, It was only n small framo
structure, hut humble ns it wns, It
proved fertile ground for tho seeds
which Fee sowed. Its work began in
1855, and Fco had the assistance of sev
eral teachers from Oberlln Collego.
After a tlaio prominent families sent
their sons and daughters there. It
wns closed during the war.
At tho close of tho war tho Bchool
was reopened nnd a charter as a col-
Ifttt Committed Utcry OITiim-, train
lVtty Lnrrmjr lo Murder llorcttenl
lnc IIU Furorltn OiTii)m Hon -- IIIk
l.'ni)C,
The escaped criminal, Marvin
liulins, who was captured, tho other
.lay In Indiana and returned to the
Ohio penitentiary at Columbus, from
which he had unexpectedly made his
departure, may properly be called the
Modern Dick Turpln. Horse thief, Jail
bird, bandit, murderer, and outlnw, ho
has had a career of crime and escapes
' that puts the dime novelist to shame. J rled the next day.
Hold Ut IIU CHOlnr.
On another occasion tho bandit wns
arrested on the streets of Huntington,
Ind, Ho accompanied tho marshal
without any hIiow of resistance but ot
the door of thn Jail ho throw off tho
mnsk of meekness. Whipping out n ro
volver ho mado tho officer back up
ngalnwt tho wall nnd bold up his hands.
Tho deaporndo backed nwny somo dis
tance nnd took to bis hr.ols. Tho mar
shal sturtod In pursuit, firing IiIb revolve-
ns ho ran, but tho daring crim
inal escaped the bullets and fled lo
nafcly.
It was Kuhnti' lot to bo In Jail in
southern Michigan at ono time, but ho
broke out nnd started for Indiana. On
tho way he turned burglar, entered
furmhouse and stole tho wedding suit
of u young man who was to bo mni-
Tho dlsconsointo
Hvnrv nrlmn frim thn tiikltic Of nil- SWalll and HIS frlCntlS StnriCO III pur
other's property to the killing of a hit- suit, overtook the thief on the high
man being, can be properly charged
against him. Hn has escaped again nnd
galn. He has attacked an offlcer with
his mnnncled hands and driven away
with his captor's wagon. He has been
surrounded nnd by his cool bravado
forced his pursuors to open n free
passage. He has stood off sheriff's
posses nnd shot them down. He has
driven Judge, ofllcers and witnesses
from n court room and walked out un
molested. In short, his daring has
equaled his wickedness. Ho Is only 30
wuv and surrounded him. When tho
came uncomfortably close tho fugitive
displayed his over-ready wcnpjMr and;
shouted: "Hettcr make a gap In that circle un
less some of you want to got hurt."
Tho gnp was made, nnd tho thlff
went his way without further moles
tation. Ho occoslonnlly visited bin
father anil did n llttlo work on tho p.w
ternal farm.
IIU ImM Kacnpn.
About ten years ago ho wivh convicted
REV. JOHN 0. FEE.
lege wus obtained. Negroes wero ad
mitted. Nevertheless tho collego flour
ished nnd thero wns no friction be
tween white nnd black students. To-day
Derea has property which, with nn en
dowment of $100,000, makes tho assets
of tho collego fully $300,000. Fourteen
teachers are employed nnd their ex
periences with tho children of the Ken
tucky mountains arc most Interesting.
Most of tho pupils who aro not hlnck
bolong to tho families ot mountnlncors
whoso dialect and custoniB are tho
bases of many entertaining talcs and
the polishing of whose roughnosa re
quires no small amount of patience.
Till? FIRST BUILDING OF BEREA COLLEQE.
A Veteran Trades Unionist
years nld, and his desperate, lawless ! of tho murder of William Campn near
career In highly clvlll.ed communities Fostorlu, O., and sentenced to tho pon-
hus few parallels. Ho was a bad boy,
and since his seventeenth year there j
baa been no time in which ho lias noi
been n prisoner or hunted by tho ofll
cers of tho Inw. Ho has served ten
years on a llfo sentence.
Criminal llnvlroniuent In Vnulh.
Noble county was tho rendezvous
sixty years ago of horse thieves and
counterfeiters. Traditions of their ex
ploits linger to this day and aro cal
culated to Influence wild, Imaginative,
novel-rending boys. In his youth
Kuhns became u thief nnd bully, and a
band of other turbulent spirits gathered
about him as their leader. Tho town
ship In which ho lived Is dotted with
small lakes, which aro surrounded by
forests, and these furnished bis snro
hiding places when pursued. When ho
was Bovontcen years old ho stole a
horso. Lodged In Jail, ho plotted with
another criminal to escape. Thoy at
tacked tho ahorlff, beat him Into nense-
Ie3sncs8, took his keys nnd escaped.
Thrco ofllcers cornered him, but no
knocked down two and eluded tno
third. Ultimately he was captured and
sent to' tho prison nt Michigan City for
two years. After serving this term no
wont to Ohio, Btolo and sold horses,
wns caught after a while and brought
lieioro a Justice. Tho bandit Ustcnoii
to tho evidence quietly for nn hour.
At nn opportune moment ho slow
ly roso from IiIb scat and drew a ro-
volvor fiom each bootleg. At tho point
of thcfe wonpoiiB ho commanded Jus'
tlco, constables, witnesses nnd specta
tors to movo Into nn adjoining room
they went pell-mell. Ho then locked
them In, concealed his revolvers and
strolled out, making good his escupo
Kuhns was onco captured by two
ofllcers near Columbus, and one of his
captors named Mahoney, undertook
tho duty of driving him to that city to
bo lodged In Jail. Mahoney had his
prisoner handcuffed, hut did not know
his mnn. They rodo sldo by sldo In a
buggy. Tho desperado waited quietly
until tho officer's attention was di
verted. Then ho Hptnng to his foet
and struck Mahoney n terrific blow on
tho head. Tho officer was stunned, nnd
Kuhns, after dumping his captor Into
tho road, took his horso and currlago
and drove off, making good his escape,
MARVIN KUHNS.
Itontlary for life, but ho waa not Im
prisoned until ho hnd mado ono ch
cape, ongnged In a deadly fight and had
boon wounded. In November of lost
your bo wnB taken to the holler-room
of tho prison to niako boiuo repairs,
which on account ot his mechanical
skill ho was frequently cnlled upon io
do. Being left alono u fow mlnutrit ho
crawled out of coal hole, reached tho
sidewalk and started for liberty. Ills
old habits Immediately eamo Into play,
for ho needed a suit of citizen
clothes to tako the placo ot his stripe
and conceal his Idontlty us a Jail bird.
After going a short distance his prac
ticed oyo noticed a houao whoso our
tnlns Indicated that tho family wnH lib
sent. Ho unhesitatingly broke Into II,
changed bis prison garb for a nowly
mado suit and came forth well dis
guised. Ho got out of tho neighbor
hood of tho penitentiary aH quickly, iih .
possible, stolo a horso and bnggyfroni
a farmer's barn nnd drove overland lor
his old haunts. A reward of $1,250
was offered for his capture by tho
Ohio authorities. Finally ono day labt
weok ho was overpowered by a num
ber of ofllcors, but not boforo.ho had
shot two of them.
Ono of tho oldest active trades
unionists In the country Is Maj. Sam
L. Lefnngwell of Indlannpolls Typo
graphical Union No. 1. Ho was born
In Chllllcothe, O., In 1830. Ho was a
newspaper apprentice In 1814, a soldier
in tho Mexican war, 1847-8, and became
a member of Cincinnati Typographical
Union In 1850. For tho noxt ton years
ho shifted around the country working
at his trade. Mr. Lefflngwell wns major
of tho Thirty-first Ohio, also of tho
Eighty-seventh Ohio, nnd a prlvnto of
Company H, First Ohio Volunteer Cav
alry, In tho civil war of 1801-5. He or
ganized tho Trades Assembly now
Central Union, IndlnnupollH, July,
1881 ; was Its president five terms; dcl-
The It lunar City for Hlg Policemen.
Tho largest aggregation of fat po
licemen In tho world Is to bo found on
tho Chicago pollco force. A majority
of tho members of tho force, Including
officers, havo giown In weight much
beyond tho maximum limit sot down
In tho "physical test" ot tho civil Ber-
vlco examination. According to tho
test, as shown by Its graduations In
heights und minimum und mnxlmum
measurements, the average weight of
tho 2.843 men on the pollco pay rolls
should bo 182 pounds, lnstcnd of this
the average Ib found to be 210 pounds.
Somo of tho men are more in excess
than others, but hypothetical!' Chi
cago Is protected by policemen who aro
Intprfmcd with In tho discharge of
their (lutleH by a large quantity of
HupeilluouB flesh. Tho aggregate
weight of the entire force Is 59(i,9lU
pounds. ,
nu 111- Ullim rtleirH. tho oldest mis
5 cents; blackBmlths, 75 slo ' o tho American board, died
s tailors, 50 cents; cabinet- , ConBtantnoplo a few days ago. Ho
YVorkliiKincn'R Hiird Lot In Slum
Worklngmen of Slam havo an un
cnvlablo time compared with tho con
dltlon of workers In similar linos in
other lands. Tho highest into of wages
paid thero for a day's labor Is: En
glneeiB, 75
cents; men
makers, carpenters and brlcklnyers, 30
to 10 cents; laborers, 15 to 30 cents,
and farm hands, $12 to $13 a season
These rates aro considered bo high
that thoy aro attracting thousands
from forests und smaller cities and
towns and from Hong Kong and Sing
apore to tho capital of Shim, When
the prices paid for articles of food aro
taken Into consideration It Is difficult
to sco how these pcoplo llvu at all
Following Is a samplo of tho lending
articles of food: Turkeys, $2.50 to $5
each; bacon, 23 lo 45 cents per pound;
butter, 30 to 45 cents; lard, 25 to 32
rents; coffee, 28 to 32 cents; canned
goods, 20 to 30 cents a can; hnm, 23 to
45 rents a pound; mutton, 25 cents;
sugar, 8Ms cents.
A Missionary 69 Years
THE RUSSIAN COSSACKS,
1
1
had been In tho service of tho Ameri
can board Blxty-nino years. Dr. Rlggs
was boin in New Providence, N. J., in
1810. His nrcdllectlon for linguistic
Btudles wns shown vory early, for ho
was studying Greek und Latin when ho
wns nlno years of ago, and Hobrow nt
thirteen. Entering Amherst college in
1825, before he was fifteen yenrs old,
Sl.iuilliiir Tlinlioi- In "or ('ouutry.
A report will be Issued from Wash
ington soon which estimates that tbt
standing tlmbor In tho United 8 tat 0,1
covers an area of 1,0'J4,490 square mlliM
and contains a supply of 2,300,000,000,-
000 feet.
MAJ. SAM L. LEFFLNGWELL.
egate, Pittsburg, 1881, present Ameri
can Federation, drafted original plat
form of that body; again dedegnto
Anierlcnn Federation of Labor, 1882,
Olovoland, and presided at that ses
sion; organized Indiana Stato Federa
tion of Labor, 1883; was ItH president
two years; organized Alpha Assembly
1.712, at Indianapolis, 1882, then Dis
trict Assembly, with 31 locnls; also
locals at Lobannn, Lafayette, Muucle,
Fort Wayne, Rushvlllo, Richmond,
Ind., and at Dayton, O,; and now, ns a
hand typesetter, In hU 71st ycur, Is
working at tho cao In a hook concern
at Indianapolis
Lrurulnc tho I'rlnn.
"The ways of tho fomalo shopper aro
beyond tho ordinary salesman's ken,"
said a disgusted optician, who Is In
business in the shopping district ot tho
city. "A woman eamo In hero tho
other day and asked tho prices ot all
kinds and styles of spectacles nnd eye
glasses known to those In tho trade.
Finally, after 11 half hourB' quizzing.
she rustled out with tho remark:
'Thank you. I expect to recelvo a pair
of glasses for a birthday present, nnd
I Just wanted to know about the prices
of them.' "
Mammoth 1'urU Kitchen.
.Pcrhnps tho largest kitchen In tho
world Is that In tho Hon Mnrche, Paris.
Its kitchen staff consists of CO cooks
nnd 100 kitchen boys. It provides food
for 4,000 employes of tho house. It
has 50 frying pans, each of which holds
300 cutlets nt a time. It has a coffee
machine that makes 750 quarts ot
coffee daily; tho smallest kettle holds
75 quarts. For thn ono Item of ome
lets on tho dally hill of Taro 7,800 eggs
aro used, tho omelets being served only
at breakfast.
REV. DR, ELI AS RIOOS.
ho graduated hoforo ho was nineteen.
After tho three years at tho Andover
Theological seminary he received nt
onco, In 1832, appointment ns a mis
fllonary of tho American hoard, and
his twenty-second birthday was passed
whllo crossing tho Atlnntic, on his way
first to Mnntn and then to Grecco. Dur
ing his long and laborious life ho has
wrought principally for four distinct
races, tho Greeks, Armenians, Bulgari
ans and Turks. Tho thrco works which
will remain uk his special monument
uro tho translations of tho blhlo Into
Arminlan. Bulgarian and TurklHb, In
which he bore a principal part.
The Only VFny to Ileiiomo Ono or Thn.i
l hy Inheritance.
Thn Cossacks form a branch of tho
Russlnn service which ban no parallel
in any other nrmy In tho world. They
aro irregular cavalry. Tho son of n
Cossack Is a Cossack as soon an he Ih
born, nnd Is taught tho uso ot nnrm
and tho traditions of his warrior raco
all through his boyhood. So exclimlvo
Is this hcrcdltnry military caste' Umt
It Is almost impossible for an officer
of the regular army, no matter how
high his rank, to secure a cominisfilon
In a Cossack regiment unions, he, tyw .
Inherited tho right to bucIi comfunml.'-'
Several, hundred years ngo tho Cow
sacks wero lawlesB bands of free
booters living 011 the banks of. tho
Don und thn Dnelper In Russia. When
this territory was absorbed Into tho
Russlnn dominions tho Czars woro
conrronton wnn 1110 prouium 01 turn
ing these turbulent pcoplo Into good
citizens. Thoy hnd always been trained
to martial llfo and tho uso of nriiiB,
110 tho most natural and tho best solu
tion of tho problem seemed to bo to
turn thorn nil Into soldiers. Tho ex
periment proved a great huccoss.
Thoy aro organized Into regthwntf.
but only certain of tho ofllcors aro on
duty all tho time. Each man gets his
horso nnd a small pay from tho gov
ernment when not on nctlvo duty, nnd
Is allowed to settle down nnd to renr
a family. When the government call
comos, howover, tho Cossack miiBt
glvo Immediate obedience, nnd some
times there la tho necessity of his be
ing kept many years In thn field.
Thero aro many of theso regime 11 to In
Siberia. Thoy eamo In with o fjrst
iidvonturcrB and Bottlers, and dlj inuth
to wrest theso lands from tho primitive
Inhabitants.
The total number of studentH at 'tho
universities of Germany Ih 34;389 u
gain of 6,000 In ten years.
dering by down to Durango. He