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THE MONROE ADVERTISE J©
VOL XXXIX
vrerror?! E 3 .
Til'' bravest man H h* irlin otih,
Through ? p report no 1 III,
In In t!ie darkest hour,
A self-reliant vril’,
I.»t com*’ what may, no coward ii<
I’or faring fair* »jVr f*>arl**«s!y.
If" brave* the most t St"OU V.
other may falter by the way,
Others may faint au 1 fa! 1 . ,.
but '.award eYr he rn«-*ts th* vror*t,
f fid nobly i ooq tiers all.
He known that fertile clouds above
Tin Mars e’er ihliie, and grandly provo
Thu I nadir:-* m*•** of God’* love.
Vi hoe** r, in the ranks ol Trot 1 *,
Hhnll *trfy > to reach the
A ad the Right to victor) - ,
l i honor to the Man.
No laggard b , no slothful on-,
For every <l**y j I lieguf
Ife t'lileth till his work Is don".
Though forluiiH ill mi I <-nn s opt*’
T migh sorrow come and p - * e,
II" Li ows there fs in ever) - grim
v etorv to y-iin.
H" r ..In, "iicoiiragrment to tin
l hi*, warning pr- opt -m l> t niiu I
If n po puinis lo.'for- ,* I book not behind
" * ,n would lib 's noblest triumphs win.
''lust -druggie forth*; Right,
An I 11 ", win n Wrong and Sin assail,
A hero in the fight;
.-'•that, when "art'i anl night arc o’er,
,fiH f, | ’> ’hull walk that shining shore
Where t rouble ■ometh nevermore.
- Caleb Dunn, In New York Lodger.
MVINfi A GHOST,
E were a merry
party of seven
young people, niul
were spending onr
summer vacation
in t he Isle of Man.
M i 1<e, *ur a requirements holiday resi
dance ^ie
Klmuhl deft pretty
, . ..
^ D* w «e, a seaside
-" AM vo-v t place and a cheap
of .... place. In the days
w ucn t speak Kanmey combined all
*. f ” ' ,u * rt 8os. Our little party
'•oi)M d. ,| ol my sister and myself,
1 lire* .'oitng gii !s win, were in our j
J 11 ' 1 m ‘ Nonth American boys,
" " patents bad placed them av i i
ni) mot ho,, ii> Dirk head, on leaving
' “'T' lu “ Dim home. M v mother
wp unable to leave home that r sum-
1 the _
nuT i o wm eldest of the little
holiday party, and I was not vet
twenty years of age. Yet T was the
%«t'per*>t the purse, the matron, the
representative of authority, order,
discipline, in am* little community,
AY e 1 u**l very nice lodgings In a beauti
lul position, facing the sea. They
but were Hi*- more expensive then we wished,
fact that the only other lodger
was a quiet old lady, who lived there
winter and summer, and made it, in
Lift, her homo, decided us to take the
rooms. \\’o were all so young that 1
" W. lM ,, »•“ «'<• t" he where m,i,y
...mnuonirta or ohjoetionahle young |
I'M'lile imgilt share the house. All
went I lit? 1 Jilessautly fer the flrst few d.vs.
m>V 8 ieir • *.
...... "T V
I.„tl,in-'n,ul 1,1. n t r„
tug s thev \ wm ver ileai bojs- and in the
<• veilings which I insisted we should
a! 1 spend together, they were the life
^ttle party. O nr landUdy de
I ..u.. "penl\ that we were the incest
lodgers Me lmd ever had, and our fel- !
1,nv the <,u l“'ly—visited !
, ls
!” "\ dsotnc U jmrtor. She was n tall,
t ohl lady, very thin, with
S larp nquilmo features and large,
glittering black eyes.
“Mv von-iU.’mvdnTrLlk dears ’’ sbo i ..i .
see wavsof'thJX, ofT, .1
pi.ue. S',™ i (in, of course,
* u i
Here she looked around onr circle
and finally fixed her eyes on Edward,
w u* answered with a little nervous
lock j" '!f my ‘ door. ’ no, ma’am, I never
.lecd.”! "a the oTly'.'^il ° M U 1 0 " "* n ' A"' t0
keep out” ‘ '
‘ What ma’am ,J ” ask qri ^7*7,’ , Rft „ fT
waitin’*’ K HniluTr r •« «'-* r ,0r " ,C ° W
I
“ I'he iiraimn ‘ i K v the ,, draught. *, . ,
' ’ >
l.'i.,,.,., Kni.l'.o v ?i,. . °l HMlI
I v *
so -
rati, ir\ . n textra air
WHS 1 r^i'!*. V' u, sht’ i
i * .
_ n r- t0 find that
Uiv-.ir Y u ' vt ’° the old
■'* ^ ” 0111 ’.on had wandered to my
smter Carry.
h»,eW<,),I,.l),,.r. ' Y 'I'V 10 ?ai< ^' abruptly, “you
* , -
• 1" .'. h, " k *’• “*•*■»?" Mid
Aam modestly
«ul rail,. the old w'',”/ lady, C °’ in lr3; an 1 angry ‘ W »' ! tone. «*."
Anj ,.nc mi.-Ut covet such hatr.”
l{er wicked stster has often coveted
". said I. laughing.
nr . is:t, r coked at me sharply :
then 1 ""T ’ -ratJ'tly said to Carry :
.... be ». Vised, dear,
door my yon lock your
rht at ntght. and left the room.
boys at once exploded in up
roanou- laughter while the pntrled
mo.
)at erto she mean, and why
S r: Slie hf o,r de/es’not sr *-l“ t
W’.,e! surely lueiui that
\vt* should lock our floors against each
other?”
* ‘For fear your wicked sister should
cut off your hair, eh, Carry?”
At this moment a a telecran telegram was w
brought . which made
m us forget all
about tin old lady. It told us to be
read) em lx next morning for a drive
to lee!, as a cousin of mother’s, an*
old clergyman, of whom we w « re xery
foml, would bring a carriage for us
immediately after breakfast. All was
now hustle aud preparation, the land
ludy taking orders and giving advice
as to the substantia] cold lunch which
1 wished unely packed and ready to
go with us, and very el* vcrly the land
lady cat* red for us, and very content
Were onr hungry party the next day,.
FORSYTH. MONROE COUNTY, OA TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH •> * . 1894.
j I sights* when, r the Ion driv end Uio
•. and thril i in r I ales ol t he
1 dungeon nt Ur.', Castle, and *»;' t!
spectre 1 d< >g mu at the ruins
very content wore nil to sit round my
snowy cloth on the groi n and partake
of the good things spread thereon.
“.Shall von dream of the spectral
.
• a-.a A ( ilium Goodman, laugh*
ini, as we drove home nt hut through
the i *' flight.
Ihm I ta'ic if it. said Ulxrt,
lounger of the hoi's. It is all very
| daylight, well. vhilo but we ar by-and ■ here by, together in Ed- the
when
ward and 1 an aloue ;u that horrid
little dark , room o ours —
“Lo-k vour door,” mid Edward inn
i sepulchral voice*.
Olt, I dare say, ^ said Carry, with
j h nervous shiver; “but you can t lock
i out a ghost.
B'e got home l-*to and very tired _J,
and went at once t< mv rooms. Half
! nn hour afterwards just as 1 was put
ting out my candle, Carrie came in in
her dressing gown, with her beautiful
hair down her back. Carrie really is
a pretty girl, and her hair JK wonder
ful. ft fell in bright soft ripples
nearly to her knees,
“Jane,” she said, coaxingly, “do
let me sleep with you to-night.”
“This hot night!” 7 I exclaimed;
“why, Carry, how uncomfortable we
should be.”
“Do let me, Jane! Somehow I can
think oi nothing but that horrid dog.
I shad not close an eye ii * am alone.”
Of course i h-t her stay with me,
and in five minutes avc were both
asleep.
Ne vt morning when we all met at
break last, I asked, laughingly, if all
of them had “locked their doors.’
The girls laughed and shook their
heads.
“No one, T suppose, saw the spec*
tral dog? ’ said Carry.
The girls again shook their heads,
but Edward colored and looked away.
“Edward,” said “;irry*,“you look
guilty; I am glad some one else was
afraid. I was too frightened to sleep
alone, and went in to Jane. ”
was not frightened,” said .Ed
ward, indignantly, “but it came to
me. I saw and felt ii.
“Saw it!” exclaimed all the girls at
once. “Oh, what was it like? Had
it fiery eyes? Did it not feel cold and
i k*: ? AY hat did it say, or did
iwvfily bark?'
how lovely to really know
someone 1 wh<> ? with his own, eyes, be
held a ghost!’ - •- —- -
J-4t"A?Nme from your room, anyhow,
M;* that 4 1 ,Carry. The night was so hot
*!>•<«•? restless and could not sleep,
and as f lay awake 1 heard your room
door shut and something trail itself
across the lobby; and then my door
gently opened and something dim, and
tall, and black, entered and came
towards the bed. ’
“Horrible ! Did you start up? Did
you scream? AYe heard no noise.”
“Xo,“ said Edward, “somehow it
lie. fosdnnlo .till »n,l 1 mo welch »,„1 I it. felt There thnt I mu»t j
«„» very
little light, so i only saw itlihe‘a :
darker sfiot in tho darkness, moving
slowly toward the hod."
rpj jv 1 *i ‘ s'" i • vered : Carry ;
a
f,. , "*?,**, “ *" so tobrc “ t
’
the spoil, 1 said.
“But the spectral dog could not look
tall, Edward, though, of course, it I
would look big.” i
“How can you tell?” said Carry,
“you never saw a spectre. Wh o did !
it do, Edward?”
“it glided over toward the bed. I j
could hear it breathe quite distinctly.”
“I did not know that spectres
breathed,” said I.
1 l"', e ,
'
wonder Jl, 1 it j, , F till iu”!', not t go p T’ to von. t ,,: v" No
Edward continued his talc.
“H stood up, tall and dim and dark,
beside the bed, thou it slowly bent
over, felt ray head with its black paws,
heaved a deep sigh, then slowly raised
ID!/ ' Vt " ii * UM
i i long l breaths r oi won
t 'i S " i tnCP tU °“ *" » n bC8 , Utt ' S m 77^7^ *° t "’" i “
'
“Well," . I sa . : d at last, “if there is
going to be nothing but ‘spectral con
versation’ 1 shall go and hunt up
Canon Goodman and get him to tal\'
mo for a breezy walk on tho hills to
blow all this nonsense out of mv
brains.” '
Tn the afternoon our old follow
Io.lgcr, )lr, 0«fc, ramein to us.
Her eve, looked blacker and more
glistening than ever, and her manner
certainly very odd. She asked
Carry it the noise oi the sea did not
prevent her sleeping, as it had been a
rough night.
"Oh. I.said, "Carry came in to me
last nighhf and you knows my room is
a! the bams of the house and awav
from the sea." '
".Ah. Miss Carry has changed her
room."
"Only for one night, ” Isaid. "They
were all made nervous by hearing the :
legend f of the spectral ' dog at Peel Cas
^ - e T Uy i ?*■ c, r r u r
’* ^ , ‘°
I
“Then now you will lock y anr floor ?”
said Mrs. Consadine. I
**r^i “indeefl it l shall i ii not, . said , r, Carry,
*'~r* imagine f bad lockid
it in with me.
“Locked it in—with yon and that
beautiful hair. Yes, I &ee ; it would
be most-imprudent.
On hearing this speech Carry
glanced at Edward, and catching his
eye they both tittered audibly. For
tunately the landlady just then
knocked it the door, and asked Mrs.
(to apeak to her, so she left
us without noticing tho. two young!
people’s rudeness.
That night 1 wakened with a sod
den intently. start I and heard sat up in in bed, listening^ ,
the stillness a low
moan from. the direction of
room, an la moment after the words:
“Ob Jane, come to me”—not
screamed, but sent, as it were, by
mere for 2 a of their fervor—through
th** intervening space to inv car. Not
waiting to strike a match, I was in an
j instant in her room, .the door of which
T found open. She was lying quite
still, moaning most pitiably: “Oh,
Jane, Jane 1 come to me. ’
“My dearest, I am here,” I raid,
taking her in my arms. .“What
wrong"' Are yon ill or in pain ?”
“Oh, Jane, it has been here, just as
! Edward described it I Oh, take ine
into vonr room; let us go away from
this horrible place,
Of course I understood that my poor
little sister had had a nightmare, and
that it was uo use reasoning with her
just then, so I led her to my room,her
eyes hidden on my shoulder, lest even
i 111 Fne darkness she should see the
dreaded shape. Once in my bed,
wrapped her in my arms and by de
d rp(, s she ceased to tremble, and in
little time wo wore both quietly
asIoc l-’*
We did not wake till nearly break
fast time, and were dressing hurriedly
when suddenly it struck me that there
was something very unusual * about
Carry’s head.
“Carry,” I said, “what have you
done to your hair?”
“Done to my hair?” said Carry.
“Nothing.”
| “That is nonsense, my dear] just
look at your hair.”
j Carry went to the glass,
. “Then, Jane,” she said, turning a
white, awe-stricken face to me—“Jane,
it was no dream ; something did lean
over me in the night and touch my
hair,
“Some one has played a wicked,
practical joke,” I said angrily; “and,
: besides frightening you most cruelly,
has quite spoiled the front of your
hair. One side is cut off; of course,
| now you must cut the other side and
wear a horrid fringe. Mother will be
angry when you go home to her with
a fringe. ”
j Poor Carry began to cry and at that
*
moment the breakfast bell rang.
There was no help for it—a lock had
| to be cut off the left side of her hair
to make it correspond with the now
j shorn coudition of the right side. I
I locked the long, siiken tress carefully
away, aud Carry combed her fringe
over her white forehead, and was con
soled to findg|jHl she looked prettier
than ever. iW - we entered
the breakfast-room every one ciied
out: look with “Oh, fringe!” MmCirrr, h*»vcjjijj&^os
a
Carry so" was too indignant to answer,
and was I. One of the horrid
young wretches had certainly played
this cruel trick, and probably all the
others were in the secret. I. resolved
to say nothing about it till I could
consult with Canon Godman as to the
best punishment for them, but in the
mean time I really could not brine
myself to speak L to them. Onfortn
n.telv the non h.d gone to Douglas
for the day, so justice eould not over
take the evil-doers till his return. In
the mean time I was disgusted ° with
hypocrisy. . . rni They talked -
ie,r as
though they l.eheved Carry had her
self cut oft her front hair lust to see
how she would look with a fringe.
Carry kept her temper admirably,
never answered them, and never ah
luded to the occurrences of the night, w^
but. of course, they all saw that
were not friends with them, and the
more they tried to get back again into
favor the more indignant I felt and
the more I longed for the Canon’s re
turn, ’ that .“A they mmht ? reap 1 the conse- 1
qneneea of their wickedness . ,
I'vaemnetly working that evening.
soon after the lamps were lighted,
suddenly I heard Edward’s voice at
the door, asking earnestly if I would
speak to him. I thought he was go
ing to confess what he* knew* of last
night’s work, so I went to him at
“Miss Jane, he said, “something
very queer is going on in Mrs.
sadine ’ B room 1)0001110 to the win
’
I answered indignantly . ,. . that . _ I was
not “in the habit of intruding on the
privacy of ladies, not of spying
through their windows. ”
’ ’But it is dangerous, said Edward,
“She has a candle, and I feel quite
sure she has some of Miss Carry’s
hair-anyhow, it is like ‘
just it.”
A light, Sn dim, but distinct, began to
J.wu mr bewilder^ mind. I took
E.ltvard ge'ntlv me' by toe hand.
"Show the window,’' I said.
We went quietly together round to the
side of the house. Edward leaned
aeross the little balcony and drew
back the trailing sfreened sprays of creeper
which partly the window
from my view, and I save poor Airs.
Consadine, with flowers on her head. of'
a candle in one but 1 and a tress
Oarrv’s golden hair in the other,
dancing before a large mirror, talking
to herself and to the back of her hah
alternately, bnt often going danger
near to the lace curtains which
ia,h
placed.^The*' ^My ha’d
evidently been aware of her propensity
for wandering through ,? the house at
night, . and had . resliy wished ...
rotJots; us to
lock ber out of onr but torily ’
she had coveted my sister s lovely
hair, and had contrived in the night
to possess herself of a tress, which was
a cherished thing. I need
tell of my indignant remonstrance
with the landlady for treacherously
us unwarned of the mental
of her lodger, nor of the
and humble apologies with
she propitiated me.
“The poor old lady was quite harm
would not hurl a fly—only she
pretty things, and the young
beautiful hair was too much for j j
poor dear to withstand, and if she
n -f, t:, yoivi-irtiv
looked mor s we *r than ever with
I her pretty lrn kjo no harm were
done, but in a hUTTmei* ol speaking,
only good.”
Will it be believed that it was
Carry’s view of the’ subject also ; that
she begged and prayed of me not to
give up the lodgings; that from that
(lav she took the ’’poor dear,’’as she
called Mrs. Onusadiue, under hei
special protection," find that finally,
when at the end offour holidays v.o
were leaving Ramsey, she presented
her, as a part tug iiomljk gift,, wi th the othei
“ lock of hair.— Crosses.
„ _____
iYI.SE YPjIJ1)S.
Few, save the poor, feel for the poor.
A lover's eve will gaze au eagle
: blind.
Onr enemies arc Mur outward eon
sciences,
If thou wouldst be home with, then
bear with others. ***'
Character is a dianSund that scratches
j every other stone. Jgjq
j The truly sublinp is always easy
j and always natural. W I
Be generous. Meanness means ene¬
mies and breeds distrust.
; The discernment; of sfelf-interest re
quies superior intelligence.
] The recording angqt never seeks in¬
j i' formation from a gll£>stone.
Hin iu its own clgihes would never
I find a place to stay aUjiight.
Some men never learn the difference
between education and conceit.
rr J , he usual , foriun^^ . , ™. complaint . . , . to ,
is
excite contempt mo\, than pity.
He that will watch providence shall
never want provider*o to watch.
Cut off a roosters spurs, and you
take the italics all ond of his crow.
) AVhen we are pnti«4&. with some peo
pie ‘ it is only a successful utituan pretense.
Human nature i.\ nature on
the throne a* weii ,« I in the gutter.
A ..... million persons weed , one dollar „
to Character ° 11C " ho needs is sour a JwjW t hing oli dollars. that other
people’s lives have',-brought out in us.
The people wlKw*Wish they were
Read are very cai’iffbi ot what they
eat. "ft ■ * .
Dwarfing ----. Japan.
: The dwaCph' plants
art of ^ is so lit
j tie known in otheiCt at a short
j description of its pH given by
Garden and Fore t • Junes may
..os,
ant of all trees in JLs.m, and
care is taken in their cultivation and
preservation. 'They are generally
grown from seed, and great care is
taken to select the choicest quality of
seed. In the spring of the second
year, when the seedlings are about
eight inches in height, they are staked
with bamboo canes and tied with rice
. ‘he ,, plants , , . bemg ■ l.snt differ
m
de5Ir f le 8hi "- >e “' X " the “ est «
. *t°
*, 1 1 11 . f
“? . ,, “ tS . ,
twistccl and tied in futicifnl forms. r
Tim mode of treatment is given until
the seventh ‘i Tc „, when the tree will
1 JV^ ed ta *• lrl • i i. lar proportions , •
0 ftSSU “ .A „ e
, . .« graceful
ie "lanones -’emg tainet in
iTZT 1 ' * a<i ' JZ! Thn /:/' '1 ’ ftlw T
•"
S®?, ^7 7 .1 m diameter ’ I an( A \. ^ are 7 kept ?
.
7eat77e ' mnstbc taken to^keep new
Xv. nt . ] lpr i Afj or . r
three tiiree .-A v-ai- eai » of °t this this treatment treatment the the tr-es trees
are virtually dwarfed, there being no
growtli thereafter. The ffwariing of
Uamboo is anotUor important branch
-c t ^ ■ ^ . .
*7-7 7^777*7 > ! tiun.vs 7.1 measuie about
-
“ *\ _“ ^ ‘
■ x
fiv C week* when the if slants wind 7t some t?cd
stem ^
shoots grow strong enough, thev are
all cut off five or six inches from the
main trunk, they ' are then dug up Un and
IK-tted iu rami. Care should be
not to use any fertilizer, but plenty
of water should be given. Cut off the
large shoots every'year in May or
June, and after three years the twigs
and leaves will present admirabievel
low and green tints.
Machine Fingers and Thumbs.
A . ”i ^>“ The t “ Oere‘hat Di ', 1 f 1 ? u machinery f aM Company cannot
Connection t has just completed two
?'*'=hme S capableoteount 1 ug»ndb,nd
p l»nte "00,000 postal carets m
te “ hours. Tuepostal ca ds are printed
“d ent by another machine, out this
one counts them and makes them ,nto
P ac --) ’ “ ! !
t D "io o pa. s oi . .. ne mac tue ar
l :f ue
bngers “ d b ’ “ ***?’
» *T»PP*i4! tbc Mrrow .trip t of pnper
“L 0 ?, 0 ’ 1 c,cb P acb ’ T,te paper is pulled
off tbe f el bj , ' r ° sle “' Ier bu ;
-’ r ". K a eom '' -f -’l’ 1 ' ' *N ^ 1
) ’
tj 1 " - ape- d ot J
; ’
.
ntneilege to Oe narrow shop of paper
tvlniied^abou ,Y ^ l ‘ 1 th- ""4 pack of ' card* ” a
thumb comes up and presses the muci- .
, . ■, Commcrli/l ___i i ■
Thirl Finger ot the Lett Hand.
The women of the ancients wore th^ir
rings on every finger, but as many as
could be worn at once were clustered
upon the third finger of the left hand,
which was believed to bs invested with
a peculiar power because of an artery
leading through it from the heart,
The Egyptians, Grecians and Roman ;
all had this superstition, and many per
sons possess it to this day, using that
finger to apply lotions, believing it
free from poison.—Detroit Free Press.
I OF THE TINNEES,
f THE FAR
1 3IVILIZED INDIANS OF
NORTHWEST.
They Subscribe For a Paper Primed
in Their Own Language and III; .0
a Postal System.
A AVAY to the Northwest oi
America in the mysterious
corner of British Columbia,
bordered by “unexplored
territory” and hemmed in by mighty
mountains, dwells a race of ted men
who daily grow more numerous, who
have made themselves proficient in
many of the arts of peace, and who,
is they become known in their customs
md conditions, must excite the won¬
der and attention of the civilized
world. The people are known to the
few travelers who have found their
way among them as the Tinnees, and
the*y have their “civilization” infrequent communi¬
cation with chiefly
through, the Hudson Bay Company
posts at Fort George and Fort Fraser.
Their morals are more strictly guarded
than are those of any white Nation of
to-day; they esteem cleanliness both
of person and surroundings as they
do courage; and they have a saying
that “to desert a friend is worse than
to slay him. ”
The last white visitors to the home
of the Tinnees were the men compos¬
ing the Government survey party sent
north last summer under A. L. Pou
drier, which has recently returned.
The appended notes of the chief of
the expedition give some interesting
facts concerning the Tinnees and the
land th Lmense live in .
. * The country north of the
fifty-fourth scribed parallel, generally de
as the ‘lake region,’ is hardly
known to the present generation,
Years ago, during the gold excitement
hi Omineca, a great deal ot trade and
travel was taketi'-that way, and neavly
tUo pioneers arc_ familiar with
the wonderful scenery of the section.
“Since the gold boom the only in
habitants of this extensive country
have been Indians and a few Hudson
Bay Company employes, The natives
are known as the Tinnees, this name
including the whole race, some of the
representatives of which inhabit the
country east of the Rocky Mountains,
peopling the lake region proper
and still others living as far to the
south as the Chilcotin River. The
race is divided into many families:
First, the Chilcotins, living on the
plain, of that name; then the ‘Car
N?? ‘nortenr ^V rround Fort
oiccames
the Nahanies, occupying the country
north and east of the Nechaco River,
“In language the Tinnees have no
relationship with the other tribes oi
the North, but, curiously, Indians liv
ing ‘ as far south as California (the
Navajoes, for example), or in Okla
homa, the Chilcotees, speak a tongue
very similar to that of the Tinnees.
“Of late years a young and ener¬
getic missionary, Father Morrice, of
Stuart Lake, has been giving his time
and talents to the upbuilding of a
Tinnees Nation which shall compare
not unfavorably in many ways with
that of the whites, The mother
tongue of the Tinnees, which is ex¬
ceedingly rich in expression, has been ,
through his efforts reduced to a sys¬
tem of phonetic writing, the charac¬
ters being remarkable for the simplic¬
ity and from the fact that they rest
rather than weary the eye of the
reader. The written language is so
simple and so systematic that a child
or a man may with equal facility learn
to read or write it to perfection. Not
one of the tribe, from a child of six
to the old men and women of three
score aud ten, is unable to-day to
either read or write.
“The phonetic Tinnees is employed
by the Indians in their correspond¬
ence—for they have risen to the dig¬
nity of a postal system of their own—
in the marking of signs for the guid¬
ance of travelers and explorers, and in
the hundred and one other ways fa¬
miliar to civilized Nations.
“To-further develop the theory and
render its success more complete
Father Morrice, with the aid of the In¬
dians, had .special types cast from his
own designs, bought a printing press
md three years ago printed and pub¬
lished several elementary works on the
language and history of the Nation.
For the past two years he has been is¬
suing a monthly newspaper, to which
every Indian in the vast district is a
willing subscriber. It is called the
News. Its first page is devoted ex¬
clusively to local affairs, such as hunt¬
ing and trapping and all else which
may practically interest the commun¬
ity in which it circulates. Another
portion is devoted to. religious sub¬
jects, and the remainder of its sixteen
pages of space treats of the world in
general, a great deal of attention be¬
ing paid to science, the customs and
manners of foreign countries, useful
inventions, etc.
“There is,” says Mr. Poudrier, “no
other part of the province where the
Indians are so highly civilized, so
truthful and so honest—rare qualities
indeed for an Indian race. One great
advantage traceable to the publication
of the News is the development of a
taste for and a knowledge of agricul¬
ture. The hunting and trapping are
nearing an end in the lake region, and
the natives see that the resource which
they must in future look to is farming.
The new generation is fast becoming
a community of scientific tillers of the
soil. Were all the Indians of America
in so advanced a state they would at
no time be a cause of anxiety; the
Government would never be called
upon to supply their wants, and the
white brother conld learn not a little
from .them that be does not now
know.”
Iu fourteen States and Territories
oi th j Union marriage between firsi
cousins is forbidden by law.
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.
Birds with long legs have short
tails.
The pitcher plant snares insects and
swallows then*, but does not digest
them.
Snakeproof aluminum boots have
been tried in Florida swamps and are
a success.
A French surgeon removed a bullet
from the eye of a child without de¬
stroying the sight of the optic'.
If a well could be dug to a depth of
forty-six miles the air at the bottom
would bo as dense as quicksilver.
In the northwestern pattof Colorado
there is a region several hundred
square miles in extent which is a vast
deposit of petrified fish.
The “tartar” on human teeth is
filled with animalcule, which are de
stroyed by vinegar. Vinegar itself
contains eel-like insects.
A writer on elephants declares that
when very hot the elephant will insert
his trunk into his throat, draw up
water and sprinkle it over his back.
The cause of the superstition con
corning the opal is found in the fact
that this gem is very liable to split,'
and consequently to become worth¬
less,
There have been more remains of
mastodons and other extiuct mam
moths found in Ichtucknee River, I
Florida, than any other stream in the ’
world.
tlie A- poet H. Savage Landor, Landor, has recently grandson returned ot J j
from a prolonged sojourn among the
hairy Ainus of Yezo, Japan. The aver-,
age height of these people is 62inches'
for men and 58; inches for women. i
The aits of collecting precisions,
storing and preserving food, domesti¬
cating and managing flocks and cap¬
turing slaves are quite as well under¬
stood by animals and insects as by man
in the earlier stages of his civilization.
The California woodpecker is an in¬
sect eater. Yet in* view of the ap¬
proach of winter, it prepares a store
of food of a wholly different character
and arranges this with as much care
as an epicure might devote to the
storage erf his wine in a cellar.
A grower of pineapples claims valua¬
ble medicinal properties for the juice
of that fruit, confidently asserting
that it will cure indigestion, no matter
how severe, aud has proven itself tc
contain wonderful tonic and restora¬
tive qualities for a weak stomach. It
relieves, and, so to speak, warms and
-rtttt* organ,-, „
A red-hot wire of platinum has foi
many years past been used for cutting
various organic substantances, but i1
is stated iu the London Chemical New.*
that Mr. AVarren has discovered a new
use for this method and employs a wirt
heated by an electric current to saw
the hardest kinds of wood. At first the
wire would break, but he remedied t li is
by using a steel core platinum-plated
by a solution of platinic chloride in
either.
A Man AYItli a Slow Heart.
It is generally supposed that when
a man’s heart pulsation goes down to
forty a minute death will soon follow
unless restoratives are applied. Tuomas
Lyons, of Benton Harbor, Midi., is a
notable exception.
He is fifty-six years old, of dropsical
tendency, and weighs 200 pounds. He
was taken with dizzy spells about two
years ago. His pulse ran down tc
sixty, and everybody thought he was
going to die. AVhen physicians came
from Chicago they found him with a
forty-a-minute pulse, which soon sank
to thirty-six and thirty-four. There
seemed to be no hope for Lyons, who
arranged his temporal affairs and pre¬
pared for the worst. Electrical cur¬
rents were applied, but the pulse only
sank lower, reaching thirty. All sorts
of restoratives were applied. They
seemed to have the opposite effect.
Further down sank the pule to twenty
eight, twenty-four, twenty-two, twen¬
ty-one, twenty, even to eighteen, and
yet all this time Mr. Lyons was, to all
appearances, strong and well.
For over a year now he lias been in
this condition, his pulse wavering be¬
tween eighteen and twenty-two, and
he has been at work almost every day
in his shop. He said to-day that he
expected to live several minutes after
he is dead, from the fact that his hear!
is getting so slow that its work will be
done before he is notified.—Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
Coronets,
English noblemen are the only one,
in Europe who ever ivear coronets or
their heads, and the sole occasior
when they do so is at the coronation
of the sovereign. They hold them ir.
their hands through the ceremony,
and at the moment when the Arch¬
bishop of Canterbury places the croAvu
uiioii the monarch’s head every peer
and peeress present dons his or hex
coronet.
Inasmuch as nearly half of the House
of Lords is composed of peers created
by Queen Victoria, it is probable thal
none of them has taken the trouble tc
provide himself with the silver coronet,
lined Avith crimson velvet, of his rank,
and were the Queen to die and the
Prince of Wales to ascend the throne,
there would doubtless be a run on the
court silversmiths for baubles ox this
character.
The baron’s coronet, Avorn by tin
poet, Lord Byron, at the coronatioi
of George IV., and which Avas rnanu
factured for the occasion, and is nov
in this country and Avas in the posses
siou of the late proprietor of the Phila
delphia Ledger, Avho converted it int<
a chafing dish for the humble vege
table known as the potato, having re
moved the velvet cap from the insich
and turned it upside down, so that th'
four silver balls constitute the sup¬
port of the chafing dish. •-Vogue.
Tilt) HJRl> Oi.' FREEDOM,
SOMETHING- ABOUT EAC-I.ES AND
THEIR WAYS.
They Arc Fond of Their Homo, and
Live <o a Gi't’al Age I’arejil
Eagles Arc Good Providers.
T i y 11E cording great to golden the Detroit eagle, Free ac¬
1’ress, is one of I he most dis
-* tinguislied members of its
mighty family. It is found in many
parts of the world, a kingly inhabit
ant of mountainous regions, where it
builds its nest on rocky crags accesst
ble only to the most daring hunter,
Some large specimens which have,
been captured have measure < nearly
four feet in length, while in mae
niticent wings expanded from eight to
’-fine loot,
The nest of this inhabitant of the
mountains is not neatly made lii.e
those of smaller birds, but is a huge
mass of twigs, dried grasses, brambles,
and hair heaped together to form a
bed for the little ones. Hero the
mother bird lays three, or four large,
white eggs speckled with brown, Tho
young birds are almost coal black, and.
only assume the golden and brownish
tinge as they become full grown, which
is not until about the fourth year.
Eaglets two or three years old are do
scribed in books of natural history tv.
ring-tailed eagles and aro sometimes
taken for a distinct species of Mi^royal the
bird, while in reality they tiro
children of the golden eagle tribe,
Eagles rarely change their habitn
tioii, and, unless disturbed, n pair will
inhabit the same nest l’or years, they
live to a great ago; even in captivity
iu royal gardens specimens have been
*» tb,m » lluuaret *
years.
Eagles are very abundant iu Switz¬
erland. Although not bo powerful as
the'great vulture, which also inhabit:!
the lofty mountains, they are bolder
and more enduring. For hours the
golden eagle will soar iu the air high
above the mountain-tops, and move in
wide-sweeping circles with a scarcely
perceptible motion of its mighty wings.
AVhen ou the hunt for prey, it is very
cunning and sharp-sighted. Its shrill
scream rings through tho air, tilling
all the smaller birds with terror. AVhen
it approaches its victim its scream
changes to a quick kik-kak-knk, re ¬
sembling the barking of a clog, and
gradually sinking until sufficiently
near, it darts in a straight line with
the rapidity of lightning upon its prey.
None of the smaller birds and beasts
are safe from its duicin' Raw ny,
wlhbfts S 3 iuf'"
goats, wild birds of all kinds, fall help¬
less victims, for neither the swiftest,
running nor the most, rapid flight can
avail against this king of the air.
The strength of the eagle is such
that it will bear heavy burdens in it.
talons for miles until it reaches its
nest, where the hungry little ones are
eagerly waiting the parent’s return.
Here, standing on the ledge of rock,
tho eagle tears the food into morsels,
which the eaglets eagerly devour. It
is a curious fact that near an eagle’*
nest there is usually a storehouse or
larder—some convenient ledge of rock
—where tho parent birds lay up hoards
of provisions. Hunters have found
remains of lambs, young pigs, rab¬
bits, partridges and other game
heaped up ready for the morning meal.
Over its hunting ground the eagle b
king. It fears neither bird nor beasl,
its only enemy being man. l'n Switzer
land, during the winter season, when
the mountains are snow-bound, the
eagle will descend to the plain in
search of food. When driven by
hunger, it will seize on carrion, and
even fight desperately with its own
kind for the possession of: the desired
food. Swiss hunters tell many stories
of furious battles between eagles over
the dead body of some poor chamois
or other mountain game.
Eagles are very affectionate and
faithful to their little ones as long ns
they need care; but once the young
eaglets arc alile to take care of them¬
selves, the parent birds drive them
from the nest, and even from
the hunting ground. The young
birds are often taken from the
nest by hunters, who with skill
and daring scale the rocky Lights •
during the absence of the parents
which return to find a desolate and
empty nest. Bnt it goes hard with
the hunter if the keen eyes of the old
birds discover him before he has
made his safe descent with his booty.
Darting at him with terrible fury,
they try their utmost to throw him
from the cliff ; and unless In; be well
armed and use his weapons with, skill
and rapidity, his position is one of tho
utmost peril. tamed
The young birds are easily ;
and the experiment has already been
tried with some success of using them
as the falcon, to assist in hunting
game. inhabitant of
The golden eagle is an
the Rocky Mountains, but is very
seldom seen farther eastward. Audu¬
bon reports having notic* 1 single
pairs in the Alleghanic-, in Maine,
and even in the valley of the Hudson ;
but such examples are very rar- for
this royal bird is truly a er ature ot
the mountains. It fears neither eoR
nor tempestuous winds nor icy soli
tndes.
The eagle’s plume is an old and
famous decoration of warriors aud
chieftains, and is constantly alluded
to, especially in Scottish legend and
song. The Northwestern Indiana
ornament their headdresses and their
weapons Avith the tail feathers of the
eagio, and institute limits iov til© bird
with the sole purpose of obtaining
them. Indians prize these feathers su
highlv that they Avill barter a valuable
horse for tho tail of a single bird.
Tut* best emeralds found in the
United .States come from North Caro¬
lina,
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