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RIGHTS OF THE FARMERS.
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Timely Letter From the Dawes
Commission on a Very
Important Issue.
South MfcALisTion, July i!5,
ED. PITRCKLL RKOISTKU,
PureI'll, I. !\
Dkah Siu: -Members of the com-
mission 1 > fite live trilx a are in n -
eipt of b Iters rrqutsting ihein to he
pndent i t meetings t<> he held in
v.irious places in the ( hickasaw coun-
try foaddrpps the fa-murs up n the
subject of their land holdings. To
avoid a ijiiiUipHci'v of letieis U" «l« em
it prppi r to write \ou on the fubj *e',
which may ho | ul'lished for ilu* it
formation < I all.
IM. tiR recur to fundamental f'-eis
and consider where we. ure. I he
lands lying in the Choctaw ;.ikI Chick-
asaw country are \he proper' v oi the
Choi-taw and Chick '.saw people.
There is not a shadow t.f« u
■ oil 1 belli held hv tiOl.-cili'/el
pos:ess:>IV light derived fi
tract v. i'h an Indian ci'izen, ami
when a division ol ill s • lands aha I l
nride among the Indian?, snd each re-
ceive a title t<i his share, he will be t a
tilled to the possfsa'on of it, t« the* x-
(lusion of all otheis. Hot under con
tracts in the nature of leases, improve-
ments have been mnc'e by iioi.-n! i-
•/ens and the income of the hind en-
joyed by them for different penal?.
The Indian government and people,,
with a knowledge of this system of oc-
cupancy, have allowed it ti> pric t d
until many hundreds of thousands of
acres are held in this w: y by non-', i i-
z -us. Without regard to legal rights
these farmers are now claiming to
have acquired equities which ought to
| « adjusted in the allotment J tluse
lands among the ludiaui. It tic
time shall ever come when this com-
mission shall he called upon to settle
these questions in c mnectinti with
commission appointed by the Indians
it will endeavor to secure justice and
equity lor both the India*! and the
cupanis of these lands. To what
tent this may be possible, we have at
Ibis time no knowh dg<\ and we beg ti
a«y it taxes the p.iiiei.ceol this com
mission to have these people thrust-
ing this question into the foreground
at a time when the I uited States gov
irntnenf, at considerable expense, :s
exerting itself to secure a change. oi
land tenures and government, ty
agreement with the Indian pople,
and we believe it is in exceeding bad
faith to raise all this furor, contro-
versy and excitement ever tlii * q«li&-
tion at this tim°. In public uttei-
ances the members of this commission
have repeatedly assured not.-citizens
that if they were ever espied upon to
deal w itli these questions, they woul 1
endeavor to preserve and secure the
rights of all, and we are driven to I'm
conclusion that much of the excite-
ment now prevailing in the Chickasaw
country, is the work of persons whose
purposes may not bo altogether the
good of the people.
Say ing this much, it is proper to add
that we see no impropriety in these
people quietly organizing and prepar-
ing in the able and most thorough
manner, to present their claims and
desires, and to adopt the most cllWi-nt
method of securing the most favora-
ble results. It may, and we h >pe will
be, possible, to secure some such • quit-
able arrangement as the government
made with the Cherokees, viz: an ap-
praisement of the improvements, de-
ducting therefrom the value of the
rental during occupancy. Our mis-
sion is to the Indian and to carry out
the policy of the government, e.v rcis
ing great care that injustice is no/
done to him, and to secure all possible
safeguards against injuries which may
be apprehended or anticipated to him
from the coming change. In doing
so it will certainly he the policy of
this commission, as we believe it. will
be the policy of the gov. inme if. to se-
cure approximate justice to all others.
Situated as we are. it in not proper
to us to pay more now. To enter in?
details, and to commit ourselves by
the expression of opinion might, lead
to complications which would vex us
when we come to* confer with the In-
dian commissions. Our advice, there-
fore, is for the farmers to remain
quiet and trust to the magnanimity of
the Indians and the justice of their
own government. If, however, non
citizens are indulging in the expecta-
tion that unjust coi tracts made with
careless Indians are to he iiioreed
against the tribes, they may as well be
dispelled at once, for they are wholly
illusory.
We write this with the kindest feel-
ing toward non-citizen occupants, and
beg them to believe that we fully up
predate the impo-lance of tluse ques-
tions to them, nnd their anxiety to se-
cure the results of their toil.
We are, sir,
Very reupcctfuHy Vaurs,
M. II. Kidd,
A. S. MCKKNNON,
Commissioner?.
1)6 Witt's Sarsaparilla is prepared
for cleansing the blood from impuri-
ties and disease. It docs this and
more. It builds up and strengthens
constitutions impaired by disease. It
recommends itself. W. 15. Frame. -0
An Osage Romance.
Guthrie, Ok, July 20.—Virginia
S. Millar was a haf pv woman when
a few days ago she stepped from a
San a Ke train at P. nca an 1 to |< the
train for I*awillis' a, t he seat of gov-
ern nr cut of tho Osage tribe of Ir dians,
where she is now i ee more pleasantly
domiciled anion;-; her own people.
The feel ill j/s of John S Miller, 1 Pi-
ers while husband and father of
M0THEBS MiO BAUGH MS
l). You V- 1>1> t • l o Hoftitliy .
Do You K now lluit Hi-al.h Hnpi ii.
ASTHMA,
Distressing Cough,
VIA VI
little dink li;ir <1 l*>y wlio nee -
tnli-il the in" lii'i'. ini'loublodl'.
mcwlint tlitr-rciiL us In' wanders
aiimit tint slrools of ( lik-njrn nnd
londrrs over I ho recont pasl. wliCVe n
II' lias lost wife, s'Hi an I furtiino I"'-
•ause of his own'act ions.
I lie story of tli" last half dozen
cars of the life of t'.ese p ople reads
like t he chapt er from a thrilling ro-
mance witli ail ending true to real
life. Six years ago .lolin S Miller
was an engineer on a California coast
steamer playing between ^au Diego
and San Francisco. One day while
his boat was taking on passengers at
the warf in the latter city a woman
fell overboard. It wrs .V il er's fort,
une to rescuoher from a watery grave
ixl it was the woman's fortue to fall
ti love with her rescuer.
When Miller learned that the dark
kiuned, spar.Jini; ey d yiuing woman
vas of Indian parentage, well edu-
cated, the holder of many broad acres
.f fertile land in the beautiful and
romantic Oklahoma, the owner of
msiderablo real estate in Kansas
City and the recipient of a goodly
annuity from the government, lie
proposed marri-ge with declarations
of undying love and devotion. The
courtship was brief and the Indian
girl became Ills wife in the city of
the golden gate. A lew wce\s later
and Miller was comfortably estab-
lished on his wife's farm in the Osage
Indian reservation in the northeast
corner of Oklahoma. His wife ably
managed the farming of her 480
acres of line land and prosperity
seemed to attend her every ventur
In a year a son was born to them,
and under the Osage law this child
was entitled to an annuity of $220 per
year from the government, fro n the
very hour of its birth.
The mother wished to invest this
money for the child as it was paid
each quarter, but t he fat her said t hat
the boy would tinally, in common
wi ll the rest of the Usages, receive
his share of the tribal funds, amount
ing to$15,000, and he did n -t see any
need of saving t lie little amount
ceived each quarter, which could be
used for home comforts. Here rose
the first difference in the family clr-
le. Miller was overhearing toward
lie- Indians living about them
and from the first, was very unpop-
ular. As time wore ( n love for li s
pretty young bride weakened and
they became estranged. About the
first of the presortt year t1 e wife left
home and soon after filed a petition
in the district court at Pawnee for a
divorce.
Soon after this Miller left taking
with him the child, Louis, now grown
to be a 1 vol lean boy of live. A party
of Os-ges pursued him and when
overtaken he declared that l.e was
only going to Arkar sas City, Kan., to
trade, and would be back the next
day, and they allowed h i in to return
without any trouble. A few days
later, however, he escaped with t he
child and went to Chicago. The
mother at once started in pursuit,
and/or many months she was unable
to secure a clue as to the whereabouts
of t he missing boy. Once she learned
of Miller's whereabouts in Chicago,
but he escaped again with the boy.
In the mean time the suit for divorce
had come up in the Oklahoma court
and Mrs. Miller had been granted a
divorce and awarded the custody of
the child
Soon after this slic again learned
of Miller's whereabouts iu Chicago
and promptly bad him arrested and
conveyed before Judge Tulcy, who
listened to tlie whole story and at
once ordered the boy turned over to
his mother, hence her return home
iu so happy a frame of mind. Mil'er
made a desperate elTort to hold the
boy and declares that lie will carry
the matter to the supreme court if
necessary to regain possesion of hinr,
for is not the boy his own tlesh and
blood, and in addit ion to his regular
annuity from the government will lie
not come into possession of $15,000
and one thousand acres of land w hen
in a few years the government com-
pels the Osages to divide their pos-
sessions equally among the members
of the tribe?
rilK KKMKOV I
I'M* Is
I. (). < I.I
A id m
Good Chance
foitu-
SOKE JOINTS
—AND—
MUSCLES.
Despaired
OF RELIEF.
CUKED BY
FIRE WITHOUT SMOKE.
CUHiO* OK THE OALENDA^.
Never Miss n
Lif • is too sb >r', ami ti <
mi e jn'ople from N.illi Ti x
look adv. nta;:e ol' the low r.i'.e ti
hy the Santa l*V to (Jalveitm,
July 21 l and 23th, are fully
vn.mi i hat they hud a go. d lime I
Pite .raifi wa m I < ven rowth d Mid
evenht.dy rernred eo'mfoitd>le ac-1
eumiinnl itiou, aeooruirg to the.i <'e |
die*. Inasmuch as there wire many,
who,f r various .eeons, were io*
s.hle to lake advanlMgi t the S.uita
w r.vteK, it has b e i <'■ eid« d t( j
give tie in Alio h r chance, in l'.iet twe
I tin in.
On SaMi.day, Auru t -lti a sdlltit
te. (till'', ('olorailo t'c Suit.l IV will
•II r.Mind tiip tick-'s to (ialveston
from all j oinis on i s line in Tcxns
Hid the Indian 'J\ rritory, and the
otn Ardinoro will be $0.00.
Tickets will b* limited to return,
aving (Jiilveston on the following
Tuesday. l'Vr the greater accomcd i-
ieiH of iis patrons, ihe Santa Ke will
run a special t rain leaving Paris, Sat-
urday morning and (Jiinesville S itur-
. evei ing, cainiag coadies, free
lining eliair eais and 4'ullman
Sleepers, arriving rt (« dveston, Sun-
lay iitorniug at 8:il0. Kelurning,
• bis train will leave ti:i:ve ton M n-
ilay evening at G:Ui>, but those who
ill sire t take o; e more dip in the
(iulf, may lemain until Tuesday
morning for ihn regular train.
Call on jour local agent for pirJic-
ulars as to schedule of the special
train.
Dr. Pricc'S Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Medal and Diploma.
A PRETTY STORY
Ayei's Cherry Pectoral
"Some time since, I had a severe os
attack of asthma, accompanied with a g|
distressing cough and a general soreness 0|
of the joints and muscles. I consulted O:
physicians and tried various remedies,
hut without getting any relief, until 1 c:
despaired of ever being well again. ©=
Finally, T took Ayer*s Cherry Pectoral, Oj
and In a very short time, was entirely c|
cured. I can, therefore, cordially and og
confidently commend this medicine to Os
" | all."—J. Rosells, Victoria, Texas.
•My wife liad a very troublesome 0|
cough. She used Ayer's Cherry recto- o|
ral and procured immeiliato relief."— 92
(5. II. roDRiCK, Humphreys, Ga.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral |]
Received Highest Awards
AT rrHE WORLD'S FAIR
OOOOOOOO5
The Croat Clilncso Fair.
Prominent Chinamen on tbe^acifio
coast arc predicting a biff exodus of
their countrymen from this continent
and nil other lands to the celestial
empire within a year or two. They
will to be present at the biff fair
which occurs there once in sixty years
and at which eve^y subject of the
ffreat emperor tries to be present
"Hundreds of thousands, maybe mil-
lions of Chinese from all parts of the
empire and tho world will bo tliero,"
says Interpreter Pon Sc, of San Fran-
cisco. "All nations will bo invited
and everybody ouffht to ffo for it will
ho tho sifflit of a lifetime." The fair,
I10 says, was founded many centuries
uffo and has been held re'ffularly sincr.
lie is not sure of the exact date, but
it is within two years. Great prepar-
ations are being mada for it all over
the empire, and announcement of it
will soon bo made to the world.
An Inventor's Scheme for lium'.n •
I'owdered Coal li Successful.
Wherever thcro's smolco there s
fire, is an adaffo based on observa-
tion of unvarying physical laws, but
the reverse does not always hold
good, for there may be lire without
6iuoko, or, at all events without ap-
parent sinoko.
In Berlin according to thoNsw-
castlo Chronicle, an inventor lm?
,1 succeeded in devising a means for
insuring complete combustion with-
out the enftssion of smoke, and his
method has. on repeated testa,proved
' BO satisfactory that two of tho mo§t
important shipping companies in
Germany have docidcd on adapting
it to thoir steamers.
In this system, coal reduced to
powder in centrifugal disintegrators
is introduced into n pear-shaped com-
bustion chamber lined with fire-brick,
and littcd with an induction appara-
tus liko those used in petrolouin-
firod furnaces, tho coal dust being
drawn along by a jet of steam or
compressed air.
Tho combustion chamber, which
takes tho placo of a furnaco. is pro-
vided with two apertures, one in tho
center lino of tho boiler, occupying
the position of tho usual flreholo
iloor, while tho other, on the oppo-
site side of tho combustion chambor,
serves for introducing tho coal dust
through a pipe, so placed that the
dust is evenly dispersod over tho
wholo surfaco of the chamber.
After tho first ignition, which may
bo effected by any source of heat,
tho combustion continues regularly
and intensely under tho action of the
air current, which is regulated in
accordance with tho quantity of dust
required to produce tho necessary
heat. Tho air or stoam and dust
aro intimately mingled in tho zon<?
of combustion, while tho sprea.l of
tho current, which has scrvod as a
vehicle for tho dust is much reduced.
Each particlo of fuel hold in sus-
pension is, by this method, brought
into such close contact with tho oxy-
gen necessary for its combustion that
this method is so complete as to al-
low of practically no smoke being
generated.
STALACTITE CAVES.
In Whlck c Washington Flroiun.ii and •
Llttlo Hoy Figure.
Some ti mo ago a child playing
carelessly in the streets of tho north"
vest soction of Washington was run
over by tho horses attached to u lirs
engine whilo the wild steeds were
being exercised. Ho was tenderly
lifted from the dirty street by thf
broad-shouldered, kind-hearted fire
man who had unintentionally beer
tiio cause of iho accident and under
his personal supervision removed to
ttio hospital.
The injuries which tho child ro-
oeivo4 were of such a serious char-
acter that I10 was compelled to re-
main in tho hospital for sevoral
weeks, but finally it was decided best
to remove him to his home, whore he
might receive the attention which
cau be given only by a loving moth
AVhere the Monkey Is Ueficlent.
The monkey's intelligence has never
been able to arrive at a point which
enables that animal to achieve tho
untying'of a knot. You may tic a
monkey with a cord fastened with tho
simplest form of a common knot, and
unless the beast can break th® string
or gnaw it through, he will never got
loose. To untie tho knot requires
observation and reasoning power, and
though a monkey may possess both
he has neither in a sufllcient degree
to enable him to overcome the
difficulty.
THE EOY OF THE STREETS.
As a Newspaper Fiend lie Blakos It
Hough for tho Old Peddlers.
Tho boy of tho streets has an
abounding senso of tho heroic. He
is full of a sentiment which I10 has
learned while loaning over tho top
gal'ery rail of a theatre. It is a
crude and boisterous sentiment, but
it is good in part, for it has taught
tho boy to pool his coat in defense ol
the weak, says tho Chicago Record.
The trembling, white-haired old fel-
low who has been compelled to take
up at 70 the employment intended
for boys of 7 will not be received
with any reverent consideration along
ho alley. The boys will call bim
"Grandpap," "Whiskers," "San-
ta Claus" or something else
just as disrespectful, but
they will' never push him
out of line when ho is waiting for his
armload. They will "stake" if ho
goes broke," and if he is hungry
Blrcs in Pickannlnles.
I once asked my old darky tho ago
of the two boys be left behind him in
old "Kaintuck." Thoughtfully, he i they will "divvy." It is hardly neces-
paf"*"hcd his bald, ohl skull a moment sary to say there Is a certain pathos
cora then said: "Derc's one of'em big 1 in seeing two comrades come out
enough to plow and de udder's two; from tho roaring and scrambling
sizes°smaller." ! alley with their papers under their
arms; one is bont and wrinkled; he
" " couldn't make his voice heard ten feet
Several days after his arrival at! perhaps SHE FOUND SOME, through the frightful din of shriek-
bis home, tho several members of1 ing youngsters and rumbling prossos.
tho family dotectcd the smell of J s,ie Had Hoped t« M-cure tho °r 0 j xho other is about tho sizo of a
smoke at frequent intervals. Not j ... 1'ri0 "8il°n'11 1Iul^,ar* j sparrow, with shoos too largo for
ago w;;.\ c*i us wuy au(i i0g8 aomowhat largor than
• oma Interesting and Odd Faets *
tho Year and Century.
The year 1900 will not be a leap
year simply becauso being a hun-
dredth year, although it is divisiblo
by four, it is not divisible by 400
without a remainder. This, says tho
Boston Homo Journal, is not tho real
reason, but the result of it; tho real
reason being tho establishment o*
the Gregorian rule, made in
Tho nineteenth century will not ond
until midnight of Monday, December
31.. 1900, although the old quarrel
will probably again be renewed as to
what constitutes a century and when
it winds up, and thousanps will in-
sist 011 a premature burial of tho old
century at midnight of December,
81, 1899. But as a century moam
100 years, and as tho first century
could not end until a full 100 years
had passed, nor the second till 200
year.' had passed, etc.. it is not log-
ically clcar why the nineteen th cen-
tury should bo curtailed and broken
oft' before wo have the flit 1,^00
years.
April 1 and July 1 in any yuar, and
in leap year January 1, full on tho
same day of the week.
September 1 and December 1 in
any year fall on tho same Weok day.
January 1 and October 1 in any
year fall on tho sarao wcok day, ex-
cept it bo a leap year.
February 1, March 1 and Novem-
ber 1 of any year fall on the same
day o( tho week, unless it bo a leap
year, when January 1, April 1 and
July 1 fall on tho sumo week day.
May 1, Juno 1 and August 1 in an\
year never fall on the saino week
day, nor docs any one of the three
ever fall on tho same week day on
•vliich any other month in the same
year begins, except in leap year,
when February 1 and August 1 fall
on the same week day.
To find out on what day of tho
week any day of this century fell di-
vide the year by four and lot the re-
mainder go. Add tho quotient
and tho year together, then add 8
more Divide the result by 7, aud if
tho remainder is 0 March 1 of that
year was Sundav; if 1 Monday, if 2
Tuesday, and so on.
For the last century do tho sarao
thing, but add 4 instead of 3. For
the next century add 2 instead.
It is needless to go beyond tho
noxt ocntur bccauso tho survivors
will probably have somo shorter
method by simply touching a nob or
letting a nob toqeh them.
Christmas of any year falls on tho
tamo day of the week as Jan. 2 of
that year, unless it bo leap year,
vhen it is tho same week day as Jan.
3 of that year.
Faster is always the first Sunday
after the full moon that happens on
or noxt after March 21. It is not
easy to see how it can occur earlier
than March 22 or later than April 26
in any year.
New Year's (Jan. 1) will happen
on Sunday but once raoro during this
century; that will bo in 1899. In
tho next century it will occur four-
teen times only, as follows: 1905,
1911, 1922, 1928, 1933, 1939, 1950,
195G, 1961, 1967, 1978, 1984, 1939 and
1995. Tho intervals are regular—
6-5-6-11, 6-5-6-11—except tho inter-
nal which includes tho hundredth
year that is not a century, whoa
there is a break—as 1893, 1899, 1905,
1911—whon three intervals of six
years come together; after that plain
sailing till 2001, whon the old inter-
vals will occur in regular order.
h P nit Wonderful In tlis World 4re
Locatoil In Utah.
Two of the most wonderful stalae*
titc caves in the world are.located
within the territory ol Utah—one live
miles south of Toquerville and thp
other Uventy-fivo iqlle& west of St.
George. Neither is remarkable 011
account of size, and to the best of my
knowledge the dignifying title of "cav-
ern" has never been bestowed on
cither of the two. They simply coino
w'-thin the category of wonderful be-
cause of the immense number of stal-
actites, of various > sizes ftnd colors
which depend from their roofs. Tho
first, the one near Toquerville, is
known as "La Virgin." ®;d the other
by the name of %e -Bla.tk Warrior."
The Virgin was discovered a few years
Ago by the contractor of an irrigating
company, who was also engaged in
driving a tunnel through a mountain
called "La Virgin l^nch" for the pur-
pose of tapping the river beyond.
When the light was first let into this
wonderful underground chamber tho
effect is said to have been startling.,
the roof and iloor glittering with
cubes and points of crystal alum and
the roof studded with millions of rain-
bow-colored stalactites.
The "Black Warrior" cave is a coun-
terpart of the Virgin and was discov-
ered by miners at a point where their
tunnel was 303 feet beneath the sur-
face.
HICH FAMILIES IN AMERICA.
Astors nnd the Vanderbllls Control Be-
tween Them Hundreds of Millions.
A careful estimate of the wealth ol
the Astors puts it at 8200,0000,000, and
this makes the family the richest in
the United States. What is more, the
wealth of the Astors is in such shape
that it cannot but increase, for the
reason that it is gilt-edged New York
City real estate, some of which has
within the past ten years increased in
value 700 per cent and is still appreci-
ating. The policy of the Astors has
always been to buy real estate on the
lines along which New York City is
now extending and hold it for a rise,
rarely selling, however, but building
and renting instead. The result is
that the Astor properties are in valua-
ble lands, in brick, iron, stone -and
mortar instead of in fluctuating stocks
and bonds, the fixed value of which is
always uncertain. As a family the
Vanderbilts stand next to the Astors
in the matter of wealth, and «their
riches must be considered in tlio
aggregate and in common, since their
individual fortunes arc pooled, so to
speak. You will often see Cornelius
Vanderbilt, the present head of the
house, quoted as being worth $200,-
000,000. Of course he is not worth
any such amount. Cornelius has most
of theVanderbilt millions, but thoso
who know say that he is personally
not worth above $80,000,000, if ai
much.
ifoHSi1
cortain where it originated, they I A citizen in Ch;t 1/0 w:-. </i his wj y
failed to investigate ♦be matter; but! home thn other light \vhen a shoe
their neighbors a>so detected th<? j came untied and he sal down on the
•>dor, and, after an investigation, dis | doorsteps of a house to fix things.
covered that a fire was raging bo-
tween the two houses. They imme-
diately dispatched a messenger tc
give an alarm, and after much im-
patient waiting were rewarded with
the sight of the engine coming down
tho street among much clamor and
noise. Tho foreman directed one
party to enter one house and another I
n wliaji a window
dm and a woman1?
was about to go
was opened abov
voice demanded:
"Say 1 Are you a burglar?"
•'No, ma'am," was the reply.
"What are you doing there?"
"Just tying up my shoe."
"Oh, that's it!"
Did you want a burglar, ma'am
lead pencils. The youngster is away
liko a flash for a corner where ho is
known. Tho old mail putters bo-
hind him. If tho boy outspoeds him
the old man has tho advantage of a
certain business dignity and he will
find customers whom the boy has
overlooked in his hasto.
Promotion in the Navy Pay Corps.
Tho course of promotion in tho
navy pay corps is illustrated by the
to enter the other. Tho family of j asked the pedestrian, thinking ho de- ,.ases of the otficors just advanced to
tho invalid, totally unconscious of | tected a tinge of disappointment in I tho rank of paymaster, and of those
what was going on, was engaged in j her tones.
eating a meal, and the sick boy was ! "You don't see any around, do you?"
alone, when tho firemen rushed is. "No, not just now, but I presume I
and hurried upstairs. ! can find one somewhere about Is it
On the second story they burst ! anything special, ma'am — anything
into a room so full of smoke that ob- j which won't keep until to-morrow
jects were hardly discernable and the I night?"
atmosphere was in a suffocating con- J "No, not so very special," she
dition. The foremost of tho firemen, | answered. "My husband went away
by force of habit scrutinized thtf | with $15 in his pocket this morning
room in search of anything tha- j and came home, drunk about an hour
might bo injured by the smoke, who/
ho discovered tho form of a humat
being lying on a couch in tho corner.
Hastily wrapping a quantity of bed
clothes around the person lie lifted
him in his strong arras and quickly
boro him to a more pleasant and less
dangerous part of tho house. After
tho fire had boon extinguished the
rescuer found his way down stairs to
see how the rescued was getting along;
and was ushered into tho room. The
reader can about surmise what is
going to follow, but he can also
easily imagine the astonishment of
the fireman when ho discovered that
the person he had saved was the
child I10 had almost killed soveral
weeks ago out in tho street.
below them in tho list of twenty past
assistant paymasters. Tho officers
just promoted havo been about six-
teen years in the service, of which
four years were passed in tho lowest
of the pay corps grades and tho re-
mainder in tho next highest. Tho
officer now first on tho list of past
assistant paymasters has been fifteen
and a half years in tho service, of
which ho passed thrco and a half in
tho lowest grade. When promotion
comes, which must be soon, ho will
have been moro than twelve years 8
ago. I'vo been through his pocket*
about six times and can't find a cent
and I thought if you were a burglar
and could look him over I'd divide past assistant paymaster.
with you on whatever you found, j —
Never mind, though Como to thiuk j felling Photographs.
of it he alwavs carries his money iu I p ris tradesmen who soil photo-
Ms shoos when lie ifots full una I'll graphs say that pictures of promtn-
1 — — —,y little in demand
Good for Silence and Secrecy.
At a competitive trial of skill be-
tween telegraph operators, absurdly
called a tournament, which took
place last month, one of the most in-
teresting features was a tost of the
capacity of a receiving machine tech-
nically known as tho "audison"- a
small instrument fitted to tho head
ol tho operator, giving a sound
which, although perfectly distinct to
him is wholly inaudible to anyone
else. It is high time that the use ol
a receiving instrument of this char-
actor became general in tho tele-
graph service. Under tho present
condition of affairs it is almost liter-
ally true that he who runs may read.
Hundreds of telegraph stations in
hotols, railroad depots and other
equally public places aro equipped
with noisy sounders, enabling every
message that goes over tho wire, te
or from that or any other station, tj
be read by any person within hear-
ing who is ablo to so. It is a state
of affairs that calls loudly for imme-
diate reform.—Engineering Maga-
ei?ie.
run dowi
THE WRONG PLACE.
uijinr nnnr on uaoc
In Iirar.ll.
Traveling in the interior of Brazil,
a gentleman put up for a night at a
farm house, furnished in tho primi-
tive stylo of tho country; but on the
table, in company with a long tallow
candle, were placed a handsome pair
of plated snulTors audits stand,which
tho owners had received as a present
from Rio Janeiro. "What conven-
iences you invent in Europe!" said
tho Brazilian to his guest. "Before
I received this present, 1 used, on
taking oft tho candle-snuff, to throw
It about tho lloor—perchance on the
I bonch where I waa sitting, or ovor
r.y clothes, but now mark the difter-
SELV^GE. enco." So saying he pinched off tho
long snulT between his thumb and
11 stairs and ovcraliul thom?" mon aro voi;
... . | aowadays. They aro soon so often
j in tho illustrated papers that photo-
graphs no longer go. Tho actresses
and fashionable women, of all social
grades, aro eagerly bought, not by
a Couple M ho Wero Married When I thoir admirers among men mainly,
Tiioy Had im Nc«d to Do No. by drossmakers of tho second
A good story is being told of n Pcnn- cia8H jn paria and the provinces,
•ylvania preacher. One Sunday after- Xho latter buys the photographs to
joon a eouplo called :it the parsonage j ^tu.ly tho patterns.
and in broken English inquired, so tho j
reverend gentleman understood, if tho ! Philanthropist Tliwarlnd,
"preacher man'' lived there. Ann, on
being invited in they commenced pre-
paring their toilet Of course it was
supposed they bad come to bm married
and every r.asistanc.o was given by tho
preacher and good wife in getting
ready for the ceremony. The bridal
veil and wreath wore carefully ad-
justed by the lady, and the gentleman
carefully combed Ins hrvir. Then their
nands wero joined and tho solemn , . , .... „
J ... .. , 1 Little Sugar and 'Much Mine,
words wero spoken which bind: „„ , 1, .
. nu ,,,,,,,1,,, ii,,,,. Iho Greeks consume annually to
humans to^ctnei .n wedlock. j , , . « ., , , ,
1 each inhabitant five pounds of
"Old llobbs' last will disinherits
all his expectant nephews."
"Of course tlioy are crcst fallon?'
'•No; they are going to try to break
it"
"On what ground?"
"On tho ground of undue lulluonco.
Tho doctors told him ho was goin#
to dio beforo ho had made it."—
Judge.
The ceremony over, of eourse it was j
supposed the newly-married eouplo 1
would bo in haste to depart. H5ut it
was not Si with them, and by thoif j
actions they betrayed that they
finger, put It carefully in tho snuffers ; peeted something else beforo leaving,
and held them up with a look of tri-! finally tho reverend gentleman re-
nrapfe at his highly awas.Jd spooca- marked, "Well, now you are married,**
f=ngar and ono pound of cotToo.
'Jte^y mak'o up the deficiency iu
^Eno. drinking eighteen gallons
dUch in tho twolvo months.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Pair Highest Award.
th;
l! t
for lS'.H ti.un
o ik* ivad'TS not to :
the line of earriuji •
harness until they
a>e i;n> tiling
;oiik, bicycle.-.
cut 4
end the answer came, "Oh, yes,
I b'O married last February, and now 1
vnnt unser bigture dnken." A feather 1
; would hareknockoJ down the preachef j
! upon th* revelation. It was the
"picture man ' thoy were looking for,
„„ i Will's Sursa^HUu;
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u*f> \> 2fii|doot|An
|>uti edd|J:; ti'E S:U|i3i>uoJH l"iau
-ONJIIOII 'tiiuw.j '"USlloa
44U IUtl)Ui|;)^lUOJ (UIUJJ!! oiUL
Lot 119 remind you that now is the
RAILROAD, FARM, GARDEN,
Cemetery, Lawn, Poultry and Rabbit Fencing.
j 7!Z: iu 1 ever,"ihcrc"cun*^no*v""be.~"no^ ml taU. \ «< «« , * W«<
Uuiiniw to |):iy' iMistiiu.. .Ml Hi. il- || |,;lk.,, 1 , , i,0|n,r marrlod, nnd tliut I w l"J uu t?00<1- H recommend*
THE McMULLEN WOVEN WIRE FENCE CO, h'Ulmmo. (veaUv-, u,.. i,:i,l.K cf'thi* | Uei "
in, 110,liaaadUOH.MuketBt,Chi«.pi,la 1 BttBor ioromomberhis juggoslion. iu% .uat Hid trooauau ugai.
I itself.
W. 1). Frame.
20tt
Don't Nail Tilings in Hunted IIuubcs.
Additions to rented premises, when
made by tho tenant, should never bo
fastened with nails, but with screw a.
The reason for this lios in the fact
that should ho wish to move awajf
and take with him tho boards and
other lumber composing: tho improve-
ments ho has made, bo can simply
draw out tho screws and take th?
planks. If ho fastens them with
nails, however, ho cm remove noth-
ing, and tho improvements become
tho landlord's property. Tho fact
results from a logul quibble, insist-
ing that articles fastened with screws*
are for temporary use, and if put io
place by tho tenant hia own property.
—Ulobs-Dcraocrat.
111-5 Throne In the Kitchen.
Otto Ehlors, the famous Gorman
traveler, tolls of an easy-going
Chinese prince whom ho visited id
the Laos states while on his way
from Siam to Tonquin. Tho present
ruler leaves tho cares of affairs chiefly
to his wife, lie has had his throne
placed in the palaco kitchen, so that
no can review visitors and watch tho
preparation of his meals at tho samo
time. The subjects soem to Mb eon-
tent with his manner of administra-
tion, and adiniro the deinocratio
iplrit manifested in his ehoioe of a
throne-room.
ruin* i on.
A famous French glutton, who wai
conspicuously overeating at a dipnei
lome years ago, oxcused himself from
time to time by quoting the poof
Boiloau's well known lino, "In eatlpg
welb I praise tho food." "Ah, sj|y
Bald ono of the guests, sign.^lcantljri
"you wrry praise to the point ol
qjjlifry."
TRAINING A DOO TEAM.
How Canadians nnd Ktqulmanx Manage
Their Canine Coarieri.
Mr. Cameron in his talk with a re-
porter told of the dogs that are used
for sledging during the winter in the
Northwest territories of Canada.
Six or eight dogs are used on each
sledge. They are dod only once in
twenty-four hours, and that is in the
morning before the start is made, and
after the dogs are in harness. At
that time about four pounds of frozen
tish are given to them. Everything
must be in readiness for the start,
and the men must look to it that they
are at hand to jump on the sledges,
for at the very instant that the last
morsel of fish disappears the dogs are
off at a break-neck speed. Strange as
it may seem, the drivers do not dare to
feed the dogs unless they are in har-
ness. Otherwise they would scatter,
and nothing more would be seen oi
them. They are driven with one long
rein attached to the leader.
A whip with a very short handle and
a very long lash is used to urge them
on, though in most cases they need no
urging, for they seem to feel that the
faster they go the quicker they will
come to the post where food and
warmth and a lazy life await them.
They travel often as far as ninety
miles a day.
Whr is i *
"It is a somewhat curious thing,"
observed a commercial traveler, "that
even the most fastidious individual
who will reject with indignation a
tumbler that had been used by anothei
diner at hotel, will not hesitate tc
drink out of a eup or glass on a rail-
way train, although it may have been
used by thousands of persons, many
of them of not over cleanly habits.
The same thing applies to the per-
sons who use the ice-water coolers in
public buildings or hotels. Why theu
should so much fastidiousness be dis-
played by persons at a hotel or other
table as to the use of a tumbler fron
which a single person had previoui
drank?"
National Alra.
The national airs of great countrii
aro short, while those of little coun-
tries are long. "Clod Save the Queen"
is fourteen bars, the Russian hymn is
sixteen bars, and "Hail Columbia" has
twenty-eight bars. Slam's national
hymn has seventy-six bars, and that oi
Uruguay seventy; Chili's forty-six, and
so on. San Marino has the longest
national hymn, except China, which is
so long that people take half a day off
to listen to it.
Circulation of thn nible.
The bible has been printed, either
wholly or iu part, in 354 languages or
dialects. Up to April, 1892, there had
been more than 37,000,000 copies of
bibles, testaments and portions of the
scripture printed in Great llritaiu aud
America, by various societies, while
the millions printed by private pub*
Ushers eauuot be estimated.
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