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EUGENE CIH GUARD. 4. U CAirLk rre-telee. EUQENE CTTT. OREOON. AN OLD TiME INDIAN TEWlOfc. 4a A( I ladiae Waa fce Ta Tee Tee mtM4 the Beltlera Arlteaa. Tbey were talking aboat Indian oat brrsAJ wbro oaa of lbs party, who had beea far many yean a resident of Art Boss territory, remarked: 1 tell yom. gentlemen, that thi Indian bo-neat la petty a-rioua. Why, down U Arua w bved ( fifteen year la state of terror on account of maraud ing band of Apache that had thing rttr much their owa way all thi ttta. pita of ail th government troop could do to keep tbeta In chuck. I call to mind particularly Old V lo torio. There iy warrior fur roc. Ha commanded a band of ana XX) becks. They war tba Chiracaboa Apache, sad tbe mnntert, robhertea aad depredation committed by that band daring thoa tea year in which tbey were & tba warpath aia almost incredible. U1J Vletorio tu nearly year of age wboo the trouble began, lis ruled tbaaa redskin with a rod of iron la pit of hia year. Aad ha waa para lysed, too, completely paralysed. Ila waa only able to use hia left ana a bttle. just enough to lift effaietu to hia Booth. Ila was constantly la tha saddle, aad had to ba strapped oo lika a bale of goods. Ilia band bail the finest poaba to ba found anywhere. Tba would sometime appear at on place, aad la imm thaa twaty-foar hour yoa weuki hear of thtea aom plan 100 mile dis tant. All throughout soothe I Arlaoua ad northern lit-xioo old Vlotorio con tinued bla raid until tha settlera finally far np ia despair. Tba government troop appeared to b utterly powerless la tit matter. Why, that band of redskin would aotneuroet plunder a wagon train right under tba noat of 1a trouper, aad by tba tun tba Latter were mounted aad raady to tart la pursuit tbry woald ba oat of Bight Th next day, perhaps, tba wire woald tell of Bran fresh depreda tion committed by tb Mm band in a auction of lb country over 100 mile away. Tbi old war d'g, however, waa finally rounded np and shot. Ha died la tb saddle, fighting to tha last, and hia band, what was left of it, d-persed. Of oars tb settlera board of It and war delighted. Dismay followed, however, wbra Cochise touk tb field. Tbi In dian ran thlnl pretty much tha hum way for fir years, and then earn old Ueronimo, New York Herald. Saa Had U Wak Ux rata. A curioo case of apariai Interval to elderly (ptnstan and Urera of boos pata la alHirtly to com brfor tba IWUa courts, A y onnf woman waa tng4p4 a eompsnion to an old lady at atatad watraa, but ran away fruw hr plau two day aUT mtrrinj ric. Ilor inUtraa procarad br iml andr th law that a atmrant most (rlra da ao iicai brfur InarlnK bf sitaaUon, bat th polio, after hann( tb (flrl't atstrntoat, tuld tba lady that tba could nut oomprd tha ftrl to rrtuni, and could only claim daniag- In th rtril court. For th girl Utd, and hnr Utmnrata hsT broti prornl true, that on vn taring tb lady' flat four linnina diK Jump ad at brr, altbotiKh tbvy did not do ber any harm. Ia tb ntit room another big dog, with a litter of pops, met bar Case, whil tb third room waa tenanted by at least three duasn different Taneua of bird. Tb kitchen of tb old lady wai jiraa var to cats, and tb girl's ale-.inn room waa converted into a temporary hospital for invalid member of th animal world. Tha old Lady." aaid tb rrl, "waa ery kind to me, bat as my da ties ooav auted ia washing all tb dufi daily, aod I had to ahar my bed with half a doaa A-igt and cats, I was obliged to ran away la avoid akkneaa." London Telegraph. At laiaiaM BbsHi. Wblls aativ fUhermen war oat 0h ng with bete at WaUloa, oa tb other aid of Oahu, a monster abark got o tsoklnl la on of tb neta and waa haaied asbor on tb beach. Alnxvt tba whole nlleg weat down and kultd tb nonster with axea. Tba shark meas ured eighteen feet ia length. Whan eat p into ptece two god sited tartlea, on of which waa still living, wer found M tli stnmarh. Tb tnrviea nneasarad eighteen inches acruet. Other thing of a varied naiar were also found In tb akAiach. Tb jawbotMW wer broaght ia Llonolala by tb steamer C B. Bishop and placed oa eihiUUoa, TV Jaw bar asvea row of teeth aad ore twer.ty-two inches when folly xteaded. Tb natives stated that the mate of tb dead shark mansard to escape, Hone tola Tn T Akaaaaa Taratoh tUth. Tl Alaskans, as a role, ar not par UcTLarly fuond of )lKing, bat aome of tbsm Uk occastutully to ladaJg ia a aon uf Torkish bath of a primitive char acter. For Uua purpose a e amber of long Mick are dnvea into the groond in a circl four feet la dumeter, beinf tbr-uf drawn together and tied at a psnt ! raK frca tas boUura. Aamail fir of wood, with ttnoea. It lihled la the sudd, aad the beat it kept La with blankets tpread ever the fTsjawwark. Wbea only the rtader ar left, and tb atoa-e ar wU b-sted. tb bather takes a east Lwidr and proceeds to perspire. Waabingioa Htsi. A n -Bring your aaibrtUa," caUled Mra, Bhaslry te ber bnahaad. tbeataer Baa day, a ah waited at the door for bias te go te chorea. "Waes rBf to pnechr bo caSad bar k from opstatra. .ar regniar preacher. "I that erf Waii. I gnesa we wwat aeed aa nnibrflU. Ttxa bifUags. A bU acbaui ia Xrsico auoads Cko Urge beehive. Darmg on baif the day tb chdrea aU stady aiuad, eack eoe trying to autst as mark aras as pue mble. The rivalry thss stirred up to re bed epua tomaseeskh one luuk at hi bock and Iter auoMtlung, whether bo war,: to or BxH. raryealac Salartay.. 6-...;i I y St. dsd. wby dae the iravrt fsU oS Utt tr- every Lsd isa ell a.tCUBS yoa, bey, t jot knewr The w.aJa U h'.4a U vravi. so' tbe tre ba to lower ssX FORGERIES COMMITTED H JAJL. A Caliraeala rl Wkaa Cmtf m Crtaae lS ka KaS la fit. By attne strange erH lent there ba beea diarovered in Kan OKr.rin prt" enme a odd and nnmintma a any thai Oahoriau't f.TUls brain ever evolved. In tb ordinary mu It Is usual? praomnl tbst once a criminal ba beeo aarely lodged within th walls bU career of eriine is end-l for at least th term of bl incarorration. WhUe this I not entirely true of tb California peni tentiary. It has berrtofore managed to keep most of its ocraisnt rrom th oumuiission of frlunim of which oloet pnsonert were the victims. It remained for Convict C. R. Bach aaan. however, to distinguish himatlf ia a way that no JJlbird Mtr biia did, aatl by such ingeniont ttuprovemenl of the opportanitir offered bin as to mark Kaa Queulin as ou tf the nwt Bnoommon prison in tb world. Ther U a greet deal of managerial method ia the adminltmUoo of affair at Haa Qnrotin of the kind that carping critic call red tope. Amwg the many form which are rigor"uly carrinl oat b that of having envelop, which ar Intended to carry commnnications to the deputy warden, printed with bis name and Ull la fall ujn the face. When anything of importanoe bad I b communicated to tbdpotyit was invariably Intrusted to a eunvict to la ear it safe delivery. Bachman, who is nerving a long term forarsoo; Failing, a life convict, and "Fat Jack" Kiley, who baa aboat forty years' penalty to pay for a felonious a tault, all bad acme to the deputy war den 't tuaiL Three three pnanoert en joyed tb irivilege of reading all thaa important communication addressed te tbedepoty wardva wbeoever it auited then to do an, and all beraas of that lmpiing and ofDrial looking printed aovelopes. A tapply of the envelopre wot easily purchasable, whenever there waa a Utter Intrusted to a convict messenger it fell Into the liand of one of the trio. It was quietly taken aside, the enveloj torn open, the content read and noted, and provided these critical reader found nothing objectionable in the letter it waa placed in one of the extra envelope aad delivered In due form. In bis mill, that la to say Die deputy warden' portion of it, Bat'tunaa one day discovered that aa old man, WiUu rbelpa by name, who is serving a Uf term for murder, bad several hundred dollar oa deposit in th warden' hands. liarnmaa bad been spending bis money ia a royal, iudthnft way. and found bis exi'heroer in a low ebb. Mere wa a chance to recoup, and to play a ttrokr worthy of his gi'nins and opportunities. lie gained the confidence of the old man, Uld him he had Influential friends and promised to get btm pardoned. Then the clever firebug tent for a lawyer and told him of the case and interested him In Phelps. Later on LU hmsn gave the lawyer aa order on the warden for considerable turn of money, with Phelps' signature attached, and also a not of ipproval Iwaring an oflicer aignature, . The order waa tka to the warden, who wrote a check for the amount, and was at)Ut to glv it to tb lawyer wbru an oflicer standing by tnggeMted that it would b win to send for Phlp and ae if it was all right. The officer was not toKpiclou. but simply familiar with bit surrounding-. I'helpa was seut for and denied ever having written tb ord.-r. It waa ex amined and found to lw a fonrrry. Tbeo tb oflicer who bad ap'toved tb order was tummoned, and denied aa emphat ically that be had signed the note of ap proval. This wat also found to be a forgery. A little further Investigstion was ng gested, and, although rstlier nnprece d i-nted, was carried out, and it wat found that Bachinan wat th author of both of the forgeries. San Francisco Kxaminer. iMfklar la rsklls. What U th reason on heart In pnblie placet the loud Voices of women to much oftener than men? Women these loud voiced one eeetn to have the fancy that tliey cannot be een nnlees they ar bearL And to tbry can't 4n their true character. If it were not that their words and laOa'hter fbavted oat Ink) tpeco and above the ham of aU other voice tbry really might at aome time get mistaken for CVdica. Frota their look no one would imagine for an Instant that they wer common, ill bred and vulgar. A quirt Bash of intelligence from their eyes, aorompanied by an appreciative mile, would really convince an onlooker that possibly it was the forerunner ol the keenest wit, lint no wit ran ac company the loud guffaw that burst out at the slightest provocatino: no wit from the bouteroot laughter, and ao ap wciaUoa of wit la others. Chicago Velars l WhmI Is A Marias. W bav had a ran of pnanwrity fur aome years, and had been reg-aled with : the thought that w had more fond ma-1 tenal than th nation could cooenrae, I aod a moch to spar a the rest of the world might want to buy. The tndica-' tkM are that the day of beery turpi us prudactioa ia fart waning. OsT wheat crop In was the magninrrat toteJ of sl2.TU.0uQ boshrla. It has not kept at tb upper notch, and ia the year IM it figared a menraam yield of t0M.0u) I baabeU. We have a greater ropolattoa ' byaaarty 15.0o0.000 thaa a decade ago. aod the increase of home conantnpooa "all aeceasitate a larger yield aad not a atnateler. Economist. A Rattle's La Tayaee, Oeeaent Wragge, the Bee Nevia me- tenrokartPt, threw overboard 150 well oorksd bvtii meeryrrri donng the nst- sage from Australia to Enlaod ta l-CS. Only six of theta wer brera of after ward, One was picked np at the eatraar of MobU bay. after baving made a cxr cait of I is) nue ta two years. It had wiTted rrrea ST drf. aonb '--f. tS degs. west tongitude, tfcrmv the Cans bwaaaeislottetfuif of M'na " fleas' 11 m IWar4ia( flara Tve givee my landlady warnicg that I" gjtcg t. nwtt." remarked bOAggt to his frvrad Bvgs. "For what reaa.?" in'iuired Boff "Vh, Va Urd tif bearing of other people truoidr. Tm f ng to Cad a (Uce where th." d I have any trout.!." "Wbea yoa get there cemmock-at with be if yoa ras." "Why. wher dd yoa expect that Fm gwnr j -To beewei. I saprnes. I kerrr basrd of txij other pUe where they doat have ear trouU." Drtrat Fret Press, i HAPPV END OF A DUEL HOW A CEAOLV INSULT WAS AlC WITHOUT LOSS Or BLOOD. Twe Ceetsies ml the Basse lasa At tasssS ta Battle a Saars Tea Uaf.rW fMas Taalr Weat Tatet DefS Of Ceeest e Lee Was tee Csaae. An emblematic but too of the Loyal Liuo adorned the UpeJ of a chariot cost worn by UsJ. Oscar Dell at Lbt Albany. -A story, ebT taugbed th ex-army eflker, as be detai bed bis eyeglanej from the bridge of bis Bos and louked la good natured way at th espsvUnt re porter tested beside him. "Well, leinu tee. Tb amok of Bhilob Is a chestnut now, aad tb battle of tb Wildrniee probably ha bee smothered from further interest by a pro fuss growth of weeds. By Jovel I can give yon a little Incident that ha never been in type. It happened In lM. when our regiment wa in camp at a little altsertiri town called Lexington. I wore a captains straps at that time and did the thouting for Company B. The captain of Company I) waa named Ilenry Poor. Unknown torn be detested tue, and all because I one made a poa oa bit name while at West Point Being a young man of stringent means ho wa mortally offended, but later seemed to have overlooked an unintentional tally of wit that I got off at bit expense among a group of fellow cadet. "Well, when we got oar eommlssion the Levied dice of fate threw us both la the same regiment, and when the war broke oot we went to the front under the tame colonel. As I said before, oar regi ment ramped at Lexington, Mo., Dear Kansas City, or Westport, aa it wa known in those days Among th event that transpired during the two week of our oijourn waa a grand ball, givea at tb residence of a loyal northern woman, for Lexington, although a Missouri town. bad great reejiect for the Confederate colors, and a great many of It citiaen heartily tympathixed with the southern cause. At the ball lev era! of the officer of our regiment were Invited Poor aad myarlf included. TUB rtlAUJt.tOE. "Daring the evening I placed my name on the programme of one of the Lexing ton belle, but when I called for th dance I wat horrified at the discovery that my nsme had been delHierately sraor.1 and that of Poor tulotituted. evi dently by himself. When Pour and th young Lady started off amid the ami ortiv at raii. uf th orchestra my Uood fairly boiled with Indignation. Later in the evening I caught CapV. Pin In tbe gen tlemen's dressing room alone. I slapped bitn ronghly in the face, and tuld him jnt what I thought of bim. lie did not resent it there, but the next day I re ceived a challenge from hun to fight a duel "1 bad never fought a duel, and I besi tated emu time, but rather than be ao. cased of cowardice 1 contented. Th matter waa placed in tbe bands of friends, and one bright moonlight night five dark Bgurea sneaked out of the camp and Into a nrinhboring w.L Tbe fifth figure was that of a doctor of Lexington, who bail been let into the secret and eon tented to act. In consideration of a big fee for bia service. To every appear anc tbe diw-l was to be a tragus one, al though I thought at on time I detected a slight smirk in th feature of th sec onds, who were mutual friend of tbe determined principals. 'Measure off ten pace,' commanded tbe doctor as ba wiped a tiny stream of Missouri nicotine from his chin whisker. Tbe doctor wa to act a master of cere moniiw. The space wat measured. " 'Bring on the weapons,' wat th next command. Th tecoudt broaght forth an ominoua looking handle care fully wrapped np in oilcloth. Capt. Poor eliudred. I waa equally nervous. Ugh! th weapon wer evidently wicked aa ber. and It woald I a duel from which neither principal would emerge alive. W took cmr place ten pace apart and ttood glaring at each other, patiently waiting for tbe supposed twordt to be placed In our hands ready to pierce each other's heart. Till RJCSI LT. " tK-ntl-men, ber are the wee poo,' exclaimed the doctor a two Large base ball bat roiled out of tbe oilcloth. 11 advanced and placed one In the hands of each principal. 'Mind, gentlemen, yoa are not to violate tha rule to keep tea pace apart. Are yoa ready? "Capt Poor and I gated at each other. The sectmda were doubled np on th ground In con vuUiont of laughter. Even the doctor tinilej, and to cap the climax a silvery laugh frota a woman' lip broke the stillness of the air as the fair raue of the duel strode on to th duel in ground with eye sparkling with mirth. " 'Do be sensible, gentlemen, and shake hands,' aaid the. There te going to be another party next Tuesday even ing, and I will divide my programme of waltse with yon both if yon do.' "I looked at Poor, and we met half way and ahk hands. Tbe ludicrous con tern plat ion of a duel with basrlieil bats at a distance of ten pace wa too mm h for us. W laughed heartily after casting a rrprviechful glance at the mis chievous second a bo pet th Job np oa oa." At thit Juncture there was a nutls uf aati a near tb hotel elevator, and th maji r arose la reepoate to a signal from a well afTVd Lady. At be left the reporter S asad, with a aly wink of hi left eye. "I g that young lady for life, though, and Poor ia np in the Sioux country now, and iti3 a bachelor." With thee ertmg words be duap;eared into tbe dining rootn with the wife of hit ro tuance. Denver Rrublicaa. A He4bt IkMmi la "Aaatala." Ia it t siirTrwing that Oeorga Clot, with alT ber knowkolgw of tb Uinenmat working of the human mini should have Vmt ber way when d-ahng with tie mnrj.ij chanp- vt mind and Irmmf Tito father. BoJ iljrt had lrn a great avhidar. but after a ktg tiicvM Li memory ujsio reooverr became a jn-rfert Uak ; he could reraUl nothing of hi hi4arhip, though he) had not f. ptten who ho waa. With all this, Bllsnre is nut rvj re -utxl aa hav ing l-t bia rvason. He tvmetnNta his pt Li, but ho ran do Uu-.r read or writ, or rerVJ any of hut ah4-rxL:p furwhk'h be Lad la n to dTincMjLeL It wa not arcotvoa ari Lia with ebu h he wis ai C-ted. tt was a funa of cert-l.ral d- ktso a only to tha etauu-tit -or -Lnh Uedical JofinuU. AN ANCIENT FARM MOUSE. lb freer Heatelrie weee ua Uarla Ike MlMIe Aee. Tbe boosHi of the farmer and th eouatry people d.ffrred tbeo s aow, ao nvdinc to their ratk and prosperity, aadaboaccor iing to the dutnet taey j 4nhalitMl. The veotuaa farmer, and era the well to do hosbandman, dwell la a e-did boose of bntk or ttooe, tiled or tlatM. with a paved yard separating It from t e barn and ontboaeat, th Oat ry an I cattle pn. Tbe farm boose ' which In fcnglena wataiwayicoosuTic. - m pflmg ttory of the Uttlo of th vot ed with a southern apect-a Invariably mVt rrrvr flJf lfat Bnt was trying to faced tb east la Aqnitaine. while to tb mk xrWVort for a harbor, but. being rear well cp-n to the weat wa a long 0.110 accomplish this, dropped en tiled vertn'U, where In winua after-, CDOf uoim ,bo0t m qaarter of a mile noons tbe hmip picking, tb wool card- off atior& dragged ber anchor and Ing. etc.. were done. I trock Black Point aboat 4 o'clock, and Within the vast kitchen glowed la tha ,B ,w.Bty minote was kindling wood, light of the fire laut at nnexUnguish- Tn crrw e.ted of til xueo. Thre able as the vtal virgin's-prat, coal and WPr( drowned, finding tbe captain. wo-1 were each abundantly employed, bdJ ttirna wr tared. Every man of and for a tnfliug rent, genially paid la lncm wu O0 tn, rork at on time, and kind, tbe lord of the man. would per- tQ p,,, tnd ateward were twept mit tbe fanner on bU lanj to cut their Bfry wh-u bat five feet from shore. It tnrft from bit bog or tbeir bough front WM M awfuj gtruggle for lif between bit foret. Ful wa not oaly actually .nf- t mra ,0j th mercilesa water. 1 . ..v..., 1 V.a mi, 1,11a ( .. uut nnuio; i---. 1 age than tolay, lor tne ui were no drained in tbeo day, the forest covered great expense, and tbe nst of carnage made It almost impossible to transport their produce. In almost every shir of France and England the supply of fori wat In rxcea of th demand. This hospital') fir flared np a enim ney proportioned to its nxe, lighting th huge brick oven, the iron firadogs, tb bellowa, thovel. gri'linm, ladle, cal dron, saucepan, mortar, tin pail and other utensils that ttood on the bracket of tbe hearth, and Irradiating the brast and copper pots, th metal candlesticks, tb Lamp, the lantern, the not nnfreqoent silver beaker, and the glasi drinking rap that were ranged on the chest and mpbutrd ronnd tbe wall. Near thit fire stood a high locked settle, the mas ter t corner, and under th great mantl of th chimney narrower bene lie wer set In tlie brick. Within easy reach of th hearth a deep oak chest held tbe logs for turning. It was generally matched by a handsome wedding chest with carved or painted front, long enough to contain a grown person fall length, but more usually filled. It mait be admitted, with tbe best clothes, tbe trinket and tbe savings of th house hold. Tbe register of the cbatelet record no rri me to common aa the breaking open of inch wedding chests; and it iaaurpria Ing how many clasp of jewels, girdle of pearls, golden beeddreeeta and nts, sud purse full of gold were ttolrn frora quite bumble botwbolila. Our fore father invested tbeir capital in cup or trinkets of precious metal, pretty to look at, easy to bide, and readily con verted into cash when necessity demand ed a sacrifice. Fortnightly Ik-view. A barlag Argasteet. A quick witted and darino; western lawyer once saved a guilty client from are conviction oa a charge of poisoning. It was proved that the poisoning bad been done by mean of certain cake, a portion of which waa produced in court. When tbe counsel for the prisoner had finished bit speech, he aaid: "And these, gentlemen of the jury, are some of tb allegrd poisoned cake. W declare to you. gentlemen of the jury, that they are not poisoned rske. They are aa hannleas cake as ever wer made, and In order. gntlemen of the jury, to show yoa that these cake are not poisoned, 1 will eat one of them right here in your presence." And be did eat one. II took good care, however, to leave the room at the earliest opportunity, and to mak a U hoe for an adjoiniug room, where be had an emetic in readiness and an anti dote. But the jury never heard atwot the emt-tio or the antidote until tbe law yer t client had been acquitted. Francisco Argonaut. Oar Baa a Blsr. Most young folks now know that the difference between night and day on this planet of our arinr simply from tb fact, thnt among tbe innumerable ronlti tode of start there is one infinitely nearer tontthnn all th rest; being so much nearer to nt that when we are it we hav day. Wbeu by the earth' movement on it axis tbe tun ha set In th west w bav night; at which time we depend for light upon tlie more distant ttara uless. indeed, tlie moon It thining. In the main. It it true that the enor moui difference in the Intensity of the Ught that we receive from the tun In tb one case, and from all the itan ae3 at night in the other, depend npen the fact that the tun it the star nraret to us, and the other start are cunt infinitely re moved. J. Norman Lorkyer in Vouth't Companion. T Meaaare the Bee Level. A new apparatus for measuring ta mean level of the tea hat lately been In stalled at Marseille. It It baaed on tbe principle tbst when a liquid wave trav erse a capillary tube or a porous parti tion, it amplitude diminishes and it it retarded in it phase without the mean level of tb wave changing. It consist of a giant tube, the lower end of which communicate by a flexible pipe with a (danger which ia lowered beneath th lowest water level. There ar two cells la the plunger, th lower being filled with sand and open to the tea, tne result bring that the column of water in tbe tube nsee and falls very bttle with the tides, and th mean tea level ran be read from a graduated seal. New York Time. IXaarlag reel- la the Barf. Old Orchard bs witnessed the Intro duction cf many a novelty In turf bath. Ing, but tbe very lat.nt thing wa 'prang on the nnsutperting pnblie Thursday by a party of tbe Imperial' guesta. A tout fifty ladle and gentlemen front that hotel, among th.ra severs! theatrical people, tnarcbed down to tbe beach about 11 o'cLrk and proceeded to tb Mammoth bathing boose, ber they arrayed themselve in turf dipping at tire Thru they went oot into thoal water, formed te-s f,. a round dance i ana went mmngn ail the ensnge oi a qnadnlle. Next a walri waa introduced, and later a galop and a v bottiarhe, all tak ing part and going through the evolu tions just as if they were in a ballroom. Tbe port wat kept ep ia tbe water aad oa the smooth beach for half an boor, during which tune a larg number of pectt1 i were gathered on shore to wutch maneuver. lVat. Herald. Tbe Swedish g- ernmeot ia ennadder xsg the question of patting a tcp to lb eb4r sUsghter ot U and otW raise by Exr.k toar-t ia aurra Iwedea aad N O I "SUCGGLING FOR LIFE. A SHIPWRECKED CREWS VAIN EF FORTS TO REACH LAND. raese (tea Ueawa. the a-eef lalaav Bhee Wllale Tee real ef Terra riraae - A Tlvl4 DeHelle el ae AerJ t la rat. WUllam IL Borna. aa oy witnox of tha arearkinv of the thre masted BchoO- A. IL Hurlburt. of Gloocester. tell tturn tell lb story most Black Point, where tbe vessel struck. It thre mile south of tb Casino, It U a mass of rock which jute boldly from tb shore, but descend into a sharp pointed reef with jagged protruding edge at it farther point. It ! not on solid body, for tb action of tb wave ha worn rid and deep crevice in It. where tb water forms in pool. On the north aid It form a sort of cov. where tbe tea in a gale bat full twee p. I have charge of the cottage of S. & Rogers, of Buffalo, where I live with my family, and which it about a qaarter of a mil from Black Point on tb bluff. I waa informed aboat twenty minutes to 4 by baa Kisaouth, who lire near by, that a schooner wa going on the point. II immediately rushed out. and wa on the bluff about fifty yard from tbe rocks when the schooner, drifting broadside on. ttrock. Tb wind wa blowing sixty mile an boor and the sleet and bail cut Into tbe face like needle. WRECKED B.T WAVEa. 1 wa quickly on the thora. Tb Tea sel wat scarcely 100 feet away, and wat right oa top of tb sharp rocks, which wer exposed by each receding wave. The men were plainly visible, huddled together, hanging on to the house at tbe tern of tbe schooner. At fir minute to 4. fifteen minute after th ttrnck, tb mizxenuiaat toppled over with a crash that wa heard abov the other noise, and th mainmast and the fore mast quickly followed A the fore mast went over the aide tbe vessel split in tb middle, and the rake of ice with which the was loaded cam pouring out A tb vessel parted the men jumped for tbe rocks They all Landed. Toung Lawrence, a mere boy, only 19 yean old. wa th last to jump, lie never reached tbe thon The mate. John Rooney, aa quickly as be could, threw off hi boots and overcoat His fore thought aaved bia Ufa Tbe captain, the mate and tbe steward, Frank Ham mood, kept together Whil Bernard Webert and another teaman named Sana tried to work their way over to ward tbe sooth end of th reef, tb other went ttraigbt abead and more toward th north tide, wbrr th tea had full twerp. I had run down to tbe shore whil Kiasouth bad gone after another man named Rowley. When they got to tbe scene tbe vessel wa in pieces and tb men straggling for tbeir uvea. I sta tioned myself toward the south tide, and beckoned and gesticulated for the men to com that way I yelled also, but I could hardly hear my own voice. Th group of three and the young tailor, however, kept right on. Tbe tea waa dashing over tit rock with terrific force, every wave completely submerg ing them Tb bole and rrerice were filled with water, and through these tbe men waded or twain, clinging to th rockweed or tb slippery rock a each wav struck them. WASHED SWAT. Toung Lawrence had scarcely covered twenty-five feet of the distance when a wave struck him and be disappeared. Be waa the last to leave the vessel and the first to drown. KUtonth and Row ley had now arrived, and Webert and Land, who bad crawled and twain in, were hauled ashore, while I ran orer to th other side, toward which the cap tain, mate and steward were etruggling. Tb mate had caaght hold of a cake of tee and wat endeavoring to keep afloat en it bat soon let go. (t wat only five minute sine they had left th ship, bnt it teemed an age to tb men on there who were watching th brave straggle of th unfortunate Bailor. Inch by inch they fought tnr way along th treacherous, slippery rocks, holding on for their lire la th crevice and by th weed when the big breaken dashed over them. A tb wave receded I would rush down th slippery rock on which I stood In tb vain hope that they would get near enough for me to seise them. Tbe min utes seemed lik boar, bat (till tb men held on. Now they are within ten feet, bat an- oer w,r' break over them. If 1 bad had a ten foot rope I would have saved them all The tospent wa awful as th men, with their drawn face and hut teeth, held on and looked toward the refuge bo near them. Now tbe war goes back. A strong effort and they are ass Tbey press forward; ar al most there, only five feet more, when a monster rollrr btgg-r than th other strikes theta. It tear their weak grasp from the rock aad borir tbeta out of eight AU but Rooney. He. divested of hi coat and bouts, ha a better chance thaa tb otuer. and a th wave go back be be troggUng almost at my feet It it bnt to work of a moment to else hia and drag htm safely oa ta rork. Tb other war washed np oa tbe shins: I i J the dnftwood of tbe ewwl the next da. TV steward body was entirely stripped of clothing, bia kail -roce JoumaL snxashed tn ana hi cud turn cS. A See w Karaaai. A Mr. O . who had beea ill sotn time, fell into what waa thought biUt Wp. The medical attendant bow ever, had upicioo In bia own mind, which be did o care to communicate to the man't family fur fear of arotumg false hi pea. He therefore put off hi san cOoa to th banal frota day to day, moch to th indignation of tb supposed dead man's mother. Oa tb fifth day, however, th doctor had tb gratiSc. tioa of seeing his put .ret revit. JJr. O . utn time afterward, bad a re currence of the malady, this bra Us. Lug terra diva Yankee L-ade, Ta t ip Ura BklnniAUnt-Johnny, Ut did yo JTty tolling Hsrry l luLkett be eould can sad By your kit all bs wanted tol Jhny-I wat Jurt giving blm taffy. Mr HklnnrbHnt (rousM from a toond alwp w. j,'j,n.'a w..Ui-lf I eaten yoa giving anything of lb kind to anybody whiU tugsr It tea OMits a tund I II break every bor la ,our body, yoa young rssl!-OLko Tr.b- At IBs laUkll. Girl iwho has iwlved enters to wske boarder vary early so that be can enjoy the la-litl-lf you pUaas, sir, if you wsot to Set tos sua ria yoa must get up now! rWnter (who bs been titling up 1st a few friends Oh. bother tbs tunnaal Dts know when it tela! Ufa witk Lvt might ta Km That. A retired srniy officer wss recently telling Of the difllcultir tht Instructors at West Point have in breaklnit in newly csuht ca dets especially tl from the rural uutrirU. Aflor the cUva bad bero can-fully Uajjbt tbt rurrret esy of writing official tetters, on of tbem was told to sntewun chalk on tb bleekbrau-d a note inviting bis instructor to dinner. Thit is It- C ft Mnxrut Aciotst. Worr Poiitt. la-. Bir-I ha the born r prrtf ully tn rrqu 1 tht pi aura of your cotnauiy lo atlWDeroo Turs day. tlie 1Mb lort. I sm. tlr. your nt iirol a sal. Joes earrs, Calt I'tki, Co. It "Tbst eertsmly npre lbs IdK," aaid tbe lntntrtor. "a little formally, psrbapa but you hste not named so boor." "Ou. 1 ati-d. of enur, you'd know wt dined st U o'clock. "New York Tribune. Uf Ceuraa They Old. A small boy wss eying snd making oat of oae very eni. little exreHni and exclama ttont on F.!lui-tb ft reel tli otiter day wtxa a g-ntletusn balled snd olarrved: "Tutl tutl my buy I Kttcb words at that won't brlp your east any." In barking up be ttrijck tbe tsnis Incae plsnk wbicb bad tripird tba boy up, and be fell at full k-nglh and rollrd off tbe curb ttons. Us g" prllM' ,unl lo I'' feslingv at bs Uy there, and at b struggled up the boy sxclsimed- ' What do yoa sty nnwl pidu't tbey help you a brapT Detroit Kne Pr a AUtln( Nalnre. prist Fighter ' Scood raulmualyi Ooot be too cooii lent lis can't hit at hard at yoa can. but be't chock full of tricks Us't got a a great head oo blm. l'Uiliat inieauriiig bit antogouUt with hit ysi lle'U bsv a greater one when I've got doat with bltn. I'm coing to aeua nature a bula Chicago Trilmos. A tteyal Wit, "How are the rroptdolngr said th ctar to a favorite at court. "lYetty fairly, your highness," was th reply, "although In tome quarters tbe people are coniplainiug of too muco retga" "Let tbetn tsk tweuty yean In Siberia to dry up," autsHred bit majesty, who M quirk at repartee. Time, liaaih ml a r sit. Dime lliurum SJsnsier Well, to tbsr anything new today 1 AlteiaUnt I tuoald tay so. The Uving keletou la dead. Dim Uuum Manager Great asarsns: What sat tb matter! Attendaot Fstty degeneration of lb BesrV Judja As Cqulveral Cow p: latent, Biff Did you notice, Drtgga, what Tk Bowler said of my but tprechl Drlfg No. what wss III "Why, tbst In It I showed mystlf a 6am aon of delate " "H m-ffl! I tee. Bamwo waa the fellow wtQtlew bit eoemiet with tbe jawbone of as aas Tun Why n Cevldn't MTark. Tramp Wi.l your ladyship help a pore man wbo It affiu-tal with a terrible Imaat. wblck peertnu hiin from workin'l Lady Poor man. ben's a quarter What I your dueastf Tramp rpocsetbig tbe mnntyi fallows, mam, Ittinsas Lawrence American. As a Matt af Batistas, First Orostisn Tbst a a Joot it a brave fellow. IU' laced daata a buadrsd Unws without flinching K-cood Onl,tn An old veteran, I pre uniel F.rt Omahao 5o. bt't as, nucrtaksr. Omaha World. The 4 All IBs C wtae. Frisooer It tathabhy tan alt oo my char ertt-r, sir. Jude Too bar very little character. Fruooer Tbaft Jmt why it medsviodi satin g. your booa-. Drtruii Free Frtta Saw Sm raa la fk C dee That old fellow diaaut w a to like UtrbslL Marntt So eomW. Hs Uvea ia ana, evt to a vacant h. Sew York Ersaliig A less la tha Warktt. He Darling, thit engng-ment ring it worth Plie Tb last one I Lad cost 1X). He Yoa ar older now! New York H-ralL ni.le rvtiaa-at k m . V . I j r , . u.v pum eCecta c-n certain insects, aad the largest , film are not always the teat affected by j It Inter over which trader pouna ha bat bttle irJIarnc ar uoUy left mesh ' ed in the web to struggle anfel exhausted before tbe spider attempt to deroar them. 1 ' I THE RED MAN IN WINTEIJ MOW INDIANS N0 THE EAT AND LIVE OUR COLD MONTHS. Caaatraallaa sf a Testa raraUalt the Teal Mw Tbeir llrad Is Maes, rrarm ef nsstlsg sad Carta U Lsather tor te (1st sad Maeeaslss. It Is not tt range that Indians are thort lived nor that there hould be ao hlh a rata of mortality among tbeir children. Tb tribe north of an east and w.at lln coinciding with the nortlwrn limit i.f New Mexico oto for dwelling what ta known aa tli tepee. An IndUn of wealth In th Cta country sometime has an opportunity to purchase an A tent, and even a wall tent, at tome sal of condemned quartermaster' npplics. bnt th very beet and newest canvas ar forda roof protection agniot tbe tnow torrn and freexing winds of tbe plaius. The tent it usually staked Uown, Wlta a haIlow gutter dug rounJ it to carry off tbe rain water, which would other- wite flood it interior, and. tieginning in th early autumn, a fire it built in th ..a t i .1. I center of the eartn noor. wuicu is sel dom allowed to go out Overhead and banging la line utpendoU from th canvas ar the nne ana owier wep- on of the family, and th noor it cov ered with about tix intlie of dead grata or bay. which in time U trodden down and pressed into a fuir and tolerably aft mattrese. Wrapped np In bit bliUiVi t, with hit head resting on hi sad 11 for a pillow, tli Indian tleep through th Bight, depending tomewhat on the fW to keep him from freexing in extremely cold weather. Unt l A TEPtt In dry weather the ventilator at th ape of the tent may bo kept open, but daring stormt, when it it closed, the at mosphere of the tent U stifling and reek ing with the odor of tho unwashed fam ily and of the many damp and badly cored Cr which every buck acenruo latea. Far from the agencie tha In dian lay tn a small t tock of floar. ooffc and sugar ttifhVieut to be used sparingly through th winter, which, with hi rmxen beef or antelope meat, constitute hit bill of lare. In a tent ten feet In diameter, a buck, two squaw and fire or ix small children pas th winter months, and considering tbeir uncleanly habits, it ia not difficult to imagine tbe condition of the habita tion in the pring. Tliey tbeiusflve probably appreciate this, because rather than clean np tbey (imply move their tent to tome clean tpot. With a little flour, water and salt tue squawt mak a thick paste, which U first cooked on hot tlotie uutil it be come stiff, aud then each cake is further cooked by standing it on its edge with its flat ratface exposed to tbe flame until it it thoroughly baked into quite palatabl bread. Their meat is fried til its own fat or roasted on a tjdt stock in tb ground, while a small child keeja it turning to equalize tbe roasting. Tbe bread cakes serve a plates, while their fingers are both knives aud forks, to tbe Indian ha no dith washing proce to gn through with, for when the meal is finished be eat his plate and lick off hi knive and forka with hi tongna M iKixa iJtoaixs. Tb hunting of deer in the Rocky mountain baa driven them north into Dritifth America, .and in a few more year our Indians will have no nwee bocktkint for h-gus and moccasins. 1 Only tbetkin of the heavy bided deer can ba used, that of the atitelote and white tailed varieties being too tender for long service. The Apache make tbeir uioccaaine and leggin in one piece, in tbe tyle of bunting boots, while most of the Indian to the north wear slipper and leggin. Whenever a deer it killed and eut np the bladder ia carefully cut away, cleaned, and filled with the brain of the animal, and the little bag it most carefully guarded until a stream it reached, where the bide may be cured. Tb entire akin it then put into run niug water, and weighted down with tones In four or five boor tbe soak ing bat twelled it and loosened th hair t th roots, when it it taken out and ttretched on a frame, while tlie owm-r, with the aid of a cleaned rib of tb ani mal, scrape it down until all tho hair i rubbed off, very moch in the same man ner as overheated hone are scraped to remov the foam and sweat Tbe tkin it then pulletl and ttretched for three or four hours, and, at th tamo time, oiled with tbe brain until it It perfectly dry, oft and pliable, when it is ready for use. When a tan color Is desired It U aoaked tn an infusion of red bark. Tb sole of tbeinocc.-win U always made of th raw hid of beet cattle and tewed to the upper with the tine wt of the deer's tendon achillea. Cleveland Plain Dealer. . The Attoraay't Da. A Boston lawyer who reside in tb tuburbt it the owner of a dog that cer tainly potaeese the Instinctt of an attor ney. Th other day be taw another dog carry-in j 0ff a tempting looking bone. A second dog followed at a short dis tance, Th lawyer dog quickly con ceived a plan of action worthy of an em inent legal mind. He immediately brought action against the dog with tha bona Tbe third dog at one quickened hi pace, and lout no time in Instituting upplementary proceedings in hit own behalf. Tb.it assittanca proved equiva lent to a decree for tbe plaintiff, for tb lawyer' dog left the third dog to bear th brunt of th litigation, and seixing th bone fled to hit own kennel, where powcatioQ waa truly nine point of tb law. Boston Traveller. Tnstsiae Was tlraag. On March . 1SM1. Thomas Thompson lifted three barrel of water, weighing together l.Sdd pounds. II alto put an Iron bar on bit Deck, aeixed bold of tt two ends, and bent it nntil th latter met. On another occneion he raised with hi teeth a table six feet long sup porting at iu farthest end a weight of lot) pound- lie alto tore without serious effort a rope of a diameter of two inches, and lifted a hors over a e-sr. " lata rial last mt kballaa. The amount of bellae that waa Im ported Into Boston for th year ending Jane 30. IMA), was 7T.TT9 pounds, about thirty-five tons, aod wa worth U.S'7. Tb total amount imported into the United States for the year ending June SO, 1J0, wa 4.7JMM pounds, of th value of t-u.:ti For tb year of 1 th number of pounds imrnirted into tbe Luited bute wa .OtlJ.STl Boston Globe. It Is an old rule and none tlie wor for being old to consider the lot of those wbo are not so well t ff a our aelve when we ar tempted to feci ag ' moved at tli ordering of FrovUrnce.