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ItMB is th hbit f ating Biedicio which
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i; bMMalb nn waa aoniAwhat lika -4
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iguUtor on it, yon hara bwH Jlbbbaed
Jmb M hnva not beta taking oimmoot
rrarSMtlataratalL Tha Rrsnlator haa
: Man Jkvorably known for many yaan, and
a)t wh bn it knaw how naecaaarr it u for
Fararaad Aga: Bilioaa ftrer, Cooitipa-
tioa, BadadMv1)Tpaiat aadaUdiaordtsn
riaing from a DiacaMd Liver. .
Waiuk Tra to look for yoarielrea, and
'J.aaa thw BunmoM LiTor Bagnlalor, which
. , Ton mb readily distinguish by tint Bad t
Ei wrapper, and: by atr mum, ii the only1
tdkitta called Simmont Lirer Regulatoe.
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Jfuw York PrcM.
AN ODD ELECTION.
"An between us," said the
old
cattloatan, tho observation
relevant to tne eubject oi our con
versation on tbo occasion of one of
my calls, "between you an mo, I
ain't none shore about the merits of
what ytttt all calls law an order.
Now, a painstakin an discreet vigi
lance -committee is my notion of a
bulwark ag'in the criminal classes.
Let 'em take a bale of rope an a
week off, an if the cuinp ain't weetl
ed down to right principles an a
quiet lif o at the end tharof ; then I've
panned my days as vain as any prai
rie dog which over yelps. .
" 'You can gamble, if anybody is
plumb aware of these yere trooths,
it's me,' says Texas Thompson.
'When I was down in the South Pa
loduro country this is years back
on the troil-workin a paasel of Bar-
E-7 cattle, I aids in ail effort to 'lect
a Jedge an institoot trjlar shore
enough law, an the same comes
mighty near loavin the entire ham
let on both sideaof the trail It deci
ininates a heap of our best citizens.'
' "'This yere misguided bluff
coined to pass peculiar, an I always
allows if it wasn't for tho unfore
seen way wherein things stacks up
an the muddlo we all gets into try
in to find a trail, tho Plaza Palodu
ro would have been a scene of
bleatin peace that day instead of a
strictly corpse an cartridge occa
sion. The death rate rises to that
degree, in fact, that the next round
up is shy on men; an tbar ain't
enough cartridges in the camp when
tho smoke blows away to be seed
for a second crop. On tho squar',
gents, that 'lection day on the South
Paloduro was what you all might
term u bolycaust un i;ot it right ev
ery time.
" 'It's this way. Kb, thar's no fc
nialo in it. This grows from n busi
ness transaction, an the effort thur
from to .improve on present condi
tions, Institoot a reiyu- oi law au
'lect a judge. .
''Whicli tho cominof amincroant
named Cimmaron Pete from sonic
'er's over nouf tho doby wall j is tb j
beginnin of the deal. Thu Cimma
ron Peta come trailin iu one day,
an a shorthorn called Glidden, who
runs a store at the ford, comes ropin
at Cimmaron Pete to race ponies.-
" What, for stakes do you all
want to race for demands this
Cimmaron Pete.TT
-' "I'll run you for boss an sad
dle," says Glidden. ' " " ' -.
"'Sy boss ag'in hoss," says
ChnmaroB Pete, "an I'm liable to
fo yoUi- Saddles is -bard to get, an
won't risk mine. Ponies, however,
is easy. I can get 'cm every moon
light night"
"'When thoso sports is racin
which the rnn is to be a quarter of
mile, only they never finishe
jest as Cimmaron .' begins to pall
ahead, bis pony be in a shade sud
dener than Glidden's, whatever does
the latter do but rope this Cimnia
roa Pete's pony by the feet an
down Lira.
'It was shore lino work with a
Isriaty. Lnt it comes high for Glid
den, for as he stampedes by this
Cimmarou turns loose his six shoot-
er from where he's tangled up witbl
bis broncho on the ground, an as
the first bullet gets Uliddenln tho
back of bis head his light gooa out
like a candle.
" 'When the committee looks into
the play, they jesti ties this Cimma-,
ron, while on the surface they says
the deal seems little florid. Whoa
a gent armed with nothin but a cold
sense of jestice come to pirootia
plumb through the affair with a
lantern, he's due to emerge with
the conviction that Glidden's wrong.
Ho Cimmaron is free in a minote.
"'But thar's Glidden's store.
Thar's nobody to claim it, tbar be-
fa no fam'ly to Gliddeu nohow, not
w
fTni juuuo.
Which was it seems to be
ease of open doubt," observes this
yere Cimmaron. "Inacberally takes
this Glidden party's store an deals
his game myset"
' 'It ain't much of a store.' an. be
fa aa the rest of us bar bavin all we
tan ride herd on for ourselves, no
gent makes objection, an Ummiroa
turns himae'f loose to Glidden
a , - 1 a. T1 aLI- . "
ZZZ. TT'Z: aTV.u
wbeB by Vs nweek
Uter he comes ehargin over to
peaselof us an allows he wants the
committee to settle some trouble j
whk-a baa rut his trail. 1
. " "It's about the debts of this
yere Glidden, deceased," says CSm-
maroa. I ucceds to the bueinews,
of Course, which it's little enough
for departed ropin my pony that
time. But you all can gullible I ain't
goin way luck on this yere Head
person's trail an settle all his gray :
an hoary indebtednesses.; Would it
be right, gents 1 1 puts it to you all on
the squar'. Do I immerse myse'f, I'd
like for to be toldj in deceased's lia-
' DlUtteS
meroly for reaontin of his
wrongs ag'in me with my gunf If
a gent can go blindly shootin him-
Be'f into bankrnptcy that away, the
American rov'inent is a rank fail
urd an the stdto Of Texas is plumb
played out." , . '
When we proceeds to ferret in-
to this yere myst'ry we finds that
a sharp has come up from Dallas
Who claims that Cimmaron has got
to pay him what Qliddon owes. This
Dallas sharp pnts said indebtedness
at five stacks of blues.
An this yere longhorn Cim-
maron's got 'om to make good,"
says the Dallas sharp, "because be
inherits the store."
" ' "Now, whatever do you all think
of that f" says Cimmaron, appealin
tojU9.Yerelvetold this perverse
Sxrt that Glidden's done cashed in
hii quit, an now be lays for me with
them indebtednesses. It shorely
wearies me. " -
, " 'It don't tako the vig'lande com
mittee no time to agree it ain't got
nothin to any in the case.
"' "It's only on killings an boss
hustlin's an sim'lar breaks," ex
plains old Monroe, who's chief of
the Paloduro strau'glers, "where wo
all gets kyards. We ain't in on
what's U mero open an shet case of
debt."
'"But this Dallas nbarp stays
right with Cimmaron. He gives it
out cold he's goin to co'lect. He
puts it up he'll shore sue Cimma
ron a lot -
"".'You all don't mean to say
thar ain't no jedgo yeret" remarks
the Dallas sharp, when old Monroe
explains we ain't organized none for
sech games as law coses. "Well,
this yere Plaza Paloduro is for cer
tain the locoedest camp of which I
ever cuts the trail. You all better
get a hustle on right now an 'lect a
jedgo. If I goes back to Dallas an
tells this story of how you all ain't
got no jedgo nor no law yere, they
won't let this PUza Paloduro get
clost enough to 'em in business to
hand 'em a ripe peach. If thar's
enough seuse in this camp to make
bakin powder binc-nit, you all will
have a jodge 'lot-ted ready for mo
to have law cases with by third
drink time tomorry mormn. '
" 'After hangiu up thia bluff tho
Dallas sharp, puttin on n hony of
hauteur un dog, walks over to the
tavern Rg'in un leaves us to size up
Ihq jjlay at our leisure.
Whnf this obd 'rate party front
Dallas says," finally remarks old
Monroe, "is not without what the
Comanchos calls turn-turn. Thar's
savey and jestice in them observa
tions. It's my Idoe that thar boin
no jodge yere that a way to make a
money round up for -a gent when
another don't make good is like
B palin off our fences. I think we
better recluy sech omissions an
lect a jedgo at once."
"'"Which I'm 6pposel to thew
proceodin's," interrupt Cimma
ron. "I'm plumb adverse to courts.
These Lnw sharps gets into 'em, an
when they can't find no gato to
come at you they tips an ininhes
down a panel of fence an lays for
you cross lotr I'm doad ag'in these
proceodin's.",
'"See yero,"ssys old Monroe,
turniu on this Cimmaron, "you
are becoinin too appureut in this
camp, what I might describe as a
heap too obvious Now, if you gets
your stack in again when it ain't
your turn or picks up anybody's
band but your own 111 find a short
way of knockin your horns off. You
don't seem giftod enough to realize
that you're lucky to bo alive right
now."
" '"Bar Cimmaron, who lapses in
to silenceofter old Monroe gives
him notice, the whole camp lines
up fav'rable on the idee to lect a
Jedge, They sends over to the cor
ral an gets a nosebag for a ballot
box, an it's decided that old Monroe
an a Cross party named Randall
has got to do the runnin. Randall
is plenty p'lite an allows be don't
want to be jede none nohow, an
nays give H to old Monroe, but the
bitter gent, who is' organbsin the
play, insists that it wouldn't be le
fal. - -
" ' "Thar's got to be two gents to
lo the runnin,". so old Monroe
fays, "or it don't go. The lection
ain't legal that away onions thafe
two candidates," . - j
'Tbey puts Broncho Charlie an a
port 'naiutxl Ormsby in to be the
'Icctior! sufervisor. They was to
bold the nosebag, an as votes is
dropped in they're to count etn out
aorordin to Hoylc, so we all cait
tell where the play is bead in, Brcev
rfao Charlie is jedge for Raadall aa
Ormsby fronts op all aim lor for old
Monroe. The 'lection we dec-idea to
hold in the Lone 8Ur a'looo, ao's to
be eorvloi-tpd wi:h comfort.
- MMake your game now, grata.
aays old Monroe wben everytbuig'a
kborelj ready, "Get in your Totca.
these, yere polls is open for one
hour."., , .
" "On trt HandalL1' wiva Rmn.
cho Charlie as old Monroe votes. j Wheelook about the middle Ot Au
" ' "An one for old Mdhron, " re- j Mr- Wheelook wan climbing m
marks Ormsby when Randall vote : twrnntaiatpur at sunrise. Thu at-
next.
,l,This gives the deal ton td have ' Unging over tba vat
Randall an old Monroe n'int out bv ! 17- the sun rose a rainbow.
votin for each other that a-waV. aa
tbar ain't one of us who don't deal
more respectable by it i
" 'It'suiy opinion even yet that the
Plaza Paknluro could have pulled
off this 'lection an got plumb , away
an never bad no friction if it ain't
for a greaser from Ban Antonio who
tries to ring in on us. Thar's SI oi
us has voted, an it stands 9 for Ran.
dall an 12 for old Monroe, when up
lopes this yere Mexican an allows
he's toooed to vote.
j " ' "Who do you all think you're
' goin to vote for t" asks Ormsby.
j '" "Senor Monroe." says the Mex
ican, pMntin at old Monroe.
"Stopthe deal," yelbj Broncho
Charlie. "I challenge that vote.
Mexicans is barred."
. .. i "Which Mexicans is not bar
red, " replies Ormsby, "an the vote
of this enlightened maverick from
south of tho Rio Grande goes. Thir
teen for old Monroe."
" "Twelve for old Monroe," re
monstrates Broncho Charlie, reachia
for bis gun.
" ' "Thirteen for old Monroe," re
torts Ormsby as his Colt comes to
the front, an he busts Broncho's
arm at the elbow.
" ' "As his obstinacy has destroyed
the further cfHchuncy of my cob
league, " goes on Ormsby as be
sbakoa down the ballots in the nose
bag, "111 now conduct these yere
polls alone. Gents who haven't
voted will please come a runnin. As
I states a momont'ago, she stands
13 for old Monroe."
'""An I says she's 12 for old
Monroe, " shouts a party named Red
River Tom, - crowdin forward,
"You all can't ring to Mexicans
an snaxe no play on us. This ycro-l
lection s goin to be on the squar ,
or it's goin to come off in smoka"
" Withthis.Red River, who's been
dictatip at Ormsby with bis six
shooter while he's freein his mind,
slams her looso. Red River over
shoots, an Ormsby downs him with
a bullet in his laig.
""'Tliirtcen for old Monroe,"
says OrmsLy. .
"'But thar's where the 'lection
endd. Followin tho subsidence of
Red River Tom, the air ii as full of
lead RS-n bit:? of bulleta. llirouKh
the smoke, au the flashes, an the
noise of it all you can hedr Ormsby
whoopin:
... -ihirtecn for old Monroe."
" 'You can gamble Ormsby's as
squhr ' au 'lection jodge as any gout
i-ould ask. You gets a play for your
money. Gets what you vails action
with Ormsby. .
'"No; Ormsby dies the next day,
so ho never is . 'lection jodge no
more. Five gents gets downed, an a
whole corral full is hurt. I myse'f
reaps a crease in the shoulder, an I
never do get nearer than the sub
urbs of the tight
"'No; Cimmaron Pete comes off
all sound, an no new boles in him.
But as the Dallas party-who comes
caperiu over with the tirt shot, t
layiu outsulo the Lone Star door as
dead us Santa Anna thar's an end
to the root of the disorder. ,
"The 'lection ibto'f was looked
on a.4 a draw. Old Monroe allows
that, all things considered, be don't
regard himse'f as 'lectod none, nu
Randall, who a doctor is feelin
round in for a bullet at the time,
seuds over word that he indorses
old Monroe's p'sition, an that as
long-as the Dallas sharp has hit tho
trail after Gliddeu an is tharby ablo
to look after bis debt himself, he,
Randall, holds it's so use dis
turbin of a returned serenity, an to
let every thing go us it lay a. -'"An
that,' cow-lovus Texas
Thompson as be reaches for bis
glass, 'is what oomes of an effort at
law nn order at TIaza Paloduro. I
ain't overstatin it, gents, when I
says that said lection leaves me
gun shy for over a year.' "Dun
(juin in Ban Francisco Examiner.
l-ttefnl Trlnatnlu
"I don't sec what fun it can be for
yon to go on fishing expeditions
with your husband," said her best
friend.
"That's because yon don't know
anything about fishing," she re-
l-lied.
"Do you?"
"Ob, yes, iudeed, I can' ait to the
stern of the boat and give advice
with the best of them, and when a
fish gets a way there's no one can
beat me telling bow it ought to
have been lauded."
I shouldn't
much fun."
tUink thU waaXX b
"That's because yon don't know
how angry it makes my husband.
Paareon's Weekly.
"I dreamol last nutht (hat
were dirorcf!." said Higglna. "
"Indeed," replied Mrs. H. quia. I gen. urne notione ox ceietraai uiov
tically. 'Tjam what rrotreda did 1 1 mination are spun strictly terree
sbtain itt" Philadel,.hia North ' trial prieHplen, "it's stiU lif
ajnericra. . , New Y Jrk "fan. "
I A circular rainbow wis onooob-'
1 ierred in India by Lieutenant,
round aa a circus ring, wan seen to
the fog which all but obscured one
bf the beautiful lake, which are so
a trained meteorologist and was not
at all astonished to see a circular
rainbow, knowing, as he did, "the
eonditions under which it was
found. But what attracted his atten
tion in particular was the presence
of a bright spot in the exact center
of the beautiful, variegated band
composing the circular "bow." This
spot was so intensely luminous that
the observer thought that it might
be a bush fire some distance away.
but this supposition was soon dis
pelled by further developments.
Blowly and regularly and from all
ides at once the bright center spot
became surrounded by circles of ra
diating light, each containing all of
the. primary colors in fact, each;
was a perfect miniature circular
rainbow. This wonderful phenome
non lasted for about two hours, or
until the sun had arisen to such a
height that the reflection sank back
against the mountain aide. Mr.
Whcelock watched it until it faded
away, pronouncing it the most beau
tiful and wonderful sight he had ev
er beheld. St. Louis Republic.
peae at lav. '
A village innkeeper in the mid
land counties tolls how he was clev
erly tricked by one of his customers.
Ono day he was talking to a bar full
of people, and saying that no ono
had ever been able to get the better
of him, when a strange man enter
ed, and, bearing the remark, said to
a neighbor;
"I'll bet yon a sovereign I will do
him."
"You won't" mid the landlord.
"I will," said the man. "If you'll
put a sovereign under that mug and
place it on that table, I will take
the money without touching the
mug."
"You won't trick me," said the
master. "And to let yon nee I am
not afraid, I will put twoto fact, I
will place three sovereign under it
There you are," he added, "Ail Li
ready. " And bo stood with a amilo
on bis face, while the others looked
on, -very eager to sou bow the scene
would end.
Leaning under the table, the man
extended his hand, and presently
withdrew it with 3 sovereigns in bij
palm. He showed them all junound, !
amid much wonder.
The landlord, getting rather warm
in bis excitement caught up the
mug, whereupon the man picked up
the money beneath it and walked
out amid much laughter, as the
landlord shouted, "Done at last!
Of course, the man bad not touch
ed the mug. The landlord lifted it
and so lost the bet London Tit-
Hits.
Mrtaw e. SWaey a Wee.
A remarkable feat was acoo-n-plished
.moving a factory to which
tho machinery was maintained to
operation. The shop referred toLi
remarkable feat
situated to Boston' and was mowexl
to fnake room fur ..the work being
done in the elevation of the tracks
of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford railroad. The movement
of the shop was about 300 feet to
one direction and 60 feet in another'
and was effected without suspending
work, the shop being operated jut
as if nothing unusual was going on.
The building is of brick, 350 by.
CO feet About one-half its length it
three stories high and the rest two
storii. Electric motors are attach,
ed to the shafting to supply the
power, they receiving their power
by wires running from a generating
plant put up for that purpose. The
shop was thus moved bodily a die.
tance of 30 feet and kept to opera,
tion during the transition, which
was particularly desirable on ao
eount of ruih of butdaesa. Ameri
can Machinist '
"So," said the woman with the
red flowers in her boanot "you eon. L
template getting married.
"Yea," was the demure answer.
"I thought it over. He said that if I
refused him it would break his ,
heart And I couldn't think of as- j
intninrr mnn airnfra fikairinrt o i iiilifrnr
M eSs nwaa saw mm Wve.wwni j j
"I suppose you have thought so- j
riously of what "yon are about to ;
do."
course, i reauae pen ecu y
that marriage ia a lottery." - .
"My dear, it's worse. When you
try your luck to a lottery and fall'
to draw a prirw, you can tear up the '
Washington Btar.
Some one told, the youngest the
other evening to go to the window;
and see if the moon was out vst.
"Oh, no, indeed," replied the youni
A LIVE WIRE NOT FATAU
le
Veefal faiaeee, ..
A reporief Was coming down
street a day or two ago with mas
who lives to western city, whom
he carefully stepped around the end
of wire lying on the sidewalk, tho
other end reaching ap toward the
' .
pole, that Usually goes with' a wtae
TiX
ho said to explanation.
. "I understand," responded his
companion, "and I know that b live
wire is hot to be fooled with; but,
you know, I have rather a kindly
feeling for that much dreaded occu
pant oi our streets."
"One killed some fellow to whom
yon owed a bill 1" inquired Hi re
porters , 4, -
'No. One saved the Uvea of m
wife and three children, not to men
tion the nurse and a dog." , ;
The reporter looked incredulous. :
"It doesn't seem reasonable," said
the man, "but 111 tell yon how it
was. I happened at that time toowa
a horse and barooche, and one day
my wife drove down to my office
with the three children, the nurse
and the pug. You see, our town isn't
so big that a ladjpean't drive down
town. We had a good time togeth
er, my family and myself, and aft
er a pleasant call of 10 or IS min
utes the mother and kids went hack
to the carriage, and as I had some
work to do I let thorn go alone, as
they nearly always did. Two or
three minutes later I heard a about
and a scream, and jumping to the
window I sawmy rig, with all that
1 held dearest, going down tho a tret I
full tilt
"Something had . frightened the
none, one that I had hired to take
the place of my own, which waa
rick, and he had bolted just after
the party had got out into the stmee
For an instant as I looked at the
wildly careering vehicle, I was com
pletely paralysed, and then, with a
yell I went down stairs aad dowa
street There was a drawbridare. :
open at this hour, with only a light
gate acroex, fire or six blocks down
the street, and I knew nothing oa
earth would stop that horse except)
thawater. 40 feet below the street
aad that meant death to all Every
body on the street seemed to under
stand the situation as well as I did.
but there was so little time to act
and the distance was so short that
every effort was unavailing.
" "The street was clear, and I could
see the horse and carriage and be
yond it tbe draw.. The next thing I
knew the horse went dowa to the
street, and. supposiog that all had
gone into tbe river, I collapsed and
fell over to a faint Whenlrecover
v a consriocsneaa, my wife was stand
ing by my side with tbe cbikhrea
around her, and thai sight of then
had such a good effect that I got op
at once and bussed them in the
most emphatic manner.
"It waa readily enough explain
ed." concluded the husband aad fa
ther. "There waa a h wire right
beroes tbe horse's track. aU 100 feet
front the draw, dropped by Fron
deoce, I presume, and when the
borse touched it he went dowa and
didn't get up any more. It waa a
narrow escape, and store that time,
aa I before remarked, I do not look
upon tbe live wire of our streets a
entirely without its
traits."
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. And the reporter, betoga bacbe-1 takes the furia of a tatterCj. wnarh
lnr, wondered if be could afford to ! Veres hint when h fa ab or aa
cure hi abhurrwoce of Lre wires at ! roeooov Tb- etring ii vvra Uatil
such a price. Washington Btar. it faUs off cf iterlf. la hke niaam-r;
SvalkMa T
Respecting the utility of swallows
-- "- "- "-- j ,
as aiMmgrni oi
, . " ,rT cottttt-Xew York Jcqmal. . -and
their ngn Mr. J. W. Whibley i .
writes? "Oa this point I can give n ."'t V t m t r i .
the experience of an Englkdi gentle-1 ron ever hear the, wonderful
man who svrvvd undvr Said Pasha j legend t the holy stone of Ard.
in Egypt' tie otwrrreu tnai a wnote
colony of swallows had suddenly
left tbe town to which he lived and
noted tbe fact to a friend who had
been located there some years.
'Yea,1 said the latter, wekhall have
cholera break out in lesa than a
week. Twice before have I seen the
same thing And so it did on this
occasion. Nor did the little winged
mesaougers return until a clean bin
of hoalth was apparent The pestp
lential atmosphere must have been
aceated or taated by the swallow, I
who hxt lA the iOr. "Um&A TVJo-
Old Gentleman Do you mean tf
say that your teachers never thrash
rout .
Little Boy Never. We have
tl aasion at our school. -
"What's that l . ,
Oh. we get kept to, and stood up
in corners, and locked out and lock- j
eil In. and made to writs ooc wofXra .
Ibeuaand time, and srowisd at and' but there is also a goodly sitakling
jawed at, and that's ail." Good . of those who, believe all that m
News. ' ,1 r La hoed for the twek.' The- devo.
u nu rn tip ' ' teva, iu time of low tklo, creep wr-
' rTiir. v,-- nJ tham round the stone ou loro
"HanHr kltbekmd kw arjJ .Jition. .re f-vor,.'
ZZ' HlfW ".iUe crawl thr-ugh a hollow iu Co'
A. .. . , .
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"It's wot might lie called a empty (
tit'" lu'HaujipuUM Junu;l
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Orlrbrsted ror He great tor-atoa- HnetH
aad kenlikf ulnena, immrtm tint foe eeaiawt
elom mm ell tmm of trtuluntkm
miv.l.bi.'firii 1
to the ekene brflxliL mr im.nnu uitt
DBKWXtW York. ' "
SHAN3' QUEER CUSTOMS. .
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An Englishman who ham p dj at'
ed into tbealasost mikaowniaoanK
tain region which divides Bermav
from the frontier states of the Chi
nese empire has hronghi bark: Basis
enrioua detadle about that Shan, sal
the people who live M that nunwlry
are railed. 'v'i'.ji t
The Shane punish femicide wttM ;
death, but the singular I eadare about
the exerstJon is that before it take
place the conrieswawd is
throngdi the baxur at the..
where he is to die, aad at every fio
nor shop is given a drink of
cboonea. The result is thar
tree" to a state of fcgaiiooaori
La intaxkxtkaa.
! of the jiIimImI arm read car sand
the slip of bamboo oa which thejF
are written is toeewd orer hie
Thecrimsaal then kneels &yara,' ia
arms are tied behind hxs bock; aad
his head is struck oC, ttetvrm tmh
ion."!' "--r; :'-.T7-.": 1, :; v -
There is a rtnriceia mixtiare of
kh and Teutonic ia tlteti laaaeml latw.
however, for tho itistiiaa of Vnd
! ajuideied man orwwaaaa. ha rath
! pririlege of Ukxaa; 3m rwjwcena-
oeanuty aad letting ta stayer fa;
1 or they navy demand him for Uffla.
tnv the iBsliiim m
The brsdegTooaas prav
to the ewidr 'e
it way is lAwked by roan
atvarioaspoiat,aBdtheeijaictBS't
husband haa to pay toL When
reaches the bride Besnsev tho BOir
eat rice together, aad their aaanii
BretiedtogrtiMrflAastriaB .
' The faaeral cssvtnona-a are afaa
different front those what., aww
koovw to rxHt. A jaecnof mceuy
is placed ia the dead snaa'a taewtX
and the borty Caccried col ia a cof
fin gayly drorated with ftasel aa4
coaoral paper. BtebeaipaaieJ by tkn
chief uwuiutu who dao aatlhrjr
go to the gravex The etnast'saei
walks ahead. eaxryiBar a rart-1
word tocJear tho waj throah thsf
VOosiBg aftnta, ...., .
When the grave is reawhed, th
wtvea and csihtren of the dead anew
aad hie briber walk three tTssei
aioand tbe rcSa. cmrryiag a cowpta
of lighted ranllewy the iosa say
their rraywv and the body tobtar- ,
ied. Before the party goes biarna aan
aged aaaa tUoeuwh person wriit
round with a piece of string to pre-
vrat his buttertty rsca;iitf. for the
Sheas beSrT that each etn"sTptrtr'
wnen a traveler cotneo (vm-x rroau a
journey, hts wrists are. bound witia 1
string to prevent ku wtttern'
arn wandering off on it owm a.
f The stones toad of that
asarkabtestoaearethe bm4 curious
aad nnaccountalJe aarratrrea that -one
eouM well imagiia yet thar
are thowaads of pVopto n fcauf "
aad to Ureot Britain who believe '
then to be true to every particular.
According to tbe Vgend. the n
caaay stone, which is owned by tbo
coonty of Watcrford, Ireland, tluet
ed ell of tho way front Bocae to the
British fele, briagiug with it tbe
Sierred priestly vestnteats of St Pat-
Besidan tha ahoVw it also
broujrht n beUtor hie first church
aad souie candles few mast, eao f .
the latter b?iag hghtod when tt"
curious craft arrived on'thelrfeh.
coast. t?iAce tbe days of St Patrick
this wooSerittl stone has been held
sacrvd to tbe memury of that saint. .
It Ua large bowlder,' weibiap," per
napa, four or five tons, and ilea at
the water edge, - It is even now
daily visited by scores of people.' A
ItTrwt many of -these are Tourists.
aand whi.-h the water ha w.
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