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SSgE3! mm iimi mi in i '-'iiir--i t nir L- Mhwrvrtrytmwr i iiii.mii . 1 1 1 1 iiiiiiwiffWTMMfMiiBBWMiWTTrrTg6-:' 'P-5 1-.i-2Sfci- Cfa (Ifltemlras - "p" 5i. -.. - loitrmtl -. e-. - : Ji: .A r T TOLTJME XXVUX NUMBER 42. COLUMBUS, XEBEASKA TTEDXESDAY. JANUAEY 26, 1898. WHOLE NUMBER 1,446. -"-i" - ir Rio it . ferw IV r?- 'o w IALMAGFS :SEBMON. WOMAN'S WOHK" LAST SUN DAY'S SUBJECT. vEtit nur TVoaaan KaUUth Her Houe" Book ,fc of FroTer!-, Ckapter 1 --ttTic the a5 3HV., Terse Girls of Today. "Woman, a a ere adjunct to man, an appendix to tha masculine voinme, tn apc-cadage, a. sort of after Ihoaht, samething- thnrsn in to xaake things even that is the heresy en tertained and implied by some men. This is evident to them, becanse Adam "ras first created, and" then Etc They don't read the rhole story, or they "wouldnnd that the porpoise and the tear and the hak tere created before j&Z Adam scuthat this argament dratcal jj"Hm i sattt-T- mw - - . . 7 "f or creaticnrm:nt prove that the shee-3 ad tie da- were reat- er than -mpy. Xo "R"oraan wa3 an. in- cLbe dependent creation, and was intended, j Put the bereft daughters as sales if -he chose, to live alone, to wcr women In stores," says another advi alone, acr aioce, think alone, r: fight ser. Bet there they must compete her battles alone. The 3Ibie says it ' with salesmen of long experience, er Is not good fer rrn be alone, bet with men who have served an appren eever says It is not good for woman to tkeship in commerce and who began be alcae, and the simple fact is that as shop boys at ten years of age. Some many weeen whs are harnessed for , kind-hearted dry goods man, having Iie ia tie marriage religion 7euM be a thesandfoid better off if they were j alone. Who arc these men who, year after year, hang around hotels and engme beses and theater doors, ? ccrae in xad oet to bother basy clerks and mer- ' 'Aanis and aechanics, doing nothing, where there is plenty to do? They are men supported by their wives and . mothers. If the statistics cf any cf our cities coeki be taken en this subject, yoe woeJd Szid that a vast multitude ' of women not only support themselves, ! bet masedises. A great-legion of ( men amseat to nothing, and a woman by marriage, manacled tc one of these nonentities neetfs condolence. A wo- man standing outside the marriage re latian is several hEndred thousand times better eS than a woman badly married. Ilany a bride, irt'-TeRd of a wreath of orange blossoms might more . properly wear a bench cf nettles and nightshade, and. instead cf the Wed ding March, a more appropriate tune would be the Dead Xarch in Saul, ana. Instead of a banquet of confectionery and ites. there might be more appro priately spread a table covered with ipplsa cf Sodom. ilany an attractive woman, cf good sound sense in other things, has mar ried cne of these men to refenn him. What was the result? Like when a cc.e. noacir that a vulture was ra- paciens and craei. set about to reform ' It. and said, "I have a mlM disposition. and I Hke peace, and was brought up j la the quiet cf a dove-cote, and I wii 1 ! ., . . .... bring the vulture to the same liking by- marrying him," so. one day, after the vulture dce!ar! hp ttom Htp rrn his camivercus habits and cease long ing fer btood of flock and herd, at an altar cf rock covered with moss and lichen, the twain were married, a baM headed eagle oSciatmg. the vulture saying. With all my dommion of earth and sky I thee endow aad prom ise to Jove and cnerish till death do us pen." Bet one day tae dove in her fright, saw the vulture busy at a car cass and cried. "Stop that! did yec not premise me that yoa would quK yacr aamiveraes and filthy habits if I mar ried youT "Yes." said the vulture. "but if you doa't like my way, ysu can leave," and with one angry stroke of the beak, and another tierce cietcn cf the caw. the vulture left the dove eyeless and wingless and lifeless. And a nock cf robins flying past, cried to each othir and said, "See there! that comes from a dave marrying a vulture to reform him. Many a woman who has had the hand cf a young inebriate offered, but declined it, or who was asked to frr .her life to a man selfish, or of bad temper, and refused the shackles, will Wess God throeghoet aK eternity that she escaped that earthly paneemo nium. BesMes all this, in our country about cue munoE men were sacrieeea in our Civil war. and that decreed a million women to celibacy. Besides that. - tree the war. several armies cf men s fcrge as the Federal an! Confeder ate armies pet together, have faUen under malt Iiqeors and distilled spirits. so fail of aolsoaed insredien-s th-it- rh work was dsae more rapidly, and the ! victims fell whUe yet vounr And ? ', fifty .thcusa2d men are destroyed every rtir s s-rtiss; crum. seiore marria'" I makes m tne thl-tylthreT w I s; w cjs since the war one miUjou six hun-ad ! anu fifty thousand men slai- d- crees one mSbon six hundred'and"nfrV I thousand women to ceHbac- T"ke asrv TnV,. J then, the fact that so many women are unhappy m their marnage. and the iacr. that the slaaghter ef two minion ' nve sdtirto aau aziy tnocsanc tp-i bv war and rms tonH""!! iiomri- .,. 1 : v-. .w -t.w- r-f ,-,- ,. i fee T-nSacc fc kp n- ,- . my text comes in wi-h a cheer and potency and appro- ' araicp?: li-xt von -r rc. ,-, ! ui yoa ciaT never nave seen m it befcre when it says, "Evsrr wiso woman beiideth her house; that is, let weman be her own architect, lay out her owe plans, be her own su pervisor achieve her own destisy lu addressing those women who have to tight the battle nlcne, I con te von c- Tan- nannr :iito ! Rejoice forever that ycu wDI not have f?Te & to co enr best and trust j to navigate the faults of the other ser to for.tae e cheer all -when you have faults enoh cf vour J e 'cattle of ufe alone, j own. Thiv of rhP -wrprf. n " thfi of thousands of women I avoid, of the risks cf unassimilated temper which you win not have to run. of the cares you wffl never have to carry, and cf the opportunity cf out sice usefulness from which ttttt'wT life vrculd have partially debarred you. ??ft Th'??" VMTT A rc vn m T.f mma "- -- ' ' - j w . - ,. . lr.r - L Lr .11. !.. . . rfr'mTi I !. . r that-mascunce companionship is net a ' necessity in craer to happiness, and that ther is a strong prchabnirv tha 1 ' . thev wffl have to fizht tho hatt- of life aloae they wffl be getting the a household can rldcm be. Gcd has ; 'cr!., x Gr aer Erouier- -'- ' s is the donkers meHfflucus bray, not Fivcn ou a. hard lot. as compared T iatas is iercine of the 1 Almost every Persian owns a donkey with vour sisters. When voung women rbn ffP;t -cs 3rien O35" aany of them whole drores. The shaE make up theirminds at the star . patrci: sewmg schools icr , pcpularion cf Persia is estimated at .c iuu, ior Lut own. iOnKne,kTTr3-5.h0 fcoJlr b,. i .-u. .i.rii a. iiu. inf .1 ..i. lii.iiic r-;i,t ri- f As r,o boy ought to be bought up f Without learning some business a . irhfca he couid earn a livelihcod, so mo pari oagkt to be frroggfet 19 TiA- J clf-snp- pert. Tie diSccIir is that rr.rr,r a familv oes sailizs cz. tie higa tidM o scccess, and the hasbard aad father dfcpesds oa his o-an health aad acn taea for the -srelfare of his household but cae dav he szzs his feet "vcet, snd i in. three dars nnennnaia has closed his j m& zz --j 0QI . on a cold -xcrid to earn bread, and there is nothing practical thaL they can do. The friends come in and hold conspiration. "Give ransic lessons,"' says an ontsider. Yes, that is a useful calling, and if von have great genics for it, so on in that directn. Bat there are enough ransic teachers now starring to death in all cur tavms anc cities, to cccnpj all the piano stools and sofas and chairs ani front-door steps of the city. Besides that, the dauahter has been nfcrrin:r onlr for amusement, and is only at the foot nf y,a. i-i,. , Tu, r, great - 'muMrccaiterslopiano ZI1C- TP d. Eute and r'an have t known the father, now gone, says, "We are not in need cf any mare help just"; store, and I will do .'.s well by them as possible." Very soon the question cemes up. why do not the female em ployes of that establishment get as much wages as the male employes? For the simple reason, m many casi. the females were suddenly nung ay misfortune behind that counter, while the males have from the day they left the public school been learmng the businfFg. How is fM? evil to be cured? Start " nomesteaa ana teacn I S-0 tShters xiiRt ie is an earnest , s. ane mat tsere is a possiauizy, 1 if net a strong probability, that they will have to naht the battle cf life t T . --,-- 2 Sfni; r3,'"' ? 7T J 1 IOr a T J-z -, j. . : . ctai cisaster, or oic age, or dth should end my career?" "Wen. I csuld paint en pottery snd do such decorative work." Yes, that is beautiful, and if ycu have genius for it go on in that direction. But there are enough busy at that now to make a line of hardware as long as yon Penn sylvania avenue. "Well, I coeld make recitations in public and earn my living as a drama tist; I could render King Lear cr Mac beth till year hair would rise on end, cr give yau Sheridan s Riee or Dick cn's Pickwick." Yes, rfr?t is a beaatl- ful art, but ever and anon, as now. thra b epec of dramatiaatioa tnat nmes aumtreos cf households . crvcu3 with the cries and. shrieks and groaar, of young tragediennes dying in the ith act. and the trouble is rt wMfcj your friends would like to hear ycu, and really think that you could surpass Ristari and Char'ctte Cush man and Fanny Kemble of the past. 1 te say nothing of the present, you eceii not. m the way of living, in ten years earn ten cents. My advice to all girls and all unmar ried women, whether in afuueu: homes cr in homes where most stringent economies are grinding, is to learn to do seme kind of work that the world I most have while tne world stands. I j im glad to see a marveiaus change for the tetter, and that women have found out that there are hnadreds of practi cal things that a weman can do for a living if she begins soon enough, and that men have been cempened to ad mit i You and I can remember when the majority of occupations were thought inappropriate for women; but our Civn war came, and the hosts of men went forth from North and Scuth; and to conduct the business of our cit ies during the tjetrictc absence, wo- i men were demanded br the tens of 1 thousands to take th vacant places; and multitudes of seives. irom tnat time a mighty change took place favorable to female employment. s r Now. men of America, be fair, and Sive the weme a chance. Are vou afclid tiar F 21 do some of your Trork hence harm your prosperi- mber that there are scores cSTrtj cf nan roiTr .iT'!PTig rfc- " ate' God knows J , r,. . , ? . 1 e ec tfle aegnmmg, and he fc:ow3 h3W I:u:? people this world : ? ? d ?te- ? ' t0 l211 hs Tri11 tie vrGrH- " ! se . start another. God wffl halt the inventive faculrv. which, bv t j - .. ,. . .. t'i:im,iZ1 - macmne tnat will Co tne 1 ruzjj. oi tea cr twentv or a finridrwi len and women, wffl leave that num- ' fce cf people without work. I hone t tnzt tnere wOi not be mvented another j s acinc. or taresher, Scscr vT-ri ine. o r reaping machine, ' or any new ma IV TPTT xa.'T f for the next five hundred years. We want no more wooden hnrg ?n Iron 1 hands and steel hands- and electric hands substituted for men and wemen, j who would otherwise do the work I and et the pay and. earn the liven- ' heed. T?'" fw-J1 TTtTJ lii-i.TO ..TO - J .. TT f " .-ws u, uj. v.. . T. IV. J -r t iiu uatt: r.ou tie uay- Jiarv lyon founder oi Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, fcught the battle alone; f AdelaiceNewtcnthe tract distributor, j alone; ridelia -risk, the consecrated , ; missionary, alone; Dorothea Dix. the I I angel of tha insane asylums, alone; Caroline tha rw - --. - 1 i A a z . X x ' ' u-1 a"- -C32IU3. td of thousands- cf 1S:1- r "ansse bravery and. self-sac- "" . -J "' t"-" c "uiU- de no record. but whose deeds iie iitATex.. aremves Oi. mar- , le alone. . and, ' thoush mecogmzed tor the short j 3r fifty cr eighty years of. tuslr SuScfSlr rSSSSa ' TdmS? crV ' - Th -. jw. n tr.ai;i great tribulation ami had their robes j ont leamisg' xhs science ai been hitherto support by fathers and G fMJ 0 iW brcthers and cons, w-rs compelled I ? (hj0-0(K) ii.Cii. WiiU ll.l.i 1 . ...-... , . . -,, .-,. tirr,a . -, , - " sencee at an, ana J,'JW,uw 1 I .!-,? -yi cf thousand HerscheL the indispensable trumps every t -sashed and made 'white in the blood cf the Lamb." It me also say, for the encourage ment q all Tromen fighting the battle cf life alone, that their conflict -will scon end. There is one "word written over the faces of many of them, and that -srord is Despair. My sister, yoa need appeal to Christ, who comforted the sisters of Bethany in their domes tic tronble, and who in his last hours forgot all the pangs of his own hands and feet and heart, as he looked into the face cf maternal anguish, and called a friend's attention to it, in sub stance saying, "John, I can not take care cf her any longer. Do for her as I would have done, if I had lived. Be hold thy mother!" If, under this pressure of unrewarded and unappreci ated work, your hair is whitening and the wrinkles come, rejoice that you - c .u . m your very last fatigue, and may your - 5Parti as pleasant as that of isaneiia uranam, wno ciosec aer me with a smile and the word "Peace." i The daughter of a regiment in any army is all surrounded by bayonets of defense, and. in the battle, whoever falls; she is kept safe. And you are the daughter of the regiment com manded by the Lord of Hosts. After all, yen are not fighting the battle of life alone AH heaven is on your sice. You will he wise to appropriate tc voarself the words of sacred rhythm: i "One who has known in storms to sail ; I have on beard; , ' Above the roaring of the gale " j I hear my Lord. "He holds me; when the billows smits t I shall not falL , If short, 'tis sharp; if long, 'tis light; He tempers alL" OWNS A RARE COIN. Oae of the TIire ISO I DaUarj Fose eil by a S Joaepb. .Ho., Man. Frcm the Kansas City Journal: L E. Altwein of St. Joseph. Mo., is now the happy possessor of an "1S01" sil ver dollar. The value of this rare coin . OHl three cf which are known to be ! SciSa lf?om an Illinois man, with whom he has been negotiating for a lonr time. It wni be a valuable aa- 1 lomr time. It wni be a ! diticn to his conection. which is con ' sidered one of the best in the United ! States. The histcry which attaches to tne dollars coined in 1S04 is peculiarly i interesting. Out cf the 7,000 which I came cut of the United States mint an but a few disappeared in a lump. In the year 1T33 the Tnited States went to war with Algiers. The dif ferences were finally settled by the United States agreeing to pay $SOO,000 for the Uberation cf American sea men who had been imprisoned, and 523,000 for the promise of Algiers to leave merchantmen alone. In 1S01 war broke cat between TripoU anJ the United States. In 1S04, this last! -rear being then stni in progress, the j United States frigate Philadelphia was ' seized off the coast of Tripoli. On board this vessel was a sum of money aggregating $23,000, destined for Al giers, m payment cf a portion of the war ?h harfcor with sixty men on board thei vessels and recaptured the frigate The S23.000. which included nearly all , of the 7.000 1S04 dollars, had, however. t been taken from the vessel. The sumj was never recovered and the snver is ! probably sail lying in some marbled Moorish castle, carefully guarded among the heirlooms of some sem! civilireQ oriental potentate. THE BANK OF SPAIN. It Is t liielj- That Its Affair wa The bank cf Spain's note circulation was never so high, and being quite cut of proportion to the gold reserve, it is not likely that exchange wni improve, says the National Review. One-third of the 530,000.000 PhiHppiue loan was put up to public subscription in Manila d according tc El Correo of Nov. 3 000) was not sub- was cov- erea by a simple exchange cf other government securities for the lean bonds. The lean being guaranteed to the government, ihis win probably entail a further issue of paper to the stffi further detriment of exchange and import trade. More than seven months ago the naval estimates were voted. buz at the cabinet ccuncH of Nov. 3 it was declared that the money destined ? that purpose was exhausted. When Gptl. Bl-mco arrived m Havann. rfcp " "" " -"-" - P2-v ds J troops in Cuba was nine Tr ft.,!?-6 L ister of the last cabinet, Navarro Re verier, was so pressed for money that he was en the point of selling the gov ernment forest lands, but fortunately influences were successfuny brought to bear agmhst the realization cf such a cisastrcus project. xhen. he seized certain comains and revenues at Uuch. Majcrica island, which were claimed !by the church, ihis brought Mm into conflict with the bishop of the diccese. Jacinto Cervera. a wiry irate old. man. who poured forth his angry sou! in a circular and fulminated excommunica tion against the n-pnArrr- minister. The bishop died a month afterward. "" he matter stirred up an Spain at the time ez& was at length referred to the pope, who restored the minister r ths fold cf the faithfuL Doakey ia Persia. The iiceticusness of canine Persia - hP Tjmd of the Lira and tho Qtt-, , comes apparent as scan as one enters the country. Persia contains, maybt.'- ico ncus whSe jackasses number noi ifiss than 10,000.000. Within the boun- caries cf the shah's dominion ears -r time and the universal IAw scuis. current opinion at Teheran places the donkey population , at about the samenumber. Reckoning - . ... ... M cn uae. a kuui oi ear at two feez, twelve inches each, the aural an- -peucages ci. tae snan s musical toilers -arcaid. if laid end to end, reach -LMt sules. Exchange rSSSS2iS25 SreL anTL nf,J-: P. daBB "- only "brinrclr .11 indemnity, me night after the I .fl Sigg&S: - $. ladelphia was seized Commodores ! -Sil SS&z&s&z- -ft PrebLIs and Mcrris sailed into the E &ZZ& ' ' ' f IN TIGEB'S CLUTCHES. T is one tking to Jurnt the tiger and- quite another thing- to have tne tiger hunt you. When Stripes,' hunting on his own account, pounces upon a TT?an the victimhas a poor chance for lis life. That there are f ew men who can tell at snrh an pxerience is need- less to say," said Capt- E. A. Arbuthnct. After the cigars had been lighted a guest who had known him twenty years Before in India had pressed him to tea the story of his tiger adventure there and the captain had consented "The thing occurred in the Dahrah Doolah district ia csa. where-X had gwse with tfceidea-of becomingTte planter," continued the captain. "The beginning of the adventure, to tell the story completely, was my meeting a shikari named Dassa Balh.ua on the morning cf the day when I fell in with the tiger. The word shikari, you win understand, means native hunter, a tiger hunter in particular. I was en my way that dav to lcok over a tract of ,i t npim jungly land which I thought of buying along by the shoulder. When he saw and clearing for cultivation, when on 1 the tiger drop me in the open space and passing Dassa Bulhua's house I saw lay himself down at a Uttle distance him sitting in the doorway and he was away, the shikari fired at him, aiming in a peck of trouble. j a: the head, for he knew that if not "His old East Indian company's army kHled the first act of the brute would musket, the gun with which he hunted, , be to kin me. The tiger, struck in the was lying across his lap, and. he was , ear by the heavy buUet, died almost in fumbling at the lock. He wanted to his tracks. go out into the jungle that day, and j "After the shot was fired I lay stm, here was his gun hammer out of gear, , net feeling sure that the tiger was real so that when he puUed it back it would Iy done for, until I saw Dassa Balhua not catch and stay at fuU cock. I saw , come toward me from the tree. When at once what was wrong with the lock. I nf ted my head the shikari was and chancing to have with me a wat:h- J startled for he ht thought that I was maker's file, I set the thing right in dead. But he, came to me and Ufted five minutes. Balhua was very grate- ' me by the shoulders so that by tara fuL and I rode on, leaving him careful- ' ing my head I could see the tiger lying i. iu.iuiii tne gun. x uuu . k-ll lu ju. ahead of my story, but wni say here that my stopping to help Balhua out of ly loading the sun. I don't wish to get his trouble was the means of saving my own life that day. "This meeting with the shikari cc- curred about an hour after daybreak, I went on my way, and by the middle of the afternoon I had seen all I cared red ew. to of the tract of land I came to view, ana was ready to return to my ounga- -. . .-... u, ivHi LU ".- J?-. low. Of the two servants who accom- nanied me. I ha TPfr htip wi?h mv horse a nule back where there was some shade and grass. The other, who W--W., " -W was with me, I sent to the iir in the claws. With the skin and the govern rear directing that they bring the horse ment bounty and the hundred rupees round by the read to a point where I ' that I gave him, Dassa Balhua had no would meet them. The man started off ' reason to complain cf his day's fortune. en a run, and after watching him ont.i I was taken out cf the jungle that cf sight, I took my way along a jungle j path toward the point on the road ' waere I had appointed to meet them. "The jungle growth through which the path led was made up largely of .'...AW-O1 i'o.m"--a t:i THE TIGER HAD ME. bamboo grass taner thir; ray head. In terspersed with the grass were clumps cf bushes, low-topped and here and there a taller that I was alone the thought caui tn i jh 1 -L si I i--SSJ - . V i ) H ' O' .-e-&E&SJfai r me that I should, feel more comfortable ' bis haste to catch the train he had neg- ( and others who lead a hand-to-if I had kept my rifle by me, for it lected to eat any luncheon. Approach- mouth existence facEities to obtain re being rather heavy to carry, I had. left ing the conductor, he endeavored to Hei in times of sickness or famHy rrou it with the servant, who had charge ' mingle knowledge with agreeable in- t bles. These and these alcne wffl strike of the horse. But I was not much dis- tercourse. "Have ycu been en this ' at the root of the evils that today are turbed by anticipations of danger as I Etroned alcng the path, taking my trme, ' for I expected to have to wait for my men at the roadside. "The thing came suddenly, without warning. There was a strange moving cf the grass and bushes a few feet away to one side of the path, the tT grass parted to left and right in the furrow that came straight toward, me there was aloud, deep-throated roar and the tiger had me. I was standing stock stni staring at the moving grass, for there ! was no use in running awav, for hn '- wxitu. ami icr now long tnis came out en me. There was one sto?3 for cmiier-" "Net at alL" glimpse ef paws, jaws, and. white J "Are xm SIire oC t2-?" ce the in breast an plunging for me, and then I ' (Tlilv tones of protesting anguish. wasftat on my back in the path, with the tiger crouching upen me, his claws set in my left shoulder and right side. The long feelers at his nose brushed my face as he set his teeth, into my shoulder in one sharp, crushing bite, apparently to make sure that I would -f, J v, - T -tA. mt ias iu ucu: ."'ri'iri tJ . trrrmclpfi if r 1.1,1 nr-,Vo, ,. w, .MT IJZrr f V w nmg away, or had I struggled I should have been kffled cutright. t - .i- I certainly j exrected nothin? else, bur the rispr -not repeating the bite, lifted his head as if listening. Seme sound in the road acciir 1tSI- ran-i, caaaces far may have made him fearful of losing f tie Presidency?" "Grant? Grant? his preyfor, seizing-me by the should- 1 X" saM Artemns, "you appear to er, -he swung me clear of the ground "-O" mere strangers than any one I and started away through the jungle in eer saw." The man was furious. He long, swift leaps. I weighed at that ; walked off, hut returned, and said: time 125 pcuncs, and the tiger carried "Ton. ignoramus, did you ever hear of me along as easily as a cat would, carry Adam?" Artemns looked up and ask a squirrel. j edr "What was his other name?" "It wffl probably sound strange to ' ycu. although a similar experience has jj e Dted. been related by others, when. I say that It thought last Tuesdav that from themoment the tiger leaped on j g j reirat2d SMV? L5- wealthiest woman in Niagara ccuntv, Neither did L after once the brute had x. T j in Mid: SI:eL!!Sn7ken:Se:SeClfear'i deport. Phvsicians pronounced her although perfectly conscious of an that ' ., A , XT TT. v'uu"uu: r, i-!r. -a v , dead, and after the body had lam for was going maadcf wnat seemed the t . K,TI , .v. .- certainty that I should be immediate- i It VnT- TW,- rT, T --, of my conditinu wlule I was ia the tiger's power would be to say that I "was in a h auntie. state, for I ran com pare my sensation with, nothing else. Tre tiger ran perhaps fry yards, tbea stopped, laid me down and crouched, watching me. Presently he picked Be up again tti craved on tbroaib. tie jigle, tbis tiae -wilkijg. S me along with ray legs drag- sik pon the ground. Coming to an space he laid me down, and, back- f i"rwaway for a distance of two or three f raE3, lay crouched, watching me in- l teatiy, after the manner of & cat that pl3(3 with a mouse. rom the position in which I lay I ctmid look straiaht into his yellow eyes aci could, see the curling in and out at thevtip of the supple tail. Then as with ewy second I expeeted the tiger to Isbj upon me and tear me, there crash e la the jungle's stillness the loud re- l Pt of a gun, close at hand. I saw the "jer leap to his feet, whirl toward the "a1 and he roared once as he rear- r ea mmself almost upright on his hind R: then fell over on his side strug- i &''"-- Sling- Ti. m ." u was irom tne oia nreiocs: taa i i.t .i. i. iu. uiuu t::.iu icuiuu:x luc ' Eatt TnH?TT campanv- musket of Dassa Ba&ua the shot come which I mm& mr life. The shikari had found the path the tiger was accustomed? to take in. going from his den to the near est water course to drink. In a thick leaved tree overlooking this path he had built a platform, and from this he L had watched dany for a chance to shoot ' at the brute. Waiting here this day ! he saw the tiger come into view from an unexpected quarter dragging me . stretched en his side. , xuciuicu u j " "He can , lb,' said the trouble ycu no more, sah- the shikari. "The tiger is . dead.' j "The shikari opened my jacket and examined my wounds, and then went down to the road to intercept my ser- , vants. By the time he came back with I them my wounds were getting painfuL ' WhHe one of the servants rode to the .- - nearest oungalow tor men and a Utter, wi.. uwuun A.W. LiU. i.w U UU, , I lay watching the shikari skin the . It a mncr arJ-al Ml grown, with a glossy, beautifuUy " : marked skin, and terrible teeth and j .t.. riMt M.. ........ .V.t.u. ..M.k night, and to my home the next day. I had a bad shoulder, with fever, that kept me laid up for three cr four weeks and I did net regain the fuU use of my right arm for years. But I think I got""cff'weIL" ACCURACY. It Is a Good Tolas bnt Sometimes It Becomes Pjlnfal. Accuracy is the most desirable thing on ordinary occasions, but there are times when it pans, says the Wash ington Star. It is soothing to hear the English language spoken with confidence and unerring grammar. ! which betoken intenigence and good breeding, and especially so when it ia uttered in pubuc places by uniformed persons frcm whom you crdinarUy hear such remarks as "Hi!" "Get a move on yer" and "Can't ycu look where ye're goin?" A middle-aged man who had made his way through the mob of depot em ployes who use this style of vocabu lary was happy to find the conductor on the sleeping car a young man with a gentle voice and a denherate and re fined manner. He was more than gratified when he saw him, later on the journey, take a copy of one of the korinda trees. I T-"' classics from his pocket and be iller tree. Now ' S"1 10 read. His pleasure at the spec- cle made him almost forget that in road long?" he inquired. "No," the ' conductor answered, without Ioakins up. "This is my first week." -Do you like the work: "AU labor is distasteful. Eut I endeavor not to anow my mind to dweU on the irk some phases of my duty." - The conductor had not taken his eyes frcm the book and his questioner abandoned an Idea cf sociability and proceeded with the matter nearest to his heart. "Wffl you tell me," he "Yes," the gentle voiced conductor re plied as he leisurely turned a leaf. "I am quite sure. The train does net eat." Artenmj fTartTa Joke. Artemns Ward was traveling. A aa approached him, and said; "Did "" jWtiJ- " " " i ycu hear that last about Horace Greeley?" "Greeley? Greele-?" said , . I . -it-emu; aarace ureeiey; wno 13 . ' . " iic. ine tu.'.u is liiiifct a lew am- lstTs aad tin 2sksd: "Wa2 d Ton. I .. v, JT tit uejaiuiieiUiuis iUt uuirii. J.J1- woman revived and recovered con sdousnesa. She lived twentyfarir hours ? th" died. Tint TaMiloH. Directory, The Srst London directory wa prrrri- .ed in 1S70. It contained only sixty-1 four pages, with the names of L79& THE CLOYEN FOOT. WHERE. PRACTICE OF USURY HAS FULL SWAY. Elsk ma Tkre Hsadzcd Per Ceaa Oft em Deandeii Captr ou tm Xaitr leaders at XadU The rpl Uxwm So Bmz V From the Ceylon Mail: I remember tne many nights of toil and study waica Georse Wall, at a time when his fail tag health, was a cause for an f fery to his friends, devoted to money lending abuses, 'with a view to , bring legislation to bear on the eTn? -,nH , -n. , "-' - a-c "' i-"- niaous of these, he considered was t the evil caused br thar abominable system, that obtains in all the interior diStriC3 of nrrr fTfr aorelLaa in some part3 of India. By this system, the goiya, though freed from the ob noxious paddy t?,t. stiU suffers consid erably in the haad3 cf the moneylend er, a monster who "reapeth where he I r" ",l sown zna Sereth wnere ne T13 ot strewn." The 50 per cent of -.v..(j m uimea L-IlU iiUl-liip wiiui the 300 per cent of the village specu lator. Jt may seem incredible, but it is nevertheless true. It is usuaHy a foUower of the prophet cr a Chetty, and often as net the petty capitalist of the village. He begins with a small boutique the headquarters of a trade that finaUy saps the life of the whole j district. On a liberal credit system he suppnes the villager with everything ' that he wants provisions, clothes, money, etc to bo paid for in grain when the harvest comes round, the villager in consideration of the above prMleges undertaking to sell the grain at about 5 rupees an anr!. Thus, for instance, if one began trade with a capital of 100 rupees, he would soon, with the knack of a na tive trader, make 200 rupees, and thi3 , being paid in grain would fetch 40 i amunanis, which would be sold a few months after fer 400 rupees. He thus i makes a profit of 600 rupees en his original capital, aU within the space .,,,,. ... .. . t""s " , J-thaaI?S5 io3e ho 5Pm!ate : T ir- i r ri r- nunnia Trnn rt in this wise there are people who are i X. . - ,-,,. . . 7 carry iignt ana ' XTn:K m:o these tillages. Tnis is after . M IT m. . J T- i. III I s yeci. oi. tne question. ine the question. -nt:tt 5 interest is a tmz tnnt 13 tj a more or less wen known, though the fact does not ri?-mrnigh the number of his customers. It transpired only the ether day in the court that one Chetty alone annuany lent sums of money amounting to over 1,COO,000 rupees. I: also must be remembered he is only a unit of a very large number. The rate per cent that obtains among these Jews is often more thin 60 per cent. He practices a process of reckoning which wffl surprise even their fair brethren in England and elsewhere. 1 He lends his money not at so much per I cent, but at so many cents on a rupee per mensem. This system appues only to the smaU sums, and is by far the worst feature cf his nefarious trade, though by no means the least patronized. Besides the Chetties there are others, small capitalists, who lend money at rates varying between 12 and 50 per cent, and among this d. are to be found not only the so-caned respect- , able natives, but Englishmen and I women, who ought to know better. Were it necessary I could give the names of these who have made many a family in the land homeless, ruined and disgraced, helping to augment the ranks cf these who either resort to the braukmptcy courts or put an end to 1 their Hves. The remedy that wni effectually ( check all these evils is an association, a scrt of union that wni use its in fluence for the good of the weak and the oppressed. Let legislation, if it be possible, be brought to con trol the money lender. Let there . be afforded to the poor clerks a curse to celery and a disgrace to the government and employers of la bor. Horse Sxrallowed a TTThip. That a stout buggy whip, four feet and a half long, could remain in a horse's stomach over two years, and the horse survive, seems impossible, but just this thing happened to a val uable anfTTi owned by AHen D. Eakle, near Carboudale, UL, which died a few days ago. A veterinarian held a post mortem exa nation as to what caus ed the horse's death, and a whip was found protruding from the stomach. Mr. Eakle, in October, ISSo, used a six foot buggy whip to punch an obstruc tion down the horse's throat, putting a horseshoe in the animal's mouth to keep it open. The horseshoe fen cut, and the horse bit off the whip, swal lowing the long end with no bad ef fects untn a short time ago. when the I beast sickened and died. After swal lowing the whip the horse werked ev ery day and ate three meals a day. Sssday Concerts in London. Sunday concerts in London, where only sacred or classical music is per mitted, are growing in popularity. The aggregate attendance sometimps reaches 20,000. At most cf them the price of reserved seats begins at 6 pence or 12 cenzs, and the best prices are 50 cents. All He Desired. "Da you want a shirt that opens in the frcnt, cr one that opens in the bock? asJced the shopman. "Don't keer where it opens answered Uncle Snas, "so that it's got an opening cr the top an-1 another at the bottom." KHts for a rUglilaiKt Krrla(ac. Eolts wffl henceforth be warn in stead of the trews by the Seaforth highlanders, the vote in the regimeat being overwhelmingly in favcr of the change. . Torlc tt Ttet Chartered CIr. The first city incamarated in tf? country with a charter and orivness was New York, which was gnated its papers iztl54 . i A LIVING MAN'S FUNERAL. It Wat 3Ut Xe& Attar Tk Crowd Smeil Serioa. The widely advertised funeral er viceg over the Rev. Frank Wiseman, who conceived the idea of hearing a funeral sermon about himself preach ed, toot place one day recently in the little church at Tadis, Lewis county. says a Paxkersburg (W. Va.) corre spondent of the Baltimore Sun. It was icarcely dayUght before the val ley began filling up with vehicles of every variety, aU headed toward the village, and by 10:30, the time set for the beginning of the service, it was not possible for a conveyance to get within a quarter of a mile cf the church. When the Kev. Mr. Ireland who had been chosen by Mr. Wiseman to officiate, stepped into the pulpit the bunding was crowded to its utasost capacity and the grsda sumwndiag 1 It were fQIed "WjthAhrngg j)f jffinle,l 6 uj txs.e part, ia tne strange cte moniea. After the funeral address Mr. Wiseman and his family and friends stepped behind the altar-ran and be gan shouting and praising God. the congregation in the meanwhile pass ing around the side aisle of the church and as they filed past the altar shak ing hands with Mr. Wiseman. After an address by the Rev. Mr. Doyle, dur ing which he admonished Mr. Wiseman to live a better life T" ever before. because his funeral had now taken place and the world would watch him the more closely, the vast congrega tion slowly dispersed. The affair was the more curious for the reason that those taking part in it did not seem to consider it a mock funeral, but an entered into the services in the most earnest manner, there being no un seemly conduct or boisterousness even among the large crowd who did net gain admission to the chapeL As those who attended slowly drove to their homes they did so in a manner that indicated they felt that they had been ia attendance to the funeral of one cf their mest respected neighbors. CANADA'S MOCK PARLIAMENT. Xot Dead, bat Sleeping. 1 TMs later estiax Debating Society- One of the members of the late mock parliament, who has for many years I , ,1 , - .. I IS uea a uveiy interesi ia 1 wu. , takes exception to the report that the organisation is dead, says the Montreal Star. The Montreal Parliamentary Debating Society is not dead, -he claims, but sleeping for a time. A state cf similar inactivity came over it some four or five years ago, when its sessions were suspended for a cou ple of years. This, however, did not prevent its springing forth with re newed usefulness when the demand for its opportunities was felt. Unlike most debating societies the mock, par liament has had a singularly wen-continued existence for nearly fourteen years. Of late, however, there has teen a good, deal of apathy in the pub nc mind rezarding its proceedings and it was deemed wen that meanwhne It I should bide its time. Moreover, the anegeu. oosequies z:iz nuu. su tiuui in mourners as would appear. Rather I . Z .. ... . j Tiitifv more than twenty supporters gathered recently and it was an open question fer some time whether the society should not go on with its good works. Probably the real danger was the confessed izabfflty of the speak er, the energetic secretary and the leader cf the government party to give the society as much cf their time and attention as here tofore. The question of continuing, however, was wen discussed and It may be safely assumed that at no dis tant time the mack parliament win again be found training young citi zens in the knowledge and power cf dealing with pubnc questions. Lortl or 3IUrule. During the reign of Henry VTEI, and cccasIonaUy since, a "Lord of Misrule was appointed to direct the amuse ments of the English court during the hoUdays. He presided over the fes tivities, prepared the games, directed the sports "t; saw that the court was kept properly amused during Christ mas week. The ofiice was considered highly honorable, and the "Lcrd cf Misrule" was generaUy some wealthy ncbleman. who was wffling to spend money lavishly in promoting the games of the court. It is of record that dur ing the reign cf Elizabeth, Essex, as "Lcrd cf Misrule," spent in one Christ mas season 3,000 cf his own money an the court games. Greece tiolns to the Play A an In. Athens has just witnessed the first theatrical performance given since the outbreak" of the war with Turkey,, and permission has been granted to the theaters throughout the rest of Greeca to open. Tar of the Polar For. The summer coat of the Polar fox la dark, almost black. In winter it ia so whits that the animal rer hardly be seen as it runs over the snow. HOW DO YOU WALK? Obstinacy is Indicated by the slow, heavy and fiat-fcoted style ci walking, whne miserliness may be suspected steps. ' Tumed-In tees generairy character- ize the absent-minded, and a steep the studious and deeply reflective, whose j thoughts are anywhere rather tf with themselves. Sly, cunning people walk with a noiseless, even and stealthy tread, re-' semhling that of a cat. A proud pst-i sen. generany takes even steps, holds ' the figure upright and the bpr a lit- j tie hack, and turns the toes wen cut. ! A gay and volatile person trips Kght-1 ly and easfly, in sympathy with his cr I her nature. Character is shown sj H i sorts of eddities in gait, but for grace J ?T7i elegance no civilian's walk wffl ' bear comparison with that of the man J who has received military training. No twe people wane exactly alike, and the student cf character finds as much to interest him in the way people walk, as in any peculiarity they may have of feature. Quick steps denote agltatics; slow steps, either long or short, suggest a gentle or ccntssa- plative tura cf mind. OtJE BUDGET OF FUX. SOME GOOD JOKES. OftlGINAL AND SELECTED. TW Tery Bwt Buv txmm tlM UtMt Iimm T tfce Comic rpo Wfcat We Got oa Clirtof Short aul Ztmg Cot- SUIColC owg. H swlrt we so" o'er the flecT now. When. Boonbeama sparkle roast!: When hoo keep - ttsi to Ktwlc'o chime. A3 merrily w tennd. ! On a trtotec's als&t. when, hearts aro Ughr. JOtA health Is ) the wind. Ami leave our cares beWrwtf With a lassh. ssd sonff. we slide aloas Across the Beetteg snow; With, friends hemide. how swtft we rlo On. the beautiral track below I Oh. the raslns sea joy tor me. - When gale and tempests roan But plve me the speed or a foamlBjr steeu. Aad I'll asic for the waves na mor. Bridzet Sac Bridget (applying for situation Oh, yes, mum. Oi nved in my last place free weeks." Mrs. Van Nobbs "And why did you leaver Bridget "Oi couldn't get along wi her; she was owld and cranky, to." Mrs. Van Nobbs "3ut I may be old and cranky, too." Bridget "Cranky ye may be. mum. fer faces i3 sometimes decevin", but owld never! And Bridget got the place Spara Moments. Ji 1 Who Waold Uve TboogHt Ic Jimmy Short I want a pound o smokin tobacco." Storekeeper "What kind?" Jimmy Short "Long cut." XX All "Is a man ever justified in breaking a matrimonial engagement'!" he asked anxiously. The query editor leaned back, in hi3 chair and looked thoughtfuL "It 13 not so much a question of jus- j tifieation," he said, at last, "as it Is cf the kind of cinch the girl has on you far breach cf promise."' Chicago Post. Too Hlsh. A countryman walked into a news paper cflice to advertise the death of a relative. "What is ycur charge?" he asked ol the clerk. "We charge S2 per Inch." "Oh!" said the countrynmn, "I can't afford that. My friend was six feet three inches." Tit-Bits. Her Proof. Mrs. Muldreth "Do you really be lieve, Miss Burbeck. that there Is any such thing as luck?" 3liss Burbeck "Certainly. Papa had nothing to can him out this evening. and yet he went away just, before you came." Cleveland Leader. T-osical Jteaoaias- Jinks "I wonder why a always repeats the word say3 wash-ee-washee for instance?" Mrs. Jinks "Because he'd have to go through the process at least twice to get the clothes anywhere near clean, I guess." The Old Story. "If you were as full as you said yoa were, how did the judge come to dis charge you?" "He didn't know I was loaded." Boston Courier. After Taking. "It is true I can't sing very well." said the cat that had just swaUowed the canary, "but I have a good deal cf music In me. an the same." Chi cago Tribune. That It. Mrs. Frankfort "There is quite a rage for red now." Mr. Frankfort "Yes, a regular scar let fever." LouisviHe Courier-Journal. The Present. Spucey "Hello, cun; what did yer get out o Christmas r Gabby De Sneak "De county jail" Oae Better. George -Wheu-I marry I want to get a girl as good a3 gold."' Charne "I thick you'd afm to da even better than that." George "How?" Charue "Get a. girl who has the gold." Xrace sm IJoo. She "I see the colonel is married again. He "Indeed! I thought his fighting diys were over. Yonkers Statesgcuu t -JoWQoK9oB cTWSK'FolomowWoBHoioBoHpwmoIO!o.io jtoWo-- y-.rt Jw Fm-dmmlt Fi"tl.v - - n& 1 1 1 - ! ' u,J A. -4&3&!S2t9.3m rt? -&.? & arg5elg-JtS-guaarjaag s&2srJ& t Jl-O-. Mesz uftT.ff.x? ?m S itrt!. i -!feiS tJif ".-