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lfCOLUlttUS,
TnE GERMAN SOLDIERY.
HOW THE ARMY CF THIS BJIUTARY
COUNTRY IS CONSTfTUTED.
Liable to Service at the Age or 17 Hall
a Million Arsaed Sea Always Bead;
for Service Every 9faa a Soldier How
the People Talcs It.
The German boy who reaches the age
of 17 becomes liable to service in the
array, and this liability continues until
he is 42. if he Li not fit for active service
he is relegated to a reserve force not
called out unless there is danger of in
vasion. For nearly his whole active life,
therefore, the German lives in a species
of military servitude that hampers him
should ue'desire to emigrate, and may be
full of petty annoyances to him if he
does not.
Under ordinary circumstances the
German lad steps into the ranks at the
age of SO. For three years he serves
vrith the colors, the next four years he
L in the reserve, and the following five
years he belongs to the Landwehr,
another reserve more remote than the
first. Of the;. twelve years the first
three are occupied entirely in severe
military wort. The most stupid peasant
under a system so thorough as Ger
many's must be btupid beyond recovery if
he flut) net turn out an alert, obedient
and vwll traineu soldier. From the time
he takes his oath of allegiance to his
military superior, the kaiser, he renoun
ces the civil responsibilities and rights of
a citizen. With the loss of his vote he is
taught that the sooner he forgets politi
cal matters the better for him as a sol
dier. His life is completely engrossed
with barrack routine and military ideas.
His only law Ls the law of court martial;
his only duty is to obey without ques
tion, ana the interpreter of his duty is
the captain of his company.
With the putting on of his uniform he
becomes one of an army which in times
cf peace numbers -168.409 men, thoroughly
equipped, admirably trained and ready
to follow their officers anywhere, from
the storming of a Russian redoubt to
charging a mob of workinginen on
strike. The poldier of the German em-
Ctre cea.'es to be a Bavarian.Ja Wurtem
erger or a Saxon when he steps into the
rants. His military service is personal
to the emperor, from whom he receives
his orders, to the exclusion of all other
authority. Everything that he sees and
hears inthe armv is calculated to im
oress upon his mind that his particular
state and its particular public men are of
very little consequence compared with
an emperor who has absolute power over
an army such as he belongs to. He also
learns that fidelity to his duties as a
soldier is one of the few as well as sure
means of securing later in life a position
in that great class of men whose salaries
come from the taxes of the people and
whose appointments hang upon the fa
vor of the government.
Every soldier dreams of the day when
he sliall possibly be promoted as non
commissioned otlicer, and at the end of
his term be given a berth in the railway,
telegraph or postoffice service, possibly
on the police torce.
The peace footing of the German army,
SRSi .10' hnirniM in rimf nf war n. tisrht-
ing force of nearly 1,1500,000, commanded !
Dy oO.-tJi omcers. a eareim esmmiu;
made by Hugo Hinzo in The Berlin
Nation of Jan. 14, 18S8, shows that Ger
many has today J,264,000 men trained to
arms between the ages of 17 and 45. The
experience of the Franco-German war
has taught that to every 1,000 men there
should be at least 2-L3 officers in the
active army and reserve, and from 20 to
21.7 to the" 1,000 in the less responsible
reserves called Landsturm and Ersatz
truppen troops designed to provide
home defense only. On this scale the
German fighting force calls for at least
77,233 officers, making a grand total
fighting force of 3.341,233 an army
greater in numbers than the population
of all the United States when it became
an independent power a century aso.
To this must be added 27,000 mere who
are surgeons, paymasters, veterinaries,
armorers, sauciers, cmciass 01 various
lands and 312,000 horses.
To raise the peace footing of the amy,
to treble its size in twenty-four hours, the
most careful system is observed. Offi
cials in every nook and comer of the em
pire know exactly where they can find
every able bodied man who has served
his first three years and is now therefore
in the reserve. Then they know just
how many uniforms and accouterments
are needed and where they can put their
fingers en them at a moment's notice.
These well drilled officials besides know
every norse in tneir uistncx, wnat ne can
do, and what he can be impressed for;
they have a record of all the farm (
wagons that may be needed on the 1
march: they have minute information as j
to the whereabouts of every truss of hay (
or bag of oats, as well as every pig. cow, 1
or calf that miht be needed. 1
To illustrate: Not lon;r ajro (1SSS) at a
certain small town on the main line be
tween Berlin and lletz the station mas
ter, who is also the head of the mobiliz
ing district, received an order to prepare !
coffee for 2,800 men at 4 o'clock in the .
afternoon and dinner for an equal num
ber at 0:30 o'clock of the same day.
This order he received exactly three
hours before the troops were to arrive
and had no other warning.
The 2,800 men came, Iiad their coffee,
and were oL At 6:30 came another de
tachment of 2,800 men. The&e were
served with a dinner, consisting of boiled
mutton, broth and vegetables, all boiled
in fourteen huge pots,kept for the purpose
close to the station. Each of these pots
cooks enough for 200 men at one time, so
tht: with fourteen such the dinner for
2.S00 m" be served up in a short time
after the materials are produced.
When, therefore, the order comes from
the emperor that the troops are to be
ready for the frontier, every able bodied
man'in the country between the age of
17 and 42 knows exactly what is expected
of him; the provision trains with extra
horses spring up as if by magic; uniform,
weapons and forage appear from conve
nient places of concealment so rapidly
and effectively that one almost suspects
that the part "lias been rehearsed many
times.
people respond to the demands made
upon them by their kaiser.
In spite of all this, however, there
is much in this huge military organ
ization that fosters cruelty or other
unnatural feeling. The fact that 16
per cent, of the suicides talulated
by the government are in the army
is in itself very extraordinary Do
we ever hear cf suicides at W,t Point
or v oolwich, or any other well man
aged training institution? Why should
the German army furnish any ajiprrcia
ble quota to the general resuU? It 13
liard for us to answer this. l'oultner
Bigelow in New York limes.
AN AMERICAN GIRL.
r the Fremch Saiteaal Caav-
acrvatorr of Masie.
A reporter for The Chicago Tribune
interviewed Vfa Laura Hoore, the opera
singer, with the following result:
"How many American girls enter the
Crmiit'i iiU.il 'f
"More every year. Many girls prefer
a German coarse, and insist on gomgto
rmvh But the National Conserva
tory of France ha an iznmenseupreBtige.
All t&B beat amsars -in the rmntrv Tiasa
passea tnrougn it. Its prizes are more
sought after than the highest operatic
positions. Its diplomas give you the en
try of all musical bodies. Its president
is Ambroise Thomas, composer of
'Mignnn' and 'Hamlet.' Its jury com
prises the iwmw of Delibes, Massenet
and Guiraud. who are all professors in
the Conservatory. To have come vic
toriously from its tuition is almost to in
sure the success of your musical career."
"Is the opera bound to take a girl who
wins the first prize?"
"2so; but the competition at which the
prize is won is public The managers of
the Grand opera are among the audience.
They get an excellent chance to hear
what vou can do."
"And if they take you?"
"You are bound to them at a yearly
salary of $1,000. This is the rate fixed
by the government. It is small, but
then you have had all your schooling for
nothing."
"How did you win your first prize?"
"M. Bartot, my teacher, made me sing
the hardest thing he could find."
"What was that?"
"Ophelia's mad scene in 'Hamlet.' He
said: 'If you can sing what is difficult
the jury will know what vou can do
with songs that are easy." 6, the bitter
tears I shed over themad scene. But I
mastered it. The prize was awarded to
me unanimously."
"Had it any pecuniary valuer"
"No, only the diploma. But how
many girls would give their eyes for
that diploma? Besides; the education,
which costs many American parents so
much, had come to me for nothing. I
had merely gone to the Conservatory,
had my voice tried, sung one song, and
been admitted. Two years later 1 won
my prize."
"Would you advise other American
girls to try to follow your example?"
"Why not? I am a western girL 3Iy
parents" are dead. I Iiad nobody to pay
for my education. I settled down in
Paris, knowing that I had to succeed;
and when a western girl knows that she
has to succeed she generally succeeds."
"Can anybodv enter the Conserva
tory?" "Any girl gifted with a good voice.
It is a wonderful institution which opens
its doors, not to its own people only, but
to all the world. I, an American, girl,
owe everything to its fostering care.
How can I feel otherwise than grateful?"
At the Wrong Door.
In Paris, several families often live
under one roof, and each occupies its
own "fiat" or apartments. The duke and
the laborer, saint and vagabond, the good
and the bad may live in the same house,
and yet neither "of them know his neigh
bor. The author of "Parisian Lights"
says that two friends lived a year in the
same house without being aware of the
fact, until they accidentally met in the
street, and inquired each other s address.
This author also relates the story of an
amusing mistake:
A gentleman called upon a lady with
whom he was well acquainted. On reach
ing the house, he ascended the stairs,
but. not having counted the flights, en
tered the apartment in the story above
that of the lady.
He found the table set for a lunch,
showing that company was expected.
With a liberty which his relations with
the family warranted, he helped himself
to bonbons and fruit. Hearing a lady's
voice calling from her chamber, and
apologising for not coming out immedi
ately, he replied, "Do not disturb your
selfj madam; I will wait."
The lady at ouce entered the room, and
the gentleman found himself in the pres
ence of a stranger, who seemed as
amazed as he was.
"iladame." said he, "is not this the
apartment of II. T
"No; that is on the floor below."
"Then, madame, I liave to throw my
self at your feet for this intrusion.
Thinking" myself in the apartment of
Mme. , I have been eating freely cf
your refreshments, and can now only
offer the humblest of apologies. I am
1L de ."
His name was well known in Parisian
society, but the lady was but half con
vinced, and as she followed him to the
door, kept one eye on her plate, and the
other on him. He afterward met her in
the apartment below, and they had a
hearty laugh over their mutual surprise.
Youth's Companion.
Far Above Beauty.
In my life I have known many women
welL Among them is a fair majority of
what the truly appreciative would call
happy, for which fact I thank God, as it
has helped me to take, on the whole, a
hopeful view of life as well as of human
nature. Now, are these women, blessed
as many of them are with devoted hus
bands, cheerful homes, cultivated so
ciety, and leisure for the exercise of any
special talent they may possess, beauti
ful women? With one or two exceptions,
no. Indeed, more than a few of them
are positively plain, if feature only
is consideredwhile from the rest I can
single out but two or three whose faces
and figures conform to any of the recog
nized standards of physical perfection.
But they are loved, they are honored,
they are" deferred to. While not elicit
ing" the admiration of every passer by,
they have acquired through the force,
sweetness or originality of their charac
ter tha appreciation of these whose ap
preciation confers honor and happiness,
and, consequently, their days pass In an
atmosphere of peace and good will which
is as fir above the delirious admiration
accorded to the simply beautiful as the
placid shinins: of the sunbeam is to the
phenomenal blaze of an evanescent fiame.
Amu. Katharine Green in Philadelphia
Times.
The favorite problem of thinkers and
teachers, since thought began, has been
to find some engine of eencation which
should reach the character as effectuallv
as the ordinary means of training touch
the understanding; and in the opinion
of many, not men alone but nations,
music was such an engine. "It is music,"
said the Spartans, "which distinguishes
the brave man from the coward." "A
man's music is the source of his courage."
It was their music which enabled Leoni
das and his three hundred to conquer at
Thexmopylas. It was music which taught
the Spartan youths how to die in the
wrestling ring or on the field of battle.
These rfafnm are audacious surely. Yet.
when we consider how the rhythmical
tread of the brave man differs from
the agitated shamble of the coward,
how music is the art of human joy, and
how joy and repose of mind arc the main
elements of manly fortitude, we shall at
anv rate admit that there is a strong
affinity somewhere; our only difficulty
will be to acknowledge that music, de
liberately applied, could ever be the di
rect cause of these reputed results. To
achieve the end desired Spartan boys
passed their youth in learning tunes,
hymns and songs; this was their sole
mental culture. They were taught to
dance and keep step to the measure of
tfrnTP"gilgriTrlar'grfr'Trl AnH, ijiiiu.ii
to manhood, now perfect warriors,
marched into battle with TniTin faces,
crowned with flowers, calm, joyful and
serene, and, mtoning their songs, moved
steadily thus into the thickest of the
fight, undisturbed " irresistible. The
band $ Wg our armies to the field of
battle nowadays is a scant survival of
Spartan practice, yet even in this music
by proxy there are mazrv elements of
fnrifit fo coarac Dm National
B-riew.
IN MALE ATTIRE.
ROMANCE OF AN ENGLISH GiRL
VHO TRAVELED IN TROUSERS.
ViUaxrUtz a Musical Lover Over the
Ocean Across the Continent u a Traaap.
K-8trtT,c the American Hailroud Ar
rested aet a Taj."
Judge Lawler glanced curiously at one
of the defendants in the police court
dock, and the latter shrank from his
gaze. At first sight the prisoner ap
peared to be a pale lad who hau sux-
f ered from hunger and neglect. After a
closer scrutiny his honor inquired what
charge was against the defendan .
"He i3 charged with vagrancy,' re-
puea rrosecuting Attorney .hou, wuu
called Officer Adams to the stand.
The officer testified that the lad. who
gave his "nma as Edward White, had
Jjeen noticed roaming around the water
front of late without visible means of
subsistence. When questioned he could
give no satisfactory reason for idling,
and. finding him asleep in a lumberyard
on Thursday night. Officer Adams had
placed him under arrest.
"What have you to sav in answer to
this testimony.- a.fceu tne judge.
The lad nervously walked to the stand
and asked if he could speak to the court
privately. His honor said he need notbe
afraid to make any statement which
might clear liim of the charge made
against him.
White leaned forward, and The Exam
iner reporter caught the words, "I am a
woman."
During reccs3 the girl consented to
narrate why she was disguised in the
hope that her object in life would be
attained by this means.
TILLING UZR ROILOTTIC STORY.
"I am a native of Cornwall, England,"
she lgan. "and I was born in a little
town called Hedrutli. I am 22 years old.
and my real name is Jlabel Tregenza.
My father was at one time very poor;
then he lecame suddenly rich by some
of the tin mines in which he was inter
estitl cutting some rich lodes. Further
speculation, however, reduced him to liis
former condition, and he died in poverty.
"When I w-.us about 19 years old a
party of Hungarian musicians came to
my "native town. The leader, whose
name was Franz Flelbing. wasa hand
some, dashing fellow, and soon half the
girls in the town were infatuated with
him. I w:is no stronger or wiser than
the rest. First I admired him and then
loved him.
"It was at tiiis time that my fathers
luck was in the ascendant- I was then
considered a pretty girl, for I Iiad a lux
uriant growth of Iiair, and my cheeks
were as rosy as those of other girls born
in tliat hea'lthy part of the country. It
isn't a difficult" matter to get an intro
duction in the country if one is bent
upon it. so it was not long before Franz
and 1 were well enough acquainted to go
walking together in the country lanes in
the evenings, he adding another con
quest to hi list, and I hoping that his
words were true.
"It was then summer time, when
fetes caused the musicians to be in great
demand, and for three months I was su
premely liappy. I knew, however, that
it was hopeless to expect that my father
would consent to my marrying a stroll
ing player, as he was too puffed up with
pride at that time in consequence of be
coming wealthy so rapidly.
"Finally the musician" left Redruth,
and like many another foolish girl I was
left lamenting. We corresponded sur
reptitiously, however, while he was in
England, and at last he wrote me that
he was going to America, and if he suc
ceeded there he would send for me. I
next heard from him in New York, but
he qiu not use tnat city, ana wrote me
that he was going west, to see if he
could make a fortune in the Montana
silver mines. Then his letters ceased.
"My father's reverses came and his
death" followed. I was left to make my
way in life as best I might. Something
of "the roving spirit of my absent lover
seemed to possess me, and with the little
money I had left I crossed the ocean. In
New York I found it inconvenient to be
a friendless woman, and, coming to the
conclusion tliat I could take care of my
self better by wearing men's clothes, I
donned them", cut my hair and started
out in search of Franz.
"3Iy money did not suffice to purchase
a through ticket to Montana, and I had
no especial accomplishments by which I
could earn money, so I determined to
trust to fate.
TRAVELTSG WITHOUT MOXUT.
"Half way across the continent my
funds gave "out, and I Iiad to beat my
way. Finding that my disguise was
effectual, I felt no alarm, and in fact,
the excitement and change proved a
stimulus to me. I boarded the cars and
tried my skill at beating the American
railway "system. It was difficult, but far
from impossible. There were plenty of
folks in the emigrant car who are al
ways ready to assist or conceal an un
fortunate "fellow traveler, so I got all
the food I needed.
"I succeeded in th' way in reaching
Eutte City, M. T. I lost no time in
making inquiries about Franz, who, I
knew.nad stayed at that camp. From
acquaintances I made while working in
a milling establishment there I found
that on account of his musical talents he
bad been well known. 1 also learned
tliat after making considerable money
he had left there to go to San Francisco.
"What disheartened me most was
liearin": that he was accompanied by a
. righinty girl, who passed as ids wife. I
hated to believe it, but 1 determined
Hut. no matter what might result, I
would follow him to San Francisco, and.
if I found him, to see whether he still
loved me, or whether the stories told me
were true.
"I came here and realized, in a short
lime, that my search was hopeless. I
became despondent, and my health
was affected dv my feelings. So I have
wandered around aimlessly until at last
I was arrested and brought here. The
judge things tliat the publication of my
Kory will lead, if anything will, to my
learning the whereabouts of Franz, if he
is still living and wants to see me again.
If I do not hear from him I don't care
what becomes of me."
Later in the day Miss Tregenza was
again seen by a reporter, but by that
time she had" discarded her masculine
attire, having received pecuniary assist
once from the judge and several other
ciiaritable persons who had heard her
story. San Francisco Examiner.
A Speech ia Mid Air.
Mr. Jasper Douglas Pyue. Paraellite
member ot parliament for West Water
ford, was the hero of one of the many
amusing incidents that have occurred in
Ireland during the period when Mr. Bal
four was trying to coerce Irishmen to
bis peculiar views.
Mr. Pyne was summoned under the
crimes act on a warrant in which he was
charged with seditious offenses. Learn
ing of the issue of the warrant he shut
hinrir up with two attendants in the
ruins of his castle of Lisfinny. near Tal
low, where he stcodasiegeof government
officials lasting several months. He had
laid in a stock of tinned meats and other
goods, with wine, whiskv and tobacco.
and defied the officers of the law from a
window ninety feet above the ground.
a aenotannn oz toe xouanai. nancnaj
league, witu two canas or music, ana
the bands of Tallow, Ballyduff and
Knockanore, marched to tho lisfinny
stronghold to present an address of con
gratulation to the hero, who first bowed
to his admirens from his lofty eyrie
amidst loud cheering, and then got into
a chair attached to a rope and pulley, by
means of which he was lowered so as to
get within speaking distance of his en
thusiastic friends.
The address was read by Mr. J. T.
Cronin. honorary secretary, and Mr.
Pyne made a speech in reply, declaring
that he was quite at home, and that the
police should come up to lib aiode if
they wouid and could, but advised them
to be careful in going up stairs or
down stairs, the staircase being in such
bad repair tliat ladders were needful in
seme parts of it, and it might be too
rough for them; one man. perhaps, would
send down a stone on tie head of an
other. He had a good supply of every
thing he wanted, and hoped to live there
comfortably for three months, until the
time arrived for him to attend to his par
liamentary duties. This joking amused
the peqpteand was followed .by speeches
from" prominent men. Mr. Pyne was
then drawn up to re-onter the town.
New York JournaL
The KaadkcrctiiePs History.
An authority on the subject of dress
gives the following interesting informa
tion on the subject: The handkerchief as
an outward and viib!e article was first
introduced in France, but until the reign
of the Empress Josephine a handkerchief
was thought so shocking an object that
a lady would never have dared to use it
before any one. The word even was
carefully avoided in refined conversa
tion. An actor who would have used a
handkerchief on the stage, even in the
most tearful moments of the play, would
have been unmercifully hissed": and it
was only in the beginning of the present
contury'that a celebrated actress, Jllle.
Duchesnois, dared to appear with a
liandkerchief in her liand. Having to
epeak of this handkerchief in the course
nf the speech she could never summon
enough courage to call it by its true
name, but referred to it as a light tissue.
A few years later a translation of one of
Shakespeare's plays by Alfred de Vigny
having been acted, the word handker
chief was used for the first time in the
stage amid cries of great indignation
from every part of the house. The Em
press Josephine, although really lovely,
had bad teeth. To conceal them she
was in the habit of carrying small hand
kerchiefs adorned with costly laces,
which she constantly raised gracefully
to her lips. Of course all the ladies of
the court followed her example and
handkerchiefs rapidly became an im
portant part of the" feminine toilet.
Naturally a rrench fashion soon became
a world fashion.
Cypy Fortune Tellers.
No person who lias act been a dweller
in the gypsy camp would believe the ex
tent to wnich these clever pretenders arc
consulted, both in respect to revelations
or' the future and in regard to physical
ailments. Thousands of persons "go to
the Romany soothsayer who would be
asliamed to confess faith in the predic
tions of the less pretentious fortune
toller. The sum charged for an inter
view with the sorceress ranges from .10
cunts to 10, according to the length of
time and the estimate placed upon the
resources of the interviewer. If consuita- .
tions are repeated the gypsy woman fre
quently realizes 30 or 100 "from a single '
individual. 1
Many an ailing person who has found J
no reher from the advice of learned phy
sicians seeks the smooth speaking gypsy
woman who deals in herb concoctions
that she calls medicine. The mixture
made by the unscrupulous quack, who is
scarcely acquainted with the least hy
gienic law and entirely ignorant of the
requirements and functions of the body,
is bought and swallowed with faith in
its curative qualities. Oftentimes does
imagination thus effect remarkable bene
fits which are accredited to tho wonder
ful Romany skill. Chicago Herald.
A West Virginia Diana.
The most celebrated hunters of the sec
tion are Bob Eastman, Jule Baker, a
woman, and Louis Chidester. There is a
law to protect deer, but it is not observed.
Out of-season venison is called mountain
mutton. Jule Baker is the wife of Joan
Baker, and lives near the mouth of
Elack Water fork. She can handle a
Winchester with the dexterity and pre
cision of Old Leatherstocking, and hun
dreds cf deer and bear have fallen vic
tims to the unerring bullets from her
rifle. Bob Eastman says he saw her
plunging down the "mountain side
through six inches of snow one day,
with two rifles and a bear trap strapped
to her back and followed by six dogs.
She ran three miles to a point where she
thought a deer ia full chase would crcsa.
and she got there in time to see her hus
band kill him. She is a big, black haired
woman, very industrious, with a heart
as large as her foot, and she is the mother
of seven children. She is not pretty. A
few months acw, for a silver dollar, she
carried a valise weighing over 1G0
pounds seven miles for an engineer. It
is said that on one occasion she carried
a sewing machine from Grafton to her
home, a distance of sixty miles. Balti
more American.
A Prosperous Hotel Porter.
There is one hotel porter in Chicago
who has not the distinction cf being the
oldest man in the business, yet he i3 un
doubtedly the wealtliiest. The aristo
cratic tourist who makes his home at the
Grand Pacific during his stay in Chicago
is greeted on his arrival by a tall man of
genteel appearance, who takes his big
traveling bag with a Chesteriieldian bow
and conducts liim to the foot of the ele
vator. This nmn is John Culliton, the
richest hotel porter in the world. Culli
ton is said to be worth more than 100,
000, and lives in elegance on Park
avenue. He prides himself on the mem
ory of names and faces, and knows every
public mrn in America who has chanced
to stop at the Grand Pacific hotel. He
is always posted on the railway time
tables and is prepared to give his opinion
readily on the amusements in the city.
Like his contemporaries, who enjoyed
the profits of ticket scalping before that
business became a specialty and was
controlled by agents, he made an inde
pendent fortune and continually added
to it. He has ten assistants, who receive
$Ma month each and their beard.
Chicago News.
Mtro-Gljcerinc as Medicine.
Do you know that nitro-glycerine
bids fair to become an important remedy
for diseases cf the I dneys, and for some
time past has been experimentally tried
in cases of Bright's disease? According
to the formula it is prepared in alcohol
in the proportion of one per cent, in a
tablet form, one of these containing the
100th part of a grain. The results so far
are very encouraging- It is called trini
trin. and is nitro-glycerine cf a pure
quality, possessing at first all the ex
plosive powers of that article. This last
is removed by it3 mixture with alcohol,
and the tablet is formed of sugar, milk,
or ether inert substances. There is a
patient who has Bright's disease now
under treatment at the Jefferson Medical
university at Philadelphia upon whom
the dese has been gradually increased
until at the present time he is taking
four doses of-twenty grain each per day,
and sq far the acticn upon the circula
tion, and the kidneys gives the doctors
biffb 'imiaeiif animsj 01 CfrrPftrrirlr
AN ANGRY ELEPHANT.
A STORY TOLD BY JAMES INGUS IN
TENT LIFE IN TIGER LAND."
Brcaldas a Victim's SltoII oa His
Hurled Into a Stiver with Stew
Band fciahins Into the Jnagle Sanaa
tiot of Soilbeatiaa.
"Tent Life in Tiger Land," by the Hon.
James Inglis. is the best book of hunting
adventure we have seen for many a long
day. Imagine Allan Quatermain in real
life, and you have Mr. Inglis. His
stories of what he and his friends actu
ally did in the jungles of an Indian fron
tier district outdo in graphic power and
exciting adventure anything that Mr.
Rider Haggard has imagined. Mr. In
glis is a trifle ptolix. but his pages will
simply be devoured by bovs. and read
with eager interest by children of a
larger growth. The story of the hunter
impaled on the' horns of a buffalo bull
and carried about for days until the rot
ting flesh dropped maggot eaten from
the bull's horns is one of" the most grew
some horrors ever printed in the English
language.
Here is a sample of one of Mr. Inglis'
stories describing the escape of one of the
author's friends from the attack of a
must elephant:
"Run. run, sahibs the tusker has
gone 'must.' or mad. He lias broken
loose."
We all started to our feet, George
had just gone down to the bank of the
river to where the cookingwas going on,
which lay nearer the mad elephant's
picket. By this time the terror stricken
servants were flying in all directions.
The hure brute, with infinite cunning.
had all along been making mighty efforts
to wrench up the stake to which he was I
bound, ilus at last he succeeded in
doing. With the firtt desperate bound,
or lurch forward, the heavy ankle
chains, fraved and worn in one link, bad
s'nappid asunder; and with the huge
strike trailing behind him hv charged t
down on the camp with a shrill trumpet-,
ing scream of maddened excitement.
and savage fury. The men with thej
spears waited not for the onset.
THE DESTROYER AT WORK.
One poor fellow, bending over his pot
of rice trying to blow the smoldering ,
embers of his tire into a flame, was seized
by the long flexible trunk of the infuri
ated brute, and hau but time to utter the
terrible death scream which had startled ,
us ere liis head was smashed like an egj
shell on the powerful knee of the mad
dened monster. He next made a rush
at the horses, tiiat. excited and f right
cued by the clamor around them. were-,
straining at their ropes, and buried hisi
long blunt tusks in the quivering flanks '
of one poor Caboolee horse tliat had
stru-g'.ed in vain to get free.
Ail this was the work of a moment.
Poor George, who was bending overcome
stowpan, wherein was simmering some
delicacy of liis own concoction, was not
aware of the suddenly altered aspect of
affairs till the huge towering bulk cf the-?
elephant was almost over liim. Another
instant, and he would have shared the
fate of the hapless mahout had he not,
with admirable presence of mind, deliv
ered the liL-:.ing hot stow, with quick
dexterity and precision, fall in tho gap
ing mouth of the furious brute. Bis
next sensation, however, was tliat of fly
ing tiirough the air, as the brute with
one swing of irj mighty trunk, propelled
him on his aerial flight, and lie fell s-ouse
in the middle of the stream, with the 1
saucepan still tightly clutched in his
hand.
Over the river we could see the infer
nal brute who had thus scattered us in a
perfect frenzy of rage, kneeling on the I
shapek-ss heap of cloth, furniture, polss
and roj)es; and digging his tusks with
savage fury into the hangings and can
vas hi the'abandonment of mad. uncon-'
trollable rage. We had little doubt but
that oor Mac lay crushed to death,
smothered beneath the weight of the
I)ocderous animal, or mangled out of all
ikeness to humanity bv the terrible
tusks tliat we could see nashing in the
clear moonlight. It seemed an age, this
agony of suspense. We held our breaths,
and dared not look into each others face.
Everything showed a:; clear as if it had
been "day. We saw the elephant tossing
the strong canvas canopy about as a dog
would worry a door mat. Thrust after
thurst was "made by the tusks into the
folds of cloth. Raising his huge trunk,
the brute would scream in the frenzy of
his wrath, and at last, after what seemed
an age to us, but which in reality was
but a few minutes, he staggered to his
feet and rushed into the jungle.
IN' A VURY TIGHT PLACE.
Just then a smothered groan struck
like the peal of joy bells on cur anxious
ears and a muffled voice from beneath
the folds of the sliamiana in Mac's well
known tones groaned cut: "Look alive,
you fellows, and get me out of this or
I'll be smothered!" J
In trying to get out of the way of the
first rush of the elephant Ids foot had .
caught in one of the tent ropes, and the
whole falling canopy had then come
bodily upon him, hurling the camp table ,
and a few cane chairs over him. Under (
these he had lain, able to breathe, but
not daring to stir, while the savage beast
had behaved as has been described. His
escape Isad been miraculous. The cloth .
had several times been pressed so close .
over his face as nearly to stifle him. The
bruto in one of its savage, purposeless
thrusts had pierced the ground between
his arms and his ribs, pinning his Afghan
choga or dressing gown deep into the
earth; and he said he felt himself sink-1
ing into unconsciousness, what with ten- '
sion of nerve and brain and semi-suffoca- j
tion together, when the brute had hap-
pilv got up and rushed off. 1
"How did you feel?" I asked. j
"Well, 1 can hardly tell vou.
"It must have grazed your ribs."
"It did. After that I'se-jmed to turn
quite unconcernetL All sorts of funny
ideas came trooping across my brain. I
couldn't for the life cf me help feeling
cautiously about for my pipe, which had
dropped somewhere near when I tripped
on the ropes. I seemed, too. to have a
quick review of all the actions I Imd
ever done, and was just dropping off" into
a dreamy unconsciousness, after pulling
a desperate race against Oxford with my
old crew, when ur voices roused me to
sensation once "more." Pall 31all Ga
zette. Ine Greatest Oportanity. (
Now is the time for the Vanderbilts or
any other set of enlightened millionaires
to come forward and undertake here in
tlii3 neighborhood an experiment whose
successful working would confer upon
the human family a greater benefit than
any novelty or Invention or discovery
since the introduction of printing.
Wo refer, of course, to the new agri
culture, the great system cf subterra
neous irrigation, of feeding the roots cf
plants from beneath with a perpetual
supply cf moisture. This system was
discovered by that irrepressible, electri
cal veteran, Asahel Newton Cole, cf Al
legany county, and the right place to
znake'a conspicuous and triumphant dis
play of its marvelous results is here at
the'doors of tliis metropolis, among the
hills of Westchester. The land is there,
its long slopes turning to the southern
sun; the living springs of water are
there; the climate is favorable, the situ
ation peerless, and all that is necessary
is that some ereat and far spring
man. with aa ajuch manor a ha haef
Drains, snouia devote a utue tnereor
to a work whose success will not merely
cake its capitalist glorious and famous,
but also increase his wealth beyond the
wi.dest dreams of avarice. No matter
how many millions he may have already,
the new agriculture would add to his
store, and. "in addition, the lessing3 cf
thu human f:unily, the cry of joy from
poverty relieved, the shbua of hope
from heart, that dread and doubt, would
be given to him in full measure and ex
ulting chorus.
What wise millionaire, what rich and
great philanthropist, desirous of being
the benefactor of the human race, of
putting an end to hunger and poverty,
will come forward and lay hold of this
unexampled opportunity to gain lor him
self imperishable renown, and to confer
upon liis grateful countrymen the bene
fits of universal prosperity and boundless
abundance? New orkSun.
lapaaeao Courts.
A Japanese court room even now ia
far different from an American one.
Imagine a room half of which is made
up of a weeden rostrum three feet high,
and the other half floored with stone.
Upon this rostrum the judges sit lehind
little tables which are covered with green
cloth. In the common pleas and the
preliminary courts there are three of
these tables. The judge sits at the center
one. At his right is the prosecutor or
prosecuting attorney, and at his left is the
clerk. All three have little paint boxes
before them with brushes for writing
in black the Japanese characters, and no
stenographers are used. Close up to this
rostrum, in the pit below, there is a low
railing upon which the prisoner places
his liands and looks up at the judge as he
is tried. There are no seats for the law
yers, and lawyers are not allowed inside
the bar. At "the extreme back of the
room one or two benches stand for the
accommodation of visitors, and upon
these sometimes sit prisoners waiting to
be tried.
There is no jury and the judge ex
amines the prisoner himself. The prose
cutor states the case first, however, and
the prisoner can employ counseL I
watched or two criminal trials. A
half dozen offenders with handcuffs on
their hands and with their arms tied to
gether with ropes, which were also bound
around their waists, were led by three
ropes into the courts. The handcuffs
were then taken off and laid with the
ropes on the seats while the trial went
en. As far as I could see the judge tried
to get at the truth and the trial seemed
to be fair. Frank G. Carr
:rpenter.
American GypiUes Don't Steal.
The American gypsy does not steaL
for he lias no need tosteaL A thief and
pilferer was he when, starving and per
secuted, he was hunted over the face of
Europe. But the well to do Rom of the
United States scorns to lay his hands on
what does net belong to him. Always
in the wake cf a gypsy band follow
those who find the Romany reputation a
convenient shield for Ihcir own robber
ies. Their presence in a community is
the horse fluffs and tho chicken stealer's
opportunity. The Rye buys all cf his
horcs cpcnlv, honestly. He is a clever
bargainer, lie watches for chances to
make cheap purchases in horse ITesh in
nid winter, when feed is hig'u He
-gathers in and treat:. hur-:es tliat need
lothing but rct and grain to make them
.ivailable for market. However close
and shrewdly he may bargain, steal a
horse he never does. Chicago Herald.
A Ccntcnariaa's Siity-uhio CIiildrrQ.
The death is reported in Turkey of a
Mohammedan named Hadzi Sulojman
Saba, who had reached the very respect
able age cf 1S2. He had seven wives.
sixty sons and nine daughters and had
survived them all. At the time he mar
ried Ids last wife lie was 08 . "l when
she joined the majority he was still so
far under the influence of lovt s young
dream that he wanted to marry again,
but tho state cf his finances did notTper
mit of any further participation in matri
tnonial joys. With the exception of
meat at the Erirara festival he lived ex
clusively on barley bread and Leans,
drinking only water, but on this spare
diet he managed to preserve liis health
so well that until four days before he
ended liis long career he did not know
what it was to be ilL London Figaro.
One oa Abe.
Stories cf Abe Lincoln always pass as
roui everywhere, and it is not too late
for one told by his son to a friend in
Washington. "My father," said Robert
Lincoln, "liked to stroll about Washing
ton without any escort or show of dis
tinction, and he Eometimes strayed into
curious company. One day, as "a lad, 1
accompanied him down a back street,
where "we encountered a regiment of sol
diers marching past. My fatter was cu
rious to learn what particular body of
trcops this was, and as soon as he came
within hailing distance he inquired with
out addressing anybody in "particular,
4v ell. what's this?'" Quick as the word
came a reply from somewhere in the
detaclunent, "'Why, it's a regiment cf
soldiers, you old'fcol, ycul" Buffalo
Express.
An Unexpected Meeticj.
Mrs. Carrolltcn Smythe (to her hus
band) I happened to meet 3irs. Van
Kortland and daughter atGridley'stcday.
I always thought she was altogether tco
swell for sucu a place. She was even
looking over the bargain counter.
Husband And what tco.; you there?
You wouldn't like to be considered less
swell than Mrs. Van Kortland".'
Mrs. Smythe tliaughtiivy Certainlv
not. I merely went to see tern.. g-cds
which they advertised at sy.cis!?y tew
rates. The Epcch-
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