Daily Greencastle Banner and Times, Greencastle, Putnam County, 22 September 1897 — Page 2

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THE DAILY BANNER TIMES, GREENCASTLE, INDIANA.

CAMJTIUtf KK E1CHES. GOOD SHORT STORIES FORTHE VETERANS. The llravent Deed l*erforme«I DiirinK; the ITvil War, hut fhe Hero Wear* No Crown and 111k Name llii« Il#*eii Forjjo'ien oo l-'.art.h.

The B,ove t»f Country and of Homes HERE is u land, of every land the pride. Unloved by heaven o'er, all the wr.r!U beside; Whera brighter muiis dispense acrener light. Ahd milder m<«nia ImparadiFP the night; A' land of beauty, vljt.ue, valor, truth, T TJie wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest Isles, the most enchanting shores. Nor breathes tin spirit of a purer air; In every clime. Hie magnet of his soul. Touch'd by remembrance, trembles ‘.o that pole: Fn- in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature’s nobles race. Tfirre Is a spot of earth supremely hlert. A dearer, sweeter spot than all the real, WjMra man, < reatitan - tyrant', casta asldt Ills sword and scepter, pageantry and pride While, In tin soften'd looks, benignly blend The sire, the son, the husband, father, filfcnd. •Here woman negus; Hie mother, daugh- . i tlfrewH with tt< h (lowera Hie narrow way ot IlfV; In the clear heaven ot her delightful eye, Afl angel-guard of loves and graces lie; Around her knees domcsHh duties meet, A fid fireside pleasures gumbo) at her fci t. Where, shall that land, that apot'ot earth, be found'.' Jtrf thou a man? a patriot? look around; Oh! thou shall find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy borne. —Montgomery.

tort Hawkins Now n tlarn. A few tlays ago Ben I., Jones convCi’tcd.tUe okl for*, built in IKOiJ at Fort Hawkins into a barn. Although tb*e uhl log sl.rneture has stood the, storm of rhot and shell and has been exposed t’a all the varying changes of weather dfnee ffiat early period, not an unsound timber is to be seen in It today. The ■toes of which u is constructed are -u? solid and sound as they were at filxt. The fort was inade of Georgia heart Fine, and today it would burn like rosin if a ma’eh were struck to a ragged end. Tiic structure was built as a government, trading post or factory, where deer skins were purchased from the Indians. Flu ing the Creek war, from 1812 to 1814. it was a rendezvous and distributing point for the United Stab s soldiers, and Major i’hil Cook was 'n command. Anticipating the dangers fhiin the torvJi of the treacherous red man, the whites built the fort on a high stone foundation, the floor of the wooden structure extending beyond the rock walls. Portholes were made in the extended floor so as to shoot Indians who might try to scale the walls to set fire to the woodwork. During the famous Creek war incited .by Tecumseh and his brother, who was known as the Prophet, this building was in the center of the territory attacked. Tecumseh was one of the «reost eloquent of Indians, and when the war was begun between Great Britain anti the United States he communicated with the tribes from Florida to Canada advising them that then was the time for the Indians to reclaim their •lands from the whites. Ho read in an eastern paper that a comet would appear In the sky at a given time. So he notified the Indians that when his arrow appeared in the heavens it would i*! a sign for them to attack the wliilrs. OJd Fort Hawkins perhap was more vigorously attacked in pursuance of 4JiJs order than was any other in the country. The fort received its name ftom Hon Benjamin Hawkins, a senator fro:North Carolina, who had been appointed a commissioner to Georgia to draw up a treaty with the Creek Indians.— Macon (Ga.) Telegraph.

Tin I5r.4V«8t Deed* A group of old soldiers, both Confederate and Federal, were recently swapping stories of the civil war. At last they fell to comparing the greatest acts of bravery that each had known, and a southerner told the f llowing story: “It was a hot July day in 1864, and General Grant was after us. Our men tied hurriedly dug rifle pits to protect themselves from the Federal sharpshooters, and dead and dying Feds were lying up to the very edge of those r pits. “In one of the. pits was an ungainly, raw, red headed boy. He was a retiring lad. green as grass, but a reliable fighter. We never paid much attention to him, one way or another. “The wounded had been lying for hours unattended before the pits, and the sun was getting hotter and hotter. They were suffering horribly fiom pain and thirst. Not fifteen feet away, outside the rifle pit, lay a mortally wounded officer who was our enemy. “As the beat grew more intolerable, this officer's cries for water Increased. He was evidently dying hard, and his appeals were of the most piteous nator?. The red headed boy found it hard to bear them. He had just joined the regiment and was not yet callous to suffering. At last, with tears flooding his grimy face, he cried out : “ 'I can't stand it no long'r, boys! 1 m goin’ to take that poor fellei my canteen.’ •'For answer to this foolhardy speech one of us stuck a cap cm a ramrod and

hoisted it. above the pit. Instantly it was pierced by a dozen bullets. To venture outside a step was the maddest suicide. And all the while wo could hear the officer's moans: “ ‘Water! water! Just one drop, for God's sake, somebody! Only one drop!’ “The tender hearted boy could stand the appeal no longer. Once, twice, thro times, in spite of onr utmost remonstrance, he tried unsuccessfully to clear the pit. At last he gave a desperate leap over the embankment, and once on the other side, threw himself flat upon the ground and crawled toward bis dying foe. He could not get < lost to him because of the terrible fire, but he broke a sumac bush, tied to the stick the precious canteen, and lauded it in the sufferer's tremblin hands. “Yiwi never heard such gratitude in your life. Perhaps there was iie\>'.' any like it before. The officer was for tying tiis gold watch on the stick aiu 1 sending it back, as a slight return for the disinterested act. But this th" hoy would not. allow. He only smiled happily, and returned as he had gone, trawling amid a hailstorm of bullets. When he reached the edge of the pit lie crawled out to his comrades to clear the way for him. and with a mighty leap he was among us once more. Me was not even scratched. "He took our congratulations calmly. We said it was the bravest deed we haci -,cen during the war. He did not cnswe.p His eves had a soft, musing look. “ "How cuu!d you do it?’ 1 asked in a whisper later, when the crack of tin rifles ceased for a moment. ■' 'It was something I thought of.’ hi said, simply. ‘Something my inothe> used to say to me. *’I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink," she said. She read it to me out of t he B.ble, and she taugh: it to me until 1 never could forget, it. When 1 heard that man crying for water I remembered it. The words stoo 1 stiK in my head. I couldn't get rid of 'em. So 1 thought they meant me — and I went. That’s all.’ “This was the reason why the boy was ready to sacrifice bis life for an enemy. And it was reason enough," added the soldier, with a qnavcrlnt voire.

First Klood. Finni down the ravine < anie ih< sound of steps, coming quickly; am: out of the darkness of the bushes cam' an officer, and a squad of men. at the double. The sentry did not seem to notice oi to hear them; lie stood staring ahead ids rifle in his hands, ready for anoth cr cho!. At the sharp word of the oik ver, he turned, startled, and half raised his piece as though to fire, but dropped it as the officer spoke again, and un ■ more stared out into the mist. Tin officer spoke, and the sentry answer'' with a mechanical salute; "I shot a man," he said. The officer looked around; no om was in sigh*. Where was the man? In: demanded. “Out there. I shot him " lie had been dreaming, the ofln • dec' ired. There was no man. Had h seer, anything? What had happened the officer asked, sternly. ‘'There were three men. They woulu not halt. 1 shot one. He fell on his face. Then they were not here." llie officer and the men looked at him in amazement; he seemed to In only half conscious of their presem r>ud lenly he started forward. <'1111018 r ing iv the hank, and moving out in!' the clearing. The others followed. The sentry halted midway of tin dear space. "Here was where he fell down. I shot him; and he fell on his face ju here.” lie stooped and felt in the gras, "then he straightened up and w.thou looking at It himself, flung out his hand toward tile officer. It v/as dark with blood.—H. H. In ni.'tt. in September hippincott’s. An Army Incident. On a hot summer day, in July, 1801 our reginr , with other troops, was crowded on board a small Mississippi steamer, which was trying to push its way up the river, but we got fastened on a bar. There it he’d. The crew had become worried out in seeking to dislodge it; the Bobbers were impatient and almost mutinous from the delay and the heat. While this unhappy condition was at its worst, one of those larger, magnificen* steamers came sweeping down the river, its great prow cutting the stream into waves, which its great wheels sent rolling to either side of it. It swept by us, did not put cable to us or hitch to us to help us, but one of the great waves which it sent out came billowing under our vessel and easily lifted it, and we pushed off the bur. Singing and cheering, we went on our way. It was the ''swell” of the river which the steamer produced that delivered us. So this fullness of the Spirit will pu Into our lives a spiritual “swell" which .ib we sweep on down the years, will go under the burden, the sorrow, the disabilities of souls, and will send them on their wav rejoicing to thi skies.—The Revivalist. Com In tlic Klondike. I have found I have Buffered niort from winter cold in northern New York than I ever did tn Alaska or tin Canadian northwest. I have chopped wood in my shirt sleeves In front of my door at Dawson City when the thermometer was "0 degrees below zero, and I suffered no inconvenience. \Ve account for this from the fact that the air is very dry. It Is a fact that you do not feel this low tempcratin'c as much as you would in below zero In the east.—From ■‘Klondike Nuggets," by Joseph fyodne.

FOH WOMEN AND HOME ITEMS OF INTEREST FOR MAIDS AND MATRONS. Some Wrap* for Autumn They May He Made of Oddi* and l.udn of Material Left Over The McKinley Jacket — Morganatic Marriages.

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( at tier Ih Coming. ilK clock ir on Hie stroke of six. The father’s work Is done; Fwccp u p the n earth, and mend the lire, And put the ketile on. The wild night-wind is I lowing cold. Tis dreary crossing o’er the wold.

He is crossing o’er

the wold apace.

He is MTOnger than the storm; th- does not feel the cold, not he. His heart ii Is so warm; Kor father's heart is stout and true As ever human hosom knew. He makes .ill toil, all hardship light; Would nil mi n wen th< same! So reudy to be pleased, so kind. So verv slow to blame! Folks need not lie unkind, austere; For h vo hath readier will than fear. Nay. do not close the shutters, child. For far along the lane The llttln window looks, and he c.ni see it shining plain: I've heard him say he loves to mark The cheerful firelight, through the dork. And we'll do all that father likes; Ills wishes are so few; Would they were mvt'c! that every hour Some wish of his I'knew! I’m sure it makes a happy day. When i eon pl<xise him, any way. I know he’s coming by this sign. That baby’s almost wild; See bow he laughs, and crows, and

stares—

Heaven bless the merry child! He’s father’s self in face and lirnb. Ami father's heart Is strong in him. Hark! hark! I hear his footsteps now He’s through the garden gate

Run, little Hess, and opo the door,

And do not let him wait.

Shout, baby, shout! and clap thy hand?, For father on the threshold stands.

Mary Hewitt.

sleeves nre formed of two rows of ac-cordion-plaited chiffon, with flounces of cardinal maline beneath. On top of tlx sleeves are rosettes of the chiffon and the neck has a ruche of the same. Of course, the girls who have neck boas of black mousseline de sole will tind them just the thing to wear with these jackets. For a matron of about IlO is one of the prettiest jackets made this season. It is of black moire silk, with the edge rut to resemble large maple leaves—two in the front and one in the back. This delusion is further accentuated by the use of dull silver spangles which outline the edges and veins of the leaves. The sleeves are of black lac - over white mousseline de sole.—T he Latest.

No .11 ore orgitnatu* VI urringex. The death knell of morganatic marriages has been sounded by the judgment just rendered in the Lippe-Det-niold succession controversy by a specially organized tribunal, presided over by tile venerable king of Saxony, dean of all the sovereigns cainprised in the federation known as the German empire. According to the decision of this court—the decrees of which, by previous arrangement, are binding upon all the states of the empire—morganatic unions on the part, of parents, or of more remote ancestors, are no longer to constitute any liar to the succession to the throne. This being the case, it naturally follows that they cease to entail any disqualifying consequences in all other particulars, and that they become identical with ordinary marriages. The tribunal could not logically come to any other conclusion. For if morganatic marriages on the part of ancestors had been pronounced sufficient to disqualify from the succession to the crown, it would have been equivalent to a judicial declaration that at least seven-tenths of the thrones of Germany were held wrongfully. Indeed, there is a ques-

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FUK U\TK SUMMER WEAR

.. 'M- for Autumn. Autumn wraps consist of more or less tight-fitting jackets and sleeves, but mainly of sleeves. They're economical, too, because the sleeves are always different from the body of the garment and are made of all sorts of odds and ends of diaphanous material. In fret, if It were not so evidently a new frealc of fashion one would almost be tempted to believe that the mode iiad been started by some one anxious to get rid of scraps of material. However, that isn't the point. The thing

/s that if you wish to lie in the fashion you must get a wrap of this character. Young girls wear thorn tightfilting, the matron wears one that is long and straight in front, rather short ami tight-fitting in the back. A charming model for a young girl is of car-dinal-faced c’oth, embroidered with a large scroll design in black braid. The

who has bc< n very aitettive to her for some time past. The drawback in the present instance is the violent opposition of her family, who insist that she shall marry a second cousin who lias for u long time been fond of her. She respects and admires him, but her feeling for him goes no further than this. The widower she is really attached to, and although he is twenty years her senior and lias four small children, she thinks she could be very happy with him. She asks the Ledger wiiat she should do. Answer: If you have been a reader of the Ledger for a very long time, Elizabeth, you musi have read in its columns sentiments a'l in favor of marrying fur love. There is no o'.her marriage. interests, convenience, policy, the commands of parents or guardians should one and a’l have no weight. While parents may forbid a marriage and be able to give good rea- I sons for it, there is nothing in law nor . gospel that authorizes them to com- ! maud a child to marry against its will. ; The contracting parties mus: be held responsible for their lives, and if they ! go wrong there is no vicarious a;one< ! ment. \cce8«orli*# of Drens. A striking new fashion trims each scam of the skirt with rows of lace, passementerie or spangles. Skirts are ornamented in a variety of ways. Some have guipure laid on round the foot or round the hips, or insertion, forming points or scallops, and outlined with ribbon ruches. Fanatics on the question of Victorian revivals in this season of the jubilee are trying desperately to make the British matron and maid don the glaring white stocking, but the matter has been a sorry attempt so far. Capes seem to be on the decline, but Paris has sent out a dainty conceit which may thrive because of its novelty. It is called the "Kerchief cape,” from the fact that it is flehu-shaped. Its edge is adorned with either narrow flouncings or the new popular fringe. In the way of hats the Tyrolean shape is as much wo n as the sailor hat These hats are made of very fine English or Manilla straw, and are soft oixl dainty. Small white or pearl gray felt hats are beginning to be seen and will be in great favor during the autumn. The cry for novel epaulettes has led to all kinds of shoulder trimmings. A pretty style just introduced is Hie sewing into the top of the arm seam several hoops of velvet or satin ribbon, about tour inches long, at the extreme top and gradually shortening toward the front and back. Soliel plaiting is seen not only in skirts but in collars as well. A new collar most captivating in its daintiness is of tine net. sunpleated; in the net have been set a couple of rows of fine insertion and a dainty lace edge gives a finish. The whole thing is cut so that the front and back appear to lie in Vandyke points, with the sides make square epaulettes over Use . boulders. Sleeves of white chiffon, made to come long over the hands and inched their entire length, are popular in both evening and day dresses. One of the latter lias a foundation of green and white foullavd, tn" bodice opening at one side, undet a frill of accordionplaited chiffon. One of the queerest effects seen this summer is shown in a bodice, the entire front of which is made of alternate rows of tiny tucks and insertion. The oddity of the thing lies ’n the tact that the whole front is set in obliquely, the stripes running sharply from the right shoulder to the left side of the waist line.

BAFFLES DEATH.

COUPLER FOR INTESTINES THE LATEST. Mailc of So futile l»e. »l< ll>d r.ono and la Very Effective In Delicate Oper»» Ilona—A Chicago I'hyalcian'i sianllng Invention.

^ RANK’S coupler ^ may ‘succeed to the <J renowned Murphy’s button as a means of joining together several intestines. It is the invention of Dr. Jacob Frank, surgeon to the St. Elizabeth and German hospitals, in Chicago, and has been tried there with great success. The delicate operation of joining together the ends of an intestine, where It has divided accidentally, or surgically, was long rendered doubly dangerous by the process of sewing the flesh together. Dr. Murphy invented his mctallc button by which the ends were held together, and which passed out ofter the wound bad healed. This proved of great value. Dr. Frank's coupler onsists of two lecalcifled bone collars, with six needle boles at the apex or shoulder of each, »nd one piece of ordinary gum tubing, •even-eighths of an inch in length and Sve-elxteenths of an inch in diameter. It is prepared for use in the following manner: A collar is slipped over e piece of tubing until the apex is brought to a level with the end ol the rubber tub.ag, when an ordinary medium-sized curved needle, threaded with No. 6 braided silk, is carried through each opening and is tied; this fastens the collar to the tube. The other collar is next fitted snugly to the one already fastened, and is then in like manner sewed to the other end of the tube and placed in absolute alcohol until needed for use. The rubber tubing to which the collars have been •ewed serves subsequently for the passage of the intestinal contents. The bases of the collars, which arc formed into a broadened rim, are held (Irmly In apposition throughout their whole circumference. In coupling a severed intestine the ends are brought over each collar and crowded within the iine of junction o? the two. This forces the two collars apart, and the rubber tubing to which the collars have been attached draws them together again with sufficient pressure to cause, !n medical parlance, "a necrosis of interposed intestine." Four days after this connection lias been made the two ends of the Intestine have grown together as naturally and as thoroughly as a piece of rubber tubing could be melted together. At the same time the collar has dissolved, and with the tubing has passed away. The preparations of the hone collars before they can be used for welding the Intestines is interesting. In the first place, the collars are carved out of sound, very compact bone, which is obtained from the lower hind legs of four-year-old oxen. In their primary state they are almost as hard as metal, tnd would not dissolve much quicker.

tion whether, if Emperor William's argument had been admitted, his own children could have been permitted to succeed to the throne of Prussia, sine" a by no means remote ancestor of the present German empress married a servant girl, from whom her imperial majesty and her nuniero!!- - hildren are descended. Tattooed on Her Frolty Foot. There is a girl in Kenwood, one ot tlie aristccratic set, of original mind and sentimental to a flue degree. One has only to speak of tattooing to that girl to arouse her wratli and this is the reason why. She is engaged and the initials of the man in the case are G. P. The girl is sentimental, and, the love affair being her first, she is quite sure it is the last as well. Accordingly, as a mark of eternal fidelity, she determined to tattoo her fiance’s initials right on the instep of one foot. She procured a piece of cork, copied the two Initials on it. and outlined the letters with a row of needles, put into previously made pinholes, eyes first. A coating of sealing wax held them firm. Then she rubbed the Instep with India ink, put her ingenious instrument on it, gritted her teeth and struck the cork a blow that sent the needles half an inch into her flesh. The India ink was rubbed well into the wound and the heroic girl awaited impatiently the result of her work. The wound healed in a few days, and there, a little blurred but stiil distinct on the pretty foot, were the initials, but, sad to tell, printed in reverse, so that they cannot be read by the tatooed without Hie aid of a mirror. Of course, they can’t be removed.

Tin**'l*'i'riniin**cl Turlcifth Jacket. '1 he. announcement that the new tar- | iff will increase the price of tinsels does not prevent its use whenever de- | sired. Several of the new garments j especially among the smaller ones, arc 1 trimmed with it. and of these none i is prettier than the Turkish jacket, which depends for its brilliancy upon gold and silver embroidery. The material of (his jacket is a brilliant military red cloth of medium weight. It is tight fitting all around and quite hugs the figure. Its cut Is plain except for a bread collar which turns over, forming '.upels to the waist line. The distinguishing feature of the jacket covies in upon t hese lapels,which are deco ated with the most brilliant gold and s'lve:- tinsel. The trimming forms eiaulets as well ns a border for the jacket and almost covers the lapels. To obta.n this trimming you go to any dry goods or art embroidery store and pun base it by the yard. It is nof

To M»rry or Not to M>irrv. Elizabeth is very much inclined to say "yes” to a middle aged widower, wbo lives in her neighborhood, and

Uvlog In tho Yukon. The regulation miner’s cabin is 12 by 14, with walls six feet high and gables eight feet in height. The roof is heavily earthed and the cabin is generally kept very warm. Two, or sometimes three or four men will live in a house of this size. The ventilation is tsually bad, the windows being very amall. Those miners who do not work their claims during the winter confine hemselves to these small huts most of .he time. Very ofteu they become indolent and careless, only eating those 'hlngs which are most easily cooked Jr prepared. During the busy time in •summer, when they are shoveling in, they work hard and for long hours sparing little time for eating and much less for cooking. This manner of living is quite common amongst beginners, and soon lead 'o debility and sometimes to scurvy. Old miners have learned from experience to value health more than gold and they therefore spare no expense in procuring the best and most varied outfit of food that can be obtained.— From “Klondike Nuggets,” by Joseph Ladue.

F«t© of it TJttln I'iiu Do;*. Last. Sunday at Glen Island, N. Y., a sea lion devoured a small pug dop which was smuggled Into the park by a woman, who had hidden him under a wrap. Thirteen lions were basking in the sun on a raft. The dog fell or was thrown into the water by a mischievous boy and the lions made a simultaneous dash into the water. They immediately sank under the surface, but a moment later one of them appeared within a few feet of the dog. The latter was swimming tow.ard shore, apparently unconscious of danger. He turned his head in the direction of the lion, which disappeared with the dog a moment later. The Hon noon came to the surface again, but the dog was not to be seen.

expensive, but because of its coming in the new McKinley tariff law the jacket upon which it is placed is called “the McKinley jacket.” It is to be worn over light weight summer gowns and is suitable for any occasion. Many persons wear a jacket of this description constantly in the summer when out of doors.

Kettleil Aftvr Two Yearn. Two years ago a lightning rod peddler left Ottawa, Kan., between two days, owing a board bill. Last week the hotel man received a draft for the amount and $1 added for interest. The only explanation accompanying the draft was: ’Tve sold my hogs.”

The engine of an express train consumes twelve gallons of water for each mile traveled.

.•’URIGSITIES OF V«uv.r.NiN C it Yoa See Mie 1 lanh Never lie .M arni for Danger I. Done. There have been numerous dear from lightning near New York i n u last year, says the New York Wor," In some cases the electric currenplayed peculiar pranks, and thus drn onstrated that a bolt of lightning something beyond the knowledge of th. scientist. It is impossible to forsee th< conditions that might prevail during an electrical disturbance, and when bolt of lightning is of great intensiiT there is no telling w hat it may do. When Benjamin Franklin determined the character of lightning an invented the lightning rod he made great discovery, but since then other investigators have added much to th< "tore of knowledge on the subject. The matter of lightning rods has r<oived a great deal of attention iron scientists in recent years, and a numb* :if popular fallacies have been explodec Various mystifying characteristics o‘ lightning have been explained and other freaks of tho electric current ax more or less understood. Some year, ago there was an international conference on the question of lightning rodv in England, and the report of tha gathering, based on the observatiot and experience of the members, is th< most valuable contribution to tho lit.: - ature of the subject ever made. While it is generally conceded th..lightning rods offer protection to build ings, jt is admitted that under certuii conditions the most carefully erecte. rods will prove unavailing. There ax many instances in which building have been struck by lightning thoug! provided with lightning rods. In rm>(of the cases tho rods wore n'ot properly constructed and connected, though h other cases the rods were as nearlr perfect as human ingenuity can maki them. The lightning that missed then and struck the building can be likene to an avalanche that is so powerful a. to sweep away all obstacles and go oi its way regardless of man and bis cotstructions. From a report issued by direction < ’ the seertary of agriculture it neem. that the average death rate from ligh ning in the United States ia a tritb more than 200. Practically all of th. fatalities occur in the months of Apr! May, June, July, August and Septetr her. The maximum death rate occur In June and July. There has-been , few people killed in November and I). cember, but the weather bureau has n> record of a death from lightning January or February. The financial loss from fires cau,-. by lightning for eight years average a trifle more than $1,500,000 a year. Lightning has a preference for son.' soils. Thus when the soil is of a chalk formation lightning will strike but or< seventh as often as when the soil : sand. Clay soil will be struck twentj times to once in tho chalky formatioi The bolts have preference for actaln trees. Oak trees are struck mor> frequently than any other tree, and tic birch is rarely a victim. It does m seem possible that oak trees are strin i more than fifty times to one bee.l.' tree, but the weather bureau repot:^ show such to be the case. Pines ar< struck about one-third ns often as oakThe danger from lightning is mm less in the city than in the country the ratio being about one to five. In i record of eighteen deaths duo fror lightning one was killed inside a buib ing, eleven were outside and six w. • under trees. As a rule lightning that strikes tree does no further damage. In on!.' three cases out of 100 did the bolt juir from one tree to another. After Ills Own Heart. The late J. Hammond Trumbul LL.D., long the librarian of the Watklnson library at Hartford Conn., w. deeply interested in Oriental archaco ogy, and some twenty or thirty year, ago made a visit to Egypt. Preparing for tho visit, he took up the study i ‘ the hieroglyphics and found no did culty in reading the cartouches of tl kings. On one occasion while ou U'.e da hablych he was accosted by a nativ dealer in antiquities who wished t sell him scarabs. He shook hi? he. and intimated that they were forgerieThe man loudly protested that tin were genuine. Thereupon Dr. True bull took a scarab out of his poci;. showed it to the man and asked him !' that was genuine. He looked at it an' said, “Certainly.” “I do not think so,” said Dr. Trumbull. “Why not?” said the man. “Because I whittled it out myself ye f * terday.” The dealer was greatly delightci He felt that he had met with a worth' compeer, and lie took him to his she; and showed him where his own at liquities were made.—The Indepem • ent. An Anerdot© of ;» German I'rlnce. The Emperor of Germany has si sons and one daughter. When tlx boys are ten years old they hat e to g into the army. When the crown prince went Into tlx army the prince next below him, win wanted a soldier’s suit, too, went t< his father and asked to have one When his father would not give bin one he went under a table. His fath' had a caller. He forgot the print'' When the call was over, the table-cloti. was lifted and a form appeared. Tin little prince had undressed. When h*camo out he said: “I will not wear any clothes un! I can have a soldier’s suit!” Mpilical Diplomacy. She—How do you manage, doctor, i make yourself so popular with all >' 01 patients? He—Oh, I assure those win only think they’re ill that they nv are ill. wiiile those who really are ' • assure that they are quite well