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TORNADO STRUCK
Farms in Johnson County Arc
Devastated.
ILKCRKK.NEB., HAS A (LOSE (AIL
Fiinnnl-Shnod Clouil lliiroly i:iric
Vlllnun llurnn nml OuthtilldliiKit
Wrecked uml OrrlmnU Uprooted
Flood nt Wcit Point.
An Klk Creole , Nob,, .tune 13. special
says: A tornado was soon to form on
the Ttirely farm, two miles west of
Kile Creek, (shortly after 1 o'clock this
evening. At the beginning It sei'ined
to be no more than nn ordinary whirl
wind, but as It advanced a funnel
shape was tnken on and for some time
It was feared would come direct over
the village, but fortunately it veered
to the northeast anil passed the town
about eighty rods to the north and
Just uhovc the tree tops. Its eour.se
from this on was east and a little to
the north. At K. It. Hoone's farm It
btoko some trees, then went on to the
farm of B. C. Thompson and uprooted
and made small wood of his flue orch
ard. At. I. V. Parker's considerable dam
age was done to sheds, but further on
northeast It came to the V. ,1. Itlystoue
farm, and here Is where it did the most
damage, hi far us can be learned, by
taking the roof off the barn and toss
ing it against a large granary with
Mich force as to demolish the same.
It then destroyed the wind mill, the
roof ft oin the corn crib and partly
wrecked the residence, carrying the
roof away. Mrs. S. C. Itlystoue
and
children, who occupy ho place,
refuge in the cellar and ct.wpad
injtned.
So far as known no lives were
uml no one was injured.
took
DUEL WITH NEGROES
Italian City Detective lluva ii
Illoody
Ituttln Willi TiiiiRlm.
A Kansas City dispatch dated June
in, says: Two city detectives, Matt
Kenncy and Henry Sparks, undertook
to stop a street light between n crowd
of negro men and women In Hast Third
street yesterday afternoon, and nn a
result of an exchange of shots Itufus
Hcnnott, a north end tough, and Ota
Childs, this latter a woman, were killed,
and Charles Jackson, proprietor of a
barber shop, was seriously wounded.
Two score of men und women bad
gathered In the streets with knives
and beer bottles when the detectives
tried to Interfere. Jackson started at
Kenny with a knife, and Kenny shot
him hi the leg and thu crowd darted to
Jackson's basoinent barber shop. The
detectives followed. A geueral fusil
tide followed with the results above
given.
,Ti Miuingo to I.nud.
A San Francisco, June 12 dispatch
kuvs: The Examiner .asserts that of a
band of thirty-two Japanese Immi
grants who were recently departed on
the steamer Thyra, at least four, and
possibly twenty, are already back in
this state. One of them has been Iden-
titled and is now in custody. The men
are supposed to have left the Tliyra at
Portland or Astoria, where the vessel
touched, but thu northern customs
otllcers declare that such could not
have been the case.
Farmer Herluuiily Injured.
Frnuk Ambrose, a farmer living seven
miles west of Madison, Neb,, was In
jured severely by being thrown from
his wagon uml being run over. lie
was late starting from town, ami had
btopped to tlx the s-vit, when the hor
ses started up suddenly ami threw him
out. Amhror. was taken euro of by u
friendly farmer. The team w.is found
the next day tied fast to the wheel In
the middle of a wheat Held.
Kx-l.iiu iiinkor Sent to .lull.
C. O. Charlston, said to have been
once a member of the Nebraska legis
lature, and a jttstteo of the peace, from
Phelps county, was convicted at Chi
cago of obtaining 810 by a contldenee
game, and was sentenced to fifteen
days In the county jail. Chailston's
plan was to present worthless checks
and obtain small sums of money on
them.
Clilnn to Mitko 1'iiper.
A Ilelolt, Wis., June 12 special says:
Fourteen carloads of tissue paper
making machinery were shipped by a
Ilelolt manufactory today to Shanghai,
China. This marks the llrst American
and Is probaby the only paper making
machinery over sent to China. There
have been paper-making machine ship
ments made from that city to Japan.
Miirileruit hy Mexican.
Frank Smith, a miner, made large
winnings in a Mexican gambling bouse
at Helvetia, Ariz., and was killed by
Mexicans, who provoked a row before
lie could leave the saloon with thu
money. Ho was stabbed and riddled
with bullets, but In falling mortally
wounded two Mexicans.
Mistaken For u I)eertcr.
Privates Colo and Klploy, two pris
oners doing terms for desertion, es
caped from the guard house at Fort
Meade, near Sioux City, In., Tuesday
night. Just an hour after the dis
covery of the e.scapo Private Jack
O'Donnell of Troop I, unaware of the
escape, came down the road and was
ordered to halt. Me probably did not
hear, und advancing, was shot deud by
the sentry. O'Donnell was an old
Eighth cavalryman und had just re
turned from Cuba. Lieutenant Fltz
hugh Lee, son of (ieneral Lee, was the
otliccr of the guard.
LIMIT TO AMERICAN ACTION
Not iliMlllli'il In doing to lUtrenici In
t'hlnit,
A special from Washington says'.
The Intervention of the United States
In the Clilnso crisis Involving the rep
resentations already made by Minister
Conger, together with the action taken
by Admit ul KempfT, both under the
discretion allowed them by the presi
dent's instructions, are declared olll
dully to exhaust this government's re
sources, so far as they can be applied
at the present time. Without a distinct
change in national policy, which is re
garded as most remote and except un
der gravely complicated international
conditions ntreeting not only the sta
bility of the Chinese empire, but the
equilibrium of Europe the olllcer.s or
American agencies at l'ekin and Tien
Tsln as well as in future centers of dis
turbances, will be limited to such ef
forts for the ptotectlon of American
intetests as the pattlcipatiou of Min
ister Conger in the Insistent demands
made by all the foreign representatives
upon the tsttng-U-yamen and the dow
ager empress for utVordlng security to
the life and property of aliens, and as
the lauding tif armed forces ami the
dispatch of guttbouts to furnish the
necessary protection in case of China's
failure to comply.
Heyond this It Is now clearly under
stood In Washington that all other na
tions propose to go, perhaps at once,
but the United States, while entering
the concert up to that point, will act
Independently. If at all, in proceed
ings whk It will probably lead to a
change of dynasty and perhaps a revo
lution through the empire. It Is prom
ised, however, that whatever occurs
the commercial interests of this coun
try, upon the basis established in the
written "open door" compact, shall
not be modified even lit oae of the oc
cupation by other powets of all the
remaining coast line, ami the extension
of spheres of inllttenee beyond their
present exceedingly elastic limits.
MUTINY OF CONVICTS
File Hundred nt Sun Juun Itofuso tu
Ohcy Order.
Five hundred Inmates of the peni
tentiary tit San Juan, Porto Kleo, mu
tinied, refusing to take breakfast or to
work. They asserted that the food
was not lit to cat, und the "leader
struck thu warden in the face. The
penltentlury Is guarded by a detach
ment of twenty members of the Porto
Itlco regiment, and the jail authorities,
fearing the '.-ouvlets had planned a con
certed movement to break jail, called
in the guard. Thereupon the prisoners
attempted to rush thu troop-., who
llred threu volleys tit the wall. Three
of the Inmates were injured by splinters
though not seilously.
BABY KILLED IN A RUNAWAY
Accident Near Union Which May font
Two Uvea.
Tuesday afternoon two families who
reside in Union, Neb., were returning
from a visit In the country when the
team ran away, throwing the oecu
pouts out and instantly killing the
three-mouths-old baby of Dave Larue.
Mrs. Larue was quite badly bruised
and Mrs. Walker Jones was so serious
ly Injured that It Is thought she can
not recover.
Alhnuy riitrrit In C'nminlniloii.
The United States cruiser Albany,
which was placed In commission at
Newcastle-on-Tyne, May ,10, and under
orders to proceed to the Mcditcraucati,
has arrived at Southampton. Thu
United States ruining ship ltutTalo,
which sailed from New York April ID
for a cruise In the Medlteruuean dius
also arrived.
Ailment Fuztle l'liyitli-liinn.
Oru Urawner, who lives three miles
west of Wilcox, Neb., Is sutTerlng from
a peculiar disease. On thu least exer
tion ho perspires freely on tho right
half of his body while the left side
remains perfectly cool and dry. Ex
cept for u feeling of numbness on the
right side of his body during the curly
morning hours, he s in perfect health
Suspended O.tlile llrestkt.
While nine men In a basket cable
line suspended elghty-tUe feet above
the Tallapoosa river tit Tallahassee,
Flu., were crossing, the cable broke
and the men fell to the river. One was
killed und two are reported unable to
live. The others were more or less
injured.
Woumn Humid to Uratli.
Mary Jackson, colored, was burned
to death at Louisville, Ky., while try
ing to sturt a tire with kerosene at .cell
Sherly's home. Ella Shorly, aged
seven, was herlously burned, and Mr.
and Mrs. Shorly, her parents, were
painfully burned while rescuing the
child.
A Suicide.
Chauncey M. Hawkins, a San Fran,
elsco jeweler, committed suicide by
taking morphine, after vainly trying
to obtain employment. His wife, who
reside In Los Angeles, buys that ho
was once wealthy and formerly man
aged a jewelry establishment In New
York.
HOT AFTER HORSE THIEyES
Nnrnjr County Fur in cm dune Them
lilt o OiimliH.
A party of Sarpy county horsemen
reached Omaha Tuesday In hot pursuit
of horse thieves who stole two good
horses and a set of harness from Aug.
Leaders, u farmer residing two miles
from Papllllou. The theft occurred
early In the morning. Hy noon blood
hounds had been secured from Lincoln
und they took the scent and held It
until they reached Omaha, where they
became confused
Tho police joined
In the search.
FLOCKING TO THE CITIES
Chinese Itcfusret Finn 1'roin Kipcctcil
Attnrk oi' Ilnicr.
A Loudon. June 10 dispatch Rays:
Definite returns regarding the severe
lighting between thu Chinese troops
and the boxers that was going on
Thursday between Tien Tsln ami IV
kin had not been roculvcd at Tien Tsln
when the latest telegram. to reach
London were tiled. The Chinese troop",
however, had killed many boxers, ac
cotdlng to reports, while another ac
count had the government sohllury de
feated In nu engagement near Puo
Ting Fu.
Apparently the legation guards have
not yet taken u hand in the lighting,
but they are ready to do bo at u mo
ment's notice. The boxer movement
nlTects some hundreds of square miles.
Olllciat dispatches to Vienna from Pe
kin aver that the sect is more power
ful than tiny political party In China,
embracing no less than t ,(JI);).UOO, and
manipulated by zealous and adroit
men.
lliirn Itoof of llulldlnjr.
A bad fire occurred at Fremont short
ly before six o'clock Friday night and
totally demolished the roof of the east
school housu and damaged seriously
the interior, entailing a loss In the
neighborhood of 51,000. Thu janitor
was burning wnMe paper in the fur
nace and the fire grew too hot, setting
fire to the roof next to the chimney.
Through a mistake of the hook and
ladder men the truck went Into an
other part of town and thu roof was
gone betoro good streams of water
could bo brought to bear. The dam
age is fully covered.
Did Not Munter.
The jury In tlie Sangamon county,
111., circuit court in the case of Miss
Lee, charged with murder, after being
out five hours brought In a verdict of
not guilty. Miss Lee was arrested in
December, 18'Jtl, on the charge of mur
dering her Infant and throwing the
body Into a well at the premises where
she lived. While hi jail and before be
fore being Indicted she and two other
female prisoners succeeded In getting
possession of the keys to thu rear door
of the jail and escaping. She was re
arrested und thu trial followed.
Flint 11 1 tu Inmiiio.
Frank Rprogtio or .Tamos Morton,
was adjudged iniano bv the countv
board of insanity at York. Ho came
to Oscar Swaithon's farm, just south of
ltradshaw, about May 1 it, and not un
til last Sunday did he show any un
soundness of mind. He claims to have
lived at Greenwood, Neb., and has an
uncle there named Ross Harr. Ho may
be sent to the asylum at Lincoln for
treatment.
Able to (lot Out.
Military operations in South Africa
are apparently at a standstill. For a
day or two the tired troops of Lord
Roberts are resting, und he Is filling
the magazines ami warehouse at his
new base, Pretoria, preparatory to a
long chase after the retiring Hours in
the direction of Lydenburii. His eav
nlry are probably seeking to Intercept
Commandant General Hotha.
Itlch Strike In Kuumis.
From (Jalena, Kansas, thu richest
Jack strike ever made is reported from
one of the properties of the Combina
tion Zinc Mining company's proper
ties. At n depth of sixty-two feet
drillers on the Stulle Hell shaft ran In
to ',': per cent jack and nresald to have
gone through ten feet solid. Con
siderable excitement has resulted.
l'uj-K Ilnunrd.
Governor Poynter has Issued a vouch
er for $201), the amount of the state
rewind due ex-Shorlft" J. H. Diekerson
of Oarner, la., for capturing (loorgo
II. Kay who murdered Frank Cheesman
In Nemaha county, Nebraska. There
are no funds with which the voucher
can be paid and the claim will have to
slnnd until the next legisloture meets.
Force Still Intact.
It appears evident that the Hoer
commander-in-chief, (Jener.il Hotha,
with all his guns withdrew in good
order, probably along the Delagou bay
railroad, with tho view of joining
President Kruger and Steyn, and (ien
eral Hotha und Secretnry of Stutu Rotz,
oil safe and In a position to continue
thu direction of ntTalrs.
Four Necroen Killed.
Four negroes were killed by light
ning wlille ut work on thu 'steamer
Commodore Harney at Jacksonville,
Fla. Fourteen othermen wero shocked,
.some of them seriously. Several of tho
Injured had their scalps badly torn
and lacerated.
nnnuiKliig Storm In Uuriunny.
The recent heavy thunderstorms In
various parts of Germany have duno
considerable damage especially along
the upper Khlne, where lightning
killed a number of persons. In thu
districts of Krunswlck and Plaucn a
number of lives have been lost.
Cur Window llroken ljr Hull.
A (luring, Nebraska, dispatch says:
Every window on the north side of tho
couchrs on train No. 121, going east,
wns broken, the result of a terrible
hall storm at Laramie, Wyo,, where
the ears stood on the siding over Suu
day. Wrecked hy Kviiloilon.
In nn explosion at thu Indiana- pow
;ler plant near Fonlanct, Intl., Matt
hew Kccd was killed and several other
employes were Injured. Heed was
currying a pale of nltro-glycevlno anil
it is believed ho accidentally dropped
Injured .Mini Muy Itecncr.
Henry Nachbor, tho man who was
ao nearly killed on the I'arm of Henry
lielster, near Geneva, Neb,, a week
i ago, is still ullve,and It Is now thought
I lie may recover.
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THE LOVES
AND THE
IMMORTALS.
993miii9i1
Ho was the bust of Apollo, which
stood on top of the piano. Sho was
tho plaster cast of the East Wind
which hung on the wall opposite. And
thoy had somehow managed to fall In
love with each other. Perhaps they
had Imbibed something of the general
atmosphere of tho apartment. It wa3
Inhabited by three pretty bachelor
malilons, oach nml every one of thorn
sworn ncvor to fall In love or marry
and each und every one passing
through that stage of their evolution
when ono learns that It Is really nobler
to own one's self mistaken und one's
views rather than to wreck the happi
ness of a fellow creature, even If he Is
only a man. So much lovemaking,
open and covert, went on under Jho
eyes of tho timorous plastor casts that
they were certainly excusablo In learn
ing to conjugate tho moods and tensc3
of tho tender passion also.
Phyllis Forrester was the prettiest
and Bwoote3t of tho bachelor maidens,
or, at leu3t Angus Macnell believed so.
And Phyllis Inwulably sat in the big
Morris chair Just In front of tho head
of Apollo whon sho was entertaining
company. The big Morri3 chair form
ed a beautiful frame for tho adorable
little Phyllis. Perhaps that was why
sho so often sat In It, although Angus
Macnell didn't think so. He believed
that she was fond of occupying the big
chair because sho fancied her Insignifi
cant height and extremo slondcrncss
were less notlceablo than when sho sat
up straight.
Angus himself almost always sat
upon the Turkish stool Just opposite
tho big chair. Sitting on this stool
gavo htm an opportunity of leaning
forward, and thus bringing his eyes
a few Inches neaier Phyllis. Ho often
found himself dreaming as ho sat there
of tho longed-for time when ho should
daro to lean still a little farther for
ward and clasp the little hand which
rested so Idly in Phyllis' lap. Phyllis
never embroidered or did fancy work
ns other girls do, nt least not In the
evening. Her companions In tho apart
ment declared that this was so bo-
cause Phyllis was too ldlo. Phyllis
herself declared that her hands wero
not pretty enough to bring them Into
prominence by contrasting them with
bits of dainty needlework, whereat
the other girls laughed scornfully. An
gus Macnell thought her hands ndor
ablo anyway, and rather preferred that
they should be Idle. The chances of by
and by taking them prisoner seemed
somehow Increased so long as sho did
not work.
Seated thus Phyllis naturally took
froqiient note of tho Eust Wind. Some
times when sho found it advisable to
become unconscious of the adoring
gaze of her lover, sho studied tho cast
with much earnestness. At such times
sho was almost ready to declare that
tho plaster face va3 smiling at some
thing or somebody. Angus, for his
part, had strong suspicions that tho
plastor Apollo winked now and again.
Ono evening he mentioned theso sus
picions to Phyllis, and lifter that
well, tho plastor casts fared beauti
fully. Thero was no light In tho room but
that of tho open fire and tho East
Wind and the Apollo wero flirting
openly and undlsgulsedly. Angus
looked up suddenly and caught them at
It.
That follow Is very fond of wink
ing." ho remarked, smiling at Phyllis.
Phyllis smiled utmost ns sympatheti
cally as the East Wind she was look
ing at.
"And do you know, I have been
thinking that tho East Wind Is smil
ing." she returned. Angus swung
around ami looked at tho pretty feml
nlno head, with Its long hair flying
forward, and with deep, unfathomable
eyes. Then he looked back again at
the pretty feminine head with wavy
hair caught up neatly, nnd with oyes
which were also unfathomable. Ho
Bmlled as though a pleasant thought
had struck him.
"Perhaps sho's smiling at Apollo.
Perhaps they love each othor," ho sug
gested, whllo the East Wind blushed
In tho firelight to liavo tho secrets of
nor plaster heartthus disclosed. Phyl
lis blushed also, from mero sympathy,
of course. Then tho East Wind, torn
between maidenly shyness and a de
sire to prove to Apollo that tho words
of these mortal lovers wore true,
swayed on tho wlro which suspended
her so eagerly that tho wlro gavo way
and she foil violently forward. Had
not Phyllis sprung up quickly and
caught her sho would have been dash
ed to pieces on tho floor. As It was
uho lay motionless In tho kind arms
which had saved her, no longer blush
ing, but quite white and still. Apollo,
on top of tho piano, flushed tuoro viv
idly than over as Macnell took his be
loved away from Phyllis. And bo fair
ly beamed down on tho human lover as
his Idol was placed by his side, lean
ing right against him.
"Old follow looks pretty happy,"
ventured Angus, calling tho attention
of Phyllis to tho satisfied air which
dwelt In tho nttltudo and oxpresslon
of both casts. Phyllis nodded sweetly,
hut said nothing. Macnell drow a lit
tle nearer nnd looked down at her si
lentlyfor so long that Phyllis becamo
nervous.
"1 wonder what you aro thinking
of," sho blurted out suddenly. Mac
nell swept tho Turkish stool over tho
carpot with a movement full of hasto
and determination. Onco moro Apollo
winked at the beautiful face bcsldo
him, no longer ooldly beautiful with
tho ley loveliness of plaster, but
glowing and wnrmly radiant In tho
light of tho lire and love; Apollo
know what whb going on far bettor
than tho mortals thcmsolvcs. And
lovemaking in tho room below him
seemed qulto In keeping with the old
new thrills of pngslonato admiration
nnd worship which wero pulsating
through his breast of tinted plastor.
Ho even went so far ns to smllo kindly
and In knowing fashion when tho hu
man lover seated himself on tho Tuik
Ish stool and mudo bold to tnko pos
session of h8 sweothcart's hand.
"Phyllis," said tho human lover
softly, "Phyllis, dear, I was thinking
how very much I lovo you. It doesn't
displenBo you that I should be think
ing such things, my darling?"
"No," signaled Apollo nnd the
East Wind together from their station
on top of tho piano. Phyllis was silent
and her lover drew bath tho llttlo
hands Into his own.
"What nrc you thinking of, my
dearest?" he asked, as tho girl remain
ed speechless.
"I am thinking that that I love
you, too," wns tho answer which he
divined rather than heard, nnd tho
East Wind and Apollo craned their
heads so far forward to see what was
happening that they nearly enmo to an
untimely end by dashing themselves
down to destruction upon the keys of
the piano. And nfter that woll, when
noxt morning came and tho other
pretty bachelor maidens would havo
separated the pln3ter lovers and put
tho distance of the room between them
again Phyllis wouldn't hear of It.
"Thoy look as If they wero making
lovo to oach other," she explained,
blushlngly, "nnd woll, I llko to sco
them do It!" Chicago Trlbuno.
ONE THING. HE FORQOT.
He aliased the FUo-Thlrty Train at
Four-Thirty.
It Is Ills wont to como In from tho
suburbs early of a morning and to go
out again on tho 5:30 train, when his
dny's work Is done. A fow days ago
he met an old friend, and, yielding to
the entreaties of that old friend, ho
decided to spend the evening In town.
Ho was so afraid wlfle would feci hurt
If sho knew that he had deliberately
planned an evening's good time with
out counting her in that he manfully
resolved to deceive her. Accordingly,
as be camo away from tho ofllco ho
went to a telegraph ofllco and sent
this message to her: "Unavoidably
detained. Missed 5:30 train. Will bo
out later." It was a great deal later
when ho reached his happy home.
Wlflo met him at the door and thero
was a look In her oyes that every
married man learns to know nnd In
stinctively to dread. "Did you get my
mossago, precious?" ho asked as he
kissed her tenderly, holding his breath
meanwhile as a precautionary meas
ure. "Yes, dear," sho mado answer,
nnd whon a woman calls her husband
"dear" that way you can cut loose
from tho weather bureau and prognos
ticate a fow things on your own hook.
"Yes, dear, I received your message.
Here It is." Thero It was, sure enough.
It was marked as plain as plain could
be, "Received at 4:23." Ho hadn't
thought of that. Chicago Chronicle.
WANDERING IN DREAMLAND.
She Tried to l'ny Her Faro With Suui
pteit of Foulurd.
Tho young womau's mind was
probably 'way off In tho land of cut-on-tHo-blas,
and yoke3, and flarlngs,
and plaltlngs, and applique, and ruf
fles, and things llko that, whatover
they may mean. Anyhow, when sho
got on an-uptown Ninth street car tho
other afternoon, sho dreamily opened
her pocketbook when tho conductor
camo around for her fare, stuck a
gloved finger and thumb Into ono of
tho compartments of tho same, ex
tracted n couplo of foulard samples,
nnd, with that far-away expression
still In her eyes, hnnded them to tho
conductor. Tho conductor was a
a mlddlo-nged man. Ho smiled and
waited for tho young woman to como
out of her tranco. But sho held tho
foulard samples out to him, with her
oyes on vacancy, until tho conductor,
still grinning, had to fetch her back
to eaflh. "Yes, they're pretty, miss,"
ho said, "nnd I'd llko to get my wlfo
a dre33 off that piece on top, but
sho's " The young woman blushed
llko a red-hot stovo-lld, dug Into an
other compartment of hor pocketbook
for a car ticket, and sho looked real
embarrassed when the brutal malo
persons across the car aisle grinned, so
eho did. Washington Post.
DnurliKc rnrnllrl I.lue Itnpldly,
Parallel lines can bo rapidly drawn
on a blackboard by n new chalk holder,
which has a wooden stock provided
with trnnsverso grooves, In which tho
crnyons nro Inserted, being held In
placo by a flat spring crossing them
at right angles, with n sprlug grip to
bo held in tho hand.
STRIKINQ FIOU S.
Tito Kcuinenlrat l)ilrntr4 Who ltnr
Und Itnre i:xierlcn-t'ii.
In attendanco upon tho conference
as delegates aro two men who, In their
missionary work, have been through
as gravo perils and as strange experi
ences, probably, ns any living boings,
says tho Now York Sun. Thoy nro
Robert Laws, doctor of divinity nnd
medicine, who comes from tho mis
sions on tho shores of Lako Nyassa in
Africa, and Dr. John O. Paton, whoso
life work has been among tho can
nibal South Sea Islanders of the Now
Hebrides. "Ono of tho greatest To
wards of your work," said a mission
ary from Japan to Dr. Paton upon bo
lntroduced to him, "must be tho
knowledgo that by tho spread of Chris
tianity the practices of cannibalism
havo been rooted out." "It would bo,"
said tho vonerablo missionary, "If
It wero only so." "Aro thero still
tyiy cannibals remaining In tho New
Hebrides?" asked tho other In sur
prise. "Thero aro plenty of Islands,
unfortunately," was tho reply, "whero
cannibalism Is constantly practiced,
and human flesh Is esteemed tho great
est dollcncy obtainable." Tho life of
an unarmed man wouldn't bo worth
a moment's purchase on any of thoso
Islands. A thing that constantly sur
prises me," added tho doctor 03 his
questioner turned nwny, "Is tho pre
vailing impression here that canni
balism Is a thing of the past. Whero
tho missionaries havo gained a foot
hold the practlco has been eradicated,
though I have known of sporadic out
breaks In tho vicinity of tho missions.
Dut peoplo here nt homo do not seem
to comprehend tho vast extent of tho
South Sea Islands. Thero nro thou
sands nnd tens of thousands of na
tives who havo never seen a mission
ary and who, perhaps, havo never
seen a white man of any kind. Thoy
cat human flesh to-day, ns they havo
from time Immemorial."
FASHION'S PARASOLS.
Some of tho Latent Fnncles la Scanon'
Sunihade.
If the woman who uses a parasol
would be particularly far In ndvanco
of her feminine rivals this summer
Bho will buy herself the very latest
creation In parasol Ingenuity, the sun
shade with square edges. It Is not a
thing of beauty, perhaps, but at least
it is strikingly odd nnd to be odd Is
at least to bo noticed. Tho squaro
parasol Is covered with n bandana
handkerchief in the gaudiest pattern
obtalnablo and tho effect Is certainly
blzarroand unusual. Tho newest
handles for the season's parasols aro
club shaped, and somo of them aro
adorned with bunches of flowers and
fruit. Among tho elaborate handles
wooden ones nro scon mounted In gold
nnd silver nnd set with real or Imita
tion Jewels. Ivory, coral, and lapis
lazuli aro also cut up Into tho parasol
handles. Parasols for morning ser
vice nro always of plain design and
material. Silk Is, of course the rule.
For carriage use a white satin sun
shade Is always a deslrabh requisition
and It may bo beautified by laco but
terflies and flowers appllqued upon tho
satin. One of tho fancy shades shows
n parasol formed of stitched bands of
whlto taffeta put together with strips
of insertion and hemstitching. Chica
go Chronicle.
Sound ot n Thundoriitorm.
It Is generally agreed that the sound
of a thunderstorm cannot be heard If
at a further distance than between flf
teen and eighteen miles, although Sir
Richard Phillips has stated that thun
der may sometimes bo heard as far oft
as twenty-flvo miles. Lightning ho
Bays, is reflected 150 or even 200 miles.
Tho velocity of lightning Is so great
that tho sounds produced at the vari
ous points of a flash may bo regarded
as simultaneously produced. As com
pared with tho sounds of cannon-flrlng
tho flro of artlllory has beoa heard
somo 370 miles away. When fired
amongst tho mountains of Erzgobirgo
tho people at Antwerp heard It qulto
distinctly. To a certain extent this
can bo accounted for by roverberatlon.
The report of cannon travols particu
larly far, ns It communicates vibration
to the soil.
Swlfteat Ocean Current.
Among tho twenty-flvo known great
ocean currents, or rivers of tho sea, It
appears that the swiftest In Its courso
Is tho branch of tho great equatorial
current so woll known as tho Gulf
Stream, its apeed at various places
varying from four and a half to Ave
mllos an hour, with Its wators at a
mean tomperuturo of 81 degrees Fahr.
After running 3,000 miles towards tho
north, ns far ns 40 degrees north latl
Itudo, It still preserves, oven In wlntor,
tho heat of summer. Tho Influence of
this vast body of warm water upon tho
peas nnd coasts It washes cannot bo
overestimated. It covers tho ocoan
with a raantlo of warmth and serves
to mltlgata tho rigors of our Euro
pean winter. The oxlstenco of thla
wonderful stream was first discovered
In 1512 by Ponco do Leon, a Spaniard.
I) u rim n nt a Winter Iteiort.
Durban is a wlntor resort and con
tains some of tho finest residences In
tho world. They afford a good ocean
view and aro surrounded by tropical
trees, flowers and fruits.
Looking for .Vore Trouble.
If Pugilist Corbett enters congress
ho will find somo very clover competi
tors In tho clde-stopplng business.
Mllwaukco Sentinel.
Niiio!con' Tilcwonpo Found.
According to tho London Chronicle,
tho tolescopo which Napoleon I used
to carry has turned up In Turin.
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