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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01
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bert's gegen ben Maler Elm We6iel eins
,getreten, bennod empfanb ct es tDie
cine &rdnfung, SaB Sener i'm Der gis
feriu6t uu6 gmpfiubli6feit gu aeiben
f6ien. 5,
Sd babe fein @e6t, Sic ansutlaseu,
9err 6turnt, faete ct, aber i9 berberge
es Sbnen ni9t, baB iG Sbre 9anbs
lungstueife gegen- Sulta tii9t nit raeis
men Mnfnaunngea in ginilang su feben
bermo9te. SEPT Bit i1 bpn ber Wene
6ung bes 59idials erfdiittert tpie Sic.
llnb tennt Srduleilt pflug ben 3us
iammenbang ber 9inge2
Sbr eigenes Gri9redea, 9err Gturn,
als Der 9tame Sulia's genannt uuroe,
bebauptet fe, bdtte lift Die unsliidli6e
grleu9tung gebraGt.
SD bin berlpren! f1lug fi9 Cigar
bor bic 6tirn. 3ebn Sage f1nb es ber,
baB id5 einen 8rief bes Grduleins nit
Der fur9tbaren Na9ridt enpfing.
Reine rubige Gtunbe bab' idb feitbem
gebabt, feine Mrbeit aufnebmen, feinen
@eoanfen fa6en f6nnen. Song tiebers
gef9mettert bon ber Nemefs. Bin id
Sbnen 10 elenb genue2
6Dlen Sic mad, tpas sic f9nn frii=
Der bdtten tbun iollen. Gin offenes
8etenntniB f6ul6en Sic 6em sSrdalein
paug, aud barum, baB fte Don ibret
etiefmutter Elm beneres Bib setuinut,
als es fi9 ibr nnmille ausgemalt bat.
Was bas GrduIein bef9lieBt, benz u,t.
terwerfen Sic fi9.
Bit bu 10 iiber3eugt, baB iie mir ben
Mbf9teb gibts b6bnte es in gbgar's 4
8ruf. Du f6nnteit bid bod berre1,
net baben, grhnbli9 berre6netl
Seben Sic tnDbl, 6err @raf - unb
Wer5eibung fir bic St6rung, fagte E,
flir5 unb riifte an feinem Out.
Gopff@iittelnb f9aute ibm MIber1
mad, tpie er nod benl 9auie elite uni
bic 8lode an ber 6uberen @ittertbir ID
befttg aog, baB ber Mie6erbaa big bier'
Der idol.
Sn eigenen Gebantet berfoIgte MIberi
baraber feinen @eg.
Wie bod au@ nod bic Wogen ibre,
8ewegums innerli9 geben mo9ten, du'
Berlib batte Mbelbeib lire Saltung tpie
bergeponnen. Gie ernpfing Cigar mi
einer &ube, bic bieueidbt nod mebl
Rdlte ausifr6nte, als He beabH@tigte
MiB 8rabbon, be leife auf ibren
StubI bin unb ber riidte, lub fie burd
einett Mint gum Bleiben elm. gbga,
tonnte bic antpeienbeit Der GefeuiGaf
term ni9t befonbers auffauen; MbeI
beib bate ibn au ielten bic @unit cine!
| Nleinfeins nit ibr gepdbrt; aber ME
mails mar Ee ibm 10 Idifig semeien
Sr bem 3mans, ben er ii6 antbul
mLb;e, cine eIei@siiltige unterbaltunl
| au fibren, brannte mie unter cine
| f6tptren 9ede bas nilbe Geuer in fid
ielbf nieber, bos er in 6lammenmortel
| gegen Nbelbeib bnite aufobern lafiel
tuOlen; ieoen @eriu9 elmer grfldrun
ma6te ibre ablebnenbe Giible unb eli
Bid auf MiB Brabbon f6on In ieinel
i Mnfdngen unm6gli@.
(Gortietuus foIst.)
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01
Die Gntpednna einer ssra,..

slod) cine ipunberboGe gntbeduns iit semaGt
iporben unb bas nod basu bon einer Dame
aus bieiem gountb. Gieben Sabre lang bate
iie bic entietli6Hen 9eiben ausauaebsn, bel9e
Serart an ibrer 2ebenstraft oebrten, bab ibr
Sob ni9t msbr fern au fein fdien. Drei 9eo.
nate buhete1 Ne rnaufb0rIi6 nnb tcunte feinen
GdIaf fnben. Do fanfts fe bon uns eine
iSlafde BON Or Sings vstener entbeduns fir
2ofs 70 SieI grleiStsrraas, srs eab f. iis i$isa!sn
Sia. SIR aame ii Nars. aat6er aut. 60
fGreiben uns Us. g. Samri6 & 60. in SbeIbb,
Norb Garolinas
Wlan lafe ii9 cine 9robeFaf9e sebsn IN Der
apotbste bon u. DreiB in Gan antoaio.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

Spmmerietbe BON perIdtebener
9ualttdt+.
Sfene answabl BON Tdaern+
nn5weifelbaft bie beife Nnswabl
BON Damert@ ltnb &tnber~S SAubem
Manner< u 8naben~Sauben uub
Stiefeln pDn bepd9rtenT Tabrifantell4
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01
9ra1t 9e11ns.
80 ma II bon 3arl ssret,sel.
[Gortfetuns.l

LUortiesnng.l
OHener als fie es felbft borber fir
ta6glt@ gebalten, entbhDte fie ibm ibr
Sinneres. Seine bornebme Saltung
ftab 70 buttbeilbaft segen gbsar's 2eis
oenf9aftli6feit ab unb fl6bte ibr 8ers
trauen Elm. gie 3u einem 8ruber
tuagte fie 5u inn a.. reben. Sn bet ers
fen gfregung bate 1e an einen Bruber
ibrer Mutter, ber tn Der probin3 lebte,
geiGrieben uub ibn umt Elm Mlpi In fei.
llelm 1aufe gebeten.
Sic bate eine ausmei9enbe Nnttport
erbalten, Der Mfann tpollte fi9 nit bem
rei9en S@mager flibt erairnen unb fi9
niibt Dbne bic duBerfte 9fotb atpii9en
Batter unb 9o1ter brdngen. Damn
mar ibr eingefallen, baB iie rniinoig unb
Beiiberilt eines fleinen Berm0gens Tel,
bas ibr D0llfpmmeue 6reibeit ii9erte =
3olle Geoanten eines in ieiner Side
oufgewtblten, inieinenl Seiligfeu bers
lebtett Wt6btenberSens = gegen ibr @es
fabl an5ufdmpfen beriu9te ber @raf
gar mi6t, aber er ffelte ibr bic G9wies
rigteit, b1s uebertriebene lllb @elpalts
fame ibre pIdne bpr.
Bon ibrent Batter, bpn ibrer S5amiIie
irenut ii@ oie 3p6ter bod nur, tpenu
bie llnin6eli@teit eines ferneren 3us
ianlmenlebens fi@ berausgettellt bat,
fagte er. @ie f9tuer sic Sbr 9err
Batter bir6 ieime aweite @erlobung aud
INNER getrdntt babeu mag, ct 1T eSbr
Batter. Geine Rlug1eit bat biellei9t
f9un bener, als Sic es abnen, bas neue
DeSbdItnib geDrbnet. gr gebt NIT ieis
uer Satin auf &eiien ober ldBt Sic
cine &eife MAIDEN, mas tpeiB id]2 S5f
g ni9t bas @abrfdeinlidte, baB ieiue
Berbinbuilg - CT bate f9lieBen tppuen,
aud be Sbrige bei1leunigen tuirb, aber
er befanu ii9 nod BET 3eiten, baB er
b0mit ben iuunbefen Yuntt In MoeIs
beib'a 1ruif berabrte, unb fubr nun
fort - baB feline 9eiratb i'm In allen
Dingeu ntilber ftilnraen tpirb?
Seiue 3uridbaItuus beltdrlte MbeI.
beib ilt bet ibrigen. 6atte He fit5 f9on
borber sei9eut, Cigars yfanien fallen
au Iaijen, iebt tudre es ibr gan3 unm6g.
lid geiueIen. @lei@biel oh iie ber Grai
geiiebt bate, Oh ct fie nod Iiebte ober
ibr nlir iene Ieimte 6ulbiguna aewib.
met, bic fie 70 Iange aIs natiirli@en
3ribut BON 0llen Msdnuern qeforbert-
lpie bdtte fie ibn, bon benz Summer, bel
1Inr,ihe unb GDrge ipred,en f6nueu. bi,
ibr jefit glebenbubIer bereitste? olltl
Ne fim Inn NIT ibrea Qualeit auu
GmduipieI qeben2
90 brad Re, aIs NsiB 8rabbon er
fd5ien, BITE ilnierbaltuua ab uub mad, eli
niaem pIauberu tiber Gtabtneuiafeitei
euipfohi fif NIbert. Bei bem 9(bfd,iei
beribrod1 linn MbeIEeib, bic @ufuuft ih
res 9ofers au ertporten uub nimf,
Q(euserffes ali uuternebmeu. Diesuio
Iaate ne Tim uid5t tpie iEre ssreunbii
ilam ,efu fetuer Msauu!" Ion6ern mi
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

Neue 3epbsr @tnsbants, Snbta
Grtnfles, @ercals, 3anstbars, @t@
aues, 3awas, gatttffe, NDpeltY
Grrbs, idpttiiae 3epbsrs, SDtl bn
Ncr6 anb anbere gum Waiden se>
etsaete gabrtfate tn grocer aus>
nail mnb' gu seriatebenen. preiien+
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

- Ser Suruberein in 9isb Sia fei.
erte gnbe bergangenen Monats fein %.
Stiftunssfeif bur6 2inberipiele unb
S@eibeni9ieBen am gla6mittag. Mm
abeno iuurbe rDas SOnntagsrduI9s
den" dufeefhbrt un6 3tpar iebr crebitas
BEL. gta@ber fanb Elm Ball itatt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

= Son 2od Greet, 2enball @ountp,
tpirb beri9tet, baB Did @Ooo, IL Sabre
alt, tpdbrenS er 3iegen biitete, iiberfal>
len, 3uerf eri1onen unb bann nit
MeRern bearbeitet purbe. Die M6rber
finb entfloben.
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gttderete.t !!

Sptt3en! Spttsen!
Auf bteiem .Selbe Slansen wtr
btra bic srDbte &uswabl nnb bic
neueften @aden, bic ie benz pnbli>
fam sDrselest pmrbet+ SDrapn,
prientaltide, galeneienne.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

@legante gfppttdten IN 8dnbern
nnb &alden.
Die ,teuelfra giuns 0siltnss,
Setrtetta Sud-, Grepes, &pber
Sud-, Gballte einfarbis unb se>
muffert In alien mpbernen saat~
ttrltngeu+
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

Su 0ittoria bat fi9 bic v@traBem.
babn. unb 8erbeferungs Gompagnie"
nit einem Rapital BON $4,000 orgas
niiirt.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01
'eS ie III San MntDntp auf9ewtelen tpnrbe.

Gantbric in seriatebenen 8reiten IT,
preiien. Sarbtge Stidereieu Ser
fetnffen Sprte.
@rpbe auswabl BON Damen>
unter5eug+
gDllifdnbises Eager bon Danten.
ut,6 &tnberiframpfen+
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1888-06-01

a@ SobnfonB Bros. liefern bic
beiien unb bilieitea 9rudia6en. @ebt
au ibnen.
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= Mie ein Beri6t aus MuFin mel
bet, tpirb bort auf benz 5taats.& .&ir6bof
au @bren beg einsigen republifanii9en
@ouberneurs, ipel6en 8eras gebabt
bat, 6. S. Dabis, Elm 9rDBartiges Mos
nument erri9tet tperben, oas iDeben
bort angetonimen 1T. Safelbeu tpirb
cine S6be BON IS SUB baben unb SUB
auf ber @runbfd9e. @s 1T bon grauein
portlanb Grant unb tpiegt ungefdbr
breiBig Soniien. = Die teranif9en &e.
publitaner follten es fit cine pfi9t
balten, Der gntbhlung bes Monumentes
beiauuobnen; nenn iemals auf benz
Gouberneurs : Stuble elm gbrenmann
geieRen bat, 70 1T es 6. s. Dabis gez
tpelen, unb gbre, benz gbre sebtibret! !
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unberiebrten Snbalt bon benz aud ni9t
eine Marf, ni6t bas gerinfte 3ettel1en
feblte. Ser Brief aber, beIIen Sn6alt
ben Gaufmann fofDrt anmutbete tpie
elm Wfdr9en aus alten 3eiten lautete
folgenbermaBen: uSebr geebrter
9err - Criminals bate i9 bas
&eGt, anbers au Sbnen au ipre9en,
oa waltete bas trauli9e 9u 11o9
5Dif9en uns ob. Das tpar bpr mebr
als stpansig Sabreitl 9amaIs trdunt.
ten unb f9pdrnten mir 6ano in 6amb
bon Der 3ufunft unb ermarteten bas
nont 2eben, mas sic gefunoen baben:
bas @Iadl sic bennBten unb
bertpertbeten treulib ole @aben, tpel9e
bic 9latur Sbnen berlieben, sic maren
bes @liids 10 tpertb, sic fanben es.
Sd aber, Der i@ Sbnett felt LANCER 3eit
aus ben Mugen unb tpie i9 boffe, au1
aug ben Gebanten bin, nerfeblte alle
ale neine 3iele, i'd iant bon Gtufe Su
9tufe = oh gan3 bur@ eigne 56ulb2 |!
gBie nett i'd gelangt bin, bas feben sic.
Sd babe Sic beifoblen, aber i9
bebalte i1leinen Gaub ri9t; benn aug
Sbrer Brieftaf6e eriebe i'd, tper fie inb |
Sd babe unbergeBli9e Stunben In Sb-
rem elterli6en 9auie berIebt, i1ament,
lid 1T es bic @efalt Sbrer Iiebepollen,
miloen Mfutter, bic mid beute nod in
In Der grinnerang tuie Elm gngel unts
i6uebt. Sic felbf paren mir elm
L r
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= gs befinben f@ iiber 2OO,O 900
9lusldnoer in England.
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ipaniide, @seurtal, @utpure, @bart<
ttltY @ptsea In allen greitea fir
ueberwurf pber 8eiab+

Geittdte Gimidbe
in petbem unb farbigemt ptque,
MnG, Spib, Natnippf. Gefttdter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
The Customs Of Capri.

In an article entitled "a Woman of
Capri" in HIonan, Beatrice Press
wood King says: They have a strange
way in this little place, found, of
betrothing the girls to the young men
before the latter leave the town. AS
few OF them are able TO either read or
write. long years pass by without a
word from the lover or ''spoZa" reach
ing the patient girl at home.
1t is not rare thing to meet here
young couples who were engaged for
ten, twelve, or even fifteen years be-
fore fortune was sufficiently favorable
to allow them to wed.
One can not soon get rich on 80
cents day, and this is the wages of a
man in Capri. This is perhaps the
reason why so many men leave the
island, leaving the women at home to
take care of the vineyards and olive
groves.
1t Is very picturesque scene, these
women with their gay costumes, rich
compilations, bright, flashing eyes at
work in the fields, or leading their
flocks OF goats up the mountain side,
to pasture. Their feet are always
bare and become so hard that it is
simply wonderful what they can en-
dure. They will walk over the roads
covered with sharp. f1inty stones,
climb the rugged mountain-side and
be quite as comfortable as if walking
on the softest carpet. In fact, for
hardness their feet resemble those of
the western glrl who, when told by
her mother that there was a red-hot
anal l1nna,s ha, j,.o ioI
out moving an inch: (which foot is
it under, mammy?" Yet the feet of
these women are by no means mis-
shapened, but, on the contrary, are
perfect models for any artist.
During my stay on the island | en-
joyed the rare treat of witnessing the
grand festival of San Antonio. this
being the great feast day of the year.
One OF the most attractive features
to me was the procession of white
robed maidens vending their way
through the narrow streets lined with
white-walled houses. From the top Of
these walls friends and lovers show
cred down the sweet-smelling, golden
San Antonio fiori upon the procession
below. The girls were all wreathed
with flowers, and carried in their
hands either candles or lighted wooden
images, and chanted as they walked,
surrounded by clouds of smoke from
swinging censers.
Through the town and up the wind
ing stone stairs cut in the mountain
side they passed TO the chapel, where
the religious services were held.
After that came the feasting. and the
dancing, and the music, over which
they became greatly excited.
The numberless movements of their
favorice dance, the ''Tarantata," and
the easy, graceful forms of the dancers
as they swayed backward and forward,
was iEdeed a pleasing and exhilarating
sight. The ''Tarantata" is danced by
three couples only, the men dancing
round the women and then kneeling
as suppliants at their feet. The wom-
en- raise them, and with airy move
mems dance round the men. Then
they separate into pairs, advancing
and rstreating and again dancing to-
gether. The figures OF the dance are
but a small part OF the beauties; there
is an indescrlbable fascination in the
free and graceful movements of the
arms, head, and in fact of the whole
body
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
How Stonewau jackson Fell.

We followed our bottoms until we
got to the plank road leading from
Fredericksburg to Charlottesville, be-
ing then near and in the front of
Hooker's (better known as Fighting
Joe') army. We were thrown in line
of battle three deep, and ordered to
rest, but our rest was suddenly dis
turbed by the firing of one of our cam
mons Immediately IN our rear, and as
the echoes died out we heard the an
swer from one of Lees guns. The
boys then knew that the next thing
would be to fight, and in few minutes
we heard the order coming down the
line, Fix bayonets and charge" With
loud yell we pushed on, but had
gone but a short distance before we
were on the enemy, greatly to their
surprise. AS they we're not looking
for US at that time and place, they
were not prepared to receive us, SO
they took to their heels sooner than be
taken prisoners, leaving their KNAPP
sacks, laid III squares by companies,
guns stacked, and camp-kettles boiling
with beef On we went, in high
spirits, in double-quick time, loading
and shooting. IpaSsed l one poor fell
low with ball through his leg bathing
in a hole of water. He looked up at
US. and said, $50 ahead Johnnies, the
Yanks are running like -w The
further we went the more stubborn
the enemy became, bat there was no
stopping the Stonewall men. just at
dusk they made a bold stand in the
edge of heavy woods, where they had
thrown up some heavy breastworks.
but we made no stop, but forced them
on. As it was dark we came to halt.
The best of my recollection is that we
must have been on this charge one
and a half hours. When we stopped
| found | had strayed off from my
company, but soon found them stand
ing on the plank road, telling, as SOL
diers will, what each one had seen,
how many rounds each one had shot,
etc. While waiting we heard the clat-
ter of horses hoofs, and we'll does any
old soldier know how we felt to think
of a cavalry charge in the night. Soon
we heard the cianking of sabres; then
we momentarily expected the dasa of
cavalry upon Us. Our officers gave
orders to all that had loaded guns to
fire when they came near enough, and
all that had empty ones to prepare to
receive a cavalry charge. On they
came closer and closer, until they
seemed to be almost upon us. Being
in the woods and dark, we could not
see them, but we fired one volley. On
ly those fired that were Immediately in
the road, and all was still as death.
Soldier-like, we were delighted to
find that they had stopped and were
easing their way back. But o! it was
not so. 1t was Stonewall Jackson
Better would it have been had every
hand that pulled trigger to a loaded
gun that night fallen dead than taken
part in that disastrous killing. Imme-
diately after the rain stopped the
charge at dark Jackson rode in be-
tween the lines to find out where the
enemy was (history gives it as a sup
position that he intended making one
of his night charges.) One of his aides
telling INN they were among the Yam
KEGS. they turned and put spurs for
our lines, but were met by shower
of balls and death athens (G0)
Banner.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
EGYPTIAN FUNERALS.

A funeral in Egypt is indeed q strange
sight, and the first one the visitor sees
astonishes him very much. At the head
OF the procession marches a corporate
body of blind and certain number of
men, who proceed az a quick step swing
ing themselves from right to left. Be-
hind them comes the funeral car, or
rather a sort of bier, bearing o great red
shawl in which the body is deposited.
At the extremity of the bier, on perch,
is placed the turban or the terbouch of
the defunct. Two men carry the bier.
They follow with such spirit the move
ment of the head of the procession, that
the corpse, rocked in every direction,
seems to jump up under the shawl that
shrouds it. The women bring up the
rear, some on asses, some on foot. The
first row is formed of weepers, or rather
screamers, who send forth toward heaven
at each step the shrillest tones. The
weepers hold in their hand handkerchief
with which they are not solicitous OF
wiping their eyes perfectly dry, but
which they pull by two edges behind
their head with gesture that would be
desperate II it was not droll. On the
arrival at tho cemetery they take the
body from the bier to cast it, just as it
is, into the grave. The grand funerals,
however, take place with much more
solemnity. An important parsonage is
hardly dead in Egypt before his &C
quaintances hurry TO she house. During
one or two days they eat and drink at
the expense of the dead, or rather his
heirs, induging in the noisiest demon.
strations. When the hour Of the inter
ment arrives a scene Of the widest char
acter is produced. The slaves and
women Of the household throw them
selves on the corpse and feign deter
mination to hinder it from passing the
threshold. The lugubrious tragedy is
played conscientiously; they snatch away
the coffin: they delay each other with
blows, and the most violent and fright
FIJI clamor is heard. At last the process
sion leaves the house and repairs to the
cemetery preceded by camels loaded
with victuais, which are distributed to
the poor, hurriug in crowds along the
road. All along the road the mourners
and friends of the family fight for the
honor of earring the bier moment, and
thus II passes at bounds from hand to
hand, amid the most fri rhtful disorder.
The interment ended, every one returns
to the house of the dead to recommence
festivities.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
The Witch's Ladder.

Magic, witchcraft. ordeals, omens,
we have them all among us, an inch
under the social surface Take the
"Witch's Ladder" found il, Somerset,
q new rope threaded with birds
feathers. Mr.. j. NJ. Frazier seems to
have found out the uses of this valuable
weapon, uses TO which the local old
women would not confess. In Scot
land something of the kind is used by
Highlanders for magically milking
their neiohbors' kline. By milking the
rope the fluid is extracted from the
cows of other people. Sometimes the
rope is made from the tail hairs of
the COWS; il is not stuck full Of feath-
ers. In Bohemia the rope must be
bell-rope and it affects ali the cattle
within hearing of the bell. How could
people ever begin to believe such non
sense in Bohemia or Skye?
Edmund Robinson, we may charit-
ably believe, was drunk when he saw
the trick performed in 1888. He
averred, in a regular deposition, that
he beheh ''divers of the company 90
to the barn, he followed after, and saw
six of them kneeling, and pulling at
SiA SCfCIdl ropes, HlICll Ntit 1dSl6liGu
or tied to the top of the house, at or
with which pulling" Observe the deli
cate accuracy "came then, in this in
formers sight, flesh smoking, butter
in Jumps, and milk as it were skim
ming from the said ropes, all of which
fell into basins which were placed un-
der the said ropes" The Witch's Lad
der, in fact, has a loop for fastening,
we presume, to the roof of the house.
Now, can the Australian black fellows
be more childishIy absurd than our
modern friends of the magic rope?
The Australian doctors suck disease
out of patients through string. The
Indian witch sucks her enemy's blood,
he beng at a distance, like the cows,
in the same way. The Australian
puts feathers on his magic stick, ap-
parently that it may fly TO his foeman.
The feathers on the Witch's Ladder
may have been meant, as Mr.. Frazier
says, for a similar purpose. Again,
savages of many countries think that
the souls of the dead migrate into
snakes. butterflies, and other creatures.
Is everybody in Cornwall much wiser?
A vicar of St. Cleer, had house-maiG
who, though she was not a Bruce,
would not kill a spider. The reason
was that Parson Judd, the clergyman
lately deceased, twas somewhere in
yicarage in some spider. no one knew
which of the vicarage spiders. LON
don DaiiV NeUS.
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Flowing by Man Power.

An amusing sight was witnessed by
MIR. Watson's neighbors last week.
Mr.. Watson cultivates a little patch
around the section house, and. as his
duties require most OF his time on the
road. be puts in an hours work when
ever he can get chance.
Last Monday he knocked his gang
off for the afternoon on account of the
heavy rain, but when it stopped rain
ing he thought he would put in an
hour or so blowing up his garden.
After trying in vain TO beg, borrow.
or hire a horse, and determined not to
let such a good opportunity slip, he
hitched up .'old Joe, one of his sec
ton hands, and did the work in fine
style. The old darky kicked consid-
erably about this novel employment,
but broke no traces while the job was
being done.-Florida ArcaGian.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1888-05-17
Waters His Masters Horses.

Cyrus Sturtevant, livery stable
keeper of Ware, has the dearest dog
in town. He bought him from Almer
Conlon for 500. and he has since re-
fused $500 for him. He is aGordon
setter, and is years old, weighing
sixty-five pounds. lie will ride in the
carriage and hold the reins with his
two fore paws, and sit on tne seat like
man. He will jump out Of tie ear
riage going at full speed and bring
back whip or handkerchief to his
master. He is great care-taker Of
horses, and knows the name of every
horse owned by his master. If his
master wants to wafer any single
horse in the stable all he has to do is
to tell the dog to bring out such
horse, calling the horse by name, and
Immediately the dog goes to the stall,
loosens the horse. aud brings him to
wafer, and will DO this with every
horse in the stable. He will also lead
out the horses to be harnessed. He
is a quiet, gentle. affectionate dog, is
of liver color, and is well proportional
according to his weight. = Boston
Globe