SHUtf 1 on s not the Inspiration
ftJM graft txtory woo by the Sioux.
I'ti tm IKia llm. K .... i -I-: I
r --- w hi uw ir cwiun
Mi ww chief. Eleven days before tb
flght Uwr was a "sun-dance." II is own
people have since told ui these particu
bus, and Um best story-taller among
thorn was that bright-faced aqua w of
T-tonka- hc-gie-ska -Spotted Horn HuU
'who aeeompni5i the party on their
titern trip. She ia own cousin to
Sitting Bull, and knows whereof she
tpeaka. The chief had a trance and
vision, writes Captain Charlea King in
Harper's Magazine. Solemnly he as
snred his people that within a few days
they would be attacked by a vast force
of white soldiers, but that the Sioux
should triumph over litem; and when
tlie Crows and Crook's command ap
peared on the l"th it was a partial re
demption of bis prom is.
Wary scouts saw Heiio'scolumn turn
ing back down the Bosehud after discov
ering tlie trail, and nothing, they judged,
would eome from that quarter. All
around Crook's camp on (loose Creek the
indications were that the "Gray Fox"
was limply waiting for more soldiers be
fore he would again venture forth. Sit
ting Bull had no thought of a hew at
tack for days to come, when, early on
the morning of the 25th, two Cheyenne
Indians who bad started east ard at
dawn came dashing back to the bluffs,
and waving their blankets, signalled.
''White soldiers heaps coming quick."
Instantly all was uproar and confusion.
Of course women and children had to
be hurried away, the great herds of
ponies gathered in, and the warriors as
sett bled to meet tlie coming foe. Even
as the chiefs were hastening to the
council lodge there came a crash
, of rapid volleys from the south.
It was Iteno's attack an attack
from a new and utterly unexpected
quarter and this, with the news thut
Long Hair was thundering down the
ravine across the stream, was too much
for Sitting BulL Hurriedly gathering
bis household about him, he lashed his
pony to the top of his speed, and tied
westward for safety. Miles he galloped
before he dare stop for breath. Behind
him he could hear the roar of battle, and
on he would have sped but for the sud
den discovery that one of his twin chil
dren was missing. Turning, he was sur
prised to find the Sring dying away soon
ceasing altogether. In half an hour
more he managed to get back to camp,
where the missing child was found, but
the battle had been won without him.
Without him the Black feet and Un.
capapas had repelled Beno and penned
him on the bluffs. Without him the
Ogalallas, Brule, and Cheyennes had
turned back Custer's daring assault, then
rushed forth and completed the death
gipping circle in which he was held.
Again had Crazy Horse been foremost
in the fray, riding in and braining the
bewildered soldiers with his heavy war
club. Fully had his vision been rea
lized but Sitting Bull was not there.
For a long time it was claimed for
him by certain sycopbantic followers
that from the council lodge he directed
Um battle; but it would not da When
the old sinner was finally starred out
of her majesty's territory, and came in
to accept the terms accorded him, even
his own people could not keep straight
faces when questioned as to the cause
of the odd names given those twins
'The-One That-W as-Taken" and "The-One-That-as-Left."
Finally it all
leaked out, and now "none so poor as
to do him reverence."
Of course it was his rule to assume
all the airs of a conqueror, to be insol
ent and defiant to the "High Jointcom
missiori," sent the following winter to
beg him to come home and be good;
, but the claims of Tatonka-e-Yotanka
' to the leadership in the greatest vic
tory his people ever won are mere va
poring, to be classed with the boast
ing! of dozens of chiefs who were scat
tered over the northern reservations
tiring the next tew yean- Rain-in
tbe-Fsw used to brag tbehoor that
he killed Custer with his own hand,
but the other Indians laughed at him.
Gail, of the Uncapapas, Spotted Eagle,
Kill Katie. Lame Deer, Lone Wolf, and
all the rarities of Bears and Bulls were
probably leading spirit in the battle,
bat the man who more than all outers
Mtfu'ta have won the admiration of
bis fellows for skill and daring through
out that stirring campaign, and especl
ally on that bloody day. Is he wno so
boob after met bis death in a desperate
effort to escape from Crook's guards,
A Weather Reservoir.
Washington Star: It will sooner or
meteorolofficaland well
known fact that somewhere in the
iwt Uiara a creat Weather
wave reservoir, where the. waves are
torad reddy for use. This reservoir Is
undou-Udy of ' at both ends, with the
Ud off and the bottom out, so that IU
bm arnnaed to the rigors of
VOVstW'V BOW vr"" w
the winter and the fervor summer, and
.whenever a slight oreese wises ww
wara that U ripe Issues and comes
-- Anmn unon a dfentlei som-
nwyw -" w
in tntr it la a "cold wave."
ao called by scientists, and In summer
it la a. "hat wave. 01 COUne. nun
I. a-nlarina- DOTtV tO dls
cover and capture this reservoir and
a it away la our nation wkww
iZ. . hM WS CM UM it OOB
HCts as we itaMrt, they bar- bean
a nn
iMetme of Pnglllsm.
It 1 1 sorrowful fact at least some
queerly i-matrurted people may deem it
so but nevertheless it is true that
prize fighting and prize fighters hare
seen their best days in the Empire city,
says the Philadelphia Inquirer's New
York Letter.
It is only a few seasons ago that they
were the admired of all admirers.
Tbey were tlie stars of one hundred
sporting houses and ruled a little world
of their own, but now there are none
so poor to do him reverence. The fault
lies entirely within themselves. The
moment they prosper they become ugly,
patronizing, drunken and disreputable.
Sullivan was the worst of the entire
crowd. He had not one, but five head
quarters in New York, in each of
which he displayed a signal ability for
becoming inebriated, insulting and
using the most horrible billingsgate.
He was followed, thoujli at a consid
erable distance, by the other pugs who
make a living not by the sweat of their
brow, but by their clenched fists. The
outcome ia very palpable to every man
about town. Instead of wearing broad
cloth and fine linen, the average fighter
is now attired in the plainest and
cheapest clothes. Where champagne
was formerly not too good for him, he
is now only too glad to set beer. In
the saloon on the Bowery kept by Steve
Kordie, the bridge jumper, there is a
rear room which contains a ring and
all the paraphernalia of fistiaua. Not
long ago the cost of a fight to order was
not less than $200. Today you can
have a fierce and bloody ring display
for$2o, and even then you make ene
mies of half dozen hard-up boxers
who consider themselves slighted at the
employment of the two or four whom
you have engaged. At Kelly's, which
is a Sixth avenue saloon on the corner
of Thirty first street, owned and kept
by '.lie famous ten thousand-dollar
beauty of the Boston baseball club,
times are equally hard. The few fight
ers who do come in are poorly dressed,
dirty, hungry and thirsty. They lounge
around and loaf away their evenings
in the hope that some wealthy swell
will engaga them for a parlor fight in
his own home. Most of these pugilis
tic artists have bowed to the inevitable
end have become bouncers," special de
tectives" or "private deputy sheriff's"
in saloons, hotels Bnd summer water
ing places. There are three score of
them at Bath, Coney Island, Bocka
way, South Beach, (Men Island and
Bowery Bay beach. It must be con
fessed that they keep these famous re
sorts in a more orderly condition than
was ever known to their histories.
This Old Man Keeps Score.
A familiar figure in a down-town
beanery, where one finds no more elab
orate menu than is comprised iu such
utterance as "Ham and!" "Draw one!"
Three sinkers!" is ah old man with
white hair and a certain something
about himihat suggests bet ter days.
This person generally makes his ap
pearance in his favorite haunt about
noon and sits there until 0 o'clock in the
afternoon, lie always has a pencil in
his hand and a piece of paper be lore
bim on the table, or. which he occasion
ally jots down a memorandum. Every
now and then he chatters earnestly to
himself. Many a customer has had his
curiosity so far aroused that he has ap
pealed to the proprietor for an explan
ation of the old fellows mysterious con
duct. He learns that the mysterious habitue
is an old Boston! an whose children live
in New York and support their father-
The old man used to be wealthy, but
lost his fortune and his mind together
some years ago.
His favorite amusement is to sit all
day as described' noting the orders as
they are given by the patrons of the
restaurant. Every time "pork and
Boston" Is tho order he scores one for
his nativi town, and when the tooth
some bean is ordered New York style
he also reluctantly jots down the fact
The proprietor says that be ran al
ways tell how the orders have run dur
ing the day, because when orders for
''pork and Boston" have been in the
majority the old man goes home with
a satisfied air and a pleasant word at
the desk, while when the case is re
versed he goes out with a troubled face
and muttering angrily to himself.
New York Herald.
Diamonds Increasing in Value
"Diamonds are nearly a third dearer
than they were a year ago, says a Bos
ton dealer, "and it the indications can
be relied upon they are going still
higher. I have been in the trade for a
rood many years and have handled
three or four busnsis oi me spans,
but during all my experience I have
never known a time when diamonds
. . . . . . ,. ,
were in greater favor than now. it
seems as if everybody has a penchant
for them. Why, 1 know a hundred
young men in town whose salaries are
not above Sift a week who wear stor.es
averaging In coat all the way from $50
to $100. They buy them on me in
stalment plan." Boston Herald.
AH Nata.
Kosciusko Murphy: "I understand,
Miss Ksmerelda that your brother Tom
i. Womlnf an artist. Does he draw
wall?"
Esmeralda: 1 reckon so. He drew
aturkey at a raffle one day last week."
-Texas Sifting.
Prominent People".
During neither of President Ilafri
non's visits to 1 oston was wine offered
to him at any of the public dinners.
Modjeska is an accomplished musi
cian. Her home is up in Santiago can
yon, fifteen miles from Santa Anna.
Brigham Young's youngest daughter
has announced her intention of enter
ing on a lecture tour shortly. Her sub
ject will l-e Mormonism.
Mrs. Elizabeth Peabody, who first
brought to this country from Germany
the kindergarten method of teaching
children, is still living in Boston.
The Com to de Paris has had all his
belongings moved from France into
England, which h an indication that
he considers all hopes of a monarch
ical restoration at an end.
John 1). Bockafeller, the millionaire
president of the Standard oil company,
has denied the report Jliat he is to en
dow with S0,0UJ,Ui0 a national uni
versity in tlie city of Xew York.
The brother of Prircess Dolgorouki,
morganatic wife of the late Czar Alex
ander II, denies that his sister intends
publishing her memoirs, alleged ex
cerpts from which already appeared in
print.
It is the boast of Mrs. John Wana
maker that there is a living plant in
every room of her Pbilcdelphia house.
The postmaster general's love of nature
is the source of these bits of living
green.
Dr. George Wisley, a native Corean,
has road" application to be registered
as a practicing physician in Philadel
phia. He has a diploma from a Chin
ese medical college and from St. Peters
burg, Itussia.
Mr. and Mrs. Kendal have purchased
for their next American tour a new one
act piece which contains a strong part
for Mrs. Kendal. The new piece will
not be played in England before it is
seen in the United States.
William Black is about to start on a
yachting cruise to tlie Levant and the
Crimea, and he will also visit Tangier,
Syracuse, Constantinople, Sebastopol,
Balaklava and Malta in order to get
material and local coloring for the
novel on which he is engaged.
John Brown, son of John Brown of
Harper's Ferry fame, lives quietly at
Put in-Bay, 0., where he cultivates a
small vineyard and fruit farm. He is
an old man now, having been one of
the prominent persons in the stirring
period in which his father figured.
General Adolph Meyer, democratic
nominee for congress in the First
Louisiana district, is a native of Xew
Orleans and of Jewish parents. He
was educated at the university of
Virginia and served In the confederate
army, ins wue is a sisier 01 ex-aenaior
Jonas.
Sir Edwin Arnold no longer intends
to revisit America, as he has parted
with the American rights of "The Light
of the world" to Mr. Harry Deaken of
Yokohama. He will leave Japan short'
ly for Siam, gradually working his way
back across Asia to England, which he
expects to reach about May.
-Murat Halstead is a shining typo of
the working journalist. Every morn
ing he is at the Standard-Union office
n Brooklyn by 8 o clock, and some
times earlier. A dozen pencils have
been sharpened for him, and he throws
off his coat and plunges into work
without any fussy preliminaries. He
writes steadily until 1 :30 p. m. The re
sult is over half a page of strong, yet
graceful expression of editoral opinions.
Then Mr. Halstead writes a column
often a two column letter to his Cin
cinnati paper.
Mrs. Harrison, according to a Cape
May correspondent, is strongly averse
to leaving Cape May point for Cresson.
She finds the "White house cottage
thoroughly comfortable, the air bene
ficial and the surroundings on the
whole quite to her taste. It is therefore
not improbable that she will remain
until "the leaves begin to turn," and
allow Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Russell
Harrison to represent her at Cresson
Springs. Mrs. Harrison will leaa ncr
patronage to several philanthropic
movements during the next week.
An Honored Woman.
Miss Concordia Lofving, the Swedish
authoress, is vice-president of the So
ciety for the Promotion of Good, whose
aim is to insure by the formation of
agricultural colonies the physical and
moral welfare of outcast or uncared for
children. The authorities of the Um
versitv in Paris lately granted her the
use of the great amphitheatre of the
Sorboune (never before opened to a
private person) for a lecture explaining
the need and the merits of her system.
For her volume on "Physical Educa
tion and Its Place in a System of Na
tional Education," Miss Lofving has
received a medal from the distinguished
minister of public Instruction in
France,- Harper's Bazar.
William Mason of Bluthill Village,
Me. thinks he has a'gold mine on his
farm. He keeps ducks, and the ducki
spend moat of their time in a certain
newly-deepened pool of water not f ai
from the farm-house. Several ducki
killed this winter have had bita of gold
in their crops, aad William thinks this
rich food cornea from the pool, ao ha
going to dig it out this spring.
A Bit of Romanes. .
. Chief Engineer James A. Hamilton,
of the British steamer Castlegate, re
lates a bit of romance about bis wife
and himself which will be interesting
to the people of Cambridge, Md where
Mrs. Hamilton lived up to about two
years ago. The young engineer and
his wife were playmates in Edinburgh,
Scotland, and when they got to be
man and woman Cupid had kindled a
tender feeling between them. But Mr.
Hamilton went off to see, and in his
roaming about the world he forgot the
maiden in Scotland, and that she ceased
to think of him is shown by the fact
that one day about ten years ago Miss
Lizzie Kerr (that was her name then)
married - a young physician, Dr. Ed
ward Graham, who had been Hamil
ton's rival for the lady's favor in boy
hood. The young doctor had settled
in Cambridge, and after going back to
Scotland and getting his bride he re
sumed his practice there. About two
years and a half ago he died, and the
widow returned to Scotland. On go
ing home to 1 diabtirgh one day at the
end of a long absence Mr. Hamilton
found his old sweetheart there. Their
love revived and ''so they were mar
ried" one day iu May, 188'J. Baltimore
Sun.
DiKchiirging a Man.
Discharging a man for any cause is a
duty that most employers dislike, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. To get around
the disagreeable part of this obligation
some men resort to subterfuge more or
less amiable. For instance, a certain
firm in Xew York had a letter form
wliich it always used when bouncing
had to be done. Here it is:
"Dear Sir: The condition of ourbusl
ness will not permit us to avail our
selves of your valuable services after
next Saturday. Blank & Co."
Another large employer of labor told
me not long ago . that he never dis
charged an employe.
"What, never?" I inquired.
"Never," he repeated. "I always ask
a man to resign, nnd if he doesn't re
sign I resign from the place of pay
master." That reminded me of a foreman in a
factory who was so softr hearted that he
never could bring himself to tire a man
in so many words. When it became
necessary to get rid of a hand he ucd to
send for the victim and address him
thus: "I'm sorry Wihelm, but I lays
you off for awhile."
"How long for?" is the usual raponse.
"Oh! Idoan know may le six months
maybe a year or two years or ten
years I doan know!"
Cure for Consumption.
A Missouri correspondent sends the
Youth's Companioi some uuprofesion
al but sensible suggestions upon atopic
of deep and general interest.
"The article on 'Cure for Consump
tion' in a late number of the Compan
ion recalls the fact already passing
away from all memories taut before
the railroads were built eoross the
plains, it was a common thing for con
sumptives as a lust resort to take the
overland journey in ox earls, and that
ihe experiment w:i3 often successful,
sometimes to all seeming miraculously
so.
"Today thousands try the trip by rail
way, and, suddenly arriving on the
'coast,' in a climate most fatal to con
sumptives, a climate, whose natives
have as much consumption as pople
have anywhere, are loud in their ex
pressions of disappointment.
"It is easy to see why the old method
was so favorable to a cure. No region
has less of consumption than that for
merly called the plains. For (XX) miles
west of northwest Missouri or western
Iowa, where the elevation is about 1,000
feet, the elevation increases nearly ten
feci to the mile; the air is pure, dry and
thin, and is constantly in motion.
"Tlie old-time wayfarers started in
wagons, with com fortablo covers for use
when necessary. Their whole life was
passed out of doors. The journey was
a slow one. The voice was exercised in
calling to the oxen. The travelers
often walked slowly iv'ong behind their
wagons, laughing, talki.ig aud singing.
About mid-afternoon they made a halt,
prepared their suppers and let their
team forage and rest till morning, when
.if ter breakfast, they started on.
Sometimes they halted fon days at fav
orite places, resting and amusing them
selves or making needed repairs.
"Who cannot see that the case is
hopeless indeed for which such a Jife
does not work a cure ? Now when peo
ple go west, if they do not take the cars
they have carriages aud horses and
spin along, stopping at hotels. It needs
the slow going teams, the occasional
walking and talking, the out door cook
ing and sleeping.
"In days long before tho railway had
ever reached the Missouri river the
writer lived where he had the oppor
tunity of seeing numbers of far gone
consumptives starting on such jour
neys. Many of them he saw return
cured, and he heard of many more.
"It is not neccessary to go far as the
mountains. Today one an journey all
throughout central Kansas and Neb
raska and And settlements wherever he
may like to halt Why doctors persist
in tending patients to the south or to
the Pacific coMt, where no disease is
more common or native to the toil
than consumption, and why they send
them in close, stuffy Pullmans, are
among the mysteries. Long live the
ox team!"
Causes of Poverty.
Edward Atkinson, the political
economist, on being asked by the N.
Y. World on the causes of poverty said,
concisely, "Ignorance and incapacity."
Chauncey Depew replied as follows:
"There are a good many causes of
poverty," he said, after reflecting a
moment, "and they are by no means
perfectly clear. There are hundred!
of men whom I have helped, and am
helping continually. Tbey seem to bo
utterly unable to earn a living foi
themselves. I never could discovei
why. Tbey have had tlie same ad
vantages and opportunities as I have
bad.
"Lack of self-confidence is often the
cause of failure. Many men seem to
have no faith in themselves, conse
quently no assertiveuess, no independ
ence, no pluck, and no push. They
-seem to be afraid to stand up and speak
for themselves, and prefer to lean on
others. Poverty in such cases is in
evitable. "Another cause of poverty very pre
valent in this country to day, is that
many young men are wanting in de
cision and fixity of purpose. If they
get into a good place at the start they
should stick to it, knowing that by
perseverance, industry, and ability they
win promotion in due course as vacan
cies ocenr. But they see or hear ol
some one making a fortune in Wall
street or in ranching or mining, and
away tbey go to try their luck. When
they lose, as they do in ninety-nino
cases out of a hundred, that is the end
of them; they can never settle down to
ordinary ways of earning a living after
that, aud their descent is rapid.
"Bum is the greater cause of pover
ty: it is the cause of more poverty than
all the other causes put together.
When a man drinks to excess he lets
go of everything. He loses his posi
tion and is unable to secure oJ,her em
ployment A drunkard can not be
trusted with work or responsibility.
He and those deuendent upon him, if
he has a tamily, become paupers. They
have to be helped, first by the neigh
bors and then by the town. In my
own personal experience Ihave known'
about fifty thousand men who have
been ruined by rum. These causes
account for the failure of men who
are willing to work, but are unable to
secure and keep regular employment
There is a vast amount of poverty
caused by men who would rather loaf
than work. When a man finds his
mission in the world he should remain
coii8tiwit to it and not leave one trade
or business to engage in another for
which he may be unfitted. Poverty
often results from such aimjessness.
But tho lazy man is always a poor man."
Victor Hugo's Granddaughter.
Jeanne Hugo's is just about twenty
years of age. She is a pretty and stylish
blond and has had a good deal of social
success since her debut insociejy, which
took ploce two years ago, says a Paris
letter to the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
She has one fault, however- -she is
addicted to tight lacing, a habit which
rather spoils the grace of her carriage.
She was the idol of her illustrious grand
father, who used to spend hours in)
watching at her bedside whenever shd
was ill, a contingency that not infre
quently happened, For in her early
childhood Jeanne was a very delicate
little creature. Victor Hugo had at
one time a vision for his darling of an
alliance rendered impossible at thai
time by the youth of the parties, am
there is no doubt that had his life been
spared some five or six years longer he
would have tried to carry out his pro
ject Mrs. John W. Mackay was pre
sented to him about a year before his
death, and he was so charmed with the
beauty aad grace and intelligence of
his fair visitor that he remarked after
wards to a gentleman (by whom I was
told of the incident): "If my littler
Jeanne had been only a few years older;
I should have endeavored to arrange aj
marriage between her and Mrsi
Mackay's eldest son, particularly if
Uie young gentleman resembles his
mother.
Henry Ward Becchcr's Love for
Gems.
Henry Ward Beecher was very fond
of gems of all kinds and was a constant
purchaser. I don't know that he had
any special superstition regarding them,
but he loves them as one may love any
beautiful thing. To him they meant
something more than mere adornment
Tiiey represented not so much money
value as artistic merit And that, by
the way, is always true of your genuine
gem lover. Anything like ostentation
or display is hateful to him. New York
Letter.
Took Captain Cattla' Adviea.
Somerville Journal: " Now, see here
my friend, I want you to pay that bill,',
said one citizen vigorously to another,
"All right," said the second citizen.
"I'll make a note of it"
And he did, at 6 per cent for ninety
days.
Stinging Bapnrtaa.
Widower (who has presented to Mist
Keene a heart shaped pendant for he
queen chain) Now if vou will allo
me to give you a watcb, you will hav
me, heart and hand.
Miss Keene Thank you. I'd rathei
not have a second hand. Jeweler
Weekly.
Good tarns in Ifcinia
ram aiLt caaaF
QQ tO bflO, PBB ACBK.
Good soil, healthy, good aaarkac, amild
climaU. Seed far circular. :
Addreaa A. T. 8TKWABTAC.,
KKAM STATIOM, -(HawlMta
FMalr. Vlra-tala.
N. N. U.-9L
York, Neb.
Left-Legrgednea.
A paper under this title has recently
been read before an English scientific
association, by a phiaician wbosaya
that man generally characterized aa a 1
right-handed animal is ahw popularly
supposed to be right-legged. The theory
is, however, as he maintains, not sup
ported by fact When a man is stand
ing, and is working with the right hand,
there is a tendency to use the left sag
for balance.
Many persons find it easier to go
round circles to the right than to the
left Bace-courses are almost always
mode for running in circles to the right
and it will be noticed that the majority
of movements, like dancing and run
ning, are more readily performed in
that direction.
The general rule in walking is that of
keeping to the right and it appears to ,
have a foundation in nature. Of a
large number of intelligent people who
were asked about the existence of this
rule, only sixty-seven per cent among
men and fifty-three per cent among
women were aware of it This sap
ports the fact that it ia unconsciously
obeyed.
All crowds tend to bear toward the
right. The left leg being stronger, it ia
more readily brought into action, and
for this reason, troops start with the
left foot It is the foot which U placed
in the stirrup of a saddle, or the step of
a bicycle, in mounting, and ia that up
on which a man rests in making a
jump.
Iu a series of experiments made by
bandaging the eyes of boys, and then
telling them to "walk straight the
right-handed ones diverged to the right,
and the left-handed ones to the left In
short all the evidence thus far obtained
by this writer tends to prove that man,
being either naturally or artificially
right-handed and left-legged, tends un
consciously to bear to the right while
tne lower animals, on the other hand,
appear nearly always to circle to the
left.
These are at present but curious
speculations, and it may be that the
author of the theory is too much oc
cupied in finding facts to support It to
see those which teach the reverse of his
ioctrine. Certainly the left legs of all
right-handed persons are - not the
stronger. Uight-handed men and boys
kick a foot-ball with the right foot, do
they not Youth's Companion.
The lowa dieteor.
Jens Johnson, traveling agent of the
Northern Pacific, has brought to St
Paul several specimens of the famous
meteor picked up from the spot where .
it fell, twelve miles from Forest City,
Ia. The specimens out-charcoal char
coal in blackness where they have bean
exposed to the air, and the inner sub
stance is a steely gray. The wonderful
thing about them is their weight
Though undoubtedly metallic, the
specimens are remarkably light for their
size, about one-quarter as heavy as an
ordinary pebble of corelative propor
tions. As will be remembered, one
piece, the largest found, weighed 110
pounds, and was purchased by Pro
lessor Wincheil, of Minneapolis, for
$105. But the professor only reached
Forest City with his prize. He bought
it from Peter Hogan, who found it on a
farm of which he is the lessee. The
owner of the farm has sued Hogan to
gain possession of the huge air traveler,
and tlie specimen is held until the de
cision of the suit St Paul Pioneer
Press.
Stanley's Austrian Admirer.
One day an Austrian enthusiast call
ed and sent in a polite note asking
Stanley to fix a time when he might
bring forty of his compatriots with.
him, all anxious for the opportunity of
shaking him by the hand. This astute
gentleman accompanied Mi request by
by a very handsomely mounted cigar
case as a souvenir. This elegant little
present obtained for the preee-ering
stranger a brief interview for himself,
but the hand shaking of his forty friend
could not possibly be entertained. Ed
ward Maratonln Scrlbner's.
Walked Across the River Im a
Kettle.
As a sirup maker was peacefully pre
paring for work among the ma pies he
became aware that Indians ware steal
ing upon him, and were already in pos
session of his canoe. Whatever was to
be done had to be done quickly and
frontiers wit was equal to the emer
gency. Snatching up his deep kettle
he inverted it ever hit head and boldly
waded into the river. The inverted
kettle acted, of course, as a diving beU,
and with his head in this air cham
ber he walked across the- riTer, which
in the middle was many feet over hks
head to the utter amazement of the
Indiana. Philadelphia Times.
A Female Nihil at
' There is a real, live NUUltet in Xew
York. It is Mm. lUtner, and she hat
just been released fromaSftoHan priaoa
three months ago. Her hasband la'
there still, with two mm pmfM'
serve. The government rim mt
property, and when ha
shipped him to Siberia.
will live in Wichita, Kan. wsrarr
husband will Join bar when he Is aa
leased. Exchange.
