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TOLTJME XXVUX NUMBER 42.
COLUMBUS, XEBEASKA TTEDXESDAY. JANUAEY 26, 1898.
WHOLE NUMBER 1,446.
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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
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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
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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.
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that-mascunce companionship is net a '
necessity in craer to happiness, and
that ther is a strong prchabnirv tha
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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" .-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 '
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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