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W. B. MINCEY, Editor.
YOL. H.
Work has already begun on the elew
jnth census.
An International Congress of Geogra¬
phers is to be held in Paris during th<
summer.
The Nebraska Supreme Court has de¬
cided that mortgages on growing corn are
invalid.
The Louisville Courier-Journal calls fot
a free delivery mail system for the farm¬
ing communities.
About, fifteen companies are reported
to have been organized during the past
few weeks to build cotton mills in the
South.
The New York Telegram estimates that
there has been in three years a twenty-
five per cent, decrease in prison inmates
in prohibition Iowa.
One may stand on top of the Eiffel
Tower in Paris, they say, and be entirely
out of a heavy storm that rages at a lower
level. The structure is 984 feet high.
The statement is made, says the At¬
lanta Constitution , that not more than five
eminent scientists in the United States re¬
ject the Darwinian theory of evolution.
Our couutry is not altogether defence¬
less on laud. The Centennial demon¬
strated that 70,000 militiamen can be as¬
sembled in New York within fifteen
hours.
The Chicago Journal thinks that the
coming census may shown decrease in the
population of some of the States. It pre¬
dicts a falling off in some of the New
England States and in the two Caroliuas.
Both France and England have decided
that the female sex has not the necessary
intelligence to make proper use of the
ballot. And still American girls run af¬
ter those fellows! indignantly exclaims
the Detroit Free Press.
At a recent banquet in New Yol k Gov¬
ernor Buckner, of Kentucky, said that
after the surrender at Appomattox General
Grant followed him into the woods, and
■offered him the use of all his funds and
food for the comfort of himself and his
men.
Cincinnati firemen gave a ball the other
'evening and an alarm left the maids and
matrons without partners while the fire¬
men worked for three hours in -white ties
and 1 -swallow tail” coats iu the line of
duty. Both the ladies and the fire were
put out.
The revival of the spelling bee promises,
thinks the Atlanta Constitution, no end
of innocent and hearty amusement. There
is more genuine enjoyment in one of
these contests than there is iu a hundred
walking matches or other tests of physical
strength.
The wives of the foreign ministers at
Peking, China, must have been highly
flattered to receive portions of the State
dinner at their homes. This was the
nearest approach to recognition that they
have any hope of in a country where the
woman is never deemed worthy to appear
in public.
It is of some interest to recall the fact
that Ramsey says in liis ‘ ‘Life oi Wash¬
ington'’that Washington’s mother “was
from the influence of long established
habits so far from being partial to the
American revolution that she often re¬
gretted the side her son had taken in tire
controversy between her King and hei
country.”
A railway company in Texas, which
has 7,000,000 acres of good land to sell
on easy terms, has agents drumming
' among- the disappointed boomers. As all
Oklahoma contains less than 1,900,000
acres, there should be no trouble, remarks
the Detroit Free. Press , in accommodating
the overflow’. “There is a little food fot
thought, too,” it adds, “in the possession
of so much land by a railway corpora¬
tion.”
The ancient Japanese custom of Hari-
Kari, or Happy Despatch, has received a
set-back. For centuries it has been the
custom for officials of high rank who may
have offended their sovereign to disem¬
bowel themselves upon intimation from
the Mikado. Not long ago an old and
' trusted official wounded the feelings of
the monarch and the next day an officer
brought him the fatal sword, a mag¬
nificent weapon inerasted with rare jew¬
els. The culprit received the sword,
packed his valuables and took the steamer
for Harve en route to Paris, where he
sold the sword of honor for $30,000.
JASPER, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1881).
LOOK SEAWARD, SENTINEL!
Look seaw-ard, Sentinel, and tell the laud
What you behold
SENTINEL.
I sec the deep-plowed furrows of the main
Bristling with harvest; funnel, and keel,
and shroud,
Heaving and hurrying hither through gale
and cloud,
Winged by their burdens; argosies of grain,
Flocks of strange breed and herds of south¬
ern strain.
Fantastic stuffs and fruits of tropic bloom,
Antarctic fleece and equatorial spice,
Cargoes of cotton, and flax, and silk, and
rice.
Food for the hearth and staples for the
loom;
Huge vats of sugar, casks of wine and oil,
Summoned from every sea to one sole shore
By Empire's sceptre; the converging store
Of Trade’s pacific universal spoil.
And heaving ami hurrying hitherward to
bring
Tribute from every zone, they lift then-
voices,
And as a strong man revels and rejoices,
They loudly and lustily chant, and this the
song they sing:
CHOBUS OF HOME-COMING SHIPS.
From the uttermost bound
Of the wind and the foam
From creek and from sound,
We are hastening home.
We are laden with treasure
From ransacked seas,
To charm your leisure,
To grace your ease.
We have trodden the billows,
And tracked the ford,
To soften your pillows,
To heap your board.
The hills have been Shattered,
The forests scattered,
Our white sails tattered,
To swell your hoard,
Is it blossom, or fruit, or
Seed, you crave?
The land is your suitor,
slave. •
The sea your
We have raced with the swallows,
And threaded the floes
AVhere the walrus wallows
’Mid melting snows;
Sought regions torrid
And realms of sleet,
To gem your forehead,
To swathe your feet.
And behold, now we tender,
With pennons unfurled,
For your comfort and splendor,
The wealth of the world.
—Alfred Austin, in National Review.
BLACK CLOUD’S SON.
A GOVERNMENT RIDER’S STORY.
There will never be another Indian out¬
break serious enough to call for the ac¬
tion of a full regiment of soldiers in sup¬
pressing it. The extermination of the
buffalo was the death-blow to the hostile
Indian. Added to that, the building of
the railroad lines flooded the West with
emigrants, miners, hunters and tourists,
ind the Indian found himself hedged in
by circumstances. The red man is no
longer a warrior. He is down, and down
pretty low, and it is the beginning of the
Jnd. He is doomed to follow the buffalo,
ind his total extinction wall be regretted
only by the few philanthropists who
argued for him as a theory, and never
came in physical contact. *
No human being ever came nearer
being a fiend than an Apache Indian. The
Pawnees, Blackfeet and Cheyennes were
wicked enough, but the Apache had
traits of his own—a fiendishness which
other tribes might imitate but could not
equal. He was born crafty and cruel. He
never had the slightest feeling of mercy
or pity from the cradle to the grave. He
was never so much amused as when assist¬
ing to torture some living thing. He was
never so satisfied as when planning to
take life.
A year previous to the time General
Custer was ordered West to begin a vigor-
ous campaign against the Indians, the
Apaches were in their glory, and they
boasted that they could defeat any force
of soldiers sent against them. I was
scouting and mail-carrying in Texas for
the Government, and after many close
shaves was finally captured by the red
imps. It is of that incident I am going
to write.
A month before my capture I was out
on a scout on the Rio Pecos River, our
party numbering eighteen men. We
were well mounted and moving quickly
from point to point. One day at noon
we went into camp in a grove of cotton
woods, and before I had unsaddled the
lieutenant in command informed me
that he had lost his revolver from its
holster during the last mile of our ride,
and asked me to ride back in search. In¬
stead of riding I returned on foot, and
had the luck to find the weapon only
about a quarter of a mile away, I then
cut across an elbow to reach the grove,
and when within stone’s throw came sud¬
denly upon an Indian pony in a dry gulch,
and at the same instant discovered his
owner crouched behind a boulder with
his back to me and his face to the grove.
I had him under my rifle before he could
turn his head. Indeed, my finger was on
the trigger when I saw that be was a called boy.
He had a rifle in his hands, but I
out to him to lay it down or I would fire,
and after a moment’s hesitation he
obeyed. Then, aa I kept him centered, at
a distance of oafly $even or eight feet, VI
called to the 'men' in the grove, aod
several of them came hurrying down.in
response.
I had captured a son of Black Cloud.
Chief of one of the Apache bands, and
the boy was named after his father. He
“WE SEEK THE REWARD OF HONEST LABOR."
was only fourteen years old, and his
presence there exemplified the ruling traits
of Apache character. Three hours before
he had discovered our party while out
hunting with a party of his own. They
dared not make an open attack, but the
young Chief had sent his people away
and then cut across the country to the
grove, planning that we would halt
there. Single-handed and alone he was
going to pick off the Lieutenant, and
then make his escape to boRst of it. We
had splendid horses and were all old
campaigners, and the boy would not have
had one chance in ten to get away. He
must have realized it, and yet ho was
willing to run the risks. He was greatly
chagrined and cast down by his capture.
We had finished our scout, and were on
our way back to Fort McKavett, and we
determined to carry him in prisoner.
When he was informed of this he earnestly
begged aac to kill him, saying that he
could never hold up his head among his
people again. Had he been wounded
and rendered helpless it would not have
been so bad; but to be taken ns Ik; was
would forever disgrace him. We bound
him fast to his pony, secured the animal
against a break for liberty, and set out
for the fort.
The boy was sullen and defiant for a
time, refusing to answer any questions, him
but after a while, when I had told
that he would not be harmed, and that
his capture under- the circumstances re¬
dounded to his credit, he thawed out a
little. Three hours after his capture we
got sight of r siuglc Indian a mile away
to our right on a knoll, and as we halted
young Black Cloud Informed me that it
wars one of his tribe, who wanted to have
a talk with us. Signals were exchanged
between the two, and the stranger soon
came galloping in. He was one of the
hunting party, and had been dodging us
for twenty miles to find out if the boy
had been captured. He was a fine look¬
ing fellow, and as he halfed in our midst,
and saw the ignoble situation of the boy
his first thought, was to fight for him. I
called his attention to the fact that any
move of his would result in the death of
them both, and then explained how the
youth was captured. Knowing the con¬
ceit of the tribe I spread it on very thick,
alleging that it required our whole force
to make the capture, and it was not ac¬
complished then without a hard tight.'
This falsehood made the boy my friend
for life, while it put the other in better
humor. I stated that young Black Cloud
would be taken to the fort and held
prisoner until exchanged for some white
captive, and gave my word that he would
be well treated meanwhile. He'sent h
message to his father to the effect that he
was not afraid, and hoped to be at lib¬
erty in a few days, and two hours later
we had him safely lodged in the guard
house at the fort. His capture was looked
upon as a good thing, for we knew that
his tribe would gladly exchange two or
three white prisoners for him.
Two weeks after the capture of young
Black Cloud I was called into the
Colonel’s office one evening, and asked if
I thought it possible to get through to
Fort Concho with despatches. The
country was then in the possession of the
hostiles. The Pecos warriors had come
down out of New Mexico to make com¬
mon cause against the whites, and the
Kioways, Cheyennes, Chickasaws, Serni-
noles, and Shnwnees were all out. in the
country to the north and east. The
Apaches had us almost iu a state of siege,
being seen every day within five miles of
the post, and the chances of making a
sixty-mile ride across the plains lying running be*
tween the two forts without
against a party of hostiles was not one in
fifty. At such perilous times a Govern¬
ment rider is not commanded to go. He
is asked certain questions, however, in a
manner which decides him to make the
attempt. I left the post at 9 o’clock at
night of an August evening perfectly satis¬
fied that I should be dead or a prisoner
before midnight. I had a bronco of tire¬
less gait, a rifle and revolver, and I car¬
ried only five or six pounds extra weight.
Bofore setting out I went in to see young
Black Cloud and say good-by. I had
spent much of my time in his company,
and we had become pretty good friends.
When I told him of my journey he took
from his neck a buckskin string, to which
was attached the tooth of a grizzly bear,
and handed it to me with the remark:
“You cannot get, through, You will
be captured or killed. If not shot down,
show this to my people. They will know
who it belongs to. They may trade you
for me, and I shall thus get back to my
tribe.” :• ,
A thunder storm was coming up as I
took my departure. Instead of holding
due north, on the direct route, I rode to
the cast for five miles and then held
away for Concho direct. The storm now
broke, and fer a full hour I rode ahead
at a steady gallop, one moment in dark¬
ness so black that I could not see the
ears of my horse, and the next in a blaze
of light so brilliant that it blinded me.
By the time the storm had passed I was
a good fifteen miles from the fort, and
as I had seen nothing to alarm me 1 be¬
gan to hope that I would get through all
right. It was between 10and 11 o’clock,
and I had pulled my broncho down to a
walk for the first time, when he suddenly
uttered a snort of alarm and started off
with wild jumps. Three or four rifles
cracked; and as the reports reached me
the horse fell in a heap-and flung me far
over ids head. I was momentarily stunned
by^the'iail, and before I-had made amove
to get up I was seized by at least three
Indians, who were not a minute in bind¬
ing iny hands and feet. When I got a
clear head once more it-was to realize
that'the A Riches had me luspcureiprbnner,
and that, (here were six ov seven warriors
about me. The moon name up in a clear
sky a little latter, and then 1 made out
that I had run directly into a temporary
camp. The shots tired after me had
brought down my horse, and he lay groan¬
ing and floundering a few yards away.
The Indiaus knew that. 1 was a white
man, but they didn’t know who they had
got hold of until morning came. During
the interval I lay on the wet ground
guarded by two of the warriors, and al¬
most immediately after my capture directions two
men were sent off in different
with news of it. A party of twelve
Apaches arrived just before daylight and
ten more at sunrise, and among the latter
I recognized Black. Cloud, father of the
boy. One of the men had recognized
me as “Tb - ivhite-inan-ivho-hurries,’’ as
the. Government riders were called, and
as being hi the party who captured such mad the
Chief’s < No one ever saw a
lot of r, ius before or since. They
wanted *1 a torture me, and yet they
realized (hat through me the boy could
obtain lus liberty. The Chief at first
declared that lie had disowned his son,
and that he might rot in confinement be¬
fore he v.oiild exchange a white prisoner
for him. When I called his attention to
the chan.i young Black Cloud had given
me the old man pretended to believe that
it was if sign the boy was dead, and
he ordered my immediate torture. I
was jerked, to a sitting position, my boots
cut off, and the devils were about to use
their knives on my feet when the old man
changed his mind and restrained them.
The sight pall of me fresh before blood them placed was the before same
as n of
ravenous wolves, and I expected to be
knifed if-tomahawked every moment for
the firs; half hour. When they had
cooled down a little Black Cloud do-
manded’the lj particulars of his boy’s cap¬
ture. saw that lie felt degraded over the
the evert, and was ready to disown
youth, and I made out a strong defence
for the little chap to save my own scalp.
It wad finally decided to spare my life
for a few days, and I was conducted to a
camp iu the foot-hills between the two
forts. Here n council was held, and I hud a
close shave of it. While Black Cloud
wanted his son back, some of his advisers
contended that he should wait until se¬
curin'' -ome cheaper prisoner. They in-
Ton making me out a very import¬
ant personage, and it was well known
that l had killed or wounded several of
the tribe in different scrimmages. An¬
other tiling that bothered them was how¬
to make the exchange and not get
beater Treacherous and deceitful to
the las' X themselves,they would, not
credit'the whites with having any honor.
It was argued, too, that the commander
of the fort would exchange the boy for a
private soldier or any sort of prisoner,
and that I had done them too much dam¬
age to be set at liberty. There were
three flays in which my fate was unde¬
cided. and during the last, day a stake
was driven and fagots collected for a (ire
to torture me. I had no voice
in the council, being bound and
under guard, but it was at length
decided to make the exchange. So cau¬
tious and fearful were the Indians that it
took a week to effect what might have
•been done in a day. I wrote a note to
the commandant explaining the situation.
This was carried in by a squaw, who was
permitted to see and converse with young
Black Cloud. He replied that lie would
exchange. The Apaches then wanted
the boy turned loose before they released
me, hut this I would not hear to, know¬
ing they would murder me. It was finally
arranged that he was to he escorted a
mile outside the fort and turned loose on
his horse. I was to be taken to within a
mile of the fort, and turned loose on foot.
The parties were to occupy eminences
half a mile apart, and the hour was to be
9 o’clock in the morning. This plan was
carried out. Twenty soldiers came out
with the boy, and about the same num-
her of A paches escorted me. The treach¬
ery of the copper-faced fiends was soon
exemplified. They had posted five wnr-
riors in a dry run to shoot me down as I
made for the fort- Tlie boy doubtless
suspected some such move, for as soon as
released lie came galloping straight- hand iDi¬
me, and after a “how how” and a
shake he insisted that 1 walk beside his
pony until we reached the gate of tin-
fort. When I was safe he waved his
hand and rode away to be received with
yells and cheers, and it was then we saw
the treacherous rascals creeping out of
the cover where they had been stationed.
A year later, after a fight in which over
forty of the bravest Apache warriors had
gone to earth, I found young Black Cloud
among the dead, having been hit four
times. He had a Winchester and a re-
volver from which every cartridge had
been fired .—New York Sun.
A Fortune in a Beggar’s Shanty.
Felice Viart, aged seventy-two, a pro¬
fessional beggar/lied in New Orleans a lets.
days ago of debility and neglect in an old
shanty. She had lived there over twenty
years in abject poverty, supporting followed her¬
self by begging, which she as a
regular profession. The coroner discov¬
ered hidden around her shanty $38,000,
of which $2500 was in gold, secreted in
an old flower pot in the yard and $36,000
in gold, bonds, stocks and securities, con¬
cealed in the walls. The woman was be¬
lieved to be in destitute circumstances.—
Washington, Star.
Photographer—“Now, sir, the expos-
uve is about to be made. Put on a
pleasant expression. Think of some-
thing agreeable—your Wife, for instance.’
The same Ca moment later)—“Good
.heavens, sir! You have cracked th<
Burlington. Free Press.
$1*00 Per Annum, In Advnnoo.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
APPETIZING KISH PIE.
Fish pie made aa follows wo think
very appetizing: Cut any solid fish in
neat pieces, clearing it, of bone and skin;
mix finely shredded parsley, powdered this
marjoram, salt and pepper, and strew
seasoning over the fish; dip the pieces of
fish in warmed butter and put them iu a
pie dish, leaving room for liquid to flow
between; beat well four or five eggs and
mix them with half a pint to a pint of
cream ov good inilk. Put halved oysters
or sardines between the pieces of fish;
pour the cream over, cover with a light
paste, brush it over with egg and bake.
—New York World.
THE BEST CHOCOLATE.
If you have a htrge or rather elaborate
dessert chocolate may lie served with,
say, the third course, as an accompani¬
ment. to the remaining part of the meal;
or, if the dessert be light, chocolate may
be served the last thing with whipped
cream and a sweet waifer. A Senator s
wife who is said to serve the lies! chocolate
in Washington gave the following recipe
to Miss Edith Ingalls: Three-quarters cold ot
a cake of chocolate, one quart of
water, one quart of sweet, ricli inilk,
sugar to taste. Grate or scrape the
chocolate and mix with the water,
thoroughly and smoothly ; then sweeten
and allow to boil until it. is quite a thick
paste. Boil the milk separately and stii
it into the chocolate mixture and cook a
few minutes longer.
ORNAMENTAL FROSTING ON CAKE.
To do ornamental frosting, such as
Confectioners put on cakes, one needs a
frosting bag and tubes or frosting points.
The bag is of very thin rubber sheeting
and shaped like a cone or funnel. At
the end of the funnel is a small hole.
The tube or point is put inside the bag
and pressed firmly into and through this
little aperture. Then the bag is partly
filled with frosting, which is squeezed
through the point on to the cake, Some
points arc simply round tubes, others
have got teeth that cause the frosting to
assume the form of leaves, crinkled lines
and other devices. A supply of points
of various shapes can be procured at make any
housefurnishing store, and one can
three of the rubber bags out of a quarter
of a yard of sheeting, After the neees-
sary practice one can ice cakes very nice¬
ly.— Washington Star.
SCHMnSKKASE.
Improperly-made schmierkase, or cot¬
tage-cheese as it is sometimes called, is
not fit to eat. When made in the fol¬
lowing manner, our folks think it a treat:
Take thick “kippered” milk; set it on or
near the fire until it curds. Great care
should lie taken that the milk does not
become hot, as that would harden it and
render it unlit to cut—blood-heat is about
the right temperature for the milk.
When the milk lias sufficiently curdled to
show like little islands in the whey, pour
into a coarse linen bag and hang up to
drain. This will take some hours. Do
no press the curd, but when the whey
has been all drained from the curd, re¬
move from the bag and set in the cellar
till wanted for use. It will keep several
days. Serve with sweet cream poured
over it, and season with pepper and salt.
Some like sugar on it .—Prairie Farmer.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
Ten common-sized eggs weigh out
pound. of powdered
Two tablespoons sugar oi
Hour weigh one ounce.
For nose bleed, get plenty of powdered
alum up into the nostrils.
To restore gilt frames, rub with a
sponge moistened iri turpentine.
When dress silk becomes wet pat it be¬
tween the bands to dry quickly.
If the cover is removed from soap
dishes the soap will not get soft.
Hub your lamp chimney with salt to
increase the brilliancy of the light .
Sandpaper applied to the yellow keys
of the piano will restore the color.
Tissu.i ftr printing paper is the best
thing for polishing glass or tinware.
The best of tea makes but an indiffer¬
ent decoction unless the water is fresh.
For corns and bunions nothing is as
cooling as the beaten white of an egg.
Cucumbers cut into stripes and laid in
places infested with ants will drive them
away.
Patient rubbing with chloroform will
remove paint from black silk or any other
material.
Young veal may he told by the bone in
the cutlet. If it is very small the veal is
not. good.
Crockery that has been “soaked” with
grease may be cleaned by slow boiling in
weak lye.
A solution of alum, ten grains to an
ounce of water, is excellent for bathing
tender feet.
Egg shells crushed and shaken in a
glass bottle half filled with water will
clean it quickly.
Lemon juice will remove from the throat
the dark stains often caused by wearing
black fur next it.
Brooms dipped in boiling suds once a
week will last longer and do better ser¬
vice than without.
When boiling cabbage set a vessel con¬
taining vinegar on the stove and the
smell of cabbage will not be apparent.
Salt extracts the juices from meat in
cooking. Steaks ought not therefore to
be salted until they have been broiled.
NO. 36.
MORNINO IN THE COUNTRY.
Shrill crows the cock, u misty light creeps Id
A t windows looking on the eastern sky,
The cattle low, and pigs and cows begin
To raise their voices in discordant cry,
When Farmer John, with many a lusty
yawn.
Deserts his bed and stalks into the dawn.
With ears a-point, subdued but joyous neigh
Cornea faithful Dick his outstretched hand
to “nose,”
While Beauty, springing from her coach of
hay,
Sweeps circling round, loud baying as she
goes;
A hundred voices answer to his call,
The robiu’s treble winding through it all.
With liberal hand ho takes from stack and
storo,
And smiliug feeds his trooping flocks and
herds,
Kaoh known by name: the weak lie lingers
o’er
With soothing- touch and kindly, cheering
words.
From him they learn obedience and trust,
They teach him that the gentle are the just.
Compared to his what pleasure may they
know'
Who in dull round of cent-por-cent en¬
gage?
About his feet the fragrant blossoms blow
E’on while the thunders o’er the hill-tops
rage.
Here thick-leaved maples grateful shades ex¬
tend,
There cowslip blossoms o’er the brooklet
betid.
The sloping uplands clothed in emerald
sheen.
The solemn woods, the fields of velvet corn,
The clover meadows stretching gay between,
The lark in carol to the dewy morn,
These, these are yours, wit.u oil their cluster¬
ing charms,
Great, hearted tillers of our country’s
farms.
And here among these rich, sequestered
scenes,
An independent,, peaceful path you tread;
No tainting substance e’er your sky terrenes,
Nor marshaled chimneys turn your airs to
lead,
Above you bend the blue unsullied dome,
The sun unveiled looks smiling on your
home.
—Charles E. Hunks, in Former's Voice.
H17MOR OF THE DAY.
The magician’s means of support is
sleight.
A remark is always rued when it gets a
fellow into trouble.
Order is Nature’s first law, and it has
never been repealed.
Promissory notes—Tuning the fiddle
before the performance.
If you are out in a driving storm, don’t
attempt, to hold the rains.
A large head does not always hold
brains—the hogs-head, for instance.
Many a man’s work gets a week behind
by his having a weak back .—Boston Cou¬
rier.
The rain is no deadhead. When it
drives into our streets it lays down the
dust. —Bingh amton llepuhl ican.
Now that bustles are going out of
fashion, it is so be hoped that the Indians
will leave off their war whoops.
It is a little girl of five who makes the
discovery that the shad is a porcupine
urned inside out .—Boston Transcript.
The sportsman cupid whets his darts
Anil dons his lightest suiting
To sally forth midst fluttering hearts,
Upon his summer shooting.
In many cases people who boast that
they play cards for fun only, get merely
the fun while the other inan gets the
money .—Merchant Traveler.
Live within my income?
Very much I doubt it;
What I’d like to know is
How to live without it,.
— Judge.
It is said to be an omen of ill-luck to
sit thirteen at dinner. This is particu¬
larly true if all are hungry, and prepara¬
tions have been made for only five.—
Bazar.
The physician who asserts that disease
may be spread by kissing evidently refers
to a complaint known as palpitation of
the heart. And let her spread.— Norris¬
town Ilcrald.
A Buffalo Census.
A report is being prepared for the
Smithsonian Institution, by Professor W.
T. Hornaday, which will show the habits
of the American bison and its interesting gradually
decreasing range, and give
details concerning the reduction of its
numbers from countless thousands a quar
ter of a century ago—the slaughter of
1868 to 1872 taking off three and a half
millions—to less than 750 at the present
time. The buffalo now left include 243
head in a domesticated state, viz.: 140
head belonging to C. J. Jones, of Garden
City, Kan.; 35 head owned by C. Allard,
on the Flathead Indian Reservation,
Montana; 18 head with Buffalo Bill’s
Wild West Show; 13 head on Charles
Goodnight’s ranch near Clarendon, Texas,
and several small herds of two to five
head. The wild herds, so far as known,
ire as follows: Near Peace River, Can-
ida, probably 200 head, though consid¬
erably more according to some estimates;
in Yellowstone National Park, as counted
ao longer ago than February 12th, 200
head; in the Pan Handle of Texas, 30
head; on the Red Desert, Southern
Wyoming, 20 head; in the Mussel Shell
country, Montana, 10 head; in .soul ii-
western Dakota. 5 head .—Trenton (N. J.)
American.