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VOLUME XXVIL-NUMBER 2.
COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. APRIL 22, 1896.
WnOLE NUMBER 1.354.
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LOVE ME LOVE MY DOG.
tJFFY WAS
Call
he Tenth,
looked
In the light of
Inheritance,
having come down
to him from Went
worth of the name
when the latter
had been ordered
away.
Caldwell went into Wentworth's quar-
ters at once, and found Duffy rubbing
up a pair of his ex-master's discarded
boots, with a view of using them him
. Belt He liked the man's looks and he
Uka4 tho condition of the vacated quar
ters, with their slate-gray painted
woodwork, so he took the quarters and
agreed to take Duffy at a striker's usual
rate of remuneration.
Duffy entered promptly upon his du
ties, and was entirely satisfactory. He
had no incumbrances in the way of
family or sweethearts, and he was
faithful to a degree that was occasion
ally exasperating. For six 'months he
served Caldwell in singleness of pur
pose, having In that time been incapaci
tated only six days; that Is. for forty
eight hours after each of the paymas
ter's visits; and Caldwell, knowing the
ways of strikers, made no objection.
Duffy slept uproariously in his room,
and Caldwell made his own fires and
brushed his own clothes and went with
un blacked boots. In the Interim, no
hour was too early for rising, none too
late to sit up and keep logs on the
andirons that the rooms might be warm
and cheerful for the "leftinant," no
duly' too arduous, provided it served
Caldwell's ends.
Blackstone, seeing the excellence of
Duffy, departed from the strict code of
honesty in the matter of servants which
governs the army, and made overtures
to the model striker. Blackstone had
no business to do it, and Duffy knew It.
and a fine Inscrutable grin came upon
his Hibernian mouth.
Blackstone had said, with an as
sumption of offhandedness: "Duffy,
what do you get?"
Having due regard for his employ
er's credit in the world, he answered
calmly: "Twinty dollars, sor."
"Get out!" said Blackstone.
"Yes. sor," replied Duffy.
"I want to know the truth, not lies
like that."
"Yc'd best ask the llftinant, sor. I
disremember."
"He works you deuced hard."
"Does he. then?"
"My man Is no good. Suppose you
come to me. You won't have to sit up
to all hours for me." a
Duffy only smiled, but the smile was
not pleasing.
"What do you think of It, Duffy?"
"I nivcr think, sor. The liftinant
cays I'm to do as I'm told and not
think." f
Upon this Blackstone went away,
and Duffy Baluted him respectfully. In
Justice to the officer's common sense.
it must be said that It was only par
tial intoxication which could have led
him to place himself in such a posi
tion toward a soldier.
Duffy did not repeat the' conversa
tion to Caldwell, because he knew it
would make trouble between the two
men, and Caldwell whose disposition
was not of the mildest had several
quarrels on bis hands as it was.
The lieutenant fell into the habit of
keeping the striker up very late, night
after night, so Duffy inspected his
pockets several times in succession
while Caldwell was sleeping as soundly
HE KICKED BESSIE.
as if Justice bad been the soporific,
and not. as was tho case, sutler's
whisky, and he judged, from the fact
' that sometimes there was much loose
change and again almost nothing, that
his master was playing too much at
cards. There was nothing to be fone.
Duffy did not consider that bis duties
as striker included the moral guidance
is -superior. He reflected thjfet it
Tfould be a good thing if Cajdwell
should get roprried, only this he,
Duffy, would very. Ufcjfelv, lose his alace.
So he sat up sight after tight ard It
grew monotonous. -
Just at th's period there c me Unto
Duffy's life a yellow and white 'dog.
Exactly why it should' have wftndered
to the door upon' one wet and freezing
night wheu Duffy was in a particularly
weary frame of mind, and where it
came from, he never knew. It was
well after midnight, and Duffy was
sprawled in a leather chair of the troop
sadder's manufacture, dozing with both
'cars open, when there came a scratch
ing at the door. Duffy thought it was
the lieutenant trying to find the knob.
It had never been so bad as that yet,
Bevertheless the striker went and
opened the door, to be rewarded by
tie sight of an .extremely stfcAU and
miserable dog. with piteous eyes.
Now. Duffy was only a soldier, and
a soldier loves nothing on earth or in
heaven as he does a cur. so Duffy called
the dog in and warmed it and fed it and
watched it with satisfaction beaming
all over his face. It was spotted and
4taty and wounded and woefully thin.
Vat Daly took it to his heaft He
.pct three nights before thejb-e. no
laager toBFly. contentedly trying to
,mt a same for that dog. At lait he
ned to call it "Bessie." after the
i-admired daughter of the bom-
officer, and with a complete
for the entire inappropriate-
f the name.
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he had settled this to his saCTpurposc of the conjntion is to make
he tried to discover accom-
ia the creature. "Here. Be3-
fcer- Set up now. set up. Can't
t ? Weil, then, give us your
paw. paw. bow. Can't you
ysw paw? Well. then, lie down;
charge down, lie down. down.
.charge? Welt then, speak.
sale, sp-e-a-k. speak bow.
nk. But Bessie could oaly
1 ry)kfbls brlghjcuttit? eyes
and come when called. So the solace of
many more hours of patient waiting lay
In teaching Bessie these and many oth
er tricks, until her was the most ac
complished dog In all the garrison and
greatly beloved at the barracks. Duf
fy was a little annoyed about the com
ment the Inappropriate name called
forth, but he insisted that it was as
good as another, and the incongruity
was soon lost In Bessie's popularity.
Caldwell saw the dog only on rare
occasions. It stayed In Its master's
room, and slept on his bed, and Waxed
fat In retirement He had spoken to It
several times, hut otherwise took no no
tice of its existence, which secretly
riled Duffy. But Caldwell was preoc
cupied, and not quite himself. He came
home a good deal the worse for wine
one night, and Bessie, being in his way,
got a kick that sent him crouching to
his master's side. Caldwell might far
better have kicked Duffy; however, the
striker understood and sympathized
with the lieutenant's condition. He
himself could never have kicked a dog,
even after pay-day, but all men are not
alike; so Duffy petted Bessie and Bhtlt
him up In his own room, and returned
to look after the bodily comfort of his
master.
This considering the wine was
pardonable; but the next offense could
not be condoned. It occurred in broad
daylight and Caldwell was sober. He
had been having an explanation with
the commanding officer, and that gen
tleman had made reflection upon some
of the lieutenant's fast growing habits
that had exasperateC the already over
worried junior almost beyond endur
ance. He strode Into his quarters and
found Duffy, who was not expecting
him, dividing his attention between
Bessie's charms and the buckle of his
master's belt. Now, Bessie's disposi
tion Inclined him to forgive; he ran to
Caldwell, looked up to his face with
soft, affectionate eyes, and put his little
paws, one yellow and one white. upon
his knee. Caldwell did not dare to
kick the commandant, but he kicked
Bessie and broke the yellow paw. It
was the one always held out to Duffy
to greet him.
Duffy bandaged the paw, and in time
it grew well. But Duffy hated Cald
well with the most dangerous of ha
tredsa silent and a waiting one.
Caldwell's habits did not improve.
His fondness for whisky, whether good
or bad, continued. He had good
whisky in his room, and Duffy knew it,
for he belonged to the old school of
strikers who do not look upon cigars or
liquor as private property.
One day, after Bessie's foot was well,
Duffy went to get a drink, because his
spirits were low. There was very little
whisky in the decanter, barelhalf a
glassful, and an Idea suddenly flashed
into the striker's mind. Caldwell was
officer of the day. He never started
to make the rounds without taking
enough liquor to 'keep him warm, and
Duffy knew it and saw his revenge laid
bare.
The striker took Bessie for a walk
over to the hospital, to show the stew
ard the mended paw.
"Say!" said Duffy, "I've got the
toothache. I didn't sleep none last
night Hev ye got some what's that
ye give me once? Laudanum, was it?
Kin ye let me hev a bit?"
"Why, yes; I guess so," the steward
answered, and went Into the dispen
sary to get it
'"Shall I take all that?" Inquired the
striker with sweet simplicity.
"Lord! no, man. Put some on cotton
and stick it in the tooth."
"Oh! And what wud it do to me if 1
wuz to swallow it? Wud it kill me?"
"No, there ain't enough for that It
would put you pretty fast asleep,
though."
"Oh!" said Duffy again.
Then Bessie went through his tricks
for the steward, and trotted bac home
at his master's heels.
That night Caldwell finished the
whisky in the decanter, and grumbled
that the sutler was selling him vile
tasting stuff, then started off a little
while afterward to make his rounds.
The next day he was under arrest
for drunkenness on duty.
And Duffy, who had, with well-played
reluctance, given some of the most
damaging testimony in regard to Cald
well's habits at the court martial,
which dismissed the latter, said good
by to the disgraced man with a sparkle
which was not of tears in this eyes;
and he told Bessie to give the "leftin
ant the right paw." Which was the
yellow one? San Francisco Argonaut
Spldrr Web Veil.
The very latest in veils is a large,
delicate mesh somewhat resembling a
spiders web. A curious little white
speck like a fly near the left eye and on
he. right close by the mouth, is an ar
rangement of spots which might easily
be mistaken for a spider. This veil is
bordered with a little narrow edge of
Honiton lace, and two love knots with
in a reasonable distance of a pretty
mouth. If the veil is white thespider
and fly are black, and vice verfC This
might truly be called the allegorical
veil, assuming the face to be young -and
innocent looking at the world beyond
with wondering eyes. The old-time
useful fashion of gathering the ends
and front, making the veil fit comfort
ably around the face, has been quite
done away with. Instead, it is allowed
to hang loose and fall.
Itrldce off IMnk Marble.
A thing of beauty and a joy forever
will be the colossal bridge of pink mar
ble over the Tennessee river at Knox
viile. It will cost 11,000,000. and will
bo built entirely of the famous pink
marble which abounds in Knox county.
It will be 1,600 feet long, and the span
of the main arch will be 240 feet which
is said to be twenty feet longer thaa
the longest span in the world. The
height of the center arch above the
water will be. 105 feet The roadway
will be fifty feet in width.
Aatl-Sqalrrel Coareatloa.
AuJanti-squirrel conventiopns to be
hell in Spokane, Wash., which will be
ended by delegates trim all county
s in eastern Wshincton. The
united and deterjsfned efforts to exter
minate the ground squirrels, which an
nually destr grain and other crops
ia that rejpn to the value of several
hundraLawrasand dollars.
A awmber of unemployed union men
at Indianapolis have wintered very
cheaply and comfortably on a flatboat
which they took possession of last fall
and condacted on the co-operative plan.
I THE HEAD-HUNTERS.
THE GREAT SAVAGE CANNIBALS
OF BRITISH INDIA.
Feraelowa Tribe. Wha Slay Mat Md ITe
err. Their Heds at TropfalM of the
Cba.e Ghastly C.reMS.Ie. of the
Sagas sad Was. fi
here are many
persons besides an
thropologists who
will be interested
to learn that one
of the wild tribes
of India, the Nagas,
of the Assam bor
der, is giving up
Its most distin
guishing pursuit
that of head-hunting.
Scientific India has been put Into
a .ferment over the fact, which comes
assured on the authority of Prof. Peal,
the well-known English ethnologist.
The mere Anglo-Indian will rejoice to
think that his head will for the future
be all the safer on his shoulders, and
will probably bless the spirit of prog
ress for having touched the Nagas and
led them into paths of virtue. The an
thropologist, on the other hand, will
be glad to learn that though the Indian
first-cousins of the ferocious head-hunters
of Borneo are conforming td the
more peaceful pursuits of civilization,
they have not been emancipated en
tirely, but still go about when the spirit
moves them and cut off each other's
heads with all the cheerful bloodthirsti
ness that has characterized them and
their ancestors during untold genera
tions. The Naga country does not exceed
twenty miles square and it speaks vol
umes for the energy of the inhabitants
that the past forty years should have
seen upward of twelve thousand mur-
CELEBRATING THERETURN PROM
ders for the sake of the trophies. Any
devoted scientist contemplating the
study of the head-hunters in situ can
do so under favorable auspices on n
group located slightly north of Patkal,
between the Dlsang and Dekhu rivers,
and extending through the hill country
as far as the boundaries of Manipur
and Cachar. In the group there are
romcthing like forty-six villages divid
ed into eight or ten distinct sub-tribes,
who are on the let-brotherly-love con
tinue principle generally at war with
each other. The facial tattoo marks
arc identical, though the dialects vary
slightly. In the matter of dress, arms,
koase;?, customs, etc., the Nagas appear
to be identified with the Battaks in
Sumatra, with the better known hun
ters cf the human bead in Formosa and
Bcmcc. with the African skull-taker
and with their now extinguished
brethren of Australia. It is said they
still reserve their totems or tribal
msrks.
Not very far away froa tho Naga
country, dwell the wild Was, another
pecpla given to the hobby of head-ccl-lecilrg.
Not much ws3 kaown about
tae Was until a yaar ago. when Mr.
Scctt TCperiatcndent of the Northern
Shan States tinder the Burmese gov
ernment, made the journey to their ter
rllcr7 an a diversion to the pursuit of
a deposed Tsawhn, who had been giv
ing ironblc in Moughan. Some very
ctracso stcriea have been floating
about India end Burnish for many
years regarding the Was. The coun
try caa ccen. 10 tiurman especially, a
land of mystery and fable and romance,
and it is en record in tho annals of the
kingdom cf Ava, that the Burmese, at
tracted by rumors of wonderful gold
mines, once sent a regiment of 3,000
men to subjugate the Was. who instead
subjugated them and cut them all to
pieces. Since that time the Wa Hal
have had an unenviable reputation for
thcir-ferocity. their masses of pure gold,
their depravity, their fairy lake, and
especially their nakedness and their
cannibalism.
This reputation is borne oat by the
experience of Mr. Scott He tells that
outside every village, though not neces
sarily at any special point of the com
pass, is an avenue of skulls referred to
in the euphonious language of the peo
ple as the On Gau Pong Kau. These
groves are conspicuous from a long dis
tance. They consist of strips .of the
nrimeval Jungle, feujee forest trees left
standing where all the remaining coun-
try Is cleared for cultivation. The un
dergrowth Is rank, and these avenues
are usually in deep shade. Here there
are rows of posts, all in one line not
on both sides Of the path decked with
human skulls. A niche is cut in the
back of the post with a ledge on which
the skull'can rest
There is a round hole in front,
through which sometimes only the
teeth and empty eye-sockets shdw, and
at other times the whole skuii grins a
horrible ghastly smile. These head
posts are very trippingly called 'Tak
Heng." or "K'rawng Ngai." and there
is never a village so poor that it has
not a dozen of them, while some that
Mr. Scott encountered numbered a
round hundred.
One purpose which they fulfill Is to
drive away the timid Shana, but the
primary purposes is sacrificial. The
harvest god of the Was still demands
human heads, and it is necessary to
add some skulls to the pathway every
year if the crops are to be good. Feb
ruary and March are the busiest
months, but there is no "close sia&on."
The heads of distinguished and pious
men and strangers are the most effica
cious, and bearing this in mind, it is
no wonder that no traveler prior to
Mr. Scott ever contrived to return.
When he came to know all about the
tribe it was a matter of wonder to that
gentleman .that he and his party con
trived lo db sd.
The acquisition of a head Is sufficient
justification for widespread rejoicing,
andvthe ceremonial attached to the
"placing" of the prize is quite elabor
ate. It is first of all put in a basket or
thatched cover and is then hung up
in a tree or perched on the top of a
bamboo until it ripens and bleaches.
Then comes the dedication day, when,
to the accompaniment of the village
gong a huge log of wood hollowed out
with a narrow slit In the side and
beaten with wooden mallets the skull
A SUCCESSFUL MAN HUNT.
is carried away and set up in the fatal
grove.
Naturally most honor is accorded to
these skulls which arc acquired by tho
prowess of individual members of the
tribe, but travelers in the region being
scare? and luck being occasionally
against the young warriors, it is some
times a difficult matter to add the requi
site number to the grove by the most
nonored mode of acquisition, and then
it is permitted to purchase the article
from neighboring tribes, who have to
resort to measures which betray a cer
tain lack of commercial confidence in
the Was in order to retain their own
heads on their shoulders, and at the
same time to insure the equivalent in
silver. The prices run from two rupees
weight of silver for the head of a lem
to a couple of hundred for unusual or
fashionable heads; and judging from
the whole range of prices there would
seem to be a good chance for an enter
prising man to make a fortune out of
the business.
The practice of offering human heads
as a propitiatory sacrifice to the har
vest god is. of course, not peculiar to
the Was Perhaps the most notorious
head-hunters are those of Borneo,
whose general practice of disposing
thorn, around the village is Identical
with that of the Was. Among the
Nagas. too. much the same incentive
exists that is, the heads are offered
to the gods, but feminine caprice Is
said to be one of the prime incentives.
If the young women of the tribe did not
chaff the young men because they had
not earned their tattoo marks, then
tho young men would probably not get
wild and go out and cut off a few heads
just to show they have grit in them.
It looks as if the young women were
not particularly critical, for something
like half the number of heads taken
are those of their own sex and of chil
dren. Among the Djaks the head is
more of a personal trophy than among
the Was. and in addition to the disposal
of important skulls in a conspicuous
line at the entrance of the village,
every self-respecting native has a
choice collection ranged round his" own
hut
The custom Is found among the can
nibal tribes of the South Seas. In some
of the islands It is not the heads of
strangers but only those of defunct
chiefs that are allowed the distinction
of being placed on a pedestal. Here,
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I however, strange heads being only good
enough to gratify the individual owner
and make his friends envious the ob
ject has nothing to do with the propi
tiation of any particular god, but only
the manes of the dead chief himself,
who is supposed to stand guard from
bis coign of vantage 07er the destinies
6f the tribe, and who is prevented from
going asleep and allowing these same
destinies to look after themselves by
liberal libations of roast hog and poce
pdc. Among some of the mere advanced
kacbih tribes inhabiting the country
round about the wild Was, the offering
of human heads' and human bodies to
the gods has ceased, and the god of
harvest has to content himself with the"
ornaments and garments of the females
to whom possibly they eventually re
turn. The transition from heads to or
naments is more simple than it look3.
First men's heads ard Indispensable.
Then with the growth of a spirit of
scepticism women's head3 are consid
ered good enough. Finally, when wo
meii aro too scarce to be. as it were,
an unfailing source of supply, it is not
considered a reflection on a warrior's
courage or skill if he goes out and pur
chases heads for himself. The head is
the main thing. It is preferable to bo
obtained In war but obtained it must
be.
THE FORGOTTEN ORATOR.
bat the ttaaaglas Editor Had for the
iltteient Lo.t Mis Name.
"Say," saiiied the managing editor
of the St Louis" Star, coming out of
his sanctum with his brows knitted.
"I know the name, but I can't for my
life recall it What was this fellow's
name that made such a stir in the world
some time ago? He was quite fa
mous as an oartor."
"Demosthenes," suggested the liter
ary editor, with a profound look.
"No. I'm speaking of modern times.
I kndw hie name as well as I do yours.
Hi went through Texas While here
and left without accomplishing any
thing.'' "Was it Huntington?" asked the
railroad editor, hopefully.
"No," shouted the editor. "You know
It wasn't The man I'm speaking of
was a very prominent person, and he
went down very suddenly."
"Possibly it was McGinty," said the
alleged funny man of the paper.
The editor glared at this remark, and
the funny man began to have visions of
a note on his desk in the morning.
"This man," continued the editor,
"whose name I can't remember, was
an Irishman and was considered the
best man in the republic. Ho was "
"Oh, 1 know who you mean," said
the sporting editor. "O'Brien Moore,
ain't it?"
"Never mind, gentlemen," said the
managing editor, "taxing your stupen
dous intellects any further. I have
thought, of the name myself. Corbett
James J. Corbett is the name I was
trying to recall."
And the staff said "Oh!" and tho
wheels went on grinding.
Ilair-Dollar Hones.
Several carloads of horses that start
ed from Oregon for Kentucky recently
were Btoppcd at Shoshone, Idaho, by
the owners, and the horses were taken
from the care and sold for fifty cents
apiece. This was more profitable than
to pay the heavy freight bill with what
the horses would have brought in Ken
tucky. PLATING PAPER DISHES.
Machinery for shaping plates, dishes
and other ware from paper pulp has
been introduced into this country suc
cessfully. The dishes are shaped al
most entirely by compression. Heavy
plungers fitted with correctly shaped
flanges are forced upon flat sheets of
the pulp and as the outer rim of each
flange is fitted with cutting devices a
plate is cut, shaped, compressed and
ready for baking at one operation.
A new feature in the business is a
process of plating the paper dishes to
resemble china, silver, etc. If the or
dinary methods were used the plated
paper dishes would cost more than the
old kind, eo the new enamel is made
from waste silk.
Defective cocoons, or those contain
ing a double end, waste made in wind
ing or swept off the floors of the fac
tory are all used. It is dried, cut. up,
ground and dissolved by a chemical
preparation so that it flows a liquid
into a large tank.
Paper dishes plated or enameled In
this way are both cheap and lasting and
the enamel does not crack.
SOUTHWEST BREEZES.
The best preacher on earth can spoil
a sermon by preaching too long.
There Is no higher praise for a
friend than to say that he is faithful.
Some people seem to have no ambi
tion beyond making a collection of dis
eases. The trouble with cute children Is,
they soon outgrow it, and become im
pudent .
No man 13 really unlucky unless he
can make a train late by going to the
depot to wait for it
Thousands of people would appre
ciate sympathy and help who never
ask for it, and neve:- get it
Some barber is losing the chance to
make a great hit by not inventing a
Padcrewski Hair Tonic
When there is a snow storm the
fancy of very young men lightly turns
to thoughts of tracking rabbits.
Most people's crowning proof that
they regard a man as a good friend, is
that they abuse their kin to him.
The martyrs among women are near
ly always women who are treated par
ticularly well by their men folks.
The women can always depend upon
this: that a man at his meals will ask
for something that is not on the table.
It would be pleasanter living In tho
world if there were not so many fools
in it but more difficult to make a living.
There never was a nlan who would
die for a woman, and never a man who
has not said he would do it cheerfully.
When the average woman attends a
play, she wants to see a noble youth
triumph over a lot of unprincipled old
mowfAtt V,A1
mere is oniy one inmg ior a man 10
do when he finds himself married to a
woman who enjoys spending money, '
and that Is to learn to enjoy earning
itFrom the Southwest '
A MOTHER'S SEARCH.
IN
HER HUSBAND'S CLOTHES
SHE SOUGHT HER EOY. a
Slept la WiUMnitpnri City Mall, Whew
Slio Registered as "lliomis 2IcCarihjv
Sailor Age 4G' Sought L0113 for h
Runaway tad. Hut She Jb'ouud Hint.
N Ohio newspaper
of recent . date'
told an interesting
story, in the mak
ing Gi which Wili
Iamsport waa a
factor, as an entry
on the docket . in
tho police oHlce
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..irn ?vV rrrmim.
" ' will show, says
-x- Willlamsport Grit.
It will probably
surprise Night Captain "Wcrrall and
his force of patfohncn to lc:ira that one
night in December last they entertained
a woman lodger who wore the Habili
ments of a man, slept on the floor in
the tramps' bunk rqom and gave her
name as a man a sailor, by the way,
just on a little voyage intend for the
benefit of "his health."
As the story goes this woman was of
medium stature, srokc with an Irish
brogue and was not averse to wearing
a sandy moustache on 'ier feminine lip
when it became necessary to make her
disguise more complete than did just
the dress of a man. However, bccallse
of the multiplicity of lodgers who wan
der nightly Into tho city hall the ofii
cers cannot recall this particular in
dividual who called on the evening of
Dec. 13. registering as follows: "Thomas
McCarthy,
aged
sailor, Philadel-
phia."
According lo thj narrative printeJ
in the Ohio newppatjrr. rcferrcJ to
above, this "Thomas McCarthy" wis
not Thomas McCarthy ::t all, but Mrs.
Philip Whalcn, whose misshn it was lo
find her son, who hid left home be
cause of his stepfather's ill treatment
and for whom the mctbrr worried un
til she could no longer lestrain her
self and she then started out to find her
boy. Tho story declare that the poor
woman's life had been made miserable
by her worthless husband, who wanted
to live without work, expecting" his
wife and stepson the latter aged 10
years to earn the livelihood. Because
the young man objected Jo this, Whnlen
became abusive and drove the boy
fiom home. Before marrying Whalen
his wife was a Mrs. .McCarthy, and
it was a happy life that she and her
first husband led. Their only boy had
been christened Thomas, after ins
father, and he was the joy of the house
hold. When McCarthy d'ed ha c'lcsred
his wife by saying that she yet had
tho lad to help her. Two years after
ward Mrs. McCarthy married Philip
Whalcn, at Cleveland. An staled, mat
ters in the new household were far
from pleasant, and in the lat'er part of
November last young Tom rrn away lo
escape the wrath of his stepfather and
to seek his fortune in the wide, wide
world. Two weeks later Tom wrote
from Pittsburg, saying that he wa-s
working his way eastward. Before-
leaving Cleveland lie had been em
ployed in a rolling mill, and his moth
er calculated that he would naturally
drift into cities and towns where this
sort of industry was in operation.
Yearning for her boy made Mrs.
Whalen sick at heart. She thought
more of the lad than she did of her
husband, and thus it wa that she de
cided to find her boy. She v. as fearless,
physically strong and possessed an en
durance of steel, which, backed by the
Celtic determination to win. Mrs.
Whalen quickly laid her plans for ex
ecution. Donning a suit of her hus
band's clothes, she ms'de herself into
a robust-looking "man," then, without
bidding her husband udieu. much less
telling him of her queer mission, Mrs.
Whalen went off on her search for
Thomas. Naturally enough, when it
came to choosing a rame for her new
self, sLc decided i:non the -cognomen
which was then tho name of her boy.
and had been that of ins father before
him Thomas McCarthy.
For more than two months Mrs.
Whalcn, with her falsetto voico, and
her hair cut short, wanucrcd about cen
tial and southeastern I'cnn&ylvanla in
search of her boy. She was "cfecred"
of nothing and knew how to steal- a
ride on a freight train just as well as
tho "tourist" of ten years experience.
But the beet part of the story is that
she succeeded in d-jing just what she
started cut lo iTo she found her son
Tommy. She fouad him three weeks
ago in Bethlehem, where he was em
ployed as a helper in a livery stable.
But the reunited pair did not go back
to Cleveland and Whalen. They are
now located in a lovr. In northeast
Ohio, and Mrs. Whslen declares that
she will get a divorce from her hus
band, then she ard Tommy can live
together in peace. She still has the
suit of clothes that accompanied her
on her trip
her boy.
through Pennsylvania for
Oil at Itasbj-.
Rugby, Tenn., the little town founded
by Tom Kughea and his English asso
ciates, which was ro extensively
written up a uczen years ago anu men
forgotten, is again enjoying a tem
porary spurt of nctorle1-. Somebody
has "struck oil" in the vlciaily and
speculation in alleged oil territory is
being worked for all there is in it.
Some of the unlucky 2ng!sa colonists
who put their little all into the original
enterprise may realize something on
their investments, but the chances are
that many of their successors will have
nothing to show for theirs but empty
holes in the ground. The Standanl Gil
company is reported to have leased
300,000 acres in the neighborhood ' of
Glen Mary, near the Kentucky line. If
so, that is probably the location and
size of the new oil field. Cincinnati
Times-Star.
A Snprcmo llebijr.
False gods, idols, the sun, and other
objects were worshiped by the ancient
pagans, but this spirit showed that they
believed in a being higher than mortal
man. Rev. P. Llalone.
An image impressed upon the retina
of th eve remajns there an nnnreeiahla
t!me Tuis is tne rcasou wiiy a torch
BWUng rapiuiy Bccms t0 be a circular
game.
is
VENEZUELA'S SHCFHERD BIRD.
t r.illrtl the Ynk.-imlk and Talccs Goo-J !
Caro of Domestic AnltnaU.
The natives of Venezuela and adjoin
ing cottntrics on the north side of the
river Amazon often avail themselves
of the services of a native crane to care
for their poultry, and also, in the place
of collies or shepherd dogs-, used by
North Americans orEuropeans.to guard
and herd their domestic animal:, says i
the Popular Science News. This re
markable bird, which the Indians call
vakamik. is found in a wild state in tho
great forests that lie between the
northern coasts of South America and
the Amazon river, particularly in Vene
zuela and British Guiana. The birds
never leave the forest unlcs3 shot or
captured. They travel about in Hocks
of from 100 to 200, in eearrh of the ber
ries, fruits and insects upon which they
subsist. Their usual gate is slow and
stately march, but they enliven them
selves from time to .time by leaping up
into the air. executing eccentric and
fantastic waltzes ami striking the most
absurd and preposterous attitudes. If
pursued they endeavor to cave them
selves by mailing, for their flight te so
weak, according to Schomburgk. that
when they attempt to fly over a body
of water cf any considerable width they
(ire often obliged lo drop upon it and
save themselves by swlmminpr. When
alarmed they utter the peculiar cry
which La3 obtained for theni their
name of trumpeters. The sound I
something like that produced by a per
son endeavoring to shout the syllables
"tor, tow. tow; tor, tow. tow,'' with his
mouth shut, or tho doleful noise made
by children on New Year with their
trumpets. The yakamiks usually de
posit their eggs in a hollow ill the
ground, often at the foot of a tree. A
nest generally contains ten cygs. of a
palc-gn-cn color. The young birds fol
low their mothers as ?ocn as they arc
hatched but do hot loc their pretty
downy covering until several weeks old.
The yr.kamiks aie ery readily tamed,
and provo very valuable servants to
the Indians, who domesticate them, and
as they are courageous and will pro
tect animals intrusted to their car? at
every risk to themselves, even does ai?
oblige 1 to yield to their authority.
They may he trusted with the care of
a Hock of sheep or domestic fowls, and
everv morning will drive the ducks and
poultry to their feeding places, and;
carefully collecting any stragglers,
bring them safely home at night. A
yakamil: oen learns to know ami to
obey :he voice of its master, follows
im. when permitted, wherever he goes.
and appears delighted at receiving hi3
cares?cs. 11 pines at his absence ?r.d
welcomes lila return, and is extremely
jealous of any rival. Should any Cog
or cat approach, it Hies at it with tho
utmost fury, and attacking it with
wirgs and beak, driven it away. It
presents itself regularly during meals,
from which It chases all domestic ani
mals, and ctcu the negroes who wait on
the tabic, if it is not well acquainted
with them, and only asks for a snare ot
the eatables after it has driven away all
who might aspire to a favorable notice
from the family. It appreciates fa- I
vera- in the same proportion as it is I
jcalon-. of sharing them with others and I
-!iv,(. tnv fml flffrpiinn bv the most i
extravagant 'capers and gesticulations.
When the animals cf which it hac j
charge arc shut up for tne mgni. ue
yakamik i costs upon some shed or tree
near at hand, to be ready to take his
place as keeper as soon as they are let
out in the morning. One Quality that
makes it valuable is its sense of iocr- j
tion, which is perfect; however far it ,
may wander with the flocks or herds it ;
..,i ,-f r,nvr- ffiite fo find its way !
home at night, driving before it all the ;
creatures intrusted lo his care.
Sumo Gnotl M ".l.ick."
On Laurel hill in Dridgeton, X. J.,
there stands a house between whose
walls is hidden a quirt bottle cf the
purest apple-jack. Tho bottle hac
rested there for thirty-nine years, and
has. according to the 3tory told, eleven
years more to stay. When the house
war. built, thirty-nine years ?go, a quart
bottle was filled with "jack" and tight
ly sealed and plastered in the wall by a
man who had the house built The bot
tle is not to be taken front its dark re
cess until the son of the man who placed
it there for him becomes 50 years of
age. The "boy" is now 3a yeara cf age,
and In ail these years ha3 kept true to
the promise made in the days of his
youth to his father not to touch the
bottle of apple-jack until he reaches the
haii-ccntury marl: in life's journey.
NajolciHs S:. Helena House.
A French engineer has conceived the
inteusting idea of icproducing the;
house in which Napoleon lived at St.;
Helena as an attraction during the
Paris exposition 'Of 10 JJ. The house
will be an exact copy of theoriginal,
with panoramic canva?es represent-,
ing the natural surroundings.
Uncle aitMC-t W'Uh.
"I shore does hope," &ai J Uncle Me.se,
"dat dey will git dis heah new photo
graph trick so line by summer dat man
kin tell wedder melon is ripe."
LITERARY i-EOPLE.
A. T. Quilicr-Coucb. the novelist, i.i
an enthusiastic yachtsman and is one
of the leading spirits !n a London yacht
club.
Viscount Robert Tortcra Lafaro an
nounces that he will scon begin the
publication in Paris of a journal to
nicn a. iiiiiii.K.'r ui zyurits v.ui vuhil.
ute. A conspicuous victim cf literary am
bition appears in the personality of
Lieut. Krafft of the Carman army, who
has been deprived of his rank because
his book, entSt-lsJ "Drilliaat Hisery,"
caused, tail; distasteful to the emperor
The Rev. Daring-Gould, the novelist,
lecturer and historian. :a a keen anti
quary. One who knows him writes that
"he wallows in it." You should see him
on Dartmoor with his shovels and
wheelbarrows unearthing some forgot
ten domicile and then you would sec
the real man. Give him an old church
register and he'll spin you yarns about
it by the hour."
The late Hjalmar Hjorth Boycsen
was once asked why he didn't simplify
the spelling of his name, so as to make
it less perplexing for the average Amer
ican. The inquirer wa3 informed that
it was a fine Norwegian name in the
first place and, secondly, that it was
worth a good many dollars to its pos
sessor as a distinct trade-mark for his
literary wares.
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