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Medford, Oregon.
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Medford, Oregon.
Office: In Childers Block.
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Physician and Surgeon.
Medford, Oregon.
Office on C street.
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Attorney and Connsellor-at-Law.
Jacksonville, Oregon.
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Farm Notes.
Sulphuring in Fruit Drying1.
Or late several papers in this state
have discussed the subject of the use
of the sulphuring process in fruit-drying,
some prefacing their articles
with ths remark that I had "issued
another proclamation" on the subject.
I am unable to remember having ut
tered anything in public relating to
the subiect since the publication of
Bulletin No. 86, eighteen months ago.
Since, however, the articles alluded
to bring the matter forward, and im
ply a partial misconception .of my
views, and of their true basis, I think
it proper to put them on record once
more.
Sulphurous gas, which is' formed
when sulphur is burned, is well known
and constantly used as a disinfecting,
bleaching and deodorizing agent,
second in virtue only to chlorine.
The fact that it is the agent officially
used in the disinfection of infected
houses, ships and individuals is con
clusive on these points. It is there
fore idle to pretend that sulphuring
does not diminish the flavor of fruit
or of anything else touched by it. It
is perfectly certain that it does so ;
and the only debatable question is
the extent to which it may be used
for bleaching fruit without any mate
rial detriment to the flavor.
It is in evidence that a reasonable
amount of bleaching can be done by
applying the gas to the freshly cut
fruit without injuring the flavor to a
material degree, since the flavor will
penetrate from the inside outward to
a sufficient extent to compensate for
the loss of what naturally belongs to
the bleached exterior portion.
The limit, however, is a narrow one,
and it is so frequently exceeded iu
practice (whether intentionally to se
cure extra light " color to attract
the unwary purchaser or, more com
monly, by unskilful or negligent
workmen in charge of the sulphuring
boxes) as to put upon the market a
good deal of fruit that is the reverse
of creditable to the state that pro
duces it, and ill calculated to insure a
permanent demand. This is especi
ally true of the thinly sliced apples
and pears, which are quickly pene
trated by the gas and assume a greenish-white
tint that, while it may "be
inviting to equally "green" purchas
ers, assures the expert that the natu
ral flavor is practically gone. The
producer himself declines to put
them on his table, but the dealer and
the public, as at present informed,
are willing to pay an extra price for
it. This demand for unnaturally
light-colored dried fruit is a " fad "
like many others, which will have its
day but will inevitably give way, in
the course of time, to a preference Tor
the better-Savored product having
the tint which insures its being so.
So long as the "fad" lasts, so long
will producers or dealers sulphur the
fruit to suit the eye rather than the
palate of the consumer. It certainly
seems desirable to hasten the advent
o' a more rational state of public
mind on this point; quite apart from
the sanitary consideration, which, if
not of primary importance as regards
most of the sulphured fruit now in
market, has nevertheless proved suf
ficiently potent to cause the practice
of sulphuring to be legally prohibited
in the old world, where therefore our
fruits so treated would fall under the
ban of the law. An additional con
sideration is that this process permits
of rendering third and fourth class
fruit equal in appearance to the best,
and is therefore easily used for fraud
ulent purposes.
There thus seems to me to be abun
dant cause for desiring, and working
for, the abatement of the public delu
sion on the subject of light-colored
dried fruit, which sacrifices the sub
stance to the shadow and is certain,
in the end, to inure to the detriment
of our dried-fruit trade. The over
sensitiveness that has of late mani
fested itself in respect to the mainte
nance of my position in the question
seema, therefore, to be ill-founded.
I hope to find a measurably unob
jectionable substitute for the uncer
tain process as now practiced, in the
use of a solution of "bisulphite of
soda" (heretofore sold under the
name of "California fruit salt") of
definite strength, into which the cut
fruit can be dipped before drying.
In this process, the same agent ( sul
phurous gas) is employed in the li
quid form, but so controlled as to
the amount used .that the chances of
overdoing the sulphuring now so
great because of the convenience with
which the fruit can be left exposed to
the sulphurous gas for-an indefinite
time would be reduced to a mini
mum. The compound can be prc
duced very cheaply, and the solution
used will be very weak.
The exact strength and time re
quired to produce the best results
with different fruits will form the
subject of experiments at the station
during the coming fruit season. E.
W. Hilgard in Berkeley experiment
station bulletin.
Horses that make trotting race
horses are about one in a hundred,
and a man who breeds a common
mare' to a trotting-bred horse and
fails to get a 2 :20 performer need
not be disappointed, but has some as
surance of a nice roadster that will be
worth three colts from a scrub horse.
What could such a roadster be sold
for? It would be safe to say $300,
while a scrub would sell for $100 and
perhaps a good deal less, and cost
the same to raise.
All the bishops of the province of
(uerec nave lomidden uatnoucs to
take bribes or money or liquor or to
use liquor on election day or for three
days before or after. .
Woman's World.
Women in the Professions.
Why is it that those who object to
women entering professional life as
doctors, lawyers, or ministers, have
so little to say in opposition to women
earning their liviug washing dirty
linen, or working In factories, or run
ning sewing machines at starvation
wages? Are the latter occupations
more healthful, will they improve the
moral, mental and physical condi
tions of woman more rapidly than
the former? Is it not much easier for
a woman to be an ideal wife and mo
ther and educate her children prop
erly as a professional woman than as
a washerwoman or factory hand?
These objectors must be afraid that if
many women enter the professions,
they might be crowded out. Dissipa
tion is unfitting so many young men
for a profitable business career that
they will find it difficult to compete
with the professional women whose
brains are not stupefied with alcohol
or nicotine poison. Many teachers
say that cigarette smokingamong the
boys is the reason why the girls
stand higher in their studies than the
boys. It is claimed by some that the
girls are beginning to smoke and
drink. If so, the outlook for the fu
ture is very dark. Let every lover of
humanity use every possible effort to
educate the boys and girls to abstain
from everything that will injure them
mentally and physically ; and to pre
pare themselves to fill any useful aud
honorable position in life which will
enable them to be capable, self-supporting
men and women. Woodland
Home Alliance.
Love in Marriage.
"Don't make a mistake, my dear,"
said a middle-aged lady to a young
friend ; "don't marry that man sim
ply because you are in love with him.
If he doesn't care quite as much for
you, you had better break your heart
grieving over what you have not got
than wear your heart out in sorrow
lecause you are bound to a man whose
indifference is perpetually before your
eyes. The idea of teaching a man to
love you is a most mistaken one.
There are instances where it has been
done, but it is the most unsatisfactory
thing in the world to wait for.
"A woman is much more likely to
learn to love her husband after mar
riage than the man to learn to love
the wife, and the reason for this is ev
ident: The woman in the quiet or
her home has her thoughts constantly
directed toward the husband. The
man in the whirl of business has a
thousand things to distract his atten
tion, and she must be a woman of
more than ordinary grace and at
tractiveness who can win a tired,
oftentimes harassed and distracted
man from his business thoughts to a
deep and lasting affection. You may
say that marriage is a lottery. So it
is, but there are lotteries and lotter
ies, and of all chance games the
chance of winning a wayward heart
is about the most hopeless. Espe
cially is this the case if the woman her
self is deeply in love. She gauges the
man's feelings by her own, and base9
her demands on what she would her
self do, as she fancies, under like cir
cumstances. But she reasons from
wrong premises, and like all calcula
tions based on error, cornea far short
of her expectations. Murry only the
man who desires your love above all
things else, otherwise it is better to
remain single." St. Louis Republic.
The Woman In Hanlne.
Miss Margaret Cavanaugh, a Har
lem girl, is conducting an upholstery
business established by her deceased
mother a generation ago. She has
among her patrons some of the
wealthiest families in New York
Miss Cavanaugli has neither a shop
nor a stock. She is an authority on
drapery and an excellent judge of
stuffs, tapestries and woods. Her
method is to go to a house by ap
pointment, look at the work to be
done, and put a value on her services
for the contract. This agreed upon,
she produces a book of samples, de
cides upon the quantity of material
needed to recover a couch, chair or
divan, make up sofa cushions or re-
hang a window, and either sends or
goes for the supplies herself. She
has the entree to several wholesale
houses, and not only buys closer but
makes better selections than a novice
could. She understands the uphol
stery business In all its details, and
during the summer months makes
over thousands of mattresnes, pillows
and bolster rolls. Earlier In the sea
son she is employed changing window
draperies, and during the month of
July her entire time is spent closing
houses, laying fan vus and shrouding
pictures, marbles and furniture in
cheesecloth. ;C'hicago Herald.
Wanlilng lllankets Made Eaity.
If one has a suitable place for the
purpose, the washing of blankets may
become an easy matter, says the Jan
uary Ladies' Home Journal. In an
open space, have a line drawn taut
out of doors. To this fasten the
upper edge of the blanket. Have
strips of cotton sewed to the bottom
at intervals ; tie these to pegs, which
drive well Into the ground. Now
turn ' on the hose. Cold water, of
course, and plenty of it. Drench the
blankets well, on both sides. If much
soiled, rub spots with soap and drench
again. The force of the stream will
do more than wringing. After the
article is quite clean, leave it to dry ;
never mind if it does rain ; if the work
has been done thoroughly it will not
streak, but be the better for it. When
the sun has completed the task, you
will possess blankets as white, soft
and unshrunken as new, and the nap
will not be destroyed.
General News.
The assassins of the mayor of As
cension, Tex., have been arrested at
Ueming and will be extradited.
The boundary between Mexico and
the United States is to be resurveved.
Some Mexicans claim that the resur-
vey will show that San Diego, Tuc
son, Yuma, Tombstone, Nogales, Bia
bee, Wilcox, Benson, Gila Bend aud
all of the Southern Pacific in Arizona
are on Mexican soil.
Investigation shows thatlurce num
bers of paupers are being sent to the
United States from England and the
continent, their fare being paid by
local government boards.
A severe storm cost several lives
and destroyed vessels in Northern
Europe and eastern Canada Feb. 10.
Emperor William will not visit the
worlds's fair.
Nebraska sends 2.000.000 bushels of
ground corn to the liussian famine
sufferers.
Edward Parker Deacon and his
wife are wealthy and have moved iu
the highest social circles in Boston
and New York. Feb. 18 Deacon shot
and killed Emile Arbeille in Mrs.
Deacon's bedroom at Cannes, Fi ance.
The richest vein of silver ore seen
in many years has been struck in the
islue Uell mine in Squaw gulch, Col.
Hyer, the New Jersey embezzler,
who escaped from a car in Pennsylva
nia while being taken east from San
Francisco aud then undisguised trav
eled back to San Francisco where he
was beleived to have taken a steamer
for Australia, returned to New Jer
sey overland, still undisguised, ami
astonished the officials there bv sur
rendering for triid.
Grip is very fatal among the Chero
kees in Kansas.
UNIT ED STATES.
Mrs. Frank Leslie retains that
name. She says her second husband,
Willie Wilde, has done nothing to
make his name worth takiug.
At Tied Bluff, Ark., Henry Black,
who was whipping his wire, shot and
killed his daughter for interfering to
protect her mother. Black was ar
rested. There was talk of lynching
the man.
An insane inmate set fire to the lu
natic asylum at Jackson, Miss., Feb.
16, and perished with iu All the
other inmates wre saved, but the
building was destroyed. D. J. Brown
was the victim. He had escaMd and
had been returned the day before.
At Arcadia, Fla., Bert Hard at
tempted to arrest Walter Austin.
Austin shot him and a mob lynched
him.
New Orleans lost several million
dollars by a fire which started at
Canal and Bourbon streets Feb. 17
and defied the department for several
hours.
The typhoid epidemic in New York
is abating.
Frank Cook and Frank Kingsbury,
aged G, broke through the ice while
skating at Council Bluffs Feb. IT and
were drowned.
A meerschaum pipe trust is form
ing. Memphis suffers from an epidemic
of incendiarism.
Five men attempted to rescue
a person supposed to be within the
walls of a burning building at Louis
ville, Feb. 17. They had Un-n in the
building only a few" seconds when the
walls fell with a terrific crash and
they were buried beneath the burn
ing debris and instantly killed.
Cheif Justice Fuller sent his eldest
daughter, Mary, to Berlin to break up
a love affair between her aud Colin C.
Manning of South Carolina, but Man
ning followed her and married her.
This makes four of the chief justice's
daughters who have either eloped or
married against his wishes.
Dennis Murphy of Washington
complains of the chaucellor of the
German embassy for displaying the
family washing in his front van,
across the street from Murphy's
residence, nnd wants Uncle Sum
to lick Gennanv if she wont make
the chancellor ta"ke In his washing.
Two children of a Mr. Oliver or
Washburn, Col., while playing in an
organ box built a lire and were burned
to death.
More forgery indictments are being
piled up against Young Field in New
York.
Henry Armstrong served in theeon
federate army and paid his poll tax
nnd voted the Democratic ticket un
til he died at Juno, Tenn., Feb. 17,
when he was found to be a woman
named Mym Lawrence, who disguised
herself as a man ami followed her
lover to the war, where he died iu her
arms. -
All the St, Louis hotels refused to
harbor the dogs, birds and snakes
Sarah Bernhardt keeps with her, so
she resided in her private car while
in that city.
Mrs. James G. Blaine Jr. has got
1 .1: . L. . . . l ... l. i'ii
ner uivorce, me cusuhi y oi hit cuiiii,
$1000 for the expenses of the suit and
$100 a month permanent alimony.
A baby has been born at Iron XTill,
la., which its mother claims is the
Messiah. Many people believed her
and worshiped the child, but so niiicli
hostility was developed that they both
disappeared.
Ed Coy, a negro, outraged Mrs.
Henry Jewell at Texarcana, Ark., nnd
Feb. 20 C0O0 people gathe red there and
burned him to death.
Oliver Curtis Perry, who robbed Ex
press Messenger Moore at Utica, N.
Y., last fall, and has been hunted by
the officers ever since, got aboard the
express car of a New York Central
train Feb. 21, shot the messenger in
the hand and both legs, and was
scared away before he got any booty.
He climbed to the car roof and rode
from near Syracuse, where this had
happened, to Lyons, whero he drovo
the crew from a freight engine, cut it
loose and pulled out. ie was fol
lowed bv another engine on a parallel
track and exchanged shots with its
crew. His steam gave out and he
tied across the country but was
arrested.
When Marlon Hedgcpeth, the train
robber, lived at his home in Gibson
county, Ind., iu 1808, he quarreled
with his father and fired both barrels
of a shotgun at him, but missed him
and killed his mother. Being only 16
years old, he was sent to the state re
form school Tor five years.
Feb. 21 100 colored families arrived
In New Yorkwho had been told that
they would be gives free passage to
J-iiberia. uney bad sold all their pos
sessions in Indian territory to pay
their way to New York.
The twenty-ninth wife of the biga
mist John Anderson, who is in jail at
uieveiana, u., nas been neard rrom.
Attempts to assassinate officials by
Balmacedist sympathizers are of fre
quent occurrence in Chile.
SYMPATHY.
'
Orlef. prowling darkly at mydoop,
Cnmo In uubld. to-day.
And boldly said, I've come to stay,
t'nless, perchance. I'm driven away
By Bnnio sweat word of sympathy."
The darkening dim. It. mil darker grew.
As round my hearth, uublushlugly,
Orlef held lis sway.
The livelong day.
And kept unwelcome company.
At last there enme the lonced-for word.
And, as by chance, unwittingly,
Orlef went lior way,
Eho could not stay
In touch with swect-volced Sympathy.
Susan A. White In Boston Traveller.
THE SCOUT'S ESCAPE.
In June, 1887. while Gon. Custer, with Ms
commiind, was at the fork of tl.o Repub
lican River, in western Kansas, nul the
Indian war had fairly lx-sun. I v.a-j tiolnjr
duty with several others as a bcoiiU On
the morninfrof the 19th a young man named
Robiuson reached the camp aud reported
that he, with three others had been bunt
ing to the west ot us. and had been
stampeded by the Sioux Indians. One
had been killed, us ho behoved, while the
others bad made a dash for it and scat
tered, each taking his own course. Rob
inson bad blundered upon our camp after
rlillug all night.
Custer was at this time hopeful or mak
ing peace with the redskins, and the camp
at the forl.s would be permanent for at
least a tortnight. It was with this under
standing of the situation that I set out
with Roblusoa, after he bod had an all
day's rest, to hunt up his slumpeded com
panions aud bring them in. We lett camp
just after dark, both of us heavily armed.
and rode straight to the west. As I had
never seen Robinson under lira I wag more
anxious than if one of my fellow scouts
bad been with me, but Id the courts of a
couple ot hours I made up my mind thut
he hod plenty of nervo and could be de
pended on. As near as he could judge his
party was thirty miles west of the forks
when stamicdcd. At midnight, after aa
easy canter of live hours, we halted, dis
mounted, and went Into camp for the re
mainder of the Bight, believing we were
close upon the srnit where the hunters
were attacked, ltoth of us slept from that
hour until just before sunrise.
As the trails and characteristic of the
red man are under discussion, I 6bail re
late somo particulars which might other
wise be suppressed. We bad a cold bite
for breakfast, and had scarcely mounted
our horses when we caught sight ot the
carcass of a horse lying on the plains
about a quarter of a mile sway. As soon
as we reached It Robinson identilled the
animal as having teen the one he saw fail
as the stampede began. Its rider was s
man named Mcllenry. who had previously
been employed a? a civilian at Fort Lamed.
The buzzards aud woires hnd been at the
carcass, but we made out that tbe horse
had received three bullet and dropped In
his tracks. Saddle, bridle, and ail other
portable property lad been removed.
Robinson estimated that tbe attacking
party numbered fifty. After half an
hour's search I put the number at twenty.
He believed that alt who dashed away
were pursued. I found that none of them
had been fallowed over half a mile.
Had Mcllenry been killed or seriously
wounded by the volley which killed his
horse, his body would have been found
lying betdde the rarrass. As it was not, I
reasoned that be bad been captured un
hurt and taken away a prisoner. The trail
ot the Indians led to tbe north, as it mak
ing for the south fork of the Hatte Biver.
and we followed it at a cautious pace. At
the end ot five miles we came to the spot
where the hand had encamped for the
night. It was on the banks ot a small
creek. In a scattered grove, and the first
thing we saw was the dead body of Mc
llenry. Tho Sioux chiefs had declared
their anxiety for peace, and were profess
ing the greatest friendship for the sol
diers. Indeed. Pawnee-Killer bad visited
Custer to shake hands and sign s declara
tion of peace. While the old hypocrite
was declaring and protesting his whole
tribe was making ready for war and In
dulging In atrocities. While the big chief
was "how-how ing" in Custer's ramp and
declaring his love for tbe white man. one
of his band?, only thirty mites away, was
subjecting a hunter to tbe most agonis
ing tortures. They cut out his tongue,
blew powder Into his body, cut off his
toes, broke all his fingers, pricked him
with knives, and finally ended by scalp
ing hlra. He must have suffered for
many hours before death finally came as
a glad relief. Tho body was not yet cold
when we found it, and there were evi
dences that the Indians had uot been
gone more than an hour.
Vt the two who stampeded and got
clear, one went to the northeast and the
other to tbe northwest, Robinson had
held due north and thus reached our camp,
although he was not aware of its location.
We took up the trail of tho one going to
tbe northeast, believing that he was in tbe
treat est danger. He wont went at a wild
pace for at least ten tulles, never seeming
to have looked back and discovered that
pursuit had been abaudonod. or to have
turned to tho right or tho left, to throw
the redskins off his mute after darkness
came. It took us three hours to cover ti e
distance ho rode In one, as we oxpivted to
6e Indians at any moment. About twelve
miles from the spot v.b..'!o we found Mc-
Uenrys horse v-e cnmo upon that ot Jack
son, whom we were following to the north
east. Tho wild ride had exhausted the
nnimnl, and as he fell down, Jackson hnd
nlaudoncd him and pushed along on foot,.
The animal was on his feet and grazing as
we found him, but so lame that ho could
scarcely move. We removed the saddle
and blankets, and fouud Jackson's revol
vers in the holsters.
From this point wo had no troll to
guide us, aud the ground was badly out up
with ridges and washouts. We rode for
ward during tho rest of the day, hoping
to overtake the man, and neglecting nu
precaution to insure our own safety. Just
at sundown we followed a dry gully up a
long ridge aud debauched from it, seeing
a sight which for the moment appeared
to be an optical delusion. There were
Indinns on our right, on our lett. In front,
and 1 turned In my saddle to see ether
Indians closing in bctdmls us. As we
halted and looked arounl us many of the
redskins enpressed their humor by grunts.
Thoy hud probably boon riding to tho
righ and left of us for hours, and had
finally formed this cuj tie sac tor us to ride
Into. It wits taking a great deal ot pains
for nothing, but the Indian sometime ex
hibits a queer vein of humor. They were
not disappointed in thinking we would be
surprised.
It was fully two minutes before a enicf
rode forward and said "How-how." and
extended his hand to mo. and as he did so
the whole body closed in. ' I am so unfor
tunate as to bo marked on the left temple
with that birth-mark known as a wine
stain, tho spot being as large as a silver
dollar. My hut was well up aud my hair
back as the chief rodo up, and the Instant
he noticed the mark be let go my hand
and i-uid something to those crowding
up. I'rotiy soon he pushed in an touched
my face, perhaps thinklug the mark to be
a wound or soro. Others did. the same,
and when they found that lt was part of
the skin they exprossod much wonder and
reverence.
When I had sorvod as a scout only a tow
months, I know considerable ot Indian
eharactor, and was not long In realizing
that I had made a hit. While no violence
was offered us, we were disarmed and our
horsos were led behind the ponies of the
Indians, as we moved off to the east. We
travelled until about midnight before
halting, and then readied an Indian vil
lage ou Soldier Creek. As we descended
from our horsos. Robinson was led off by
two warriors, while I was conducted to the
Wigwam of Red Trail, a sub-chief In com
mand during Pawnee Killer's absence. I
had been busy planning during the ride,
and bad made up my mind to pretend to
be without tbe power of speech. I found
opportunity to whisper to Robinson to
pursue the some policy, but uufortunately
he bad not tbe nerve to carry out the Idea.
The faetof his being captured broke him
all up. The recollection of what McHenry
must have suffered unstrung his nerves.
and I heard him begging and entreating
as he was carried away.
Red Trail closely examined the mark on
my race, and was as much mystified as
the others. I still bad a power in reserve.
Having served through the war In the
navy, it was but natural that I should
carry a sailor's passport, Ou my left arm
was a tattoo representing an anchor.
This was seen as two warriors stripped
my buckskin shirt off to look for further
marks. Not an Indian in that camp had
ever seen anything like tbe mark, and
when tbe examination bad been com
pleted I felt sure that I was looked upon
with awe and mystery. If not veneration.
I was conducted to a tepee and motioned
to turn In, and had evory reason to con
gratulate myself on tbe plan I had pur
sued. I bad made signs that I could not
talk, and the Information had been ac
cepted.
Next morning Pawnee-Killer arrived in
the village. He had agreed to surrender
his tribe and go on a reservation,
but it was bold-faced lying on his
part. His very first move was to
order the village to pack up and move
back about twenty miles. This consumed
tho entire day. As we were ready to start
I received my hands and legs were left en
tirely free. I saw Robinson brought out,
aud be was loaded down with kettles and
led by a rope. At no time during tbe day
was he near enough to exchange a word,
but on several occasions I saw him kicked
and beaten by tbe squaws and boys.
It was 9 o'clock In the evening before I
was taken Into the presence of Pawnee
Killer. He seemed to have accepted tbe
belief of the others, and. in less than a
quarter of an hour, waved me out of his
wigwam. I may state here what I learned
two or three years after. It was the be
lief of the Indians that I bad been struck
by lightning as I slept, and that the fluid
bad left tbe two marks to proved that I
was Invulnerable. They further reasoned
that I lost my speech at the same time,
and was therefore an object ot veneration.
I was In no wise hampered or restricted,
but I found shelter as soon as possible
and was soon asleep. I wanted to do
something for poor Robinson, but just
bow to do It I could not figure. The j
treatment accorded him during tbe day
did not augur well for tbe future.
When morning came again I had a
hearty breakfast; and then two old men
armed with only bows and arrows, took
me down tbe creek about a mile and then
sat down on tbe grass, lt was an hour or
two before I could make out toe signifi
cance of the move, but I then heard sounds
from the direction ot the camp which sate
isfied me that Robinson was being put to
the torture. One of my guards soon left
for the vilUage, and an boar later the
other suddenly rose, and without a word
walked away In the same direction. Un
able to make up my mind what to do I re
mained where I was during tht entire day.
In later years I learned from one or the
warriors ot the fate of Robinson. His tor
tures lasted nine hours. He first ran the
gaunlet. Then be was tied to a stake, and
every form of mutilation which the fiends
could Invent was practiced on his poor
body. It was with great animation that
my Informant related how the poor fellow
begged and cried and entreated what
wonderful vitality he had how he could
have been preserved an hour or two longer
had not everybody grown tired ot the
sport. It was Pawnee Killer himself, fresh
from signing a treaty ot peace, who ex
hibited the meet fiendish spirit.
1 had a much closer call than I knew.
The two old men who took me out doubted
that I was what the others took me for.
They had some arrows made on purpose
to kill witches and keep off bad spirits,
and they were to take me off and see if
these arrows would kill me. In going
down the creek one ot them came near
stepping on a ra-.tlesnake, and this was
taken as a sign that they must not shoot.
When they returned to the village aad
reported It was hoped that I would go
away, and therefore no one came near
me. As night fell 1 started off to the
west, expecting every moment to be over
hauled, putting in a good twenty miles
before daylight. I was picked up by
Scouting party of cavalry just before noon.
It was about three months after my
escape before the Indians learned that I
was a Government scout, and that they
had been duped. Red Trail and Pawnee
Killer then offered five ponies each to the
warrior who should bring in my sca'pw
and for the next year I was perhaps
wanted more than any other man on
the plains. It was a curious turn of af
fairs, that, while Red Trail bad no less
tban five of bis best warriors out on ex
pedition after me, I crept into his camp
one night and secured bis own scalp-Kick,
rlile and pony, and got away.
How the Hofrfl.b. u Caraght.
The hogfish. usually found In compara
tively deep water, was caught by the
sportsmen off the great reef at low tide.
The dead coral heads, which had been
beaten luto a wall and formed the hiding
places of innumerable living forms, were
partly bare, the water deepening suddenly
to the blue depths ot the Gulf. Standing
on this vantage ground, bearing the craw
fish salt and extra tackle, with the dinghv
hauled up in smooth water cn the inner
side, the fishermen easily threw beyond
the gentle breakers Into deep water.
tenanted with a score of eager fishes
whose savage attacks upon the luscious
bait only served to draw the greater game.
The bite of the hogfish was a steady
strain; but the moment the hook was felt
it became a game-fish worthy of the best
efforts ot the fisherman. Often were our
sportsmen forced amid ths breakers in
their attempts to drag the highly colored
and harleqtdn-llke creature from its home
into the still waters of the inner reet
With Its enormous mouth the fish has
peculiarly swiue-llke appearance, fully re
deemed, however, by Its rich coloring and
the long and richly cut dorsal fins and
tail. It ranks uext to the snapper as
table-fish. From "Game Fishes of the
Florida Reef." in the Century.
A " Wrtmaiy fbr m PH.
It is queer what wonders usage will
work. Out at Medio) ne Hat, on the Cana
dian Paeitio Ilailroad, the station agent
has charge ot an enormous grizzly bear
an animal that all well informed sports
men regard as tbe most vicious, fearless,
and dangerous wild animal on earth. The
station agent may appreciate this factor
he may not, but, at all events, he has got
the grizzly to take care ot, and In a year
the only harm lt has done was when it tor
a little girl's leg- most frightfully. The
agent says that " grizzlies are easy to han
dle If you have the right tool by you. The
thing you want is a base ball bat. When
they get fractious you hit 'em a whack on
the skull with a bat, and you can do any
thing you please with them." N. Y. Sun.
The Karljr Blvd.
Ethel Do you like Mr. Eanies, mam
ma? Mamma (a young widow) Why, y-e-o,
darling,
jithel And Mr. Webster?
Mamma Yes, dear.
Ethel And Mr. Fish, and Mr. JMxou,
and Mr. Sheldon? - . . ..
Mamma I like them all, pet. .
Ethel Which one are you going to
marry, then? ,
Mamma The one who proposes first,
darling Greensburg Sparks. . .
SHIPS IN OLDEX TIMES.
COMPARED WITH THE VESSELS
MADE IN THIS GENERATION. ;
The Egyptians Built Venela aa Big aa Oar
Ocean Baceri Kize of Oars and Xumbrr
or Kowera on a. Side Good Freight
Carrier.
We moderns are Justly proud of the
wonderful and magnificent specimens of
naval architecture that crowd the great
ports of the world. If tbere is anything
new under the sun, a first-class ocean
steamer, it is believed, is that rarity.
In our conceit we recall only the galleys
and triremes of the ancients, that scarce
ever ventured beyond the coast line, and
the email barks in which Columbus and
those that followed birn conqueied the
new world and gave commerce its
greatest field. But the ancients built
many goodly sized craft and made
luxury a si udy on some of them. That
much controverted craft, the ark. is an
example ot bigness. Her tonnage is
estimated at about fifteen thousand tons,
smaller, it is true, tban that of the
Great Eastern. 2to less an authority
than Lindsay thinks that she was simply
a raft or stupendous size, having upon it
a structure resembling a huge ware
house. As no means or propulsion were
necessary, this description may be cor
rect. The cargo, however, was unique,
and probably the largest and most valu
able ever carried.
The description of the ark. as given
in the Scriptures, makes tbe vessel
about 430 feet in length, 73 fet-t in
breadth, and 45 feet in Ueptb. propor
tions similar to those now in use to-day
tor great vessels. - But as the agnostic
is not sure, that this lifeboat of the
human race ever existed, and as the
materialist is sure she never was built,
let us take for example or big ancient
vessels some other craft vouched for
upon tbe authority ot profane and not
sacred writers. The Egyptians, fond of
large things end big dimensions, made
the big tonnage vessels of ancient times.
Ptolemy (Pbilopator) would have ap
preciated the Great Eastern. He was
fond of building big boats. One of these
is said to have been 43) feet long, oi feet
broad and ri feet deep from tbe highest
point of the stern. This vessel had four
rudders, or what some would call steer
ing oars, as they were not fastened, each
45 feet long. She carried 4,'JJO rowers.
besides 3,000 marines, a large body of
servants under her decks, and stores
and provisions. Her oars were 57 feet
long, and the handles were weighted
with lead. There were 2.UJJ rowers on a
side, and it Is supposed that these were
divided into five banks. That this ex
traordinary vessel ever put to sea is
doubted, but that she was launched and
used at times, if oaly for display, several
historians are agreed.
Another ship, the Thalemeeus. built
for one of the Ptolemies, is said to have
been 3.0 reet long, 40 feet broad and 8)
feet deep. This was a tar more magnifi
cent vessel than any previous one. An
Alexandrian historian, Catlixenas. in
describing her. speaks of her having
colonnades, marble ta:rs and gardens.
Another great vessel, historical by
reason ot its six. Is one bui:t by Hiero.
King ot Syracuse. Her dimensions are
estimated to be large from the descrip
tion or her cargo and the number ot her
decks and houses. She is supposed to
have been sheathed with lead, and ac
complished at least one successful vov-
age. A full description ot her would read
somewhat like tbat oi one of our Long
island bound or Hudson Kiver steam
boats. the had three entrances, the
lowest leading to the hold, the second to
the eating rooms and the third appropri
ated to the soldiers. There were thirty
rooms, each I aving four couches, for tbe
soldiers ; tbere were fifteen couches in
the sailors supper room, and there were
three more cabins, each having three
couches. The floors of all these rooms
were laid in stone mosaic work. There
was also a temple of cypress inlaid with
ivory and dedicated to Venus. The
mainmast was composed of a singletree,
and the vessel carried tour wooden and
eight iron anchors.
As a freight carrier she would rival the
largest of our ocean tramps. It is re
corded that one or two of the launches
belonging to her would carry
about eighty t ins. This vessel is said
to have carried "tjO.tXO measures of corn.
39.au jars of Sicilian salt-fish. 30.000 tal
ents weicht of wool, and of other cargo
the provision required for the crew.
These are the notably big vessels of an
cient times, but the supposition is that
as rulers, whether king or people, were
as emulAis In those as these, vther big
craft were also buut, rom the forego
ing description tbe thought Is suggested
that the first designers of our own river
steamboats may have heard ot the
Egyptian and Syracusan vessels, and
taken a hint from them in building float
ing palaces. Maritime Register.
Metnodiemt Penlxtancy Wins.
It Is amazing to those who have tried
it to see what can be accomplished by
laying aside even a small portion
of time daily for a set purpose.
Seize a fraction of your time, for a
special object. If you take it as
soon as possible after breakfast, you
will be surest to get it. Do not curtail
your sleep for any purpose. The duty
of sleep Is just as binding as any other
duty. 'Women will never amount to any
thing in any department until they
learn that the care of their health is a
sacred duty.
Do you find your mental furnishings
growing rusty and dim? By reading a
good book fifteen minutes each day, you
can effectually renew your mental vigor.
Tou cannot master an art by working
fifteen minutes a day upon it ; but the
fruit ot years or study in literature,
music or paintings can be conserved
through the busy months by the devo
tion or even a tew minutes daily, if you
can get so more time to hard practice.
Then the health can be greatly benefited
by even a short stroll in the open air
when it Is impossible to tike longeones.
It Is like the proverbial saving of the
pennies and gathering up tbe fragments.
The results are simply astonishing.
Domestic Monthly.
The Mew. en err Boy aa Naree.
One of the district messenger boys
undertook a novel task last Sunday af
ternoon. He was called to a Franklin
street house, where he found a woman
with a baby. "I am going to take baby
to the park for an airing," she said. "My
matd has gone home sick, and I want
you to go with me to carry the baby.
You can do It well enough If you only
tiink so." The boy did not think so at
all. but he had no way out of it, and for
three hours he bore the infant, until he
feared that his arms would coma out oi
their sockets. "Don't you gimme no
more calls to that house, he said, when
he reported at headquarters. "I couldn't
tjin' two times o' that." Buffalo Cour
ier. -
SwoAtitwte for Gwttm Percbju
M. Da Costa, a Portuguese, Is reported
to have discovered an excellent and abun
dant substitue for gutta percha near Toa.
It is the solidified fluid which flows from
the Nivol-cantem, which grows -wild in the
Concan district, and is generally planted
for hedces. It is Insoluble in water.
softens under heat, and hardens In the
-cold; receives, moreover, and retains a
driven mould; can be cast into very thin
sheets, and is capaoie oi taKing tne
minutest impressious upon its surface.
Thoutrh of a white appearance when it
flows from the tree, lt is in its dried state
of a chocolate color, bearing a close re
semblance to gutta percha.
ABOUT LOTTERIES, ;
THEY INTRODUCE SCAN DALS AN D
CORRUPTION IN PUBLIC LIFE.
Originally they were Simple. Uamee a
Chanoe Uevlard to Keep Dowatat Fee
pie of Rome Tneir Total SoppreaaioB
Keeeaafty.
Lotteries have been condemned la
principle, though they are as yet not
wholly suppressed. In nearly every coun
try in Christendom. In most of the
States of the American Union they are
forbidden by law. In England they
have been prohibited since the, reign of
George III: in Belgium they were bud- "
-pressed in rii), and in Fraaoe-thev are
nominally forbidden, though the Gov
ernment has permitted the element of
chance to be introduced in the raisb;
of money for certain semi-public p -poses.
.
The lottery originated In corruption,
says tbe Youth's Companion. It was at
the beginning simply a game of chance
made nse of bythe Emperors in the declin
ing days of Rome to corrupt and beguile
tbe common people. Its demoralizing
nature was quickly recogonized. The
earliest legislative bodies of modern Eu
rope, protested against royal lotteries,
and the first Assembly of the French Re
public suppressed as "an invention of
despotism to make men silent about
their want, by enticing them on with a
hope which aggravates their distress."
The objection to lotteries is based up
on moral as well as upon public exped
iency. Lotteries continually incite the
poor, and persons who are: not well
gifted with the moral sense and the
quality of self-reliance, to depend upon
something else than their own efforts to
take care ot themselves. They lead
such persons to neglect the duties of in
dustry, arouse tbe instinct of eovetona
ness and stimulate many evil passions.
Lotteries have been well called schools
of public demoralization. They intro
duce scandals and corruption in public
life. Such scandals, involving charges
of bribery or legislators, have Jately
risen in Louisiana and North Dakota.
The wealth which may in a very few eases
be gained byiinrividuaie. and which is '
almost always gained by tbe proprietors
of lotteries, is not acquired by labor or
any useful service, but only &t the ex
pense of others, and sometimes to the
ruin, moral and financial, of the persons
who patronize the lottery.
In this country the general Govern
ment has not the power to suppress lot
teries in the States, but it may prevent
their doing business through the United
States mails, and that is what is to Jbe
done by a law lately enacted by Con
gress, This law makes unlawful and fraudu
lent all communications through the
mails connected in any way with the
business of lotteries or gift enterprises
oi any kind. It is made a misdemeanor,
punishable with a fine of five hundred
dollars and imprisonment for oo-e year,
for any one to deposit in the mails any
letter. -rd or circular in any way bear
ing upon the business of lotteries.
No one may lawfully purchase a lot
tery ticket through the mails, nor may.
any ticket, prize or information, he sent
by mail or delivered. ;:;'--
Postmasters have no power under the -law
to open letters in orde to find out
whether they contain lottery business,
but registered letters, postal Botes and
money orders directed to lotteries or
their agents are to be marked "' fraudu- .
lent," and retarned to their writers.
Newspapers which contain advertise
ments of lotteries or lists of prises
awarded are forbidden to be carried la
the mails under the same penalties aa
other communications relating to lot
teries. In brief, though the Government can
sot suppress lotteries in the States, it
may prevent their doing business
through the mails, and undertakes to do
so in this law. -
Inasmuch as all the States have laws
ot their own which make open dealing
in lottery tickets unlawful, business of
this sort has been largely driven to the
United States mails, taking refuge there .
unoer the inviolability of private com-'
munications. The present law is in- -tended
to make the mails no longer a -cover
ior such business. -i
It can hardly be doubted that the en
forcement of this law will prevent a vast
amount ot the mischief due to lotteries,
even if it does not break them down. It
is to be hoped that it will be followed by
the total suppression ot these demoral
izing and hurtful enterprises in the
States where they are now permitted la
one or another form..
Odl Character.
" Tes, a good many -odd characters
come in here in the course of twenty-four
hours." said of those bank marshals who
wheel the bewilded into line and keep
the stream of humanity moving before
the little wired windows of the tellers.
" One day a quaint little lady cam hm
and in a gently nervous way told me that
she wanted to deposit Sl.OTX I showed
her what to do and turned to leave her.
Then she began to go through the little
reet ie ale that hung on her arm. I
watched her for a moment as she ears- " .
fully took out her various articles. But
she evidently hadn't found what she was
after, for a second later she closed the
satchel with a sharp snap, walked over
to me. and started in on a long apology
that in her hurry she had left the $1.0ml
at home by mistake. Then she wentAyf;,
I didn't pay much attention to her aad
naa lorgocten ner, wean aeon a mrau
aiierwarusue camHlasin.vuu .
through the same perlor EnaB.eiland,1 - -
added tbe omciai with a lai
inen, again, some, people
queerest kind of .pocket safes ToTetr
money and their boots, said tbe tl
official. " They seem to think that-tt is
in the inmost recesses oi their. gar
ments that they are safest. - Some wrap
up their books in oiled silk eases. Wal
lets are very popular with the poor
people, and they like a knotted String
better than any elasp that was ever in
vented. The handkerchief la the poor
woman's infallible personal safe deposit.
When she has tied up her valuables In ft
and stowed it carefully away amid the
labyrinthian folds of her garments, B la
generally pretty sale ; at least she
it is.
"There are the nervous depositors
who are afraid they will never sea their
books again when they hand them in at
the windows, or that the tellers will give '
them by some mistake to the wrong per
son in passing them out. Then there are) -the
confident depositors, who frequently ;
make mistakes in counting the money -they
deposit, and their surprise at often
amusing when a recount makes taenv
acknowledge their error. - -. " ' "
"Blocking the line is the most fre
quent fault of anxious depositor.. They
keep us busy, and." added the official,
"we enjoy the exercise,--Ksw. lork .
Times. w
Trlm IraBm.',' -James
and Mary, .living in r'awjney .y
Ind., loved each other.' Tho- - v
grained father objected. Xhcreub-. 'vir
two eloped iu a hack. The hac
down and they started off on toot.
The old sectlemaa caught np wita ..
them and jerked out. a horse pistol
Mary declated that the bullet sfceuM go.
througa her body before it struck J sisal.
There was a moment ot irres)taUonv "
when Mary pulled off her shoes, been
oned to her lover to follow and prlnta '.
across a railway bridge.
The old gentleman got teltjth yer-J
couple got married. . . f.-. - . -Jt