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PrSLISHED ETKS FBIDA1 AT
MUIU'HY, NOR I Jl CAROLINA.
w; N. CiOibPER.
The militia of thj United States is re
ported to be in a nodr&iing condition.
The nations of Enrqpe are tax'btr tht
people into poverty Jtofbuild war vessel
and pay armies, and, 'iaf es.
Never, in the histojry of the United
States has there txjen! such a scramble
felr farms as was witgeslcd at Oklahoma.
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The Yturbide, in;th City of Mexico,
is probably the grindjjst hotel in the
world; It was built jby jthe Governor f 01
his palace and cost $3,000,000. It con
tains a room used by Governor Yturbide
for a chapel that is frescoed in solid
gold. f, , s 1
The Boston Herald, humorously remarks
that the defeat of Prohibition in Con-
necticur. looks like a case of Pro
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and
Conn. i i
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Boulanger is in danger oj being forced
to come to the United tates. The
English Government has warned him not
to be perniciously activp in JLondon or he
may be expelled. ; j ,
Population is so scattered pn New South
Wales that in one case in a recent elec
tion where there was an omission to open
polls a given locality, th electors had
.to travel twohundred ,nfle(! or lose their
!votes. . . 1
Senator Dixon, of Rijiodejlisland, is one
of the young mgn of thc United States
Senate. He and Faulkher,Kenna,Danicl,j
Spooner, Higgins anil ""olcott have
numbered not much mqre thiin forty years
apiece. i J '
Fifty counterfeit, $10 blls were pre
sented and stopped at ithe anks at St.
Louis during, one ' refcent day. The
counterfeit is51 a dangerou one of the
series of 1885. It is supposed that at least
60pO of these bills arefnow
' ti ah' in i'iifmlnttji!l
u I.ILVUIUIIVU.
The delightful cojftition f the British
eoldier is seen from th factjthat a private
who, upon being askd bj the orderly
officer if he , had any iomplkints to make
about his food, replied! that j he had none
except that the potatqes wef-e not bilecl
enough, was thereupon sentenced to pass
eighty-fovir hours in aplitafy cell for.-in-'
subordination.
A noteworthy event is tie installation
f . i
of v Mrs. J. M. Keljogg, Lwile oi tne,
AtfnmPv.General Missouni; as First
j ; .
Assistant Attomey-Gtneral She was
admitted, to practic in the Supreme
Court eight years ago, and as a member
ef the State Bar Assoc iation. For several
years she was a partner in
ness of her husband. ;
he law busi-
Baron Erlanger, of Paris
the
largesl
foreign owner of 'j American railwaj
securities, has been through the South
ia pntbusiostic on its nrcBrjects. He
b&jM "I am so impressed with the
opportunities of the; country that ulti
mately, when'my boys reach; manhood, 1
shall probably organize our business here
in the shape of a branch houke. I shall
certainly come back to America as soon
as. I can. I am charmed witjh it."
.
Near Valdosta, Ga., are a couple ol
'deer farms wiere herds of shose animals
are kept within a twekve-foo wire fence,
and pastured upon rye and grass till they
are fatter than butteri The rigirial stock
came from Florida, and the animals are
now pretty well domesticate(. The-proprietors
say that they can Jraise venison
much easier and more cheaply than they
can turkey, 4nd that they fcxpect enor
mous profits when fairly undr why.
Intelligence just 'received, from the
Solomon group; of islands shows that a
' shocking state of affairs wasjprevalent in
some of the islands, massacre B being fre
quent, -owing . to internecine wars. Can
nibalism was jampaht, and it was said
that in one case at least wheap a number
of prisoners were captured the people,
after being slain,' Jwere rensted, their
bodies being afterward cutfTjfi, packed in
"leaves, and exported to other islands foi
distribution.' . ! , .
Half a century agp in Turkey it was
cbnsidered a disgrace for a! oman tc
ow how to read. To-dat the buitac
f has established t wo schools for
in. Constantinople. Seventy years
Jgo Harriet Newton 'tvent to ndia to find
' ine womenj snui up in zenanps, ignoniui
, pd ttegradea. Jf rom tnc very place
where she landed jthere ient to the
United Stated hot! lqrig ago 3ane. Jashec,
highly educated Brahmin j woman, to
' study medicine in the Woman's College,
in Philadelphia. ' . I
Poor old Dhuleep ISingh t evident ij
hard "up, says the Sew Yok Tribune.
Hehas written to Queen Victoria asking
her to give him the j f amousi Koh-i-nooi
diariioad or bits marjket valiie in ready
cadi. He wants th monef to u?e in
India against the; peace; aod integritj
of the Empire, j circaimstaaice which,
coupled with the fact that the jgem doesn't
belong to him any more than f to a,scpre
rlflif&fcal
of other Sikhs make his rqusteufi
uncommonly cooli ! The soil ftheuun-
? e this season, RJ
.:.-.-, ! "pettgj jrmaij ya,uyu,u win goior
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jaub Lion is in. a pretty bad 4ay.
sunshine
As I wnt down he street
A woman whose hair was silver.
But whose face was a bloesom sweet,
Making me think of a garden,
When in spite cf the frost anJ snow
Of bleak November weather,
' Late, frag; ant lilies blow.
I heard a footstep behind jnv
; And the sound of a merry laugh, i
And I knew the h:art it ame from
Woul 1 be like a comforting staff
In the time a d tha hour of trouble,
Hopeful and brave and strong
One of the hearts to lean on,
When we think all things go wrons.
I turcei at the click of the gate latch,
And met hi manly look;
A.face like this gives me pleasure,
Like the page of a pleasant book.
It told of a steadfast purpose,'
Of a brave and daring will;'
A. facoi with a promise in it
That God grant tue years fulfill.
ilo went up the pathway singing;
Isaw the woman's eye
Grow bright with a worldless welcome,
As tur.siiin j warms the skies.
".Back again, tweetbeart mother "
He cried, and bent'to kiss
The living face that was lifted
For what some, mothers miss.
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That boy will do to depen
mold thatthi
From la
vest heroes ;irrmt
is grandest heart h.aaai.
Since titnp Ss A
And the boy who kissessSJiother
Is every inch a man. j '
GUY'S NURSE,
BV HELEN FOR11EST GRAVES.
"Hush, - Dorcas! Is that rain? It
sounds as if same genii were dashing
buckets full of water against tht'ease-
monts.
"It's ra;n, Guy
Thc equinoctial
storm, you know.". 3
"And that dreary moaning down'thc
chimney ii it wind?"
"Yes, Guy, it's wind.'v
The boy shivered a little, and drew
the bedclothes up around his chin.; The
red flames from the b'.czing log
hearth danced up and down
on the
like a
migic-lantern, the shaded lamp burned
s.tadily on the table. Dorcas Wyntcr
stitched quietly away at her sewiDg
without looking up.
; "It must be an awful tempest, Dor
cas,'.' utter the lad, ns a fresh gust of
wind seemed to shake the eld octagonal
tower to its very foundations.
"It is, Guy. I heard old
Lake s;iy that the tide had not
high since the year the Royal
was wrecked off Paine Point."
"It's be.ter to be here, even
broken leg," said Guy Palcy,
Captain
been so
Victoria
with ' a
slightly
lifting his eyebrow's, "than out at sea in
such a blow as ibis!" 1 .
"A good deal better, Guy. "
1"fot that I am a coward, Dorcas 1"
cried the boy. "There are worse things
than a storm at sea. And I have an in
stinct that I shall ba a sailor - t. - But
this sickness has taught me this sick
ness and you, Dorcas t!:at it's better to
go for a thing in an honest,! straight
forward way than! to try to reach it by
sneaking. But I always supposed it was
a fine thing to run away to sea, or else I
shouldn't have tried the get-out-of-the-window-by-midnight
dodge, and broken
my leg. I'm wiser now."
Dorcas smiled at : him with melting
hazel eyes and rcse:red lips, revealing a
line of pearls. '
"Poor Guy!" said she. - "It was a
hard lesson, wasn't it?"
"I think I needed it, Dorcas. If ever
there was a thoroughpaced young ruf
fian, it was I! ' groaned the boy. "But,
; you see, nobody ever talked to me.
I Scolding without end I got, I grantyou,
, but no one talked common ?ense to me
before. You faro ;the only one who
! Eecmea to ttiinK me worm reasoning
, with; and you shall see, Dorcas, that
j I'm worth, the trouble. " Once I'm up
1 lrom tins scrape, 11 tackle mv lessons
in real earnest and try to be something
better. And I ay,j Dorcas "
"Yes, .Guy?'' J
"You're the pretficst girl I ever saw!"
"Nonsense, Guyl".
"Oil, but vour ;3C and
and the most sensible! I
the sweetest
can't think
how you ever came:to be housemaid in a
place like this." .
Dorca? colored a littleT .
'snail 1 ten you,, tiuyi 1 came as
governess to the primary department,
but I h:i.d no discipline, they told me.
The younger boys did exaetly as they
pleased. I've always thought that Mrs.
Vail, who succeeded to the position, had
something to do wijth the bad reports of
my management tjiat reached rDoctor
Delfcr's ears. Butjthat can't be proved;
neither can it be helped. I was alone
here and friendless and I was glad to
arcspt a vacant posion under the house
keeper, to. mend lijhen, care for the oc-
casional cases in the infirmary, and make
myself generally usuful."
"I knew you were a lady!" exultantly
cried the boy. "I could see it in your
face." j ;
'I would rather you.wjould call me a
rue woman, Guy,' than a lady," said
Doicas, moving the lamp a few iaches
further back, so that the light should
not shine in Guy's eyes. .
' 'But I say, Dorcas, how old are
you?" ' ,
Rather young, I am afraid, Guy
only nineteen.5'
' And I am fourteen, Dorcas. Will
you wait seven years for me?" j
. 'Gut!" ' j; I
"I shall be twenty-one th, and my
J U UiUOlVl OUUCU liUV. UVJ v uuu a x4
work like a slave gct'a good profea-
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"..o me uesi nusoana that ever was to
you, for Ira desperately in love with
you, that I ami"
Dorcas burst out into laughter.
"Guy," she said, "what a child you
are!" :
"But you do love me, don't you? '
- Yes, of course I love you, but not a
bit more thin I do Cec l Parker'or little
Frankie Gaines."
"Dorcas!"
m ,rme more perhaps, because
rvc had the care of you these four weeks,
nw.ll' i .
and you've really behaved very decently,
"P;, ...
m. avutioc me, xurcasi
4 I won't, Guyl"
"We re engnged, all the Bame' said
Guy, with a deep sigh of relief 'It is
a bargain. And now you may tret mp
my howl of gruel."
"Yes, Mr. Palcy," said Doctor Dcl-
fer, with a nod of his spectacled brows,
that wild boy - of yours is I a "different
creature. kAnd the infirm id nune has
done it all. Not to mention! th
lves her for kee ninrr
snd managing the
He viA the worst
I don't mind admit-
was seriously
ling him
lrom -our
menibcrs."
"Guy always, was a wild sort of chap,"
admitted Mr. Paley. "But his aunts
spoiled him. ; He never had any bring
ing up to speak of."
"But this illness seems to have ex
erted a wonderful influence over his
moral nature," added Doctor Delfer.
"And I ready think Dorcas has done it
all. Her influence has been wonderful."
"Shci deserves a great deal of credit,
I am sure." said Mr. Paley. "I should.
like to see hcr anl thank her. Tvc
brought a few presents for her a warm
shawl, a silver snuff-box and a black
stuff gown "
Doctor Delfer gasped a little.
She I don't think she takes snuff!"
said he, feebly.
"All these nurses do."
Yes but there she is now!"
The door opened and Dorcas Wynter
came in, carrying a student-lamp, which
she had just filled and trimmed anew.
Mr.' Palcy dropped the sdver snuff
box in astonishment.
"I beg your pardon, I am sure!" stam
mered he.
And when the doctor suggested that
the nurse had better accompany young
Guy on the journey home, he1 assented
without a remonstrance.
"Nurse, indeed!" said Miss Sophro
nia Paley, a gaunt, high-featured dam
sel of 1. fifty. "As if a pretty, simper
ing cliit of a thine like that could un
derstl.nd auy thing about nuisingl"
"She does, though," said Guy. "She's
a brick, Aunt Soph. And I don't be?
lievc I shoull have been alive now, if it
wasn't for her."
"You arc quite well enough by this
time to dispemc with her services," said
Miss Sophronia. "A boy that eats the
quantity of muffins and plumj im that
yoiijdidat tea, last night, cannot ca'.i
himself an invalid any longer. She has
been here a nv nth, and " '
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But she's not
to go away for all
said Guy, who was
chestnuts like a
that, Aunt Soph,
devouring roasted
dragon. "Ask pa
a. She's to be Mrs.
Paley one of these day, and "
"Mrs. Paley!" Aunt Sophronia turned
green and yellow. ' It's come to that,
then, has it? Well, I've suspected it this
some time. And all I've got to say is "
'Seven years from now," said sGuy,
with bis mouth full of chestnuts, "I
shall be twenty-one and .she twenty-six.
Not enough difference to signify. And,"
he uttered, with a grin, as his aunt
flounced wrathfully out of the room,
"you'll get your walking-tickets, old
lady, when I'm married 1 I'd as soon
have a death's head and bones around
the place any time."
He was1 sitting curled up in the easiest
chair in the library, reading a book, half
an hour afterward, wheh the door opened
and his father came in!. .
Something in the paternal g'.anco and
movenvenjt struck the boy.
"I never saw father look so young
and bright before," he thought. "Some
thing must have' pleased him. very much.
Perhaps Aunt Soph is going .to marry
snmA old chtv or other, nnd thfi roast
. O J ' ;
will be clear." :
"So you knew all about it, Guy?'
said Mr. Paley, laughingly.
"About what, sir?" ; '
"About my engagement."
The book fell with a crash to the
floor. : '
- "Your what, father?"'; . .
"At least you told Aunt Sophronia
about it. Well, I'm glad you arc
pleased, my boy. And' Dorcas say3 she
shall alwJs love you as if you were her
own son. As a general thing, I clon't
approve o,f stepmothers, but you ; anl
Dorcas love each other so dearly, that
Why, Guy, what is the matter?"
For the boy had rushed out of; the
room with an odd, suffocating sensation
in his throat.
He met Dorcas coming in from the
garden, with a bunch of scarlet holly-ber
ries in her hand.
"Qprcis!" he cried "Dorcas, too
are as false as the serpent-woman ! ; You
beau" M
She comprehended him in an instant,
though his voice was choked into si
lence. She flung away the scarlet cluster: ad
put her arms tenderly about him.
"Dear Guy," she whispered, "I love
him; but if you are unwilling If it
mj. mm n .
job it only remains for voultifv bo
and-" ..?.. ' J
Her voice died away,her h
looped
on his shouId-T.'
There was an instant's
then Guy Said, bravely:
anJ
"Well, so let k be. My 3l
rnimn n r . J - .j.
" " juu are me on?
alive who is worthy ot him.
pose people would say six yU
much difference
I ----- -a'-'.
In nilp A rwaa
how they're to get over th3 fif
i between ,. .,i f. t
he adde I, with rlther a foril
And then and thn rin .
-yi
ea nis nret lesson in self-a
Dorcas pickc I I up her
berries
and went to the library, w
iscd husband stood.
"I have just seen Guv,
:1.
"Isn't he please 1? '
"Yes, I think he
he?Jted
Dorcas. "Guy is a ftraf
-y f oble
na'.ure. I am not squ ¬
Iora," she
added, with a dinia
T 1.1 1 7
n fier ev.-s.
iijm. i wouiu nave 1
y.,ill . 1 1 1
d you if I
"""i" uui always n:if y
1 Gu7 with
me," . - I
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"And my true wifft-qfj1 Guy's true
mother: ' said Mr.-?- orawinj
Dorcas Jcndj-lw acs sfint:ifuTUr(tajf
NigJU.
The Brahmin or Zebn Cattle.
This is a remarkable breed of -cattle
originating in India. They have great
powers of endurance, are ac ive, will
outravel a. horse under a saddle as used
in India, make gcpl beef aud make an
excellent cross for the cattle of the
south.
Mr. Albert Montgomery, son of Colgnel
W. B. Montgomery, of Starkvillc, Miss. ,
now live stock merchant at the New
Orleans stock landing, some years since
imported a zebu bull from India. We
saw-him in New Orleans at the great
exposition. He placed this bull on his
stock ranch in Texas and finds that the
cross with ranch cows is highly satisfac
tory. His partner, MK Frost, writing
to Mr.Curti3, says:
"I defy any man to name the time
when he ever saw a tick on the pure or
half breed Brahmins; or a worm from
the blow-fly (crew worms, troublesome
to ranch cattle in wtseisons). Further
than this -I dofy any man to say that he
ever saw any of them to die from a se
vere winter. They arc the grandest
cattle that exist for southern climites."
We have not room for the other breeds
of cattle described in Mr. Curtis book,
and have been able to make but slight
references to those we have noticed.
Picayune.
' Great Rain Storms. -
In an investigation of 106 cases of
raiofall, ranging f rom idn to twelve
inches in eigGth6ufs, Professor E.
Loomis has found the area of one inch
rainfall to hate extended at least 500
miles in length in ten cases, and to have
exceeded 700 miles in threo cases; while
the entire rain area was frequently an
oval figure exceeding 1000 miles in
length by 500 mi'.c3 in brendth. Con
cerning these heavy tains the following
facts seem well established: First, no
great barometric depression with steep
gradients ever occurs without considera
ble rain. This is true not only for the
United States, but also for the f cyclones
of the West Indies, the China Sea, InJia
and the Bay of Bengal. Second In
great rain-storms the barometric pressure
generally diminishes, while the rainfall
increases. Third The greatest depres
sion of ihe baromljj3gial!y occurs
about twelve hours after the gieatest
rainfall. Fourth A great fa'l of rain
is favorable to a rapid progress of the
centra of least pressure, while, a
small rainfall is generally attended
by a less rapid progress. It is,
however, plain that the rate of progress
of a low centre depends partly upon
other causes than amouafc-of rainfall.
Trenton- (A". J.) American.
Keep Yonr Eyesight
Dr. F. Park Lewis spoke recently,
says the Buffulo Courier, upon weak
eyes and near sighted people. He
stated that wl ile people with near
sighted eyes might show no loss of sight
for years, stiil ncar-sigbteJ eyes should
be treated with a:e. 'f The best light
tX the -SWS -WfiO ti J n 1 i 'it mtmrnwr good
( hght must be s!rong7rrri?5rsteady.
! Ihe neat ol artitljial light was then con
side red. Sunlight 'has the least heat
rays; electric light came next; kerosene
and gis were laU and warst for
the eyes. He c'.osed by stating that in
reading the back should h ti the light,
the eyes should be shaded and never ba
used when tired. One should not read
with an uncertaiu light nor on the cars.
The Smallest Screws Made.
It is asserted that the smallest screws
in th2 world are those used in the pro
duc ion of watches. Thus the fourth
jewjl wheel screw is the nest -Jthing to.
beir g invisible, and to the naked eye it
loohs like dust. With a glass, however,
it is seen to be a small screw, with 260
threads to the inch, andrVg-.ry
fine glass ths threads asisSwmn quite
clearly. These minute screws are 4-1000
of an inch in diameter and the heads are
double. It is also estimated that an or
dinary lady's thimble would hold 100,
000 of " ese screws.
No Shamming there.
Bagley : ' I understand yftur wife is
sick."
-, Bailey : "Yes, she hasn't!
word for three days.'
Bagley: "Bj graeiouwr
be a pretty sick woman V
musM
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i spoke
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A CffiD-M AN.
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Extraordin. ; Discovery by
Doj3r,in Kansas.
One of ft Mqst Remarkable of
Hiian Monstrosities.
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The has just been discovered in the
soutbjarfof thi? (Dickinson) county,
writ Kansai Icorrespondent of the
Gl6-J)em-jerat, one of the most remark
et monstrosities of the human family
er known to exist in this section. It
s child-man, 0 rather a child's body.
ith a man's heaq. A few days ago a
icr proiiirprwmineni pnysicpn.was making a can
on the family in which the monstrosity
lives, and while talking with his patient
he noticed an object in a cradle at the
opposite end of the room. It was care
fully covered up but he thought he
V
perceived a beard showing from be
neath the covering. He could get no
opportunity for a more careful examina
tion at the time, but in order to investi
gate further, informed his patient that
other calls would be neeossary. Upon
subsWioent visli he managed to be left
alone in the rooni with the cradleand
its mystcrioui occupant. Hastily 'pull
ing off the coirQring there was dis
covered a sight ' which made his
heart cease for the moment to beat. It
was nothing lesjs than a man's head
joined to an infant's body. The large
eyes blinked a him, and the lips,
bearded and mulstached, made inarticu
late sounds, but! no gleam of recogni
tion or intelligence was observable in
the being's face.p Determined to inves
tigate the matterlmore fully, the physi
cian called the man and woman of the
house, and demanded an explanation of
the sight which hal met his gaze. At
first they were agry that he had pried
into theseeret thjat thoy had guarded so
well, but at la?jt, seeing that further
concealment wasj impossible, they made
a clean breast off the aff .ir and told tho
following story :'
Nearly thirty Jrears ago a man named
Reed moved inlo Kansas from Illinois.
His family consisted of himself, wife
and one daughter. The latter was about
seventeen years j old, and rather good
looking. They;: settled near the junc
tion of the Republican and Smoky Hill
Rivers, ia thq icinity of what is now
Junction City, "and the daughter mar
ried a trapper. Ii Her first child was a
boy, and she died in giving it birth. An
older sister ha l:' come on from the East
by this time, and she took the mother
less ' little one into her family. Its
father yias killed during the border
troubles, and she practically adopted the
orpi
child
jrew and thrive 1
normally until it was about four years
and six monthsjold, when it seemed to
cease developing. Son it was,noticed
that development had not been arrested
in all parts of the body. The head kept
on growing as if it belonged to the
sturdiest child in the Sate.
Year af'.cr year this strange
growth went, on, and still ' there
was no change :n the infantile body or
limbs, though the head continued its
growth. The j sister nnd her husband
moved into Dickinson County, where
they have since, resided, aud took the
child with them. The grandparents are
dead and the monstrosity has reached
the age of'tweity-nine years. Its head
is as large as that of an average-sized
man, and is frowned with a heavy
growth of ccarje b: own hair. Heavy
beard and mustache are on its fac?, and
lines of maturity show upon the cheeks
and forehead. uThcbody remains, ' from
the nec'k down, that of a
i V:,
four-year-old
child
The chld, or man, canuot sit
up as the monstrous hea l is too heavy
for the rritisclesf of the trunk to lift. It
lies in the cnidie"helplesrf, and watches
with a. brute-1 ike gaze the doings of
those around, y;
The mind is somewhat in advance of
that of an infant, but is still practically
inactive. No speech or general intelli
gence has been involved from the strange
being. It must be fed from an at tend
ant'siand, an i though its teeth are well
developed, its iiomach can digest noth
ing but? the simplest foods. The tiny
hands and limbs are as soft-flcshed as
thc'vjM-rcJt babifs,'1 while the face and
head have tho harsher feeling of maturi
ty. There ?nms no reason in the mind
of the physician who made the strange
discovery why -If the monstrosity should
not live to the age of three score yearsi
and teh, though it would seem to be a
blessing to the jjworld to take its. life
from it. The : imagination can easily
picture what; it will be when
gray hair has settled on the head and
beard while the;, body remains that of a
babe. Th3 family, ashamed of the pos-?
session of suchja monstrosity, has re
ligiously hidden this skeleton in tbeit
closet fiom the; world, and few know of
its existence, fit is onlyi by necident
that it was this; time discovered. The
doctor's story faa? led several prominent
citizens to take a trip to, the farm house
to see the femarkable freak, and all
unite in calling it the -most wonderful
b2ing they ever witnessed. None, how
ever, wish to nake a second trip, as one
look at the strange creature is enough to
sadden their hearts and give them some'
thing to dream about for months.
Time BrUgs Wisdom..
Jack Borrowit (furiously) To think
of it! There's Twitchell, my friend of
five years, refused me a paltry ten-dollar
loan this morfting. ,
Lambrequin Maybe that's because
he's known you five years, Jacly. Lift.
Hereford Cattle, f '
That the. Herefords are distinctly
jpure race of English cattle, a(di of great
antiquity, is undoubtedly true.lnit it is as
probably true that they are Bid to the
Devons. The origin of bpth these
breeds fa difficult to trace, and) tbey have
trainable qualities in common. ;Both are
wonderfully prepotent when rbsscd on
other cattle. If the cross is by; a Here
ford bud, the red body and f jute face
are apt to follow; and M the ross be on
a pure Hereford cow, the coH usually
follows the dam. The Herefords are
hardy and prolific, mature jlir, and
are considered the bast grazio Rattle in ,
England.. They have no superior in
the United States, and of late; years the
bulls have been extensively u led as sires
on the great cattle r inches of Ihe Wcat.
They do not come in the cajtegory of
milking cattle, though many of them
are'good milking cows. In England
the young .catt'e are largely bought by
farmers at the fairs for feeding; and no
breed has risca faster into pubtfc favor,
as beef-makers, in thh . country. In
England Herefords, at the fimithficld
shows, at 23 months old havf weighed
14S0 pounds; at 23 month!,! second-
prize steers have weighed li5i! pounds; j
under three years (2 year?, 7j-months),
1804 pounds; at three! years knd four
months, weights came to 2074;. pounds.
A cqw 11 years and four, months of age
weighed 2324 pounds. Prar Farmer.
A Hot-Bed of Crime!
Torture by starvation . seeing to be
" . 'a
legal ia Minsk jail in Rusa!. Eight
peasants are lying there accuiel of the
murder of the chief forester n. Prince
i
Radziarll's estate of Dabidgraiki, who
three months ago was found banging in
a solitary part of the forest. It was evi-,
dent that he had been lyncheft for his
unceasing tyranny over the Jpeasats.
Eight men were arrested on jkispicion,
and it has just come to light thjU during
their detention they have been deprived
of food,-. sometimes for three! days to
gether. In spite of those atrocious
measures not Jone of the prisoners hat
confe sed. Min?k, by tho way (ancient
province of Lithuania), seems to be a
hot-bed of crime in Central Europe. To
mention all the cases of brigandage,
arson, murder, mysterious disappearances
and public lynchings which are reported
each week would take a whole news
paper. Swindles and forgeries arc too
common to be even noticed by the au
thorities, and nine-tenths of the Jew
population are cither convicted or sus
pected fences. Domestic ' servants are
being almost entirely disperised with,
as in very many recent cases they have
been found to be in league with the
brigands. These facts are strenuously
suppressed by the press-censure office.
s Timei-De-nvocrat.
The Nebraska Homesteader. -.
I met the professional homesteader to.
day in Sioux County, the extreme north
west county of Nebraska. He stood by
a prairie schooner out of which came a
stove -pipe.' Behiud was a cow and calf
and two dogs.
"Where is your home?" I asked.
"H'nt gjt no house," he said, as ho
kicked one of the dogs and took a chew
of tobacco.
"Where do you liver'
"Whcrcd' I live!" he exclaimed, in
dignantly. "I don't have to live anywhere. I'm
marchin' ahed of civ'lization, sir. I'm
hofhesteadin'."
'.'Well, where do you sleep?"
"SIcepf I sleep over on the govern
ment' land, drink out of the North
Platte, eat jack rabbits and raw wolf.
But it's get tin' too thickly Fettled round
here for me. I saw land agent from
Buffalo Gap today, and they'say a whole
family is comin' up the North Platte
fifty miles below here. It's getting too
crowded for me heie, stranger. I leave
for tha Powder River co-uatry tomorrow..
I can't stand the rush OnaAa Bee.
Tasting Without a Tongue.
There exists a mistaken notion that the
L tongue is the sole organ of taste, just as
the idea, natural but erroneous, is ex
tant that it is necessary for purposes of
speech. As a matter of fact, taste is as
largely resident in the palate as in the
tongue, while numerous cases are on
record in which persons who have suf
fered the loss of the tongue have been
able to spcrik with clearness. Recently
a proof was given of the widespread na
ture of the taste-sense in the mouth. In
a patient from whom the tonguo had
been very completely removed, it was
found that sensations of sweet, sour and
bitter nature were still present. Curi-;
ously, too, n sense of f alt-taste re
mained. : These facts would alrnort
seem to prove that various parts of
tongue and palate are set apart for the
appreciation of different "tastes." . This
idea supports the fact that the tongue
possesses on its surface papilla; or staste
organs of different shapes and sizes. It
is consistent to assume that : such varia
tions in the ends of the nerves of tasfr
imply variations in their functions.
2Tete Tori Telegram, j .
"How to Pot It Out
Zinc, placed upon the fire in a stove
or grate, is sai l to operate as an effective
extinguisher of chimney fires. Accord
ing this representation, when a fire
starts inside a chimney, from whatever
cauA a piece of thin zinc, about four
inches square, is to be put into the stave
or grate connecting with the chimney.
The zinc fuse? 'and liberates aciduous
fumes, which, passing up the flue, are
jaid to almost instantly put out what
ever fire there may be.
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There coming in connettion with Hack
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So you tee the reason why I can do
better by the traveling public Mk cause
we are bound to go anyway, and the e
fore cn carry you
Cheaper Than Anybody Else !
grjfrlTm)ri rY ihn iWaUU-at
rival and departure of j , trains 00 ! th
Miriet ta and Nr' h Georgia Railroad.
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A PICKPOCKErflTCAREEa,
A. Poor Orphan Boy who Rosi to
be a Notorious Thief. 1
"I see Mollie Ma shes has done bis
stretch and is out agaiu," remarked a
communicative reformed thief to a
Kansas City Timet reporter. yohn
Larney, or John Ddlaney, for ho has
worn both names so long in private life
that he doesn't know whioh one ho
owns," said the formerly hard man, 'is
now between fifty aud fifty-five yeara
old nearer the former figure. He be
gan life as a street boy in New York at
the age of eight years, both of his pa
rents having died on the passage irom
Ireland. The mfaut provea au
to tho task of taking cure of himse
earlv evinced the possession of
destined to make liim famous. It w
New York that he gained the name'
Mollie Matches,' being slender, ai
with a fresh and fair complexion, at
age of sixteen, in woman s-attire,
radilv nassed as a cirl. and with a b
ket of matches infested the crowded
ferry-boats. He had a partner with nun,
and as Larney solicited . customers
among the passengers his fingers clung
to the pocket-books, jewelry any thing,
in fact, that was in sight, valuable and;
easily carried. His stealings were pass
ed over to his companion, who did no
work on bis own account. In his earlier
operations he was frequently caught, but
his yonth and virtuous appeal ance and
stalwart lies secured a release or a light
punishment. In general he was very
successful, as men upon discovering the
loss of a pocket-book or watch were slow
to suspect an innocent poor girl who
had mntbps for sale.. As Laniev crew
his field of 'operation widened jand his
rTphiyp" lUHw"iiyi 1 nr 11" j
ty-nve years 01 age ne naueervea t-5ou
years in penitentiaries and reformatories,
had amassed an honest fortune of $20,-
000, consisting principally of real estate
in Toronto. Canada, aud Cleveland,
Ohio, and diamonds. In the matter of
gems he was equal to an expert lapidary
in dkcriminatftra, and it was his mod
est boast that iie never stole a paste dia
mond in his life. Nor did he waste any
time on silver watches, aud when he did
steal one through error he made haste
to return it to the owner's pocket.
"During the war a new opening for
hisj&lents presented itself, aud between
Sumter and AppomattOx he had enlisted
in numberless regiments and jumped
$11,000 worth of bountie?. He always
lived high, and when at leisure or trav-
eling on busines-s, he spent money like
a merchant prince. His clothes wero -of
the finest, and from his cape chin
chilla overcoat to the silk of his under
wear there was nothing low-priced or
vulgar about him.
"Larney was a great actor, and fre
quently, although pocket-picjring wasN-
his legitimate business, he would, for
exercise, try another branch. At bunco
titeering, being a charming talker and
of gentlemanly appearance, he was al
most the equal of 'Hungry Joe,' but
always felt as if the industry was low
dqwn. Sometimes he doctored his eyes
with, red pepper and, putting on bluo .
goggles and otherwise disguising him
self, would go to a wholesale jewelry
store and call for loose diamonds. These
it is customary to . display on velvet in '
the counter or show-case, and, ha.ing
an excuse in his defective vision, when
a number of unst sparks wero before
him, he would examine them at a very
close rauge, cid convey one or two of
the most valuable to his mouth with his
tongue:
"At the Centennial, Matches ' stole
himself into comparative opulence. H
realized a bushel of gold watches, but
the market was glutted, and ho did not
get as fair a return for h's time as h
ielt ne oucrht. He eomn mnod n'01 niwn
his return lfomc that he had,. toSmli
the detectives with 20 per t. instead
of the customary , tithe of his earnmm.
This was probably a libel, and the out
growth of gall and b.t erness.
Mrorsix yearsiprior ito his last con
viction Larney lived id Cleveland, and
advertised himself as blading a life of
honesty and integrity, i&d Aid no steal
ing within a radius k two hundred
miles. His last robbery at Gaylesburg
wasTOmmitted early in uly, 1881.
ine great sorrow of Larney's life
was his lack of education," ccwjcludetT
the ex-thief. "He could write us two
names, 'John Larney and 'John Dolan,'
nd nothing else. He could, not read
at alL He often mourrie-l over his early
iwoouitwuagt!!., auu ielt sure that he
could have pa:alyzed the wo Id in the
forgery line if he had only been given
proper educational facKi'y when youog.
;"He was surely a thoroughbred and
the best known among crooks of any
man in the country. I omitted to fay
to you that Larney still owes thirteen
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years tim to three renal instiiwtioS
frorn which Jie has ejeand
Express Experts.
A novel challenge cornea from Marcos
H. Mahoney, of Portland, Me. Maboniej
want to mo.H aoy employee of tho
Americ m Express Compiny in a match
at Ho says he can tako a
room full of packages directed to towns
ia all part of the United States, mark
the rat upon ea-ih package with the
weight and enter the whole tranaactior
in a tariff book anicker than any man r
America. He is milling .to wager fre
$50 to $500 on the result of a comr-
I tion. His record is. 1,000 packagr
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