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FIGHTING FOK HOMES DESPERATE CONFLICT WAO.ED , BY VAQUI INDIANS. - Wtxlcaae Occapettoa tf Thmit Lead j.th Cuh BelU-Oatbreek BalltTtd to I V Yfclr LmI itaad-Traateaal of AaMrica Ibto1t4 U Flare Coatttt. ' Tht fact that Mtxlc la at war with tht Yaqul Indiana la known, by utMua t tbt ntwapapera, but It baa no ept clal algullleane to tht avtragt reader who known llttlt about tha Yaqula or tbelr htatory. Tbla hlatory U ma not of an uucooqutrablt met, Whtn Oorte landed In Mexico tbo Yaqul were a powerful raoa numbering 300, 000 aoule. They occupied tho north western part of Mexico, bordering on the Outf of California on tho wt and on what la now tht Bute of Arlaona on the north. In tht early daya, how- eminent at laat rtcognlatd the futility of continuing the truffle to conquer them, and at tht Invitation of Teel dent Dlaa, tht old chief of tht Yaqula. Tetablate, Tlalted tht City of Mtxlco, whert tho ttrina of a treaty of peace were, agreed to. Tbt ilgnlng of tht treaty took plact at Ortia, a military tatlon near Quaymaa. It waa an 1m prewlv tight wirh hundred of In diana, all carrying white flag, bearing tbt word paa (peace), aurrouudlng the old chief and Col. Teluado. Tetablate gate bta word that tht life and proper ty of all Mexleaua and forelguera liould tt held aacred within bla do main, and that he and hit people would uphold and obey tht lawe of tbt re public. Col. relnado promised on tht pari of tht Government that certain landa claimed by tht Indlaua abould be thelra absolutely, to hold or to aril, and that they ahould be granted all the righta held by tht Mexleaua. Tht treaty waa nerer violated by Tetablate, and he canned to be ahot eeveral In diana who killed an American proa- of tbt Itough Bldera art with tht la quia, putting Into practice aoutt of tut thluge they learned about war In Cuba Doubtleta by meant of tbt aamt Intlu eue tht Yaquta camt Into pmietaloi of a Mailw gun, which waa blppte Into tbt uilnea la lectlona under tU gulst of a new atylt of uilulug drill Tula tnglot of destruction waa aet uj and It la aald the Yaqula' natural lal ent for mechaulca enabled them read lly to matter Hit guu't action aud ait cbaulcal principle At all tventa, when (Jen. Torrea wltt 0,000 Mexican troopa moved out ol Guaymaa to attack tbt rebel, he wui treated to a dleagreeabl surprise, lit had declared that be would end Yaqul relictllona ouct and for all by tbt hIiii pie proceaa of extermination. With the force at bla command he could, bi alleged, drive the Indiana Into a cornet and then annihilate tht trlbt root ami branch. Hut when Torrea camt upon the euemy be waa himself glad to es cape annihilation. He won tht battle, It U true, but only by Hit aid of PORTO RIOAN PkASTg, ltile Wtatt Art Few, atlpl tad Kaally tapptled, , Tbt lift of tbt peasant, tbVpeon, of rorto Itlco It Dot t dream cm and luxury; neither baa b ft pu.tJ through tbt olghtmart of jlrttched hunger aud biting cold wbl-flsdd ao vitally to the hardilttpa of tMtoverty stricken of northern clluiesl In aqualor and filth, lu efiity and Ignorance, tbt larger numlvcY tht lu babltanta go through their liimpara lively abort Uvea; for out diuutit aet many aged people among thel They d a off from fever, coutaiiliii dis ease, aud trouble banded doln from alckened forefather, at a couiprattve ly early age. I At no period of tbt poir nun ealat enet can he suffer tbt torture f (tar vatlon becauaa bla Job of wfk bat given out, for, while during whole mouttia of tht year bt roayf earn a alugle centavo, bt Mill baa hi little plot of vegetable on tbt, bill! thf If worst cornea to wont, or the M-owner turna him out, bt may live $ the pro fualon of frulti and roota of)b forest, or, aa !a a common practlc of the country, upon tht frulU OK ed from bl uuirt opulent neighbor. In the dry season be complain of the cold of tba early morning, yyfhe ami NO REST FOB LINCOLN. AewatH of the Mtrtyrei rreldnt la a New Abode. Kate leemt to bavt denied ret to tht treat emancipator even In death. tVbeu the body of Abraham Lincoln was taken to a temporary vault In Oak Uidge cemetery, at Springfield, 111., rt renily. It marked the eleventh removal f the remains of tbt martyred I'resl luiit. For thirty-five years the metallic rnsket hat been shifted hither aud thither to meet tbt exigencies of time md change. Tba following table gives TKronaT vavtf i oak bidos, sled. April It, inM. Itemoved to Whtta lloime. llfiniiMd to Capitol Putldlug. Jlcuiovetl to funeral csr. '.: . . ? J- t'tpttul Hulldlng,KiirlHB' . .ikovhj to re-wiving vault, Oak tUde (niHery. Uemoved to temporary vault Itcmnved to sarcophagus, M'tcoln monument YAgins READY TO AMBUSH MEXICAN SOLDIERS, ever, the trlbt spread northward Into what I now Colorado. For WW ytars tbeee people hare been fighting the SpauUh Invtdera and their Mexican descendant, and never have they ac knewledged a mater. Reduced now to a remnant of their former atrength, numbering not more than 15,000, and occupying the mining region of the State of Sonora, their spirit of Inde pendence remain unbroken, their war like nature la unsubdued. Tba world does not furnish many types of fight ing men more difficult to subdue than ithese aame Yaqula. They bare much 4he mine qualities of endurance, brav ery and audacity that characterise the Apache, but art further advanced In civilization. t ' In the Land of Sunshine, Verona Granville give an account of a recent visit to the borne of the Yaqul Indian In the State of Sonora, Mexico. The writer wss surprised to find this people .well dressed and up to date In tuelr cooking utensil, agricultural Imple ments and weapon. "A fine modern rifle stood In the corner of the fimt louse I entered. All the family wore shoe, and tbt mother and three little girls wore neat lace-trlroraed calico dresses. They bad Just come from pector In tbt Sierra Madrt near tbt Klo Aroa." Tht Yaqula excel tbe Mexlcana In the mechanical arts. In carpcutry. In mining. In working In metals. In weav ing. In Industry and In pemevereuce. They cultivate tht soil and do mot of tht mlulng In a country which la rich t neral wealth and which formerly belonged to tbt fathers of the Ysquls and which tht Yaqul believe la right fully their own at this day. They work for a mere pttance. about f'J a month, and work bard. They makt no com plaint on that scort. but tbeopprelvt taut which tht Mexican Government Impose upon them and the sovereignty which Mexico aaaumee are intolerable. Case of the Outbreak. Tht preseut outbreak wa brought about In the uual way. The Mexican violated tbt treaty made with Tetabl ate and encroached upon Yaqul laud. Immediately tbt Yaqula were In aruis. The fighting blood which centuries of warfare and oppression have been pow erless to cool, boiled under the seitae of wrong. The Yaqul took the field. Sev eral engagements have been fought. Chief Tetablate wss killed, but hi fol lower were only fired to avenge hi death. Hundred of Mexican aoldler naral laudlug party after the Mexican general waa pretty nearly whipped out of hi boot. Coutrary to all prlnclplea and prac tice In ludlan warfare, the laquli ere entrenched, aud a tht Mexican advanced they were met by a murder oiu firt from the Maxim supported by modern rlflea. The shock of tht sur prise and the mortality among uie troop demoralised lorrea Invincible army. blcu retreated precipitately upon the river, where the guuuoal lay. Again the Mexican charged, and again they were driven back by tbe do destructive fire. Tht gunboat moved Into position to bring It gun to bear upon tbe entrenched Yaqul, but the Mnxlm aoon put the boat out of the light, aud It drifted helplessly down trcam uuill It grounded on tht hither bni.k. Tht Final Ftruggla. Thl temporary triumph proved 'the undoing of the Yaqula, a whtu the guuboat ran upon the bank a pnrty n landed sod making a wide detour flnnked the entrenchmcut. Unable to bring the Maxim to bear on tw riu t once, tbe assailed In front aud Bunk, the Yaqul were forced to retire Into Hit mountain. They executed till movement slowly aud In good order, saving their machine gun for future use. When the smoke of battle lifted 3(10 dead Mexican were found upon the field. The Yaqul lost heavily also, but not so heavily s the assaulting olumn. The battle of Guayma tin taught the Mexican Government what to ex pect. Tbe extermination of the Yaqul for resenting Mexican aggression and breach of faith promise to be a hercu lean task. BATTLE BETWEEN VAQTJIS AND MEXICANS. church. It being Sunday. Though we were invited to dine with tbe family, we declined, as our time was limited in the vlllng. Many other huts were vis ited, aud all were far cleaner and their ccctipaut Vioro intelligent than I had Veen led to expect from my reading about the Yaqula. Both men and wom en are above tho average Mexican height. Many are extremely tall and all well proportioned. Their features are pleasing, their eye large and pierc ing, their noses straight, and tbelr teeth white as ivory. The carriage of a Yaqul woman would tire the heart of a Delsartean with unquenchable envy, eo tall, so straight, so well poised Is the entire figure, especially when the olla Is placed on tbe head on returning from the well or river. The constant carrying of burdens on tbe bead pre aerves an erect position of the torso, and tbe act of walking Is performed from the waist downward-a method employed by tbe Greeks for beautify ing the human form divine. A Superior Race, 1 "Tbe Yaquls are the backbone of the population of Sonora. They are the best workmen In the republic, com manding from ten to twenty per cent feigner .wages In many localities than Mexican or other Indian labor. There is not a lazy bone in tbe Yaqul body. Thev are a peaceable, law-abiding peo- io when timtlv treated. From timo Immemorial they have been hunters, miners and tillers of the soil. Tbcy iave the nomnd Instinct in less degree than almost any other Indian tribe. ' Nevertheless the Yaquls have a rec ord for fighting, as tbe Mexican au thorities know to their sorrow. ', "When oppresHcd they have simply risen to redress their vwongs. In their mountain fastness they could no more be conquered than the Scotsmen before glut- battle of Bannockburo. Tbe Gov-1 have gone down before the Yaqul fire Mexico realizes that tbe uprising la a. rlous and It Is making strenuous exer tions to meet the crisis. The war on the part of tbt Indians has been con ducted with marked ability and splen did dash and courage. The Yaquls have some Idea of military combina tions. To tbe cunning and daring of the Apaches tbey add the self-control and cool Judgment which association with the whites and something ap- Droachlna- civilized modes of living have developed. The Indian! Inflicted a terrible blow unon the Mexican forces near Guay mns. recently, killing 300 Mexicans and very nearly capturing the post It self. Tbe latter disaster to Mexican arms was only averted by the assist ance given the land forces by the navy This engagement assumed the propor Hons and characteristics of a battle, and gave Mexico an Idea of tbe gravity of the situation which it is facing. But the Yaquls bad powerful allies. I he cowboys of Arizona have an Inveterate hatred of the "Greaser," and esteem It a special privilege when fortune puts It In their way to legitimately kill one of the obnoxious race. And the cow boy Is liberal In construing the mean Ing of the term legitimate. Moreover, the cowpunchers dearly love a fight for its own sake, and when the Yaqul rebellion presented the opportunity not only for a fight but for a chance to get a shot at the hereditary enemy, num bera of the cowboys crossed the border and Joined the Indian forces. How much of the success of the Ya quls is due to the organizing ability and strategic skill or their white sup porters cannot be known, but the tac tics pursued by the Yaquls at Guay ni.ts suggest a directing intelligence ta miliar with elementary military scl ice at least It la probable the t some Ibt history of tbt unquiet remains of Lincoln, from tbt time of bit death thirty ova years ago: Died In boust near Ford's Theater, lie, for oOTflaTTirW v!,!, b he wa iln colder than our niillot of tt im al weather, Shoe art a useles- i'itricu to bla bart and Mte-ltwtbV; ;""t, which bavt Uoiblen ttTro; , t trail In their nakedncas from, and a ba,t,ff jk nt bavt It. I . ' tt bta own boust from tht era . ,;"7 around tba doorway. " ? Tht bou In which h la domvlcd bt build In a few abort day from pol and tbatcb and ttik roll f lb" royal palm; and a good bous )l I In pltt of Ita primitive appearance, for It screens him from tht colder wlta of night and abed tbt water of tht driv ing rain ltkt a duck' baek.-lUter'a To IM.pel tht fog. Tbt latest Invention la a fog dhf Her. Tht apparatus consist of a hortsjntal outlook pip tight feet In leiigtljand eight Inches In diameter. At the inuth of tbt tube la a wldt flange; the ear end la covered with a thick dls-! of gins. About two feet from the fear end a pipe enters tbt tube from uuow, at an obtua aeglt with tbt forvard section. I Thl connection la madt throiih ort of turn-table, which permit! the outlook tub lo bt pointed lu any free Hon desired, up or down, from, one side to tht other, Tbt pip beloweon- necta with a blower down lu thivea tel. 1 When tbt dUpetler la In u the blower sends a powerful stream f air up through tbt pip into tut tunt ami tht current burttet Into tht fog, irlug holt through It a It were, j The action of the suspended nii)turt la twofold. Tht fug la rolled hick In every direction., tba high press of the blast produce a cooling Inflmnct, the moisture In tuspenlon coutensea aud fall In rain. A great coue ol c-ar atmosphere, with Ita apex at the Bidlth of the tube, result. J Tbe eyt of Die pilot la at the flassat tht rear of tht tube, and he gu Itlo the bowel of the fog. With Hi all a pilot can readily pick up bl buoys l a fog, and keep an eyt out for vela ill riid.. ' . With a powerful l luweh I'tj v V lii.tH-t to make tii fug d! t-l. , ?. ? would be nrtrthable vessel I goklg Sf " i :':. form of marrlago la It but wbert It kii be could not remtmbtr. A less aa . tured man would bavt been sorely p . plexed. but not he. He lost no time in I removing bit bat and, aactndlDg at ' split-bottomed teat of Justlct, remark" td: "Uatt off In tbt prtatnet of VJ, court"- All belug uncovtrtO, lie aaldi "I'll awear you In fut Held up ytr right band." "M. I00T" asked tbt friend of tbt groow, "Of course," aald tbt wis captain. "Alt wltuessea muat bt sworn. You and each of you solemnly awear that tbt tvldeiict you shall glvt In this cast shall bt tht truth, th' bull truth, an' ttotblu' but tht truth. You. John Mar vln, do solemnly awear that to tht best of ytr knowledge an' belief you take thl yr woman ter bavt and ter hold fcr yeraelf, yer belra, txekyertera, ad uilnUtrator and assign, for your an' their use an' behoof forever?" "1 do," answered tbe groom, "You, Alice Ewer, take thl yer man for your husband, ter bev' au' ter bold forever, and you do further swear that you are lawfully seized In fee simple, art fret fiom all Incumbrance and bev good right to ecll, bargain aud courey to tbt said grantee, yerself, yer belra, administrators and asslgnsT "I do," tald tho bride somewhat doubtfully. "Well, John," aald tht raptaln, that'll be about a dollatjn' fifty e-uu.' . r. n n arrled?" asked the other. "Not yet, t ain't," quotti tht cap tain, ttb yu jhaala, "but tlit ' come lu Herei: , . ... J. i i i, - After pjne fumbling )t wi produced and httdrver to tbt "'ntV b nuniliw I It to makt sun It was all right. "tHl o pocketed It aud con tlu ned ' "Know till men by the preenta, Uqaefled air and can give short waigfcr until eternity. Coai and wood? rry ton delivered la tht millionaire base ment costt CO per cent more than tba common people pay and every coru 100 per ctnt Ntw York I're. how diphtheria is spread. L 1 T THE LINCOLN MONUMENT AT SPRINGFIELD. ! . . ' I'h We ei4-t .f 5"" Uemoved to space between wall, lleuiuved to bed of cement Removed to temporary vault For everal yearn th Lincoln mono meul at Springfield ha steadily fatten !uto dey. It wa completed eeveuteeu rear so, ftt-r tlfieen yeara of labor, oft-r it wn & nlsbwl the bast of h knoll tt li'ib It rtHi'od began to Id. frut Jipptwft-U In tliO .ni-y, and th monumeut which 1 uiu, nf ili fitieit In tbe couutry, Which I customary when there is lojg bog 'been in danger of total col- weather.-rhlladelphla IaUirer, Another HpanUli Kicosa. A btdated war story come from I'once, I'orto Itlco, and I told by Lieut nun Arato, of the Spnulsh engineer. "When the war broke out," said the lieutenant "we found that our supply of ammunition of all sorts was very low. Some was new and some old; some was black and some brown; some was old fashioned aud some was smokeless and mysterious. There wa one lot of brown smokeless powder which was marked, 'Use with carol Very powerful! Keep cool and dry!' and to It waa attached a legend that It had burst a Krupp field gun. "I determined to try It. I employed a small charge in a gun, aud to my sur prise It refused to go off. My gunners were very much disgusted, and one of them said: 'Ilnh, this Is no good for war. I'll use It for cooking our supper.' "We all Jumped as he threw a double handful Into a small camp lire. Judge of our feelings when we saw the fire go out. 1 afterward learned that pow der of tills sort deteriorates with age, and that opened It was as harmless a wet sand.' -vutladelnlila Tost. Polionou I'ltot. Msn seem to bavt no ltmUat-tlve kuowlcdgt of lujurlou plant from their appearauee. Many of a ilt;iou nature have purple flower, end early education ha made f'P'e plcloua of thla color, but tlur la no native Instinct that warua theii against such rlk. Children play wlti the pol sonoua foxglove, tuonksbfd, and deadly night-shade, and tii!y no natural fear of their danger) prop erties, which such plauta a th dmp wort hemlock and fool'a paisley are a attractive to the eye aa the harwle parsulp aud carrot which they cllsely resemble. Man uaa. uowever, stlnctlve dislike to tbt taste of n all iMilsonoua plants. A large mi of them are noted for their bltterti, a quality that aeema repulsive U all children, and Is ouly acquired In tlpg wholesome by adult after oxperMieo. Some plants It would be almost luima Ible to eat, a the nux vomlcat or trychnlne, with It acrid taste, iid the monkshood, or aconite, froth ilio tingling of, tongue and Up thlj It causca. Tho flavor of pruaslo ncV n laurel leaves, and In the bitter nlniml,, seems to suggest danger, but thl litlhe result of education. While JJie us of smell guides many of the bcrblr. ous animals In their choice, wt fijd J that this helps man but little, althourh It Is aald that all the poisonous Uid stools have a disagreeable odor, in- rly Iher III Ulil- Helpmate. ; ( Lord and. Lady Roberts have alwqj'e long before Uila0Ufi-.wa-vUMiii a sill 'luring tlicir long residence in tnuia ic (rent affection wbh ti'obvlously exited lietwtea tbem wu often u -matter v ..iiii'itiianf In A w.i'o J nd In n MO( hit ' 'I lit U?T-.ri7t',Ytri, ; , ru uo'i.ta aoinr.:.,,,!', 0nif la use. Recently euougn money ws tpproprlated by th State Legislature io raxe the old structure and rebuild It a foundation which goes down thlr- u ty-tlve feet to bed rock. Thl last re moval of Lincoln' remain wa made necessary on account of the rebuilding if tbe monument Tbe metallic casket now rest lu a crude wooden box In a temporary vault In Oak Ridge ceme tery. TO PROTECT RIFLEMEN. Ilrltlah PoldUra to Carry Armor flhlelde o( llullet-l'roof Material. John Hull baa aelsed upon the Inven tion of a Chicago man the Ilev. Cas- Imlr Zelgler and will use It In bl irmy. Mr. Zelgler perfected a material that I bullet proof, and suggested the Idea of weaving It Into shield to be worn by soldlera. He presented bl In veution to the government and It satis actorlly met and passed all th test that I. Capt Shaw, of Raleigh. N, C being In good health and of sound and dlsposlu' mind, In consideration of dollar V fifty cent to me In band paid. tbe receipt whereof la hereby ackoowl. edge, do and by these presents have de clared you man and wife during good behavior and till otherwise ordered by tbt eeurt,"-CUcn Ubaextar.-- HI Horribla Fright. A man wa going bomo to hi wlf and family. It wa growing dark. Ilia road from the station waa a lonely one, aud bt wa getting along a fast a bo could, when he suddenly auapected that a man behind wa following blin pur (toHcly. The faster be went the faster the man went until they came to churchyard. "Now," be said to himself, "I'll find out If be's after me," aud be entered tho churchyard. Tbe man followed blm. Vague vl slot) of revolver and garroter grew upon blm. Ho made a detour of splendid mausoleum, mill the man waa after blm, round and round. At last he turned and faced the fel low, and asked: "What the dickens do you want? What are you following mo fort" "Well, air, do you always go borne like this? I am going up to Mr. Brown' house with a parcel, and the porter at dm station told me that If I'd follow you I ahould find the place, as you live According to 1'rof. Harrison Cana dian hailstorm bavt two unknown apeclee of mlcro-organlem to which bt ba applied tht name, respectively, of Bacterium flavu graudlul and Mu cor malleu graitdliils. II also, Ilka preceding Investigator, ba dlseover- ed In hailstones various fluorescing bacteria, which leada blm to support tht theory of Bujwld that hailstones are produced from aurfact water which It carried up by atorma and then frozen. Dr. F. A. Cook, describing tbt effects of the long Antarctic night on the bu man body aud mind, soya that on tho exploring ship Belglca, aa tht cold nlfc-bt lengthened, all became pale "with a klud of areenlsb but." Tba heart arew feeble In Its action. Tht men were Incapable of concentrated attention, or of prolonged thought On aallor wa driven to tht vergt of In sanity, but when tht returning sun be gan to appear abovt tbt horizon bt recovered. Sir John Murray lu a recent address drew a vivid ulcturt of tht time, In (he reiuult) future, when te-nfvrntiire M low si tio which I'rof. I hi war produce in bin experiment at the Ib.ysl Institution Wl!l pr.V'l hli Ht tm -flint'. The tiUoupUvrw iil ibt ocean will then b dtH'.per4 -within tut rocky tn,t ol the globe, their element having entered Into ntw combinations. I a other word, to use Wr John Murray's expression, "the wa ra of ilia an will havt becomff solid rock." But over their aurfact will roll tbt wavet of a ntw and most wonder ful sea, "an ocean of liquid air auoux forty feet In depth." At that time, of course, lift aa wt know It will bavt vanished from tbe earth. Human science owea many a debt especially on tho practical side, to the Instinct of tbt lower animal. One of these obligations Is Intimated In a re rent scientific review of tbe subject of dam. Engineers frequently build dams straight across streams, tbe ob ject being, in some case, to save ex- pen by (paring material. But tbe beaver archea bl dam agalnit the cur rent and experience baa shown that thl form of dam la best to resist flood and tht Impact of floating let. Acting upon tht knowledge which la Instluct Ivt with tht beaver, and which bumau calculation approvea, the great Bear Valley dam In California and aomo other recently constructed dama bavt been ao mode that their stability large ly depends upon the resistance which tbelr arched form presents. Messrs. It E. and C. Crompton re cently presented to the Cycle Engl been' Institute at Birmingham tbe re sult of a remarkable Investigation con corning the efficiency of the human ImkIv conldered aa a motor. Hereto fore tbt body baa generally been treat ed a analogoua to a beat engine, work being obtained from It through cbein It-al action on tbe muscles. But the Mera. Crompton believe tbey havi demonstrated that tbt greater part ol tho energy-yielding process go ou within tbe brain, or In tbe nervous sys tem directly conuected with tbe brain. In blcycle-rldera they find that tbt greatest waste la from tbe brain and nerve, and not from the muscle. Tbe norv waste, they aver. Is proportional to tbt number of times that tht nerve centers energise tht muscle In order to makt a atroke, and hence tht crav ing for high gears, which diminish the number of strokes and thua economize tht nerve waste. They advocate, In stead of high gearing, an Increase In tht length of tbe cfanks, for the pur pose both of reducing tht number of strokes and of Increasing tbelr efficiency, A Borrowed Lead Peoctl 1 Frequently tht Vsblcl of Coataaloa. Tnt apparently harmless act of bor rowing a lead pencil Is recognized by tbt medical faculty aa a proline mean of propagating disease. Many people stlil cling to tbt tlme-bonored practl'.t of moistening the writing eud of the pencil Ic tht mouth before tbey proceed to writ. Tht practtct of borrowing pencil la now believed to be responsible tor many race of diphtheria and tonsllltl which could not be otherwise accounted for. Physician have, therefore, begun to warn their patient against putting tbt point of lead pencil lu their mouths before they write. The orsctlce of "swannlmr" and bor- rowing lead pencil I more common among children than adult. The spirit of camaraderie which makes pupil grow "chummy" and social In the pub lic schools sometime causes lead pen cils to become common property among groups of scnool children. A child who la paiwitaHn- tmm anr threat rilaessri might therefore, be the Innocent meau . . of eomruol" tine; Ota maladf to Ja- ,.- C'-uipoiiSous. K well known Uir.tat clallat who ba pia.tbvJ in ,ihe bo- . pitttl of New York and Bro'm jreaieu -.- -. r. , -. '"i'lijaiclan ar now bt glueing to- . give their attention to tbe caue and prevention of disease more than ever tbey did before. Tbe rule of common siise arc being Instilled lot-- 'he par ent 01 Hie youug patients, and a doctor of to-day, when called to attend a child put it parent through a very rigid cross-examination a to the habits of bis little patient It is often found that tbe disease has been communicated by some harmless act which most people would not notice. Children are very democratic. A pupil at a school will moisten a lead pencil In bis mouth and begin to write. A companion will bor-1 row the pencil, and tbe first thing lie will do lu nine cases out of ten will be to put tbe borrowed pencil In bis mouth. I have traced several cases of tonsllltla and diphtheria to this cause, which at first sight appeared Inexplicable. Even the seeds of consumption may be sown by this means," Regarding the habit of moistening the lead pencil before writing, the super intendent of a large pencil factory said yesterday: "It Is a mistake to suppose that mois tening tbe lead of a pencil makes it write better. It spoils tbe pencil, as It hardens the lead, yet people will per j alst lu the uncleanly bablt of thrusting f borrowed pencil In their mouths." ' New York Journal. THEY INSIST ON THEIR DIVVY. PORTABLE ARMOR SHIELD TO PROTECT RIFLEMEN. . . ... 1 1 1 : Ha Lost Faith In liookor . , Not long ago, when Booker T. Wash luertou wa In Chlcogo, l.e mopped tvt' Uo'i.ta abm.,,...- 0rhce l a day at one of the holeijiJLl8wii work tnto4ur "brtsC-,,ft ljrjIlUl'taJt WiV pointed out to wiuiam, au oiu inner who ha been at the hotel for a long tlmo. William was delighted to gut a glimpse of tbe great man of hi race, and was never tired of telling about It after that. One of the regular boarders Is a stanch friend of William and a-ilb-eral tipper. 'William," said the boarder next morning, putting on a seiluus face, "I met Mr. Washington yesterday and I asked blm what he thought or tipping. He I opposed to It." The boarder stood with his band In sinuatingly In bis change pocket. Will iam' face fell aud net Med Into de spairing gloom. 1 "Well, boss," the waiter said, shak ing bis bend emphatically, "If dnt Is do poslshun ob Mlstub Wellington I'sef uuai'ably opposed to It." Chicago I ter Ocenn. flnt'tl ten 'I has v Got the Rat Drunk Rats in large numbers ha been de stroying wheat, corn and ether grains on the farm of Patrick Ryan, near Cumberland, Md. Trap, shooting, pol son and other do vice for getting rid of them failed. Then Mr. Ryan hit upon the novel plan of getting them drunk, lie secured a large barrel and placed corn In It, well soaked with wblnky. This the rats ate rapidly and when Mr. Ryan went to tho barrel the next morn ing he found eighty-five Intoxicated rats, which he soon killed. lilm flietTTTtf ni, fb ncss waa being ttanaar 'f CTe,i looking woman, witii , u J hr v je manner, Lady (tobt-rU. te''lU ?) band'a high position, v tt notlufcn for society.- Bhesbrlhks ( p' ,", uwU publicity, aut! ba refund un ud over again t he Inter wed, - J,(,rd and Lady loberts six chlliren only two now remain. Tha PrlsorUni' Wa- "rrlHouer." said the Maryland Jus tice, aa te ca wins closed. ydj have been fon1 utj or aeaiH)a fl pig iw. longlni to Col. phlldorj. Ha you ng 10 say uuiore i' pm eu- snh," ansjperod tho prisoner, as be rose up. "P. wna all a inl-u no, Jedge all a mistake, I didn't iluu i-e.k-on to steal no pig fr ra Kuruel Chll its. What I was orter w. a bawg helonglu' to Mnjah Dawson, au' bowllem Uvo animals got mixed u and do constable found do meat In m- cabin am gv lua to bodder me tH 1 pue out o' Jail an' lick de olo woman fu not keepln' belter watch at defloaftr'-Vaabliigton Post. It was regnrded unpractical, however, luw.nosn of Its weight It was said that lllillll.lll'J Katun niuu'iiH'iim III llil field were Im- posNlble to sjiuiere wciguu u w tbe ebttlde. I ; - - niatKr'il used In the mauuru "f.lm foimJii jor which was.'ot course, a B.l-n-t. Ml waa believed, however, vbnt -niuri)!a ust.taitinsLL"! wn Into IU manufacture, rue new u.ub IlKh shield 1r sold to be similarly con structed except that It has solved the problem of wf ghtr In aiming at light ness, Impenetrability was sacrificed at first but gradually the two requisite were secured. The new shield la tbe product of a Scotchman, who. taking Zelgler1 ma terlnl a a foundation, bus evolved a device which la said to be Impervious to Mauser or Lee-Metford bullets at 400 yards, and to light mnchlnegun lire at 700 yards. It weighs thirteen pounds aud cannot bt overturned by the Impact of any number of bullets. It la divided Into two parts, hinged to gether, each weighing six and a half pounds.whlchcaube made Interchange able. It I Intended for the use of marksmen only not more than from 5 to 10 per cent, of the Infantry. It Is pro posed to equip tho expert riflemen of tho British army In South Africa with these shields which will be used In tho manner shown In the Illustration When a baby cries It never shed suf I'.'lcut tears to drown tbe uolaa. If you toll a woman ,vho claims to be delicate of ome othei woman's Inva ilhllcm, she will say m'Ui, a sigh,; "I Umly wish I were aula to , 3 th tuinga that womajijlo-" ' X man'oTBo regard a , 0f 10 llly because she lnugb at noting, but it Is tbt samA thing that ha worae, UauttllVtbe harder a man wori. tue mlv t Mrna for otbera, ;' - uext door. Are you going borne at all to night?" Columbian. , "" Cheerldl Antipodean Truihteller. Au ex-sea captain, now living In Syd ney, mauy years ago was In i lmrgo of j.. fchiii currying some convlets.i.lhe cou viols mutinied, murdering tue ciw, ami otdeted the captain to. uiviate them to the Islands, and, being a tru dtmt man, he did so. When satisfied as to tbelr course, the convicts deliber ated, decided that be bad behaved him self well, and put him ashore on the first lnrge islund they came to. He was a musician, aud took his violin with him. A threatening crowd of savages greeted his arrival, but Orpheus play ed to them till they thought him a god, brought blm unlimited pigs aud yams, and bowed lu adoration. Finally he married the chiefs daughter, succeed ed him, and ruled the Island for years, till a ship came In, and be sailed away, -Sidney Bulletin. WEDDING AMONQTAR HEELERS. Bhrtwd Magistrate Who Did Business on a Strictly Caah Basis. When Capt Shaw waa a Justice of tho peace In a country place not far from Raleigh, N. 0., wbllo riding home lute one afternoon be met a young woman and a young man who wlshud to be married at once. Now, the cap tain bad never witnessed a marriage. ,it remembered having aeen a book about the iiouso feat tc;- "'"'i Original of Lady Smith. It baa been stated that Ladysmlth owea IU name to tbe wife of Sir Harry Smith, who waa Governor of the Cape of Good Hope about half a century ago. But few persons, says tbe Balti more Sun, know who wa the wife of Sir Harry Smith. She waa not a pro Hftlc matron, but a far more romantic Hrson, and tne town named ror ner bad a godmother as lively as It would seem fitting that It ahould have. In the spring of 1812 Sir Harry Smith waa present at tbe storming of Bada- Jor, Spain. According to a veracious chronicler, on the day after the 'mj,V laay ana a mue gin cumuii-u me pro tection of Smith. Tbe l.vdy described herself as a Spaniard, tUo wife of an army officer serving In a d'.stact part of Spain. The little girl was JuxJLlClU. Away Down la tho Earth. Tbe deepest hole In the earth Is at Schladebach, near Ketschau, Germany. It la 5,735 feet In depth aud Is for geo logic research only. Tbe drilling ,m beguu In 1880 and stopped six years Inter becauHO the engineers were un able .with their luatruiueuU to go deeper. . Women Make Good Prompters. It baa been discovered that tht pro fession of prompter la more suited to women than to men, aa their voices carry better across tbe stage, and are less audible In the auditorium. There are lots of gr od women, who, When tbcy got to heu feu, will begin to watch to see If the Lord goea out nights. Love that has nothing but beauty to a 1 keep It healthy la apt to bavt ague flU Fervent Who B-ateroatlcall Rob Their Mich Kmplojrer. The champion toll-taker are the coachmen. Moat of them are Importa tion, and the government permit them to enter fret of duty an Insult to our own drivers! Bahl But tbey come here with a purpose to "do" our Anglo- maniaca. The head coachman receives from $00 to f"5, and his assistant, the fellow who Is sometimes called "tiger' and "flunk," geta about $40. Tbe bay may be purchased of the most reputa ble firm In the world, but If Mr. Coach man doe not get hla "dlvy," he reporta to hla employer that tbe horses are not doing well-tbe hay Is not of good qual ity. If the oat man on tbe Product Exchange docs not put something lu the privy purse of Mr. Coachman the horses have botta, or something equal ly as impossible the oats are unsound. It Is the same with feed, corn and other provender. Ono of the leading firms on the Pro duct Exchange received from a mill tonalre in Fifth avenue last week an indignant letter calling attention to the very poor oats which they had sold him at an exorbitant price. They proved that they had given blm the lot at the market price, and Introduced a dozen witnesses to show that the oats were the finest ever sold In this market. But the firm refused to tip" tBfl" Touch In the matter of bnrness-why, our fool millionaires are robbed to "beat the band." There la an alliance between tho British harness dealers !ri Newf Yoik and all the coachmen in the city. Nothing can be bought for a horse to j -ws-unlesa through this dealer, who Is liberal In his "dlvy." I could name a millionaire who paid $1,200 for a set of harness that I could buy anywhere I for half that price. His coachman got the extra $000. I The stylo lu cnrrlages changes every season, Just to keep people buying and swapping. Tbe coachman stands in with the more prominent carriage makers of this city-deny it who dares! -and If his employer, feeling a trifle behind the fashion, wants to exchange bis cabriolet a year old for a new one ho must pay nearly the original price. Ills Imported British coachman makes usually from $200 to $400 by an ex change. On horseshoeing, axle grease, harness oils, silver and gold polish, uniforms, etc., tht men connected with the sta bles of the millionaire are expected to more than double their annual salaries. Aud these Importations, duty free, never fall short of expectations. Down to the minutest detull of house keeping there Is profit for the serving man and the serving women, and woe to tho dealer the butcher, the baker, the candlestick-maker who refuses to see the extended palm of MaJor-Dorao and AblsalL The milkman pays his way before he deposits a bottle of water solution. Tho butter man agrees to a divide before he scents tbe pantry with a nound of oleomargarine. Tho baker has no need of yeast in his bus! ness until he has "fixed" tbe people be low stairs. Tht Iceman Great Scott! Tbe glaqt monopolist? Why, bt freezes to -ha butler and tht cook aa quick an Juana Maria de lot Dolores de Leon. Tbey bad fled to the camp from Bada Job, where tbey bad suffered violence from the Infuriated soldiery who had torn their earrings from their ears. The gallant Smith listened to their tale of woe, gazed long at the pretty face of the young sister, and promised to secure their safety. Thla he did. Two yeara later tbe little Juana Maria became the wife of Smith. She was Just 18. He waa 2a The young soldier became a General and died full of honors Oct 12, 1800. Lady Smith survived him a dozen yeara, dying Oct 10, 1872. It may ba noted aa a coincidence that on the an niversary of her death President Kro ger sent bis ultimatum, and on the an niversary of her husband's death tho Boers Invaded Natal and shortly after aurrouuded Ladysmlth. j Oot of the Heir. A certain amount of freshness Is nat ural and desirable In youth, but there Is a young man lu social Washington who Is offensively and Incurably fresh. One day last week, however, he had a setback which to most persons would have been ample for all purposes. He was at tea and had been presented to a . young woman from Ohio who believes In heroic treatment of desperate cases, which she very soon perceived his to be. , In the course of the conversation she suggested that something might bo learned from the past." "Oli," he said, "I am the heir of all the ages In the foremost files of time, and I can't waste my precious momenta looking back, like Lot's wife." it ions " h1p rranonded. with a iwt-eTl'tllilluliailoni1' "the eesiilt .to.JtbeJ case of Lot's wife could scarcely be , possible In yours." "I don t quite utMieretHuo, ne saiu, ...-i. j . in. ,,1, ,1. i jiaa-iia-i-n i m aif .- rAk groping for her meaning. "Don't you remember he was turned 1 into a pillar of suit?" ' He understood it then, for a wonder, 4 and somehow afterward the conversa tion lost Interest for him. Washington Post Honey' A(lloe Helped. When Lord Kitchener Joined the Roy al Engineers, now nearly thirty yeara ago, he was a tall, slim, very hand some young man. The ex-slrdar did not at first take to tbe army, but had serious thoughts of going on the stage, and was one day, while in London, in troduced by a comrado to tbe late George Honey. Young Kitchener con sulted George on the subject of his his trionic ambition. Honey looked critic ally at the officer, aud remarked: "I could get you an engagement in five minutes as a walking gentleman, but, let me tell you, you'd be better off as a sapper in the engineers." . Then, very seriously, Honey gave the otner a u In sight Into the seamy side of an actor's life, and finished with the advice: "Stick to the army, Mr. Kitchener; It's a better shop than the boards!" Had Kitchener cut the service and Joined the "profession" history might have been differently written. Musio in St Peter'a. The music sung In St Peter's, at Rome, la entirely manuscript No vo. callst or musician la permitted to have" his part in hla hand, except while he Is actually performing It There la alwaya room at the top, but the middle and lower rounds of tht Udder are terribly crowded.
