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T&Z EFFICACY OF ABATES.
?T QJtTTXTS JACK CRAWFORD, THE POET SCOTT.
I'm free to make confession, that I ain't raact
en the prav,
for cy early education war" neglected that-?way,
An'-fts fur efficaciousness o' prayer as a rule,
I reckon I'm a pupil o' the doubtin' Thomas
school.
Girt 1 want to tell an Instance that cocarred
in 'G5,
When the hull Platte River country with the
rtd*kins -was alive?
An instance, wbar' a little bit o' rough, impromptu
prayer
Peso the work up neat an* han'some, an' saved
oar party's hair.
Thar' was me an' Arizona Bill and Sbart-y Martindale,
War' sent out on a little scout to ?n 1 ol' Shotted
Tail,
An' when we stepped to eat a lunch an'-git a little
rest
Our Lorseb tuk the baak'ard trail, on' rue iikoau
possessed, i
An' tbar' we wnr' tea miles from camp, afoot,
&n' in a spot
Whar Injuns war' accustomed fur tc make
things rather hot?
1 can't jist bay ti-e leelin's as *e felt wcr'actool
fear,
But I'll uraw it mild, say we felt uneasy like an'
queer.
We held a short discussion, fur totzy.an'find
a way
To beat tbe situation, an' to make a safety
play,
An'. I reckon that a question In tbe Congress o
tbe land
Rever gut sioh close attention as tbo ore wo bad
in band.
We s'arctied it fust on this side, tben examined
it on tbat; 1
Bnt all our drawn conclusions seemoi to be- exceed
in' flat.
An' 1 calculate oar feelin's would be ssraowbat
bard to tell,
Wben, durin' tbe discussion, we beard ihe Injun
yell 1
Tba ' come the painted devils, yellir' lite -d
, pack o' bounds.
Their nosses bommerin' tbe ground witb-qnick,
excited bounds,
An' if ever three poor critters looked into th?
.lace o' death
Twar' us?why, darn, it, pardner, we could ft?l
hi aicy breath!
.Thar'wan t a cussed book on which to hang^a
thread o' hope,
Ai that band o' bowlin' demons came a ?vocpin'
dawn the slope,
An' we stood tbar', dumb an' paralyzed, jist like
a beast ut bay,
Till Shorty, sort o' solemn-like, says: "Boys,
suppose we pray."
The idee struck us proper, an' we knelt d3v,r. is
tbe sand,
An' turned atr anxious faces up toward tbe
promiaed.JfLnd,
An' I guess no mortal ever heard sicb deep an'
earnest, prayer
As the ihroe of us, in chorus, Bant a oLoctin'
through the. r-ir.
Tte Injuns -et'pt-ed in wonder at the stracge,
onuauol sigt>t
Al ? ? - .-11.:..' ml* {notflnil fih.iufll1
I Lost Lina;
-OB,m
BITTER AND THE SWEET.
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A. Tale of Two Continents.
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BY MRS. ZflNA LASSOS.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
There was wild confusion, indeel,
in the mansion now; the servants -were
all busy trying to extinguish the fire;
Thomas had dispatchel the groom to
tlip Htv for a Dhvsician. arid Jeannette's
mai.l was doing all she could for her
mistress.
Ray had received a s'ight shock, and
thoughtful Thomas had led him to his
room, and was doing all he could for
his master, until the doctor came. Tie
servants were all so excited over the
Btran-e and eudden appearance of thoir
^-.-master that it was some time before
they had succeeded in entirely extinguishing
th^ fir?.
Everybody had thought Raymond
Bristol dead, and it was no wonder
that his strange reappearance excited
great winder. "Where hal ho been all
this time?
This was the first time he had been
een by any one since the night he started
to tho city and was stopped in the
W?2>.
* The shot that rang through the forest
had sent a bullet through Hay's body,
but the party that shot him seemed to
un<ki-sra\a ^bc-re ta send the ball tind
yet not kill.
If had. passed through the right lung
and came out of tho back just below
the shoulder blade. He was immediately
carried to Jack "Wiler's log
house and place 1 upon a bundle of
atraw. It was quite a distance from
the road to the log house, and llay was
bo weak from loss of blood that he
could scarcely breathe.
A part of the old log house had recently
been partitioned off by iron
bars, and now it had the appearance of
an underground prison.
Bay was placed behind these bars;
where he was kept for those six lon2
months, and during all that time lie
h:ul not caught a glimpse of the blue
sky above. For weeks and weeks Iiay
lay on that haril bed of straw in thai*
dark, damp underground prison,
scarcely able to move hand or foot.
Jack Wiler was his only nurse and
phyxcian, and whenever Ray would
ask nny questions he would only receive
evasive answers from Jack.
Jeannette provided all the medicine
for the poor prisoner, and until Raj
?rew much better old Jack remained
in the house much of the time. Finally
the wound began to heal, but the patient's
continual worry irritated it considerably;
he would often grow angry
at Jack for not telling him why he waa
a prisoner there in that horrible place,
Vot Jack would only say:
"i am not your jailer; others are
keeping you here; don't worry so, for
it does more harm than good; perhaps
the day will soon come when I can g^t
yon free."
That was all Ray ever sucoeeded in
getting from old Jack.
Time rolled on, and Ray became a
perfect skeleton; he scarcely got
enough to eat now to keep him alive.
Jack never oame to the old h mseet ept
late at night to fill the old greaso
lamp, and give the poor prisoner something
to eat and a little fresh water.
Four, five, and six months of awful j
agony were past, and Ray no longer
looked |ike himself, bji.t like a maniac, '
The middle or April came at last
and that terrible storm came with it.
The night before the storm Jack did
not come, and all the next day poor
Kay had nothing to eat but old dry
bread and a little water to drink; the
old grease lamp had burned entirely
cut. and now he was in total daftness.
The long hours slowly passed by, and
yet'Jack came not.
"My God! Is he goinp: to leave me
here to starve to d'.ath? I feel like
cursing the day I was born, and everythink
upon earth, for God has forgetten
mc, indeed. What will my poor
little wife think of my absence, and
T>-V,of ic tVio /Inincr r?f?wV"
jcie TOuiu pace up ami down that
short, narrow cell, while Btrange
thoughts would fill his mind. He was
ever alert for the slightest -sound, in
the hope that someoue wae coming to
release him. Perhaps it was his Xiina
that had found out -where lie was; but
his;.hopes were all in vadn. On the
night of the storm his heari -sank
lower ana lower, us uiere mow t>eeiueu
nothing but death before him.
"Hark! What did I hear f
He pressed his hand to his heart, as
if to check its -wild throbbing. Tho
noifie was nothing but the distant roar
of the tempest, and now lit became
louder and nearer every moment. Kay
could now plainly hear tie roar and
6]"Jash of the waves of the angry lake:
plainer, still plainer could be heard
the roar of the fast approaefcing-storm;
the gronnd under his feet v/as shaken
by the heavy thunder.
*Ah! There is cracking and snapping
in the forest, now, as if the earfh were
being. r?nt to pieces; it becomo*louder
and .fiercer, and suddenly lie hears a
t<-TrihlQ-crashing noise by tfce si.le ;of
his dark, gloomy prison; he knows .it is
a:terrible- storm, and can plainly hew
the trees falling all around him, yet,'he.
ie unable to escape and flee from that
dangerous place. i
DChe terrible crashing noise near the.
aid log house deafened the poor 1 one;
prisoner, and for a few momenta his;
causes ,>were. so stunned that he could.
;not realize what had happened; Jae sank,
dawn upon: the floor of the cell, and
buried his faca in his slinL, buny
ihand?.
By and. by ho felt the fresh, damp
air blowing on him, and looking up he
saw that he -was a free man: the Lurht
V a .tftifli;; V- vug Mi) v- ?
fighi?
Ifcey knew their awn Great Spirit camped abex?
that azoxe bias.
In' I guese they ithciyiht we had communication
with him,.tu>.
An' thar' they stopped and stared at us," an' w?
kep' up SUepray,
ISxpectiu' every uiiut-te they would make a
final play,
An' when they raised .another yell, an' we let I
loose o' hope,
A troop o* mounted cavalr7 come tearin' down
the elope.
fh?y slashed titem I.nj?E3 right an' left, on'
waxed it to 'ea: hot,
An' we nelped oa the livejy. work with many a
tellln' Ehot,
Id those as war E?aa&inin',-C' the band in terror
fled.
An' left the ground ail delta:- with their dyin'
an' their dead.
tiow, I'm free to mitie ccaiesoion that I ain't
much on the pray,
Bet our long drawn-out petition..sr-ved the party
on that day;
It may be that the Estler.pp, in glory didn't
hear
A eussed word we uttsrod in -tU.it manner
Strang) an' queer,
But toar cant oe no uibyduu " auu^Lj
hadn't thought
0' heavenly reinforcements, we'd a* died thar'
on tho spot,
Far the Ini. ns' wil?l atlonicbmmt at-Main' of
as pray
ftp1 their ringers Irom our top-kao^ <JU the
rnivle a play.
ning j-laved .about him as he sat.
there, ^od the rain beat down upon hi?
face.
A large tree that stool near the corner
ofrliietold house had been torn up,
roots and all, by t?:e tempest, and had
fallen across that end of the house that
old Jack had used, and Ray was i\nhuirt;
the roof of til J cell had been
torn off, and the poor;prisoner now s.it
ncder heaven's dome, a free man,
breathing the ;pure, r^tn-washod air.
As lie raised his,face from bis hands
he plainly saw by the flashes of light
just what had happened, and sprang
to his feet, clasping his lotg bony arms
over his brt ast.
"Oh, God, Thou has not forcrotten
me, and I glory k Thy proof; Thou art
my deliverer, and this tempest has unlocked
the door of iry prison cell; I
6"nall praise Theo .ill the dars of my
life. Glory to Thy holy name."
As he stood there his pale thiv- face
raised toward heaves,, the thunder
ruared, while the lighting flashed and
the purple blazes played about his
feet. He was free now and cared tot
for wind or ra n. By tits flash -s of
lightning he was able to ?se where ts
go, and he very soon bade good-by to
ihe old log house.
He could plainly hear the roar and
splash of the lake, and went down to
the shore.
Tke waters were tossing aboui as if
they ivere angry at being thus disturbed,.
and the waves seemed to try
to reach to the clouds, as if to check
their miguty force.
Kay knew where he was, for there
still stood the large old rock on the
coast that) h.3 often came and sat by
years ago, fisting there by the hour.
He was about two miles from home,
and he immediately about faced and
walked rapidly northward.
His great anxiety to once more s:e
his home and the loved ones there gave
him much strength, and before he
could quite realize where he was he
stood in front of his own mansion.
Oh, what a sight that was as he came
up the long front walk, his eyes gazing
up at the blue rooms; but there was no
sweet face there waiting for him, and
no. Jight shen^fromjy}^ *
For some reason the great hall door
was seldom locked now, and Kay entared
as he had always done. All was
darkness within the mansion, but he
easily found his way up the long stairway
by the bright flashes of lightning.
He was shoeless, and made no n-: ise
as he passed up those marble steps
and through the long hall to his wife's
room. He tried to open the clo.T, but
it was looked. He rapped again, and
again but no cne opened it, and it -w as
then that he rushed to tho ai arm-boll
and ran.:' it with such force.
'fhoxr.as came from h's room immediately
with a lamp in hand, and as
Ray spoke to him he recognized the
voice immediately, but poor Tom was
bo frightened at first that he could not
speak.
CHAPTER XXXIY.
That fearful storm seemed but a firebrand
from heaven?a bit of God1.,
wrath to punish Jeannette Nathan foi
her many crimes; for. as soon as the
lightning had struck the mansion and
had prostrated the murderess at her
poo* victim's feet, it seemed to pass on.
The lightning grew kss severe and tha
thunder could only be heard in tlii
distance. The family physician soon
arrived at the mansion and found
Jeannette in a very dangerous condition.
"It will be almost a miracle if she
ever recovers," said the Doctor.
He then went to Hay, but at first
sight of him he shrank back, and c^uld
not at first realize that the man in
front of him was Raymond Bristol.
Thomas, who had not left his master,
hastily explained matters, so that the
Doctor could understand.
liay had received a heavier shock
than ht> had at first cxpected, and
as yet he wa3 unable to speak. This
was indeed a very trying position for
the old family doctor to be placed in,
for he had his own opinion about Ray's
Strang? disappearance and who lay at
the bottom of it all; but he had never
said a word to any one about For
once m That sturdy < t'l man's life ha
scarcely knew what to jay; but as it is
mostly better tD act Ihun to talk, he
immediately went to work. In the
cour.se of an hour or so Kay asked, in
a vrrystranpre voice:
"Doctor, where are my wife and child ?
Tell me all that has happened here in
the last six months."
The Doctor -winced slightly, and hii
face paled, but he replied, calmly:
"I do not remember npw just whfje
your wife did ;go, but she -went some
place soon after von left us all. I suppose
Miss Tffftlian knows where she is.
tour mother has not yet returned from
England. They say fche has n^t been
very -well"this -winter; but I think she
might to be -6ent for immediately, for
I fear Miss Nathan -will never recover
from this shock.1'
"I don't presume any one knows
where I have been all this time, and I
hardly know myself; but I don't want
"to talk about it now. How soon did
toy wife go away after I disappeared
"I do not --know, I am sure, for she
had been gone-&?me time before I knew
Df.it."
" Well, hurry up, Doctor, and get me
looking like mortal man again as soon j
as possible, for I must see Jeannette I
and know where my little Lina is; for
some reason or other I fesl very
~J ~ '1 X it* OAt?A_
-tsiruuyL'i v, uuu x ucuctc ijucic u ouun,thing
wrong."
"Graciotis, man, tbat woman must
hot be disturbed under any considera-;
tion for fome tame; but, ab! Bristol,
iere is a scar on your chest that looks .
as if a'bullet had made it; how's that?"
The Doctor had been examining
Ray's Lungs, an<? by . accident saw the
K&r.
"You are righ& for the night of +uuith
of last November j. "was shot
through the body and I guess it was
i but miracle that I lived. I have
been a prisoner since then and have
never-seen the light of day; but there
is some strange mystery about it all,
;and I .do not wish to say anymore
about it at present."'
.The Doctor thought; it prudent to
keep quiet, and said no..jnore about the
matter. He had relieved Ray of his
beard and tangled liair as best he
1,1 Tf n-oa ilnrlirrht Vl?>fr>rA tllfi
VUliiMl XV ITUs) ?
:?aith?ul old physician left the manwon,
and his mind was full of strange
doubts and fancies. Ray soon fell
asleep and did not wake up until
the afternoon. He wasrfecling much
better, and after dressing as usual,
went down to the library.. Everything
there was just as he had! left it six
months ago. Poor eaac, little he
knew wiiat sorrow was at ^store for
him yet! There was a larg9 pile of
letters on his desk, all uncpaned, and
most -of'them on businee3. He sat
down and began to tear open the envelopes,
one by one. and 'had been
reading for-come time wheE tthe library
door opened and Jeannette^ maid entered.
"My lady.*70uld like to -see :.you,
please, sir."
"Very well,"* and he rose tfroni'the
chair and followed the mai?, little
dreaming wliatilay before hint.
[TO EE CONTIXUEn.}
-- Big Dakota Farms.
I fc&r* had:thc(eiiriosity to see <one oi
the big Dakota .farms, and went oul with
John W.. Dwight -to the famous Dtraghl
Farm, writes a correepondent of the Ncy!
York Press* The fieJds on the Dwighl
farm are each 640 actts in size, a mik
square. -. They are surrounded on evei^
eic^d by roadways,and'tbere arc no fences.
The roads are supposed ,to be sixty fed
wide, but the fields are jJowcd right ou<
to the double wagou way cf aboul
twenty feet, and thus no Aind is left to
waste. I saw foity-one reapers cutting
gTain in two of these big fields. The
reapers require four or fiv.e horses 01
mules to pull them, and the bundles 01
sheave3 are tied -with cord automatically
and arc tossed one side for .shucking.
Panning on such a scale is entirely unlike
the old ways down East. Thegrain
is stacked in the field, threshed .on the
ground and hauled in great wagons holding
three tons each to the elevators at
the nearest railroad stations. The straw
is burned.
It rained the day I arrived .at Ihs
farm, and wheat cutting having just beeB
finished, threshing was suspended and
the] hands were sent out to plow. Tbey
can" plow iu weather when nothing else
can be done. They use wheel plows,
drawn by four and live horse teams, and
cutting two furrows cach of about thirteen
inches in widi;h, The soil is a
deep black loam, its color alone declaring
its richness and fertility. It is plowed
to a depth of four or five inches only. 1
saw twenty-one of those plows being operated
in a 610 acre field. BPery time
the twenty-one plows crossed the field
they had plowed under a strip a mile
long and about forty-three or forty-four
feet wide. It was a great sight. I wa3
driven over the prairie roads, level as
nsnhnlt. fnr mtrhtppn miles, nnrl pverv
where outstretched before me was wheat
stubble, wheat in shocks or in stacks
awaiting threshing. The country to the
eye looks as level as a board floor, but as
you drive over it it is full of little indentations
which mark the course of
former streams or winter freshets.
.. Whistling for Seals.
F. F. Payne, of Toronto, records i;i
the American Naturalist an interesting
fact -which often came under his noticc
during a prolonged stay at JHucjsony
Btrait^. J'Here^' he' says,' J^he Esquimau
mighf 'often Ibe "&een lying "at fujl
length at the edge of the ice floe, and
although no seals could be seen, they
persistently whistled in a low note, similar
to that often used in calling tame
pigeons, or, if words can express my
meaning, like a plaintive phew-ew, few,
few, the first note being prolonged at
least three seconds. If there were any
seals within hearing distance they wero
invariably attracted to the spot, and it
was amusiDg to see them lifting themselves
as high as possible out of the
water and slowly shaking their heads, 03
though highly delighted with the music.
"Here they would remain for some
time, until odc, perhaps more venturesome
than the rest, would come within
itriking distance of the Esquimau who
would often change the seal's tono of joy
to one of sorrow, the others making off
is fast as possible. The whistling had to
be continuous, and was more effective if
performed by another Esquimau a short
ilistancc back from the one lying motionless
at the edge of the ice. I may add
that the experiment was often tried by
myself with the same result."
Stealing Rognes' Pictures.
The camera that docs the work for the
rogues' gallery is concealed. The prisoner
hangs his head aud refuses to look
up when asked to do so, or shuts his eyes
and distorts his face. The photographer
makes a feint with the caiucra in sight,
takes out the plate and exclaims, "Oh,
pshaw! that is spoiled!" or words to that
effect, aud walks hurriedly out of the
room. The prisoner raises his head tit
ouce and looks pleasant. lie has out?/->rTr<aiilirip
. Thnn the con
niucu ..Ucrvwn.ur;..
cealed camera gets in it3 lice work, ami
the rogue is still more surprised uud |
pleased at being told that lie can go.? I
Chicago Eerald, ~'1 ,rs
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IN THE BULL RING. :
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PEN PICTURE OP A BRUTAL
SCENE IN MADRID.
Thu Opening: Procession and the
~ ^ Three Acts of a Fight?Ccro monies
to be Observed?
The Espada's Thrust.
~ 1
' The hour of three has sounded from
fho cathedral clock at Madrid. The
"pasco" is thronged. The nabobs are
all out in force. Carriages and pedestrians
surged toward the Plaza de Toros.
To-day's fight is a benefit for the great
cathedral. There are "banderillas do
lujo," and Lagartijo, Mazzantini and
Guerrita arc the espadas, representing
respectively the science, -elegance and
dariug of the ring.
"We take for our seats barreras do som'bra,
or those in the shade. Above ua
rise tier upon tier'of seats, and boxes foi
.the luxurious and timid. What a crowd!
The stone seats are packcd with o
throng that laughs, -shouts and drinks
alternately. Above, the boxes are garJanded
with lovely Andalusians in white
mantillas, brilliant garments and beflowered
tresses. They languidly wave
their fans, while 'each addition to.theii
circlc is hailed by.the crowd .with loud
tributes.to.her charms.
TKI6EHTTNO '.THANKS.
Soon the half hour sounds. Theba?a
strikes upt, and to its inspiring 6trains
come gallopping forth two "alguaciles,"*'
men dressed in black .end looking like
ancient dons. With their plumed hats
in hand they pause, and, bowing to the
occupants of the President's box, crave
rxormiceian +/% 1\ornn f)ia onrtrf TIiOtt r/?
|/blliiiOJlVU W l/UV Uj^vt VI AUVJ *wturn
to the opposite gates. Then a gorgeous
sight meets the eye as the portals
.are opened. First come the black algu;aciles
on their betaasled horses, then the
: three heroes of the hour marching in lino
some twenty feet apart. Their costumes
are filagreed with gold- Behind them
arelhcir glittering foliowcrs? marching
in the same open order, the picadorc3 on
their -.sorry nags, bringing up the rear.
Behind the procession of those who take
part comes spans of mules, three abreast,
with tassels and bells and ribbons. Their
function is to drag the dead bull from
the ring. Like a stream of molten gold
and color tfce actors advance down .the
centre of the arena. The crowd, with
wild enthusiasm, yells a3 the dazzliug
train proudly rolls onward toward the
Aresideat's box, "When before it they ,
halt the e3padas gravely bow. Their
assistant*, following suit, disperse to
change theii satin headgear for the more
useful ones of red cheap cloth. An al- guacil,
deftly catching in his bat the 1
keys flung from the President's box, gallops
with them to the bull pen, which is
now ready to be opened.
. Old Lagartijo is dressed iu olive and
gold, handsome Luis Mazzantini is in
heliotrope and gold, while young Guer- 1
rita, not to be outshone, combines the
gold with rose color. E;ich one of these
suits has cost a little fortune.
; Tho "picadores" are ready, lance in
rest. At the bugle sound breathless expectation
holds tho crowd. Then from
the cavernous gate the bull springs into
the dazzling sunlight. Black as midnight,
of the famed Moruvc herd, with
crest erect and nostrils flaming, dazzled
by the ligat and color, he pauses for one i
brief moment and then charges as swift
and straight as an arrow for a picadore.
The spearman meets him at the point of
his sharp weapon and presses the lance
Into his neck. By one glorious sweep
the bull topples horse and rider into a
helpless, struggling heap on the sand.
THE LEAP. 1
The yellow parterre is red with the horse'.4
blood and his rider lies pinned beneath. 1
The bull sees his prey and is about tc
bury his horns into his fallen foes, wlier
between the bull and his helpless victiii (
comes a red cloud. It is the matador's |
?* 1-J 1 il.? I
magic cloak. Tnc Dun, auracteu uy iijc i
color, plunges madly after it, and coolly (
playing him, Lagartijo leads the ferocious |
beast away. Then with a graceful sweep |
of his mantic, the agile espada stands ,
calmly eyeing the bull, while "Hole, |
maestro! hole!" words of praise, are ,
heard on every side. Again and again
the same scene is gone through with, un- 11
til a troop of horses lie dead on the sand |
and others with broken limbs have been 1
led away to breathe their last.
The bull, his shoulders bleeding from ;
the cruel steel, charcres his fleeing foca ; |
again, but he only meets the maddening j
red "capote'' instead of his agile tor- i
mentors.
Now one of the chulos mockingly j
kneels before the bull's bewildered eyes, !
aow another insultingly smites his face, j
while yet another scornfully kicks his
panting nose. Lagartijo and Guerrita,
sa'ch holding an opposite corner of the
red cape, approach to tauat him, and,
(,? Kiill Ja nt n lnca w'lifh tr> !
uk: nuv-iv.'*, MU.I ? ?
attack. These and many other tricks are
played, even to the placing of a cap upun
his head. For this the joker pays dearly.
In an ungarded moment the polished
boms make one pluuge forward and the
zeal eras "cholo" is impailed. A low cry 1
of horror runs through the throng as the t
man's livid, agonized face rises and falls
with the bull's tossing head. At last he 1
drops to the ground almost lifeless. He 1
is instantly covered by Mazzantini's man- 1
tie, which comcs like the wings of & I
protecting spirit- The bull again leaves (
his helpless victim for the bit of red I
color. Thunders of applause greet Luis's i
successful play and its author kneels in
bravado on one knee before the enraged
bull himself.
This may not be bravery; it certainly
is not cowardice. The unconscious victim
of the sport is carried hastily to the
lospltal ana tlie game goes on. Tne misiap
is soon forgotten in the excitement
Df the day and is only recalled when tho
J n fortunate man is later on drawn around
;he ring, still alive, and reclining in a
iarouche.
Again the bugle brays, and now the
Sanderillcro awaits with banderilla in
rither hand the critical moment. Tho
bull has seen him and curio usly watches
lis every movement. The sunlight playing
on the man'fl golden embroideries
md on the brute's red shoulders and
heaving flanks presents a scene that is
lltogether an interesting one. The crowd
is as still as death. Like a flying Mercury
the baaderillero leaps forward. A
run and man and beast meet, and the
bull, bellowing with rage, vainly tries to
ling off the -stinging darts which have
been deftlv stuck in his shoulders. He
charges hwe, he rushes there, only to bo
baffled at every point. A second banderillero
plays his part and other darts
pierce the bull's side. A third then
follows, for ihe etiquette demands that
avery bull have three pairs of banderillas
to adorn his smarting shoulders.
Again the bugle calls, and the great
third and last act is to be played. Tho
matador, with blade and cloak in hand,
doffi his cap, and mutters this chant:
I toast your worship,
Your noble country,
The people of the placp,
And the strangers.
3y a graceful sweep of the arm the
matador casts his cap behind him and
500s forth -to battle.
The crowd now prepares for the chief
orronf Tho .pjmdn's ovprv motion ifl
followed by ten thousand eye9. "Warily J
be .approaches the beast his red cloak
open in his left hand. The animal
charges the red object fiercely, but in
vain, for flashing over his horns it flaunts
before his puzzled eyes. Now this way,
now that, he turns and twists, enraged
by this will-o'-the wisp. Raging, foaming.,
panting he strives to pierce it with
his horns, -"Hole! maestro, muy bien,
muy bein," admiringly comments the
crowd as with the red mantle the espade
makes his various passes in rapid and
brilliant snceession.
And now the fatal moment has come.
The bull stands squarely on his four
feet, "cuadrado," they call it. With
lowered head be watches the red flag.
Legartijo stands sideways to him and
raises his keen blade to a level with his
eye. He takes aim calmly along the
edge of the shinicg steel. The
quivering cape holds the brute's atten- <
tion. One step forward and the blade is
buried to the hilt between the monster's
shoulders. A wild yell of enthusiasm
bursts from thousands of throats, for the
certain thrust has reached the heart, and
quivering in every limb the dying brute
gazes from reproachful eyes upon his
heartless slayers.
MAnd heavily down with his vast weight he
falls
As when uprooted falls aboliow pine
On Eryraanthus or Mount Ida's side."
A shower of sombreros fluttered into
the ring, but each is deftly flung back
again by the proud victor of the fight.
Cigars fall like leaves at his feet and are
gathered by the subordinate actors in the
great national sport. The music plays,
"maestro" makes a triumphant circuit of
the plaza, bowing to the compliments of
the people, while at the crowd's insistance
an ear of the bull is presented him
as a memento of his skillful stroke.
The mule teams then gallop into the
aren3, with flashing tassels and jingling
bella, and quickly the slain are dragged
away.
The second bull is a great stupid brute
that, enticed from the pen by a waving
handkerchief, stands indifferently eyeing
the turmoil about him. Mantles are
flung in his face, but only arouse him to
momentary ire. "Fueral fueral'\away
with him, away), shout the people as ho I
shies at the horses and refuses a contest 1
with the lance. But the President will i J
not order his withdrawal j the boast must 1
remain, ' -v.1
I
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rLAClXG THE BAXDETITLLAS.
The picadore3 having withdrawn the i
"cholus" take him in hand. He still ?
shows the white feather. Aud now the
crowd, incensed by his pusillanimity,
calls for "fcugo" (fire). The banderilIcro
takes his darts, armed with firecrackers
in cither hand, gingerly. "With
difficulty and most cautiously, for the
creature will not charrre. these articles of
torture are inserted and a barbarous
sight follows. The great bull, as each
detonation causes new agony in his
burned and blackened flesh, bounds bellowing
in the air. He charges the
nearest "chulo" madly, and that unlucky
individual makes for the nearest
surrounding fence. Over it he leaps,
ind after him follows the bull, which is
frenzied by the exploding darts. He,
too, jumps the fence into the alleyway
tilled with policemen, bull fighters and
tiangers-on generally and scatters thciu
in all directions. No one is hurt, una
the bull by an iugeuious system of gates
is again let iuto the plaza. Still awakened
by the "fire" into a realizing sense
to the situation he proves a tartar. Fate,
however, in the handsome person of
Luis, soon 1113-9 him low. Again the
band plays, the mule bells jingle and the
Orderg have been issued by the German
Emperor that those members of the
aristocracy who have married the daughters
of trades-people shall be excluded
from the court receptions. This, the
Emperor says, is not that he objects to
trade, but to the mercenary spirit of those 1
who prouose such alliances. 1
ieath of the next victim is loudly herilded
by a trumpet blast.
Following this each of the espadas
kills his second bull. The same ceremony,
the eame excitement is gone 1
through with. Thus 5000 human beings
have been amused, and this thing can 4
ind still does flourish in a civilized coun- i
try in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety. 1
The poorer classes support a horde of
professional and amateur fighters. They
are to be met in the streets at every turn.
Indeed, their name is legion, and how
they manage to live is a mystery. The
bull-fighting season only lasts from May
to November, and these gentlemen, for
they are so considered, have a hard shift
of it for the other six months. During
this hibernating period the larger portion
live by pawning their clothes, which,
JjsfiftlSi
TANTALIZING THE BULL.
-when the season opens, they redeem with
money advanced by their impresarios.
The salaries paid them are very large for
Spain, and during the season these men
live in every sense of the word like
princes. They are utterly improvident,
however, and love to spend their monej
lavishly. Most of them are great dandies
dress expensively, smoke fine cigars, anc
always have plenty of money in thei:
pockets. Notwithstanding all this thsj
are as a xule frightfully ignorant, verj
brutal, intensely thick-skulled. Not ever
when they are at the top of the profession
do they improve mentally. Of course
there have been and are exceptions to the
rule, but it safe to say that ninety-nine
out of every one hundred bull lighten
.never have even the rudiments of refinement
or education.
Sunday is the day for bull fights, anc
"there is scarce one in the season that doe!
not witness a professional or amateui
performance in Seville, Malaga, Cordova,
Granada, Valencia, Madrid and man]
other Spanish towns. Cattle are brec
purely for their bull-fighting merits. Beol
and milk are secondary considerations.
A good bull of a noted breed fetches from
6200 to $600, whereas a beef steer onlj
bring9 $50 at most.? Washington Star.
A Goat "With Two Heads.
Fred Beineke, who lives on Berlin
street, near Gest street, has in his possession
a wonderful freak of nature.
On August 21 three goats wer3 born
at bis place. Two of them are perfectly
natural, but the other is not so fortunate.
Its body is natural except the head,
which is double. It has four eyes, two
mouths, two tongues! Its ears are set
back further than usual. While all
regularly formed goats have no upper
teeth?only a hard gum?this one has
a set in the upper jaw of each head,
making it have four sets of teeth. In
the middle of the two heads there is one
eye-socket, with two eyebails.
The upper jaws extend nearly one half
inch beyond the lower jaws. It seems
jul
ill,"?."LVn. \ ' I
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'7flt ^ // / iitf #.
:o use the jaw on the right side more
:han tbe other one, but when one jaw
noves the other one also moves. The
nouths are so close together that only a
partition of gutn separates them. The
jody is larger than the body of either of
he other goats, but seems to be weaker,
ilthough the goat scampers around about
is much as the others.
The 6trangc3t thing about it is that
he mother actually disowns it, pays no
ittention to it, and seems to be utterly
>blivious to the fact that it is her offering.
The consequence is that Mr.
3eineke has to warm milk aud let it
Irink out of a bottle. One thing it seems
o delight in is to be fondled and petted,
tnd it will remain perfectly quiet if some
>ne will fan it. When a side view is
aken it looks as if there is nothing out
)f the ordiuary in connection with the
joat. When it turns, however, its double i
lead toward you the wonderfnl freak of
lature is clearly seen.? Cincinnati Com- j
nercial. <
Wrapped Up in His Profession.
j I
The income derived by French people
who rear fowls, according to official returns,
is 337,100,000 francs, of which
153,500,000 francs represent the value
of the flesh and 183,000,000 francs that
of the eggs.
TEMPERANCE, I
1HLT0N ON THE USE OF WH7E3. Bh
'Oh madness, to thick use of strongest __^S8
wines H
tad strongest drinks our chief support
health, '
EVhcn God, with these forbidden, made- IS
choice to rear
Sis mighty champion, strong above com- IBS
pare,
Wliose only drink -was from the liquids H8
brook."
?John Milton,
ves, rr pats. " h|
It pays to avoid the appearance of evil. J,
It pays to let the first glass alone. WM
It pays to keep the commandments of God? H
It pays to guard the heart and fhe tongue*!
It pays to follow the goldeu rule.
It pay to bruise Satan under your
The team's Horn. DM
A STORY OF GENERAL FI3K. - 9H
When General Fisk was in command of th?, Hfl
military district of St. Louis, he was visited) HB
by a Mayor-General, whom he received] H
with two other officers, ia tho parlor of the; j^H
hotel, the Major-General, ai the highest ia] 99B
rank, acted as host, and ringing the bell, or- HR
dered four whisky punches. "Only three, If! fflfl
you please," said Cieneral Fisk. "Whatf: B
said his superior officer, "you do not refute! H
to drink with mef' "II I shotild drink
now," replied General Fish, "it would be the- HB
first time. Do you advise ino to baginfl ?i
"No! God bless you! Long may ycnn HH
wave!" exclaimed the gallant soldier, and! |H
General Fisk did not drink. This, It teems H
to us, was not an easy thing to do. Tb? HI
power to say no, under such circumstanced
argues an unusual and enviable strength ofj
mind and firmness of principle.?IP* C. TJ Hi
U. Bulletin. ng/iT,
ESTATE pROnrBlnos". ;ij
The number of towns kept clear of th? m
drink curso by prohibitory deeds is rapidly; MH
increasing, we have great faith in this HH
style of prohibition, being a native of snchj^
town, and, in consequence, never saw *
drunken man until eighteen years old, ana
then saw him on a Hudson River steamboat^
The new town of Harvey, eighteen miles otjfc
Chicago, proposes to try this plan. In eveiX jH
deed is an iron-clod provision that if U-3
coholic liquors are ever manufactured, sold or
given away on any lot within its boundar
les, said lot shall revert to the company! ^B
The town is established for manufacturing ^B
purposes, being the site of the great steer ^B
car works -which will commence business
with $1,000,000 paid up capital,, and a thou-j ^B
land workmen. Other manufacturing plantB ^B
will be pat in there, as their owners are wise* B
enough to know that the absence of saloonk
increases the efficiency of their employes,**'
Union Signal.
A irrcTrr-?5'a nr>Trvptr r- ^B
The doors of Bellevue' Qospital swung opea flj
recently to admit as a patient a shoeless man,
who had ia a drunken frerisy attempted sul- H
cido by shooting himself. 'Ihis unhappy nudSi M
Colville by name, educated in this city, ml
at one time a prosperous pastorof the Meth&\ H
dist Episcopal Church. Overcomo and cl& 3B
graced by the liquor habit he was obliged to B
leave the church. He was supported in hli H
subsequent idle and drunken career by hif H
wife, as a dressmaker, until finally tbreate? B
ing her life and chasing her with a loaded rtp B
volver, she was obliged to leave' him, taking, B
their children with her. His case, inexpresa* 9
bly sad for his family and friends, as well a* fl
himself, furnishes another striking itlustra* 9H
tion that even ministers cannot indulge fa B
the use of intoxicants without the risk a? ' ME
ruin, body and soul. It is an added, em< ' * H
phatic object-lesson for total abstinence.-* B
National Tcmperancc Advocate. -* B
LIQUOR CT THE SENATE UESTJlTTRAJSTT. ^3 B
The editor of the Christian Statesman} B
commenting on the recent discussion of the; B
resolution forbidding tho salo and drinking; fl
of intoxicants in tho United States Senate fl
restaurant, speaks as follows: "The membera
who opposed the resolution failed entireljpra fl
see that it was not a question so much oxt&p;
personal habits of Senators as whether th&- B
highest legislative body in the nation shall B
continue to sanction tho traffic in alcohoDg- j_B
liquors. The Senate restaurant is patronlw I * B
by hundreds every day besides the Senator? fl
If every Senator were a total abstainer, tarn)- B
would still be a large and profitable salejK [ Rfl
others. The nation is engaged in a dflsQS BE
struggle with the drink traffic. Some StatM B
have almost freed themselves from the can$| fl
All the rest of the country is subject to tta - fl
ravages. The sale of liquor in the nation's H
capitol throws the weight of the example and
anthority of Congress on the side of tb? fl
liquor traffic. It discredits the law in every
prohibition State and county, keeps evtSri
saloon-keepar in countenance and brings;# 9
measure or protection to every saloon. Taj# 3
peranee men and women know well enough] H
that Senators who use intoxicants would llott
be prevented by this resolution from obtafa? I
ing them; but its adoption would extend
over a gm?H but conspicuous area the hiwof D
prohibition and would transfer the wetehv6B fl
the Senate's authority and example'to i?
other side of the line of battle. The reephfH H
tion, therefore, was right and reasonable ana
i ' :I.J -it ??* ?
uugui* tv uavc uicvaiiwi, it nuib vvu, uvrrever,
without final action." , .n, _ _
mSmiCTY AND ITS CAUSE.
A new era is dawning for the inebriate.
His diseased condition and the need of speoial
medical care in special surroundings is ?
truth that is spreading slowly and surely in
all directions. Not far away in the fatafe
inebriety will be regarded a3 small-pox cases.
are now in every comm unity. The inebriate
will be forced to go into quarantine and b&
treated for his malady until he recovers.
The delusion that he can stop at will becau?
ho says so will pass away, rublic sentimanfc
will not permit the victim to grow into
chronic stages, the army of moderate and
periodic drinkers will be forced to disappear.
and the saloons which they have supported
will close in obedience to a higher law thaft
any prohibition sentiment.
Public sentiment will realize that every
inebriate is not only diseased but dangerous
to society, to himself an,'l all his surroundings,
and demand legal guardianship and r^- I
striction of personal liberty until he recoy
ers. When these poor victims realize tnat
society will not tolerate their presence or al>
low them personal liberty in this State, they ^
will seek nelp and aid before they reach extreme
stages.
This is the teaching of modern science?to,
chock the disease at tho beginning, to seize
the poor waif on the street and the rich man's
sod, who are just at the beginniag of inebriety,
and force them into conditions of
health and sobriety, to save the one from becoming
a prey on society and a burden to
the producer and taxpayer, and tho other
from destroying society and himself, and I
leaving a tide of misery and sorrow that will'
roaiinuj long after.?PArenoloyical Journal.
,
tehpeeance news and notes.
Great Britain has nearly 2,000,000 children
n its Bands of Hope.
&The Woman's Christian Temperance Union
>f Singapore have organized a mission for
he benefit of European sailors that visit
hat port.
An order has bsen issued by tho Superincndent
of the Chicago, Hilwaukea and St.
3aul Railroad, forbidding the sale of I in
oxicatiag liquors in railroad LoteLs located
in the company's property.
Sir A. McGregor, the administrator ofSTow
Guinea, has taken a decided stand on
ho drink Question. He has enacted that any
>ne found giving intoxicating liquors to a'
lative shall be liablo to a penalty of X30. <
1'iMrs. Haughton, superintendent of work'
imonz ranchmen for the Texas AV. C. T. U.,'
s working to have each man donate a calf i
:o bo sold for the W. G. T. U. fuud and ej-"
sects to sccure noi less than three hundred
for that purpose during the present
rear.
The World's "Woman's Christian Tempermca
Union now numbers thirty-three auxiK
aries in as many different countries and
provinces; the latest organization b.ung in
Bermuda, where a society was formed last
February.
J. A. DuckrofT, a contractor, of Lincoln,
Nebraska, says his monthly pay roll is not a
Ho nnrshis men everv
300 UUUU V'vfwwi ?t y
Saturday night, and from thirty to forty ^
per cent, of his checks come back to him jniorsed
by saloonkeepers.
. A
bell, cast recently for the Kharkow
(Russia) Cathedral, contains sixty-eight,
per cent, of pure silver. It weighs 646
English pounds, and its vibrations last
several minutes.
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