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The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19

spoor. He followed it about hundred
yards till he came to a clump. of mimosa
hush that was situated between the
stream and the ancient marble quarries
just above the waterfall and at the
mouth of the ravine. Here he stopped,
and heard him give startled cry. l
rushed to the spot, passed through the
trees and saw this. The little open
space in the center of the glade had
been the scene of a struggle. There, in
the soft earth, were the marks of three
human feet-two shod, one naked
Stella's, Totals and Hendricks. Nor was
this all. There, close by, lay the frag-
ments of the two dogs-they were
nothing more-and one baboon, not yet
quite dead, which had been bitten in
the throat by the dogs. All around US
was the spoor of numberless balloons.
The full horror of what had happened
flashed into my mind.
NY wife and Tota had been carried off
by the balloons. AS yet they had not
been killed, for, if so, their remains
would have been found with those of the
dogs They had been carried of. The
brutes, acting under the direction of the
woman-monkey, Hendrika, had dragged
them away to some secret den, there to
keep them till they died-or kill them!
For moment 1 literally staggered
beneath the terror OF the shock. Then
l reused myself from my despair. babe
the native run and alarm the people at
the kraals, telling them to come armed
and bring me guns and ammunition. He
went like the wind, and I turned to fol-
low the spoor. For few yards it was
plain enough-Stella had been dragged
along. l could see where her heels had
struck the ground; the child had, pre-
sumed, been carried--at least there were
no marks of her feet At the waters
edge the spoor vanished. The water was
shallow, and they had gone along in it,
or at least Hendrika and her victims had
in order to obliterate the trail could
see where q moss-grown stone had been
freshly turned over in the water-bed. 1
ran along the bank some way up the
ravine in the vain hope Of catching q
sight of them Presently heard bark
in the cliffs above me; il was answered
by another, and then / saw that scores
of balloons were hidden about among the
rocks on either side, and were slowly
swinging themselves down to bar the
path. To go on unarmed as I was would
be useless. l should only be torn to
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

The man who loved the watch-dog's
honest bark was not a tramp.-Ram's
Horp
When person grows weary Of WE'LL
doing look out for brilliant squirt in
the opposite direction. Milwaukee.
Journal.
1T is with flowers as with moral
qualities; the bright are sometimes
poisonous; but, believe, never the
sweet.-Guesses at Truth.
Yes, sir. we must agitate," remark
ed the walking delegate. I'VE must
agitate or perish" Then he agitated it
gently with spoon, and pretty soon it
perished-all but the sugar.-Lawrence
American.
If woman was as careful in select
ing . husband to match her disposition
as she is in selecting a dress to match
her complexion there would be fewer
unhappy marriages than there are
Atchison Globe.
81 thought your doctor told you
you'd be out in a week?" said a gentle
man to a friend. Gle did, and so 1 was"
why, man, you're in bed YETI II
know it; but l was out S75, just the
same. "-Washington Post
Mrs. Moddle-Well, Maud. how did
you and Mabel enjoy the performance Of
Hamlet? Maud-Not very well. man.
ma. Mrs. Moddle-Was the acting poor?
Maud-Oh. / suppose the acting was
we'll enough, but we forgot to take any
acknowledgements.
"A Significant Exclamation.-N
Manager-The leading lady's diamonds
have been stolen. Proprietor-Indeed!
What have you done? Manager
ed reward of five hundred dollars for
their recovery. Proprietor-You are a
blank fOol.-Jeweler's Weekly.
"A new game among amateur photog-
raphers is called 1.-The guessing bee"
The photographers take a lot of pictures
and he who succeeds in guessing what
they are supposed to represent is re-
warded by not having any of them pre-
scented to him.-Philadelphia Times
No friendship is so cordial or so de-
1icious as that of girl for girl; no hatred
SO intense and immovable as that Of
woman for woman. In youth you
love one above the others of your sex;
in ripper age you hate all, more or less. in
proportion to similarity Of accomplish
ments and pursuits.-Landor.
He who makes up his mind that he
came into this world to do something,
and then goes to work to do it, will be
OF service to mankind. He is the one
who will make his mark among men. 1t
may be humble mark, but it will be
we'll worth preserving. He will not be-
forgotten when his life is ended.
ward.
Many poor tempted one has been
rescued from ruin by the wise helpful
ness of one who has discovered some
germ of good in him, and, passing by all
else. has so nourished and strengthened
that germ as to infuse new hope, cour-
age and power by which he has been en-
abled to conquer what had well-nigh
overwhelmed him. But to complete the
destruction Of such a person, few things
can be more effectual than to de-
stroy the last remnants Of his self-re-
speck
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL


Duty is the grandest Of ideas, be-
cause it implies the idea of God, of the
the soul. of liberty, of responsibility, Of
immortality.-Sacordo
Tho chime of bells being made in
Troy for St Patrick's Cathedal, New
York City, will comprise fifteen bells
and will weigh in the aggregate 80, 900
pounds.
We shall never acquire any great
capacity for JOY; the blessed peace Of
God viii never possess our mind and
heart, so long as We shrink from self
denial.-D. March.
The freshest fishes are sometimes
caught in the safest seas. 1t is quite
possible for even a thoroughly regener-
ate man to live in the world, and yet
never so much rs be tainted by its spirit.
&C. s. Robinson.
Nearly double the number Of new
Societies Of Christian Endeavor are be-
ing formed every week that were re-
ported a year ago at this time. The ad-
vance movement is apparent in every
evangelical denomination and in nearly
every State and province. illustrated
Christian Weekly.
The annual report of the commits
sioner for work among the colored peo-
pie gives some interesting statistics:
Stations. 1872; clergy, white. 81, colored.
~; Sunday-schOols, III; pupils, SEAS;
parOchial schools, 65; pupils, ASS; in
dustrial schools IL; pupils, ISL; con-
drmed, GA; communicates, q, l9l; contri-
buttons, Sl4,369.37. - Living Church
(EpiscopaD.
Justice Miller did not think there
was any necessity for 4 man to waste
four years Of his life in the study Of
dead languages Said he: Il think
that the dead languages are unnecessary
and impracticable for the average man.
They may do for rich peoples sons who
will have an independent income and
who are training themselves for purely
literary life. AS to boys who have to
make their way in the world. l think
they are useless, and that the scientific
studies are far more important"
He asks not that our love should bo
equal to His, but resemble His; not that
it should be of the same strength, but
of the same kind. A pearl of dew may
not hold the sun, but it may hold a
spark of its light. "A child by the Sea-
trying to catch the waves as they dash
in clouds of crystal spray upon the sand.
can not hold the ocean in its tiny she'll,
but he can hold a drop of the ocean
water. There is an ocean of love in
my heart" says Christ; '1et drop Of
that ocean be received into yours" &C.
Stanford.
The young women seem to be
thorn in the flesh at Harvard. Prof.
Palmer, of the philosophical depart
ment. who teaches in both the college
and the annex for young women, has
publicly said that he has to prepare his
lessons better for the annex than for
the college. for the young women are
sharper questioners than the young
men. Prof. Charles Eliot Norton has
told his college students that they DO
not pass SO good examinations as the
women; and even Greek professor
bears the same testimony.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19

MEMBERS of the fashionable world
who constantly yearn after some new
things are, at present, interested in the
suggestion of the triangular table for
dinner parties. It is done by arranging
three tables in triangle. The host sits
at the point of the triangle, with the
two most distinguished female guests
on his right and left hand. The hostess
occupies the center of the base Of the
triangle and has the distinguished men
with her. The beauty of this arrange.
ment is that at large dinners tho hG14
and hostess are not entirely removal
from the guests 1T the center 6e ~
table.
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ITO BE CONTINUED.

-Tramps in Iowa are taken care of
and so we'll attended that most of them
are inclined to shun the State. Those
that can work and won't work, and per-
sist in begging, are clapped into Jail.
and put at hard labor. While there,
they are denied tobacco, liquor and
sporting or illustrated papers, and are
allowed no amusement whatever. Two
or three weeks of this treatment gener-
ally effects q thorough cure of lazi-
ness
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19

ket to cover them, and they had grown
fat in his shadow. Then he had died,
and the Star, their fathers daughter,
had married me, Macumazahn, and they
had believed that 1 should take their
fathers place and let them live in my
shadow. What should they do when
there was no one to protect them? The
tribes were kept from attacking them
by fear of the white man. If he went
they would be eaten up" and so on.
Alas! there was but too much founda-
ton for their fears.
1 returned to the huts at midday to get
some dinner. Stella said that she was
going to pack during the afternoon, SO l
did not think it necessary to caution her
about going out alone, as did not wish
to allude to the subject Of Hendrika and
the balloons unless l was obliged to. 1
told her, however, that would come back
to help her as soon as l could get away.
Then / went down to the native kraals
to sort out such cattle as belonged to
Mr.. Carson from those which belonged
to the Kaffirs, for 1 proposed to take
them with us. 1t was a large herd, and
the business took an incalculable time.
At length, little before shutdown,
gave it up, and leaving Indaba-zimbi to
finish the job. got my horse and rode
homewards.
Arriving, I gave the horse to one of
the stable boys, and went into the cen
trail hut. There was no sign of Stella,
though the things she had been packing
lay about the floor. 1 passed first into
our sleeping hut thence one by one into
all the others, but still saw no sign of
her. Then 1 went out, and calling a
Kaffir in the garden, asked him If he
had seen his mistress.
He answered.: eyes" He had seen
her carrying flowers, walking towards
the graveyard, holding the little white
girl-my daughter-as he called her, by
the hand, when the sun stood there, T"
and he pointed to spot in the horizon
where it would have been about an hour
and half before. THE two dogs were
| with them" he added. turned and ran
towards the graveyard, which was about
a quarter of mile from the huts. OF
course there was no reason to be anx-
ious-evidently she had gone to lay the
flowers on her fathers grave. And yet /
was anxious
When got near the graveyard 1 met
one of the natives, who, by my orders,
had been set round the kraals to watch
the place, and noticed that he was rub
bling his eyes and yawning. Clearly he
had been asleep. asked him if he had
seen his mistress, and he answered that
he had not, which, under the circum-
stances, was not wonderful. Without
stopping to reproach him, ordered the
man to follow me, and went to- the
graveyard. There, on Mr.. Carson's
grave, lay the dropping flowers which
Stella had been carrying, and there in
the fresh mold was the spoor of Totals
veldschoon, or hide slipper. But where
were they?
Iran from the graveyard and called
aloud at the top of my voice, but no an
| swer came. Meanwhile the native was
more proftably engaged in tracing their
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19

Lucky People.-Tomdik-The de-
rivation of English words is an interest
ing subject of investigation. McClam-
my-So? Tomdik-The origin Of the
word luxury" for instance, is clear
from the word itself. McClammy-I
don't see it Tomdik-Don't you see
that only those can indulge in luxury
who are in luck, sure, eh?-Chicago In
tor Ocean
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1890-11-19

Committed a Misdemeanor or Matri-
mony.-''Notice that man over there
how nervous he appears-constantly
looking around to see if anybody is
watching him. I'll bet he's burglar"
Eyes, or . bridegroom. "-Munsey's
Weekly.
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pieces as the dogs had been. So turned
and fed back towards the huts. As l
drew near could see that my messenger
had reused the settlement, for natives
with spears and kerries in their hands
were running up towards the kraals.
When I reached the hut I met old
Indaba-zimbi, who wore a very serious
face.
$50 the evil has fallen, Macumazahn,"
he said.
sit has fallen" answered.
''Keep a good heart, Macumazahn."
he said again. ''She is not dead, nor
the little maid, and before they die we
shall find them. Remember this. Hen
drika loves her. She will not harm her,
or allow the babyans o harm her. She
will try to hide her away from you,
that is all"
"Pray God that we may find her." I
groaned- THE light is going fast"
1.-The moon rises in three hours" he
answered; 1--WE will search by moonlight.
1t is useless to start now; see, the sun
sinks. Let US get the men together,
eat and make things ready. Hamba
CACHE. Hasten slowly, Macumazahn."
AS there was no help, took his ad-
vice. I could eat no food, but packed
some up to take with us, and made
ready ropes and rough kind of Utter.
If we found them they would scarcely
be able to walk. All! if we found them,
How slowly the time passed! 1t seemed
hours before the moon rose. But at last
it did rise.
Then we started. In all we were
about hundred men, but we only mus
tered five guns between US, my elephant
roer. and four that had belonged to Mr..
Carson
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extricating the claw and smoothing his
rufied coat, he saw himself as he was,
and realized that indeed he had become
crow.
The crow in the tree had been watch
ing Fassetts movements with amused
interest, and now asked him if he would
like to join the flock. Almost before he
knew it Outs wings were outspread,
and he was iuttering upward. Alight-
ing on the branch along side of his
new friend, he asked what he was doing
there.
watching this tree" said the crow.
''What for"'
ITO keep crows from building nests
here
Much obliged to YOU" said Fassett,
''for taking so much care Of my prop
erty."
"Your property said the crow. "well
I guess not! Aw: aw! aw! that is rich.
Your tree! Why this tree belongs to old
Jim Crow. He's down South now.
Didn't come up with the rest of the
crows. Too lazy to fly such distance.
Don't you know that this is the best tree
for building crows nests in all this
section?"
1T is, eh? Well. why in thunder do
you keep crows from building nests in
it, then?"
'You are green. You don't seem to
know as much as you did when you were
O. Fassett, Esq. I'm an officer of the
law, am; an officer Of crow law. and
old Jim Crow owns this tree, and if the
law didn't protect him every crow would
want to build nest in its branches and
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
An Algerian Wonder.

An isolated mountain called JebeI Naiba,
about 25,O0o feet high, situated near Bona,
Algeria, is found to be rapidly decreasing
in height, considerable cavity having al
ready formed around its entire base The
mass of the gigantic peak is evidently sink
ing into the earth's crust. Evidence ad.
dueed almost within the very limits of
Bona shows that similar phenomenon has
taken place there probably centuries before.
Lake Fezarra, body Of water of some
thousands of acres in extent, lying between
the mountains and the city, did not exist
In the time of the Roman empire, and re-
cent investigations seem to have settled the
fact that it now covers what was once a
large fortified Roman city. When strong,
southwest winds blows for days in success
sion, towers and walls may be seen far out
in the deepest part of the lake.-St. Louis
Republic
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
Abont banging.

As 70 my dancing, it seems to be a popu-
lar impression abroad that my legs do duty
for my voice. Why, it was only the other
day that friend of mine who saw, me
shaking my leg-I had been laid up for
several days with boil on it--innocently
inquired if I was running the scales. "
Dancing is not a mere matter of legs. The
audience not only watch the legs of a
favorito dancer, but they also observe his
eyes. The brain of dancing is in the eye
The end of the dance that calls forth ap-
piapse depends more OH the expression Of
the face than on any movement of the feet.
The hands play as great part in dancing
as the feet.-Francis Wilson in Kate Fields
Washington.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
The Onerator was Busy.

1t has been the custom among shop and
counting house employees from time imme.
mortal To play practical jokes upon new
Corners, such as sending them after white
lampblack or round square or to ask
some similar paradoxical question.
The big operating department of the
Western Union. telegraph Office on Broad
way is no exception TO this ancient diver
sion. Many of the knights of the key are
fond of such jokes, and "A recent one was at
the expense of little check girl who did
not realize the importance of no less a per
sonage than Jay Gould himself.
Jay GOuld and Mr.. Eckert and others of
the Western Union company had occasion
to consult with Manager Dealey, and when
the group entered the room and were talk
ing with the latter gentleman a facetious
operator sent the little girl over with a
message TO the short gentleman with the
black whiskers" The little one marched
bravely up TO the group and, in answer to
kindly well, dearT" from Jay Gould,
Said
MIR. -, of the race wire, says he is busy
and cannot see you until he is off duty"
Jay Gould said, 'iVery WELL" and the
little girl skipped about with her usual
ghtheartedness.- York Telegram.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
Long Islands Blue Laws,

Some of the old Long Island towns were
settled by Puritans from across the sound
in Connecticut. In the musty records of
some of these places are TO be found ordi-
nances which bear SO much of a likeness to
the Connecticut blue laws as to leave the
historical iconoclast who says those laws
never existed little ground. upon which to
stand.
The good townspeople of Brookhaven,
in Suffolk county, met in 1874, ten years
after New York had passed from the hands
of Petrus Stuyvesant and WIS enjoying
the rule of the merry James of York, and
passed this resolution:
Whereas, god have bene much dis
honored, much presious TYNE misspent
and men impoverished by drinking and
tipling, ether in ordinery or other privet
houses. therefor, we make this order that
whosoever shall thus transgress, or sett
drinking above two hours, shall pay FIVE
shillings, and the men of the hous for let
ting them have ID after the TYNE prefixed
shall pay ten shiIlings exsept strangers
onely."-New York Tribune
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
Peculiar Title.

The funniest speeches ave not always
those made on purpose" So az least
thought n gentleman who was walking
through the Boston Public garden, and
sought TO amuse himself by questioning
some boys whom he found playing near the
Washington statue there.
"Boys," he called, as he approached the
group of ragged urchins, who is that gen
tleman up there's"
The boys looked vaguely about, and one
asked briskly:
what gentleman, sirg"
'The one up there on the bronze horse 4"
"Oh, that's George Washington" was
the concerted reply, and the gentleman
walked away, feeling that he had not
seemed as funny as he had intended. AS
he went, however, he beard one boy say to
the Others in good natured derision. He
called Washington gentlemanI''-YoUth's
Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
A Fatality Arerted.

The passengers on Third avenue street
car recently were suddenly shaken nearly
off their seats by the full stop of the car.
The driver was seen to gesticulate wildly
as he put all his muscle into the brake.
The conductor ran to the front platform.
The horses were seen 10 rear up on their
hind legs and shysoff the track. The pas.
sengers were in a state of panic and made
frantic efforts TO crowd through the doors.
just ahead of the horses and within two
feet of their noses long black wire dan
gled across the tracks, twisting to and fro.
"Don't go near it"' yelled the conductor,
and the crowd fell back. Then the driver
and a policeman held a council of war,
which resulted in the former getting a long
pole. Approaching the deadly wire eau
tiously he grasped the pole at the extreme
end and showed the threatening obstruc-
ton gently aside. While he held it off the
conductor drove the frightened horses past
the spot. and thus fatality was averted.
Meanwhile great crowd had gathered,
but at distance of fully fifty feet from
the wire. Suddenly a little man elbowed
his way through their midst and ap-
preached the wire. For heavens sake,
eon'tl" shrieked terror stricken man in
the front rank But the little man did not
heed his supplications. He stretched out
his hand, took hold of the wire and smiled
sadly.
''It's a rope, he said.-New York Times,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
where THE Kings Daughters. a...

1t has been our privilege to place upon
the records of our order the names of mem
bers from Japan, China, India, New Yea
land, Australia, the Sandwich Islands, Tur
key, France, Italy, Germany, Great Britain,
and from every state and territory in our
own country. We little dreamed-we who
hoped when this order was founded that
we might never be an organization which
would be talked about or written about in
the papers, or be called upon to hold great
public meetings-that in less than four
years the globe would be 'encircled by the
wearers of our sacred emblem, and that it
would shine forth from the remotest cor.
ners of the earth, telling of those who love
the king and who desire TO serve in his
name.-Nrs. Margaret Bottome
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
should an Actor reel Emotion.

/ believe, then, that every great actor
sught to be, and is, moved by the emotion
he portrays; that not only must he feel
this emotion once or twice, or when he is
studying the part, but that he must feel it
in greater or less degree-and to just that
degree will he move the hearts of his audi
ences-whenever he plays the part, be ID
once or a thousand times, and that he
must cultivate this susceptibility TO emo
ton as carefully as he cultivates the de-
velopment Of his vocal organs, or the habit
of moving and walking easily and grace
fully-Salvini in Century.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
Cheap CIoTny,.

y Bowery clothier advertises that he
sells boys complete suits at $3.50 and
throws in an overcoat with each suit.
That's cheap enough in all conscience, but
l would advise the parents who avail
themselves of this bargain to keep their
boys in when it rains. The clothes might
get wet and the mucilage dissolve
Racket
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17
GIVEN AWAY FREEI

Guide to San Antonio, given away free
at the LIGHT Office. Call and get one. 81
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-17

The Orleans princes, one of whom is the
son of the Comte de Paris, are the richest
princes in the world. They will inherit in
about three months 160,0O0,OO francs
through the death of the Duke de Mont
pensieF. of Seville, Spain.