12 THE OMAHA "DAILY BEE ; TTintSDAT. JANUAKY 20 , 18 3.
CURIOUS USE OF SHORTHAND
Indian Literature and Traditions Bccordod
in Stenographic Oharactsra.
" V/AWA" /
tXTRACTS FROM THE "KAMLOOPS
the \rtVM i l T OTKHII f SPVPII Trllim ,
, AI1 SpiMiklnu IHITprpnt I.nn-
Inlpri'MtliiK Writ.
ten Tradition * ,
Several Irlbct * of Indians In British
Columbia.arc just actlilrln | the art of writ
ing their own language. Tlip Idea \\M given
them by a Homnn Catholic priest. Ttvo
- .thotfsanrt'of the Indian * are corresponding
' In" shorthand , ami many of them artsub -
ficrlbcrs. { < ! the queerest newspaper In the
world. This ncwnpaper Is published In rhor ?
lian l and la called the Kntnloop * Wawi.
Six yoirs ngo the neveral tribe ? of Indlann
living ( lions the canyons ot the Thompson
nrid Krascr rivers In Ilrltlsh Columbia were
unable ta write their languages , and had no
wiltten literature , although each pos-wod -
n language , , obeyed Ita grammatical laws end
hail nn 'extensive mythology iireuorvcd by
frequent recitation. To < lay 2,000 Individuals
of thee different 'trtbo.i ' arc writing letters
to each other In their several languages and
nrc reading a newupaper , bibles anJ sons
books nil by mcnr.r ) of thortlian.l.
Fr , J. M. l.o Jeunc WB < ocnt from llrlttnny
to Hrjtlsh Qolumibla in n missionary some
eighteen ytnrs ago. He conceived the Ides
. _ of teaching the Indians of the various Infoc-
i B to wrlto their langtiago and showed them :
' sign to represent , each sound which the ;
( tittered In pronouncing their words , Thox
' ( nlgnn were ultnply the shorthand symbols of
( | the Diipldyan phonographic system.
' This waa.In . July , 1SSO. At the close of
September of the same > eJr Cliulle Alexis
Mijonn , a poor Indian crlpplo from the loner
exclusively for Indian. The women arc
called clutchmcn.
Pr. La Jeune- I not * atl fled with teach
ing the Slwashcio ! \ write letter * In their
own language by means of shorthand , and
to read a newspaper In the same language ,
tint ho has published parts of the bible ( n
nlno of the different languages , using the
name method , and Is etlll laboring on sim
ilar publications.
Shorthand , he says , Is so many times
simpler than Kngllsh orthography that he
takes no credit to himself for this wonder
fully novel work of being the first to teach
thcso natives to write , Then , as they ftp-
ply tlio symbols to their own language ,
they are not obliged to learn the grammar
and spelling ot any other language In addi
tion to the task of committing the short-
hind alphabet.
The Indians meet using the phctip Ic ul-
rdabct for writing arc the " llvl" "
Thomrsin and Kraser rivers. The Different
languages whloli arc boliii ? written rnJ lead
by meorii of h arc Chinook. Shccp.hivp ,
Okanagon , Th'-.mpson ' , Llllocet , Stale ,
SkwamJsh , Eheshel an.1 Sbyamon. It Is In
throe larjuigcs that tiepravnii , Lymr. ,
r > irti ( of the blblo and he wochlsir , Ime
been published.
The Siocshwaps nrc thrte living at Kam-
loorn , and though the church they have built
In a fraire structure , which compare * fi vn-
nbly with thelltllo frame chumica In the
small villages of eastern Canada and llit
Uti led Pta1 es , yet the Indians all live Iti
log cables : r bark loJgpi , most of whlej face
the one street of the vlliEc. < .
CUHIOUS CKflBMONIALS.
In the summer the flat gteen land h-ing
along the river between It and the dry graz
ing lanl of the mountain ] miy often be cccn
gllstuilng with the wh' ' o tcntc of vls.tlng
Slwashcs , whs are , no doubt , 'tic.ro to par- ,
t'lclpato In some religious ceremonial. |
Such a ceremonial Is baccd upon Chris
tian rltu 1 , but may have a&ioclated with It
oonio ttacca of primitive cuttoms which done
no harm , vCilfo , on the other hand , to con-
Jenin Uacm would tauso some of the In
dians to rebel agalr.rft the Christian part of
tlio cc--en.ony. The little duaty street haa
irany tlnuu bi-en green with fir trcer , cut i
from ' ho mountains ) and set In avtnucn by
(
the Indians. Up and town , bet wean the rows
of trees the ceremor.'l.J 'procession would '
pacs , uCvllo wild. Ho.vera were stuttered In
t *
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GROUP OF INDIAN SHORTHAND WUITEKS ON THE NORTHWEST COAST.
/flcoln valley , waa shown thu Bjfltcm for
r the first time. Ho took to It Intuitively and
pot to work to decipher some Jndtan prayc.ii
Vi which the rather gave him. lle'oro Chr at-
inas ho ha 1 mastered the art or writing
lils'W. iagi ) and bfgnn to communlci'ic ' It to
Ills frlenlnovho were Anxious to loarn.
When a fd7.JnUIans of n camp have
learned It Ihcy nrXalr''oltlous to teicl1 : tllt >
whole camp. ThuH C. l'Univn5 _ 1' . teach
i. few IndlvMirala In eachtWiip. In s'limner ,
wh.Ho they are'berry ' plrUlns , ranching ,
Irrigating , etc. , the pro rm In study Is
blow , but In winter -.vhclo nights are dovo.ed
to It. So expent have sonio of these InJIins
"become " that several medals have bzen
awarded them. Ono diploma \vas u.warded
the Indian students at Kamops ! by the
shorthand oxpocltlon ot Nancy.
The Slwathcs , co they me locally called ,
Iho word ifcf.'iiR a corruption of the French
Sauv.iKe. soon learned to use tlita shorthand
motliC'.l. After about GOO Siwnshcs UiJ
n.astcrc.l this > stc'm ' LI became ncccobary
that their Intercut 'bo retained by placing
rcMdliR ! iiMttcr bcforo them , and thus \\an
ono of itho purpose' of the Catholic priest
reallzcJ , for ho w'aheJ them tobe ublo to
read the blblo and other of his roIlgUua
C1IINOOK HTM * .
fAOK PHO.M "KAMLOQl'S WAWA. " Till !
STKAX'CSEST NEWSl'Al'EH IN THU
WOULD.
booka. ' Ills task waa to provide this
literature printed In the characters of the
E ) stem.
THM'EDITOR OF THE WAWA.
I'r. I.u Jcunc's headfiuartera are at the
Indian \IllaKo or ranchereo , EH It Is called ,
across tho" river from Kumlnopa. Here thu
ElwanhfH have erected n church for him , In
ono will of which he liven and edits the
'VVawa , This paper Is In iihouojiaphlc blgaa
nd coalalna articles and letters in t > u\eral
ot the Indian laiigunKc.s of the region , as
veil as jn ( ho Chinook jargon , \\hlch Is the
trade IcimuaKo tmed between different
tribes , Cliliu-he and nhltcg throughout much
of lirlt'sli Columbia , aloim part ot the coast
of Alu k.i uiul the northwcstoru United
States ,
Wawn In the ord for talk In the jargon ;
lionet * I'r. Lo Jeuno has chosen It as the
name fop this qurer iionspaper , which he
founded "anil has successfully pub'lsiied
elnce May.rib9l. From then until .March ,
% 1892 , U as prjntud on a niimeoKraph , but
> iv Is now fortunate enough to bo able to
.dvo It printed In Now Westminster.
> Whllfi taking the writer over the reserve
7 a carriage nurcbaucd for him by the lu-
Js. nn , Fr. Lf Jeuno was lo < | uent Io prals-
l < * thlr stipcess In so quickly acquiring
jN tf nu * of\Vrlll K Ilielr language. Nearby
bi thu-eoveninu'iit kcbool , where thu old
tvabhcit send their chll < Ir u nlth feelings
" ' jirlder ,
_ ! t la Jti { connection with this Indian
Kjtltool or tUu Indian agent that ono hears
tlio word Indian ; elsewhere among Indians
or wblU .tlj word Slwtmh Is uit'd ulmost
, the iwth bcforo faem. These flowers had
i been guthereJ along the mountain streams
In 'their ' beautifully woven baskets.
Several years ago the- Passion play was
erad ed here by the Ind-i.r.s , un'Jcr t1
tloa of the priest. Ttho SI M t' ' je.-nied to
enioy tltlii and speak of It 7'lt.i much Interest ,
but or. ? poc : wiilto roan had become taaine
Euico witnewliiR It and has trsqueatly tried
to crucify himself until at las.1 the authori
ties had to restrain him.
Another cause of tieso gatherings is to
show loyalty to their queen , i.jid on the night
ot Jubilee day I niw the peak ] of the moun
tain , Mh'lch rcara 1' ' s head above the little
vllMge , belching fort'h ' flre ard > smoke like u
great volcano , but It was only the 'result ' of
dajo of labor on the part of thcao loji'l
dusky subjects who had plied high heaps of
dry logs to set them on fire In honor of
VlctorU on Jubilee nlgiit.
OP Uvls oowijn several letrora were writ
ten to the queen , on sheets of birch lurk. In
the laiyjuigo o ( the Shooshwaps , but recorded
by the phori3tlc symbols. These were trans-
inittt' . io lur by the father , and we hape no
over zealous aecrcu.ry will proven1 , her from
receiving these tokens ot esteem from her
loul ) but ratrlotlc mountain children. She
and Iho ucleni'lsts of her realm cannot but
bo Intcrcuteil In these ottcmp s of several
tribes of aativo people to put their language
on record before It tosses from use and to
correspond Int&o only language which some
of them , especially the clutchmcn , b > rve
mastered. '
Itco nDt a natunal evolution from the
spoken unwritten language i.o the written , as
tr.o thought of writing by phc < actlcs \ \ > Js
suggested by an Individual of another race ,
but It Is etlll IiiUTCE. ing to Icurn of the
first feeble attempts of a primitive people
to nj-ko ih ! Important step from a spoken
language , a iratoryjiy tradition and a coii-
tiuc. by.hnor ; to a written language , history
and contmc , ! , )
Arnold's Ilromo 'cenry eurea headaches ,
lOc , 25c and 50c. All druggists.
'TO I\JOY A citJAit.
llnl I' ' . v Jlt-n ISvop Rot the Very IHt
lllNllltN
"Personal observation has taught me , "
s.ild n Cuban cigar ( U-alur to n Washington
Slur reporter , "that not one person In n
hundred Unows > how to mnoku n clgnr to
enjoy It tliuroiighly. For Instance , most
men , after buying their cigars. Htlck them
between their teeth and gnaw the ends off
rechlofvly , theieby tearing and loojenliiH
the wrapper. Then they light their cigar *
and puft nway UK If their very life de
pended upon finishing them In n hurry ,
Thiist treiUed thu linear cigar will burn Ir-
reffuhirly , mid the smoUersi will , nine tlmco
out of ten , l.iy the blanio on the. cigar.
The elgnr may be to hlume , but In niont
cacos Iho fuult lies In' the. way It has bMn
handled.
"After u cigar haw been bought the end
B'lould be cut Finoolhly off by a clipper or
( harp knlfi\ The reverse end should then
be placed In the mcutli and the cigar blown
through. This rcindvep all the llttlo uur-
tlcles of dust whlcli 'cannot be avoided In
the manufactuio , nnd prevents them from
being Inhaled Into tbe > throat , and from
ptoituelng coughing. The cigar should then
liu lighted , and particular attention should
bo paid to Its being thoroughly Ignited all
o\er the nurface of the end. Then instead
of pulling nway like a steam engine the
pmoker will llnd that three or four puffs
every mlnuto mnko the best way to enjoy
r no clar. The Bino'/es uhould be kept In
the mouth a short time in order to appre-
clato the Iliivor of the tobacco. Then It
, should be emitted slowly.
| "In care ono side of the cigar should burn
and leave n ragged edgeon the other Hide ,
! It Is not necis&ary to relight It. ns I often
i see many people do. A gentle bla.v through
the clgur lovuird the lighted end will Ig-
nlto no rugged fide , nnd It will burn reg
ularly , HinoUlntr thin way Is a plemnin-
It fie IB me. to see a rnun smoking n ulgur
who does not know how to enjoy It. and I
often fe l like KlVl K blm. n few words of
advice , and would do so were It not for the
fear uf offending him , "
Tilt * C'liiiilliKTVoiiiun ,
wh goes to. Iheplub 'w-hlle ) her husband
tends the baUVjr iifwclI M the good pld-
( nslitoncil won in Wholooks after her home ,
will both at. HUUH get run down In hnilth.
They will bo troubled with IDES of appetite ,
headache } . BleeplefstieBd. fuintUig or dizzy
spells. The niut.vbpil rul remedy for these
women la KJectr.le Hitters. Tliousamlu of
BUrterere frojn 'Xamo Back and Weak Kld
neys up-anl"cilI"if'blesEed. ( . It Is the
medicine for women. Female complaints and
nervous troubles of- all kinds are soou re
lieved by the usa of Electric Hitters , Dell-
rate women should hvJJPJu's ' remedy on hand
to build up the system. Only COc per bottle ,
Kuan & Co , * , . _
THAT BLACK HAWK PURCHASE
ItoMsnts Conncct5l with the Eottlcraout
of a Strip of Iowa ,
TYPICAL LCG CABIN CF PIDNEER3
IlnpiiI'cnplp AVIui OpiMiril HIP Flrnt
Sc-tllctiHMitN I in tinin : ( crn I'nrl nf
tlic Stntf 1'rliiiltlvc .Mi'llioil *
of TriiiiinclliiK
Tills strlo of territory was thrown opnn '
for Rcttlcmcnt In 1S3C. enys a writer In the
Enterprise of Dlrmlngham , la. , ami when
Titus MOM cad Henry Holmes me In 1S3T
they found Tour families wUhla five miles of
where they settled. Tills country was known
ns the H'.ock Hawk Puvchane , In Wisconsin
territory. The government had DtirchaseJ a
strip abnit fifty miles wide , west of the
Mississippi river , with Missouri bcrdorlns It
en the south , and running north , tak cig In
the gt-cat Itad niMca of Uubutiue.
N'sw wo will go L'uck a little among the early >
E-ttkrs. When Titus Moss sctUod In this J
neighborhood he was the first man that pre
tended to be religious , bit I'.lere was no
plao to worship. The cabin on his claim !
was occuleJ by Jamevj E. Hlchey and WH- i
Ham IMtterson , two bachclors'who came Into
the territory to make cMltna and sell to men ,
that came to settle. They made some money
In that way , but soon tpent It. " I
I will glvo joti n description of that cabin I
and how many occupied It for a time. The
cabin was built of small logs , notolio.l to-
geltuiat the corners and left with a largo
crack between each log. targe enough to put
your hand through. It was covered with j
clfnbari ! ( jou could ses out through the
roof. Thcro wns a largo nrrplace cut out
01' oni- end that was built uo as high as n
men's head with sp'.lt log , so there wen
room to fill In clay to make n place fee the
flr ; then < o top of the fireplace was built
a stick chimney and Inside the sticks It waa
plastered with mud to keep It from burning. L
Women l.ad to cook everything by the flrc-
lilacc. Wo Wil never heard or a cook steve
at tret time. Then wo hud a one-legged
bedstead In each lock corner of the cabin.
The cabin was 12x16 feet. There were the
two baeholors , Tltun MOM and his family of
seven. Henry Holme * with five of his family
and Jainc.9 Whitney , a single man , who had
fallen In company with us en the road
Ilfteiu In all. We made -tho bedsteads high
enough to sleep under as well as on top.
Wo poecd ! elm Larlt and nut on t'.io ground
to sleep en under the bedsteads ; we also put
elm bark on tlio loft for the boys to sleep on.
There \va no floor , window or d-or In the
cabin hung up a blanket for a door. A
happier set of people you never eaw.
LONG MARKET JOUHNEYS.
The flrat year wo were here we had 'to ' go
to Illinois and Missouri for all of our
provisions. Wo had to go from seventy-five
to 100 miles and then pay $1 per 'but'hcl '
for torn meal and other things In proportion.
Wo brought our cows from Illinois. The
first two winters we had to winter our otock
on pralrlo hay.
In the summer of 1837 Dr. William Miller
bought a claim adjoining Titus Msfl , and In
the fell brought his brother , Thomas Miller ,
with him to hulp build a ctbln. They
boardo 1 with us while creeling their 'house. '
Wo uometlmes ran our of cornmcal ; then
wo llvej on lye-hominy , and lonictlmcs
corn \\sa harj to gelt. In the fall father and
Mr. Hawk went to Farmlngton to get so.no
bread. There was u settlement that came
in 1S30 aiul had ralsoJ a brop'Of corn In
1S37. father round corn to sell , 'but ' their
oxen got away In the nlgh't. Mr. Hawk
went to hunt the oxen and father got n
bushel of corn , ground It ona hand mill , and
came from Farmlngton on foot anJ carried
the bushel of jfaeal so his family and loard-
crs would have somofhing to cat while- they
wera waiting ito get the tcim homo with a
load of corn. The corn was large , fine earn ;
they counted 100 ears fcr a. bushel and paid
$1 per burfiel. When the corn came w *
tcok tin vessels , punched * " ) ! < ' ' ' i , o
grate the corn and * .n nlsht
the men woul' ' . .uiun and grate meal to
makn irrr.iitne next day. Wo had soirw
* i a't ' und Ihe writer of this article
Vould grind It on a coffee mill to make
cakes for breakfast. It 'being sifted through
n. solve. The women would mnko lye-
romlny. Wo got our bacon from Illinois.
Dr. Miller and his ibrother enjoyed the way
we had to live. Those wcro hnppy days , and
Wi > had ICI'Q of fun.
TVP.1CAL PirtST SCHOOL.
In tlio fall of 1838 J. N. 'Nrrrls contracted
to teach a subscription school of four months
< .lio first school ever taught In this section
of the country. The schcol was In a small
log mbln that had been occupied by Mr.
Sutton. The cabin In which Dr. N'orrls
taught his first school was small , had a
puncheon floor that was hewed out of logs ,
one rnd of the cab'.n ' was taken up with a
fireplace larte enough to burn faur-foot
vo.d ; a piece of log was cut out on each
side for n window to give light ; the scats
were made of split hickory logs , with holes
bored to fit the legs In ; the legs wcro SD
long the snaller children could not reach
the floor and their feet had to dangle ; the
writing desk was made by boring holes Into
one of the legs and wooden pins drove In ,
and 0:1 : this n board was fastened. Ho was
a ioo3 teacher , and each noon would ploy
ball with the scholars. It might be Interest
ing to some of your readers to mention the
names of some of his scholars. Tie most of
them are gone : William 'Elijah ' and Martha
Redman , Nancy , Farah , Robert and William
Rutledge , William and 'McCray ' Parker , Pattl-
son , Emily , Rhoda ami Jane Martin ; Jacob ,
David and Katy Ann Griffiths , Joseph
Isaiah and Judab Foster , C , L. James , Mary
and Reuben Moss , Jane and James Dlck-
fcrd and others.
In 1844 John Harrison lali out the origi
nal town of Birmingham. So Birmingham
Is now fifty-seven years pld. There have
been several additions since made to the
town. Dr. Norrls helped plat the town
and named It. Then he , taught the first
school In the town. His' school occupied
two rooms Joining ; one was made of logs , the
other a frame.
The first school house built hero was a
hawed log 'house ' ; the seats were split logs
with legs , and had a fireplace 'In one end.
After a time got a box steve In It. That
liousc stood where the present school house
Is. In process of time that log school house
was occupied by different < lcnomlnatlnnn
Metljodlsts. Presbyterians , Seccders , United
Brethren , True Wcsleyans-r-for a church on
Sunday.
i That house got old , -was. taken down and
u brick one built on the sa'mo ground. That
got old and was taken down. Now a third
house stands on the same plat and It Is get-
jtliiB old.
TUB I.VSATIATH MISSISSIIM'I.
HIMV tin * KutluT of WnliTH Took Airuy
n l.iMvyrrV Vnliinltli * Heal lOxlatc.
"No use talking , the .Mississippi river Is
tiYo meat contrary thing on eiarth , " romirkcd
Captain S. II. King of Greenville , Miss , ,
ID tlio St. Louis Globe-Democrat man *
"During the civil war , It will be remembered ,
there wai > i , double benJ , much In > 'he r.Tvjpo
of the letter S , of the river at Vlcksburg.
General Grant , you know , Wiinted to change
the coumo of the river by cutting a cliunnal
through Do Soto peninsula , thus cutt'Ing
off ti e upper bend and causing -the river ' < o
flaw straight across below' Vlcksburg and
lou'Irvi the town high and dry. Grant could
then have scot Jila junbi ts by Vlcksburg
and eocaped the shelling from the upper bat
teries of the confederates north of the town.
Ho put General 'McClerrand and revcral
'I lOiisand men 'to ' work at cutting this channel
arrom the peninsula In front of the town , and
tiiey worked for eomo lime , notwithstanding
the huiurumen't ' from the 'lower ti ttcrles'
of the etiemy. But the contrary river
wouKVt ehow the IMS desire of accepting
such an Urtl.lclal channel , anyway , TVe plan
wjii finally aKindoned . .inil Cira-r's gunb < In
bd : to make the run before both < Cic < upper
trod lower batteries , 'llut.ln ' 187C the Mirrts-
t'ippl river , cf Its own ucwr.l , cut l.n way
acrois Do Soto penlrau'a below Vlcksburg ,
but further up than nran''s artificial ch-nncl
waa started , De Seta por.4npua ! Is now IB
Sc-to Island , and the body of water In fKiit
cf Vlckuburg ! H now known as Ccatonn4U
lake , taking the name from the year ti at the
centennial wis held at Philadelphia. Th's '
U only ono of many Instances showing how
' : ho Mlssltulppl refuses to submit to the dicta ,
tlori of civil engineers and how It folVovva Its
own stubborn course , wlmltng and
1U way liicro and there at Us own will.
By the way , 'ho Ml"sslppl ! w shod eov-
cral tbsuaand. dollars out of my picket In
ono night about fifteen > cats ago. At tbit
tlmo I owned a ro\v of houcej whl-h begin
altncst rec blocVa away from the river
In Oreenvllle , Miss , one day a government
engineer eald u > me : "The river will some
tlmo wis.C away Us bank hero unl your
bulldlnp } will tumble- . '
"Well , 1 Ivjghed a' ' him , The bnnk was
BCTcntj-flvo feet high , and , beside * , the river
wco qti'lto law. One morning I awoke to'
learn that there had been a big cave-In of
ti o river l < ir.\ the night before , and that a
rouplo of my buildings hid been carried
away. I Joined he crowd of people that
rushed to the rivet : tank to eeo Oils de-
slrue'Jon. AntI I - 4ellou , I never appreci
ated the terrible power > cf the Father of
\\ators until I witnessed this scene. While I
was standing there < nIking with friends an
other big slice ofr mud , a block In width ,
crumbled away and > fell Into the river , car
rying with It scvaraU more of my buildings.
You can Imagine ihbw I felt , because I had
been drawing nn Income of $1,000 per month
In rentals from my-building. * . Now , over half
of them were a masj of debris floating down
thu rlvci , and ray real estate wa. only so
much dltt In the luittom of the clnnnel.
"As I strcd there watching my buildings
an 1 ground s.lp nway Into the river , a citi
zen approaches met and said , 'Captain , I'll
ghe > ou $1,500 for-.tlie remainder of your
property. '
" 'No , I'll nets take less than $2,000 , '
sa'd I.
"Tho words had mo moro than left my' '
ttngue when tlienrnvas another cave-In , and
two more of my lotsiand buildings tumbled ]
Into the greedy river. The citizen then re
marked to me , 'Captain , I'll give you $1,000
for jour property now. '
"I .refused to entertain this propcsltlon ,
which of course , was a pure speculation , as *
no human agency could stop the cave-In. '
Pretty soon another one of my lots and Its
buildings went Into the river , and my specu
lative friend then offered me $800 for the
remainder of my property. By this tlmo I
had concluded to trust to luck and stand all
Lssfs. and I refused to sell at any price. I
now had one lot and ono building left. 'Dur
ing the excitement nn old colored woman
came up and said to me !
" 'See hcah , Cnp'n , will ye give me dcm
brick what's In dat collar under ycr
house ? '
"I told her she could have the brick. I
hnd n pile of new bi'.ck ' In the cellar under
my only remaining house. The old woman
gave her husband 25 cents to biro n team
ami wagon to haul away the brick. Now ,
upon my word of honor , what I am now
to'ng to say Is true. While the old colored
ir.ari was gone for a wagon another cavc-lm
occurred and my last house nnJ lot , brick
and cellar ami all , tumbled Into the river.
The cave-In tame so suddenly that the
crowd of people standing on the bank had
to flei for their lives. After the excitement
had somewhat subsided the bd ! colored wo
man cxclaltneJ :
" 'Laws o' inassey ! Dcre's my brick In do
bottom o' de ribbcr , an' I done Ics' my
quatah , '
"Of course , while the old woman was out
25 cents. I was out another $1,001. During
this scti.es of cnve-lns that day efforts were
being made to place a bng frame store
building on rollers and move It to a place of
safety. But before the building could be
raised It began to tilt , and the men were
compelled to desert It. Soon the store buildIng -
Ing slid Into the river and went kerchug
to the bottom of the channel as completely
out of sight as If It had been 'the only pcb-
blo on the beach. '
"In my opinion , the Mississippi river Is
all right when It doesn't come my way. I
built a nice residence / Greenvlllo several
yec7s ago , and bid a beautiful ( lower be
decked lawri between the house and the
river , which was a block away. That lawn
has long since been swallowed by the vo
racious maw of the Mississippi , and today
my residence stands on the edge of a bank
that Is seventy-five feet high. "
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A THAIX HOIIIIIMi STOHV.
Drummer from 3Tew Yorlc X rriileH 11
lilt of. ICxiiorli'iiCf.
The drummer had Just finished reading a
stcry of a train 'holdup and lot his news
paper fall into his lap.
"I had a rather lomantlc expercnce once
with train robbers , " he saW to the Washing
ton Star man , "v.fllch I think 1 won't eve-
forget. ' I had been laid up sick for a week
at a tavern In a Kansas town and my at
tendant had 'been a very sweet and gentle
girl , who was a ( relative of the landlord's.
She was such a nice girl that I was In no
hurry to get well , and while I was putting
It off all I could I 'was as Industriously put
ting on the cha.ns of love. At the end of
ten tiays I was able to take up my sample
case again , and v.hen I left the town my
gentle nurse was on the same train. In
my charge , bound for Kansas City , iwhere
she was to be met by friends. I had
never talked love to iher and I fancy she
didn't suspect mo or anything except a de
sire to flirt a little , but I had made up my
mind to talk seriously .to her before I let
bcr friends take her away from me.
"I fooled along , as most men do under
the same circumstances , waiting for a real
gooi chance to come In , but before 1 reached
the proper condition the train came to a
sudden stop In a lonely place , and by the
time we had asked what the 'trouble was a
hair-masked train reibbcr stood In the aisle
or the car with a revolver covering the
contents. The girl turned as white as n
sheet and I thought she would faint , but I
told her she wouldnM bo hurt , and she
sat there staring as If she had turned to
stone. As It happcncJ , I kept my wits , and
when a shot and a shout rose on the air
outside and attracted the robber's attention
for a moment , I whipped my revolver out of
my overcoat pocket and would have got h'.m
sure , but as I brought the gun around the
girl at my side caught my arm and stopped
me. I looked at her In amazement.
" ' ' ' 'It's father ' and
'Don't , she gasped , my ,
then she fell In a faint , while the robber
hurried out In response to the calls from
his partners.
"As for me , " concluded the drummer , "I
thought 'probably ' It would bo Just as well
for me not to add to the poor girl's troubles
by trying to get Into her family. "
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Hurton hod pet his Urm clock for 5:30 : ,
as ho had > mo wrltlnR to do , jtml knew Hint
ho couldn't uttnl tlmo for ttiftl purK | > so at the
offlco tlurinK the tiny , relates the Chicago
Ilccord , When the alarm clanged ho awoke.
Ml up In be.l , thought Mzlly for n moment
< ind utterly ferRet his wrltlnR. It was 6:42 :
for ho looked at the unwinking face of the
dial whin ho settled back tor an Involun
tary doze o'-.o of those quick llttlo nti > s
that overpower a man In the short hours ot
the morning.
A few moments later fto was standing In
a tinall , lnclsuro surrounded by log walls.
A brown home stamped bcsldo him nnd a
won.an biarlng a marvelous iTssniblacico
In face and 'Volco to his wife was trying to
tell him something. Ho shook his head , dis
engaged his arm from her restraining hand
and tightened the saddle girth upon th
brown horse. Upon the hor. o's back ho
sprung , the walls opened and ho toed out ,
V.illo behind him came s'renmlng a tumult
uous rout of hcreo and fool eoldiery In blue
uniforms , whom ho l.ad I'cnlly failed to no-
tlco before , but who cvldcntiy belonged to
the walled inclosure.
The air was cool , bracing , delicious the
skies bright blue. To right and left rolling
Mils of consldcrablo height were crowned
with umlcrbfush ami straggling trees , while
deeper wo ds extended to the background.
Ho noticed that the Icavns were resplendent
In red and yellow and he realized that Octo
ber was In all Its glory.
Somt'jow the cldo must have been short.
There was a whirl of dust and a coach
whizzed by not a stage coach of the west ,
but ono 'of these affairs with bread tires
and cushioned Beats . - > much In vogue for
tally-ho parties. Ho found himself , her c
nnd all , by Iho side of the log wall ngiln
and the ceach passed Inside. The next In
stant ho ntlccd a puff of white smoke up
on the hllllsdo about 1,000 feet away. Then
came cl'icr white puffs and the leaves flew
In loots on cither side of him. Ho called
his men called lu a voice which seemed to
glvo no sound and there was no nolso ac
companying the white puffings tip ( hero
among the underbrush. His men began to
ckulk behind trees and walls and opcued flro
upon the places whence the whlto clouds
kept rolling.
A man In black ran out upin the hllllsdo ,
emcvglng from a clutro of brush. Tlirro
was a general firing and ttie man staggered.
As he fell Iltirton noticed that ho had
changed his costume In the moment ot the
fall tad wcu now arrayed In a blue-gray uni
form. He picked himself up and rolled buck
among the trera. There was more tiring and
Burton awoke.
Fully believing himself hours behind his
oinco time , ho looked at the clock. It reg
istered r > :46. : All the eventa of the dream
had passed before his drowsy mind In four
mlnutea ot actuality.
TIIK UOMIVC ! ISCI.II'Sn : .
iN for OliNiTvltiK tlio
* of .
KcllpNl .limitary - -
Troin the astronomical point of view , 1SU7
has been n very barren year. There were
only two eclipses , both solur , nnd neither
of them total. Only live new asteroids weic
found , as- against twenty-three In 1S9S. and
only one comet , against six In the preced
ing year. The promise for this year Is much
butter , says n writer In the Independent , Of ,
the periollc comets alone live lire due to re
turn , though two of them will be s < o situated
that they will be likely to pas-s un.seen.
Theio are to be live eclipses three of thorn I
arc lunar , the llrst time .slncp 1S52. for three
such eclipses In a single year. Two of the
eclipses are t.olar , and one , which occurs on
January 22 , Is to be total , with a path very
favorably situated for observithn , travers
ing the whole continent of India In a norti-
enst direction from a point on the western
coast , about 100 miles south of liombay. to
the .Hlmuluyas , near Mount Klchlnjuiiga.
All along the track there arc1 numerous
stations accessible by railway. The mtison
of the ycnr Is favorable also , so that high
hopes are entertained that the observations
will be successful and furnish Important
results. > '
Jlr. Siacklcton's good fortune , In 1S9C , nt
the Nevi Zoinbla station. In securing 111 *
wonderful photograph of the "llush-
fcpcctrum , " has stimulated the Interest of the
Kngllsh astronomer" : Immensely , and a large
number of the best known and most cmlntnt
of thorn have gone out to observe the
eclipse.
The joint Ecllpsei committee of the Royal
society und the -Hoyal Astronomical boclety
sends three parties. The largest one ,
headed by Sir Norman Lockycr , will l > f
taken from Ceylon by a naval ves'el nnd
landed on the coist very near the point
where 'he central lineof HIP eclipse strikes
the landTrm / Hccond party , under .Mr.
Niiwall and Captain Hills , goes about : wo
miles Inland ; the third , headed by the
astronomer royal ( Mr. Christie ) and
Prof. Turner of Oxford , goes In
KOO mlle = ; further. Both stations are con
nected with Bombay by rail and telegraph.
Tnen Dr. Copeland , the astronomer royal
for Scotland , will occupy a station in the
same region , but about llfty miles distant ,
and a large party sent out by the lirltlsh
Astronomical association , under the general
direction of Sir. Maunder of Greenwldi ,
will break up into a number of smaller
squads nnd occupy various stations near
the coast. The directors of the two Indian
observatories fit 1'oonah and Madras also
take parties to the field. Two small parties
have K'one from our Pacific coast , one under
Mr. Campbell of the Lick observatory and
the other under Mr. Burckhardt of San
Francisco. So far as we have yet learned ,
however , no other nations 'nave ' sent ob
servers. But those who have gone arc
mostly veterans and -admirably equipped
with all necessary apparatus The work
Is to bo almost entirely Hp ctroscoplc and
photographic und the spectroscoplc observa
tions themselves will be mainly made with
Fome form or other of fie spectroscoplc
camera.
The principal points of attack are : (1) ( )
The spectrum of the so-colled "reversing
layer" nnd of the outi's upper atmosphere
ami chromosphere , with the view of testing
Mr. IxCkypr's peculiar theories. (2) ( ) The
spectrum of the corona , with ppoclnl ref
erence to Iho lilrnllflcntlnn of the violet
lines of eoronlum first recognized on the
spectrograms of 13 if ml I W ! , and nlsj with
reference tp the tjuestlon whether the
corona does or not participate In the rota
tion of the sim. (3) ( The photography of
the corona ; both on a large scale with fi
lens of forty feet focus , like that used by
Sclmeberlt In ISM , nnd also by Mr. Burck-
hnrdt's Ingenious apparatus , which Is de
signed to accomplish n result never before
reacMcd , viz. . to Obtain , by one operation
nnd with n single .exposure , n picture of
the entire corona , snowing both Its bright
est nnd Its faintest region with equal per
fection on. the sftme negative.
It Is unnecessary to say that the reports
from the expeditions will be awaited with
extreme Interest and It Is to b < "hoped " nnd
expected that they will bring material ad-
dltlonn to our knowledge.
Mrs. Mary Illrd , llarn un ; , Pa. , says.
"My child Is worth millions to mo ; yet I
would have lost her by'croup had I not In
vested twenty-five cents In a bottle o ! On >
Minute Cough Cure , " It cures coughs , cold
and all throat and lung troubles
A SIIKIi.MVN HUM INCH.
UN Old Cnlirnriiln Svif < - < tu-iirt I.o > nl
in ( InC Micr.tl.
When General William Toeumsch Sher
man was n raw subaltern In the United
States army , without fame or hnrcls and
llttlo apparent hupp of winning either , re
lates the Chicago Chronicle , ho wooed and
won a beautiful Evanish girl then living In
Monterey , Cal , Donna Maria Yguacla Ilonl-
faclo fell beneath the ardent gltcices of the
lank , ungainly youth JUKI ns the frig of the
sister rtiiubl'n ' was lowered before the tri
umphant army led by Scott. Today she Is
Btlll true to her early love1 and unaware of
the fame and death of her lover.
California wari then a r Jrt of the Mexican
republic. Sherman , like many another , was
forced to make war against the laid of the
Montczumas. In the closing year of the
struggle , when California warf occupied and
became a fort of Iho United States , Shor-
'
tnan was assigned to duty on the coast.
Hero ho met the fair donna , lo't r.ils heart to
horand won hers In rottmi. She was a mem
ber of an old aristocratic Spanish family and
Iho subaltern was congratulated upon his
luck. To emphasize his -devotion the ycmcig
oHlcer lu 1S55 planted n fose tree before the
entrance to the homo of his beloved.
Then came the Inevitable misunderstand
ing which accompanies every romince. The
lovers disagreed. Sherman left t'.ie army
and went east to take up the law. Ho never
afterward saw his sweolheart. 'net1 did she
e\er permit his name to be mentioned In her
hearing. She n'eaks t"i anlsh only , never
reads a newspaper , and , whllo the nation has
sung the praises of the hero of Atlanta , the
Spanish maiden knows nothing of him from
the day he left her. She still , although long
past her youth , waits for the return of ; the
tr.au whoso Imago has never left her heart.
Hut In splto of the separation of the sweet
hearts that rose tree throve and waxed
great. Xow Us branches have spread until
they form a beautiful bower over the door
way of tile old Spanish mansion. Hero the
donna , solo survivor "of her race , sits and
walls , silent'and alocie , for the return of him
who cannot oome. Under the bower of roses
duo to her lover's care she stood recently
and permitted her portrait to be taken. She
is-stlll very beautiful , lu tplto of the ravages
of tlmo a'lid ' secret sorrow.
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