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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-18
Another srnz.Iian Revolt.

NEW YORK, December l6.-The
Herald's Buenos Ayres correspondent
says: II is reported that a fresh revolt
has started in the province of Yugua-
roi, Brazil. The cause for the outbreak
is alleged to be the refusal to accept
the commands of President Peixotto.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-18

u ere is no need Of mob violence, -
the contractor has been ins ructed to
smother he fires, and the fIet dir z
c Impany, the Boston & Montana,
state that no NOR. will BE- .tarLed.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-18

TO procure your presents, souvenir
spoons, souvenir gold pins, fine
watches, silverware, necklaces, dis~
mond rings, and general line Of fine
iewelry Of which Ba-inski Br1s carry
ID . I-gant seIectinn.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-18
STEP IN

Not ss his absirsc ed individual is
doing, but into Cases City Bakery and
inspect the stock Of fresh confectiOns
that he has put in to meet the demands
OF the holiday trade. Everything is
fresh from the manufacturer and the
choicest grades. II you are not
blessed with q sweet tooth, he has q
choice assortment OF nut meats. free
from the Al noyance Of picking them
from the shells. In addition be has =
new line called Table Luxuries,"
consisting Of pigs feet, tongues and
triPe, put up in glass jars, that are
just about the most elegant luoch
goods ever brought to this or any other
market. "Step in" and II you ara
not suited, you will be hard to:please.s
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31

NY God, the hand still holds to the throat
with the grip of visen
1T was even so. The arm and fingers
had stifiened in the death grasp. Even
after il had been forced away the hand still
returned to the throat, until in laying out
the body 1t was bound down to the breast.
And. sir. wonderful thing! That
right hand was not ut all like the left
one. The left hand was that Of gentle
man. but the right was the coarse, hairy
hand OF a peasant hand, the fingers of
which were knotted and twisted from toll.
round the arm. The officer said 1T looked
az though the hand had in some way been
splieed upon the arm-a thing impossible.
1t was only singular kind of deformity,
sir
As the landlord thus speculated sadly
unused upon the fate of my friend. Poor
Silvia, thought |, 1.-THE dying curse of the
bandit has taken effect. That demon
hand grasped his throat as he slept and
the gnarled and sinewy fingers did not
even relax their hold when life was ex-
tinct. The hand of the bandit had exc
euted the threat its dying owner had
made"
Counting back found il was in the dark
of the moon-poor Silvio's time OF dread
that the vengeful and ever watchful
hand had risen up, throttled my friend in
his sleep and destroyed him.
They tell silly tale of ghost. said
the host, breaking in upon my reflections;
''of ghost seen when your friend lay a
corpse the night before the funeral
WHO tells such story?" asked.
The watchers-those who watched by
the body"
And what is their story?"
'0h. very silly one, indeed. They sat
in room adjoining that in which the
body lay. About midnight two of these
watchers went into the room where lay
the dead. They went to see if the candles
by the corpse were still burning and all
safe. As they stepped into the room they
ing stranger standing beside the coffin.
They say he was one-armed man
and had a red handkerchief bound
round his head. They were about
TO demand of the intruder why he
was there alone with the dead, when he
took step or two toward them and
vanished. The two men had not been
greatly disturbed at seeing the stranger
standing beside the coffin, but when he
disappeared while in the act of coming
toward them in the brightly lighted room
they were terrified beyond measure. With
faces white as chalk they dashed back
into the room where their fellow-watchers
were sitting and as soon as they could
speak told what they had seen.
"All presently mustered courage to go
into the room where the body lay. To
their horror they found the great hairy
right hand loose and again at the throat
of the corpse. One of their number had
the courage to lay hold of the hand and
try 10 pull it away. AT the instant he did
so there rang through the room a wild,
fiendish, 'Ha, ha, hal
"All rushed forth and, shutting them
selves up in the adjoining room, did not
again venture into the chamber of the
dead"
And was the hand found loose in the
morning."
"Yes, it is undeniable that the hand
was found loose and at the throat of the
dead man, but then, for all that. the
watchers were a silly, cowardly set. When
they. told their story to the priest he
laughed at them"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31
Thu DEMON HAND.
BY DAN DE GUILE.
THE ARTISTS STORY.


About three years ago was on q sketch
ing tour in the Swiss Alps. At the town
Of Thun, which is about mile from the
lake of the same name, / made the &C
quaintance of Silvio Baroii, an Italian
about my own age, and likewise an artist
engaged in sketching the scenery of the
country. Thun being town of about 5000
inhabitants, and swarming besides in sum-
mer with tourists, because of its being the
principal starting place for travellers in the
Overland, my Italian friend proposed that
we seek more quiet quarters somewhere
near the lake.
In day or two we found what we were
in search of in lone and quiet ehatelet on
the southwestern shore of the lake. We
had every accommodation and convent
cnce we required in our new home. and
from il in n short walk could reach the
picturesque region lying about the Stock
horn and Niesen mountains. Also in less
than an hour one of the little steamers
plying on the lake would carry US to any
point we wished TO visit.
During our jaunts ii occasionally hap
pened that / had finished my task of
Transferring to canvas the bit of landscape
TO which had taken fancy, while Silyio
was still at work upon the view he had
selected. At such times / would wait until
he had completed his picture. standing
behind him and chatting. The first time
] did so saw to my surprise that he was
working with his left hand. i remarked
that he was the first left-handcd artist /
had ever seen at work.
Silvio merely said that he found that his
left hand better obeyed his will and more
accurately put upon the canvas his thought
than did his right.
On a subsequent occasion / observed to
my establishment that while his left hand
was as delicately formed as the hand of
woman, with tapering and shapely fingers,
his right hand was a huge and clumsy
paw, with knotty and crooked fingers.
armed with nails thick and pointed like
those of a beast of prey. Further, l saw
q that the back of the right hand and wrist
were covered with shaggy growth of red
hair A coarser looking hand had never
seen.
Al the moment Silvio's whole soul was
in his work. but turning presently he evil
IDENTIFY noted the direction of my gaze. and
perhaps my look of astonishment. for he
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brain was already busy with plan for
making a grand experiment, and in fur
therance of his design he told me he hoped
to save my arm by bringing together,
uniting and building upon the several
pieces of shattered bone. He said It
would be tedious operation, but he
would keep me so well under the influence
of anasthetics that would suffer no pain:
He had under him skillful assistant, and
he said that, working together, they would
make every possible effort 10 give me
good and useful arm.
This was all knew in regard to Carl's
intentions. or to the condition of my
wounded arm for over two months, ex-
cept that from time to time | was told it
was doing well. Carl appeared to be
wonderfully elated that he was succeeding
so well in my case; but he always so man.
aged as to prevent my seeing my arm.
when at last the bandages were re-
moved, and was permitted to see my arm,
] was astounded. | knew not what to
think of the Transformation I had under
gone | saw there what / now hold out
before YOU. I turned to Carl yoltz and
expressed nv establishment at the strange
appearance of my hand and wrist.
"'Whatl' cried he, you do not like its
appearance? Why, it is my masterpiece.
1t is a triumph of surgical science. Ii Is
great surprise I have for many weeks kept
in store for you
Then exultantly he told me how he
had managed in order to give me good
sound arm and hand. He said my arm
had been amputated, but he had given me
a good. serviceable one in its stead. Ii
was the crowning triumph of his life.
had now as nv own, he said, tine strong
right hand of Ugo Carcanar He had
made the bandit chief give up his right
hand for my benefit.
carl then proceeded to tell me that he
had promised Carcano his life and liberty
on condition that he submitted TO have
his right arm taken of, and that he would
swear upon the cross 10 reform and lead
an honest life. AS the fellow was as good
as dead-would otherwise be shot without
ceremony or delay-he accepted life and
liberty on the terms proposed.
Next Carl gave me full account OF the
operation of transplanting the hand and
wrist of the bandit TO my arm-of every
nice bit of work done by himself and assis-
tant How they had brought rs together
in a room, the temperature of which was
kept at blood heat. when the bones OF my
arm and those of the bandits arm had
been sawed off al precisely the same angie.
Then how the veins and arteries were at
once telescoped and side-spliced. and the
tendons united with threads of sinew taken
from my amputated arm. and how, all
this being done and the bones wired
in place, the arm was placed in sort of
case and covered with q peculiar kind of
antiseptic Jelly of his own invention. This
Jelly he claimed 10 be far superior 10
covering of plaster Of paris, il being tough
and elastic and being slit through when
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-31

REPLY TO KrnrAKn KrLISe.
London Tru.b.

A REPLY TO KCnlAEb KILLING.
Ioudon TrH.h.
Ard the winds OF the wnfld made answer.
North, south. and eas1 and west;
hereyer there's wealth 70 covet,
IT land that can be possessed,
- 1ercver are savage races
10 cozen, coerce and scare,
2 snail md the raunred ensign,
Tor the English flag Is there!
AYE, II waves DER the blazing novels
whence African victims fly.
To be shot by explosive bullets,
Or to wrefchediy efarve and die
And where the beach-comber harries
The isles OF the Southern sea,
At the peak OF his heliish vessel,
lis the English flag flies free.
1.-THE Maori full oft hath cursed IL
With his bitterest dying breath:
And the Arab has Kissed his hatred
As he spits at its folds in death.
The hapless Fellah has feared It
On Tel-el- Kebir's parehed plain,
And the Zulu's blood has stained il
With deep, indeiibie stain.
SIT has fioated DER scenes OF piilsee.
1t has Haunted DER deeds OF shame,
IL has waved Ger the fell marauder.
As he came with sword and flame.
II has looked upon ruthless slaughter,
And mass2cres dire and grim;
It has heard the shrieks of the victims
Drown even the lingo hymn.
ssEhere is the Flag OF England?
Seek the lands where the natives rot:
Where decay and assured extinction
Must soon be the peoples lot
Co. search for the once glad islands,
Where disease and death are rife,
And the greed of a callous commerce
Now battens ON human life
"whcre Is the Flag of Engiand7
Go. sail where rich galieons come
With shoddy and loaded cottons,
And beer and Bibles and rum
Go, too, where brute force has triumphed,
And hypocrisy makes its lair;
And your question win find its answer.
For the Flag of England is there!"
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Il once placed the unsightly hand in lis
bosom. | remembered then that IL was
his constant habit TO so carry his right
hand.
Turning my eyes sgair upon Silvio's
white and shapely lei; hand, IS the Slen-
der fingers deity manipulated brush.
did not wonder he believed that hand most
capable of transferring TO canvas his arts
tic inspirations.
In the Old World one encounters de-
tcrmity OF every kind imaginable in the
human species-has il thrust into view,
indeed. in every town; but this coarse
hand upon young man so trinity built
and handsomely nodded in every other re-
xrect, thought one Of the most singular
malformations l had yet seen. / finally
arrived al the conclusion that the big.
hairy hand must be strange kind OF birth
marx. This might account for the hair
upon il being red, while Silvio had a fine
head of dark brown hair and 4 mustache
of the same color.
Finding Silyio Ranoli So sensitive in re-
rard To his deformity refrsineG from any
remark that would wound him. and, there
after, when waiting for HIM 10 pRt the
vays seated myself on his left at some dis
tance. ! observed that when out walking
ar lettering about our inn he always car
RED his right hand hidden in his bosom
or deeply buried in the side pocket Of his
coat.
Silyio and strolled together almost
daily among the mountains or along the
Aar or Simmer rivers and became firm
friends. holding rs we did much the same
notions in regard 10 art. and particularly
landseape work. One day when We had
peated ourselves in = shady nook over
looking a beautiful little valley lying in
curve of the Aar, Silyio suddenly turned 10
me and said
Il have observed for a long time that
you have wondered greatly At the differ
ence in the appearance 81 my right and
left hands and that apparently you have
arrived at the conclusion that my coarse
right hand is natural detormlIy.
nudge this 10 be your thought because IN
the goodness Of Your hesrt you have re-
Trained from speaking OF IT. YES, even
from eurieasiy looking at 1t. That haad
is. indeed sore subject for me. IL Is tho
rlarue and horror OF nay life.
Il although 10 speak Of that hateful hand,
go see it stared AZ by strangers, or even 10
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Ill.

THE HORRIBLE PATE OF sTLvlo saso1I. As
TOLD sY THE ARTIST.
In day or two after this strsnre .-o-v
was oonhded 10 me by Silyio Baroli. l Ieft
Lake Thun for the headxaiers of the A.
IN the Bernese Overland. tried in vain
to induce Sllvlo 70 accompany me- was
anxious to take'hin with me. for saw the
shadow OF MS coming dark period in the
gloom OF his face. He would not stir from
the ehaielet- Then understood that he
had resolved 10 there make his stand and
meet the assault Of the ghostly owner Of
his demon Of hand. Alone in the old
ehstelet he would fight this last battle
/ assembled along the course of the Asr
to near where II rises IN the fountains ana
SHOWS of the GriInsel and Shrek ho-n
tpeak Of terror. The Shreckhorn st.Dss
between the Finstsarho-n and the We,te--
horn, and being confronted bv :, ns,x
grand peaks and so many stretches ~
scenery, both beautiful ana grand I've
for time almost oysrv heimsi. However
settled down near the 6rimsel. A. ,hs
south end OF HASH valley, where I re-
maIned sketching for over s. fortnicht
At the end Of the time mentioned I Sss-
cenGed TO the town Of Thur. and vc;r~
down 10 the lake. al once took h,sr 10
the chatele; 81 which had left Silva
was anxious 20 see him immediately =
had decided 10 accompany HIM 10 Ps-5s
thinking could 60 - no better place with
ny collection Of sketches
Arriving 81 the ch2tele. l inoyi-as -,
my friend. -'-
on viii never sgain see Silva Rs-,Ii >,
said the proprietor. Why, have vou no.
heard Of his sudden snd strange iearb =:
his desth - cried /, greatly shoeIas
My God, Slvio dead, Ny only fear vas
that he might have left fo- Paris
An! PM instead he has gone TO thst
ever returns NNs
Tell me, how did It happene Whs,s
did he GlesH cried I Vel ere,
asked, felt sure that IN his dreaded -
period he hsd fallen 3 victim 70 his hs~-.>
ing deulon-,he dead owner OF that N,~fns
hand
Where did he die? Mon DE, bs
his room. II Was : terrible thing So, :.
you have not heard il, said the isn5]n-i
4 VIII tell you the story Of the sho. s;n,
death OF your friend: Five 5sys-no 80
me consideration DAYS after yorr ssns-+-
ure your friend. Rzrol, failed n 49, :,
his usual early hour. Thinking H. TS;,S.
stlll oe sleeping, IS for dSy or tao he 80
looked worn and weary. We waited s7 49,
and then knocked a, his door, Obr-; 49,
no response 70 our calls and reneatsS
knocklTgs. We became alarmed and fo~~a5
open the door cfhis chamber.
4 strange and horrible sight NET o,,r
eyes. On the bed lay B&roh. his -s~St
hand srsSpins his throat. He was sssS
and cold. Hls 6iseolorei face. Sls+o-t<~j
features and widely staring ewes were
frlshtful - look upon.
"A constable who was called in sad.
lie has stvansled himself To have ,3ons
50 ne must have possessed vii almost
superhuman'
The officer took hold OF RSrali's hsna
10 remove IL He made the effort. ard
t4en, turning 10 Us, said with q skg5Ser:
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gaze upon it myself. always gives me pain,
now--that we have come 10 know each
other well and to be good friends-l pro-
pose TO explain that which has long puz-
zled you.
THAT coarse right hand, with its
crooked and kDotted fingers, is not really
nv own. though you see IL attached to my
body. Although in many things il serves
me as a hand, and to that extent is useful,
vet there is no good understanding be-
tween me and that hand. It was thrust
upon me without my knowledge; ave,
without my knowledge or consent was
thrust upon me. hate, loathe and mis-
trust it, and it IN some way seems to have
become aware of the fact. All il is a cum
ming, murderous and treacherous hand,
"You look astounded, as well you may,
when tell you this is not my hand; and
you probably think me unbalanced men
tally when hearing me speak of it as /
have done, yet all | have told you is the
simple and exact truth. It is not my
hand. 1t is the hand of a brigand-the
hand of Ugo Carcano the bandit and fifty
times murderer 1t is the hand of a man
now in his grave-a man that / killed, and
with this very hateful, coarse, brutal hand
his own hand
"Look at that demon claw, and now
look at this, my own natural hand-a hand
/ was born with. You see at once that
between me and such hand there can be
no such thing as sympathy or right un-
derstanding-nothing in common. Be
sides all this, it is hand at least ten
years older than am-is flesh that was
in the world ten years before was born ~
After this outburst of feeling Silvio was
silent for some moments. He then turned
to me, and in calmer tone said: Il have
told you that this was the hand of q rob
Der and murderer, and | viii now tell you
how came TO possess it"
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THE STORY OF THE MAN WITH THE DEMON
HAND.

THE STORY OF THE MAN WITH THE DEMON
HAND.
give years ago / was happy as a young
lieutenant in the Italian army. was at
tached to troop of bersagiieri (sharp-
shooters) and carbineers. The duty for
which my troop was detailed was that Of
hunting down and discriminating the sew
eral bands of brigands that infested the
country bordering upon the Apennines. In
this service we ranged the mountains, from
the Col de Tenda, in the Maritime Alps, to
the pass of Bcrgo San Sepalcro. near Arez-
20, moving at times through the valley Of
the Pescara, which flows between the two
Abruzzi. In the pursuit of brigands !
have seen most of the thirteen passes of
the Appenines-Arcano, elsa, Troja, Pc
tenza, Aquila. and several Others. For
over two years was constantly IN the
mountains.
We had frequent encounters with the
brigand bands and succeeded in the exter-
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-10
A BOY HERO.

In heartless p=-s- asa.sfcn 10 foreign eyes Scr. sssade of mirrors gaslight and display. splendid buildiug's walls began to rise, Ascending stone by stone from day to day. High and more high fhe pile was builded well. And scores Of laborsTs were busy there. When suddenly a fragile staging fell, And two strong workmen swung aloft in air. Suspended by their hands to one slight hold. That bent and creaked beneath their sudden
 weight;
 One worn with toll, and growing gray and old, Que q mere boy. just reaching mans estate. Yet with a hero's soul. Alone and young, Were it not well to yield his single life On which no parent leaned, no children clung, And save the other to his babes and wifes He saw that ere deliverence could be brought The fraii support they grasped must surely
 break,
 And in that shuddering moments flash of
 thought
 He chose to perish for his comrades sake. With bravery such as heroes seldom know, Iris right" he said. and loosing his strong
 grip.
 Dropped like stone upon the stones below. And lay there dead. the smile still on his lip. What though no laurels grow his grave above, And OCT his name no sculptured shaft may
 rise2
 To the sweet spirit of uuselash love.
 Was not his life glorious sacrifce7 Elizabeth Akers in Harper's Young People.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-09-10
How He Expressed It.

In thriving village of Oxford county are people who still enjoy relating little incident illustrative of the confusion likely to fall upon the stranger to our language who uses synonyms indiscrimi- nately. The pastor of the leading church had made arrangements to exchange with a good German brother of the same denomination. Having himself been a witness to some ludicTous mistakes of that worthy, the minister was not with out feeling of uneasiness.
 The German having arrived in the viii lage Saturday was courteously invited to a pleasant gathering near the parson- age. The elite of the town were pres ent. All went well with our Germail friend until he was introduced to the beautiful Miss Howard, whose match less complexion was the pride of the vil- lage. Feeling that such beauty deserved some recognition, and wishing to com plinent the beautiful stranger, the Ger man exclaimed with his beaming ad- miration, ''Why, fraulein, what beau tiful hide you havew-Lewiston Journal