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CIVIC REFORM MOVEMENTS.
The municipal government of the city
of Chicago, according to the claim of the
civic federation, has reached a degree of
rotteness, and the public officiate have
fallen into such a stage of hopeless de
pravity and boodleism, that the good
people of that great city must hold their
nuucs of the stench and hide their faces
for very Rhatne.
The trouble which will confront the
civic federation in their herculean task
of cleansing the Augean stables is
occasioned by the tuct that thtiractivity
in behalf of municipal cleauliness is
spasmodic rather than continuous so
that the results have heretofore been,
and doubtless will continue to be,
temporary and not permanent. There
is one thing which must yet be learned
by those who take upon themselves the
task of ending the reign of spoilsmen
and boodlera in any large city, and that
is that eterual vigilance is the price of
municipal purity.
The history of civic reform m vements
reveals the fact that the reformers
have acted by spurts and spell,
sometimes mustering enough strength to
seriously annoy or perhaps temporarily
dislodge corruption, and then, as if ex
hausted, they relapse again into a com
atose state, doner ting those whom they
have placed in power to care for them
selves and leaving the dislodged bood
lers to lay their plans for another suc
cessful attack upon the citadel. Civic
reform forces must yet learn that, if
municipal government is to be free from
blemish, the men who hold the official
positions must be men of probity and
honor; and if there is to b no misappro
priation of public funds or dis
crimination in favor of power
ful competitors for public favors, or
violation of the city ordinances, and if
y there is to be an exact and equitable en
forcement of law against all offenders,
whether small or great, reformers must
jbe willing to pay the price of contasent
vigilauce and unremitting toil in behalf
of good government, lasting from the
beginning of the year uncil the end, and
must then not be discouraged if they
are victorious but half of the time.
ADVERSITY'S USES.
Every day it becomes more apparent
that the election of Mr. Bryan without a
congress in accord with him would have
been a misfortune to the cause of
bimetallism. The election of McKinley
has been followed by a continuous
train of commercial and industrial dis
asters, which would probably : have
ensued also if Mr. Iiryau had been
elected without a congress in sympathy
with his policies, because they are the
inevitable and logical results of a
ruinous and suicidal financial policy.
Had Mr. Bryan been elected all these
disasters would have bee heralded by
, the republican press as theresultsolely of
8 lack of confidence inspired by his
election, und the democratic party
would have been held responsible for
... them. A good many democrats beliove
that if Mr. Bryan had been elected, and
a congress to co-operate with hfm, these
disasters would have been fewer and of
less magnitude, but iu that, of course
there was the same possibility of mis
take as confrouted republicans who
, . honestly believe dthat confidence and
prosperity would at once follow the an
nouncement of MeKiuley's electiou.
There have been more failures of
baqks and business houses since election
than before, and no one suspects that
failures have stopped. Thoughtful men
of all parties tremble for the future, im-
, mediate and remote. As Bryan's
administration would. had he
been elected, have been chargeable
with responsibility for the disasters, so
is now the administration of McKinley.
Perhaps it is responsible jointly with its
yoke mate, the Cleveland administration
As far as the finances of the country are
concerned and it must be a stubborn
man indeed who will not concede that it
iss the finances of the country that ar
ailing they are both of the same stripe
and off the same bolt. If there is any
credit accruing to anyone for the results
!-. of the gold standard policy, they are
certainly entitled and welcome to it. If,
j on the contrary, itseffects have been and
j continue to be baneful and its results
; are disastrous, they must bear the
blame. .
S,; When the president betrayed his party
j and followed the dictates of Wall street
I : and the boards of trade, the democratic
I party had the manhood within its ranks
I to repudiate him and his administra
I tion, and to proclaim anew thetrueprin-
ciplen of which democracy was born and
by which it must ever by guided. It was
a glorious victory for democracy when
it turned its back upon plutocrat:) and
reasserted in unmistakable terms the
great principle taught by Jefferson,
and went out to battle under its
own proud flag, challenging the
trusts, corporations, syndicates, ar
rogant affluence, foreign domination,
greed, avarice, selfishness, cor
ruption, coercion and deceptiou, arrayed
under the standard of republicanism, to
the struggle.
; Thousand of men who believed in the
principles of democracy were beguiled by
false hoes; thousands were directly or
indirectly bribed, and muny thousands
were coerced by cruel masters to forsake
their principles and stifle their own
judgment. These men all note the result
of their waywardness today. Thousands
who voted for McKinley are awakening
to the gravity of their mistaken course.
The cause of true democracy was
never so strong as today. The rank
and file of the party, instead of being
disheartened by its so recent defeat,
more confident tndav nf the i 11 h I ice of
democracy's cause and of its certain
triumph four years hence tliuu have ever
been the advocates of any cause.
Democrats will go into the next quad
rennial conflict with no traitorous ad
ministration for whose sins they must
answer and whose power as a patronage
dispenser is being used to compass their
own defeat. The rejuvenatod democra
cy, cleansed of its putrid Clevelandisiii,
reed from the dictation of Wall street,
deaf to the influences of corporation and
trust agents and united against the
rule of capitalistic combinations, and
finally demanding the immediate aud
unconditional restoration of bimetal
lism, will sweep the country in 1898 and
1900. The dawn of the twentieth cen
tury will witness the inauguration of a
president committed to bimetallism, and
bis name will be William Jennings
Bryan.
These will be the certain results of the
recent defeat. Well, indeed, has it been
said, "Sweet are the uses of adversity."
THE GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
Outsids of its remarkable length, the
message from Governor Holcomb to the
legislature is a model state document.
With a candor that must command the
admiration of every Nebraska property
owner, the governor points out the evil
that have infested the various branches
of state government and recommended
such remedy as in every case commands
itself. His strictures upon the methods
that have characterized the manipula
tion of state funds, severe though they
are upon the retiring state treasurer
and his predecessors, are so well-founded
that even the leading local journalistic
exponent of the retiring party did not
see fit to question them, but rather, in a
general commendation of the message,
commends them.
A notable feature of the message is the
governor's stomg arraignment of those
who, from partisan disappointment and
out of partisan spite, have sought
to create the impression that
the Btate government hus fallen
into the hands of those who would
not legislate for its best interests. His
reference to these defamers of the state
are dignified, but decisive in their denial
of the calumnies uttered, and this pas
sage of the message is doubtless included
in the favorable general criticism of the
message by the editor of the State Jour
nal, who has too often joined in the un
reasonable clamor that was designed to
create a fearful prejudii e against popu
lism as not only likely, but sure, to hurt
the state and to wage unreasonable war
upon capital and capitalists.
The message is decidedly conservative
in tone and substance. It recognizes
every worthy interest and bespeaks lib
erality in the treatment of every one of
them from which the dominant
party ha had little to expect
except contumely. It touches upon
the needs of the state in a most
dignified, intelligent way, indicating
the wholly adequate conception the
governoi entertains of the duties of
the office. The reforms he advocates are
such as are prompted only by a desire
o conserve the interests of the state
and the people and such as commend
themselves at once to the thoughtful
citizen. To many of them The
Indkpendknt will have occasion
to hereafter refer, as it has
referred to some of them heretofore.
The message is one which ought to be
carefully read in every home and
office in the state. It should be
circulated wherever rabid republican
ism has sought to discredit popu
lism and democracy. It will shield
the credit of the state from unwarranted
assaults by exasperated and disap
pointed republican spoilshooters.
SILAS A. HOLCOMB.
All hail the nnasaoinino; man irhose aim
la dot? as he sees It, heedlni not
The plandlts or the blames ot fickle throngs.
The man who goes nnheralded by sound
Ot blatant praises, to do the work his hands
Are set to do. The man of brilliant parts
Has faults as eqonl wear, but he who walks
The pathway nearer earth has sympathies
With humankind, and holds the hearts ot
men.
Rich treasures In the coffers of his breast.
Today Nebraska welcomes snch a man
' To head her fortunes to a ponderous flood;
Her people point with pride to him, nor say
"There goes a hero," but they cry Instead:
"Heboid an honest. Rod-created man."
Willuii Riid Don nor.
Rlpant Tabules cure dyspepsia. '
Tilt NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT-FIRST PART.
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LI
By Captain RALPH DAVI8.
Copyright, 1896, by the Author.
CHAPTER XL
THE MUTINY.
The captain's decision was carried
forward to convicts and crew, and I
looked for an outbreak within an hour.
Perhaps the reason it did not take place
was because they feared the whaler
might show up again. I felt that it
would not long be delayed, however,
and Captain Clark, Haskell, Williams
and Roberts agreed with me. Saunders,
Smith and the two single women stuck
to the doctor, and thus we were divided
into two factions.
The ship was never more qniet than
daring the remainder of that day and
all through the night The sailors wero
prompt to respond to every call, but
moved quietly and spoke in Jow tones.
This might have been attributed to
their fears of the pestilence, but I real
ized that there was something back of
that I had the watch on deck from 8
to 12, and I noticed many little things
which satisfied me that if the whaler
Dor other sail was in sight when morn
ing broke the climax would come.
When I was relieved by the second
mate at midnight, I had a bit of a talk
with him. His name, as I don't remem
ber to have told you beforo, was Cort
rite. He was a middle aged man, well
up in bis duties, and I have said noth
ing of him simply because I had not
taken him into my confidence. I don't
mean that I mistrusted him, bnt that I
thought it wise to confine my suspicions
to as few persons Jk possible as long as
they were only suspicious. The meeting
in the cabin had of course brought him
a knowledge of the situation, and there
was no doubt that he could be thor
oughly depended on. The bo'sun might
or might not be with us. When I asked
Cortrite his opinion of things, he re
plied: "Mr. Tompkins, if I hadn't known
that yon were watching the run of
things I should have posted yon a bit.
It's my opinion that the two women
have been won over and that they have
also made a tool of the doctor. If there's
nothing in sight when the sun comes
up, then God help us!"
"Yon think there'll be an outbreak
a mutiny?"
"I'm as sure of it as that I stand
here. I understand that we have arms J
aboard. If I might be bold enough, I'd ,
advise you to make ready for what is
to come."
When I went into the cabin, I found
Captain Clark up and dressed and wait
ing for me. I told him what Mr. Cort-,
rite had said, and he replied :
"We can't begin too soon. You
quietly fasten on the iron shutters while
I overhaul the firearms. n
It was a quiet night, with only
enough wind to give the craft steeiage
way, and fortunately fcr us the dolt of
a man Hawley was at the wheel from
midnight to 2 o'clock. The provisions
for convicts and sailors were stowed for
ward of the cages, as was also a num
ber of the water casks. Those for cabin
use were stowed in the lazarette, and
there were other water casks ballasted
between the bulkheads of the passen-v
gers' cabins and the one hiding the aft
er iron cage from view. You will tg-
member that this bulkhead or partition
was pierced for musketry.
We could come at water and pro
visions without leaving the cabin or ex
posing ourselves, and when we had the
hutters up and the firearms ready for
service Captain Clark looked about and
said : .
"Ralph, we cannot only make a good
fight for it if attacked, but I think the
advantage will be on our side. Our
greatest care now will be to guard
against any sudden rush aft " j
Neither of us turned in that night, i
and both of us were on deck at day
light At sunrise a man was sent aloft
with a glass, but he swept the sea in
vain for sight of sail. The fellow could
not hide the exultant look in his eyes at the Cape, and sailors and convicts
as he came down and reported, and we fraternized iu a way to prove that they
felt that the hour of peril was clqse at were not strangers to each other. Rob
hand. Tho demeanor of the men as they erts we could plainly see from the port
washed down the decks was defiant, holes in the front of the cabin. He had
and had the convict gangs come up as been knocked down and bound hand and
usual the outbreak would have occurred
with the advent of the first. The cap
tain ordered that they remain below
until after the doctor's morning inspec
tion. In view of the supposed pestilence
this order did not seem to excite any
great snrprisa
When the passengers gathered for
breakfast, all were surprised to observe
that tho cabin had been put in a state
of defense. I may add that Dr. Haxton
and those who sided with him were also
cynical and inclined to joke' about it.
As the iron shutters were fitted inside,
no one forward could know about them.
We didn't want them to know, and I
kept watch of the two single women as
they went on deck after breakfast. I
We taw Roberts knocked down.
privately told Mr. and Mrs. Williams
I
and Mary to ituu&lu below, and the
other women somehow got warning and
gave up their usual morning promenade,
though the weather was beautifully fine,
As Dr. Hazton went forward to pay
his morning call Roberts accompanied
him. There were three children on the
poopdeck, and I sent them below just
as Haskell came aft, bringing his mus
ket with him and working away at the
lock as if it was in need of repairs. He
gave me a look which signified that the
time had come. Forward, there were the
Bailors of the morning watch, the guard
relief, the doctor and Roberta Aft, we
had the captain, second mate, Haskell,
all other passengers and myself.
As Dp. Haxton descended to the cages
Captain Clark ordered the two single
women below, speaking so gruffly that
they obeyed at once. Then he turned to
Saunders and Smith, who were smoking
and lounging, and said:
"Gentlemen, please step below for a
minute, and don't stop to ask questions.
Go now at once 1"
Something in his tones warned them
of peril at hand, and they were out of
sight before you could count 20. Ten
seconds later a sound came aft which I
can only compare to the confusion in a
menagerie when the animals become
excited. It was the convicts making
their rush from cage No. 1 as the doctor
opened the door to pass in. Most of the
sailors rushed forward to the hatch, the
guards called out and aimed their runs
kets, and then men in convicts' uniform
began to appear on deck. We saw Rob
erts knocked down, heard cheers from
the other cages, and then we made
dash for the cabin just as sailors and
convicts were preparing to rush aft
The mutiny was on.
When sailors and convicts saw us dis
appear in the cabin, they realized that
we were prepared for the revolt and
could not be surprised and overpowered
at a dash. They therefore returned
forward to assist the rest of the prison
ers on deck and consult on what was
best to be done. On our side we barred
the cabin dcors, put the iron shutters
over the skylight and informed thepuz
zled men and frightened women just
what had occurred and what we proposed
to do.
There were only seven men of us in
the cabin the captaiu, both mates,
Haskell, Williams, Saunders and Smith.
Mr. Williams was an old man and
counted for nothing. Both cooks, the
steward and the bo'sum joined with the
mutineers. , Not a single man among the
Bailors camo aft to cast his lot with us,
though we had looked upen some of
them as steady, honest fellows.
You may think there was great ex
citement among the women and children
when they came to know the worst, but
I can tell you that they were very quiet
over it. Helpless people are always that
way in the face of great peril. They
were white faced and trembling, but
there were no wailing and wringing of
hands. The cabin lamps were lighted,
and the women and children sat abont
on the chairs and lockers, while the men
made final preparations for defense and
spoke in hushed voices.
The exception was in the case of the
two single women. They had certainly
been very foolish to strike up a romantio
attachment with such villains, but it
was plain that they had never contem
plated a mutiny and the horrors that
might follow. When they realized what
had occurred and witnessed our grim
preparations for defense, they became
conscience stricken aud hysterical. Miss
Poster admitted that her sympathies
had been worked on until she had come
to regard Ben Johnson as a martyr and
had filched the bottle of croton oil from
the dispensary at his request. She did
not know the use he meant to make of
it, however. Miss White confessed that
she thought the doctor had been unjust
ly treated, and she had encouraged him
to stand on his dignity and at the same
time had fallen iu love with the villain
York and become carried away with his
tales of romance. Now that revolt and
mutiny had come they realized the evil
they had done and the position of ail of
us.
The mutineers gave us about half an
hour in which to prepare for them.
During this interval they got their
breakfasts, passed about bottles of rum,
which must have been smuggled aboard
foot, and his protests and entreaties
were langhed to stvrn. The half hour
was nearly up before the doctor was
hoisted into view from below. As he
was the direct cause of the mutiny and
had been overly kind to the convicts, he
might have looked for decent treatment
at least. To our surprise his hands were
bound behind his back, most of his
clothing torn off, and the blood on his
face aud neck proved that he had been
brntally used.
Tho first move aft was made by York
and Ben Johnson, one representing the
sailors and guards and the other the
conviota They could not have known
how well prepared we were in the
cabin, but York displayed a flag of
truce as the pair broke away from the
crowd around the fo'mast When they
had come up to within ten feet of the
cabin entrance, they halted, and the
Bailor hailed us with :
"Hello, in the cabin I Captain Clark,
I have a few words to say to you!"
"You infernal pair of scoundrelsl But
I'm a mind to shoot you down in your
tracks!" shouted the captain in reply.
"Go easy, captain!"' called York,
while Ben Johnson laughed his con
tempt for the threat "Yon know what
has happened for'ard, of course. We are
in possession of the bark. As we are not
a crowd of lambs, we thought you might
prefer to take the boats and go voyaging
on your own account"
"That is, the most of yon," added
the convict leader. "I've got an old
score to settle with Tompkins and Mary
Williams, and thejr needn't pack up to
go aiong. "
"Vm T tnn nnrt L... I
i uwn jvw unwKvu yuQroaaiuu
of the craft," said Captain Clark as ho
choked bad; his anger, "bnt if there is
any taking tc the boats, you'U be the
one to got If at the end of 15 miu
utes the convicts are not under lock
and key aud tho sailors down on their
knees and praying for my forgiveness,
we'll open fire oii you and sweep the
decks of every living man. "
"That's big talk, captain," sneered
York, while the convict shrugged his
shoulders and laughed loud and long.
They seemed to feel that it was the
captain's ultimatum, however, and turn
ed and walked forward. Five minutes
later the doctor and Roberts were sent
aft to talk to us They had their hands
tied behind their backs, and to prevent
them from making a dash into the cabin
each had a ropo attached to him and tho
free end held by two mutineers. Rob
erts was only a countryman of limited
education, while you will be ready to
believe that the doctor was a man in
whom no one need look for the heroic.
There was a surprise in store for us aa
they came aft The doctor had been
made spokesman. Brief as the time had
been, he fully realized the situation and
knew that he alone was to blame for it
"Captain Clark," he saigas the pair
halted within speaking distance, "the
sailors have mutinied, and the convictB
have been turned loose. I have been
told to say to you that if you will con
sent to go away in the boats the two of
us can go with you. If you refuse, we
are to be put to death, and they farther
declare that not one of you will be
spared."
"You see what you have brought us
to," replied the captain, though his
voice was more kind than reproachful.
"It is all my fault, " continued the
doctor, "and I am here to tell you to
ngnt to the last, no matter what be
comes of me."
"And tho same with me!" shouted
Roberts.
The doctor was about to speak again
when the ropes by which the pair were
heia were viciously jerked by the mu
tineers, and they were pulled down and
dragged forward. They would have
been killed at once but for Johnson an''
York, who had sense enough to realize
that this was but the beginning and
that they might be made useful later
on. . They received many a hearty kick
and blow, however, before they were
bundled down the forehatch to be locked
up in one of the iron cages. As I have
told you, there was but little wind,
which was a fortunate thing for every
body, as the man at the wheel deserted
his post when the outbreak occurred
and left the craft to sail herself. Aa
soon as they had disposed of their pris
oners, the mutineers took in every sail
and made all sung aloft, and the wheel
was then lashed so that the Hindu
would drift off with her head to the
breeze. They had to do this for their
own protection as well as ours, but we
were greatly relieved when we saw
them set about their work.
As was to be expected, York and
Johnson lost all control of the men be
fore the mutiny was an hour old. There
were singing, shouting, laughing and
dancing, and of course they must hoist
up water and provisions with reckless
hand. Everybody had a plan for getting
at us in tne cabin, and everybody want
ed to be boss, and long enough before
noon there had been hard fighting
among them and no little blood spilled,
(Continued next week.)
A Jiew Lift-Savin? Device.
An interesting device for insurins?
the
safety of lives at sea has lately
oeen tried with an encouraging meas
ure of success. It is a new bulkhead
water-tight door. This door is globular
in form, and can be made aoy size,
while it is fitted on a casting formed
in two parts bolted to the bulkhead.
A spindle is attached to the door, con
nected with a lever on deck. The ap
pliance enables a man in the stoke
hole, on deck or on the bridge to close
the water-tight djors instantaneously
by turning a 3imple lever. The doors,
which are constru3ted of metal, are
sharp enough to cut through, in tiieir
rotation, any obstacle in their way.
There is, therefore, above e:ch door
an electrio bell, which is turned on as
a warning to those who are about to
pass through the opaning that the
door is to be closed. The bell can be
turned ofl down below, when all the
men are through theo; ening. Ameri
3an Artisan.
Wit and Satire.
Gibson Girl Why are so few of your
members of the nobility present? . I
came over expressly to meet them.
Du Maurier Girl Why, most of them
are in the United States on business.--Life.
Mr. Dunn (unpaid bill In his hand)
When shall I call again, Owens? Mr.
Owens Well, it would hardly be proper
tor you to call again until I have re
turned the present call. London Tid
Bits. Willie Papa gave me a tlime to put
In my dime savings bank. Gimme two
nickels for it, ma? Ma What for?
You can't put nickels In your bank.
Willie No ma'am; that's just it
Philadelphia Record.
American girl (at Windsor castle)
Porter, is there any chance to get a
glimpse of the queen? Gentleman at
the gate I am not the porter. I am
the prince of Wales. American girl
How lucky I am! Is your mother la?
New York Weekly.
Teacher Suppose, Johnnie, your
mother cutj a pound of meat into
right parts, what will each part be?
rohnnie Chaffle One-eighth of a pound.
'Correct. Now, suppose she cuts eaca
Jighth In two what will each part be
-.hen?" "One-sixteenth of a pound."
'Just so. Now, suppose she cuts each
ilxtoeiitu in Eix pieces what will each
Meet ho?" "Hash." Texas Sifter.'
Wanted-An Idea
Who can think
of soma simple
thing to patent?
Protect Tonr Idea: ttaer mar brins von wealth.
Write JOHN W KDDERBURN CO., Patent Attor-
nw junn ntuuuuiuiui iw. rtwm aihw-
ueys. vraamnBTon, v. i;.aror ineir aji.suu prise oner
and list of two hundred lnrantlona wanted.
Jan. 12. 1697.
MYSfEiirOF THIS DUWSEK.
THE PROFESSIONAL WATEB FIND
ERS OF ENGLAND.
Streams Four Hundred Feet Be
neath the Karth'e Surface locat
ed iCoiploj ed by Land Owners.
PSYC
bei
fev
SYCHOLOGICAL sharps hnve
. . . . . . . . . V . 1 . ("1 .1 .-.AOT
w weeks, bays a .London let-
ayune, by attempts made to fathom
the mystery of the "dowsers." You
may not know whut a dowser is, and
when yon do know, yo.i will probably
discredit the existence of such a per
son. A dowser is a tnau, or woman,
who is possessed of some curious oc
cult force which gives the owner the
power to locate hidden streams of
water flowing 200 or 400 feet beneath
the surface of ,the earth. A dowser
can walk over an unknown piece of
country and point oat the exact spot
where a well or pipe cun be suuk. He
can tell the exact depth at which
water will be found, an I also the num
ber of gallons an hour which cau be
pumped up.
Dowsers are scientifically termed
hydroscopists. The presence of sab
ierranean water has a peculiar ellect
upon their nervous systems. The
dowser, vhea prosecuting his work,
always carries a hazel twig in his
hands. When he reaches a spot where
water is flowing underneath the hazel
twig bends and points downward.
This sounds fantastio and unreal, bat
the truth of it mast be ackuowledged
or the testimony of some of the most
respected British paers doubted. The
psychio folks, who have been investi
gating the dowser mystery, have col
lected a mass of corroborative facts
from scores of great land owners and
men who stand high in the opinion of
the public These men are either liar.
or the doings of the dowsers are real.
There are five or six professional
dowsers in England, and tho leader of
these is a young man of thirty, named
Leicesier Gataker. He la accumulat
ing a fortune by his cutious work, and
he is kept so busy that he employs
forty assistants, who complete the
work his strange faculties map out
Dowsers have recently been employed
by such august personages as the
Duke of Rutland, the Duke of -Beau
fort, the Duke of Grafton, Lord Jer
sey, Sir E. Welby Gregory, and a host
of others of like prominence. Dowsers .
demand rich pay, and it would seem
that if people of the caliber of those
just named did not have faith, in the
art they would not take cogaizance of
it by patronizing it, and paying well
(or it, too.
It is practically agreed among those
who have studied the matter that the
gift is not only racial with tue Brit
ish, but sectional, as all of the dow
sers come from the west and south
country of England. This is account
ed for by the fact that dowsing has
existed in the Cornish mine sections
for centuries. It is claimed that some
dowsers are able to tell of the presence
of tin and other metals beneath tho;
tearth's surface by using the hazel
.twig, or divining rod, as it used to be,
.called. Such a faculty would, of
course, be of vast benefit to a mine
owner, as he could discover the pres
ence of metal withoat first going to
jthe expense of sinking a shaft,
p More ihnn a score of books have
!been written on the subject, several
!of them by American 9tuients of the.
iart, and iroin some of these it is
learned that, iu olden times wielders
of the divining rod used it for a vari
ety of purposes, often times with
.success. It was commonly employed
;for the solution of mysterious mur-t
ders and for the hunting down of
(criminals. In France it was used in,
'the last century, but the priests
frowned upon it, and eventually tho
practice was abolisua I. It may be
mentioned taut in tue time oc the in
quisitions, dowsers were put to death
as workers in the-black art.
In the sixteenth aud seventeenth
centuries dowsing whs evidently an .
extensive industry. There is a book
written in 16 i3 by the Baron?ss of
Beausoleil, iu which she gives a list of
150 mines discovered by herself and
her husban 1 by use of the divining
rod. From 155 J to 1700 no less thau
forty-sixseparitewor.es on the sub
ject of dowsing were published, and
when it is remainbaied that book,
writing and printing in thoso days
were iare things, tho iinportanoa of
the tubject can be imagined.
NOT A BARGAIN.
"You want as much for this ther
mometer," said the woman who had
arrived before the store opened so as
to be the first at the bargain counter,
"as you did for those, you showed me
last August"
"Of course," the salesman answered.
"It's the same thermometer."
"No, it isn't There ought to be a
reduction in the prioe. Those others
had nearly twice as much mercury in
them as these have." Washington
Star.
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