Nebraska Newspapers

    DIEI» IN THEIR ROOTS
^ TERRIBLE DAY IN MEDICINE
LODGE. BANS.
The IUWSNM 'da? *f nrt bad IB U<4
Ltar Ldgr «*?» a • ..tttemsa sa* la
]«M ate* Be had mi dead tali ua
amt ha,ad# all killed auk thru haul*
am M»-da .a*- teuigr aa* lhra aa «w
Umm *» tuasu s*» ta Ksaaa* aad he •
a haak of hpaiu fur est!tem**a and
the usual mnub-r of hall* *a<*
aahaai* though (hr' latter had degen
erated iatu Jurat* uudrr the ttruiiU
UM reform Well, ua Ms? 1. Hltrr
Pajar pre**4*u« uf the haak aad a
ataa a*aied fsrhhart «ashler. upm -d
the haak that asuraiag a little earlier
thsa usual I aa* ua 'he aa> to ta<
haak tat self sad as* shunt a fcHark
sa *f a sea I u* tsar tara ride up sad
tie their h«s«. Three meat iatu ta*
haak There aa* sa aid • unus era**
lag the street aad ail «d a suddea she
jrelied ' last rahhers" *1 the tup «d iin
i care aad hegaa ta rua... With that ta*
eht-CMT tegs* .r I hr I'unk H-to •».
pmndeat aad «»sh»r* were staa ta
death L» the rubber* Ktrrjf uu >8
lovi ahu had a gva aad ue sit ear
ned 'eat put read) ta *hau! 1 h**re
a** * iUt uf ->sbu)» St >b< hotel .-lit
la the Jutats The) Lad 044-1 their
harass tata iota sad had left tb»-ai si
the Uterjr stahb- utth saddle* ta.
Wle*a the rhoutitue hrgsa to gn ba
the rubier* r*a for their Lanes el ab
ed ua pad started op M*dv is* * re*-*
Tie tushu)* sets right hrhtad (heat
riding aad shautiag The? «*.«isdu t
get la, raage aa if aaald he ■—mr>t—‘
ta drop, aa the? gait shunting said
auMf* (hr hraarhra • Oath. The? aerer
tarr kad sight of them tubist.. 1
dua t kaus ahether tue> <1 U»o
hadn't mad* a bland rr
Msrr? Bros a the «rtt a*r*G> ul
«V-daeiJ aad kha W'heeler. hi* deprrtf
were thr head rubber*,. U<ti tit s ..t
WiiJEY PAVXK
feikcw mure (has Al feet o.gL. and
weighed TZL> He a a* too heuty fur hi*
I •>■?■*» *1.4 the Lorre * a* - I.*
miA So a hat do they do toil turn*
up into on* of the deep - *a>«*u» think
ing they rauM ride oomea h<-r*. I
reckon Any boa they ataried up the
• taym ntth the roaboy* after tb«*m
It aw a dee|> «me without any outlet
at the upper end First thing they
k*ea are had 'em pruned la by fbe
•deep hank* of the canyon <« three
udi* and the cowboy* oa the cdber
It a a* a tight place mad it did not take
them kag to agree to *orrender ana
go hark to jail. I rue** nr did prom- I
tar 'em jMehue lra*t*he ae said it
they vnaid go hack ait!: as ae
wouldn't hang them on the may to ja.t
Hot are declined to be fecpcmibte for
aiHdtmf That* natural en«*;gh
How imM me help N if tuBHliiBg did
happen to them after they got bac k to
JaM?
Cootwe, wmartmag did I aec
hoowed aad we kaow rd t hat it wan
pout' 'a. Tkrp kad b#»« caught m UK
art of willing taBkrm aad in Mo-m
dap* haahem were betd la trmt re
»P>1 aa the* kad nothing *■ - Ui eg
p<i We po* 'em ta pii safe *-a<racti
aad fast kaadrwC* *m them Along
toward eve* tag tkr bop* began to ride
ia from ati over tkr count > Tkrp had
heard about Use killing -tod ilt*r ma
ture deliberation M waa derided that
ike Jail wa* •» aafe pi*<» nohow aad
tke atate kad espema** mutigli of li>
So. tor tke good of the rum
mtsai’p. If a a* thought beat to make a
abort wore job of them aad r*h*-*«. wr
aetvra from fwrtkrr aatUen
Atoag in tkr netting mill* of t!:e
kvpa meat op to th» jolt to are hoar
tke prtm-arfm were A* t told poo.
tkep were alt la Iroa* »k*a we left rm
la tke murwtag 'hot whra wr got up
tkerr tkaf night tkep kad got the iron*
«-ff How tkep door it I Brtn did
kaoo. aad they dtda t have timr to n
ptaia tVhea ihe dour waa ujeaH
tkrp broke to get awap Hrowa got
sarh a atart that M waa ho-Niri to
prfuriie kirn tkea aad there Hr died
irttknrt a kw* Hi* depot p. Hr a
Wheel*r krd to hr winged. Tkrp shut
him oa ke «am Ida t ma aad held him
for tke teal €errm«a»e* The other
two rubbers Htilp Hmlth aad ioka
We-ley were row hop* hot bHag pour
mum aad having kora pn rlooatp
relieved of their Wlai !»■<■«■ *ad aide
arm* (hep waa map to handle. Hr
lite tke hop* kaowed rm aad did aot
want te dbdwwre them They rtmaded
up tke prtnawrr* aad took ran to a
too* tree heady to tow a aad amr the
river. The* the three oerr atruag op
rnm tke owe tree CM room* aa Hrowa
kad alteodp deported tkt* life there
vmw'1 ao aeed of at ringin' him up It
waa a Ids fwai rat we had the aegt dap,
me mew dewd. aad a8 died with their
hurt* oa It •'a* the btggeat dap are
ever kad m Medh lae Lodge
fa* tMaodOr.
“ r- ‘ W*b> oa earth did Alla*
«uoar> ;a fht advertising
Kdla Tea aad ke pro
to ker by mail ta tbta fashion
*1 caa place ia a few good paper* of
at a minimum
tke follow tog notice (pare read
Afla*
U» M; llowrlett Bkjomer **
approv
rHtara bp ftrat
ROYAL SUPERSTITIONS.
r«r» mf Wilhelm. Franc .((•••ph and
Otbrr Manairb*.
Xu aovrreigu is more superstitious
or more careful not to infringe on any
of the old mythical adages than Wil
liam 11. Find, there la the white lady.
Then the fear of a seventh son. for
when the present kaiser was quite a
lad a aorcenaa predicted that three
emperor* would occupy the throne of
iheir ancestor* in the c-ourwe of one
year; that one- of these three, who
shod id have seven sons, would bring
had lie k to the Herman empire and
allow tt to slip forever from the Ho
henzofiern grasp.. The kaiser always
a**tile* fciiti*e!f tiefore going on horse
back that be ha* a pierced .Vpfennlg
piece lb hi* pocket, supposing it will
ward off danger. He inherits these
scruple* from hi* Mnt. Hie late Bm
u**ror Frederick, who rather shocked
the »t ong-minded Princess Royal o!
England by bringing a sprig of white
heather, emblem of good luck, when
he proponed to her
Ketuembt-riag all the senseless forms
•bue*-ted with the Kuaslau court and
• iiafoai. it i* n<»t *iirprising that N'ic
t •.•ar i* superstitious. and very uitich
*o I r ng which g wei Muscovite* seal
o:**y affirm contains a poition of the
true cross i* handed down from one
autocrat to the other, and nothing in
the world would induce the czar to
fee?form the most trivial act without it.
Km pro* Alex has no patience with
her hustmnd a whim* of this stamp.
The phau!otu of the Hapsburg dy
nast i like that of the Hohenzollerns.
i* a lady and her appearance presages
d»„th or other misfortune. “Every
tragic ev» nt .md goodness knows
ih*re Ka»e been enough of them—
wbi l ha* yet happened at the AUS
tr .an cc urt " a weU-knowu archduchess
■b arc* ha* been announced by a
w itt iti of rare beauty w ho wanders in
th*- corridor* of Schonbrunn castle."
Inffcre-Dt Austrian notables avow they
y 4 ill • ma :»pic-*ou* c reature shortly
‘-■’ore Anh<!'ik* Rudolph's death, and
.•gain before L:> mother’* aasaaslna
tlc t.
The - while lady” of the Tuilertes
was an ugly dwarf, whose appearance
pr.-de-t. I an unnatural death to some
men r of t ie royalty. Though the
I?a an t I .ino suc h visitor. King
Hunter! i> Ji.yt Ji trifle superstitious.
mmA no matter where he t' jr undet
w Hat drcnmstaa- es. he makes it a
!K*.tt to hang* hi* linen three times a
day
A PERILOUS CALLING.
1 >••,£ <>r Alaaya Atlrudi the
Imiutri •( VV ilit lira*)*.
When you we ait animal trainer per
burning with ferocious Masts you may
•a- qr> right if >ou imagine the man
a- a f»-ar • «.-■ bia.^rr of them; hut If
you think f<*r an instant that there Is
no danger, you are wholly wrong. A
trainer never confronts the M*asts and
compels them to do his bidding with
out literally taking his life in his
hands He Is so used to the danger
that he do*-> not i(link of it each time
and he holds his mastery of them by a
sort of power that become* habit, sec
ond nature a.- it were. Just as he eats
his meals or performs any other com
mon employments ur, to make the
<i- in »re plain, he forgets the dangers
that surround I 'm just as men in any
other dangerous calling do— a painter,
far instance, who stands upon a nar
row platform hundreds of feet above
the ground Nevertheless, the danger
.* ever present, and all the more terri
l * i- ■ . '• of ihe uncertainty of it. A
trainer mu~t inspire constant fear in
t, • hr t«-> What a power for harm
there is in the elephant, for instance!
One swing of that powerful trunk, and
h* tould I rtish out the life of the man;
1* it he is possessed of an ungovernable
fear. Some animal trainers live to a
good uge and never have au accident.
TMy are absolutely fearless in their
w«*rk. and yet they may be no braver
than you or I when other animals are
in question.
i ner** was one trainer wno gave a
wonderful performance with a number
of animal*- in one < age. He would take
all manner of liberties with the fero
cious brute*. comi>elling them to do hts
bidding making them form pyramids
and lying down on them. When you
ronsider horn a cat or dog will some
times turn on you if not handled just
»o. you must realize what a tremendous
power the trainer must exert over such
hug», savage beasta. There were al
*->* a dozen other kcejiers about
when tins performance was being en
acted. and they were armed with pls
t - hot 11ous and rewhide whips. One
of the lions turned upon his trainer
€>u*e. and his arm was badly lacerated
- fore he could br rescued. Of all ani
m« - ke* per* say the tiger is the
worst. and the most treacherous. It
i!* Be. *ury to keep an eve tixed pretty
• *n-'*nt!y upon it. or it may revolt at
any moment.
Mou-e >’•«!
The officials of the ledemption divi
sion of the treasury department recent
ly received from an Illinois farmer a
< gar box full of what appeared to be
the material used ob the stage to rep
resent snow. Instead of being pure
white however, the hundreds of pieces
of paper were tinted with green. A
i«tf.r in the same mall that brought
the box explained the mystery. The
bit* of paper were all that remained
■ of the fortune of an old couple, living
on an Hlinoi* farm. The man was a
veteran of the civil war. and by dint
of great economy had managed to save
in recent years a few hundred dollars.
The hoard was kept in a trunk, and
the latter stated that the last time .1
had been rousted there were $275 in
the treasury. The next time the couple
went to inspect the money they found
a big bum of finely chewed paper, and
in the midst of the whole was a nest
! of young mice. The piece* were gath
ered up and sent to the treasury de
partment. where they were turned over
to Mrs. Brown, the woman expert. She
pieced them together with great care,
j and after several days* work found
that the claim of the farmer was cor
rect. and that all of the $275 was con
tained in the fragments. New bills
to this amount, fresh from the bureau
of engraving and printing, and with
out a ktagle crease or fold, were
promptly forwarded to the old couple.
—Washington Special to the Brooklyn
Cagle.
THE WOMAN HE LOVED
THE HE BEING CORNELIUS VAN
DERBILT, JR.,
And the Woman time* Wilson Van
derbilt, Now HI* Wife — One of
the Few Love Mulrliiv Aui<>u~ the
Wealthy Set.
(New York Letter.)
In all probability no woman in New
Yoik lias been so constantly before the
eyes of the public during the last two
years as Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.
Event after event occurred which con
cerned her and those near her, events
which were of great interest to all
who have known of the Vanderbilt af
fairs. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
was born Grace Wilson, one of the
three daughters of Richard T. Wilson
of New York. Her mother has been
< ailed the Napoleon of matchmakers
by those who are envious of her suc
cess; it is doubtful if four children of
j one family have ever married more
I brilliantly than her children. Before
Mrs. Vandeibilt was married she re
| ceived more than her share of the at
: tentlons of prominent men. Col. John
Jacob Astor was one of the first to
| admire her at her debut, and at one
time rumor, which is so precipitate
to jump at conclusions, reported that
, they would become engaged. This
! rumor received its quietus when her
• engagement was announced to the
! Hon. Cecil Baring of the famous family
1 of London bankers. This was looked
upon as a* brilliant match, and great
! surprise was felt when the engage
1 ment was broken off. The host of ad
I mirers never deserted her and' the
: Marquis of Ava, eldest son of the Earl
AA^AA^AAA^VVVVVVVWWVVVVSA^
INDIANS COOD WITNESSES.
Judge Rhlra* Says They Are Generally
More Truthful than Whites.
“Indiains make good witnesses scd
they stick closer to facts than v/nlte
people.” This statement was made
the other evening by Judge O. P. Shi
ras of the United States district court
of northern Iowa. Speaking of his in
teresting experience in coming in con
tact with the Indians in court he says
the red man or woman is generally ac
curate. He says: ‘“Ask a white man
if he was drunk on a certain occasion
and he will try to wiggle out of it, but
the Indian will come out with a ‘Yes’
if he was. On one occasion a lawyer
asked a squaw if she understood the
nature of her obligation in giving tes
timony. She answered that she had
taken a ‘strong word' to tell the truth
and she would do so. She was asked
to define the difference between the
truth and a lie. whereupon she said:
‘The truth is the truth, and a lie is a
lie; they are different and you can't
make them alike.’ ”
Judge Shiras says the Indian makes
a good juror, in which capacity he
may sit after relinquishing tribal rela
tions and complying w-ith government
severalty laws. He says too, that he
has come in contact w ith some good
Indian lawyers. “I think.” said he,
“there’s a mistaken idea about the red
man having been mistreated by the
government. The facts show that they
are the richest people per capita in the
whole country. The trouble is that
they have a poor idea of the value of
money, and spend it recklessly. In
dians will walk dear across one state
into another to draw their annuities,
and in twenty-four hours after getting
the money they will have gambled
i every cent of it away before they leave
MRS. CORNELIUS VANDERBILT JR.
of Duffprin, British ambassador to
France, became very devoted, and her
friends expected a betrothal. About
this time Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.,
began to assume prominence in the
college world. An upper class man at
Yale, prominent socially, unpreten
tious with all the great wealth to
which he was to be the heir, he was
one of the most popular young men in
New York. He became attentive to
Miss Wilson, and when he was grad
uated he announced to his father that
he intended to marry. The late Cor
nelius was opposed to the match and
ordered his heir presumptive to forget
the girl of his choice. Obediently,
young Cornelius went to Paris. After
six months the Wilson family also
went to Paris in the course of their
yearly visit to the continent. Upon
hearing the news Mr. Vanderbilt, Sr.,
sent for his son, asking him to return.
His request was not complied with for
some time, and when he finally came
to New York he told his father that
the idea of being disinherited could not
keep him from the woman he loved.
Without his parent’s consent he was
married to Mi.-s Wilson. Not one of
the Vanderbilt family was present at
the ceremony. The solicitations of his
brother and sisters in his behalf were
unavailing; his father would not yield.
When a little child was lorn to them
it was thought that his tiny hands and
bright little face would soften the
grandfather's heart, but he, too, was
powerless.
Several times it was said that Cor
nelius Vanderbilt had forgiven his son
for his love marriage, but when the
will of the manager of the Vanderbilt
interests was probated it was found
young Cornelius had been left but one
one-hundredth part of the vast estate.
There is considerable difference be
tween one and sixty million dollars,
but Alfred, his brother, came forward
generously and gave him enough to
equal the share of the other children.
Mrs. Cornelius. Jr., had remained neu
tral throughout the w'hole affair; un
willing to give up the man she loved
and yet not wishing to do anything
prejudicial to his interests. A digni
fied silence, not trying to influence her
fiance In any way, created great re
spect *or her, and her friends w'ere
very happy when she was finally' mar
ried. 1 heae two young people disre
garded everything but love in their
choice of a partner for iife, and there
are few men or women in the world
possessed of a grain of sentiment who
do not approve of the course they
chose.
Writer's cramp is more likely to be
found in the stomach than in the wrist.
the vicinity and then walk back home
to do the same thing on the next pay
day. It is astonishing to see the meth
ods adopted by an intelligent red man
to get away with his money. Among
other things he has a weakness for a
certain kind of amusement known as
the ‘Merry Go Round.’ Recently one
of these concerns got permission to set
up one of their machines on a reserva
tion within my circuit. The bucks
would gather about the contrivance
and to the time of a steam-tuned or
gan would ride the whole blessed day.
They spent all the money they had and
pawned different articles to get more
for the same amusement. During the
last few years the women took a great
craze for wearing these blue bathing
suits trimmed in white braid. The
traders are said to have disposed of a
large quantity of this toggery.”—Chi
cago Record.
Chicago's Remarkable Cop.
“Big Steve” Rowan, the heaviest
man on the Chicago police force and
having a record of having served 27
years on one of the worst night beats
in the city without one arrest to his
credit, has received an offer of $400
a week from a local vaudeville theater
to go on the stage. Nearly all of the
theaters, gambling houses and all
night saloons and restaurants and all
of the morning newspaper offices of
Chicago were on “Stave's” beat, and
he probably has a speaking acquaint
ance with, and is known by, more Chi
cagoans than any other man in town.
His extraordinary bulk would attract
attention anywhere, and his brogue
once heard is never forgotten. A
minute’s talk from him would break
up the noisiest mob that ever impeded
traffic, and his persuasive tongue nevei
failed to jolly quarrelsome drunks into
good nature that would last at least
until they had got off the beat.
Towns With Big Records.
The way things are fixed a good
many cities in these United States have
things to brag about. For instance,
l^eavenworth. Kan., is the first Ameri
can city in tbe shipment of apples.
Right around there are 203.000 bearing
apple trees, and the biggest apple
orchard in the world. 1,400 acres, is
near. Denver, Colo., has more bicy
cles per head of population than any
other city. Albuquerque, N. M.. has
more sunny days in the year than any
other American city.
Trnst.
She—I suppose she has a perfect
trust in you? He—Trust? She has a
monopoly of me, that’s what you mean.
COL. ALEX. MAJORS,
ORIGINATOR OF PONY EXPRESS
IN THE WEST.
He Began Freight Service on the Plains
in *48 and Did a Remarkable Busi
ness—Employed 5.000 Men and 40,000
Oxen.
(Chicago Letter.)
The man to whom was due more
than any other the advance of civili
zation across the plains of the great
west and who became world-famous a>
the originator of an overland freight
Line and pony express was Col. Alex
ander Majors, who died in Chicago las:
week. At the time of his death CoL
Majors was 8G years old. Seventy years
of his life he had spent on the plains,
and into this time had been crowded
events which are history. It was in
1848 that Col. Majors began his
freighting on the old Santa Fe trail,
running a line of wagons between In
dependence, Mo., and Santa Fe. N. M.
Majors’ Overland Freight soon became
famous all over the world. He was not
the first man to carry freight over the
trail, but he was the first man to de
velop overland freighting as an indus- '
try and to insure to any degree the
safety of his goods. His beginning
was made auspiciously on the edge of
the gold fever, and soon he, and the
partners he afterward associated with
him. has established lines to Mexico.
California. Colorado and Utah, and in
one year the profits of the firm of
Majors, Russell & Waddell amounted
to $500,000. Nearly all of the freight
carried over the Rocky mountains by
contract at that time was carried in
Majors’ wagons, and the government
contracts were all intrusted to him.
When Col. Majors began operations
the eastern terminus of the freighting
trails was Independence. Mo. He
started in business with a little outfii
of six wagons and 40 oxen, for it took
six oxen to draw one of the wagons.
His first trip was made to Santa Fe
and the run of 800 miles and back was
made in 92 days. This was unprece
dented at the time, and the fact that
Majors brought his oxen in as fat and
sleek as when they started out gave
him a reputation among the traders.
Up to that time it had been conceded
that no man could manage a yoke of
oxen without swearing. A teamster
was hired more on his reputation for
swearing and shooting than for driv
ing. Col. Majors was a religious man
and for a long time conscientious scru
ples stood in the way of his going into
the freighting business. He would not
employ men who swore, and he would
not haul freight on Sundays. As traf
fic increased it fell gradually into the
hands of Majors’ overland freight, and
he took in two partners and changed
the name to Majors, Russell & Wad
dell. They soon increased their team
ing outfit to 40.000 oxen and 4.000
wagons, dividing them into “outfits”
or “trains,” moving out of Independ
ence. Mo., on a certain date, and sched
uled to reach Santa Fe or Salt Lake
or Denver, as the case might be, on a
certain date. The organization of a
freight train for crossing the plains
consisted of 25 wagons carrying from
three to three and one-half tons each,
the merchandise being protected by
sheets of ducking. Each wagon was
drawn by 12 oxen, and the train was
provided with 30 or 40 extra animals,
in case some of those drawing the
wagons went lame. The whole train
consisted of from 320 to 350 cattle, and
a half-dozen mules, for herding and
riding. The force of men consisted of
a wagonmaster. his assistants, the
teamsters, a man to look after the ex
tra cattle, and three or four reserves.
Oxen almost altogether were used in
freighting, because they were more re
liable for long trips, and because they
foraged for their own food. and. with
proper care, could travel 2.000 miles
between April and November, and still
be sleek and salable.
The business done by the freight line
COL. ALEXANDER MAJORS,
established by the colonel was enor
mous. In one year he carried 16,000,000
pounds of government supplies to
United States troops in Utah. Forty
thousand oxen, a thousand mules and
over 5.000 men, under his supervision,
once carried freight and mail from the
Missouri river across the Rocky
mountains. Col. Majors’ greatest en
terprise, from a spectacular point of
view. wras the establishing of the
"pony express." In the days of the
California gold fever this was to the
coast what the flying mail trains are
to the people today. From the ter
minus of the eastern telegraph lines
there was a stretch of 2.000 miles to
the coast. Majors had already estab
lished an overland stage line, operated
by the firm of Majors. Russell 4 Wad
dell. But up to 1859 mail from the
Atlantic seaboard was carried by
steamer to the isthmus of Panama and
then by steamer again up the western
coast, and at the least the trip required
22 days. Senator Gwin of California
believed that the establishment of an
overland express would lead to in
creased immigration, and finally lead
to the building of railroad and tele
graph’ lines, which it did. He per
suaded Col. Majors and his partners
to start the pony express, and Col. Ma
jors at that time became the virtual
head of the overland freight, overland
stage line and pony express. Up to
that period the fastest time ever made
I I
'or news from the Missouri river to San
Francisco was 21 days. The pony ex
press curtailed this to 10 days, taking
di spat’’lies from the wire at St. Joseph.
Mo., and carrying them the rest of the
way on horseback. The route was di
vided into 190 stations, and f»00 horses
and 280 men were required for the
work. Eighty of these men acted as
riders. The riders were all old plains
men and scouts, brave and daring, ami
the story of the pony express is one of
thrilling adventure. Two hundred ami
fifty miles a day was made by the ex
press. and none of the riders carried
an extra ounce of weight The horse?
were wiry mustangs used to the trail,
full of endurance, and as sure-footed
as mountain goats. The work done
by the pony express was the marvel of
the day and the feats of horsemanship
then accomplished arc still talked of.
However, it never paid running ex
penses and was eventually sold. For
some years past Col. Majors had been
living a quiet life, his time being occu
pied in the writing of a book of his ex
periences. In many respects he
a wonderful man. and history wii!
claim him as a most remarkable fig
ure.
MARYLAND FOLKLORE.
Superstition* a* to Tluntlng. WIU'Iim and
Selling One'* Self to the Devil.
(From the Baltimore Sun.)
Interesting stories drawn from the
folklore of Maryland, particularly that
of the western part of the state, were
told recently by members of the Folk
lore Society at their meeting in Dono
van Room of Johns Hopkins Univer
sity. Mr. Crum, who is a native of
Frederick county and a graduate stud
ent of Johns Hopkins University under
Prof. Newcomb, in the department of
mathematics, contributed a paper on
"Witch Stories and Conjuring.” Some
of the superstitions he told of were
as follows: "A Hunting Charm—
Whenever you kill a bear, deer or tur
key dip a number of bullet patches in
the fresh blood of the animal. You
must on no account give any of these
patc hes away. When you are out hunt
ing again for the same kind of game
load as follows: Take a bloody patch,
well greased, place your bullet on it.
then cross yourself, and, as you push
the bullet borne, repeat: ‘Father, bon
and Holy Ghost.' You will certainly
bring home game of the same kind
as that whose blood was on the patch.
L)o not keep the patches near your bed
or in your sleeping room. The spirits
make a noise in the box where the
patches are and will not let you sleep.
The sound is like a watch ticking, but
it gets louder and louder, until you can
not sleep. Witch Killing—If horses
are so badly bewitched that one dies
the following will deprive the witch of
her power. Take the dead horse out
into a field and burn the carcass be
side a tree. First cut a cross in the
tree, then drive a nail in at the cross.
Now take your rifle which must be
loaded with a silver bullet, choose a
position so that the fire is between
you and the tree and shoot over the fire
at the nail. When you hit the nail the
witch will lose her power, and you
cannot miss with the silver bullet. Too
Sell One's Self to the Devil—Go to the
crossroads at midnight alone and play
on the banjo. If you really want to
sell yonrself two black dogs will ap
pear and will dance as you play. Then
you promise something fearful. Any
one who thus sold himself was said to
be able to outplay and outdance any
competitors. A Method for a Girl to
Try Her Fortune—Put an egg to the
fire and sit an hour. The wind will
howl and the dogs bark and the man
you are to marry will come in and
turn the egg around. If the egg bursts
you will die (or. possibly, my inform
ant adds, you will never marry
BISHOP POTTER AND A PORTER
Prelate Was Compelled to Keveal HU
Identity to the Colored Gentleman.
Some of Bishop Potter's friends have
been repeating a story of his recent
trip to the west, which he told first on
his return to New York. The colored
porter on the train from a northwest
ern city to the Pacific coast realized
that his distinguished passenger was
no ordinary traveler.although he could
not decide just what his rank was. On
the first day. in the morning, he ad
dressed the bishop of New York as
“colonel.” The bishop informed him
that he was not a colonel. That day
as the train halted for dinner the por
ter apprised him of this fact Dy call
ing him as "general.” Once more the
bishop denied his right to that mili
tary title. During the rest of his
communication with the bishop on
that day the porter abandoned any at
tempt to give him a title. But he re
turned to the charge on the final day
and compromised on "captain.” The
bishop thought it would be best to let
the man know his mistake by telling
him who he really was. *T have told
you several times that 1 was not in the
army." he said to the porter, "and that
I am not a colonel, captain or gen
eral. I am a bishop.” The porter
grinned instead of showing any embar
rassment at his mistake. "I knew yon
had some title,”he said, “and I thought
I'd get it if I kept on saying the wrong
one long enough. 1 knew I'd have to
strike the right one. But 1 never
would have thought of 'bishop.' ”
Side Light* on Rhode*.
Rhodes is inordinately fond of old
things—even old women. He has mow'
old furniture, old ehina and curios
generally than any man in South Af
rica. Anything old and Dutch catches
him. He is half Bo?r. no matter how
he may hate the Dutch. How a man
can hate a people and yet so love and
admire their arts and institutions is a
mystery. ‘•Grootschur” is an old-fash
ioned house, filled with old things—
old benches, old chairs, old chests, old
books, old silver, old gold, old glass,
old tiles, old jugs, old vases, old pic
tures, old parchments and old wines.
Rhodes possesses typewritten transla
tions of all the foreign classics, which
he chiefly reads. Froude, Carlyle and
Gibbon are his favorite authors. He
knows the latter by heart. To him
there is nothing in the whole field of
fiction that can compare with "Van
ity Fair.” His favorite painter la Sir
Joshua Reynolds. He owns a Sir
Joshua.—Victor Smith in the New
York Press.
C*»“IL.DREN WHO WORK.
An In €!■.■«•»•• In th« Number in TbH
Country.
Between 1870 and 1800 the amount
nf child labor In this country decfciedly
increased. In 1870. out of 6.604.000
children between 10 and 15 years old,
739.000 were wage-earners; iu 1880, out
of 6,649,000 children of these agts, 1,
118.000 were wage-earners. The laajr
census changed the clMsifKatioD o
children, so timt exact comparisons »r.
impossible. It reported that of 7,033.
000 children bet we-n 10 and 14 year
old but 603.000 were at work, and o*
the basis of this report Commissi one.
Wright claims that a great gain hit
b.en made, says the Cbautauquam
This, however, is doubtful, as H is pre*
cisely the age at which children are
most likely to leave the grammar
schools and go to work. The employ
ment of over 500,000 children under 14
In factories, shops and mines demands
serious national atteution. In the min
ing regions of Pennsylvania boys of
12 ere taken out of school and put to
work for ten hours a day at the break
ers, picking slate from coal; and in
the south boys and girls are taken
from school before they are 10 and set
to work for twelve hours a day In the
cotton mills that are being scattered
over the country. The argu
ment oiten made that (fiild
labor deprives parents of employment
is not usually a valid one. It Is true
that iu cotton-factory towns hardly
any man over 40 Ls at work, and his
little chidren are in factories while
he “totes*’ the meals. But this Is large
ly due to the fact that the fingers of
the father are no longer nimble and
that there is rarely much employment
in the neighborhood of a cotton factory
to which he can turn his hand. While
industry is diversified, the labor of a
factory worker's children no more
keeps him from working than the la
bor of children on the farm keeps th%
farmers from working. Wages the
children earn cannot lie spent without
paying for the labor of some one else.
This labor, therefore, is not the em
barrassment to the employment of par
ents it is often asserted to be. As a
rule, its wor.-t effect upon the labor of
adults is by increasing the number ol
those seeking jobs, without increasing
the number of those giving them, and
thus slightly reducing the level ot
wages. These material conditions,
however, are of minor importance. TLo
ground upon which child labor is to
be prohibited is not\ e right of adults
to be protected against competition,
but the right of the child to be fitted
Tor competition which he must meet
in life.
AMID BONES OF CAPUCHINS.
Due of the Unusual Sight* of the Cttj
Nestllug on Seven Hill*.
The labors of the Capuchin monks
in the Catholic church are well
known. The order was one of the
strongest of the auxiliary branches of
the church, though its field lay in a
different direction from that of the
Jesuits. The latter were the aggres
sive arm in battling the world; the
former was given to the quiet of mo
nastic life far from the turmoil of
men. The Capuchins were very large
ly recruited from the families of the
rich and well-to-do. and found in re
tirement the opportunity they craved
for, giving themselves entirely over
to saving their souls. The Capuchin
church in Rome has been served by
this order for centuries. In its cham
bers are the bones of 6,000 monks fas
tened to the walls and ceiling to make
effective and striking groups of death.
Skulls are employed in the chamber
almost entirely, while the cross-bones
and other imperishable parts of the
anatomy make up the receiving rooms
given over to this extraordinary col
lection. The entrance to this base
ment is on a level with the ground and
at no place are the chambers more
than two feet below the surface of the
earth. The spectacle of skulls by
the thousands suddenly confronting
the visitor does not produce that grue
some feeling that one would imagine,
and no one shortens an inspection o!
the anatomical array because he is in
a consecrated charnel house. The
surroundings of this old church and re
pository for the bones of its goodly
friars are squalid and unattractive.
The entrance to the chamber of the
dead is through the yard of a livery
stable, dirty to the last degree, but
that does not deter visitors from wit
nessing this unique collection.
Speaking for History.
Generations of schoolboys learn the
dramatic speeches ascribed to famous
commanders just before famous bat
tles. but unfortunately many of these
fine, high-sounding addresses were
never heard of till after the event.
We read, for instance, in ancient his
tory of generals addressing whole
armies, when a few companies of sol
diers at most could have heard them.
To show the difference between genu
ine speeches and manufactured ones, a
contemporary reports an authentic ad
dress of the captain of a British ship
as the fleet was approaching the en
emy. He wished to encourage his gal
lant tars, and hoped perhaps that a
few heroic words might forever be as
sociated with his memory. “Send ail
hands aft!” he cried, and when the
order was carried out he said: “My
lads, there's the enemy, no doubt
about it. And now, my lads, if you
don’t take the enemy, my lads, why
then, my lads, the enemy will take
you. Pipe down, boatswain.” After
all, the speech was to the point, and
the men cheered it to the echo.
Supplied In Philippine*.
Handling rapidly large quantities of
supplies is. therefore, a very important
part of military duties. A steady pro
cession of government transports hur
ry across the Pacific loaded with neces
sities for the troops. \Vhen the sup
plies reach Manila, they must be hur
ried over the island of Luzon. Many
men are required for this work, but
men cannot be spared from the firing
lines or garrison duty. Besides, the
handling of supplies is not very digni
fied or pleasant work for the American
soldier. 1 he Chinese coolies have
therefore been employed for this labor,
and very hard working and useful
little fellows they are, too. Stripped
to the scantiest attire possible, they
put their shoulders to heavy bundles
and. busy as ants, make up in numbers
what they lack in size.
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