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I \ ALL SIGNS FAIL - IN TillS AGE
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Wlnther Proverbs of the 00080 Bone Variety
Rlddle by Sconce ! 0'
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NOT EVEN A WET MOON lIFT
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COI/OI JeJc' Alolt the ( ' % 'cnthcr
IC'lull,1 Oi the le."l lT tc"lern
: lcteurotClh'11 St tad ) -Slgn
$3 ' lcl ShlUrrct ,
Supersttous anti proverbial lore about tht
weather were cruelly rent In the Iconoclastic
" ' " read to the
\ IlltCSI on "Wcather l lacles"
J , \ Royal Meteorological society at its recent un .
nual meeting In London by thc ) president , IL
Inwards , nll prlnte.1 ) . In th' lact number of
; the quarterly Journal of the oclty. In
early limes , when the weather had to he
ttudlel tram cloud , sly and sea , ami tram
the behavior of animal and plants , men
t , wee pardlnlble for doing what Is still often
I n cause of error , foretelling what they most
I wlhrd for and putting down ns a universal
" . law whal was only a coincidence of Inde
, . . penlent events. One class of prophecies . cou
t I nects the weather wIth certain seasons of
the year , particularly ( lays II the week , or
; \ the days of certain saints , whIch was a con-
veulent way of fixing a date , and even with
particular tles of the da ) We often hear
- sl'ch ' sayings ns 1"lne on Friday , tine on
. Sunllay , " or "Friday Is the best and the
worst day of tiLe week , " and 11roverbs like
- "Italu at even , fine at eleven. " When these
, Rylngs come trite they arc faIthfully ro-
. . memberel , , when they fall they are for-
, . gotten. There Is no kind of foundation for
goten.
11 such rules , which Air. Inwards calls "self-
exploding " or for the belief that If It rains
al St. Swithlu's day , July Hi , It will rain for
forty days after. That date II very near a
well known bad period fn set years as the
terms "St. Iargaret's flood , " July 20. and
, "Lam mas food ( , " August 1 , shows ; the fact
that some heavy rAins began on July 1i was
, ' enough to establish the "law , " which every
t' one knows Is constantly broken.
- Equally unfounded ore the scientific super-
ttons , Ilresented ) under the shield of as-
, Infallible rules for the
J tronomy , which ba81 Infallhio
I weather on the relative Position of the moon ,
& . sun and planets. These appeal to analogy ,
! * r to reason and to common sense. The known
11' action of the sun and moon on ocean tides I
: ( \ generally the starting Point of such theorle3 ,
, \ . and I Is clear to common sense that when
I p the earth Is nearer to the sun or the moon
1 ; to the earth , or both sun and moon are pull.
1 I , lug together , theme ought to ho a tIde of
. , % j ' atmosphere simIlar to the tide of ocean which
. : these Inluences undoubtedly produce. lInt
" the factl 110 not bear the theory out ; the
atmospheric tides do not ebb and few [ , except
t In an Infnitesimal degree. Again , the sun
; und moon move In Illanes that are at nn
: anglo to each ether , so that at times their
" , , attraction acts In widely diverging lines , at
c ' others almost In the same plle. : hero Is a
. clear case : When the angle Is greatest , when
, , cear !
the moon Is "on her back , " there must be
" ' atmospheric disturbances. Unfortunately the
, storms do not come , and W'I ' must find , some
r . other cause for our weather. Hardly a year
. goes by \ Ihout a now moon theory to account -
: ' ' . ; count for It. M. larguergues , as the result
, ' ' , ' of twenty years of observations , has found
i , that when the moon was furthest from the
t. earth the barometer averaged 755 mliii.
. meters , and when nearest , 75t millImeters , a
. ) difference of only one millimeter.
" J Some prophets have built thetr ! faith on
cycles , prectng ! that weather changes would
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. c repeat thcmselvc when sun and moon got
, : . back Into the same relative position , which
I ( hey do In nineteen years , with an errcr ef
' , only nn hour and a half. Others advocate a
. cycle of fifty-four years , but all the cycle systems -
tems have broken down when teHe . and , as
10wn :
t , far as we know , there Is no period within
, which weather changes repeat themselves.
There are plenty of other fallacies bout the
moon , such , as that the full moon clears away
)
' 4 clouds : that you should sow beans cr cut
! 'trecs on the wane of the moon ; that I Is a
: bat sign If the moon changes on Saturday or
'i' Sunday : that two full ( moon In a month wi
't brIng a fee ; tnt to see the Did moon In time
' , arms of time new brings on rain. M. Fiam.
. marion says that "tbo mo n's Influence on the
weather Is negligible. The heat coming from
i would affect our temperature by twelve-
, miionths of a degree , and the atmosphlde
tides caused by I would only affect the
- barometric pressure a few hundredths 'of an
, Inch , far less than the changes always takng :
, place from other causes "
. The moon ali the weather
V May change together :
lut change of the moon
Doca not change the weather.
Even the halo round the moon Is dlscrell-
He : II has been found by obervers that It Is
. followed b ) flue weather as often as by ran ,
, About time sun there are many falacies , and
evcr since the discovery that the spots on Its
surlco appear with greater cr less frequency
theorists In shoals have tried to prove that
they rule our woather. I bas bem proved
that the frequency of sun spots and the varIa-
. tons of time magnetIc needle are intimately
connected , and that the aurora appears and
. dlsapPMrs In some Bart of'smpathy wIth the
sun spot variations , but this Is as far as we
can get for the present as these changM seem
to have no definite relation to our weather .
Mr. Scot has proved that there are no equt-
npctal gnles.
Coming down to earth , we find a long list
of statements of the behavior of animals and
plants having a supposed connection with the
wealher E. J. L'wo has careful ) examined
a number of wea known signs , and all seem
to break down completely. lie took the sIgns
of bats flying about In the evening , many
I toads appearing at sunset , great quantities of
snails. tsh rising to the surface bees busy ,
crowds of locusts , restless cttte , lanrals
. ilice'and gnats troublesome ,
i clamorous , le\'and many
insects , crows flocking and noisy , spIder ! webs
, thicken the grass , spider hanging tram theIr
, . webs In time evening , and ducks and geese
making more noise than usual Calling a
day fine when no rain was measure In the
rain gauge he found In 361 observations of
such signs that they were followed 213 times
by fine weather and only 18 by rain. Even
swallows flying low cannot be depended up' ;
as cspeelsly In summer and autumn they 'mt- :
most Invariably skim alo"g the ground. AII-
. mals probably feel the danmpness or darkness
V ! preceding wet weather , anti this makes them
uneasy. but not more than : It affects man him-
V V V self. Aa to cows scratching their ears and
V goats uttering cries , the.y are no more true
. ' as signs of rain than the adage which credits
, Pigs with seeng : the wind. The leech Is boo
. leved to be a weather prcphet and two books
V llave bee written about its behavior. The
; author of anD devised an Instrument by which
leeches could give audible storm warnings.
I consisted of twelve 'botes ' of water , each I
\ containing a leech and a metal tube to ! mal i
h f for It to enter easily , but Into which I waul
try to squeeze when a' thunder storm came
I' : on , according to its nature In the tube was
I piece of wlutjebone , atached to a chain ( rain
, which hung a ball , which rang when time
: whalebone was touchel\ Twelve leeches l were
: used so as to make sure that at least one
. . would do his daty.
r . Plants are also usel as weather Indicators ,
and as th y act in sympathy with the damp.
I Jet gloom and chilliness of the air , and
I these are conditions that generally precede
\ rain , their indications cannot be called alto-
; ' . gether fallacious. The pimpernel ant the
, marigold close their petals before rain be.
V cauae the air Is getting damper , and for the
same reason the poplar and the maple show
the under surface of their leaves. An artl.
\ fclal lea of paper wi 0 he saml. 1
, bart , Ihln plll Cl Is used for the upper ride
and thicker unslzed Paper for the lower , the
leaf will curl up In sympathy with the condition -
diton of the air. So will a slip of ordinary
V photographic.papar. And the slackness that
, , , moisture produces In plants apples to In.
t . sects , lame of which . can fly only II the
i . iunehine .
' In Isn attention was dIrected to a plant ,
4 , the Abrus precaorlul , a beautiful shrub ot
V " the mimes kind , which baa the property of
being sensitive In a high degree , so that its
, pinnate leaflets go through many curIous
, movements and . It was claimed that the ,
. . form a gutdo.o unerring certainty to fore.
I ; ; . show the coming weather. Even earthquakes
' laid to bo
' , WOtO predicted by this wonderful
. - 3iant. I It closed its leaflets upward , afer
: . ' the ' manner of a butterfly about to settW ,
r fair weather was shown : when the leaflets
, remained flat. changeable and gloomy wealber
, was Indicated ; while ( bender a various die. .
" , , tancea was to b foretold by the curling of
V the leaflets , and the nearer the thunder the
greater the curl until when the pints of the
1n"t crotJ , , the tunler storm was ia.
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dicated I being overhead. : Changes of wind ,
burrlcanes , and other phenomena wore to ims
8ho"n hy the various curious and IpaulUut
movements ot the lenneta and stalks , Those
movronto uu10ubteJIT took place , but tIme
botAnl.te lt Kel "HI unable to find any
connection between them and the w/ther , I
And found the IOlt of them ( were clue to
the agency of light and moisture. Al the
meteorological ofce the movements were
found to have nothing to 10 with either
cyclones or urthquokos. Yet this penltvl
plant had been made the subject of an lns.
lieu Iatent.
In limo country : large crop of hips , ha'vs
and holy berries Is h"hl to bo a sign that
I se\ol wInter I coming and that nature
thus provides winter tool for time blr.h. .
Dut It II not ! o. Neither Is It true : green
Christmas luke a fat churchyard , lS Mr.
Dine's statistics have hown. I 19 often
Btatl that the noise of cannon will pro.
duce rain and In Austrian Tyrol the church
bels are rung to avert thunder ; but time
noton Is I : falae ) 'ho experiments male
In America to test whetber rain could be
Irodlc(11 , b ; oxplodlng a large quantity of
gunpowder In time all resulted In nothing
but smoke and noh.e. !
Only a selection has here been male of
the vast catalogue of r"lacles that have
grown up about the weatlur. There are
still Ifople , Mr. ( Inwards remark In can.
cluslon , who believe that the saints' lays
rule the weather , that . the sun puts oUt
fire. amid that warm water freeze sconce
than cold.
cold.A r
A ; 1i11d.IOS POl ( UJ.Oln
BIIC.tH 'I'IInk J..rlt' ' or thC Anier-
leji's Clip ( : ( PMtM hint Siiiii.
Only mllonnlre3 may Illulgo In the ex-
pensive sport of defending time homely , ewer
shaped silver trophy won by the schooner
yacht AmerIca In a race around time Isle of
Wight , on August 22 , 1S51. The cup , In-
trlnslcnly , b probably worth less than $250 ,
says the New York Sun. When I was won
by the America It was called , a $ i00 cup.
Snce ! the melorabe : day that Quem Victoria ,
accordIng to tradition , found 'out that there
was "no second" In the origInal race for tIme
precious e.mblem , Yanleo sportsmen have ex-
Pended ( , the experts conjecture , somewhat
lore than ,000,000 to retain It. The sn.l-
cato that owned time America wasn't then
known : a syndlcale , but an association of
gentlemt.n ; but they were just as much of a
s'nllcalo as the trIo of milonaires , W. K.
Vanderbilt , ex.Commolore g. D. Morgan and
C. Oliver Iseln , who are investing their thol-
sands for glory alone In time Defender. I
will be Imposslbloto dctermlne accurately the
cst of the lalest lerreshot ! model until after
the Internalonal races ; but Ils probable that
$250,000 will have ben cxpended 01 the
Defender before the ValkyrIe III. , victorious
vanquished , returns to Scotland. I Is safe
to say that a twIn-screw stcamsblll of the
second class , or a feet of six 01' eight four-
mlstml coasting schooners mIgh be built
with the money that will be spent on the De.
fonder.
In acme respects the gallant shIp that won
the trensure'l ' cup resemblell the sleek slcop
that I , now getting In trIm to protect t
'he America was a keel yacht. In building asleep
sloop without a cclorboJd , Icrreshof
merely reverted to orgljl ! Yankee ! prlnclplcs
The centerboard is I , In fact , a BritIsh l1en-
lon , and was first used successfully In a
Drltsh boat. When aUf ute med contem-
porll ( across the sea charle Ul with imita.
ton , the ) ' I ) In the face of hIstory of 'aeht-
lug archItecture. I will be greater glory for
Yankeelahd 10 beat John Bul with his own
kind of a boat-originally the American style
-than to beat him wih a centerhmo.mrd .
What will be the limit of expnso In buiid.
Ing future cup defenders or challengers ? Wil
the tune como when $ IOOOOQO boats wilt
compete off the Hook , or In' the English
chanlel , for the yachting supremacy of the
weld ? A comparison cit the costs of cup
defenders In the last decade may suggest
sUlgcsl
answers to these questions. The Boston syn.
dlcate that built the Puritan expended . I Is
estimated , about ; 25,000 on her. The Iron
sloop Prlscla , especialy constructed to bat.
tie with the Puritan for the honor of meeting .
Ing the chalonglnl' cnlt"r n'ml la , cost proh.
ably $20,000. The sail areas of Purian and
Prlsela were less b ) nearly [ , OOO square
feet than the salt area 'of the Defender.
The building at the Mayflower In 1886 In-
valved an expenditure of not less than
\olved $35 , -
000 by the Boston syndicate headed by General -
eral I'miine. She met time Puritan and Pris-
cilia and the " ' "
cia nn : new "rule-'o-thumb" model ,
Ihl Elsvorthm's Atlantic , In tIme trial races.
The Atlantic cost little less than the 1ay-
fewer , and much money was used up In
getting the Priscia and Puritan Into shape
for the trials. I Is likely tht nearly $100-
00 was spent In 1886 b ) Yankee yacht own-
ers before the Mayflower was elected to try
conclusions with Lieutenant Henn's Galatea
The synrlcate , of which General Paine was
the chief member : palm about $15,000 10 build
Ind ut In racIng shape the steel sloop Volunteer -
unteer , the last of DesIgner Edward IJur-
gess's creations. Only the Mayflower com-
pte,1 with the Volunteer for tile distinction
ot defending the "mug" against Mr. hell's
cutter , the Timlstle. The cost of maintaining
the Volunteer for the season was not less
Ihan $10,000 : so the expense of protecting
the cup In 1887 was $55,000.
The quartet of aspirants for cup.defendlng
glory 11 189 cost , I Is estimated , close upon
$225,000. There wa ! expended all time Vigilant -
lant alone about $125,000. The cost of building -
tnK and maintaining the Colon , Jubilee and
Pigrim , ranged , for each yacht , from $25,000
to $50,000.
Nebo ) except members of the Defender
syndicate ever may know definitely what an
expensive plaything the big sloe : has been ,
and will be , until the cup Is saved or lost
Taking Into consideration the money spent
)
In equipping the VigIlant to male a pace for
the Defender , time total cost of this year's
international races to AmerIcan ) achlmen
wi be nearly $250,000.
This Is the way an export figures out the
expense of constructing the Defcluler and
preparing her for the fray :
Chartering and fling out the Colonl as
mining ship for time Defendor'm , cr"w. . $ t0,00C
nultlng lllnlng the Detender. ' DetcntNa . . . . . . . . . . . . . $0,00
Four suits at sails . including talioons . . . 3.0
Extra expense In sending fittings Iy ex- .
0(1'ss (0 fnoiiiVlnte conslrucHon. . . . . . . .
Towing pr8B . . taclltnte . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.0 2,0
Docking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " . 2.O
Hp"r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,00)
Wages tool and clothing ot sailors for
tour months II $1,5 a month. . . . . . . : Oo
Maintaining tender tor ia days at P > a
day . . . . . tenter . . . . . . . . " . ta's . . . . . . . . . ! Go
10tl.e for crew ( ( 'or each member In
winning and I2.0 In losing maccc ) esti-
winning < . ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . IC' . . . . esl- . . . 5,0. ) )
Total . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ S0,2 :
OIUYALlY " 'A1IO.
The I > llint uf u Virginian " 'ho ' \'nl
l'hUhL'c In Court.
Virginia bas undergone many changes
slnco tho-war , although some o the characteristics -
terlslcs of tba anto-belum days still re-
main. I Is unfortunale ' If true that the
chivalrous Virginia gentleman , the typical
"I . F. V. , " Is growing scarcer , says the
LouIsville Post Seine Virginians profess 10
believe . however , that 10 one can be born
on Virginia sot and not be chivalrous ali
courteous. In Kentucky : an unfortunate
merchant saw 'banllruptcy confronting him ,
ad , to save a portion of his property , he
Invoke the name of his wife and the as.
slstanee of his friend. The creditors instituted -
tuted proceedings to recover certain property -
orty , and In the course of the proceedings
hIs ) frIend , a native of Virginia , was put 01
the stand. tilt went wel until the witness
was subjected to a rigid cros-examlnalon
by a lawyer , blmsel a native of VIrginia.
The witness went blunierng along at such
a rate that lila \ blunjerlnj } it I necessary to
interfere and tel him that ho wa" not me.
qulred to answer questions which would
criminate himself. After the close of the
case . which resulted disastrously to our
accommodatng friend , fri Virginia , ho e :
pressed great indignation for the humlatQu
10 which he had been subjected. "I was
never In my life treated with so Ito courtesy -
lew , " he said. "The'oppo lng counsel did
not act at all like a gentleran ' , sir. I ez.
pected entirely different treatment , espe.
daily as I learned hI was tram VIrginia ,
and he knew I was ( room that state. No ,
sir , In the old days no Virginia gentleman : ,
sIr , would cause another Virginia gentleman
the slightest embarrassment because of 1
paltry a matter , nor would he seek by set
Inlerrogalorles to mle him contradict him.
ulf No , air , I Is unpardonable . air , and all
for the purpose of increasing the dividends
or a few Yankee clents , whom he never saw
I am convinced sir , that your lawyer never
came from VIrginia at all all : ho must have
come from West Virginia. "
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TilE LORDLY - REDSIUN ( WON \ I
A Rairoa ers ' Wise Decision in I Buffalo
. Hunt Dispnte.
NATIVISM IN A PICTURESQUE ATTITUDE
, t Shut thnt lCIliel , limit the Indian
Clnhnc,1 the l'rlze 1,1 lliiicliet
the Jetrltna tn"llc'r '
'lull'ccu.
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"When I was ticket agent at Wallace , ICan ,
for the Jansa Pacific railroad , tWlnty.f\'o
years ago , " said Electrlcan ! Iuclus T. Stan-
Icy to a representatve of the New York
Sun , "m ) duties were not EO much the Eel ng
of tickets , for which there wasn't much dl
manl , a to keel ) the comlJan notified
whether the tracks were clear of buffaloes
In that vicinity , and whether Indians were
InelneJ or not to let the railroads remain
fntact. DUlaloes were still roaming time Kan-
stI
ss prairies In vast herds , and on their pa-
riodical migrations the ) necessarily croie
the railroad. As they mo\el In bards of
many thousands It ! took them several hours
to pass Consequently It was quite necesmry
to take them Into consideration as a factor
Infuenclng trlc on the ralroai , for I would
not bo well for a train to come unexpectedly
upon 400 or 600 acres of buffaloes . A few
buffaloes might be killed , hut that would not
compensate for a wrecked train , and perhaps
a good many dead or injured passengers
"Then the Indians hadn't yet got over
their aversion to railroads coming Into and
through that country and Intefering with
their hunting grounds , and had a cheerful
way now and then of removing sections of
track , which did not conduce to the Interests
of travel emi the Kansas lacfc ! ralr01d. So
the duties of a ticket agent at that time on
that plonelr railroad were not particularly
confined to tickets and their sale.
"I had been there a month , I think , with.
out any buffalo or Indians having made necessary -
essary a cal on m ) duties regarding them ,
and I was getting impatient. I wasn't particularly -
tcularl ) anxious 10 meet and have 10 do wlh
Indians , as the telegraph operator at Walace
and a track watchman had fled me up with
storIes about the red man In that vicinity
that were not calculated 10 malI a tenderfoot
yearn ' for their presence , but I did want to
see and kill a buffalo. One day time telegraph
operator came In my part of the station and
saimi : '
' . . 'The track watchman tells mo thero'o
more than a million buffaloes feeding al the
prairIe not more than three miles from hero ,
and only a quarter of a mile or so from the
tracle. Let's go down and shoo 'em away ,
and bag a few while they are going. '
"This was news that I hall been longing for ,
and In less than ten minutes after the oper-
ator came In with It he and 1 and a track
man bad mounted a hand car ali were spinning .
nlng along toward the spot where time buffalo
were reported to be feeding. The report
hadn't been exaggerated much , except that
time herd was a mile or more from the rai-
r6ad. This was the trst herd of buffalo I
had ever seen . I saw man ) a big one afterward -
ward but never one that coulll compare In
vastness with this mhht collection of bi-
sons. Time prairie In that direction seemed
literally fled with the bIg animals. They
formed one black , unbroken undulating mass.
that seemed bounded only b ) the horIzon , and
stretched eastward and westward beyond the
line of vision. The great herd wa aim the
north side at time ralroal and was feeding
towarl It Derailing our hand car and tak-
lug our guns we proceeded cautousty across
time prairie , hal creeping , half crawling , until
wo hail succeeded In approaching 10 within a
11ulrter of a mile of the advance guard of
the host. We then lay fat In the long grass
amid spent some minutes In curious observa- ,
ton of the throng.
"We noticed , so far as the movements of
the herd coulll be definitely seen , that I
was divIded Into detachments , each one of
which wan composed of a bunch of rows
and hal. grown calves , around whch : was a
formldable.looklng cordon of sleek young
splIce litmus , which had evldent won their
places In the royal body guard by moro than
one hard fought battle with contending rivals
In advance of these guarded detachments
ranged aim endless line of old bulls , Immense
specimens of their kind , but sulen and
tattered depoo'ed monarchs , servIng where
they had once ruled , and plainly showing that
they felt their degradation. Dy the inevitable .
evitable and Inexorabl laws of bison government -
evlable
erment these 01,1 , bulls bad bee forced to
abandon all participation II the direction or
affairs , and were now simply doing duty as
outposts to the usurping young bulls , watch.
Ing Gilt for signs of danger , and keeping at
a dIstance time packs of coyotes that hung
about the herd on the outlook for a chance
cow 10 run oft with some stray cal or exhausted
cow."Tho _ plrlt of rebellion seemed [ still strong
In many of these deposed bulls , and fre-
quent one would turn and charge savagely
on CiO guard of young bulls . and make a
frantic effort to regain a place among them ,
only to be driven quckly ! and Igomlnosly !
back by the vigorous young leaders. The
supplanted old bulls were a mangy and dis-
reputable.loklng 1st. Their coats were
ragged and their foretops matted and weedy.
Their hors were broken or splintered , and ,
together with bleeding wounds In their shoulders -
dora and sides , were vivid evidences of how
fiercely the shaggy monster had fought to
maintain their ascendancy.
"As we lay 'Idden In the prairie grass
watching the systematic arrangement ali
conduct of the herd , In its divisions and sub-
divisions amid line of outposts , our attention -
lon was attractM by and by to the peculiar
actions of various members of one of the
bunches of buffaloes which were feeding
nearest to us. A buffalo would given a sud-
den jump , run several steps , slOll and look
baclr , and then , giving its body a hearty
Ihnktng , resume its feeding again , cnly to
repeat its strange maneuvers a few seconds
laler. Another and another buffalo woud : be
alected In the same way , and one after an
other they . . would finally totter and fail to the
stretched at full
leiigtim ground . where they lay ful
" 'It seems to me ' I whispered , 'that rattle-
sllkes must be getting In their lively work
on these buffaloes. '
I' 'No , ' replied time trackman , who seemed
to know somethIng about buffaloes , time
prairie rattlesnake can't kill a buffalo . At
least not as quick as these fellows are
tumbling. 1 never saw anythIng like that
before , and can't understand it'
"To solve the mystery we concluded to fire
Into that particular bunch , which would
stlnpede I. and In turn stampede others ,
until the whole great herd would be speel-
lug away over the plain. I had the privilege
of the first shot. I crawled up to within
300 yards of the bunch. A magnificent spike
buck stood within easy rang . broadside 10
me. I aimed at him and fired. le fail
fel
where he bad stood. His Immediate com-
panlols fled. Time alarm spread along 'tho
herd , and soon the body was thulderlng
away to the northward , shaking time prairIe '
by their might tread.
"Followe.I by my companions I rushed for-
ward to my trophy. I put my foot on his
massive neck , and felt all a conqueror's prIde ,
a I looked back at m ) companIons. They
were standing stock still , ten feet behind I
me , their eyes wide ali bulging , starIng at
something beyond me , and their jaws drp.
ping. I turned to see what had thus stopped
them and put them under such a spell. In-
stanty my eyes flew open as wide as theIr
and my jaw fell just as for. I never ' knew
where be could have come from , but there , at
the other side o the buffalo I had shot , stood
an Indian He was at least six feet and a
half tall , and naked , except for a strip of
buckskin around his loins. He carried a
quiver of arrows at his back and had a tre
mendous bow In his hand. His eyes flashed
wickedly as he drew himself to his full
height placed his foot on the buffalo , and ,
smiting hImself on the bare breast , exclaImed !
In . a haughty and imperative tone :
" 'Mah boofalo.o.o" " '
"Defore the Indian had fnlshe making his
positive claim to my trophy I became paIn-
fully aware that he waa not alone , for not
less than six other Indians , as , big and ugly
I the first one , had appeared on the scene
as quietly and mysteriously a ho had. I
had no intention whattver of disputing the
re thief's claim , and I knew that neither of
my companions bat , I removed my fet at
onca from the dead bull . which ) all the
Indian I knew for resigning my right to the
prize . The Indian faMed his aroma and lookEd ,
contemptuously , , .t us , and at last exclaimed :
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'TabacT' ,
"Wo Interpreted tbls rightly to mean that
the Indian wanted a chow of tobacco. Shuul-
tnoullf each one of our party produced
I his plug mind , relchO It toward the avage .
10 took all tl ' ( rt the lliu/s , bit off I
fcnerOUI chew ( rohd'one of them , and rut
Ihel all away slfw11lre In his breechcloth.
Then , with a \ttkM leer I , he waved one
han.1 toward time , talroll\ We interpreted
this to mean tmt110 was ordering us to
quit time prairie , antI we did not hesitate ,
but went at once
"Ths mystery of , the buralo bunch was
now oxplalned. The'tnllans , hd been hiding
on the edge . of lb ) herd , and were picking
off the choicest ' 01 I the buffalos with th II
noiseless anl l ally arrows Wo never
looked back until , had : placel our hand
car on time track ! ld were resd ) . to start for
home. Then wc'tw the Indians squatted
In , , an excited gru on the ground .
" 'They RIO amblng for our tobacco , '
said the trackmen
"I ha\'e often congratulated mel since
then that I dhln't lose my scalp as well as
my buffalo that day , and will ne\'e cease to
wOlulrr why that vllln of a redskin per-
mited 10 to go away with I , for lY hot
stampeded that herd of buralD all spoiled
for the Indians a big . and profitable , hunt. . "
SlhJeot to Atncluc of Cholera , Iorhu" .
\\1110 staying In time Delta ( Mississippi
l3ottonis ) last summer , E. T. zloss , representing -
sentng Ludlow Saylor WIre Co of St. Louis ,
suffered from malaria all became subject
to attacks of cholera morbus. In every 1mm.
stance when attacked he was rele\cd AS If
by maGic , b ) using ChambArlaln's Colic ,
Cholera and DIarrhoea itenmedy. Ifs says :
"I regard I Is the 'ne plus ultra' of m dl.
cines "
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10"H , ' l'liit',1 the Ilrt of n l'rctty
tHrl'H CUI.ln JOt/ . \ / .
In Gothenburg , Sweden , lives an old
woman who , when young amid comely I , passed
much of her time with titled relatives In
Homo aul Vlonna. Fifty-six years ago this
fall shd visited Itome. In November she returned -
turned to Gothenburg by way of Berln ,
whIch , although a tiny capital In those days ,
passed as one of the lent of central gu-
rope. She knew nobody In Derln , but the
relatives she hail . been with In Iome and a
cousin In the university , who was Informed
b ) letter that the yoUO woman was coming
and ho must meet her and show her Ibo
sIghts. . ,
"I arrived with m ) chaperon and maids , "
wrote the old woman to a Gothenburg n W9
paper three weeks ago , "and was welcomed
by m ) German cousin , ns I had cohle to cal
blm. Ito was very hearty In his mnaner. He ,
was a tall , muscular young fellow , with a :
big moustache and pecular , penetrating
eyes. He seemed almost uncanny to me , yet
was a delightful ompanlon.
"J or three days the young man wag my
constant companion. To bo sure ho could
speak no Swedish but his French was per-
fed. I never had such a devoted cavalier.
I was proud enough of my German cousIn.
Only too soon came the day when I must say
good.b , to him In Berlin.
" ' :1) cOlsln , ' he mid , as 110 shook my
hand In parting , 'I have a word 10 say to
you . I Is merely-wel , cousin , I am not
your cousin at all . My frIend , who Is the
real coush you sought , was so busy , prepar-
log for hIs examination that he begged mete
to act In hIs stead during your visit. :1)
name Is Otto von Bismarck. '
"I hooked at him In dumb astonishment as
the carriage was driven away. My adventure
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"Nearly forty years passed. " The obscure
Bismarck had become a prlncl and had laid
hl9 hands on the crowns and nations of
Europe. I came to Berlin again and sent m )
card with a few written words to the prince.
An hOlr later I receh'ed an invitation and
went to the chancellor's pnlace The prince
remembered me perfectly , and we soon were
dcci p , n cs'versatioim.
" ' 1 have you to thank , ' ho saId , 'for my
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only Iews of hherhln's _ art , galleries and mu-
seums. Since we parted I have never found
time to , Ilt the.1 again. . ' '
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Dr. \V. " ' . Williams , Wichita , Kan" , says :
"Have used It In cases of mental exhaustion
and nervousness , , wIth goo results. . "
A SIGNAl , FOR . ' ' lll fllOAn . I I
Coo"olnlol for , time I > er"ol Who
' 11rl. O'el .n the 011"1' .
A C 1orlan who believes that hundreds
of people are annual ) burled alive or killed
while In a cataleptic state b ) the necessary
mutilation of the embalmlug process , has
Invented what he calls the "grave signal. "
Every graveyard has its story of belies
that have turned over In their collins. Men
and women have lain In caskets for two days
or three days , and everybody that came il
said : "How calm , " "How placid , " "How
natural. " And then they put him under , six
feet of earth , or they put him away In part
of the six feet , the rules of some cemeteries
allowing three bodies to bo burled , one on
top of the other , In a single plot , six b ) tbroe.
Thus there Is a more or less strong belief
that often people are burled alive .
I was the constant occurrence of Incidents
like thIs that let a Californian , Hubert
Deveau by name , twelve years ago , to work .
on a series of experiments. Ho tried many
plans. Once he figured on an electric signal
that would be set ringing by the slgJest
movement of time Interred , and he got out a
patent on it. There were to be straps affixed
10 the legs and over the forehead of the man
In time coffin. Ills slightest movement would
start the bell a.golng , and the sexton would
come running , spade In hand , and within an
hour the dear departed would walk Into the
bosom of his fatally with the greeting ,
"Fooled you , didim't I ? "
Mr. Deveau , however , thought long and
hard abut this. Then It occurred to him
that If a robust , healhy man were placed In
a cofn 'vlh the hid screwed down and then
placed In a grave with six feet of earth pled
In he would be unable tOabreathe , and the
electric appliances , so ready at hand , would
bo useless. Mr. Deveau then retired to his
ancestral estate near I reno , Cal. . and
evolved what ho calls the "grave signal. "
Time grave signal consists of a rod . Ihat
runs down through a tube Into the coffin and
rests upon the forehead of time interred . A
series of rubber valves prevents the egress
of vapor from time grave. At the slightest
movement of the body In the cofn time rod
flies up , all the valves are opened , air 10ws
Into the prison and the unfortunate who thus
wakes up In darkness and on the' under
side of time earth waits patiently until some
one strolling through the cemetery notices
thai the little red bal signal on the top of
the grave Is displayed , and thereupon sounds
the alarm , _ _ _ . _ _ _
D.tNGHRS UF SLANG.
Experience In JrCokl'n 5ho" , PerU
.1 the ' \'urll "nnt. . "
A new 1astrton of the dangerous confusion .
fusion that often Is created by the prevo
alence of slang Is furnished , says the
Drcoklyn TImes , by , the following Incident :
A professional rat catcher went to a fashIonable -
Ionable club on T slay evening and at midnight .
night he had bagged fifty rats . With the
fifty living rats inn bag-for this professional
scorns to kill any' rts on the premises-he
left the fashionable club and started home.
Then appeared all unknown policeman , who
sal : alt . "
"Whore are you gol\g ? "
"None of your business , " answered the rat
catcimer J
"So that's your swag , " said the policeman ,
sarcastically tapping the bag with his club.
"Nary swag , " said ' the rat catcher.
"What bave you In' the bag , then 7"
Here we core to the first crIsis of the
story , for the reply was "Rats. " The police.
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man then hunched the Irofesslonal for what
he , perhaps renolabl , regarded as his Im-
pertinence. Moreover ) he grabbed time bag
anti thrust In his Inquiring official han .
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Here comes the econd crisis of the story ,
for at least seven 'rats grabbed his hand
The policeman yelled and shook off time rats
and the other forty-three leaping tram the
bag the street was soon full of rats. The
per policeman , with rats to the rIght of
him and rats to the left of hIm and rats In
an indefinite vIsta before and behind hIm ,
fled Into the night
This Is not the frt time that slang has
indirectly created confusion In the world.
The rat catcher bad no suspicion that the
policeman would take his explanation amiss .
This Is the trouble The slang that creates
creaes
disaster . generally Ule unwittingly. May
the present picturesque . warning be heeded .
Truuhh..t 'ivitht I'rrhodlenl . . .
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lomo year ago , It
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very weak. A teaspoonful of ChamberlaIn'
Colic . Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy taken
In a little water gives me relief . I could get
a dozen testimonials from people here who
have ben cured bl this remedy. "
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Denthlct Scene of 1 Jluon"llner'lo
Shut Nu 1..ar..tH.
John Mulns , illicit distiller . who tiled , In
Outlawry near Juncton City , union county ,
Ark. . time other dl ) ' , wits a typo ot his kind ,
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on which account he may he worthy of pe-
cla mention. The aVlr o moonshiner In this
section , says n correspondent or the New
York Sun , Is a clever fellow-suspicious , of
course because or his calling , hut hospitable
anI , : kInd , hearted J Is bred In him that !
It ts his right to transform grain into spirits
without paying n lax 10 time goverimmuent. lie
Is by nature a ! honest and Inw-abldlug lS the
average citizen. What evil deeds are his
out hle of unlawful distilling are but oplwdes
ot his career , which he really dislke" to
commit and for which his conscience Pricks
hll\ to time last But Mulns was prick
lie committed only one murder , but hs endIng -
inc justies the belief that ho wds bo'i
with a % veil developed moral tnlnl.
He seemed to take pleasure In doing wrong
and hal no thought at principle In conne lon
with the liquor question , taking to the Ii-
legal tralc simplY because I came easiest
to hand. His parents were honest farming
people. Coming into time world with IL deformed -
formed fool , It was often remarked that he
sought to blame all mankind for this accident -
cident or his birth . as he would brook no allusion -
lusion to it , howenr delicate. Ire hud little
or no education , but was I genius In his
protesslon. Ho was never arrested. Dc-
teclh'o got after him , but he eluded them
and led the country. Proof against him was
meager and he was allowed to return. I
watt an open secret that ho kept UII his old
vocation . but he made 1 show of other busi-
ness. Being a contractor In n small way , he
hired a man named Jones to huld a house
for him In Magnolia , Ark Mulns engaged
cheap negro laborers 10 assist Jones and
Jones discharged them. The two men hall a
fight over the matter . and 1ullns was
worsted They met next day In n store and
while Jones and Muiiins' brother were at
I fisticuffS , Mulns shot Jones with I pistol ,
I killing him. The murderer made his escape
with little dllculy to his homo In the
country , a densely wooded region.
Here he lived for two years unmolested , ai-
though the law was supposed to be In quest
( 1uest
of him. lIla habitation was n cave in a
dense thicket which he had floored and celed 1
and In which he made whllo corn whisky
cor
which he bout to time farmers , I has 1 brick
chimney and Ireplace ; On the wall there
still hrlgs g much worn pair ot the t"nant'
trousers. Within , In n corner , tl a pair or
his old shoes On the Inside there are also
n gun rack and a coffee pot support In the
chimney two bricks have hen left so Ihey
could be speedily removed , making n halo
trough which he could thrust his rile and
lIre let all assailants.
Ho vacated the place several months since
and appeared near Junction City , Union
county , 1 town on I new railway , which
town also embraces 1 IJrt at Union partsh
Louh'lana. JullJ here openly deled the
othicers. They seemed loath to catch him.
lie was a small man , of low stature , spare
build , with swarthy complexion amid light
brown eyes , amt walked with I slouching
gait. Such a personal appearance , while
not prepossesllng , need not inspire fear In a
determined officer , but the oUtlaw was
known as a dangerous man , quick and read ) '
with his pistol , which he always carried
In a little gripsack In his Imand. So ho went
his way and made wildcat whisk until a
messenger came to town one unl era
1 doctor The doctor following time guide ,
went to a calin far from time roadside , down
a hog path that led through a foreNt. Irre
ho found n man lyIng on I dirty bed. Time
patient's eyes were glassy anti his breath
came hard and at long Interval"
"Too hate , " the physIcian said and in the
same momenl the man was deal -f imneu-
monia consequent of long exposure ( and
neglect .
"I ha.l seen him 1 few times before " said
the doctor , aferward , "but might not have
recognized him , so changed wa he In death
But I knew his tool-Ihero Is not another
hike It hereabout. Besides , he left this ,
clinched In his right hand. " What the doctor -
tor showed was timid note . :
l\e got nothln' to take iiack I ain't sorry
for nolhln' I ever done. So don't tell sorr
tel n le
and sa ) ' 1 died beggln' any man' panion .
. JOHN MU LINS.
Careless People ,
"It Is surprising , " said a merchant , "bow
careless people are with shopping money
They come Into my store for gods and after
paying the bill with large money calmly
walk off without their change. Others will
take all their money out to count it , and
go out of the store leaving a $0 bill on the
counter which cannot possibly be returned
to its owner again. Not long ago a man
came In here and after paying a little bill
left the store with his roil ut $ GO lying right
on this counter hero where anybody could
have picked It Ul } and made away with it.
le came back later 1 white a a sheet
and when I gave hIm every cent of th
, money be was glad enough to give It all
back a I roward. Most of the careless one
are women : they talk a good deal to the men
abut being careful of money , and of the
need of carrying a pocketbook tight In the
fat ; then they come down town with $30
or $40 on band , and after spending $10 of It
drop $5 more In tle different stores and
then complain to Limo police that they have
, been robbed Another queer thing about
it is that most of the careless people are
those who can't afford to lose anything. "
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.1 % % 'folower Snemmds Ills Iiiys Near
time Cimeket of Ills Iend.
In a vault in the beautiful Greenwood
cemetery , Long Island , there sits daily by
tito side of the casket containing the remains -
mains of lila beloved wife and surrounded by
a strange collection of articles associated
with tier daily life , an aged man who mns be.
como known to numerous visitors to time
cemetery as the "Man wimo lives in a tomb , "
Since time body of his wife was deposited
in the vault , two weeks ago , ime hmas spent all
hits days beside her comn , and has declared
he will continue to do so until ho is summoned -
moned to join her. S' : r.Uc ! ! eXcitenient
among time visitors to tIme graveyard Imas
been caused by the bereaved husband's maui.
festations of grief that time autimorities of limo
cemetery have been forced to remonstrate
with imlm. Still ime persists In exercising
what tie considers his right to pass his time
in time tomb.
The Interior of the tomb affords ample cvi.
dence of its occupancy by the living. At the
farthem' end of time passage stands a quaint ,
ohd4ashioned dressing table and mirror , coy- .
ered with various small articmea of feminine
use , anti in front of this a chair , on wimieim
time watcher sits beside the casket. Opposite
is a shelf littered wIth an extraordinary collection -
lection of objects , Including articles of
clothing , china vases , witimered 'bunches of
flowers , balls of yarn and pieces of unfinished
kititting. On a simelt are imiled a woman's
reticule , an old card rack , several worlthas-
kets , some knives and spoonma and more Imiecea
of unfinished knitting work , 1mm a corner is
a broom and several feather dutor ,
The lonely watcher by time dead is Mr.
heed , a wealthy , retired merchmmmnt of Brook-
lyn. Ills wife tiled two years ago , and imer
body was placed in the vault of item fatimor
in the cemetery. Mr. Reed was not on good
terms with 'bits fatlmer-in.law , who objected
to lila frequent visits to time vault. The
father-in-law diml recently. mind Mr. Reed
then had a tomb built ott his own mlaims at a
coat of $3,000 and imad tIme body removed to
it two weeks ago. lie thmen filled the vault
with mementos of his wife , Since the coin-
imletion of time tonnb Mr. Ileeti. imas visited it
regularly every morning , remnumining until time
cloaiumg of the cemetery gates at 7 o'clock.
He sits by the little dressIng table at the
head of time body , and the cemetery authori.
ties have been unable to dislodge him.
Vhmiie it ltalum.'d ,
-It was near mldmmight of the fifth day 'out
and all was peaceful aboard the ark , relates
the Chicago Tribune. Wearied by his labors
in feeding tlmo aqimals and navigating the
vessel Noah was wrapped In a profound sleep
anti his deep , regular snoring seemed to impart -
part a rhmythmical cadence to time sotmnml of
time rain timat boat incessantly upon the deck
planks just above his imead.
Suddenly there was a commotion among
time animals. One of time tigers had succeeded
In thmrummtimmg his paw through the galvanized
iron wire partition that separated him ( remit
the imyena anti lied dug his claws into that
interesting creature's little.
There arose a fierce outcry In which all time
beasts of prey in that part of thu ark Joined
omething to throw anmd raise the window ,
Time neighbors' ata are in the back yard
again 1"
"Japhot , " ho said , stirriog uneasily , "got
and the noise roused Noah into partial con-
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