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Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

ence of the belief that it was painted
image. Marquette's idea of it was that
it had the head of bear, the horns of an
elk, the body Of a fish or dragon, or
something with scales, and bears legs,
with esgle's claws. The tail was fifty
feet long. coiled several times round the
body, and terminated in spearhead
The parallelism to the chimera is
marked, and perhaps Mr.. Miles may have
been mistaken in supposiug that the tail
was the bona fide tail of lion. The
error is one into which almost every one
fell who saw the painting of the chimera
on the famous Hamilton vase, which was
found near Naples during the Napoleonic
war. It is here given according to an ac-
curate copy made for the Museo Borbon-
leo before Sir William Hamilton, the
English Ambassador at Naples. sent it to
England 1t never reached its destina-
ton, for the vessel foundered, and the
famous vase repsses in some dark, un-
fathomed cave of the Mediterranean. At
first it was supposed that the lions tail
was simply drawn with An exaggeration of
its sinuousness, but some one who mis-
trusted this view carefully examined
what was thought to be the knot of the
lions tail and found that scale OF dirt
covered the eye of the snake. Very
dainty washing revealed the mouth also.
and 1t became apparent that the dragon
part of the chimera was not formidable,
and did not offer any special danger to
tho hero Bellerophon upon his prancine
Pegasus.
The discoveries Of Gen. Di Cssnoia n.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

Lydia and Cyprus, the sphinx of Etruria,
Greece, and Egypt, the winged man
headed bull of Assyria, the human-headed
harp of old Ireland, the griffins of
Europe, Asia, and northern Africa. the
centaurs of the Greeks and the ancient
Picts, and the wyverns of the heraldry
of northern Europe. 1T was" the arch
seologist exclaims with bitter grief, "our
only polyform monster, our only one; ii
was in perfect state of preservation,
and blundering brute of naval officer
made it a target for gunnery practice.
Oh, inexplicable folly! Oh, irremediable
loss."
Fortunately it has been thoroughly
described by gentleman who seems 10
have been perfectly competent for the
task, and who understood its real charac-
ter. j. r. Miles, of Miles Station, ILL.,,
made drawing of it, which is presented
here, and accompanied this with written
description obviously of the most au-
thentic kind. He wrote: Il first saw it in
1888, and since that date have seen it many
hundreds of times before it was destroyed
during the late civil war. l must say that
it is mistake for any one to say that it
was painted on the rocks. 1t was not
painted on the rocks, nor was there a
ulOp VI pdlut uStu III It's
The bird, if bird it was. was cut or chis-
eled or picked into the solid rock of the
bluff, but how or by whom 1 know not
Its body was that of lion, its head and
horns that of deer, and its wings that of
bird. Is there anything about this that
looks like horrible man eater? do not
believe that such an animal ever existed
l deny that its existence is compatible
with natural laws, and l assert that the
piasa bird was made by some race we'll
acquainted with sculpture to commemo-
rate the noble deeds of some great per-
sonage of ancient times"
humanity is indebted to Father Mar
quette for its first knowledge of the man
eater of the Mississippi, and he wrote a
description of it in 1863, from which an
engraving was made in Paris. Mr.. Miles
made his drawing on the spot, but the
French picture which is here presented
was ushered into the world under condi-
tions that made it dubious The good
father described it from memory, having
learned all the Indian traditions about il,
and being influenced very much by those
traditions. The engraver made it as
frightful as he could IN order to be in
teresting. Thus between the two was
evolved an object which, as any one can
detect, never could have been sculptured,
which perhaps accounts for the persist
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

QUEENSLAND, Australia, lays claim
to the greatest and richest gold mine
in the world. 1t is called Mt. Morgan,
and will this year pay to its owners not
less than s6,0OO,000, with the promise
of a great increase when more COM
pletely developed. The gold obtained
from it assays 1913 pure, test which
is believed to be without parallel. The
original owner of this property bought
it for a shilling an acre and sold it at
about one pound sterling per acre, or
in all for about $4,000. 1t is now
valued, Judging by the price of the
company's shares, at s5O,OOO,OO0.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

traces of Phnnician inspiration, but there
is nothing from Greenland to the Hermit
of Cape Horn which the widest conject-
urescan attribute to the Phunicians save
the piasa bird. This remarkable object,
says the Chicago Times, was sculptured
on bluff Of the Mississippi, near Alton,
and was destroyed either wholly or in
part by superstitious Yankee comman-
der of a tin clad, who made it the tar
get for his parrots and coiumbiads. be-
ieving it to be what tradition declared a
memorial of a devilish flying creature
that carried off bisons and human beings
with ease and devoured them in its bone
bestrewn lair. 1t is to be hoped that
enough remains of this sculptured form
to repay the Investigation of some trained
archaologist, for there can be but little
doubt that it was one of those polyform
symbols which the PhGnicians left among
the peoples whom they visited. 1t be-
longs to the same order as the chimera of
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
Carried Millions in a Sachel.

1T cost only S2, but it saved the
Government lot of money" This
was what Tom Cavanaugh, the re-
Gently appointed Assistant Sergeant
alarms of the House, said to friend,
on showing him cheap leather sachel.
When Bristow was Secretary of the
Treasury he had disagreement with
the Adams Express Company about
the rates to be charged for conveying
cash to and from the Treasury Cav
anaugh at that time was special
agent of the Treasury, and Bristow
conceived the bold plan of sending all
the money to New York by him. 1t
was risky thing to do. There were
days when Cavanaugh left the depart
ment with his sachel stuffed full of
greenbacks, and, if he had taken it
into his head to light out to Canada or
anywhere else, Secretary Bristow
would have been confronted by deficit
of more than million dollars. jut
the messenger was faithful to his trust,
and the department did not lose sin
gle cent. 1t was terrible mental
strain on Cayanaugh, however. In
ltSS tudU d lie ran OOWn from
2l5 pounds to 1j9, and when finally
relieved he was so nervous that he had
to take long rest. 1t is wonderful that
no attempt was ever made to rob him.
He used to leave the Treasury Depart
ment in the afternoon and drive to the
depot unaccompanied and armed with
only revolver. On reaching the car
he would go to his berth, but not to
sleep. He remained awake all night
with tenacious grip on that priceless
sachel. Arriving in New York he would
drive at once to the Sub-Treasury and
deposit his treasure, and then for the
first time he would feel easy. After
sleep he was ready for another job of
tho same kind
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

by references 10 natural objects, and Who
claimed that the polyform monster was
only an exaggeration of a special kind of
Ion that once existed in Asia Minor.
Human beings have goitre. horrible
swelling In the neck, and if lion had
goitre then the swelling might have been
taken by the unsophisticatel shepherds
OF Lycia for supplementary goats
head. But the SERPENT, instead OF tail.
did not admit of any naturalistic expla-
nation, and the chimera is now admitted
treasury at Curium. Di Cesnola found
earrings, rings, and bracelets of gold
fashioned like the chimera, only that the
form of the lion disappeared entirely
and the body was purely serpentine, to
suit the requ rements of the objects.
These jewels were of Ph9nician manu-
facture, in the opinion of all experts.
Tiffany of New York declared that in
them all the processes known to modern
gold-working were employed, and with
exquisite dexterity.
1t is to be remarked that the legends of
the Indian tribes dwelling on the Missis-
sippt about the piasa bird were exactly
the same as the legends of the Greeks
concerning the chimera. Until Beller-
ophon put stop to its evil career, the
latter monster behaved precisely as the
piasa is reported 10 have DONE sometimes
carrying Off a fat COW, sometimes tough
agriculturist, sometimes condescending to
trihe with its appetite by boiling baby.
The Greeks, too. ascribed 10 the sphinx
n most reprehensible fondness for human
flesh, which she gratitied in a polite and
cultured fashion. She invited people to
call upon her, and asked them conun-
drums, and if they could not answer cor
rectly she ate them up. Gdipus, the
Turanian, paid a visit to her cave, and
answered her questions correctly, where
upon she fell into his power, and he slew
her with his darts, all of which was made
the subject of noble picture by the
French painter, Ingres. Notwithstand-
ing the weight of Greek tradition, there
can be no doubt that with the Egyptians
the sphinx was the symbol of royalty,
and with the Etrulians 1t was faithful
guardian of the tomb. Nor is there any
adequate reason for doubling that all
poly were symbolical, and that no
representation was intended of any mon
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

THE women of the Russian tele
graph service are raising a great out
cry in the press against the hardship
of the law in force in Russia that they
may only marry telegraphists, and
that, too, only those who are engaged
at the same station, the official idea
being that they thereby, in case o.
need, would be able to take the place
of their husbands. A young Russian
woman writes to Novgorod paper
Il have, therefore, if I do not choose
to forfeit my situation, first to fall in
love with an electrical swain, then tc
manage that he falls in love with me
next to arrange that he is transferred
to my station. This is hard task fol
a girl who is riveted fourteen hours
every day to her apparatus, and does
not wish to lose her pittance of 72C
rubles year"
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
A Woman in the Case.

There always is. She is the power behind
the throne. A womans n lUence over the
man WHO loves Her Is often absolute. To
WELD so great power to guide, strengthen
and help her husband. a woman'5 mind
should BE- clear and healthy. 1t cannot be if
she is suffering from any functional de-
rangement How many a home is made n
unha ppy. because shs who should be its
life and light is wretche I, depressed,
morbid inv aid, Wive, daughters and
mothers, why suffer from ".enale COM
plants" wh ch are sapp ng your lives away,
when DR.. Pierce's tav rite PRESCRIPTION
will renew your health a1d adden those
about you? 1t has restored har pness to
many a saddened life. Why endure martyr
dom when release IL so easy! ia its special
field there never was restorative like the
"Favorite Prescriptl lOn."
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

The Buddhists in Burmah do not
consider the question of expense in
beautifyin2 their temples. Here is
the description of the new vane of a
pagoda at Rangoon: The vane is about
three feet by one and half feet
broad, and thickly crusted with pre-
cious stones and lovely fans of the red
Burmese gold. One ruby alone is
worth 5000 rupees, and there are sew
eral hundred rubies upon this beautiful
thing. On the tip of the iron rod on
which works the vane is richly carved
and gold ornament called the Semboo.
1t is somewhat egg-shaped and foot
in height, tipped by an enormous dia-
mond, encircied by many smaller ones
crusted on like barnacles. All over
this exquisite oval object are similar
clumps of diamonds, no other stone
being used for this part.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

THERE were altogether about three
hundred distinct epidemics of influenza
in Europe between 1910, when the dis.
ease was first noted at Malta, and 1850
In 1929 the whole of Europe suffered
severely. According to statistics pub,
ished by the Noroe Vremya, the dis.
ease caused 9OS deaths in London in
one week, and in Vienna 10000 persons
were affected. In 1877 and 1743 there
were further outbreaks, and the deaths
in one week in London amounted to
1000. In 1775 domestic animals were
first attacked by it. In 1882 10000
persons fell i'll of it in st. Petersburg
in twenty-four hours. In st. Peters
burg quinine is now served out daily
to the troops, mixed with vodka.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

THERE is curiosity along the Fair
mont, Morgantown and Pittsburgh
Railroad. about six miles above town,
worth noticing, says the Morgantown
Pa.) Post. Two sycamore trees
standing about ten feet apart, are
Joined together by limb fifteen inches
in diameter, and it's dollars to dough-
nuts which tree it started to grow
from. They are the only Siamese
twins in this vicinity.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
Why Are Hotel Cooks So Often Fat.

Did you ever wonder why most
cooks are feshy?' asked the chef of a
well-known hotel. well. 1 have a
theory that is held by many people to
be correct. Their unusual amount OF
flesh is undoubtedly due to the alb
sorption through the nostrils, mouth,
and pores of the skin of the aroma, OF
whatever you call it, of food which is
being cooked. The man or woman
who, day after day. lives in an atmos-
phere permeated with savory odors of
cooking food soon begins to get fieshy.
Think this over and you'll agree with
me. .'-Philddelphid Press.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

HE State of Illinois
pos S se ss d, until
within a few years,
the sole frail memo
rial in existence that
the famous Phpni-
clans Wis j t e d this
land in the most
re m OF e antiquity.
There are many OBJ
jects made by the
Peruvians and Mex
leans prior to the
arrival of the Span
iarjc which CT o-
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

Cyprus gave to ths world another repre-
sentation of the chimera in which the
serpentine character of the lions tail is
absolutely unmistakable, as will be seen
by the drawing. The coil is something
which could not bs found in q genuine
caudal appendage of a lion, and the
snakiness of the end is obvious. This
finding of genuine chimera was a sad
blow to school of thinkers who have
been endeavoring to explain everything
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

IT is estimated that the Indians now
living own an average of 466 acres each
of land. That gives the average red
skin too much to farm and too little to
make successful wilderness.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
As Rich as CrGsus.
Philadelphia (Ps.) Item, January q.

Philadelphia Ps.) Item, January q.
Eli Zane is lucky man.
He has Just drawn a twentieth of the sec
ond capital prize of $4,000, in the Louis
lana State Lottery and finds himself the
possessor of 5000. He cannot contain HIM
self for Joy. Eli lives at No. 1896 Thompson
street, and he was sensible and lucky
enough to invest, secretly, one dollar in
ticket No. II, IL, in the Louisiana Stat OF
tery. That ticket drew the $4,000 prize,
and the news communicated to Mr.. Zane
Immediately after the drawing, threw him
into great excitement.
He did not feel quite ike a rich man,
however, until he got The money into his
hands. Then he began to imagine that he
could buy up the whole earth.
''Am l heppy!" he repeated to an Item
reporter, who called on him. .'Well, should
smile. What do you expect Of man who
gets So, 900 for one dollar! Why, ! feel as
rich as Crpsus. knew I would strike luck
if continued invest ng in the Louisiana
State Lottery.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
Starting in Early.

Chicago woman How much will
you take and leave me forever?
Husband-You are not tired of me SO
soon, l hope.
Chicago woman-No, no. I love you
as much as ever, but Mrs. Lakefront
is bound to take the first gold prize
for the largest number of divorce de-
crees shown at the Worlds Fair, and
I'm bound that she shant.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

Beatrice, and the Kansas City, Wyan-
dotte and Northwestern Road runs
through it. It contains nearly thirteen
thousand acres, covering twenty square
miles, all under an excellent state of
cultivation.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

A PHILADELPHIA undertaken who has
much use for his telephone has had it
rigged up on dumb-waiter arrange
ment so that it can answer a call from
any part of the house
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

WASHINGTON people are said to be
apprehensive that the novel which the
widow of Gen. Ricketts, is writing will
portray some incidents in their lives
with rather too much vividness.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

The United States has the smallest
standing army of all the great nations,
and yet it spends almost as much per
head for military purposes as Prussia
or Russia. This is explained, of
course, by the fact that We maintain
the most liberal pension system in the
world
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

MARK TWAIN has spent about $780,
600 in perfectina the Page type-setting
machine. and he is the principal owner
of the company that will manufacture
them. The machine is sixteen feet
long, nine feet high in the middle, and,
it is claimed, will set. justify, and dis
tribute 40, 200 ems of type daily.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
NEWS BREvITIES.

The sultan of Zanzibar is dead. He died
very suddenly.
The Bundles Saengerfest opened at New
Orleans with 1,650 singers present
Kansas postmasters appointed in the last
Rrist are: John H. Ball, Caldwell; James
n. Simpson, Mcpherson; Mrs. Anna NJ.
Moore, Dighton.
Postmaster General Wanamaker appeared
before the house committee on posfoffices
and postroads and read an elaborate state
ment in favor of q system of postal tele.
Rrsphy.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

WITH record of having buried 300
persons, George L. Moore, an aged
undertaken of Guthrieville, Chester
County, Pa, has at last been laid under
the sod himself.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

THEY don't mince matters much in
the untrammeIed West. The follow
ing advertisement appeared in a Kan
sas City paper the other day: Ply
sician wanted-Immediately, to take
charge of the largest country practice
in Kansas, in an eastern border coun-
ty; nine graveyards within the limits
no competition.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

IT is believed that the largest farm
nnder cultivation in this country be
longs to Col. John W. Bookwalter, Of
Ohio. at one time the Democratic can.
d;date for Governor of his State. The
farm i on the Nebraska line south Of
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

HIS elevation to the Senate has made
no change in the quiet ways of Judge
Moody, of Deadwood, S. ID. He is a
pleasant-looking. quiet old gentleman,
wearing silk hat, and gray hair and
whiskers, and he still possesses the
amiability of manner to which his sue
cess in life is greatly due.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

AT @. A. r. fair in Steubenville
recently $2,Oco of Confederate money,
which was taken from the trunk of JEFF
ferson Davis after his capture, was on
exhibition.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

JOHN McCLosREY, of San Antonio,
Texas, has been mourned as dead for
nine years. The other night a bearded
stranger appeared at the home of Mrs.
McCloskey. She became very indig-
Eant when he took her in his arms.
1t was her husband. He had been in
the West, and made great deal of
money
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

In 1888 nearly 3,OOO,OOO,OOO bricks
were manufactured in twelve cities Of
the United States About S0,000,0 600
were made in Pittsburg.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

RUSSIAN officials have decided that
the telephone is dangerous to the
state" In Warsaw orders have been
given that telephones be removed from
all restaurants, coffee-houses, and
iqusr saloons Similar orders have
been issued in all other large Polish
towns.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

1T is said that one of the English
noyelists is able to repeat from mem
ory every word he has written, and he
is the author of many books.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
THEY LEFT A RECORD.
THE PIASA BIRD PRESENTED TO
THIS COUNTRY CENTURIES AGO.

Odd Outlines of the Animal Craven on
Stone by PhRnicians Who Preceded the
Spaniards s. Resemblance Between the
Famous ..Man-Eater" and the Chimera
of Cyprus and Asia Minor.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

In answer to the question, as the
bite of the black snake poisonous 2"
Scientific american says: The COM
mon black snake of the United States
is not armed with poison fangs and
glands, and consequently is not poi
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

"a penny for your thoughts." exclaimed
Miss Amy to young Goslin.
90, aw-I don't want to wob you like that,
doncher know" replied Goslin, and then he
couldn't zee Why everyone laughed % up-
roaIiously.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20
Expresses His Gratitude.

Albert A. Lawrence, Of Kirkmsn, Ia, in ex-
pressing his gratitude to the proprietors Of Al
lens Lung Balsam, writes: II firmly believe my
wife would have died of Consumption il not for
the timely use of your Lung Balsam." Buy the
81. 90 bottle for Lung Diseases.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

A WEST VIRGINIA girl has saved
money enough to buy herself a gold
watch by trapping muskrats, skunks,
and other animals and selling their
hidaS
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

1t generally turns out that, sooner or later
every "Napoleon of Finance" bumps up to
his sorrow against Wellington of Justice.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

The lash has never been abolished
as means of discipline in the German
penal institutions.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

The danger signal.-Jones: "What does
that red flag on the weather signal tower
mean?"
Smith: 81 guess that's to let the weather
clerk know he's IN danger"
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

Maid: ''Your wife is out, SIR"
Husband: "Well, give her this kiss for
me when she gets back. Pm going down
town."
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

JUG TAVERN is the name of q pros
porous village in Georgia.
Thomas County cat., 1890-02-20

To cleanse the stomach, liver, and system
generally, use DR.. Pierce's ell rs. % cents.
Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-11-18
gent. S53 T2

Under the lottery law fran'ed h' Congress and the instru tions given by the postmaster general to his su',- ordinstes throughout the country. there is serious danger of encruach ments on the liberty Of tine press that :,as.,,srid U. r,L:.l.eA ,rL:.l.eA =-:-Ss =:s opposed by th" newspapers of the country without regard to party lines.
 These postmasters are instructed to act as censors and inspect all second- class matter, and whenever the post master finds what he considers unlaw- ful matter, or even suspects that arti- cles are of that character, he is an, thorized to suppress the publication and refuse it passage through the mails.
 This dangerous innovation i' claimed under the spacious pretext oi suppressing lottery advertisements and so far the public seems to aeaui esce without protest against thi' new assumption of power. If thi' step meets with popular favor iher the next move will be to examin' first-class matter, breaking the seal of letters in search of contrsbsna pah ications or writings. If that be SC compIjshed then we will rapidly forge the Louisiana lottery Tn the multitud' of grounds upon which these post masters can act as censors of pres and people-Le1ington (Ky) Press Noy. ,.