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About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 3, 1898)
f k. Wive A- -4"" Ml" ,..; 7 ) 4' ,' fur 1! fi im? 5 v ?-.s. MIDNIGHT. The time the sum mer of l.STU. Puuic reigned ia the little city on the gulf coast. Stampede more wild aud terrible thun that of frightened cattle possessed the people. A stampede more desperate thai) that of some thirteen years before when the citizens fied madly away to the for sl and cities of the East to escape the rush of the conquering Yankees. From down the coast had come the dread tid bits of the invasion of "Yellow Jack." Here was au enemy which they knew from horrid experience spared not. Neith er man, woman nor child could hope to escape from his iron grasp If once he se cured a firm hold on the town. For several daj there had been' sub dued terror pervading the community. Away at Mobile, Scranton, Pensaeola and ether coast towns they knew the flag of pestilence was hanging against the flag taff. They knew that it was but a ques tion of a few short hours when the yel low death wonld be among them. Pa tiently, with the fatalism of the natives of that clime, the Creoles had awaited its coming. They had suffered before and 'would suffer again, if it pleased the Ii vine Master to visit them with his wrath. But they were but a small portion of the populace. Even before the coming of the plague the people had leen hastily prepar ing for that fearful exodus from home and kindred eveu, if by leaving relative behind personal safety could be won. It had come at last. The day before a i'ioouer put into the little haibor. A sick seaman was taken ashore. He was infected as the doctors believed. All that day and until late at night men walked about the streets furtively watching each other, fearful of being stricken with the oourge by mere contact. The next morn ing men abandoned their usual occupa timjs and marched in broken and irreso Vit columns toward the city hall. Would (fee fateful bulletin announce their doom? They gazed at each other in the same fur tive, uneasy way which had marked the Intercourse of neighbors aDd friends for Bore than a week. They feared to look and were yet drawn by the irresistible faaeinat'ton of him who must learn tjje - wont if death itself be the result. At last one man lifted hollow and fear-worn eyes to the bulletiu board. With a wild shriek he turned and fled toward bis home. It had come. Over on the little blackboard was a signal ail knew. It . was in the terse and significant language familiar to all who had faced the yellow death. It said: "Saran landed yesterday died of yel low fever at midnight. Two more death from the same cause have occurred since. Quarantine will be established at mid night. All who wish to leave will take notice. GOODRICH. M. D. WRIGHT, M. I." That was nil. But what a pregnant all to that people. Eighteen hours remained to leave or remain. Who should get away first? Certainty long exi-eeted gave wings to fear. Stampede, panic more terrible than that of animals walled in by tire succeeded to the silence and inaction of mere foreboding. Yihie'c of all kinds rushed front the most unexpected places. Household goods hastily caught up borne along in the armB of family and servant added to the crowding of the already con gested :reets. Men fought and snarled like angry dogs to win a few feet farther from the infected city. Women d.aging toddling babies unwiiil'tly by the arms rushed frantically along in the vaiu en deavor to keep pace with the rapid strides of husband asd father. Ia the group of men who first stood about that bulletin board wa George Kendrick, lumberman..- Keitdricl: had faced death on many a stricken field and was a stranger to fear. He was a Yankee who had followed ia the wake of the men who settled in the South after the war. Still a young man. he had brought his push ar.d energy into the stronghold of the rebel and won fame, fortune and re spect, if not genuine love. Tall, athletic and accomplished, he made bis way with tfce tact of his shrewd, rnn:iy Scottish an . restry. He had been in Magnolia for sev era! years, and, while he had never faced an epidemic, be had heard strange stories of the doings of the people when the yel low vng was hoisted on the city hall. As he stood there in wonder and amaze ment at that fearful rnsh he was accost ed by old Jim Butler, one of the leaders of the native element. Butler was Itauut, sinewy "Johnnie" who bad seen hot tiroes in the war. He led his pretty daughter Mamie as he struggled with that rrowd in the effort to reach the city hall for a temporary refuge. George loved Mamie with all the force of his strong, lacitnrn nature. He was loved in return, but the fateful words had not been spok en. The old man saw the mutual love and, while he did not relish a "Yank' for a son-in-law, wns too good a father to bring sorrow to hi only child. "What are yon doing tltreT he called to the yonnger man. "VeTiow Jack has eome. tlet away, man. Off to the woods or the North yon came from. Yon won't Uat a day In this plague-ridden spot." "Ia It ao bad aa that?" waa the care- reply. "Where do yon go and why? I shall not leave nntil I know I mint." "Bad?" snorted Butler, In vast disgust. "Ton never fought a battle with Yellow Jack, I ran readily aee that. Yon see that a t there? Well, It will blase that way tttit Ho ret her. No hope can come. JW dtd1 ewrg will role thta towa amta ftj artjead or Jack Kroat seizes ; ' Vm la mim fraava grip and strangle him a taaaeaaee. Thla la what yoo stay to - aMt. Com away, for Ood'a aake, and &. tr&4 frit death. Yi are aot ae- climated yet and Mill fall as certainly as the sun will rise to blister and wither the fever-irk-ki people." "Oh, do come with us," pleaded the girl, who. frightened eyes grew blacker with the greater fear aroused by her father's tern words. "Come to the pineries out of the city and away from this fearful heut. I implore you to ( me." "Mel.be I might 1 of use here." was the Yankee's reply. "If it is as bad as you say, then help will e needed. Do you go, sir? Well, if yon sui.v, I will also. 1 may be needed. W ho can tell?" "I have nothing to fear. You all," was Butler's answer. "Come and guard my child until this is over. I must M:iy to help maintain the quarantine which will be in force in a few hours. Remain until midnight and if you were the deity him-j seT, stay you must. Reluctantly the young man joined the stampede. He took the maiden's other arm and with her father made rapid strides to the ball There they stood on the doorstep and watched the hurrying mob of battling, terrorized human beings, almost devoid now of all semblance to hu manity. Butler's influence made it possi ble for them to hope to wait until the last train should leave. Then he determined that his child and her lover should race with death to a more northern city, where relatives would rec-eive the girl and she and Kendrick might be safe from the epi demic. All day long aud until nearly the hour for the establishment of the quarantine the people rnRhed madly to the depot or out into the gulf. Every conveyance was impressed into service to remove loved ones from under the dreadful shadow. Calmly the natives waited the inevitable. 1 FATUEli! 6HE CRIED, FALI.IXO TO IIEB KXEES. Theirs was a nature to wait and pray and keep strict watch and ward that the hov ering pestilence might he limned to meir own town and not rush unchallenged into the interior or even invade the States north of I)ixie. I'p to this time yellow jack had been an affliction of Dixieland. It wns soon to show its horrid front north of the Ohio and in cities where its pres ence was never thought possible. As the mob grew in numbers with ev ery tram, men, long, lank nut sinewy, tvpes of the coast Southron, dropped from the incoming train. Kines and shot guns were in their hands. Silently and steadily they strode over to the city hall, where they conferred with the Mayor. They were joined by others of the city itself. They would keep all within who remained and bar all out who were out after the big bell in the clock chimed the midnight honr. At midnight now not far oft the shot gun would role. That was the law made by these stern men. It would place the little city under a martial law more terri ble than any framed or enforced by the Yuiikee conqueror. Death might be the portion of all who were left behind. The gaunt ghost of peatilence stalked about the streets sparing none. But the death Inside was not so swift nor so sure c that which awaited him who essayed to break that rigid line extending in a wide semi-circular sweep back from the water front around the city to the other beach from each to west. On the docks and in the railroad yards the guards stalked. Their tense faces and atevly eyes were set with a determination which nothing hu man would shake. As the time drew nigh when escape would be barred George Kendrick plung ed into that seething, boiling mass of bat tling humanity. He held his sweetheart's arm closely and fought with the skill and desperation learned on many a hotly con tested field. He needed all bis great strength for ties made by him were rude ly broken In that fierce scramble for nd va,ritage. He rushed Into the yards still holding the panting and almost exhausted girt in a firm grasp. He fought his way blindly to the platform of the laat car of the last train and by main strength land ed his love thereon. As he wns alMitit to follow he was attacked from the flank and pushed momentarily from his position by a wild, desperite fellow, who sprang to the car. leaving a wailing and deserted wife behind. Kendrick aaw the woman's peril. He lifted her in his brawny arms, swung her sronnd and made her the means of clear Ing a apace. Then be sprang forward and deposited bet oa the platform Just as the bell tolled and the train slowly started to more. He rushed forward and was halt ed by a stalwart guard, who ordered him back. He remonstrated aud struggled. telling the man that an unprotected girl waa in that train and he must go to her aid. "Can't help that You don't go. No body leaven this place nntil the quaran tine is lifted, Datnn you, Yank, I'll break yonr head if you don't let up." "Try it on,. Johnnie," jelled Kendrick, infuriated by the resistance. He rushed on his foe aud gamely struggled wiih him while the train wns stid in the yards. He tossed the big man to one side and top pled him over with a bard punch as he was falling. Then he rnbcd like a star tled deer along that platform to rejoin the girl, whose white face appealed to hint from the platform. As he made that des perate ruh another guard fprang forward in the mass and struck him with clubbed rifle, lie fell like a log as the train with inert as'jig speed pulVd out of the yards. On the rear platform lay the white, rigid form of I lie g.rl in a deadly swoon as i,he saw her K.ver strut k down. Ont into the n'ght rushed the train, lleudcd f..r the North, the j.- opie board glanced feaituily behind them awl !i'.;'. fully (o the front. Miles were i-,i;en up before another town whs ne.ired. As the engine was ruhicg and shrieking n'oug there was a sudden grinding i f th'.' wheels, a few panting snorts and the long train came to a standstill. All along the sides were armed men peering fearfully at the frightened people in the cars. "You can't stop here,"' said their lead er. "Just you run through as fast as steam will let you. Nobody gets off." "Is that yon, II auk?" said a man, joy fully, as h stepped to the platform and was about to descend to the ground. "Glad it's you. I want to come to your house. The wife and children are with me." "Get back there. Itidn't you hear me say nobody alights. Ikm't care if you are my brother. Stay on ibat train or I'll fill you with buckshot," was the grim reply, as the man covered his shrinking brother with his ready rifle. Then on again rushed the train, the oc cupants filled with an even greater ter ror. Where could they go? Who would receive them? All the country was aroused. On all sides gleamed the guns which held them at bay. Death might le on the train. It was certainly out of it. On the rear platform a distracted girl struggled to a sitting ponture as the train resumed its rapid tlight. Two men stand ing huddled with the crowd near by saw her. She was ill. She might le suffering with the dread scourge. Must others suffer? No! Wiih a common impulse they rushed to where Mamie Butler lay half-extended on the platform, liicd her suddenly in their arms and shot the fragile form out into the wilden-s, recking little of the almost certain death their cowardly and brutal act would entail. Fortuuately another swoon followed the first wild cry as the girl felt herself lifted in the arms of those brules. She fell limp and helpless int a friendly clump of wayside bushes. Her fall was broken so tnat nttie injury resunea. uut sne was left in the swamp regions, miles from any human habitation, the prey of the elements, barred from intercourse with her kind by the rigid law of the "shotgun patrol," now fully organixed all over the State. Slowly her senses returned. Slow ly ber desperate situation dawned upon her. Out in the wilderness without food, poorly clad in the hurry of the flight from Magnolia, and reared in a home of lnxnry, -he was little fined for any kind of fight. Iter situation was such as to appall the most determined and stoical man. What could a frail girl do? Slowly and painfully with badly brais ed ankle she took up her way on the tracks. Where should she go? Home, of course. Her father was of the lines. He would admit his child, even if to the dangers of infection and death. Death from the plague at home with her loved ones was preferable and not more certain than out In that swamp. Home she would go. Bravely for the girl had her father's rugged, forceful nature she started to walk back to home and safety. How that frightful journey waa accom pliiihed the half-delirious girl nerer knew. Three days and nights she wandered, driven away from every camp she ap proached by the same iron rule. Food she had none but wild berries and acacia buds. But on she struggled under the blustering beat or the cooler shades of night until at Inst she saw the tall tower of tba city hall in the distance. (Jratefully she aank in the sand and thanked heaven tor her deliverance. Home was near and loving father and sweetheart If, In deed, he had not been stricken down to bia death were there to welcome and comfort her. The thought of George's peril nerved her to greater exertion. She rose to her feet and once more lieiit her aeary way toward borne. As she reached the clump of pine which marks the onter boundary of the towa a man suddenly stalked front their shade and ordered her back. "father," she cried, falling to her knees and then stamblrng oa again. "Don't ton kaow ma, father. I'm Mamie. I have come baek.ta stay wtfa yon and George. Take me home," aad the wasted arm were stretched haplerlagty toward her parent "Mamie," rasped Butler, hoarsely, 'tow did yon come here? I thought yo were In Memphis by this time." "I was thrown from the train because a pair of brutes feared I bad the fever. I have wsndered In the wood for three days and ain dying for lack of food. Take me home." "Stand back, girl," was the stern reply. "You know the law. My God, why did you come here to tempt me. No, I can not let you in. Yon know the law. Get back. Go over to the camp yonder and they will take you in." The girl pleaded in vain. The inexora ble law of Yellow Jack held her father powerless. With a shriek of despair she turned and ran away into the swamp to die. Kendrick lingered unconscious for four or fne dajs before his physique and fine condition won the battle of life. 1 hen he slowly regained health under the careful ininii-'ratiens of Dr. Wright, a young friend who took as much time us his man ifold duties would permit in .!iiii,ig health ag.iin for the "Yank." Then wi:h Stn-l:::!h le. lined George sought work aim-l.g the ailing, lie feared lei conta gion and wit soon looked up to and hired by the pis pie of the stricken city. Deiuh carls were the only cmivej ancu t-een in the deserted streets as the long, terrible slimmer passed slowly away; corteges with the bodies of victims in plain boxes followed by the men who were to jiy them in the earth the only assemblies fw-en. Hot, fetid air, never cooled by the breezes of the gulf, added to the horrors of the lazaretto. One night as Kendrick, worn out with his labors, s.tt In what had been his office. Dr. Wright entered, tosed his hat aside and began smoking in silence. Kendrick knew from bis friend's manner that some thing of more than passing intercut has marked the day. lie waited for a time and then said: "Well, Doc?" "George," slowly replied the physician, "I have a very peculiar case. It Is a young nun who came in when old Dr. Siefano reached here from New Orleans. You rcmoiiiter my speaking of Siirter Ysabel? Well, it ia she. You know how the has slaved among the poor devils in this horrible hole. You can never know the devotion of this gentle maiden to her se!f-saeritieiaJ duties. Evidently a woman of culture and refinement, she has slaved for the poor blacks as earnestly as for those of higher caste. Now she ia ill sick unto death. I have tried to learn who and what she is, but without success. To-night as she fell into delirium she muttered Uie word 'George' a couple of times. My God, mau, what is the mat ter with you? I have feared it, you have the fever." "No, doelor. No fever but that of ter ror, l'eel my pulse, take my teuierature and you will see the plague has exempted me so far. But you say she muttered my name?" "Certainly, your name. But fJod In heaven, can it be possible? Quick, man. come with me." Out into the nlgbt rushed the two men, one torn by a thousand conflicting emo tions. He knew the resolute temper of his sweetheart and fearing she had seen his downfall and had returned in spite of ail, he felt a fear tugging at hia heart which stifled him. Yet he ran bliudly af ter the doctor uutit tWy reduced a small house where a dim light could be seen near the ojsn window. Here Dr. Wright halted and cautioned the excited man to exercise care. "Ore! Who should be more tender than I? If It is rny love I will nurse her back into life," hoarsely said the young Northerner. "Iet me in. Don't you see this susiwnse ia killing me? God, it is shel" and he fell on bis knee beside the pallet on which the form of a young wom an in the gray garb of the sisters lsy ex tended. His voice roiwd the sick girl from ber stupor. She glanced around the room with frightened eyes and then sud denly started up. "George," she said feebly, "you here? Oh, go away. Y'on will take the fever and die. Don't siny. Take him away, doctor, for my snke." "No. Here 1 stay. Tell me how you came here and what does I his dress mean?" "This dress?" replied Mamie. "Oh, this belonged to a young nun who lost ber life out in the camp. I was thrown from the train, dear, and when I c.'iii.c back home my father " and here the poor, ema ciated form writhed in agony. "It was the law, George. He could not help it. But he turned me back. 1 saw you fall. I went to this camp, then a fearful place of contagion and terror. 1 slipped in during the night, when the guard did not fee me, ami begged for food. The nun bad died during the night. I prevailed on Ir. Stefano, who hsd jnsf come, to permit me to assume the garb. I thought yon were dead. I did not care what became of me. They told me you never regained conaciomtne. I was driven from home by the plague and forc ed to wander an outcast by my only par ent. I wore the garb out there. Then the good doctor came here. Again I suc ceeded In prevailing on him to lake me with him. He said 1 had helpod him out there, why should I not do so in here? lies id en, it wis home, and I longed for it I came and worked until this morning. Then I fell 111. Now I'm dying. Yes, dearest, I'm dying. No skill can save me. I have worn the infected clothing too .ung and wsa too much broken down when I put them on for any hope of life to remain. We must part now. Oh, the pain of the parting! But, when I am gone, tell my father I forgive him. Yes, it Is rest now. Meet me above the stars." Fainter and fainter the struggling breath came and went. As the day dawn ed, another day of horror, wiih Its mer ciless sun to bake and scorch the doomed populace, the gentle spirit took flight. Conscious to the laet, in the arms of her despairing lover she sank to her eternal rest with a peaceful smile on her wasled feature. Chicago (Jhronicle. Average of Hainan 1,1 fe. The average of human life, accord Ing to I'rof. Warren, Is alsiut thirty three rears. One quarter die previous to the age of seven years, one-half be fore reaching 17, aud those who pass this age enjoy a felicity refused to the rest of the human specie. To every 1.000 persons, onlr one reaches KM) years of life, to every lot), on) sis reach the age of 05, and not more than one Id 600 lire to 0 years of aga. There are 00 earth l,0OU,0U0,000 Inhab itant, and of these tSJMJXa die every year, 01 ,KM arf day, 8,T30 every hour, and sixty every mlante, or one every INVENTION OF SCHOONERS. latereatins History of New Eastland KUhinK Hoata. The schooner waa Invented at Glou cester by a builder of flshlng-veiwela. History records that "Captain Hobln soq built and rigged a ketch, as they were then called, ms-sted aDd rigged It In a peculiar manner; when launched the peculiar motion she made aa he glided Into the water froru the stocks caused one of the bystanders to ex claim: "Ob, how she tseoonn" Uobln Mn Instantly dashed a IxttUe of ruin against her isnv and exclaimed, A M liooner let her be!' Aud tlniK the schooner originated." This event hai jietied in 17115, and three yearn Inter mention is iiiude of the employment of a "schooner" In the fisheries off Cupii Sable. Nova Scotia. The In veil I Ion of the schooner was nn imiioi'ant event in the New Kits land llsheiics, for It rig has ls-en found, afler nearly two centuries of trial, well adapted to fishing; vessels employed in the Western Atlantic. It has been materially Improved, how ever, since it adoption, and the lofty, yachtlike fishing-dipper of to-day bear little resemblance to ltn auclent prototype, even though the rig; remain the same in principle. Immediately after the revolutionary war the adoption of the "Ciiebon-a boat" became quite general, especially along the north nbore of Maswichu netla. These diminutive craft, at first ranging from about five to ten tons, derived their specific name from Che- bacco, now a part of the town of Ks sei, Mass., where they originated. Cat rigged, with two tnast, tbey were "handy" boats, and became so jiopular tnat they could lie me with on almost all of the Inshore grounds. In later years, when some were so large as from fifteen to twenty tons, they grew more venturesome, and their cruises extended to the offshore Islands. Indeed, tradition tells of some going; as far as the West Indies during the embargo period, carrying out cargoes bf fish and returning with rum, sugar or molasses. The difliculty of Inter course at that time often made these ventures profitable, and apparently lens risk was taken In these diminutive vessels than In larger craft. As early as ivio the pinky began to stliterwde the Chebacco IxHit. This was similar In fonn to the latter, being a sJiarp-steMied craft, but It was larger, and carried a Iwvvsprlt and Jib, thus having a full schooner rig. It was most generally In use north of Cape Cod until about 1840. Meantime, wjuare-Ktero schooners, usually with low quarter-decks (thus distinguished from the old-fashioned high-quarter-deck craft of the Marblebead typel, were built, and for some years after the hut-mentioned date they were gen erally preferred to all others. Pros perity led to continued Improvement, snd alsmt the middle of the century a material change wns made In the Intro duction of the modern clipper achoon ers. Harper's. Keaource of fienla. At a suburban church social not lorn? ago each perron was required to wr eonspb 'uoiiKly upon bin or her cloth ing some pl-torial or oiIkt device that should rcpreMnt in "rebus" form the title of any well known lsvik, and ail the others were to gue.su at the liook Intended. A prize was to be given for the most Ingenious of thtwe devices. "Paradise It," represented by a card uiKitt which five dice had l-en pasted, and from which two bad evi dently dropd or leen re-moved, was easily gnesod, "Hard Csli" was no puzzle. Neither was It bard to recog nize "A I'alr of Blue Eye," "Inno cents Abroad," "Vanity Fair" or "I'n cie Tom's Cabin," In spite of their pic torial disguises. On of tin- guests, however, had a lioser. Attached U on; of the buttons of his coat was a card bearing simply the inscription: TON. Every one at last gcre It np.and sked for the solution. "Why, that's easy," he said. "It mean 'A TaJe of Two ClUi.' " "Explain." "Jtoston and Washington. East unl iable of both. See?" "That's not fair!" said the others. "It's the last syllable of 'OllHrlellon,, 'Wilmington, 'Coshocton,' 'Kingston' and 'Yankton.' We protest!" "Well," he said, "I won't Insist. Try this one." He turned the card over. It was In scribed on the oilier side with these three letters: ANS. After a severe mental struggle, every body gave this up, also. "That ought not to puzzle you," he said. "It's the 'Lust of the .Mohicans." He got the prize. Iron from Ireland. An experiment of an enterprising kind Is shortly to be made In one of the congested districts of the Irish western highlands, says the full Mall Gazette. In the neighborhood of Drumkeerln, County Leltrlm, bordering; the shores of lyough Allen, a furnace Is now In course of erection for smelting the na tive ore, and, so fur as the preliminary trials have gone the results have been reasonably satisfactory. The district Is rich In minerals that Is, ss compared with other parte of the Island. The coal strata are the upper most of tiie secondary deoelt In the district, and are liedded In carbonifer ous limestone, which has for a base a tract of the old red sandstone. The coal Is the black bituminous ecle, and It has been estimated that ."VUSSJ.OOO tons lie within the limits of the four coun ties of I-eltrlm, Roscommon, Hllgo and Mayo. Beds of Ironstone are numerous; ItrneetoM for smelting has leen quar ried hare before, and charcoal Is ob tained frowi the neighboring wood. Nearly half a century ago Ironworks were la erstratloD here, but owing to the scarcity and unsultaMStj f IM the smelting waa dlscootlanad, s though the last Jron made waa esT ft high quality. To cope with thla draw back and to utilise turf fuel, m peat-drying and pressing plant baa been laldl down. The success of the works) wfll be productive of Incalculable good to the iieasantry In the vicinity, to whoa regular and remunerative esrpyueiit will be very welcome. 1 t A The Sandwich Islanders believe that the souls of their, deceased monarch reside In the ravens and they cutreut Europeans not to molest tiietn. The calf, the white cow of Slam, the hawk, the spe. flic Ibis, the cat, tho ape, the crocodile, dogs, beetles, frogs, mice and rats have all been held in reverence In different sections of the gl'il. Swine were adored In Crete, weasels at 'i belies, rats and mice In Trou. por cupines In Persia, the lapwing In New Mexico, bulls In Benares, senients In Greece and many of the African coun tries. The Hindoos never inoleat snakes; they call them fnthrs, broth ers, friend and other endearing tiamea. On the coast of Guinea a bog happen ing to kill a snake, the king gave or ders that ail the swine should be de stroyed. Horses have played do Inconsplcuoua part In history, In some Instances evea being deified. "Saddle white Surrey for the field to-morrow," cried Richard III. at the battle of Boaworth Field. Black Agnes was the favorite horse of Mary Queen of Scots. Bucephalus, the favorite charger of Alexander the Great, used to kneel when the kltuj mounted him. He cost $10,00 and waa 30 years old when he (lied. Chosroe II. of IVrsIa had a horse, Shitxlla, called the Persian Bucephalus. Orello was the favorite horse of King Rode rick and Xauthos the famous charger of Achilles. Copenhagen, the horse of the duke of Wellington, was 27 years old when be died. In 1XJ an Englishman named Bank had a horse which he bad trained to follow blm wherever he went, over fences and to the roofs of building. He and his horse went to the top of that Immensely high structure, 8t Paul's church. After many wonder ful exploits at home the horse and uia master went to Rome, where they per formed feats equally astonishing. The result was that both Banks and hi horse were burned, by order of the Pope, as enchanters. Inslg-n In Currency. Secretary Gage has presented th question of the advisability of a reform In the designs of United States paper money. There are at present in cur rent use three classes of Government paper money silver certificates, treas ury notes of lWMt, and United Hute nols. or greenbacks. In each of these classes there are nine denominations, making twenty-seven In all, each he l..g represented by a spclal design en tirely dissimilar from the others. ' Secretary Gage's plan I to have prac tically one design for the three (1 uotea, another for the twos, and so on up to J1,ijs the highest. The reading uecea sarily would be different on each de nomination. In order that the three classes of paper money may be readily distinguished the wuls aud numbers in each class will be printed In distinctive color. The numerals on each note will ! made very prominent. The Secre tary argued that the new designs would 111 a great measure prevent the raising of note, as the design would at once Identify the denomination Independent of the numeral. The Secretary bad with him at the last cabinet meeting samples of th new designs, and all of the member present expressed themselves aa high ly pleased with the scheme. Utiles something unforeseen occurs to prevent this plan It will be carried out as soon as the plates can le prepared. Wash ington Post. Procuring Tortoise Hbrll. The tortoise shell of commerce Is not, as generally believed, the horny cov ering or shell iiroiper of the turtle; It U the scales which cover the shield. These scales are thirteen in number, eight of Uiem being flat and the other five somewhat curved. Four of those that are flat are quite large, some times being as much aa twelve I none long and seven Inches broad, nearly transparent and beatillfully variegated In color with red, yellow, white and dark-brown clouds, which give the ef fects so fully brought out when the shell Is properly polished, A turtle of average size will furnish about eight pounds of these laminae or scales, each piece being from an eighth to a quar ter of an inch In thickness. Now Yortt Evening Post. A HenUinent from Ulsinark. A young Engllah woosan once peti tioned BlMuarck uusst patbeAlhaUy for his autograph, declaring thai a few line of hi handwriting would iusUl ber happy for life. 80 the chanceuVsr wrote on the front of th book: "Be ware, my child, of btilldlng caatlea in the air, for tbey are building which we erect so easily, ye they are the most difficult to demolUh." .Menonnlie C olony for Tesaa. The McnnonUea are to found a col ony near Houston, Texas, pcrehaalng an Immense farm, to be cutonlcad by all th Mennouslra now Mattered through th W. When a woman la ald to-be "luck," It Is a ign that ah oasrlect to do her bar of th work, tad nobody coat-plains. M ''' 'V