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THE BED CLOUD CHIEF. CONFLICT SERIOUS American Cowboys and Mcx icans Engage In War. HORSE STEALING STARTS IT, Attempt to Ilrsrne l'rlnoneri t'nutei Kill ing Cowboy Wrong at (lie Untie!, Hut Tropose to Sec It Through llenewnl of the Ken tucky Feud. Late Saturday afternoon there oc curred at Naco, a binall town on the International, a shooting affray which has already caused the death of one cowboy and a Mexican guard and the wounding of several others, and ulti mately in delivering over to the Mexi can authorities of four American eltl tens who will be tried for murder. Lato Saturday night a cowboy named Leo Ramsey, who conducts a saloon on the Mexican side, was ar- reste'd by tho authorities ehnrged with being implicated in the affair, and is now in jail at Naco with France. The cowboys, since tho tight, have been gathering horses from their friends und ar6 heavily arming themselves, preparatory, it is said, to an attempt to rescue Ramsey aud France. There arc over fifty of them now In tho vicin ity of Risbce, Ariz., and Naco and they are armed with Winchesters and six hhooters. The Mexican guards at Naco have an armed force of nearly a hundred men guarding the line and jail in which the men arc confined. Should an attempt at mono be mnde, a most serious battle will result as both parties aro worked up to fever heat over the killings. BACK FROM FROZEN NORTH. CONGRESS MAY TAKE ACTION rurtlrlnnlliin In ttio I'urli ripoiltlon Intoltcd. The Dreyfus verdict is attracting much attention through ofllclal circles at Washington, but naturally those in responsible positions whoso opinions would be valuable are reluctant to ex press adverse comment because of the national aspect of the case. The feel ing is general, however, In favor of Dreyfus and a strong sentiment has developed against the Injustice, which, according to the prevailing belief, lie has been subjected to. Some of the ofllcials express the sentiment this will have a serious effect on tho Franco American treaty when it comes before the senate as that instrument lias not proved very popular and the present feeling may turn the tide against it. It Is believed that when congress as sembles there will bo considerable agi tation of a proposition for tills govern ment to abandon its participation in the Pnris exposition. It is known that expressions hostile to the exposition quoted from Senator Stowart are very widely sympathized with and it is thought that if the conviction of Drey fus is permitted to stand there will be very little friendly feeling ror b ranee among members of cither the house or senate. MUST STAY IN JAIL Fremont's Would'Bc Murderer Bound Over. HIS VICTIM WILL RECOVER INTEK1011 OF CUBA. Ilm Fear llml the AiaMllnnt May MaUe Another Attempt on Ills Life Fred Illlike It to lie Itrought Ilnek on a Charge of Itupo Auditor Sliutu Company Out. VERY DIFFERLNT FROM THE SEACOAST CITY VIEW. Lieutenant l'e.iry Able to Itrnort Much I'rogreM. The Peary-llarmsworth steamer Windward, from Etali, North Green land, August 20, arrived at lhigus, N. V. Sunday, reporting all well on board. She will bc followed in a week by the 1'ciry Arctic club's steamer Didna. The Windward reports that all on board the Diana were Well, The' two steamers men at ,Etak on August 1',', And worked in company under tho per sonal direction of Lieutenant Peary in collecting supplies for the winter and the equipment for next spring s cam palgn.t, jyiV; ." t' MAY RESULT IN MURDER. Iowb Feud of Long JSIandln; Ilm Merloni Outcome. The famous Wales-Wakelleld feud of Johns township in Iowa, which has caused many fights and qu'arrels,burn lug of property and shooting between these families in tho last two years, has at last resulted in a shooting thnt may prove to bo a murder. One of the Wales boys and one of the Wake field boys met in the public highway and engaged in a pitched battle, Wales using a revolver and Wakefield a gun. Wales received a full charge of shot in his face and may die. Wakefield gave bimself up, and is now in the county jail at Ccntcrvlllc, la. DIRECT LINE TO THE COAST. Humors of nn llllnol Centrnl-l'nton Pacific Tla-Un. It is said by prominent railroad men that the Ilarritnen syndicate is quietly workinir on a plan for a transconti nental railroad system. This Is to be brought. about by the extension of the Illinois Centralrailroad to Omaha. The latter company has its lino to the (Missouri river town about finished. It is Mid that when tl is connecting link is completed tho Union Pacific and Illinois Central systems will bo welded financially and physically to form one line from Chicago to the North Pacific coast. Flndt No Trace of Aitdrce. The steamer Antaric, which left Hcl tflngborgV Sweden, on May 25 last, with an" expedition under Prof. A. O. Nath rost, was spoken off the Skaw, the northern lex tremltv of Jutland. Den mark, on her return from her search 'along tho northeast coast of Greenland for Professor Andrce. She reported r she had found no traco of tho missing aeronaut. Mother Folion Children. Mrs. Wary Gallagher, aged thirty five, wife of Felix Gallagher, a mill man of Port Pery, Pa., poisoned herself and her three children with laudanum. Mrs. Gallagher and her four months old baby died, but the two daughters, aged five and seven years, will prob ably recover. . Boo raiiagc Open Aguln. The embargo on Lake Superior navi gation by the sinking of the steamer pDouglas Houghton, in the Soo passage last Tuesday has been lifted. The largest fleet ever accumulated on the lakes, if not in America, began to move eoon after, and ono vast naval proces lon.hcadod down the .lakes, while an other started on its way to Lake Superior. In the two there wore over 200 of tho largest eraft under the .American flag save a few ocean liners. A WICKED VERDJCT. Jew anil Ccntllea Unite In Demanding Justice. It would bo difficult to describe ade quately the Indignation the verdict of the Drefus court-martial has evoked everywhere in England. Tho excite ment in the Jewish quarters of London is onlv natural. Special prayets were offered throughout Saturday in all the synagogues on behalf of Dreyfus, and as sown as the verdict was known Jews and Jewesses were seen at every street corner expressing execratious and many sobbing bittcry. At the music halls, especially the Paluec theatre, where cinematograph pictures fit tho incidents and leading actors of the Dreyfus affair were ex hibited, tho news was greeted with groans and hisses. In tho French quarter of London there was much ex citement, accompanied by some street llirhtimr. In almost all the places of public worship yesterday , pulpit references 'were made to tho verdict. Canon 'Scott- Holland, at St. Paul's cathedral, said: ."A nation is on its trial. France stands nt the judgment bar. All civil i.aljou is waiting vto khows whether to morrow's 2 news 'may add anything' to qualify tho naked cruelty of a bare telegram, anything to relieve the stag gered conscience." DECLARES THE VERDICT JUST. Kalerlmy ltejokei In the Conviction of Drejfui, Major Esterhazy comments on the verdict in the Dreyfus case in the Even ing News of London, saying Dreyfus was justly condemned as the inevitable result of tho evidence collected by General Mcrcler. This, according to Esterhazy, bore conviction to the minds of the judges, and, he added, the court martial, "following the previous find ing, declared Dreyfus guilty and me in nocent." Continuing, Esterhazy said: "I be lieve tho sentenco was in accordance with an understanding with the gov ernment. Dreyfus is in a position to claim a reduction of his sentence by one-half. The whole business was a farce, arranged in advance, and doubt less he will soon be liberated." E. Jerome, the gambler who riioi Sam Pope at Fremont on August B, in a disngrccmont over money matters, had his preliminary hearing Monday afternoon, pleaded not guilty and was bound over tollstrlet court in the sum of 81,000. His attorney made a strong plea to have tho bond placed at 82,000, but his request was not gr anted. The friends of Jerome have not raised the amount yet and it is not likely they will. Sara Pope, the man who had an almost miraculous escape from death by the terrible wounds ho received, is now Improving, and Is able to walk a little. He has a sort of morbid fear that If Jerome gets out on ball he will make another attempt to kill him. DISGRACED JUDGES RELENT .loin In an Appeal Agaluit Degrading of Dreyfui. . The judges of the Dreyfus court mar tial, by mutual agreement, expressed to the president of the republic, through General Lucas, the command er of the army corps at Rennes, their sincere desire that Dreyfus would not bo submitted to a fresh degradation. Tho court martial signed a formal rccommendaatlon for mercy Monday afternoon. Its object Is to eliminate the degradation feature of tho punish ment. Tho recommendation will bo handed to General Lucas for President Lonbct. When M. Labori's secretary informed Dreyfus of this action he was greatly affected and said: "I still havo hope.' Arrmted For Murder. Dr. Jacob W. Smith of Terro Haute, I nd., has been arrested on tho charge of the niurdcr of Henry Craig of Hath county, Ky In September, 1877. He was then a lad of sixteen. Smith claims to havn killed Craig in self-de-f.iKn nnd that ho Btaycd there for many years afterwards and never was arrested. He is now in jail awaiting an o llccr from Kentucky. llandlti Make Small Haul. Express train No. 1 on the Southern Pacific was robbed at Cochise, Ariz., by four masked men, who blew the safe open and took every tiling in sight. The amount of their booty is said to be small. Million Dollars In Hold. A consignment of 81,000,000 worth o Klondike gold for tho United Stales assay olllco lias arrived at Seattle on the steamer Uloveland from St. Micha el. The Cleveland has 100 passengers from Dawson and Cape Nome. Sheriff Dreader, after some days of detective work, found the whereabouts .if Fred Hinkc. the vouiiir man who is wanted on a charge of bastcrdy, Laura Anderson being tho complainant. He is safely lodged in jail at Ida Grove, la. Hipke will bo returned on the charge of statutory rape, as lie refused to return without requisition papers. The girl who accuses hi in Is only six teen years and is a very fragile crea ture, looking scarcely more than a child. A GRAND CARNIVAL NIGHT. There Will lie s Hot Time. In the Old Town That Night. There will bo a hot time in Lincoln on the, night of September 23rd for on that night Lincoln's great free street fair will come to an end envel oped in a blaze of glory. . The evening of September 23rd will be on the program as,Mardl-Gras or carnival night, when everybody, old nnd young, good looking and homely, the lame and the halt, in fact all who have Liucoln's welfare at heart, will get out and vie with each other m making that night one that will long bo remembered by those who may havo the pleasure of being there, for if you aro there you'll never forget it. MONEY fOR THEjREPlTORS Itrokeu Hank of Ponca Able to Declare a Dividend. Comptroller of tho Currency Dawes declares a final dividend of 2.4 per cent in favor of tho creditors of tho First National bank of Ponca, Neb., making In all 22.4 on claims approved, amount ing to 811 V The comptroller has approved the selection of the First National bank of Lincoln as a reserve agent for the First National bank of Crete, and the United States National bank of Omaha for the First National bank of Pender, Neb. VICTIM OF AN EXPLOSION. Woman nt Ilhitlng Probably Fatally Horned. The deadly gasoline explosion claim ed another victim at Hastings. Mrs. L. C. nocking, wife of a Northwestern railway employe, went to light her gasoline stove to prepare the evening meal, when the can exploded and she was enveloped in the burning fluid. Neighbors extinguished the fire in her clothing, but the flesh on her face, hands and arms was cooked to the bone and the .attending physician thinks she cannot possibly survive, The Ore in tho house was extinguished with only nominal loss.. daughter Hold by I'nrenli -The llurlal Outturn Keeni Shockingly llrlcf nnd Coldblooded to nn Ainorlean Ha vana' Highly Orimtc Hriinc. So much has been written concern ing Havana and Santiago, and mi little said of other large towns, the Impres sion hns been conveyed that there are but two cities on the Island, Such Is not the case, however, for nome of the provinces, especially the western prov inces, arc densely settled, Hays the Washington Post. Tho province of Havana alone has nearly a hundred largo towns. Thoso who havo visited only the eeacoast towns have seen the worst, and In fact n very small por tion, of Cuba. Over two-thirds of the Island Is just as healthy, even during tho summer months, as any part of tho world. Two distinct clashes of people live in Cuba. Tho people who live In the scacouut towns may ho placed In one class, while those living in the Interior towns form a dlBtlnct and vry different type. These people differ greatly In their wayB ami customs. The coast people aro more enlightened, the reason, perhaps, being that they Inter mingle with other classes of people, which partly proves that ono great need of Cuba Is the Immigration to Its shores of other races who wlUJmport vitality and enterprise. Naturally tho seacoaat towns have developed more rapidly, and tho laws of civilization are more readily obeyed. In tho In terior towns, whero other races of pco- Qilo havo seldom been, the people In ffTAM or the lonse the rent must be paid for another term In order to keep tho corpso brncath the earth. In caRes where it Is not paid, the grave la dug up and tho bones go to tho bone pllo. To look Into each comer of the differ ent cemeteries means that one must gnzo upon hugo piles of human bones. anEAT jaw powi-n ok animals CHINESE WANTED THE UIULES. Hound Over to DUtrlct Court. Upon examination of Plotts and lllgelow, the two hay men who shot the foot off of Gcorgo Kcllcy last week near Tekamah, were both bound over to the district court. Plotts, who did the shooting, in tho sum of 8300 and Uigelow in tho sum of 8400. Neither have as yet furnished bail. On tho ex amination the defense put in no evi dence, and the state mado a strong case against them. The evidence showed that Kclley went to their camp after a loose horso of his which had strayed thcro nnd in a dispute over the payment of damages they got into a row which resulted in the shooting. It Is expected that Kelley will lose his foot. Old Hotter Gone. Jacob North, Sr a well-known printer nnd publisher of Lincoln, died Monday evening. Mr. North was the senior member of tho firm of Jacob North & Co. He returned some weeks ngo from a trip to Europe. He had in tended to stay longer, but his health failed. Soon after his return his con dition bccauio alnrming nnd his physi cians pronounced his caso hopeless. He died of diabetes. "Mr. North Was 6txty? one years old. Ho was born at Nor wich, England, and came to Lincoln in 1872. Ho leaves a wife, four daughter, and three sons. generdl are very Ignorant. All classes of people in tho Interior nrc early ris ers. "Early to bed and early to rlso" being their motto. As soon ns dark aces cornea every place is closed up and quiet prevails. At C o'clock In the morning all tho places are opened nnd business Is resumed. They have not yet learned that Sunday Is n day of reBt and worship. All business places nrc kept open all day, and no many tran sactions take place as on any other day. Cuban men rarely go to church. Dut of the wonien It may be affirmed that they aro very devout, nnd early' in the morning they fill the churches. What strikes one forcibly Is the great spirit of democracy that exists In tho Cuban churches. Many of the ne groes aro very devout, and thoy go to church regularly. They are not rele gated to tho galleries or a few back seate, but may go anywhere. It Is not an unusual sight to see a beautiful girl of haughty Castlllan features tell ing" her beads bealdo n rough-looking negro with only a dirty, everyday' shirt between himself and tho outer world. In tho interior of Cuba tho marriage laws need mifch mending. Few Cu bans aro lawfully married and many of them have seven or eight wives. TJils is not only tolerated, but rather encouraged. Men will go around brag ging about the number of mojers (wives) they have, and as tho Cuban marriage laws are worso than tho Mor mon laws of Utah there Is nothing to prevent a man from having as many wives as ho wnnts. Courtfltups, ns a rule, are of short duration, many not lasting longer than a week or ten days. Girls marry very young. Many are wives when they have attained the ago of 12 or 13, and some even marry at 10. When they morry so young it is not always their deslro to do so, but because they have been sold by the!: parents. Like our Indians, the Cubans, esptCiaiiy tnose living in me ihuuh talns, bcllCVft In, selling their daugh ters. Whenever CiiDalT Children nro baptized the namo of both parents are used. If Juan Rodriguez marries Ma ria Lopez and they havo a child say a boy when he is christened they choose for him tho name of Francisco, then his full name will bo Francisco Rodri guez Lopez, tho mothor'u maiden name being added, which explains the cause of so many long names among the Cu bans. Hearses In Cuba are very rare. Dur ing all my travel I saw but one and that was in Havana. It is a magnifi cent affair, drawn by six Jet-black horses. Two men In red uniforms trimmed with yellow sit on the box. Such gay uniforms at one of our fu nerals would perhaps be regarded ns out of place. The well-polished brass that ndorns Its sides, and the kneel ing angel on tho very-top, seemingly so eager to fly, greatly enhance tho spectacular appearance of the hearse. Six men, three on either side, in black uniforms trimmed with yellow and wearing red-top boots, act ns a body guard. Every time this hearse turns out tho owner receives $250, so It can bo seen that only those belonging to the upper ten can afford to b? driven to their graves In a hearse. The lower clasB makes use of all kinds of ve hicles to convey their dead to tho cem etery. I have seen a coffin laid across a heavy-wheeled cart, drawn by four oxen, off to tho burying ground. Now we get to the Interior where little or nothing Is known of civilized customs. Dodles aro often burled when they are still warm. All kinds of rough boards are used to make colli ns. The old boards of a battered blockhouse near a little mountain town furnished sev eral coffins during my stay there. Yet n coffin mado of old boards is better than none. Some of the natives bury their dead in their back yards without even putting them Into a box. Rut this is an exception to tho rule, as Is done by people living in the mountains, whore there aro no cemeteries. Every town haB ono or more graveyard3, but a queer custom prevails. Lots are not sold, as in our cemeteries, but Instead Are rented by the year, and at the end Hut the MWilnnnrlr Fnnnd They Were Died In Alnklng 1'lrrrrurkrrn. From Frank Leslie's Monthly! "In dependence day reminds me," said the missionary from China, "of the most encouraging nnd the most disillusion izing experience In my life. 1 had la bored hard In the work of converting tho Chinese to Christianity nnd thcro was unfeigned rejoicing among all the missions in China and the ehurchcH In America when the demand for bibles on the pnrt of our converts culminated In ordets for S 1,000 bibles In one ship' mrnt. Tho rcmurkhhlc number of new Christians thus Indicated, while It oc casioned much thankfulness In Amer ica, caused tho heads of the missionary associations to set on foot an Inquiry ns to the methods employed In saving tho souls of such nn uiiuhii.i1 number of Celestials, and tho uses to which they put tho bibles sent them. ion may know that in China the majority of tho firecrackers with which wo cole brate our day of national Independence nro mado by tho Chinese In their homes. Contractors for fireworks giro each man a certain amount of powder1, and that must he mudo into a given number of crackers. The paper used In the manufacture ho buB himself and paper Is not a cheap commodity In China. The powder furnished seldom fits the required number of crackers, but that docs not disturb the Celestial In tho least; ho turns In hid quota all the samo, and tho American boy In, consequence Invarlubly finds In ench, nackaco of firecrackers n few that 'won't go off. I. discovered thnt Yan kee thrift had been absorbed by the heathen Chlncc with much more read iness than Yankee morals. In contrib uting hlfl labor toward our festival oc snslons he hit upon nn expedient whereby a considerable profit ncccuqd to himself. In other words, our.great shipment of 84,000 uiuica had literacy 'goiio up In smoke.' They were to, be, had for the asking, nnd the Celestial; conscience acemB never to havo uut-i fered-mpang ns to their disposal- for. firecracker wrappers." i CnjiiWorn llierelie Tremeudnu Force la Their Conflict Not everyone has been blf.ton by a dng, n cat or other animal whoso weap ons of offense and defenso Are thotr teeth, nnd consequently has not lived In dread of hydrophobia or lockjaw or blood poisoning. Still fewor among our citizens have any comprehension, of tho great power required to Inflict the wounds that nil havo heard of, even though they have not experienced them. The teeth, even of the largest carnlvorn, nro merely the "Hpcarhoads," but the force which "works" these in struments I prodigious. It seems as It for tho moment the animal threw all Its bodily energy Into the combination & RAILPn A WRECKED 'SHItV I, I ...4 . " Ilerolini of the Captain, file .Wife anil" Craw of theeiner.- n v The story oMhe'narrowiesdape oMltc bark Hesiier, of Snn' Francisco, In hurricane, nnd the' pluck- nnd' skill 'oH tho cnptoln and crew lnv salllh her tb-i nino unau, (Jinna, is now one(or uio creat sea stories of the decade? flavfl the New' YorV,'Vor1cf! d Durhig the,' siurm tiie Hrsncr became Waterloifceil. All tho provisions were 'spoiled, and., the deckload shifting gave tho vessel a list to port that took, her main sail under water. The cabins were flooded,! nnd Capt. Sodergren and his wife hadi to live In a tent made out of a spare sail and rigged up on the deckload of lum ber. When the opportunity came the captain nnd his wife would not leave the ship, and the crow manfully stnyed by them, so for a whole month they lived as best they could nnd sailed tho waterlogged hulk 1,450 miles into safe ty. Nineteen days after tho disaster, when tho transport Pennsylvania showed up, tho sailors would have de serted the Hesper in a body had Mrs. Sodergren accepted a proffered pas sage to Nagasaki, but she positively re fused to leave her husband nnd he would not leave his vessel, so nil I hands stayed by tho bark. The officers of tho Pennsylvania say it was one of the braveat"afUddeBl not8 they ever saw performed oil "o cean. This must have been a W gratifying ex perience for Capt. anYM- Sodergren. It Is not so many years oPJL'0.0' the crew of tho 'Hesper were haTIc' for killing Second Mate Fitzgerald. They also attempted to murder Capt. Sodergren and the first mate, after which it was their Intention to make for the coast of South America with the vessel, taking Mrs. Sodergren with them. Their plans miscarried, and the Hesper reached Tahiti, from which Island the mutineers were sent to San Francisco In Irons, where tho ring leaders were executed. of muscular action which wo call a "bite." In mot cases the mere shock of Impact, as tho animal hurls Itself on Its enemy Is entirely demoralizing or Inflicts physical injury. A muzzled mastiff will hurl a man to the ground In the effort to fasten his teeth la bis throat or shoulder. Then, the driving nnd crushing force of the Jaw mtisolfn Is astonishing. The snapping power of tin alligator's Jaw Is more or less in telligible. Thoy are long nnd fur nished with a row of pointed t teeth frotri end to end. Hut tho Jawn of' a lion, leopard, tiger, o(tcr, forrot r babboon aro short nnd tho longhand1,, pointed teeth nre few. Yet each of their species has n biting power which In proportion to Its size Is utmost In credible. Sir Samuel linker, who had n long and varied acquaintance with bites of tho cnrnlvorn, noticed thai thn tiger usually seized an Indian native by tho shoulder and with ono Jaw on ono side nnd the other on tho other bit clenn through the chest nnd back. "Tht fatal wound was tho bite,, which through back and chCBt, penetrated tho lungs." Europeans aro killed by tho tiger's bite iib well ns loecrated by tha claws. A Mr. Lawes, son of a inlKfllon ary of that nnnie, was killed after bo Ing shaken for a few moments by n tigress, which then left him. Ho died t next day. in nearly nil cases the'b'lU penetrates to the lungs. .This kln,d,ot n wound Is characteristic of the at tacks of many of tho felldac. Scarcely nny bird recovers from n cat'B bite for the same reason. The cnnlno teeth are almost instantly driven through the lung, under tho wing. Tho cheetah, which has a very small'indiuMi, always bites through the block buck's throat. The leopard, when seizing fl malice an imals, such as dogs, crushes the head; when attacking men it alms at biting through the lungs. NORWAY'S 8KATINO SOLDIERS, Sew llranoh of the Military Service llaa IImu Ilceently Organjued. A letter recently' received 'by prominent Norwegian-American resi dent in Chicago from, his old, horns says that tho Norweglun ,nrmy has lately organized n highly trained corps of skaters. The men nre nrmcdjJwUh repeating rifles. They wear a specially constructed skate evolved after nu merous experiments with varloun types. Tho lice Is so shaped as to . enable tho men to turn with great rapidity. Ab a matter of fact, thoy perform the "right about" in muca quicker tlmo than infantry, spinning round as though on n pivot at tho word of command. The corps can be ma neuvered with a rapidity equal to that of tho bcBt-trnlned cavalry, and at a recent review one on of the fjords their evolutions astonished the mili tary representatives of other natlona who wcro invited to witness the dis play. For patrol and scout duty thoy nre expected to be of tho greatest ubo, as tho Ice season In Norway Is of con siderable duration. Tho men are the pick of a skating nation, and they aro commanded by nn ex-chnmplon. They are cupablo of traveling eighty mile a day on the Ice, fully equipped. Saved by a Cat. Score ono for pussy, A Rrlstol (Eng land) cat a few days ngo proved tho means of saving a whole family from destruction by fire. At half-past 2 In the morning a shopkeeper named Ledo Schneldermann was aroused by his pot tabby, which was gently scratching his face. He tried to drive her awny, but as tho faithful feline persisted, ho aroused hlmHclf, to find the room full of smoke. He alarmed a lodger, Her mon Muller, who was sleeping on tho samo floor, and also his sister and an other young woman. They all rushed to tho stairs, where tho flames verf nl rcady spreading. With tho exception of tho lodger, the inmates, taking pus) with them, reached a landing, from which they escaped to the hack yard. Just as the flames shot right through tho spiral staircase, Muller, who had stopped to put on his boots, was cut off from escape. The flames reached his room, and then, throwing out soma bedding, ho leaped from tho second story window. Ho bndly sprained his nnklo and was taken to the Infirmary. Hnull Food In Turin. Parisian gourmands dovour pounds of snails dally. 100,000 Some mon who finally succeed in raising the wind are unable to stop it. The I'rliop lltrd. In the Paris Muaeum of Natural His tory at present there ,ls to be seen Jn 'oTjiu-jlvIng caPt,ve specimen of what . .''. wiliir hnvp onltpd the "nrls- Airican eij.. , ,r C. ,. 1 L, on bird." The pec5.,ar,t.y f thl feathered beauty is that ho lb u.PV tyrannical and Jealous of usbanSp. . Imprisoning his mate (hroughbuVaer nesting tlmo, Livingstone watched tha bird's habits while In Monpour, and In his subsequent observations referred to' the nest as a prison and tho femala bird as a slave. The neat is built in the hollow of a tree through an open ing In the bark. As soon as It 1b com pleted tho mother bird enters carefully and fearfully and settles down In It. Then papa walls up the opening, leav ing only Just space enough for air and food to pass through. Ho keeps faith ful guard and 'brings food at regular Intervals without fall. The femala thrives under her enforced retirement. Rut If the prison bird Is killed, or In any other way prevented from fulfill ing his duties, the mother and her little ones must die of starvation, for shu cannot freo herself from bondage. Nor mally tho Imprisonment lasts tintU ttio chicks aro old enough to fly. Then the male bird destroys the barrier with hla beak and liberates his family. "It In charming," write Livingstone, "to see the Joy with which the little prisoners greet tho light and tho unknowu world." Varlou Klndi of lloipltali. The sign "Doll Hospital" has lone been more or less familiar, and llko wIeo that of "Umbrella Hospital" aad to theso has been moro lately added that of "Hat Hospital;" all indicating, of course, places In whch. gopaira tugi mado. "Sho devoted her life to Chrlstls. science." "Indeed. What did she dl ofT"-RrooklxA UfJk, Ml ""-