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r The Aat'a Intelllaence.
German physiology Is attacking tno
iutelligcnce of the ant Professor Bethe
Strssaburff thinka he has fonnd a
cnrelv materialistic reason for their
recognizing each other. Ho cleansed i
ante taken from one hill in a solution i
H I V..W i
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of alcohol, dipped them in a decoction
made of. ants from another hill and
placed them in the strange hilL They
were not attacked as strangers, even
when of different color and conforma
tion. On the other hand, ants treated
' in this manner when put back in then
own hills were not recognized by their
tribo..bnt at once attacked and killed.
Frofepsor Bthe infers from this that
'anU iiia-t give out some liquid whose
odor guidc-s them and that each colony
moht have its own peculiar smell. Be
gm-s further and assumes that the odor
emitted is different in going from and
returning to tho nest- Bis test was to
cut out a section in en ant path and to
swine; it half round a circle till the ends
joined tho path aaln directly opposite
their former position. When the ants
came to the break, they were complete
ly bewildn-ed. hot as soon as the sec
tiun was swunor back into its original
position found tl;ir way again without
trouble
Tfce Hapless Kdltr
Once v. pen a time an editor fell into
a pit and one of his would be contrib
utors camo along and offered to help
him cnt
"I will accept your atfcwtance." said
t!;e editor. - '
"Tl.nrsk pKxlnfww!''" said the contrib
T,U r. "I have at l.-i-t fonnd something
T .-.1 ari w .;::r.sf to rtvrt!"
"Will yon try to sell mo that Juke '
w ;..,n I pet Tit 7
"Y."." -kid the contril-ntor.
"7 -.- n leeve tue to my fat " Lcvn-
l U i ;.'.&-Urd.
' Faaae.
i I vn a yourg man," u.l
'. . 1 rrt:!a, "I o l to b
s I t rt-4 trill.ant '"-'o'l
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tave 6-i'
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' 11 ill who hate would love tia, ' -And
all our love, were true,
N- The stars that swing above na
Would brighten la the blue. ' ,
If cruel words were kliwes.
And every (cowl a smile, -
A better world than this la
Would hardly be worth while.
If purnoe would unttgliton ....
'j " To meet a brother's need.
The load we bear would lighten,
Above the grave of greed.
. Itihose who whine would whistle.
And thomwho languish laugh.
The rose would rout the thistle,
- The grain outrun the chaff. H r
I If hearts were only Jolly, - '
-If grieving were forgot,
And tears and melancholy '
Were things that now are not
Then love Would kneel to duty,
'-'. And all the world would seem .
A bridal bower of beauty,
A dream within a dream. - "
If men would cease to worry,
' .f And women cease to sigh - .
And all be glad to boxy
. . Whatever has to die;
If neighbor spake to neighbor,
'yA As love demands of all, "
. Tlie rust would eat the saber, : :
' The spear stay on the wall; ' -
r Then every day would glisten, - '
And every eye would shine,
"i. Jjul God would pause to listen, "
, And life would be divine. . .
Washington Tlmei. v
A LAGGARD LOVER.
Paul had said bo mnch about my re-
Bemblance to my grandmother, Rebecca
Seton, and had spoken so very warmly
of her beauty that I confess I dreaded
to risk the comparison and stand beside
the portrait that night, as they wished
me to do. : So I made every sort of ex
cuse when I was asked .to go into the
drawing room.' '
You are more like her than yon
think, Frances," -said Uncle Hark.
Becky Seton was famous for her beauty
all over Surrey in her day, but she whs
talked of for more than her good looks.
Of coarse you know all about her love
affairs. T It is a very pretty story and
yon narrowly escaped being born a Be-
ton. - Everyone thought Becky was en
gaged to her cousin Bichaf d when she
eloped. ; .."
Some women are born Be tons," I
began flippantly, Vsome achieve Se
tonsv' And then I caught sight of Paul
looking at me with such a queer face.
omitted the rest of the parody and ask
ed, "Why didn't Becky marry Rich
ard?" Oh, he was a bad lot Be was my
grandfather, you know. " And Uncle.
Mark, the dearest old man that ever
was, smiled to himself. ; "Becky kept
him on pins and needles, blowing hot
and blowing cold-awaiting for Goodloe
to propose, I fancy.
"I ll not stand that,' 1 exclaimed.
' 'You're insulting both my great-grand'
parents at once. Becky : Couldn't ask
him his intentions, could she? And I'm
sure he was only waiting for the psy
chological moment" -.
Well, Goodloe was not exactly what
you would call a languid lover. No
fear I I say, Molliagq and get Becky's
old Bible. It's in the drawing room.
I'll show you a pretty piece of flirtation
as you could wish. Dicky carried her by
storm at last with a very audacious lit
tle coup, which was quite the way to
manage a madcap like Becky. ' '
Please bo careful. You forget how
much I am like her,'' I interrupted.
"Oh, vou forgot we're all Setons here,
and wo take after our harmless old
grandfather," said "Uncle Mark, but
Paul bit hia lip. "Well, there was a big
party here in this very house, mind
you, and everybody was invited, but
she was such a coquette that no one
knew which of tho rivals sho favored.
Her father insisted upon her marrying
Dick Seton, to keep tho estate in the
family, and Becky's nurse was the go
between on tho other side, and did all
she could for-Ooodloe, who wit the
handsomer man of the two. They say
that up to the moment when she saw
the carriage lights Becky Hadn't decided
which of them to accept "
I'm sure I would have known my
own mind," said I; Vbut of course, if
the right one didn't have the spirit to
propose".! bit my lip. "How did she
decide 7
She had divided up her dances very
artfully that evening, but Goodloe got
a chance daring one of his turns to ask
her to go outside in the park for a little
walk in the moonlight She was always
ready for mischief, and they slipped
out without being noticed, except by
Dick Seton, who followed their' foot
prints in the snow and found one of
her slippers by the gate. Goodloe had
his carriage all ready, and he didn't
propose to her till she saw it and asked
tjm why jt vraa there. Then they most
hava hesxd Dickr eallins for hU Dart-
ner, and she picked np her skirts and
ran for the carriage! ,
Mollie came in just then with the old
Bible, and her father opened it and be
gan turning the pages. "See here!" he
began. 'Thiais the way they did it
Goodloe marked a passage with a little
dash, like this, and put th number of
the page on the fly leaf, and Becky
marked hen in the same way with a
cipher. You can follow the whole game
np to the time when It began to be a bit
too serious for Mistress Becky's policy."
He began with Proverbs iii, 15, and
from there the verses skipped back and
forth, through Psalms, Eoclesiastes and
Solomon's Song, something like this:
She ta more precious tfcaa rubies, and all
the things tnon canst desire are so4 to be com
pered onto ber.
His aiouth is futt of cnTln and deceit and
fraud under his tongue la mischief and vanity.
Beooid, thou are fair, ay love: tho Beat
terra's eyes.
etaywithme 8"i, eotnfort aw with ap
ples, for I am ate of love. - -
Many daughtere have dose vtrtuanaly, tat
Ukmi exeellest them alL
Forsake her not, and she shsH pnssrvs thee;
love her, and she shall kerp thar.
I will UMLrnot Owe and tasca thee hi the
way which thou ahalt go; I will guide thee
wtih mine eye.
Turn away thine eyee frees me, fnr ty
have overcome m: thy heir a as a finok f
gnata that aTar from Uiwd.
- Bnrkca, O denshter, and eonetder, and le
eltee mine ear; forest also thine owa people
ert-1 thy rether's hnase.
Fnr how eso I rx!ere te ate the evil the!
shall come nulo my psoplet
If it was strange to bear one s greot
frandinotber's love mf&gm read off in
l..-r own hoc-ie aft ta many years, it
wiis tt.U inoTS intTtiDg to watth th
t!.;ir of STuhafiDe face as Paul
f.Mil daring tli rit; 1. I bftl bfvn
wi.h him pretty c.ntact'.y si net I had
f rt u.'t him, u-.'i ii I ra .it in t vej
I wa ia I' f.t trout !d r'utt that Sooft-'O i
tr-'- it. It was prnwiria; ammuii
t-.il
mil
It try ci.i'T-""5"- hnivt-r, ,
-1 fa'.i.-nA. ficiieJ rry if arsi
f. ,irs. I'y r..m ki Iv-n
n scxfTit - 1 t ia f i 1 i
I mnat see the portrait that night The
story of her love affair worked on my
imagination too vividly for me to wail
and I resolved to go down to tho draw
ing room as soon as the house was quiet"
So, after an hour, I took a light and tip
toed down 'stairs. I found my way
easily enough, opened the door and en
tered ,tho '" tv y;
The Aill moon had cast a prima of
light through the leaded window, sten
ciling the patterns of its sash upon the
parquetry and blazoning the floor with
the cross cutlets of the Seton arms. Eo-
yond this tho room showed dully..; There
was little furniture, so that the pictures
showed conspicuously upon the closely
paneled wainscot I lighted a lamp and
a candelabrum upon the table, gave a
quick look 'around the apartment for
the portrait and then my eyes met it ae
if 2 had suddenly come opposite a mir
ror.
- : Becky Seton had been as beautiful as
they said, surely.- I stood studying her
point for point as if she were my rival.
I had her hair and her hands, if not all
the piquancy of her face and that old
time modeling one sees so seldom now
adays. She had a fascinating little scar,
ike a soft shadow or a deep dimple,- on
he side of her chin that I envied more
than , anything else. ' There was much
else in her face that I fancied I under
stood,' and I went on to a looking glass
for confirmation. By many evidences I
was sure I had her temperament and
was bound by subtle sympathy, to hen
- Well, my life had not been quite so
interesting as bora, but these were dif
ferent times 1 I sat down in the win
dow Where I had a good view of the
portrait and fell into a wandering mood.
I tried to imagine the ball in this room,
so long ago, but somehow I . could not
help putting Paul in the place of that
ancestor of mine who had hurried this
maid (so like me) out of the chamber
and into his coach outside. ' If men were
as gallant as that nowadays, I thought,
one could decide more easily. And then
I must have fallen asleep. , -
Something seemed to be moving in
the chamber, - something . which - ap
proached 'and became recognizable as
two figures, a man and a woman, in
seventeenth century costume. They
slowly promenaded the circuit of the
apartment, with--a look at' each other
now and again, as if in a discuesion
without words. .Their faces were" al
ways turned from me, but the old por
traits prompted me with bints of cos
tume, and I fcnew that these were Sir
Melville Seton and his wife. ; - -;
As they passed the window and dis
appeared in the moonlight, which seem
ed to dissolve their forms, I saw that
there were- others in the room, Some
were no more distinct than waving
shadows, diaphanous in the flare of the
candles and achieving a greater con
grnity in the darker parts of the room,
as if clad in phosphorescence.' They
came "and went to no purpose that I
could see, and seemed to disregard each
other as beings of different generations.
Indeed the whole scene was phantasma
goric and elusive, like the shifting of a
half focused lantern slide or a dissolv
ing view, till I saw the hall door slowly
opening and a new face peered in. ;
Tho last comer showed more distinct
ly than the rest, so much so that I could
hardly tell whether it was human being
or spirit. Ho was a young man in peri
wig and small clothes of tho latter part
of the last century. His face was nar
row and lighted with a boyish, eager
expression. His oyebrows, drawn in two
whimsical dark curves under tho white
hair cf his wig, accented the alertness
of his aspect and the deliberation of his
movements.-
There was that in bis bearing which
forbade terror, and my only fear was
that he should notice mo and disappear
before his errand was accomplished ; for
that he was on some more definite mis
sion than the - other phantoms I was
sure. . Nothing could be stranger than
his demeanor passing among the other
figures; bis eyes- questing to right
and left but seeing nothing. He came
np to the window and flood in the shaft
of moonlight listening. If he had seen
ma, it would not havo been so dreadful,
but he gazed vacantly in my direction.
Then something caused him to change
his mind, nnd he crossed the room rap
idly. ' -. -, ; ";
There was a row of ' bcoksbelvca
against the wall before which he stop
ped. He gave a quick glance over his
shoulder and then took a note from one
of the books and turned in my direc
tion, with a sudden smile on bis face.
Involuntarily. I turned my eyes for a
moment in embarrassment
When I looked np again, the room
was empty and in -the hall outside the
clock whirred and struck t. The candles
were low in their sockets. I must have
been asleep a longer time than I bad
thought I arose, bewildered and agi
tated by my vision, and-croseea to in
bookcase with my ligbt Aly eyes leu
immediately upon Becky s old Bible,
which had been returned to its place,
snd I opened it with great excitement
8urely there had been lcve letters, too.
if mv dream were true, end the oia ru
ble most hare been tha lovers' postoflftce !
The book was somewhat crudely
bound in leather. Cry end cracked by
time. The end rapers bad curled away
front where the covers were sewed to
the boards, showing the stitches run
ning back and forth in long triangles.
But there was something else! Beneath
the leather I saw tha corner of a folded
paper. I "rHcked at it carefully, and
lnklly succeeded in getting the act out
from it hiding" place. I had harrSy tak
en it in my hand, however, when a
noise behind me brought my heart into
my mouth and I turned suddenly. At
first I dared not believa my eye . They
bad deceived me too of ten that night
But it was Paul I
. , . , .
XM
He
login, SO e UH 0UWT ugure s ujuj
hi. tVr ae white and Ua evflt '
gleaming in the candlelight
You here I" ha exclaimed, and I
fancied I noticed a tone of relief te hi
voice. "I thought I beard a noise and
came down te find out what was up.
I came down to make the acquaint
ance of my grea t-gTanaxnotner. now ,
you may sea which yon really lika tb
betu-r!"
"France, yon are like ber I But I
was a bit afraid of you at first, though ;
you V k M so tranrrent in the moon-4-
i.t "- - XWo be Uk!tm mora aerioos.
1 wtir.'jr if yon are liVe ber erjotiirb
Dot t-i know yotir own mind or Diine!"
"IV) I on.Ttar)d that I ara bavin? a
F t--a thnif-t v p. o uif" I as.! I it kf-1-ly,
f b m:-nr V-ft no i .ol t ti.at b
l-'al f. -: : i -1 ti .t ti.ia w.is f-e "; vrfhn.
1 . ,.t i . -ir.- i.t" wi:a i...'a I taJ
t ' 1 1 -
' "Conic, j? ranceo, I am in rarnest, '
ho said. "Will you accept me?"
;Nowih8 had said it Z grew frightened,
and I saw that I must uiako op my
mind without - delay. I .looked up at
Becky's portrait and I thought I under
stood her better .than-ever. Then I
thought of the nota in -my hand.' .It
was in a woman s writing, I was sure.
Perhaps I could trust her blindly al
j ony raW the spirit of her mischief ww
in me, even when I should be most sori
ous. As one tosses up a coin to decido a
doubt and yet resolves not to follow iti
directions unless it comes down as one
wishes so I handed him the note.
"Hero is your answer, " I said.
'. He opened it with a puzzlod face and
as he road it beside tho flame of the can
dlo tbo corners of his mouth fell. "Oh
Frances!" he gasped.
- i "What does it say?" I cried ini some
alarm, and I reached for the letter.
v "Why, don't you knowt." he eaid,
very much perplexed, but with a return
of hope in his face.
Mr DcAiiX COrarx-'-Zf yon think T shall
relish each fyne Imrertinence re yon hnm
shown, It Is evident Hint .you do not knowt
me. I am notlo uwd to being Ppied apoa,
tho' you be mino own Cousin, and have tbt
Runne of this House. I will node submit It
be watched, A aoe I shall have no rcoro a)
you. Ae to your Distresseat being Diseovor'd,
Fray read yore Testament at Prov. ii, 0 "1
aisoe will leugu atte yore, calamity; 1 Will
mock when yore Fear comefh. B.
The look of my face reassured him.
and he read his answer in my embar
rassment and alarm. When I explained
my dream and the ghostly lover who
hod prompted me, be could not help
laughing. "This letter was for poor old
Dicky I" he said. "I wonder what she
said to Goodloe, though." And he look
ed at me .very audaciously and came
much nearer. "What was it Frances?
Tell me I". . - , - ; -
: "She said nothing at all," I replied.
"She shook his arm and he hurried ber
out of the room like this."! added.
for Paul had taken his cue by this time.
"And when they got into the hall" I
continued. " ,.'.,- .- ;r
."He took her in his arms and kissed
her like thisK : said. Pauh Gelett
Burges in San Francisco Post : i;.,
: ' Loadon'a Year of Prlnece.
The allusion by Archbishop Temple
to 1840 as a year when "sovereigns
were coming one after another to Eng
land as a quiet sort of place where they
would not be assassinated," and when
one London hotel proprietor said "he
was quito full up with kings and royal
dnkes, but that he had one small back
bedroom, and as the pope was a bache
lor he might come and- occupy it," re
calls an occasion eight years earlier,
when for a wholly different reason a
similar influx of distinguished foreign
ers took place. Tho attraction in 181)8
was, of coarse, the queen s. coronation.
Writing to his sister on the eve cf this
event Disraeli said :
"London : teems - with - foreigners.
There are full 800 (on dit) of distinc
tion attached to the different embassies
and lodged in every possible hotel from
Mivart to Sabloviere. Lord F. Egerton
told me this morning that ho had just
been paying a visit to a brace of Italian
princes in the last named crib on a third
floor, and never in the dirtiest locanda
of the Levant, Smyrna or Alexandria
had he visited a more filthy place. But
they seemed to enjoy it, and are visible
every night with their- brilliant uni
forms and sparkling stars, as if their
carriage at break of- dawn wore not
changed, into a pumpkin. 'Birming
ham Post- -. . , ;. '.;.;':'.
, Am Empire of tavasea. .
There now remain only one people
and one little valley south of the equator
whose sovereignty has not been claimed
by some European power. Itja the val
ley of Borotee, 60 or 60 miles wide.
north of Lialui, in bomb Africa;
And tho only reason why the Morotse,
who inhabit it, have preserved their in
dependence is that England and Portu
gal "both claim it. and therefore the
work of "civilization" is at a standstill.
It may not be so easy to conquer the
Marotse when the time comes, for they
are a tall, well set np race," albeit very
black in skin. In manners they -are
courteous and in bearing dignified.
Every full blooded Marotse is by birth
a chief and takes bis place in the aris
tocracy of the empire.
The bare fact that be is a MarotM In
sures tne respect, of tne suDscrvieni
tribes, and as be grows to manhood a
sense of superiority usually implants m
the native the dignity of self respect-
London Letter. .. ,
The All Kmhraelng-. '
'What have yon here?" asked the
fresh young man of the waiter at a first
class restaurant
'Everything, sir."
'Everything?" sncericgly. "Hava it
served at once."
"Hash fur one!" yelled the waiter.
Detroit Fro Press.
Meveamt,
The movement for good roads is like
many other things la this world, ob
stinately opposed by the- very ones to
-whom its accomplishment as a fact
would do the moat good. In a genuine
reform such as tbU the crusade is long
and arduous and disheartening to any
but tne most determined advocates. The
wheelmen bars done good missionary
work, but apparently they bsvs not
eonviooed the rural mind that the ad
vantages they ara contending fur would
be general and farreachiug. Ealtimors
American. -
. It U so treated that tha government
pot wide tires on the army wagons.
Wlter should not be allowed to stand
along the roadside. Pitcbea snouia m
ken clear and open in order to cany it
Vim,
- - . rtAhmA
" " -
Tha sprinkling cart is a daily necessi
ty if macadam roads are to pa mats
tainad at their best
Conataat eoogtung ia Vry annoying,
and tb ronbnnous hacking and irri
tation will soon attack and injur th
delicata lining of tha throat and air
nmm Taiia advice and ose Dr.
toil s Cooeh. 8yrop ta time. Thia
wonderful revne.1 v will core yon.
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a- i . I
w w . S k s es.Ua
Cu Col. ""i cpCc'.J st ence.
Azszwmx
Mattes the food more delicious and wholesome
. - aovAt BAtttim Hmmto.tntmtowiL
AN AFRICAN TERROR.
The
T8EV6E FLY'S BITE IS SURE
DEATH TO ANIMALS.
Science Has Tried la Vnlai to Find
Remedy Far the Sting; of the Venew
' moae Little Insect Its Poison Has
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A peet tbat fatally afflicts animals,
'but .riot man, and has thus far been
confined to central and southern Africa,
is tho subject of a report to the Royal
society, In England, by a committee ap
pointed to Investigate the matter. The
disease in question ia the result of
bite by a fly scarcely larger than the
common house fly, and though its prog
tess is somowhat slower than that of the
poison from snake bite the effect is
equally deadly to ox, horse or dog.
sting like that of a mosquito loads to
symptoms resembling those of a cold,
and the animal grows steadily worse
until it dies, perhaps a week or ten days
after the tiny wound was inflicted.
The importance of a malady of .this
sort was so apparent that the Royal so
ciety appointed a committee to study
its nature and to ascertain, if possible.
whether any cure could bo found. A
good deal of interesting information is
printed in the report, bnt an yet, in comoatant, ana at a cer-
spite of some original and thoronghxTtoI Bl8"aI , nagging match commences.!
spite of some original and thorough
periments, no remedy has been found
for the disoase. The most that science
can recommend at present is a continu
ance of the protective measures resorted
to bythe natives, which consist of plas
tering animals over before they are-tak
en into an infected district with manure
and other filthy substances.
The tsetse fly sucks blood, as does ths
mosquito, and communicates its poison
unintentionally no doubt just as mos
quitoes are supposed to convey malarial
jttlson into the veins of their victims.
The mischief making agent ia both in
stances appears to be a living organism;
a mlciobe, characteristic in the one case
of malarial fever and in the other of the
strange and fatal tsetse disease. The
existence of the latter parasite was dis
covered by Surgeon Major Bruce several
years ago, after a careful study of the
scourge. : -The fly is so abundant and
pcrnicioasly active in some regions that
they cannot be inhabited by horse and
cattle. It is a curious fact, though, that
man appears to be entirely unaffected
by its bite.
The great advances made within the
last few year in bacteriology naturally
suggested to the Royal Society investi
gators a line of experiment from which,
at tho outHct it was reasonable to ex
pect much. Tha first step was to obtain
specimens of the microbe, ths next was
to look into bis habits and relation
ships, and ths third was to see what
could be done in the way of producing
an antitoxin from his poison.
The microbes wanted -wero taken
from the blood of a dog that had been
infected with the disease on Its way
home from Africa. Culture were then
made in the usual manner. Varioui
animals were inoculated with the para
sites and attempts were mado to pro
duce a serum, such as is obtained for
snake bite, diphtheria and tetanus, that
would protect animals that had not
been attacked and care those which
had. Bat the system which works so
admirably with a few of the best known
bacterial maladies does not seem to be
efficacious with that which results
from, the bite of ths tsetse fly. Several
variations of the standard methods wen
tried without success. Bile from diseased
animals was injected, for instance. So
were preparation containing the para
sites of kindred maladies. Dieting wai
also resorted to, but yielded no pallia
tive effect.
Tha inquiry of tha committee wat
carried on in such a comprehensivt
manner as to include a comparison with
the tsetse infection of somewhat siwilat
phenomena noticed among rata in India
and elsewhere. Koch is said to hav at
tributed a plague prevalent among In
dian rata to the tsetse parasite. Tlx
Royal society committee does not con
sider ths point established, but tb
identity of tha African malady with
ono observed in Algeria is mora prob
able. One part of ths Investigation conduct
ad by the committee related to tba kind
of animals that are subject to tha peat
nnder discussion. - To obtain informa
tion on this point cats, dugs, rabbits,
mice, rata, guinea pigs and even bedga
bogs were inoculated. They proved sus
ceptible to tha disease. At first it wat
suspected that tb guinea pig was inv
mnne, but while it respond mora slow
ly than some other animal to tha poison
it succumbs eventually. No recovery oc
curred after the parasites had one got
into the creature's blood. ' Not only does
tha bora di in oonaeqnenc of a taut
fly bite, but a hybrid of the sebra and
aa does too. No bop of finding a sub
stitute for tha nobler animal that would
be proof against the disease was afford
ed by thia test Here, however, an
two or thra comforting facta, althoogt
they hav little practical bearing oa
tha problem presented. It seems proved
th at tb disease cannot be communicat
ed by eating the flesh of an animal
which ha died from it unless sobm
lesion exists la tha mouth or food paa
aans. In other word, tb poiaon must
hi injected into the blood. The virus
rather quickly ceases to be infective.
Blood drawn from a living diseased ani
mal lose thia in thre or four day at
most, but material taken from a t'ead
animal aoem to b pirverleas After
about ti hour.
j The failure of the cox Mttea to find
I any cur for the testae i- will be a
! source of freat disappt rrK-nt to all
who are interested in krlth .central
Africa and its indurtrie. New York
Tribune,
Os laebea.
' A lawyer recently arat to rwtho and !
enconnk-red a have acark. Their eye j
j met for an insUaa. when the iark
Washed sad swam way. Lrdon An
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A GLIMPSE AT NUBIA.
THE NATIVES' REMARKABLE POWER
OF ENDURING PAIN.'
A Horrible Floaclna; Match by Which
a Bride Is Won How the Ostrich Is
Haated Pnrsulno; tha Elephaat an
' Foot Tha Chase of tha 2 ascites.
The power of enduring pain exhibited
by the Nubians is almost incredible.
This is strongly instanced In the com
petition by the youths 'of the villages
: for the championship of their camps. '
' r It is a much coveted honor to be call
ed "Akho Benat" (the brother of the
girls), and the youth who attains this
distinction is entitled to marry the
beUo. - .v ; j..
The competition itself is a most ago
nizing spectacle. It commences by the
maidens on certain festivals beating the
drums to a quaint and peculiar tune, i
which so excites the spirits of the young
men that numbers of them at onoe rush
Into the arena, each loudly exclaiming
"I am the brother of the girls I I am
the brother of the trirlsl"
They aro then paired off by casting
lots, and when stripped to the waist a
powerful, flexible whip of hippopotamus
hido five feet in length is placed in the
band of each combatant, and at a cer-
The strokes are not given at random
or in haste, but with the utmost delib
eration, each youth delivering his blow
in turn and keeping time to the music.
The. long, pliant lash descends with
keen precision, cutting deep into the
flesh at every stroke, while the monot
onous "nwlt, "hwit, " "hwit, goes
on nnceasingly and the red streams tell
the tale of suffering which the tongues
disdain to proclaim. At last the one
who-can endure no longer-falls fainting
to tbo ground and is borno away by his
kinsmen.
Tho victors are subsequently pitted
against each other till tha remaining
one becomes the champion and bears
the proud title of "the Brother of tho
Girls." .,--'
Ostrich hunting involves good rid
ing and is animated sport Having as
certained where a nost is to be found,
throe or four mounted men go out on
the plain together, and one of them
rides in the direction of the nest
Instantly tbo bird sees hiin it starts
off at a tremendous pace, tho hunter
following In hot pursuit, until, after
running perhaps a conplo of miles, the
ostrich begins to circlo, its object being
to get back to its nest, from which it
fondly hopes it has diverted it pursuer, i
The other hunters, who are scattered
over the plain, tako np the running by
turns, succeeding each other as each
horse, becomes spent They are thus
able' to press the bird to it utmost
speed, until it falls exhausted on the
ground with outstretched wings, gasp
ing for breath. ,
The nearest hunter then gallops np
and severs it head with a blow from
his sword. Hastily dismounting, he at
once seizes the bleeding stump and
thrusts it into the sand to prevent the
feathers from being soiled by the blood,
which is spnrting in all directions from
the convulsive movement of tbo neck,
even after death. ;
Tba feather of a full grown bird
fetch from 60 to $7S (10 to 15) at
Kassala, where they ara bought by Arab
trader from Cairo, but they ultimately
realize treble tbat value in the Euro
pean market.
When the elephant is pursued on
foot, it I invariably sought in ths
depths of the forest where it ha retired
for shelter from tb noonday sun and
also for tba short repose it take daring
the 94 hours. Tb hunter, having
tracked his quarry to it, retreat i
obliged to use tb utmost stealth in ap
proaching it, the elephant being a very
light sleeper and awakened by ths
slightest unusual sound.
Tba difficulty of moving through a
dense thorny junglo without making
any sound dissimilar to those which
might be produced by nature. nch a
the stirring of tb branches by a light
breeze or tha occasional falling of a
dead leaf, is greater than can be realiz
ed by any ono who ha not tried It
On getting within arm length of hU
game the swordsman slowly raises him
self to an erect position and deal a
slashing cat on the back sinew of tb
neereat foot about ten inches from tha
ground, at tba asm time leaping nim
bly back to avoid a blow from the ani
mal' trunk. Tli cnt if properly deliv
ered bite sheer to In bona, severing
tb large arteries, and In a short time
death ensue from temotThaga,
Gazelles are banted by a powerful
breed of bound in build somewhat
heavier than a greyhound. In spit of
being far swifter than tha bound the
gazcll falls a victim from a nervous
habit of constantly stopping to look
back to t if it is pursued. It also ex
pends it 'strength by taking great
bounds in an almost vertical direction,
thereby not only losing time, but ex
hausting iteelf, so that it is overtaken
without difficulty. -''A Glimpse at Na
bU," by- Captain T. C B. Speedy in
Harper's Magazine.
rhlldrra's Teeth.
A college woman not long ago called
attention to her boy's teeth, which
were entirely without enamel, and said,
with a bitter laugh:
"I wish my education had enabled
me to discover, during tb time my boy
was producing hi teeth, both first and
second, just how to feed him. There I
no enamel on hi teeth because his
mother did not know enough to feed
him properly, and the dentist tell ra
that at 5 he will not hav a tooth In
lis head." Ban Francisco Argonaut j
Warn Advta la Bewri
"Whom shall I go to to get advice
is to how to nuke a suooea of lifet"
"Oo to dcm on who has failed."
"Why?" . i
- "The eucorasf ul people are too buryi
tota'.k." Jewish Comment, J
DeWltt'aTv, itch tfazcT Salve
Carte PUte, acslla.
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pounds. 1 ,
t - This jg the highest average made by any market in pindmoi L
Carolina.
Over $r,2CO.0O paid out daily to farmers for tobacco during t!e
year.
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Every large firm in the United States and a number of foreign firn.
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I wish to call the attention of insurers in Alamance county
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1893 by the late firm of Tata & Albright, is still in the ring.
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satisfaction in every instance. : Correspondence solicited upon
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. BURLINGTON, N. C.
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Buff Orpington originated in Eng
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even shade than tba Buff Plymouth
Rocks. Their undercolor Is good, much
better In tail and wings than -tha Buff ,
Hocks, better in shape and mora styl-.
Ish, being larger and finer In appear- j
ance. Cocks often weigh from 10 to i
mil r,w,Am Mlih W straight
combs, solid red ear lobe snd fine wat-'
ties, broad breast. andVvery broad over
tba back; symmetry fine. Male bav!
thick, stout legs, being of glossy
whit. Hens weigh from 7 to 1H and 8
pounds; Ter tow,' straight combs, j
Their bead are as red a a turkey gob- j
blor while laying. ; -
I have never owned any leghorns,
but never saw any tbat beat Bad Or-1
ping tons as yearly layers. I imported a (
pen last April from England. , iney
reached nion tba 88th of April and
laid th day of their arrival. They are
the grea tost egg producer I aver owned.
I hatched 76 of their chicks and raited
73. They are mora hardy than any
breed I know of, and, I must say, the
fastest growers, and tbey feather np
quickly. Nothing aeon to hurt them.
Tbey sre great foragers and not subject
to disease. My hen bav laid all
through their molt and that la a rare
thing, fcr yon seldom hear of hen lay
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ing at this writing. Pullet were batch
ed tb 12th day of Jan and hava laid
for soma time past Buff Orpington
are, very handsome fowla. All who
tbem fall ia Itv with them on account
of tbeir great beauty and fin appear
ance.' I hava tried to writ a plain.
simple description of the Buff Orping
ton and bav not exaggerated. Tbey
ar worthy of all that can b said of
them, not only for their great beauty,
but as a general purpos fowl and for
tbeir great laying qualities. They ar
really what you may call regular laying
machine. Several Buff Orpington pul
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writing. James A. Warn in Feather.
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