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ONO, TRI WEEKLY EDITIOY NYSBORO, S.C., NOVEMBER 5, 1898 fi- i---l--""- - n e- Arizona Wells Turn S e lot. HAWAIAN BURIALS. SLEEP SONG. Goodn-ilght. my care and sorrow! Good-night, if not good-bye: Till the bpreaking of the morrow, At my feet. your fardels lie. Good-night, my care and sorrow! I am launing on the deel); And, till the dawning morrow, Shall sail the sea of sleep. Good-nhrht. my care and sorrow: G;ood-nighIt- perhaps goodl-bye! For 1 maY wake to-morrow ]eneath another Aky. f;oo-n:ght, all ares an11d( sorrow--S Weco me. my boatlike bed! None cr many miy to-morrows. Thlis o!ie night is overheldi -H[arper's Bazar. 'MY INDIANA GUESTI I had spent the autumn in a litle log hut which I had built on the head waters of the Abittili, in northern Ontario. I had lived chietiy upon the beasts of the tield and the fowls of 'the air. with a little of civilization's pork and tca. Novebler's. first snows warned ne to return to the city, but the charm. Of the forest life was too powerful andI I staye on. laying up treasures of health with every day that passed. Karly ta n Dtcember I was returning late from a. day's still hunt. with the edilble portion of a dIo's carcassz on :in extemporIzed too.gan of blinh-hark when. on approachlag my cabin I hh served human tracks. not snow-shoe tracs. ebut apparently those of a man -wading pabriousl throigh tie four feet-deep snow. They ledl inl the dIi rection of miy shanty. andI as I hadl seen no human face since lastr Sep temiber, wheni a pa.rty of mniung pros lieetrs- passedl throug-h. I hurried for ward. reached my house. opcned the frude door and went in. A bright fire was blazing in the big fireplace. and directly before the hearth sat a motionless man. He was evidently an Indian. for a striped blanket lay loosely around his shoul iers, and his long black hair hung tangled on his neek. A double-bar rellel gun was leaning against the 'wall near him. and on the floor lay a pair of wet snow-shoes. He did not even turn to look when I- entered. and I, according to north pnd etiquette, paid no attention to 'M, bu-t set about cutting up and king some of m7 recently killed enison. When the meal was read.L anded . uest P a1 plate and stenng oumuper of tea. and sat "A u on ue ofher side of 'the hear-h with a similar regale. During the progress 6f the meal. which necessitated frequent refilling of the plates, I had a good opportu nity to observe the Indian closely. Ite was dark-colored, very dirty. and about thirty years old. His face wore the average Indian's impenetrable look of stupidity. but it seemed to me that there was a more than aver * age amount of viciousness and bra * tality in his countenance, as he si lently and voraciously devoured the venison and "'damnper" until the sup * Iply was exhausted. 'When no more food was offered. he ligaed is pipe and condescended to give mei an1 explnilon of his pres enee in a mixture of English. Angli eized French and Chippewayan. lie come far: yes. from there. Iheap snow-: ver' froid: Injun heap cold. No deer-. no cairibon. no mooin thear). Enfin. my racket he's broke our hees cress-bar.-and me got for to wade in snow so high. an' I most col to death. -(lie for sture if no0 reatchi eahin. Voi -- -~ l~1 :'' and he prodtucedl the snowsho(e in question, of which the forward cross bar had snapped. slackening the net work so that it was impossible to keep) the foot in tile thongs. IlIowever little I liked the appear ance of my gutest. I felt that I haid be-n tihe means of samving his life, and threw down half a dozeni hlides and a blanket in one corner for his bed. Be in.. vey tired. I lay down on my couch shortly after. but my laist wak ing remnembran~tce was of seeing the Iian sitting motionless before the~ tire, smoking his short lpe and gaz lng soh-lmnly into the glowing coals. When I awouke in the morning he et (-up1ed the same posit ion. but blh piewas gone and the kettle was boil . jng over the fir-e, which led ite to in frr thait he had not sat thrle all night. I not up. and a fter a wash iln :an ie-~ boun~d. (Iugouit wV4oden basin oultsiide, wihthe .emper-a urc at teni d1earec loiw z< io. I proceeded to get breoak fast rea dy. cc:l v c snwshoVti rent'inedI; uniepair e ni h ~.wedl l(o inii 1at in 101 .........::.........n. 1i Icoeein ~ued to smoke wieI -pendt Ih forenioonin st n nyi' went a~hnd~-:I cin eml tire p 'whew'e 1 -emeredi;- ti. - a in :h : 1 rn on thaoi 1 dhasoow i i tale his gun ani accompany me on a mnooze-1unt. lie was still in his blan kets. anl he only rolled -Ihein more coifortaboly around his body, and grunt~ed Cont emptu lously. --You "o hunt." he said. "Me mind This. reply. coming from his greasy, (iry indolence. made mie boil with sudden indignation. I made for him he lay. and seizing his collar. pulled himu out upon the floor and jerked him to his feet. "Then you'll get out of this shanty'" I exclaimed. "Va-t-en: tuderstand? Git:" I Ie made one jump for his gun. but I was expecting that. and iny double 1'irrel instantly caveredt him. I turned him out of the shanty. and threw after hlin his gun. his snow-shoes and all is belongings. with a big lump of el, roast venison ribs. Ile gathered .p all thlele atiiles sullenly, and tying on his; snow-shoes. tramped off up the Ihillside atmong the pines. Now that it was too ate. I begal a little to regret my act. for I rather fearled t1ha t Ie might 1ang around and Shoot mle from bAhiid a tree. I kept pretty Clo.e within my Cahin that day and did not go out nLlar med. but al though I watched from my window. I saw no more of my late guest. Next day I followed his trail for several miles through the woods, and as it led unswetrvingly nolth-westward. I thought that he had finally left the district. Four days after. when I was return ing abolut noein froiI an inspection of some mnre 'tra ps. I noticed tracks on SLe snow 01'e more-snow-shoe tira ck s. A two-utis storm had just bloon o.,. :ndii tihe wi'derniess was covered with a fresh layer of '.6holly tuilrokten whit'e. iteateln hard in open places by the force of the gale. There was 0al1so 1 upon tihe snow-shoe trail a track as of a narrow toboggan. and itie sigtnt caused ie a certain vague My heart miave me Still iore when I came in sight of the cabin and Ssaw the door standing wide open. I hurried forward. and in another in stant had learnel the truth. The shanty was sacked and completely ds mantled. My scanty stock of flour. of tea. of sugar: the large canister of gunpow der. the little hags of shot, the loaded shells and the reloading tools-all were one. The blanlkets and furs had dis appeared. with the cache of me.l and the ax. -and my few books -s half consumed at tile cdge of a living fire on the hearth. eol-ta for rvo, iv to had inspired the deed. A clean sweep had been made of evey~hngand little more than my gu. my sii hatchet and the couplop f dozen load ed shells in my belt. > I at once set myself to examine the trail of the robber, and as I expected, I found the distinct mark of the patch ed cross-bar in the snow-ghoe. It was th : iu pedal of my indian friend. IHad he :ppeared before me at that moment. I might have shot him dowr in my anger. Ile had committed . fearful ('r::ne. Better kill a1 ma~n out ri'ght in tile North thn deprive lint of his supplhies against ('old and hun ger: However. the ('ulpri. was doub~t less miles away. and I set out briskly upon is traick. It appearedl that he had passed along about three hours before, probably af soon as lie had seen me disappeU d'own athe valley. I walked in th( r'a'k of the tohoggan. which. heavl with the spoils of miy cabin. ha'i beat en a har'pd pathway, enabling mne t< mi ake a good pare. I knew thiaf thi Ind'n. (eneumbere't'd as lie was by th< frecsh snow a'ind the toi)oggan,. woolh he abe to travel but. slowly. and Il hped to ov.er'hautl him betfor'e darik. .\t anly rate. I e.xpec'ted that h< would camp.l for an- hour or two al nightfall for a (cup of tea and a nap and I felt sure of coming upon him be fore lie 'ould starlt atgalin. Anyhow.] was determined to keep up the chasi until I dlroppled or overtook my man The Deccembher afternoon soon grev dark. anad the woods~ speedily t-ook o1 that inexpressihiy. wierd, forbiddin; look of desoilition~ and loneliness Iha no one cani picture unless he hmas walked iln a Nor'thernl forest at night fail. A moon01 already hung over thi tre-toil:. and as the light waned ii the west the snow grew silvery with her rayus, so that I had no difficult3 in following the trail. Ab-out 'an hour11 1later I came uiponl tin smiolderini~g ashes of ai lire, and a. heal of Sapin whereni a b lanket hadl bee laid. The Indian mhaid been gone a1 leas5t an hourii. butt it was plain tha I wais 'ainting ont him, so I pushiec 1f1rward withi thle utmlost enthusiasn m. a ugge coutry of hills anml 1rwt of bit and wvillow a long thi ''a- trm-heds. I w'' upon the' brink of one of thest declvim. Wichwas piled am pocked wh a siheerl and over'hangin.t .:I ' tin:-m on.ingi';l a .'ioou walkini. pl Ie T:e trtil led along ih' lhas f thi- hillsid'. andli I was e0onsiderin. how~~ to ''s 'indi it. wvhen' a brigiht flasi /lz 1 'om fro'm :1 thicket fifty yard 'ray The woods ech'oed tihe shari report.' an hlf! a' do'z'tn butmkshiot wen wh n past wh I heard anothe 0 '~'I'' I ~op ' cl 'ose lby. drpp'id. and th ''i"'''- ond c'oniceale< ] 1 0 ii less for sonme mill flI e an to' bar' that I shouil . for the night was still ani 'etly. how'ever. hiket whence th :1advance slowl: - : surface towar< e:cak andh crune: the moonlight to Identfy my tree h erous guest. I might easily 'have shot hint lay, but I could not bring mysei to draw trigger on him in cold blood My plan was to halt him and make him surrender. Ile approached er' looking hard at the point wher ad stood. and holding his gun re fo action. till le stood almost beneath the little overhand'v IHere he paused. evid for a way to climb to the suddenly an immense mass snow, well-nigh as large as my lit shanty, was detached and slid down d like :an avalanche, carrying me w Full upon the hapless red n WO fell, and lie was buried i t Itly Ot of sight, while I myself - . lightly covered with the snow; but quickly scrambled free, and looked or any trace of my would-be murd( ' There was none; he hal* com pletely engulfed. and I set n If to dig iim out with a snow-sh bicb. I took off for the purpose. about live minutes I encountered a riggin haud, with arm attachcd. gal ped this and pulled vigorously, and my Indian was at length brough to light. Ie seemed half stunned an wholly bewildered. and stared w- d un comprehendingly at me. I was somewhat at what to do with right to 'erecut upon him, an he would i with anoth I tied to loo posses. wher I ligI cred. Fir wint have that now bogg. tlements er to the there that row's da Indian beatill I hind -hand In At a the I lod sw att In .Tu one bar/O has ha off -th bofn 1 the fir does no from d lowing tur Bl. F. Denni and territori her of t argmli when States nmrs refer t of -the. .old a Greene udges), "Mr. ports wii 5the name hat a fina~i thority for t Dnnion ''m 'The spelling, me B-ro-wn-e. Brownie." yu 'Well, Mr. Dennison, my Bar final e' to it; you wouldn Greenie,' would you?" That depends entirely on he honor decides this question. cr pers Itound Table-.er Insects Faster than Bird< gh common house fly is .sa ar.y raipid .in its flight, but its wigw of 800 bests a second and send it the air twenty-live feet, under of vr c'ircustances5, in that spa .ased time.pe When the insect is aini'med,.io -ch it has b~een found that it has inc 'li its rate of speed to over 150 fej ml sco nd. If it could continue l iipid fii.:ht for :a mile in a str hc i-.t would cover that distal 1 Iabout thirty-five secoltds- p it is notii ant unicjommo thiing1 rive~ng by rail in theC summec to s.e a bee oir wasp keeping .ui ihe train :ind trying to get in at the w:i3(dowV. A swvallow is col ed one of the swiftest of the birds. and it was thougint u~ short time ago that no insect cot a cape it. A r;turalist tells of an ext che he'.awV hetwi en a sval!ow a~ dragon fly, which is amnong tile sv et of inseCts. The insect flew withI incred' speed, and wheeled and dlodged Isuch ease that the swallow. despit -utmost efforts. completely fail e. overtake and capture it. [ Suicide in Africa. 3 A- favorite mode of suiicide amo r the Afrkan tribes who dwell ne Lake Nynssa is for a native to wada into the lake and calmly wait for aj . rocodile to open its mouth and swA I ow him. J3&CR AND THE ]3EANSTALK. Jack was an orphan, poor but true; A wondrous bean he found; And ere he slept, for safety's sake, He hid it in the groud. One morn he rose, to see a vine Above his hidden treasure, - That o'er a palace near him grew, Whose height he could not measure. And soon a vision moved the boy, To thrust his hatchet strong Within the vine, and upward rise Singing this merry song: "I" hitch my hatchet and up I'll go Thehigher Iclimb the more I'll know.' I He mastered all one room could teach, Then climbed a story higher: Fo love and-knowledge all hi 'soul Buraed with a pure desire. "I'll hitch my hatchet and up I'll go The higher Iclimb the more I'll know.' And so he rose by sure degrees, From alphabet to college; For the vast palace he explored, The temple was of knowledge. ANIMALS AT PLAY. Cats delight in racing about, bu not so often, I think, in circles as dog do. They prefer straight lines an sharp turns with the genuine goi mp. This sudden flight into th which appears to take place witl a animal's knowledge or intei annot here be preparatory t e mountains, but the cat fin( jump very useful, not on, ng on its prey. but in e hereditary enemy. Breh movement play of yourl When in summer the youi limb r.p to the perpeta y delight to play on i w themselves in a crwuchii on the upper end of a stee overed incline, work all fo -ith a swimming motion to t, and then slide down on t' ce of the snow, often travers istance of from 100 to 150 iet n this way, while the snow fles and covcrs them with a fine powdi Arrived at the bottom, they spring tieig feet and slowly clamber up age the distance they have slid down. CATS IN GOVE .N.MENT EMPLoY Would you think that the govei nt needed to provide for hundrc ats, -so many- specihieati ent out by ent-t Id t out, and that t d for the governm, t do you supp se ti e employed by the g eir wages being sil] housing, to protect I ses of the government fr4 ind mice. The government, v has to keel) large supplies . d for the army-crackers, fboi cese, and many things that are ve eatly enjoyed by rats and mice-a: cats were not kept in sailicie mPnbers to protect these stores, t overnment would lose large sr -money, for not only would the fo pear, but boxes and packag 'be nibbled and the food wast voyed in handling. T VAN LEFT OFF. ur years old, and vei inct that he can dre *e morning, all but tl at run up and dow ~nough of an acrobat y, small fingers thus do duti s shoulder-blades. So 1: to papa, and gets a biti -norning Van wa in agret to get on to some importai i1 he had on hand, -the marshal; .g of 'an army or something of th sor t. So he hurried to get into hi Sclothes; and, of course, they bothere, him, because he was in a hurry an, didn't take as much pains as usual Things would get upside down, "hin< side 'fore''; while the way the arm and legs of these same things go mixed was dreadful to conte'mplate So I ami afraid it was niot a very pleas ant face that. came to papa for th< finishing touches. "There! everything is on now!' snouted Vau. "Why, no, Van." said papa, soberly. "You haven't put everything on yet !' Van carefully iinspected all his clothes. from the tips of his small toes up to the broad collar about his neek. He could find nothing wanting. "You h'aven't put your smile on y'" sid paipa, with the tiny wrinkles b mi::np creep about his own eyes. "Un it eui, Van; and I'll button it up And, if von~ will believe me, Van c enn to put it on then and there! Ai r 'hat lie almost always remiem bered that he couldn't really call him self dressed for the day until lie had inu t a : nny face atop of the white Co lar and the necktie, QUEERiI ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Thiere~ is quite a famous shark, very !.:g and of uncertain age, known fani iiryas "Old Ben," that lives in the Caribbean Sea. He is very vicious and will eat any white men he can < atoh. but he never touches the Caribs, or native Indians, along the coast of Central America. These natives are fine boatmen and swimmers, and live in the water alost as much as "Old Ben" does, venm their women and babies floating andi paddling about in the warm waves. The Carib boys aro expert dih3 ut th- shiarks eau.se them nom way. Two Etilisillel who were ont in a dory towards night give a thrill ing account of his following tihm stvadily half a mile. Soinetimes they would hope that he had given up the chase, when there would see his hor rible head and jaws and one gleam ing, sinister eye close in the wake of their little boat. There seemed to be something weird in the way he peered at them, rising sudaenly out of the dark water; but at last he let them go. There is a queer wild animal in ('en tral America that lives, I think, in the woods. It is like an ant-eater, with its long sharp head; and like a raccoon or an opossum, inl its grey, bristling, coarse hair. Its size is that of a pug cdog, andthe natives call it Iy a curious name like peisote. It is not at all tierce, but is sometimes kept as a pet with dogs and other animals. It will n stand up for its rights stoutly, al though usually very Triendly. A traveler gives an amusingaccoun of one that became very intimate a: his camp, although it was never seei there. It was in the habit of watch ing every night for the lights to be ex tinguished. Then it would come dowi to camp. enter the kitchen sni!T about I knock the lids off and examine ever: article of food. t On one occasion it got hold of a bo: . of tooth-powder, and ate it all. Bi anctier time it tried a stew hot; t scasoned with red pepper. It sneeze 0 1 gited, and at last broke into a fur on, scol.in,. Very often when t m iiea did not go to bed so early n o uual, it could be heard on the hil s Side scolding like an angry old woma y w'nd IVould keep this up until th - Iip was pnt cut and it was dar Iieough for it- nighly v1-it. iThcre are many mLou:keys i t, tropical forests of the Americas, an they are not afraid-of men, but enattl t and scol them vigorously. A p'tiful story is related by M Neo'i of a batoon. He and a frier r went hu1nting. and fell in wiin a tro< t o obv baocons. His friend thongli e lessv ntred amcng them andt the tro( - e 1, with the exc1pt1in of one, mo S ally wouadd 1 y the reckless sht 11) IT ra ge: itielf to : tree. mnd pro !elfp~ in .1n up;right I ositmna h:. to min,:1l the wh.le tiercely chait< iL ing at th:e man who had shot it, as deno'ucing himt.. At list it thrast its hand into woun'ted side, drew it forth, otrippi Uwith Llo-.d, and pointed it at its mi de:O'rer. d In a little while it was dead, but s doer of the cruel deed was overeo Aal ' mer ro- w Themwh 11 n~ c is ~ i ? - ez -it baboon or the ape ii the little spi m onke .. Nothing is funnier than cdelight inl riding the is It sh. Cv great agility in leping on the uns he eting anim:l, which, cf cour )r 'all ops wi:d;v away, half frantie, u g0t rid of its captor. The monkey of the bett r pleasedl the faster it ru and the mcra it siTueals. Like the rest ~of its tribe it w chatter a'd scold whe; angry, but U will beo:ne vCry fond uf any o e ho pets and feeds it altho:gh s ne Ver eaces to play iischievo tric even on its friends. Thle humminmg birds of C.mnti America and the adjoining islands a ex(luisitely bxauliful. They see inude of jewels, and the tints chanm wih glittering iridescence that 'like enchantment. Scarelv at y color is single; the greens are glowil s5 wiith gold; the ruby tint is suften< Swith purple; the crimson or metall red suddenly flames into tiery orang and all tints and colors are sparklir t w ith light. r The movements are rapid and fair' like darting, poising, hoverinug, hun ming, flying swiftly overhead, drinl ing the gold and rulhy Ilower-cuin every pee, eve ry imoticn is grace i self. BAdventures of a Prospector. SThe vicissitudes of a mining pros pctor's life are clearly shown in th case of one Donald M1eDonald. a gol' hunter who has just returned to thi country after making a snug little stur i the Klondike regiou. 31eDonali has~ been prospecting ever since 183 et this is the first lime lie has eve made~l enough to take a rest. Hie ha'm followed every gold (raze that ha: struck the country sin1ce that time. bu ie has always been 1oo laite to nmak' his coveted fortune. Not once in al that time has lie ownmed an aicre o; ground. in every cam p he has beet focdtyork for the' 1man who hiret himi. It was in 1871 that lie had hi:: last sig"ht of civilization, and since tha1 time he has lived in the roughlest o1 miing campijs. Never. until he re tt une 1o Seattle. hizu! lie seen a st reet ear. ~ i cin eletie light. or a tehlpora The' (irettrie lights ont boarid thle steami eiS were the Ii rst-hie had seen. anid auli the itimhe w.ms abhoard ble took :a (hidd isi delighit in t urn ing t hem oni an md off, Nespaperws of every dlesip t ion lhe 'oriially hates. :;nd ii is on the papl2r., of the U'nited Staites that he lays thle b mam fo' r imutcli of the dIistress thait is biegininig to assune (lminouts propo pr iois in the goldl regionis. for he' claiimns tht had( thle piapers tol thelL truithi aott the distress that1 wais biound to prvail miany of 1!i- m:r.. m m'n~ en would not haive atitenipie.i the trip, lHe is, of course. mfisiakent in this, for every paper in the couniitry' was full of warnings againust 1hle periilotis jgur ney.-Piladelphiau Press. Th'e experilmenit of (emplo~yin-g womiien ( hilli'othe. Ohio. has purovedi a sue Spa'in mL'y not be exp'ected. to pro test against the Czar's disarmuamen: recelntIY he"oilC Producer" flot "v ter. anl :ppreWhclnsiton is felt by many of the residents of the region affee''d that they are about to blecome par ticipiails in a grand volcanic drami. In some of the wells the tempelra ture of the water rose twenty degre"3 in a single night. In a few the1' nomenon,101 disappeared Soon aftler :ts aippearance. In a majoritY of cas'S howevei.- ie wells fairly steiam fron1 tir newly acquired heat. The -irst known of this curious state of affairs was a report that the wells at MIr cop.. on the Solthern Pacitie Railroad. thirty ui'es south of PLhoeiis, had sud denly becomie hot. It was, four days thereafter that t110pheiii-Io'noI first was noticed a doze" miles west of that place. A tett at one well showed a temperature of nearly 1NO degrees. No difference is noted in wells in the immediate vicli itv of Phoenix. The line of subterranean heat wave follows the general direction of the Sierra Estrella Mountiis. a volcane chain, lying immediately south of the L (;ila River. Thence it appears to con tinue on in the direction of the lHarpna HulTala 3iountains near which are a nulier of large and imodern volcante! cones and hills of drifted volcanic asil. t F"urther to the east the lava flows are so geologically modelri as to istre ov''r I whelined in a number of places ill - cliff dwellings of " the ;neient. National Review. The Fate of Andree. The Deutsel.es Yolksblatt of Vieina, 1. Austria, publishes an interestingt i terviewv with )r. Blessing. the medh e (.,1 oficer ef Nansen's polar exloil tion. on Andree's fate. Dr. Blessing expressed the opinion that it was a great mistake to conclude that Andree r. is holiviessly lost because a few false t reports as to his whereabouts have been circuiated by practical jokers t and others. Andree's expedition was not a wild and reckles s Undertaking. Ibut a well thought out. carefully or , ganized scientitle experiment. Andree ; and hits coinpaniolns carried provisis e for a lengthy period. and could well r- e living in some part of the polar re if gions. probably in Franz .osef Land, or some of the islands which form s that arCipelago. Dr. Blessing adde ig that he thought it would be well u L wait until the end of September befor considering the outlook for Andree e escape blhick. If no news is receive e before then. sonic efforts should i le m::le to search for traces of the he o, roic explorers. A novel feature of the Btirlingto. Lr biiway Land Department exllibit s the work of the extraordinarily cle':. -s wife of a Nebraska farmer. It include: s-a group of five iures seated at a dit: ntr tablo and four pictures. The piit o ures are made of corn. corn hiusks scorn tassel silk, and the leaves of ti si-,-er imaple. and they have been don so well that they would pass foi paintings. The lirst scene shows thi it Li-e~ sjv-. y oung farmer coming to the countra with his ox team. The second his sed house and pirillitive mode of breakin. the prairie. The third and fot;rrt l scenes reveail the changes wvhich thit ty y.ears have wrought in the farmer's home and in means of transp~ortat ion. The family at dinner are clothed in corn husks. and( even the table cloth .is woven of the htusks.--Omaha Corre , spondence Boston Transcript.. mc Hie'd Seen 'emt. .Tile yotung man who knew all about everythiing, aind was willing to tell everybody else, was talking to the new boa rder, who was a school teacher, -andt who had come to the little sum mier hotel for her vacation. "HaIvt'e you ever seen IHamp jton Roads?' tile yotung woman finalliy as ked. "Seen 'em? lhe cried, with enthus! asm11: "I shiould say so. Tock a h~eyce trill over 'em 1:ast sununer." SThe school teacher did not ask him anly more~ (tuestionls abhout his travels. and priv-ately the younlg mani told his rooml-ma~ite that lie thoulght hie had itmu lresed hier.-Chicago Record. New Lightning-Rods. A. new' lightninr-rod. which ema~n ites from P'aris. Frianlce, ronisits of short discha rging points on all1 th chimnell(ys or~ eleva ted parts. (connced aong dhemselves by ribbons of .co: per-pliate inl such a waly ais to inlci''se the builiding iln ai sort of (enge like that suggested by Fair:ohav. For plhitinumii pIn lt s. as ill thle old condutcto rs, thiey subst itte a colpper 4'ylind~er 2! leet long and inclined 15 degrees from h vetical. Thle "earth" is nIlae uy :a voltte of c'oppier ribbonm sunxk in :a w-. i The' 'ost ol t his new sysltm is 1b4 one-hird that oft tile orndinary syste:n with hi llk Miou th emis of copper~i. The Smallest Paiblic L--n. Thie parish of W~~igenhall St. liry. Norfoilk. Enghtnd. has thle honoer of a pineer poshi lln almonig rutrai1l ar ishes. lis joirish donlll is lhe :irst 14o float a pultiie leotn. I 'por-tulon tck~ Is rent'rally issu1elI lairge :11m'. xm. t' W\igger.nhall (-on-Ils only mun 10 '~I lii modesi slim of x$22., whii- t ai rundtx. ht i< to i 'I ho'1 that our tciersw will I'ot nil .-ia k at once. ori lihe r'stiers of the ity maxiy hi . un dlt sttai!Cd.-W\Slimxinster (0g~e Am one tine it was the cuhstomi onl .sh Wedn ies:hiy toIi appint an1 uiriatl of thle 1-ingiish palaie4( tOocrow 111e hontls o '1e dax .xy like ai rock. Thbe "lw court :as lateI as 1982:. The stars 01n the Unxited Stk coi1 ae are six-pointed, while tu. Citcd I recautitfls to Preserve After Death Some students of Hawaiian customs jeclare that the people of the islands aever were cannibals. The popular dea that these new Americans have been nourished on their friends and relatives arose probably in a misap pre'hensioni of what happened to Cap tain Cook after he was killed at Kea lakekla. Tiie honcrable sepulchre reserved for chiefs and men of note may have caused the first voyagers about the i.,afnds to think that they had found proof of the practice, which really the iawaians are said to have viewed vith as much horror as more civilized raees. When a 'chief died it became the duty of his trusty kahus, confiden tial advisers in life and sworn to the performance of the last rites, to re move the body and bury it decently. That which the Hawaiians honored In burial was the permanent part of the body; the flesh was regarded as-transi tory and perishable, and therefore not worthy of sepulchre. The flesh of the corpse was cut off from the bones and burned; the bones themselves were (-arefully cleaned, soaked in oil, and b urnished red with turmeric. Tied up together in a snug parcel, they were deposited in some secret cave where it would be i'apossible for an enemy to 1; nd them. and thus have the. chance of bringing dishonor upon the dead. Two centuries ago the great chief Kualii was the moi or King over the island of Oahu. In the ninety years_ of his life he fought with so many chiefs on his own and the other Islands that he was sure that his enemies would make great efforts to get pos session of his bones and on them wreak some of the revenge which they had not been able to take on him when, alive. To make sure that nothing of this sort should happen, he laid strict commands on his most faithful kahu that he should carry his bones beyond the reach of any marauder who might seek to dishonor them. As soon as the breath had left the body of the aged chieftain the kahn C hurried his precious treas to a secret place in the Oahu Noun tains to fulfil his solemn promiSe. Re turning, he sent invitations to all.the I neighbors and tributary chiefs to-at tend a feast in honor of the dead. From all the lands of Oahu they gath ered and from surrounding .islis, I from Molokai up the wind, and from Kauai down 'the wind. When '1he I ames had been performed' with!'it the ceremonies with .which the Poly7 Aesians turn the days of monnb-n n IWas s'pread for the chiefs aiid s mon people. After the last food had r been eaten and the -calabashes were q empty the chiefs asked the kahu if he had carried out the dying wLshes his master; if the bones were bmried where there was no chance that they might be desecrated in any hoomaa hala. tne Hawaiian vendetta which was waged against the dead as well as the living. With the grim assur ance that his duty had been faithfully performed the kahu swept his hand in a comprehensive gesture about the cc of a hundred chiefs and said: "T'here are the graves of Kualil; no one can disturb his bones while they rest."~ He had not only cleaned the bones of his master, but he had 'beaten and rubbed them into a fine meal. The night before the feast he had secret ly visited the house in which were stored the great calabashes of poi pro vided for the refreshment of the chiefs. Into this poi he stirredte meal to which the aged king had reduced. The next morning th r mains of Kualii found their rest!' plaice in the b~odies of those who I~ gathered to do him honor, and wr beyond the reach of hostility and yen., detta. The chiefs praised the inged ity of the k-ahu and honored his fidel' iry. His story has been handed down - as the type of the devoted servant' New Tork Sun. Jim Was In Danger. *.c "My boy. rmy boy," she cried. as~ threw her arms around a sun-browned ~. : priva te of Troop M. - T1'en she kIssed him a dozen times, - andl with her arms around him, tried' to introduce him to a number of admir ing friends. -Hie wasn't the boy to stay back. Whien the Maine was blown up he de elredl lie would go. My brave boy." A iain she embraced him, but released him~ a minute later, and, with the frens plied him with questions and istened to his tales of life in the field. A trumpet sounded and the private, kising her a hasty good-by, hastened Fir'e minutes later a galloping horse dashed ar-ound the corner of the road way and1( up to the group. She looked up. recognized the rider Sa giance, and her whole frame s::ook withi forebodings. "Jim." she shouted, "come off of that horse this minute or you'll be killed. I'd never hgre let you go to war if I'd have known tha-t they'd aHow you to ride horses."' .Jim's companions .ioined i h hI ngh started by that youngma "hicago Disptach. SW by lie Went. General Wheeler's daughter was rying to persuade him to stay at ome, and let younger men do the ighting, urging that he had dohe fight ing enough for one man. -Finally'she asked: -- "Fatlier, why do you want to go?' Hie reptied: "If a fish had.:been out 4 the water' for thirty<.hree years and ::re iii sig.t of a "ice nond of wfter wK would wiggle a'i11t: -at any ra't."* -.exico (Mo.) Le iger..