Nebraska Newspapers

    THE BED CLOUD CHIEF.
WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST. A Brief Summary of Events In Which
I'eople nro Deeply InlerrMctl Short
fientcnrei Conveying a World of In
formation to Onr Ileailcr.
Wetlm-edity, May n.
The bodies of aaji tlend soldiers from
the battlefields of Cuba ami Porto Kico
were yr.storday interred in the Arling
ton untiuntil eciiietcry.
The rumors of tin Immense combina
tion of thp steel iuterestH nro piiu-tl-cally
confirmed. It is to huve u capi
talization of about 3Mi.'),000,000.
The situation In Samoa continues In
a strained condition. The whites nre
lit the merey of the rebels, due to the
orders of the powers to cease hostili
ties. Jnmcs Hulmc Cnnflold, president of
the Ohio university mid at one time
chancellor of the Nebraska university,
Una accepted the position of librarian
f the Columbia university.
The contract to furnish tho silver
service for the battleship Kentucky
has been let to a Philadelphia llrm a"t
a cost of 80.000. The service will be
tomposcd of more than "twenty pieces.
At Stockton, Cal., Mrs. Hassal, who
vfs morbi.Uy Infatuated with Mrs.
William Hickman, killed tho latter
and then shot herself. The two women
were found locked in each other's em
brace. Striking miners at Wnrdncr, Idaho,
nro Retting obstreperous again, and
their threat to clean out the company
of regulars there before reinforcements
arrived has paused great excitement.
Troops are being hurried to the scene
to prevent trouble.
Tho democrat le central committee of
Cook county, Illinois, adopted a resolu
tion for theapprJutmentof aeommittee
to sit as n ec-urt to try committeemen
gainst whom charges of disloyalty
have been made. It is said every morn
brrof the county committee who fav
ored or worked for the election of John
1. Altgeld for mayor is to bo removed.
The Michigan society of the sons of
the American revolution held ti dinner
t Detroit lvt night at which Generals
Mcrrltt, King and Wheeler, Secretary
Alger and other distinguished citizens
Rpokc. Hitter denunciations of anti
imperialists was the principal theme of
each speech. President McKinlc.v's
course in conducting affairs in the
Philippines was warmly supported.
Tlinmday, May 4.
riow manufacturers arc arranging to
combine their interests.
Frank Ho.sie. in jail at Mcheansboro,
111., for the murder of his brother-in-law,
hanged himself.
Mrs. George W. Childs has denied a
rumor that she and General Joseph
Wheeler were to be married.
The Spanish cabinet council has de
cided to devote .1.000,000 pesetas to
strengthening the fortifications of the
Canary islands.
Tho promoters of the gigantio steel
trust are trying to purchase the Car
negie interests, having offered him the
sum of 81.10,000,000.
The local postofflce officials at San
Francisco, acting under instructions
from Washington, seized the Atkinbon
circulars alleged to be bcdltious in
tone.
At Chicago Mabel Birk shot and
probably fatally wounded Attorney
David Wile and then killed herself. No
cause for the deed is known.
Friday, May 5.
General Engan has gone to Honolulu.
The rumor of an extra session of
congress has been revived.
The prospect of a retrial for Captain
Dreyfus grows brighter.
Spanish papers advise Spauiards in
Cuba to avoid Cuban politics.
A New York syndicate has pur
ar chased Ycrkes' Chicago street railway
interests.
General Henry has wired from Porto
Rico denying storks of privation and
suffering.
Kiehard Harding Davis and Miss
Cecil Clark were married yesterday at
lloxbury, Mass.
The strike at Buffalo, N. Y., of the
grain shovelers, is assuming gigantic
proportions, and threatens to tie up
traffic.
The rebels in Samoa have consented
to cease lighting, at least until it is
4 known what tho conclusions of tile
commission are now on the way there.
Culllson, a Kansas boom town, paid
off nil indebetness yesterday, and made
a bonfire of the cancelled bonds. The
taxpayers raised tho cash and paid the
bonds.
Ilccaubc her mother, Mrs. Catherine
Schultz, betrayed her secret, Mrs. Au
gusta Styles shot her dead. Mrs.
Schultz had told Mrs. Styles' 10-year-old
daughter, that Mr. and Mrs. Styles
were not regularly married. The
woman was arrested. The tragedy
happened in Chicago.
Saturday, May 0.
One hundred coal miners struck at
Mowcaqua, 111.
Secretary Alger Is in Chicago inspect
ing the drainage canal.
At Greenville, N. C, fire destroyed
twenty-five stores and offices.
Coal rate tariffs are not being main
tained in Ohlo.und complaint has been
made.
President Mclvinley may attend the
U. A. 11., meeting at Terre Haute, lnd.,
on tho 23d.
8am Hose, a negro, the murderer of
Alfred Cranford and the assaulter of
j Cranford's wife, was burned at tho
0" uke two miles north of Newman, (la.,
" yesterday In tho presence of 2,500 peo-
' ,' pie.
At Fulton, Mo,, Edward Palmer shot
und killed Thomas (lauaway, a com-
4f pinion, in a quarrel over a girl. Pal-
' iner's mind Is unbalanced. Gantiway
was a member of the Fourth MUsourl
volunteers.
At Smith Centre. Kansas, Mrs. Stock-
man shot and killed her husband,
Charles Stockman, from whom nho
had recently been divorced. He wot
. drunk, and was raising a disturbance
t her house. She surrendered.
Elaborate prepiratlons for tho re
ception of pcaeo delegates are being
made at the Hague.
('arson, New, wants the FilzslmmonR
Jeffries fight. Tho Arena club has
offered S'.'O.OOO for It.
Andrew Carnegie disposed of his in
terests in the Carnegie Steel Company
to the combine. He was paid Sl.'iO.OOO,
000. A jury of while men in Kentucky
awarded a negro 850,000 damages
against whites who burned his home
and drove away his family.
The government has commenced
work of putting in position the elirht
cannons around historic "Perry Will
owx"' on Put-ln-llay island.
Governor Stanley of Kansas has
named Major W. T. Metcalf to bo colo
nel of the aoth Kansas, vice Funton,
promoted to brigadier-general,
A Baltimore ,t Ohio mixed train
jumped the track near tledford. Fire
man William Lucas was killed and
Engineer Deputy was dangerously
scalded.
Tho New York state board of arbi
tration is working hard to settle the
lluffalo grain shovelers strike. Thcj
are not meeting with good success, as
the men are determined.
llids were opened at the treasury de
partment yesterday for supplying fur
nlturo for the postoftlce at South
Omaha. Neb. L. C. Thompson of Indi
anapolis was the lowest bidder at 81 ,800
and he will get the contract,
Kunflny, May 7
lluffalo grain shovelers are still hold
ing out. and the efforts so far made to
settle the strike have been fruitless.
Captain Richard P. Leary of Haiti
more, the new governor of Guam, has
left New York for his faraway station.
lohn 0. Wagoner, who has carried a
bullet in his head since tho Custer
massacre in 1870, committed buicidc at
Stillwater, Minn. He was chief of
General Custer's pack train in the
Little ltlg Horn campaign.
Mrs. I). A. Campbell of Lincoln, Neb.,
has been appointed by the national
federation of musical clubs as head of
the western section.
Postmaster Gordon of Chicago, who
is chairman of the general committee
of the Chicago uutumn festival, makes
announcement that Colonel Roosevelt, s
regiment of rough riders will have its
first reunion in Chicago in October.
In a crowded street in front of the
postofflce at Minneapolis, Minn., Ber
nard Golllug attempted to shoot his
wife from whom he was seeking a di
vorce. He was prevented from doing
so by a bystander, lie then attempted
to shoot a policeman, and falling in
this, he shot himself fatally.
Tames Splvey of Company G, and
William Helden of Company L, First
Nebraska, are reported killed. The
following arc reported wounded: II. F.
Dunning, E, thigh, severe; John C.
Hoover, F. abdomen, severe; Peter
Madscn, I, abdomen, severe; William I.
Johnson, K, knee moderate; Grant
Chinn, K, knee, severe; Willard li. Ma.
son, L, hip, slight.
Monday, May 8
The U.iitcd States cruiser lluffalo
arrived yesterday at New York from
Manila. She was forty-four days on
the way.
The powder mill plant of the Potts
vllle, Pa., water company, located in
tho Indian Run valley, seven miles
west of town, blew up, destroying 18
tons of powder. No workmen were
about.
A llloomfield, lnd., dispatch Bays
that in Washington township James
Simpson shot and killed John Shaffer,
who had come to renew a petty quarrel
with Simpson. Uoth parties are well
to do farmers.
The owners of the principal Cuban
steamship lines met at Havana and re
solved to send representatives to
Washington with a request that the
companies be allowed to fly the Amer
ican flag, or to engage In trade with
the United States and other countries.
In view of Aguinaldo's refusal to
negotiate with Spain for the release ot
Spanish prisoners, the government of
Spain has asked the French govern
lniml to arrange for fresh necotiations
at Washington through the French j
ambassador there for the release of the
pribonerh according to the stipulations
of the Paris treaty of peace.
Tuoailny, Mny 0.
It is stated the mammoth window
glass combine will be completed in a
row days.
According to a, high official all rail
roads between lioston and Chicago are
to form a hugh combine.
Paint manufacturers met at Chicago
and formed an association. M. J.
Waugh of Lincoln is one of tho vice
presidents.
Three of the largest planing mills of
M uncle, Intl., closed down as a result
of being forced to pay an increased
wage to the union men recently organ
ized. The largest conflagration in the his
tory of Masslllon, O., swept Russcl &
Co.'s mammoth thresher and engine
plant, destroying property valued at
fully 8MK,000.
Admiral Dcwcv has cabled his ad
cjptauce to attend a banquet at New
ork when lie returns to this country.
It will bo given by 100 prominent men,
each of whom will give 8100.
Attorney General Monnett of Ohio,
in answer to the Standard Oil compa
ny, insisted Uiat an attempt was madt
to bflbe him. He names Charles 11.
Squires as the man through whom tin
offer wis made.
At Cumberland, Md., John Meyers,
white, shot and killed William Parish,
colored. Meyers caught the negro at
tempting to assault Mrs. Kate Halre,
an aged white woman. The coroner's
jury rendered a verdict that tho shoot
ing was justifiable.
All efforts made to bring about a
settlement of tho grain shovelers'
strike at lluffalo have been balked by
tho absolute refusal of the strikers to
consider any proposition that did not
include the abrogation of Contractor
Connors' contract, aud the refusal ol
the Lake Carriers' uwcclulion to cancel
fio contract.
Ar of Whale.
The age of the whale Is calculated ac
cording to tho number of laminae, or
layers, of the whalebone, which In
creases yearly. Fiom these Indications
A& .f OAn 4i flRn voowa hau. hm.n in. I
BTQ Ufr WW t' UUV IVftlri UU,U WV M0F
lined to tyhales.
UEA.KSE FOR SALE.
FOLK REFUSED TO DIE UNTIL
IT WAS SOLD.
All Tlit Happened Uremia the Omclnl
Driver Had a Commercial Mind One
of the U"'r Feature of Life lu the
l'lnu Tree Slate
"To see If tho town will vote to
sell the hearse, and, If so, at what
price." That was tho most prominent
clauso In the warrant Issued last week
In Holdcn, Me., culling for the town
meeting. Tho town meeting decided
tho Important question without n dis
senting voice, it has been ordered
that the hearse be sold "at any price."
So there Is an excellent and uiiequalcd
opportunity to buy n respectable ox
ofllcial hearse at n low price, for It la
not probable that the vehicle will have
been purchased before this Is printed.
The reason is that the buyer no doubt
will have to come from u dlstnnco, ns
tho Holdcn hearse hns been a by-word
and n reproach in all the country
around that town. This Is all on ac
count of salt fish. If It Is not clear
at first sight what salt fish mny have
to do with a town hearse, It will be
clear after the thread of this argu
ment has been followed to Its bitter
end. It was about six or seven years
ago that the authorities of Holden
bought tho hearse to fill n long felt
want. The archives arc silent on the
subject of just how tho departed used
to bo taken to the silent tomb before
that, but certainly n hearse was so
badly needed thnt even the most
economical citizen of Holden did not
object to the expenditure of tho $700
which was the cost of the stately car
riage of woe. While It does not ap
pear that dying became any more pop
ular In Holden that It had been be
fore the magnificent hearse was In
stalled, It Is certain that, paradoxical
though this be, the hearse did become
popular. The first citizen to die after
It arrived achieved n mild celebrity
which spread over several countles.and
which no doubt, would have pleased
him Intensely had ho not been unable
to enjoy It. Soon citizens of Holden
got Into the habit of dropping cas
ually into neighboring henrseleBS
towns llko Eddlngton, Clifton and
Dedham and making equally casual
but loud remarks about "our hearse."
The lively emotions of Jealousy which
wero aroused by this did not deter
thoso towns from borrowing the Hol
den hearse whenever there arose any
of thoso particular occasions when
such a vehicle Is useful. But the glory
of Holden only lasted two years. Then,
ono day the town driver of the town
hcarso blasted tho deputation ot the
hearse and of Holden. On that un
happy day ho had to take a corpse to
Drookllno for Interment. On his re
turn ho permitted greed plain, earth
ly greed, totally unsulted to the office
and the sombre dignity of a town
driver of a town hearse to master
him. A grocer tempted him with a
dollar, and he fell. And, like another
person who was tempted and fell, this
modern male official Eve of Maine wns
found out. When the hearse entered
Holdcn the first person who looked nt
It with the affectionate Rcrutlny that
had become second naturo with all
ablo persons in the town, fell back
with n cry of horror. In tho heaise,
the town hearse, tho Pride of Holdcn,
was n bundle of salt fish! Tho feel
ings which permeated tho wretched
town when this horrible fact was
made public might well be described
as indescribable had not all the cit
izens of the town described them
minutely year nfter year since then.
Old citizens wero so. justly Indignant
that they declared that they would
not die, a declaration which added
great point to the vehement outbursts
of wrath over the salt fish outrage on
the part ot their prospective heirs.
Pcoplo who had been 111 got better
suddenly. One spirited man made a
will providing that his children be
FRANCE'S NEW SUBMARINE BOAT.
The GiiBtave Zcde, France's new sub
marine boat, has a displacement of 2G0
tons, and Is extremely long In com
parison with her diameter, which Is
about eleven feet, while her length Is
rather over 147 feet. There Is a pe
cullarlty about her rudders, as there
are no less than four of them, or,
rather, two double ones, ono pair for
directing the Zcde's course horizon
tally, the other pair assisting her to
dive or rise. An electric motor of 750
horde-power drives the screw. Beyond
the motor, looking forward, the end of
a hugo block of accumulators, which
extends to almost below the conning
tower amidships, Is seen, while on top
of the block appears a long tuetul cyl
inder. This is a reservoir ot air. A
corresponding block of a'cumula'tors
and another air reservoir am Juat for
ward of the conning tower. Just abovo
these cylinders will bo observed tho
manholes, or hatches, which give In
disinherited should they send his
earthly tenement to tho grave lu tho
salt fish wagon. And l-Mdlngton,
Clifton and Dcdhnm mndo casual re
marks about fish thnt caused poignant
grief in the hcait ot the Holden folk.
In desperation the (own authorities
had the hcarso repainted and revar
iilshed, but In vain. They could not
kill thnt fish slory any more than any
other fish story can ho killed. Tho
small boys threw stones at tho lions'!
whero the blighted thing was stored,
and tho sewing society of tho looM
chinch decided solemnly that none of
the members or their i datives ever
would consent to be taken to their
graves In it. Thus all tho popularity
of tho Brent otUclnl henrso vanished,
as all earthly things vanish. Unable
to lino any corpse Into the despised
carriage the town decided to sell It,
So the hearre Is waiting for a pur
chaser who will not be deterred from
using it by the cry of "Fish!"
BRITISH ISLE LANGUAGES.
Great Dltcrtlty of Toucum Anionic
Varloui I.nrJlltlrt.
What language do you speak? This,
you say, Is a strange question to ask a
Llrltishcr. Yet stay and consider. Per.
haps to many people It will be u great
surprise to learn that a very consider
able percentage of native-born Inhab
itants of tho Urltlsh Isles cannot speak
English. Naturally, the vast majority
do uso It as the language of their birth.
Hut In Wales there arc as many as
fiOS.030 persons who speak only Welsh,
the mother tongue of the principality.
Again, In tho highlands of Scotland
Gaelic Is the colloquial language ?
43,738 persons, who are able to speak
j nothing else. In Ireland 32,121 sons of
Erin can speak only Erse, tho native
Irish tongue. That Eiso Is being dis
placed by the tongue of tho sister Isle
Is made evident by the fact that RCt.
Joseph Ilosworlh, writing In 1848, gave
Irish as tho commonly spoken tonguo
of nearly 3,000,000 Inhabitants. At
that time Welsh was spoken by 1,000,-
000 persons. Strangely enough, whllfc
In Wales fewer people speak both En
glish and Welsh than Welsh alone, In
Scotland utmost five times as many
people use both languages as thoso who
speak Gaelic only, nnd In Ireland tho
proportion Is still greater, being twen
ty speaking both to one who Is ablo to
spenk Irish only. Manx is spoken in
the Isle of Man. The population of the
Island Is 5f,598. The peoplo nro of
Celtic extraction, with an Intermixture
of Norwegian. The Island was under
the rule of Norway from 870 to 12G3
A. D. Roth Manx and English nro
used In the promulgation of any now
law In tho Island. Tho Channel Islands
have a population of about 92,000, nm!
the language spoken Is French. Thus
six languages nre used in tho British
Isles. London Mall.
Hecomlnj; a Wide Open Town.
While the city of Havana Is full of
Bwindlcrs, pickpockets frequent all tho
rajlway depots, and gamblers make n
business of boarding tho outgoing
trains with card outfits, and big stakes
frequently change hands as the cars
speed on, conductors as a rule making
no protest. Havana Advertiser.
Danger In Delay.
She Your proposal surprises me,
and pleases mo at the same time, but
you must give me u couple of days to
think it over.
He That's n long time! In twe
dtiys I might think It over and cliangf
my mind. Das Klelnc Wltzblatt.
In tho Making,
Eoaider This tea Is very weak.
Landlady I buy only tho best tea, air!
Boarder Doubtless. Its weakness 1
wholly structural, I bellevo.
CilnMvrorkeri In the Holy I.anil.
There nre many glatsworkers In
Hebron, and among other things thoy
manufacture tho glnss bracelets worn
throughout Palestine.
gress to and egress from tho boat The
center opening shows tho conning
tower, with Its steering wheel and lad
der giving access to the interior, while
below appears u portion of another
cylinder. This Is n big water reservoir,
which extends from below one hatch
way to below tho other. A pump sit
uated just below tho conning tower
controls tho amount of water In the
cylinder, which thus niters tho weight
of the boat and assUts her to descend
or ascend us the water Is pumped In or
out. Below this again, on tho outside
of the veiisel, Is n heuvy lead kcol or
weight. The last opening near tho
bows gives a gllmpso Into tho torpedo
room, with air compressing motor for
charging tho whiteheads. Beiwccn
this and tho extreme point of the bow
aro two water-tight bulkheads, another
Is just abaft tho air-compressing en
gine, while there are three others bo
ween the main engine and the stern.
INDIAN POISONS.
MYSTERIOUS DECOCTIONS UN
DBRSTOOD DY REDSKINS.
"lie Klnil, No Matter When ArtittlnW
tereit, Taken IttTert In Spring;-Another
t'amre Complete, or 1'artUl I'nr.Oyilt
of the I.t'K.
From tho New York Times: "1 ven
ture to say that no poisons known to
sclenro the world over etui compare
In their effects with tho deadly mix
tures used by the conjuiers, or medi
cine men, of tho Crco nnd Salteaux
trlhrs of Indians, way up In the north
west region ot British Columbia," ald
Dr. James Melden of Manitoba hoforo
a small group of his frleiuls the other
evening nt the Hoffman house. Ho
wuh on a Hying visit to New York, but
found time to narrate tho following
title: "These tribes," ho said, "llvo in
(lint vast, wild region from 700 to 1,000
miles north of Winnipeg, Jusl on tho
border of Eskimo land. They nre the
last tribes to be met with before the
Eskimos are reached, but they get
nlong very amicably with them, as
hunting ground demarcations are mu
tually understood and respected. No
doubt (ho ex(rcnio rigor of (he cli
mate accounts for It, but they aro con
spicuously peaceful for redskins, nnd
perform almost Incredible feats of en
durance. I havo known 'bucks' of
these tribes to run ahead ot n dog
sled as guides for over 100 miles. But
for all they have such amiable dis
positions, Just let ono of them get his
anger or spirit of revengo aroused
through Jealousy or envy and (he vlc
(Im of his wrath meets n death more
horrible than (he tortures of tho In
quisition by the use of these mysteri
ous, ballllng poisons, Tho modus op
erandi Is simple enough. He takes bin
case (o one ot (ho conjurors of the
tribe for tho samo custom prevails
among both (ho CrccB and (ho Sal-
teoux who undertake the Job of re
moving (he objectionable 'buck.' The
conjurer (hen starts off Info (he dense
forests nlonc and galhers n collccdon
ot barks nnd herbs unknown (o bot
anists. With (heso ho relufns to his
wigwam nnd brown tho destructive
mixture that docs tho buslncns. Now
for tho peculiar wny lu which It
works," the doctor continued. "I want
to sny, by tho way of parenthesis, that
these tribes never go on the wnrpath.
They mnko no use of tomahawk or
scalping knife. They never resort lo
(ho popular redskin method of remov
ing an enemy by shooting him down
from ambush. Poison Is their solo re
ceipt for settling scores. Fortified,
then, with his potent drug, the man
who Is out for vengeance manages to
havo It administered (o his doomed
foe in. his food. It may be mouths
before tho effects aro visible. At
whatever time of tho yenr (he poison
Is tnken It never begins to operato be
fore spring. Hero Is ono of the most
amazing features. Tho first sign Ib
the appearance of sores on tho body,
and especially on tho fuce of tho vic
tim. In tho courso of a month or so
these would apparently dry up and bo
followed by srnleB. Hut that Is merely
tho seeming calm before the storm,
for In tho course of n few months
more, during which tho poor buck suf
fers Indescribable tortures, these
rcales drop off, and In their place great
tufts of hair spring up. The last stages
before death follows In Its most ngon
Izlng form, far worse than tho tor
tures from prusslc ncld and n great
deal more prolonged. I remember
well," resumed tho narrator, "how we
had henrd of these Indian poisons In
a vuguo wny for some tlmo in our
country, but knowing tho medical
books contained nothing of that sort
under the head of toxicology we put
the whole thing nsldo as n yarn. We
were rudely aroused one day from this
infidelity by tho appearance among us
of a buck about forty years old who
hnd been under his enemy's polRons.
Ho wns In tho earlier stages, before
tho Bcnles formed. As he was a man
of wonderful strength and supcro phy
sique, it was hoped by a missionary
who hnd lived for mnny years with
(heso (rlbes (hat the vlcllm's life
might be saved If he could reach civili
zation nnd get the benefit of profes
sional skill. So ho had him brought,
llko a good Samaritan, over that vast
Sahara of snow nnd Ice, and put him
In our hnnds. Hero at last was flesh-and-blood
proof of tho poisons we had
luughcd out of court n Impossible
and wo lost no time In deciding to
euro him. No mortal wns ever more
cnrefully watched and dosed than that
redskin. Wo tried every antidote
known to materia medlca, both BWnple
and compound, but the poison turned
and laughed us out of court, securing
a double revengo. Nothing wo ndmin-
Irtcred could stop the slow but deadly
mixture, Tho giant buck went through
nll (ho stages I havo described, un
tll'the most excruciating death put an
end to his miseries. All our science
wus bound hand and fool. uUerly help
less In (he presence of this curious,
fatal brew of an Indian conjuror. Wo
know nothing and can lenrn nothing
or tho herbs that enter Into thlB mix
ture. Llko the tricks of pavago priest
craft, this poison mystery hns long
been kept a secret among tho conjur
ers of these two tribes. They aro al
ways few In numbor nnd oxerclae tho
greatest caution In transmitting it to
thoso who como nfter them. They ro
qulro a long nnd severe training on
thB part of any buck who feels Inspired
to enter the conjurors' mystic circle.
Ho must rctlro to tho summit of tho
highest cliff In tho region, and there,
night after night for months, hold sol
emn communion with tho stars and
clouds nnd winds. This Is supposed
to glvo hltn a profound grasp of (he
inys(erlcs of nafure, which Is all po
tent In tho conjuror's art. During the
daytime ho lives concealed In a moun
tain cave, n most nwisome, Important
and secretive being. Of course. In or
der to bo less fit sny and more reccp
(Ivo (o (he messages of stars and
clouds he stnrves himself to (he bone.
in he has gone through this regi
men for months and returns, a living
but Inspired skeleton, to his tribe, ho
Is considered worthy to be vcstcd'wlth
all the Ficrttn and sanctities ot tho
conjurers' fra(ernl(y. So severe Is (ho
preliminary (raining that few are ubte
to pass through It successfully. As
tho browing ot these deadly mixtures
Is the conjurers' chief occupation, they
form a sort of college of poison, But
there's still another branch of this In
dian mystery quite as baflllng ns (ho
one I've (old. These (rlhes havo won
derful powers of endurance aud mako
greal boasts of their running quali
ties, In this (hero Is (he fiercest pro
fessional rivalryworse (ban any
thing nnuing tho (heater folks-anil
when a certain buck Is outclassed ho
generally hunts up the conjurer for a
niodlfiod form of rcveiiRC. Ho doesn't
care to kill his rival; It will satisfy
him to have him crippled und placed
oul of (he race. The conjurer Is ready
for business on (hat basis, too, and
gives his caller n brew that makes
short work of (he objectionable buck.
Sometimes these drugs will paralyzo
the legs of tho victim nnd havo no
other effect whatever; a( other time
they so sllffon (ho limbs (hut ho prnc
tlcally hobbies about on a pair of
wooden legs. Altogelhcr It Is tho most
curious poison mystery In (ho world,
nioro thnn over curious among tho
(rlhes that know nothing nt all of in
toxicating beverages nnd never brew
ed any sort of Intoxicating stimulant."
LONGEST
Ktectrlo l'ovrer TtanmuUtlnn Line In
the V .rid.
New York Evening Post: Tho long
est electric power transmission line In
the world Is Hint of the Southern Cali
fornia Power Company, which uses the
water power of the mountain streams
oast of San Bernardino, nnd, trans
forming (ho energy ln(o electricity,
transmits It (o Los Angeles, a distance
of over 80 miles. The water Is token
from tho mountains, and, by a sys
tem ot tunnels aud canals, Is carried
(wo nnd one-halt miles to n power
s(a(lon, where, with n head of over 700
feel, It Is used to drive a scries of Pel-
(on Impulse water wheels, which nro
directly connected to altornutors of 750
kilowatts capacity, running nt 800
revolutions per minute and giving a
current nt a tension of 750 volts. The
water, after driving this machluory, Is
subsequently used for Irrlgndon. The
current is raised from 760 volts by
means of transformers to 19,000 vo1t3,'
which, being connected In Y, deliver a
current nt .13,000 volts on a thrcc-phaso
circuit. This current Is carried to Los
Angeles by two three-wire circuits,
supported on porcelain Insulators on
wooden poles. At Los Angeles the
current Is again transformed, (his time
from 33,000 to 2,200 volts, at which ten
sion It Is distributed to substations,
where other transformers reduce It to
110 nnd 220 volts, or It mny be reduced
at each hoiiRc by an ordluary trans
former to a lower pressure. Tho cur
rent delivered nt Los Angeles to the
consumer nfter undergoing theso var
ious transformations represents v5
moie thnn CO or GQ per cent of tho pow
er In the water at the water wheels,
but tho efficiency maintained over so
great a distance Is about the best that
can bo expected on a long power trans
mlselon line.
Dltl Not Knjoy the run.
New York Tribune: Tho Elks ot
Topekn, Kob., iccently gave an enter
tainment, nnd sold advertising space
on the ptogram to n local undertaker.
The latter intriiHted the duty of pre
paring tho "copy" to the committee In
charge of tho ehow, nnd his card ap
peared as follows: "George B. Palmer,
undertaker, can fix you up nftor your
decease so beautifully that you can
look down (or up) and feel profoundly
thankful that you have 'shuffled.'
Three lovely vaults and plenty of Ice.
Cut rates on ladles' nnd gents' cas
kets." The undertaker was horrified
when he saw the advertisement, and at
onco Inserted n curd In the Topeka pa
pers declaring that ho was "Innocent
of this Ill-advised und Improper at
tempt at fun," and begged tho public to
believe that he regards death as a most
serious maUer.
She Might Have Known.
Mr. Peck "I bco there's a Judge in
St. Louis who says there are times
when a man Is justified In clipping hl3
wife."
Mrs. Peck "Yes, and I supposo you
agreo with him, don't you?"
Mr. Peck "I should say not! If I
held such n view as that do you sup
pose you would huve etcaped up to
this "
His last words wero drowned by the
noise he made while tumbling down the
eta Irs lending to the street entrance.
Wm a looil Czrmr.
Mistress Mury, Mrs. Julius tells me
that last night she saw n policeman In
tho kitchen with you. Mary Yes'm;
I had him there to keep tho other men
away! Tld-Blts.
Unusual.
Fuzzy Democrats nrq very queer,
Wuzzy In what respect? Fuzzy
Why, their dinners disagree with them
betoro they aro eaton. Nvr York
Tribune.
Many I'liolpRrnplia of Kuynlt.
It is calculated (hat 10,000,000 photo,
graphs of (he queen and (he prince and
princess of Wales are produced annual
ly and find a ready salo all over the
world.