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A HUNT FOR PANTHERS. A lively Tim in th Mountain of North Carolina. III ta rl CM tn. ii i uuw cpui, ivr iioh viae Are rand of That Kind ef ExcitemcBC Tbe Death of On And tb Escape Another--Capture of tb Cube Good Fishing. of Special Cot.

Btltimm Anntou.) Battery Pas Hotbl, Asheville, N. a The mountains hereabout abound in panther, deer, wildcats, rattlesnakes and Wars, I'aathrr and bear hunt ars the most lfald Mountain the other' eiternnnn rf panther. Their path lay through many thick ravine and along several dangerous precipices. Una or twit! the. bind wbssls of the provision wa-oo slid off the track, and but lor a convenient rock must hav von down into the valley, nearly a thousand it below.

but the monntaineera don't such little trides, aa they calj them. In their recollection neither man uor -beast has ever tumbled down a tnounuiin. Leaving Asli-ville lar behind them the party, at sundown, arrived at a little cabin situated in a valley through which ran one et tb best trout si reams in the State. Hera they spent ths night, supping oa corn-bread and cold ham, topping off with strawberries grown within a buudn-d yards of tb boot and picked that evening the party uurubenng four gen- (Irnif II. in(lllaiirii titan nw-sA.

at 1 1 WIO KM they could oa chan and tables, win I the ff Via Mlkin aAsiTrma-t himself-with a blanket, the front door-step taking the place OJ a pillow. Befor the sun row me next rooming every uian was up and about, fconietiiiag which looked line couee, and corn-bread and ham, for a change, served tor breakfast. Every on did tit iuenl justice, bow-ver, as the mountain air down this way is a wonderiul appetiser. Breakout over, all started lor the little mountain brook to fish for the speckled beauties. Au hour's sport ouly netted ii trout.

One of the party aked the writer to say sixteen in bis letter, but with proverbial accuracy he gives th exact number. It is now nine o'clock, and if Cold Mountain was to reached that day a start niuat be made at once. Tbe distance wsa not so great, but it was all up hill, aud very steep bil.s at that. Th horses were soon mounted, and the hour biter th loot of Bald Mountain reached, Bcibre ascending ths mountain diuuer was served in some sort of bullion, tbe trout caught ia the morning, aud cooked over a blading oak tire, proving th tuost acceptable dish. Front this point we bad some live miles to travel before reaching, the top of th mountain, a circuitous route being necessary.

On the way up we encountered A. NY Jf UMBER OF KATTIJM.fASES Aad yellow-bellies; but we could not kill any, as they scampered off among the rocks belore the train got within fighting distance. On of tbe doipi captured a yellow-belly which measured not leas than twenty-six inches. Several wildcats were shut, bat so lar neither panther nor deer whs seen. There were any number of trails, however, but it Was tii ought bent not to follow them at this time.

The steep, up-hill traveling prevented ns trom gaining th top of the peak until nearlv five o'clock. Then we bad to hustle to ict onr camp in order beiore nightiall. An the darkness cams on we built a huge fire directly in front of the camp to keep t3" any unwelcome visitors. Each one took a turn at guard duty, this being thought necessary, as th panthers at this season are painfully thin, snil fir will not always' keep them off. Their peculiar screech was heard all night, and to the uninitiated it is something awful, but the hunters were not disturbed.

One of the party, a clever youn( physician, cooked break the next morning, which, to put it mildly, was rutru with a ravenous All hud on bu kskin suita, and each carried a Winchester title of the newest design. Every thing being in readiness by eight 'clock, the bant was begun, the camp and borers being left in charge of a servant armed with a ritte. It took some little time to strike a trail, which was lound to lend to a bunk of rocks in ths densest part of the mountain. Between two oi' the hirgest bowlders was seen an opening probably three reet in diameter. The earth about the eatrauc to the cav was lairly COVERED WITH PANTHER TRACKS.

We waited awhile, hardly knowing what to do, when suddenly a head appeared in the e.itruure tothecuve a head which resembled a 1 1 err or leopard's head. It belonged to a uither. The eves flatbed fire, aud a low growl mode us all treinbl. It may said riht here that it's no fun for a mau who has med all his lii'e in a big city bke Baltimore to lie placed in such a position. But aa he was in the position be bad to make the most of it.

The clever young physician ordered the dogs to attack the enetuy, but they, of course, refused. Then he leveled bis rille and fired, hut tbe panther had backed into bis lair Just as the trigger was pulled. There waa no fun in tiring into the cave; meant hud to be devised to get th bvast out. First a pits of raw meat was pUced in front of th opeuing, but this tailed to tetcb bim. Next a few stone wore thrown inside to aggravate him, or, rather, her, as it happuued to be th Siother ot 'three cubs.

Oue of the stones miL hae struck the cuba. as the old one cams bounding out, and stood defiantly in the entrance. One of the dog, more than the rtt, advanced cautiounly to-w trd the beast. In an instant the panther id him in her claws. The idea of the visa to provoke the beast to a fight, but now that the dog was in diinger, we were all ordered to and at th sums tim cautioned not to bit the dog.

This was euxy ss the poor dog biv under the pan ther, whose big body aUuost covered bim. Of the tour shots led only one, tout oi tne doctor, took eCect. The nail entered just belaud one of the ears, aud the beast fell dead. '1 he dog was Utile the worse from the en-dimiter. and soon becarhe himself amui.

hcther the mat of the beast just killed was t- side the euve waa a question aisvuaseu fur some time. WANTED THB CUES. But how to get them was a puxr.le. No one would volunteer to crawl iu the cave, mid the' dogs could not be got within ten et ol the rocks. Finally, it was decided to piod the cave with a long pole.

A young ine near bv was soon leveled and stripped ipiM udy it foliage. JIM as it wits got reudy a rustling of soma dead leaves to the right ol the rae was heard, and the uext insiant a head was seen protruding iroin the thicket. It, was the mute. Without order our rifles were leveled, and bang! bang) resounded through the woods, bucb shooting! Not one ol us had hit iU He disappeared in the thicket, and in a few momenta afterwards was seen scampering over the clear near the top ol the luouutain. It was to give chase, ss be could slip us in a hundred different ways.

Assured tii.it the cubs were one of the (not the writer) was induced to approach the entrance of tbe cave, and try to j-iod out the cubs, il there were really any in lie first used a good-sired branch, it finding th.a not loug enough, he tried a vcung napling, with more sucM. lb pole just rem hel to the back of the cave, and here ie lit RSTfeTila, three in number, were bud-i ed together. One by one they were got out. or dragged, rather than walked, as they roil Id not have been over tew weeks old. As there were thiee cubs and four hunters, we drew lota to see who should get thera.

The voung physician, the heat hunter in the party, the man wlio bad done the most to get 'lie cubs, kt. It was now decided to return to camp for dinner. Ou the way WE KILl.KIt THRKB BATTLfcSXAKEB, And saw several deer out of shooting rnnsm. iit of tbe deer was a maguificent-lookuig kack, who seemed to act as the leader. They Utjinenred over th brow of the mountain, Miinng at a tremendout gait.

were eireini in olKervr. in all ot our journeys, th fcrun. he of th trees which our Pth 1 'a other generally occupy such po- "lis. and then upon tuejr prey aa it tx-iow. They aw cowaruiy annuaia, tfpt when pushed in a corner; then they 'it like tigers.

tamp MS reached at noon and dinner was hour later. Tbe hunt ixmin slter had a thorough rest. I along about three o'clock. bsd f--ire very jar before we got on a trail. iiMDved it up lor over a mile, and hrr lt it in mountain brook.

A little thrther wme the eiite oi lint mijjit be ealbd aprvtiv biurtf Ux king down saw none of us are likely to forest. J'u level clearing prohabiy baU way down iin weie unusually btr iua BLiony TO BUPREMACT. ori aark hnt1lr0 color, the other tu i'Pllo. At th-time we came upon tac brown fellow seeuied to bsv i of it, as udversary-w as bieed- 1 s'-KMit the head and slwnlders. vis? Dot k.1 kmg.

however, Uie yellow Suiug tb an tats civuud, mado oua i of THB ENQUIREIl, CINCIXXATIv SATURDAY MAY 2G 1883 SIXTEEN" PAGES. PoI leap, felling on bis antagonist, nd almost winding him. "J1; 1B position be made good cae ttf tb tune. as the far was clawed out by tt hafbtlnU 1 i screeching iomo imiZrnHiM. CYUU feither rlaw nor bits, a wa almost buried in ti earth.

Wbea at last rT be mad Cor the other, who bTVe' etood bis ground. First oo clawed, and then the ether, until were eat with th exertion they crawled off and aud tb fight arJw- Their race was somewhat quickened by a half dozea shot from our rifles. none oi wuic took fiact. While we wars diacoasing tb figbt we beard a acreeeb from bebiad oa. Turning, we saw two small animal standing a Lund red yards sway, eyeing our every aioiement.

Onr first impulse was to snoot, but tb doctor forbade, explaining that it would mors excitiag to encircle tbe brutes and then kill tbe to. Tb writer did not agree to this, but was forced to take hi position a hundred yards to tbe sooth. Fortunately for him, their paathersbips, by Ota wonderful leaps, escaped to tb north, ouly 'on of them receiving a small flesh-wound in tb leg. Retracing our step, we arrived at camp at sundown, worn out and nnngry. Aner supper we gathered wood tor tii night ire.

and then Lt oar ciusrt (w ought to hav had pipes) and talked over THE AOVKVTVBES QF THE DAY Until nearly ten o'clock. At that hour we all turned in, the raid promising to keep watch all night. The sua wsa well op wbea arose tn tbe morning, for we had slept very soundly. Breakfast consisted of coffee, bread and cold meat. Toward nin o'clock we began to make preparation for tb journey hnme.

Camp was struck, tbe horses saddled and ths wagon soon When we cam to look for tb cubs could not find them. Tbe gtiide, in whose keeping tbey bad been, declared that be had placed them under a net in tb rear ol tbe camp. An hour or more was lost in the search, which resulted without success. Where they had gone or how tbey got sway was a mystery never to be solved. Tb delay postponed the start uutu alter tea, so Uiat we aia not reaca toe little cabin below tb mountain until somewhere near three o'clock.

The hospitable occupant soon got us up an old-faMiioned dinner, which ruloed dowa rather than ate, to enable aa to fish for awhile beiore sundown. We bad splendid lock at th stream much belter than is usually experienced so late in the afternoon. Tb catch amounted to twenty -six II good -sized trout. Alter supper we chatted awhile and then turned in. in order to mrt an early start in tiie morning.

Our watches indicated half-past five when the old mountaineer called us for breakfast. An hour biter wer well on our way bom, where we arrived in th early aiternoou, travel-stained and weary, and thoroughly satisfied with th success our panther bunt. STUICK THE RIGHT TRAIL. It TTas a Telegraph Operator Wis Tracked tb Famous Qig Springs Train Robbers. (Omsba Herald.) A circular received at tb Herald office conveys tb information that ftL F.

Leech is lot 31 ted at a point miles above Boise City. Idaho, whers has secured a large ranch, on which sra a dosen or more hot springs. Some of th Herald readers may ask who is M. F. Leechf He is a voung man who one rendered th Union Pucific Company a most Important service.

On a bright moonlight A iqm i. 1. Diguii cpiEiuurr io, locw me wuiu- eat and most profitable train robberies ever committed was carried out at Big Springs, a small and isolated station on tb Union dnu, 3b'l mile wet of Omaha. Just before the arrival of the east-bound express train compelled station Agent Barnhart to tear np hi telegraph iuittruinents, which tbe roubers took ixrasion of. Uambard was then ordered to hang out bis red light.

Tbe train reached the station at and stopped in obedience to the signal. The gang, cousiting oi six men, men executou tneir 100 wuu neatness and dispaub. lliey covered the engineer and fireman with revolvers, aud forced them to nut out tbe are In tbe hre box. By strategy four of them got into the express car, and overpowered Express aieaeenger oiuier oy brutally pounoing mm over the head. Tbey corraled all the train ruenand then hclpt-d tbeiuselves to all ths money tbey cou.d conveniently carry, amounting to in gold coin, which was being shipped in three boxes.

Tbey emptied this money into sacks, which they slung across their home' backs, and, alter friguteiiing aud robbing th passengers, they rod, on with their plunder. Notwitbhtauding ths disappearance of his instruments. Station Airent Barohart in- genioiwiy oveream the diibc-nlty, Taking tne ends oi tne two nroken wires, ana ticking them together, thus performing the duty of key, he sent over tbe lias a brief niexsae, repeating it slowly several times, so that some one might hear it. The meswag was, "No. 4 baa been robbed at this station ot SHU.UX)." It waa heard at Cheyenne, North 1'latte, and at tbe telegraph onic in tbe Union Patfuc Head-quarters in Omaha, a few minute after th departure of the robbers from Big SDriugs.

A reward of alO.UUO wsa offered for the capture of the robber. Hkillfui detectives were put on the track, but the man who struck the right trail was young Leech, lt was learned lrom Andrew Kiley, of Omaha, who was a asenger on tbs train, that ths leader of the gang whs Joel Collins. He recognized bim aa a Texas cow-boy whom he had met in tbe Black Hills. It was suspected by Leech that Collins and his gang, who had for soms little tiros been iu Ogalalla, whers Leech lived, wore th robbers. Ogallala, then head -quarters for the Texas cattle-drivers, is only eighteen miles from Big Springs.

Tb robbers returned there alter tb robbery, but leit tb next day, one by one, and met at tb Diace where tuey had secreted the money ijuperintendeat Morsraan reached Ogallala that day, and employed Leech to trail the six robbers. Loecb was a telegraph operator, and had done som detective work in Ken tucky iu ferretibg out whisky crooks. To make a long story short. Leech was successful in bis perilous undertaking. Hs fol lowed the robbers day alter day, and sent hack lnlorntstion which reunited in tbe dcaia of three of them and the recovery of hall of the money.

Joel Collins and William Heff- ridge, two of tbe gang, were cornered at Buf- la.o station, dv a posse ox ten cavalry men under ths command of a Sheriff, sent out for that purpose, -ibey killed both men and took possession of which they had with them. Leech, in trailing th robbers, bad night alter night crawled so cloee to their camp that he recognized every man Collins, HclT- ruige, Sam Haas, James ferry and ths two other. He heard them talk about ths rob-berv and decide on their future plans. It was in this way that ha learned where tbey were all going. Berry was soon located at his is no near Mexico, Mo, and Sheriff Olaas-cock, of Callaway County, shot and killed him in the woods near his house.

About $9 UK) waa recovered from Berry. Most of the money Berry had deposited iu a bank at Mexico. Sam Kaa went to Texas and continued his highway exploits, but was finally killed In soms brawl. Another of the robbers, whoso name was jrivrn as 'Underwood, was arrested in Texas and lodged in jail in Kearny, in this State, but he made bis em-ape and has never since been beard of. The other robber never waa raptured.

The killing of the three robbers and the recovery of nearly was due entirely to th detective work of young 1-eech, who was handsomely rewarded by the Union Pacific, which never had a train robbed before oriuce. TTaat Did a So In th Wall? (Flttabor Dtapatch.) Trmng Wright Grant, who killed himself sccttieniaiiv me pic-mc at iijj, iu Bibb County, Georgia, on Saturday, had a singular experience niay-ua. mere is a custom followed iu the country of looking in the well on the 1st ol" May with a looking-glass, as oa Hallowe'en, aud then see the future wife or husband. Grant, with a dumber of voung people, observed the custom, and when he looked into the well he saw some thing that evidently du-turoca mm very) V. K.

Arim v. i i the well. Kecovenng bimseil altera moment, he handed the glass to a friend, jumped into his bucrsrv and hurried off. From that time to his death be refused to tell what he saw in the well, or to talk about It, except to say that what he saw caused him to almost drop (-, a-lnsa. The more superstitious of his Henda any that he saw a coffin, thereby pre dicting the sad and early death to which be came so soon Cavliif Buk.

tlUashaattoa Repehllosa.1 Tourist-My phvavian has advised me to locate where 1 may get tbe south wind. 1hjs it ever blow nerr Native wen, sir, I may any an yea lucky to have come to this place. Tbe south wind always wows cere. Tonrist Always? But it seems to be blowing ironi the north now. Native Oh, it msy be coming from that direction, but it's the south wind.

It's com-big back, you know. VkMa TWm a jmm ISaa rraaolaes Waan.) Trhw did vou aiaks use last evening th expression. 'Shiver my wmoersr- A was eurpTwen at you, n. Why. I wanted toevr the Lm- prekioa that I own a yacht.

BRAVE NOLAN Attacked in a Den of Thlevea. "Send tbe Wagon i Fm Shot to Ileccs I Worthy Policeman Biddlod WKb. Ballot WbUo Parfonnins; Elm Duty. fCMesc HsvalAt Setxl th wagon: I'm shot to ir! This was tb startling messag sent over the wires into tn Xwenty-eeond-treet Marion last night that started a patrol wagoa load ss oaosrs for tb corner of Fnrpie and Twea-' tieto streets, in a aaioon a lew doors trom the corner tbey found Officer Mania J4aa stretched oat on a beer table, bleeding trues Si ping ballet wounds is bis anas and kegs-; was talking incoherently about bis wile and but when saw Lieutenant Arch begged in a pitiful manner to have a doctor and a priet brought to him. Aa officer was dispatched for a priest and, a message summoning a surgeoa was sent from a patrol box, and when Kolas was told that his wishes bad been complied with be told this story ef a sensational encounter with thieves.

He was walking west on Twentieth street toward Purple, to make hi hourly report to th station, when be beard shooting in a tumble-down fram shanty a lew doors from the patrol-box. 11 ran. to tbe boose at full speed, sprang through tbe open hall door, and climbed a nekety pair of stairs to tb set ond floor, where there wa a fight ia prog-res. Nolan throw open tb door found at th head of tbe stairs and sulked through it into a room where three or four men and as manv women wer brand inning pistols and knives around each others' beads. stop that!" tn officer, sbodted, aad he tried to seize tb arm ef a big fellow, wne was drawing; a bead on one of the combatants with a six-shooter.

Quicker than thought, tbe man tamed oa Nolah and discharged his pistol at him at point-blank rang. Th ameer's right arm fell helpless to his side, but be instinctively reached with his Ie-t band for his own revolver. Tb big stranger saw the movement, sed. shouting to one of his conrnanious, "Kill the again discharged but revolver tn Nolan's (ace. The bullet piowed through tb officer's hair and the powder burned his forehead.

Then tb other man, who bad been addressed as "Bill," opened lire on tbe intruder with a brace of revolvers which hs took from his hip-pockets. He discharged one after tbe other until Nolan sank to ths flour. The big man who had opened the fire tried to put another bullet into th proatrat body be ore be sprang to an open window overlooking tb street and deliberately jumped out ef U. The fellow with the two revolver went down the rickety stairs in three bounds, and tbe hvit seen of him he was streaking it across tbe praiiie in tb di recti oa ot tb river. Th third man went out of a rear window, and the women all disappeared by tbe handiest exits tbey could find.

Daring the -shooting their shrill screaming blended with the plaintive cries of two little girls who were crouched behind sb old cook-stovs to escape tbe flying bullets. When bis assailants bad all goo Nolan revived, and be dragged bimseh to tbe stairs, dowa which be slipped to the sidewalk. His wounds were bleeding at an alarming he was momentarily growing weaker, but he summoned up strength enough to crawl over to the patrol-box, open it and send in tb messMge which brought him relief. He hod scarcely finished bis sentence to the operator when be toppled out ol th box into tb ditch, ancenscioas, and it was there some tatiieetut, who had been drawn to the corner by tbs found him. They lifted bim out of tb mud and carried him into the aaioon near tb comer, and by administering such restoratives they had at band brought bim to.

Wben they heard Nolan's story the officers carried him out to the patrol wagon and sent him to tbe Mercy Hospital, and then they made a descent in force on the old bouse where be had been shot. Surrounding it to prevent tbe escape of any on who had not already fled they sent Lieutenant Arch and Detective Ryan inside to make a search for the sannssins. In a little closet they found an old woman, who waa recognized as the ai other of the notorious Alollie-WatSr- -and- ia another room they fouud Fannie, Mollie'S sister. Sb was balf-atopefied with drink, and the officer had to carry her out of the place bodily. The two little girls, Mollie'S children, who had crouched behind the old stove while Nolan was being riddled, wer taken lrom nnder a bed v.

her tbey had crawled. Tbey wr taken to tb station with their grandmother and aunt, but while the two latter were sent down-stairs and locked up ths children were riven a comfort able place in Lieutenant Arch's office, where IIWJ WCVV MWU UHSUVW HI SWU, MJV tragedy they had just witnessed. ruin ths smaller of th two en la only sis years old it was learned that the original snooting mat attracted zvoiaa co tae noose was dons by a thief and burglar named Jim Scaalaa. lis and Billy Mott and a stranger named Jim 0Nil wr quarreling aboat a silver uuartor which all three claimed to own. Mott struck Scanlan with a poker, and Scanlaa drew his revolver and turned it loose at the shoplifter's brother.

Mollis Mott, who was a witness of the quar-ral, picked up a big kni.e and started to her brother's reacne. aad would hav plunged the bled into his assailant's heart had not O'Neil placed tbe muzsle of a revolver against her heed and ordered her to halt. The celebrated shoplifter knocked the weapon aside and turned on O'Neil with tbe ferocity of a tigress, and was about to finish bim wben Nolan entered. Ail tb combatants turned on th newcomer. 8c lan was the first to open ore on him, and Billy Mott followed with two revolvers.

O'Neil and Moliie Mott escaped under tbe cover of the shooting, bnt tb others did not go until they thought they had finished their victim. Lieutenant Arch called in his whole available torce, and other district wer notified to search tor Mollis Mott and her crowd. At two o'clock this morning eon of them had been captured. At Mercy Hospital two sur geona wovked all aight extracting th ballets Item Nolan ana aad leg. About a year ago Nolan fell and injured bis leg whils chasing a thief, and a tsw nights ago a colored highwayman tried to blow the top of his head off.

It ia feared that his present Injuries, will provs fatal. Tbe Mott gang, of which Moliie Mott Is tbe bead and center, is one oi tbe bet known bands of criminals ia the country. In years gon by it bss included tb moat celebrated end burgisrs known to the police. Mollis Mott heraeli has a most remarkable record, which tbs Herald published in part a tew weeks ago, securing its facta trom ths note-book of Dennis Simmons, The fjs of Stlaanlanta Botwoea Meals. (Popnlar Scleaos stosthlg.

-Altbonrh all pereons who indulge in alco holic stimulants well within th margin of actual arunxennes speax ot tnemsoive as "moderate drinkers," there are two special classes ol' them which bear no resemblance to each other, except, in the one solitary circumstance that they never at any time take sufficient to intoxicate themselves. The one class is that which only partakes of stimulants while eating; the other indulges in them between nieai-times. To tbe bitter habit is applied in this country tbe title of "nipping," while in the East it isspoken of aa And this is tbe moat peraicious ef all torm of drinking, trom tb tact that stimulants taken without at th same time partaking ol food, though only imbibed in small quantities st a time, have most deleter ions effects oa the internal organs. A man who habitually indulges ia a single glass of sherry in tb forenoon, a brandy and soda in tb noon and a glass of whisky and water in the course of the evening doe lar more injury to bis constitution than one whs partak or a large quantity of alcoholic atiniuiaat at meal times. George Harley, 74.

l. TTaat Kitted th Hole. Th only tdma I ever really' felt ashamed la my lii was at tb haul of Cedar Kap-I ids," said tbe Major. "My horse tell nnder roe, and 1 was obliged to nd aa army male during the rest of ths engagement. "1 reiaenioer weu.

saia imga. m. found that mule about an hour alter yon dismouated that day." "Kealiv, old man, I hardly expected to be corroborated so promptly where did yoe find him asked the Major. 1 Judge saw that there was a uear run OT the door as replied "Stone be- Bin a a rail teace," mortification. I.egieel.

U. was extremely fond of the pleasures of the table. Noticing one day that his beerd nsd turned gray whila ka hair remained black, oe iae parted the sad intelligence to a ir.ena. i vnuii, to mi uuiot. "that it because you've worked your laws a good deal harder than, yon have jour bcain.M FATE CP ICS JAXI2AEICS.

Tkj raws ret- tawSwatsm CatnTTayWr Slalat Tsjr Hl-a- rrtaw cm nu i. Th -recent report at the deaUh of th last of tbe janizaries in Enssis, at tbe ago ef trpward ef ninety years, calls to mind one of the most dreadful Tganizabcria of men tbe world has ever knew a. The jsnizarie were tbe troops with watch Tnrkey ibught ber battle in Earop daring tb centariee beiore this. Tbey succeeded an earlier body of Turkish cavalry called spahis. Tbe organization the two bodice wss very similar.

Tbey wrmerigrnally tnehildresi of Christian parents, raptured try ta Turks, aad reared ia tb faith ot Islam. By tbe Mohammedan law a tKh part of the eaptirsa. as well as of the spoil, hekmged to tbe Caliph, the Prophet successor. Under this taw tbe aitaa claimed lor himself tbe firth part of tbe hasvltby male children who bad bera 'taken captive ia tb European war. These children Became Mohsramerlsn Tbey were trained for military servies; tbey were granted special privileges: the highest places in tbe State wers'opea to them, and tbey were mad their sovereiga body guard.

a no mustering lsto seit.ee ce tne men was their consecration by the priest, who stretched tbe sleeve of ks garment over tbe bead of tb foremost soUiwrs aad said t. "Let thesa be called janutane. slay their coo nf nance be ever bright, their band victo rious, their sword keen I May their spear ai- wsysl and baag over tbe beads of their enemies. wheresoever tbey ro. may they retain with a whit face!" With a wbit ate, with- a rejmtation aa-stained, did these janizaries, at first, almost always return; but ia Urter times tbey assumed powers and privileges granted by neither feultaa nor prwwt.

Tbey made and nnaiade Sultan at their rwa pleasure, and tyrannised over them while upon, tbe throu. As tbey had long been tbe terror ef Eastern Europe, tbe became tbe terror of the Government at bom. Th beginning of the present century brought an end to tb soecesslul career, of tb janisariea. Tbey periled ia tbe as of their obsoiet weapon eld-iaahioaed tactics, and could not eope with tbe artillery nor match tbs modern maneuver of the regiments of Aoatria and Itnasia. Attempted reforms were fannticafty resented.

Tb in-trodoetioa of tactics broogHt oo aa open revolt ia Constaaunopl Jan 15, lrtiti. Tbe janizaries were gathered in one of the public square of the city. They tun be red twenty thousand desperst men. They were ignorant of tbe design of tbe Government, and bad got themselves, a it were, into a trap The first intimation they had 'that they were doomed was shower of rrahot from th artillery. They were hemmed in by soldiery oa every side.

Tbe gates of tbe city were dosed, and were kept cloned for two days, that tb work ef destruction might he as complete a poeubie. More than Una, orders were sent through all the provinces commanding the death of any who might have escaped from the city. Fifteen thousand were killed and twenty-six thousand were' expatriated, and, the Janizaries wer abolished. What a recollection of that tim tbe last survivor, Whose death is just reported, must have carried with bim for the threescore and two years si nee 1 WBIN WIFE'S A GO'S; A WAT. aomehew raras arena th gruel Aldt so fanny as before.

An' I'm all ths Uaa fovettla This or that er 1HU eaure; Whsa I 1t out Is the kilcb.sa.1 Waal to halls arouse an' start Ooeas Iaa foolish eaoa thta Why my artf a on' asjr, he's a Oils' tfatass np for ana Wltb thonftitisl, Tallin' me that somthla' her. An aomethln' else la over there; Lookla' aer. apoakia lew vaUeoe. Though aba hasat an oeh to Ketch hsr area oa ma sll dim ilka Oueeaabs hstsa to (0 away. Wish 'twas var wish twos way Wish dlda't hav to paxtt Tbafa lat what 1 heap a tamkls', An'sfaoUa'ta air haarfc P'raps oar apoarlia aao raach rurilar Tttaa the parda' ef lo-4ay, As'leai blai what Ihejr east tell as, Whsa a loved one's go's' away.

Ceils to alnd another Jooraoy," Br an' by we aU mual go. Wooeer who's a settle' rasSy For tba trala that movaa ao alow Brlagi ths tears to thlsk ahont lt. a it alb bar as' prsr, it mag he sy time for who Ui a Cak (a Omaha World. JXLLT THAT IS XUT JELLY. Tb Cheap Imitations Which flood sfnrke sell- rer Six Cents a Class th Cm Stub Uu.

CWw Tor hfaH and Kapraaa, "The manuracture of. raspberry Jam has been increasing of late," said a leading dealer to a Mail and Express reporter. "There are now eight firms engaged in its production and they make an aggregate of nearly Ave hundred ton per year, which sells for $180,000. Tb manufacture of jelly ia a less prominent Industry here, though several parties make more or less of that article for bakers' use. Few New York concern have had the temerity to attempt to compete with Baltimore manufacturers of cheap "jellies," such as are being wholesaled all over the country at.

the present time at seventy cents a dozen, or less than ait cents As ths glasses which contain these jellies can hardly cost less than two cents spiers, and as the labels, covers, are not made for nothing, the price received for the Jelly itself is evidently not much above three cents per glass. Although the demand for this jelly has become large of late it ia pretty wall, understood that it is aa animal instead of a vegetable product, being composed mostly of geiatine, variously colored and flavored. "Tbe Jelly that ia niannartared in Hew York is nearly all made of apples, -and sells at about fourteen cents per pound. Apple now forms the base of an endless "number of Jellies, such as currant, raspberry, peach, pineapple. which are mad by simply adding extract to flavor th apple jelly, and so perfect ia tbe imposition that the great majority of consumers are deceived by iL in other words, can not tell it from the jelly mad from th fruit with which this is only flavored.

It come much cheaper than the real article. Real currant jelly, for instance, cost somewhere about twenty-eight cents per pound. The Utter is toad to some extent, and is sold by grocers who eater to tbe highest class of family snd otel -t- TOE LIFE OP AN 1R0N K0RS1 JT Laager Tttaa That a PeurlLesTd Oss-Wial Beeemee ef fla Looometivoa. lltaw Tork Mall as (Exams. "The toon horse does aothsst much longer than the horse of flesh and bones," said an old New York Central eugineer to a Mail and Express reporter recently.

ordinary lite of a locomotive is about thirty years. Some of tbe smaller parts requiri renewing every six months; the boiler tubes last five years and tbe crank axles six years; tires, boilers and fire-proof boxes from sit to seven years; the side frames, axles sad other parts, thirty years. An important advantage is that a broken part can be repaired, and does- not condemn th whole looomotiv to tb junk-shop; while, wbea a bora break a leg, the wool animal ia only worth ths flesh, fat and bonra, which amount to a very small sum in this country, where horse-flesh does not find, ita way to the butcher's market," MM M4 -MHB SttaWaa A nprebenaly. (Xavshaat Travaler-1 "John, said Mrs. Dor kins to her arm, "I have been told that yon are gout to see that Von off girl right "Well, yea, mother; I hvej "You ain't gone and got engaged to her, hav your" "Yes.

mother. I'm sure yon cant object to It. Her family is one of the oldest most respectable in the country." "1 haven got a word to say about her respectability nor nothing like that. What I object to is these weak-constitutional, poor-health pits that ain't fit to take charge of a household." "But I'm sore ah ia not open to that erit-kasm." "Well, mavbe not. But I beard tb doctor talking about her blue blood, and it struck me that she was unhealthy.

Any body with blue blood in 'em naturally would be, unices 3 came oat ta aeareatn- ta lleeerds. (Th Epoch.) Minister's Wife (whose husband is short ef a sermon) Here is an old one. dear, that yon preached several years ago, beiore yon accepted your present call; why not use that? Minister What is tbe text? Minister's Wife It is about the camel and th eye of the needle. Minister That wouldn't st sU. Dont yon know that I preach to a two-bundred-mliioa-doUar eengregaticm every Sunday Aa Expert plains).

tSa rraaoueo Waap4 "In selecting tricky, Colonel, what points are the most important tobs observed?" "Quantity- end quality, ia tie anier piouijitiy replied the Colonel. GIRLS.100K OUT WEST. Ton Are Growing Immensely Eici and ImprtAnt Tltere. CateTprisis; Female ta Eaachet A Col-w ered omaa Bosaam Queej. Beastlru, rearlsss aad Capable Hasten A aha Hsl4 for Asls sal Sats risiaf fiirla.

Tar OC epacilal as Bew Cnlaas Tlaasav PeaaocraLl Tb girl of the Uorth-weat are jpeeuliarTy seli-inucpecuiact aad self-reliant. There may or may not be something ia the stmospbere that produces th change in them, but certain it is that soon after their -arrival from the States, from timid, frightened aad half-scared create they sooa hkwom oat into self-supporting Is adholdare nod sarsaers, aad evea go a law a to run for political omens. One girl not far from here came eaza to Montana from Chicago dry goods store, where she was getting a aiisersble pittance as snlmgiri for strteea boars' work a day, and irorking aix days eat of tbe arrea. She first went to boxetusn a a school teacher, i From echool4eacber she cam boldly out as a candidate for County School feuperuitendent, i for which omce a "brute ef a man" was her only opponent. Beauty and cheek area tb race, however, and tbe maa wa awfully snowed wider, sad ha not been aeea or heard from since.

Another girl came West about fear years ago and took np a homestead claim oa Creek. Matter pru-wened no favorably that sb proved op oa time tbe Unit allowed by law, tH) acres, aud tbea started in to rains sheep. In this Ventura the gods favored her until the young aud esterpnsing damsel was compelled to have aa overseer for her flocks and herds, Thereupon sbe sat dowa and wrote to bar buy brother ia tbe East, who was out of a job, paid bis far oat, and mads him overseer. Now it happened that the adjoining claim was owned by a young bachelor, who also had a great many young lambs. ia bis own right.

Tbe two minded their nock ia cempaay for some time, and Anally agreed to Jora fortunes. Instead of two lanas of 04O acres each, these nappy wool-growers now control acres of th richest land in the North-west, and their flocks roam ia company as tbey osed to do, only bow tbey bear ens brand instead of two, as of yore. As a matter of fact, there are between fifteen handled and two thousand ladies in tbe North-west to-day who are interested in one wsy or another in ranch and stock property. Many ot them come right out and acknowledge their brands over their own names, while many ether again are interested in stock running nnder other names, and in which they are virtually silent partners. Tb history of their success, too, ta not so very strange.

Beginning years ago with a lew milch cows, living within their income and-attending atrictly to business, a decade of time, witb no particular or special drawbacks to speak of, is bound to make, sooner or later, wealthy women ef them sJL One of the most remarkable instances of this kind is ths experience of Mies Catherine Wtlkina, of Owyhee County, Idaho, popularly known as th "Idaho Hone jun." Wbea sb wa baby her lather invested S40 for her ia filly, and from that aim pie beginning all her subsequent wealth baa come. Now that "Kitty! is of ego, she finds her time ptetty well occupied by looking alter her large band of Pen-lierous. Morgans. Hambletouians and Normans, seven hundred or eiht hundred all told, besides a Uurw herd of cattle, which also belong to her in her own right. Still her taste rune to horses, as there Is more money in ik and the wild, tree life connected with the ranching of them has sonic thing decidedly fascinating about it.

Miss Wilkinsempkaabonttbtrty-fi herders and cow-boys to round-up and look alter her stock. Girls af all ages, from twelve to sixty, ars rustlers in this. latitude. Ia Valley Creek is ths ranch of W. N.

Miller, who mmi-ennn-ally rounds-up and cuts out from hi herd cattle suitable for beef. On all theae trine Uhe thrifty ranchman is accompanied by hia tweive-year-oia aaagnier. woo assists generally in roundiug-np the herd and in keeping her father company. -She Is a fearless nder. On the other hand, sturdy matron of some fifty summers, wbos hatiband wss away ta the mountains prospecting, came ruling into Livingstone a abort time ago bound on a mission of important business.

From her saddle-bow bang a Winchester rifle, while the saddle-pocketa were filled witb ammunition. Evidently this lady was able to care for herself nader all circumstance. Tb journey in and oat was eve one hundred milee, which she performed successfully unaided, without company of any kind save her horse. In answer to the popular book entitled, "What Can a Woman Do?" I need only refer to the case of Mrs. frn McLane, who recently bid for and secured a number of Montana mail contract.

These contracts were no small potatoes, but, in fact, plums of quite respectable size, and number Just twenty-three. For instance One eon tract is to carry tbe mail from Butte to Walker-ville, another from Butte to Meaderrille, and soon; all of them in the most populous por--tidsof Montana, in the mining districts and porer rough country, and all lor a period of tour yeaj. ine lady is Donna to succeed, tor she has enterpriae, grit, pluck and perseverance back her np. While, speaking of mining, there ie a curious natter in the Yego mining uv' ss black as the ace of spades, snd yet is making a fortune hand over fist, notwithstanding her "race, color and previous condition of servitude." Millie Ringyokl Is her name, and this is what tbs Rocky Mountain Husbandman has to say about her: "News comes from Yogo that the Garfield lode ia 'looking verr promising. This lead is the property of MiUie Ring-geld, the- celebrated African mwepector.

by whom it was discovered. Millie is now a citizen of the White Sulphur Springs, and is earning a living by washing; but she spends the summer in the mountains and handles the pick snd shovel witb as much vigor aad dexterity ss. a-man. Shs was the pioneer woman of tbe -Togo, and ran th first note! at that place, aad baa by economy and cloee application to business com in possession of som very valuable properties, sad is ia real-ityto-day a'bonanza This item will serve to show that the field of enterprise in i the North-west is open to every body, meri snd women slike, and that it only requires confidence and application to succeed in any The truth of the matter is that there sre more feminine specnlaters, prospectors and general business women in toe great West and North-west than there is any idea of. Perhaps the wealthiest woman in her own right, west of tbe Mississippi, is Mrs.

Warren, of Colorado, who owns in hard, solid cash, every cent of which she made on cattle. There is also a lady in Gunnison County who owns and works a valuable mine by contract, and keeps larg hotel for the miner. Throughout Dakota, Montana and Idaho am hundreds end hundreds of self-supporting women, who are either echool-tMtcbers, editors, farmers, ranchers, Ac, and all of them, I think, without exception, own more or less of tbe soil, The stories of the late great blizzard in Minnesota and Southern Dakota sufficiently iiln-trste the pluck and bravery of theae girls when put to the test. In Boulder County, Montana, only a tew miles west ef here, ta'a little black-eyed woman with a tender heart and th eon rig of a lioness. There is no discounting th bravery of Sarah Davidson, tor upon a late occasion she proved herself a heroine and equal to a strange and dangerous emergency, where many a man nnder similar circumstances wouid have taken to hia heels with tbe least possible delay, it seems Mr.

Davidson wa a way from borne, and there wss no one shout the premises excepting the pood lady and her three-year-Oid daughter. The two were in tbe gardea, about thirty yards from the house, wbea all at once the child looked np and exclaimed! "Look, mamma, there's a bear; get the gnn." When Mrs. Davidson looked np she saw, not oae bear, but three. They wer of tb cinnamon epeciea, a sort of ero between tbe true crixzly and the black bear, combining all the ferocity and strength or tbe former with th agvlity and intelligence of th latter. In short, soms hunters consider the big cinnamon bear to be the true monarch ot tbe Locky Mountains, and decidedly mors fierce snd tougher customer to handle than either ol his cou.n3, th grizzly and black bear.

Mm. Davidson rrasroed her child firmly bv the arm and led tee little one hastily back tb the house, placing her ia an upstairs room. where no danger couia reaca aer. ibrn, taxing down from ita peg to trusty fitiuly rtfl (a tsharp repeater, caliber 50 th brav dame closed tbe duor tightly bfnd her aad sallied out to slaughter tbe bears. Meanwhile tbe don bad gone after the triad of beauties and driven two of them away.

The third, however, wa somewhe: in Ui tk c.el, snd all attempts to dwlode him ot drive him out had so lar proved lu-tiie. Mr. Davidson walked wtthia fcitee yards of the thicket, knelt down, rocked th r.ie and awaited development. The doS were new in the nnder brush snsripittg and torm-ntinsr tbe i hear, who would etuT them riht aad left. and sroold, tn cart, nave mace short wort or, tbe cam pes had it as been for tb close sad fTSMi ii i it quartets ho ocrnpad At last- warned by tbe dogs, Mr.

Brain stepped boldly into the open, and reared back on his harrncheseoasjut firht the dogs eecoxdlns; to the custom his race. paid no astestioe) to tb wvjeaan, who anri bad the bead ef bar rifle oa kn' heart, with ber ftngvr prisma firmly against the trigger- There be stood vita; oatstretched arms, erect and straight, tatr i a target as any oue could want at short range. Sning! went th bullet, snd down dropped tb bear. Tbe brave lady did sot lose hrr Bead at uus raivuire, on auocxiy pumped anotbercartridse into the maganae, and was ready te give the hear a second dose should be attempt to rise or show fizht. Bat ne was oeaa.

tor tne org ouuas ana goo clean taroozb. bis heart, mskirig a boat aa big as your fist. Wbea asked if sb wa not frightened at the time, tbe fair Nimrod replied: "Not a bit. I needed a few dollars to finish Eying for my aswingmarhine. and tbe onty asoeey from the Tern tonal Treasury, together with tb sale of tb bide, gave mo just eooogh to pay tb last note oa my 0 AX ELECTRIC WOMAX.

Things Tbe tb parent! Without tttTert. rjfesaphia AvaJancaeJ Among the so perns to ral aaanifeatatiae eaeitina- allmtwa among tbe cwriows. the o-eailed electric women of Georgia are not the least wonderful. For several day past erne of these ladies. Miss Dixie iiaygood, has been in tbe city giving exhibitions of her Swer.

A reporter of tbe Avalanche yastr by tnvitatioa ef tbe tittle lady, ess m-bied with several other gentlemen at tb parlor of the Clarendon Hotel, to test these remarkable svani testations, and discover, if possible, their aoore and secret. Among th gentlemen present were Mr. Lawrence Lamb, Mr. Zeno Harris, Mr. Henry WaJab and nev-ctsJ otliera.

It is needleas to say that tbe Avalanche man is a skeptic on all such matters, and does not believe in ghosts, spirits or any other supernatural phenomena, aad it was bis detenu (nation, aa also that of several of tbe other gentlemen present, te detect, if possible, any trickery or legerdemain that might be attempted. Miss Haygood is of small stature, compact mold, and apparently muscular beyond most wuuien. and weighs about 104 pounds. Sb ha brows hair, bio or violet eyes, and a pleasant expresstoa ef countenance, bat aa air also of tXnaneaa and deoutioa of character. The first two testa, drbwing a gentleman easily around the room by applying her band to a chair or an rubra Ua held oy him, or tbe third test of holding a billiard cna In her open inUuia st aa angl ef about 45 degrees with such ttrmnea that a atroae man, or even two strong men, could not torce the point to the floor, were certainly remarkable in a woman so email, bnt might have been accomplished by a woman of very great physical Therefor th reporter felt disappointed to some extent, and argued witb hia companion that ia was either a matter of sleight or els a remarkable development of muacular power.

But the next teals were different. One ef the gentlemen present was reoriented to lilt tne lady oy ner eioows, neia mat at tne waist. This be did, bnt wbea told to try it again utterly failed to raise ber aa inch. Two strong men tbea raised ber by holding her elbows on each aide witb tbe greatest aaee, but on attempting it again they eoold not raise ner weiznt a parucje trow uie This waa a poser i and was tn i tried several times. party ehenng many explanations, but none at all satiatautory.

1 ne met remained unexplained that sbe could at will allow herself to be lifted as other people, and immediately thereafter bringing into play such a fonst, without apparent effort; that two strong men could uot move ber oa hundred pounds of weight, try tbey ever so bard. Tbe uext test waa still more inexplicable. A chair was brought an ordinary dining-room chair and a gentleman weighing about 13u pound was pbtced ia ik Astrids of bis knees auother gentleman of aboat 145 pound weight was placed, and between tbe two a uuu genuemao, oi as least pounds, waa seated. All raised their 150 iroto tbs floor ss tbe chair was tilted and heid balanced. The littl lady then approached tbe back of the chair and placed her opea pal ma along the arms or stalls supporting the chair's back.

Observing the reporter narrowly watching her, she requested dim to place hie hand between ber hand and the chair to prove that no pressure was exerted. This waa and oulv the lady's thumbs touched the back of the without an effort or tb contraction of a. muscle, or tb slightest pressure ou the-reporter' band, the ehatr snd its living freight was raised aboat fourteen inches from the floor. The weight, including tbe was at least 450 pounds, and John L. Sullivan could not have performed tbe feat so easily aucooipliahed by the little woman.

This test was convincing, bat the next was no leas so. Miss Hsygood stood on one foot, and holding a billiard cue horizontally before ber at half arm's length, three strung men essayed in vain to push her, by throwing their combined weight against the cue, from her balance on one loot or press her -arms back to ber cheat. Tbe reporter offers no sx-planation of these strange exhibitions ef hidden force. He says the shapely womanly hands lift the three great strapping fellows from the floor by sinfply touching with open palms hia own bands pbtced oo tbe eaair-back. and he -saw the dainty No.

2H boot standing unmoved on the floor with the combined weight of the same three Memphis gentlemen thrown powerfully and persistently against the small figure of its owner. Explain it. who can. But tn one respect, at least, the modest little lady is like other mortals she has a woman's heart; and last night at hall-past seven o'clock, in the parlor ot the Clarendon, gave ber band eonfidinrly to the man of her choiee, Mr. Thomas Einbry.

of Cincinnati. Th pair wer quietly married by. 'Squire J. J. Barry, without previous notice oven to the hotel dark, and a few minutes later went to the theater to give the regular performance.

The bride was richly dressed in velvet costume, and wore an exquisite corsage bouquet of white flowers, without other ornament. Tbe youug husband has certainly a deal of temerity to place himself in the hands of one so capable of enforcing conjugal obedience; bat he seemed to be a very tappy man. A GOOD CHANCE -TO GO CRAZY. A Hew Pnasle Tan Has Takea the Ptaee af the Fifteen Huleaaee, Call sard." JHew TerS Mali as Express.) The fifteen puzzle, which some years ago demoralized the general public here snd elee-where. Is to bare a successor.

Tbe same firm that constructed tbe fifteen puxsle has devised another soul-dismsying article. Tbe latter affair is called the forty-nine blizzard puzzle, and, while like the former, it may be solved, it is likely to render any person who attempts to conquer it a fit candidate for Bfoomingdal beiore the task is finished. Like the fifteen puzzle, this is mads np of small wooden blocks, each numbered. There are lorty-nino of them in all, and tbe point to be gained is to arrange them in such a way that tbey will count 175 sixteen times across tbe square box ia which tbey are arranged. There are several thousand' ways to fail ia an attempt to solve the puzzle and only one wsy to solve it.

For persons who hav abundant tun which tbey do not know what to do witb the new puxale will be a treat, Its inventors beiiav that it will become even more popular than the fifteen puzzle, of which millions were sold. tlTHS WIU a Maka, (Detroit rrwo Proas.) "Meet with an accident?" asked a policeman of a farmer on the market yesterday with one of his eyes in deep mourning. "Yes, sorter." "Fall eat of a tzeef "Not exactly." "Stick of wood fly "Hardly. A couple of dart ago two chap came along in a bogy and wanted ta sell me one hundred feet of wire clothes-line for aeventv-Uve cents. I bought it and tbea tbey wanted to sign a paper reeommending its as.

Wbea I rot ready to sign found it wss a not for hlCW." "And then?" "Didat feel the ground tremble in town that dav, did you VY "I don't remember. "lt was probably too for. I waded into em. They waded' bark. In the scrimmage I got this." "And they got off scot free, I suppose you? Well, there's a town doctor riding out to see 'em every day, snd my naybur baa rawed op wills for 'em.

kiebbe aa old farmer with a sJed-etak hain't of any ae-eonnt in a snrinff not. and mebbe neon! nine 1 mile sway heard him whoop as he went ia fur bioodl Want a bag taters this auorn- Be WaaM Walt a EJcUe. fChteaee Ttmm.1 I "James, said the undertaker, "it is about time to close the shop. Have yon beard of any change in the of Mr. Since nooa?" "No, sir, replied th boy, "except that they've just turned off th doctom and called ia a Chruriaa scientist.

"James." hi thaiing his bead jclooiiiily, "we will keep the aLop open hall an how Imjar. 15 A NICE FAMILY. VYHat U. Quad Tumbled On i3 Tennessee. A.

Tlaxhand 'Who TTaa ths "Pow-atrodr deaest linn in AH Creation," ann a uw exta saouxer in couarao Wbooo Lot Was a Sorry On. Indeed. rnoeratt Tree 1 Jnst on the divide of a Tenses monnta'n the hi ad wheels ef tbe backboard dratmed into a rut, tbe axle broke with a smash, and. after spending tea minutes thought, th driver said "VteU, I'll have to get the consarned tain: down to TompktnsvUie for repairs, and yoa'd better stay all nlit at yoo "Perhaps they cast accewDaodote me. "There a ho perhaps about U.

Folks as has got a bous are bound to keep folks as has broke I went over te the cabin, which was a rude loe: structure, aad tb only oa within nar miles. The woman saw nse coming, and stood in tbe open door. Her husband saw me coming aad est down eu a log. Tbe five or six chudrrs saw me coming, and arranged themselves 'along the opening ia the brush fence which amrwened lar a gate. As 1 came op.

i sp prone bed tb aiaa aad explained tb nature of tb accident, and asked to stay ail aight. 'Stranger, if it depended on me, I'd set yes," be replied, as be crooned his legs sad tried te put oa aa rniored look. "But it dun depend oa an. I don't a meant to sharks around yere no "Now, ZekieL what dy talk like that furt" demaadVa the bare, oo ted wiieassha' came dowa to the log. "Wbos said yoa boasT Who tried to take tb teed ever voaf "Von bev, an' right afore tb children, tool Yon said I wasat btten to drive hogs!" "Shoo, Zekielt yon begun it by saying was extravagant.

"Oh, yes, 1 begun it! I alius bein everything 1 Nobody els never begins nothing and nobody else is sever to "Bat tins 'ere stranger wants to stay aU night. It's comia sad we can say no." "Well, I calkertate he kin stay. A month age I eoald bev taken bins by the hand and told bins to make my boose bis home, bah now 1 hain't got no snore rights around yere. I'm only a si gopher now." Th wiis took my sachel into thecabiry and I sat down on the log with Zeke and offered him a cigar. At the earns time tb seven children came and stood in a row before oa, and called out as ia one voice: "Tbe teller baa dun via pap a cigar I' "Yes, children," said the old man, as be scratched a match on his starboard quarter and bt the weed, "your pap has got a cigar.

It's tbs fast cheerio' thing that lias come to him fur twenty-one years, and it's proof that fb baint quit forgotten by all the world. net are standia ner loos in' asr oars ysr manners'?" "Haint got non!" called tore of them at once. "No, I spane not, end I cant blmev -note bit. Children as come up without any Bathes cant be 'pected to ber manners. Whar ye from, stranger "Bristol." "Kight sniart huddle, heard, but I've never bin taar'.

11 oar 'em say any thins about met" "No." "No? Well, Ipos they've heard of bat didnt want to say any thing to at ranter. I'm tbe man who bad forty-two biles en his back la one winter." "Yon did?" "Yes; and I never got tbe least sympathy from my family. I've also bad rheu niatiam, luag fever, lame back, lever-aore, consump. toon and yellow fever. Not one of tbe launiy shed tear." it possibl?" "Aad 1 broke my leg.

lost a COOO mule by pizen, had my barn burn an, lost a farm on a mortgage and buried two Well, yoo hav suffered." -Suffered Stranger, excuse the tears: bnt yours are the first kind words I've beard int-e the war "Pap Is bellerng, ma!" shouted the children, as thay ran J'or the house, snd th woman presently rushed oat end said "Now, tbar, Zekiel, ou git, and yoo tbax, stranger, come in to smack." "Didnt 1 tell yoa so?" exclaimed Zekiel, as he made a bolt for the woods. "I the downtroddenest, un'orfc- anatest man tn all creation, and l'l going to haae- myself." "You daasa'tj and yoa know yoa dassntf shouted the wiie. "Yoo daesa't hang nothing," added the children. While I was eating "smack" the woman stood before me, arm a-kimbo, and tb children completed tbe circuit around the table. "From for?" queried the woman as a starter.

"From BristoL "Hear 'em say any thing about me? "I don't think so. "Yoa erter. for I'm known all over the State a tb distressed est woman in it." "And hain twe too?" indignantly demanded the children in errorua. "Of coarse, but I'm tbe djstressedest, being a wife aad a mother." "Any particular causa?" I Seked. "More a ten millyon particular canses, stranger! No human being will ever know what 1 have suffered in body and mind." we've too!" chorused the children.

"Yea, some, bat nothing in comparison. I had tooth-acne, ear-ache, pleurisy. gninay, chills, fever, shakes, jaundice ana iliou fever, end through the hull of it there has not been one human being 'to feel sorry for me." "And 1 haven't a relaahua as will speak to me, oa account of my marrying ZekieL and if I eras dying to-morrow not one of 'era would come te lay me out for my coffin That is indeed sad." "tot ranger, them is tbe fist kind words I've beard tor twenty years, and yoa most- must" "And mam ia bellering, too!" shouted the children, as she held ber apron to her eyes. Presently Zekiel came creeping in. trying to look careless and trull Cerent, but ha bad scarcely entered th door wben his wile.

jumped up and said "Didn't 1 1 sav von dasant bane verself "And hain't yoo threatened to pizen rer self a dosen times "And we want to die, too!" bowled the children. "Stranger," said the wife, ss shs began to clear np tb table, "take a good look st that thing over there ss calls hisscli a man. Yoo 11 never set eyes on such an ornery, shiftless, good-for-nothing specimen of manhood. He baint fit tar bears to chaw on!" "Give it back to her, pap!" shouted th oldest giri. "stranger," replied Zekiel, as he spit out the bark be was chewing, "you baint blind.

Yoa kin see as well as me, and yoa kin now realize why I am the dowatroddene3t, moumfulles man ia Tennessee. I've either got to hang mvaelforgo ou in this wsy." "Dont you believe him!" appealed the wife. "It all owing to him, and I kin proT it. If any body downtroddenest it's roe "Tbey dasnt puD ba'r and claw," observed the girl to me in strict confidence. I was about to try snd affect a reconcilLa-tion when the teamster returned, havini bired a vehicle a couple of miles awav, snd ai 1 leit tbe bouse Zekiel left with me.

"No yen don't," exclaimed tbe wife. "Yoa want to take advaatags of me, bat yow can't-" t-he- pet on her bonnet and walked out with us, and the six children brought np the tail-end of tbe procession. As 1 got into tbe vehicle Zekiel beeaa: "Stranger, I'm sorry, we hadnt sunthin better, but, aa 1 told you st tbe start, I the mournullest, down-troddenest-'' "Don't yoo believe him. stranger, Interrupted the wife. "If any body bas suffered more'n another it's "Tbey daant yelled tbe And as moved awav over tb rocky road Zekiel mads another holt for th woods to hang himself, and tbe children were clapping their bands snd shouting: "Come back here, pap, and be a man! A rutml fOatruU Fro Press.

Re walked into a Woodward svenus shew store and aked ta see the proprietor immediately. "Weil, sir?" queried tb Utter. "I stole tins pair ot shoes here last mint. said the ma in a virrunua tone, "Ah I Yoa did! And you found yoa had a conscience aW all ia spite of your many eCorts to Sill it, you came to return them, and claim the usu.il reward for houesty." Oh. no." said th tramp with surprised air; "I thought you would be kind to exchanze tiieiu.

They are two aad a h.f too larye. Tbe Iraxennty a-i know me as biuU-i ouUl Jim." I-.