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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
QUEER SLEEPING PLACE.
An Old Man DoIss PeaesfulIy All Night In
Brook.

wAIrHlM, Mass, April 22.--An old man
Of sixty named Murphy was brought TO the
police station and put 10 bed in an ex-
haustcd condition this morning. He
was found at a m. asleep In Beaver
Brook. immersed 10 the neck In water
and mud three feet deep. He bore every
appearance OF having been in the brook all
night, as his clothes, outside and In, were
drenched with water and black with mud,
only one shoulder being dry. When his
boots were drawn of about two quarts OF
muddy water flowed out OF them, while
his sto ckings and hannels, once white,
were inky as Hamlet's cloak. Apparently
his mind was confused, and be could give
no explanation OF his conduct, or state
where he belonged. He was breathing
family at noon under the stimulating Ell
feet Oh big horns OF whisky, but his appear
ance Indicated that deAth would shortly
ensue ae a result of his long bath.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
TORNADO IN TEXAS.
Buildings Destroyed and People Injured,
Baby Fatally.

KiLLEES, TEX. April q. "A tornado swept
past Killeen this evening, about one mile
from town. 1t struck the house
Of Jacob Uselton, demolishing the build
ing and injuring the entire family, the baby
fatally. The Norman brothers residence
was also destroyed. The family were saved,
having just taken refuge in a storm-house.
The storm came from the northwest and
did considerable damage in the town Of
Killeen. Hail stones as large as hens eggs
fell, destroying vegetation and fruit trees
and breaking many window panes
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
Peculiar Accidental HauuInu.

BALrIMoRE, April 25,-Henry Fryer, aged
sixty eight years, who for many years has
been one Of the gate-keepers of Druid Hill
Park, was found dead last night hanging
head down from tree not more than ten
feet from the gate. He had been training
a wild rose vine to run up the tree, and had
no doubt lost his balance, and in falling
caught his foot in crotch of the limb ON
which he was standing. The body was ac-
cidentally discovered while 1t was yet
Marm. ~.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
nydrophobIa.

RED BANK, N. j., April 25.-Five weeks
ago little boy named Smith was bitten
by dog at Matawah He said nothing
about the matter until to-day. He was
taken i'll on Thursday and symptoms of hy-
drophobia rapidly developed. He has suf-
fered terribly from paroxysms, and to-day
the doctors administered cocaine to quiet
him. II is believed that he will die before
morninr
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
Killed By LIuhtninu.

CnEsrLrsE, o., April 25.-Frederick
Blazer, oGthis place. was instantly killed by
lightning this afternoon. He was working
on the track ofthe Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne
and Chicago railroad, two and half miles
east of this place. About three o'clock
storm came up, when Blazer took shelter
under a tree near by, which was struck by
lightning He leaves a wife. The storm
lasted about thirty minutes, and was ac-
companied by heavy thunder and lightning
and large hailstones.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
can Maxer Re Recovered.

wmKrspaRRE, Pa, April s2.--All hope Of
recovering the bodies OF the twenty-six
miners entombcd in No. slope at Nanti-
cot, has nov been given up. A second
bore hole has been driven from the tunnel
20 tho main gangway, and IL was discov-
cred to-day that the latter was filled with
auicksand and water. II is now regarded
as certainty that the men persisted on
tho first day OF their imprisonment by be.
ing caught In the mass OF falling SAND ana
rocks, and that their bodies can not be re-
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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
LOUISA LAWRENCE CO. KY. APRIL 80 1886.
HORRIBLE DEATH.
Fatal Mistake OF Boy in Tying n Rope
Around His Waist.

NoKoMIs, ILL, April 25.-On his return
from town last evening Mr.. Jacob Swarey,
living three miles east of here, missed some
colts which he had left in the stable, and
upon searching for them found them in
pasture, and attached TO one Of them by
halter was the dead body Of August Middle
ramp, boy about thirteen years old, who
lad had attempted TO lead the colt to water
and carelessly tied the rope around his
waist in slip-Boose, when the animal. un-
accustomed TO being handled, pulled him
down and dragged him until exhausted,
as, although IL appeared frightened, il did
not run when approached. The boys body
was badly mangled and nearly cut IN two
by the rope, the knot OF which was drawn
10 only about a four-inch moose.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
The Conyicts at the Greenwood Mines.

FRANKFORT, KY, April %. The Econyicts
employed at the Greenwood Mines were
examined yesterday by Governor Knott
and Cabinet Sensational stories of the
infiiction of barbarous punishments were
disproved. The State troops will remain,
as the free striking miners and others OPEN
ly assert their intention to destroy the
camp the moment II is free from military
protection
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
Chinese Indemnity Bin.

WASHINGTON, April ~. Senator Morgan,
from the Committee on Foreign Relations,
reported to the Senate bill to indemnity
the Chinese for the losses and damages in
flictcd on them by the rioters at Rock
Snrinos. w. r.. in September last. II au-
thorires the President TO designate not TO
exceed three officers Of the United States
10 Investigate and take the testimony or
witnesses as TO the nature and extent of
the damage done TO the persons and prop
erfv of the Chinese
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
FILLED A LIGHTED LAMP.
Three Women Undertake II and Have Died
from Their Injuries.

from Their Injuries.
CHICAGO, April %. Yesterday afternoon
Mrs. Sterling, who is landlady OF the Ster-
ling House, on Adams street, was in the
kitchen with her daughter Emma and Miss
Whalen, a servant One Of them took a
lighted lamp, and holding an oil can
In one hand commenced TO fllit Sudden
ly the oil was ignited, and the can ex-
ploded with loud report. The burning
her daughter, and their clothes were soon
a mass Of flames Miss Whalen, the domes-
tic, was not burned, but inhaled the gas and
smoke. The fire department was summon
ed, and fireman aided in the efforts to
extinguish the flames and save the lives of
Mrs. Sterling and her daughter, but their
tense suffering, all three of the women
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
SwItohmeu,s Strike Ended.

CHICAGO, April 23.-The Lake Shore
switchmen's strike in this city is ended,
the company having made a satisfactory
arrangement with the men.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
Rohhnd the Mails for Years.

BEVERLY, MASS, April 2s-Edward I.
shaw, who for twelve years has carried the
mail between the local postofiice and the
railway station. was arrested to-day. He
confessed 10 having systematically robbed
the mails for several years, taking between
three and five thousand letters, and OBJ
tanning upwards OF 81 800.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
CcIorado's Mineral Output.

DENVER, Col, April 25.-ofAcial figures
from the Denver Mint give the mineral
output for Colorado for 1885 as follows;
Gold 81. 100000; silver S13, 800, 900; copper
500, 900; lead ss,s6l, 900. Total s2256l, 600.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
f,ored To Death by a Cow.

CALDWELL, O., April A.-Mrs. Lizzie
Way, wife of Charles Way, Of Grayesville,
Monroe County, was gored to death by an
infuriated COW which she was milking.
The cows horn passed through her neck,
causing almost instant death.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
Church. spire Shattered by Lightning.

CANTON, o., April o5.-During severe
thunderstorm yesterday afternoon the
spire of the United Brethren Church was
struck by lightning and shattered its en-
tire length to the ground. Luckily it
did not take fire. The damage is about
II 600
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-04-29
IiaIIans Rurned 10 nea h.

BnADyoRp, Pa, April 25.-Six Italians
were burned TO death in building used as
quarters for railroad workers here,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27

The streets Of the Holy City are narrow,
badly paved, and crooked as a corkscrew;
the principal being the street of David,
leading from the JafTa Gate to the Haram;
the street of the Gate of the Columns,
running from the Damascus Gate to the
street of the Gate of the Prophet David,
under which name it continues to Zion
Gate; Christian Street, running from the
street of David to the Church Of the Holy
Scpulchrc; and the Via Doorosa, running
from the Church Of the Holy Sepulchrc
to St. Stephens Gate. There are very
few open places, and not one street in
which a carriage can be driven; the ba-
zaars are poor and not to be compared
for a moment with those of Cairo Or Da-
mascus; they are in narrow lanes, for the
most part vaulted over, and exhibit the
usual articles to be found in Eastern ba-
zaars-shocs, pipes, tobacco, hardware,
jcwclry, cutlery, and so torth-each stall
being under the superintendent ola man
in flowing robes and turban, who sits
cross legged and smokes while the crowd
buzzes increasingly around him. There
are two good hotels, the "Mediterrane-
an" and the "Damascus;" and several
hospiccs-thc Casa Nova Of the FIarcis-
cans; the Austrian Hospice, aid !he
Pmssian Hospice of St. John-but the
majority of travellers who are making the
tour of Palestine, camp outside the city,
as indeed do many of the inhabitants in
the summer time for the sake of purer
air. Almost every house in Jerusalem
has cupolo, with flat surface on the
roof to allow stroll round it, and Ill
the houses are of stone. Very few OF
them exhibit any traces of architectural
beauty; in fact, the dwelling-houscs gen,
orally suggest poverty and dirt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
Produced the Body.

The Ti0is KaraEdS reports singular
case which lately occurred in Georgian
village in the Caucasus. A Persian be-
came bail for a fcllow-cOuntryman ac-
cuscd on a criminal charge, When the
day of trial came the accused was not
forthcoming. The bailsman was informed
that he must produce his friend, or the
recoqnzanCcs would be cStrcated. He
went to the accused, and having employed
in vain every possible argument, entreaty
and threat. he finally drew his dagger
and plunged it in the breast of the de-
foultcr. He then bore the body to the
Judge, saying that he brouGht,the corpse,
since he failed to produce the livingman.
lie was painfully surprised on being HIM
self arrested and lodged in Jail on =
charrc of murder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
Mecca, the HOLY CITY.

Mecca, the most celebrated city Of
Arabia, the scat of the Mohammcdan re-
ligion, stands in narrow sandy valley
enclosed by hills, without trees or verdi
ure. In its centre is the Beatu Allah
(Iouse Of God), or Ell Harem (the invisi-
ble), the great mosque, enclosing the
Kooba, dividing the whole into the
northern and southern towns, these again
being sub-dividcd into % quarters, ex-
elusive of the suburbs, which stretch in
single lines Of houses along the narrow
parts of the valley. The streets are wider
than is usual in Eastern towns, the houses
of stone three stories high and usually
well lighted The Shcreet's house is
large enough for garrison of 1000 men,
and is said to be impregnable. The city
is annually filled at the time of the
pilgrimage and thousands Of the devout
camp in the suburbs. The inhabitants Of
this renowned city of the False Prophet,
with the exception of Iljaazi Bedouin,
are strangers by birth or parentage, being
mostly settlers or children attracted hith-
cr by gain.
The colleges of Mecca have fallen to
decay, and the libraries, once rich, have
totally disappeared. As this wonderful
Asiatic city during the pilgrimage is visit
ed by from 100, 900 to 200, 900 strangers
it becomes for three or four months in
the year the greatest market in the East ;
its merchants occasionally accommodating
large fortunes. On the other hand the
beggars of the city are importunate as
well as numerous.
The Sherccfs, or direct descendants of
Mohammcd, are now Il numerous and
widely spread body. These mobiles, ms
they may be called, elect the Shereef Of
Mecca, and their choice is confirmed by
the Ottoman Sultan. The stationary
population of Mecca is estimated at be.
tween %, 900 and 80, 900, including some
5000 or 1000 Abyssinian and negro
slaves But two Europeans have evel
been permitted to enter the Holy City Of
Mohammcd.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
Ants as Pickles.

1t is curious what an appetite for some
thing sour men have who eat a great deal
of fat food. Generally in the numbering
region, a large quantity of raspberries or
blucberries are picked and put down in
tubs to sour for winter use. But that
year had been a poor berry year; scarcely
any had been gathered. 'Picklcs!
Pickles" was the cry, morning, noon and
night. There were 26 choppers of the
camp, all calling for 'picklcs." "An' ef
yer cant git us roz-briz git ants" So
the cook sent AL Churchill and I--thc
youngest two members in the camp--oif
into the woods after great ants-for pick
les 1t may seem rather odd, to say the
least, that anybody could have the stom-
ach to eat so ugly an insect as a big,
BLACK ant. But it is not infrcquently
done in the numbering camps of northern
Maine and Canada. Ibid muster courage
to chew one up once. 1t had a fine, acid
flavor, by no means unpleasant, II one
could keep his eyes shut, Rough fellows,
like the lumbermen, are not very fastidi'
Gus. The cook gave rs six quart tin
pail and cover to get the ants in. Al took
an old gun which was kept at the camp
to shoot partridges and other game; and
/ took an AK to cut open the old logs and
stumps with. We set off for tract
where the fire had run years before, and
where old pine trunks lay scattered in
decay on the ground as they fell. Many
of these had colonies Of large ants living
in tunnels and galleries which they had
cut inside. In September it is easy to
find out which stumps, or logs, have the
nests of ants; for by rapping smartly on
the side, an army of black fellows will
pour out of their holes; and if you pre-
sent your hand they will attack it with
remarkable ncrCencSS. Dllt So lalc a.
December the ants are too torpid from
the cold to sally forth, But we were
guided by the holes which they had cut
for gates, and the heaps of fresh chips,
like sawdust, which had been thrown out.
/ A few strokes of the AK suIliccd to split,
or knock to pieces, the old stumps, and
expose the long tunnels and network OF
cross passages inside. Many of these W.
/ found packed with dormant ants, and
had only to scoop them into our pail. In
one log remember that we scrapcd out
not less than quart; and quart OF ant
must contain at least 10000, even Of
these large ones. .-AmerioaR RttraI Home
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
Between.
Between the sea sand and the SEQ
The yellow foam flakes lightly Lie,

Between the sea sand and the SEQ
The yellow foam flakes lightly Lie,
A very drosS Of waves, till free,
Quick-kissing breezes surge and sigh,
And all the laurels on the lea
Bend low to listen as bends the sky
Where spaces throb with melody,
Thus form is wrought to gold, and |,
Silent, find heaven surrounding nc
In gilded fringe-in broe2e's sigh;
Between the sea sand and the sea
Where yellow foam flax I5htly lio;
Where spaces throb vita melody
Between the Sliylark and the sky.
Between the sunset and the sum
Night slumbers on the sleeping bars,
And through its curtain, one by ono
Clean tender glances Of the stars
Between the sunset and the sun.
And 80 between my loves liEs lies
tnUutoll message meant for me;
81 -; twill bring me sweet surprise,
Or dole, or doubt, or Paradise
Is known alone TO destiny.
Vet, as / wait dream Of tears
Between her cyclids and hercyes-
A mystery of inist-appears,
That hints OF hopes and latters fears,
And on her lips Il burst of ,ighs,
And on her lids u red that dies
To slumbcrous shadows that fall and rise,
Till as seek some sign to see,
Between her cyelidS and her oyes
LovelightS his lamp and laughs at me-
-FranciS HoWdlN Williams in
American
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
Short Journeys by the Overland Route

Strollng one day in what is cuphemis-
tically termed in equatorial latitudes
''thc cool of the evening" along tam
gied tropical American tield-path, through
Il low region of lagoons and water courses,
my attention happened to be momcn
tarly attracted from the monotonous pur-
suit of the nimblc mosquito by small
animal scuttling along irrcgularly before
me, as if in Il hurry to get out of my way
before could turn him into an excellent
specimen. AT first sight took the little
hopper, in the gray dusk, for one of the
common, small green lizards, and wasn't
much disposed to pay it any distinguished
share either of personal or scientific attcn-
ton. But as walked on little farther
through the dense undcrbrush, more and
more of these shuling and scurrying lit.
tie creatures kept crossing the path, hasti-
ly, all in one direction, and all, as it were,
! i'll formed body or marching phalanX.
Looking closer, to my great surprise |
found they were actually fish out of wa
ter, going on walking-tour for a change
of air, to new rcsidcncc-gcnuine fish, a
couple of INCHES long each, not cel-shapcd
or serpentinc in outline but closely re.
scmbling a red mulct in miniature,
though much more beautifully and deli.
catcly colorcd, and with fins and tails oI
the most orthodox spiny and prickly de.
scription. They were travelling across
country in a Decline, thousands of then
together, not at all like the helpless fish
out of water of popular Imagination, but
mconcemcdly and naturally as if the!
had been accustomed to the overland
route for their whole lifctmes, and werC
walking now on the kings highway with
out let or hindrance. -~P0pular Scienc
Monthly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27

The general principles OF lock found
among the ruins of the great temple at
Karnack, and which was in use more than
forty centuries ago, has served for the
foundation for most of the inventions OF
recent times. The locksmiths of China,
we are told, had, centuries before the
birth of Christ, perfected lock out OF
which a sharp bamboo thorn would dart
and strike the hand of anyone wrongfully
tampcring with it. The end of this bam-
boo thorn was stepped in poisonous de.
cocton, and should the luckless thief es.
cape death he would be marked for life.
But this story is hardly entitled to full be-
lief, for the reason, as the Chinese them
selves claim, that rs gunpowdcr was man"
ufactured by them at the tae Celestial
safc-blower could easily render the thorn
lock harmless by the aid Of few grains OF
nowder.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27

"Now, pussy, you must do It," said
Essie, stamping her foot,
Pussy stood piece off, wagging hen
tail angrily, and cycling the piece Of meat
in Essie's hand.
beg, and you Shall have it, 4
But pussy was obstinate this afternoon,
and would not beg. She always looked
very cute standing on her hind feet, with
her fore paws hanging down so prcttily.
''If you don't do it I'll whip you and
shut you in the cellar
As pussy remained on all fours, Essie
caught her up and slapped her several
times, then took her to the cellar and shut
her in, after which she took the piece Of
meat out in the kitchen for pussys sup.
per.
Mamma had gone out shopping, Bird
get to see her mother, and ESSie was left
alone in the house. She was often left
by herself, so did not feel afraid. Get,
ting her new book she sat down to look
at the pictures, and in this way soon for,
got all about poor pussy, After a while
she thought she would like to have an
apple, Going to the cellar she made a
motion to step down. Too late to stop
herself, she saw dark object on the
steps. In some way or other it trippde
her, and as pussy went flying out of the
door Essie went tumbing down the steps
head foremost, striking her mouth very
hard on the ground. She was too much
frightened to scream, but jumped to her
feet, and putting her hand to her mouth,
exclaimed, hardly above whisper;
"Oh, gracious, some of my teeth are
knocked out I know"
Hearing some one knock at the door,
she went slowly up stairs and opened it.
1t was mamma, who, seeing low fright
ened Essie looked, and that she held her
hand to her mouth, asked "what was the
matter2"
''It feels as if some of my teeth were
knocked out" replied Essie.
Mamma saw blood on her mouth, and
looked to see what was hurt. No teeth
were knocked out, but there was a bad
cut in her lip, which was done by the
teeth when her mouth struck the ground.
Mamma" said ESsic after she had told
all about it, "if the steps had been stone
might have been hurt worse, and if |
hadn't got angry at pussy | wouldn't
have been hurt at ALL SO | think I'll try
and not oct angry again.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1886-01-27
The Wonderful Soil Of the West.

"Do we have any cyclones out in our
country1' echoed the passenger from the
West. "a few Two or three times a
wear one comes along and makes things
howl We have got used to EN-, though,
and don't mind 'cm anymore. The soil
is so fertile that we art able to copper
the cyclones in great shape
But | can't sec what the fertility of
the soil has got TO do with it when tcrna-
docs come along every once in while
and carry off your buildings"
"Of course, you can't sec it. Nobody
ever could see it until he went out West
and looked around little with his own
eyes. We haunt got my trees in our
country to aaghor things to, and they
wouldn't be of any use, anyhow, in a
regular old cyclic. But, stranger,
the fertility of the soil comes to cur as
sistancc. Every well-regulated house,
barn, stable and granary in our neighbor-
hood is tied to constalk, an the cy-
clones can't bulge 'em an inch. That's
the kind of . soil we have out our way."
-Caieaoo Herdla.. -.