»
le ad hi my direction, at the same time arouud this steam pipe, so as to hold
human head hunters
you all right, and you'll be on the lad
extending his band to Oglethorpe.
the Savnaea ut l*>e>nvalH Still I ly
They hastily grasped each other'» der in a Jiffy."
Th I m Horrible Trtt«le.
My descent to tlie grouud Is still like
band, and I bore witness of the strati-
a hideous dream. 1 have a dim recol
ge-t business transaction on record.
In the scarce known islands of the
"Thatas binding as If drawn up by lection of twisting and turning, at tlie Pacific sen — New Guinea. Borneo,
a regiment of lawyers," exclaimed same time falling down. down, till It Ceram. Gilolo and others too numer
Oglethorpe when the simple ceremony seemed us If I was dropping into a hot ous to mention man still exists In the
Br H. L DAWES.
was <*ompl« ted Tlien lie added. "My tomlcss pit lu the Infernal regions.
primeval state, and that u. «t horrible
There was more shouting by the of practices. head hunting, is still in
word Is good lor lhat amount, never
throng of people, more tooting of the dulged in in spite of all efforts of vari
fear. If I get out of this place alive.”
('opufljjht, tuoi, by H. L. Dawn.
A wave of hope and courage took engine whistles, and before I knew It 1 ous governments and missions as well
possession « f in«', and 1 watched eager was standing on Mother Earth once as philanthropic societies who have
ly for l!ie next move in that excltlug more with Oglethorpe shaking my arm come in contact with the people.
HEN Thomas Proctor
drama which a moment before look«*«l off.
Just as the scalp lock on the belt Of
entered my office one more like :1 tragedy.
We looked upward, expecting to see the young buck Indian was a token of
October morning ten
Pushing tin* millionaire aside rough Proctor climb down the rope. To the manhood, so the gory head impaled on
years ago, I little ly. Proctor ran to a case of drawers surprise of every one, he pulled it up a a tall ¡Mile over the hilt of the would be
thought the day would umler tin1 c-uniter a few feet away. On third time, ‘ “ ‘ What
’s the fool
"'hst'e
fee! doing?
de!”"’ ” young warrior, Papuan or Dayak, pro
prove to be the most eventful
in the
tlie upper
drawer was tacked a white exclaimed the fin* chief, standing near claims to all the prowess of tlie youth,
lives of thn'e men.
card which bore the simple legend, by. “Why doesn't he slide down that henceforth a man and eligible for tlie
I had aided Proctor financially hi sev “Fish Lines.” It was only the work of rope? Guess he’s lost his head.”
Council and the wooing of the maidens.
eral promising business ventures, and a second t > pul) tlie drawer out and
“He knows what he’s about. ’ said It is Immaterial liow tlie trophy be ob
they all wound up in disaster, which select a heavy, strong line about the the millionaire, "laiok!”
tained, whether by ambuscade or tn
was not due to any mismanagement on size used in codflslilng. The drawer
To our amazement, the rop • dropped fair battle. Generally it is the former.
his part, but to a combination of un underneath was labeled "Sinkers,” and from the window with knots In It about The candidate for martial honors sim
fortunate circumstances.
from this lie grabbed a lead sinker, six feet apart.
ply waits Ills chance by night In some
After the last collapse Proctor ob which li«‘ deftly fastened to the end
“By Jove!" exclaimed the chief. neighboring village as craftily and pa
tained a situation nt a salary which of the line. From the wall he tore “That’s a,trick worth knowing, Won- tiently as a leopard on the prowl, the
barely supported bls family. This went down a sign which reail "No Smoking der how he dill It In such a short kris or a poisoned arrow does the work
on for about two years, when bls em
swiftly and silently, ami the severed
Allowi'd.” On tlie back of this card lie time.”
ployer failed, and Tom was again wrote in plain letters. “Hitch on a rope,
We saw Tom’s feet come through the bend has ample time to cool before the
stranded. He bail beeu without em quick!”
window, where he had to maneuver a deed is discovered and calls for retri
ployment a!.out a month when he call
moment to wind his legs around the bution.
Making
tin-
card
fast
to
the
line
near
ed al my oilice that October morning.
ro(te. Then he slid down from one knot
Thus an incessant vendetta ami car
I gave him some good advice ami en tlie lead, lie rushed to the window, fol- to tlie next easily ami gracefully, dis nage go on, and only by living In in
couragement and. what to him was lowe<1 by Oglethorpe and myself.
When tlie crowd in tlie street spied daining to use tlie ladder, and finally accessible for«‘sts ami strongly stock
more substantial, some dollars to re
Ils.
they yelled excitedly, waved their landed within our midst with the aded places is it possible at all for
lieve ills Immediate necessities.
arms,
shout«*«) and groaned until they cheery salutation, “All present or ac tlie tribes to save themselves from an
Proctor expressed his gratitude In his
nihilation. Of the vast island conti
saw
that
we were about to make a counted for.”
blunt, homely fashion and add«*<l ear
There is little more to tell. I hea rd nent of New Guinea the western or
uestlv. “Perhaps tills is the turning of move of some kind. Then all was quiet,
Oglethorpe whisper to the chief a con- Dutch part is the worst looked after,
the tide, Mr. Burrows,” and 1 replied. ami the only sound w<* heard was the
trlbution to the firemen's relief fund of and It often happens that numerous
whir
of
tlie
engines
and
the
occasional
“I hope so with all my heart."
a thousand dollars for the possession raiding parties in their great war ca
At that time I was a director In a call of a fireman.
We watched tlie descent of that of tliat rope.iwliich was duly accepted, noes come swooping down the coast
large transportation company, and,
und it was afterward generously di before the northwest monsoon am!
thinking tliat possibly 1 might secure white n-essenger with breathless Inter vided witli Tom and me.
carry death and desolation Into the
esi.
for
our
lives
were
in
tlie
balance,
a position there for my young friend,
Then he said to the former that lie comparatively quiet British portion
uml
time
was
precious.
Think
of
It
—
we started on u search at once.
was in the liablt of settling his eou- around the mighty Fly river, opposite
On tlie way down town we stopped three souls hanging to u eo«l line and a
tracts promptly and there was Just Torres strait. By the time the news
at a wholesale house to buy a ham piece of common everyday cardboard!
is carried to Thursday island ami the
A man on tlie ladder seized tlie ear«! time before the banks closed.
mock to send to a friend in Florida.
Tom called to see me the next <1a.v, gunboat starts away In pursuit it is
and
rend Ita message. Waving his hand
The clerk informed us that as the
smiling and happy.
generally too late, and the marauders
hammock season was over all their r.pwnrd to signify tliat he understood,
“I’ve got the million all right. Mr. have vanished.
stock had been packed away on the top lie ran nimbly down tlie ladder, dart
Burrows," said lie, “and have been
The writer was present once at the
floor, so we ascended to tlie tiftli flooi <■«1 across tlie street to a ladder truck
walking on air ever since; have to capture of n war party, and forty
and
with
tlie
help
of
a
comrade
seized
in tlie elevator and then cllmbeil two
pinch myself to make sure I’m not
flights of stairs, entering a room oc a coil of rope, which they flung on dreaming. It's a mighty queer feeling, eight heads were taken from the ca
noes. Hanging and deportation to pe
tlie
ground
directly
under
our
window
.
cupying th«* whole area of the building
and I haven't got acclimated yet. Tlie
A clerk was busily engaged with a l'asteuing tlie end of the rope to lilt papers laid it on so thick that I had to nal servitude seem to be but a slight
gentleman whom I recognized as lion. licit, tin* liosi'inan climbed to when sneak through the back streets to get deterrent, for tlie terror recurs almost
as regularly as a plague of locusts.
Moses Ogletliorpe, multimillionaire, the the end of our precious cod lint* was here, people stare so at me.”
These Papuans are a hardy, warlike
swinging to and fro.
richest man In the state.
In tin* quiet of my private otliee lie people and expert bowmen, and they
To prevent the line from chafing on
The clerk went downstairs for some
explained to tne some of the details of
thing, leaving us alone—a millionaire, a the stone trimming under the window the escape from the burning building, rely on their skill with this potent
weapon solely, using their clubs for
sill
Proctor
leaned
fnr
outward
and
merchant and a poor man.
which show that brains count in an tlie dispatch of wounded foes.
Suddenly we were startled by the carefully obeyed the command to haul. emergency.
The Dayaks of Borneo and tlieir
clanging of gongs, a tooting of bugles He was In a happy mood, probably
“It was this way,” said lie. “When neighbors, on tlie other hand, are in
from tli«' fact that he was earning n
anil a commotion In Hie street.
our position seemed hopeless and It
We all rushed to the window, drawn million dollars and also that he was looked as if we were doomed to a hor favor of the "sumpltan” or blowpipe,
working for ills own dear life ami ours
shooting little diminutive but very cun
thither by the natural desire Inherent
rible death. Oglethorpe lost ills head ningly poisoned arrows. The “sunipi-
in the breast of tlie average American too.
"This is a kind of fish worth fishing and acted luilf crazy, and you, Mr. tan” has often a spear head attached
to witness the rush of tlie fire engines.
tor.
” cried lu* with enthusiasm—“sort Burrows, wore in a trance, dazed like. to the outer end, like a bayonet on a
“Great Scott, gentlemen,” exclaimed
“Twice before in my life 1 had look musket. For close lighting they rely
of
goldfish,
hey, Mr. Oglethorpe? Ah
Tom excitedly, “the fire is in this build
ed death square in the eye and learned on the dreaded “parang,” a heavy, hol
my
beauty,
now
I
’
ve
got
you
fast!
”
lu
Ing! I smell smoke. We must get out.”
by experience tliat one stands the best
We all rushed to the door. Proctor exclaimed as tlu* end of the rope slip- chance for ills life Dy keeping cool, low ground broadswortl about two feet
ped
Into
ids
hands.
long, with tlie handle often carved of
reaching it first. As lie swung it open
I believe tliat Tom had been to sea a with ills wits alive to take advantage ivory and ornamented with gold and
he was driven back by a sheet of flame
of
any
favorable
method
or
means
of
couple of voyages when a youngster.
pearls, the wooden scabbard coveri'd
and smoke.
and evidently tlu* old sailor Instinct re escape.
with human skin and hair.
“No chance to escape by the stairs,'
“1 was working out a problem anil
turne«l the moment be got bold of tlial
They count him a poor warrior who
said he. "Perhaps there’s a tire escape,
finally arrived at the answer—a rope. cannot sever a head clean with one
I ope.
You stay here while I take a look.”
lie yanked it in over tlie window sill Unless the lire was got under control blow delivered backhanded. Even In a
And with that lie ran to the front, slile
baud over hand till It fairly hummed. within a short time a rope was our mountainous part of the Malay penin
and rear windows. When lie rejoined
Sailorlike he couldn't refrain from ouly hope. Then 1 remembered a story. sula, north of Malacca, In tlie Bind
our little group, tlie answer was plain
You may think It a queer time to think ings ami Ilegrl Sembllan, there is to
ly written on bis face, “No tire escapes
of such a tiling as a story. Neverthe this day a remnant tribe of head hunt
anywhere on tlie building.”
less it did Ils part toward our salvation. ers called the Sa-Ki.
In that time of awful peril and dan
It wus the tale of u prisoner confined lu
ger Tom Proctor was cool and collect
a high tower. A friend outside shot an
Cripples Held the Stage.
ed, so we naturally looked to him to
arrow through the wiudow. Attached
A very remarkable theatrical fad
find some avenue of escape. Ten min
to tlie arrow was a silk thread, to the raged in 1’arls sixty or seventy years
utes before he was tlie most insignifi
thread a cor«I uml to the cord a rope. ago. The journals of the period show
cant person in tlie room, a penniless
All these the prisoner (lulled up suc- that the writers of plays had an espe
bankrupt, realizing his own insignifi
cessively. und wlien he secured the cial fondness for the representation of
cance more keenly because of the pres
rop«' bls escape was easy.
bodily deformities and Infirmities.
ence of a modern Croesus,
"About the instant that story was
it was well known, of course, that
A few moments bad changed
running through my brain Ogletliorpe Victor Hugo made a hunchback the
standing of the two extremes of
offered tlie million dollars, and 1 hero of a tragedy and that one of
trio, and Proctor bad jumped to
caught sight of the sign, ’FUsli Lines.’ Scribe's heroes stuttered. But the many
head of flic class, for we were in a
That solved tlie problem. You know forgotten plays by the forgotten au
uatlon where brains were of mon*
the rest. But right here I wouhl like thors of the perlo«! also swarm with
count than dollars.
to justify myself concerning tliat mil hunchbacks, stutterers, the lame, the
He carefully examined the room, hop
lion. 1 don't want you to think I took halt, the blind and the deaf and dumb.
ing to find a skylight, but was unsuc
advantage of Oglethoriie because his
Sometimes as many as a dozen of
cessful. Then he sought the windows
life was in danger. I merely profited these cripple plays were performed on
again, thinking he might discovei a
by his generous offer. It was a matter the same evening in the theaters of
coping or cornice by which we cojld
of business, pure and simple, ami tlie Paris.
reach some adjoining building, but
fact that he paid up like a man is
In one year eighteen plays with blind
with the same hopeless result.
proof tliat lie considered it a square characters were produced and probably
Then we ran to the windows to see
deal.”
three or four times as many were writ
if there was any chance of help from
“How about that string of knots in ten. The first of the “blind” plays was
the firemen. A cry of horror reaebeu
the rope?” I asked. “I'm very curious Ancelot’s “Un Regard,” which later
our ears as the crowd in the street
to know bow you did It, und so are furnished the book of an opera for
cajjght sight of us.
some of the filemen.”
which Halevy, the composer of "The
The firemen raised ladders against 11c slid down from on: knot to the next
“Oh, that's a simple trick I learned Jewess,” wrote the music.—New York
the side of tlie building, lint our heart»
chanting the peculiar “Yo. he. O!” with at sea.” he replied. “You make a coil Herald.
sank, for the ladders reached only tilt
out which, 1 believe, no seafaring m.:n of half hitches, pass tlie end of the rope
window of tlie fourth floor.
Glacier lee.
is able to do anything in the way of through the center of the coll, and it
One cry reached our ears, but it
Glacier Ice is not like the solid blue
comes out with knots about a fathom
pulling and hauling.
sounded like a deatli sentence. Some
Ice on the surface of the water, but
When the last latliom fell at our feet, or so apart.”
one, evidently a fire chief, roared
“By the way, Mr. Burrows, tliat wav consists of granules Joined together by
Tom grabbed it ami with a quick turn
through a trumpet, “Jump—it’s your
an intricate network of capillary wa
of tlie hands tied n loop, which I think the turning of the tide, after ail.”
only chance!” at the same time point-
And I answered, “Well, I should say ter filled fissures. In exposed sections
sailors call a bowline. Slipping till«
ing to a group of men holding a large bowline over Mr. Oglethorjie's head am! so!”
and upon the surface of the Ice can
blanket d.rectly beneath us.
be observed “veined" or "banded”
down to the hips, he said to him terse
For Art's Sake.
"My God!” groaned Oglethorpe, “It'S ly: "Now. then. Mr. Ogletliorpe, you'r«
structure veins of a denser blue color
Boughton,
the
English
artist,
Mr.
.
It
suicide to Jump from this height,
alternating with those of n lighter
to sit in tills bowline. Hold on to tin'
while sketching in the Alps, was one
makes me dizzy to think of It.”
rope with a death grip. Don’t be afraid. day in search of a suitable background shade containing air bubbles. The
Proctor was as cool as the proverb : «
cause of this peculiar structure has
You can't fall out If you try. Mr. Bur
of dark pines for a picture he had
•cucumber and talked to us as caliul.”
rows and I will lower you down, ami planned, He found at last the precise been the subject of much theorizing
as if discussing a business scheme Ift
among Investigators, but hitherto the
all you have to «lo Is to keep yourself
sil nation lie was seeking, and best of
my private office.
greatest authorities consider that the
away from the building with your feet.
Io
all. says Tit Bits, there happened
“It's a case of roast or Jump." sal«!
You may bark your shins, but that* lie a pretty detail in the figure of an explanation of tlie phenomenon Is yet
he as w« came together for a uiini
wanting.
nothing. Lively, now! There's not a old woman in the foreground.
conference. “That’s the whole tiling I
moment to lose.”
"1
asked
the
old
lady,
”
said
Mr.
a nutshell. The only redeeming 1« I.
Scorpion. In Jamaica,
Even then the millionaire nesitated. Boughton, "to remain seated until I
ture In the case Is that each of us cith
In Jamaien the negroes believe that
The prospect of dangling from a sev luul made a sketch of her. She assent
choose the way it suits him best to
enth story window on the eml of a ed. but in a few minutes asked me scorpions know their name, so they
die. Personally It makes little dilfi i
never call out, “Bee, a scorpion!” when
rope appalled him. Proctor almost
ence to me. Death by tire isn't really dragged him to th«* window, and nftei how long I should be. ‘Only about a they meet with one on tlie ground or
so horrible as It appears, and. as f««i ■ few more Instructions and no little qunrter of an hour,’ I answered reas- wall for fear of Ills escaping They
jumping, you will lose conscioiistns- urging the man of money laboriously suringly.
thus indirectly recognize the scorpion's
"Three minutes or so later she again dellcnte appreciation of sound. But If
long before you reach the ground. Af' crawled over the Mill. We slacked away
er all, my case Is much worse tha i on the rope. an«l bls heatl disappeared asked me—this time with manifest you wish to stop a scorpion in Ids
yours, gentlemen. Your families wid from view. We had a turn of the rope anxiety—If I should be much longer.
Hight blow air on him from tlie mouth,
But and he at once coils himself up. I have
‘Oil, not long!’ I answered.
be well provided for, but God oulr around a steam pipe and hud no dif
knows what will become oi my wid ficulty in holding Oglethorpe's weight, why do you ask so anxiously?’
repeatedly done this, but with a spider
“ ’Oh, It's nothing.’ she sadly »ti it lias a contrary effect.—London Spec
and child'en when I'm gone.’
although he was a heavy man.
nnì tator.
“See hire, young man,” Oglethorpe
Presently we heard a tremendous swered, ‘only I’m sitting on an
_________________
exclaimed, grasping Tom by tlie arm cheer from the crowd below, which hill ’ ”
wiiimar to Help.
"I can't be roasted like a rat. rnd to told us that Oglethorpe was safe. Run
Ihe Phenix nt Arnhln.
“John,” she whispered, "there's a
jump Is still worse, God, mar., Isn’t nlng to the window, we saw him de
In olden times a bird calk'd a “phe
there some escape? We can't «lie like scending tlie ladder with the help of a nlx” was thought to live in the deserts burglar in the parlor. He just bumped
this. Why, man alive, I'd give a mil fireman.
of Arabia. His lease of life was said against the piano and struck several
keys.”
Uon dollars—a million, do yon hear?—
Tom hauled up the rope again, ami to lie 500 years, nt the end of which
"You don't sny! I’ll go right down,"
to be landed safely on the ground,"
In an Instant I was ready to descend time he built n nest of spices ami fan
A» he spoke he etnnbasizeil bls words
said be.
Ills instructions to me were the same ned it into a flam«* with his wings.
by shaking Proctor’s arm almost
“Oh, John, don't do anything rash!”
Tlie flame reduced the bird to ashes,
roughly, staring Into bl» face with a as to Oglethorpe, only he added: “If I out of which he sprung to live another
“Rash? Why, I'm going to help him.
don't
get
out
of
this
alive,
Mr.
Bur
tierce, desperate expression. I glaneed
500 years. Richardson says that be You don’t suppose he can remove that
rows,
you
see
that
Bessie
and
the
bn
at Tom. for the Instant forgetting out
hail fifty orifices In his beak, through piano from Hi«- house without assist
perilous situation, and note«! that, un bies get that million.” He glanced tin which he sung melodious airs.
ance, do you?”—Philadelphia 1‘ress.
easily
over
Ills
shoulder
to
the
rear
of
mindful of Oglethorpe, he was gazing
Intently to one side. Then suddenly the room, whore the flames were Just
Illa Talk.
his face lighted up with a gleam of beginning to break through.
Wife—How
"What will I talk about?” remarked
I
made
a
feeble
protest
—
and
meant
hope. Turning quickly to the million
I was away?
a man who bail been called on unex-
alre, he exclaimed. “Do you make tliat It, too—that It was only right that lie
Husband—1 kept house for a I mut ten pectedly at n bnn«|uet and mentnlly
should go next. The rope was his Idea
as a bona tide offer, Mr. Oglethorpe T’
gro|s*d for something to say.
and he ought to reap the benefit am) days, and then I went boarding.
“Certainly I do.”
Wife—Boarding! Why didn’t you go
"Talk about a minute!” was the re
save
himself
before
It
was
too
late.
“All right. I accept the contract. No
joinder that came from a nimble wit-
He replied almost angrily. “Stop your on keepiug house?
time now for any business formalities.
Husband -Couldn't. All the dishes ted chap nt the other side of the «lin
Shake hands on It. You witness this. nonsense, Mr. Burrows, and get out of were dirty.
ing room Boston Journal.
1’11 take two turns
Mr. Burrows,” said he, nodding bl» that wiudow.
A Million
Dollar Fire
W
i
r'
f
X
FLOATING ISLANDS.
One
lalnnd. Cohering Two Aevea,
Seen In Ole Galt Stream.
Of all passengers <-arrled by ocean
currents flouting Islands are the most
interesting. Many of them have tieeil
found voyaging on the Atlantic. These
islands were originally parts of low
lying liver banks which broke away
under stress of storm or tloo«l ami
floate«! out to sea. The Orinoco, the
Amazon, th«* La Plata and other trop
teal rivers often send forth such pieces
of their shores. Some of the bits of
land are of large size and carry ani
nulls, Insects and vegetation, even at
times Including trees, the roots of
which serve to hold the lund intact,
while their brandies and leaves serve
as sails for the wind, Generally the
waves break up these islands shortly
after they put to sea. but sometimes,
umler favorable conditions, they travel 4
long distances.
The longest voyage of a floating is
land, according to government records,
took place in 1893. This island was
first seen off Florida, and apparently it
had an area of two acres. It bore no
trees, but It was thickly covered with
buslies, and in oue place it was thirty
feet high above th«* sea level. It was
In t he gulf stream, traveling slowly
and with pccaslonal undulations to
show where
wher«1 the ground swell was
working beneath it. Probably it got
away from Its river anchorage In the
spring of tlie year, for toward the lat-
ter part of July it had reached the lat-
itude of Wilmington. Del.
No large animal life had been seen
on it. though there must have been
myriads of th«* small creeping things
which abound in tlie tropics. By the
end of August it had passed Cape Cod
and was veering toward the Grand
banks, it followed the steamer lane
routes quite accurately, and several
vessels reported It. One month later
ft was in midocean northwest of the
Azores, and its voyage evidently was
beginning to tell on It. It was much
smaller and less compact, It was not
seen again, and probably it met de
struct ion in tlie October gales. But it
had traveled at least 1,010 miles, and
if, as was thought, It came from the
Orinoco, it must have covered twice
that distance.
It is «illite possible that floating Is
lands larger than this one, umler more
favoring circumstances, might during
past ages liav«‘ mini«* th«* complete jour
ney from America to Europ«* or Africa
ami so brought about a distribution of
animal species. Of course it Is not ab
solutely certain that this island went
to pieces in October. It might, though
tills is not probable, have floated down
into the region of calms and seaweed,
where it would lie longer preserved.—
Theodore Waters hi Ainslee's.
THE GOLDEN RULE.
POPPING'THE QUESTION.
Cnrloxa .MrtUedi That Prevail
Some Forelao « ouutrles.
lu
In this favored land of the free every
lovelorn swain lias his own way of
making love ami (sipping the question,
but In son e foreign countries the js-ns
untry bus i.... ullar and rrjdltionary
ways of iH'iforming those pleasing
functions. Among Hungarian gypsies
cakes are used as love letters, Inside
tin- cake is a coin, which Is baked in
It. Tin* cake is flung to the favored
object of one’s affections, The ret en
tlon of Illi' cake signifies acceptance,
but if It is flung b.-u-l. with force it slg-
tillies reject ion
Tin* Japanese lover wishing to make*
known the stall' of his feelings throws
a bum'll of pah* plum flower buds into
Ills loved «.lie's litter us she enters it to
go to n I
lid's wedding If she tosses
the blossoms lightly out. the suitor
knows tbnl Im is rejected, but If she
fastens tin in to her girdle It is "<»1«.
Ii.ippim ss!" with him.
In some yurts of Sp.iln the young
peasant looks unutterable things, but
llevel' tries to speak until lie hits been
nceepted. The girl licit Her looks nor
speaks, but she sees Late In the <-ool
of the evening the youth knocks at
AN ANECDOTE OF WHITMAN.
Ilo» the I’oei Wa. Trrlnit to Cheer
I ¡» h I’rlend!<*«■ R«.i .
One day I was stopped on Washing
ton street, says .1. T. Trowbridge In
Th)' Atlantic, by a friend who made
tills startling announcement: "Walt
Whitman Is in town. I have Just seen
him!" Wien I asked wher«'. he replh'd:
“At 11»' st«-«.... type foundry. Just around
til«' corner. Come along. I'll take you
to him." Th«' author of "Leaves of
Gruss" had loomed so large In my
Imagination as to seem almost super-
human, and 1 was filled with some
stu ll feeling of wonder ami astonish
meiit as If 1 Ind been invited to meet
Socrates or King Solomon
We found a large, gray hair«*«! and
gray bearded, plainly dressed man.
reading proof sheets at n desk in a lit
tli- dingy otliee. with a lank unwind«*
some looking lad at his elbow listlessly
watching him. Tlie man was Whit
man, ami the proofs were those of Ills
new edition. There was a scarcity of
chairs, anil Whitman, rising to receivt*
us, offered me his, but we all remained
standing except tlie sickly looking lad,
who kept his seat until Whitman turn
ed to him ami said: "You’ll better go
now. I'll st'e you this evening." After
I»' had gone out Whitman explained:
"lli' Is a friendless boy I found nt my
iMiiirdlng pin)')-. I nm trying to clmer
him up ami strengthen him with my
magnet Irin." n prsctieal but curiously
prosaic illustration of these powerful
lines in tin' early poems:
'l'h)' Golden Rule Is worldwide and Is
variously voiced as follows:
Ito as you would be «lone by.—Per
sian.
Ito not that to a neighbor which you
would take ill from him.—Grecian.
What you would not wish done to
yourself do not unto others.—Chinese.
One should seek for others the happi
ness one desires for oneself.—Buddhist.
He sought for others the good he de
sired for himself. Let him pass on.—
Egyptian.
All things whatsoever ye would that
tuen should do to you, do ye even so to
them.—Christian.
Let none of you treat ills brother in
a way lie himself would dislike to be
treated.—Mohammedan.
The true rule In business is to guard
ami do by the things of others as they To any one dying thither I speed
do by their own.—Hindoo.
twist the knoll of the door.
The law Imprinted on the hearts of
seize
the descending num; i raise him
I
ail men is to love the members of so
with resistless will
ciety as themselves.—Roman.
Whatsoever you do not wish your Every room of the house <lo 1 fill with an
armed force, lovers of one, bathers
neighbor to do to you do not unto him.
of graves.
This is the whole law. The rest is a
mere exposition of It.—Jewish.
They Wanted a Heit.
A Scottish congregation presented
their minister with a sum of money
and sent him off to the continent for a
holiday.
A gentleman Just come from the con
tinent met a prominent member of the
church uud Bald to him:
"Ob, by tlie bye, I met your minister
In Germany. He was looking very
well- he didn't look as If he needed a
rest."
"No," salii the church member very
calmly; "it was tin’ him; it was the
congregation that was needin’ a rest.”
— Pearson’s Weekly.
A Ilrproof,
“Pa.” saitl Willie, ‘‘what does it
mean to say a man Is ‘one of nature's
noblemen?' ”
'“One of nature’s noblemen,’ my
son,” replied tlie old gentleman, wftli a
significant look at his better half, “Is
a man who smiles when lie gets some
ridiculous cheap gift for his birthday
and exclaims: 'How nice! Just what 1
wanted!’” —Catholic Standard und
Times.
EiitiiiK nn Orange.
A « nrliKi* Boat.
According to a Chinese legend, there
lived in Canton 2«"> years before Christ
an artist named Lint Kao Poiing, who
won an immortal reputation owing to
the fact that h<‘ was aide to fashion
otit of a bean po<l a boat, complete
with rudder, sails, mast ami all other
necessary appurtenances.
Moreover,
on the exterior of the boat were en
graved various maxims by Confucius
Eor this masterpiece, It Is said, the
Emperor Tsi Fou paid hint 1,000 taels.
Proof Positive.
Timkins—I’«l get married If I could
find a sensible girl.
Simkina I know a nice girl, but I
. ’t think she wants to marry. At
least she refused me.
Timkins—By George, she must lie a
a mslble girl! Intrialuce me. will vou?
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BRIGHT’S DISEASE
The largest sum ever paid for a pre-
scription, clianged hands in San Fran
cisco, Aug. .'¡n, 1901. Tlie transfer in-
volvi-d in coin and sUMsk$112,500.00and
wis (Kiiil by a tiart v of business men lor
a s]H'cili or Bright's Disease and Dia
betes, I. Hu i to incurable diseas« s.
They coiniiieiice«! the serious investi
gation of the spiciiic Nov. 15, 1900.
They intervieweil scores of tlie cured
and tried it out on its merits by putting
over thn'e dozen cases on tlie treatment
and Matching them. They also got phy
sicians to naine chronic, incurable eases,
and administered it witli tlie physicians
forjudges. l|> to Aug. 25, eighty-seven
percent of the test cases «ere eillur
well or progressing favorably.
There Ih'ing but thirti'cll per cent, ol
fai.’nri's, t|le parties were satisfie«l and
dosed the transaction. The proceedings
of tlu- investigating committee ami the
clinical reports of the test cas -s ««■»■
published aild will Iw mailed fre«‘ oil
ap|>lieation. Address Jons ,1. Fi iTox
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In tb«* Street, of Cairo.
One of the most picturesque places In
the world is undoubtedly the Egyptian
city of Cairo, and not the least of its
attractions lire tlie taried and often
musical street cries which assail tlie
ears on all sides. Not only the street
musicians who tap tlieir tambourines
to tin1 admiring "Allalis" of the crowd,
but tin1 mer< hauls ami peddlers, con
tribute to I I d - cliortlS.
A fruit seller, basket on head, with
(.Tapes and figs, will saunter by singing
In a <|uaint minor: “Oh, grapes, oh,
xww'1 grapes, tliat are larger than
doves' eggs ami sweeter than new
cream! oh, angels' food, delicious tigs,
bursting with honey, restorers of
liealtli!”
Another street cry which may be
heal'd in tin* main street of Abbassieh,
a suburb, contains tlie following entic
ing announcement: "Tomorrow, O peo
pie, I am going to kill a camel. The
doctor says it is young and healthy,
oil, Its flesh will be tender as tin* quail
uml Juicy as lamb. Its price Is but l*i
plasters (T' j cents) tlie pound. Do you
love the sweet flesh of a camel? Then
come curly uml be satisfied!”
Not the least picturesque figures in
th<‘ streets are tlie city police in their
neat white uml red uniforms In sum
mer ami bitt)' serge in winter. Detroit
Free Press.
Gi-llln. I*', ven.
tn the crowd tliat filletl a Mulberry
street auction room wit «' two Italians
who watched tin' sale with interest and
enjoyed I hi' badinage for which the
auctioneer is noted. One of the Itnl-
Ians bhl on sonie household nrtiele.
an<1 It was instantly accepted.
"What's tin' name?" asked the auc
tioneer as he opened tlx* salesbook.
"Pietro Dionozella," answered the
buyer.
•■oh, that’s too turn'll! I'll put down
•peanuts. 50 cents.’ You’re on," said
II»' auctioneer as he rattled off the next
nrtiele. The other Italian bld enough
to sei-ure the article, ami Ids name was
A qnvxflon of Pride.
requested.
“She thinks she is entitled to • dl
"I’ntrlckn «I'Stilllvnna,” quickly an
vorce, but she won't seek it.”
swered th)' Italian.
"Religious scruples, I suppose?"
“Well," mused the auctioneer, "that's
“No; family pride."
n good old mime for a dago. Come,
"How Is that ?”
that's not yours, though."
“She's afraid it would make a genea
"You beta it Isa nota mine," was th«'
logical tangle that would destroy the quick reply, "but Ita Is ngooda ns Pea
value of the family tr«*e for future nutn. You miikn de fun witha ’taliano
generations."—<‘hlcago Post.
name; I mnka fun wida Irish.”—New
ark Call.
When oranges are cut across and eat
en with a spoon somewhat of their
naturalness seems gone. It is an arti
ficial way of eating this fruit, but often
proves the most convenient. The way
in which the Juice flies is one of the
drawbacks to this method. By taking
a knife and cutting a little circle
nround the core In the center this ten«l-
et'c.v of tlie juice to fly is largely coun
teracted. Some fastidious people never
cut their oranges across and never use
a spoon, but Instead cut them in eighths
with the skin on ami sip the juice from
these little tsirtions.
BLAKE,
MOFFITI
& TOWNE
Th«* Bunk Mpuzenupr.
“Hello, Wlllii'!" exclaimed the mes
senger bov ns I»' met his olil time friend
in Nassau street th«' other day. “Who
yer workin' fer now, Willie?”
“Workin’ for a bunk," replied Wil
lie. "Got a gmsl Job."
“Watcher got in the satchel?” asked
the messenger boy, scrutinizing a little
handbag that Willie carried.
"Hist! Don't say a word! I'm scared
to death."
"What is It dynamite?” asked the
messenger boy in alarm.
"Naw ; It’s money.”
“Gee! Money! How much?’
“Two thou. I'm cnrryln’ It down to
another bank, and I'm scared.”
"Sny, I how does a feller feel when be
has so much money?"
“Scared,” whispered the bank mes-
»enger, and he continued on Ills way.—
New York Tribune.
Pure Accident.
Flanagan-Hivins, man, pliwat's the
matther wid yer face?
Hanagau—Faith. 'twas an accident.
A Wnrnlnir.
Whatever be your talents, whatever The ould woman throwed a plate at
be your prospects, never speculate me.
Flanagan An' d'ye call that an nccl-
away on a chance of a palace that
which you may need ns a provision dent?
Hanagau Av <*oorse! Didn't she hit
against tlie workhouse. Bulwer,
pl «vat she aimed at? Exchange.