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BALLAD Of THE BLC-ODY
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BROOK.
Oome Ustra to the story of bra ra Lothrop and Us
men. ,. . . , . j v
i Howhey fought, how they died. v -f
When they marched agalnxt the redskins In the
antuinn days, and then
How they fell. In their pride,
By Pocomtuok .Ida .- .. '""'-i
"Who will tro to Deerfleld meadowS and bring the
ripened Krainr" .; .' '
Bald old Ucvely to bis men In array.. - I '
Tabe tbe wagons and this horses and brlnjr ft
; . back again. ' '
' But be sure that ne man stray ,
, All the day, on the way." -
Theq the flower of Essex started, with Lothrop at
, ' thcu head,
Wise and brave, bold and true. ,
He hart fought the Fequota long ago, and now to
Moselysald, - - " , ' '
' "Be there many, be there few, ' '" "
f 1 1 will bring the grain to you. k is ''it !
They gathered ell he harvest and they marched
, ''on the way '' H-n .
"" IThroagh the woods which blazed like Are.;! 3'!
No soldier .left the Una of uiaruh to wander or. to
I
:j. stray,-. . ,- . , .
Till tlia wagons were stalled In the mire.
And the men began to tire. -
The wagons have all forded the bropk as it flows.
And then the rear guard stars '
To pick the purple grapes thai are hanging from
toe boughs. '
irWhen.cracki to their amaze, .i. ...,.i
A buu area arelocks blazel . - . . .
Brave. Lothrop ha lay dying, but as he fell ha
cried, r "
4f "Bach nianto hlS tree, sold ha) rf-i-
tet no one" yield'-an" tnchf and so"th soldier
- 'died; . ' s' '- ..
' And not a man of all can see
Where the foe can e. .
An' EhUlaani hla.4i;yiW liourhj' jipix jbot so
ast, ...... ,,i .v...:.1';..1', .'V..v. .. :,y.j,ir ''v
-. From behind and before,
That man after man' is shot down and breathes
, his last; '., j. ; ; Cli
Every man lies dead to his gore, ,
To fight do more, no-merer
Oh, weep ye molds of Essex, for the lads who
have died.
The flower of Essex they I-
The Bloody Brook still rlDDles bv the black moun-
-- tain side, W ' ' N
But never shall they come tb see the ocean tide i
And never shall ihobridegroom return to his brid
From that anxl rne) day, cruel dart' i
im 4r . i i--Edward Everett Hole. fi;
MY DAY IN CAMP.
...Alaeldt and I, mean by that tl.e
wholo great mountainous region
north of British Columbia is thought
to contain gold, and parties of adven
turous . spirits have already begun to
ejmloro it thoroughly. ', ' ;! ; '''
.Some of theso hardy fellows tell odd
stories. rof aotventure in' tho hitherto
4invisited.racessesof savage nature.
A young gentleman lately an ensign
in the navy who has been with one
of these veuturesomo gold , seeking ex
peditions -into the great 'wilderness
to the north of Simpson's river relates
an incident which will tro to show that
th earth, has not'tet iseased ''to harbor
jarge game in fnrndublor abundance.
"I telt about used aip that morning,
said he," In telling trio story, 'and told
tho other fellows that I would take a
GREENSBORO. N. C.
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JEWELEE,
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t"ler in watches, clocks,",. Jewelry- fpee-H
' Ci A ErECIALTY,
t .. ..l Tny
rut tiiro
r r plijce nf
n-n rsie
j it done
i the wail
ten lion.
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fa. ;. U--
day off to fret rested..
l '"All right,, they said;
sick and
'il you're
want to stay in camp, you
can BcruD up tno plates and dippers,
and scour out the mush kettle. And
whilo you'ro about it, cut a good pile
of Are wood, and don't forget to have
a brisk firo going, and supper, ready
when we get back.' . ; ; V u .
"Tliift ' was "paying a friflo 'dear "for
the privilego or being an invalid. Off,
they all went, with their pans, buck
ets and shovels. I knew I should riot
-sec auvthinop'Of thcrrr lill-'tlarlr-fw"
. they wei-o going to a creek in a ravine ,
ten or twclvo miles distant to-try the
wasbings, and -would liavo'to- climb
over at rocky, ridcolwo orthrce thou
sand feet high, and then pick their
way liirougu a uncis llr 6crut on tne
other side.
i "With an achintr head I set to work
to tidy things up a little, find then lay
down in-' ;one corner ' of ? our pole
foanly; nnjl pjJed 4he fjyercojts of te
party' over trie,, hoping' to get warm
and sleep off my indisiwsition.
i "I- went to sleep after a while, but
aoon waked up very hot Tlio sun had
come out warm, and tho camp felt like
an ovn. lor it was built on tne south
sitlcof high crag. Fooling still very
drowsr,-1 took' two coat anl went out
beneath a. fir tree which stood not far
from tho camp, beside a bowlder that
had recently rolled down the crag;.
"Here I lay down again in tho shade
of tho fir,' and slept for an hotjr or
two. I had an alarming - dream a
jumblo of fearful struggles from
which I at length started broad awake,
and heard a 'sniiilinjr noise close by me.
---"Casting -myeycsv around, there
stood a grizzly bear that bad just risen
on his haunches to take' a good look
at me. Ho was only about thirty feet
from me, and not nioro than half that
di&lance from the cap door. At the
same iDo.titut. Isav t t"hind'him
two more bcarai amLniigalLti ?, a nice
littlo firty comiuy-cound for a all
on mcl ' . - ... '
I "I waobiire(I to say not t horned
For to" Jscooi'to-.tbe- tstrn "doormsl
tliis big ciuii was ' too rwy,"andmy
riflo every gun we 'bad, in fact,, ex
cept ono which the boys hi 1 1 kerf.
was eet away inside thecal- .
' "For ono second I Lv ' : . f jcUv
breutlilcss there, then bouuucU to my
feet with a veil, leaped upon tho bowl
der, end catching bold of the lower
most bctigiis of tie fir, climbed iL-. 1
didn't ' even dare stop for so much as
on? look st my visitors, till I was
well up from the bowlder, when I saw
the) foremost bear still standing there
in tho same spot, and tho other two
Jso reared up on their hind legs to see
what iriiroinjorLj r;
T..y all, aUxxL-and looked at me.
and liicti rolled their beads arouad
and lcArd,at each other for some tno
nientR. The first comer then drrrpped
on fcll fjurs. and coming cautiously
forward sli-ToJ Uie coaLs which I Lad
hut racsitrU. Apparently he did -uot
like the odor, for ho nto them a sutK
den Hip wit!i his paw wLith ?nt them
spinning a.-!Jc, and growled uneasily.
1 ivKjIj t.icno b-nn liau never be
fore sovn or srcnlol a human boin?-
T!ie three rrnt their he.'ids tosrt'Uer.
Slid ei.fcrrcd a'wtit it, with a dubious
lance i:i ry uireclion now and then.
'reM-ntiy tltcy scented other more at-
traoli-.e t!,inr in the camp, and m-
1 x? Ii the iloor. A! - r rolling
r -. J x-tij pei-kjng in for a L.,
i -.-c.t ouo vc::tun.-J n,. aud t!iCii J
heard thorii of erhuuling oar stores for
some, minutes. Ono of thcuf stayed
outsido and kept an eye on me; else T
might have got down,' and either 6s-'
caped of possibly eutrajiped thetrt by
closiue the door, thouch it is doubtful
whether so' slight a" structure as our'
pole shanty , wpuid nave neia incm
long.'. , They(Were great strong brutes,'
as heavy aa an ox. -i ' ;
' -"J kept as quiet as I couldj'hopihg
that they would soon satisfy their cjm
ositv. and' fcroceed 'on their " travels; '
but - they appeared to bo in' ho "Tinste,
ana alter uiey nau smeuea arouna lor
art hour or . more," I heard tha tinder'
brush snapi little way, 6fT;'and sdon!
paw two more bears; a small one and a
big chap, coming up.''! ' - T"1
i ."As 6oon as the three ifat thd'cainp
discovered -these' two'1 later hjTrvgls.
they ran out to meet them and afened
uft the.ir' backs as if intending to fight, ,
put mane peace alter a lew minutes,
jind told theiri'abput'me. V;' j i; '!"i'!'' '
V'TUfl big old gray fellow cahvo'close
pp beneath the Br, andsmclled irifof"
Borne time. He did not approve of me
tit all, : but wrinkled , his . nose and
gro.wJedvThen be. returned to inves
tigate tlio camp, and the whole' party
hada fine tinio pawingthings OVCt'."'
' "By and by; still another bear--tho
smallest one yet caftie iri' sight 'and
stood listening. Then he" sneaked up
to see Avhat was' coinff on'." Pretty'
soon one of-tho' large bears saw; him',':
pnd, made a dasu at him. Tho little
fellow powered and tried lb conciliate
tho 'other, Ibut' the' big One'' knocked,
him down and rolled him 'about for
icoming uni vited,' I suppose."' " Two ;or
three of the others also canio' "out and
took a hand in" tho fun." ;' " ' v ' ;
'.'Finally they let ;hinlup, arid told
him to cast his ere into the fir where
I was roosting. At that the little chap
tried to !show off before the 'rest.'
He strutted aut toward tho 'fir. and
arched his back at mo. Tho others all
stood looking on, and I imagined that
theywere winking at One another.
"Thcy: 'thett all 'sat down and' ox J
tended their muzzles' toward me, and
snuffed in concert: I would have given'
a hundred' dollar? for one of our re
peating carbines for iust five minutes I
'"Suddenly they all - turned and ran
for tho fir woods below ' the camp, -
where, for some moments, 1 heard a
frightful growling:"''-; -"' '
"Now's mv time." I thoueht. and be-'
fantoclamberdown-beingsocramped
y this time ' that I could scarcely
stir. But before- - my ; toes touched
the bowldei'. 'I saw thorn coming back
as hard as they-.could race. There
was nOthinsy for it- but to climb asain, j
they Were sure to pet to the camp bo-'
fore I could. Resuming tny old perch.
I looked down, and instead of six saw
nine bears I three new ones I ' v "
Tho latest arrivals' had to be intro
duced to mo, and one of them made a
great show of growling and -tearing
up the turr. A man was oviaentiy. a
novel creature to these remotely bred
bears, and they failed to see anything
In me savo a small, timorous looking
bined uo in a tree, llavinrr ccouittcd
themselves duly in the matter of mak
ing an impression on me, they turned
to other yays of entertaining them.
Eelves--- perhaps ; they, inteuued tho
show for my benefit as well.
"They were out for a lurk thai day.
Their behavior reminded me of "a par
cel of Jboys on ' picnio. Tltcy ran
hero and there examining everything
that attracted thei r atten t i on. " Two or
three Of them would'gather round one
of tho larger bears astr to tam over
some : choice pieco of gossip; some
times,1 it seemed, to - exchantjo some
slighting remarks about me. Into
this group a waggish bear would in
trude, nosing tho' other aside and
starting an irxfhroinptu ecufile,-' Aften
givihg and taking a few good natur
cd but hearty-cutrs with somo feints
at 1 bitingf he would turn and lumber
clumsily away, pursued by the other
. . "Had my situation been lesss Kaz-.
ardous ahu ' painful, I might have
been amused at tho uncouth antics of
these creatures. At ono time they
camo together, and four of them exe
cuted a "walk around" in the presence
of the rest. Tho biggest bear acted as
leader, and in spite of mr precarious'
and unpleasant position, I could not-
refrain from laughing outright, as the
great brutes shambled past eacn other
and turned to repass, as ' if to tho
strains of somo ursine 'breakdown.'
"I . now lost all' hope of tho bears
leaving before my companions return
ed, and settled myself on tho sticky
llr boughs, to pass tho time as easily
as possible. . ' ' '' " ' ".'
."Tho sun was gefjng low, and fojj
was setting in. They would, get back
to camp by nightfall, I suposed, ou,
account of the difficulties of tho way.
"Tho bears had begun rummaging
about tlio camp.again. tI suppose they
wero getting hungry.'
"Ou a sudden I heard a noise in the
woods up to the north of my tree
crash ou crash of the bruxh and sticks I
It drew nearer momentarily.; -,
'"Good gracious I' 1 thought, 'can
there be more bears f : i.
'"An instant later there burst out of
the firs into the little ojen a large elk.
He was running, at full spring, and
had scarcely eruereed into view when
seven or eight gray creatures, which I
at first took to be wolves, camo obund
ing out at his heels.' "
"In an instant- tho elk was close
upon tho camp, when three or four of
the bears mshed to meet ' him-with
loud roars. Tho Door animal, thus sav
agely headed oil, wheeled about, and
in a moment was in tlio dutches of
his pray coated pursuers. .
, '"TlieV SDrnii!' unon him with enpvr
growls, and cluug to Liui like leeches.
Lie bnuudtxl once or twice, tri
and fell with the wholo Lloedlhir&ty
mob clirrfng to him and rending him.
The elk XtiiS harvily falle n when the
entire gang of tune gruzTics bore
down upon him, tiiakiug foruU. and
crag re-echo la their roars, and
brushed away the pray cocttu hun
ters as if Uicy Lad been so nuny
aquirrels. .
'A rapid - scurry, ana the lidter
were c'iiLing away in an cirwniom,
CT0w,;:ig, uap;liij n:iu snarling in
their impotent taj at Lt Ii.jf thus i ro-roking-fy
ti: ja3-h.'!-s1 of l.f ir j-i-ey.
T)jrco ir- fcur of tbcin ran- ku k inuj
the wood from.- wl.ifh ti.rr hn.l
" ".-d. Oi:o ff t!rt-:-i, cl.:i.--l I f it
. y HARPPONING GRIZZLIES. ,
' -.'-:,... ... . '..-;... '.
Daniel Sexton's ttemarlinble Bear Stories,
Sworn to lu Court r '"
; The title of boss bear tiller of North
America never has been definitely and
finally, conferred. ".Grizzly Adams
achieved wWer notoriety than, any
Other mail in his line, but that was be
cause he. cau jht the bears alive and
mn.de a show of them. Svlvcstor
rScott of Sonoma Vou' n ty. with, bis reo-
owl oi 4UU bears, seemed to oe enuuea
to the appellation, and even Morgan
Clarke did not dispute tho claim, al
though he haii been a mighty destroy
er orb-ears: j''' ':'':!;'. .! V..',.!'.. " ,''.,!.!''
; But Daniel fSexton of. San Bernar
dino,, whoso modesty has kept him' in
the background for many years, now
comes to .the front with . some of the
uiast remarkable bear"! stories ever
heard." 'llr; SexWn's claim to recog
nition is not based' upon there' camp-;
fire yarns or coUutry grocory expon-','
ences. All that hotm's is' sworn to OU'
an occasioiiol figbtpvW a ,bone. , V'"3 hUni W,1?. VM$..
'Tr Rflxfmi u-n'4 n. n-itiipss hi the'Ruit
bear, hounded upon-, .the roof of our
shanty, whilo auotlier, to my surprjse
and terror, made for, my Hr, hissing, ,
spitting and , snarling, . and at two
bounds was up into ii, so near to ma
tliat I could .liavfl brushed hia gray
coat, with my hand,, as he dashed up
past where I sat I st e-- s (.
1 -".Thoywei-q. noi, wolves, but croat-,
uros of the cat familv lvnxes. nrobt
ably. ( The one over my , bead, scented,
the, air . strongly with . his - musky
breath, o J swung my hat at the brute,
shouted and did, my best to scare -him
off. but he clune there, snarlincr. with
eyes like,, fire, tluj picture of fury and J
venomtr,:..f brt.tHr.
! ''Jl hopo I ehall never, be in a more
disagreeable position than I was then,
for I was momentarily expecting that
the creature would drop on .mo., s ,
1 - "The cat ,o tho .liauty,, toQ, was
.snarling like a domoitv-nd .glaring,
first . at mu, then at the bears, which
by this, tiino were making , short work
of .fh elk. eultivonuig -their feast py
length the three , big ones drove -off
the other six. altogether, and these lat
ter walked aroun& and roared aud
growled, in so awful a manner, that I
sincerely iWifihcd .piysel backio. San
innuiciMiri,, , j,V.' , ,
1 f'This , performance continued ., for
half an, hour, I should say. It began
. to grpw dark, for the.fog was shutting
down dense and. wet. On a sudden,
the cat .in. the boughs oyer my head
gave a leap out over me, and landing
in some brush ran for the wood, and
a few minutes after, to my still, greats
relief,. I heard the voices of my frienthi
dovvntq the south, of our shanty. ,, '.r ,
I "I immediately hailed , them,, and
bade them approach cautiously,
: ,".,'What'stho matter!' they, called
Out s -:
" 'Nine , bearsr! -'I . shouted . back.
'Work up quietly aud( get the guns
in the camp.- .f ;'., .:.' it (,.
i ," 'Where are 'your they .Inquired,
evidently . puzzled. by .. the direction
from which they heard my voice.
" Neytjr miu.d 0i aidl, ,'get your
guns.' '
"It" Was' not yet sodarfi tut that I
could see, the camp, and I soon made
out tho ' forms ' of my companions
creeping :' around '''the corner : of ' the
shanty. But though they picked up
some of the carbines in the-genenil
wreck which the grizzlieshad made in
side, they failed to find the cartridges,
and at length fired oh the bears with
the one double- barreled gun which
they had with them. It was too dark
in tho shadow of ' the evergreens,
where the brutes were growling over
the elk -bones, fol' mo to note their be
havior, but I heard them making off
intoi the woods, and then ventured to
get down and hobblo to the shanty, f
"I had boon up In the fir fully seven
hours, and was e glad to : have the
seance como to an end, though the.
raillery with which my friends greet
ed mo was anything but enjoyable.
Every bono and muscle in my- body
was aching, and I felt sick enough of
gold hunting in Alaska. However,
we, got up a fair meal after an houror
two niul tho nnvt ilov 1 fr-lt Imt.tAr-." .
Yottth 'a Companion.
" Queer K.ntocliy Lingo,
'Tho Kentucky mountain vernacu
lar has peculiarities which Charles
Egbert Craddock did not find or no
tice in her Tcnnesseo mountaineers.
Hero a'man who wants to say he fired
two shots says ho shot two shots. Tho
western expression or getting mo urop
is never used, a mountaineer saying
instead that he "throwed his gun
furst." 1 llio prefixes in and im are
not kn'oWti, uri bcln used instead; as
"unpossiblo," for Instance. To "mlsH
list" a man is to deccivo and ill treat
him, and when a man says "bis word
is his jint" ho wants to convey the im
pression that he is speaking as truth
fully as if under oath. The queer ex-
iressions aro so numerous that it is
iard to Understand -all that is said.
A dialogue -that was a gem tif its way
was mtiuigou in -oy two young moun
of 'John' Mprofigo and othcrsagainst
Messrs! North and Gird, a tjaso involv
ing the title wUiefotrero, village and
lands in Ban Bernardino' occupied' for
thirty years by the: Indians, who have
failed, through ign'oranco, to conform
to the land laws. 'Mr. Sexton' was
cross-examined about tho condition of
things On the disputed "land thirty
years ago, 'and dovcloped either a to-'
nacious memory or "a fertile imagina
tion. ' ' 'r v-"- t, ;-';,'."
f Counsel; to test his accuracy, piitth6
simplo question i " '' -j
t "Were tliore ft great many bears In
thbso ycarsr and started Mr. Sexton
on a scries of reminiscences that were
highly interesting., The following re
port is from tho court stenographer's
notes: ' . - - - i
Mr. Sexton Oh", yes. I went out
one eveningf rom my camp and I coun
ted fifty bean within gunshot of me,
eating cherries. ' - ' . - j-- .
1 Q. Wild?"1 '':M?-',--1'ji
A. Tho bears?" No, thcyTvero hot
wild; they didn't scare at anything.
Oh, you means the chorries.' Yes, they
wero wild cherries".' But tho bears did
n't know anything' about being hurt
and were ' not ''wild. They weren't
scared of the Indians, because the In
dians never killed bears. -' -' 1
Q. What variety of bears wero
,they? 'V-'-;;
A. UTIZZllCS.' j ......,,
Q. Did you. see that sight more
thun once? " ' -
A. Lots of times. Why, B, D. Wfl
son went up tho mountain hero to
Bear lake, and he . had twenty-two
men with him Californians. They
counted 100 bears at one time. ' The
mountain was what you might call just
lousy with bears. Tho men divided
into pairs and went for the grizzlies
with their lassoes, two men to a bear.
They lassoed eleven bearsond brought
them into camp just naturally led
'em ritrht in. - ' ! " ' v ' .
Q. Did you kill any bears? 1
A. Well, I think I did. When
Mr. Tetnnlo came out from Los Ance-
les to got somo lumber, I had a pile of
bears, and 1 showed them to him and
asked him how much bear meat he
thought thero was. in that pile. Ho
said ho thought thero was about ten
tons.' I think there waa more than
that, becauso there was rooro than fifty
bears m the puo, and 1 tniuK'incy
weighed more than BOO pounds apiece.
Q. Who killed all those bears? "
; A. I killed them. I harpooned them.
When I went to tho rancherie. thoy
didn't know how to seta harpoon. 1
made somo harpoons and sot them,
and I would have throo or four bears
harpooned every morning three or
four old grizzlies. - Jf you hod been
there like I was. and seen threoor four
old grizzlies with ' harpoons in them,
dragging logs and chains after them,
you would nover forrrct it," - ' -
Q. Were there any California lions
about there that were dangerous to
StOCk? ' -':- : :,.., v.... ,
A. I never saw but one California
tain gaiinnw, one asKing; it moi e i jjon in this wno,e country anj i killed
fur you to see Nance, this arternoouj' f him wjth ftn M JO tbirtk
The answer was: "No; I dont tuatfsu.l)K) but the wayliilled him
have bound to, but I aim to." ,i.f.. i t,. , i.i,m
The man who' has knocked on
door, when asked - what he wants,
says, "I want in," and in the same
stylo ho would ask a stranger, "How
might you call you ?" They have no
difficulty in understanding each
other, however, for English is treated
In tlio same manner by all, and even
thoso who can read and write talk a
great deal as do the less learned.
Louisville Courier-Journal. -
i . t Paasms Caralsssness...'
( ' Tho amount of carelessness display
ed by business men in drawing checks
and other financial papers Ualmoct
beyond comprehension. It is a we'll
known fact tliui an enormous sum of
money is lost annually throughout
the country by tho frauds perpetrated
by check "raisers.". Business men can
not be too careful in drawing their
check, and every - possible safeguard
should be taken to prevent alteration,
and especial care sltould be observed
to prevent financial ptyer from fall
ing into improper hands. The "sharp,
era" who aro laying for opportunities
to swindle the public are numerous,
and it is ncedleee to say that they are
thoroughly versed in all theertsof
their trade. bL Louis Globe-Demo-erat.
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, Hallway MystarUa. .
. Railroad Stockholder Cooking out
of window) That is a superb new cor.
Afnkt have coat a small fortune.
. liiroad Director (loftily) That is
ear built for the prt-kidtiL 1 "incut
ttiinjr ou wheels. Coat every cent of
tM),o0. , - . ,t
IbilroaJ Ftockbolder (timidlyV Ey
the way what is the prospect of a
dividend?
lUilroad Dilwctor No prospect at
alL iieeting tiiis mo-ruin? decided to
puis the usuid. dividend, .liotiey earn
ed alxcdub-lr neded for beUemients
of the rood and interest ou tlcU.
I'iitsij-arg Lullttin. . ,
Flo-rkla niaintaina its pre-eminence
s the huid of liowors. A gardener in
ilaii ti county in lil sUiU lia..nii-eJ
a c:i1!a-u-o e!0-;.t fevt and three iucLts
1j il.Aiut U-r.
and I went out with an Indian to cut
some timber. I had the ax and noth
ing else, and tho Indian's dogs ran a
lion op a tree. The Ludiitn told me to
go back and get my gun, but I told
him, "If I go you will let him get
away." The lion was on a small limb,
and I threw a stone at him and hit
him between the eves, and that stun
ned him. He turned tail and was going
to jump, but I happened to hit him
just rint and duzed him. Then 1
ntado tlio Indian fetch stones, and I
pegged stones at the lion for about an
Lour and a half, 1 should think. When
be turned toil 1 stoned him ou the end
of .the spine. I stoned him until be
couldn't use his hind legs, and then I
eut'tho tree down and killed liim with
the ax: Banning (QUO Letter.
' r: nrw TTosnaw Ite -
How differently men and women
indulge tbcmtelvc in what is called a
resting spell. "I guess I'll sit down
and mend these stocking 'aud rest
awhile," says tho wife; but her hus
band throws himself upon the easy
lonngo, or sits back In bis armchair,
with hands at rest and feel placed hor
izontally upon another chair. " Tho rr
suit is that his whole, body gains full
benefit of tho half hour he allows him
self from work, arid tlio wife only re
ceives that indirect help which comes
from change of occupation. A phy
trifij.il wpuid tell her that even ten
minute rest In a horizontal position.
as a change from standing or sitting
si work, would prove more beneficial
to her than any of her makeshifts at
resting. Busy women hare a bablt of
keeping on their feet just as long as they
can, in spite of backaches and warn
ing pains. As they prow older they
see tue folly of permuting such drafts
upon their strength, and learn to take
things easier, let what will happen.
They say, "I used to think I must do
trius and so, but I re grown wiser ana
learned to slight tilings." The first
years or bookkeeping are truly the
Lardett, for untried and unfamiliar
caie are almost daily thrust upon the
mother and hotoe ranker. New York
Cirj:!.ic .
' i 4- the Olty f Barlln. ; i. , .
irredcrick the Great worked hard .to
beautify this town of his choice, but it
cannot bo said that, 'with all his ef
forts and all the' energy of recent
years, ,it is a town which strikes a stran
ger familiar with London or Paris as
one 'of - grandour or even- of dignity.'
To ; begin with, there only exists onq
church' ofB architectural interest in
terest, because the beauty of tho Klos
terkirche has been1 destroyed -by ad
ditions made about ! the nuddlo of the
Present pontury. As for the cathedral,
, that Is a' late, domed edifice, no laugor
than a decent parish shurch in -ikit
Cpuntryj . This f pi-vjorty , is uniquo,
Look where you will over1 Europe,
and you will not find a siuglotowir of
capital importanco.savoiU .of that
crowning ornament to n citj', a line
ecclesiastical building". The defect can
pot' bo exaggernted:' Such" buildings
aro tho djirtiwe i-coprd,of , a city's Jifej
each weather beaten stonp has an in
terest "no' less! huhinn thari scientific,
no 'less - rmoantio thun urtistic. ; We
iiave our SLj'aul's aud Westminster
Abbey, tho .rrisians ; their "Notre
Daino, Vienna 1(A St Shjphens, Rome
its St Peter's: but there.no such ser
mons in stone to be read in Berlin, no
building to be admired for its beauty
or revered for its ago. ;. Conceive Paris
without, -Notre , Dame, i The, .effect js
nothing short of robbing French liter-'
ature of Victor Hugo f Nor is ' Berlin
much better off- for secular buildings.)
None of them save an inconsiderable
fragment of the old Schloss date ear-'
lier than the Seventeenth century, and
the bulk-of theold Schloss is a decay
ing plaster faced pile of that unfortu
nate period. Tho palaces of tlio late
Emperor William and of the Emperor
Frederick as crown prince were built,
the former some fifty years ago, tho
latter ! thirty, and, though both insig
nificant in sizo as compared with tho
Buckingham pahico, may bo admitted
to compete with it in point of stylo.-
Macmillan's Magazine, " iJ , "
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, . .... ...... A. Eternal Belle, j,. .j', . i .
Asoka, believed to botliQ grandson
of tho Indian sovereign' whose realms
were invaded by- Alexander the Great.
became, a convert to Buddhism, and
in extending that form of religion en
acted a part analogous- to that of Con
stantino in establishing Christianity,
About fifteen hundred years ago ho
distributed morsels of the 'bones of the
Saints to all kings with whom he was
in allianco. and a prince in Guzorat
rcsolyed tliat his relio should last
wliilo timo endured. Ho inclosed it
in a bottlo of gold, and that in a. cas
ket of silver, and that in a vessel of
copper, and that in a' bowl of baked
clay a substance as durable as the
earth of the. world and that, in a
coffer of claystono, and that in a hol
low' square of sandstono, and that
Bigaln, in a pyramid of briclr:n)ore
than eighty feet high, and at the base,
the same thickness; and flnallv, as
wo understand, a description only on -this
point obscure, faced the entiro
structure with stone . blocks. . Tho
prince did not spend all that thought
and labor and treasuro only to honor
his . relio; ho meant to preserve it as
long as India or Timo itself should
last, and so well did he plan that he
succeeded in preserving if, or fifteen
hundred years. ' s. : :
His dynasty ceased and was even
forgotten, his pooplo changed theiH
creed and ceased to worship uuduna,
bis clearances were abandoned by hu
man beings and the jungle spread its
obliterating mo ntlo over roads and
plain and pyramid, and still the relio
remained as safo iu its golden bottle as
it was when the pnnco placed it there.
And there tho British archaeologist,
Mr. Campbell, found- it, the nior-,
sel of bone uncalcincd, tho gold of the
bottlo as brifbt as ever, tho silver cas
ket only tarnished, tho' copper cover-
uig rniy rusteu,i tne oowi oi natteu
clay unchanged, as it would be if left
there till tho world cooled, the clay
stono coffer unbroken, the sandstone
cavity un violated, tho pyramid suu
rcsistuifir climato and time and men
who hud in some past age sought
treasure in its interior. Loudon Tele
graph. .; . - : ;
Filling a Loag Fsl Want. : '
Some day or other every reporter
will carrv around a Dhoiiotrraim and
when he interviews a man the tatter's
words will bo taken down with an ac
curacy admitting of no dispute. Then
when tho interviewed gentleman
comes around in the morniuirliko a
volcanio eruption to explain that his
languago was distorted and all tliat
son oi luing mo reporter oau quietly
pull the phonograph with one hand
and a gun with the other and ask him
what he is going to do about it. When
this scheme can bo successfully oper
ated s long felt want will be filled.
Aa it i at present when a man gets into
trouble because of his remarks being
faithfully printed, ho at once swears
tliat the reporter mixed his words
with an egg beater and then run them
in. In such a manner the guileless
newspaper worker frequently gains a
reputation for lying which, he does not
deserve. Lincoln Journal.
Aa Extraordinary Story. " ' "
- The police of Buda-Peeth are inves
tigating a truly marvelous cose. A
boy at the public grammar school has
confessed to his father that he has,
for some time past, tnken money from
the till in his shop, being ordered to
do so by a man who had made him the
subj!ct of experiments In hypnotism
The father-went to the school authori
ties, and it was discovered that a
whole class of boys were in a simi
lar nlirhL Thcv acted as 'mediums."
. -j . - -
and by a process known as -suggestion"
were made to steal money fr.vra
their parents and bring it to the ar
dent scientist in queatton. Poi Moll
Gazette. " - - - '- - r
A Preftj Slick Cat.
Norwich Las many odJ thing, but
the oddest one, icrLap3. is a house
hold cat that visits the barn twice a.
d:iy and gets two meals from a cow
which "leaks her milk." The cat steps
under the cow, holds her mouth open
for a period and the deed M done.
There are a nnmber of people in town
who wvild like b gvt a living s-f
uiai.'y. "New LUveu L v.'.ou..
INVENTOR OF THE COWCATChtrt.
A Fanner and Bis Plow Suggests tha (ea
, i motive's Valuable Adjunct. ,. .
! If you should ever go to Columbus.
0., said-a railroad man, and-should
happen to dVP in1 the model littered
little office of the Novelty Iron work
there, you will see a sharp eyed old.
gentleman, Who will more than likely
be poring over some works ort hio
chanics, or sketching the design for k
pattern, for .some piece .of ornamental ,
iron work. ...The. old, gentleman is L, .
P. Davies, a native of Kerinebco
coutity.'Mo'.y who was ' thlj first loco-"
motive engineer in actual service orl...
thq first railway built in Ohio, and the
inventor of the attachment to the lo
comotive laminariy Known as tne cow- ,
catcher, which, is in, uso on every pasV
senger and freight engine in tho world
, today, but for which, invaluable as it '
is to railroad companies he never re- ,
ceived one penny. ,, .'..
j Wlien Davies wasLl9..j'ears old he
was the engineer pnCommodore Van
derbilt's famous old steamboat - the
Cleopatra. : He ran there one 'season :
and then-drifted out west. Tlio little ,
Miami railroad was then building be- ,
twecti Xenia and Springfield, In Ohio: "'
He went to work on the road as engi-
neer of a construction train, and whe' i f
the road was completed, three years
afterward! he rah the first tiassertirer''
train. Some years later be entered the
service of tho Columbus and Xenid ,
Railroad. ' It was wbjle he was runr ,
ning a ' locomotive on that road
that ho conceived the idea of thecow
catcher, s Tlio locomotives of that day
had no cabs, and a row of .iron spike .
four feet long and driven into the '
bumper of the engine a foot apa,rt and "
afoot above the track, was tne .loco- '
motive builder's idea of tho proper .
thing for a pilot or cowcatcher. And
it was a cowcatcher, and no mistake: '
There was no headlights on the loco- -motives
in thoso days, and as the rail-
roads were not fenced in, and as cattle
and live stock had free run of the
country, scarcely a might passed -bus
some cow orliorse or hog was impair
ed on these spikes, much to the peril '
of the train and its passengers.-
The dangerous character of ; this)
rude and cruel pilot was a Source of '
constant thonght to Davies, and be
studied daily how he might improve ,
that attachment and notonlv remove
it as a menace to lire and property;
but make it a safety feature of tne lo-
comotive. One day,, while he was run- k
ning his engine, and thinking on thei
subject of improving the pilot, "he nc. 5
ticed a farmer plowing in a field near
the railroad, and tho manner in which;
tho mold board of tlio plow threw the '
earth to a furrow on one side at once
gave him tho idea that developed the .
plan of the modern locomotive cowj
catcher , Tho action,, of . the moltl.
board on tho .soil was . just the
action that was 'necessary to make -a
pilot a useful attachment id-j j
stead of a dangerous one, but it was.
ono sided. It did not take Davies long,
however, to see that by putttng to-.
gether a device that was 'Virtually st '
plow,with two mold boards be would k
accomplish tho desired result He con
structed such a device and attached if, -to
the locomotive "Poterson," of tho
Columbus and Xenia railroad, and on '
tho very first trip he made with it itsf
success was manifested. On the trip .
ho ran into a drove of caltlo that were
crossing the track. The new pilot euf '
its 'tray through them as it U were st
plow turning tho soil, and threw thent
right and left, clearing the track with
out any perceptible effect on the en.
gine. ' All tho locomotives on the rood
were at once fitted with the cowcatch
er, and it was not long before the idea
spread- to other roads, and front that,
tune no locomotive has ever beeri
built fpr passenger' or freight service;
without Davies' cowcatcher. . Davies
did not patent hisdevice, and although -it
has saved tho railroads of this and!
other countries millions of dollars arid .
hundreds of lives, lie never received s(
penny's benefit, from it--New YoelC
Muil and Express. , . : j ,
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:. Indians Who TTere Cannibal. ,
During the siege of -Detroit several .
murders aud miusacres were perpen
trated, and one English woman, who'
lived with her two sons on the conn"
mons, was massacred and eaten made
into a soup. Shells were fired at thei
Indians from the fort, but the cunning
savages soon learned to run. toward:
them when they were coming and
blow out the fuse, and so prevent their
exploding. But low of us nowadays'
would suppose that the Indians ereV
had been cannibals, but we are posi
tively issformed in letters written front
tho Detroit post that in several trf-'
Stances Pontuic's braves ate their pri- .
Oners, dished up in various forms. . lit "
It letter dated July 0, 17C3, the writer
says: ' . -1 - -
'Was it not tery agrecsblo' to" near
every day of their tutting, carving,
boiling andeatingour companions!
They boiled and ate 8irKoborfi
Devers, aud an Indian had the skin of
CapL liobertson's arm for a tobacco!
pouch." St Ixmiu Magazine. '
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i Oraagw Win.
There is a man in Southern Florida
who make m delicate wine oat ' of
oranges. His process b a secret which1
be guards jealously. In Uuvor theas
wines, for there are two or three Var
tietic, are like a fine sau tenia, and buei
has the suggestiou of the white Kliins)
wine fin ror in iL He has hod tm4
for the Paris exposition, to which heJ
Sends some of hut manufacture bot
tles shaped dike orantreai with -thei ,
leaves' covering part of tire' fruit the
cork being mudu to iuiitato tho stem.
Chicago Times. k .
Swallows a LIt ri-ti.
tSr. K. C Mitrhel?fervJ trint while
he was a bov ho had a friend nuniett
Bdl Chandler; that ono day sevenil
boys were in a crowd, and ii roiug b-r
a branch they nil stopped sn-ldntnit
from IL 1 .il ClianUler sucke.1 a I j
in his mouth and swa.1 lowed it U f-r
he coal 1 spit H out lie . s that t
boy eould feel it flop t I in i ,
stomach several muiuuii. -. r it act i
down, and the w.iy it k ' I t
squirmed matlo Pi! , f- 1 s .is- i
kk S.t.-itm. ' , . )
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