The Duncan Banner. (Duncan, Indian Terr.), Vol. 3, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1895 Page: 3 of 8
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IRG1NIA W JOHNSON
OPYRIGHT 1892 BYftANDM? NA LLY 4 CO
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MALTXSB AXUXX
HE ISLAND or
Malta basked la
spring sunshine
The glow of light
was intensely brill-
iant on rock and
rampart after
& weeks of rain and
already suggested
s-4the pdy P’
proack of blighting
summer heat
The harbor of Valletta wore the
usual aspect of European animation
The Russian Corvette Ladislashad Just
east anchor having on board a young
grand duke who was making the tour
of the world in a leisurely and princely
fashion Mercantile steamers came
and went amid puffing tugs
lanncbes and yachts while the native
shore craft the dhjaisos darted about
laden with fresh fruit or transporting
nimble tailors and washerwomen in
search of work Occasionally a tor-
pedo boat of sinister appearance
glided through the throng of ship-
ping and vanished in some adjacent
inlet or the gig of a man-of-war cleft
a passage with rhythmical flash and
dip of oars toward the quay
One of the latter quitting the side
of her majesty’s ship Sparrow recent-
ly arrived from 8uda Bay brought
Flag Lieutenant Curzon to the shore
The young man made his way
through a noisy crowd and ascended
the steps to the city of Valletta
Below him stretched the sparkling
Mediterranean sea and docks and
ftaoles thronged with shipping Above
kirn towers churches palaces with
quaint balconies and a margin of
Stone wall rose with a background of
blue sky His eye was attracted by
' wayside shrines at the angle of build-
ings where lamps burned before saints
gaudily adorned shops displaying fila-
gree ornaments of gold and silver and
whole webs of Maltese lace and
groups of soldiers nuns and priests
His nostrils were saluted by the fra-
grance of flowers coffee and those
latent odors of the southern seaport
garlic and fish frying In oil His ear
was stunned by the jangled peal of
church bells mingled with the hum of
voices
Lieut Arthur Curzon was supple and
vigorous of form and alert and de-
cided in manner His golden hair
curled tightly on a small and shapely
head a closely trimmed beard framed
a handsome face with clearly-cut
features and lighted by a pair of keen
blue eyes capable of a great variety
of expression The sun-bronzed tint
of the cheek below the margin of a
fair and open brow revealed by the
removal of the cap and certain ac-
centuations of resolution and maturity
gradually deepening around the lips
alone redeemed the entire physiog-
nomy from a youthful insouciance and
merry audacity which were eminently
attractive and boyish
Climbing the stone steps from the
port to the old town on the height of
this most populous ef islands he may
have aptly represented that
“The sword of war opens the way of com-
Truly the officer was ready to cope
with any adventure or danger which
fate might have in store for him on
this day of fitful spring weather
He came of a family noted for in-
trepid courage and originality of mind
and character A commonplace world
devoid of enthusiasm pronounced the
race eccentric perhaps a trifle mad
Descended from Scandinavian sea
rovers who had settled on the north-
ern coast of Scotland centuries ago
the Curzons numbered prelates sol-
diers and faithful followers of the
Stuarts among their members
The first object ever noticed by
Arthur Curzon in infancy had been the
portrait of an ancestor suspended
above the chimney-piece In his grand
father’s castle wearing a helmet of
different colored metals a gold chain
around the neck and carrying a horn
of the chase studded with precious
stones
Lieut Curzon had won honorable
mention at the storming of Alexan
drls and aspired to promotion in the
eervioe by fresh exertion when oppor-
tunity offered For the rest he was a
tailor on shore for a holiday
He directed his steps to the 8 trade
Zeoca and paused before a palace of
Bomber aspect with a projecting roof
which cast a deep shadow on the pave-
ment below The memory of the
Knights Templar seemed to brood
over the spot undisturbed by modern
innovation or change
The visitor was met at the door by a
servant with the intelligence that the
mistress of the house was absent on
an excursion Mrs Griffith had left
a charming note written on pink pa-
er in three lines of gigantic feminine
9lrography urging the young offioer
Ulll Uf i
to return for 8 o’clock tea in event of
hie obtaining leave to come ashore
that day
Lieut Curzon read the note and con-
sulted his watch which indicated the
hour of 2 How should he while away
the time until the return of his cousin?
He loitered in the ahope and bought
a festoon of lace in a helpless mascu-
line fashion wherewith to cheer the
declining years of a maiden aunt
dwelling in a provincial town of Eng-
lent if permitted to escape the Malta
Mstoffioe He bethought him of a
tevy of little cousins in Devonshire
launching recklessly into the put
chase of silver filagree crosses for
their benefit Then he decided to
stretch his limba by means of a conn
try walk
Quitting the streets of Valletta the
young man soon left behind him the
encircling fortifications with a sense
of freedom in movement after the
cramping inaction of shipboard The
unattractive aspect of the country
could not rob the spirits of the sailor
on shore of unwonted elasticity Be-
fore him extended a gray and nearly
treeless region broken by villages of
flat-roofed houses clustered about the
church with a dome The intervening
spaces were chiefly subdivided by
stone walls as a shelter from the wind
for the crops fostered in the soil
brought from Sicily
The pedestrian paused at length
weary of the dusty highway He
glanced wistfully in the direction of
the arid ledges of the shore and the
sea beyond which glittered in the sun
shine with changing tints wrought
by passing clouds and broke in white
foam among the rocks
He chose a short cut to gain the
shore If the measure led to trespass-
ing upon his neighbor’s ground he
trusted to personal adroitness to ex-
tricate himself from all embarrass-
ments He skirted a deserted chapel on a
ridge and was descending the slope
beyond when an object attracted his
keen eye and brought him to a halt
in his rapid walk A human hand
and arm clenched and rigid
as if in death projected from
the entrance of a half-
ruined structure in his path Had the
arm not been thus extended Lieut
Cnrxoa would have passed on without
noticing especially the building
Strange whim of destiny!
He approached and peeped into the
place Shadows obscured the interior
but he recognized a temple probably
of the early Phoenician settlers of the
island built of rough blocks of stone
Traces of a primitive altar were dis-
cernible still adorned with the rnde
idols of the twelve Children of the Sun
the Kabiri once worshiped hern
The spot was silent humid chill save
when a stray Bunbeam filtered through
the pervading darkness to gild the
semblance of nearly effaced carvings
mere rudimentary hints of decoration
on wall and root or danced with a
flickering motion above the pavement
weaving a pattern of mosaic with
motes and shade
An old man lay on his face motion
less and with a fragrant of marble
table overturned beside him on the
ground
The officer’s first suspicion was of
murder Anticipating some accident
he lifted the victim of foul
play as he supposed and
speedily ascertained that no trace of
violence was perceptible either on the
pinched and shriveled features white
hair or small body He was further
reassured when the old man gave ut-
terance to a feeble groan and opened
his eyes with a manifest effort to col-
lect his thoughts bewildered by an in-
terval of insensibility
“The place would not be safe” he
muttered in English “No! No! Far
from safe this ruin’’
“Do you live near by? If you can
pull yourself together a little I will
help you home’’ said Lieut Curzon
in a tone of encouragement
The old man was silent ne passed
a trembling band across his brow and
then shaded his eyes the better to ex-
amine the face bending over him
while his own features expressed
scared surprise agitation and even
furtive suspicion and distrust
AX OLD MAX LAT OR BIS VAC
“I have not the pleasure of kuowlng
you” he retorted after a pause and
with perceptible petulance
Lieut Curzon smiled Involuntarily
“Khali I call your — people?” be sug-
gested with unabated good humor
“No I must have stumbled over that
fragment of table How did you find
me?"
His manner was more collected and
confident but he eyed the stranger
askance as he struggled to regain as
upright posture
You have had a fainting fit a ver-
tigo I fancy? said the officer glauo-
ing around the spot in the hope of
descrying some person to whom be
might consign the human burthen
thus unexpectedly cast upon his care
No aid appeared
The old man placed his hand on the
sleeve of his companion as it to aid
his vacillating movements Lieut
Curzon was inspised by a senti-
ment of repulsion mingled with the
comnassion of the strong tor the weak
The band thin and nervous resembled
claw and the fingers infirm yet
groping clutched at the muscular arm
of the sailor with a disagreeable tena-
city of hold This member was the
same which had attracted his notice
stretched forth from the entrance of
the temple
“Did I speak? Did I say anything—
odd?’ demanded the old man eagerly
“Nothing of Importance" waa the
brief rejoinder
“People will seek here for traces of
the Greeks and the earlier Phoenicians
but there only remains rubbish yon
understand absolute rubbish!’’ He
broke off with a short laugh
“Ah!” assented the other drily
The old man emerged from the
temple still clinging for support to
the opportune aid vouchsafed him by
chance Lieut Curzon a trifle bored
submitted to the task of assisting him
What did it matter after all? lie had
to deal with a feeble and aged
creature who was possibly a little
cracked as regarded brains and who
had exceeded his strength pottering
about a ruin intent on archaeological
research Surely the old man's family
must have looked him up in time even
if he had not taken the direction of the
temple and discovered the other fallen
in a swoon
The pair traversed a considerable
distance walking slowly and with
some difficulty The old man
paused to rest occasionally and
wiped the moisture from his temples
with his pocket handkerchief He re-
peated with a garrulous insistence his
first assertion that the temple contain-
ed no relics and was wholly unworthy
of a Visit on the part of a stranger
The conviction was gradually forced
on the frank and unsuspicious mind of
the sailor that he inspired uneasiness
wdlfypa'
A TOUXO GIRT STOOD BESIDE A FOUX-
TAIX and fear in his companion instead of
any sort of confidence Why? Ha
could not determine He checked a
final allusion to the temple by s curt
denial of personal interest in the relics
of Malts This decisive assertion waa
possibly misunderstood by the weak
ened faculties of sge as snspicion
seemed to increase rather than be al-
layed They gained a high wall such as
elsewhere protected the fruit trees
from the sirocco and a house which
resembled a tower was visible within
the inclosnre
As they approached a voice youth-
ful and fresh proclaimed In Italian—
“What would I like best as a fairy
gift Dr Giovanni Battista Bnsatti?
Very well then I should like to be
rich very rich incredibly rich! I
might have a new dress in that case
and go to a ball After my visit to the
Monte di Pieta you will understand
that my friend"
A man’s voioe replied slowly and
distinctly with mT slight vibration of
emotion perceptible in the tone—
“You are already rich in beauty and
amiability Signoriua” '
A laugh deliciously pure and sil-
very was the sole acknowledgment
vouchsafed for the compliment
An expression of amusement dawned
in the bright blue eyes ft Lieut
Curzon
On the other side of the garden wall
dwelt a girl who longed to go to a
ball Was she pretty?
(TO JIB COXTINUKU)
How ltonrUu Frighten Spirits
In the little village of Egmahting is
Bavaria a curious nocturnal exhibi-
tion has just taken place A fft
minutes after midnight there sudden-
ly appeared in the village a party of
ISO armed men mostly peasant pro-
prietors driving apparently some
imaginary specters before them
Presently every man discharged his
firearm Many of the inhabitants who
were indoors behind strong barriers
trembled at the thought of the carnugo
that must have ensued
Then a specially appointed person
recited the "Uncord of Deadly bins”l-y
way of exorcising the spirits of evil
supposed to bo hovering about As a
rule nobody dared venture out but
one more bold than his fellows did
open his door and expostulated against
such an unwarrantable disturbance of
the night But the firing party heeded
him not This ceremony of exorcising
the evil spirits from the village con-
tinued for an honr And as suddenly
as the party had arrived so suddenly
did they disperse Thera was sstiong
smell of powder in the sir but not s
trsoe of brimstone
Bolsts s new d iscoveiy in tbc for
eBts of Surinam is s lutiititute for ths
rapid’y disappearicj 'udls rubber and
guttf perchn
Seeiety M
Old man Snobberly of Fifth avenue
i day
found his wife in despair shedding
came home one
bitter tears etc
“What's the matter? Any misfor-
tune occurred?”
“Just think ef it— our One the pride
of our life has gone and — ”
“And wbat? Speak! Don't keep
me in suspense!”
“He hs gone and engaged himself
to a sewing girL”
“You don't say so! Why this is
something appalling!”
“And they say she is respectable”
“Respectab e? Worse and worse!
He may bring disgraoe on us by ac-
tually marrying her”— Texas Sift-
ings A Windtrlng Ooanuad
Meandering Mike (the tramp) — I am
not really hungry missus but will be
pleased to sample anything you may
have in the line of salads I am trav-
eling through the country getting a
few points for a book I am writing on
cookery
The Wife of a Farmer— How do you
travel?
Meandering Mike — Well mostly on
foot as it gives me a better chance to
plait up things as I go along— Truth
a— Slag a Xante Clime
Is search oi pteuaure or business should be
preueued by the purchase of nature S area! In-
vaeuruuir Jiusisucrs Btouiauu tu liars toe
best nau must sens meiiinsl sates card in
esiaienve manners miners tain merest trav-
elers tourists etui su wo travel uy term or
sea speas ot it at tue nigueel taruis Materia
butoususss cousupauou luuieeetioa rueuma-
tisui nervousness sou aaluey vrwuus are rvta-
euiou by it
Lord Chief Justice Russell of En-
gland has decided that gambling In
the rise and fall of stocks is not gam-
bling This will ease a good many
troubled consciences on the street
Mother — That note paper is cer-
tainly very quaint but are you sure it
is fashionable?
Daughter — Oh it must be It is al-
most impossible to write on it— N Y
Weekly
The first article of human clothing
mentioned in history was an apron It
is spoken of in the book of Genesis B
C 4004
OGHgli BaImm
tlthaoldMtaad M 1 will br—k up aOold qntrk-T
Ikss anything slm It la aiw&jri rUaUla Try It
A Blight Dlstlsotlos
Senator Siders— What mads Senator
Wsyback withdraw his biU? Didn’t
he say he'd never give up until mo-
nopoly was killed?
Lobbyist — Not exactly he said he
wouldn't yield until the monopoly
“gave up”— Puck
ir the Bear is Catllas Wats
Bessraand awthateMaad wall-trlW randy Hit
Winuri Sootaue mn for Chlldm Tsethlag-
Llte rally Trs
“How could you conscientiously tell
Mias Elder that she is the only woman
you ever loved?”
“It is a fact Compared to her the
others are mere girls ” — Boston Bud
iret
A philologist of high repute is au-
thority for ths statement that there
are 73 languages spoken in Russia
(Colorado has one copper mine
A sea otter skin brought 11000
The fear of pain
and the dangers
of parturition fill
many a woman’s
breast with dis-
may There is
no reason why
childbirth should
be fraught with
danger and distress
It is a natural function and should be
performed in a natural way without un-
due suffering Nature never intended
that women should be tortured in this
way
Taken during gestation Dr Pierce's
Favorite Prescription robs childbirth of
its dangers to both mother and child by
preparing the system for delivery thereby
shortening labor lessening pain and ab-
breviating the period of confinement
I I Hire ““ ” a ibaa na — a sea
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eon i Member of tbe IOWA CO&&J6-
BPGNDING CLUB MeobeeleevlUe town Bet O
THE SCALPER!
94-pAffee Je All ebon I mekloir mosey Is Orels end
ttorki by "irilpluc (he market os margin of (JO
to I0U0 ltee method jet All ee I pen vneke
money LANSING A CO 112 Quincy BU Chicago
WELL MACHINERY
lllaatretod Cetelome showing WKLj
ACGKKH HOCK MULL llVDltATU
and JKTT1NG MACU1NKUY BTC
£knt Hu Uere been teeied end nil
Virrait4d
Rewell & Chase Machinery Co
1111 Union Avenue
KAMSAtf UAL teibftUrRl
I EWIS’ 98 LYE
I ftwmcD akd mmaa
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Ths ifrmgil end yttmt Ly
msdo Unlike other Lye It being
fine powder eud pecked In can
removable lid the content!
are always riedy for Wl)
make the twf perfumed Hard foap
In A) minutes trtehoue 6oU4nu Jt Is
the beat forcloensing waste pipes
difilnfectlng links closets vnsnlAf
bottles paints trees eta
PENNASALTM’F’G CO
Gen Agents Phils- Fa
Meta
Wheel
for your
Wagon
Any ) jq
want ft to M
Indie kirk
T'rw 1 to in
'hw wide —
hum to fHsnv
ale Savn
many
time in a m
on to have mi
f lew wheels
lo at roar viirtrti
f erkeellet
frelafoduer us
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wttlng ef tlrea
Oatl'tree Addrw
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'ovder
Hestot ojHnofveroen BBS
” Latest u AWelutely Pure
His
England buys Manitoba butter
Pipes are thawed by eleotrleity
Gas engines propel Dresden cars
Brasil’s diamond output is decreas-
ing Central Pacific has an 80-ton looo mo-
tive French soldiers’ shoes have rubber
heels
la certain Parisian re tiurauta a
shilling is charged for ths usa of ta-
blecloths The manufacture of razors by ma-
chinery has become aa important in-
dustry in Germany
There are about 13000000 houses in
this country with less than six people
to each on the average
John Fox of Zeeland Mich is to-
tally blind but makes a business of
repairing sewing machines
Atlanta has more churches than any
city in the South and their seating
capacity will accommodate 65000 people
g For twenty years folks all over the world have cured w J
rheumatism neuralgia and all other puns and aches by b'
using St Jacobs Oil There must be something in it n
for you couldn’t fool all the people for so many years
WORD BUILDING CONTEST
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GRAND PRIZE-FINEST CHICKERIN6 PIANO $75000
2d Prize — Sidebar buggy 150-00
t 3d Prize— Pneumatic Tire Bicycle 85-00
4th Prize— A Diamond Ring : 7500
! 5th Prize— A Moline Farm Wagon 60-00
5 PRIZES— TOTAL VALUE $112000
Fr
or form tho largest num-
ber of wordi out of tbt letters found la
the prise word
R-E-P-U - T
UNDER THKSB RULES
First— Ths first prise will he won by ths
Isrraat list ths second pH by tho next
I arrest Hat and so oa to tho fifth
Second— The llet of words must bo writ-
ten in 4nk plainly must be alphabetic-
ally arranged numbered elgnea by the
conteetent end eent In before May 30
when the contest cloees
Third— Words need must be English
and must be found In the dictionary
If twa words ars ensiled alike only ono
can be used Abbreviations obsolete
words and names of persons or places are
barred Lists purposely stuffed not con-
sidered Feurth— The seme totter must not be
need twice In one word except the letter
T which may be used twice In any word
ms It appears twlca In the prise word
The Omaha Weekly World-Herald is the great free alive:
coinage family paper of the northwest Its editor Is Hon W J
Bryan — the champion of silver vho has just retired from coif
gross It is published in two parts ore of eight pages on Tue
day and the other of four page on Friday of each week henci
it is almost as good as a daily for news Iis agricultural page
edited by G W Hervey its literary department its house
hold articles and its short stories make it a welcome visitor it
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Advlee m to Patontabitlty f
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fAM tASBSE 0TAU1LU & a
Thlak W Have Angry Fas a
Japanese unused to visitors from
the Western world speak of their “an-
gTy faces” because they do not smile
Japanese children hsve been known to
run shrieking from an American or
English lady frightened by wbat
seemed to them her huge size fierce
face staring blue eyes and white un-
canny akin
Analegeas
Student — Isn't it strange that me-
ters and feet are used aa a measure-
ment of gas as well as poetry?
Professor — Not at all Gas first
came Into general use about the time
that modern magazine poetry became
prevalent — Brooklyn Life
The new water works tower just
completed at Eden park Cincinnati in
the highest artiheial structure in
America The floor of the tower
reaching by elevators is 833 feet above
the Ohio river The base is 404 feet
above the stream If the height of the
elevator shall be added to the observa-
tion floor the grand total height la 889
feet
In the Bank of England 60 folio vol-
umes or ledgers are filled daily with
writing in keeping the accounts
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Fifth — Each contestant must become
sti bee rlber to the Omaha Weekly Worli
Herald for one year and must send h
dollar to pay for his subscription with h
list of words
Sixth— Every contestant whoso lint cot
tains as many aa thirty words whethor I
wins a prise or not wMI receive a por
folio containing handsome photo ongravi
copies of sixteen famous paintings— all
of each picture 10x12 Inches with hi
tory of the painting
Seventh— In case two or more prise wli
iilng lUts contain tho umt number
words the one that la first received wl
be given preference
Eight hl-Prlxe will be swarded ar
hipped to winners within ten days afti
tho con tost closes
will go farther in doing the family wash- j
ing or doing the housework hn" a quan-
tity of ordinary soap
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