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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 11, 1880)
K Uri Is jBiirt; Rhatldcr, set In fin ills. kinder flgtaln srs ranr. t Vn o lmnrbvln', he made iii" nlniti. Jl u'lat nannrnl, ullcrs looked Tjit Mao'Jiinp. fjrh,an"lvecch Hly answers Ihnt rTvl the mn enn't fonl mr, Deliby St Tsn't w'iise thcyluvu. It's nv chfok, nml pyn n-snnrklin'. 1 cs. ''. y)ll TTl!l' depfniil Thnt when 11 woman' smart nnd handy, knows how to bake and mend, JVnd keep her hone and liulnnl tidy, why, the fools will pa herliy, lckas Mi'h epent her youth a-lcarnhifr their wants to satisfy. Now Mr. Iteod was alters talkln of what a wife shmiM lie. So, IWiliv, vim It any wonJcrl thought bis hint- meant me?' And then when MnryTJane would giggle, nnd ho would turn o red, " . Could jmh huvo gtiosrl that they was courtln , when. nut u wonl wan said? It all mine nut at last ra sudden. 'Twos AViIndny of I-t-t week. "When Mr. Ueitl came In quite tlustered. Thinks 1, "lie means to bpeak." I'll own my hfnrt beat quicker, Dcbby; for though, of eciiir-e, H h I old To like ii man before he offer, I thought him good as gold. "Well, there wo sot. T talked and waited; he hemmed and eoiiffhfd awhile: Ho wemed s mot oneominon bashful I couldn't help but smile. 3 thought about my pine-tar balsam thut drive u eoutrh awav. And how when we was fairly married I d doge him every dny. Just then he ppoke: "Pear Mls Mlncrvy, you must hev sen iiltc plain That I'm in low4" "I hev," 1 answers. Sei ho, " WiUt Mary Jane" 44 irhatdid 7Jo7" T nearly fainted, 'twas ech a eniel hock. Yet then-1 hed to set, as niilct as cf I was a roek. And hear about her "plrlMi sweetness," nnd buddln" be'iutj'," too. Don't talk to mo or martyrs, Debby I know w hut l'vo gone through. Well, that's the end. The weddln's settled for June, he in uch haste. Iiuc.jriTonherthi' f-preads I rjuiltcd, so they won't go to waste. I'd planned new curtains for his study, nil trimmed with bands of blue, I'm pure her eookln" neer"ll suit him he's fond of cacin', too. "Well, no. T wn'n't at meetln' Sunday. I don't tlnd Mr. Ib-ed Ist-ultcnsedlfyln lately: ho'ean't nuncmr, indeed. And, Debby, when you see how foolish a man in low can net. You can't hev seen a high opinion of 7ifi, and that's a fact. 44 T don't bxik irrlir' Bprinjr weather, mebbc; It's gittin' warm, you know. Good-by: I'm goin to Unvlu Jotham's, to stay a week 'or o. Jn. ;. 3'. OtrhcU. in firjwr' Maijaztne. ., a a. SQUIRE WHEELER'S WATCH. "I'm Mrs. Wheeler Scpjirc Wheel er's second wife, lie being a widower when I warned him; and most folks know how Squire Wheeler used to be a 4 kind oP a distracted man when I iir.st married him, and how he kept on hum; distracted for a considerable spell o' time, sos 1 r'ally didn't feel to expect he'd ever got out of the habit. He didn't keep no recollection of events, somehow, and did sort o' curious things. Put on the big, striped arm-chair cover instead of his dressing-gown, and went about with one shoe and ono slipper on. wonderin what made him hitch so, till 1 told him. He fetched home my bandbox from the milliner's, and a new coal-scuttle from the store, one day. and when he came in ho throwed the bandbox into the fireplace, and sot the Kent tie on my work-table; and one da' 1 jest saved him from takin' shot in stead o' pills. 44 I'd knowed he was sort o1 curious before he came to see me, and 1 larnt it well durin that time, for you see he built a new houc for me while we was :i courtin': anil he took me over for to see it arter 'twas all painted and ealei mincd, and papered; and while I was lookin1 at it up stairs he forgot how's he'd fetched me and went oil aud lock ed me in. It was quite well set back from the road, the house was. and all the lower windows were fastened on the outside; and I suppose I might have starved there if it hadn't a been for Hiker's little bo3s comin' up about five in the afternoon to steal cherries. The thought 1 was a ghost, and so brought some folks up to look at me, and 1 got let out. 44I was real mail, I kin tell you, and lirst on 1 refused to hev anything to do with the Squire; but he pleaded with me, went right down on his knees in his white pants in a mud-puddle, and I was tender-hearted. Though I was most sorry I had give in when he went down to the village and opened his ollicc ono Sunday. I'd no idee what he'd done until he" came home to din ner. Then he was lookin' at me, and says he: 44 Mcnishy. I gncss there's goin' to bo. a weddin'; there's crowds of folks goin' into the church.' 44 4A weddin' Sunday?' says T. 44 'Law!' says he, ' I thought 'twas Saturda-, nnd'rve been sotten at 1117 desk, full face of all the folks, writin' the hull mornia' me a deacon, too!' "Then 1 called him 4 a distracted old critter!' "However, I got over that, and he seemed to be goin' along better than usual, when one day he was goin' to start for the city. He was all fixed up and the Squire's a personable man when he's got his best clothes on he was all fixed up, and had a new blue cravat, and a white hat and kid gloves; and I was kinder adorin' him. when jt stnick me that the clock had stopped, and that I shouldn't know the time for all day. 444Adoniram,' says I Adoniram, do tell me the time so's toset the clock.' 44 The Squire he was just figuring up to get expenses all right and didn't want to stop, so he onfastened his watch: off the chain, and handcdlt to me, and I went into the kitchen toset the clock. I was quick as lightning, but bless you! when I came back the Squire was ST; miz& -&oiit ii 44 4 What a provokm' thing!' says I. Gone to town without his watch. He won't know about the trains "oranv thing.' And I fretted about it all day. Well I might; 1 didn't know what good reason I lufilto do It 44 The boy brought the buggy back, and said the Squire hadn't missed his watch, and that he'd .gone off on the right train. And the Squire he gotr-to "New York all right, -as I afterwards knew, and about ten o'clock Cousin Peter Jones stopped in, and said he was going to New York, too. 44 4I want to know,' says I ' where will you dine?' v 44 4The Stuffem House.' says he. 444 Oh,' says I. 4Well, Adoniram, he'll dine,-lh.ere,.tco, and you'll meet him there. Jest take his watch along, won't you, and give it to him. 44 So Peter says: 'All right, pleased to do it,' and put it loose in his left vest pocket his own was in his right and ,off he went. 44 4Some chance of Adoniram's getting home to-night, now,' says I, and felt more comfortable. ' jttle I knew. 1- us- lihn il-und Ic'dworn Ti vcars. nnd tilwavfl had his1 BT ami having fixed himself up r that fashion, he went out again. and there was the Squire coming up the street. "How, Peter is always for having his joke, and what should ho do but hide behind a pile of shutters and bolt out at the Squire, and grab him by the collar, and say: 444 You' re mv prisoner!' 4 Now the Sfquire he's sort of seri ous and he's .ion of heavy,. and he gave a jump, and there was' a banana skin on tho sidewalk, andhq. ."dipped jjjpii,"tf and down both of 'em went. A mercy they didn't break their legs. Hut up they got, and the first thing Peter knew the" Squiro was holding his collar and yelling 'police!' 44 4 Squire! Squire!' says Peter, 'don't you know me? Don't you know me?1 44 No, don't want to,' .-ays poor Adon iram. "Then upcomesjiie police. i44 4 Arrcsr this Hia.' t.irs the Squire. the eoHareU me in the k street, uidl reckon tiiat lie s irot mv watcii. lou see it's gone. There's the chain hang ingout of my pocket with no watch on't." 44 I'm his cousin. I come down last train. He left lib watch at home,' pays Peter. And nobody paid any attention, and they took him to the .station and .searched him, and there was the Squire's watch in his pocket. 44 4 1 fetched it to him,' savs poor Cousin Peter. '"Ilis "wife "asketf me to. I'm his own relation, Peter Jilimer. Look at me. Squire.' 4 4 Peter Klimer's got long Iiajraml a most amazin' beard, j'ou rascal,' says the Squire, andwhcnI leftSpottsville' he was abed yet, hi folks tald." 44 So they locked lacier up for high way robbery, and detained the Squire to appear against him; and about nine that night, when the last train arriv and went on and didn't fetch him. me and Cousin Peter's wife sot cryin' in our kitchen, makiu' up our minds we was both widdcrc. "The only wonder is Peter isn't serv ing a term in State prison now, for Jus own wife couldn't swoar.to liim when she saw him until he showed her a d:f guerr'otype of both of 'em, hooking arms, tlfatthcy had taken in their courts ing days for :i,loukct he wore; and it took the whole family, and the dominie, and'Lawycr Cross, and lots of money, to get him oil'; ami then Peter wanted to Mie the Sjmire .for falbe .arrest and imprisonnichf. .. ""It '.vas a dreadful time, and there was a coolness in the family for years, but good ari. from evil, as the dominie said, for the Squiro isn't half stub a distract cd man as he ueil to be, and he has got a sort of habit of taking no tice of wiiat goes on about him." Mary Kyle Dallas, in xV. V. Lc Iqcr. The Plash of Lighliiing. Tin: appaiatus which, in our labora tories, enables us to measure the time which light, moving at nearly L'00,000 miles per second, t-ikes to past over a few feet, is icquired to prove to us tltat lightning is not absolutely instantane ous. WMieatstone has shown that it certainly lat le;s than a millionth part of a second. Take this, along with Swan's datum, which 1 have just given you, and you ee that the apparent brightness of the landscape, us lit up b a lightning Hash. i-. less than one hundred thousandth part of what it would be were the lightning perma nent. We have thus rough materials for instituting a comparison betweeu the intrinsic brightness of lightning and of the sun. Transient in the ex treme as the phenomenon is, we can still, in virtue of the duration of visual impressions, form a tolerably accurate conception of the form of a Hash; and in recent times instantaneous processes of photography have jjiven us perma nent records of it. These, when com pared with photographic records of ordinary electric sparks, bearout to the full the convictions at once forced by appearances on tho old electricians, that a llash of lightning is merely a very large electric spark. -The pe culiar zig-zag form, sometimes ap parently almost doubling .back on itself, the occasional bifurcations, and various other phenomena of a light ning llash, are all shown by the pow erful sparks from an electric machine. The .spectroscope lias recently given us still more convincing evidence of their identity, if any such should be wanted. The bifurcations of a llah can puzzle no one who is experimental ly acquainted with electricity, but the zig-zag form is not quite so easily ex plained. It is certaiuly destroved in the case of short sparks by heating the air. Xow, heating in a tube 'or llamo not only gets rid of motes and 'other combustible materials but" it also re moves all traces of cleciritieation from air. It is posible, then, that the zig zag form of lightning llash may, in certain cases atTeat, be due to "local electrification, which would have the same sort of effect as heat in rarefying the airand making ita be'tter conductor; A remark is made very commonly in thunder-storms which, if correct, is obviously inconsistent with what I have said as to the eNtrcmcly short duration of a llash. The eye could not possibly follow movements of such extraordinary j rapidity, lieuc5 it is clear that when people say they saw a Hash go upward to tho clouds from the ground, or down ward from the clouds to the ground, the must be mistaken. ,' Thcfl origin 'of "the mistake seems to be a subjective one, viz.; that the central parts of the retina are more sensitive, by practice, than the rest, nml4thereforesthat-thoTiortioit4flMT"t1"?at o mP?lL 1-ouco of the llash which is seen directly af- lectsthc brain sooner than the Test. Hence a spectator looking toward either end of a- Hash very naturally fancies that cyd to bo its starting-point. Prof. Tait, iiiXalnrc ' ' " j. Too Much Xusiifanec. A ' Ikfoiimatios has beenrecoivcd here of a case of alleged murder for insurance. A short time airo a man named John Brandt, aged seventy-two, apjpearediii j ocuns iirovc near ouuoury. rju. njapia for insurance speculation exists among the -inhabitants. A man named Byers effecteUuh insurance oif Brandt's life for $10,000, and promised- to keep him all his 'natural life. Another party named Hilbprt, cashier, of a neighbor ing,bank, took out a policy of $10,000 being effected'by one Gardner, a travel ing agent. Recently old Brandt com plained of ill-treatment, and wandered offa few days ago.- He again returned,, but the proprietor of the hotel, who took the first insurance, motioned him off. The ncst "heard or seen' of him here was when his body wasio'und early the next niorniu'r on the railroad not far away. The two men holding the poli cies were seen in consultation "thVday boiore the old man was found dead. The opinion quickly prevailed that the old man had met with foul plav. and a Coroner is now makinsr an'investication. and a post mortom is being made. . It is believed by many that Brandt was killed and thrown on the railroad It is beginning to look like the celebra ted llaber murder case at Lebanon, in which the'4' blue-eyed six" were impli cated. $T. Y. Tdcgram. - - - - rnre.atcd Iho SleanvEagJueJ V what man and to what Nation is e world indebted for the invention of the locomotive cnir no? Tho l'hhvll- phia Korth American claim that honor for the little-known jiame 01 vjivcr Evan, of tha' city, ' and coartcotinly corrects the Time for n recent inci dental alluiion to the intention as hav ing it origin in England, and being onTtf'iiftcrward bmiiirht'to hhrhcr per fection in the United States than it has J elsewhere rcacneu. v e nave um. .u. hand that number of the North Amer ican, printed in 1873. in which EvanV claims are set cut at length, but upon investigation of other authorities it ap- t pear-S Clear lliai SUIIlCiem- ereuit n.-w nuw t -t .. t IT !..., -.-. . - oeen kvc w -" t..mui.i.i.j . .viv- son'3 or Trevellick's and Vivian's hon ors. Thus it is beyond a question that so early as 1737 he obtahie 1 a patent from Marvlaud. for steam carriages, on common "roads, and he thereafter de-,, vulunetl bis idua until lus Oruklor, Am- "-- .- . phtboTos was complete. Eteanow ii is dillicult to sec what he could then have added to it. It would, tnd did. move itself on land and water, and when not engaged in propelling itself, the engine would saw wood or stone, grind plaster, Hc. Another fetich en-gine-of-aU-work has jirobably never been in ec'stence before or feince. ... r - . . I 1 ... -.-..t.l ... .. 1 UUS lar JL is arecauJU.-io .iem w ,a iia'triotieJiiiinlst"idfoUow.mhc A( American in clajmjngecognition ior.n neglected countryman, uut it oniy needs a hasty compari-on of the Am plnbolos witli the Boeket to ilemon .strate how untenable is the assertion that Evans invented the modern loco motive. Ills machine was a most cum- brous affair. It resemb!c I nothing so ! much as a llat-lritumied scow, car- ry.ng an engine witn a verucai vy- inter, working-beam and lly-wheel ' (a locomotivC with a uorkinjr- beam ami nj-vrKeel!) which, couhlj m.m T 1 1 ., ,! M ..'iinolo on.l which would propel itself "ov an in-' IJi: llllf LlIII'ULl. 'Mo-VUf ....:..:? 1......I iiwimoiiIiii i hritli iiirJ Xif wheels, or to a fdorn propeller. The ?- viii. i. j ... v.w...v ..w. -- .- sole and considerable novelty about it, even then, was that it wai a hteh-rrcs- sure engine, and one of the lir-t of the J that e:ts on that harborless const be kind. "bn the other hand, it would lie ' tween the .sonthfrn oo-nt of Dalmat'a hard to name a tiajrlo e-scntial of the modern locomotive which was not cm- ...... a .a. 4 l.in 1 bodied in the KocKel oi itj, ami, thoii'di there have been numberless 1111- provements in detail since then, there has not been -we believe the assertion needs no qualification a single new principle applied to locomotion since Slenheiison's day, excepting only an engine now building, and which has not yet had its trial trip. Nevertheless, it is only the rudest justice to call either c 1 . 1... :.......,..,.. ,.r 1 1... iiwuif- OieillieilSOIl UIUIIIII IllUi i,li. luiuiuu- tive or r niton the inventor 01 uieiiuntie engine. otlunr can excuse it except- the nonular demand, which concerns it.ell very little wiui niceties 01 tiuiau, that the houor shall bo settled.. somewhere. The truth is, and it is now very easy to see, that after tho discovery of the power of steam its aonlication to use on both land nml wa- ... ... ... r ...-! ter was only a piostion of time, and even Watt, tlioii'di he never worked out his L idea, added to his spccilication a caveat as to this idea, i-rom mat time uown tlmrn n-nro onillf3 i!ivs. each one an ;mmrnmnni-nn li rttlwr n t li!it l:ui(l t.t..,......wa.....hr'u- -, -- nnd maritio fiiiines are both a rrowth. llll Illill(liv.iiv uu nn v.iiv.i - ano no one man can give to the World siieh ait enormous irift. Thus, while ik mav be nuite tnio. as it doubtless is, that Oliver Kvan, three-quarters of a eenturv ao, planned, in hiSjiii md's e e. a double-track railroad, slecpung car, and a speed equal to a pigeon's Might, the world will, nevertheless, probably contiii'ie to honor I'ultoi and Stephenson, next to Watt, as the hu man sources of one of the two great civilizing forces of this century. Sew York Times. Holler Skating. Tun fashionable dissipation at Nan tucket is roller skating. There is a rink hero that i am told is crowded every night with gentlemen and ladie-, more or'les, I mean, lcs and more. Jt is a beautiful sport, they tell me. And i have no. doubt it is, an exercise at once healthful and graceful. I have not roller-skated any myself. T could, if I wished, but Tdo not wish to roller skate any this summer. I prefer to en joy mv 'skating vicariously. I find it pleasanter, oh, much pleasanter, to look on aud see the other people enjoy the poetry of motion. They tell me one sleeps so well after an hour's exer cise on the skates. 3 -hould think after a man has swept up half apeck of pine slivers with his knees and that sort of thing, that ha would be rcady to go to sice) after he got them all pulled, out. Ihavo been a very;careful observer of roller skating, and 'it always seemed to me that the principal part of the c.verciso consisted in getting ep. One evening in Kiirlington 1 watched a young man fall down twenty-nine times 'while skat ing about three miles and a half. Now", lie mijrht have gone over to the Ilnwk cic ollicc and fallen down the front stairs, and got just the same number of bumps in a much shorter period of time and distance. Why, I have stmn men skating around a summer rink, so fifll of slivers that they looked like wooden porcupines with clothes on. And yet they ssid they liked it. A man can fall down on roller skates in greater variety than he cm on any thing else. He can go down in two times aud fifty motions, and when lie gets down at lat he is right w,here he started, and fully eighteen feet from where he expected to be. This element of uncertainty makes it very exciting and fascinating. I have been proof against all manner of wiles and bribes in this matter o roller skates. I have amazed myself by my steadfastness: I, who am prono to doanything anybody asks me to do, to hold out against this thing all sum- r mcr. 1 lean am reauv oeconung goou. Rut while I am always glad and happy if 1 can afford people amusement, I don't liko-to amuse them bv making a heard Mr. Tlecchcr say that a man who Jiadyery little dignity had to be very careful of what little "ho had. Ihavo no objection in the world to roller slcat- injr. out lor mv own pan, i ean sic Kjys s ''te; & .:s" as "comfortably without tho skate? Huulett'clsJjcUer to. tlic Hawkcyc. - l i. - At a recent meeting oflnc Dulwich (England College "Geological Club, Mr. B. Jt. Jenkins read a paper 440a the. Origin of Waves of Cold." object of thepapcr was to showr tfio very-, remarkable cfl'eet of the planet. Vcnus'mpon. tlie earth. 5fany x'ears nan Clho. nres'aiit1 Astronomer Roval rproyed thnt.lho!4Ji3tiirbing-effect-of-t,lilsV planet -wasso great that tne -earin was materially'puiTed out.of.its orbit- Mr. Jenkins shows, that it is to this. disturS-ing- action "we -must 'look for- an-'fx-plauatiou of the coltl waves whicK roll through the atmosphere on an average .every eight Years as in 1829, tl-887; 1o451Sj6T"160.1S71 1879 and that lor tne next lorty years tne leoiceraiure will be below the. average, as it has during the past forjty years been "above the average. "With regard: to high tem perature,"he stated that for the last Hftyyearsaheatwave has been observed' to pass over 4lie earth every twelve years, nearly and contemporary with the arrival otthe planet Jupiter" about perihelion, and that we are on the eve of the next heat wave. The fur-seal of Alaska attains his full growth -at the age of about seven years, and then weighs at least -100 ppurnls.. Ilis head resembles very much that of" a full-blooded Newfoundland dog, ex cept that Ms lips arcnot so Uabby and hanging. Duldgno, HHTonr telNns two thing m par- icularof Duldgno. At w Iwcinnmg ticul of the sixteenth wall. In hat pmjiorh ms Sabbat ai ws an cn.faiiiat. aid in what an tm- IKslor. it w ould be hanl to nv. Je was doej.lv Toad In lAlmudic literature. ' . -...! ..-.. I .. I. ,al. ...- I.. laa. ..-;,. auu ajij.-i.-i w wn-- , I? i.i.i. . jxk. u .-.. ...... ... ' " n-bWylus- f4therfl.a llift Inn. to v1 - lent ptirpoin sevunng adherents; and tne care he iookVf mi -h deLiils ,u -h details .s his ,a,.t.ful fa-u -sn-1 i.Uress. always austere coininr, and his beautiful a' . jjcuni. h ive a mkiwwip air. Hi namespretd all over the world, ami in Oennany in pirttcular hid adherent j wmii ooiiufed by thnnatids-. By l6fl : hwiarii" had reaehed u.-h n heijrht that it was necessary for him to do something deiin'te to proe his elauns. He thereion? set out tor Lon-Manlmo plo to depoc the Sultan through th poiver of Jim word. 1 he Miltan tern gpuuoi wim in pjiallya'de to d J jinj iwder lhrer : ...:.i- t.i... . .!.. l - -. ,wrr ' , - rive iiiiii in.o n comer; ill oi execution j?aoo.itai wt'iiL over i isj.nu. iic w.x- ii'" j.. ..:,!....! .,. i..i..t ; - ,. ,... centun ana or more . ,i,nn-r. f. t. than a century niwnraru.i u """ the thourhU upon any thinz in which ws m-iow. me l-unw. oa mot lamotH iien 01 iHraic im iuc - nm .h.nnlr- lf,inn... 1 in.- ...... 1.1,. 1 tnfc,c 01 invi aaK H.Vsl Adriatic: ami b'er 00. when Charlc j m? j tuWihe xnmd to anr other i i TCht hantL . " t ,. wa ivtag 01 ttiguiuB. ww j . ai- ojbjeet. t A U KBM;r $Kst,x JeilH boroa'a rail on. whom uiej eyes w auj I hafo but faLfc...' . ur- t..nC twr nl lfl Mirt.1 .n . As tue mi"a plii" l"-"T i after U.ilhig thioogh the fimcin han,4danfwlJhadet.entp fa who Ini wa Sabbitat Jy.i. Z byrnte.tHg.,inre thing that I ever und. m-- - T ' m - - -- - wi , v WV ! illUUM W ' --'- -v "" m w ,liT, Kill) cn o miutii ira. ivi toe jir- i ,!f.!,.rmn.! hrnr.. ... """","',,,'""."""." rt',""'v" arti.7t.io understand the uvvs of per- , contributor to -.' A-rn-. t. 4NteAs. nerof the E'ltpirt". where there were . .!,,., ,i, ,i,;a ,.. , ..i , .V .! , . , . , J i i.i ii i I -pet-iiAe, r.ituougli this ma not mnke uui. Mirk nnl twit aiwt other mir no .Iew. to be found: and there he d ed 1 1:. ,,, ,!.., i.."t ....j ,.,. i i . .i. i i. ,, . ...-.. i i .i .. i ,,,m a gf,;tt painter. Ami ajratn. the . zinc. luu brea rrior?d to tho Iaaa ' '''" winimsn i:'iini'ii. uie leu-;- ' gade wis far r- ... 1 -:.. ..II I.:.. f..tt.... .!-.: lt.,1,1,; h.nr..e.l in tl... l",. 1. tin ilimi unius uu uo luu....- n,.n r,......l t U.nt. il... M..il, l,",.l la. t .1 l - ". . I w .... ......ft v-- ,. .... -..... ...... 10 auont i.e lam oi .m ji.oimneo. , its to draw the Moslems after him "' there were thousands of good .Moham- med.,m who ,,owr believed in him .a ' .tr(..nHf j I..I f hi I-.-j Aflof lii. death his tomb at Dub-igno became , ..,- J -. vi -. AaatrVfa ow lir!ni coiMrl.l liinil rrlnn from fill imrli .......v w... .,... . , r, . ............ of the world. The h.irbor of Old Duleijnio is one of j the oldest on the Adriatic and the best 1 and the mouth of the Dnn. The haven 1 i a sure safeguard from the .south 1 ! '.. . wind tne neicesuo -co -ouiisepoeii j on its iiorlliern side. 1 here are about I a doen huts now on the beach, making a little settlement, exclusively Alba- J ninn, ami called I.tmani. in "the be- ( ginning of the sixteenth century the ' appearance of the harbor wa very dif- ferent. The town full into Turkish , hands verv late In l."71, and the Turk- ish (lovernor of Skut tri, who was re - ...,,.. ;i.i,. r.i ti... .i;-i.-w.t ..-. -...i ;. jiiviioiiiii; tvik i.iu ..iv..... ...j.... "- .competent or unwilling to ciicck me Piracy whten irae jiuieiirno an evil name m the siucenth and seventeenth eeiuuries. me ugut Dinfiiiuie barques descended on the Italian, Al- bainan, even (ireek coasts. The Porte undertook to put tliem down, but the ('ovcrnor of bkutari. hinisejf alwavs ; ehoen fro-n a particular North Al - . ' tl . ! t . 1 .1 ... I banian family, was not in:i"ces"ble, I and moreover the Porto hud no parti u-1 J lar objection to seeing Au-trinn and luiuan couimk-icc uauriuu. vwi uu- ' iii:m:i"-('.'il)lc I':Lsha tit hist made his no- ! in'nra;ii'fi ill the person of Suleiman. m - . ,.. - .-- --- -- and tho whole Uulcigiiote llee', num- j bering no fewer than 500 vessels, was burned to the water's edge in its own I harbor. Thi blow mined Old Dill- , cfcuo, ami th preent town was plant-1 ed a litt'e liirlher inland to-taice it place. In l-'-' the tow n was occupied b. the Venetians, lrit on niv lor a uriet period. In 1S7H tho Montenegrin took it bv storm, mtt of I he Turkt-sh garri so'i h iving previously got awiy by sea. Austria, however, at the I'.erlin Con gress, objected to its retention by Mon tenegro and (J'J.sinje an I Plava were sub-titutcd -with what r.-sult all the world knows. Vail Mall (JazAlc. How to n.v the Attention. A Yoi'xc; correspondent m .Macon, Georgia, aks: "How can I best cul- tivaie me power 01 uxing me aueuiiou on'a.slibject or a bo A? How can I i learn to concentrate 1113 mind on a .question, so that it will not wander oil toother tilings.-' 1 am very anxious 10550 1 learn how to do it, and will be thankful for your advice." It is easy to see how tins power mav be impaired. The desultory reading of nothing but. "elegant extracts." anec dotcs, newspaper items, and the like dipping into books heie ai.d there, in c-Vderto pick out the most attractive passages skimming over the surface and skipping the hard points of a snb-j-'ct gliding through one sentence after another, without taking in the full me inh'g of anything always leads to desultory thinking and weakens the liber of "the mind." Sir Isaac Newton attributed all hiss uccess to the habit of mental concentration. This is the most important part of our intellectual disci pline. Steam has no motive power un til it is concentrated. The chief value of sueh stu lies as mathematics lies in the fact tint they cannot be mastered at all unless the stu lent is able, for the time being, to abstract his thoughts from every thing else. It is the want of thoroughness in our early training that, makes it so hard to think con tinuously in after life. Our boys and girls are called to study too many things, anil are obliged to lly about like the bees, "who gather honey from every opening llower." They know a little of aim jst every thing, and not much of an thing. 'It is not so easy to furnish an exact recipe for acquiring the habit of li.xing the. attention on a subject or a book; but, in default of any thing better, I would say to my Georgia frieud: Take up some important matter that really interests you, an I determine that you will get a clear and thorough knowledge of the same, in all its bear ings, before you let it go. Allot a certain portion 6f the day to its study hot rtfl) long a time, especially at tirsc but resolutely resolve that, during the Tcwr hours devoted to it, nothing else shall be allowed to occupy your mind. Go to work systematically begin as the ship-builder does, with laying a good, strong keel then, one by one, their, place, next adjust the sheathing and rivet every plank thoroughly. Select the best books that you can Cnil pertaining to the subject, and read them with deliberation. Do not turn over to the next page until you are stiro that vnn understand what has TJioM.already been read. If you come upon a very hard place, read it over and oyer; stop to thtpk about it and ques- H Kin! yoursQlfabcnit it. Do not allow your piano to slip cirelpssly over the knots in ih u-nod. ITntin nverv snarl 1 tvs von go alongti If you leave one point i unsettled it raw confuse vou allthe war through. It mav be well some- times to read aloud. Mauy vears j im I 1 tried this experimcat with '"Butler's Analogy,' ami found it useful. At certain intervals stop and try to Topeat the argument in your own lan guage; this"" wl'I show whether your conception of the subject is clear, and also help lo tix it ia your memory. We forget many things that we read, be cause at the time they made no definite Impression. All, men with great con cenlrative power have good memories. It is an excellent plan to write out aa -, .--w . annlvsis of what has been read, and 1 llien, if there is a lull laute oi contents, compare the -two. in order- to see how thorough you have been. "Reading in this careful way, yon may not be able to devour many books in a month, but what you do read will "be digested. And when you luive once formed this habit of intent study it will .- - ... - ...... . . . i (-become spontaneous. V e are interested in, any subject m proportion to the tborou2bne ct onr Icnojrlcdge, An accomntUhe I avtnr isl. inuTcaa 3t hold 0 ancwM j jr or c jj foTsvt ajj a.u. rl hi no labor concentrate pur-je . to b5j nii i -.! t( . throu h j 5p!o of ,., ,lrTacWor j nlhl.rt uttut uf L, CxxwMJi nt j tu ,k a ,vorJ Af :awhiJe . I tM . .1,. .,l. ,., , f . . , . .-.-!-- ) i ta Kail 11 a. a -- -- !- 1 . " ' ' ' " '""- - -T ' , WanntJ, in..uetr.ltitl"- the tlm-k owth i ,, n.urn3a ,;;, ;, bJOv jji xrlA . .... u-. .,,... ?r ,. ,, ,.. i 0I iinars anil ilium. . at la.il found l , Jty JlVjCtillca hear .. , hnte thu w lha - .f, . nt nct wA .( L . - the trouble i master the be-inaimr it mav fn.ein.Melhf.tM -,t 1.f (mr vounL- sinvtmn.II.flt m,v-. another" request: Will yo-i ploavj give me our opinion, also, a to - j wnoioer or not tne study oi logic is ' anv advantage in learning a bov the a ' t f thinking or reasoning on a nbject1 e A man may know all about loiric ac j whother or not the studv of Io"ie i of ' .. .-.rs art and not Ix? a great thinkur; x- one may rA - i '" !- n correctlv without knowm much f j.K,.,. .lt. science of rexoninr. It U ell In make one's .self finuiiar with tii l,.j ,. iI.m...i. i.. , :. ... . ...... u, lxw ot thoiiL'ht. just a.s it is for aa i ..i.. nt ,,;,. ., ;, ,. ,.iW.,...i i.r 1 .".s. k - ...-'v.... w, ' ." . f. . .. ".""'7" .t ' piuii uweipliue lor the mind. i, i Mii t n.'.l lli..t !..-. ..( f I - ----- ------ - v .-. .- stlch a k...,.-r a, th.a w, , h , , ' now reolied bv on who U wdHn t JZffi , . rtn XS'i hid i li S kh I .. -. I " .- . .- ZJ ul";,,,,.. " -, - I eAinnnillii lf,jtn.. 'J,.-,'. .' ! J 3Ie:i aud Horsps. The l.G-hour r.u between men and hor-e$. at Chicago, last week, ended in a victorv lor man. uvrue, a new po destrhif. who i-. suxvly twenty et. scored 5- miles as his s vdav reronl. and stopped :?aiurdav with a" score of and stoppct ;7o mile-;. '1 he leailiii'r horse fminhed . ten miles bchiml him. The Chicago pa-; pers call the contest a "great" one. of . course, but without tinding fault with I that, it mav bn said that thev are quite j in error in describing it as 44 tho lirst of , tho kind ever riven." Last Ovl-iber1 j there wa a .similar contest in San i'mn- 1 nico, but then a horse won. with a siv-' 1 ,i.. ..,.-..i .. --n :i... 11 .1... j 11,1 H.XVIUUI.U.' IIIIli;s. IIIIDCIUI, ltIU list of -such contests wo believe there h:ive been others- is hatuulv. a brief I one. and. steppinir outside of it. there ; are autiieni u records ot remarKaoit j rid-s which are far more interotinj; than such objections displays of grim j endurance as tho Chicago performance. ( In 1817 Ceneral .1. C. l'remont and two , companions covered S')0 miles across a ."" . . ... roadlc-s and mountainous country in l,r,S hour-'. onl 100 of which were spent ' in the .saddle. Of course they had a irequeni eiianze oi nore-. tnosenoiun- ! iter m(1iI1i lioimr ilrivi.n iiio-iil itil 1-m i..v. ........-v...,... ........ -.--... .... I com! c!..m. wmmIimI M'Ii w u nurti-inw tlm V hi ft HIT mi. " lAinnn .n, i ....... . . .. . . most i etnarkable horseback ride on an- tlicntic record. Two or three years a'0 nine Italian officer undertook "a ride of I .S10 mile to see what was tiie extreme performance which mii'ht be expected of ordinary Iinries 111 war. Onlv three . (inched the ditauee. and thev required 10,; hour for the task. Soni'" time before this another Italian officer rode oil11 Italian miles in ton da s on a single horse. Kro.n Vienna to I'aris is AOO - .,, - miles as the erowflie. I'rincedo Linge once cotered the road between the two cit.e in six days, but with relays of horses. Count de Maintenay is said to have done it in Ies time on a single roadster. He was then the bearer of of tio consent of the Knrierorof Autr"a to the marriage of Napoleon and Marie- 1 Louise, and ho was md ho was ie warded for his i speed with a jeweled Minll-bow ti.MOf., nun 1110 noi'sr which carried him so well. It is-s.iid that he rode the whole way without dismounting, but that is sea'rcelv credible. The condition are dillerent that it is impossible to ' compare these feats with those of last week at Chicago, but it seems reason- ! nolv certain that neither on nonsenacK nor on foot can the rate of 10) miles be kent tin for more than live thus, and that there arc men who can do the distance at least a qui 'kly without a horse as with one. V. J. Times. Just Where He Had 'Em. Half an hour before the departure of a lake steamer from her wharf ves tcrdy the Captain was approached br a stranger who had been inspecting the boat from the dock for the last ten min utes. Introducing himself as a would be passenger, he asked: 44 Captain, is this boat provided with life-preservers?'' 44 She is." "Are they all right?" 44 They are." 44 Canyour crew launch a life-boat?" 44 They" ean." 44 Is your life-raft all right?" "It is." 44 Is the lire-hose all ready for instan service?" 44 It is." 44 Will your engineer stand to his post in case of disaster?" 44 He will." 44 Do vou call 3ourself .1 cool and collected man in the presence of dan ger?" "I do." " Do j-ou know exactly what x'ou would do in case of a terrible gale or a fire?" "I do." 44 Can the iuate be depended on to second all your efforts?" " He can." 44 And will your crew stand by you and obe3' vou?" "They "will," 44 Are 3'our green and red lights all right?" - 44 They arc." 44 Machinery in perfect order?" "It is." 44 Going to overload the boat?" " No, sir." 44 Expect to do any racing?" ".No. sir.' - 44 Is she fixed to blow off at forty-sir pounds?" "Shoi." . ' .. Donkey-engine working all right?" "It is."" Tho itrangcr heaved a deep sigh ami was walking away when the Captain asked if his baggage wa aboard. No, and I goes I II go alooU was the renlv. 44 Every boat which has burned up or gone down for the last! five years had everything in the nicest kmd of order, ami ,t n eituer ioo.v :or a emft maKin? sir feet of water an hour : rr . r.. , tUn risk uf rrmn ' throuf h :i rail- 1 l.:J.. fl.!..,. Pimnm .1 chtll lok in the dailies all this week losee . - . !, nr.n.ir .lispnwR were saved." TB'rmi'wcfrra ,tiv v ' w. r"- "- x.. .. . . v- - . at I on the occasion of the Federal Fete of Singers. A telephone had been placed iutTie Zurich FJsthalie, and two -con- ii d eiors cuuucciLu , .wi. wi. .v. ,....- . ..t. ...It . Ilia lt u tola- crranhic ofhee. where a large audience r iv . -. n hail congregated- The distance from Bale to Zurich is aliout eighty kilomet- j ers. The Bale audiepce3 enjoyed the singing abont a Weil as if they had been olaccd in the upper circle of an ODcraThouse. At the end of the per formance they proved their satisfaction bv clapping hands, which the telegraph ic wires transmitted with perfect fidel ity to the Zurich performers. i wi........... .... .rl'1..'.'...vi4jiiiiti,t-4'.,i( ri l.ui UII..I. l.i I rERM).VU, AMI LITERART. ,. - ' ,.-WATT . JIW ItOBIWt IlRatATT h T trrr! oa i revdlo tour rhkh mr r tend to the Cnltwl Male. hd 1 of aU rwtr ijifviod to tic IVrfesi $iw , rfivrtkAtv ftulter QW Knaa ' rn!rKUr. K&tMiT re Vf-aTia4: to tranUto'lwts-MT- wto tk Tartar bnguag Mts PLrrcilss, rfeili.s neml fekd .Wiy ol Aiarnaui siti'rtU, U ! Ur?r a cmtr oT irs-tun iit xiaWr. on Aaciont Amrnso. Ttir. SullAt! Of Ziwibar Imu t i ordr t ihc iUim Pre al Hvtrfw r or a fflime ft of ArWe triajfj Imperial Pre.. J vU, AYJk"4 l!,r P4 ot nr- rvot Kcllh ovriif.ts. t a jao4 i smoknr- He rarely walUmt.al Av t tto1 aMer phveal tuttm a a I dorative of braia Ker. . SoMtaom ts ma..n an index to th ... .. . ... ... ' moUH?ai itiMrautro ! tlo wofW. it "wwt ' oorupv lO.OiXl twgtr. ami bow lul t tramchdou annKint of wnhi iwx.l---w , ciiu0! br th4iri;"al .u& ad aiief- l , ies of the huuian racxv- - Mt Kmmi Blur, nell kanwa Mike I author of rrral plAA.ng tKkof ap- . i ( proved uwi'iStfUCif fr addriMi. and a , ., . .- v ......, . .-titim ai . m.-:i. .. v.. iui uuu.uib. .--- ., y. , .U- mclUHV. HUIirT IJIUO K"B , Ulo Mn&w TrHk a. 4 a ,cholar ..... rMft.M'il nltil U Mll.llll'tTMI riHIlllltf Tl , - - -- - j .m-Ttiurf iriv . p. ! V i k .' twenty .ears tnunuiz. a shrlrtnaa- "" t. "n. ..."Yr "lL !. lUUUli UllTlltO I1MUI1V MHinKWl, rt IW4 . pi wit, a man lHlUiess. Utt pable hit in th ie Houm" of Commons. l-rwiv Ai'Miih lha Mithu- t if ""'nwi Liidit of AsLi." is the evuud on of ! .. 1 . .. , . . ..1 x, , uooen uoi'M .rnom. a .tnyiMn w JsllsScV, En-. Hewa, loru .Im H J !... wasedu.aUHlattheKuig'siSclMl, ' Uoehesler, and Kmgs Collie. IhmIihi. I and was o'eeted to a Mholarship at . .. 1 Univensitv t'olleg. Oxford, where, hi K-J, ho obtained tho Nrw debate pnxt. for an English j.ioeiti tm the "Fuast of .Mil W. K. II. I.k.kv. th. KnglW. pl.U.M..lier ami . h..lari.n. I- r.Tnnll I I ll-.llllf-a..l . ------- as a Thou sort of litorMry pheiioitiKiiOH. Ii I1.1 li'is 1m.!i Imf.ir.i tlm uttlili.' a an author since II, he is only ..... . . . . r . fortv-two yetr old. This is the more I mgu!ar became hi- fame rest upon ' eUetisive s holar-liiu and earnest in ' vis. ration of topic.-, that muti uMuin I ... t. , r a. ' nut-ier utiiii aiu-r ini'iwo me. ne was born. near Dubl n. decided to be an author at twehe. and had rend more ' . book at fourteen than most joung men at twenty. When he graduated a: I i Trinity Collo 'e. his tirofesMirs said h , had the best storud mind of the age ! who had matriculated within their s memory. Miss lirrv Ktvrn. oi (.reenville, ' fv..... ,ni ;..M, ...!. .Ki .... I til., ...... Imn. VAIII11.. Hit. Ill"k Vlll Ift.lf II ll. . tlllll- . . I . i . i :.... .... ..f i...i...,i. !,.. j does not appear t. be more than seven- . t-.o wars ol ii"o and is in full pm - xe-sinn nf nil her fneiilu.is. Shu has lied all her life near her pre-ent home. hasalwav-i been temperate in l.erhub.t. and lor fiftv-uVu ear ha. eaten but tun menu fi div. "She hint her tdiuto. graph taken on bur one hundredth birth- 1 iiav for the lirst time, .sittinir in an old- j fashione I straiirht-ba-ked hair which ' ' wai bought by In-r ancestor- two hun dred ear ago. Although .-he In-; live I opposite the track of the Norwich A: orcc'ter Kailroad tor lortyxo.uv and his had .six nepliew.. three ,r whom have been com luetoty and three dig neer. in 11 employ, sue lias never stepped upon a steam ear. IIUJIOKOt'S. Wr. suppose the man who was nicked in the cradle of the deep .slept in the bed of the river when lie grew up. Ila-ckfic. Tub oyster would live for eight years if he had a chance, but he i kept in such a stew that he dies young of heart trouble. Urajiltif. Oft: friend Jotic frequent tells of ideas llitting through hi mind. Idea lind nothing in .lone' mind to obslruut the.r hits. Huston Irani rijd. IV all the rcscarche, at I'ompoii men Lav., f-ilhel to eoiiu arms one sinfle siorn of " No Trust." Those were the davs for an honest man to lhc in. Drtroil Free I'rcss. Tilt: elephant puts on a lot of stylo nowadays, but it tako3 a good deal of eoncitout of him to bu shown the jaw-bone of a mastodon. Chtotgo Time. It is cisy to stump Rhode Island. A grand .-land i. erected in the middle of . IU o....-.... .u v..... .... .... single speech. I art.es of the oppoi- lion go into Connecticut until the speak- mg is over. A ckutain little damsel being aggra- .U.. 0.... .....I ,1... tl.T.wr ,a .(..,.. ....II. vatc.1 past eiidunim e by her big broth- itr toil iirui-ii tinon ner Ktiee anil ..- . . , . cried: "O Lord, bless my brother Tom. . ... ..-.. -.. - ,flt. 1 . ....! 1... ,. ., ttl !.... uu iita. in; rn;.io, iv -i...j. .... w w' i ' tlo: us "iris don t. Amen i 7 r A gi:i:at many look at life very much as one who rides backward look out of a car window. Everything seems to be goin" ahead while he is failing behind, when in fa'"t he is gettin g ahead all the time, and very rapidly. Uosion Trun- STipt. A on c ..i "Vttin" away with four slices of ham and half a dozen eggs while vour vis-a- vis is unfolding his napkin. Keokuk Gat City. Tin: Norristown Herald says that tin- less a man can thoronghly and intHli-' Fatiieu "Here, you have only been married four weeks, and almost every dav von come to me with complaints i about 3'our husband, x ou ought to be ahamctl of yoarseif." Daughter "lint he lights me all tne time, i 44 Foolish child! Haven't your mother, i t ri, :.., m. .i--f, ' thirty vc.tr. and don't we gel along ' I u...kI .....I r,TnfltT ta-tllf c.!, ..tl,. 4 -- -- ------- bune-s come WllO Watfc . . . -s. - ?- a. a-j-n iniiirc rn j rii mm ara - t eyes opva u "" ..- p. . to see ioao ia ".... -.- - ... i.. ;...:., t... fA)!.. ,- i squrais at u?"' v "" .S...C. .-.- . - , -. :n hs tv n.-.-v-. . i eiers ue e-3.Ci .. ..... w wnj ', . when he nts p.nched. Let us no pec- Pr'S. Tue editor Ia!d his half-smoked cigar . .. i ..... ir.i.. -i... .lrS DIU? Ii K' Mi ""."- nil.., v.iuii.m .c-.. .. nimcii on tne lauie auu kuuuwuuu Z .. J . - . -T-, .I -- -I m. the real Uonnerucai uavaaa. ny au by he eadly slipped off his high seatv 44 You are not luxewarm in- my cause, anvhow. Re said, plaiutively- "Ah, no?' replied the editor, encouragingly. 4 f ne old fires are still burning.' And then a great hush fell upon the busy sanctum, such a profound silence that for a minute you might have heard a gam drop. N exchange print alcngthv article Indians sprang into me air, or tell head- way would be to rub the feet oulto Irv "Science at ISrcakfa:." Valuable I '-on'S neiore tne uuueu. with a bath-'ownl after bathio" ttoW. n i-iMi .spcnit! HL iirn:iki.L is : " - ..-.. s.uu.u. ..,.. . ,JVi riv anu iiien in iiifnrk intr. ...... 1....1 bmncl.ino.lcnlac-an,.orcpla!n tl.o "' .' "'. S '"1 hJa. Il , lH.iwU.bt an.l ol.,, npm l total 4- Lvbnstin up dis meetin let me re- like and bis .on. were out in the ef!?i'""f pio"er to irJhi u. L mark." sxid Brother Ganlner to the , reaping wheat. thi-irgunscloMjat haacL- (orm-rU greatwr'jhan la thil !!? Limekiln Club. 44d it de pusion who . Mr. Kilbura IukI triiaar UU dog j6 ihuuzh onlvrfiHy-iwo tli r ' sot out airly in life to micd hi own -cour the wW. and th faithfulaaJ- hoie earning rw VlZV,t vbiu ic ..cj. . .i.v.. rumctcfEVMBii cianu ear, ones. penea in liri-at - i . - .. a. . i .--i a a -t ---w vin.iaii.il -. w. a purtv in : gittsn neft. V& man . and was wuCing the w;n J if-a. wolf or two per cent.- Straigni loug. uavm a-s , Dear wa. atWOX. Vfl Uvif aftorBonn i I ltr-fjtfnrf rL l I T l.r . I r- -" . .. - - $,-. . " " ' )i j. Ol!r YOUHg ROUlCrS. . - - ' nABTTAKSS ITS MST ! ! Trm ?" ' ..- ,B,&ieWr $ w w-. . w -jw i JtRa f t tut .s c -t - Kit T t-V4 Pm TX-""- i i T - lufcj tm r- w45' timet issr, tO -a - . h Hr. 4 a -. " ltr-rr 2--at Mrf rr-T -4fmmve .EJUS or WII.1-0I.E AM' THE SETT!. THE I !.M!IS. tu.vUir, tae j liCAiTtrt u taw gr .n."- - , um fau'tctJw iaaU-ap o W fT- . -- A .-a- l.-K "4 ' Omncctwi lUwr in l i ;.vv w.h u-,,1- j---.. kHt:.bol ia Uh walb tars-ttgh H-a ... . Uv eMiid Urc aKn tao ImifcitM me4. had be ajrnwral utm bctwra rrnatv al,.'lh lnUer felt uo wirtw. for ' .' '"' '... ... ... , ... I .l&i tKHts tm tan Ku Uth. It wa a fart . . .. 1 .. aud tK..v J4.uni from Crowa 1'oiat. . 1 ...- v m.M.a.M, . ..,- ..... .- --- Ike Chataplaln. to th -.alley ( 1 r,...nPiiiii ! the ladiaa-. h mi ... i It ..I... -,.1.1 tU..ir f ,-1 ti... luil, xv.o frmi-it .- -.-.- .-- -- ...-- a , 1,IUKm to tj, 80ttlmi , ;,iniK'tieut. i)H ot thu Indian who ,, ak.K U. vi, tHl Jo.n if , i.,ir,, ..... rll.t rmitaln l'kiltu. Ho . jmiJ . haptUdl ad elirtt?awl by , lne j0-nt pruwt at th ludiaa vilUx ... - a. .. a i a-B. &a .. IkHlla II til . aMW i.i 1- rami. ci.i inti tiui ---' St. U.mnw. l.U-"f fr.m. M..lr..il to Qnlw. II.. St. IW. ". wt,, K..t.u,..i ii&r. iw. It wa- in the pn.,g t.f i7i.. tint Cl- lta.11 I'hilip made nvWt to John K.I- bum'. hous,, uUh Mmo bynver.u war nu uei i.tre.i nixuuum h'K1"4-.. and niut for uu: While hi4 wa irad- Ti-f aMla ll.l ttTf.!!! TUIU lll'r. IIBUHL t . . . i .. 1...11..1, 111-. V.l,ilU iHltij. n X ..- cmv. over the h.mc. loofcmg at tne ' V. v. ..!... if.L-k timbers, the lo.,. h. in Uwfl Jk'fiy!;',! walls. Wh-n ho bud !iii..il hi trado I ludfait Im u. .;r bnixa. MM l w i ho visited the oil erhou-o m thu ettli meat, lie w.i kludlv trestod. The ' ' " " ".. .'. .. . .... I -ettlers never mNtnutcd thnt h n wvKitig oi)erauous lor inuin nf. I AnviMt eniiie 'Hit" .settlers lieanl that i im -- - - - --- I wur liml Imimiii. nml l.nuts' tliSL Itlii! ' --.--. p. . .-nn -,. rench and liulinna might he up n t them at any tnotneiit. They -lfon,rth- cued their block -h01t". No Olio went into tho liehl to work alone- I hev i alwaj- carried their gun with them, ' 'i14,y had otne faithful watch-dog 1 which ai:i growled when Indians wcrenbotiL. 'Iliero were nmrly forlv men in the settlement They wvro .stout-he.irted. and were determined not to bo driven out by tho Fietieh and Indians. Thev njoiiitwl t'olonel llellow to be their leader. He had a Mi'pioiau that Indian were about. "Wu iiitisi have a.uiilv or innul. o rt in c:i0 we are attaeJted wo idiall have Mimetiiing to eat." he .-aid. The settlers liihil each a twig with corn, hhouldered them, and then, in jdn - gle lile, i"nch man earning hi gun. t Inn marched to the grist-mill unieli thev had erected, ground the com into meal, .shouldered the nck otioe more. and .started homeward, their faithful waiui nog iron ng in nuHuce. jutting no attention to -qinrrel. or partridge, or game of that .vrt. 1 Suddenly the dog citne back, growl j ing. the hair on their buck in a rulf. ! "There are Indian about. Throtv ' down 3 our jack..M aid Colonel I low. Hal- j The men threw their aeka on tho ground, dropped into tho fern, and 1 looked to tho priming of th ieir gun, iompiutely ti lorn. were tali, and concealed them. Colonel IWIow mw- pfcte! that the Indian had laid an j inbus"adc at a narrow place in the paui which muj mun pa--, nu crept - itijr ihe general nutrition, many (HHp' slowly forward to nee what he could feel qnlte In a glow after ctili do.. discover, careful not to break a twig or Vou should lfre a well a pofWj. make any noie. He crept to the top "fl bathing !n the niorningwm uk ofa little hill, peeped through the ferns. n the cuvufatiou for you. A kh. and discovered a great number ot In- brisk walk. If ni a-o aide to trtk it. 1 behind tree -wo uuuurcu. vniuenuig'Hivm warm the leot. Ilk a grut or Kiid' on the rrim! ii.i.... ,.. 1... .,. -,..!.. i...i. 1 . . .. . .. .. . r. - ". , waning ior me wiiue meu 10 enter the lKlJ) He undo hi way back to hi J IIlen. i,,llw, hl,order4 mJaffb,,r. and all crawled through the fern toward the Indians tilt they were only a few . rod from them. . .. . -.. . .... -..,-.. ........ ...u.. ...H., ........f- . ah vpti re.iiie. Krerv min .nn.ii..i"i.. .. . ....... . t , to his feet. ami yelled a. loud as he I . I.I ..tit l.t I.I :. . ... U 31 (li v.uu.'.i ..-i .i.-. iw r, jv, n ivrriHC howl The next moment not n settler wa to that thev have derirod the gr,U.k.i Ihmi een;all had drooped upon the ground, etit tnun puttln them into !! wntrr ami were concealed by the fern. at bedtime It aeem- a lKvtjrnit$aM In an intant everyJndUin wa oa-his remedy, but thev y Uiat the-rt-arUa-ii feet, tinng hw gun. but hitting nobody, j whleh almo-t innndbta.r follows lke iherc wasanauswertngRaih from the I t.rlinanr chill deliylitfuL nd tl,i u... icwis, .-m;h H-uiw iKing aim. anu inc" plan Mieo.'eds admirably. The bwt I Hera five to one. but were no astounded UJ l" ""run! wiai. picsing up tue J uoJe. they made a h.-wty retreat; into a swamp, and the w:ttlcr made all hato to thoir block-hon-.. anticipating ?a attack. .Not one of them hail been injured. many prLoncrs and no end of ftc&lrM. It was at the plcaant4ist season of the year. The wood wure fall of irarae , and w-ith. the'pfiTlitt5a.tey etikl"et J in the settl;ffltfflurwhrcfr'thrTinrfcnarird jo destrov they would iave aa abua- l danee of 'foo.1. , . . ... : - .... imnan. .. . ..... .lou..... jjji. u (wu .loan. .r. bt aa, a. a . - . . a-. a . , . a. au-u;.. uk uo,; wbk rucuiagm wita DW aawr ia a ruu. sua srowung; .. t.i: it ft - t,. -iBuaas. oiiu ir- taUDura. ai auu wt& azcu .QEirirucs. i t. r--j the house, and had itnt time ea Cantam Thil?nnf! n-rlr t-jr.i .n.,l r-ir- made their appearance. The Indiaa.4 .staid at a Tf dU -.i ,,. a. .x t rTi; .,"."'' came near eaougk to taix " "Come onrr oW Jokai eou tmt fyouHg John! Tgircypa goad quarter," be sh'uteJ- '.- tafh . iv aa.A aT a -.a-a T rTr.f" a wa creeping st<hily through W.0 Hi. The I ncs of the United CiaiM ootisiowaru.jounivz.Durnsboa.e. on ai.V3 mi;e ia full orr ration In-: lasaieasu-nijuK. tenner wai Jlr. detnona. -.i V "u' FiaFt'A Kilbnra, aor her soa or daugfeter. Tky 0leUo'3 eatsT "" Ua'ltid a ml f fonder r Jj;"jj . Ilt-m JJTlL" llfc!? t? . ?xir itS ilrl. ti, ur Hty w &m? wW WHy '"' -. .1 - '.' tflUjpm & t ret lu i .. A.. i. KMra 4HW444! f , .l t.h.UlM la OMkHttlfl I' 1 U! M Wr ...., ,a. .lau ,w.l tk Wtrf ni- w,4i """" V of rajr . " 'TZ'Sr "Mil , vrrrt .a-. - , t tU KUIrimt fctv WW -- aw tm N VtWJ ikabMii Mmri "j .. . ..a. - 1 S. TW t V ttjsP j tafwak tH fc,' M ,il rmm- .i -a4i v - r. i.iik .-ii I ij jWJ ta LRT ,w-.- .- -- .a 1 ii.a. w.iwi-' H &a U.ITr -L ltiwlK.1 s i"V T7.T wt ami rA ' lT 'Jm Olai-. -wttkl t war. t jws ai tw tivrBjat l 1 wtt, to aawKi -aAJ thm t w trf s wf .1 ! . k. iala .laatl liT a'f whw - - "r;., l. l. . SJSJ- Ji iftti, dk. nf m4 Iw k i fflaJMw ' la utl . ... .. in.- j i.xas" a for. 444 f . . u.-.a, x. WUkJU-4 -ay aJ Mr KiH-ws Slid lJr -Mfcr -a-r tatiUns Uw U ii. TjI 1 "Tr Mw , . j&r.zr to W9 a. Wlt i l,H(Pil (Jut ik k-lv.- . f-BMIH -V OTW-a-' M I.W. ! - . iwmfeir 4f ta --'r .... Kdbttro. J?C, - oaJU lr-C - ftunw wa MT tMt ".J J . bUaft wtta tin w X ""if ZJL1 &. iar ' r L,' " a,,yL tV,u r. tt Ml LBC IHm .,-.- . --.. . , V- i" . r. j . tK... I n "F?. YTi T.T' til JZZ J h - m wyjUltnJ ! I"" U, air. aud dotn 1 . , 1...II itikMiMi Liwni nail ww ww tao " All thnmrh hm nftrm tM M .nK oa. tH IalMi ai"i"jci 4 HoW Taair Ut'Wb rVWt V -..-- . v --. a. .. a-w a. . . "'' 'j"" ", ,. . . f """ r."" . JV. ,,.. M, , ' t-; r.:,l. "JTZSZ : .", 1. . M.U..M.I (nMi ltv rol. VTlTriLZ M-T ..iS "?' amI b tS1 S i at tlw ! r ..... .. ... . r .11 Ulai .JiM riiuurii 3 t HiNik wti aiv - ---' -. -- -,----- - , J0' l4''; awl nnd M.UK RWMT. dp r ft f4 T nk. 1.MI...C. il OOU IWfl- d oai la .taa tin. t.l is .ttfttiKt mm a iii.w ....- ..-.! ......... .U.iiuirtaMtMi. Mtal o ti plain I'lubp nnd hi wty ba-j U t iiu-iU. vtr)- niuh rtrtllm a A repulxM h had reratvl at U anaJw ( tWI' Jllj'tt. fV womitii, 1 wo m I bmve-jmrtod girl. -( j in lLtrjTi J J"' f4' f.frs a CMIW. P. fold iVet. WiiATa eommoit eoinplaliit tJt hi and 3et no oh h.iii t Uimiw lUiyUritti; abou't it Yon ulfr from It fr yrv and l ou don" t go U a dtwuir. or U mni do ou diriv vary ttllia ! l from 111 ndrio-. Sohim ikniplo m4 from It nt viUi only, while othr hx troubled 111 ton d.-uiinie a w"tL Ilo- ciitm mot ircitiatuiv 111 mimnn, I -tltl vou otten hear moil eiii;ilaiii f H- We belmvo that the t-.t rutiiotly k kr- ! j"oplioplulo oi umo m one or wviroi ! doM twuio a day." Thl fc im4Wi la ' water, and -hould be !nku- In tin fortu of a mixture, nothing oisu lining put j With il, with the exception, U you UKh. , of n ten.ioouful of ftimp. to maku it ' more pa ulabl. nllbU(h II I rooTly by i no inonn digrcouiiie ny itm. j othergo'Ml remedy I mix romUm Hv ! drop of the tuialtiro in ft lull4! wnir J threw or four Uimw a da). It n Highly 1 rceominend4'!. and you may hopo fr j great thing from It. ThtHi you nit, I do all you noibIr ean to linptofe tho I statu of-3 our general health. It In probabh tint you nre below par ftttntn j how or other, although we uitit adniU flint it iliki.a fif.1 full.kiv of hrwiivK.f V If you teol generally out of norln. nuil yoc 1 appotitu 1 poor, quinine will do yn rood. If ou are pale auilnutmniu, you I mut put your f.tith 111 iron. Cud lfor oil tin oxc lletil rom.dy for improv- , uelHUting bwt.-, with lliHrk. wirw V,. Hyou foranr ram ara hhU. , to -S walkln" S uS vou iM foil thai tive or te7i inhutt' ltrcN. with t the .lnt,ii..hi,n- t.. ...,.-.... iw.r... M "' " ".'- ' ' rr ,v. . jr. -- I l,rc.akfan ia not a thing to be deiMtL . ..... .- ......a. " ..xy -.'.,-w . , iif.xc'r..r rwiiiu. it. boil at ntjtlit U ' t ,.-,TI(,t..-.. 1,.. .1,... !. .... ... .-. I "" "" " " ""'" "ft ,v "" a cure, .dany jmmjIi w!m havo Hif- fored from cold fuel havo nioir.ut u. . V "J " - --- -J J- J Htitatldphvi nm-s. TllK contrast between Iho IlrltUh and American nMUinVi of railroad i very rcraarkabte. The milenge of Uu, fonueri only I7.Gy5 mile, the lat4or HC.VJ7 Tiie t nlne wno! ;"fcm of4C.4V7 mile. The difference In J. -... "-" - -. a-jfta"U The "ro.n Mrnln. 7. .. -Js. . . i&kV'. avcrnijij per mile. .j : rri'J .'" -in-u riioiashiiui". .is, fioi. in .r i i -r 'm. . ,., .,vw-j'. 4jB tieratfh Bfi'ain aventge fifty- m la Unit.,! Sfnia, J-utuuIreiKs perchot. A,, .. ,.. "., .' ms Quarter dt . ZL7? ""wen uju rli-t ,- 1 "" apie OI s a antt? of JteJo m-l... "- mere. WitilrA enM..r,. ' there. OttV&vi i! lU,i,t 1" r ib. wjtai tun .J1. TTVr ''AT- my WriL -. - .wviuuriiui rWi it-iit'.t ,. ... .. lTSS: 1XL flIX llll Iltrtuf m COit tfcr m.lrt t M.r -a - - Vx Cd MftV. S.'J.rXiO arM-,.. .- n.. Tlf F OTMta.l .. (. . The aoK;TS"Jri7"VL-?wlajr . &-& riuiaj1 to irfe' Iff- A-wv-fn., r---T ."" ewropoay fi5i-rero --. mrl lonf. vrhnt T that? A tn',L. thbiame tr-tsihl -w rear ago. wk. hteiiA- &-X. in th 'titaak. iliier!ft-. .......... , .. . .. I ft . -a. 4 . - ft TO r-s i. 4rte, -s- $ v-,U.-a.