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'it plain Ilinc;o;k' Nultilr.
"Hancock's saluting match" !n well
tult! by u formor Sergeant in tlio rog
nlitr uriny, who Ih now n resident of
Frankfurt, Ky. Tim ntory illiiMtralon
iv trail of Hancock's character with
which ninny irivul(i soldiers in tlio
lulu wur woro funillinr. Tlio ox-Sergeant's
story is us follows;
"I wan stationed buforu tbu war," he
begun, "at Fort Leavenworth, and wan
on dotwhed duty iih orderly in tlio
houdqtiartorH of (Inn. A. J. Smith,
(len. Hancock wan also stationed at
that pout, being a Captain in tlio
Sixth United States Infantry, under
Harney. My duly required my con
stant atlondaiu'o ahoul headquarters,
ami generally I loitered in tlui little
yard in front of the building lined hy
(en. .Smith, which wan directly upon
the street. Army olliccrs frequently
passed by, and (ion. Hancock, who
wax noted among the private soldiers
for bin arrogant and tyrannical bear
ing, caiuu along the road in front of
headquarters. An required by army
legulutlou, I drew myself up in pro
per pnidtion and mndo the cmttnmary
militaiy dilute. Ho paid no more at
tention to mo or my Rittuto than if I
had not been there at all, and went
on bin way. Later in the day ho re
turned, and a he passed by, feeling
somewhat nettled at bin treatment of
me before, I didn't suluto him. He
bad passed me a few steps when be
turned and said, in u suv.igo way,
"Orderly, do you know your duly?"
"I think I know it," I replied. "Then
nir, why didn't you suluto me a I
passed?" I told him I didn't tender
the salute because lm failed, in duty
required, to return my suluto when
he first came by. We had Home oth
er words, when Oeu. Smith, who, it
seems, was in the second story of the
house mid had overheard our con
versation, poked his head out of the
window above us, and peremptorily
cried out, "Orderly!" "Yen, nir" "You
will p.ico that tbu Hentinel'M beat
tor half an hour and suluto Captain
Hancock every time you pais him,
and Captain Hancock will keep his
position and return the Hiilutu "
"And there," said tbu soldier, "I
was kept by 'Oh! A. J.' pacing the
beat for half an hour, Habiting Han
rock overy timu I passed, and ho bad
to stand there and return my salute.
And that," said the veteran ton Dem
ocrat who utood by listening to tbu
conversation, "is your candidate, for
the next President. IIu is good
enough and a nice man among ofli-
i'cr, bul be hasn't any ifsu for the
private soldier, unless ho tins cluing
'1 his coal very much since I was in
the army."
A Hall oi'l'Irr.
Cleveland Leader.
About midnight of Saturday, C-ilc-doni.i,
Marion county, was visited by
n terrific thunder-storm, accompanied
by bail and vivid lightning, Hash fol
lowing flash in epiiek succession.
There bad been a political meeting
heie that evening, and the people
from tbu neighboring villages and
Mirroiiudingcouutry were detained by
the storm. Suddenly the sky appear
ed as bright as noonday in fact, line
print could easily have been read,
so great was the light, but strungo to
say, tbu light was steady, not flash on
flash, iih it would have been had the
light been caused by lightning. A
deafening roitr was heard, continuing
to become louder iih the light bcciunu
brighter. Gradually tbu muring
changed to a hissing, sparkling sound,
It is needless to sun tbo people were
frightened, and upon running into the
street u ball seeming lite camu moving
through the air from tbo northwest.
Tlio ball Deemed to bo at least twenty
flvo feet in diameter. An it neared
the earth its heat could bu plainly
full. Tbo body struck the earth just
north of tbu village- and buried over
one-half of itself in tbu ground. Good
judges cHtimato tbo wuight at three
to llvu tons, hut tbu heat is yet so
great that it is uncomfortable to go
nearer than thirty or forty feet. II
look liku u muss of pig iron. It wiih
visited by hundreds of people yester
day. The gontlenian who owiih tbo
laud on which it full ban been olfored
$300 for it.
Tin: Indians on that beautiful sheet
of water, Lako Chicagou, in tbu Up
per Peninsula, havu built a door fence
moiiio fifteen miles in length, and cap
ture, deer by driving them into tbo
lake, or rather tbo Bquuws capture
thorn, darting about in tliolr birch ca
noes, ami either tiling the door out, or
striking him to tbo heart with spears,
or by pushing their heads under water
with poles.
Mil. Fiunk Uuckland, the nuturu-
list, recommends a goat being kept
in all largo stables, because it will
face fire and horses will follow itH lead,
l-'alnl Vlnll or tlio Imcii to I.
marro and IiIh I'uIIum crs In the
'Ily orC'axumiilcn.
It wan not long beforo iiunict when
tbu van of tbo royal procession en
tered the gates of the city. Flist
enme some hundreds of the menials,
umployed to clear tbo path from
every obstacle, and singing songs of
triumph us they came, 'which in our
cars,' says one of tho conquerors,
'sounded like tbo songs of hell I' Then
followed other bodies of different
ranks, and dressed in different liver
ies. Soino woro ushowystufT; check
ered white and red, like the squares
of a chess-board ; others were clad in
pure white, bearing hammers or
mnccs of silver or copper: and the
guards, together with those in imme
diate attendance on the prince, were
distinguished by a rich azure livery
and u profusion of gay ornaments,
while tho large pendants attached to
the cars indicated the Peruvian noblo.
Klevated high above bin vassals
camu the lnca Atuhnallpa, borne on
a sedan or open litter, on which was
a sort of thronciiirtde of massive gold
of inestimable value. The palanquin
was lined with tho richly colored
plumes of tropical birds, and studded
with shinning plates of gold and sil
ver. Hound his neck was suspended
a collar of emeralds, of uncommon
size and brilliancy. His short hair
was decorated with golden ornaments,
and the imperial borla encircled his
temples. The bearing of the lnca
was sedatu and dignified ; and from
his lofty station ho looked down on
tbu multitude below with an air of
composure, like onu accustomed to
command.
Ah the leading files of tbo proces
sion entered tbu great square, larger
says :i.i old chronicler, than anysqnnro
in Spain, they opened to tbu right
and left for the royal retinue to pass.
Everything was conducted with id
mirablu order. The monarch was
permitted to traverse the plant in si
lence, ami not a Spaniard was to be
seen. When some fUo or six thous
and of his peopln had entered the
place, Atiihuallp.i halted, and turning
round with hii inquiring look, de
manded, 'Where are tbo strangers?'
At this moment Fray Vicento de
Valvordo, n Dominican friar, Pizurro's
chaplain, and afterwards bishop of
Cuzco, c.uno forward with his brev
iary, or, as other accounts say, a lliblo
in onu hand, and n crucifix in the
other, anil approaching the lnca, told
him that he camu by order of bis com
mander to expo.ind to him the doc
trines of his true faith, for which pur
pose the Spaniards bad come from a
great distancu to bis country. The
friar then explained, as clearly as bo
could, the mysterious doctrine of the
Trinity, and, ascending high in his
account, began with tbo creation of
man, thenco passed to his fall, to his
subsequent redumption by Jesus
Christ, to tbo crucifix, and tbu ascen
sion, when the Saviour left tho apostle
Peter as his vicegerent upon earth.
This power had been transmitted to
tho successors of tbu apostlo, good
and wise men, who, under tho title of
poes, held authority over all powers
and potentates on earth. Onu of tbu
last of these popes had commissioned
the Spanish emperor, the most mighty
monarch in the world, to conquer
and convert tbu natives in this west
ern hemisphere: and his General,
Francisco Pizarro, had now como to
execute this important mission. Tho
friar concluded with beseeching the
Peruvian monarch to receive him
kindly; to abjure tho errors of his
own faith, and embrace that of the
Christians now proflercd to him, the
only one by which ho could hopu for
salvation ; and, furthermore, to ac
knowledge himself n tributary of tho
Emperor Charles tbo Fifth, who, in
that event, would aid and protect
him as his loyal vassal,
Whether Atahuallpu possessed
himself of every link in tho curious
chain of argument by which the
monk connected Pizarro with Saint
Petor, may bo doubted. It is certain,
however, that hu must have hud very
incorrect notions of tho Trinity, if, as
Oarcilasso states, tho inteipreter Fo
iipillo explained it by saying, 'that
tho Christians believed in threo Gods
and ouo God, and that made four.'
Hut there it no doubt that ho perfect
ly comprehended that tho drift of tho
discourse was to persuiulo him to re
sign his scoptur and acknowledge tbo
supremacy of another.
Tlio eyes of tho Indian monarch
Hashed lire, and his dirk brow grow
darker, as hu replied : 'I will bo no
man's tributary! I am greater than
any prince upon earth. Your ompor
or may bo a great princo; I do not
doubt itwhon I sco that ho ban sent
his subjects so fur across tbu wators ;
and I am willinc to hold him as a
brother. As for tho popo of whom
you speak, ho must bo crazy to talk of
givingaway countrios which do not
belong to him. For my faith, ho con
tinned, 'I will not change it. Your
own God, as you say, was put to death
by tho very men whom ho created.
Hut mine,' ho concluded, pointing to
his deity then, nbisl sinking in glory
behind the mountains 'inv god still
lives in the heavens and looks down
on his children.'
Ho then demanded of Vulvcrde by
what authority ho had said these
things. The friar pointed to tho book
which ho hold as his authority. Ata
huallpu, taking it, turned over the
pages a moment, then, as the insult
he had received, probably flashed
across his mind, ho throw it down
with vehemence, and exclaimed :
Tell your comrades that they shall
give mo nu accountof tbcirdoiugs in
my land. I will not go from hero till
they have made me full satisfaction
for all the wrongs they have commit
ted.' Tho friar, greatly scandalized by
the insult offered to tho sacred vol
ume, stayed only to pick it up, and
hastening to Pizarro, informed him
of what had been done, exclaiming at
tbu sumu timo: "Do you not sec
that whilu we stand here wasting our
breath in talking to this dog, full of
pride as bu is, tbu fields are filling
with Indians? Set on at once; 1 ab
solve you.' Pizarro saw that the hour
hud come. He waved u white scarf
in the air, the appointed signal. The
fatal gun was fired from the fortress.
Thun springing into the square, the
Spanish captain and his followers
shouted tho old war-cry of 'St. Jago
and at them 1' It was answered by
tbo battle-cry of every Spaniard in
the city, as, rushing from the avenues
of the great balls in which they were
concealed, they poured into the plaza,
horse and foot, each in bis own dark
column, and threw themselves into
the midst of the Indian crowd. The
latter, taken by surprise, stunned by
tho report of artillery and muskets,
the echoes of which reverberated liku
thunder from the surrounding build
ings, and blinded by the smoke which
rolled in sulphurous volumes along
the square, were seized with u panic.
They knew not whither to fly f jr pro
tection from the coming ruin. No
bles end commoners all were tram
pled down under the fierco charge of
tho cavalry, who dealt their blows
right and loft, without sparing, while
their swords flushing through the
thick gloom, carried dismay into the
hearts of tbo wretched natives, who
now, for the first time, saw the horse
and rider in all their terrors. They
made no resistance as, indeed, they
had no weapons with which to make
it. Every uveuuo tocscapo was closed,
for the cntranco to the square was
choked up with (he (lend bodies of
men who had perished in vain efforts
to fly ; and such was tho agony of the
survivors under tho terrible pressure
of their assailants, that a large body
of Indians, by their convulsive strug
gles, burst through the wall of stone
und dried clay which formed part of
tho plaza! It fell, leaving un open
ing of moro than a hundred paces,
through which multitudes now found
their way into the country, still hotly
pursued by the cavalry, who, leaping
tho rubbish, hung on tho rear of tho
fugitives, striking thorn down in all
directions.
Meanwhile tho fight, or rather mas
6ucro, continued hot around tho lnca,
whoso person was tho great object of
tho assault. His faithful nobles, ral
lying about him, threw themselves in
tho way of tho assailants, and strove,
by tearing them from their sadlcs, or,
at least, by offering their own bosoms
as u mark for their vengence, to
shield their beloved muster. It is
said by some authorities that they
carried weapcnsconceulcd uudortbeir
clothes. If so, it availed them little,
as it is not pretended that they used
them. Hut the most timid animal
will dofoud itself when at bay. That
they did not so in tho present in
stance, is proof that they had no wea
pons to use. Yet they still continued
to forco back tho cavaliors, clinging
to thoir horses with dying grasp, and
as one was cut down, another taking
tho placo of his fallou comrndo with a
loyalty truly affecting.
Tho Indian monarch, stunned and
bewildered, saw his faithful subjects
falling round him without hardly
comprehending his situation. Tho
litter on which ho rodo heaved to and
fro, as tho mighty press swayed back
wards and forwards ; und ho gazed on
tho overwhelming ruin, liko some
forlorn mariner, who, tostnd about in
his bark by tho furious elements, sees
the lightning's flash, and hears tho
thunder bursting around him, with
the consciousness that ho can do noth
ing to overt his fato. At length,
weary with tho work of destruction,
the Spaniards, as the shades of even
ing grew deeper, felt afraid that the
royal prize might, after all, elude
them ; and some of tho cavaliers
made a desperate attempt to end the
affray by at onco taking Atahuallpa's
life. Hut Pizarro, who was nearest
his person, called out with stentorian
voice : 'Let no one, who values bis
life, striko at the lnca; ' and, stretch
ing out his arm to shield him, receiv
ed a wound on the hand from one of
his own men the only wound re
ceived by a Spaniard in the action.
Tho struggle now became fiercer
than ever. It reeled more and more,
and at length several of the nobles
who supported it having been slain,
it was overturned, and the Indian
prince would have come with violence
to the ground, had not his fall been
broken by the efforts of Pizarro and
some oilier of the cavaliers, who
caught him in their arms. The im
perial borla was instantly snatched
from bis temples by a soldier named
Kstcto, and tbo unhappy monarch,
strongly secured, was removed to a
neighboring building, where ho wuh
carefulfy guarded.
All attempts at resistance now
ceased. Tho fate of the lnca soon
spread over town and country. The
charm which might have held the
Peruvians together was dissolved.
Kvcry man thought only of his own
safety. Even the soldiery encamped
on the adjacent fields took the alarm,
and, learning the fatal tidings, were
seen flying in every direction before
their pursuers, who in the heat of
triumph showed no touch of mercy.
At length night, moie pitiful than
man, tnrcw her friendly mautlo over
the fugitives, and the scattered troops
of Pizarro rallied once more at the
Bound of the trumpet in the bloody
square of Cuxumalca.
Cliuructcrlaf Icn of thr mortt
."Vortlierly 'I'tMrn In the World.
A writer in tho Sailor'i Magazine
gives the following account of the pe
culiarities of tho town of Hammer
fest: Ilammerfest is the most north
erly town in tho world. It has a pop
ulation of 2,057. There are many Lap
landers and Finlandcrs in the town.
The principal business is in codliver
oil and fish, and the odor from the oil
makes it very disagreeable. Rein
deer and goats abound here, while
there arc but six horses in town. I
don't know whether it is bcc.iu-jo of
the fish diet or of the long winter
nights, but any disconsolate, childless
couple had better como and spend a
season here. The sun sets here No
vember 18, and does not rise again un
til January 23. Children ko to school
with lanterns for about six weeks. In
the summer the sun does not set from
the first of June till tho 22d of July.
There is no chance for hotel keepers
to make any money on candles, as
thoy do in Germany and France. I
bad my photograph taken by the
midnight sun. You get demoralized
here. Mrs. K. has alieady. Sho sits
up till ono and two o'clock, knitting
socks, waiting for night to come. On
tho 27th of Juno tho Laplanders
brought many children into town to
hivo them baptized or confirmed.
Heindeor you can seo, fifty at a time,
on the side of hills, and goals by the
hundred. On June 23(culled horo St.
Han's day, or midsummer day,) they
kindled bonfires on the sido of the
mountains around tho town, and had
a jolly timo. Tho weather is horrible
Tho thermometer stands from four to
five Reaumur. Thero is 'ono hotel
here, and its management might eas
ily bo improved, although tho landla
dy is kind and obliging. We have
fish and reindeer for breakfast, rein
deer and fish for dinner, and some
moro fish and reindeer for supper.
This place is in hit. 70: 40, long. 21:.
A Miohtv Qukek Lakh. Spo
knno Fulls, Washington Territory,
claims to have n medical lako a mile
and a half long that would have sat
isfied even l'onco do Leon's search
for tho fountnin of youth. Tho water
is clear and of a dark color, and, bo
sides curing skin diseases of men
and beast?, lays out nervous troubles,
rheumatism, paralysis and similar
ailments. The water has not been
anylizcd, but tuets of salt and borax,
is as buoyant as tho Dead Sea, and
tho only kind of animal life it sus
tains is a species of jelly fish. The
lako lias no visible nutlet, and, al
tli ugh fed by several small streams,
nuver increases or decreases in size.
In tho slightest brcezo tho water
lushes into a foam which makes a
superior soap, and almost anything
that can bo clonsed in the lake much
better than by tho most powerful
chemicals.
Srnsrnuu: for tho Mail
Kxtrnct from it Nprerh by Cnrl
Nchttrz, Orllrertd at Indian,
npollx.
Looking back to the year 1804, tho
fourth year of the civil war, when the
Southern confederacy was near the to
tal exhaustion of its resources, we find
the Democratic party in national con
vention solemnly declaring that the
war was a failure and must be aban
doned. A few months afterwards the
triumph of our arms was decided, and
confederacy collapsed, the restoration
of our Union was assured, and the
Democracy was forced to acknowl
edge that the war had been a success.
The Democracy had proclaimed its
despair of the Republic just at the
timo when the triumph of the Repub
lie was ripe. It becime evident to
every one that, had the Democratic
policy been then adopted, the war
would have indeed become a failure
and the Union have gone to wreck
and ruin.
When slavery breathed its last and
its abolition bad become an evident
logical necessity, requiring nothing
more than the form of law, the Dem
ocratic party declared that tho aboli
tion of slavery would be the ruin of
the country and must by all means
be averted. Who is there to deny
now that the abolition of slavery was
an absolute necessity, and has turned
out a blersing? The Democrats are
compelled to admit it themselves.
When as measures of settlement
the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fif
teenth amendments were passed, the
Democratic party declared them void
and entitled to no respect, and almost
immediately afterward found itself
compelled to admit that for the peace
of the country and as a basis for fu
ture development these constitution
al amendments had to be maintained
Coming down to more recent histo
ry, when the Republicans in Congress
had passed the resumption act in 1875,
and tho fruit of the restoration of spe
cie payments was almost ripe to be
plucked, the Democratic party in its
national convention of 187G thought
it u smart thing to declare that the
very act passed for bringing specie
payments was an impediment in its
way and must bj repealed. And who
is there to deny now that had the act
been repealed under the pressure of
all the inflation elements in the
cointry, the confusion of our finan
cial policy necessarily ensuing would
have prolonged tho evils of an irre
deemable pper currency under which
we were then suffering? I need not
accumulate further examples to show
bow incapable the Democratic party
proved itself to understand and ap
preciate not only the immediate re
quirements of the times but facts that
had been virtually accomplished, and
how its greatest efforts were directed
to tho end of obstructing things that
had become inevitable, and which it
afterwards found itself compelled to
admit as good.
And now in this year of 1SS0, when
the war issues are fairly behind us;
when by its conciliatory spirit and its
strict observance of constitutional
principles the Government has re
moved all the elements of discord
between the two actions which it. was
in its own power to remove; when,
aided by a wise und successful finan
cial policy, general prosperity is again
blessing tho land, and when the peo
ple look above all things for enlight
ened practical statesmanship that
well understands the questions it bus
to deal with to foster and develop
that prosperity ; now tho Democratic
party knows nothing better to do than
to set aside all its statesmen of known
and settled opinions, political experi
ence and training, and to nominate
for tho Presidency a mojor-goneral of
tho regular army, a professional sol
dier, who has never boon anything
else but that, and who from tho very
nature and necessities of his profes
sion has always stood aloof from the
management of political questions.
I shall certainly not attempt todo
preciute tho cbaratcrof General Han
cock and tho great services which ho
bus rondered to tho country. He is a
gentleman of irreproachable private
character, which I shall be sorry to
sco any effort made to discredit. As
a soldier bo bus shown signal brtivery
and skill in tho handling of troops
under difficult circumstances, and
bis name is idontitied with somo of
tho most splendid achievements of
tho wor. For all this ovory good cit
izen will honor him, Hut t lie ques
tion is not whether wo shall honor a
deserving general.
Tho question is whether tlmt do
serving genera would bo tho kind of
a President the country needs, a
President who can bo depended upon
successfully to solve tho problems of
statesmanship which uro now be
foro us; to preserve the good things
already done and improve upon them.
To lead battalions of brave men
against a fortified position or to win a
dashing manoeuvre is one thing; to
regulate the finances of the country
in such a way that the blessings of a
sound currency may bo permanently
secured to us; to develop our coin
mercitil opportunities; to organize
the civil service in such a manner
that it may conduct the public busi
ness upon sound business principles,
is another; and in tho latter case the
brave spirit and ability which storms
hostile batteries and lays low invad
ing hosts docs not appear in the first
inc of importance. When such difll
cult civic duties arc to be performed
we shall, as reasonable men, inquire
whether the brilliant captain, who
appears so glorious at the head of his
columns, is also familiar with the
complex interests which in official
station he would have to serve
whether his knowledge, training, 'ex
perience and mental habits fit him
clearly to distinguish on the political
field good from evil, not only in the
abstract, but in the confusing multi
plicity and variety of forms in which
things appear in reality ; whether he
will be sufliciently equipped to pene
trate, restrain and baffle tho wiles of
political intrigue and the conflicts of
faction among the friends, which al
ways surrounds the chief magistrate
of a great commonwealth ; whether
be will show himself fitted to n.ive
on that field of civil action and duty,
where forces are handled and direct
ed not by a mere rule of command
and obedience, but by finding the
just measure of firmness and moder
lion in the pursuit of great objects
and resistance to evil influences. I
cannot impress it too strongly on your
minds that there can be no greater
difference than that between the
handling of troops in a campaign and
the handling of the political forces of
3 great pcoplo and the handling of
the political affairs of a great Govern
ment. Moreover it must not be forgotten
that this Government is no longer the
simple machinery it was in the ear
ly days of the Republic. The bucolic
age of America is over. The inter
ests the Government has to deal with
are no longer those of a small number
of agricultural communities, with
here and there a commercial town.
They are the interests of nearly fifty
millions of people spread over an im
mense surface, with occupations, pur
suits and industries of endless varie
ty and great magnitude ; large citiw
with elements of population scarcely
known here in the early days, and all
these producing aspirations and in
terests so pushing, powerful and com
plicated in their nature, and so con
stantly appealing to the Government
rightfullyor wrongfully, that the re-
i 11 fe v mite vf elninu m . ..t m it .. . J
quircments of statesmanship demand
ed in this age are far different from
those which sufficed a century ago.
Country IIouaevrlveM.
Western Rural.
Our women on the farms often have
entirely more to endure than their
strength can bear. In her willingness
to perform her whole duty us a house
wife, woman frequently has noconcep
tinn of the wear and tearof herstenglh
und health until both uro wrecked.
Her work is never done, and from
morning.until night she labors with
the steadiness that make her uncon
scious of tho flight of tho moments,
or of weariness, until she almost sinks
from pure exhaustion. Of course
there are duties and irksome duties,
that must be performed, but a little
thought and consideration upon the
part of the fathers, husbands, sons
und brothers, will often make wom
en's work much lighter, and her heart
more cheerful. Men are more apt to
prove a positive nuisance about the
house. They aro thoughtless about
little things. Thoy increase tho
labors of the women without think
ing that they are doing it, in a thous
and ways and in things which aro tri
vial in themselves, but which mako a
considerable aggregate.
Men uro very liable, too, to neglect
to speak words of encouragement to
tho women of their household. Even
a horso loves to be encouraged. Men
do bettor under praiso and apprecia
tion than under direct or indirect cen
sure, and there is nothing that woman
loves better than to bo told that her
faithful efforts topleaso are successful.
Somo men seem to regard it as a
weakness to speak kind words to
say that tho di.iuer is cxccllont, that
her homo is very noat, that tho wifo
looks nicely in her new dress, that
she is tho best wife in all tho world,
Hut it is not weakness it is one of
tho noblest virtues of manhood, and
analysis of tho cause of tbu failure to
do so will very likely demonstrate that
tho presumptuous man is silently,
and perhaps unknown to himself, bar
Ivoring tho barbarous that tho woman
is his inferi- .
"iBTlslble Fire."
An English gentleman discovered
that the fume of electricity as a cura-
live power had penetrated Persia.
While tarrying at Shiraz, on busi
ness connected with the overland
telegraph, he was visited by a Persian"
noble. Having received paralytic
stroke in his left shoulder and arm.
the nobleman came to inquire if the
Englishman's invisible fire (electric!
ty)wou!d not euro him.
Ho had heard that there were magi
cians in England, who cured all dis
eases by the aid of this fire. The
Englishman, having moderated th
Persian's expectation by remarking1
that the statement was an exaggera
tion, accompanied him to the office of
the telegraph.
- A powerful battery bad just been
prepared, and the officer in charge,
readily consented to operate on the
paralyzed arm. To the two poles of
the battery a copper wire was attach
ed, and as the extremity of each wiro
a dampened sponge. The Persian
was then instructed to tightly grasp
one of the sponges in the paralyzed
arm. Timidly complying, be was as
tonished to feel no sensation.
"Wait a moment," said the English
man, clapping tho other sponge on
the man's shoulder. With a leap And
a yell, he bounded out of the room,
amid the uproarious laughter of the
officials.
All Shiraz was excited the next day,
at the shock the nobleman had re
ceived. Though it effected a partial
cure, the frightened man refused to
submit to a second application of tho
"invisible fire." Ono shock was suf
ficient, for, he declared, all the stars
of the heavens were visible to him- at
that awful moment.
He would visit the oflico and look
with awe at the "fire" machines.
Mournfully shaking his bead, he
would depart without uttering a word.
Another Persian, whoso curiosity
conquered his fear, while examining
the telegraph, touched one of the tor
minals of the machine. As he felt
no sensation, he laid his hand on the
other terminal. A sudden veil and k
backward jump was the result.
The man told bis companions in an
awe-struck tone, that he had been
bitten by the genii of the machine-
The Englishman attempted to explain
the operation, but his words did not
disturb, in the least, the Persian's
crcdulitv.
lie wan a Failure.
Detroit Free Press.
One day recently u traveler from
the East walked into the Cass House
with the gripsack in one hand and
the other pressed to his jaw, and ho
wasn't long in permitting fifteen or
twenty people to know that he had
m . .
been afflicted with the toothache
every mii.ute since seven o'clock tho
previous evening. Ho couldn't cat,
drink, nor stand still, and when somo
one asked him why he didn't go to a
dentist, he replied :
"Because I haven't got tho pluck I
Hero I am, a great, big six-footer, able
to knock down an ox, and yet I
haven't got the grit to stand ono
yank on this tooth I I'vo been down
on tho battle-line, in free fights, and
out among tho red-skins, but I'm a
coward."
Some laughed, and some encourag
ed him, and he finally said :
"Well, I believe I'll try it, but I
know what I am, and want something
to push me on. I'll bet this five dol
lar bill against ten cents that I'll havo
the tooth pulled."
Ono of tho guests madu tho wager
and a small crowd went along to soo
the fun. Tho stranger walked up as
bold as a lion, took a seat in the den
tal chair, and evinced no sign of craw
fishing until tho dentist picked up
the forceps and told him to get a good
grip on the chair. Then ho grew
white in an instant, slid out of tho
chair and seized his hut, and said:
'It's just as I expected. I'm a great
big calf on wheels, and tho worst
thinker in America, but I can't help
it. I'vo lost the five dollars, and will
probably havo tho toothache right
along for a week, but I'll have to stand
it, und hope to be struck by lightning
or smashed up in tho cars."
The Evening Pol has the following :
Gen McDowell, commander of the
military department of tho Pacific,
has procured leuvo of absence from
army headquarters for the solo pur
poso of coming back to Now York,
where ho has long maintained his le
gal residence in ordor to voto next
November. Ho wroto the other day to
a friend asking to be advied of the
day on which he must bo in New
York for registration, saying ho waa
coming home to vote for Garfield
and meant tq bring another voter
with liiin.