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LONG SEARCH BKDm!jCf2'iSt:AI?IX)AT OX IOBCAKB.
PATHETIC HUNT OF MOTIItin
FOR DAUQIITEH.
tliA (llrl l)Uiiiprrril Tumly-l'lm Voir
Ago mitl Hi" Miitlini' lifTort tii I Intl
llr Did Nut Conn Until Drulli
Cmoil With Or lif.
A llfo story ot peculiar pntlins was
closed at hliiton, (Jrcono county, Indl
una, llio other iliiy, with the tlcnth of
Mrs. Polly Harnett, at the advanced use
of 72, 25 of which were spent In almost
censoloss Bcaroh for a missing tlnugh
tor. Mrs. Harnett w.is a sister of Smith
Miller, who icpiesented the first Indi
ana district In the Thirty-third and
Thlrty-fourth congrcssc.1, and another
brother was a lawyer of note bade In
the '60s and for Hovural years was an
honored judge on t ho circuit hunch.
Like hor brothers, the slater was pos
sessed of raro talents, and her Intelli
gence and vivacity made friends ami
admirers In a hair dozen counties,
where she waa esteemed nllko for th
graces of her person and the beauty of
her Christian character. She married
lather laic. In life, and settled down to
n life of domesticity on n farm. Two
daughters were born to her, there be
ing live years' differences In their ago.),
and during the Infancy of tho younger
(he father died. The widow carried on
the farm with tho assistance of hired
help and was considered wealthy when
her eldest daughter Grace attained her
18th year. One innriiliu;. 25 years ago,
when (Irace wan called to breakfast she
railed to respond, and upon going t
her room It was found that she. had
not occupied the bid during the night.
None of the girl's clothing was missing
except the suit she had on tho night
before, and It wis surmised by tho sur
roundings that, Iu8te.ul or going to her
loom that night, she hnd gono out at
the rear or the house and disappeared.
Krom that day to this her disappear
ance has been an unsolved mystery.
Rumors were circulated that sliu had
been decoyed from homo and murdered
by a young man who had occasionally
visited her and for whom sho seemed
to feel admiration, but he w is never
formally accused of participation In
her disappearance, ami his after life, as
well as bis high character at tho time,
foon disarmed what appeared to be mi
unwarranted suspicion. The best do
ted I vo talent In the west was employed
In the search for the missing daughter,
and the mother spent thousands of dol
lars In feeing detectives and following
up what In tho end proved to he false
clews. Then tho farm was mortgaged,
tho stock was sold off, and even the
household furniture was parted with
to got money to continue tho search.
GKACU HARNF.TT.
Whon all her means had been ex
hausted the moth'T herself, crazed with
grief, began her hopeless search In
perron. Month after month It was con
tinued through all of the surrounding
counties, and the cold or winter and
boat or summer wero alike braved
without one word of complaint. It was
soon apparent that Mr. Harnett's mind
had given way under hor great allllc
tlon; but sho was so kind and gentle
that none or her friends would con
tent to invoke means to rest ruin her
of her liberty but threw open their
homes to hor and did all In their power
to contribute to her necessities. For
the llrst few years of her wanderings
hor younger daughter accompanied her,
but the exposuro to all kinds of weath
er soon told upon her constitution and
oho foil sick and died. The mother
penmed wholly unconscious of her loss
and went on In her wanderings as
though the second daughter bad not
been taken away from her. One morn
ing, however, an empty coltln was
found near tho open grave or the
daughter In tho Olive Hranch cemetery
in Oiecuo county. Tho mother was
iiiestloned as to tho removal of tho
remains and confessed that sho had ex
humed tho body with her own hands
and had borne It to somo other resting
place.
Sho refused to say where- sho hnd
burled tho body and tho secret tiled
with hor. No ono could over bu found
who had assisted In the disinterment,
and It is possible that tho mother not
only took up tho cnfllu and removed
tho body, hut boio It in her arms to
tho plaeo where it was finally deposited
und where sho hud also dug a grave.
After tho death ot hor daughter tho
mother continued her wanderings
nlfeno for many years, but more recent
ly sho always appeared with a largo
black cat that tvudged along from place
to plnco at her heels, and which was
hor sole companion. Tills cat was never
out of, her presence) day or nlfiht, and
eeomed to havo taken hold of her af
fections to tho exclusion of everything
else except her missing daughter. On
'J0 h$
turn tho cat looso that It might con
tinue the search for Once,
When Mrs. Harnett first began her
poarch her travels extended over a wldo
range of territory, but In lecent years
sho routined herself to a smaller circle,
and was thus expected at certain times
at tho homes of thoso who had so long
taken n kindly Inteiest In her. Many n
night, when rain or snow was falling,
sonio kind-hearted farmer would start
out to find "Grandma Harnett," as sho
was called, and often sho was discov
ered trudging nlong the road with hor
cat at her heels.
Though sho passed nlong tho samo
road hundieds of times sho never
hcemed conscious of tho fact that sho
had prosoctitrd her search In that til
i cot Ion, for sho would stop at Intervals
and call "Oracle! Oracle!" as If sho
expected an answering volco to come
out of tho woods. Then sho would call
"Whom are you, Oracle?" and this was
ropoitcd year after year nt tho samo
plnco, only to find that draco did not
respond. Mrs. Harnett was endowed
with a remarkable constitution, nnd
through her 25 years of exposure to all
kinds of weather was novor known to
be sick a day. '
MARKED CARDS
Tlint 1'iillril
of Tholr riiriioin
In
I'likcr llimir.
"It has been my luck on several oc
casions to butt Into u goo 1 thing," said
Ram S. Collson, a Inn cling man from
Milwaukee, "but only once did It over
turn out this way when I was Intended
to ho the good thing. It happened a
good ninny years ago on a Mississippi
river steamboat, In tho days when the
common mode or traveling was by riv
er, as railroads wore scarce. On a
long trip down the river a man made
manyacipialntanccs. To while away the
long hours there was generally a ro
sort to poker playing, nnd theie were
Koine men who did nothing else but
travel up ami down the river. Ileeclng
the Innocents whom they Inveigled Into
their games, ir thcro was ono thing I
was at home at It was polcor, and all
tho tricks that had over been sprung
1 was on to. I know most or tho card
sharps that frequented tho Mississippi,
hut on ono trip there wore n couple of
new guys who got Into a little game
with me. They sprung all their little
tricks, which were as familiar to mo
as It the men had told me what they
wore going to do. Wo were about
matched, and that night wo quit even
The next morning they met mo with i
pleasant smile, and appeared overanx
ious to commence again. I thought
something new was up, and this was
conllrmed whou I saw they were trying
to lose to mo In order to throw me off
my guard. Piotty soon one of them
called tor a new deck, saying ho
thought his luck would change
with now cards. Ills partner went
out for tho pasteboards, and ns I
was on tho watch, I noticed
pecullailty during the Hist deal. Tho
backs of tho cards were red designs,
and I noticed written In small charac
ters In red ink on tho red signs tho
name of tho card. For Instance, tho
Jack of diamonds was written 'J. d.,'
tho queen of clubs 'q. c ,' and so on.
The letters were almost microscopic,
and but for the fact that my eyes are
very sharp I would never have noticed
tho marks. The fellow that dealt the
cards saw what ho gavo mo each time,
but I soon found out that they had
mndo their figures and letters so small
that It was Impossible for the other
fellow to see what I had. I didn't lot
on that 1 knew the cards wero marked;
didn't even close my cards up nffr
looking at them. You seo what my
gome was? Having remarkably keen
eyes, I could plainly lead what was on
tho backs. This gave me two chances
to their one, and when It was my turn
to deal I had three to their one, and tlu
result was, as they wero game enough
to keep tho thing up, not dreaming that
I was on to them, that I won nearly
every dollar they had before the day
was out." Memphis Scimitar.
A L'urlmi Story of Coinpllrntlon.
Tho marriage of Isaac Williams nnd
Mrs. Lydla Huby, at Oklahoma City,
brings Into print a curious story of
complications which arose out of the
lax administration ot tho territory's
dlvorco laws. Somo years ago Mrs.
Huby procured a dlvorco rrom Mr.
Uuby in the prohato court. Sho then
married Mr. Williams, and they lived
together happily for two years. At
the end of that tlnio It was decided by
tho Hiipieniu court that tho probata
Judges had no Jurisdiction In dlvorco
cases, and that all decries Issued by
them wero null and void. Mr. and
Mrs. Williams at onco separated, and
she hiought suit In tho district court
for dlvorco from hor former husband.
In duo tlnio this was gianted, and,
after the lawful tlnio had elapsed, sho
was married again to Williams.
Vrlllipml hjr Vt hltm'iiiK.
Hecauso Peter Muff man, a miner liv
ing at Layford, Clinton county, Ind.,
assaulted his wife and nearly bit the
end of her linger off, ho was made tho
victim ot a white-capping outrage. Mo
Is In u critical condition. When tho
net became known a inob of about 30
persons was formed and each armed
hlmsolf with a mulo drlvor's whip,
Muff man was taken from his bed nnd
led to the edge of the town, whoro ho
was unmercifully whipped, some of tho
strokes cutting through and Inflicting
deep gushes In his flesh.
You can always tell when n girl Is In
love. Whon you catch hor smiling at
nothing, she nets foolish ns a man
when you catch htm scratching his
wooden loj,
FOR A
Thrilling Ailrrntiirn of Cut tlfin.iti
in tlm .Ml4iurl Uh"r Siiim'pimIimI In
fori Intr Ihn l.ultiT OIT A lliilrlircmltli
INrii frcim mi Aivfnl Diiitli.
Afloat In tho Missouri river on a cako
of Ico barely large enough to support
tho weight of u man, with a wild range
steer tor a companion nnd certain
death staring him in the rato unless he
was able to force the animal from tho
trail and unique craft, was tho experi
ence recently of John Q. Anderson, n
prominent South Dakota cattleman.
The Bctiie of tho thrilling ndvontuio
was near Grow Creek Indian Agency.
Anderson had a herd or cnttlo which
he wished .to watei In tho river. Tho
lecent cold weather had frozen the
rlvor out about 20 reet rrom shore and
by sanding the newly formed Ice An
derson hollovod he could water the beet
herd In a long trough ho had cut
through tho Ico, and that by getting In
front of tho animals himself would be
nhlo to keep them from slipping Into
tho channel or getting so far out us to
break through. Helng wild nnd thirsty,
tho nnlrnala rushed down upon tho Ico
In a bunch. The cattleman realized tho
dnnger, but before ho could drive
enough of the cattle back to shore to
relievo tho pressure on the Ice, tho
weight of the cattle cracked the Ice,
tore It looso from shore und Andeison
liiiddcnly found himself, In company
with ono steer, floating out In tho cur
rent on tho cako of Ice. After super
human efforts, ho succeeded In pushing
his unwelcome companion Into the
FLOATING OFF
river, when It swam back to tho shore.
Tho cattleman now found himself float
ing rapidly down the deep channel of
the river on a cake of Ice that was none
too thick or too big to hear his weight,
this fact having been Impressed on his
mind while It was sinking under the
weight ot himself and tho steer.
About a quarter of a mllo down the
rlvor heavy Ico readied from shore to
shore. Mis situation was now very
critical, for only by the merest good
fortunu could ho hope to reach the
heavy Ice before tho frail cake upon
which ho was being swept down the
rlvor was sucked under the heavier Ico
by tho swirt current. At what seemed
to him lightning speed the cako ot Ice
upon which ho was riding npproached
the heavy white lino which maiked the
edge ot the heavy Ice stretching across
tho river. With raro prcsenco or mind
tho cattleman saw that his chances or
escaping being carried under the Iipuv.v
Ice would bo materially bettered by his
riding ns near tho rear end or his
strango crntt as possible, thus causing
tho forward end to tilt higher out ot
the water. Swlttly tho cako ot Ico
with Its human rrolght neared tho icy
harrlor. Anderson braced himself for
a leap tor lire, and Just as the cako
camo In contact with tho heavy sta
tionary Ice ho put his whole stiength
Into the hound tor life nnd safety. Mis
leap was well timed, nnd.i caching sure
ty on tho heavy Ice, ho glanced back
Just In time to see tho cako ot Ico upon
which he had taken his involuntary
lido dlsippear under tho Ico which ho
had succeeded in reaching.
llml Drhon Miil llnforo.
Danlol C. Ponieroy, once a prominent
Now York criminal lawyer, In his early
llfo was a stage driver on tho old Hut
torfleld lino, nnd gleaned his legal ed
ucation largoly upon tho box seat of
his coach or whilo chango of horses
was being mndo at the stations. Ho
was associated with otliors In tho de
fense of ono Mrs, McCarthy, on hor
trial at Httca for tho murder of a man
named Hall of Ogdenshurg, who was
killed by n bullet from her rovolvor,
which wa3 nlmed at another num.
WITH A WILD STEER
COMPANION.
lude Doollttle prealded nt tho trial,
and Fcemtd to believe In tho prisoner's
hi't '1 he Judi.e was bitter and so
was I'otneroy. The latter made an ob
jection, and Insisted upon It rather
strenuously. "Mr, I'onieroy." said the
JikIko, "I urn not a hoise. and can't bo
driven." "Well, your honor. I learned
In my early experience to drive mules,
anil I will try to keep up my former
reputation." Philadelphia fall.
MATRIMONIAL "STEERER."
A iii! nml Diilmtln? Sliiln of AtTiiln
In Iiitlt.tnii'it llri'tnn Orrcn.
.lofforsouvllle, Ind., Is to lo.ie the dis
tinction It has long borne or being the
most famous Gretna Orecu of the coun
try. The decree to this end has been
Issued by .Judge Marsh of the Clark
county circuit court, who Interdicts the
omplomrnt of "man luge steerers"
men and women who drum up prospec
tive brides and grooms and bring them
heroic the local squires to be married.
These squires have advertised their
business or tying tho nuptial knot, Just
iib tho grocer advertises his wares or
the hotel Its location and advantages.
In iho mountainous teglon or Ken
tucky, which yearly contributes some
thing like a thousand pairs ot beating
hearts to the mart or .leffersonvllle,
husincNs cards and posters are dlstiib
iitid Informing tho love-strlckeu lint
Squire lllauk at .lofforsonvlllo performs
ceremonies with dispatch and fooling,
that his parlorn arc located near tho
wharf elopers ulweys come by water
and that KcntleiuiMily agents will
luko tho bridegroom in charge und In
sure a license.
The rivalry between the tlneo local
squires, who made a specialty of mar
rying, became acute a long tlnio ago.
Like rival hotelkeepers, they put
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INTO THK Cl'HUKNT.
"steerers" to work, and tho steerers tor
each plnco rapidly multiplied until
most or the steamer men on tho river
became "subsidized iments." who
slipped advertising cards Into the
hands or trembling lovers as they camo
across tho river. Then women entered
the business or conducting bashful
lovers befoio tho squlro by whom they
wero employed. It was not long before
those stecreis began to fight over tho
"victims," ns they aro called, and while
ono pulled the piosprotlvo bride townrd
"one matrtinionlal bliss foundry," tho
other ynnked tho bildegroom toward
his "shop."
Hut It was somoth'ng beside this In
decorous stato or things that Induced
Judgo Marsh to tako action In tho mat
ter. It Is necesEiiry In Indiana tlint
atlldavlt be mndo that brldo is ot age.
Afllduvlt making became a proresslon,
and this was also taken up by tho
steerers, who helped to get the license.
Though In ninny cases they had never
soon tho bride heroic, tho uflldavlt was
made out and uwoin to. Judge Marsh
proposes to put a stop to this whole
sale perjuring.
ilmr rriilli'linniit of H Ilium .'Mini.
In the New York Assembly tho other
day, Mr. Weeks, author of tho bill
abolishing common law marriages,
was arguing In invor or the measure
and attacked tho common law mar
riage on the ground that as the law
now stands no man inn tell whether
he Is married or not. Mo astounded
tho legislators by this statement: "A
man dies and along comes n woman
heavily veiled and In deep mourning
nnd claims to bo his wife, nnd for tho
first tlnio the man hears thut ho Is
married." Not until tho Assembly had
recovered from its tit of laughter did
Mr. Weeks rcull'o that ho had clothed
tho dead man with rcmarkablo power
In permitting him to retain his bciisj
of honriug.
Tho woman who can put on hor shoes
without sitting on tho floor Is about ns
raro as tho mnn who goes to bed with
out handing his necktie on tho gas
Jet.
TERROR TO RAD MEN.
FRONTIER SHERIFF WITH
STRONG NERVES.
$1(11 In llnily nml l'.iy In flptreh
lint rvvr FiiIIbiI l TnMo Hit Slim
Tii mine ii 1,'ulllB Ittntler Slmlo tlio
C'uivlmy Dunn'.
Small In body nnd easy In speech,
hut a terror to "had men" In tho days
when the frontier towns ot tho west
Aero overrun with toughs or the worst
sort, .lames C. Dahlnian, now a lead
ng business man or Omaha. Nob., and
secretary of tho state board of trans
portation, has a record which he made
while sheriff of Davies county which
stumps him us one of the coolest men
who ever drew a gun. Chadron was
tho county scat and when ho became
ihcrlfT It was n literal hell. Dahlnian
jogan his term ot ofllce by notifying nil
concerned that Chadron would no
longer be a harbor for horse thieves
mil cattle rustlers, that men with
notches on their guns would bo per
manently Inld to rest In the sand dunes
if they failed to emigrate toward the
'cttlug sun, and that gambling would
davc to be conducted on something like
o genteel basis, Instead of being a
.Irunkeii orgy, with painted female at
tachments. When the notice was post
ed the had men laughed and the paint
ed women shrieked with delight at tho
uidaclty ot tho consumptive looking
tenderfoot.
A week after Dahlnian Issued his
order a noted cattle rustler named
Hludman enmo to Chadron, drank his
(111 ot rrontlor whisky, and remarked in
a loud volco that ho would like to seo
that "sawed on llttlo runt or a sheriff"
most him. After so rcmaiklng Hlnd
man proceeded to shoot up the town
The toughs expected to sec Dahlnian
leave town on Important business, but
he had business. In Chadron. He let
HIndmnn vociferate for an hour or two
and then prepared to clip his wings.
Ml ml man went Into Hack Sweeney's
dance hall, and arter shooting up tho
place Inquired as to tho whereabouts
ot tho Fherlff who was going to do
such great things. No sooner had he
made the Inquiry than he felt a ring of
cold steel pressing against the back of
his neck, and then a quiet, rather lisp
ing voice said: "Mlndman, if you move
a muscle you arc a dead man. I'm
Dahlinan, tho sheriff, and I want you
to shiiek your weapons and lay them on
the bar. One raise move and you are
as dead as tho late lamented J. Cae
sar." Something In the tone of the
voice Imparted to the drink-crazed
mind of Iliudman that ho was up
against It. Ho weakened and disarm
ed without a protest, and when Dahl
nian had gathered up the discarded
!
PRESSING AGAINST MIS NF.CK.
weapons Mlndman was inarched to the
Jail and locked up.
Ono ot Chndron's gambling halls ha I
been tho scene or several cold-blooded
murders, the victims being tendorfeet
who had lost their money and then
made n "holler." They wero beaten to
death, and ns the soir-derenso theoiy
ivns always set up, tho murderers man
iged to escape Justice. Dahlnian tried
jcveral ways to clos-o up tho disreput
able Joint, but without success. Ono
night he walked Into the hall and
inletly bought n stock ot blues, paying
for them with $1,000 In gold. He then
unloaded $1,000 In greenbacks and an
nounced that ho would play It nil pro
viding the root was lirted. This meant
removing the limit. Dahlnian had
never been known to play turo, and
the men backing tho game nearly fell
dead from sheer delight. They re
aioved tho limit and tho game begun.
t tho end of nlno hours the dealer
turned the case, remarking: "Hank's
broke." Dahlnian pocketed his win
nings, which wero over $11,000, nnd
lurncd to go. As ho stood In tho door-
Aiiy ho said:
"I want this to wind up this plaeo of
business. Tho room Is needed for a
Methodist meeting house. I want all
four traps removed by noon tomorrow,
mil If they aro not I'll mako trouble."
Hare-Lip Charley's plaeo was closed
'or good that night. Tho following
Sunday an Itinerant Methodist minis
ter presided within Its walls over tho
irst religious mooting over hold with
in tho corpornto limits of Chadron.
Ono night a cowboy named Franco
tilled n female attache of u danco hall.
Franco was Impelled by Jealousy nnd
ivhisky, hut whon he saw tho dead girl
lying nt his feet ho sobered up nml Im
mediately fled. Dahlnian started attor
him within an hour. It was a long
:hnso and Dahlnian did not conio up
with tho fleolng cowboy for two days.
When Franco saw that further flight
svas Impossible, ho killed his broncho
ind lay down behind It, throwing his
Winchester over tho animal nnd an
mitK - W&
TlTl)illl5is3'i? 3i
nouncing that he would die beforo ho
lng taken prisoner.
"All right," shouted Dahlnian, who
rodo back about 500 yards und dis
mounted. Aer hobbling his horse he
made a fire and prepared his supper.
Twilight fell, nnd as darkness camo on
France tried two or three shots nt the
sheriff, but tho distance was too great.
When morning came Dahlnian was
rubbing down his horse and Franco
was sitting his ""end nnlmal. The
murderer took several shots nt tho
sheriff, but Dahlnian, having nothing
but his revolvers, did not fire In return.
During the day Dahlman quietly gath
ered a pile of dry prairie grass, and,
when night camo ho removed his
clothes and stuffed them full of grass.
Me made a head for the dummy by
rolling up his saddle blanket, nnd upon
the top ho sot his hnt. Ho propped up
the dummy and then crawled away. Ho
worked around behind France, and
got within thirty yards or him before
dawn came. As soon as It was light
Franco peeped up over his dead bron
cho and saw what ho believed to bo
Dahlman, sitting up on the pralrio n
rull hair mile away. Ho stood up and
fired at the supposed body several
times.anxlously looking attor each shot
to see It ho had hit tho mnrk. Sud
denly he was paralyzed to reel n touch
on his arm, and hear a gentlo volco
say:
"France, tho Jig's up. ir you move
I'll have to bore n Tew holes through
you."
Franco did move nnd two revolver
shots rang out. Tho first broke
France's right arm, the second ono his
left. Then Dahlman, chilled to tho
hone, left tho wounded cowboy and
went over to where his clothes were
nnd dressed. Then he took his pris
oner back to Chadron, seventy miles
away.
Ono day n young minister of tho gos
pel camo to Chadron and announced
that he wanted to preach. There was
no church In Chndron, and no unoccu
pied buildings. Tho owner of tho most
orderly saloon In town finally proposed
to close up his bar for one hour nnd
let the preacher use the saloon as a
church. The Idea took well, and at the
appointed hour the saloon was Jammed
to suffocation. The young preacher de
livered an excellent sermon and at the
close took up a collection. Soon the
bar resumed business. A had cowboy
thought It would be fun to mako the
preacher dance and sent a bullet into
the floor close to the ministerial feet
as a hint to begin at once. Dahlman,
who was a witness ot the assault,
knocked the thug's levolver rrom his
hand and sent him staggering ngalnst
the bar with n stiK right-hander. He
fore the cowboy could recover and
draw another gun Dahlman had him
covered with a revolver.
"I know the preacher does not ap
prove of dancing," drawled Dahlman.
"but perhaps he would not object to
seeing a cowboy dance. Now, dance,
you blankety-blank cur."
The cowboy objected and Dahlman
planted a bullet so near his feet that
the bully felt tho draught.
"Dance, and dance a plenty!" yelled
the sherltT.
Tho cowboy danced. Whenever bo
showed signs of stopping Dahlman
spurred him on with a revolver shot
that almost grazed the skin. The cow
boy danced until his touguo protruded
from his mouth and his toot each
weighed a ton. Then Dahlman made
him get on his knees and hog tho
preacher's pardon. Dihlnian served
three terms, and i erased another re
election. Me declined on the urouni!
that the community was becoming ho
moral that there was no tun In being
sheriff. He may be seen on tho streets
or Omaha nearly every day, and a
stranger would pick him out as being
tho last man to face n revolver with a
smllo nnd go up against a gang of men
with records for murder ns long ns
the moral law. Hut the man who tries
to Impose upon Dahlman because ho Is
small and quiet and given to keeping
In tho background Is hound to meet
with a surprise that will turn his hair
gray.
Wulklni; In C It-Hen.
There has been a groat deal of specu
lation as to why It Is that people who
lose their way, either In forests or open
prairies, will always move In a circle,
and almost inevitably to the right.
Tho following suggestions, whllo they
do not nnswer this query, aro Interest
ing, as showing tho attention thut tho
subject has received: "Some physiolo
gists, anatomists and speculative phil
osophers claim that the left leg In tho
human species Is slightly longer than
the right, and so takes longer steps,
thus causing a motion to tho right
which In time completes a circle, If tho
mind Is so bewildered that it has no
fixed objective point In view. Perhaps
tin- real answer to this queer question
lies In tho fact that most persons uso
tholr right hnmlB in profornnco to their
left, nnd aro nccustomed to passing ob
jects on their rlght-lmnd side, and no
unconsciously, keep edging oft to tho
right. On a prairie, however, whom
there Is nothing In the way or obstacles
worthy or mention, this cause or rea
son for walking in a 'right-handed'
clrclo would hardly hold good."
WUnrn llrlcuiiiingo Still ltolB.
Sardinia although one of tho rcg'lona
most loyal to tho Italian sovereign is
ono of tho least considorod. Povortv
squalor nnd malaria havo In 0 WUy
or other dopopulnted tho Island, which
has an nvorago or 28 Inhabitants to
every square kllomoter, whllo In tho
peninsula tho nvorago is over 10 J and
In Sicily 113. it Is tho only pan of
Italy where Is hns not yet boon posslblo
to uproot brigandage.