The state herald., July 12, 1889, Image 3

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(???) CONTINENT.
of It a Barren |
f «r Archaeologist*. I
/, U 4^ 10 * 4° * rooent magazine
*®N* ot U»e beauties of Meshuna
- (i in South Africa, which he oalU
■ richest country in that part of the
I Aineut. According to all aooounts,
!t tut eighty yeirs ago Mashunaland
i| 4 densely populated and all the fer-
If s valleys were under cultivation, but
4t of the people were killed by
linger tribes and there Is nothing
. -bow that they ever lived except
I if 00 P from which they took oiay
L ipaster their huts and make their
w ■ V Mg * potß Hnd khe olut, ters of thorn
4 ■ l“W>und the altos of their villages.
North Afrloa teems with the
the (indent Egyptian and
'man civilizations, no other part of
3 world is so destitute of prehistoric
nalns as the n?«qainder of the dark
ntinent. Savage \lfrica is now in
3 beginning of the imn age, and not
til within Iho past twqtor three years
vo any vestiges of the stljne age been
•covered. In all his wanderings J.iv
pitone never picked up so much as
lint arrowhead. Recently, however,
ite a number of ancient stone lmple
inla have been unearthed In Angola
id on the lower Conga
There is one part of South Africa
lere extensive remains of prehistor
poople have been discovered. This
b. * &l° n e *tends several hundred miles
land from the east coast, between 18
-Id •*> degreos south intltudo. This
is the region where Rider Haggard
laid tho scene of his story “She,” and
the ruins of great stone walls and
towers and cities that have been found
there leave no doubt that In prehis
toric times the country was occupied
by a civilized people, and that they
had not only ono or two cities, but oc
cupied a large extent of country and
formed a fair-sized state. Some of tho
walls of theso ancient towns are 12
feet thick at tho busu and roach oven
now a height of 30 foot Considering
the difference of climate, It is boliuved
that these ruins havo stood nearly as
well as the most enduring monuments
of Egyptian civilization. *Theso inter
esting relies have not yet beon scien
tific lly studied, but it will bo sur
prising If tho explorations of tho future
justify the present supposition that
the founders of these cities were
Phoenician colonists, who while found
ing colonies in North Africa and Spain
did not neglect this far southern part
of Africa, where they were Induced to
settle by tho discovery of gold in its
mountains and river beds.
But in the most of Africa there 'is
nothing left to discloso the stirring
history of early days, when wave after
wave of imputation swept over tho
land, as is still occurring to some ex
tent, the now-comors building thoir
homes and founding such prosperity
as savage people enjoy upon tho ruins
of thoir predecessors. In the last
book (’apt. Wissmann has written he
has a picture of one of the surprising
street villages ho discovered far south
. of the Congo. A few years later he
found these villages in ashes and thoir
builders killed or driven away, lnaving
no trace that a few more years will
not entirely obliterate.
Was Determined to Beat Dick
Jones.
There woro » dozen or more fly- i
screen doors outside the store marked 1
••Only SI.BO each,” and when tho i
farmer and his wife drove up, their at- j
tcntion was at once attracted.
••That's exactly what I am going to
ask for,*' she said, as she climbed
down over the wheel to tho platform.
••You was, oh? I’d like to know
what we want of a screen door?” he j
growled.
“What does other folks wunt of
’em?"
“Sure ’miff. If folks want to buy
every gri incrack that comes out lot
’em do it, but wo han't got no raonuy
to throw away.”
••Moses, we’ve got to have a screen
door,” she observed as she went closer.
••Wo aro tho only folks on tho whole
Center Lino road without one.”
“Has it hurt us any?”
“Yes. it has. There wasn't a tin
pcddlor, lightning-rod man, piano
agent, or chicken buyer who oalled
last summer but what throwod out a
hint to its.”
“And if thny'd throwod ou a hint
that wo ortor have a door bell you’d
take on till you got one, I s’pose."
“I don't suy nothin’ ’bout door bells,
’cause folks can knock when they
come: but we do need a screen door.”
“What furP"
••They look rich from tho road, and
they keep flies and bugs out”
“Wo have kept house thirty-eight
years now, and we ortor bo used to in
sects. Hugs and flies don't bother us
none, and they are healthy anyhow.”
“Koo how choap they are Moses,"
she continued in pleading tones.
“Ya-ns, but you kin buy the nottlng
fur five cents a yard white and groon
and yallar and all kinds. I tell yo,
Martha, wo can’t afford it”
She sighed and was turning away,
when the h irdwaro man came out and
briskly said:
“Ah, how are you. folk*. Looking
jU those screen doors, eh? Powerful
nl« c things to keep Hies out”
“Ya-as. I s’pose so.” replied tho
farmer, “but wo don’t want any. I
lather like to have fllos around.”
“Well. I enuld’nt let you have one
of that lot anyhow." Dick Jones
takes tho whlolo lot anyhow. Dick
Jones takes tho whole five.”
“What! our Dick,”
“Yes, over on the corners.”
“And he’s all mortgaged up and can’t
buy a new plow!”
“Thero. Moses, what do you think!”
exclslmndthn wife.
“And Dick Jones has bought them
doors?’ ho asked of the merchant
“Yes, he’ll take’em.”
“No he won’t! Just load three of
’em into my wagon! I don’t go much
on grluiemcks. and I know wo don’t
need ’em. hut I hnin’t gold’ to let no
turnip top like Dick Jones go swelling
a omul over mo—not this year. Corns
along, old woman, and pick ye out a
forty cent pair of stockings yes you
may go as high asfiO! I’ll is* swashed
i if any family named Jones can sit on
j our coat tails!”—Now York Hun.
A Laughing Town.
••Yes, I have been In the town of
y •«.»>«*' ' *e, Askansaw.” said it mein
*cngo Press f 'lttb. “A
'»i. named Warren,
J tho Weekly Corn-
W town sit tinted about
. n Plummer villa. On*
1 day Warren came to aw and said: <Aot
I a great aoheme.'
I •• 'What ie itr*
, ’ " 'Why, I saw a man just now who
, says that we go up to Plummerville
, we can get five or aix subscriptions.
, He says they hanker after a humorous
paper up there more thm any people
I he ever saw. Says that when they get
, , hold of a humorous publication they
, ait out on the cotton bales and read it
• . out till the whole town is oonvulsod
,! with laughter. Says that he has seen
. ; women leaning out the windows, laugh
, ing fit to kill themselves, at a deputy
constable who was reading a negro
story.’
“We’ll go at onoe,’ said I. We had
, passes on tho road and of course no ex
pense would bo incurred. I was not,
> upon arriving at the town, delighted
i with the prospects. I heard no joyous
laughter. A man, with bits of hog. fat
i sticking on his boots, was cursing and
; belaboring a balky horse; a negro with
a cast-iron plow-point in his hand, was
swearing that he would kill ‘dat tri
flin’ culled preacher;’ an old fellow
, with a sun-grin on his face lay under
a tree, and an ole mule,
and hip-shot, was biting the bark off a
poplar pole. Tho commercial part of
the town oonsistedof a row of shod-like
> stores, built of “up-ended” boards.
“’I hear no haw-haw, Warren,’
said I.
“ *Oh, it’ll break out after while,’ he
hopefully answered.
“We went into a store. A man, tall,
gaunt, squint-eyed and low-browed, was
cutting off a piece of ohoese with n
knife that looked like a scythe blade.
“ ‘How are youP’ said I.
" ‘Hy,’ he answered, paying no at
tention to us.
“ ‘Very nice town you havo hero.’
" ‘HahP’
“ ‘I say you have a very nice town.”
“ ‘Ah, hah' (still cutting the
choose.)
“ ‘We are the publishers of the
Weekly Corn-Cob, one of the host
known humorous publications in tho
country.’
*• ‘The whut?’
“ ‘Weekly Corn-Cob.”
“ ‘What's that?’
•“Why, one of tho best-known
humorous publications in the country.’
“ ‘Two dollars a year,’ Warren sug
gested.
“*We are going to give a column
write-up of your town, and wo want
you to subscribe,' said I.
“Ho uttered a sort of blubbering
roar and swung his scythe-blade.
When Warren and I reached the rail
-1 road platform. I remarked that tho
fellow did not apjiear to lie tickled.
“ ‘But that follow over yonder
may boa laugher,' Warren hopefully
answered.
•* ‘I can’t help it,’ said I. ‘He may
l>o loud in his mirth, but I shall not
call on him. I’vo got onotigh.'
“The town marshal came up and
asked what we wanted. We told him.
and ho pointed down the railroad, and
said:
•• ‘We don't want no foolishness
, horo.’
‘The train would not be duo until
late in the ovening. We stole a hand
car and left tho town. Men whose
chief business consisted of stealing
ballot-boxes indicted us. We gave up
the Corn-Cob und wandered away
while the katydid was singing at ves
pers.”—Arkansaw Traveler.
The Boy of It
A small boy had been having a day
{ of unmitigated outrageousnsss, such
as all children who do not die young
are likely to have at times, and when
1 he was ready for his bed his mother
| said to him:
I “When you say your prayers,
Gcorgie, ask God to make you a better
boy. You have boon very naughty to
day.”
Tho youngster accordingly put up
ills petition in (tie usual form, aud
then, before closing with “Amen,” he
added:
“And, please, God. make me a good
boy.”
110 paused a second and then, to the
I utter consternation of his mother, con
cluded witli unabated gravity, “Never
' tlieless, not my will, O Lord, but
thine be done!”—Providence Journal.
Old-Time English Judges.
Hero is an account of the English
jud .es in the time of Henry VI.:
"I would*• ye should knowe, that the
Justices of Knglar.de sit not in the
king's courts above ill bowers in a day.
that is to say, from vlli of the clock in •
tile forenone 111 xi complete.
“Wherefore the Justicos. after they
have taken their refection, do |mui»o
and bestows nil tho residue of the day
in the study of the lawes, In reading
, holy Scripture, and using other kinde
of cfintomplnclon at their pleasure. So
that thoir lyfe may scera more contem
plative tlian active.
“And thus do they leaden quiet lyfe,
discharged of all worldly unres aud
trouble*. And it hath novnr boon
knowen that any of them iiocuo ocr
rupto with glftosor brybos.”
The Snake Died Drunk.
A Georgina who lately returned from
Hamilton, M rion county. Ala., rotate*
the following to tho Macon Telegraph:
Owen Hatch keepf a small grocery
store iu that neigh borhood. Mr.
Hatch sells liquor* us well a* family i
groceries. Keeping only a small stock 1
of liquor* on hand, ho keeps most of it
in Jugs. One day last weok a two-gal- '
lon Jug of corn liquor was left standing 1
on the floor liehlud the counter. Mr. <
Hatch stepped behind the counter and ■
was surprised to soo a black snake 1
coiled around tho jug with its hood in- 1
sNo. lie watched for a moment and
soon discovered that the snake wan
drinking liquor. It was not disturbed,
and after several minutes It slowly un- 1
coiled Itself and attempted to crawl
itwuy, but was too drunk, and stretched j
Itself out on the floor, t pparently |
asleep, until the next day. Mr. Ilntoh i
examined the jug and found that tho i
snake hud drunk more than a quart of 1
liquor. Two days Inter the same snake j
returned, und when ll ernw'od under |
tli" counter Mr. Ilnlcli watched It. By \
colling itself uround tho Jug ami giving |
It* nook ii twist uround the stop|>er It I
wus able lo remove the cork, and again
thrust its head Inside aud began to j
drink liquor. It was allowed to drink ,
its fill ugain, then ll was killed. (
•♦ • i
Stranded Porpoises.
A school of por|Miisos was stranded 1
on the rocks near hnnisota, Fla., last *
week and twenty-seven died before f
the return of the tide. ,
A LAWYER'S STORY.
"I never see the trial in this oRy
of a man eharged with a fearfvi
crime,” said a lawyer just after sen
tense bad beon pronounoed upon a
maa who had riddled with bullets the
tfomau who supported him, “without
a strange sem e of admiration at the
confidence the people here have in the
justice and efficacy of the law. lam
a New Yorker, and one would surely
think I would take that contldonoe for
granted. So I would, had I not had
an experience in the west which un
hinged all my previous notion of
what men will and will not do under
trying slroumstances, and which has
made me tremble for the public peace
whenever a peculiarly ntvocious crime i
has been comraltt~G.
“It wus only three yoars ago that I
went to Hastings, Neb. I had a dim I
idea that I might stay there jiormua- 1
ently. Evidently I couldn't keep away
from Now York, but at tho time 1 was 1
much impressed by the westorn tom
por. Things were in many ways dif- 1
ferent from the wild idea I had got
of tho west by reading tho papers. But
the one of all phases which I found j
differed most widely from the stories 1 j
had heurd was the, western way of
dealing out justice. I ox peeled to see
mob law rule, but I found as offlolont |
courts there as here, und a very goner- i
al respect and conlldonce in the law 1
and its officers. I laughed heartily at i
the yarns about Judge Lynch. and told I
an o .l citlzon that tho western folks J
must be fond of paintlug themselves i
in blacker colors than they dosorved If
they inspired tho talcs telegraphed to >
eastern newspapers. 1
“ ‘We’re a peacoublo lot,’ he replied, 1
with a twinkle of tho eye; ‘but oncot I
in a while wo git up on‘our hind foet
all the same.'
"One day tho sheriff drove rapidly
into Hastings with a prisoner. Ho wus
a doctor living in a settlement on tho
border of tno county, made up lurgely
of ranchmen and cowboys and their
families. Ho was charged with an of
fense against a girl, a mere child, who
hud boon intrusted to his care as a
physician. The details of the crime
and the arrest got out and wore print
ed in tho Hastings newspapers, and
uroused no end of indignation. Mon
gathered on tho street corners and
talked aoout it angrily, and small
crowds gathered around tho jail to try
and get a chance to peep through tho
bars at the prisoner who was for the
moment so notorious. It was rumored
that a gang of cowboys would bo down
that night and raid tho jail. The sher
iff immediately swore in a dozen hugo
fellows as extra constables, and sta
tioned them inside and out the jail.
But by night the little wave of indig
nation had settled down. No gang of
desperate countrymen appeared, and
the next morning Hastings wus as
usual. I havo seen just such momen
tary outbursts of public sontiment in 1
the oast, and the condition of Iho city |
noxt day was cisely what I expected I
It would bo. ;.over 1 days passed, and j
the crime wns an old story. Tho news
papers dropped it, and I begHn to laugh |
at tho sheriff for swearing in thoso ex
tra constables. I had told him in tho
beginning that it was a foolish expense
to saddlo on tho town, and lie hud said
nothing. Now, as tho lazy follows
still snoozed around tho jail I made
jokes at tho sheriff's expense. Ho and
I were good frionds, and ho took tho
jokes in good nature. Ho only replied
once, and then only to say:
•“You’re a trifle green yot, littlo fel
low.'
“I am not a small man. as you see,
but I didn’t mind his palrouiziug me
because he wan so almighty big him
self and set his jaws so firmly. I
simply walked off through the quiet
streets and smiled at his sonsloss
fears.
"Two weeks later, Iho day before
the trial came along, Hastings was
quieter than over. Tho 1 iwyors had
their pleadings prepared and thoir
witnesses ready. The prisoner rested
quietly in the jail. Less that day than
any other, so far. did there seem
peed for the sheriff's extra consta
bles.
"(’owboys are common in the streets
of Ilastlugs.
They cornu to buy supplies, and
sometimes to paint the town. On
business or pleasure they always bring
an atmosphere none the less jovial and
good humored for being sometimes a
little lawless. Cowboys uppeurad In
Hastings that afternoon. But this
time their coining wus not as usual.
They didn't gallop gaylv in. leap care
lessly off their mustangs, und stride
into tho nearest -uloon. They trailed
to town in groups, and with a business •
like air about them. They wore non
committal when questioned, und mere
ly nodded eurelo ;s|y lo a chance ac- !
quuintanoe. They didn't drink much. 1
They hung uround the corners, finger
ed thoir belts and appeared restless, 1
suspicious ami determined.
"Somehow the coming of tho cow- 1
boys, peaceful though It was. strangely !
electrified tho town that night. Hus
tings seemed all at once to awake as If
from sleep. The street* filled after
supper. Men, women end children
paced no and down, stunningly only to
enjoy the evening. They chatted about
all sorts of current gossip, hut wore
nevertheless a nervous, ex|M>ctunt nlr |
that strangely i ffeetml me. I got nerv
ous myself without knowing why. I
threw away cigarettes, bought some
black cigars, and took to walking.
Around the saloons were gathered
crowds of men. They were citizens,
and m any of the best men of the town
were among them. Some of those
word anxious faces. I mixed in the
crowds und listened. It w.a only com*
mou-plucc lulk that 1 heard. The cow- I
I toys, whose number* were prtietleully
increasing, still had nothing to say. 1
They begun to drink as night came oil,
and a f»*w amused themselves, by going
to tho outskirts of the town and shoot
ing at pretty near everything that
came along. This was little or no dis
order. In fact there wns only the
crowds, and the commonplace’ talk,
and the eowlioys, and Unit mysterious
atmosphere. By eleven o'clock then*
must have been three hundred stran
gers in town, every one In a flannel
shirt and a sombrero.
“At midnight the street* tiegnn to
Hear, and an hour later euly a few
groups were seen around the saloons.
Then* wms no unusual noise except an
occasional drunken brawl. But that
strange sense of uneasiness continued
to prnvnid the air. I met the sheriff
as I wandered homo shout one o'clock.
“ 'Do you smell It?’ he asked.
" 'Smell what P
“ ‘The blood In the nlr,’ said he,
with a laugh. 'l've sinelletl It before,
and I know the odor.'
"When I got out next morning It
was with a laugh at my own nervous
ness of tho preceding night Two
hours Itefnre court Is'gnu the entrance
to the court house wits heselged hy
cowboys. They formed a compact
crowd, and when the door* were thrown
open broke into tin* court room, filling
It to overflowing. The Hiltons of
Hastings who wanted to attend the
trial arrived later, and hail to hear
proceedings from thejhnl|way or not
to hear them at all.
“I had a neat within the railing
commanding a view of court ami spee
tutors. The spectators Interested mo
more than the (>Ollll. The faces were
all rough, all latarded, nil bronzed with
sun ntiu weather, all strung in feature,
alt silent, all Intent, till watchful, all
determined. As I luekou at them the
same old feeling of the night before
came over me In. redoubled force I
fell as though I were in the presence
of swine mysterious, Intangible evil. I
“Did you aver mo a western 000-
* table;' He Is long, broad, loan mod
muscular. He has a head like a small
ham io size and color, and seeming
ly modoof sinews. His nook in long,
and as brown as bark. Hisfaoe Is loan,
and his eyes have shaggy brows. He
stands on one foot, with the opposite
hand on bis hip fingering a seven
shooter. He is loose jointed aud
shows the strength of a horse. As I
looked over that crowd qf long haired,
serious faced oowboys I ootioed at
least a score of constables scattered
among them. Their eyes sparkled ex
pectantly, and they kept furtively
looking about on every side. Near
the door I saw the sheriff. They say
he can pull a gun quicker than any
man in Nebraska. His heavy jaws
were shut tight even for him. and his
right hand rested upon his belt
j “I drew a wavering breath of ex
citement There was something in
the faces of everyone of these rough
{ cowboys that made me almost tremble.
There was a suggestion of tension in
1 the faces of the constables that alarm
ed me. I could hear my heart beat,
i and I know my breath caught yet I
know no cuuso of alarm. I looked at
the judge and tho lawyers and I saw
. the sumc spell rested upon them,
j “The county prosecutor began tho
I trial in a low, tirtn tone. Everv one
j spoke low. The judge bowed his
• decisions. The counsel for the defense
I interposed objections in a set voice.
! The faoo of the prisoner was pale and
j his eyes staring. He glanced at the
court with tho suggestion of contempt
in his face, hut at the audience with
! a look that I thought was almost
| terror. Tho puuso between the
sentences of those who spoke showed
| that but for their speaking the room
| whs densely silent 1 don’t believe any
. ono formulated his impressions, but
I down in his hourt every man there
must have known ns well as I knew
that we were in tho very presence of a
coming tragedy.
When the young plaintiff told her
story her faintest whisper seemed to
ring out to the corners of the room.
When she censed, a suppressed sigh
struggled from tho crowd.
“The clock called the prisoner to
tho bar. Ills foeo grow paler as he
arose. He cast one appealing glance
at the still impassive audience. You've
soon tho sudden gloom caused by a
light cloud sweeping over tho sun. In
some such intangible way did an ex
pression of pitiless determination scorn
to pass over that sea of faces at the
prisoner's glance. Yot no one moved.
The prisoner suw tho suddon cloud and
grew white. He almost staggored to
tho bar. Ho turned his back upon the
court-room and faced tho judge.
“It was then that I felt as if a
weight were on mo. I glanced with
tight closed lips uround tho room. I
don’t know what I expected, hut I had
never been so excited. Tho faces all
soemod blurred at the moment, but
gradually, as if by fascination, ono
fucc took possession of ine. It belong
ed to u twenty year old boy with the
) form of a giant and the dress of a cat
, tinman. He stood iu tho middle of the
) room. Whut was peculiar in him Ido
i not know, for I never rotnemberod his
1 expression—perhaps never clearly saw
it. But tho growing horror in me
seized upon that boy's face, centered
in it, fed upon it His eyes stared
heavily at the prisoner, und I stared
with beating heart at him.
“I did net see him raise it though
looking a* him. But in a twinkling a
polished barrel gleuined along the
lino of that gaze. Only his gaze was
not hoavy now. One eye closed
slowly. The other burned danger
ously along the barrel sight. I held
uiv breath und waited. It soeraed five
minutes before the rojiort came. It
was probably not throe seconds. When
the smoke cleared away the prisoner
lay where he had stood, before the
bar of justice.
“I don't know exactly what hap
pened next I remember a wild scram
ble for the street, in which I was
drawn rather than joined. I heard
down there that the cowboys had
cleared the court but that the consta
bles had arrested the man who fired
the shot They said he wus tho girl’s
brother. Of course they tried the boy
for murder. There were about twenty
witnesses brought. Every single wit
ness swore on the stand thut he had
seen the shot fired, but couldn't to
save hi* life toll who did it He was
acquitted. I’ho sheriff met me a day
or two later.
“Have you ripmiod to Nebraska jus
tice yet?’ he asked.” -New York Sun.
The Shooting Star.
One of the most curious of early
spring flowers lo be fonnd in Hartram’s
: Garden is the shooting star. This is
j also called the American cowslip, or
dodecuthcon. The last name is derlv
' *>d from the Greek for “twelve gods,”
iu* tiie curly botanists thought it com
' biuod the celestial l>eautiesof all. The
{ plant belongs to the cowslip family,
, and thus is nearly related to the prim
! roses. Whut the shootin * star actually
resknibles. however, is the cyolatnen,
well known us a window plant It haa
i lie flower leaves turned buck ward In
the same peculiar manner. In color
the shooting star is a purplish pink,
witii a golden center. The plant is
I low. Hie stain is simple, the flowers
clu*tor«*d and the leaves bunchy and ob
i long at tho base of the stein, very much
ns in the Persian cyclamen. Although
an Amuricun plant, it Is quite rare
in tills part of the country. It has been
found on the hanks of the Schuylkill,
near Norristown, but is much more
common In tho we-t Evidently it has
been Introduced at Burtram's (Pardon.
It was llai tram's practice to collect
1 plants from all parts of the* country,
as well us foreign plants, set them out
in the woods In front of ills house
and let them nil run wild together.
Thus the native shooting star and
while violet tuny l>e seen rioting amid
linportad daffodils and periwrinklns.—
Philadelphia T imes.
Photographing by Heat
It m >y he said that photograph* can
be taken by heat as well as hy light
The action of the shorter waves of
energy which we call light is quicker
aud sooner manifest to the eye than
the action of the long wuves which we
call heat; bill the invisible heat rays
In the solar *|>cctriim have been photo
graphed. Tim slow oetlnn of heat in
changing the molecular slate of bodies
is well known. It I* probable that un
emulsion could |»e formed which would
give an Image of a hot block kettle lu
a dark cliamlwr. The element of time,
however, would probably bo an Im
portant one.
Ind-ved we are often presented with
evidences of the picture-making fa
cility of boat rays. A fnaru-leaf upon
ice is soon represented, by Hie differ
ence of molecular action. A stationary
carriage wheel standing In the sun up
on the frozen ground Is found to havo
left its photograph ii|h»u the ground
when It moves on.- -Prof. John Trow
bridge, In Hie May hnrlhiior's. *
"Necessity is the Mocher of Inven
tion."
“I don't see," said the lady with
literary tastes, “where you get
nil the beautiful Ideas for your
poems, Mr. Hondo. What do you find
your greatest Inlelleetual stimulus?”
“I’liilu hunger, madam.” replied
the tnrd. somewhat sadly, “did much
for William of Avon, anil lias at times
materially accelerated my own muse.
May I have the pleasure of taking you
I la! to supper? ’ Puck.
Roses for Outdoor Planting.
In making preparation* for planting
or re-planting outdoor rosebeds deep
oultivatloo, good drainage and the
liberal application of manure well
worked into the soil are essential. Well
rotted stable manure is usually found
the most satisfactory fertilizer. Id the
planting of permanent beds of hardy
roses it is generally found that plants
on their own roots are better than
grafted ones, from tho foot that the
latter are more likely to be winter
killed, unloss they are grafted very
low down on the stalk, so that the point
of unlou may be entirely covered with
earth in planting out. If this is done
the plant will frequently send out roots
from the base of the graft and thus be
come more or less independent of tho
stalk. If the plants have boon grown
in a warm house they should be grad
ually hardened off from tho change.
When the plants are dormant, having
been grown in a cold frame or some
similar structure, or meerly heeled in
for tho winter, it is woll to plant them
out as early os possible, as plants in
this condition require a little morn
time to becotno established than young
plants In active growth.
To those who havo not yot decided
what varieties to plant, tho following
brief list of well tasted roses is added.
Among hybrid perpetual are:
Alfred Colonib—A bright crimson
descendant of (tenoral Jacqueminot;
very frugraut and most desirable in
evory wav.
Anna de Dicsbach—Yielding large
flower* of a pleasing shade of car min e.
Eugenie Verdler—Silvery pink in
color, large and of beautiful form. An
improvement on Victor Verdler.
Fisher Holmes—Deep crimson, and
of good form. Considered by muny
growers an improvement on Gonoral
1 Jacqueminot.
General Jacqueminot—Too woll
known to neod description and still
growing in popularity.
John Hopper—A free grower and
profuse bearer of bright, rose colored
flowers.
Mario Itnumann— Carmino crimson,
a lovely shade Jof color und also of
fine form. Very fragrant and alto
gether a charming rose.
Among the tea roses Bon Silene,
Souvenir d’un Ami and Mario Van
Houlte are about Iho most satisfactory
for outdoor culture. Tho best known
Bengal variety. Souvonir do la Mul
maison. though old, still retains a
place in the front rank of popular
sorts. In the foregoing list pure white
varieties have been omitted, and this
deficiency may be met by tho additiou
of Mine. I'lantior (hybrid China) for
early flowering und the hybrid noi
setto (Coquette dos Blanches) for later
blooms. The tutor being a very usoful
variety for Summer flowors. A few
poly&ntha roses will also prove a
pleasing feature among other out door
roses, with their abunndant miniature
blossoms. Mignonette, with flowers of
a delicate, light roso color, and puquer
etta, puro white, are two ot tho best of
1 this section. If a representative of
tho hybrid teas Is desired, La France
Is decidedly tho most satisfactory, but
like most of its class, and also the puro
teas, it needs some protection in
severe winters at least If planted in an
exposed condition.—Kurin and Forest
Her Lost Faith.
The mother of David Humo was u
susceptible woman. Affect ion ato by
nature, she lived in tho uffections of
her family. Mora than tMs, she was u
religion# woman, und it wx. hor aim
to rightly educate tho consciouces of
her orphan children. David Huine
was a brilliant liul. His success in hits
intellectual pursuits and studios led
bis mother to hope that ho would be
come an eminent man. With this
vision, like u bow ol promise before
her. her life had many happy hours.
But ono day a sliud'iw crossed the
light of this beautiful dream. Her
son avowed himself a skeptic. Ills
mother viewed the change of his
opinions with ulurm, both on uccount
of his own future happiness and his
influonco over others. lie loved his
mother. Her love and admiration for
him gave him great influence over
her. He determined to overthrow
her religious belief, and he succeeded.
His subtle, specious reasoning de
stroyed her faith iu God and left her
without religious hope.
Hume became 11 leader among men
and crowned himself with fame. He
associated with country iicople,philoso
phers, wits, and men of genius. He
was quoted, und multiplied his lnflu
enee among men. He went abroad,
roaming over the .sunny provinces of
France and historic fields of Italy.
Returning to l-ondon, on his way home
to Scotland, he was met by u postman
who gave him a letter. The communi
cation was from his mother. It began
substantially as follows
“Mr Dr. Ali Son My health has fail
ed me. lamina deep decline, und I
cannot long survive. M\ philosophy
gives me no comfort. lam loft with
out the consolation of religion, and my
mind Is sinking Into despair. I pray
you hasten homo to console me.”
flume hurried to Seotlnml, and when
he arrived at his home ho found his
mother dead. We do not know what
Ills feelings were We only know thut.
hod he arrived Ixiforo h«*r death, he
would have hud no consolation to offer,
lie himself died jesting, and, comments
tho Presbyterian, we havo no moral to
draw from any regrets which one
might reasonably Imagine ho would
fool In such a ease. But tho Incidents
suggest a situation to letter hearts
tliun had David Hume. There are no
consolations in unbelief for the hour of
sorrow, disaster or death.
In School.
Teacher -“Can you tell mu Hie popu
lation of Wtirtaml>ergP"
First scholar “1,881,606."
Teacher “Very good; still not quite
correct. Docs any one else know?”
Second scholar "1,881,606.”
Teacher “That’s right.”
First scholar “Why, I know that:
lint we got a little sister yesterday: I
thought It would make on* more."
Fliegondo Blatter.
Why He Weakened.
"■V
Mrs. l)o Temper (looking up from i
the paper) Well. | dccl.ire! Another 1
woman, single-handed, Idas captured a
burglar. I should think sin would I
have Imeu killed by the brute; but the j
paper says the moment she grabbed a ,
txiker aud inudn a dash for him his t
:urcs trembled aud his teeth shook i
and lie sank to the Moor iu affright *
Mr. Do Temper lie Is probably a ]
married tnnn. j
- i
A Hawk-Spotting Hug.
Clyde Sweeny, of (.'ummliig, Ou., Is ]
evidently the Kll Perkins of Hint vicin
ity. lie says Ills father Inis n hog '
Hint will spot n h iwk sailing around In ■
tin- nlr, und will inner around under t
tho plrato bird until it makes a '
SWOOP.* Mr. Nog up. j
snatches the hawk out of the nlr and '
devours It ('lydo'A father also has a
cow that catches and cut* rabbita. i
A Tale of spring.
Doctor (lancing pntleiil’s bolls)- |
“Those are worth a dollar a piece to
your Mood this time of year.” t
Put loot (staying Ills hand with a
groan) 1 “Never ml ad laming the rest, j
'lieu. Your m.v wile's own cousin ami i
I'll let you have '••in alt for fifty cents >
ap' •" " Detroit Kroo l'resa. *
A Cat That Goes Fishing.
A very ordinary-looking and mild
mannered cat is one of the inhabitants
of Garry Benson’s swimming-bath at
Albany, N. Y. Hha is the mother of
a promising family of three, and to
the superficial observer appears no
more, no less, than a well-behaved,
sweet-temperod,- motherly old tabby.
But, as a matter of fact, this cat is
rather an anomaly among oat*.
Whether she was born that way or
whether Garry’s own amphibious dis
position is infectious is not stated.
Howover she may have come by tho
peculiarity, this cat is an exceedingly
good swimmer and appeurs rather to
like the water. Sho sits on the edge
of tho “crib” at the bath for hours
watching the littlo minnows which
swim or are swept by tho current in
through the latticed sides. When at
longth a luckless Ush does come within
the range of her puw sho reaches out
like a flash and with one swift sweep
of her foro paw she lands him on the
platform, whore she devours her prey
at her leisure. Or, if tho fish remains
just out of hor reach, sho will leap
fairly into the water, seizo the prize
witli her teeth and swim to tho side
ugain, where she scrambles up and
shakos herself nftcr tho fashion of
dogs.
And, by tho way, says the Albany
Journal, the largest dogs havo no ter
rors for her; she will fly at them with
claws extended, und it is a brave ca
nine which dares her fury after tho
first onslaught. Yot sho is as gentle
as can be with hor family or with
kindly disposed human visitors, who
never would supjHise her to bo tho
foroeious fisherman she is.
Out Hunting.
WMI
“My dour fellow, you can’t imngino
how I ffelt the first time 1 caught sight
of a squirrel—a real, live squirrel! My
heart jumped into my throat. What
joy! What emotion! I raised my gun
to my shoulder, took aim and fired.
The gun went right off—”
“Yes; I hope you didn't miss.”
"And so did the squirrel.”— Jiutyc.
Modern American city life, it is
truly said, is a battle of the nerves.
To the continuous noise of tho street
a celebrated French authority ascribes
the prevalence of norvous diseases in
cities. While the population of Chi
cago during a certain period increases
6.1 times, the deaths from nervous
disorders in tho same period increased
20.6 times. Tho fast life of tho peo
ple accounts for much of tills wear on
tho nervous system, for Chicago is
suid to lead in tho national sin qf
hurry.
We dosiro to call the attention of our
Traders who want to take 11 delightful ex
cursion this surnmor to the advertisement
of tho Inter State Town Ac I.uml Company
in another column of this paper.
Kvcry chef should be a huso ballist in
order to catch the flies from the batter.
Climate for Consumptives.
The several climates of Florida and Cal -
ifornia have each been much prescribed
for sufferurs from lung disease, yot thou
suuds of tho nutives in those Status die of
this fatal inuludy A fur uioro reliable
remedy is to bo hud in every drug store in
the land, and one that can l>e used at home;
u remedy which Is sold, hy druggists,under
the manufacturers' /iomUlvc yuaranLe.
thut. it takeu in time and given a fair trial,
it will effeet a cure, or money paid for it
will be promptly returned. Wo refer to
thut world-fumed remedy for consumption
(or lung sendula 1 known us Dr. Pierce's
(•olden Medical Discovery. It Is tho only
remedy for this terrible disease possessed
of such superior curative proitertics us to
warrant its manufacturers in selling it
under a guarantee.
Don’t hawk, and blow, and spit, but use
Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy, of druggist*.
The Puritans were not speculators, and
yot they frequently invested lu stocks.
At this season of tho year there are al
ways iiiauy deaths, particularly among
children,from summercoinpluint.<liurrh<ru,
dysentery, cholera morbus, cramps, etc.,
but this season the cases seem to bo un
usually frequent and fatal, and ovory ono
ought to know that u sure and s|iendy cure
can easily be obtained hy taking a tea
s|*oonfu! of Pr.itin Davis Pain Kn.i.sit in
sweetened water (hot water Is the best),
every half hour until relieved. This rem
edy has never been known to full. Full
directions are with each bottle It is kept
hy ovory druggist.
Tho only way to get a hen out of the gar
don is to go slow hut slioo'er.
One by ouo the roses fall, hut "Tansill's
Punch" sc. Uigur outlives them all.
A patch is often thesigu of poverty, but
not when it is a strawberry patch
All Run Down
Kotin lbs wnsknuiu* •■tt«rt* «>f warm wsnthar, by
lisrd work, or from a ions lllohm, you n*t«l n
good lonlr and Mood puiifisr. Ilood'a Hare*
psrill* SITi-s A food siqtHils, strxuKlhsus tli*
whols sy*(#in, pnritn-* Ili blood.
"Kr inAltli two ywire a*n whs very poor. My
frimuU tlioiifht I was foinf with ronsuinptlon.
I norm.mood usins Hisml'* Hnraa)sirills. I<mk tiro
of il, and limls) I ran do as Intel a day's
jrork m I M*r could, ll Mwl ms from Ihs
rrav* and pat me on m> fw>i a sound man.*'
niLX. It D. TMissav. <v'is*on»*lllo. Ohio.
Hood’s 9ar*aparilla
Sold by nil dnissi*!-, ft; six forfeY l*rs|>sred only
ty C. I. lltMlll.l (/».. liowsll Mum..
too /cses One Dollar.
This Is a biting wind remarked the tnsr
liter as he ran into the teeth of tho gate
"Ktlyfi lo your business," I* very good
udvbVfbut Still then- aru u great many
|M*o|«/i a in the world who have no regular
any profltable liutineas to stick 10, aun
there are others who are following a line
gf business which is insiiifestly unsultro
to them Now. when sueli is the case, you
had better write to 11. F Johnson »v (>».,
Klchiiiond. Vs., and sue if tiie.v cannot give
INftpolßur. Thej bare Mlpad agraal
mun\ men and women along tho way to
fortune, and now siund ready to assist
you, too.
There is considerable of a brt-cie about
that Ulan tm Gael Noddy lust at present,
The Lucky Number.
SlMut>«n*lll« illklui Herald. Junes.
Mention wus recently made of Tims.
Williams put look In holding m 111 kd
which draw Um ♦ • piTm at tha feitp
drawing of the Loiilslniim State Imttory
A represrntativo of till* pa|*or this morning
found Mr. Willlsim. ut Ids work in the Jef
ferson Iron Works lie was at first rather
ml versed lo saying any tiling about his
good fortune, hut finally *uld “I hud at
ways understood tlmt the lAiulsluiin’State
lAdtcr.v was strslght about awarding the
nrl/e* drawn, and two or thro** months ago
I sent for a ono icntli ticket I wan unstic
cessful in capturing anytlilng. hut kept on
until before the May draw lag w bon f seat
two dollar* and received a one umtli ticket
numbered B?,S'Jfl. The drawing took plac»
on May 14th, ami on the litn I learned
that ticket tf.trjfl had drawn Hie Fift.ixMi
prize. It was pre-tty g<Msl news, and Uie
licit morning I placctl Hie ticket in the
hnads of the Adams Express Company h"
collodion May 24Hi. or only teu days at
tor tho drawing. I rorolved a draft for
RJOO
Mr. William* ha* ho«>n la reccintof many
coiigrafiiliitlons upon ids gotMl luck, and
many who hud not tried their chances wore
surprised that the ticket was cashed no
nrompty without nay deduction. . Thut.
liowcver Is the wsy which the lg)til*lanu
State (gittory (’oinpsny invariably pursues
upon presentation of successful ticket*
It Is an aggravation fer a fiungry tramp
to flml only a fork In the read.
Sheriff’s Sale.
Mmoko Sheriff Side Kegur. a straight 10c
Havana cigar far f-c
A vigorous foreign |s*l|cy Is one that liven
to gel out of tho HlsP' Department
A M I'ltlKHT. Drioi dst. HholbvvlH*
lad. «n>a 'Hall's Catarrh 1 '
llie best nl Hiillsfactlnii «'a*
leaf If us It cure
tnkef rngglsl* sell
Prosperity Brings Its Woes.
The Widow Starveley—l can’t soo,
1 Mr. Houlihan, why you can’t wait a
; couple of days for my rent. The papers
say you sympathize with tho poor of
' Ireland.
1 Houlihan—Huh! Do yez suppose
that the people av this great, prosh
perous counthry are to be treated on
1 the same basis us the down-trodden
Oirish?— Life.
A Grateful Heart.
1 “Give me throe cigars for a dol
lar,” said a pink-shirtod young man
1 in the Hoffman House.
Thou ho toiled luxuriously up to
Woodlawn, and gazinll at hia father’s
grave, tours of gratitude welled from
his eyes us he thought of all tho old
, man had dono for hun.— Life.
The man who registers at a hotel at
night can be said to bo on ttio "retired
list."
Is it probable that whut a million wo
man say after dully triul is a mistake? They
say they know by tost that Dobbins' Kloe
trio is most economical, purest und best.
They havo hud 24 years lo try It. You give
it one trial.
If wo could uso our own good udvico bo w
happy we would bo.
When Baby was sick, w* gave hsr Cantoris,
When aha was a Child, ah* cried for Castoria,
Wh*n she becam* Mias, she dung to Castoria,
Whea she h#d Children, she gave them Castoria,
“That’s a suw spot with mo,” rcinurkod
tho trump us ho surveyed tho farmer's
woodpile. *
EVERY FARMED
living at a distance from a physician
should at all times Ihi prepared to treat
such common but by no means simple
complaints as Dlarrhum, Cholera Mor
bus and Crumps.
The Best Remedy
for such disorders is Perry Davis'
Pain-Killer, which never fails to afford
relief. A single dose will do moro
to drive awny pain and promoto tho
natural action of tho stomach than any
remedy you ever tried. Tho virtues of
PAIN-KILLER
are not confined to tho humun race—
it is used with equal success either ex
tornallv or internally for
HORSES £? CATTLE.
It cures Lameness, Sores, und CuLs,
while for Colic it is tho best remedy in
the market.
Sold by all Druggists at
2So„ 60a., and *l.OO a BOTTLE.
>■«• -t-*■>.mm&
HO M F NTL'IIV 11.H.k ramiißii
chip. ArlthuiHlr. 4i..rtiisn.l. sir
thorough!/ taught hy mm: l>.w rsiea Cttrulsr*
BKVA.vrs Cnl.l.KiiK. ».! Man. Si . IliitUlo. j
Johnstown Horror I
Our.new book,The .lolinstnwn llnrrnr or 1
lull*/ of l»a«thjl>s mo** thrilling b.».k erer
iMued. A grata In earry towiiohln
I ernia, Ol ■■•• r rent. Outllt :m mill. .National Puli.
(< > . *l* Clark Btr*< t. t hiiin.
DUTCHER’B
FLY KILLER
Maki-* a an awrrp. Krt-rr
»lir*t Will a nf Sira.
l>n»/ing ar<><i-'<l earn.
9 <l.\!njr at « tu-kninr r. iu
riif - I .-a.fiit rinii.ji«'i|M.|i..v
Wl Scnil'i.l • riiiafnr a «li.-. t*|,. ,
Y. IMirrilK.it. SI. Albana. Vl.
INTER-STATE LAND & TOWN COMPANV’B
Fourth Ogden Excursion.
Bound Trip $20.00 from Denver and points
along tin* l). it It. (». to (trund Junction. Tickets
good to return to August 10th. For full particu
lars, Address,
INTER-STATE LAND & TOWN COMPANY,
IKO7 LARIMER ST.. .... DENVER, COLO
SEASONABLE: GOODS, j
———Wholesale ani» Ketail—-
Fishing Tackle, Croquet Sets.
Lawn Tennis. Base Balls and Bats.
KODAK AND AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPH OUTFITS.
CHAIN, HAB D Y & CO.
Books, Stationery and Artists’ Materials.
1 HOti to nil.'. Arapahoe street, .... lIENTBB,
ALWAYB /\ USE
ROCKER’S IJrACKERX
THE W BEST
■AOE EXCLUSIVELY OF BEST COLORADO FLOUft
Which !■ adinltml tty nil to li» the Ileal Hour mnde. ( |(OI K I;lt'S C'MACKKRE
are ill suy• Fnsli, If y.air gnwer <lum u«t k.«p Ummk. write to
F. W. CROCKER & CO., ’SaßKiSi'*
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farnaaani Carta. J*ua IV. USO.
than hat feaau as maiiwai ad Mm SSm
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mgnUte tba Bowtla
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castes losicnii eo„ vevtoae.
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IRRI6ATED LANDS U feSKJTte
j^mnf^^bsndanST7ps”wi^|Vil»LSlt
Ail eIIBBAOa all tba year: al at eat eou>luuesPk» "v.
■dttei altitude a MO faun kaiallklaal Irogfis| Mi
tha u. nooonauniption. aa malaria. OO arraa
will flaid a ootupataner. Writ# for parttralara,
Jnpandent relaUraa*. Experience: I yn. la laM
war, 19 yre. In !*enak>n liureau and attorney Mac*. ,
CTha oldret niadlclna in the world la prohaUy~n£ >
Or. Icaao Thompson s D
r.I.CIIRATCU EYK WATF.H
Ttila article la a carefully prepared MiyelcUn'e ere
arrlptlnn. and liaa he.n In onataut uae nearly a century
CAUTION.—Thn only genuine Thoaapaea'e Ejra
w wear ha* upon Uir wliita wrapper of each bottle aa
etnrrered portrait of the Inventor, Ira Ibaao Tananu,
with a /ar-Umlif nf hla algnatnre: alao a note nf hand
alrtird John K Tliompenn. Avoid all other* Tha gen
uine Kye Water can l>e obtained from all Orugglata.
john L.TWospaow.aoa»*co.T*«t.a.r.
I TO t DATS. V of thla dIiMM.
151 TO —it W We hare told Mg Q law
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VIM, NBKVOiIS PSOPLS.
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—y ll Bin I 1111 l aai.T pnattivrir cwree
SATISS, SKaAldfeA.il*.
Contain* -ia In I no degree* ad
K'ertrtrtty. STASAfT—tt*
lateet lmp‘«V roved. ch-.p—l.Tl.ntlftr,powerful,
rahle egret Ire SkSlfAI. ttSCTmtflpi*Se
noaut. Electric Suvpenaorlc* free with Male SeM*.
Avoid howti* compe..h . wovta-
Ihm Imitation.. BUVTSIC TEI MM I*o MWIWS
W.oon din'd. Bend vhuup lorllluatreted pamphlet.
ok .w. j.NORNi.RiMoviB ro i u
! THE COMPANY PAYS THE rRIIONT
Hu their •-••inmoii M-n«e newatwel whim for H»,
Will hol.Ci'. I in. nf U'h w ( <>nl or WaUr SB fag*
•sell ahlfl atarnat nf |fl (IrhUMI lOC. CaMßSaat
llntailng on eerth l*lu*t a. enfean.l rail*
hie aa an angina BU per fiwwt. la wnragbt M
Iron and ateal. Can lm narked anywhere. H
Hi-•< • <*l winiua for derrirka. coat holate, m ■
sir. For rlrdilara. 'I h« Whim 00.. A M
IZUand IZEI Curtl. Si , D-nrar. Colo. # IB
IKING PIANO CO m V,.r, Bt
Sell* rhlrkertnu. H.ihnier, lleanlton, Bnhnlng. BSi-
V..... and Hilbert
aim. wi|i|y>p(MWßVlHk'
Newman IWYMSPivarvivO wonder, the
Aullan Organ.
ALL CHEAP FOR ('ASH,
Or on Monthly laatallmanta.
rupture"
CURED OR NO 9,
—No Opr ration. No iw>trntu>r. from Bu
lh h n /,<»* • -MINI p.llrala lm
and KIHST NATIONAL HANK. DE
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I IWSend f>>r cirrular. liana.
j VV N. U. Heaver. Vol. VI. Sll-Na. SB
I When writing lo ndv.Ttlaere, plraer ear that yoa
* in* M .• nilvi.iii*«*nii'iit in (hi* paper.