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Cleveland Coiiuly Courier.
B. A. IU7EDY. I*roprletor
MOORE, : : OKLAHOMA.
CURRENT COMMENT.
Tas present capital of the London
A North western railroad ia$50O,OOO,OUOl
The assertion is made that there i%
more gold in the sacred vessels, medals,
chains, etc., preserved at the Vatican
in Rome than in the circulation of the
whole of Europe.
It was reported from Norway thai
Dr. Nanien intended to conduct an ex
pedition to the Antarctic ocean in
search of the south pole before return
to the Arctic WfiOM
Two years ago. befo *,e the Florida
trees were killed by frost, the orange
crop of that state amounted to between
5,000,000 and 6,000.000 boxen. This year
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I Tiik Kicg* <'ounty (X. Y.) Elevated
I railway went into the hands of a re-
I reiver on the Slst.owin; to the injurie*
! which trolley ears had done to the
business. It wax capitalized at f4,7.'«0,
000.
A thai* struck a carriage containina
Fred Lamoreaux, his wife and two chil-
dren at a crossing near Worcester
Mas*. Mr. Lamoreaux was killed and
I the others will probably die of their in
juries.
A Washington dispatch stated that
I two colored boys have been sent by
i congres mcn as cadets to the Annapolis
| academy and if tliey punted their en-
trance examination and are admitted
Not Hit rauli.
The dusky corridors of the Jail were
silent as the grave save for the occa-
sional creak of a rusty conscience as
•nine regretful criminal looked back
over his past life. The clerical-looking
tisitor paused liefore the door of a "til
•therein sat a man with his face liowed
u|m u his hands.
"Ah, my man." he said, "it is a dread-
ful thing to see you here."
"O, air,'* replied the prisoner, "it is,
indeed. Hut you can't blaine me. 1
didn't want to come."—Chicago Trib-
une.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned By Toleflrr&ph and MalL
I'KKSONAL AND POLITICAL
Gkorok P. Kkkncy, president of the
Association of National Silver clubs,
has issued an address from Washing-
the crop is estimated at only 150,000 ton calling upon the people to orgau-
boxes. ________
Tiiit Austro-Hungary minister of
agriculture estimated the world's crop
of wheat for lHWi at 2,277,000,000 bush-
els. The revised total for 1805 showed
that 2,425,000,000 bushels of wheat were
produced.
It was stated that the I'ullman com-
pany had decided to reduce its rates
and that It will begin in the parlor car
service on eastern roadaand eventually
extend to the sleeping car service on
Other lines.
8ixtkkn hundred car loads of decidu-
ous fruita and 2,000 car loads of oranges
are ahlpped from California to Chicago
every year. In addition to this Chicago
receives annually .'100 car loads of
oranges from Mexico.
A r a pick bicycle has now invaded the
field. Paper tiber, similar to that used
in the manufacturing of car wheels, is
employed for tubing. The wheel weighs
20 pounds and is said to be quite us
strong as any now in use.
Sib Benjamin Richardson, the dis-
tinguished English physician, says that
seven out of every ten sound and rea-
sonable people ought to live to be 110
years old, and would do so if they
"took care of themselves "
The total wealth of Great Britain
with all her possessions is estimated
by an American authority to be $ 0,-
000,000,000. France comes next with
137,500,000,000. The wealth of the six
largest nations of the world aggre-
gates |165,000,000,00a
The statue of the republic, which
stood at the head of the Grand basin
in Jackson park, Chicago, during the
Columbian exposition, was burned by
order of the South Side park commis-
sioners. The figure cost about $25,000
and was 00 feet high, standing on a
pedestal 40 feet ip height.
The old house in which .lames G.
Blaine was born and spent his boy-
hood at West Brownsville, I'a., has
been torn down, because for many
years it had been going to ruin. While
it was in course of destruction the vil-
lagers possessed themselves of memen-
toes in the shape of its wood, noils and
pieces of stone.
AN American contributes to a London
paper a letter in which he savagely at-
tacks the wheel and virtually charges
it with all our present difficulties—eco-
nomic, political,commercial, sociul and
spiritual. He says that "millions and
millions of dollars are being with-
drawn from the normal course of trade
and diverted into this one branch, and
other people find it extremely difficult
to get money to live on."
i/.e silver clubs in every school district u bowlder and exploded,
of America.
The formal letter of acceptance in
reply to his notification by a commit-
tee that he was noiniuated by the re-
publican party for president of the
United States was given to the press
by Maj. McKinley on the 'Jflth. It is
devoted principally to the discussion
of what lie considers the great ques-
tions of the campaign—protection, hon-
est money and reciprocity.
Candidate Bryan spoke to a big
crowd at Buffalo, N. Y.. on the 27th.
The police were powerless to control
the audience and they swarmed down
and took poaaession of seats reserved
Mr.
Il llrprndi.
, Young Lightiiayte -How long d -es
thrre may be outbreak among the a ,mle to8tul| „ hr wanU u. „
corp. of ead.M. -nod lawyer ?
An accideut to the engine on tne
Pike's Peak (Col.) cogwheel railroad
rendered the air brakes useless ami it
tori' down the mountain side at a ter-
rific speed. The conductor applied the
automatic air brakes to the passenger I
coach and stopped that, but the engine I
was beyond control. The engineer
and fireman jumped and aaved them-
I aelves. The engine finally went over
! lawyer Sharpe—Why do you ask that
I question?
i "Because I am thinking of studying
: law myself."
"Five hundred years."—ChicagoTrib-
une.
TIIK NKW WOMAN'S FAKKWELL.
Tigonish. N. S., was almost wiped j
out by tire on the 31st. Seven blocks, |
including ull the principal places of
business, were destroyed.
I'hop. Edward Cole, an aeronaut of
Toledo, ()., was drowned in Maumec
bay on the 30th after an ascension.,
His companion,who was billed as Josie
Cariuet, was saved by her life preserver.
The balloon rose from the Casino on
the bay front and was about three
miles out when the tragedy happened.
Thousands of people witnessed the
t ragedy.
The Xutional Athletic club, of San
Francisco, has offered a $10,000 purse
for the clubs which escorted Mr. I for u tight between Choynski and Fit/-
Bryan, to the hall. siinmons. Choynski said he would
A story was sent out from Washing- j meet Fitzslmmons provided a permit
ton to the effect that Dominio I. Mur- fol. the fight could be secured,
phy, pension commissioner, will soon m,{H. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas,
resign his office. The story of his al- 1 hpoke at Rushville, Ind., on the 20th and
leged resignation was semi officially jn un interview she said she had
confirmed by an employe in the pen-
sion department who is close to the
commissioner.
The Washington Star on the 27th
stated positively that William J.
Bryan and Thomas Watson would be
notified of their nomination by the
espoused socialism as the coming form
of government, and will, after the cam-
paign, begin a propaganda for social-
istic principles. She has abondoncd
all Idea of entering the ministry.
_ The supreme lodge, Knights of
Pythias, at Cleveland. O., refused the
populist party for president and vice request for the restoration of the Ger-
One of the latest and most ingenious
mechanical musical instraments In-
vented is an automatic banjo which
does everything that human fingers
can do to produce tuneful melody.
The most difficult music can be played
with the same effect, both in time and j n the 28th and was given
harmony, as performed by professional
ban joists. Any stringed instrument
that is played with the fingers can be
adjusted to this automaton.
president respectively.
It was understood at the Chicago re-
publican headquarters that Col. U. C.
Kerens, national committeeman from
Missouri, would be requested by Mr.
Hanna to look after republican inter-
ests in railroad circles throughout the
country.
Ex-President Ben.iaman Harrison
spoke to an immense audience at Car-
negie hall. New York, on the 27th on
the political issues of the campaign.
Chauncey M. Depew was the chairman
of the meetingand many distinguished
people were among the audience.
From the political organization not
democratic, but in sympathy with the
Chicago platform, Chairmau Jones, of
the democratic national committee,
has appointed an advisory board, con-
sisting of Senator Teller, of Colorado;
Senator Dubois, of Idaho; Senator But-
ler, of North Carolina; G. T. Wash-
burn, of Massachusetts; I. N. Stevens,
of Colorado, and George I*. Keeney, of
California.
1'itEMiKK Ito, who is also minister for
the Interior and secretary of the Jap-
anese cabinet, has rcsigucd.
Senator Tillman, of South Caro-
lina, sent a telegram to ex-President
Harrison at New York, challenging
him to joint debate.
* A Cleveland, O., dispatch stated
that Chairmap Groot, of the silver
party notification committee, would
notify Bryan and Sewall of their nom-
ination on September 8 at Lincoln,
Neb.
A dispatch to the London Chronicle
from Koine said that private letters re-
eeived from Constantinople stated that
the Turkish government was on the
pve of being overturned and that a
provisional government would be ap-
pointed.
Li Hung Chang, the "grand old
man" of China, arrived at New York
reception
Among the topics which will be dis-
cussed at the approaching nat ional en-
campment of the (irand Army of the
Republic, to be held in St, I'aui, Minn.,
is a proposition to urge congress to so
change the pension laws as to give vet-
erans of long service an advantage over
such of their comrades who spent only
a short time in the urmy. One of the
propositions which meets with favor
is to add to the pension one cent per
month for each day of actual service.
This would mean 90 cents a month for
a soldier who enlisted for 90 days, and
SI4 GO a month for one who served four
years.
The Review of Reviews says that
befitting his high rank. The North
Atlantic squadron boomed a salute in
ais honor and the distinguished China-
man was afterwards taken to the
Waldorf, whore he will atop while in
New York, and a special guard of po-
licemen wns thrown around the build-
ing.
Li IIung Chang on the afternoon of
ihe SOth visited lien. Grant's tomb at
New York and laid a wreath of flowers
an It and then paid a visit to the house
yt Col. Fred Grant, where he had tea.
President Cleveland went over
from Buzzard's Bay to New York on
ihe 29th and formally welcomed LI
Hung Chang, the Chinese envoy, to
America. The two exchanged cordial
greetings ami the hope was mutually
expressed that the relations of the two
countries would continue friendly ami
jrow closer.
1 . 1 Capt. Jack Crawford, the poet scout,
there is an open-air movement, almost , ,, . , , .. . .
— I fell over an embankment at the gold
mines at Blewitt, Wash., and was
man ritual by a vote of 100 to 8.
request was only inude by a few
lodges.
The business portion of Sau'.te Ste.
Marie, Mich., was recently nearly
burned out, entuiling a loss of $300,000,
half covered by insurance.
Three men lost their lives in a fire
in John Dundin's saloon at Minneapo-
lis, Minn. They were sleeping on the
third floor and were suffocated in bed.
At the Occidental Athletic club in
San Francisco, on the 28th. before a
crowd of 5.000 people. Joe Choynski
knocked out Joe McAuliffc, the "Mis-
sion Giant " in the fourth round. The
affair was to have been an eight-round
go. but McAuliffe was completely out-
matched by Choynski.
The Rathbone Sisters at Cleveland,
()., on the 28th, elected the following
officers: Supreme chief, Mrs. Ida M.
Weaver, of Idaho; supreme senior, Mrs.
J. B. S. Neubert, of Kansas; supreme
junior, Mrs Nellie Seattergood, of
Michigan; supreme manager. Mrs.
Flora Weatherbee, of Minnesota; su-
preme mistress of records, Mrs. W. 1).
Wood, of Missouri; supreme mistress
of finance, Mrs Emma M. Bell, of
Ohio.
The state institute for feeble-minded
children at Glen wood, la., was com-
pletely destroyed by fire at an early
hour on the 29th, involving a loss of
8150,000k AH of the inmates were res-
cued and the records and papers saved.
There was trouble between the
squaw-men and full-bloods of the Sem-
inole nation in the Indian territory,
and troops from the First cavalry at
Fort Cary reached the scene on.the 28th
1 arely in time to avert a general tight.
The full-bloods and squawmen had a
desperate battle recently in which there no way t
throe full-bloods were killed and sev-
eral squawmen seriously injured. The
trouble was caused by the full-bloods
having pas>ed a law expelling all
wnites from the nation.
The failures for the week ended the
28th (Dun's Review) were 288 in the
I'liited States, against 180 last year,
and 83 in Canada, against 42 last year.
The Ohio Falls Car Manufacturinir
Co., at Jefferson City. Ind., which in
time of prosperity employed 2,300 me-
chanics and laborers, will shortly sus-
pend operations.
Itnited States Minister Terrell.
at Constantinople, cabled the state de-
partment on the 27th that great blood-
shed and rioting had occurred there.
Several hundred Armenians were killed
[ and all the houses in the city were
closed. Dynamite bombs were ex-
ploded in the streets by Armenians
land about 30 Turkish soldiers killed.
i The revolutionists were placed on
board a steamer and conveyed to a
foreign port. ' ' 1. | I* •'"><>
(baum of ■ l.lfetlm*.
**lt ia said," he remarked, reflective-
ly, "that Moasiru'a hands ure growing'
laiger."
"Yes?" she returned, inquiringly.
"Yes," he asserted. "And the worst
of it is that there is every likelihood
that thia tendency will continue."
"Yea .'" she said, in the same inquiring
tone.
"Yes," he re|>eated. "You see, the bi-
cycle and golf and tennia and othei
a porta that women have recently taken
up are res|>onHible for it."
"In that eaae," she said, with a glance
nt her own dainty hand*, "you'd liettei
spe.ik quick if you wunt a small one.**
He realized that it was the opportuni-
ty of a lifetime and he spoke prompt
ly.—Chicago Post.
HiMory K•• !>«•(*i* Ita«lf.
A sharp boy being told by his teaehei
to re|>eat his lesson in history, said In
couldn't, and it seemed to him quite un
necessary to do so.
"Quite unnecessary?" thundered th#
teacher. "What do you mean?**
"Well," said the boy, "I've always
heard that history repeats itself."—
J udy.
(lootl Kfttunn for OI>Je«>tIn*.
"Why did you break off your engage-
I merit with Miss Bertha?"
"Because her parrot was always say-
ing: 'Stop that, Georjfe.'"
"But what difference did that make?
Your engagement was not a secret."
"But my name is not George."—Tit«
I Hits.
Sh* I- iprrtfil Too Much.
"Why did you propoae to her?"
"I wanted to kiss her, and she said
she would allow no one but an accepted
lover that privilege."
"Why did you break the engage-
ment?"
'' „ , , I "She wanted me to kiss her all the
She—Good by, Henry, and if I do not „ Truth
return by dinner time you will find some
cold meat in the refi igerator. anil do No invention to Him.
not forget to give baby his milk evtiy "That spiritual medium played Pidger
hour. ; a n.can trick last night."
He (meekly)—-Yea, darling.-—Brook- "What was it?"
lyn Life. "He asked to have some gifted conver-
sationalist materialized and they called
A i ,cription. mother-in-law ."-Chicago Kec
The 4veraRe epitaph Is quit* | '
a sorry thing to aee, j ord.
Hut now and then 1 get a sight
Of one that tickles me.
1 like a stone on which I note
That very best of Jokes—
"Mere lies the chump who rocked the !>oat
rmrn?
I&i«<I Mniii«K«-iiienl.
The lightning-hug l brilliant,
But he hasn't any mind:
He blunders through existence
With his headlight on behind.
—Chicago Record.
— ■ ~~Z)/JyHa/c4
WRAPPED I I' IN* POLITICS.
ESCAPE FROM THIS CONDITION OF AFFAIRS EVERY Fol R YEARS?
A DoubtInj; Mood.
"You act as if you thought every-
thing w as wrong," said Hillyer's wife.
"Mebbe I do," was the reply. "I try
i.ot to show it. Hut when 1 notice how
willin' the mosquitoes is to bite an' how
I nekwnrd the fish is aliout doin' the
.same, 1 declare, I can t help think'u
things goes a good deal by contraries.
Washington Star.
Il«-r Intention* Were (iood.
(iobnng I do not know why folks
-omplain about mothers-in-law. Mine
good turn once.
Did she attempt sui-
tried to dt
| Pshaw
Miss Hifiire Yes, he proposed to m<
last night ami I accepted hini.
Miss Sweete Is that so? How glad
1 am that you are going to be his wife.
Miss II. (in surprise) Yoii are?
Miss S. -Yes; 1 hate hini.- Boston
<oup.
three dead flies
stranger to a w
Dallas rest a ii rant.
"Fur de Lawd sakes! \fter fli.-s h:
bilfd in ile soup fur liaf' an hour. y<
ter 1m* erlive yit, do«
|H (
yer r
Sifter.
')bnng
suspicion
No. she refused her (
lying her daughter,
and we eloped.
1 lealer
revolutionary in its degree. People
are bicycling, yachting, playing
baseball, tennis and golf to an extent
which is new in tbis generation. Nor
any considerable fraction of these
people of the class whose wealth makes
eome such diversion inevitable; they
are the workers in stores and officer
of the great cities—in short, "the peo-
ple." If it be true that Americans are
a nation of dyspeptics because they
work too hard and take too little phy-
sical exercise, the signs of 1696 are very
promising of better things.
A German statistician who has been
studj'ingthe census returns of Europe-
an nations has gathered some interest-
ing information about the centenari-
ans of the old world and the German
empire, with 55,000,000 population, has
only 78 subjects who are more than 100 Miss Farmer, who nearly
killed.
MISCELLANEOUS.
t The trains ou the 31st began to pour
| their loads of G. A. R. veterans into St
j Paul, Minn., for the annual encamp-
| ment In the evening a reception was
given in honor of Commander-in-Chief
i Walker by the citizens' committee.
Gkorok Taylor, the escaped mur-
derer of the Meeks family, was said to
I be located in the section around Paw-
j huska, Ok., and a posse of Indian po-
] lice and deputies was said to be going
' after him.
Michael Heenan. aged 00. quarreled
j with his wife at Dorchester, Mass..
about money and then crushed the
j woman's skull with an ax and after-
wards cut his own throat with a razor.
t'd the
years old, while France, with fewer
than 40,000,000. has 213 persons who have
passed their 100th birthday. England
has 146 such persons; Ireland, 578;
Scotland, 46; Denmark, 2; Belgium. 5;
Sweden, 10, and Norway, with 2,000,000
inhabitants, 230. Spain, with about
lynching of three men at Libertyville,
la., by charging them with assaulting
her, was found to l e insane antl will
be sent to an asylum. No crime was
I committed and the men have been re-
| leased.
The Reading (Pa.) Foundry Co. has
18.000,000 population.has 410 centenari- j suspended operations ow ing to stag-
ans, and Switzerland not one. nation of business.
4 -7- , The acting comptroller of the cur-
The war department is seriously renCy at Washington recently caused
contemplating the training of dogs for j the *arrest of lhe president and vice
use in the army. Dogs properly *e- president of the Amer^an national
lected and educated, make the best j Qf New Orleans, which failed re-
sort of scouts and the most capable j eentjy| on the charge of having viola- I ation, and still retains the sense
carriers of orders in the field No regi-
ment ought to be without a dog squad.
Several breeds of dogs are found highly
suitable for military purposes—notably
poodles, shepherd dogs and bird
dogs. No mongrel makes a good
war dog. All points considered bird
dogs make the best war dogs. They
unite the good qualities of the poodle
and shepherd dog, and are distin*
puished by a livelv sense of duty.
The pythian sisterhood at Cleveland.
().. 011 the 27th elected the following
officers: Supreme chancellor, Mrs.
George W. lie in is, of Massachusetts;
supreme vice chancellor, Mrs. II. P. )
Libby, of Maine; supreme prelate. Mrs. j
W. H. Dilworth, of Nebraska; supreme I
mistress of the exchequer, Mrs. I.. \. !
Small, of New Hampshire; supreme ,
mistress of arms, Miss M. Mueller, of 1
Rhode Island.
Tiif. employes of the Rochester tum-
bler works, near Heaver Falls. Pa., re-
fused to work at a reduction in their |
wages of ,'0 per cent., but went back
♦o work out the glass in the pots at the !
old wages, when they will quit.
Sayid KnAi.ni, who seized the pal- |
ace at Zanzibar and assumed the title 1
of sultan, was bombarded in his palace j
by British troops and he afterwards 1
fled to the German consulate for pro-
tection. It was believed Sayid Khalid |
had poisoned the late sultan.
The barn of Norton McDougal. near
Warner station, in Henry county. III.,
was tired by tramps. Three horses, i.'
tons of hay and 1,400 bushels of grain
were consumed.
A cloi'DRITRST occurred in the min- :
in? camp of Mezqnital del Oro. Mex., |
and nearly every house in the place
was washed awav. Five persons met
death by drowning.
George Welch, a New York florist, j
who has hail his entire tongue re-
moved. is, although there is not a ves-
tige of that organ left, able to converse
almost as naturallv as before the oper-
of
TimtCn Changes.
In this age of the
earee
mscit
Hut I |
N. Y
and
I know it. sir
1 pay a high prici
id one comes high.
Prospectivc Purchase
and 1 am prepared
I want an animal that the men of my
family can drive. Chicago Tribune.
The ( ut Direct.
Teddie Thoughtless—Do you-aw-
(hi nk, Miss-aw-Yanderwhaek, that
111011 keys-aw-will evah learn to talk,
don't you know ?
M iss Yanderw hack Why. certainly
you can talk. Teddie. but 1 don't think
you say much.- Town Topics.
No Kent for llrr.
"It's no ure, 1 couldn't make Mrs.
Rusher happy out in the countr\."
"What was the matter?"
"Sin- cried day and night o\rr the ad-
vertisements of the big bargain sales
that were going on in town." Chicago
A St rlklni; Kxeeptlon.
Dashaway —They say that to lend a
man money is to make an enemy of him.
Do \011 believe it?
Tinners—Not always. A fellow lent
me ten dollars not long ago, and 1 am
sure 1 have never tried to get even with
hini.—Hav Citv Chat.
I'll I n c I I* a 1.1.\ I >1 ao I > a
1 ho
ord.
A (tiffed Man.
ibbs, do you worry aliout finauc
is when you are in church?"
o; I always wear a very high,
collar so I can concentrate my
ghts." Providence .1ourn.il.
"Well, at any rate, j rofessor. 1 hr.ie
1 the bump of imagination. I hope."
"Well, yes; I think 1 may say yo.ii
brain is priiicipf lly ini igination."- Les
ocular Monthlv.
ted the banking laws. It is alleged J taste.
th t they made false reports of the A j,ela„.arc Woman rode all the way
bank's condition and also made large | Wilmington to Baltimore on the
loana m their own interest | lnlcks of a frei ht trai„ in 8caruh „f „
The civil service order calling atten- , , , .u * :«.
...... „ 4; 5 _ .runaway husband. A man that is
tion to the law concerning participa- 1
, 4 ^ ♦!,« worth that much trouble would never
t.on of government employes in the ^ „„„„ #m, f|)rsakeD his
political campaign was supplemented
on the 28th by an order extending its
application to the internal revenue and
J the customs services.
have gone away
family.
Mrs. Walter (J. Gresham I;as become
a Christian scientist
Hcntlimnt mihI Fart.
Mrs. Languid l.oxers ne\er kneel to !
woinan am more.
.lack Chatterly Hut why should I
| lliev? Mussing one's.self up seems a ;
poor way to gain favor. Truth.
a PrrllmlnAry.
Ardent Lover Dr. Entomologist. I
\ish to ask you for permission to mar-1
1 -y your daughter.
Dr. Entomologist--As soon as I have
classified you.—Detroit Free Press.
CoiitlruiiiiK the Itt port.
* He 1 understand that Miss ("ashley
I levotcs a great deal of time to the poor.
She—Yes, indeed. She has impe-
unious suitors calling 011 her contin-
ually.—Brooklyn Life.
Took Her hi ller Word.
Hard Do haw some more cream
tooth!
i S wee tooth (hesitatingly) Well
little, Mrs. Hard. Gniv a mouth-
Miss Sw
Miss I-
just
fill.
Mrs. Hard Bridget, fill Miss Sweet
ooth's plate up again. Tit-Hits.
An Apt Description.
Mrs. Taddclls— How does your new
maid suit you?
Mrs. WifTells— She works like p
charm.
"Hut a charm doesn't work at ail."
"1 know it."—X. Y. World.
Lneonic.
"Is she still of tender years?"
"Thirty."
"That's tough."—Detroit Tribune.
SOUND ASLEEP A WEEK.
An ladlnn fakir K«u U«> im
Hypuotie Ml umber.
To the studeut of hypno ism end I
Mito-suggestion therr i u . more iiitir
f ting study ihu i the sleeping fakir*
of India. Thee* men go into a suep
which lants for many days. For year#
their ability to do it wa* doubted b>
all Europe, where the tact of thr
strange accomplishment was first mad* 1
know 11 in a general way.
Even when a number of them \isited
Kugland and demonstrated their power j
the Hritish scoffed at them, though I
*0111 e of the best physicians of K11 gland
touched for the gen nine Hess of the
lest*. Since that time, however, the
oingiilnr ability of the fakirs has lieen
recognized, and they ere no longer re
yarded as iiu|>ostors.
During the recent Hungarian millcn
i-.iitl e\|m sition at Hud a-Peat h a fine op .
port unity was presented to learn u j
much about the fakirs 11ml their re- )
mark able industry as they will permit j
inyone not of their own taste to know I
The management of the exposition en- .
yaged three of them.
The fakirs were «n London at the
time of their engagement, and arrange-
ments were made with one of them
to enter the cataleptic sleep liefore
leaving London, and to be transported
in that state to the ( xposition, \\ here
l;e was to be awakened, lie was to re-
main asleep a week.
The preparations for the long sleep
were simple. The fakirs sat down to-
gether to a meal which consisted only
of a little milk. That they drank 111 the
nining-room of the notel, in the pres-
ence of their attendants and others in-
terested in the performance.
When they had drank the milk they
liegan what at first seemed conversation
in their mother tongue. It soon devel-
oped into a monotonous singing. When
through they addressed the guests
it Wont tlu table, proposing a toast in
good English.
Then the one w I10 was to go to sleep
before tl:e journey to Huda-Pesth was
liegun v ithdrew from tin room and ar-
rayed himself in the garment which he
was to wear until he should again
awaken. It wns a loose, flowing gar-
ment o' light silk that enveloped iiis
whole form and reached to his feet.
When aMircd in that he reentered the
dining-room and greeted those about
him in English.
I11 a niche in one corner of the room |
rested a coffin made entirely of glass.
The glass wns thick and heavy and < al- i
eulated to withstand the strain of the j
journey. The top was removed from
the coffin, the fakir entered it and
stretched himself on the bottom on his j
back.
One of the attendants wrapped Ihe
fakir's legs about w ith a silk cover. The
fakir fixi d his ga/e on the tip of his nose
nnd continued to ga/.e in that direction.
It made him appear cross-eyed.
At that point one of the other fakirs
stepped beside the coffir and laid his j
hands on the forehead of the one within.
•Tin eyes of the fakir in the glass coffin
began to stare, and in about two min-
utes he wns n a deep sleep. Then tUi
coffin wa> closed and prepared for tlio
journey.
The coffin containing the sleeping
/akir, with the attendants and all of
those interested, journed together from
London to Huda-Pesth. The fart that
that fakir was coming was welladter
tised by the management of the exposi-
tion. and consequently great inte;«> j
was manifested by the public. A crowd j
saw the coffin taken from the train and 1
followed it to the largest theater in Ihe j
city, whi re. it Ind been announced, the 1
fakir would be aw akened.
i Within a few hours and in the pres-
ence of a great throng the coflin was
opened. A physician thrust a needle j
into the arm of the fakir without elicit-
ing any sign of life on the part of the .
sleeper. Several other tests, not so se*
I vere, were made to nsetTtain if the llin- j
: doo were really in a cataleptic state or
only shamming. The entire company
| was ngret d that there was no shamiii; 1
I about it.
When the rifans employed had failed
j 10 arouse the sleeper on«- of the otliei*
1 fakirs approached the glass ease me
iinuimurid something in his nnfiir
j loegiie which sounded like a prater.
He 1 \plained subsequently that his mur -
i min ings were the suggestions that b.i\e
j to lie made for awakening one in ihe
1 cataleptic condition of his fellow-fakir,
i As the murmuring continued it was
I noticed that the chest of the sleeping
fakir began to heave. Then he wjiv
found to be breathing, though the rc-pi
1 ration was so irregular as to be spas-
modic. At the same tim. the arms and
j legs were still rigid.
The pupils of the eyes could not be
j seen at that tim°. they hat ingeont ract-
ed to a remarkable degree. The mur
! inuring by the other fakir went on
j :in«l the pupils grew slow It larger. When
j they had regained their normal size
| the extreme rigidity had left the bod; .
! The sleeper, not yet altogether out of
the condition in which he had been f a ;i
! week, groaned aloud. Then his lower
■ Jaw began to move nnd by degrees lie re-
gained consciousness, and after aw bile
wa.' given a glass of milk.
! lie complained of pains in the bad-
and asked to b" lifted from the glass
; coffin. His request was complied wiili,
1 and it made him groan so that lie could
be heard all over the building. It was
j ful!\ half an hoar later before lie was
I able to lift himself, lit told the au-
\ diciice that while asleep be had been in
j the other world, where he had heard
! excellent music and felt extremely well.
The name of the fakir who under-
I went the experiment is Hhirn-jen-Prat
ley. He is years old and is a natito
of Lahore. Punjab. India He says that
1 his ability to perform the feat is due
entirely to bis great effort of will and
: to Mito-suggestion. N. Y World.
lit- Wanted .More.
t \ Dallas merchant has a clerk who is
a vert tali,aide man. and w hom he could
' not vert w ell replace. The clerk under-
: stands ihat. and is continually asking
I for a raise. The last time hisemployci
said:
"You say vouran't live 011 a week?
; All right; I'll raise your salary to >•: <!.
Will that do?"
I "No, it won't do. Now that my salary
I is raised to $.'!( . 1 am going to get mar-
! ried. and I'll need more." Texas SifVr
The American hog is highly es-
teemed in Europe. Last year he went
there in the form of bacon to the extent
of 4.')2,.">^(.',y76 pounds, valued at
770.29.1.
- Of timothy seed, which is said tone
coming into greater favor in Europe,
there were exported pounds,
talued at $277,10U.
Good
Blood Is what«trti stronf nerve®,vtfor.vitality
Juod blood and guod utaltb come by l*ktnf
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
He sure to get Hood's and only HOOD'S.
Hood's PHI# fsiortte family c«tto rtlc.
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
Signor C'rispi's organ, La IUform*
has stopped publication.
It is estimated that Queen Victor!#
now rules over : 67,000,000 people.
It has been found that the soil ol
Arizona is as favorable to the eultun
of the date palm as that of Arabia.
"Our statesmen," yelled the orator,
"are about to take steps- "You bet
they'll take 'em," cried th profession
al cynic, "If they ain't nailed down."-
Indianapolis Journal.
The Hudson River railroad was bulH
between 1S46 and 1BS1, and was openec
for business between New York citj
und East Albany on October 3 of the lat-
ter year.
Senator lull, of New York, does not
ride the bicycle, but hru a good opinion
of the sport. He says women shoultj
ride the wheel if they want to, and weai
bloomers If they elect to do so.
The great clock at Rouen has been
measuring time and striking the houn
and quarters for over 500 years and, it
is said, has been running all this tinif
w lthout interruption.
Prof. J. Eatill Harvey, of Louisiana
Mo., is quite certain that his Opal will
rot bring him bad luck. Estill's Opal
ia a girl, whose other name was H11 let/
before it became Harvey.
With the completion of the Tran#
Siberian railway in 1900, the tour of th«
world in 30 days will become an ac-
complished fact. The entire fare is cat
eulated to be from $250 to $400.
To counterbalance the Hritish rail
road to I'ganda. the Oermun govern
merit is about to introduce a railroaf
bill into the reichstag, providing foi
a line 1,773 kilometres long from Darei
Salaam and Hagainoye to Tabora it
Uniamiembe, branching out. there jnt<
two lines, one to 1'jijl ou Lake Tangau
ylki, the other to Victoria Nyanza.
THE CITY OF DAMASCUS.
From Damascus came the art of in-
Joying wood and steel with silver ami
gold, called damascening, this met hoc
of decoration l eing used to beau ti f
boxes, bureaus, swords and guns.
Everyone has heard of the won lerful
Damascus swords, the secret of thr
make having been lost when Tamerlane
carried off the artists to Persia. Tb
swords are remarkable for their keep
edge and wonderful elasticity.
From Damascus eome the damson,
our blue plums, uud the delicious apri
cot of Portugal called damasco, damask
linen, thft damask rose, which was in-
troduced to England in the time o)
Henry VIII.
Damascus is the oldest city in th'
world. Tyre and Sidon have crumbled
Palmyra is buried under desert sandi
and Nineveh and Babylon have disap
pea red, but ])amQseus alone remaiui
as it w as in the days of Abraham, a cen
ter of trade and travel.
UNCLE EPHRAIM ON BLUFFING.
yo hoi' fo
chile, onlei
u' bluflin'.
"Net ah bluff,
aces. Dp 11 yo «
"Er bluff am berry good ontil hit ari
called. Ahftah dat hit am not wuff sw
much.
"Remembah, chile, daf yo hasn* gol
no minopilv on de nerve, er de munny,
er de pictur' kya'ds an' aces.
"Don' t'ink, 'cause yo draws ter on«
king an' bets high, de uddahs is al
gwine go out fo* shuuh. Yo don' of-
fun fin* fo' fools wid dey legs undah oni
table.
"Wen er hrudder in good stan'inf
culls yo' bluff, (diile, don' fo
hebben, chile, don' tell 'im be
yeller gal. Show to' kya'ds, (
wawty tongue!
"Ef yo will rnsis' er-tryin
t'ree tens inter de kitty, keep vo' Hanne,
inouf hbet w'ile yo's er-doin' ob it.
W'en er jackass gwine kick, he lay hi
eayahs back an' sat nuffin'.
Crr.tomkii "l tvnuld like to have a nlci
gotvn to wear around the house." Sales-
man—"Size of the house, please f'f- Phila
delphia Uccord.
"Doks vour husband spend much at the
races'" "No. George doesn't draw a verj
large salary ."—Totvn Topics.
It is more pleasant to kiss a miss than to
rnlss a kiss.-Philadelphia Record.
de lubo
\ ife am 1
r hoi' yo
ter rid«
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of tho
transient nature of the many phys-
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef-
forts—gentle efforts—pleasant efforts —
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis-
ease, but simply to a constipated condi-
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt-
ly reincves. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families. undiA
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are uuc to the fact, that it is the
ono remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating tlio
organs on which it acts. It is therefor©
all important in order to get its bene-
ficial effects to note when you pur-
chase, that >du have the genuine arti-
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be; commended to the most .skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere. Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
used and gives most general iatisfaction.
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