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WmBf> mm . ' fV^ . • jW"*' • • ' • • • • , J'. ' - ©•; /'H ^.k-i \ JUST WHERE THOU ART. JoAt where thou art lift iip thy voice , And sing the song that stirs thy heart", Beach forth thy strong and eager hand i Tolift, to save, just where thou art. Joat where thou standest light thy lamp, 'Tis dark to others as to thee; Their ways are- hedged by unseen thorns, Their burdens fret, as thine fret thee. Out yonder, in the broad full glare Of ipany lamps, thine own might pale, And thy sweet song, amid the roar Of many voices, slowly fail; While these, thy kindred, wandered on Uncheered, uulighted, to the end. Near to thy hand thy mission lies. Wherever sad hearts need a friehd. •--Penny Magazine. ' It was Thanksgiving day,, 1S94, at Fort Wingate. A dull sky hung low over the plains and an occasional gust <rf wind from the southwest caused the •entries to cast a quick look at the heavens for signs of the threatened storm. Only those . on guard details were doing duty. It was a holiday at the post and the soldiers sat a.round the tables in their company quarters and toid stories of Thanksgiving days of the past when the feast was cele­ brated under the home rooftree, thou­ sands of miles from the burning mesa. In the officers' quarters preparations were going forward for the Thanksgiv­ ing hop which was to take place in the evening after the dinner had been dis­ cussed by the post commandant and Mb officers. Social events at Wingate were as few and far between as at any Isolated frontier post, and the hop had been the subject of much discussion for weeks. The ladies had ball gowns •ent on from the East to lend warmth of color to the occasion. The band­ master had rehearsed an orchestra cho­ sen from the band in a program of dance music. The ^reat hall of the post had been decorated with green boughs, trailing vines and sprays of evergreen. The floor was waxed to perfection by the quartermaster. Nothing wa« lack­ ing to make the post hop a brilliant event. Adjutant's call for parade was sounded half an hour earlier than us- nal that evening that time might be afforded the officers to dress for the bop, and the ceremony of parade was ent short a trifle by Colonel Hunt, the gallant commander of the Seventh cav­ alry. An hour after the troops were dismissed to quarters the officers be­ gan assembling near headquarters in dress uniform, drawing on white gloves «r smoothing the wrinkles in those in­ dispensable adjuncts to an officer's at­ tire. They were impatient for the first strain of the music which should an­ nounce that the grand march was to begin. Those lucky enough to escort ladies to the affair strolled along offi­ cers' row to present themselves to the ladies and the orchestra hurried to the haH and was posted in a balcony. Slowly the officers and their ladies be­ gan to arrive in the hall. Colonel Hunt strolled- in with the wife of one of his captains hanging upon his arm and her husband following close behind with the daughter of a major. The fleJd and staff officers followed with other ladies, the luckless bachelors, who came alone, trooped in, pulling their moustaches, and bowing right and left to those seated about the hall. Colonel Hunt gave a signal to the band­ master, the baton fell and the Thanks­ giving hop was on. "Reminds me of old West Point days," whispered Lieutenant Brainard to Colonel Hunt when the two met af­ ter the first dance. "By George, it makes me feel like a yearling, the mu­ sic and the waxed floor and the pretty girls and all that." "Not much like arctic hunts for the north pole, eh, Brainard?" responded the colonel, and the lieutenant who went with Greeley to the "farthest north" shivered a bit as he smiled back a reply. The next moment he claimed the hand of a promised partner for a * quadrille and walked with stately,, tread to his place in the figure. Though the night was cool the dancers were heated, and the windows were raised that the south wind might blow across the ballroom. The music floated out in rollicking strains to where a sentry stood in the shadow leaning upon his saber, his thoughts far away in the town hall ojL^a little place in Illinois , ̂ here he once capered through a quad­ rille with the prettiest girl in the State, where he was as welcome as was Col­ onel Hunt at the Wingate hop. The step of the corporal of the guard awoke him to duty, and New Mexico and the present, and he siowly sauntered along his post. | The quadrille ended as gayly as did every quadrille that was ever played, and the laughing women were escort­ ed to seats by the officers who begged for more dances. The cotillon was next on the program and Colonel Hunt was to lead. With the pretty wife of Lieutenant Fuller upon his arm the commandant stepped out upon the floor and the dancers followed. The music sounded merrily across the ballroom and the dance began. But the first fig ure was not ended when more music stole upon that same south breeze and was wafted through the open windows, the mellow notes of a trumpet and it was sounding the officers' call. Offi­ cers' call in the midst of the Thanks­ giving hop! Officers' call when the .whole post was on holiday! It was like the sudden clangor of a fire bell during a wedding supper. Few of the women heard. Every of fleer's wife and daughter knew that call, knew every call, indeed, that came from the guardhouse, but there was talking and laughing and music in the ballroom, and their ears were not keen for interruption. But Colonel Hunt heard. He knew. "We will stop a little, if you please, said the colonel to Mrs. Fuller, escort ing her to a seat. "If you will excuse me, I will try to finish our cotillon some other time." And bowing low he was gone. The woman looked around the hall In surprise. Not an officer remain­ ed. There had been hurried bows. bards, and they were left alone. The music stopped with jft clash, ,the few civilians in the hall gazed about, in blank wonder, and. with half-formed inquiries on their lips, while the la­ dies began'to gather their wraps and start for their quarters. The post hop wais over. '--i Down at theguardhouseColonel Hunt was questioning a courier who leaned upon the saddle of his quivering horse and answered the commandant in jerky sentences as he gasped for breath. He had ridden with the speed of the wind for many, many miles over the rough country, his mind full of his story, his heart torn with agony, lest he be too late. He came from Keem's canyon, he told CoQonel Hunt. The Moqui In­ dians were on the parpath. Ha-be-mah was leading 500 braves on a tour of carnage. The school at the canyon had been burned and settlers had been murdered. Ha-be-mah threatened to. murder more. His braves were in­ flamed against the whites, and their lust for blood increased with each mur­ der. Help was wanted quickly or it would be of no avail. Colonel Hunt's gray eyes were close­ ly knitted while the courier was talk­ ing. He was revolving In his mind a plan of campaign. He-thOught of the great stretch of country that lay be­ tween Wingate and the Moqui country 200 miles away, of the roads and riv­ ers and every feature of the landscape. When the story of the horseman was ended the colonel made up his plan. Boots and saddles had long since been sounded and the post was under arms. The troop of the fighting Seventh were in the saddle and the pack trains were ready to move when the trumpets should sound "march." The gala attire of the Thanksgiving hop had been torn off and thrown aside in a hurry and the officers were moving around among their men in fatigue uniform with campaign hats in place of the plumed helmets. The women of the post knew now what had broken up the dance. They heard "boots and saddles" and they knew that meant action, some­ where, somehow. "Lieutenant Brainard, you will re­ port to Captain Sibley with your troop," said Colonel Hunt, and the officer who ten minutes before had been joking with his colonel about the West Point dances, raised his gloved hahd in salute and hastened away to his troop quarters. Twenty minutes later two squadrons of cavalry under command of Major Thomas McGregor trotted across the parade ground and the start was made. It was but an hour from v~ -- - that he had orders to take him dead or alive. Ten minutes later he was riding toward Orlba at the head of his patrol of twelve men. None knew in what part of the town the Indian chief had his tepee. None knew how the skulk­ ing redskins wCbe disposed around the place, whether in a body or scattered in a? circle which would draw luaround the patrol and wipe it off the earth. But the thirteen men rode boldly into the village to capture Ha-be-mah, dead or alive. The Indians had no warning of the coming of the troops, but when they heard the galloping hoofs of the horses a great shout arose and there was a scurrying for weapons among the te­ pees. Had Sergeant Lear commanded a regiment, a squadron or even a troop of cavalry he might have swept every­ thing before him. But twelve men against 500--well, they did the best they could. They drew their revol­ vers and rode shooting into that band of savage warriors. They spurred their horses right and left upon the surpris­ ed, half-drunken Indians, who fired volley after volley after them. They noticed the Moquis rallying around a certain lodge and, suspecting that Ha- be-mah was there, Sergeant Lear hurl­ ed, his men against the throng of In-* dians. The air was filled with blue smoke and the ping of the bullets was inces­ sant By sheer force the cavalrymen broke through the mass of struggling Indians and Corporal Hamilton rushed into the lodge, revolver in hand. Ha- be-mah was there, but he wais unarm­ ed. When the soldier appeared the In­ dian chief dropped down a hole in the floor into a cellar. The corporal fired at him and the bullet plowed through the chief's shoulder. In an Instant Hamilton sprang into the hole in the floor after Ha-be-mah, leaving the troopers outside fighting with the bucks. The chief in the cellar had no firearms, but with a heavy stone hatch­ et he struck at the descending figure of Corporal Hamilton. He hacked and chopped the trooper until the latter dropped into the room and flung him­ self upon the chief. As Ha-be-mah went to the floor be­ neath the weight of the corporal a squaw who had been lurking in a cor­ ner struck the trooper on the back of the head with a club. Struggling to arise. Hamilton fired at her and she dropped dead. Ha-be-mah made an­ other effort to use the stone hatchet and the corporal, his head swimming from the effects of the squaw's blow, . • TOPICS FOR FARMERS 'tm'i ~ ."i •1. •• >, J J ,< S: ; V-" - A DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR i! OUR RURAL FRIENDS. V. Sow the Kind of Wheat that Is Best Adnpted'to the Soil--Advice About Clipping Horses - Removing the Corn Tassels. 4* m 'RODE SHOOTING INTO THAT BAND SAVAGE WAIUUORS." JL.OA* been hurried bows, murmured apologies, and a scurrying of feet and clanking of saber scab- . A . ! , • ' - ' . " midnight and Oriba, the village of the j Moquis. was -41 miles away. How they made that trip will never be known save to those who rode out of Wingate that night. The snow in places was up to the bellies of the troop horses, but they floundered bravely s through it, They climbed : mouirtains t liousaiids of feet high and dived into snow-filled valleys. They amped at night as best they^ould and slept upo$ the ̂snow.,v . Among, the enlisted men was one who would be recalled by anyone who ever saw him. Sergeant Edwin Lear. Tall, lithe and straight as a ramrod, a trifle poor in flesh, but with the flush of health in his cheeks. Sergeant Lea. was every inch a soldier. He was one of the finest riders in the army, and if he is still in the sen-ice he doubtless still holds that honor. Through the long, cold nights he cheered the men with his unfailing good nature, told them tales of his early life and counted the days until they would have sup­ pressed the Moquis and returned to the post. After four days they arrived at the lesser of the three towns of the Moquis, within a few miles or Oriba. The Indians had^returned to have a dance. They had slaughtered right and left and Ha-be-mah was holding court in the midst of the plunder his men had captured. The reds were in­ flamed with liquor. Major George learned, and were likely to go on the warpath again in another direction. On the morning the squadrons of the Seventh arrived and vwent into camp Lieutenant Hopin sent his orderly for Sergeant Lear. When the tall soldier stood before the door of the officer's tent- and salute Lieutenant Hopin said: "Sergeant Lear, you will take a pa­ trol of twelve men, proceed to OrilA, and capture Ha-be-mah, dead or alive." Sergeant1 Lear did not move a mus­ cle. Still standing at attention, he asked: I "Any fnrthfer Instructions, sir?" "No, you know what to do," said the lieutenant. The hapd of Sergeant Lear came up stiffly to the brim of his campaign hat and dropped, he faced about and strode away to his troop. He knew what those orders meant. He knew that death awaited some brave fellows, per­ haps all of the patrol, in the rambling Indian village yonder. He knew that Ha-be-mah, intrenched with his 500 braves, would never be taken without a fight. But, more than all, be knew Selecting Seed Wheat, . It Is found that a change of feed, even that from an adjoining farm, Is an advantage. Wheat grown upon strong limestone soils In a cool Climate has more vitality and will yield more to the acre than when sown in a warm­ er climate. For this reason a change of seed every few years is desirable. If home-grown seed is to be used, se­ lect the very best, and then run it through the mill several times to get only the largest and most perfect grains. There are two leading varie­ ties of wheat, the white and the red. The whitewheats make the best,qual­ ity of flour. They require a gdbd soil, thorough preparation of the ground and early seeding. The usual yield is from twenty-five to thirty bushels to the acre. The red wheats are more hardy and are most in demand. The leading kinds are Fultz, Mediterranean and Fulcastor. Our leading wheat growers sow mostly the Fultz and the red Mediterranean. The Fultz has a short, stiff straw, that stands up well. The improved Mediterranean is a very valuable wheat, especially for rich clay soils that have recently been limed. On such soils crops have been grown the past season averaging forty bushels to the acre, upon fields of twen­ ty acres in extent. The editor would ad­ vise each farmer to sow that wheat that best suits his soil. Have plump, clean seed; seed six pecks to the acre, and take the month of ^Aigust to get the wheat ground in proper condition for drilling early in September.--The American. Clipping the Horse. It might be thought that clipping would have a tendency to increase the risk of colds and chest diseases in the horse. Such, however, is not the case; on the contrary, it reduces the proba­ bility of such affections. The greatest sufferers are those that, after a hard day's work, are brought Into the stable wet with perspiration or from rain, and having a heavy coat of hair, take a con­ siderable time to dry, notwithstanding careful dressing, a performance which is too generally neglected. To thor­ oughly dry a horse in such condition is too hard work to please most grooms, consequently the horse gets a chill, and his respiratory organs become affected. clipped horse is readily dried, and when afterwards clothed, passes the night comfortably, and is not so liable catch cold" as the horse that rests in a coat damp, if not sodden, with per­ spiration or rain. Clipped horses should always be well clothed when not at work, and especial care should be taken to preserve the temperatu^ of the skin for the first few days after they have undergone the operation of having their natural hairy covering reduced by the clipper.--Portland Transcript. shot the chief a second time through the shoulder. Then flinging himself upen the body he bound the arms of the chief with his cartridge belt and hurriedly drew himself up through'the opening in the floor to summon help. It was a few hours later that Ser­ geant Lear stood once more with his hand at the brim of his old campaign hat before the quarters of Lieutenant Hopin. "Sir, I have the honor to report the return of our party," said he. "What was the result of the expedi­ tion?" asked the lieutenant. "We lost six men and brought back Fla-be-mali and eighteen other prison­ ers," said Sergeant Lear. "What was the enemy's loss?" asked the lieutenant. "I should think there were about thir­ ty Indians killed, sir," answered the sergeant. "That will do," said the lieutenant; "report to your quarters," and Ser­ geant Edwin Lear went to look for something to eat. ^ Thousands of Chicagoans have seen him and applauded him, though none had any idea who he was or what stuff he would prove to be made of when the time came. Sergeant Lear is the dash­ ing rider who led the troop of cavalry­ men in the Buffalo Bill show during the World's Fair. At the close of that engagement he went "back, to the army ag'in, sergeant," in time to be the hero of the Moqui outbreak of 1894.--Chicago Chronicle. Removine Corn Tassels. We have never believed that it would pay to detassel corn In order to save the plant vigor and strength required to perfect the male blossom. It would in the first place involve too much labor, and Ave could never see that the stalks from which tassels had been removed were any more prolific than others. What used to be known as topping corn, which means cutting off all above the ear, is a certain injury to the crop. It used to be done to let the sun reach the ear. But the ear needed all the foliage that the stalk was deprived of in order to perfect its grain. Besides, it has long been recognized that these thin toppings of corn have far less sweetness and nutrition than has the larger part of the stalk below them. At earing time the richest part of the stalk will be the middle, and as close to the ear as possible. Give a cow a cornstalk and she will always begin in the mid­ dle. eating both ways till she comes to less nutrition, and casting out the butt and top ends as not suited to her taste. Exchange. Through the Telephone. "Excuse me for a few minutes," said a prominent Washington official to a caller, "while I have a talk with my doctor." "I thought your doctor was in New York," was the reply. "Oh, yes,' the official answered, "he is in New York, but at 2 o'clock every afternoon he comes to the telephone--the Ion distance telephone--and we have a talk. , It is not Convenient for me to run up to New York often, so I report my condition to him every afternoon and he in return gives me his advice and prescribes through the telephone. When the time comes for him to send the prescription, I simply connect him with my druggist, and the doctor tells him what to mix for me as easily as if he had to write it. This long-distane telephone surpasses even the wildest dreams of its inventors." I A woman handles a man as grace­ fully as she handles a fan. make,the late oats rust anil the late peas mildew so that they cannot be saved for grain. But If there lsf more of them than can be fed green, the corn and peas make excellent silage if put tip Just as the grain is beginning to form.-- Cultivator. i -- ' Alfalfa Repiacincr Corn, It Is not likely that alfalfa, the clover which has succeeded so well in Cali­ fornia, will ever become plentiful in the East. Our wet winters will rot tha roots or at least decrease their vigor. On very dry, sandy or gravelly soil it m.'ght succeed here. But it seems to be especially adapted to hot and dry cli­ mates, and hence Its success in the arid regions of the far West. As its root often goes several feet deep it is likely to change the character of the climate, for wherever alfalfa roots have gone water will also go. The alfalfa retains its greenness during the severest droughts. Of course it must be all the time evaporating moisture, and this also will have some effect in changing the climate. Hence in localities too dry for corn, alfalfa is taking its place as a feed for all kinds of stock. It is at the same time fitting the soil for growing com and other crops.--American Culti­ vator. Winter Carnations. If carnations are wanted for winter blooming in the dwelling or green­ house, they must be carefully cultivat­ ed now. Plants raised from cuttings this spring must have the flower buds nipped off as soon as they show them­ selves. Follow this treatment all through the summer. Keep the earth around the plants loose, mellow and free from weeds. By fall strong, stout, stocky plants will be had, and, with proper management, a handsome dis­ play of choice flowers may be had all through the winter. The last of Sep­ tember they should be potted, taking a large mass of earth up with . the roots. After they are nicely potted water freely and set the pots, in a par­ tially shaded place until they finally recover. The earth must be kept moist, but not wet, in the pots. They thrive best In a cool temperature--from forty-five to fifty degrees. They grow nicely in a well-protected cold frame.-- The American. Alsike Clover. It is no wonder that alsike clover so often proves a disappointment to farm­ ers who sow it, thinking that It will, like other clover, at least remain In the ground two full years. Alsike clo­ ver seeds, with its first crop. Then, unless the clover has been cut before it fairly got into blossom, the root will not sprout again, and the farmer is left with a bare stubble the remainder of the summer. Some permanent grass should always be sowrn with alsike clover. Timothy is one of the best, as it is a patient grass, growing a little be­ neath the clover early In the season, and then shooting up quickly and coming into head when the ground is cleared off for it to do so. The alsike roots, being dead, begin at once to de­ cay in the soil. They are so rich in plant food that timothy soAvn with al­ sike always makes a better sod, and will last longer than when it is grown alone. Clover as Fertilizer. Authorities on agriculture say that plowing under a good crop of scarlet cl&ver Is equivalent to twenty tons of stable manure per acre. They recom­ mend that all lands from which crops have been harvested in the summer be sown in scarlet clover for this purpose. It may be sown among corn, tomatoes, turnips, etc., at time of last hoeing, or after potatoes, melons, cucumbers, have been harvested, or on grain stubble and harrowed in. When sown in July and early in August it has proved hardy as far north as Michigan and Canada. In the latitude of New York time of sow­ ing may extend from July 15 to Sep­ tember 1, and farther south even later. Pear Blight. Pear blight is one of those plant dis­ eases that has been exhaustively stu­ died and its exact nature fully demon­ strated, and yet it has left us precisely here we were before as respects reme­ dial measures. In a word, the only emedy when blight has stricken a branch is to cut well below the affected part and burn it; if the whole tree seems affected, to dig it out and burn it. I am not aware that any specific applications are of any use except as they may promote a more uniform and healthy development of the tree, thus giving it greater resistance and making it less susceptible to the attack of the blight bacterium. Particularly should undue stimulation of rank fertilizers be avoided, since they induce extraordi­ nary growth which is liable to be soft and spongy, and often unseasonable, running into fall when the tree should be hardening the season's growth. The Seckel pear lias the reputataion of be­ ing one of the most resistant varieties, but it is not proof by any means, as your correspondent has testified. Blight varies somewhat in different years. The reasons for this are un­ known, but appear to be due to more favorable weather conditions some sea­ sons than others. Discouraging as pear culture is, owing to the insidious char­ acter of blight, it will pay to watch trees carefully for the first appearance of disease, to cultivate, prune and care for them systematically.--Germantown Telegraph. Onts and Peas for Soiling. Excepting clover there is no better soiling crop than a mixture of oats and peas cut green. It can be sown much earlier than corn, and will be in condi­ tion long before corn is ready to cut for green fodder. The pea vines also make it a better ration than green corn at its best, as they supply the nitrogenous element in which corn is deficient. But as the main soiling crop corn will al­ ways have the preference, as more can be grown of it per acre than of the peas and oats. By sowfng successively until the middle of May, oats and peas can be kept in best condition for soiling until cor^fodder lias got into tassel. But the latest sown oats and peas should all be used for green fodder as the excess of nitrogen in the soil will /""Y Sitting Hen®, On no account should hens be al­ lowed to sit in the henhouse during the warm season. It is too dry a place at any time for healthful development of the chick in the shell. In summer it. is particularly objectionable, because vermin are sure to breed in the hen­ house if a hen is sitting there night and day for three wreeks. When a hen at this season steals her nest and makes it on the ground the moisture which will rise through the soil Invig^ orates the chick and enables it to peck its way to the outer world, instead of becoming exhausted and dying in its shell. Farm Notes. There is some objection to millet hay, owing to the seed heads, which cannot be separated from the hay. This can only be avoided when the millet is mowed. The mistake is in allowing it to advance too far in growth be­ fore mowing. The time to mow millet is when the seed heads are beginning to form. If weeds are annual they will soon disappear if not allowed to produce seeds; if they are perennial, keep them cut. down so as to prevent them from making leaves. Leaves are the breath­ ing organs of plants, and to frequently cut down the plants as fast as they be­ gin to grow will soon put an end to them. Currying the horses when they have become dry after their return from the day's work relieves them of itching due to attacks of insects and opens the pores of the skin. If they are well rubbed down and also given a brisk brushing they will feel better and also be in better condition for work the next day. • Four times as much can be produced on an acre by the use of wheel hoes and other hand implements than by the oidinary cultivation with horse power, as the hand implements will al­ low of growing the plants closer in the rows, and the rows need not be more than twelve inches apart, but in so do­ ing the crop must be supplied with an abundance of plant food and carefully attended to. Iu Michigan a law is in force which requires all orchards infested with in­ jurious insects to be sprayed or disin­ fected. This law is enforced by three commissioners in .each township, who are appointed on petition of ten free­ holders. If the owner refuses to do the work the commissioners can do it and tax costs against him. Thus far the law works .well, and its justness is recognized. No man has a right to grow weeds or breed insects to destroy his neighbor's crops or fruit. NO PAY FOR FORTY YEAR& -- She Was to Get $BOO Per Annum, bat Her Kmployer Married Her. Of physicians who could Hot .cure themselves and lawyers who could not make their own wills there have been celebrated Instances. But here in the first case on record of a successful law­ yer who could not make a simple con­ tract with his stenographer. John Calllster, who died in 1888, was the most prominent member of the On­ tario county bar. He began his career in 185G without a penny. He left an estate worth $200,000. Shortly after being admitted to the bar Callister's practice required that he should have a stenographer. So he emploed Margaret Walker, with whom he made a compact, the like of which has never before been seen in a court of record. It provided that the sten­ ographer should be paid wages at the rate of $500 a year, but no money was to be handed over until Calllster retired from practice. In a year the stenographer became Mrs. John Callistesr. But she contin­ ued to help her husband in his law business the same as when slie was a simple employe up to the time of his death. Then it was found that the lawyer, whose principal business had been the making of wills,-had left no testament himself, and Mrs. Callister was therefore entitled to only a wid­ ow's third. The other two-thirds went to distant relatives. 0he brought suit to recover the wages due her under the contract made when she was simple Margaret Walker, and a curious legal battle followed. First the referee decided that she was entitled to wages only before she was married. Mrs. Calllster appealed to the surrogate, who allowed the en­ tire claim, amounting to $22,197.43. Then the other side appealed, and the Supreme Court reversed the surro­ gate's decision, saying she was not en­ titled to even one year's wages. The widow carried the case to the Court of Appeals, the highest in the State, and the members of that tribunal decided that she "could not be his wife and his hired servant at the same time." And so Mrs. Callister gets nothing for her 40 years of stenography and type­ writing.--New York World. Unknown Canada. It is usually supposed that there is very little of the Dominion of Canada which yet remains unexplored, says an exchange. Dr. Robert Bell of the Can­ adian survey, ha,s, however, proved that our knowledge of the country is yet by no means complete, and at the last meeting of the Royal Geographi­ cal Society he gave an account of his recent discoveries south of Hudson bay. During the last two summers Dr. Bell has been engaged exploring and surveying the region directly to the southeast of Hudson bay and to the east of the Noddawai river. While there he discovered a new river, the existence of which has never been sus­ pected, although it is within 200 miles of Ottawa. This stream, which is one of considerable importance, runs al­ most parallel to the Noddawai and eventually finds its way into the Hud­ son bay. The Indians met with in the neighborhood are described as semi- civilized, but as native-born gentlemen. There are no Esquimaux in the region at all, which points to tlie fact that the climate is not that of an arctic character. The soil is a rich brown clay, and the climate suitable for grow­ ing all the ordinary crops of such a latitude. There seems an almost inex­ haustible supply of timber, red and white pine, as well as spruce, being found in abundance, while big game is also plentiful, though should the region become settled as a result of Dr. Bell's explorations the latter would probably quickly disappear. He describes the whole country as a plateau, broken oc­ casionally by isolated ridges and well watered by many small streams, in ad­ dition to the large river already men­ tioned. A Warning for Yellow Journalists. Contributors to Sunday journals of yellow horrors should take warning from the fate of M. Henri Martin, of Paris. This amiable gentleman was en­ gaged in the preparation of an article for the "Courier de Lyons," of which he was editor, an article entitled "Cho- ses Vecues," in which he purposed to recount at length the sensations of hanging. It is evident that he meant to make himself an authority on the subject, for he was found, with a dog collar about his neck, suspended by a cord from a hook over his bed. Mr. Martin was in an excellent position to tell all the sensations of hanging, but he could not, because he was dead. An­ other illustrative case is that of M. Edouard Dubus. a decadent of the ad­ vanced type, who was engaged with M. Huysmans in writing the remarka­ ble book entitled "La Bas," giving a considerable account of the practices of Satanism. M. Dubus, in the pursuit of occult knowledge, attended a black mass. After that lie went mad. Those who read should run.--New York Times. Freaks of Razors. The finest grades of razors are so del­ icate that even the famous Damascus sword blades cannot equal them in texture. It is not generally known that the grain of a Swedish razor is so sensi­ tive that its general direction is changed after a short service. When you buy a fine razor, the grains run from the upper end of the outer point in a diagonal direction toward the han­ dle. Constant stropping will twist the steel imtil the grain appears to be straight up and down. Subsequent use will drag the grain outward from the ed«*e so that after steady use for sev­ eral months the fiber of the steel occu­ pies a position exactly the reverse of that which it did on the day of pui- ch-ise If you leave the razor alone for a month or two, and take it up, you will find that the grain has assumed its first position. The operation can be repeat­ ed until the steel is worn through to the back. " Washington a Tardy Taxpayer. Cases against George Washington ap­ pear here and there in the civil docket recently unearthed in the courthouse at Greensburg, Pa. No less than three claims were entered against him during the vear 1887 to compel him to pay taxes. The humorous clerk, commenting on these actions, remarked: "George Washington, Esq., appeareth not to I like taxes." Over 5,000 copies of Captain] Malian'S "Life of Nelson" have already been sold in England, which is considered a great success for so expensive a work. Gertrude Atherton, writing in Vanity Fair of Ixmdon, discovers five Western American writers that are worthy of recognition in England. These are: Ambrose Blerce, W. C. Mogrow, Stan­ ley Waterloo, Opie Read and Percival Pollard. A correspondent asks for the (wrrect translation of the title of Sienwiewicz's great novel, "Quo Vadls." The two Latin words mean, "Whither Goesfc Thou?" and they are the words said to have been addressed by Christ to Peter when the apostle was fleeing from the wickedness of Rome. The August International Magazine reports the names of over 270 Chica­ goans in its list of foreign tourists w;hd sailed within a month of the date of publication. A reference number after each name enables one to find the name of the steamer, port of destination and date of sailing. :9.' • -S • " • Scots the world over will be happy to learn that an elaborate attempt is to be made to preserve the rapidly perishing oral literature of the Highlanders. Alexander Carmichael of Edinburgh has devoted forty years to the personal collection and translation of these comr positions, and he now has in press the sacred portion, while the secular is to follow in due time. The title of the work is "Or agus Ob," and it contains invocations and incantations in- verse, literally translated into English, with notes on mythology, ancient customs and the like. The publisher Is E. C. Carmichael of Edinburgh. Count Tolstoi is writing a new novel, and its plot is said to turn upon one of those moral crises which from the be­ ginning have had such a fascination for the great Russian writer and philan­ thropist. According to an English cor­ respondent, the scene of the new novel opens in a Russian law court, where a young woman Is tried for theft and found guilty. During the trial one of the jury recognizes her as one whom he had known some years before, and whom he had betrayed and then de­ serted. As the judge pronounces a sen­ tence of imprisonment on the unfortu- uate woman the juryman feels that he is r;eally the guilty person, and deter­ mines to make what amends he can. He visits the prisoner's cell and tells lier of his intention, but she repulses him, saying her love has turned to hat­ red. Notwithstanding this, he accom­ panies hev 5 ito exile in Siberia, sharing lier hardships and thus doing penance for his own sin. D Y I N G I N T H E C H A I R . An Klcctrician Describes the Sensa­ tions Felt in a Slow Klectrocution. An electrician who has been experi­ menting on himself in the electric chair, undertakes to describe the sen­ sation of electrocution. A sudden shock is first felt, as if someone had struck you on the head with a heavy mallet. There is no pain. The brain feels be­ numbed. Bright lights dance and flash before your eyes. Your head feels ab­ normally large, somewhat like that of a person troubled wTith vertigo. A heavy weight seems to be bearing down upon your head. The pulse is high, and a feeling of exhilaration takes posses­ sion of you. You feel as if you were treading the air, with everything around you a blank. You are alone--the only being, the only object, the only tangible thing in the universe. You gradually sink into insensibility. A fierce shock suddenly passes through your entire system. You are again struck on the head with the mallet, the . same bright light dazzles your eyes, and then all is a blank. This second shock is caused by the turning off of the current The experience thus de­ tailed was the result of a comparative­ ly weak current, which was gradually and cautiously turned on. It is safe to say that in cases of execution by elec­ tricity the victim experiences none of these sensations. In nine cases out of ten, he is killed instantaneously. To be exact, it takes l-235th part of a second to kill a man in the electric chair. Antidote :or Snake Poisoning. It is very noteworthy that many na­ tions, races and castes lowest in civili­ zation have for a^long time protected themselves against poisoning from snake bites by a method which never until the present time, the twentieth century, has been discovered by Euro­ pean scientists. The races of Psyller in Africa, Morser in Italy and Guner in India ages ago possessed a means to insure themselves against poisoning from snake bites, and to-day there are people wiio are not harmed by snake poison, if we may believe the descrip­ tions of travelers. Such are the ne­ groes on the Guinea coasts, the race of Eisower in Barbary, some fakirs and snake charmers in India, the inhab­ itants of Mozambique and some Kaf­ firs in South Africa. The means used by all these people to secure immunity from snake venom consist in taking as medicine the venom, either fresh or dried, from the venom glands of snakes. The majority eat the venom, but in Mozambique the same result is gained by inoculating with it. That these people really do make themselves proof against snake bites in this way seems to be sure beyond a doubt. Although this method was made known long ago in Europe by travelers, nobody seemed to take any notice of It until the experiments of Pasteur and his school had demonstrated the possi­ bility of utilizing it. Then scholars be­ gan to study the effects on animals of feeding snake venom and of inoculating with it, and to convert into scientific capital the avowals of these fakirs, Kaffirs, etc.--Chautauquan. 4 Too Convenient. "Wiggins had to have his telephone taken out." . . , ; "Why?" "• ' "Well, he had told Ills wife they must cut down expenses, and so she called him up every afternoon to see whether he had gone to base-ball."--Detroit Free Press. . The new Chinese mint at Canton coin­ ed more than 14,000,000 10-cent pieces last year.