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Israelite and Indian.

As stated in the GAZETTE Saturday, Col.
Garrick Mallory, OF tae Smithsonian In
stjtution. who is recognized as the authority
on Indian traditions, religious and languages
has Just completed contribution to science,
that is likely TO cause considerable stir in
geological circles. 1t is entitled Israel.
ite and Indian, parallel 10 Planes of Cul
ture," aud was written for the American
Association for the advancement OF Science.
of which he is vice president, and chief of
the anthropological section. Ia this report
Col. Mallory cverthrows aud completely de-
molspes popular aud almost universal
theory that ell the savage tribes of America,
before their contact With civilization had
formulated end established religious faith,
believed on single supreme being, future
life and system of rewards and punish
ments after death. This theory, which has
been accepted and disseminated by religious
missionaries of all denominations among
the Indians, mas been the chief link TO con.
meet them with the prehistoric races Of The
III osaic era, and, ct the rame time, has baep
used 10 demonstrate HAT man, as & creature,
however igno7sut or degraded, was divine
~ inspired with a revelation OF an Instinct
that recognized the one Supreme Being, the
Immortality Of the soul, aud hope Of happi-
ness or fear OF misery efter death, according
90 his worldly life wac spent
Colonel Mallory reports tha! after years Of
investigation into the traditions OF ali the
North American tribes. representing fifty.
eigh, linguistic stocks and more than 800 'Gn.
suaees, he has been forced TO ne conclusion
hat no nboreines had DO such instinct and
no such religious belief until after contact
with European civilization when they gain
ed it from the missionaries. These miasion
a.es. he says, were im bued with the dogma,
and sought aud therefore found evidence of
,;ne psimeval faitH, but wero misled by their
own enthasiaem. He continues
AFTER careful examination, With tie as
sstance cf explorers aud iinguists, ressseft
my statement that 40 tribe Or body Of Ia
iiaue, before missionary influence, euter
teired, formulated or had distinct be'ief
III q single overruling Great Spirit or any
being that corresponGed to toe Chrisliau
conception of God. But freely admit, with
even greater emphasis, that an astounding
number of customa OF the North American
Indians are the same as those recorded of the
ancient Isrnelites."
Ha tells too, Of the experience Of W. ".
Werreu, who translated Bible history for
;he Ojibwsy Nation, and was Invariably
met with the remark from tho native priests:
This book must be true, for our ancestors
have told us similar stories generation after
generation since the world was new;'' and
only last year, when well,informed chief
of the Muskokis was heiog questioned as to
! tho religious myths aud legends of his tribe,
! he replied "They are Ell in ths Old Testg
meat. We cen read them there without the
trouble Of taking them down from cur peo-
pe."
Colonel Mallory also argues that it is u5e-
Iess to attempt to chtisiianize the Indians
until after they have been civilized.
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Two prstty oonvsnt girls we're arrested
10 St. Louis yesterday and taken 10 police
headquarters to await the arrival OF res-
tives. They are Josie Merrill. of Galesburg,
Ill.,, and Lille Adkins, of Kansas City. Ten
day 70 ago Miss Merrill and Mss Adkine,
neither CT whom is II. packed Up 'heir
wardrobes, scaled the walls Of tie convent.
and were soon in st. Louis They bad
money. and spent it freely. They put upat
the Ln6ell, made the acquaintance OF some
young men, and patronized the theatres.
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Colonel Mallory also argues that it is use-
less to attempt to chtislianze the Indians
until after they have been civilized.
The evening world., 1889-12-26

ton he could not understand; but he said to
himself that the unfortunate. Fix must be
very much disappointed and Inundated. IN
his self esteem. having SO awkwnrdly fol
lowed a false scent around the world. and he
refrained from condemning him.,
And now what cOnrSe was lhileas Fogg
going to take? 1t was difficult to guess.
But II appeared that the phlegmatic gentle
man decided upOn one, for that evening he
sent for the engineer and SAID to him:
Keep up your fires and continue on yOur
course until the complete exhaustion OF tue
fuel. h-
A few moments after the smoVe-stack of
the Henrietta was vomiting torrents or
smoke.
The vessel continued, then. to'sail under
full steam but. az he had announced, two
days later, the I 18th, the Engineer informed
him tina the coal would give out during :he
day. A..
Fogg. ON the contrary. let the furnaces
be CHARGED"
AbDut noon of this day. having taken OBJ
servations and CALCULATED the position of
the vessel, Pllilea1 Fogp sent for P~asSepar-
tout and ordered him to go for. Captain
Speedy. This god fellow felt a If he had
been commanded to unchain n tiger, and he
deScende into the poop, saying to himself:
Positively | shall lind a mRdlnan1
In fact, n few minutes later n bomb came
on the poop-deck. in the midst of cries and
oaths. I'll X bomb was Captain Speedy. 1t
was evident that IL was going to burst.
where are we ~ were. tue tirst words he
uttered in the midst Of his choking anger,
The evening world., 1889-12-26

Here are sixty thousand!' replied
Philvas Fogg. Offering linn II roll of bank
notes.
This produced n powerful effect upon An
drew Speedy. No American Is without eno-
ton at the sight of sixty thousand dollars.
The captain forgot III an instant his anger.
his imprisonment, oil his grievances fiom
his passenger. His ship was twenty years
Did. 1t might be quite u bargain! The
bomb woult not explode. Mr.. Eogg had
withdrawn the fuse.
And tho IRON hull will be left he said.
i'll a %singularly sottened tone.
The iron hull and the engine. sir. 1t Is
a bargain p"
- bargain"
And Andrew Speedy. snatching tho roll Of
~bank-notes,. counted them and slipped them
into his pocket.
During this scene PasseTartout was white
as n shcet. As for Fix. he narrowly escaped
an apOplectic lit. Nearly twenty thousand
pounds spent, and Yet this Fogg was going
to re!inqulTl 10 the eler the hull and the
engiue-tllat. il, Eeariy the entire value. OF
the vessel! 1t il true that the sum stolen
from the bank amounted to tfty-ive thou
When Andrew Speedy had pockcted his
money MI: Fogg said to him,
Sir, don't let all this a%stonish you.
Know that ] lose twenty thousand pounds ii
am not IN London on the 2fst of Deem
Der, at Il quarter before nine in the evening.
Now, l had missed the rtCamer from New
York, and, AZ you refused TO take me TO
And / havc lone well, by all the imps of
The evening world., 1889-12-26
Live Eyes in a Dead Head.

To The FditDT
From youth l have been n hard-headcd
matcrinlist, and in turn have laughed and
sneered at superstition. But now a mystery
confronts me which l can neither laugh Mt
or reason away. A mystery that has so
shaken my nerves that ! start at the rustling
of drapery or Ihc tall of q book.
Last year | bought the skull of an Indian.
The dead flesh and hair were still OH IL,
though the skin was dried and shrivellel.
When | settled down III my bachelor apart
ments hung this hideous object high over
the m~antelpiece.
One night'as / sat alone by the freight in
my STUDY II strong fascination stole over me,
and my gazC was drawn upward irresistib!y
to the dcad-lIcut.
Eyes shining black were staring Mt me
from the llith, rto empty sockets. Only tor
all instant. then the cychdE closed swiftly
and shrunk into the orbits. just ms they
closed all eagles fethe loose'd from the
head, fell ut my feet.
Thrice since then the same thing has
Happened. and | have grown fearful of stay
ing i'll my own study alone at night.
CLARESCE T.. CRANE.
The evening world., 1889-12-26
The Sheep Thief Ghost.

j. NE Editor:
In the quiet and picturesque village Of
Oil tie banks of the Hudson, not many years
ago, there wa a ghost in the graveyard. and
none of the villagers would dare enter its
sacred bounds after dark. One day an in
valid. who had been bedridden for many
years, expressed a wish to zee the ghost. To
the surprise OF all | volunteered to crafty
his curiosity by taking him to the spot, ny l
had no faith in ghosts. The only difficulty
was how to get him there without disturb
ing his Rhostship.
Finally it was agreed l should carry him
on my back.
The following evenings dark and favor
able November night gently carried my
burden to the graveyard and Mounted the
wall, when lol a ghoStly figure arose from
behind a tomb. saying, in a Gruff voice:
Jack. is he u good fat one?'
This was too much, even for me. Drop
ing my invalid friend and leaving him to
crafty his curiosity l took to my heels and
ran for home. On arriving, to my great
surprise, the first person l met was my
friend, who had outrun me i'll my desperate
effort to- reach home.
1t was afterwards discovered that it was a
rendezvous of sheep thieves.
The Ghost / saw was one of them, await
ing the return of his comrade, and in the
darkne-s lie mistook me for Jacl; returning
with a sheep on my back, NoRwALK.
The evening world., 1889-12-26

Mr.. Fogg: When Fix had revealed both
his capacity a, II detective and the mission
with which lie was charged, why had he de-
cidud not to warn his master
The latter, informed, would without doubt
have given Fix proofs of his lnnocence; he
would have demonstrated to him his error;
nj any rat" he would not have conveyed at
his expense aud ON his tracks this nm
arrest HIM the moment he ret foot on the
soil of the United Kingdom. Thinking of
his faults and his lmprudupcc, the poor
fellow was overwhelmed with remGrso., He
wrpt, 80 that II wih painful to LOOK al him.
lie tClt Ike blowing hts brains ont.
Mrs, Aou0a and ho remained, notwtth-
standing the cold, under the porch OF tue
Custom-'i0Gsc. Neither OF them wished to
leave the place. They wanted 10 see Mt.
Fo,g once more.
A. for that gentleman. he was really
rulrCd, aud Al tho very mQunCnt thHt he was
about to reach his end. Ibis arrest would
Liverpool at twenty minutes before twelve,
noon. on the 2lSt of ncc2mbcr, he had
until quarter OF nine In the evening to APP
pear ut the Reform ClUb-that is, nine hours
and five minutes, and lie only needed nix TO
reach london.
At tbs moment. any one entering the Gus
tom House would have tnuuu Mr. Fogg
seated mptluulvsS on a wooden BENCH, with
out anger, impeTturlAhlC, He could not
have been aid to be resigned but this
blow had not been able TO move hiui, in APP
pcaraucc at least. Was he fostering within
himself one ot those secret spells OF anger,
terrible because they are pcnt mp, and which
break ont ouiy at the last moment with ire
si.tihic force? We do not know. But
PhileHs EOgg was there, calm, waiting for
what :? Did he cherish some hope "
Did he still believe i'll success, when the door
Of his prison was closed upon him?
However that may he, Mr.. Fogg carefully
put his watch on the table and watched the
hands move. Not a word escaped from his
The evening world., 1889-12-26

accomplish the three thousand miles sepa-
rating New York from Liverpool. 1t is true
that once arrived, the Henrietta affair OH
top of the bank affair might take the gentle
man n little further than he would like.
DURING the first few days they went along
under excellent conditions. The wind was
the northeast, The sails were holsted, and
with them the Henrietta " sailed like a
genuine TRANSATLANTIC steamer.
PassepartouL was delighted. The last eX-
plot of his master. the consequences of
which he preferred not to consider, filled
him with enthusiasm. The crew had never
n thousand friendships with the sailors aud
aStouish"d them with his ,acrObatic feats.
He lavished upon them the best names and
the most attractive driukS.
He thought tllat :hey manUuvTcd like
gentlemen, and that the tiremen coaled M
like heroes. His good humor was very COM
mnnieYtNe, anu ihm nv ,5sei' upon al.
ances and it, pegils. He thought only of tile
end. So nearly reached. aud sometimes he
boiled over, with mpatlence, AZ II he had
been heated by the furnaces OF the Henri
Frequently, also, tho worthy fellow re-
volved around Fix; he looked at him with a
distrnstful eve, but he did not speak to him.
for there no longer ,%existel any intimacy
between these two old friends.
Besides, lFiY, II must he confessed, did not
understand this thing at all. The conquest
Of the "Henrietta,' the mrchaso of her
crew. aud Fogg n"Rnmuyriug like an accom-
pl'shed sCamen-thiH conhbination OF things
confused him. He did not know what to
think. But, after all, a man who com;
menced by. stealing hfty.fre thontRnd
pounds could tnish by stealing a vessel.
Ard Fix was naturally led to believe that the
I" Honrictta," directed by Fogg, was not
going 20 Liverpool at all, but into some
quarter of the world where the robber. be-
coming n pirate, would quietly place himself
in 'nfctY
cnnid not be moro plausible. aud the detcc-
tive commenced to regret very seriously have
ing entered upon this affair.
As Tor Capt. speedy, he continued to howl
IN his cabin. aud ~PRBsepArtout. whose duty
The evening world., 1889-12-26

lips, but his look had a singular fixedneaa,
In any event, the situation was terrible.
and for any one that could read his thoughts
they ran thus:
An honest man. Phileas Fogg was ruined.
A dishonest man, he was caught
Did he think of escaping I Did he think
of looking 10 see whether there was n practt-
cable outlet from the prison ? Did he think OF
flying We would lie tempted to believe so.
for ouce lie took the tour of the room. But
dows had iron bars. He sat down again
aud took from his pocketbook tho diary OF
his Journey. On the line which bore these
Dec. FL, Saturday, Liverpool" he
'~'.Eightleth day, 11.4o A. NJ" aud he
The Custom House clock struck one. Mr..
Fogg observed that his watch was two hours
fast by this clock.
jump aboard an express train at this mo-
ment he could still arrive in London and ~
the Reform Club before quarter OF nine IN
the evening. A light frown passed over his
forehead.
At thirty. three minutes after two o'clock
a noise sounded outside. a hustle from the
tout was heard. and also that of Fix;
fhileas Fogg's look frightened mp Q
moment.
The door opened. and he saw Mrs. Aouda,
Passepartout and Fix rushing towards him
FIX was out OF breath. his hair all dis
ordered, and he could not speak.
Sir" he stammered. sir-pardon-0n
unfortunate ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS arrested
three days ago-you-treeE
Phileas FOgg was free! He went TO the
detective, looked him well i'll the face, and.
with the only rapid movement that he ever
had made or ever would make in his life. he
drew both his arms back, and then, with
the precision OF, All automatnn, he struck
the unfortunate detective with both his
fists:
lowing himself an atrocious flow OF words
quite worthy Of q Erenchman, added:
''Zounds! this is what might be called0
fine application of English hstsl'
Fix, PROSTATE, did not utter a word, he
only rot what he deserved. But, Mr.. FogRs
Mrs. Aouda. and PaSsepartout Immediately
left the Custom-House. They jumped into
a carriage, and in a few minutes arrived ~
the depot
train ready to start for London
1t was forty minutes past two. n On
press left thirty-ti e minutes before.
Bhileas Fogg then ordered "A special train.
There were several locomotives OF great
speed with steam mp: but owing TO the exs
igcncies of the service the special train could
not leave the depot before three o'clock.
L three O'Clock Phileas FogR, after saying
II few words 10 the engineer about q certain
reward tn be won, moved on in the direction
a. London, in the company OF the young
oma and his faithful servant
The distance which separates .Liverpool
from London must be accomplished IN hVo
hours aud a half-R very feasible thing when
there were compulsory delays, and when the
gentleman arrived at the depot all the
CLOCKS in London were striking ten mute
OF line
this tour of the world, arrived five minutes
behind time!
He had lost his bet.
go Dc contfRued.)
The evening world., 1889-12-26
IN WHICH PLILEAs O SHOWS HIMsELF
EQUAL TO CIRCUMSTANCES.


EQUAL TO CIRCUMSTANCES.
An hour afterwards the steamer Hen
rietta passed the light-boat which marks
the entrance of tile Hudson, turnel Sandy
Hook point, and put to sea. During the day
she skirted Long Island. in the ofinE of the
Fire Island Light, and rapidly ran towards
the east.
At moor OF the next day, the 18th of De-
cember, a man went upon the bridge TO take
charge of the vessel. IL would certainly be
supposed that this man was Captain Speedy!
Not ut all. 1t was PhileaS Fogg.
As for Captain Speedy, lie was very snugly
locked up in his cabin, and was bowling at
a rate that denoted an anger very pardon-
able. which amounted to Il paroxysm.
What had happened was very simple.
IhileaS Fogg wanted to go to Liverpool;
the captain would not take him there. Then
Phileas Fogg had agreed to take passage for
Bordeaux. and during the thirty hours that
lie had been OIL hoard he had manmuyred
70 well with his bank-noteS that the crew,
iaiior, and tiremen-nn occasional crew on
nm. An. this IL why PhilGas Fogg COM
.ihhhdcd ~ pace OF Captain, speedy, why
VIC cautuin was shut MP in his cabin, aud
Why, finally, tho Henrietta wa steering her
COURSE towards Liverpool. II wa, very clear,
,rclng sir. Fogg mnnWuvre. that he had
deem II sailor.
Now, how the adventure would ONE ont,
wonll be known later. Mrs. Aoula's un;
e%asllesS did not cease, although she SAID
nothing. Fix was stunned at trNt. Passe-
partnut fOnnd the thing simply splendid.
u" Bctwscn eleven and twelve knots. capt.
SPEEDY Ind said. and the Henrietta did ill.,
acct mnlntain tins average OF speed.
dd ut i'CcOmc tho rough, IL tho wind did
i"trtsC AT he en- I, M mltlrp occurred
y the 'rsSel, no accident to the engine, the
Henrietta in the nino days, counting from
'~hG 18th of December TO the 2lst. would