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Buenos Atbxs, Sept 28. Ex-Presi.
i'en'. Pelllgrtnl who was recently cap
tur by the insurgents and came near
being shot, has again fatten Into their
hands. It ia aald ha will ba triad and
executed.
The aunoaneemant that ex -President
1 Vlignoi waa captured by the rebels
and imprlaoned at Tocomao, by order
of the revolutionary junta, and waa in
dinger of being triad by court-martial
and shot, caused an almost unprece
c ;i ted sensation hare. The capture ot
Pelligrini may be said to hare brought
the revolution almost to a close, for he
u the chief supporter of President
Petia, who, it is claimed, was little more
th in a puppet in his hands. The in
surgents have so much confidence in
lie succ ass of their canaa that they
have already organised a provisional
government and hare received as
surance of support from many sources.
The navy is said to be siding with the
insurgent, and it ia expected here that
any moment the reaignatian of Pena
will be announced. The friends of
l'elligrini are doing their utmost to
save his life but there la no doubt that
he is in great danger.
MARINE BATTLE AT BUENOS AYKES.
An exciting skirmish took place to
day in the outer roads of this harbor
between some torpedo boats, which
had joioed the revolutionist, and ves
sels of the Argentine fleet The attack
was made by the torpedo boats, but
the loyal men-of-war were prepared for
it and not only beat off the insurgent
vessels, but later took the offensive
and captured the rebel boats and their
crews. The fighting between the two
fleets was very sharp for a time and
many were killed, including several
officers. The national guards, who
have been mobilized, were trooping, to
day in large numbers to the various
barracks. Rocs is di recting operation s
against the rebels.
Tlie commanders of the two torpedo
boat concerned in the attack on the
government fleet were instigated by
Oolontl Espina. After the attack the
government authorities succeeded in
arresting him and he will probably be
thot. The government has asked con
press to take action against Senor Alen,
who is a senator, on the charge of sub
orning the army.
Charge With Wife Murd.r.
Amsterdam. Sept. 28. The police
of this city on the 20th inat., arrested u
man named iHendrick De Jong on the
charge of wife murder. It appears
ihit hut June ha married Sarah Jewett,
a young English girl who soon disap
peared. In August he married the
pretty daughter of a local inn keeper,
who also soon disappeared. This com
ing finally to the ears of the police led
to an investigation and the arrest of
De Jong. It was believed that he was
guilty of a series of wife murders simi
lar to those of Deeming, the noted
Australian wife murderer, and earc'i
for the remains began bothjin Holland
and England, but without result till
Monday, when the body of Sarah Jewe! t
was fonnd in the woods forty miles
from here, giving evidence of having
been murdered. The general search i i
both countries will be renewed. There
are believed to be numerous victims
The police now deny that the body
found is that of Sarah Jewett
SearchJaa; tmt AnarchliU.
- Madrid, Sept. 28. The police are
searching for the anarchists who are
.suspected of having been connected
with the attempt of the life of Gen
eral Martinez Campos. The men fled
from Barcelona to this city shortly af
ter the explosion of bombs on the re
view ground. The newspaper press
throughout Spain demands that the;
strongest measures possible be taken
immediately to suppress anarchism.
Wlpea Oat j rtr.
'oral, Mich Sept 28. The entire
business portion of this Tillage wa.,
wiped out by fire this morning. There
whs no fire protection outside of a
bucket brigade and it could do little
stay the flames. The principal loser,
are. H. C. Sturterant, grocery store;
J. A. Althouse, dry goods store; A
Geisler, daug store; Colon hotel; Mi.
Cowder, grocery store; G. A. R. hn.
and postoffioe. Many other building
w ere destroyed. The losses are not ye
estimated, but will reach 8150,000. Mr
Ueisler wss seriously Injured by jump
ing from a window, and Mrs. Cowdec
was seriously burned about the arm
and chest. .
' aUMf- I4vs Leet.
Sr. Loots, Sept 28. A special toil..
ftejrabUean turn Frot Worth, Tex.
ays: Meagre report were receive.'
hows Wednesday night of a wreck u
the iMssonri, Kansas Texas ralla;
near Eboro, fifty-seven miles s n
Ot wttdtbytb ooOletoa of a .
isejs4 tntsi a hrldge construct ...
'4fdJt K MB of the bridge gi .
;.r : irr to taw es killed.
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8t. Johsph, Mo., Sept 27. Thre
solid blocks of the finest busiaes
houses of St Joseph are in ruin tonigh
and a million dollars' worth of propert:
has been destroyed.
About 10 odoek Monday morn in;
UA, Pnrdy, who was passing aion;
Edmond street, noticed a thin curl o.
smoke coming from the top floor of th
eight story department house of Town
eeuu wfia. bj in unt ne couu.
torn in an alarm, flames buret from the
snare top floor.
The cause of the fire waa a stub of a
lighted cigarette, thrown careleatly on
the floor in the store room on the fifth
floor of the big department store of
Townsend, Wyatt & Emery. The fire
department could have put out the
fire but for the failure of the water
works pump to give pressuie sufficient
to force the water to the required
height The flames had got beyond
the point where the chemical apparatus
might have been of use. When the
fifth floor fell it became apparent that
the building waa doomed and the fire
men directed their efforts to an attempt
to confine the fire to the building.
Handicapped by an insufficient water
supply they were unccessf ul.
FLAMES SPREAD RAPIDLT.
The Townsend & Wyatt building be
came a roaring furnace. The flames
were leaping 100 feet into the air and
soon attacked the Commercial bank
building. Almost simultaneously the
flames jumped across the street to the
Curbey and Franceblocka. Then it
was apparent that the whole block was
doomed and the fear became general
that the entire business portion of the
city would be swept away. The roofs
of the Curbey and France buildings
when the water began to come. The
department stopped the progress of the
flames north at the German American
band, south on the Curbey block and ;
west at the building occupied by Ran
som, Garrett & Brewster, wholesale1
shoe dealers.
From the Wyatt, Townsend A Emery
building the flames leaped to the build-
ing occupied by Ragnier & Shoup,
crockery dealers. It quickly succum
bed . Then folio wed that of S. A. Allen
& Co. wholesale grocers, and in quick
succession a hotel and several small
cunnings ocenplea by small trades
men were consumed. It was 3 o'clock
before the fire was under control. The
conflagration had been under way six
hours, At 6 o'clock the fire was still
burning fiercely in spots. The burned
district is bounded by Felix and Ed
mond and Sixth and Seventh streets,
and the south half of the block be
tween Edmand and St. Charles streets.
and Sixth and Seventh.
TroobWila the Choctaw Natloa.
Paris, Tex, Sept. 27. Colonel P. F.
Falson, the special agent of the United
States government seut to investigate
the troubles in the Choctaw nation,
has made his final report and left that
country. He aayshis presence is no
longer necessary and that the United
States troops sent there last April are
no longer needed. The Choctaw coun
cil meets Monday and it ia likely that
United states soldiers will be there,
There are some important contests on
band and both factions will be there in
tftrrm Tf tha rrn tmta ara it lr ajtAiil
settled things will quiet down at once)
and the soldiers will be withdrawn.
Aa Armed Hob.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 27. An arm
ed mob of 100 men marched to the Chi
nese quarters last night and after loot
ing their houses marched the China
men to the city limits and ordered them
to leave. Warrants have been issued
for the arrest of the ringleaders. About
thirty of the Chinese sought refuge in
the bouse of Chinese Missionary Trum
ble. When the mob demanded their
delivery, Mrs. Trumble appeared with
a Winchester rifle and announced that
the first man to enter the house would!
be shot
Tha Bevolutlon Grew-lBf Weaker.
London, Sept. 27. The Brazilian
minister in this city has received the
following official dispatch:
Rio De JaneIbo, Sept. 27. The re
volution is growing weaker day by day.
Admiral De Mello is reduced to his last
sxtremity. All the states denounce
his attempt to overthrow the present
government and the government and
people are enthusiastic for Peixoto's
government. The army la generally,
loyal. The city is as tranquil as if nol
revolt had occurred and the goveroJ
ment is fully confident that It ia suffl-l
dently powerful to maintain itj
authority.
Buenos Atres, Sept 27. The ships!
of the insurgent Brazilian float arel
blockading the port of Santo.
rraotarad HU MkBlL
Sacramento, CaL, Sept 27. Thorn-
as Wynne, a brother-in-Jaw of Andrew'
Oraegie, the Pennsylvania iron kingj
waa struck on the head with a dub by
John Card, 'a restaurant waiter.
Wynne's skull was fractured and ha
died shortly. Wynne refused to pay
for a meal and when ejected from the
restauaant ha attempted to break in
th door, when Garci struck him. Cur
negi has been notified.
Tka Idle Blea.
CnoAfto, 8pt 27.-Th polio r
turneson th census of the unempleyed
havbesacomnlUd. Fro theorem
jtgures in the statements and from th
auuesoiUMKU attain trades In
potte return it i arguad that-lorL.
uiployd oM saw b aoeouoAsd
m (Xteago. la tXt noon it .
saw aoou mjcsi tern mi ni
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Chicago, Sept 90. After shooting
and seriously wounding thro men,
Jamas McGrath a notonoe Went Side
character, was shot twice and killed in
stantly by Maxwell street polios offiest
this afternoon. The injured are:
Officer Mitchael Flamming, of the
Maxwell street station; shot in th ealf
of th left leg.
Tbomaa Beemao, 82 Henry street,
shot shot through the head by McGrath,
died later.
Edward Jackson, 164 West Eigh
teenth street, shot in the bridg of the
nose.
The first shooting waa the result of a
quarrel between McGrath and lie nan.
The latter was Ukeu to the hospital
and only regained consciousness long
enough to give the mime of his assail
ant Officers Fleming and Butler
found McGrath on Canal street and
accosted him. McGratn turned with
an oath and fired point blank at Officer
Butler a bead. The bullet, however.
went wide of its mark and atruck Ed
ward Jackson, who was walking on
the opposite side of the street, on the
bridge of the nose, breaking the bone.
McGrath again levelled his revolver
and directed it toward Officer Fleming.
As he fired the second shot both of the
officers discharged their weapons at
him and both shots from the officers'
revolvers took effect. One of them
passed through the desperado's heart,
while the other found lodgment under
the right armpit. The dead body of
McOratb was removed to the county
morgue, white Officer Fleming and Ed
ward Jackson were taken to the county
hospital.
McGrath was a well known charac
ter throughout the West Side. He is a
brother of the notorious Jack McGrath,
who is now serving a twenty-five-year
sentence in the penitentiary at Joliet
for a burglary which he commited last
July.
Aa Armed Crowd M tha Waa Path.
Brazil, ind., 30. St Louis and
Illinois Central -detectives, leading a
posse of armed men, scoured the little
hamlet of Staunton and the surround
ing country last night is search for
Joseph Harden, one of th bandits who
held up an express train at Centralla,
111., recently. They surrounded the
house of Widow King, where Harden
is said to have been stopping. While
lying it wait Harden appeared but saw
his danger and lied. The officers pur
sued and a number of shots were ex
changed, but Harden escaped. He was
tracked to this city and was seen in a
saloon, but again escaped. He was
tracked to his father's house, but had
taken to the swamps, which are now
under guard, and they are preparing to
starve him out. It is believed that
Harden la the planner and executor of
the job at Staunton night before last,
when an attempt was made to wreck
the fast westbound passenger train on
the Vandalia.
Harden ia unmarried, twenty-five
years of age and of good parentage.
He was the black sheep of the family
from early boyhood. He wonld fight
at the drop of the hat and use any
weapon he could secure. As he grew
up he became incorrigible and was
sent to the house of correction at Plain
field, but he escaped. He committed
some crime and was sentenced to the
penitentiary for several years. He is
charged with many crimes and should
he be baptured alive no doubt he will
spend the remainder of his days b i
bind iron bars.
Cincinnati, Sept. 39. Atl o'clock
this morning Joseph S. Harden, be
lieved to be one of the Centralla train
robbers was arrested here.
A False Alarm.
Warsaw, Sept. 30. A false alarm
of fire was given today in the synago
gue at Calwayra, ReansunwulkL The
building was crowded with Jews at
worship. All started a t once for th
two exits and despite the shouts of the
rabbi that there was no fire, fought to
get out. After a struggle of fifteen
minutes two-thirds of the congregation
were still in the synagogue. As no Or
had appeared they became calmer, and
with the aid of the care takers th
rabbi eventually restored quiet. Nin
dead bodies were found near the exits
and twenty persons lay unconscious
and bleeding where they had been
trampled. Fully 100 persons were in
jured in the rush. Fifteen are suffer-
log from wounds that are likely to
cause death.
A Narrow Kaeaae.
Sedalia. Mo, Sept. 30. The incom
ing train on the Lexington branch had
a narrow escape from total destruction
at a point eleven and a half miles
from Sedalia at 10 o'clock last night
West of Hugnesville half a mile is a
trestle sixteen feet in length and five
high. Between the ties on the east end
of the trestle someone bad placed a tie
so that it projected above the rails
nearly three feet The engine struck
the tie demolishing the pilot and doub
ling it beneath the engine, which was
derailed and rolled down an embank
ment eight feet high, landing on its
aid, th tender and express oar accom
panying It, and also th engineer and
fireman. Th roar can war not dam
fled in th least
.. A Pea parade Oaetared. .
' Arkansas Citt, Kaa, Sept 10.
Last night at Dexter, a small town in
th east part of this oounty, Will Ched
bnro, a notod desperado, was captured
by Constable Jo Church, Obadburn
has been wanted : In Chautauqua for
boss Usm far bono stealing and high
srsyrokbsey. EMdprat char
axarasd)MsslnhidlaintbhtlM .olmJ9rcsa Ho tla
cl f fcttj c f to But Val-
A Tentte BWlea.
Sah Francisco, Sept ST. -ilota
12 JO o'clock Sunday morning a' f'
exploskia, supposed to have be .
of a dynamite bomb, occurred
non-union sailor' boarding hou. and
saloon of Mr. and Mrs. John Curtin,
located on Main street between Folson
and Harrison. The sidewalk in front
pfCurtin's boarding house, where the
explosion occurred, waa torn to pieces
and the buildings on either aide of
.Curtain's house are badly shattered.
Five men, who were standing near the
spot where the explosion occurred were
purled in the debris, two being killed,
three mortally injured and one seriously
Injured. The scene after the explosiou
was appalling in the extreme. One
man uad his face blown off, another,
lost both legs, and all of them were
completely stripped of their clothing
and covered with blood, smoke and
cinders. Even the firemen in the en
gine house next door were daunted at
sight and waited for the patrol wagon
white th wounded men, with shattered
limbs and torn faces, screamed and
writhed in their agony on tht bloody
ground.
George Holraej, a stevedore, and
"Brick" McGinnis a non-union sailor,
were instantly killed, and their bodies
were removed to the morgue. William
T. McKanzie was badly burned all over
th body. Edward Murphy and Charles
Owens were terribly lacerated from
head to foot AU three were fatally
injured. John Cuetin, jr., son of the
proprietor of the boarding house, was
badly burned and bruised. All the
Injured were hastily removed to the
receiving hospital. None of them,
except Cutin, regained consciousness
. after their arrival there.
' IDENTITY OP THE BOMB THROWERS.
Toung Curtin stated to a reporter
that he believed the explosion to be the
outcome of trouble between his father
and union sailors. "They threw the
bomb," aald Curtin. "I saw it near the
door. There was a valise and some
thing wrapped in a blanket. I saw the
flash and" At this point in the con
versation the young man lost con
sciousness. When he came to he con
tinued! "I was standing outside, but
did not see who left the valise and
blanket there. My father knows. I
do not know what happened after that
Winning flash.
Mrs. Curtin, in an interview, said
this eveniug: "These men who did
this came here last Thursday night
after some men. . I would not tell them
where they were. They came again
and finally I had one of the same men
arrested who has just been ariested."
Shortly after the bombs had been re
moved from the scene of the explosion
three union sailors, John Tyrell, James
Woods and Terrance Tracey, were ar
rested on suspicion of having caused
the explosion, and were hurried off to
jail. Terrell was Identified by Mrs.
Curtain as the man who said to her a
few days before: Tour days are num
bered, we'll fix you," or words to that
affect.
McKenzie, Murphy, and Owens died
at th receiving hospital at an early
hour this morning and John Curtin Jr.
ia in a critical condition and suffering
terribly.
SUSPICIOUS LOOKING OBJECT.
At midnight the door of the curtin
bouse was locked. Most of the in
mates were abed, including Mr. and
Mrs. Curtin and their little daughter.
Some one tried the latched door cau
tiously and stole away. A few minutes 1
later the six victims strolled down the
street All but two lodged In the house.
They had all been at a theatre and
stopped to chat a minute or two before
separating. Young Curtin saw lying
against the door what seemed to be a
valise covered with an old blanket.
Jerking away the covers he picked up
the valise and Instantly set it down
again, springing back with the cry,
fitj God boys, its dynamte." Mc
Guinness stepped forward and care
tassly pushed the valise with one foot.
JTIwt instant there was a crash that
shook the whole earth under the city,
tore beams and timbers from their fas
tenings, caved in partitions like egg
shells, strewed the street for two blocks
with shattered windows and scraped
out a yawning hole where the sidewalk
bad been. Here was a naked foot and
there another, and all about was a
sasell of burned flesh and of clothing
that were still afire.
Sr. Petersburg, Sept. 28. The iron
monitor Roosalkaof the Russian navy.
It la believed to have gone down in a 1
storm in the Gulf of Finland while on
her way from Reval to Helsingfors.
Much wreckage, apparently from her,
has been washed ashore, and the body j
Of a Kusstan marine was picked np on
th coast where she must have been
during a high gal several days ago.
Th Roosalka put to sea with twelve
officers and 166 men, all of whom are be
ttovod to be lost She was built twenty
flv yars ago and was oountd among
Russia's mo st dfensie armormlads.
A Lyeehla zpeeted. .
Memphis, Tnn., 8pt 86. A
Bpscisl to th Commercial from Tus
usabla, Ala says th body of Hay
wod Bynum, son of HugbBynumof
Boottsboro, Ala,, on of th wealthiest
ansa in this section, was found in the
an at Tasmania this mrnlng with
fva outlet bote through thd and
ta body borrlbiy maegW. Thiuiii
tut been fatnd oa two Mgros, wn
I ". ink kmrmUlmimi
NEBRASKA NEWS.
A prairie fire near N orth Platte
turned veral stacks of hay,
Th wagon bridg on th Bin watt
of Seward has been condemned.
Th First National bank of Superior
js putting up an expensive brick block.
A new church is being built at Alli
ance and a Lutheran church at rousr.
The cattle sheds belonging to C H.
Lempbere of Gresham were destroyed
by Ore.
Prairie fires sre becoming numerous
in Dawson and Lincoln counties. Dry
weather does it.
The Lodge Pole Express is again
issued as near the old stand as the fire
limits will permit
Fred Chandler of Madidon county
harvested a watermelon that weighed
almost fixty pounds.
Herman Koch was terribly scalded
while working in the sugar sewer at
Norfolk, lie may recover.
The water bonds, issued by the vill
age of Pender, have been duly regis
tared, and are on the market.
Despite the dry weather Banner
county harvested a big hay crop, and it
is north but S2.50 a too in the stack.
R. E. Doran has again jerked the
Fremont Flail from the bosom of ob
livion and promises to keep it going.
North Platte claims to have sent
more sight-eeers to the World's Fair
than any town of its size in the state.
The Wilson evangelist are again
battling with sin and iniquity at Fre
mont. The harvest is heavy and help
is scarce.
A lucky fiisherman in Scott's Bluff
county caught 200 wall-eyed pike In
less than a week, out of the Nortb
Plat i e river.
Columbus people are waiting to see
when the railroads propose building a
union depot at Omaha, before ven
turing to dig the canal.
Henry Horslmas, a saloonkeeper of
Broken Bow, was hauled up for selling
booze to boys, The complaint was dis
missed on a technicality.
The Norfolk Daily News has been
reduced in size. The reason, ss stated
by the editor, is to establish a parity
between income and expense.
The F. E. & M. V. passenger collided
with a lumber -agon at Norfolk, land
ing the occupants on the depot plat
form, badly frightened but not serious
ly hurt.
A ittle daughter of P. A. Lofgren,
living south of Gothenburg, was
kicked in Uie Dead by an ugly hone,
fracturing the frontal bone. She is
getting well.
Charley Lyon of Seward county has
harvested about thirty bushels of
peaches. The trees are ten years old
and pmve that Nebraska is all right
for fruit raising.
W. H. Eobinson, who suffered pain
ful injuries from an accidental bath in
a vat of hot syrup at a sugar factory
two weeks ao, is slowing improving.
Norfolk New,
C. P. HubUrds of Broken Bow,
offers a reward of $2" for the opprehen
sionot ilie niiiu who led .strychnine to
his bird dng . by which three of them
were put lo sleep.
Mrs. W. n, Keith of Naponee, is shy
one leg as the result of her husband's
carelessness in handling a loaded shot
gun. It was a most distressing and
unfortunate accident.
Charles Conners of Columbus, aa old
time engineer on the Union . Pacific
railroad, who was tent to the asylum
over a year ago, has been discharged,
cured of his mental trouble, but It ia
feared lie is a hopeless paralytic.
While Lou Agnew of Pawnee City,
was standing in front of the grocery
store a board sign, resting on the arms
of the awning, became detached and
struck Lou on tha back of the neck
rendering him unconscious for a time.
Two Madison county buds of man
hood who in love with the same girl
tried to settle the matter a la Corbett
and one of them was badly disfigured,
though claiming to be still in the ring,
Ibe third annual convention and
school of methods of tha Nebraska
Conference Epworth League of th
Methodist Episcopal church will b
held in Beatrice, May 15, 18 and 17
1894. r '
On of the amusing incidents at th
fair last week was an entry tag on a
pumpkin stating "best pig" and on the
pen containing a pig was a tag stating
"pumpkin containing most seed."
Kearney Hub.
On Sunday while JohnBeldenwas on
road the from near Chimney Rock to tha
bridge, his hor e stepped into a pralri
dog or badger hole and threw him. H
had a shoulder blade broken and was
taken to Gering to a physician for re
pairs, r
When John Trindall of Loup county
started for home the other day after at
tending the reunion at Taylor he drov
too near a sbiep embankment and bis
wagon turned over two or three times,
dumping himself and family into toe
ditch, but for a wonder, not one of
them was injured in th Isast
Thro Cass county sinners went to a
farmer's bog lot ! broad day light and
butchered a fat shoat The owner
appeared on the scene and the marau
ders fled, but when he retured to th
nous for bis gun, the came back lik
Tom Brown, th piper's son, and stoie
th pig and away they run In Oirlsiip
vi uw man man am gun. rny aad a
team roc that purpose, but th fithtf
ttles an after them, and will bantwata
ONLY A TRAMs.
itWnlyoMof tawa pasty teamr
B11L" said a brakcsBaa to bis com
pantou, as tb lights from two Ian
tarns fell on the form ot a man ruaa
g ed as onlr a railroad train can
mankle. "I suppos wa will have to
get him Into th caboos and Ueve
him at the station.
They gathered np th remains s
best they could, and after getting
them aboard the train, gave the sig
nal to fo ahead.
Yes, he wss only a tramp Xhe
brakeman addressed as Bill had seen
the man fall between two cars while
stepping from on to another. The
train had been stopped, sod tb two
railroaders went back to see what
daaaag had been don. In the ca
boose they made a search of the dead
man's clothes. They dJdn't And much;
no money, nut even a knife. In the
inside pocket or the ragged vest was
a greasy-looking envelope. In taking
out the letter a tiny baud of void fell
to the floor. While one picked up
the ring the other read the letter. It
bad been well Angered, and there
were unmistakable spots that only
tear could bave caused. Th hand
writing was a woman's, and read as
follow:
"Dear Jim : Mary la dead and ia her last
Srordt she inquired for papa. Ska Biased
you so much, and never teemed to be well
after ro went I am sorry. Jla, tor what
I aiu that night, and if you wilt eoms baok
I will never complain and worry you any
more. I send yon Mary's ring; you remem
ber when you set it for her. Please eem
back to your wife."
That was alL The wife had board
la some way where her hutt and waa
and had sent bin the letter. It oc
curred to one of the brakemeo to look
at the postmark, and with : difficulty
it was seen that it was a month old,
and that it was that of the very plac
at which they had decided . to leav
tbe dead body.
Jim must bave met with misfor
tune, and was stealing bis way home,
which be reached only to be carried
out and laid beside little Mary.
Peculiarities o( Barro.
Tbe burro has many peculiarities,
which he shares with his half-brother,
the mule. Burdened with a heavy
pack, he may travel for hours pa
tiently and without complaint. Ho
approaches a little stream of sluggish
water not mora than an inch or two
deep, or It may be a dry ravine which
has water only In the rainy season.
He sets foot in it with the utmost
reluctance, and after having boaa
fairly pulled in, be may deliberately
He down and refuse to gp further.
He knows how easy It Is for his little
feet to sink into the wet sand, aod
the recollection that just such an innocent-looking
place one upon a
time proved to be a quagmire still
survives in hi mind.
This saute Instinct of self-preservation
is what makes him so sufa
footed. He will carefully pick lis
wsy over mountain-trails that would
be impassaDle to a horse, and would
make a man dizzy. I once saw a
burro with a good-sized pack on his
back try to pass along a trail that lad
through a narrow cleft In a rock.
The cleft was too narrow, and, when
hair-way ttuou,'li. tb pack stuck
fust Ueing unable to go forward, tb
burro backed, but was equally unsuc
cessful in getting out He then triad
his last resource lying down. When
he couldn't do this, his groans and
lamentations . filled tbe air, and con
tinued during the hour it. took us to
free him. I thought he .must bave
been injured Internal);', but no sooner
was be at liberty than he went a few
yards forward on the trail and quietly
began togra e!
But It Is when kept behind bis
comrades, if only a few moments,
that his agony is greatest Then
such struggles to be free! Such
brays! One wonders bow so small an
animal can make so great a noise.
St Nicholas.
Always Youn
That one is as old as he feels Is an
anhorlsm that ia rarnlvlnv Annate nr.
exemplification. Sir .Inlln Rnttrr.
once played so admirably In public
mas a listener rushed up to aim and
declared, enthusiastically:.
"I am amazed and rial le-h tad Vnn
never played better. This has really
oeen a most remarkable perform
ance:" "Well," said he, with a twinkle In
bis eye, "to tell the truth, I don't
vninx it was at an bad for a young
man who is within a few months of
nighty years of age!"
On tbe day when Deacon Joho
iiitcboock of Springfield, was seventy
years old, he said to his wlf:
"Whn we ware first married, you
know I used to take my bat down
from the peg with my toe. I wonder
if I could do It now!"
He Jumped from tb floor, took bis
bat on tbe toe of bis boot, and came
down safely on his feet Then be
said grace and ate bis breakfast as if
nothing unusual bad happened.
A cheery anb courageous spirit of
one'sown, and tb love ot other
people these are tb best aids toward
attaining a youthful old ago.
Prudent laveetateats.
It is a great blessing to bave
ebeerful confidence in th future '
Two eminent French gntlmn who
were great friends used to Mate an
amusing itory ot their Impaoanlous
Neither tamo nor fortaa bad coma
J,tDeMJ but tB,'r M 7 bop
fui. Tbe years bad weighed heavily
enough upon Julea, bowvr, for him
to have become entirely bald.
One day Alphons mat him with a
ram log couotcoanos, and ericd
"What do you think. Jnlwt J
""J"- buying ttrowg owr
'Thaw, Alpaansa,1! rlit)& Julea
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