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O, bird of mine, vx ith tin oping win?,
Winnie nil the.e iii it -s of Mirrnw;
Tliy aog lint vest nlay xvas glad,
Ami 'twill In, ay to morrow.
Know'sl thou not tb.il w ami llir
llolil rath alike Mltnii lio i'
That -souls a-, will us mutter botv
To oni' liiw of reaction?
One need- imi-t picve, nor knows tin while,
Tlmt every note of sn Ini's-t
lias lllilili'll in lis being depth
Hit l ounlei'i art of ladiics.
O. Iiiiiuau soul, in il.ii kin-si now.
All li '' and comfort scorni g,
l'.ui wait, ami In! within thy sight,
The gulden liar- of nnuti n.
THE BANANA THIEF.
iiv nr.Miv m-awoist.
The "Fcuilhtoii," which lias so long
lieeu u feature "f I lie newspapers of Paris,
is rapidly being engrafted uiun the strong
slock of Aincriciiii journalism, iiml now
the daily story is looked for liy many
icatUis a eagerly as are tin 'took reports
by other. Hceillls" i,f this liict, 1 ml
the follow iny in itti r in the form of n
story, instead of the steps i pel slc of
ii newspaper Idler, and in genuine slory
f: sh on w ith a few woids of talk
from tlic iii o inn' of tin characters.
In this i as,', slu' i- "M i rv. the well
known Choet iw peddler of rools and
In iii. whi.-e station is mar the down
town entrance of the famous 1'ilnll
Maikd, .n Ni xv Oil, in-. Id at her:
".', lit hi iitym.in-! it is true. 1
am no l iiiiiii this morning not u one.
lie is sloli', thai haiian. Two hunch
Italian stole, and the thief- the thief -
lie is sllakc."
Siring the ihiibtlul look upon our
Ian , M liy piilltf'1 a eoppi l-colored
fore linger tow al l her stock in tide
spn ad out upon III - p.tvi'in, nl around
h, r.
"-'A, ' :i'iityiiian!'' she said in
in her iiiiiiiinlulatr I voice. "It i true.
S e, I am no h. man this morning."'
Sure enough, the it-l !- Ihiih h of hi
nana. whtih had I" i n lu r pii h' and
priiieip.il snuree of re ve n ue, as well as
1 1 1 1 -1 1 v ol rn rv other Choctaw vender
in tin- tn.iikel, for lo the-e in my day-.
Wis t oiip iii'iiis liy it absence, and
Mail'- -lock like that of In r compal-liot-
wa- nia Ii up sob ly of some piti
ful link I allot lua led llioci mills,
I'lint lns of dried Iici'Im and roots, and
alioilt two iuarl of swamp blackberries.
'Ami the thiel.'" nhcd my compan
ion, tiii-laxc a ini iiil'i r of the N, w Or
h aus p 'liee force- after taking three
biy pulls at hi cigarette and ejecting
the smoke in shinier -tieauis from his
nostrils, "I he here' Was he one of
your in ighbot-:"
"He is not lu re; no. lie i not man
- he. II' is snake."
Like all other Indians, the Choctaw
I'crrv venders, who gather in a little
group t at ll morning at one end of Ihe
French market in New Orleans, are not
volulilc. "How much;'' you will usk,
pointing at a tpiare piece of ( lean bark
upon wh'uh a handful of lurries is piled,
mil the Indian w ill Imld up two linoeis
....
indicating tents -or Ihree, or four, a j
he ease may !'. Sometimes he. will j
put the price into words; hut his eon- j
Veisatioii is, in jjent r.tl, reserved (or his
iwn people in the privacy uf his native
wu'iips. The enterprise which had iu-
luee l M ii v to add a hunch of bananas !
;o her hotuii-irathcrcd roots and herbs
had h i to her acpiii in"; 11 more t .xtciid- j
i'd vol" ibiilary than that of any of her
relalixi -i, and the excilclin tit coiisciil"iit ,
poll her or. at loss 111 ide her uc it
iiore freely, this tiioruiiie;, than ever ln
fure in the presence of white men.
"Y u are not believe that thief is
siiahi :"
She pushed her coarse black hair be
hind In r cars and scowled at us from
beneath htf xx iry 1 yebr.nvs. Then she
belted the loose calico wraptier which
he wore with her outs retched lingers,
mil jerked her hetul toxvar 1 the circum
ference of her wait thus indicated.
"That snake is bi through like 1 am.
His head is little like my two lists, and
he is hni": tA, can! he is loll"; like 11
Y'o know that Ti houpitoulas road?
Y,-. 1 am live there. Two mile from
there, xxhere the river bends in and
comes near my xvk'xvam. I am ham;
my baniri in that live-oak tree, where
the wind can keep him fresh, and when
I 11111 come up from the river, before
yester nioht, w ith water for boil in the
pot, that snake is come down out of the
live-oak. lb' is black, and he is crawl,
mid crawl, and r-r-a-xv-l !"'
She i nitated the serpent's sloxv, glid
iiit,' motion with her skinny arm and
I Mill.
"And then, when I am Miff xvith
'fi nd, he jumps" -
Her hand "jumped" and clutched ft
bu o h of wild jjinoer.
"And snap ;oes my banan-stciii, and
he is none. Kh, bien, pantryman! He
is 0,0110 olT in the swamp with my banan.
That is tine. 1 buy ine Mime more
baimn. That snako is gone in the
swamp. 1 hunn my baiiau in the live
oak, mid that other ni';ht the hist
night he is lu re noain, mid this tiiorn
iii; I am 110 baiiHii."
bho waived her hand with a tragic.
gesture ubovo the mengerly spread pnve
ment, as though saying, "Here is proof
of my words--there is no bauanuu lure."
sure
VOL. VIII.
'"1 helift'e her,"' relll.llketl (illsljive,
oracularly. He threw his head hack
upon his shoulder and sent thirteen per
fect rines of smoke, one after another,
from between his lips. "We will i;o nut
there this cvenine; mii. scot h that snake;
what tin you say
"Hut a snake can hae no possible u-e
for bananas. Serptiils are fi m:ivorois."
"I don't care what ihey are, Mary
hns no reason for lyino to us, and I be
lieve her story. ej-,(, t',si'ent liinl the
Orient Circus ami Menagt rie' is lyino
down there in the bi nd on i steamer
Iii I inn up for a run in mss tin: liulf to
( ntral Anicrit a. The chances are that
the serpent has escaped from it, ami if
this is the case, and we kill it, it will
make an item for oii; ch, my liny.'"
Thus it was that at live o'clock that
a teinoon (iiistave and myself, with a
bum h of fresh li.in inn-, were perched
a'llotio the branches of the live-oak tree
which sin Here, I the romh bark hut in
which Mary lived. The bananas wi re
h.'iiiuin:; I'mui the lowc-t limb of the
tree, about sis feel llh.ive the swamp
jiass, and I was lyiu immediately over
them in a m-st of Spanish moss which ef
fectually cushioned the branch on which
1 restetl, and at the same time shielded
inc frm observation from In V . (iiis
tave oc, upie I a similar position on the
opposite side of the mas-ive trunk, and
with a repeat i;iur riuV beside u, ami keen
idled knives with i in vim; blahs -such
knives as th i, 1 I h inds u-t. f, , culling
su jar cine -we aw at. I the appro. n h of
Iwili .lit and the crpi lit.
The ii'' r p.ii I ol the IreeJ had been
thoroughly i plm-ed in the briehl sun
liuht of the al'tel iifoii, and we were t on
li' It'll I (hit n -1 hi ii ur 1 . 1 1 . I than a trce-
tll.l I I 1 1 kill III it - Lit llllll ss.
The Inn w i- built mi ,i hammock of
solid I'ollll'l l . ilie out of the t pit -s
swamp, above the in;aec,,f which all
around u- weie tlmi-t tin- sharp pointid
leav fs of the p.iliuel to and various seal
let ll otters, as w, II a the rairi,'ei trunks
of the cypress. Imagination peopled the
slimy on" with all manner of of foul
thill::-, shaped after the oi'llelal iuia,rc
of the w.iitr nun easins which moved
abiHit in plain i'bl ii 'lil twilihl hid
lln in.
I was wipiii.; th, mist from my cyc-ula-sesw
ilh a s,.t lim n handkt ii hit f
W lu ll sullh t hilli; tnlli lied me nil the
shoulder and made ine-lall -o violnl I v
th it the it'as-es sjj,, ., limn my hand-,
iiml fell into a i luiiip of wild ins. s yrow .
ill" ab nit th i" Is ol .he ti, c.
"Nim r min i them," hissed Oustave
in an intense whi-per. "In k toward the
fixer."
Kutxxithout the elas.c, I was almost
blind and could not s. e mure than ten
feel before me. 1 heard the i Ta-hili", of
twios, however, as though nine lai'oe
bully was inovinej tuwaitl ii-. al"ii'; the
load over which xxc li el itmic, and then
(iiistave sxviiiii; hiui-ef into my ne-t.
"It i- cm. in:." he w lu-perc I, "ami
from th" coiiiiu 'ti"ii a!oii4 thi cotlon
Womls it must be as bii; arollud as a
hols '. You tire at the In ad. 1 will
aim at the -pine, and if the lilies do not
stop it yivc it the knife at cln-e tpiar
He heard the trickiii'' lonliiiue, and
presi ntly h di blind a I was -I saw the
top ol the xoun; cot! 011 xvoo I j-roxv-
ill"; in a thicket about Ihe bac of the
hammock tremble violently, as tliouuh a
party "( l;m .' 'ii' 11 xxcre passing l!ir iu;h
il. In t a I of coining directly toxvard
11, th it it iin paci through the
thicket to the opposite side of the lix't -oak,
xxhel'.' xxe had 110 outlook.
While 1 xvas shifting tny p isition and
puling through the semi-darkness in
tin- direction which the agita'iou had
taken, a slimy, black shape slid about
the trunk of lie' tree, passed across the
limited field of my vis. mi and giap"d
the bananas. At the xxnlest point visi
ble it was as large iinnm I lis a nun's
hotly, and in tin' iudi tiuct view xvli'nh
I caught it secui"tl to tapt r rapidly to a
head no larger than an orange.
1 xxhippe 1 tie iill" lo my shoulder
and pulpd the trigger, just a (iiistave
knocked up thu b irrel of my gun xvith
his own. There xvas a pause of a sec
ond's duration, and then th" shape
canie sliding up to our nest, and betore
(iustavus could use his knife it had
grasped him about the middle and lifted
hi 111 from the perih. 1 heard it for some Heaven and of the empress in their yd
seconds after crunching the dry twigs ,w chairs. To those outside the ,-ity
that floored the roadway, as it moved ! more liberty is alloxved. The people are
Willi its prey toxvard the river.
1 xvas a'rai.l to risk a shot in the di
rection of th i tiois- for fear of wounding
(iiistave, and at once sxvung myself to
thu ground, whence I took up my glasses
and set oil al a sharp run down th.i
road.
It was almost dark now, but after
passing out of the thicket about the hut
I heard the voices of men, ami my name
was shouted xvith nil the strength of
(iustave's strong lungs.
"1 told vou Marv was right." said
n i, i i....;.i
ttus.utc, ........ so. .--...v
him in the road a fexv seconds later. My
fright and the sharp run made me pant
like a tired dog; but he was cool and se
rene. The end of his freshly-lighted
cigarette burned red in the daikness.
"She told us the truth as she under
stood it. She thought it xva- a serpent
that carried oil her bananas, and so do
you.
"You remember when I knocked up
your riflo barrel just 'is you were ubout
fttatfjw
IM TTSliW 1M
to shoot? Will, 1 saw that the
thiii
u cl," '
ix as no siiane, inn ine iruiiK in an en-
phiml. I Knew it coii'tl be nothiii:; bill
a tame elephant licloiioim; to the cir-
, .. ti . i . i ; 1 1 ,
ens an,' it xvoiild ti"t tlo for us to kill il.
, ', , ,. , ,.
ll.it I li.ic-l eonf, ss I did not expect him ,
to seie me. lie scied me so f..ra mill- j
ute I could not even cry mil ; but he did '
not hint me in Ihe h n-t, and down In n
in tile loud xve nu t the circus men coin. 1
iie; in pursuit of him, mid he put mt '
, ., I
,xx 11.
"And the bananas!''
"Oh, the circus conipany xx ill make il
alright with Mary, or I xxill jm; tin
whole lot." "
1 am inclined to believe that the eircm j
company made it all riUl xxitli (iiistave,
also, in consideiatioii of his services ii
savim; thi'irelepliaut Iroiii myrille luillet,
as lie xvas playiiiL.' 1111 unusually h'ejl
hand xxhcii I met him olf duly the 111 l
nioht in a lloyal street i;.imblin hall. -L'tti'
tiiiititi .'oy'i', '.
AVInceil SciliPHi'is tif the Sniith,
It is afiainst the law in almost every
Southern Stale to shunt a turkey buzaid,
says a (ieoroia letter to the N'cxv York
S'ui. There are two excellent reason
f,.' this j n' 1I1 i 1 1 i 1 i 1 -ii ; ihe buaids art
the scaxi -tiu'ers of the South, and then
is no lellino what sort of a pestilence a
bad turkey lniai l xxould brim; on il
aiivboilv should kill one.
The turkey biiard i- a Kiinxviii'i
liinl. lie know lie is not eo, to In
I eaten --lliinr;h his ktimvinu this il c
11, 't imply that he has superior know ledyi
and In is not shx of 111:1 11 Ii. i n-1. lb
hovels over ihe market places in th,
S int In 111 t it ies. xx aitin; for business e
close; ami xx hen Ihe ci'oxxtl of pun hasei's
has ib parted the bu ml ih s cuds and
fe ists upon the odds and end-, that have
j fallen from the but lids' and ti-hiuone.
1 is' knives, 'I'lit- si aicily of ha h. mince
pie and fish choxx'.lcr in the Southern
i Slates is siiim t liini; for which the bu
, .ard should have ciclil. In Chai lestmi
I there is a 'vj public market down by the
i xv liter, and the buzards i.lways clean up
j aft -r business hours. The xxi-doiu of
I ihe turkey bu. nd is shoxvu ;il-n by one
ol llis CXpl'.liellls tor 01 nine; ,, Wt.lk.
I He oocs to th" mouths of ii,r-, xxhere
1 the , I'llllret in- for, , . of i ni l. lit and tide
I ih posit on th" banks a considerable pro
' portion 1 I t he 1 ai 1 imi and other m whole-
nine tili.li;, th late liollle lnn.nl tle
. s, a on the river". Il io,l, ami lln re In- ac
, 1 11 1 1 1 ! o t : 1 1 s his not , iy I i-lidioii ap
' lite to the X, III, III of til.-
animals thai p. r.sli ial.uul .11" I 1 1 1 I hx
I ihe bu. ,.s. j, , x. 11 said that flock
. of tin s. LinU will h .xi r for days and
uiuhts over a lioise or cow that i mi it
, 1.11 l.'U.
I Tin turkey buzaril, d, pile his f, r.
in.d able look, is a liamile-s bird. Not
mix docs he never strike a ere it lire till
it isdown, but he harllv ever tiiio it
till il is dead. lili aid's cl;u . are not
edible. Iiidccd.il i a lil'lch a a p in lit
bird can cm lure to ii over Ih, in while
halt hill"; thcni, xvith only two .;h, in
the 11, t at that. I'.m ii iiii.Ii r thoi
touditioiis the male bird ha to t ike hi 1
turn mi the 111 -I part of the time in unlet
to let the maternal I'll ml "o ell and
oet .some l'rch air.
. KiniU'liif Knam; mi llis Triixcls.
' When tin- emperor Kw.iii'.: su h it
Pekino latelv lo viit the ealern tomb
tie re xv ere at least 'J i.otui person, in the
procc-sion. The emp lor xxas b. .rue in
a chair with sixteen bearers, who are
j tr lined to their work, ami all tall men
I of the same height, an I arc forbidden
j to smoke, cough or spit, mr must tin y
lUttifcxriia whispir. The t uipi rof sat
j in a gla-schaii. There n a single largu
j sheet of pl.il" glass 0.1 1 at II si ,-, through
i which he could be seen distinctly. Wln ii
I the procession left the palac-- gate i
I entered upon ,1 carefully Icvd'cd road,
covered with yellow earth on which
Hot a stone or a stick could be seen,
j A troup of about lilty horsemen, ili-tnl.-j
utetl before and behind the ciiipvior,
! rode on iii good order, th re being no
souu I heard but the tramp of the
i horses' feet. No one xx as alloxved to be
; in the streets except pel-oils having
duties eoliueitcl with th" imperial
progress, but all along the xvay small
holes xvcre perforated I hroit h the shop
' shutters, and a thousand eyes xxen
watching to catch a sight of the Son of
permitted to look on, but they 11111!
kneel at a distance of not less than
twenty or thiily yards from the cinpt
A'.-VA CA.v i ...
Dislikes of llei-s,
A correspondent of the llv Junrum
writes that a brood of chickens xvcre in
the habit of ficiuenting the shed in
which he kept his bees. The bees stung
all the dark colored ones to death, vet
did not molest the light-eolorod chicks.
Why the preference'
The editor writes
I that he has fteiiueiu lv sit.iken of the ad. 1 '
vaiita
ol wearing ugni c. nines among
the I
YVe wear black bci
i'iU be
cause xve cannot see dearly through any
other color. Woolly, ,y, and dark
materials are ob jected to by bees. A
man with a plug hat on randy gets
stung, utiless by a beethat is trying U
"shoot the hat"' aims too low and hit.
the face by mis ake, while a t-oinpniiioii
nt a suitable distance is perfectly safe.
L'citoit (l.) Jim null.
CHATHAM CO.. N.
( nii.imi; i's (oil mn.
1 inn III i
Two little cirls in the nit ii'low ill play,
l"w.t wher,. t .. river is riiun.i nwny.
Atxav to the ihs'ii bin ' sen.
, , 1 ,,
1 hear their vo. 'i's iiinl Iniihl' i-slii ill,
,.,. sl,.,lv ..v..rvl liin -i f ., t-H.v still;
vviini may th- tn.ublo l"f
A r,.,m v ,. ,. , ,,,. ,,.
omes tloaun dnwn th r w li.-.e I laii,
u, hi'ieisinv little ilaiili'er
"" '' ' "ix si-i.-r h is e.ill, I me a mime,
An' -Ii - says sh .1 xx.iu' to pi ay any gam"!''
Tears ini'l smiles ,. 1, ,,11 11 i,-r.
Tern, roll oxer ill- dear hltl" I ne,
Put siiiisliin,. a 11. 1 smiles ice xx aiming the race,
Pear little girl on mi knee'
"Little -isli'l' tlo' feel pitty 'el t' liy,
I'll go Ii i"k an' ki-s h"i imd -k h-r to play,
Sh. 's i olialilv xv, shin' for ill "
l.l. ..,', 7 '. Shi Hit I.I uUH,'x Com-
'lln 1 vn 1. iiiit rim.
One blight .iiminer nioining as I xx.is
strolling toxvaid the In n il on the island
of .Mat k iliac 1 aw a -lioil ill-lall, 1 ahead
of me two liltlc pig-, 0111 ptllectly while
ami the t'lh' r pi rleclly black, both the
same sie, 1 in I .ing .il nig iie hx ide in
the sanie dil'ci t ion as myself, s 1 iiiingly
cligag'ed ill cut nest env , I'sat on. They
seelll, d so out of place all'l I Was sc
curious to know w liilhet they wen- bouinl
that I followed I in 111 unobserved. Tin X
1 i I not walk aini'ie-siy, but if they had
some special object ill x iexv. and souu
1 1 ti 1 1 i I ' - di si in.it ion. 1 xxoinl, red xx hat
they X"iil'l do xx lieu tin y readied the
xxater. I was not long in being answered.
Without a luomeal' . h"s:salimi, thev
pliingt il into ill" xvavi -, -ide by side, and
swam out and a.xay toxxard anoihii
island, six miles tli-taiil. I stood and
watched them until : lo ir I'.xo little head
looked like b ilis bobbing up and tl'ivx n.
side by -j.li- all Ihe tilll".
Vh"ii I rel it" I tic incident to tin
I mdloid a little lain he looked a
loiiisheil and aniioxul.
" Those pig-." he -aid, "wt re to hav
been serve I up f. i- 1 1 i niier to day. They
xvcre biMiulii In re this iiii uiiig in a boat
from tli it i-l.iud, six iniles away, an I xx c
thought xxc might ailoxx tin 111 tin il
fi'ei'dom for the short tune that they
have to live, never thinking of tluii
111 iking an attempt to n t urn honi". And
ilidymi notice," he continued, "they
chose the point of I in 1 nearest the
island where tin V eanie fioin, to t'lili r
the water? Siic:iiii lie ill l- animal
should haxe bun so bright.' And,
furl In nii'ii'i , tin y xxcieii't Ini'lel there:
that in iki s it more -ir.iuge."
I, to... h It the I I in. I th it day, and I
have never heard w lid In 1 lho-e bravi
Ii !e pigs ex, r lea, hed lb- ii ih -I ill.lt iof
or not. II a 1 ', . , . .
Set its til hiiitlui ti,
t ri. s of , li I, --coine ii,.in a ,litant
part of th" g.inh 11, xx hd, M iggie and
.lack are Ini-iix at work. Auntie lutr
licilly le.nes le 1 g ird ning. and 11111s I,
see whit 11, vx niisl'oitiiue lia In fallen
th, 111. Maugi" seh, and himl-, and aun
tie xxmnleis x li t In r smu" dnaillu
blllls.' is hi.,, beneath th, gimind lit. I
tliily lingers are so iniliitri..uly incar
ing over her ! .ir -taiiieil f.u 1 . Hut .lack
soon explains ni it t -is and n liexi
auulic' miini of that fe u at h a-t
"Why, tin re' nothing tin nutter,
auntie: hut, Maggie i such 1 cry baby.
I was angry with her l.ecau he would
not Id me have the spade, and I ju-l
g ive II, I the X'. ce I -t box mi the C.ll
nothing to bin t In rat nil, I'm -me!"
Auntie took M iggie in In 1 .0111-, and
kissed the injured ear, w In 11 sh, bath
both children follow her link to iict in
i riiiji'" I gardening. "Now, .lack,"
she said, "look at these liny piaiils,
YVh.it are the, ."
"They have gi.mn from those seeds )
helped you soxx, ami you arc t a k i 1 1 ;
thein out of the box that tin y in iy gi"
into loxclx ll iwi'i- by and by. "
"And whit i this little plant I have
thr ,x 11 111 a col le r of the box .' Can you
Iiml out '"
I "Why, auntie, it is a tiny in tth- I Toe
I small to sling, though, is it iit ;"
! "i tll'illL-ht s,i until jll-t lloxv, xxhell
my ling'1 nibbed again I it. D i yoiis.-,
that lilt!'' xx hite spot it lias ldt ; It i
ipiilc ptiiil'itl still. Now, .lack, tiy I.
iindes!a:id xxhat I am going to say. Ail
xxe do all nur action-, all our words
are just like thai rol we sowed tin
other day. Wee Is or ll ixvcrs are sure t
spring from them. Inch xxould joii
latin r have .'"
"I'lmxi I, auntie, of course.''
"What srt of n d did you
OXV jllst
look' p
mm .
.la, k
did not an-w
but
a-li inn ,1.
"1'in afraid it xva-au ugly little nettle.
You did not think il would sting, luu
Mcggie thought dill ' ii iilly, did she m,t ;
Will von both Irv t remember hoxv even
I ,t tjhy nettle sting
Artist's Wit.
I Thing i.u'.. aid of betore: the p, inter
Muukae-y I, ,s m i If it. wilty icply. A
i Men., g. n.ietuin cam" to sc.. nun t ..
Ihcr day, .oi I explain' ,1 th it ll xxould
, ... , ,,,,1.11'es !,. In,
. ""
oldx," he a hied, "I eililiot atl'or I t
j l"'1. l'"
j " '' '' "
j ' '"' ' '
p ici's yon tunv
III ' X her-' 1 c,
!v xxork, p ti'ii
a-k. Cmihl xtui
mid Iiml some ,,
I xxhi'n xo i xxcre
g.i x -oni ih tig
v "ling ni n in lln
that 1 1 null buy cheap'.' ' "Ctrlaiiily;
U.ei e an- t w or three hiliidi'i' 1 in my na
tive v ill 1.; ..I' Mini, ies in., hoo-es-1 1 ;lt
I paint. d when I xva- Miehii"! I.i. b,
painter ami gl.l.u.'l. ."eiet Trul.'t,
C., JU.Y 2t, issii.
INDIAN SI N l).N(T.
I A tinrbarous Hilo Unit Ha-
j Boon A I lulls 1 101 1.
Fa.sl.iug and Teasting rolluwnl by a
Sickening Display of S 'lf-Tuituie,
The xvid Indian Sun ll.inee, whi'h
xvas In Id for the la-t ti timing .blue,
lNSl, with its barbarous and t rie I in
llietinii, is ime of th,- hisinrie.il features
of savage siip'i'-iiiiou th 11 xxill never
again be repealed. Trior to th- comple
tion of the iui dance ird", wlnii three
days are takt 11 to ft-a ting 0:1 do; snip,
ilaneiii'-', giving away imi , callle an I
everything ele th il gives v'nl, in thai
the "iicart is goo I," Ih" thief-, sub
chiefs and Ilea 1 111 -u meet in t "iim il in
s xx. to Hand, xvlier.' tln ys . t twelve
xirgin wlii) ale to do tin- honor "f cut
lii g the pole. Anuui'ii rnf young In
dians ;ire app'iiitled to in. ike search for a
g I poe fill' (I f, a-ioll I Wlliell Il ls.
lloXXCVcr, bel li sell I n a b'llg tuic be-
Ion 1 and liiiahy, nOer coiisiil. r.ilile d"
lay, the twelve virgins : u h t il,e all ae,
.111. 1 give the pole one cut, the X'.ung
bucks finishing the job. The t .-i'ig
ol a stream i up"i t il ion -Ix f"i bid b n.
:iud wln ii the y nil! g Indians ai. 1, oi,
they march in triu r.ph ! lie place s -lecti
d for its "planting." IJefole tin m
.rush a lliiiUsaiiilyoiiiigbi.ixis.nl p..iii. -.
w In 1 lire olf rill"- and . oix ,1 . mil il ,nit - j
s th the limit , ol the em .1111 pin. nl, w hi, li, j
log, 1 her with their y.Ii.. would dine !
olf any evil spirits th .1 might be hiug-
ing iround ; ali i I h at i- I le ii p ut in the
play. The p ile is lai cd and gn 1 11
hitl-h i placid in a in le alimit it. while 1
the pole itself is gol'g s'y d a "I !' "I ;
xvith strips of call 11 aM tin' 1 1 ill' nil J
hues, w lilt h haxe 1 1 ' n d lli' ie .1- j
olVcrings from some diiskx 111 ai.l' ii "i old j
sipiaxv.
The sun daiie among tin se wild -
pie is a barbaioiis religion with tin in.
IMiring the year an Indian Inn prayed to
(he (ileal Spirit for foilune in hunting,
le-toiatioii of In alth or souu other w i-h.
for xx hieh he piomi- s. if ihe pi iyr is
granted, to make -o iie sat a ili. e or dan. e
at the annual -mi dance, whi.li ua
Usually In ld during ll
Il is compost , of l e
combined, the mi'' w
l'aiiiig for st . nt d i
are to "see lie n. ihn
delicious young dog-M-it
In i s w ho h ax as,
for some fax or In in
xoiing t h bin II t" ll"
III. "I'll of .1 ! '.
in ; and I, a-t i il-.;-
i have in i 1 1 x o.x -.
.it-l tin.-- who
i:h" l'..isiin.; on
m id. int . -. up.
d the (ileal U"1
th ir bal.e, and
"g-oigel" i'l Ih"
car x ilh anything hut sharp Unix s le,
the "iiie.li. ine nit :i" i w ho are on h ind
in great iniiiib r-i. th g'r!- r. ceix ing
two iiilln lions in . aeh car and ihe b..y
one, for whit h the niedii ine in m n o ix.
a pom ,-r Ixxo. miieii hax e tie :r 1.1 in,
shoulders or face t ill as tiny in n hue
promised .it tin tune. I i roups of nn u :
and xx i mn n dun , with uphiiicd f.u a -to
tin bin ii in g -li n, to "t in ; i on I in it "it - Ix
a whistle made of an ant l.'pe's I -ot.-.
All tins.- ;ne preliminary to tie ui"-l
batbaioiis and painful t ok ol I" in:: !
blave. Thejouug inin xx ho It.-xt fix, d
thi il In ait- upon thi- 1 1 t ill c by going
Ihloilgh tin- nidi il of being int in tin
two br a-s and a sj,i, w pa--id through
the wounds, arc tied to a mpe all i In I
to the s t tit. nary -im d im t p.. I., which
lin y iinl avor to b:e .1, mit by coiitinu
oils d. on ing an I jerking. Their I'.i. is
are lilted t i ll"- s, on lung .bin, -nn
while liny blow on the antelope l.o.ie
Whistle. To i oii Ilbllte t .. th, ir sic , . ... :
soine in ar flit ml or rdalixe throws . m !
sticks lo the -uiioini' ling crowd-, and a
st ranibh i made to -.cure tin in, a - t n il
slick entitles ih.- holder to a pony. hi
Vokillg the (ileal Spilit I 1 siii.as, i.
gcueial by the nn 'it, ine in n, xxhile
"I'i lips of d. met I's xx ith xxhi-lli - and
bauds tif nearly naked wild nun, painted
ill all colli I's, yellow, g.e'.'l. nl. blue.
black, white or pill pie, in wliOe, in
part or cmnl'iii.itiou-, won tin ite-igiis
of hand-, hmse l..o pi nit-, le i- -. I'nli
aiis, etc., go through iicuriilul -iii 'in:
to the beat- of a d".-n gn at ili um-,
making the conglomeration of noises
anything but what a baud I. id.r xx mid
term "harmony." On tin mia-ion to
xv Im h thi ailicie r.-fers but one out of
the three l, ceded ill bn ikin:; t he ih -h
from the bn a-t, and he poo, I th.
meanest as well as bravest the others
fanning, and some of the f, w vxlul.s
present became lain! th'-ni-elv t - during
the progress of this hon ib'e torture.
At the close of this I. stiv.il. I istiu ;
about i i .-hi day , the ludiuis i. turned
to their hoiif's to lind t hcin-elv t s tiller
I ii In I ol poorer than wh, 11 tie v I'-lt.but
a large storehouse of i i u - I ai ni -lu d by
the government -upplitd tle ir want- to
at lea-t a liuiiti .1 cxt' nl. o.i th. ir re
turn hoine tin x found xxhat It vv irops
they had put 111 In fore tin y ldt had
cither got behind the giowth of the
weeds or eaten ly -liav stock. Thus
the progressive Indian tailed to progress,
and the government did a ni"t sensible
act when il abolishe I the sun dance,
which every Indian xx t- compelled to at
tend or bo held in di-gia. by the lead
ers. t'i 'y6.'i,i i Y. i ' .'.
A medical
I-.11111 a
eontl 1
li lis of a young
woman who c
chewing coffee,
she caiiied the
and at last hn
dav.
d tli
habit of
lexx until
The habit
iTec to bed xx ilh In 1
11-11111 d half a pound
NO. IT.
neer .Itlstici'.
1 n l tied a stoiy ol a I liingal i in iu-tit t',
il'.ilbtlcss of mieiital ori-in. say- the
I Ion. S. s. ( nx in the New York ",
,1, -1 ribin : 11 i'.c.xi r-alimi in Turkey. In
th" interior of that c
agent was s, ut to Imy
recruil for the lie 11
llulgai i 1 am I ' : - '.
ngc.it ie-ii.'. thai ih
x ill.ige xx ilh x lean le
should shmv linn a p
mill rx a Turki-h
cavalry hoi'-e.-, to i
.lobable xv 11 x ith i
While there l,e 1
plopl j. to' III the ;
win contracting
l ino n of the Hun-
garian nn ol proceeding.
"Wait a few inotnenl-," .-.aid the pm
pii. t u-, who was al i a magistrate,
"ami I will s. , w ho is in I'v town
jail "
Calling his constable h" xva- informed
by that fill r that a goos- thief had
be, n appi. lo ii'li 'l dining the i i.'hl and
Was ill eolllilli III' lit. II" sellt fof tile
i riiniiial.
Are llld. vv Itlf s.,-s." asked the
judge.
Tw
xva- tin
d tin '
au-wiT
"Ih
a in .
in in
i who
win
In It.
Alt. r hearing tin- evi h in
hi- li. lee and h ai -ll Hun
III'
,1 i. ill
III
j lll-ll fal lal it I Imiglle, t ailed
i pril and -aid : " Ymi h iv
I guilt ', and I li e Xoll tell k
ti ll d iy s' iiopr.o'iiu. lit fol
Up the i ll'
In . n found
I. ill. I and
-Ii a ing lie
In- owner of
ll I II k 1 1 I U
i ul l"i al-
niali. I line
ix ' i I i i .ri
mxn bu-i
Tin fi up-ill In -iliii!ll"ll
tin
I il I all'l -ai I
I
i I- and tell day ' llllpl,
o ing X "III go.oe to b
fo the XX .tile - I,. . lid
..il . u l.l' a:.' i an I I'
mil' nl l"i not minding
IMina 111 in 1 1 lie
mo I an o i l a , 1
oil. ol the ill - ol
tm cinie tn lie- i
-lletl. ll XX.Is ..r 1".
I hi a i x i ai s hence.
the suit, . co. let
coiil'iii. incut I' r tin,
his honor. 1 1 xv ti.
will he three year
x mi ox i r x -ill' piasti
i ti ke
that al
before
I milimil.
due lo hi
in pia-l- is
The m ig
A
li- !
e a liott
and dm
d, lt d
.1.1.
i I know xx her
lien.'", o
-.mil, -- I h
t., pa
I xoii!
Iiml ll. eii in T.i IV
A i . 1 1. 1 in w i , I ' xv I i. Ix
and b. .ug al. nl li in
the -aid pai n t got into
... rxi -. and at. tie tu .li
on cmt. ing ...in. .l - "V .
and w a- -o in.lirii.ii I
I'ob" lh.it -le , ,1. gill 11
w.il- 1 and tl.n w il up a
t i '..bb. d it of it - In i.
sen i'S I )i.
vv in I a patrol,
h"!l. oil. ll IV.
In r ,i of pf -
I, p. I he W idoW
led Ihe
.11 th"
. a lo III
It lie
111 plum
bid,
I'n liy
'f hot I
, and
v. tal
b it ll III :
It w. lit
do, ip.il
VV in II pi 1
vv nlow 1 ,
N.d, had
lead." 1 1
I'll, p.n
111 'li it l
b ,1.1 pa"
, lailll' d .
"Hit. X
o." I:
-t il of nn ill;,
hull, i'i;: atoii
I l"t
ll -p.. 11.I1 ut .
ul .y I le w idow '
Who like "I'o
in. hair on tli
lie I . .1 1 In 1
n I'- -pit I- b'ig!
. 1 ig ll I
and in .1 I !'
I,, 111 .11. old
a- old I ll. le
lop ol hill-
lied lip illl
I :: lit It in tii'.-
Ilei III. in Mi eiing t lis.
phv i. i 111, i,l,n ing I" 111, 1 il If
H av . ling ."i -I. . ping 1 u - v .1 h I In b
Mils
thi-
in i.b UP w llh lie .1 h
lie ,l le el- tow. ilds
, ligilli , lid : 'It I- Itallllv bad lol Ihe
bra. 11 ol lie -It 1 p 1 1- ll is ii"! ii.ituia!,
.Hid il is in 1 w . ,11 br 1 1 1 1 1 " in hi v 1 1 iv 1 1-
1 -. t -pi, i.til thu-. who havi beiii en
tin load 1 i lii-.v. Iv, t xp- iii ic e bad 1 I
It.ts liom it. Tike tut. mt- in litby i-.it -ii.igtsaicl
11 ' - ill' woiitau vv ill think of
1 1 ind 1 1 11 : lie vdiii I'- al.'ii : -" the t hil I
go, , In i.l i,.. Tin y always . , x, a pt
lie y .ling and im xp- 1 i. need lie! In r
pil-h tic III along h i I lil-l. I'hy -ii ialis
illV.llilbly a Iv l-e -111 ll h" t'lliol i '11. It
i- the sin,.' thing "ll Ihe nn, and lioolie
should h. -1 1. tie about having his L. ith
111. nle up -
ll i nun Ii
I'.. , (,.. '..
a- t" moxi
b ltd- Im
a!"ie :
tut lu-t
lie bl am
Tiie liiisluii Small liny.
(i, mgii is I'.. 111 v 1 11 s ..Id. I im d iv iho !
y.'iiiig-t' 1 b el ! 1 11 I ilv :t w ith a -light
all. nu ol -i'i v .11 n at i"ii. .ue I. xvi-lniig t'
in, pi. -- upon hi- inlaiitiie uiiili-r-laieling
th, -iulu'ii. -s of , line; lib-, th. lath, 1
lel.ittd the -l"iv about lie .r. e Wa-hiug-(mi
and h'- hit le h .b le I, cl i-iug w ith
th" n in 11k ll.it (iioige Washington wi
ll good b,. ami m v. I- told a lie.
The tlnbl
I III ll'l
s,i I:
thought a m, 1
lie nl and tie n
' Pap 1. I " "d
,t he I
M. 1.0
-aid lilt!,
-Y ni
"c.
glllll coin
a. don't pat
1 1 1 X
ii,- r
-. "vou hni t tny 1
ntx b..y : On youi
,1'ii't. papt' fx
Klli.ll Illl!
I anils
c y cat's alter ilat
of pinnii e throw 11
by the -lllpelld"U'
the tloaliiie
up and int'
island'
th, -.
v.-l
anie crup
lion at Ix 1 akaloa. in tin
.lava
art
found to haxe drifted along ill'' Indian
Ocean ill the I a-l twelve lie 'lll-.liTi'i lilile
in the dire, lion west by south from
where they weie one X'-ar ago, or about
live miles a day. This :ft i. lentil help
to tivdi-ogiapht r-, and ail who study
if. an curr. nts and drill, i- probably thi
best tin v have exi r had. became tin
j origin of the pumice is xxi ll known, th,
j ilo.ii ing- cxpaiise of it i so large that it
aiin.it . -cape notice, and the dates anil
lhcr p ,i tit ulais aboul it arc all matter
.( r. i onl.
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I In the South.
A I ttle gray sxxa lo v,
I tl' il l i the xa'es
i II the nightingales,
i u. th wuoil-iif AhiIIo.
llehinl ni" lieth-slnsr white dills, the lull
lo.l
llns'ii waxes llial l.nak nt hoine, tin1
lloflll' I'll gllles.
The misty skicthi'li stead in thetl iltf
i'ur ulJ my home is la.' an 1 c innol follow.
1 1 nightingale voitfs,
1 1 lemons in flower,
i I liranehes of laiiicl I
You nre nil li re: but, ah, not lur.1 my
choice i'
K.iin xv'i aid 1 pluck one pink veined blixini of
s '1'1'el,
Or hear Ihe xvrens I. ml, I in a hazel howrr
.U-o'iToic tf Ai't.
Ill MIHiOl .
The le st butl-r is the goat.
A rough drawing- A slugger pulling a
earl.
I irgaii gi inh i-' motto: '1'iirii about i
laii play.
A uian may haxe no ear for music, yet
lia e I llllll I to 1 .1.1 ,
Aii unax .ii,ab!i bu :n 'i of the pi... e :
I in s..i k ! a gun.
sup.
.1 tin
I lor (joui l i nn:
I. ir ci e it i in s wo
; il sweet on olio
th .til,noo.
upon proverbs.
ihl' ii"; another,
Ymi call never depend
i :i" sax s, "S.l.-in e is g,
"Mou.x talk- "
"Minima," cried
"I -lail' d to uiak" ii
n's i ..me oi,t a pair
"l...ok In re. .bid"
a live-year old i ill,
iy doll a li "iiin t, and
if pint."
," ai, the burglar,
"I ain't so I, a, a- ym think I am. Only
give me time and I II reform." And the
.beige gave him lilt'tii years.
A in .tie ina'i. al . aleul.it ion has shown
thai il the inii-t I, , of a man xxcre rel
alivdy a- loiig a those of n (ha he
t oiil'l throw a book agent. I wo mile-.
"Men x !" c 1 a i n led Mrs. Hotnesp in,
,wlieii -lie lea. I in t In" paper llllll Jay
jiioiild iniil" tell cents every time the
j clock licked ; "I should think he'tl be
j worried to tli .it li for fear the dm k xvjuhl
; run down . "
I Sharper's Outwitted.
j There is a sharper's game whiih hns
I bet ii pi ,xt d for the last hundred years,
i ue I in the turning point is avarice the
'game vv..ks forty-nine times where il
I I alls on, e. 1 vv o sel pel s set out a few
i weeks ago lo play it on a Wayne county
tanner, i ine ol 111,111 came along one
1 I iv and wanted to buv t he farm. As the
j firmer wauled to ,ll il was ,piie easy in
j strike a bargain. The price xxas to In:
s 1. 100 in 1 a-li, and the man handed over
I s''"iO to bin I th bargain. Within two
' lay s a -e. oiid straiigtr came along and
1 vv .ini' l the farm. lie wanted it so bad
ll. ,1 he , .'lil'lll'l stand still. lie found
I ind , at ions ol coal, natural ga-and oil,
ami In was w illing to give $11, llllll for the
, place. fh" idea was, uf 1 our,, that tin
1 1,1 nn r xv oiihl be awful it k ol'hilirt
j -ah an I -i i l, to buy the lll lll olf. ll
I would p iy him to 1. If. 1 the man T' I . "' " 1
1 o 1 1I1 a-e him.
The s. , ..lid stranger was only out ol
j -ight when the liist out liirncd iip.igain.
Hi in, 'iuh wati n d ovt-r the prospect,
i but let i. i long. The I. mm r cxplaiuc I
! tint If had In .-tl oliited '.',."iHl lllol'c,
and add d :
"Hut I don't cue for money. Tnc
1 s 1 ouu i, enough for me, and its all the
j oi l I n in i-xx 01 th. When ymi an ready
a p.n tin biliine we '11 make out the
P M" '-"
I flic pun hast r off, it 1 1 to release him
,. -l IfJ"' s.",!!!! ji',011, but th,
' taint' r ili'ln'l want In be n leaed. He
hung I" tiie bargain -money, and he's gi t
: il yd, while the pair of sharpers rave
and gna-h tin ii t t U t very time they
think ft the thi. km -s ol his skull. -
Iii. ban l isliing Spears,
I h. ti-liing - pi ai's mi d by the 1'iule
ln.ii no an ol peculiar construction,
pill tie iinl of a pole or shaft from
twt Im t lilieeii ft "I in h ngth is in et t -,
d a pine ol ir-ii or -t, ,1 wire about as
tint k in an mdinan It ad pencil and
about I, n im lies Imig , the cud of this
vv ire is m ,dc ,uitc sharp. Another pit cc
ol vv ire about two nidus long lot nn the
barb. One 1 lid of this .holt
piece of wire is made veiy
sharp. It i then laid upon the point "f
the long wire and lightly hnln'd with a
i.ii ,r of pilt hed twine. In the centre of
the pi.ee ,. short wire is fastened :l
sti ingox. i a foot in length, xvhi, h is
mad, last to the shaft of the spear.
W In 11 a lish is stiai. k the point of the
spear pi entirely through its hotly.
la withdrawing it tli" hort wire or barb
puil, ..I, liinl, turning crosswise, the fili
isseeui.lv fast, ncd and h angs dangling
to the handle of the spear.
Tunc Alters All Things.
Clara, lloyoil remember .lane Crud
lie, who xxint to school xvith lis?
l) .ia. The girl with the cat eyes ami
pu.'-nos. :
"Yes."
"I'.ig in. nth.'''
"Ye."
"No chin, 110 forehead, red hair, and
cesnp exiou like a half-baked bi'tikl"
1" The same."
I should think I did. W hat a gawk
she xvas, llearvl of Icr lately!"
"Yes; sin's the reigning American
beauty in Palis Ibis week." t'AicU7-
A'. '.'
gnawpia m JiMi 1
1 n..mui...