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from our
giver of life, but tbou
^^HHSBn^^^rom u?j,- Away?away?
flHpron^>^BaH^^Sftikdoza
saw, with dismay, that
DS^P^had committed a terrible blunder.
This simple and innocent people
r ascribed to their deity only beneficent
attributes and worshiped in him the
giver of life and all good thiags.
Other deities they knew of to whose
baleful influence they attributed death
and all sorts of lesser calamities, but
those gods were hated and reviled;
and, while they were to be propitiated
by gifts and occasionally by cruel
sacrifices, they were never worshiped.
"Fear lent him both wit and eloquence.
He flung himself at the feet
of Anacaona, and, forgetting all claim
to celestial powors, he wooed her ?e a
man, with all the ardor of passion,
with all the skill of one well verseam
mortal love-making, and with all the
earnestness of a criminal pleading for
life. "What she failed to comprehend
of his speech Anacaona readily understood
by his gestures and the burning
pressure of his lips upon her hands.
Tears flowed from her eyes, and her
breast heaved with sobs. Seeing this,
Pedro changed from entreaty to command.
He forbade her to judge him
as she -would judge lesser beings. He
justified himself by calling her attention
to the fact that he had struck in
self-defense?in defense of the deit;
from whom he came. The dead man
had been guilty of sacrilege, and even
the giver of life must withdraw the
gift when it was used against himself.
"The Golden Flower listened and
was convinced?more through her
eye? tlian by her understanding; for
UOVW IIUU lUtl opuuiuiu ( ?/?/?;?*& v,v% vv
her so wonderful, so irresistible; and
if an element of fear was now mingled
with her adoration, that only served
to strengthen it. ' She was but a poor
untutored savage, after all, and fear
makes more slaves than love. She
had found her master, and it was
with the unreasoning tenacity of an
anipaal that she loved him, while the
new passion of fear served but to
rivet her chains.
"She turned from the dead man,
and, with drooping head, gave her
hand to his murderer. Pedro clasped
it closely, triumphantly, and they returned
to the city.
"Ornofay was neither so shocked
nor so terrified as his daughter. He
had observed his jealous kinsman aud
had heard his threats, and he accepted
Pedro's justification as a matter of
course. Gods, even such as they worehined.
were terrible in their aneer:
therefore they must not be angered.
"The marriage of Anacaona and
Mendoza took place on the following
day, with such pomp audrejoicings as
had never till that hour been known
on the island. Pedro was amazed at
the graceful dancing of the Indians.
Later, he understood that these
dances were often of a serious and
mystic character, though more frequently
joyous; but now he was content
to admire them simply for their
grace and charm. As they danced,
the Indians chanted, with wonderful
harmony of voice and movement,
many songs of love; and in this, as in
all accomplishments, the Golden
Flower excelled, for 6he had the
float's ffiffc. and whil? rIig dan<*ed rIia
X r> * *
improvised a steady stream of song,
which they called areytos. Of these
ballads Pedro could understand nothing,
except that ho -was the hero of
them and her passiou for hita the unceasing
theme. The chief instrument
of their music was called a maguey, a
rude timbrel made of seashells and
tho bones of fishes; and Meudozanow
understood their frantic delight over
the hawks' bells he had bestowed on
them. These they called turey, and
believed to contain angel voicos. As
many as possessed the bells had
strung them, with beautiful shells,
about their wrists, and as they now
-ill wil/1 fin si Hoailtiflll crrflY*?
the Spaniard found himself reminded
of the castanets and dark-eyed maidens
of his native land. Feasting succeeded
the music and dancing, and
then the wedded couple received gifts
?lost of all?oh, joy for Mendoza!?a
calabash tilled with glittering dust of
gold!
"Pedro's first year on the island
passed happily enough, for every
day was full of interest. His wife
fulfilled her promise to set her people
to gather gold for him, and although
it was not found in such quantities
R3 he had been led to expect,
there was, by the end of the year, a
heap of it that would have made him
as rich as a grandee of Spain.
"With this thought came a louging
to get back to his native land, where
he hoped to purchase power and recognition
almost as great as he now
enjoyed. This intention to return to
Spain, when he had garnered wealth
enough to satisfy him, had been in
the mind of Mendoza from the first:
an<l now that custom was destroying
the awe and reverence of bis Iudiau
subjects, be felt how great a risk it
must ever be for Jupiter to dcscend
from Olympus.
"His love for the precious yellow
stuff continued unabated, and there
was no joy he could think of to equal
tbe joy he felt iu bathing his hands in
the glittering dust, or holding between
his palms the shining nuggets,
which he could now count by the
hundred. It sent a thrill of delight
quivering along every nerve, and, for
a ti:ne, he included Anacaona in this
joy as being its chief source; and she
had shown him other treasures of
their island, too. Ho possessed a
collection of pearls, gathered from the
river that flowed through the island,
and a number of precious stones that
might have ransomed the greatest
king in Qfristendom.
"In boyhood, Pedro had been em
ployed by a.Tewish lapidary, and had
thus acquired a knowledge of gema
that served him well in the selective J
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of the best. As his knowledge of $he
country and its resources increased,
so his regard for the Golden Flower
diminished, and he only waited an opportunity
to desert her and her subjects
forever, taking with him his little
daughter Dolores and his treasures
of gold and gems. But the second
year passed, and the third was drawing
to a close before his preparations
were completed; and in all that time
he saw little hope of ever being able
to effect his escape. He had made
himself thoroughly acquainted with
his domain, although it was a large
one, and he had several times revisited
the shores of that beautiful bay
where the Spanish ships had anchored
when Columbus first set foot
on the island, and he -now recalled
that great man's plans for
colonizing the New World, which,
with his fellow-sailors, he had been
wont to ridicule as the chimerical
schemes of a crazy visionary.
"How eagerly he now looked forward
to the possibility of such
schemes being, at least, attempted!
"From the shore-natives he learned
. that mysterious ships had recently
been Been; and if Columbus or another
had again found the shores of
the New World, it was reasonable to
expect that they would still oome a
thira time, a fourth and continuously,
i He well knew the Spanish thirst for
gold, and at times hiB hopes ran high.
If he sometimes remembered his own
conduct in deserting his commander,
t it did not trouble him. He had a
t well-planned story to explain it.
i "But the third year passed and the
fourth was growing old, and yet the
longed-for sail had not been seen;
and Pedro began to feel that his stay
on the island had become hateful captivity.
The shore-natives had received
his orders to watch day and
night for the Spanish ships, and once
their swiftest runners had come to
him with the news that the great canoes
of the pale-face cacique, with
spread wings, had been seen again;
and Pedro hastened to the beach. But
nothing was there?nothing but what
seemed a sail disappearing in the distance.
Many days and nights they
watched the sea, but only the glory of
its blue beauty rewarded them.
"Meantime, however, Pebro continued
his preparations, but in secret
nnfl ivit.h fear as Tvell as hone.
"Many of the Indians have never
recovered from the feeling engendered
in their minds by the murder of their
brother; and although the body of the
jealous man had been buried where it
fell, and had been refused the customary
rites of sepulture, because he had
raised his hand against a celestial being,
there were'those among the malcontents
who visited his grave as a
sacred .spot. Also, the Golden Flower
had once said to Pedro that the spirit
of her murdered kinsman had appeared,
to her and had warned her against the
white man. All this alarmed Mendoza,
and he longed to get away from these
uncertain savages, who might kneel to
him in adoration on one day, and burn
him on the next, as the embodiment
of all their evil gods. But, above all
other creatures, he now feared his
wife, the beautiful Golden Flower.
"Anacaona had greatly changed
since her marriage with the Spaniard.
More beautiful than ever and more devotedly,
slavishly attached to him, she
I had (?rown jealous and fierce and,
poisoned by fear, suspicious and deceitful.
The luminous eyes, onoe radiant
with happiness, now burned and
glowed with angry fire. The?voices
that had seemed like angel music
wafted from distant spheres now whispered
dreadful thoughts and dark imspicions
to her soul. The shadowy
forms of light that had once peopled
all the air about her now gave place
to grisly and threatening figures, forever
warning her against the man she
adored?the husband whom she-could
not choose but love, though he might
slay her. More than once Mendoza
had seen her fall as one dead, her face
and form rigid, her eyes wide open but
I afar in tr nnwArd and than her t.ensfl
lips would unclose, and voices he never
knew would issue from them, speaking
in a language he could not understand.
"These trances, clairvoyant visions,
cataleptic seizures, whatever the advanced
science of to-day may prefer to
call them, were common to this Indian
princess, and they were regarded with
awe and veneration by her people.
But to Mendoza they were the cause
of unutterable horror, and it was with
profound and shuddering fear that he
believed his Indian wife to be possessed
of the devil.
"In one of these trances Anacaona
had suddenly spoke in the voice of
Juanita. She told him of their child,
little Raphael, left to the mercy of
strangers. She spoke of the little
churchyard where her body was laid
to rest.. She forgave him for his perfidy
and desertion, but she conjured
him to live a better life. What did it
mean? These -were Juanita's very
tones. The description of the home
/I lofl li <iv on/1 nf f Ko lifflr.
WUOiO UC iiUU IQiV UVi uuvk vr* vu v aawcv
churchyard was perfect. Pedro felt
his hair rise as if a cold breeze had
blown through it, while icy beads of
perspiration started up on his brow.
He had never talked of these things to
Anacaona. Had he spoken in his sleep,
and was this a trick to deceive him'?
He bent over the rigid form and glared
into the wide open eyes. He caught
her up in his arms and shook her. He
pinched the neck and arms till his
nails sunk into the flesh. Not aery;
not the quiver of an eyelash. With a
hoarse, muttered oath, full of rage and
fear, the Spamfttd turned nnd fled.
He never dated to remember that
scene, but ifci vain he tried to forget it;
aud a ffantic desire grew on him tq]
return to .Tuanita and Pkaphael?but
always with Dolores! However or
whenever he should mako his escape,
I he determined,with all his evil strength
of will, to carry his little daughter.
"Never was a more beautiful or
more exquisite creature born into the
world than the little Dolores. Paler
in color than her mother, her skin
had the rich olive tiat of Spain,
and her large eyes had that intensity
of color and star-like brilliancy
that have made the maidens of Madrid
famed throughout the world.
They had also the luminous radiance
that had once thrown a light like halo
above the brow of Anacaona. Her
abundant hair, as black as her mother's,
had a wavy softness unknown to
the Indian's, and on her lips and
cheeks was the hue of the ripe pome
granate. Slie had all the beauty o?
both parents and more, as if the union
of two races had combined to produce
a third, distinct and original. From
her father she had inherited the Mendoza
birthmark, and the little, heartshaped
mole on her left temple was
tho color of bright amber, deepening
under the stress of emotion until it !
looked like a brilliant topaz raised
from tho pale-olive skin. The mysterious
psychic temperament inherited
from her mother could already be seen
in the dreamy look, that gave an expression
of exultation to the childish
face, |as if the spirit* already saw
through the coming centuries.
"The Indians adored the little
Dolores. Her mother once more lived
the happy innocence of girlhood in
the child's radiant smile, and even
Pedro Mendoza had a few sacred moment,
when his little daughter seemed
more precious than the yellow glitter
of the only god he had ever worshiped.
But, for her sake as well as
his own, he now longed more than
ever to get away from this island that
had once seemed the entrance to Paradise.
He had wild dreams of the future.
His wealth would be fabulous,
and with the blood of Spanish nobles,
to which he lav claim, might gain
him a recognition and a place among
the princes?if he oould but make his
escape!
"It was in the year 1498 that word
came to Mendoza that a Spanish ship
lay at anchor less that a league from
the shore, and had sent boats for a
supply of water. The news was
brought by his two favorite Indians,
who had remained entirely faithful to
him, and who always continued to be
lieve him a messenger from the skies.
He had given them the fanciful bat appropriate
names of Fla$foot and Scarlet
Wings, in token of their swiftness;
and he would now have accompanied
them, at their best speed, in order-ffo
greet his pale-face friends, ha<3 not
Anacaona suddenly confronted him.
"With a superb1 gesture of command
she waved away all who were
standing near, and thdn she spcfke, in
low, concentrated tones.
" 'Traitor!" she said. 'Wouldst
thou leave me? Ah, mio amico!
Pedro, beloved one, hast thou no
heart? Or, art thou indeed a god of
evil, as many of my people say? But,
beware! If I but raise my hand, there
are those who will rend thee limb
from limb and burn thy false heart to
ashes!'
"And Mendoza, cowering before
her, felt the truth of this dreadful
threat and knew in every fiber that his
safety lay in the fact that he was the
husband of Anacaona and the father of
Dolores. It was also useless to deny
his intention to quit the island, for he
had before now seen that the Golden
Flower possessed the power to read
his thoughts and even to put them in
the very words he had in his mind.
"For a moment he stood overwhelmed,
despair in his heart, and
feeling that he could never now escape
from this aocursed island. Then
he suddenly raised his head proudly
and opened wide his arms, while a glow
of well-simulated feeling lit up his j
eyes and flushed his face.
"'Como with me!' he cried in his
most persuasive tones. 'Thou shalt
be my queen, in a land where all men
are gods, as I am, and all woman
are queens, but none so beautiful as
thvself! A land that is truly that
?? ? w
heaven you see in your dreams, and
to which I can carry you without dying?that
heaven where our little
Dolores may live forever, and where
death, the terror and fear of this
world, can never reach us!'
. , TO BE CONTINUED.
.
Betrayed by the Telephone.
Young Prosser was unsophisticated i
and childlile, and had come from the ;
country to take a clerkship in a city
office.
Not long after his arrival a telephone
was fitted at the place, and this
be was expected to work. His first
experience with it was very unpleasant.
On hearing the call of the
bell, he put up the receiver to his
ear, and distinctly heard his employer's
voice ask for certain informa- j
tion.
Now, ProBser in his simplicity
though that, as his employer was two
miles away, it would be necessary to
shont with all his might, so he thundered
his message batik. . But to his
chagrin, back came the answer:
"I don't understand you at all."
Prosser jelled again and again, but
with nolbetter result. Then a solution
of the difficulty oocurred to him,
and he softly soliloquized:
"I wonder if the old idiot is deaf."
His blood ran cotil as he heard the
sound of his governor's voice in response:
"No, Prosser, the old idiot is not
deaf, and gives you a month!# notice."
?Pearson's Weekly.
Origin of "Cop."^.
"Theodore Sylvanus, ofj&amiltdn,,
Canada, says my recent exf&tnation oi
the origin of the word 'cop,' as ap
plied to polioemen, was incourepfc/
writes a correspondent of the Chicag<
Record, "and asserte that it; camt
from the term 'constable of pdlicffej' "
which was use in England half a century
ago?'G.' 0. P.' 'Ifyouwill looh
through court reports in the files oi
the London papers of forty years ago,
says Mr, Sylvanns, 'yo.ii will n'otic<
that ,"0i' O.. P. No. It77, $teTens,
testified that he d<j$egte? the prispnfiJ
in the act (^' etc JW- f -
Tmlniir liutFeU.
It is ea^ithat two Parisians have' '
been jfegaali to tame butterflies, and
h^TejefflKded in training a dozen of
t^asfiBBHs ^perform some marvelo?B.
/trit&Y'. A.^Piiey are, however,
yci.0, ueaxi wiugm uy
or^^ in j
uental. - - ,
" ^1
PHOTOGRAPH OFTTYP
x ?> F the Zalus seiie theoppoi^-- j
K&L I tuDit* ?ffere^ by the Tranfcsi ?
Taal war *? strike for free*'''
\?yP:y)[ dora, England Tvonld have "
\Ys) / her nandsfulJ. isnouldtne I ,
I / fy.lj bold Basutos join arms with
their fierce cousins, South ]
Africa would become hot
,* * soil for the British foot for
many long months to come.
Both of these uprisings are threatened;
both are greatly feared. The
Zulu situation in particular is watched
with anxious eye. England for a while
rcafl overmatched in the last Zulu war
and vietory was bought in the end with
rivers of English blood. Scarcely any
greater misfortune could come just
oow than an uprising 6uch as this.
The Zulu is undoubtedly the best
Dative fighter of South Africa. He is
physically a splendid savage?fierce,
powerful and enduring. Ad?l to this
th$ memory of a magnificent past, the
traditions and courage of a race unwhipped
except by white men, and by
them only at fearful odds, and you
k if I' V fl
y r<
A u
A KICH BASUTO. a
a:
bave a worthy foeman. The Zulns y<
yielded to the sway of England through d<
force indttd, but the fight they made cl
then waMne to keep alive thfe hope of g
a better fiaing for renewed struggle, a
The ?e<&et of the Zulu power lies, c
first, in organization, and second, in
the tradition of victory. Organization r<
under the great chieftain Tshaka at ir
the beginning of the present century ei
gave thein their first superiority over ti
other savage tribes, and an unending ti
series of victories for half a century s<
or more produoed.a race of rare cour- S
age and warlike wowenr. The story of d
it describes &e j?i?lu of to-day. ' w
\ ^
1 St^
^ ^ ' debate the mau]
^s^^nclon the east by tfie lav
sea?was then divided auioug several bal
iavace tribes, of which the ZolusL^
W
'ICAL BOER SOLDIER.
"
I^jnogfis iffif" oeii auoui mo uuoot
the' iigKt he mounts again.
j&re one of the weakest. The chief
Of a neiippOfing tribe, the Umtetwas'
pMtgfljKe murder of his two sons,
g*n?||^Bom, however, escaped, and
raiM^panderings fell in with the
Brffi?Mthe organization of whose
shrewd underBtqnd|n#'1HMfer
op father's death he
retmr6e4jps*|rol>, was made chief,
and prod^^e|9^ organize his warriors
txtfo brigades, regiments and eoiipanjfes,-]tf9nh
fashion, and had remarkable
success in warfare.
Oiie of his lieutenants was a youth
of fierce and restless energy. He was
the son of a conquered chieftain and
bis name was Tshaka. He studied the
rganization of the UmtetiroHHtt' |
ealously and saw ip it w.qgBjM, [
hinga not accomplished by llaMfcfrf
ut mild chieftain. He madeaHHK i
aind that some day his oyrT^aBmB^
Winning consideration,' 3^aka;,was'
nally, as a reward, appointed QmHH \
be weak tribe of Zulus. H<f.${j?Ji!ftled
theni perfectly, and whefipwae
hief of the Umtetwas was killed in
attle Tsbaka announced the indepenence
of the Zulus and upheld it by
)rce.
This done Tshaka * started in to
lake the Zulu power supreme. He
?u_i -.'tii u A
ciacKeu aia greaser ueiguDors arsi,
ad with every victory- absorbed the
oung warriors into his own army and
estroyed tlie old men, -women and
liildren. In this way his own army
rew marvelously, and his conquered
eighbors lost recuperative power and
rentunlly identity.
He divided his young warriors into
jgiments, distinguishing each regiient
by different colored shields, and
stabJished with rewards a competive
spirit among regiments. He
rained them to advance and attack in
alid formation, something new in
iouth African sayage warfare, and be
eveloped the clpse quarters attack
ith the ebort stabbing assegai or
s45e'; ^generally need among South
rttflefablished' an inviolate |
7 that any soldier retaining from j si
ttlo without aesecaior shield, or j ?i
be ai
H
executed as a coward. By another
law young soldiers were forbidden
wives until after long service, unless
meantime they earned tbem by distinguished
bravery in the lield.
Absolute discipline was inculcated.
An expedition never knew its destination
and purpose vmtil far from home.
In attacking the first onslausht was
always in solid formation, supported
ou either side by wings of skirmishers.
Flank movements were a regular
manoeuvre, and as effective in savage
as in civilized warfare.
It can easily be seen liow the
Zulus, under such a system, swept all
2TJJV0- liOTS AT THEIP. MIDDAY MEAL?
, < "HEALIE PAP."
before The undisciolined sav
ages of . ?}je plains and forests went
likev grain before the reaper.
And e'vefy new tribe subjugated was
ruthlessly amalgamated into the victorious
natioa!- ;-\
VvtEhft Zulusiroopfcthe coast, subjugawi
Natal and pushed their fierce,
bloody sway fat inland. The terror
of their name pass^ far north and far
Nor was th^l'^jmit to their ravages
,Then begaia^^riesj^} fiejree fights in
^dfcgh the ?Lte_M&n tmd the. rifle
finally tfre ZuM power
^^emeb^of the Dutch and the Engna^bo
soon after swarmed over the'
labile. tatigh^to respect -the
whiCemi^^ttS Zulu nursed his tyft
tions, his^pri^ and his : ferooitwl It
was a disgrace.in his eyea to fabSr exin
the Drosecution of war. Un
|)y
about eighty thousand j
are^ ^ in^ tbe^fl j
^ I SI
a zrrr warrior. I jj
:'V*>$ ~ T, . . , ar
nu.."tne government is a i>r:tisii pro?g%grate.
?r
^TlSie Basutos, while by no means j*n
ie peers in war of the Zulus, occupy x
strong position. Basutolaud is aE
ounded by Cape Colony, the Orange mi
ree State and Natal. Tbey have
illy fiOO Europeans in their entire
irritory.
Tbe country is a splendid grain pro- be
Beer, and tbe Basutos are tbrifty and of
eb. There are wild mountain dis- pa
iots to serve in time of need. foi
Tbey -were oncc a warlike power of to
>me consequence, and in 1879 they j mi
oo<l ofr England iu a war over (lis- j rel
'inanieut to a compromise by which ! sti
11 ii itr>rti fail* . . ;t A .
::?5
the Cape Government has eince paicl'
them $90,000 a year toward tiie cobs
of government.
They are in large measures selfgoverning?of
course, .under British
dictation?and enjoy a considerable
measure of civilization. About fifty
thousand out of a population of two
hundred and twenty thousand have
been converted to Christianity.
In one of the accompanying large
illustrations is shown a meeting of
the most extraordinary parliament,
perhaps, that ever came together to
discuss State affairs. This congregation
of ebony skinned politicians is
the Kaffir Parliament of Basutoland,
which lies to the northeast of Cape
Colony, and is consequently intimately
associated with the present AfricaD
muddle. These Basutos number ove* < ,
200,000, and occupy the finest grain
and grass producing territory in South f
Africa. The capital of the country it {
Maseru, with a population of 600, and
it is hero that the native parliament
meets to discuss matters of State.
Basutoland is really a British proteci.
torate, but the imperial authorities
interfere very little witn tne noeruec
and ways of the natives, the onlj
white official being a resident com'
missioner -who levies a very small
"hut tax" on the natives in return foi
which they receive the protection ol British
troops along their frontier.
An Arizona Curiosity. j
This enormous cactus grows neat 1
Phoenix, and is one of the curiosities^ "l
of that region. It is about forty feetx VJ
high, and its great size may be easily '
noted from a comparison of its height J
with that otlftxe men standing under
'tit. The cactus fiber is used for rooffog,
of huts in Arizona and other
States where it is found.
^ I
Flic* Carry Typhoid.
Jfrofessor vaugnan, an autnoruy on
infections disease who was a surgeon
in the Spanish-American war and wae
detailed by the Government to investigate
the canse of typhoid fever, ha?
finished his report, which contains J
3,000,000 words. m
' He declares that the theory of the B
miasmatic origin of the disease is an H
error and that it is transmitted from
an infected person to others by comi 1
mon 'flies acting as carriers, by per* '1
sonal contact and by flying dust.
The unsanitary condition of the
camps is given as the original sonrce
of the fever, and it is asserted thai
the commands at Tampa, Palmettc
Beach, Miami and Chickamauga were * y]
pawjUely located.
One-fifth of the American soldiers, j
according to the report, developed m
typhoid ferer, but army surgeons cor. 1
rectly diagnosed a little less than one- ^
ha^Bie cases". 'vjfl
The percentage of deaths was sev* -f
en and one-half while eighty per cent.
ot the total deaths was due to this h
disease.
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Danceron* Philippine Natives.
The men to bo feare'd especially in
ihe Philippines are the faolo men.
These rove 'about in small bands, i
armed with the deadly bolo Imjtfe, and 1
spring upon their victims agjfe the
bushes or tall grass, mflkingWsually Ji
ijuiok work of them. For etery mao S
killed they out a deep mark in their
trusty knife. Already several soldiers >9
have been assassinated, but in.some M
in fit An cp r the soldier snnnoeed to be fl
unarmed has had his revolver at hand
md has- given the bolo man a counter
surprise. These men are nothing
more than murderers and must be re
luced. They will be hard to catch,
aut American genius and pluck, sec- '
>nded by the friendly aid of tne peace- a
ul Filipinos, will eventually clear the J
sountry of these outlaws.?New York |
'n dependent. >
H?ndUocI?*rr? Military Forcft.
Some of ^hj^ytctical difficulties of
landlingTaflHulitary forces may be ,.i
nferred froSFMie following statements
d T; Mill?*Jlafiiiire's "Outlines of
ililitary Geography:"
"A British division on th6 march \
long an ordinary main road without ?
n advanced guard would be five - /
liles in length. If the modern Gerian
army wore put in motion the ri
rhole military road from the Bhiue ,1
3 the Bussian frontier would be Jj
liickly crowded with soldiers, guns * .J
nd transports. Ji an army corps of
0,000 men and 10,000 horses rests j|
Mf a day or two preparatory to a battle
r during a siege it eats up all pro- ^
isions procurable iu a piece of ricli A
jnntry nine miles long by five miles 4
ide.:' >
An Accidental Consequence of a Klm>.
"Webster Snider, cf Sullivan, Ind.,
ent to Terra Haute to have a piece
: knitting neelle removed from his
m where it found lodgment when
is sweetheart was playfully resisting j
s effort to kiss her. Snider says i
tut when bidding the joung lady 3
>od night he attempted to kiss her.
ie resisted and there was a scntfie.
e kissed her and iu doing so rau his
m against the needle, which she
sld in her baud. It penetrated the
m lour or five iuches and thre& |fl
ches of it broke off in the arm. The
ray was used by the surgeon
id the piece of the needle was re- .^l
Dved.
I'teful Bird In South Africa.
The ostrich is a great figure in pubt
life in South Africa. He is a source
mwl A^fan ft am w
ft vlj , nun ungu a mcuu ilUU CULUnion.
He is a valuable substitute
a watchdog. He can kick a horse
deatb, and is, therefore, very for*
liable to burglars. He eats with
lish things that would poison the
ongeSt goat tuat ever lived. - jj