Georgia's Conrict Law.
The next General Assembly relative
to the disposal of the convict will pro
vide for a general stockade system
that will permit of the constant Im
provement of the country roads during
workable weather and afford other
mean of employment during severe
weather.
How bent to settle the convict ques
tion has been the text of many lec
tures and Innumerable editorials, and
the trend of popular opinion Is towards
the above outlined plan. Clarke County
la not to wait for the general measure,
however, and It will have perfected a
similar system long before the State
machinery la put In motion. The Good
Roads movement Is constantly grow
ing, and soon the State of Georgia will
be as conspicuous for her graded high
ways as she Is now for her dangerous
gullies. Banner, Athens, Ga.
Good Bonds and Prosperity.
Jood roads are as essential to the
prosperity of the country as the proier
machinery for cultivation is to the
fanner. A farm that Is easily accessi
ble, by reason of good roads, is worth
double to' the owner what it would be
otherwtae. In no country are good
roads so easily obtainable, with so little
cost as they are here, and In no State
Is so little attention paid to them. Little
rhuckbole are left until they become
dangerous, a plank breaks in a culvert
.and it goes until some valuable animal
lias become crippled. Road overseers
; start in some work by tearing up the
road and then leave it unfinished for
month while the public Is compelled
to drive around the obstruction. Our
road laws are faulty, we admit, and
tinder them It perhaps Is impossible to
have good highways, but at the same
time it is within our power to elect men
to the somewhat bumble and not very
lucrative office of road overseer who
will take an Interest in working the
;roads. Let property owners and neigh
bora In each respective district get to
gether before election day, and decide
uin some man who will til! the office
right, and not leave It until the last
day, anil then perhaps by a dozen votes
put some one in who cares little and
las no interest whatever to prompt
him. Leader, Irving, Kan.
Winter Resort Road.
The advantage of having good roads
at summer resorts was never so strong
ly shown as during the present season.
Aud what Is true of northern summer
resorts Is eqnaly true of southern win
ter resorts.
The locality that can offer the very
. best roads will present a strong draw
lng card. People with enough money
and leisure to go on extended outings,
will, In most Instances, desire to do
more or less riding and driving. This
Is particularly true of winter resorts.
Inasmuch r boating constitutes a small
part of winter pastimes.
Many of the southern towns and cities
are realizing the true condition of
things, and are taking steps toward
making the needed Improvements.
The wheelmen of Atlanta, Ga., are
looking forward with no little interest
to the reorganization of the Good Roads
Club, which takes place on Oct. Id.
It 1 the Intention of those at the head
of the club to obtain the hearty co-operation
of all wheelmen, and when this
has been done and the clnb ftilly or
ganized, it will be able to work much
good In that city. The club has for its
object, as Its name indicates, the build
ing of and keeping in repair good roads
throughout that city and county.
Other towns In the "Sunny Sonth"
are looking after their best intercuts by
providing fine streets and good roads.
No town with highways of mud or sand
need apply. People do not care to go
on an outing and pay for such luxuries.
Thibetan Animals.
There are wild cattle in that country
almost as big as elephants, splendid
creatures, covered everywhere but on
the back with shaggy hair a good four
palm long. They are partly black,
partly white, and really wonderfully
line creatures, and the hair or wool is
extremely fine and white, finer and
whiter than silk. Messer Marco brought
'some to Venice as a great curiosity,
and so It was reckoned by those who
saw It There are also plenty of them
tame, which have been caught young.
These the people use commonly for
burden and general work, and In the
plow a well; and at the latter they will
do full twice as much work as any oth
er cattle, being such very strong beasts.
In tbls country, too, is found the best
musk in the world; and I will fell yon
how R Is produced. There exists in
that region a kind of wild animal like
gazelle. It baa feet and tall like the
gaselle's. and stag's balr of a rery
coarse kind, but no horn. It has four
tUakA, two below and two above, about
tbrea lnce long, and slender In form,
out pair growing upward, and the oth
at downward. It la a very pretty crea
tat. The mask Is found Jn tbls way:
WbM tn creature baa been taken they
tad batwam the nah and the' skin
pomothlns; like an Impostume fall of
blood, whlcn tbay cut out and remove
with all the skin attached to It And
the blood Inside this lmpoatuma la the
musk that produce that powerful per
fume. There is an Immense nu""er
of these beasts in the country w. are
speaking of. The flesh is very food to
eat Mer Marco brought the dried
head and frt of one of these animals ;
to Venice with him. i
The neoole are traders and artisans, i
and also grow abundance of corn. The .
province has an extent of twenty-six
days' Journey. Pheasants are found
there twice as big as ours. Indeed near
ly as big aa a peacock, and having tails
of seven to ten palms in length; and
besides them other pheasants in aspect
Kke our own, and birds of many other
kinds, and of beautiful variegated
plumage. The people, who are idola
ters, are fat folks with little noses ana
black hair, and no beard, except a few
hairs on the upper lip. The women,
too .have very smooth and w bite skins,
and In every respect are pretty crea
tures. St. Nicholas.
One Pound of Coal on a Steamship.
The value of one iound of coal at
different epochs of steamship evolu
tion, as given by Mr. A. J. M.-Giunis,
president of the Liverpool Engineer
ing Society, has been as follows: In
ISril a pound of coal propelled a dis
placement weight of .57M ton eight
knots; but the earning weight was
only one-tenth of this, .! per cent, of
the displacement representing the hull,
machinery and fuel. In 1H.VI, with
Iron vessels and the screw propeller, a
displacement weight of six-tenths of a
ton was propelled nine knots by a
pound of coal; but the j.iportion of
cargo had risen to 27 per cent., or .Id
ton. In 1S, with higher boiler pres
sure and the surface condenser. .S
ton displacement was profiled ten
knots, and the cargo was Xi per cent,
or .27 ton. In 1S70, after the compound
engine had come into use. l.H tons of
displacement was propelled ten knots,
and here the cargo formed ") per ceut.
of the whole, being nine-tenths of a
ton. In 1H5 there were two classes of
freight boats; the 'tramp" propelled
3.4 tons displacement elgfit and one
half knots, with 0 per cent, or two
tons of cargo; at the same time the
enormous cargo steamers of the North
Atlantic were driving a displacement
of 3.11 tons twelve knots, with .Mi per
cent, or 1.7 tons of cargo. On the
modern express passenger steamer
the cargo weight is down to .! ton
per pound of coal. Railroad Gazette.
Gambling Is on trie Wane.
"I don't know why it Is. but the
American mania for gambling is dy
ing out," said Tom Brewer, one of the
best known of the Denver sports, at
the Arlington. "Take horse racing, and
over two-thirds of the tracks are clos
ed. The breeding of fast horses is
not nearly so profitable as it used to
be and thera Is not one race where
there were ten. twenty years ago.
Then faro. It is a fact that there are
not as many open faro rooms in the
United States as mere were In Chi
cago or Denver alone a few years ago.
I have not seen a keno card for ten
years. There are a few room, but
they are comparatively small, l'oker
Is played privately and in clubs. There
are a few poker rooms where strangers
can get Into a game, in all large cities,
but there are not one-fourth as many
as ten years ago, and the games are
very much smaller, only occasionally
a game being played for heavy stakes.
The places of these are taken to some
extent by crap rooms of a much lower
order, but that Is being rapidly forced
out of existence. There is probably
less gambling among Americans now
than among men of any other leading
nationality." Washington Star.
Truth.
There is seldom sufficient attention
paid to certain stages of wrong-doing.
Some of it is Intentional and deliber
ate, some careless and thoughtless,
some the blundering of Ignorance.
In the general condemnation of the
first aud most culpable it is easy to
forget the other stages, and to fail to
recognize the easy way in which they
merge into each other.
This Is very manifest In the many
transgressions of truthfulness in word
which are prevalent among us.
From the premeditated, lie, destined
expressly to deceive, to the light ex
aggeration, or even the poorly chosen
expression which fails to convey the,
exact meaning, there is Indeed a wide j
range; nor is any one wise enough !o
measure the degree of culpability in
any special s;ae.
Some make the intention the only
limit of criticism; but not only Is it
difficult to discover this in any partic
ular case, but It is also Impossible to
say at what stage thoughtlessness be-!
comes culpable, or how far Ignorance '
might have been prevented. !
This I Hard to Believe.
A queer story la told of an English
naturalist, who died In 18K, and wa
buried at Klankey, in Lincolnshire.
Among bis pets was a large gray bat.
This bat was permitted to enter the
tomb, and wa sealed up alive aloug
with the corps of his dead master. In
18S6 the vault was opened, and lo Hie; little amusement by the remarks he
surprise of all the bat was alive and i frequently makes, which are filial with
fat. On four different occasions since J originality and humor. Recently h;
the relatives of the dead man have mother had occasion to not only reprl
looked after the welfare of his pet, mi I mand him, but also to twe the "correc
each time It ha been reported that the j tor" that Is usually found In every well
bat was still In the land of the livins. regulated family, and which was not
.Hhmiffh neenmine nnarters with the! unknown to bim, on account of some
dead. It was last seen In 12.
Oh, What Happy Days!
Barbers In the early day? of thm
Christian era were not permitted to
talk while shaving a patron. Indeed
alienee was so much appreciated by
persons while under toe barber's bauds
that mutes were preferred for tbls scj
Tic.
A woman's fashionable call occupier
twenty minutes; five minute In n
cbair and fifteen minutes at (he door.
ATHLETES OF THE DEEP.
X.i(fat Haaarao Fob ad Taaaa Fly
Tkmik th Air.
"Speaking of jimping," said an old
seaman, "let me tell you of the great-
Jump ever en. It was many
years ago, ana we sa experience bio
1"'k for sevtral wb on morn-
lng we sighted a big whale, and two
boats set off in a race to see who would
get there nrsu
"Suddenly the whale rose not a hun
dred yards away, and headed directly
for us. The mate gave orders to stop,
and we eat still, expecting that the
monster would rise near us. The har
pooner stood with his iron ready to
throw, while we grasped our oars, nerv
ously prepared to Jump at the word
'stern all, that nearly always ca'ne
when a whale was harpooned. Not
a word was spoken, and suddenly a
mountain of black appeared, which
seemed to shut off the entire horizon.
Up it went until I distinctly saw a eev-enty-foot
whale over twenty feet In
the air above us.
"The mate was the first to regaiu his
senses, and gave the command, 'stern
all.' Just as we were ready to spring
overboard the boat shot back several
feet and the next second the gigantic
animal dived into the ocean. Just grt.
Ing us, having completely passed over
the boat."
Such gigantic Jumps are rare. A
similar one was recorder! by a well
known Admiral In the British navy.
A battleship was lying in the harbor
of Bermuda, when all hands were at
tracted by the appearance of a very
large whale suddenly showing itself la
the harbor, and ap'icartng very much
alarmed by the shallow water. The
Admiral, who was then only a middy.
Joined a boat's crew that started In
pursuit, and Just as they were about
to strike the whale disappeared out
of sight leaving a deep, whirlpool
round which the boat shot. Another
moment and the whale came up, hav
ing. In all probability, struck the bot
tom, and went Into the air like a rock
et "So complete was the enormous leap,"
says our authority, "that for an In
stant we saw him fairly up in the
air, In a horlontal position, at a dis
tance of a; least twenty jierpendlcular
feet over our heads, while In his prog
ress upward there was In his spring
some touch of the vivacity with w hich
a trout or salmon shoots out of the
, water."
Many of the Inhabitants of the sea
are good Junipers, jnd some have be
come famous. Among them should
be mentioned the tario!i, that gleam
' like silver, which constitute the fa
j moug game fish of Florida.
J In Pacific waters the tuna, an ally
of the horse mackerel. Is noted for Its
leaps. Sometimes a school sweeps up
' the coast and the powerful fish, oftn
! weighing MX) pounds, are seen In the
! air In every direction. They dart like
I an arrow, turn gracefully five or six
feet In the air, ami come down, keep
j lng the water for acres In a foam, and
i If not the greatest they are certainly
j the most graceful of the Jumpers of
the sea.
Curious Frogs.
One of the most Interesting sjhh'Scs
that have been diwriled Is the one ills
covered by Mr. Wallace lu Borneo a
nunmber of years ago. It has leen
popularly called the "flying frog," from
the fact that it has toe of great length,
and these are fully weblied to the tips.
If the animal wishes to desceud from
tie top of a high tree it has only to
make the leap, and by spreading out Its
toes it converts Its feet Into four veri
table para eh tiles, and thus this little
aerial batracbian reaches terra lirma
In safely. Among the moM curious
types are the tree frogs, and Gllwon
says these "are really distinguished
from all others by having the ends of
their toes dilated into knobs or disks,
generally provided with a sticky secre
tion, by means of which they can cling
to the leaves and branches of tree.
They are small, elegant, ami exceed
ingly active creatures, the males ixm
eessing loud voices, of which they
make copious use during the breeding
season and on the approach of rain."
Frogs have from remote times Ix-eu re
garded as weather prophets, and at the
present day. lu some parts of Germany,
the European tree frog (Ilyla orlsjrea)
is used as a barometer. A few of them
are plaeml in a Uill bottle provided
with miniature ladders, the steps of
which they ascend during fine weather,
seeking the bottom again at the ap
proach of rain.
Anatomical structures of a variety of
kinds are characteristic of different
species of frogs, having to do with the
voice organs. So It is that many croak,
some chirp, aud some almost bellow.
Many emit noises most disagreeable
to all ears, while others give vent to
sounds that uuder some circumstance
are quite enjoyable. A ppleton's Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Either Preferable.
A precocious little east end lxy, the
son of a well-known dentist, has fur
nished the household with more Hum a
misbehavior. After she had finished
'.be task and the outburst of tears had
been partially checked, the young hope-
ful suddenly exclaimed: "I'm getting
tlwl XH,ng dipped this way. Will you
do something for nie, mamma 7"
"Well, what Is It?" answered the
mother.
"Pray to God to take me to heaven.
"He would not have any tiling to do
with a bad boy Ilk you," she respond
ed, scarcely able lo control ber mirth
at the icctitst. "You will have to be n
much better boy than you have been
lately before you can expect to go t
there." I
"Well, then, tell Him to take me to
the other place," was the angry retort
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Gog and Magog.
Who m-re rug and Magog? English
of a ra.v of giants w bo Infested Eng- , 1 duly considered as a question of
laud until they were destroyed by some ; dollars and cents. Different condi
of the Trojans who went to the British i tlons of tetnierature are the basis of
Isles after the destruction of Troy. Gog j "-h study. Severe extremes of heat
and Magog. It is said, were taken cap- j and cold may be encountered, while
tive to Ix.ndon. where they were chain-1
ed at the door of the palace of the king.
When they died, wooden Images of ths
two giants were put in their places. In
the course of time, a great fire destroy
ed thene, but now, if you go to London,
you will see in the Great Hall of one of
the famous buildings the Guildhall
two immense wooden effigies of men,
called Gog and Magog.
. .. .
two giants. One W to the effei that
when Alexander the Great overran
Asia, he chased into the mountains of j
the North an Impure, wicked and man
eating people who were tweuty-two na-
tions In rittmts-r. and who were diut up
with a rampart in which were gab- of
brass. One of thee nations was Goth
and another Mngoth. from which we
readily get the names of the mythical
giant. It is supposed, however, that
the Turks were meant by Gog and the
Mongols were ttie elillciren or Magog. : m,dlties are liable to damage vary
We shall find mention made of Gog and j materially with the nature of goods.
Magog In many books. Including the) j.-8Vora,t. conditions for one article
Bible; but then- is the Great Wall and . wlij Da, fr another, and the wi
the Rampart of Gog ami Magog, what- 1 litlon of all goods when shipped Is a
ever may have lecn the faH that gave matter of much importance,
the names of the two giant to that j Another point to be considered Is
Krtion of the structure. St Nicholas. ' whether the train Is to be sent throiii.ii
Was Man an Amphibian?
Man was said to have descended from ;
a good many types, by different lu-
qulrle Into ancient history, some go- j
lng for monkeys or apes, and others
for various species of animal life; but I
some curious cases of hereditary web
bed hands and feet in human beings
seem to show that onr ancestors may
have been amphibian.
An Instance of this kind of heredit
ary peculiarity has been reported by
iKs-tors W. R. Smith and J. S. Nor
well. In the case of a family, nearly
all the members of which were affected
by a malformation of hands and feet
In the subject examined by those
gentlemen, th" ecnid fid third fingers
were webbed to the til, and the bones
were disposed In an extraordinary
ma nner.
Each foot had six toes, all more or
less webbed, except the fourth, which
was comparatively free.
These peculiarity have persisted
through several generations, and It was
found that twenty-one persons out of
twenty-eight had been malformed In
this way, and in all cases In both bauds j
and feet.
Fascination of Years.
Many a woman over twenty hitat;
to ui'S-t the great and Impils'itUe LI
Hung Chang. Sin d'K.su't care to ac
kuowiedge the burden of her years
w hich, JiLit jsmsibly, the viceroy, lsing
a student of history, lay to the credit
of her fascination'. Helen of Troy
was over forty when she was a party
to the moct famous elopement on riv
ord. Cleopatra was over thirty when
Antony first loved her, and ten years
later her fascination were iu the uti- j
ccndaiit. At thirty-Mix AsiLsla was ;
wedded to Pciides, and thirty years
afterward she wielded undisputed In
fluence over men. Antie of Austria w us
quite thiriy-cStrbt when she was d
scrilM'd as the linndsoiucwt quen lu Eu
rojs1; Iuis XIV. wedded Mine th
Maintenon when !if was forty-three
yean of age; Mile. Mars, the celebrated
French tragedienne, only attained the
zenith of her power and influence at
forty-five, and Ninon de l'F.nfios Is pro
verbial for her wonderful attraction
nt seventy-three.
llrail Man's (inim.
Among the rich mines in Leji'ville Is
one called "Dead Man's Clilm." It
seems a certain popular miner It .id
died, and his friends, having diid-,i
to give him a good send-off, hired a
man for $-' to act as sexton. It w.ii
In the midst of winter; there were t-u
feet of snow on Ihe ground, and the
grave had to go six feet bei:A- that.
i lie grate uigscr same., lorm m.o u.e
snow, depositing the corpse f-,r safe-
keeping lu a drift and for three d.iys
nothing was heard from him. A dele-
iratlnn jient tn find Ilia retlnw il.fnvui'.
gallon sent to find the fellow discover
ed him digging away with all his might, i
but found also the Intended grave con
verted Into the entrance of a shaft
Striking the earth It seems he had
found pay rock worth a ton. The
delegation at once staked out 'jlaiins
adjoining his and the deceased was
forgotten. Later In the season, the
snow having melted, his body was
found and given an ordinary burial In
another part of the camp. Boston
Journal.
Machine for Weighing Thought.
A thoiigbt-welghliig machine has
been invented by Pof. Mosso, an Ital
ian physiologist, the rush of the blood
to the head turning the wale. The ma
chine I so delicate that It can meas
ure the difference III the exertion need
ed lo read Greek from that required
for Iitlu.
Reaaon for Confidence.
Richard But what makes you feel
so sure that she will marry you?
Hurry Well, you sec, her mother
and 1 have engendered a mortal ha
tred of each other. Boston Transcript
Hlppophsgy in France.
The horse neau butchers In France
are doing a brisker trade than ever In
equine Joints.
Somehow newly married people al
ways locf: Just like new clothe feci.
PERISHABLE toOODS. 1
SHIPPING
Valuable Points Which . prrteace
llaa Hrouaat Oat.
A study of the methods of protect-
I lng from Injury during transportation.
or while In storage, various rood prod
uct and other perishable articles is ;
Int..ri..i In tuj-l 1 1 V til fhiifcU ln IF Jt ftf-Vl t
."."''"'. '
" distance is coverea.
It Is
possible, even under the worst condi
tions, so to pack any kind of perish
able goods that the danger of loss by
reason of decay, breakage, leakage and
similar causes is much lessened.
Articles recognized as perishable in
clude all fruits and vegetable milk
and other dairy products, flab, fresh
meats, poultry, game, clams, oysters
and other shell fish, canned or bottled
groceries, wines, hop and malt liquors,
, , , ' ,, , "
1 various mineral waters, medicines and
liquid drugs which. Instead of alcohol.
; have water for a base, ink. mucilage
and kindred articles. In shlppin,. i.o
of these and similar goods, the ioint
to be observed is protection from ex
cessive cold and frost, as well as ex
treme heat. Precaution must be taken
to have In the car a good circulation
of air, in which gases generated by
such good may be carried off. Tem
peratures at which the different coin-
direct from one point to another, or to
be sidetracked along the line. Prod
uce, like potatoes, for Instance, will
utan.l a tniii-ti Irm-itp liiriumrutlirti whi (1
. , . . ,,,,, ,. ,
motion. When at a standstill the ef
fect of cold is quickly felt. In the
West cars containing perishable goods
are sometimes covered on the north
side with a canvas to protect them
from the cold winds which sweep down
across the prairies.
Express companies do a large busi
ness In the shipping of fish, though,
of course, much Is sent all about the
country by freight. If sent by ex
press, fish is packed In barrels with
Ice. By freight fish Is sent packed In
1mics aud casks holding from 5i) to
1,000 iKiuuds. If an entire car load Is
to be shipped, bins are sometimes built
in the car, and are well supplied with
Ice. the quantity of ice being about
half the weight of the fish. Experi
ence has shown that the most favorable
tenisrature for shipping fish is about
that of melting Ice. If properly pack
ed, under good conditions, fish may
be kept In a marketable stale for a
month after they are caught and box
ed In Ice. It is by this means that
nnssengers on transatlantic steamers
are enabled to be served with good ami
palatable fish during an entire voyage.'
Cities In the West may be supplied in
like manner with fish of various kinds ;
which live only In Eastern waters. j
Shelled oysters, If sent In their own
liquor, packed In perfectly tight b:ir- j
rels, will not be spoiled, even if they !
become frozen. Clam frees- more'
. . .i.i. i. ..i . '
readliy tnan no oysiers, aim iuicr ciauis
I and oysters will stfltid cold better than1
will the lean ones, there being more
water In the lean kind. Should Ihey
freeze while being shipped In their
shells It Is safest to allow them to thaw
out gradually In a moderately cool
place, (iatns and oysters will stand
a Journey better during a snow storm .
than when the weather is fair and
the wind high. In extreme weather,'
barrels In which these things are ship-i
per are lined with tough paper. Oys
ters in their shells. If stored In dark
place where they are sprinkled occa
sionally with Ice w.i:er. ami where the
temperature is but. little above freez
ing, may be kept lu good condition for
at least two months.
in shipping fruit a uniform temper
ature of from 4J to ."( degrees Is best
for keeping the fruit iu good condition.
If It Is packed with care, and handled
lu like manner, fruit may be kept In
an excellent state of preservation for
from twenty to thirty days. It will
stand long Journeys, too. Strawber-
, frf)m
! to Chicago aud other far-away places.
, t ln)o ..,,, arrv;l)i ,,
, ,)(, , .rfl,(., cmHt,,m follr
; .,. flr wr t)...ki, ()r.
i b h, frilSr,n pl.,(.(1
. ....
In a c
ool room to thaw out granuauy,
a process which makes them sweeter,
and this Is thought by some 'people to
give an Improved flavor to the fruit
When thawed out after being frozen
solid, oranges will be found 'to have
acquired a flavor which Is unpleasant
ly sweet. A simple method of thaw
ing out oranges Is to place them In
cold water as soou as received, and
they will then thaw In a gradual way.
All fruit will stand 15 degrees more
cold If it Is wrapped lu thick brown
paper.
Seeds of the peach, plum, walnut.
and other kinds of trees will germinate
and sprout belter lu the spring If they
have been frozen first In the winter. A
temperature below zero doe not In
jure bulbous plants such as hyacinths,
lilies, tulli and the like. Cut flowers
should keep well for several days In
a temperature a little above freezing.
Boston Transcript
Vice Verso.
Diner Waiter, there Is a slight nils
take. I ordered a spring chicken and
a dottle of IhNl wine.
WalterYe, sir.
Diner You have brought me some
wine of Inst spring and a chicken of
IWU.-rarl Mesenger.
A widow seems to mourn as much
for a bad husband a for n "nd nna
AN0 8ITTINa BUtU '
1 Aa Interview Rotwooa thm Two mm Da
r acrlboa by lb OeaeraU
Made Insolent by recent succe
Blttlug Hull, lu 1870. soul word to Col
onel K. M. Otis, who was ws-ortlug out
of Miles' supply trains, to get out ol
the way, as he was scaring off the buf
falo. "If vou don't." .aid the note,
"I will tight you again. I waut yos
to leave what you have got here m(
turn buck. I mean all the rations yos
have got aud some powder." ColunM.'
Otis, however, kept on, the Indian
from time to time firing upon hlui.
When General Miles heard of thll
affair, he moved after Sitting Bull, and
on the 21st of October found him neat
the head of Cedar Creek. The faiuoui
medicine man sent In a flag of truc
and an Interview was held between th
lines, under an agreement that General
Miles should take six persons with hi in
and Sitting Bull also six.
' Sitting Bull," said the general. In
telling the story to a writer, "spread
out a blanket and wanted me to sit
down ujmn It, but I stood up while be
sat down. As we talked, one aud an
other young Indian sauntered up, until
there were jM-rhai ten or fifteen in a
half circle. One of my men called at
tention to this. I said to Sitting Hull:
'These men are not old enough for
council and unless you send them back
we will stop talking.' Soon afterward
the Inteview came to an ehd with noth
ing settled. I found out later, from a
fout and interpreter named John
Brughler, that one Indian muttered,
Why don't you talk strong to him?
and that Sitting Bull replied. "When I
do that I am going to kill him.' Brugh
ler also told me that one of the young
warriors slipped a carbine up under
Sitting Bull's buffalo robe. But I had
In mind the fate of Canhy and bad In
strmied the troops on the ridge back
to kcp the tiot in range."
The next day came a second inter
view. The general tried hard to In
duce the Indians to oley the govern
ment and to go to their respective reser
vations. Sitting Bull's answer was em
phatic: "The Great Spirit made me an In
dian. He did not make me an agency
Indian and I do not Intend to be one."
Seeing that further parley was use
less, General Miles gave an ultimatum
through the Interpreter:
"Tell him that either I wlij drive nlm
out of the country or he will drive me
out. I will take no advantage of the
flag of truce and will give him fifteen
minutes to get back to his lines. If my
terms are not accepted by that time I
will open fire."
Sitting Bull started up with a grunt
and ruslnd out In a fury, followed by
hi chiefs, not stopping to shake hands.
In a very short time the Indian Hues
were all astir with yelling warriors
and with ponies scurrying about, and
presently the grass was burnlu.j here
and there to stop all advance of ihe
troops. Miles had with him only II'.iS
rllles. while the Indians swarmed In
I
f'"" greater numltor in front and on the
flanks, but his men went forward wita
a rush and the hostile were driven
two score miles to the Yellowstone,
leaving some of their dead in the
flight-McCIure's Magazine.
Newspaper vs. I'oslers.
1 struck an Inland Indiana town re-
.,i,tW' .iwl itlktnt ftt'Mt tMii! f nrt-
f nwj, - -
tlced was flaring poster announcing
the appearance, of a second-rate "star"
at the hs iil opera house that evening.
In the course of my business I found
myself In a drug store where the ad
vance sale of seats was held, and after
selling a bill of good, asked for tt ticket
to the evening's performance.
"Oh," suld the young man behind the
counter, "those people ain't coming.
They busted Inst week."
"Why don't yu take down or cover
up the jsisters, thenV" I asked.
"oh, everybody knows they ain't
coming. It was In the papers."
Sure enough. The maiitlgemciit trust
ed to half it dozen lines iu the local pa
pers to coiinlei'ui the Influence of sev
eral stands of rod, black ami yellow
posters.
And the papers did II. Probably I
was the only person lu the town who
had asked for a ticket after the news
papcf : 1 1 1 1 1 u i m c u ii-ii l .
Can yon think of any better Illustra
tion of t lie relative value of newspa
per advertising, and the other klmlV
Push.
Is Marrlujc'" a Failure?
The Earl of Stafford married at St.
Germain, lii'.M, the eldest daughter of
the Count de Grnmmoiit; In his will be
thus expressed himself; "I leave to the
very worst of women, who Is guilty of
everything that Is bad, the daughter of
M. Criuninont, a Frenchman, whom I
have unfortunately married, forty-five
brass lialfi'iice with which to buy a
pullet for supper, a greater sum than
her father can often glvo her, he being
the worst of men and his wife the
worst of women. Had 1 only known
their characters, I had never married
their daughter nor made myself so un
happy." A Iovcr of Ilrcton Folklore.
1 Vlcomte llensart de la Vllle
niarque, who died the other day at the
age of 0, bad done probably uiore than
anyone In his generation to popularize
the knowledge of Breton folk-lore, folk-lM-try
and folk-music In France. Ills
"Barzaat Brlez," a collection of the pop
ular songs of Brlilnny, with the orig
inal melodies and critical excursus and
notes. Is a stairdard work. Ho was
the first to provide a translation of the
Breton bards of the earliest cpx-h.
A llcglmont of Plows.
One hundred and sixty plows star.,
lu a row at a recent plowing match at
Hartford, England.
Girls like to talk about love, because
alt of them know some verse tbey can
quote about It.
