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| The theory that tho Indians are do. creasing in number is not sustained bj * (information from Sitting Bull's people. ^ (During a recent month among those en- 1 rolled at Standing Rock, Dakota, there i iwcro seventeen deaths and twenty-one * jbirths. | , A certain English charity has two IrvVll A/V+ji ^P/\ a r\ rt rvwjvwKO. XV/ tuuuuj uq ? jfar as possible, from coming to London, r and to protect those who do come. Ex- f tended in other citics, the society pro- ^ )tects all girls traveling by placing in j (railway stations placards on which are r given addresses of good homes, and ^ also the address of a lady referee. j 1 n i' -The Philadelphia Ledger urges every- r Ibody to read the newspapers, and saya ^ to do so properly is an art. 4'It should call judgment into excrcise, to form ^ ?ound opinions and quicken discernment, ;to separate truth from error and false- ^ {hood from fact. Good newspapers are * iperpetual educators; and the intelligence jof a community may generally be ,ineasurcd by the number and character jof its well-supported journals." ^ The Sphinx of Egypt, who enjoys a * fworld-wido reputation for discretion, is v jto be investigated at last. It is reported P ithat a compatiy has been formed in Paris n to aid M. Maspcro in carrying out his investigations. It is thought that the 6 , Sphinx is a tomb, and that under it or T inside of it some valuable and interesting l1 material may be discovered that will add ? a few years more to the length of history. u The work will be carried on with care, so v that the great Sphinx may not be disfig- s1 ured by the somewhat tardy autopsy. n -n , Living among the humble classes of ^ Chinese working in San Francisco is a jvery cheap. A man who earns only four tl tents a day will live on two cents for two meals; the remaining two cents tl [will pay for the shelf on which he lies p at night and what clothing he may need, n IFor ten cents a day a Chinaman can get f< in Chinatown two meals of rice, salt fish *v\ and vegetables, and wash each meal down with a cup of good Cargon. fen persons eating twice a day <jf two kinds of meat and vegetables, and the never absent rice and tea, can board for $1.25 a ?ach a month. tl A shopkeeper in London, wishing people to bear his place in mind, caused ? n m nfnl Knr nri/1 cnmA Ol M MUi uuu OVJ'UlVi UUXUl lUUU^UIlU looking apparatus to be set up outside c< his show window, and connectcd it with ^ an electric battery, so that anybody 8< pausing to look in, and resting his hand upon the bar, received a considerable c: shock. The contrivance did fix notice, R but its effect was not altogether de- ^ sirablc. People refused to trust them- K lelves to the interior of a shop whose ai peculiarities, even upon the outside, were P ?o marked, and a large aud savage dog P in the doorway would hardly have been ^ more effectual in driving away trade. e: 8J A funny incident occurred in Sacra- P caento, Cal., recently. A man named liar ion got into a fight, and as revolvers P ?vere used and he fell, it was believed that ? he had been shot. He had his head hvabbed and was given some whisky and ifterward a drink of water, which latter d fluid his stomach rebelled against. He _ ca. a x? -i i t ?vits uucrwuru lenueriy uornc to a | 4,1 tack and taken to the hospital. There I ^ he was placed on a stretcher and carried *' from the entrance inside the prison. He e' had not -spoken a word since being taken g In charge, and while officers and report- g fcra stood around waiting for the supposed 11 lying man to breathe his last, he sud- ti ienly sprang to his feet and roared: "I'll a jump any man in the room fur $1." ai h The Photographic Times contains an tl kiteresting illustrated article about one E if the most unique photographic galler- si tea in existence. The gallery is a car t< built after the fashion of a Pullman coach. It can be attached to any express train, and in it th*e photographer a travels all over the country, principally c Dn the Northern Pacific railroad, of which he is official photographer. M. a P. Jay Haynes had the car built for him .1 at a cost of $13,000, while the fittings ^ cost $2,000 more. The landscapes he it,. J i? - c uiacs iui uio laiuuuvi aiu uunc uy a camera making a picture 20x24 inches. 11 The car contains an operating room, re- W ception room, storage rooin3, dark rooms, ? v and all other appurtenances of a firat- ? class gallery. r Mr. Ferguson, of the United States tl PiBh Commission, is enthusiastic over the results of the artificial propagation of t< Bhad. He tells a reporter of the Balti- t< more Sun that the run this year was the ri largest for twenty-five years, and he at- n ifihutM fhft fnrt. cntirplr fcn tlio fioli oaiyi. n J ?V mission's efforts. He says: "The unprc- I: cedented abundance of shad has not been b confined to the Chesapeake Bay region k but has extended to all rivers which have t been tho recipients of tho deposits of young fish from the United States commission. The yield in Albemarle Sound and in tho rivers of Florida has been very great, and in the Delaware, Hudson and * Connecticut rivers tho result was as promising as in tho others. The same ; v increase of shad has been effected on the a ?& '. - Pacific coast, in which waters shad were pjaknown prior to their introduction by ; fch? United States Fish Commission." ? 1?^ ' Edward Atkinson calculates that an sight-hour law would only affoct one in ten among all tho workers in tho country, the other nine-tenths being engaged in occupations in which shorter hours ire impracticable, as farming, herding, ishing, carrying, railroading and tho ike. "Itsocms," says the London Lancety 'that the little toy balloons of Indiaubbcr bladders which the children inlate with tho breath may bo readily rorersed by inspiration, and even drawn nto tho air passages. In two instances ecently death has occurrcd bv suffoca ion, a balloon of the sprt bciug drawn uto ike opening of the-glottis. This is . matter of danger which ought to bo ecognized. Parents and nurses should >g on their guard. Lots of cranks visit the Philadelphia lint. Tho majority look sensible and re well dressed, but somo can be ideuified a3 iusano at the distanco of ablock, nd the attiro of these are in keeping pith their disordered intellocts. Men ind women who- are a little "gone in the ippcr story," as the poet puts it, go to he Mint usually with bnt one errand? o collect thousands of millions of dollars rhicli they firmly believe is there dciosited to their credit. Most of them re from the city, but onco in a while ne puts in appearance who has comc a oodly distance by rail to get money suposed to bo all ready. By long and ainful experience the jolly chief usher f the Mint has been led to adopt one nvarying mode of treating his cranky ititors. He don't fling them into the trcet. He don't evon order them way, or advise them to go to a place 'here intellects are choaply repaired, ut instead, lio agrees to all they say, cknowledges that there are tens of lousands of millions of dollars, 3 the caso may be, waiting for icm, and then gets rid of them by some olite excuse for temporary delay in paylent of their claims, or sends them upon jol's orrands to seo government officials rho exist only in imagination. Discretion of a Highlander. One day at Blair Athol, the Duke of jthol,'haviag entertained a large party t dinner, produced in the evening many lirious and interesting family relics for ltrir iuspoction, among thom a small 'atch which had belonged to Charles tuart, and had been given by him to tie of the Duke's ancestors. When the , ampany were on the point of departing, le watch waB suddenly missed, and was ;arched for in vain upon the table and bout the apartments. The Duke was icceedingly vexed and declared that of 11 the articles li? had exhibited, the lost 'atch w^s the one he most valued. The ueste naturally became uncomfortable, ad eyed one nuother suspiciously. No erson was present, however, who could ossibly be suspected, and courtesy forade any further step than the marked Kpression of the noble host's extremo anoyance and distress. The guests dearted for their homes in an unenviable ate of mind, and the mystorious disapearanco of the royal relic was a subject f discussion for several months in socity. A year afterward, tfic Duke being jain at Blair Athol, while dressing for inner, felt in the breast pocket of a coat liich his valet handed to him, someling which proved to be the missing ratch. "Why, exclaimed his grace, 'here's the watch we hunted in vain for eerywherc last year." "Yes, sir," ravcly replied the valet, "I saw your race put it in your pocket." 4'You saw le put it in my pocket and never men ioued it I Why didn't you speak at onco nd prevent all that trouble and unpleasnt feeling?" "I didua ken what might ave been your grace's intentions," was xe reply of the faithful and discreet [ighlander, who saw everything, but lid nothing unless he was directly injrrogatcd. Fie Not a Yankee Invention. Pie is not one of the inventions which punitive providence left for the exeri8c of Yankee genius. It is very much lder than America, so far as the modern ge knows anything about America. It i French, Spanish, Italian, English, terman. It is of the north. It was orried into the British Islands by the larauding migrants from the northern 30S. Our own word is a corruption of a ery early British word, and is, in etymlogy, a first cousin of "pastie" or 'pasty." Pie is our. name or what is ow more familiarly known as "tart" in tie land where all was once pasty. The tart of to-day differs from con# | emporaneous pie only in this: The in- I erior of the tart is thicker thnn tlii> into. I ior of the pie. It takes more apples to I lake a tart than to make a pic, if the I ie-raakcr be frugal, as she generally is. n the European countries the tart is akcd in a deep carthcrn dish. In Yan- j ee land pic is stewed into sogginess in a in pan.? Chicago Herald. A Swell A flair. "What is a swell affair, Jim?" . "Swell affair 1 lemme sec. Ah! yes, know--a boil." "Pomething olsc, try again." "No. Givo it up. I hate conundrums nykow." "A hill, yc know. Don't ye see, a hill s a swell affair,and besides all hills have ot crests."?Sifting?. ; 'v.-v. ' ' ' ^ ' \ The Little Hnnchback. : I'm nine years old! on' you caa't guess liovr much I weigh, I bet! Lost birthday I weighed thirty-three, an' I weigh thirty yot! I'm awful littlo for my size?I'm purt' high littler an' Some babios is, an neighbors all calls me "the Kttlo man!" An' Doc one time he laughed an said,"I 'spoct first thing you know, You'll havo a littlo spike-tail coat an' travel with a show I" An' nen I laughed?till I looked round and Aunty was a cry in'? Sometimes sho acta like that, 'cause I got "Curv'turo of the spinel" I sot?whilo aunty's washing?on my little long log stool, An' watch the little boys an' girls a-skippin' by to school; An' I peck on the winder an' holler out an' say: "Who wants to fight the little man 'at dares you all to-day?" An' nen the boys climbs on the fonce, an' little girls peeks through, An' they all say: "'Cause you'ro so big, you think we're 'foarod o' you?" An' non thoy yell, an' shake their fist at mo, like I shake mine? Tho'ro thust in fun, you know, 'cause I got "curvture of thospino!" At evening, when the ironin's done, an auntv's fixed the fire. An' filled nn' lit tho lamp, and trimmed tho wick an' turned it highor, An' fotchod tho wood all in for night, an' locked tho kitchen door, An' stuffed tho olo crack where tho wind blcws in up through tho floor? She sets the kittle on tho coals, an' biles an' makes tho tea, An' fries tho liver an' inush, an' cooks a egg for me, An' sometimes, when I cough so hard, her elderberry wine Don't go so Ixul fer little boys with "curvture of tho spino!" But aunty's all so childish, like, on my account, you see, I'm most afeared she'll be took down, an' 'ats what bothers me? 'Causo of my good olo aunty ever would got sick an' dio, I don't know what she'd do in heaven, till I come, by an' by, For sho's so list to all my ways, an' everything, you know, An' no one there liko me, to nurse, an' worry ovor ro, 'Cause all the little childrens there's so straight an1 strong, an' fine, They's nary angel 'bout the placo with "curv'ture of tho spine." J. W. Riley in the Cui*rcnt. THE LAST STRAW. Mrs. Slack was next neighbor to the Peppers when they bought their cottage at Seaview, and on the very first night 8he tumbled ever the scattered bits of furniture in the passage and appeared in their midst unexpectedly to borrow a little salt. She said it was nice to have neighbors again, and that Mrs. Pepper looked so sweet she knew she wouldn't mind. At midnight she roused them from their slumbers to inquire if they had any cholera medicine, for little Peter had been eating too many green apples and she thought he would die. She said she was thankful Mrs. Pepper had moved in, and that but for that circumstance she might have lost her darling. Mrs. Pepper was thankful, too, and the two women embraced with tears. Then Mrs. Slack borrowed some mustard for a plaster. The next day she sent Peter, fully recovered and with his pockets full of green fruit, to ask for the ax, the handle having come oil theirs; also a rolling-pin. Fortunately the Peppers possessed three axes and two rolling-pins, so they did not feel disturbed by the fact that | the articles were never returned. But I nffnr (l olinrf infnwol ? 1 ? -w. ? U..UIV uucu uy luuns 01 coal, potatoes, bread and chcese, Mrs. Slack came herself to borrow the foldingtable, a pair of scissors, the pattern of a basque, and a low rocking-chair. She was going to raako some dresses, and if Mrs. Pepper would step over and fit hcr she'd bo much obliged. Mrs. Pcppcrldid it and made the button-holes, too. iMrs Slack never could learn to make a button-hole. Tho table, I # ' the scissors, the rocking-chair, and the pattern all remained at Mrs. Slack's. The next week Mrs. Slack borrowed a mantle and a water-proof. Mrs. jpepper by this time grew bold I enough to beg that she would send them home whon she returned. Mrs. Slack said "Of course," with some offense, but when Peter was next seen it was not to bring back thoso articles. What he wanted was the baby carriage and a market basket. Christmns time came and with it cards for a party. The Slacks so hoped they'd all come and enjoy themselves. ^ Having accepted what was more natural than to take an interest in the proceedings?to lend sugar and icc-cream freezer, butter, and the egg-beater, the cut-glass goblets and the best table-cloths, the spice-box entire, and lots of other | things? Finally Mrs. Slack, with her ' gown tucked up and her eyes sparkling, | run it 10 say mat tncy thought a dance would bo nicc and could Mrs. Pepper spare the piano for one evening? "There's nobody to move it," said Mrs. Pepper, rejoiced to have an excuse. "I'm so sorry." Mrs. Slack laughed and went to tho window. Pour big laborers appeared and without any preliminary directing ifcouldered tlie instrument and lugged it away. They bumped it against railings and fairly tumbled it down in a plowed field before thev finished their mission. . >; :'l;h ?$y^ sk.W" '>/* V]a*5iV v ;.;? :"? ' -' '' -w' ' 1 ,SV '<"' ? ? . ' %"v%'-v-. ?..: \ >..-' ". .. - ;v i but by main strength they got it at last to the Slack's door and Mrs. Black tooh her leave, carrying the piano stool and cloth herself. The appearance of her beloved piano gave Mrs. Pepper a great deal of unhapi pincss that evening. It had a deep scratch on the cover and one of the kc3T! ' wouldn't lift. However, she played waltzes and sets for the lancers most ol the evening,and-as the company went ir to supper in relays?old folks first and young folks last, as Mrs. Slack said?she found very little left but a cup of coffe< and a turkey-bone when her duties wen done. But there is an end to everything. One day she saw Mrs. Slack driving uj the road in the minister's new buggy. She was wearing the pretty mantilla sh< had borrowed of her. With her. usual little eiffde she stonned nfct.hn rrnrdnn rents* II r> ? Mr. Pepper had taken a holiday and was lying in the hammock reading. His wife had her sewing under the oak trcci and was extremely happy and comfortable. If Mrs. Sleek had come to ask he> to drive she had resolved not to go. Slio would say: "My husband has 60 few holidays I cannot leave home to-day." But Mrs. Slack did 110 such thing. "You dear, good soul I" she cried, as soon as she was within speaking distance, "I came to borrow j'our husband." "Borrow wliatV ejaculated Mrs. Pepper. "Your husband," said Mrs. Slack, "Slack's in New York; I am going to a a picnic; I want an escort and some one to drive. May I have him?" ' (Yni1 mirrlif fo \Y? Tl? 1-2 ? ? %/??0>iw I.V (iniv 1111* JL CJIjltT I1ILIIself," said Mrs. Popper, very coldly. "I shan't," said Mrs. Slack, playfully, "I came to borrow him of you. You'll lend him, won't you? and I shall tell every ono that dear, good angel, Mrs. Popper, lent me her husband." I "You insist I shall answer,Mrs.Slack," Mrs. Pepper answered. , "Yes," lisped Mrs. Slack, "you'll lend him, won't you?" "No!" said*Mrs. Pepper in a very decided tone, "I am afraid I shouldn't get him back. I let you have my piano. That hasn't been returned. My waterproof?where is tlint? My baby's carriage?your baby takes air in it now. My cutting-board and sehsors, my rolling-pin, an<l all the rest, I haven't seen. But I promised to cleave unto my husband till death does u.s part! You surely never would return him !" "Oh! oh! oh-J" scrcamcd Mrs. Slack, turning pink. "You wickcd woman! , You mean thing! You shall have all ' your horrid things back. Do you want your spoonful of salt, too, you mean, mean wretch?" Then, tearing the mantilla from her shoulders, she threw it at Mr. Pepper's head as he strugglod from the hammock and drove away. She borrowed a shawl from the clergyman's wife aud went to the picnic with hor eldest boy as escort. Before her return Mrs. Pepper had proceeded to her neighbor's house and collected her goods and chattels. Tlie piano was out of tuue and scratched; onions had been kept in the icecream freezer, and the mantle had a grease-spot on one shoulder; the children had cut a game on the lap-board, and it was evident Mr. Slack had whipped them with the egg-beater. The babycarriage had been used to carry charcoal home, and the points of the scissors were gone. So was Mrs. Slack's love. She goes abont abusing Mrs. Pepper as mc meanest and most jealous thing she ever knew. The Horseback Cure. There is a saying among the Russians that a man who is fond of his horse will not grow old early. The Arab and the Cossack arc examples of the truth of the proverb. They generally live long, en joy robust health, and have no use for liver pads and blue pills. That vigorous octogenarian, David Dudley Field, tells us that he attributes his remarkably vitality to the habit of horseback riding, and if the truth were known, it would be doubtless appear that our sturdiest old men are those who have been fond of the saddle. The taste for equestrian sports and exercise which has lately made such progress in Brooklyn is, therefore, tt hopeful and healthful sign. It is not a mere freak of fashion, but a development in the direction of rational enjoyment and an assurance that the rising generation will be less of an indoor and more of an outdoor people. It means less headache hereafter, better appetites, stronger lungs, rosier cheeks, brighter eyes, sounder sleep, happier spirits, and a total oblivion of that organ which, according to Sidney Smith, keeps men a good deal lower than tho angels?the liver.?Brooklyn Eagle Warned, "I tell you, it's a great thing to have a girl who knows enough to warn a fellow of his danger." "Have you?" inquired one of the company. "Yes, indeed; Julia's father and mother were laying for mc tho other night, when she heard my tap at tho window, and what do you suppose that girl did?" "Can't think." "She just sat down to tho piano, and sang the insides out of 'Old Folks at Home.* You can just bet I didn't call that evening." life ; > v y \ ;1 .1 Em Iff rants at Castlo Garden, v The first thing a newly-landed emigrant getB to is the water tank, says a New York letter. "IIow good it tastes!'* say one and all, as they stop be- ' fore the Croton water faucet and drain the bright tin cup dry. Aud the first thing bought is apples, which lie temptingly on the fruit stalls in the inclosure. Beyond the rail is a large ampitlieater where are innumerable wooden seats and // ! ' j ' 'f.>7' A PILOT'S LIFE 1 Dangers of the Man who Guides Ships to Harbor. ; Qualified Seamen who are Invested with Groat Responsibility. "Whether there be dangers in the sea, ; Bky or air, the perilous nature of a pilot's , duties makes it imperative that he meet l it with a choerful alacrity, for the esprit ilu corps existing in the guild is imperious in its influence. Cast among the brotherhood tho pilot must not lose, or else he is indeed a ruined man. Except in the 1 matter of discipline, full command of the I vessel is vested in the pilot. His respon| 6ibility is great;' the general rule being that no owner or master of a ship is answerable to and other person for any loss or damage occasioned by the fault or , incompetency of a qualified pilot acting in choree of the ship when she is within the district of the pilot and when his employment is compulsory; though the presence of a pilot does not absolve a master from the consequences of any injury that may be caused by his own carelessness or ignorance, lie must be ready at call, and under all circumstances, to face alike the winter's cold, blinding I sleet and the summer's heat," the storm nnd tlio sunshine; and blow high or low, in fair weather or in foul, the pilot must be at his station to guide safely all incoining vessels. And in Boston Bay this is particularly true. 3aid ft man who has lived all his life on Cape Cod to a writer in the Boston Record: "We have had piled up on the shore during the past 100 da}rs many vessels which are a total loss. The men who navigated them were saved, thanks to the gallantry of the life saving force, but thousands of dollars worth of property arc buried in the sand. What the further losses will be no man can tell, but we do know that unskillful seamanship and an imperfect knowledge of the coast is responsible for much of the loss. But while it is true that there has boon this hiroro loss lllinrlmle nf vnccnla Imim cniln/l safely by and have been brought to anchor in a secure harbor. I have not heard of a vessel's going ashore that had a pilot on board, * and I do not think there has been one." It is perliaps needless to say that the pilot is a qualified seaman, thorough in all nautical accomplishments; for he can "hand, reef and st?cr," navigate by' ' Bun, moon or star, and with the "marks I and deeps" of the lead line, familiar to him as his own handwriting, he knows the intricacies and varying depths of the many channels. A technical knowledge of all rigs, too, is his, besides a sign manual by which lie can make himself understood by sailors of all nations. How relieved in mind must be the master of a great ocean steamer, with its hundreds of passengers and its precious freight, after battling with the stormy Atlantic for days, with scarcely a single peep at the sun, and in doubt about his reckoning and position, to see, away off shore, one of these little pilots vessels making her way towards him. Gallantly she holds her course, heeling and righting, pitching and ascending, and as she moves up under the snug canvas, looking like a boxer stripped for the light, there is seemingly a sentient power in her every motion. It is the skill and training of years that puts the little craft so easily within two cablcs' length under the lee of the steamer. Now comes the crucial test, for the pilot must board the waiting craft. The agile crcw must grasp tlie little boat from the deck, and poising it on the yul, in the very nick of time, launch it over into the seetliing foam alongside. In jumps the pilot and his two oarsmen and soon the tiny canoe can be seen?now poised in midair on an angry wave crest and anon deep in the dangerous hollow, coming straight for the ship. One misstroke, the slightest weakening of a nerve, and the hardy fellows would be engulfed in the watery chasm with no stone to mark their graves. It is with delicate care and skill tL-\t the frail craft is ranged alongside when a rope is thrown, by which, grasping with muscles of steel, up the side the pilot springs, hand over hand, until he alights on the deck. ! Long Scutonccs. The London Figaro says: "Mr. Gladstone's longest reported sentence, if I mistake not, was found to contain 157 words. This was until lately thought to be the longest on record. But now it appears that Senator Edmunds has beaten it with a sentence 1G8 words long. The Grand Old Mnn, however, still possesses an average which has not been surpassed. A statistician, to whom time is clearly no object, has discovered a speech of the Premier's in which there are ten sentences which contain an average of seventy-two words apiece." Worried Over Labor Troubles. Tramp?You see, your Honor, these labor troubles i Judge?Nonsense I Labor has never troubled you any. Tramp?It has troubled mo day and night for years, your Honor. Judge?At night? Tramp?Yes. I lay awake at nights studying how to avoid work. Judge?I'll spare you that loss of sleep for ninety days.? OalL f 1 & *" ' 1 V >' '* 'A VV' v'' three big stoves. Iu spaces beyond, whole families congregate after landing for days until their place of destination is.detenhinod, and perhaps because some of the party are too exhausted by the voyage to go further. Connecting are large lavatories for men and women, and stationary tubs where they can wash their clothing. In pleasant weather Battery Park affords a pleasant lounging place for the women and children, but in winter and such weather as tliis, they re-^ main inside by the stoves. The place is clean, and so large that 2,000 emigrants have room without crowding. Very few of any ship's load but what, after passiug inspection, leave at once for their place of destination determined on before leaving home. Seldom any but the Irish remain in the city. Often whole troops of Bulgarians are sent to the wood cutting districts of Pennsylvania, while agents from mines in the West arc waiting to take parties of Hungarians and Poles away. So far as the city is concerned, but little addition is made to its population by the arrival of emigrants, lis they usually leave here -within a few hours after landing. Among the immigrants arriving on every ship are scores of young girls who seek America to better their fortunes and 6upport those left at home. On their arrival at Castle Garden, the.se girls are well cared for by the authorities, and so far as possible protected from designing persons who seek their ruin. Oft-times these are among the ship's passengers and have ingratiated themselves into the confidence of their unsuspecting prey before they reach the New World.?Rochester Union. lias Been Tlierc. "I was a tramp for several years," said a buggy washer at one of the livery sta- * uics me otner day, "and I might have been on the road yet but for the circumstance which deprived me of this left legat the knee. A tramp with, a wooden, leg would be nowhere, while I get around the stables at a fair gait." "What was the circumstances?" "Well, seven or eight of us were tramping together through the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and one day one of the gang stole a can out of a shed in the woods. It contained nitro-glycerine, but none of us knew the article then. He carried it for about an hour, when we all bunked down in the shade for a noonday nap. Some of us were half asleep, and we were all packed together under one tree, when the man picked up a stone and began hammering at the can. I was looking at him out of one eye, and I was wondering whether the can held oil or lard, when all at once the vaultsof Heaven fell to earth with a crash. Half an hour later, when I came to, I ^ was lying in the bushes 200 feet from the tree, and my foot, ankle and leg were a mass of pulp." "There had been an explosion?" "You betl There was a hole in the ground into which you could have dumped a cottage, and the big tree was a heap of kindling-wood. Out of the eight of us five could not be found, and I suffered the least injury of any of the wounded. All that was gathered together to represent five men were some bits of clothing and leather?not over two quarts. That was, a corker on me. Whenever I see a stray can lying around I lift my hat, take a circle to the right or left, and pensively observe: 'Not any to-day, thauk you?I've been there I' "? Detroit Free Pre?s. The Warlike Apache. A correspondent of the* Chicago InterOcean says: The Apache is not only tho most warlike of American Indians ?and I do not except tho Utc Indians, the Sioux, nor the Comanches?but he is also the most skilled in war. Trained to an endurance which would be unattainable in a more endurable country; with the eye of a hawk, tho stealth of a coyote, the courage of a tiger, and its mercilessness, he is the Bedouin of the new world. He has horses that will exist on a blade of grass to an acre, and will travel 110 miles in twenty-four hours thereby with out falling dead on the homestretch. Ha knows every foot of his savage country better than you know the interior of your parlor. He finds water and food where the best of us would starve to death for the want of both. More than 100 different plants yield him intcstiual revenue. He has fastnesses from which no force can dislodge him; and wheu you lay siege lie quietly slips out by some back door canoo, and is oil like thistle down on the wind. The dangerousness of an Indian is in inverse ratio to his food supply. Tho Apache, born to starvation, his wholelife a constant fight to wrest a living from , vixenish nature, as well as to wrest life from his neighbor, is whetted down to a ferocity of edge never reached by the Indian of a section where wood and water and facile game abound.