Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 27, Ligonier, Noble County, 7 October 1897 — Page 6

| aSSssSsSBsgasssassaasgasay RN g . : W @ }f’iverti)alysaefore the War.s - S “1% B A . - %fiéfiééfifiéfi%&e&e@&%fiéfiéy s - -'-——-—'-—"- T . M URIELL, the chief of Murrell's M gang, tbok pattern after Mike ~ Fink, Sam Qritty and “Col. Plug,” and his depredations were as terrible and - far-reaching as any of the pioneers' of o WS proféssion. .« : _ . Mark Twain, in his “Life on the Mis- . _ sissippi,” dalls Murrell a wholesale rasccalto (hsti(ziguishglfirh from Jesse James’ : ‘fetail'réscallydé'eds;., ‘“What-are James ' and his half dozen vulgar rascals com- . pared with this stately old criminal, 1 with his sermons, his meditated insur--1 rections, and wary captunes, and his ~majestic following of I,ooo'men, sworn ' to do"his evil will.” - , ~ Murrell seems to have been a most - dextergus, as well as a consummate ‘ vilizin. When he traveled ;is disguise f. was th»at-'of{»an itinerant preacher, and : o it is said that his-discourses were'very s:ofil-s?ir;‘illg' and- so interesting. to “hearers that they forgot to look after - fHeir horses; which were carried away by his confederates ‘while he was » pi‘eacl;xih%_. " But Murrell’s most lucra- . tive occupation was stealing slaves to 1 sell them in another quarter. e had ~u.peculiar way of ‘managing that part - of his business. One of his men would tell a;neg‘ro, for example, to run away . frpm his master and allow him to sell ‘ fin to another, whereby he could se- - @re half of the money paid for him. . Then the I'aég'rd ywas advised torunaway the second tile, return to the gang and be .sent to a free state by‘ them, where - he would be safe. ,3[‘:1113-""’1)001' wretches complied with this request, hoping to obtain miotiey and freedom. They - would be sold’in this manner three or -four times, until the Murrells had realized $3,000 or<s4,ooo from the repeated ~ sale of ope; man. After this, for fear ~of detection, the method would be to get rid’ of the only - witness against "~ them, which was the.negro himself. _He was murdered and his body thrown . into the Mississippi river. - - - The general 'fe{ldEZ\'Olls of this gang . was on the Arkansas side of the river,. ~ where they concealed their negroes in © the morasses and canebrakes. Though it was well known that Murrell was the . head of this gang of outlaws, it was © difficult to obtain proof against’ him. A young man named Stewartfinally gained his confidence, turned traitor and exposed the whole concern, bring"ing home sutficient evidence against Muzrrejl to send him to the penitentiary for 14 yeard. e . . Itiwas ,foundc’hat a good many men’ -~ who bore respectable names in the sections in which they lived were connect-* ~ed with Murrell’s gang, and every effort ~ was made fo diseredit Stewart’s statements. He was’ obliged to.leave.thé. ~“southern states in consequence; - : One of the most daring deeds of the notorious outlaw was the rebellion he incited in New Orleans, his object being ~ to raise the blacks against the whites, “taking possession of the city in ' the melee smfl -’p}nindéringf it at leisure. The - story is told by Capt. E. W. Gould, one ~ of the oldest riter captains, now living, in New York. Capt. Gould collected it/ irom accounts furnished by the man Stew'art,l w}}o vouched for its correct- - “mcss, and declared that it was told him by Murrell limself at the time he was ~in his confidlence. : o : : I “I colteeted all my friends about New Orleans;” said Murrell, “at one of our friend’s houses dt that place. We Sati . in councii‘three days before we got all - our plans to pur nction. {We then de--terniined to undertake thé rebellion at. . all hazards, and make as many friends as we could for that purpose. Every i man’s: dusiness was assigndd to him, | and ’V\\'l'"aen all was ready the signal was | given for the rebellion éo_bf‘e’ak'looge:l - 'The history of it is well known. Suf- | fice_it to say that we é;xt’riéd off ‘thou- } o suhds of vdollars in horses, cattle, and | - ‘other movable property, and killed peo- 1 : yple withcut number who were jn our WAy - e e o _ - Another noted outlaw in the -early | - partof the century was Mason, the high- - wayman 6f the Natchez Trace, who inal - fested the scanebrakes: near Walnut - hills, from whérefthe's";‘,boa-rded /many! a foat, killing the czew and Carrying'l off ithe gdpea e = o 0 el A'stofy well remembered by old-time | ", St. Loufsans is that of the murder of .- young 3lcKenzi2 on the steamer Nellie Rogers.! Young McKenzie was the son of a prominent merchant of St. Louig, a most estimable gentleman, who was at one time an Indian trader on the upper Missouri. ‘The elder McKenzie had mar- * Tried a squaw, Indian fashion, and raised’ - afamily of half:breeds; a part of which ~_he took to the states and educated. * ‘ - . Yeung McKenzie. then about 30 years | ¢ old. had returned tohis tribe, thve (rows, ‘ . married and was living at Fort Peck., - He. with dis wife and young child, to‘gethier with a large numbes of Indians ‘ ~_ of bsth sexes and of all ages, had. en-. . .camped-on the bank oppesite where the ~ boat was discharging. . They all had - access to the boat, and were constantly { . passingto and fro. = - | . The bar on the boat had been closed - by the ordérrof Charles P, Chouteau, l ~ the.owner of the line, and no ekeessive | _ (drinking was allowed. They had on ~ heard as a passenger all the way from Bt. Louis a ‘Mr.; Clark, formerly from - Philadéiphia, a quiet, gentlemanly man ~of education, who for ten or twelve . years had been living andlong-the lu- * diads st Benton. . . - - After ihg boat had beén lying there > Ho ;;se\'g_ga!‘hours Mr. McKenzie cé.me' abeard. with others and stepped into ' the cabin. Just as he got abreast of ] . the stove in the hall Clark came out -~ ‘of his stateroom. one of the first in the { ~cdbin. with pistol in hand, and without . afword fired at McKenzie. The latter.l féllzdead, shot through the heart. His ~avife, with her kindred and %fli‘imds,' was ~_among the first to rush aboard.’ T.he"? ~ excitement among the Indians became ensel . P j - The ‘crew and passengers, too, were | adiy Bightencd; gpprehending s ~ miarg vengence from the Indians, who B e e s TR ~ were entirely masters of the ’tg‘?fifioni | The fires were out, and no steam could Tt seraed 1o stand be - tweexw an outraged body of fighting Judians and the Nellie Rogers was Rev. frame »“f‘é”*‘i‘}é‘:‘fif‘% m‘ e et tatiane, e haipencd

was no safety for the boat while he remained on board., Ponjes were secured from the traders at Fort Peck, 12 miles distaut, who had come to see the steamboat:” Clark, with two or three others, who were anxious to get to Fort Benton, startéd . with very little preparations.. DBefore the Indians had got over their consternation, Clark,-whom none of _th’exri knew personally, had got beyond the reach of their fleetest horses, and, throggh the influence of Father De Smet, they probably never pursued him. 1n : A i

- Among the passengers on the Neliie Rogers on that day was “Tom-Dorris,” a young man from St. Louis, hound for the gold mines at lelena. He was one of. Clark’s companions in the Gilpin race. The riders traveresed the distance of 200 miles in three days. The cause for the murder of young McKenzie was never definitiely ascertained. It was believed that an old grudge existed that was to De settled in that way whenever the parties met. Nothing was ever heard of Clark afterward beyond a letter written by a gentleman living :_ktfil"indmy. 0., in 1889. The story here told was published in a Cincinnati paper zlt that. time, and the announcement was made of Capt. 12. W. Gould’s forthcoming book. This gentleman, who requested that his mame be not used, wrote that he met Malecolm Clark at Fort Benton in 1862. Clark, he said, was a man to be feared, but a gentleman_when not angry. He-was married to a beautiful half-hreed girl, with whom he seemed to live quite pleasant‘ly.: She had a brother named Isadore, who made his home with Clark and hunted and traded with him. In 1865 Clark moved to Prickly Pear c¢reek and located a ranch there. I“or some reason Clark became cruel dnd,overbearing to his wife. After enduring it for awhile she appealed to her brother for protection. He and Clark had an altercation; in which Isadore shot- and killed him. - ) Ce g

- On the 3d of January, 1844; the whole city of St. Louis \‘vas-t'hrown into consternation and feverish excitement by the repert that the steamboat Shepherdess had been wrecked in Cahokia bend, only three miles from the center of the city. Many lives were reported to have been lost. Several boats were immediately dispatched to the scene of the disaster, and the worst rumors were soon verified.

The Shepherdess, while ascending the Mississippi river on her way from Cincinnati to St. Louis, struck a snag at 11 o’clock at night just above the mouth of Cahokia creek. The night was darlk and stormy. The concussion was Severe, and several planks were torn from the bottom of the boat. There were between 60 and 70 passengers on board. Most of them had retired, but four or five gentlemen in the cabin were sitting around the stove, forit was cold, winter weather. o

- In less thian two minutes after the beat struck the water rose to the lower deck, where most of the.passéngel;s in that part of the boat were asleep. The captain ran to the cabin occupied by the, women and assured them that there:was no danger. Then he returned ‘to the fox‘ecastléland is supposed to have been washed overboard, as nothing was seen or heard of him-afterward. One of the pilots attempted to descend into the hold for the purpose of examining the: leak,. but the rush of water quickly drove him: back. e

Shrieks' of distress arose from the decle below, and several women who ran to the stern railing reported that they saw a number of persons struggling in the river. 'Khe watern rushed in with tremendous rapidity, and before three minuteshad elapsed it had risen to the 1)10_01‘ of the upper cabin. Some persons on the upper decksaved themselves by getting .into a yawl, which was cuts loose and rowed to_the shore with a brooin. > et e

The rapid rise of the water caused all those who'could to seek safety on the hurricane deck. 'This position was not attained without great difficulty, for tha bow had sunk so déep in the water that the only access was by way of the stern. Meanwhile the boat was drifting dewn the stream, and a few hundred yards below ‘she struck another snag, which rose above the surface. This threw the steamer neariy on her beam ends on the larboard side. e ]

Drifting from the snag, sheé’ again lurched to starboard. With évery lurch several persons were washed off. Some of them'reached the shore, but many were drowned. A short distance below, jnst above the first shot tower; the hull struck a bluff bank, which again careened the boat nearly on her side. The hull and cabiin parted. The former sunk and lodged ‘on a bar above Carondelet, while the cabin floated.down to the point of the bar below that'place, where it l'odg'ed and became stationary. As the cabin passed the steamer Henry Bry lying at the shot tower, its captain heard -the. frantic cries of the passengers.. He went to their rescue in his yawl, but only a few. at a time could ba taken off) ‘ ‘ 2

- ‘Among the passengers was Col. Wood’s famous “Ohio Fat Girl,” who weighed 440 pounds. She was saved by the combined efforts of Capt. Robert ,Bullo&ck,“of Maysville, Ky., and severai other men. The mayor of St. Louis, who personally assisted in relieving the sufferers, caused all who were saved to be taken to the Virginia hotel. Tt was estimated that 60 persons perished in the disaster.—St. Louis Republic.

Too Mhpx Rules.,

The teacher who.gives her pupils “simple rules” outside of the authorities for determining questions which confront them, and particuldarly grammatical questions, i¢ apt.to find that her rules disastrously fail to fit all cases. One time the ("ounfy superintendent of schoals was questioning the pupils of a country. school. He wrote on the blagkboard the sentence: ‘“The fly has wings” ahd agkedea class what part of speech each word was. They passed the #the” without serious trouble. s

“What part of speech is “fly 2” asked the superintendent. ' ~ “Adverb!” shouted all the class in unison. ‘ = & "What! ‘Fly' ap Wdyerb?” .- - “Yessir!” shouted the childrén, with gieas positiveness * - “What makes youfthink it is an adv erb_’?" : : : i - - “Cause teacher told us that all words that end in Yy’ are adverbs!”—Youth’s . =The greut oftognan empire, which Bl S eel

THE FARMING WORLD.

THE FARM MORTGAGE.

Two well-to-do farmers were talking oné day s T Of crops, and the weather and prospects i . of hay, e And the obstacles many each season would bring— ; 5 b The heat of the summer, the lateness of o Sprlngs -- F et :

Said one to the other: “If only the weeds, Could once be got rid of; but most of the

seeds .+ = . e Have wings and gb flying all over ‘the place— j - To stand it with ‘patience, it takes los of grace. : :

“Which kind is the worst now I hardly can tell, . o ; This summer my meadow would look very . well el 3 If the daisies were not scattered over so thick. . i = I can’t bear those fipw'ers, they just make me sick.” :

But then said his neighbor: “The docks - are all worse 7 Ly And the Canada thistle is really a curse. ‘Theiron and cotton weed both spoil a : ¢rop: L e Just to name all the pests one never could et agtap 7 :

Said the first: ‘“Cockle-burr.l find a great S PesE: 3 ; I don’t see but that each is as bad as the pest: “ r : . B The wild onions grow where our cows love to feed— t I wonder why God ever planted a weed!”

Just then Uncle Jake with his snowy : white hair * % Came riding along on his old sorrel mare, And, seeing the farmers were talking to- ‘ gether, : o : i He sgopped for a word on the state of the weather; : : N

And soon with their chat of the farm an: ; its needs S g Came up the dispute they were having on weeds; ; And both of them said they wer¢ willing 3 fo take . E : ; As final ¥he verdict from good Uncle Jake® : : 0

“My friends,” said the old man—his talk- ¢+ ing was slow— : *“l've.lived a long time and this one thing ~- I knowsr i All -the’ weeds you have mentioned can’t : do so much harm : Aps one root of mcrtgage once grown on ®he farm. SR -

‘“Weeds die "in the winter and give’ you 8 rest - o o . : But ’tis then that the mortgage will grow ‘at its best, 5 : For the farmer-has leisure to think and . Ito see - B ‘What a tyrant relentless a mortgage can be., i

“It grows when the ground is all covered ‘with snow: el It grows when the sweet summer breezes *do blow. : It blights every prospect that once seem’d /.. {so Xair— - Sl You <¢annot escape it, you know 4t is there. .

‘““The money for butter your good wife has jmade, . . The price for the eggs her chickens have laid, : ) N For interest-payment all premptly must go, e z For mortgages have to be watered, you know. .

‘‘Andrthéugh you feel sure you are going - to pay 2 The principal off some good coming day, It takes all the mongy to meet present ; needs; § o And you find that a’ mortgage is much y worse than weeds. |

“But’ I must be off—take #he ward of a friend, R ' B ) v We can bear any ill that our Father'may send; . g All the weeds He has made need not give us alarm, : ot If only the mortgage is kept off "the farm:’’ o . i

With this Uncle Jake bade them both a : good day, ! * / S And on his old mare he went jogging away, > : B i While -the farmers rose slowly and one .7 of them said: - ; “I vum, but he hit the nail square on the head s o : - .——M. L. Nutting, in Ohio Farmer.

FOR HAULING STONES.

A Rigging Which Makes the Unload- . ing.an Easy Job. | o

On some farms the only time for hauling stones is “when the ground is dry and firm after harvest. A rigging may. be made to aid in’unloading by lengthenipg out the wagon so that a

' QUICK DUMPING DEVICE.

pleZform can be built upbn two strong poles, as shown in the illustration. The poles serve as bed pieces to which the platform should be hinged on ore side and hooked on the other. When ready ‘to unload the stones, unhook and dump. —W. Bentzien, in American Agriculturist. o : i

Young Stock for Children.

Every Doy on the farm shéuld be given a young animal to raise for himself, he to attend te it and be induced to take an irnterest in its progress. He will thus early become fond of animals and of farming, and will be more reconciled to farm life when he is grown. The boy who leaves the farm for the city is the one who has never had any opportunities ‘and . looks upon farming as drudgery! Labor becomes a pleasure when there is something to strive for, and the early education of the boy on the farm' should be by giving him an interest in'something. Allchildren love young stock and pet them.—TFarmers’ Voice. - , Talh oo t . Drain the Farm Yellav. ' Wet og damp cellars mean foul air, and consequently diphtheria, malaria, rheumatism and bronchial affections. Beforethe fall rains come on; have drain tiling laid outsidé, and a foot below the base of the foundation, and run it diagounally across the cellar, connecting it with the outside and street drains. This drain must have no connection with sewage, kitchen slops or surface water, and ought to be well below the frost line. The cellar floor and walls should be cemented, and, if bricks are used for the foundation walls, it is well to have layers of cement between. Have ithe drain laid at some distance from ‘the well.—Housewife., : s

- Table Scraps Make Eggws, There is no feed for hens that is better than table scraps ©f every kind. Pieces of bread, sceraps of meat, parings of vegetables, and all such bits as are usunally wasted, if fed to hens will be returied in the shape of eggs. We have found from exgerience that the scraps from a family of six will furnish feed for 12 hens, keeping them in good condition the ‘year through. This'means that the scraps from the table of such a family are worth 180 dozen of eggs. The 12 hens were kept in a yard 25 feet

HOW TO HIVE BEES.

Some of the Methods in General Use 5 Among BDBeekeepers.

Once the bees have clustered, the operation of getting them into the hive is not so formidable as it would appear. Like every other operatiop in the working of the hives, the insects. must be handled cautiously and gently. The hive must be ready beforehand. The frames should have . fundation strips fastened to the top as “starters” for the bees to work upon, and to make sure of them stopping in the new abode many beekeepeys give them a comb from the parent hive containing brood and honey, = : o

An ingenious device used by some of our beekeepers for catching swarms is ‘described as follows by Prairie Farmer: To make it, get a forked stick, bend the forks together in the shape of a hoop and' just large enough to.go into an ordinary+-sized coffee sack (or other open materiil that will not smother the. bees), then fasten it to the moith of ‘the sack. ABend the stick near the fork. For convenience cut the stick in two near the fork and fasten the two parts together agh’iq‘:syo that they. can be easily taken apart. Shake the bees from the comb into the.sack. turn it over and no bees can .é’scape.—’ Carry them to the hive, take the cover off and gently lay the sack on the top of the frdmes, so bees ecan crawlk out of the sack down into the hive. Lol Some people merely place the hive on the ground and put a wide board before it.. Then cnt off the branch to which tlie swarm is clinging and bring the whole to the front of the hive. -When the bees a’n}e brushed off on the board they will usually enter the hive prepared for shem withoeut much trouble. Others brush the bees off the branch into a basket, box or tin dish, and hive

A » et i%:eb.-ml?:‘«@éz‘-;%fiyx e ' RS XX > R S I : ; : - B AR v TR SRS RSSO AN o ‘W B s : - R : «‘s-'\\*:\-‘-{v.-;f-": RN ‘ | R o BRRaeRs L AR RS o < R SR st o SRR 55 3 ¥ : i . 3 T \ ‘ 7 i . DEVICE FOR HIVING SWARMS. the beesin any convenient way. Oncea ‘number of them have entered the hive ' they will call the others that may be 'still in the air, who will join them. Dip- ‘ . . - 4 . ' ping the bees off with a dipper is pref‘erable to brushing, as the Jatter irritates them exceedingly and should be } avoided as much as possible. o Im thiving, ;‘xsbpartieu!ar point is to ‘have the hivesS clean, sweet &nd light. ‘Bees hate the smell of paint. = Care should be taken that they should all be gotinto the hive, particularly the queen, or ‘they may desert it again. 1f they linger-about the entry and are slow in entering a sprinkling of watey thrown over them ywill ac¢celerate their motion. g THE CACKLING HEN.

This Poet Calls Her the Greatest Bless= ; L nodimg of” All to Men.

We have read of Maud on a'suminer day who raked, barefooted. the new mown hay; we have read of the maid in the early morn who milked the cow with the crumpled horn; and we’ve read the lays that the poetssing, of the rustling corn and the flowers of spring; but of all ‘the lays of tongue or pen there’s naught like the lays of the lowa hen. Long, long]before Maud raked her hay, the Jowg hen had begun to lay, and erc tiie milikAraid stirs a peg. the hen is-up and has dropped ‘her egg. The corn thust rustle and flowers must spring it they hold their own with the barnyard ring. If Maud is needing a hat and gown, she .doesn’t hustle her hay to town; she goesto the store and obtains her suit with a basket full of fresh hen fruit; if the milkmaid’s beau makes a Sunday call, she doesn’'t feed him on. milk at all; but works up eggs in a cus--tard pie and stuffs himr full of a chigken fry; -and when the old man wants a horn, doés he take the druggist a load. of corn? Not.much! He simply robs a nest and to townhe goes—you know the rest. He lingers there and he talls, puerchance; of. true reform and correct finance, while .his poor wife stays at home and scowls, but is saved from wantby those §elf-s:lllle'fo\\'ls;’for while the husband lingers there, she watches the cackling hen with care, an‘%,( gathers cggs, and eggs she’ll hide ’till.she gets enough to stem the tide. Then hail, all hail to the lowa hen, the greatest blessing of alt to men! Throw up your hats apd make Rome howl for the persevering barnyard fowl! Corn may be king, but, tis plainly seen, that the lowa hen is the lowa queen.—Cincinnati TribuneJournal, : 7

HINTS FOR STOCKMEN.

In training a colt to harness never work -it beside a sluggard or svorn out horse, but rather by a quick, active, steady horse. > PR R After the orchard is well started to growing, the best plan of manuring is to scatter broadcast all over ithe surface of the ground. » . ! Keep the ofd sows that have proved themselves good breeding animals as long as they continue to farrow good litters of shrifty pigs. ; In ¢ommencing to feed new eorn to hogs it is best to commence with a light ration at first and gradually increase as tlm)' get acécustomed to entiby. 7 o) A - With all stock intended for market it is anitem to crowd the feeding now, a better gain in: proportion to the amount of food supplied can be ‘secured now than later—Farmers’ Union.

Timothy on Sandy Soil.

Timothy grass is often sown on sandy soil, not because it is especially adapted to it, but beeause sandy soiljs not easily seeded with anything, and timothy, which can be sown late in summer and’ all through the fall succeeds rather better than the grasses gid clovers sown in spring. All sandy soils are deficient in - mineral plant food. Timothy does not require much, either of phosphate or potash, until its seeds begin to form. It | does not need one-quarier as much oft these minerals or of lime as does clover, 1 and as its roots run near the surface it is manured chiefly by the ammonia’ gathered by falling rains in their passage through theair. When once seefi with timothy, the grass will remain 4 afim‘;&'mfl%fllfit is starved out, and mosses take its place. P SONE A WIRER oL ot iy

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

A LITTLE GIRL'S DOLLS.

o.My dolllenaremmny. . - o » | There’s curly haired Jennie, e : And Topsy so black, a A s And white-haired old Jack. o - - There’s Robbie, the soldier, Jo Than whom ngne is bolder; -~ | _ There’s the Stick-of-Wood Polly, | And the Japanese dolly; E | . But the latest and bes% ‘ e In silken robes dressed,® : With vest of pearls bright, Rl All set in rows white, I 8 Dolly Bweet Corn, : - - - Who this summer was born, o ~On a tasselled cornstalk ; Near the old garden walk, ¢ In a field of bright green, | - With a ¢hangeable sheen. - el I Bartlett, in Youth’s Companicn. | . TALK BY WHISTLING. | Conversational KFeats of the Shep= P herd Boys of Teneriffe. § . ‘Have you ever heard of the so-called “whistling language” of Teneriffe? The probabilities' are that you never hive:, Yet this curious method of spdech—if indeed one can :so describe it—dates from prehistoric times. ~ The shepherd folk of Teneriffe and, Gomera use the “whistling<danguage,™” ‘and the first recorded notice of it was ‘made by a IFrench traveler as far back ‘as 1455. Since then stray wanderers ‘bave called the world’s attention, at 24 = “ : Ny oQ | long intervals, to theé “language.” Some jeears ago, while roaming, with staff and scrip, through ravines and over the ‘wild mountain ranges .of Teneriffe, it fell to the writer’s lot to hear the shepherds thus conversing. By placing two or three fingers in the mouth i?’?s\possible to make the whistle carry to a disfance of three miles, or. thereabouts. “The lonely hills seem sllent anad'dp-‘ serted, when suddenly out of the far dis- | ‘tance came a long, drawn and very ‘shrill whistle—the summons to a ¢onversation. Inreply, a similar call strikes piercingly on the ear from the opposite direction. The whistles are widely sep‘arated, but have no intention of being lorely. Perhaps they.are having sompe difficylty- with their flocks. I’erlmius they are merely resting awhile after the dinuer of black bread and onions. At ‘any rate, if you listen, y,‘i;u; will soon hear them in the thick of an earnest chat, a chat between friends thiree miles - or more separated. : P

Logeard, the well-known French savant, Has conclusively provedthat the whistling is in Spanish. Easy ivords are taken, and the sounds imitated by the whistlers. Long practice and heredity have given }he shepherds extraordinary skill in"whistling and understanding the Spanish. Their voeabulary is quite a long one, and, in addition, they have a regular code of graduated. notes, which convey -telegraphically what they cannot satisfactorily reproduce in the ordinary manneér. =

The writer heard three parties of sbhepherds exchange their hopes and fears regarding the weather by 'this means. On another occasion he hear An invitation to 'a dance sent in the “whistling language” across a stretch of country exceeding 514 kilometers. The young boys, and even the girls, are adepts at the “language,” and thewery sheep appear to understand whistled commands at a conisiderable distahcn. It is no unusual thing to find two boys, or a pair of the sturdy little mountain lasses of Teneriffe,” standing by the parepfl cottages, land thus conv.ei'sing acrgss wide ravine and’ rugged heighr, wighout even catching a glimpse of one al ther all the time, In factthe whistling language, dating as it does from before 1450, makeg one wonder whether the télephone is such a modern marvel after all.-—Chicagp Inter Qcean.

Y TALE OF A KITTEN, : ; L ] How n Lucky Little Black Cat Found 4 @ Second I\lother. ' Thisisa story of a plucky little black cat, Its mother was a flighty young thing; with no domestic bump on her head and no domestic line on her paw., She wvas a new cat, and,the cellar E;n the cornet of Twefity-eighth street and

LR Nt | @N« i | i SN sl ) : e e AT ) G %‘f‘ ‘Xr% X o Y A i i /_’l ) . ? 4 %’M@"; / -’;S. : : gt fl‘; = :\\ (e %,,/ == /(:.I\\ S\ [ . 7\ oA ) (@) == 4 TR BOPTRLRE - HITTREN . Madison avenue was too restricted a sphere for a woman of her burning ambitions. She longed to be a leader.in the ranks of emancipated cathood and teach her downtrodden sisters to strike for more mice—and liberty. - So she left her’little family before their eyes were opened, and started in search of broader spheres. Two of the kittens died, and the third started out to battle with life on four wobbly Ilittle legs and an uncertain little tail that he used for steering purposes.” He steered himself as far as Third avenue, where a girl, pushing a baby carriage, picked him up,and put bim in. There must have been sofe free masonry of babyhodd between the kitten and the baby, for the latter passed the bottle and the kitten worked it as if it had a Klondike elaim. All the Third avenue children crowded round to sé‘e the sight, ‘and the little waif’s sides puffed out visibly. The baby’s m(‘)thér wanted to throw him outon the world again, but the children begged so hard they kept him, and now little “Billy” has a bottle of his oywn.—N. Y. World. | |

Glass Eyes for Animals.

- An occasional pet eat, many dogs, and some fine horses have glass eyes. Those for dogs must be made to prder, but an optician can furnish one withina week after he has received notice. Thiy “must fit the socket so perfectly as to cause no irritation. The cost is from $lO to $l5. A dog eye is much larger than that of a human being, but does not compare with that of a horse. A glass eye for the latter animal must ‘equal u- smipll tea saucer in size. In Xew York alarge factory manufactures nothing but artificial eyes, and here piost of those used for dogs and hotses are made. Usually, as in the case of persons, several eyes are orderdd at once, as 4 new one is necessary about -ouce in six months. The edges become Rra e Os e,

FLOATING FIRE ENGINES.

Powerful and Effective Equipment of New York’s Fire Boats. ;

Mr. Charles T. Hill contributes to St. Nicholas another paper in his series. devoted to Ne'v York’s fire department. THe present article describes the “Floating Fire Eng :es.” In writing of the New Yorker, Mr. Hill says of herequipment of pumps: e These pumps. have a throwing capacify of fully 10,000 gallons of water ‘every minute, and under the best condi:tions they have been known'to reach, 12,000 gallons a minute—over 6,000 gallons more than any other fireboat afloat. - The water is drawn in throigh the sides of thé boat, below the water line, into what, is" known -as. the *suction bay,” makirg an inner reservoir from which’ the pumpsarefed. e - There are about 10,000 little holes, three-eighths inch in diameter, bored:in the sides of the boat just outside thésc ‘suction -bays, and through these holes the water is drawn ih, and filtered so that no foreign substance may get into thc pumps. From the pumps if is forced into an air chamber, thus equalizing ‘the pressure all around, and thern into ‘a veritable water main 12 inches. ik diameter, . which vuns all around the 'boat, between detks; and supplies the various -outlets. ' There are 42 of these outlets (including the four stand pipes ‘or ;monitor nozzles), and they vary in size from six inches in diameter down to 21, inches (the size of the regulation fire hose). Twoof-the monitor nozzles are mounted aft, on top of the cabin, and a big and a small one on.top of tha wheelhouse. The two 'stand. pipes aft have 2Y,-inch nozzles, the big one on the. wheelhouse having a 31,-inch opening. From the latter a solid 31,-inch stream can be thrown.a distanceof 320 feet, and if necessary this can be increased to a 5Y,-inch opening, and a mighty stream ‘of water, having that width, can be sent thundering out into space over 200 feet. If you could hear this immense stream. as it pours into the bay, like a miniafture cataract, you could better appreciate the power of this remarkable boat. . - No body of fire could, very long withstand a deluge like this, and it requires

B (7 N e 5 : C Ig:g;*\\\\ (& A\ = TR e e :L,% v ~‘s§; :or 5:....‘7 s — L LI | : i Ut fagdt o = — L 7 N a:fi"mfl,l R -- }, S “ LN * .': = :: : ¥ i :;""'“ o 2 A 7 il [‘ ; ‘\fir 1— \I 'l. 5 S GIANT MONXITOR -NOZZLE ON FIREo BOAT .\EVV YORKER._ only a fewdashes of this massive stream to effectively quench a fire in the rigging or in ‘the upper-works of-a-ship. The small monitor nozzlé, mounted on the other side of the wheelhouse, has a 1% -inch opening; and a powerful streamn can also be thrown from this, and, of ceurse, to a much greater digtance,for, as the stream is reduced in diameter, it can goa great deal farther. 7 : '~ To the outlets along the side of the deckhouse and at the bow and stern arc attached short lengths of hese, to light fire at close range. The pumps of the New Yorker are so powerful, and the pressure of these outlets isso great, that it wéuld be . impossible for men to handle these lines if there were not some sort of machinery to.aid them; and, therefore, an appliance known asa “rail pipe”.is brought into play. -This is something like a big rowlock, and isset. in the gunwale in the same mannerthat a rowlock is set in the rail.of a rowbhoat. It is fastened beneath .the rail with a pin, ‘and between the forks i swung.an iron econnection, oar-fashion, pivoted at the sides. The short length of hose# is attached to one end of this cennection, and a nozzle to tlie other, and with this device one man is able to control and-direct the heaviest stréam with ease. The monitor nozzles also can be managed by one man each. The fireproof construetion of thie NewForker makes it possible to get very rearia fire and deliver the powerful sidé sireams at short range; and, should the Leat become so intense that themen are not able to stand by the “rail pipes,” protecting shields are brought into yse, behind which ithey can -direct the streams with comfort. - These shields slide along inside the rail, on a kind of railway, so they can be placed at any part of the bpat; and there ‘is one on cach side. They are .made of two thickriesses of corrugated iron, with an air space between, thus preventing the inner lining from becoming heated. -They are arched at the top, and in shape arz somewhat like the shields used-to protect the gunuers while working at the rapid-firing. guns on our modern men-of-war. gt oy B - There is an.opening at the bottom of these shields for the nozzles of the rail pipes to project through, gnd an eblong slot above for the fireman .to look tkrough and direct the water. ‘With the aid of this protection for the men; and because of her own salamander:like construection, the New Yorker is able to sail up close to a burning vessel or pier and ‘deliver a broadside -of ‘powerful streams where the ordinary wooden fire’ tug could not come within fighting distonce; and her ability to do this, and her. immense pumps, make her withous a doubt the most complete and effective marine fire engine ever built. = -

Bee Closes Up a ‘l(eyl'lole.

An Obhio man came home late the Bther night, an unusual thing for him to do, and on trying his night:key found that it would not work. Afterrepeated endeavors he had to ring up his wife to-gain an entrance. Next morning he took off the lock, and found lock and keyhole filled with sométhing that he thought was c¢lay, He accused the children ‘of having filled the keyhole, but they denied it, and then atinounced that they had seen a bee go into the keyhale several times. Upon closer examination the deposit was found to be wax. Probably the insect, imagined the keyhole to be the entrance to a hive.

Didn’t Handle the, Article. A disappointed fish pe&dlgr was/ belaboring his slow but patient horsé in _the street the other day, and callingout This wares at intervals, as: “Herrin’, ‘herrin’, fresh herrin’!” A tend&™hearted lady, seeing the act of cruelty to the horse, called out, sternly, from an upper | window: *“Have you no merey?” “No, TR e iy e e s T S s

- —lf you feel!that you must give ads g vice, become a lawyér or a doctor, and - gell it.—Atchison Globe. =+ . - —“Have you seen thosenoiseless baby carriages‘yet?” “No! What I wantis a noiseless baby.”—Credit Lost. . - —Dora—*"He said there was one thing about me he didn't like.” Cora—*“What was that?” *“Another man’s arm."— Tafe. sLo e g * —Tragedian—*“l ‘was nearly "killed once by the bursting of a shell.” Manager—*“Did you ever find out who threw the egg.”—Puck. j “—Miner—*“So you have just returned from Klondike, ¢h?” Claimer=—*Yes.™ Miner—“ What /is thé principal game played in tha{ country?” Claimer—- “ Freeze out.”—Nprristown Herald.* -~ ~ - —Bobbie—#*Ethel, mamma has just. _promised me something nice and warm. ' Give me half your candy and you can. have it.” _Ethel—*“Here’s the ecandy. Now what is it?” Bobbie {munching). —*“A spanking.”—Life. ; £ ' —Mrs. De Temper—“l .am not happy with my husband. Shall I drive him away 2. Lawyer—*“His life is insured. in your favor, isn’t it?” “Yes; I made him do that before we married.” “Well, don’t drive him off. He'll die quicker ‘where he is.”—XN.'Y. Yeekly. « = —Daughter (sentimentally) — *“Ah, mother! the summer wanes.. How beautifully“it dies! Soon we will have the frost.” Mother (Wwho has tried ten seasons to get the girl'vff'her hands)~—*“oOh, pshaw! -~ You have had nothing but a “frost’ all summer!”—Pugk.’ ’

‘FIERCE - INDIANS, LITTLE GOLD.

A Warning AgainstiStories of Rieh . Finds on Stewart Hiver, Alaska. "7 An interesting letter about the res ported rich finds of gold on Stewart ‘river, Alaska, has been received here from-a former officer of the United _States coast and geodetic survey, who "spent several seasons in Alaska and is familiar with the Yukon country near } Forty-Mile creek and Circle City. ~ “I have read with a great deal of in--;‘,terest,”. he writes, “the many articles - that have appeared ip_the Sun .from timé to-time on Alaska, but am meved to utter ‘a warning word just now on account of a statement that Isaw in it seyveral times and which was repeated -in an' article in the issue of August 27. In this artiele the writer spoke of the ‘great things to be expected in a short time in Alaska, and went on to say that wonderful developments were to be loeked for on Stewart river an that - ‘the Canadian government had secret: information about the river that would ‘provéstartling. : oo

“Stewart river is not an untried. stream. ITt was worked:by hundreds of. miners before the riches of Forty-Mile creek svere known, and the gold eannet be picked off the bars in chunks'and is not awaiting the touch of the first comers. McQuestin, Harper and Mayo had a store there and did.not leaye until the’ stream was practically -abandoned by miners. In my conversations with: th_esé traders and men who had been on the river I never heard of anyone making more than. fair wages on it. The stream’ was followed ®far to its head; particularly by two men, an old American/trapper and miner n%;ed Joe Gee, and‘a Canadian Scotchman named Mc¢Donald. The latter was very patrioti¢” and ‘wotild not desert Britisa soil,. and this, they =ay, is why he remained in Stewart and-‘refused to zo to FortyMile creek when the rest stampeded to ! the new diggings. -As this man must have spent atleast eight years prospeeting the stream, and so many men: had been in it before, no virgin field is to be found there with all the rtflhhess of El Dorado. e Nae AT S

¢“The first. application ‘of machinery and steam to mining was imade in this riyer. The bars were known to contain a fair average of gold, but being very fine,. the gold could. npt profitably be taken out by men working by hand. So in 1889 McQuestin: sent the little steamboat New Racket up to Stewart’ with’ two men, Al Mayo and Frahnk Din.sm‘o“re, in charge. They had.pumps ‘and were to use the engine of the little steamer for power, and a sumimer was put in in minirg ona large scate; It proved a failure, however, and mining was practically abandoned on the river that fall. sl A SN e e _“Near the’headwaters of the Stewart is g iunting ground of a tribe of Indians that you usually hear~called the Makonys. The Yukon Indians fear them. worse than death. ‘They are reported to be merciless. It is claimed they kid‘nap children, carry off women and slay * 811 the men that fall in their hands. 'The mere suspicion that they have come . near the country of the Yukon river Indians will drive the®latter from the invaded séction for years. 'The traders seem’ to fear them, too, and stories of their cruelty and fiefceness kept manya man back from the headwaters &f the Stéwart. -But Gee dnd McDonald were‘not deterred. I mever met a man whe had seen one of the Mahonys in_the * Yukon valley, but I have heard that. when bands. of them came to the Hnd~\ son. Bay company’s post the stockades were shut up and all business was done by both parties with very open precaution against surprise and treachery. If you look up Ogilvie’s account of his trip down the Yukon, in 1888, I think you ' will .find references to what had been done on the Stewart and of information he got from McDonald.. . -~ - = ~ “There will be stories engugh and fo spare about Alaska, and T think it'is only right that when some individuals try to stampede the eountry with wild stories of the unlimited wealth to be found - anywhere, anything known about that section should be made public. It is no Coney Island trip to the Yukon, and I feat’that many a poos fellow will rue this winter the-rg with which he accepted the stories of the "wealth ak\'afijfing every one fii%}f Klondike,—N. Y. Bun.” - . O L m g L e L S ./ ° | Seals Love Music. »\%fij The well-known love of seals for n % sical sounds often leads to “their destruction. When the Lsmg sces none of his prey about he begins' whistling, and sooner or Jater is stire to attract an appreciative seul within reach of hisharpoon. Lying at full length at the edge of the ice he continues whistling low, plaintive, calling notes,’an presently a few of the animals will draw LLrEeE L e eet ' g&fi%éf%%“’ S s‘*ss3’3"&:“‘»’?’*“’»’ et LT SR :