Afifi HUMAN FIENDS.
CHINCSI PRACTICE DEVILISH
i v....o UK 10KTURE.
Of All tVuptoo ait KartUTher Artb
.uu. C ul Delight in l.oug"
4ikawa v.-. i;uuiUmcut ou of
lilt.,,- ).,
Uf all races ou in fae ot th ewtfi
tu Cf'Uuoti w tu most cruoL lit
most uovuuu ( tearful tortur of those
tu their tvvv una the most adept iu
ocvuuug vvt-k' uw form of martyrdom
lor the oujcu of their hatred, lu the.r
Jmot aiuip.o cruelty they WO lower
Uiau lue annuals. It they merely Ue
lighted iu loit at ius, outi might ty t
V.a a imw;uuu. Hut they do not
merely de.igtit lu It TUojr torturo liv
lug creatuie. from, ran 10 man, a a
simple matter of course, aud ilia native
victims accept (t equally at a matter
of course. Tin ro I something supreme
ly terrible iu tho matter-of-fact, stolid
way lu which they subject a prisoner
to demoulac pain with a much readi
ness m a magistrate would sotitenoe a
wan to spend ttu day lu JnlL
To beglu with, there is the whipping
ami scourglug wltU bamboo rods. Tbl
la o common a method ot "preparing"
a victim for trial that It la hardly wu
sldoml punishment union loan torture, i
Yet the bamboo la laid on bard enough
to bring blood at wh stroke, aiut, e
peolally when It la applied to the soles
of th feet tb victim often faint
from palu and loss of blood combined.
On hardly can euter a Chlneao court
IS Tilt CXOR.
of "Justice" without witnessing a flog
ging. The mildest punishment that la known
to the simple aud kindly olllclal Chi
nese aoul is the cage or cangue. Its
principle Is that of nil Chinese punish
mentsalow torture. A Chinaman
would take no artistic pleasure iu any
thing that killed quickly or that reach-
THIA.L OF A
ed Its culmination of pain quickly. His
victim muat Buffer a little more, and a
little more, and then a little more, ench
hour. In that way he makes his do
light last long and can keep a whole
string of wretches to charm blni by
HTINO HEAD POWSWABD.
their slow dying for months. If be
,kllled them at once hla fun would be
over too soon.
1 The cangue, then, Is formed to keep
the agony of the penitent up for
months, till madness or death end his
"sufferings. It Is a delightfully simple
thing so simple that there Is nothing
at all terrifying about It at first sight
It merely is a large frame of wood,
with a collar In the middle. It weighs
about fifty pounds, and Is so made that
it can lie locked around a man's nock.
When It Is so locked It rests directly on
the muscles of the neck and on the
bones of J he shoulder, and It Is So con
structed that It cannot he shifted even
a tenth of an Inch, nor enn the weight
be relieved with the hands. In addi
tion, the collnr has a shnrp rlin under
neath. At first the victim does not
suffer much, except from inconveni
ence. Ho is turned loose as soon as the
cangue Is locked on him, and for an
hour or two he waddles around In fair
comfort. But gradually, as the sharp
edge of the collar cuts deeply Into the
fiesh of his neck, and all his muscles
are drawn more and more tenso, pain
begins to conquer him, and In a week
the torturers have the felicity of see
ing a maddened wretch stumble and
fall around blindly, weeping and yell
ing with anguish.
The bamboo furnishes favorite im
plements lor Chinese legal torturers.
Sharpened silvers of bamboo are used
for .countless purposes In countless
ways.'. Indeed. If the reader will im
agine Just what he would hate most
-to have done to blm with a bnmboo
liver, he will bit something that the
HOW TttE CHINESE
Victim hound to a ?ro, wall the xcutioar with a sharp aword slice 08
porta ot bia body. Tli tortur ointlm laata for a day bvfor death toaota.
Chinese ar aura to do. The moat aim
pie and merciful deed ar to ttfek tluy
sliver all over their vlcUuia aud to
leave Uiem tber to f eater. Wow atlU
la the cheerful practice of driving
wedge-shaped piece of bamboo under
th auger or too nail of accused per
aona, Tbla la Uoue alowty with a mallet.
How They Craelfjr.
Cruclilxlou la a common form ot pun
iiihuiout, but uaually It Is only a mere
oixsiaspaulmeut of other hurrora. Of
all punlahmeuta luvol vlng crucldxlou,
the one that dellghla the ottlclal Chi
nese heart the . moat la 1.1 ng Cbee.
IJuK-Chee la auch a brllllaui reautt of
lugeiiloiu thought that the execution
era rarely nail the man who la to aufTer
thia form of puulahtueut to the croaa.
They fear that the pain from that
might Interfere with hla enjoyment of
the real performance, which la Moth
lug lens than aticlng him to death with
diabolical aklll Therefore the mau
who la to auflfer ling chee generally la
bound to the croaa. Then there arrlvea
tha executioner. An executioner aklll
ful at llnif-chee la viewed with blsh re
apect In the empire, much as a aumna
ful bull tighter la viewed In Spnln. To
bnnule In llng-chce and to allce m much
fwin the victim early In the game that
he falnta, or, worse atlll. dlea before
lie haa atirTercil all the allcins that baa
been decreed, would blacken the execu
tioner's name forever, and might even
make him the next subject for ling cbee.
The executioner la received with a
little murmur of approbation, for hla
record Is as well kept lu mind aa la the
record of an athlete iu America or Kug
l.'iudv He bows to the high dignitaries
mill (heu tnkon one of hla aajorda from
the ivi ord-carrler who haa followed
him. They are wonderful aword that
are used by the ling -chee executioner.
Sometime they are hundreds of years
old and have records o,loiig and bloody
that a person with nerve might well
shndder to touch them. The execu
tioner dt ics nut xlimlricr. He know
wlint depend on delicacy ot touch.
Swiftly he awtngs the great weapon
around his bead till it whistles. Hulls-
1
ClII.NESii liOXER.
tied that it Is ready for business, be ap
proaches the victim slowly, First be
feints at him and withdraws. Then b
makes believe again. Suddenly tbe
sword shoots la wickedly, and one of
the victim's eyebrow is sliced off so
neatly that It scarcely draws blood.
Nowr begins wonderful work wonder
ful and devilish. It may be that tbe
condemned man baa been the subject
of great Imperial mercy, lu that case
he may have been blessed beyond com
pare by having bis sentence commuted
so that he Is to be killed In ouly twenty
siloings, whereas hardened offenders
might have been sentenced to die only
after seventy-five cuta or even more. If
the victim Is very lucky, the sword will
beat him so swiftly that the eye scarce
ly can follow it At each stroke some
part of the poor bound body will fall to
ths ground. Now it may tie a shoulder,
now a piece of the breast, now an arm.
Suddenly tha last cut la made. It Is
straight at tbe heart, and the weapon
cuts It out and ends the sufferings of
the wretched man. But tho spectacle Is
not ended. The executioner now has to
dismember tbe corpse, and this he does
WBABI2CO THE COLLAR,
with passes of the aword, each careful
ly studied and done accordingly to reg
ularly lald-out rules, till there is abso
lutely nothing left on the cross and
only a pile ot terrible fragments lies at
Its base, r " " v
TORTURE AND KILL.
When Hug che la to b a long opera
tion, aud th victim I to dl ouly after
long torture, th slicing aoiuetliuea la
don 10 slowly that half a day lapse
befor th condemned man dlea, Th
executioner know Just wbat to cut
without killing, aud h goes to work aa
carefully aa would a surgeon. Muscle
and tendon aud flesh ar atrlpped
from the body with the raaor blade of
th aword, until only a dreadful frame
work remain that atlll haa awful life
In It Aud at this terrible spectacle th
Chinese gax stolidly, without an ex
pression wither of pleasure or loathing.
Another Ingenious tortur that 1
much used la to suspend th condemn
ed man with hla head down In a pit. At
th bottom ar anake. toad and all
kind of loathsome reptile, which
writhe within a few liu hea of the vie
t tin's faii. Her he la left until th
torture of tbe position, hunger, thirst
and reptile bltea kill him.
MIOQET WHEELMAN.
Klmr ThoraiMHtn, th World' Cha
lilon Jnvenll CyclUt,
Elmer Thompsou, th world's cham
pion Juvenile cyclist, resides at Count
am, Ohio. II now bolda the world
l.MKN THOMrsoM.
5. 0 and 7-ycar-old bicycle record. Kl
mer begnu 10 ride a bicycle when be
was 4 year old. He la now 8 year of
age, Is forty-six Inches tall, and weighs
a little more than fifty pouuds. He la
the proud possessor of a large uumber
of gold ami silver uiedsla, and has nev
er boeu defeated lu a coutest. Elmer'
first record was made at tha age of S
years, when bo made a quarter of a
mile In 0:W4. When ha was 3 year
old bo made three records, tho flint,' A
quarter-mile In 0;4tJ; the accon.l, a
quarter lu 0;4."i; and the third, the same
distance In 0:4 14, which lowered the
world's record for cyclist of that ago
by thirteen seconds. I .ant year at Erie,
I'a., at the ago of 7, be made a half
mile In 1:251-6.
LIVING BEYOND ONE'S MEANS.
Lead, Throng's lb Credit Hyatein, to
I.om of Moat' and of Hop.
Dr. (icorge C. I-orlmer, lu an article
on "Living Jicyonu uues Mean,-
suys: "Houle one has said that our
children dealro to tx-gln where we
leave off. Consequently, If they can
procure the elegancies of lire in no
other way they will secure them ou
the credit system aud pay luturest ou
a cut-throat chattel mortgage, a form
ot finance that would bankrupt tho
ltothschllds and lend to a panic on
every exchange In the world. For It I
a fact that the poor pny far higher for
thu accommodations they receive thuu
do the rich for theirs. The not usual
outcome of this kind of housekeeping
Is that the debtor falls behind In bl
payments, Is anuoyed by duns, bor
rows a trifle from a friend to ward off
the evil day, aud at last abandon hope,
losing furniture and all that haa beeu
paid as Interest and principal.
"in happy contrast was the course
adopted by a bright-eyed wife In Chi
cago. Calling at the house, I remark
ed, 'l our homo looks very pretty.' fi
replied emphatically, 'It Is pretty, for
we have pnld for everything In It.'
Tbeu she told me that before her mar
riage her Intended requested la-r to se
lect a carpet and be would buy It on
trust; but that alio stoutly refused, and
assured him that the bare floor was
good enough for her uutll he could af
ford to pay for what he purchased. I
exclulmcd, 'Bravo' aud I am persuaded
the'llttlo woman haa made a good busi
ness man of her husband by this time,"
Evangelical Messenger,
Value of Nettles.
The common nettle, long considered
by all but the stupid donkey as least
among the herbs of the field, has at last
come Into Ita own, aud now stands ac
corded a high place among the house
hold remedies. A learned Bohemian
herbalist has lately published a pam
phlet 011 nettlea and their Importance,
while Father Knelpp ainga the praises
of horb .dumplings made with nettles
as nourishing and wholesome. He con
clude his panegyric with this prescrip
tion for the helpless rheumatic: "Let
those who are suffering from rheuma
tism and can no longer And any rem
edy for It rub or strike the suffering
part with fresh nettles for a few mliP
utcs dally, llie fear of the unaccus
tomed rod will soon give way to Joy al
Its remarkable bi-allng efficacy," Buf
falo Commercial.
A Lock of iiincoln'i Hair.
Mrs. CD. Harmon, of Emporia,
Kan., It the posaeseor of a lock of Abra
ham Lincoln' hair, which was cut
from bla bead Just before bla death.
The lock was given by Mrs. Lincoln, to
her sister, and In turn by the sister to
Mrs. Harmon, whoso husband was an
associate of tbe martyred President
when both were young lawyers In 1111- j
nols. Tbe lock la long and straight and .
black, with gray hair here and there,
Ending of a modern novel-"Aifd so
tbey were divorced and lived happily
ever after."
NQUftCS FROM PHILIPPlNtS.
i.t.r..tl, r.vl II.1.IIV lo 0,r ,
t-MMMto.. la tb .r MI.
Manila, WllU It. trad., I.a
lg.000 population , aud It jjo.uu a
.'" """' lair
laigsr force of official. lu,tu maud
alou luvr ar U3 elilva uavlug a pvp
ulailoa of from w,uuu to 4o,oou WcUi H
addition to 1W clile bavlug a pupuia
tiou of ! ibau V.uou and tuui Ua
,utj melt. To administer th govern
mental alTalr of tbla aluglv i,iud,
with It 3.600,000 luhabltauta, win r
quit ou a couaorvatlv vatluiat tu
service or 3,500 olUciala, at au auuuul
cost of U,w,ooo. Tbl assigui uuty
ou olllclal to each 1,000 of population
which olllclal must be a sort of com
posh posimaater, revvuu collitior,
Judg aud clerk of all work, aud lit
mun b milstled with an avrg au.
ary of t,uoo a year, lu Mludauao, with
ti U 10,000 populatlou, llier ti ouly
eight larg aud elgbty-four small cltiv.
but tu Cebu (her ar twenty-four cltlea
over V.OOU aud sixty clUe under that
hgur. with a total population In th
Istaud of 004,000. Th lalaud called
l'anay haa 071,000 soula, wlib thirty
four cltte over th u.uot) mark aud
slxty on uuder that figure. The ar
not sarag aback, but temera of lu
duatry, of agriculture aud of cotuutrc,
many of them with cn'thedrala, iclioola,
palace, telegraph aud post offices. II.
twveu ,000,ooo and 10,000,000 poopl
occupy th I'blllpptuet. i.
Th market report of Maiifti arVtrH
terestlug a abowlug I tie h,i of a
taltilug llf lu the luxuliaut tropiw,
Tb prlcva art quoted In M?! t- 4
ver, which 1 ahobi ulf tio ui ;i
American gold. I't-iaio.-a cost 8 ot a f
. -n . , 7
Sri SL2 m XlPWj
-80..Pan, : 'I
chean. but. mranifa t r.o 1.
i w l.u.t UIM
It...... ...... ... ..a .
'" wr .0 cema a aoaeu ami
oraugea fur 35 cent doacn, wbll ou
huge Chlue oraugo coal !,' ceuta,
and cocoanui ar worth 3 cents each.
801110 of th flab' are uuknowo to our
maikela. There ar th dorado, th
dapa. the boendule and aaasa, which
will Im news to Aerloana, Tbe boea
dub I the most expcualv flab 00 th
llt and sell Tor 40 cents each. It ought
to b good, for Ita nam trannlaivd
ineatia "lnoulbaweH., A flrat grad
ben lu th Manila market sella for
M.10. Th regulation of the axarket
la Manila seem to bav ben th ob
ject of several cxpcrlmouta aim th
American troop bav occupleij th
Sl,jr' ' '
TOLD BY FOOTPRINTS.
rcll-Tal MboM Worn by a Man In a
Hcart-hlit; farlf ,
"Tb part played by footprint Id
tho rrlgbtful tragedy uear lllloxl r
mind me," said a New Orleaua rail
rtmd man, "of a most remarkable affair
which happened a good many year
igo in Houtb ticorgla. The keeper of a
little ator near th Florida Una was
murdered one night and the place set
in Are. Several negroes were upect
h aud the whole cotiutrysid lumd
jut to search for evidence. Iu tbe rear
at the burned store was a marshy
place, lu which tb footprints or tbt
jiurderer were plainly discernible,
howlng that'll bad worn a pair of
Heavy brogans, tbe right heel of which
teemed to bav boon apllt In a very
peculiar tnauner directly acros tb
middle. . 1
"Among the Marcher was a well l
lo young farmer, and aa soon ht
aw tho footprint he a borrli eI lt
recogulxe tb mark of bia own 'k)c
which be bad 00 at that very mom -i.'
I'b spilt heel waa tb result of
.Miaiic blow with an ax wbll cuUlfi;
wood, and tb Impression lu U
marshy soil waa absolutely unmUtak
tide. Tbe crowd waa worked up to a
pitch bordering on frenxy, aud, walla
ing bis extremely critical pualtlon, the
rouug man had presence enough of
mind to rnnk some rxcus and slip
iway. He went straight bom, put 00
mother pair of shoes, bid th old ones
1 ud rejoined th party.
"Two or three days later the crluia
,rn traced by certain circumstantial
vldence to a negro who worked ou hla
irm. The follow broka down and
oiifessed and Incidentally cleared up
,be mystery. On tbe night of the mur
Icr, according to hla story, he bad no
ticed tbe brogaua on tb porch of th
!arm bouse, aud appropriated tbeai, In
tending at the time to merely rob th
itore and fly the country, After kill
ing the atorekceper be changed bl
plan and came borne, thinking to di
vert suspicion by remaining quietly at
work. Consequently he returned tb
time where bo found them,
"Aftor be had made thl confession
the farmer told his own story and pro
duced the tell tale footgear. Heaven
ouly knows wbat might have happened
hud be beeu caught with them on bla
feet the first day of the searcb."-Ww
Orleans Tluics-Heuiocrat
Oriental llninor.
Some of tho simile used by Oriental
idvertlsers are at remarkable for hu
mor aud ualvete aa oven those of tb
Imoital Sum Wellor. Here aro one or
two specimens which have recently ap
peared lu Eastern uewspnpcrs:
"Goods dispatched aa expeditiously
as a cannon bnll." '
"Parcel done Tip with nTmi;- ll
is thflt bestowed on her husband b i
loving wife," ( ' r
"Paper tough bh olephantV hhlfl." .,
"Tho prlut of our bo,ks U as .ear ,'
;rystul; tho matter eli-gnnt us sin-iig
girl." ,
"Customers treated a politely as hy
the rival steniuslitp-cotnpgnies."
".silks and satins smooth as a Indy't
cheek and colored like tha ralubow."
Loudou Tit Bits.
He Licked Them Anyway.
Tbe Hov. John Bushton aud hla wife
are Canadians, and although they ar
now American cltlieeus have great loy
alty to the Dominion and love for the
mother country. Their very small sou,
who attend the public school, has been
learning something of American his
tory, and be came homo the other da
and said:
"Papa, arc you a Britisher?" ,
"I believe I am, my son." ,
"Mamma, are you a Brltlsherr r
"Yes. my child," answered the moth
er. Bushton Ills was silent for a mo
ment and then be snld:
"Well, you hod the king's army on
your side, but wo licked you,"
Most Costly of Known Feathers.
Tbe tall feather of the farlwah, a
rare member of the family of para
dlseldae, or birds of paradise, are tbe
most expensive known. Indeed, Ita
price may be called prohibitive, for th
only tuft existing in England-proba-bly
In any civilized land was procured
with aucb difficulty that It la considered
to be worth I50,ouo. it now aoornt th
apex of tbe coronet worn on atat occa
sions by the Prince of Wales.
Do not stone tbe baby when you rock
th cradle. - -
PRIDE O OUR NAVY.
fh a ; w m ViM ,
if. 'uUr Affevtlo.
, Tl VaM mt baitleshlp Oregon.
tt.ol,.h rtt ,.0UU(, vU ,u ,sUud of
l00 K!ei nft, ujiu,, um-tb of Cue too,
' cuiua ba wou a
China, bat won a
place lu history
and lit th popular
affection paralleled
ouly by th Consti
tution, the M err I
mac, th Hartford
ami th olympla.
Kh mad b e r
builder famous,
and brought Im
mensely valuable
fATT. Wtl.PK.
order from other uatlona to American
ablpyarda. Hh made kuowu to the
world tha ability of Paelno coast build-er-3.000
miles from American Iron
lteld-lo not only equal the achieve
men is of their rival on th Atlantic
coast, but to aurpii lu every detail of
warship construction the best achieve
ments of the shipbuilder of any coun
try. Coming out of the yard of the Irving
M. Kcolt Company at Huu Francisco In
May, IKMI, she beat all existing records
for ship of her tins ou her trial trip,
allowing a maximum speed of 17.34
knola Mr hour.
The Uregou went Into active aervlc
early In M7, nud was the chief vessel
of tbe rncluc coast squadron when
jearjyln dipt, Charles K, Clark, of
Tn.fMciiI.-iVy, was given conimitnd of
her and mdered to anil around Cuiw
li.rn to tal.i part lu the Impemltng
Tji He v,it'i the approaching Hpanlsh
tt:Mlreu nndcr Admiral Cervera,
fiploit of Ita kind lu tho history of aea
U.4kUliHj. Aside fn.m th fuel
that the Oregou la tbe only baitlesblt
fact
egou la tbe only iiattleliip
that ever rounded tbe Horn, the voyaga
was productive of many unprecedented
achievements, For example, the Ore
gon's complete Journey from I'uget
Jtound to Kami Key, Fin., done In
eighty-one days, covered IS.IUJ statute
miles, or 13,741 nautical miles, tbe long
eat voyage ever nmdo by a battleship,
SU steamed 4.7'.ti miles without mnk-
h 1 f
TO
1 11
, Jr " 's
UNITED STATES BATTLESHIP OUEGON.
lug a stop of any kind, again creating
a record. Khe steamed 2.K44 knot at
1 uniform speed of thirteen knots an
hour. Tbe total uumber of days she
spent at sea. out of the elghty-ouo re
quired to make tho voyage, was flfty
nine. Blurting In perfect order, the great
ship arrived on the Florida coast lu ex
actly the same condition, ready, and
more ready than most of the ships ah
found there, to go Into the battle, w here
he outfooted tbe fleetest of tbe faat
cruisers aud did more execution than
any other vessel engnged In the de
struction of the puulsb fleet that tried
vainly to' escape from Btintlngo ou the
morulng of July 4, 1808.
Tbe commander ot the vessel at the
time she grounded was Cnpt. Wilde.
Tb Oregon weighs, roughly speaking,
10,000 tous. The range of her four 13
luch guns Is ten miles, aud tbey burl
projectiles weighing 1,100 pounds, pro
pelled by KW pounds of powder, which
glvea them power to pierce twenty
seven Inches of steel at l.IMO yards.
Her eight elght luch breech-londlng
rlflea nud four alx-lncb breech-londlng
rlllea complete her iimlu battery. For
an enemy that ventures within close
range the Oregon baa a secondury bat
tery of terrblo dostruetlveiioss.
Tbe body of this monster Is SIS feet
long, and Its extreme' breadth la OO'i
feet. It Is protected by a side armor 18
Inches thick. The armor ot the 13 Inch
turrets Is 15 Inches In thlckuess, of the
8-Inch turreta 0 Indies and ot the
sponMons 0 Inches. The 13-lucb bar
bettes are protected by, 17 Inches of
, larvi ylzed steel, the 8-lncb barbettes
j 1 or .8 Inches.
THE OLDEST LOCK.
111 jo otic Ancient Key Found in th
Huln of Nineveh.
'"The very oldest lock lu existence is
one which formerly secured one of the
doors of a temple of Nineveh. It Is a
gigantic affair, nud the key to It, as
large as one man can conveniently
carry, reminds 0110 of tho scriptural
passage where the prophet makes ref
erence to such Instruments being car
ried on the shoulder. The exact words
In the passage referred to are: "Aud
the key of the house of David I will
lay upon his shoulder."
This enormous key to tho lock from
Nineveh Is nearly three and a half feet
In length, and of the thickness of a
four-Inch drnlu-tlle. It was found at
the head of a ruined chamber, where
a lurge wooden door had probably ouce
stood, the gigantic brass hinges and
heavy bars being still lu fair condition,
though somewhat corroded. This relic
of the olden times bus but llttlo re
semblance to tho keys of modern manu
facture, "or even to those of the curly
part of the Christian era. The 'tifbulur
Idea had never been thought out-In
those days; but the key Is fearfully
made, being equally as Intricate a piece
of machinery ns tbe lock In which It
was used. A grent many of the bars
and pegs of the lock are believed to
have been made of wood, at their
plnces are now empty. The notches
and pegs In the key, however, show
thnt there were corresponding pegs
nnd bars in the lock at one time. The
urent lateral Iron bars at the end of
ho key, with their complicate series of
notches, crosi-bars, bumps, etc., art
proof that th lock wai one similarly
provided. This being tb cas. It II
reasonable to suppose that at on tlm
Hie door of lb pslac could not bav
been opened uutll tb ky bad been lu
erted and tb Impediment to tb draw
lug back of th bolt removed by rait
ing up o many ban and pins which
bad fallen down Into their placet Upon
th key bavlug been withdrawn.
A CYCLIST IN SPAIN,
Kom of b Annoyance to Which If
J MttijM'Ud.
An odd aud Jremely aggravating
obstructionist to be reckoned wltb lu
Hie realm of Don Alfonso aud Don
Carlo I tb creaking os cart, Ou
flrst-clas roads th thing la not foruild
able, but met In th mountains, wher
there I not ou only, nor any fewer
than twenty of lliein, lu a long, ear
tormenting procession, It becomes vex
atious. It I worst tlll when, la de
scending ou or other of th glorlout
mountain tig tags, you see a down or
two of tb monstrostlea studded about
tli road beneath you.
Of course, 110 man will be likely to
cycle lu the countries without a
brak. liven then, however, it gall
prodigiously to pull up In the very mid
die of ocatasy time after time. More
over, titer may b a very profound
ravine on on aid of th road, and It
Is somewhat mora (linn possible that
th oxeu, heavily yoked though they
are, may yield to a panic at sight of th
cycle. Tbeu anything may happen,
from denth of one spaa of beautiful
mild eyed beasts to tb dealb of tb
cyclist himself at the band ot tb
fronsted drtver.
Aa of th oxen, so of tho mule, high
spirited and Inexperienced horses, and
even lb generally phlegmatic common
donkey of tb laud. The cycle la quit
as likely a not to exclto lu thojn all a
feeling of alarm akin to madness. V
writ tbl wltli an especially tender
recollection of tho overturn of a larg
wagon of goodt and human beings,
drawn by four mule, atl of whom took
fllxht most gracefully under the gen
til stimulus of our melodious bell. Tbl
wlia on the high road between Burgos
and Madrid. It waa a petrifying calam-j
Ity at flrat, though In the eud, happily,
It did not mean anything very serious.
An oath or two from the aworthy Caa
tlllan meu of the party, a good deal of
tugging with the aid ot other niulca at
well aa tbe terrified four, some sobs and
prayer to tbt Virgin from the women
and children thus surprised and cap
slaed, and a peseta or two from the
cyclist himself for the bruises of the
youngster, with all tho regrets ht
could algnlfy-aud thnt waa tbe full
tale of tbe mischief. But tbe cyclist
subsequently reflected, with a curdling
of tbe blood, about the awful conse
quences If the disaster bad happened
on the edge of a precipice Instead ot on
the border ot a wheat Hold. Cham
bers' JournaL
CONFEDERATE FLAGS.
Th tttur and liar Wtt th first
Flagf of th Confederacy.
"The "Sun aud Bars" waa the flrat
flag of tbe Confederacy, and waa adopt
ed by the Confederate Congress in ses
sion at Montgomery. It waa red, white
and blue. The Held waa blue wltb
white stars, and there were two red
liars and one white bur. Tbe battle
flag waa deslgued by (Jen. Beauregard,
and waa adopted by (ion. Joseph K.
Johnston after the battle of Bull Run,
and afterward adopted by the Confed
erate Cougreas. The reason for the
adoption of the battle flag was tbat in
the battle ot Bull Ituu the original
stars' and bnra flag was mistaken for
the stars and stripes. Tbe battle flag
was used until the close of the war, It
Is a blue St. Andrew cross dotted with
white stars on a Held of red. On May
1, 1803, the Confederate Congress
adopted the national flag of tbe Con
federacy, the design of the battle flag
on a Held of white. On March 4, 1805,
a red bar was placed In tho national
ting. - Tbe latter was put on because
when the banner was limp on the staff
It looked like a flag of truce.
Model of Invention.
R, C. QUI. superintendent of model
In the patent office at Washington, bat
charge of about 400,000 models of Uni
ted States Inventions granted during a
period of something over a hundred
years. "
A girl's Idea of tough luck Is to have
a big fire or funeral occur In her home
town when she is away visiting.
The man who always speaks the
truth Is sure to havjther virtues,
4 AthA.V-J
vwr
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to .!
"Come,, Bobby, tell ut which you lovt
bestyour ma or m." "No, you dou't
pa; I'm a ulddl-of-tb-roadr.M
"Dicky, If you wer pol'- to would
get Up and offer that lady your seat."
"But, pa, she's too big for my seat; you
tttter offer her yours."
A 0 year-old boy Iu writing to bit ab
sent father said: "You Juat ought to
see my puppy, papal II It getting
bigger every duy-and sometime twic
a day." -
, A ittl four-year-old occupied an up
per bertb In tbe aieeplng car. Awaken
jng ouc in tb middle of tbe night hi
mother asked blm If be knew wbcra be
waa "Tour I do," he replied; "I'm
In the top drawer." ,
It waa late. Suddenly a voice from
tbe bead of tbe stairs broke tb stll
nose. "Uraer "Wbat I It, papal"
"Tell that young fellow not to knock
over the milk pitcher on bit way out."
Syracuse Herald.
Old Lady (reading newspaper)'!
declare! Tbe poor fellow arrested yes
terday la deaf." Ldtcner-"now do
you knowr Old Lady-"Wby, It lay
her tbat b Is expected to bav bla
bearln' next week."
"Tommy." ald hi mother, "can't
you amuse your baby brother for
awhile r "Yes'm," answered lo ra
iny; "If you'll bold htm up at tbe win
dow, I'll get tbe boy to come and play
Iu front of tbe bouse."
Mr. Neighbor-"! advertised for a
plain cook last week, but 1 didn't re
ceive a tingle reply." Mr. Nextdoor
"lake my advlc and advertise for a
good-looking kitchen lady, and you'll
be overrun wltb application
Old Gentleman I guest you don't
Ilk to go to school, my little man, do
your Small Boy-'i don't mind d
goln' and I don't mind de comln'. It
de staying dere In between dat Jart
uie."-Phl!udelphla Kecord.
"So long at mother It willing tbat I
should marry you," said tbe tweet
thing, "papa can be eaally won over."
"Er-an-do tbe women folk alwayt
rule lu your family?" asked tbe young
man.-I'hlludelphla North American.
Farmer Meddlers "What't your ton
lilram goln' to do when be gelt through
colleger Farmer Corutossel-"IIe't
goln' tor ttay right here on tbe farm
till he' sorter begins to reallxe tbat
there't one or two tblngt be don't
know."
Vlaltor "It y6iT'fatlier at homer
Little Daughter "What la your name,
pleaser Visitor "Just tell blm It It
bit old friend, Bill." Uttle Daughter
"Then be isn't in. I beard blm tell
mamma If any bills came be wasn't at
borne."
Teacher "You cannot tell me the
year tbe battle of Waterloo wat
fought! Why, you muat have beard
me tell the claaa yeaterday." Pupil
"Yea, but mother told me I mustn't re
peat everything I heard."-Boston
Transcript
Tbe Collector "Here It It Tuesday
aud you haven't paid a cent on that
watch. You promised to have the
money for me Saturday." The Young
Man-"WelL It it only Friday by th
watch It ia tbat much slow," Indian
poll New.
Featberstone "What keeps your sis
ter to long. WUIIer Her awful little
brother "She't putting on tbe finest
clothes the haa." Featberstone
"What's that forr Her awful little
brother "She said she wat going to
land you to-night If it could be done."-!
TId-BIt.
Sunday School teacher "Oh, you
bad boy. Doesn't your papa punish
you for telling atorlesr WlUle-"No.
ma'am, not often." Sunday School
Teacher-"He doesn'tr Wlll!e-"No,
bia'am. I'm too foxy to let him ketch
me more'n about onct a week." Phila
delphia Press.
"Johnny, if you tubstract one from
one, how many remalnsr asked tbe
teacher of a small pupil. "One," an
swered Johnny. "No," replied tha
teacher, "one from one leaves nothing."
"Well," replied the youthful philos
opher, "If you aubstract one apple from
one plate isn't there one plate' left?"
"Don't you want to hire a porter?"
"Yes." "What' de Job payln'l" "Six
dollars a week." "I'll take It" "You?
Why, boy, you're not half large
enough." "I know It but I've got a
big brother wbat'a ttrong and hain't
got no bead fur business. You pays
me de sal an I glta blm to do de work.
See?"
School Examiner "Some of our
greatest discoveries, my young friends,
have beeu made by simple means. You
t.v nil hoard the atnrv of how Ren.
M, V " '
jamln Franklin went out In tbe storm
and caught tho ligntningr rroaigy
"Yes, nn' I heard you tell pa this morn
lug that you caught thunder when you
came borne from tbe lodge last night"
Richmond Dispatch.
Mamma (was serving Jam pudding)
"Johnny, will you take a little pud
ding?" Johnny "Yes; will you give
me tbe ends, please?" Mamma "But
whv do you with to have the ends,
Johnny?" Johnny "Why, when I waa
the kitchen I beard mien say to
cook, "Put a good lot of Jam In the
ends, cook, because you know the ends
are ajways left for us.' "-Tld-Blts.
"I'a, wnat una a teiier oner ao wneu
be gits water on the brain?" "Ob, dry
up."-Indlnunpolls Sun.
The Tone of Bells.
Many persons suppose that the vary
ing tones of tbe bells In a cathedral
chime depend chiefly upon the size and
thickness ot the different bells. But a
writer In the Scientific American says
that tbe tone is governed by the pro
tuberant ring of metal on the flange of
the bell a little back from the edge.
The bell-founder who desires to Im
part a particular tone to a bell Is very
careful about the thickness which he
gives to this ring, and its dimensions
are calculated in advance. V
Dressmakers and Bad Fits,
The dressmakers are meeting with
such disaster in their attempts to col
lect through the courts bills for dresses
for which payment is withheld on tbe
ground of a bad fit that there is talk of
a dressmakers' trust or some sort of a
protective association. The advocate
of this movement say it is impossible
for an ordinary man Judge to teU
whether a gown fits or not if the wear
er wants to make it appear otherwise.
When people get so old and feeble
that their breath falls them when they
talk, it Is particularly pitiable whea
they. try. to scold, v ---'
A TACKLE IN TIMK
A Yean A at rlca a -Football tlafr
Too Much for a Mad Hllplao.
Cbarlea Bryant Howard contributes
a story unlr the title of "A Tackl
In Time," to tbe St. Nicholas, Mr.
Howard tell of two young foot-ball
playera who were with tbetr father, a
sea-captain, In tbe Philippines;
(Suddenly, amid a clatter of wheel
on the rough pavement aud tbe bewil
dering babel of Spaniards, native, and
Chinamen, the taiyt noticed a louder
sound up the street, which Increased
as It approached to ahouts and yells of
excitement or fear; the people stopped
and turned their bead; somebody
shouted 'Uno loco (A madman)!" and
at that everybody begnn dodging Into
doorway and fleeing around corners,
as If possessed by a deadly terror.
"What la it?" exclaimed Jack.
"Blessed If I know," said Harry;
"some row up the street, 1 guess. Let's
wait and see what father does."
And then Ibey acw a strange sight;
a half-naked, villainous-looking "Fil
ipino" Inutlve) tearing along tbe side
walk toward where their father stood,
flourishing In one band a soldier's belt,
with a heavy buckle-a very service
able weapon In accustomed hands
while the people made way for blm
right aud left In mud baste, tumbling
liver one another, wltb shrieks and
screams of fear; evidently he was a
soldier from a native regiment, who
had been sentenced to punishment for
tome misdemeanor, and having man
aged to escape, was endeavoring 10
reach the native quarter of tbe town;
he was pursued at some distance by a
native corporal aud several soldiers
and guui'duia (native policemen), who
shout of "Culdado! Para t Look out!
Stop blm)!" added to the general up
roar. The boys saw their father turn quick
ly and glance toward them, while tbe
old Spaniard shot Into a doorway with
tmaxlng swiftness; then tbe captain
faced tbe native again, and swung bis
thick bamboo cane aloft. Down It
came with all the strength of bis pow
erful arm-whack! and tbe belt and
etlek went whlrllug away In the air,
while the runaway, after a atagger.
changed bis course slightly, and came
flying across the street toward the two
boys. Tbey beard their father give a
warning shout. Harry Instinctively
sprang In front of Jack, and. not
knowing' Just what was the matter,
but feeling that the man ought to be
stopped somehow, be proceeded to do
so la his own way. Stooping quickly
wltb bent bead mid outstretched right
arm as the man came rushing up, be
"tackled" blm around bis brawny
waist as he bad tackled many an op
ponen t on the football field at home,
und almost exeeted to hear the fa
miliar roar of applause from the spec
tators as he and the "Filipino" came
dowu with a crush and a whirl of arms
and legs, rolling over across the hard
sidewalk till they brought up with a
prodigious thump against (he building,
the native struggling atop; but In an
other minute Jack bud hurled himself
atop of him, involuntarily shouting
"Held!" aa aoon as he could catch his
breath.
At tbla point a "referee" turned up In
the shape of the big native corporal,
who promptly grablied Hie deserter
aud yauked him to bis feet; holding
blm, writhing and hissing, In a grasp
of Iron.
"Buen muchnchoa (Oood boys)!" snld
the great brown-faced soldier. "In
gleses (English)!"
"No, am lgo; Americanos." answered
Captalu Hale, who had now arrived on
the spot, still minus hls'stick"
"Por supuesto (of course)," grunted
the corporal. "I might have known It,
senor. This is the worst man In the
regiment; he would have killed you It
he could. Cobardes (cowards)!" he'
growled at the gaping people, who
were timidly peering from various re
treats. "These two American children
are heroes, and you carabaos (tame
buffaloes)."' And with that expression
of contempt, the worst that can le ap
plied to a Philippine nntlve, he fwUted
one powerful hand In his prisoner's
long hair, and marched blm off to cool
bis excitement lu tbe guard-house.
Determined to Travel.
' When a person of sense and deter
mination resolves to do a thing, be
generally does It, whatever mnj be tha
obstacles In the way. A yir ago Mr.
and Mrs. Blandy, of Minnesota, de
cided to make a trip to the Pacific
coast They wanted to go leisurely, so
as to see the country. Economy was
an object as was also au opportunity
to earn something en route. So Mr.
Blandy aud his wife decided to travel
by dog team. Mr. Blacdy proceeded
to fit up his conveyance. This con
sisted of a small spring wagon with
one seat audxcovered with canvas, the
whole outfit weighing two hundred
nud ten pounds with the baggage of
the travelers. Mrs. Rlnudy and her
baby occupy the seat, while Mr.
Blandy alts In front on a roll of blan
kets and a tent, from which perch he
drives his dogs. These are six iu num
ber, huge, cross-bred St. Bernard and
Newfoundlands,- powerful of muscle
and kind of disposition. Every night
their feet are painted with taunute of
glycerine to prevent sensitiveness. In
the rear of the wagon Is a rack of
shelves, contnliilug dishes aud provis
ions, while pots, kettles aud an oil
stove ore hung from books above the.
rack. The back eud of the wagon is
made to let dowu, and,, supported by
a stick, serves as a dining table. When
the Blandys set out with their, queer'
rig and twenty-live dollars lu cyh to
attempt this unusual undertaking,
many people declared Is was Impossi
ble. But they have accomplished what
they proposed to do, traveling leisure
ly, stopping In towns to seil pictures or
pick up 11 few dollars by painting ad
vertisements on the canvas of their
wng'on, nud are now In California.
Origin of Our "Days of tho Week."
Sunday: The day devoted to the wor
ship of the Sun by our forefathers.
Monday': The day devoted to the wor
ship of the Moon by our forefathers.
Tuesday: The day devoted to the wor
ship of Tleu or Tyw, the god of war.
Wednesday: The day devoted to tho
worship of Woden or Odin, the god ot
wind. Thursday: The day devoted to
the worship of Thor, the god of thun
der. Friday: The day devoted to the
worship of Freya or Friga, the Venus
of the North. Saturday:; The day de
voted to the worship of Saturn, the god
of agriculture, or Satyr, the god of the
forest. Bristol Observer.
Insulting.
- Pretty Clrl Did you see the way that
man looked at me,? It was positively
Insulting.'
Big Brother Did he siare?
Tretty Girl-Stare? Why, no. He
ran hla eyes over me andthen glanced
off at some one else, Just as If I wasn't
worth a second thought New Yorn
Weekly. ,
In Manila.
The Manila street cars were built In
this country, so that the American
riding through Its streets should feet
very much at home.
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