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CADI AND COUNCIL.
DMorlptlon uf an Interesting Trial In an
ludla.il Court.
Justice is the end of (fovernment,
and every nation has its own peculiar
method by which this end is achieved.
In "Our Future Highway to India" an
interesting trial is described. There
had been a riot and one man had been
hurt. The ringleaders iu the riot were
now put on trial, and a curions siht it
was.
The cadi and council were seated
round a table. An oflieer called the
"kaimacan" had conducted us to the
place where the trial was Koinjr on,
and the party was accommodated on a
divan. The prisoners were brought in
under strong guard, the wounded man
and the .doctor being at the other end
of our divan.. The whole place was
crowded with witnesses and specta
tors. A more peculiar trial was never seen,
every one gesticulating, shouting and
3relling. The prisoners abused kaima'
can, cadi, court and everything else,
and were abused in turn. The noiso
went on increasing till it seemed as if
the roof was about to ily off.
Suddenly there would come a lull and
every one, prisoners, guards and all,
would commence smoking cigarettes.
The ringleader in the riot coolly took
a light from one of the members
of the court. After a pause, and with
their lungs refreshed by the soothing
fumes of tobacco,- they would all again
burst forth' in chorus, and the noise
would be worse than before.
I know not how the clerk to the
court managed to keep his notes of the
evidence, but perhaps he was accus
tomed to such scenes, and managed to
take down a fair description of what
had occurred.
Though there was fresh blood on
their clothes, and some long hairs were
sticking to the sword of the one who
had actually struck the blow, the pris
oners swore they were innocent Luck
ily the case did not rest on frail tes
timony, as an olticrr hat! lweu present
and seen the man cut down. So far
everything went to convict the cul
prits, but the question of provoea t ion
given and received had to be debat
ed before the punishment could be
awarded. r
SIOUX FAMILY uii-t.
Quarrels and Punishments Are Vary Rare
Among Itelatlves.
A writer in Outing gives an amusing
account of "Sketching Among the
Sioux." He says that the kindness and
patience of these people In their do
mestic relations are very noticeable.
The women have certain duties to per
form, as among other races; but the
men do not disdain to help them on oc
casions any more than does a whito
man of good disposition.
We never saw, during our whole resi
dence iu the Sioux villago, a single
family quarrel, and the children were
rarely, if ever, punished.
One example to illustrate this char
acteristic pleased and amused us not
a little. One day r'lying-by's wife
came to our tent and asked us to lend
her a small hand-mirror which we pos
sessed. We gave it to her, and then
watched her to see what she would do
with it. About a mile and a half or
two miles away a horse race was in
progress, watched by three or four hun
dred mumiieu iMtliiins.
The squti'.v i )crk the mirror, stood in
front of the le.it. and reflected a beam
of sunlight tr mi the glass along the
ground in line with the group of In
dians. It was only two or three minutes be
fore a solitary horseman left the band
and came tearing over the prairie
toward us. It was Kiying-by, who
sprang otf his horse at our door and
hxiked in; jr. iringly around. His wife had
:;one back to her cooking, unci was ap
parently quite heedless of his coming.
To his question whether some one
had not Kent fir him, we could only re
ply that we had seen his wife playing
heliostat with our mirror, whereupon
he went over anil spoke to her.
In a moment he returned, and with a
grin told us I hat, knowing he had
money, his wife had called him homo
for f 'ar he might be templed to gam
ble il. iiwsiy. He chuckled over her
prudence, and told if, that, lie might
have made a lot of money if he hail
stayed; and not a cross word was
spoken.
GOETHE AND REVOLUTIONS.
A Well-htittwu and Wry haracturlstlo
Aii''doti- of th firpat. AuMmr.
Cioethe's wide grasp of the physical
researches of t U" duy and his intense
int rest i:i .-U'iU:fic pro"ivss wen; kept
up to the hist. Thi e.ei'ht of four
seon years Jiiid not tii' elfi'ct of nar
row ing his outlook. There is a well
known and very e'tJirtieti-ristie anec
dote of him in the evening of his life
which may be recalled as Illustrating
in a few lines what he v. as and what
he was not. says Tetnp'e liar.
It was the Istof Aur.'ti .t,l:). The news
of the Krench revolution had reached
Weimar that morninrf and all was
in commotion. O i entering Ooethe's
room his secretary. M. Soret, was ac
costed with the exclamation: "Now,
what do you think of this great event?"
"A frightful story." answered Soret,
"but wit h such a ministry what was to
be .'xpeeted but the expulsion of the
rotal family?'' "We do not appear to
ltudi-rstaud each other," said tioethe,
: ever indilfereDt to polities, even when
boiling up into revolution; "I amspeak
. tug of the contest ao important for
science between Cuvier and Oeoffroy
, St. llike, which has come to Q open
j rnptiits (q the Beaden;)',"
i i,,'thu, (i iui!i; f"itUili f0ft
J stiteimt Viif afciuuj'i i lasitf .!.
terof the greatest importance to the
future of science, lie was greatly re
joiced over tile fact that tli.-otiihf:il
phy.k-ft. St. liikiir.'. had sh.-.vn him
..l If so powertil mi tilly of hi . own fixed
ideti ot ihe synthetic nuunu-rof look
ing at future. "II was a line l.nrst of
emhusiifiu of (;octhe's. when, during
this ; ante '.liter view witli his secretary,
he exela'.ttK't:
'" bat i -;..ll intercourse with nature,
if we merviy occupy ourselves with in
dividual t:i;tterial p:trts. :i nd do not feel
tin bre-tth of the spirit which pre
scribes to every part il 'ii.viO Ion. and
orders or Li'irtio-is cv tv . i - - v : . : i inu by
menu-ot i'ti inherent la,v! 1 l.ave ex
erted n: elf in this gtviit question for
lifty vein--.. At lir-.t I was alone, then
I found support, and now at last, to my
great joy, 1 am supassed by congenial
ninds."
ALL SORTS OF SERMONS.
ltlshnp of YViiKcticld's Classification of
I'lilpit I0!oiiei)v4.
One does not look to a prelate for
frank fun, but the bishop of Wake
tleld, unasked, has vouchsafed some
genuine humor on the subject of
preaching, says London Itlaek and
White, lie has clearly made a study
of the art. and he divides the modern
sermon into seven species. Thus we
have:
"The Sesquipedalian Biff words hid
ing little thoughts."
"The Wishy-Washy No explanation
required.
"The l'yrotechnic lilazing with
brilliant metaphors and illustrations,
and iinishing with a faint odor of gun
powder. " The Anecdotic Teeming with sto
riessome of them good enough once,
but gone bud by keeping.
"The Flowery In which rhyme is
of more importance than reason.
"The Mellifluous With calm, un
broken How.
"The I'at'egorie Against which the
powers of wakefulness fail; like a roll
of ribbon, so much alike at all points
that a yard can be cut off anywhere."
Who does not know each and all of
these? This is a form of pastoral which
congregations, as a rule, do not disap
prove. In connection with this severe epis
copal utterance there is a story on the
other side going the ecclesiastical
round. A clergyman prepared to
preach a few Sundays since, and gave
out as his text: "The devil, like a
roaring lion, gocth about seeking
whom he may devour." In the same
breath, before beginning his dis
course, he continued: "My friends,
vou will probably have heard that the
bishop of Manchester lias announced
his intention of visiting every church
in his diocese, and consequently we
may very shortly expect to see him
among us."
A (Jneer Legal Document.
One of the most remarkable legal
papers on file in the archives of the
world is one now in the national mu
seum of l'aris labeled "Sentence on a
hog, executed by justice, iu the copy
hold of Clarmont-Avin, and strangled
upon a gibbet at that place." It is
sealed with red wax, kept under a
glass case, bears date June 14, 1491,
and reads as follows: " We,
the j ury , in detestation and horror of
this crime, and in order to make an ex
ample and so satisfy justice, have de
clared, judged, senteneetl, pronounced
and appointed that the said hog, now
detained in the abbey as a prisoner,
shall by the executioner be hung and
strangled on a gibbet, near the gallows
which stands within the jurisdiction
of the monks whose names are hereto
appended, being near the copyhold of
Avin. In witness of which we have
sealed this present with our seals."
Following the above are the signatures
of the jurors and the prefect of the de
partment de l'Ainse.
i.e Was Mtlu4ltlve.
Courtesy at sea Is a scarce antl highly
valued commodity. The mate of a
w'haling vessel once announced to tliti
captain that, he saw a whale breach
ing and blowing, antl gave the loca
tion. The captain looked, and said he
could not see it. The mate again
announced the fact, but the captain
could not make it out, and finally said,
impatiently: "If you think you see a
whale, go and catch him." The mate
promptly ordered out a boat, and, sure
enough, found the whale and captured
him. He returned triumphant with
his prize, and of course, the captain
was highly gratified. "Mate," he said,
cordially, "you have done well. You
shall have the thanks of the own
ers and perhaps a reward." The mate
replied: "t'tipting Jones. I don't want
no mention: I don't want no thanks,
ami I don't want no reward. All I
wants is civility, and thatof the com
inoneat civil kind,"
FOREST AND GARDEN.
Vknbzuki.a has milk trees.
Thehk are thirty species of tobacco.
Plants placed under blue glass will
atarve, because they cannot absorb car
bonic acid from the atmosphere.
I'hof. Doi.i.bv, of the University of
Pennsylvania, has discovered that the
thyrsus curried by Hacchus was the
flower cluster of the date palm, not a
tir or pine cone as usually translated.
William It. Smith, for many years
superintendent of the botanical gar
dens in Washington, has. it is said, per
sonally directed the planting of more
than six million trees in different parts
of tho United States.
At Cologne there is a rose tree which
is believed to be three hundred year
i old and has a trunk of four feet in cir
i eumference. California has one at
: Ventura which is now three feet in
i circumference at the ground. It was
only plauted in l?rti and now covers
I two thousand feet.
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contain :;),o'in.uui) volumes; those of
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DEATH BY LIGHTNING.
A Theory That It 1 Caused by the Upward
Llertrlr Current.
The phenomenon of lightning is tho
signal that announces the coming to
gether of different electric currents iu
the restoration of equilibrium. All
life is electricity, the stomach is a re
generator, the brain is a battery, says
the Pitt .bei'Th Dispatch. When one
is killed by lightning, death is due to
absorption to a lor.: of this vital fluid,
or whatever it may be termed, that im
pels the physical engine. A thunder
cloud is charged with positive elec
tricity, the earth below is charged
negatively. Any object below this
cloud is similarly elmrged with this
negative current. A dkcharge from
above takes place, the currents meet,
ignition cu-iiics. the exp:ui: ioti of the
gases produces a vacuum, the uircomes
together again with a report anil this
is thur.de r.
A late view is, when one animate ob
ject is si ruck dead by lightning, that
the upwind and not the downward
current is tiie agent. The fact that no
bird on the wing has been known to
be kille 1 by lightning is not con
clusive hi sustaining this latter view
of the method of lightning in produc
ing death.
When a tree is thus struck, the sod
is frequently lifted away from the
roots in such a manner us to indicate
the downward passage of the stroke.
PENOBSCOT THEOLOGY.
Indians Itelleve That t.od lliid an Adviser
av the emit Ion.
Iu the beginning lotl made Adam
out of the earth, but he did not make
(llus-kiibe (the Indian (Jodt. says Abbe
L. Alger in the Regular Science
Monthly, lllus-kube made himself out
of the dirt that was kicked up in the
creation of Adam. He rose ami walked
about, blithe could not speak until tho
Lord opened his lips.
Ood made the earth and the sea, and
then He took counsel with tllus-kube
concerning them. He a.sked him if it
would be belter to have the rivers run
up on one side of the earth and down
on the other, but Olus-kabe said: "No,
they must all run down one way."
Then the Lord asked him about the
ocean, whether it would not do to have
it always lie still, (ilusdcabe told Him:
"No! It must rise and fall, or else it
would grow thick and stagnant."
'Mow about fire?" itsked the Lord;
"can it, burn all the time and nobody
put it out?"
(llus-kube said: " I hat would not
do, for if anybody got burned and tire
could not be put out, they would die;
but if it could be put out, then the
burn would get well."
So he answered all the Lord's ques
tions.
TEXAN HOSPITALITY.
The l'asslns; Htraneer Alwavs Invited In
and Taken Care OF.
"The latch string hangs out" ex
pressed the hospitality of the southern
frontier in the days "before the war."
If a traveler rode up before the fence
that separated the log cabin from the
road he was greeted by " 'Light,
stranger, 'light!" Without this salu
tation no one dismounted, but it wus
rarely withheld. Mr. Williams, in his
recent book, "Sam Houston," thus de
scribes the impulse of hospitality,
which made every traveler a guest
during the early settlement of Texas:
The traveler who rode up to the
front fence was instantly invited to
alight. His horse was staked out or
hobbled to feed on the prairie grass
and the visitor sat down to exchange
the news with his host. The coflce
mill was set going, if there were any of
the precious grains in the house, and
the hopper in the hollow log to grind
ing the corn. The venison or bear meat
was put on the coals and the asheakc
baked.
After the meal and the evening pipe
tho visitor stretched himself on a buf
falo robe on the floor with the mem
bers of the family antl slept the sleep
of health and fatigue. In the morning
the response to any inquiry as to the
charge was: "You can pay mo by com
ing again."
The story that a certain hospitable
settler used to waylay travelers on the
road and compel them to visit him at
the mu..le of a double-barreled shot
gun was only a humorous exaggeration
of the instinct for hospitulity which
characterized the community.
The visitor was a living newspaper,
who brought the only news obtain
able, and was a welcome relief to the
monotony and lonelinessof the wilder
ness. HORRORS OF SHAVING.
Whether Yon Do It Yourself or Oo to a
Barber, There Are Dangers.
There is a story told of a French no
bleman who, when he had been shaved
in the morning, always heard the man
mutter: "Thank heaven!" on leaving
the room. Ho inquired thecause. "It
is the money, my lord, you always
leave on your table over night (for ho
was a gambler). Every morning I say
to myself: 'I must cut his throat,' and
am truly thankful to have escaped the
temptation." After which confession
tho nobleman shaved himself. It Is
quite extraordinary how many people
and even poor people employ barbers
to shave them, partly from conscious
ness of their own clumsiness ("What
do you give the man who shaves you?"
Inquired some one of Macaulay "Sev
eral cuts on tho face," was his reply),
but chiefly from tiielr '.nubility to strop
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shall be happy to supply them at whole
sale prices, says a writer in the Lon
don Illustrated News. That there is
no machine for stropping razors speaks
volumes for the power and intelligence
of the Harbors' company.
Nevertheless, for a man who has al
ways shaved himself the employment
of another person to do it for liiln
seems for the tirst time, apart from the
humiliation of being taken by the
nose, rather a serious business. One
wishes to make great friends with
hiin to start with, but the usual meth
ods are elosed to us; genial conversa
tion is out of the question all the soap
is on his side and we daren't offer
him liquor. It is the greatest confi
dence trick known to man. The per.
former may be an expert or he may
not; but it is certain that at one time
or another these gentlemen must have
been new to their trade With whom
diti they begin? With whom, indeed!
Dead men tell uo tale's. I ventured to
ask the question the other day of a
professional. He replied, with some
confusion: "We begin wdth one an
other:" and it was only the day before
that he had observed, with an air of
pretended indifference: "We are rather
short-handed at the shop just now."
COST OF A BILLIARD BALL.
About Ten Dollars la Cash mid Usually a
Large Amount of Unman Blood.
The globe of Ivory which is knocked
about a table in a game of billiards
costs, if of good quality, at least ten
dollars, says the Million. This reprc
seiits its cost in money. There is,
however, a far more important anti
formidable element in the price which
has been paid for it. The billiard ball
of pure ivory represents, as it lies
white and glistening upon the cloth,
an expenditure of human life blood as
well as of money. Elephants' tusks
are brought down to tho African coast
by caravans, generally in charge of
Arabs, which have been trading in the
interior. Very often they have picked
up slaves as well as ivory, liut this
phase of the matter may bo left out
of the account. It is estimated that
every large caravan bringing ivory to
the coast has cosi more tliun one hun
dred und sixty human lives through
fights and murders in the course of the
expeditions. Thirty more men are
likely to have succumbed to fevers or
other diseases and the fatigues of tho
march. The hunting of the elephants
and the capture of the ivory are very
likely to have caused the death of ten
men altogether. Such casualties are
the rule in elephant hunting rather
than the exception. An average tusk
does not furnish more than enough ma
terial for two good billiard balls. Of
course tint remainder of the ivory in
each tusk is made use of in other ways;
a perfect cut billiard ball requires spe
cial quality, or so-called "nerve,"
which is found only in one part of t he
tusk. The chances are, that a billiard
ball of the first quality hn cost at
least one human life; and there is not
one such ball which may not be truly
said to be stained with men's blood.
They can hardly be considered, there
fore, a cheerful accompaniment to a
sensitive person's diversion.
PROMPT REPLY.
The Check tilveii to Farmer Jones and
Ills Matrimonial intents.
Some business is best done quickly
anil with few words. Other business,
of a more delicate nature, is commouly
entered upon iu a more leisurely man
ner. Now and then, however, a man
is found who makes no such distinc
tion. Farmer Jones sought an interview
with Widow Itrown. Ho had long
prided himself upon his shorthorn cat
tle; she was in her way as proud of her
poultry and pigs.
"Witlow llrown," said he, "I am a
man of few words, but much feeling.
I possess, as you know, between three
antl four hundred head of cattle. 1
have saved up eight hundred dollars or
so, and I've a tidy nnil comfortable
home. I want you to become my wife.
Now, quick's the wortl with me; I give
you five minutes to decide!"
"Farmer Jones," said Widow Drown,
"I am a woman of few words I'll say
nothing of my feelings. I possess, as
you know, between three and four
hundred head of poultry, and about
ten score of pigs. I have nigh twelve
hundred dollars well invested my late
husband's savings and my own earn
ings. I tell you I wouldn't marry you
if it were a choice between that and
going to the scaffold. Sharp's my word,
and I give you three minutes toclearoff
my premises!"
In the llronz Valley.
French suburbans in tho Uronx val
ley delight in holding old world fash
ions, and the peasant blue is still
seen among them, whilo doubtless
there arc sabots in every house, called
Into use on wash day and at other low
barometer seasons. It is a pretty
habit of these simple aliens to keep
F.nglish rabbits, and a family of
French people at Woodluwn travel
over all tho country round digging
greens for these creatures. Tho rab
bits, by the way, are kept not as pets,
but for food.
Mmk. .Mmui.sh.l s last mel ting with
Lord Tetiuysou was most pathetic. Shu
accompanied linn from London to his
country house. After dinner ho read
a portion of "In Mcmorinm" to her, and
sho was so overcome with ti,ivtt!on tliAt
ohe knelt at Mb fet (lf,a klan-ij uis,
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