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The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06

was told a delightful story Of n re-
cent action In which the SCudanese
troops took a prominent part. The en-
envy was under cover not far of. but
the firing line Of blacks were blazing
away at him Is fast as they could open
and close their rifles. In vain their Of
ficers tried 10 stop them. The waste OF
ammunition threatened to become eX-
tremely serious. and their commanding
officer, a Scotchman who had seen many
fights with them, losing his temper, rode
up and down behind the line cursing
them with every abusive epithet in a
fairly adequate vocabulary of Arabic in
y~ective, but entirely without effect. At
1ast one Of them happened to turn and
discovered the beloved hey in evidently
a very excited state of mind. He at
once rose, ran back to him, and patting
him reassuringly on the boot he said:
Don't be frightened, hey. It's all
right. We're here. Well take care of
you"
The Scotch hey, however, was equal
TO the occasion. He rode out through
the line, and walked his horse up and
down in front of the rifles. Now" he
said, eff you must fire, fire at me!
After this it is not surprising to read IL
dispatches that this officer has twice re-
Gently had his horse shot under him.
Contemporary Review.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
jaw GouldfS Book.

Occasionally some person knocks at
the door Of Jay Gould's office in the
Western Union building with a copy of
1.-The History of Delaware County, New
York, by Jay Gould" to sell. An i'm
preston exists in the minds Of many
people that Mr.. Gould is DESTROYS of
suppressing this publication as com
pletely as possible, and that he will pay
almost any price to get possession of the
few stray copies that are left. Resi-
dents Of Delaware county are authority
for the statement that several years ago
an agent of Mr.. GOuld's secured that
county for these books and bought near
ly all of them at fancy prices. When
ever a copy of this particular history OF
Delaware county is displayed in that
county at the present day the older resi-,
dents will advise the owner, "Jist you
take tibet down ter New York, an Jay
GouldTl give yer thirty or forty dollars
fer it." 1t is certain that nobody in Mr..
Gould's office ever heard of his paying
any such price for n of those books,
And nobody is able to explain why Mr..
Gould should want to suppress the pub.
LEGATION, unless it is that he thinks there
is too much sentiment in it for a man OF
his present reputation. = New York
Times.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Antidotes for Snake Poison.

The effect of snake bite depends partly
on the condition of the snake and partly
on that Of the person bitten and the par
attacked. no effectual antidote has yet
been discovered. Ammonia and per
manganate of potassium will not suffice
although a solution Of the latter vii
take away the poisonous property Of the
snakes venom if it be mixed Herewith
Immediate amputatiOn Of a bitten toe
or finger is the best course, as the delay
of a few seconds may suffice to convey
the poison int the patients circulation
If from the nature of the part bitter
amputation cannot be performed, a very
tight ligature applied after cauterizatior
and sucking the part is the best course
and the administration of stimulants i
generally ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Re
view.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Rough on the Snakes.

Snake stories are always III order in
the spring, and the latest one comes
from an interior town III Ohio, where
the heat from theSstOve awakened the
reptiles and they commenced to fall to
the floor from holes in the ceiling. John
Thompson, who lives in the Cheat river
country, was in the city yesterday buy
ing provisions for a lumber camp. He
tells a tale that is not unreasonable and
one can readily believe it.
The mountains along the Cheat are
famous for their blacksnakes, and they
can be seen at any time during the day
in the summer summing themselves on
the rocks. Mr.. Thompson says when
the weather suddenly broke up about
April l and led a number Of people to
throw off their underclOthes, the black
snakes awoke with a start, rubbed their
eyes and crawled out on the rocks to
stretch themselves. The sun was SO
warm that many Of them ventured far
away from their winter homes, and
when it suddenly got cold again the
snakes couldn't get back. Mr.. ThOmp-
son claims he got tired of killing black
snakes which were SO stiff that they
couldn't move. They were stretched
out on the stones, and were at the mercy
of the lumbermen, who amused them
selves making the fiat heads of the
snakes more fiat. This is a true story
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
A Woman's Strange Death.

Probably the most remarkable occur
II ever known happened in Dawson
Wednesday,. Martha ROundtree, the
we'll known negro wOman who kept a
restaurant at the south end of Main
street, occupies a grave at the ceme-
terry, the result Of a sneeze. The ply
sicians of Dawson say that they have
never heard or read of a similar case.
Wednesday the woman, as well as usual,
was at the restaurant attending to her
work. She had just left the rear of her
eating saloon and walked to the front
whenAhe was attacked with an exces-
sive spell Of sneezing and coughing.
She had been afflicted with hernia, and
the strain was 80 great as to burst a hole
in her stomach. Surgical aid was called
in and her stomach sewed up, which
gave temporary relief. She fingered
until late Saturday afternoon, when she
died. The victim of this remarkable Oc-
currence was a large woman, weighing
246 pounds .-Savannah News.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Big Sheep Shearing.

Sheep shearing is now being pushed
rapidly, and most of the tiocks i'll the
valley have been shorn of their 1eecy
coats. Some big records have been
made in shearinS, but the ten men
headed by O. II. Lane seem to take the
lead. They clipped ~ 1000 fecces in six
weeks. The best record for Il single day
was made by Ct. O. Meager and l..
Palmer, who sheared 100 each. Lane
will start in a few days for Flagstaff,
where he and his band have work al
ready engaged to last three months.
The clip this season is unusually good,
although the early winter drought killed
off a large percentage of fiocks. Han
son Brothers, of Show Low, were among
the heavy losers, having lost 10000
worth of sheep by death and strays.-
Arizona Republican.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
The New Treasury Notes.

Perhaps the principal object of the re-
vision OF the United States paper money
Is to make the backs OF the notes more
open, that Is, less covered with the en-
craving, SO that the silk fbers shall be
more distinctly visible.
The distinctive paper now in use no
longer has the two threads of silk run
ming iongitudinally through the note,
but In their place are two stripes, each
half an inch wide or so, of short red and
blue silk fibers scattered thickly in the
paper, In such manner that they show
only on the reverse of the bill.
These two fiber stripes practically di-
vide the note into three sections of about
equal size, and this feature of fiber in
the paper is held to be an almost abso-
lutte safeguard against successful coun-
terfeiting. Blu that is only one of sew
eral devices employed to insure the
inviOlability of the currency.
Each note has an entirely separate
design, the work of which is 50 open as
to show readily any error Of an attempt
ed counterfeit, and no portion of the
design is repeated on the same note; SO
that no small part could be engraved by
a skillful operator and then duplicated
by mechanical processes to fill any
amount of space, as has been the case
with some of the previous paper mon
ey" Of the government.
The geometrical lathe work of the
new designs is said to he the most ex-
quisite and complicated ever executed,
and such as to utterly battle any at
tempt at its illicit reproduction.-Paper
World.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Rico and Wheat Mt Weddings

Throwing rice and wheat at a wed
ding is a relic of an old Roman custom
and has probably been common in Eng
land since Roman times. Brand give
several authorities for it. Friend refer:
to the case of the bride Of Henry VII al
Bristol in 1886. when wheat was throw
upon her with the greeting, welcome
and good luck"
Rice is used similarly at weddings l.
India. and the substitution of this grair
for wheat in our own country of late
years may be partly due to that fact
but where wheat cannot readily be come
at rice would naturally suggest itself a:
q substitute.-Notes and Queries.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
4 Physicians Fees.

South Africa responds to modern in
novatious. 4 recent traveller in Kafir
land tells this incident:
As we were upsaddling. there passet
Us a mar driving a small flock Of goat:
and several head of cattle. This wa:
the husband of a lady physician who i
running the practice Of the local witch
doctors, and he was taking home hi.
wife's fee for attending a patient
Youths Companion.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Queer Chickens in Ohio.

DR.. Stounsbury. of Middleport, has a
hen with a brood of twenty-one chick
ems that combine all the hues of the
rainbow in their down, much like the
grown peacock. 1t is said tie ancestress
is a peculiar breed imported from Aus
tralia.-Portsmouth Times.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06

AZ the dictation of the men put in
power by the u~nionists in Australasia
all immigration into the colony is pro-
hibited, so that the thousands of people
now unemployed there may have an
opportunity to find work.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Not the Man in Question.

a laborer in a rough felt hat and long
smock walked the other day into tn.
Shakespeare library, and after looking
attentively for some time at Il OF the
custodians. went up TO him and said. 81
say, EUR, be You Mr.. Shakespeare as I've
heer'n speak ov:" The custodian ex
planned TO Hodge that he was not the
gentleman referred to.-London Tele
graph.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
Effective Treatment.

Fifteen natives on the east coast of
Australia, suffering from fever, put
themselves i'll the hands of the Maori
tohunga, or doctor, who prescribed.
After taking his physic they were told
TO 20 and ''sit in the creek" until the
tohunga released them. Thirteen out
of the fifteen died.-Exchange.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06

\ musical prodigy has been diScov-
cred at Albany, Ga, in the person of
Tom May, who can reach low F, and
whose voice has exactly the same COM
pass that Whitney had in his halcyon
DAYS.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06

In 1888 nearly II, 400, 900 citizens voted
for president. This year the total will
be not less than $4,000, 0OO.
The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-07-06
university of North Carolina

Of study ION Is offered in four general courses
speciaI co siA brief courses. a large number OF
glneering rs and in law, medicine and en-.
ts. ScbnlsI he faculty includes twenty teach
iOr need HToArShlps and loan funds are available
The hey, lung men of talent and character.
sislognee session begins September l.. For
win iuI information, address
PRESIDENT WINSTON,
Chapel Hill, y. c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
TITLES OF BILLS.

some OF the subjects That Claim the At
tention of Congress.
The present view Of public men con-
corning the extent Of the federal power
may best bic illustrated by a reference
20 the titles of some Of the bills that
have been introduced In congress.
Among them are bills providing for the
establishment of Il national university;
for the establishment and temporary
support of common schools; for the pre-
vention Of the authorization of food.
There arc bills providing for the con.
struction of macadam roads, which will
necessarily be under the supervision of
local authorities; for the boring Of ar
tcsian wells In the State of Montana; 70.
preventing aliens from engaging lin
certain business" within the state.
There is n bill defining lard; also i'm
posing n tax upon and regulating the
manufacture, sale, importation and ex-
portation of compound lard. There are
bills against trusts; to prevent the
spread of contagious diseases; bills pro-
viding for federal supervision of the
health of men and cattle; for the sup
preston of vice; for the regulation Of
traffic. These bills are In addition To
the measures introduced md passed Tor
the encouragement of ship-building and
railroad construction, and for the pro-
lection of other Industries by taxation.
People who desire to build u canal
which is To lie entirely within q state
are not deferred by constitutional SON
sideration from asking the aid of the
United States. In view Of the extent
to which the federal power has Inn
pressed itself upon the imagination of
the people of the country, 1t is hardly
to be wondered AT that the farmers,
especially those of that part of the
country which has derived its right of
self government from the United States,
should form "a scheme for turning tho
treasury into q loan office where they
may borrow money on their crops
Henry Loomis Nelson, in liarper's
| Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
TRUE r WINS.

II isn't the thing you are doing.
But the way that you do 1t, ms friend;
Not the course, but the way OF pursuing.
On which your successes depend.
There are prizes in every vocation,
And he is the fortunate nan
Who frets not, because Of his station,
But does just the best that he can.
'Tis not the song We cnll clever,
But the rendering we'll Of the notes;
Tho music Of nightingales never
Ring true from the mocking birds throats.
II isn't the word that you speak, friend,
But the smile or the frown that you wear
That lightens q crcss for the weak, friend,
or makes IL harder to bear.
TITS not lifc but the motive for living.
Can grace to existence i;apart.
Not the gift can lend worth to tho giving,
But the love that lies deep In the heart.
Some own n kings crown scrnc an acre,
And he's the superior man,
Who, true to himself and his Maker.
Is doing the best that he can.
Lille Sheldon, in Iiousckcepcr.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
and absent that night, and looked very

and absent that night. and looked very
Ill. Poor fellow; the doctor says he
will get better, but"
.'But what?' Aaron asked.
"Mrs. Hooper thinks that he will not
live many months. lie has had n ter
riblc shock, and hc was a worn-out
man before this disaster happened.
Poor Michael!"
For three weeks Michael was nurscd
by his old friends, and great was their
surprise that Mrs. Chase did not come
from London. But Michael had begged
them To make as light of his illness as
possible when they wrote to his wife.
and they soon saw that he did not de-
sire her presence. She was not used 10
country ways, he explained, and was
| something OF on invalid herself.
lie had u brief interview with Aaron,
Just before he left Eastaeon. Very
little was said on either side. Michael
tried to utter some words OF gratitude,
but he was still too weak TO bear much,
After one or two attempts to speak. Inc
graspcd Aaron's hand in silence and
turned away. They never met again.
lTO he CONTINUED.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
THOUGHT HIM a spy.
A Man with u Badge Creates Excitement
IN n Drug store.

In 10 Drug store.
"My wife had the %toothache one
night" said IN Orange street man to a
Lewiston journal man, land ! came
downtown after something to cure IL.
''Just before ! came away from the
house my boy came along and pinned
his Young Mems Christian association
badge on my vest. ! never had occa-
sion to go to n drug store In Lewiston
before, and ! did not think it made any
difference where | went.
AT 7:45 ] ven into q wcll-illuminat-
ed store with my Goa unbuttoned The
clerk saw me coming and jumped over
the counter, putting his hand immedi'
ately behind Il clock on the shelf. An
alarm bell rang in u rear room and q
heavy door swung to with u bang,
Then there was n sound of breaking
bottles, and In another minute the
place was filed with ammonia gas.
'Thcn the clerk put his hat on, ant
as he hurried from the room ! asked !
he had anything for toothachc.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
rem,rkabIs wooden Hooks.

The Falklands produce M trees, but
they produce wood in a very remarka-
able shape. You will see, scattered here
and there, singular blocks of what look
like weather-beatcn, messy, gray stones
of various sizes. But II you attempt to
roll over one of thess rounded powders
you will find youraslf unable tn accom-
Ilish 1t. In fact, the stone is tied down
10 the ground--tiel down by the roots;
or, in other words, it is not u stone, but
. block OF living wood.-Chicago Times,
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A MYSTERY EXCLAIMED.
II Women Were Icft-Handed They Could
Aiight BETTER From street Cars.

~ Women Were anded They Could
Alight Better From street Cars.
She half rose from her seat, glanced
toward the rear of the open car, and.
raising her parasol, signalcd To the con-
ductor on the rear platform that she de-
sired to have the car stopped Mt h
next corner. As IL slowed, she stood up
and stepped to the side. shifting her
parasol from the right hand to the left
and grasping the arm of the seat with
the d%iscngagcd right.
wait till the car stops, please" the
conductor shouted.
She glanced up with n slight express
sion of fright, and the conductor ran
along the foot-board Mt the side to assist
her, but She did not wait for him. She
stepped down while the car was In mo-
ton, and when the ear stopped with n
slight jerk had her left foot on the
pavement. She had kept hold of the
arm and was about to release IL and put
down hi other foot, while facing to
the rear, when the jerk threw her off
her balance. The conductor grnspcd
her arm and prevented her from falling.
INV v thuilN utu NlNIlNu
away The conductor blew his whistle
and started to return to the platform.
There's another" he remarked To- n
serene and observant individual at the
end of the next seat. "a woman never
gets off a car while facing the right
way: at least I've never seen one. II
she'll wait till the car stops It's all
right: IL not it's all wrong"
""Tisn't her fault" the individual re-
marked.
"Huh!"
mo. It's the fault Of the car, or the
company. ! mean"
"Huhv'
'Of course. I'm not saying n word
about g~rasping corporations or any.
thing of the like, but ! say it's the fault
of the company"
'Id like 70 know how" the conductor
said, suggcstivcly. ave do everything
we can to help EN-"
That may be SO, but the company
ought to- change the direction Of II,
lines or start Il movement for the dcvcl.
opmcnt of ambidexterity," the philoso
phcr remarked.
WHAT"
"Ambidcxtcrity-ability to use boil
hands," the philosopher explained
''The trouble Is that most people ear
use the right hand only In graspin;
anything, with confidence in the cffor
women particularly. In this countr.,
the cars pass to the right, and rs IL |
safer to alight from the side nearer tn
sidewalk, it Is very natural for u SIC
man to grasp the arm OF the seat or tn
side Of the real platform Of n close
car, before stepping down. Now, IL tn
cars ran the other WY, To the left, We
men would get off from the other sid
and would use their right hands. If
woman gets off now at the side nca
the track she uses her right hand, an
Is not pitched backward. You waite
the next time. If women were lcf
handed, the present system would |
all right. but they are not"
II never thought of that" the col
! ductor said. at has always been
mystery to me-"
"Do You think they'll change?" Il
philosopher asked.
! 'Who?"
1.-The company"
: "No, nor the women, cither."-N.
Sun,
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
Modcrn Languarc Nece.sary,

Graduation day stories are in order
these days. Some years ago at u well
known college for both sexes the stu
dents produced 'The Return of Aga-
memnon." C~lytemnestra was a partic-
ularly impressive young lady, and made
q decided impression in the earlier pas
sages. When the timo arrived for the
prophecies to have q private talk with
Aggy she waved her hand to the at
tcndant ladies, and in n fine, deep on
tralto, remarked: ''Depaat." The chorus
did not appear to care TO leave the s;agc,
and again Clyte bade them depart, and,
turning her back upon them, strobe TO-
ward her warrior lord. Still the chorus
remained immovable, and with q scovN1
Ciytemnestra, forgetting her dignity,
exclaimed snappishly; "Say, gir,s, do
get a move ON you."-Pittsburgh Dis
patch.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
I .y,ne. rc,,,rbca the ladder. and found

Jane. I climbed the ladder, and found
the room filled with smoke and flames.
! shouted, but no answer came save
a faint groan. And sprang in, and
found Michael stretched upon the floor"
The girl was trembling ms she chung
to his arm. She had loved him dearly nj
ways, but his deed of daring had given
him n new dignity in her eyes. And he
had been In danger, and she might have
lost him.
"Thcrc Is very little harm done to
| the house," she said, after n pause. II
went in to-day and saw the
The furniture Is burnt and the walls
are blackcned, but tho fire was soon put
out. Michael had fallen asleep, 1t seems.
leaving the window open ana II candle
burning on the dressing table. Mrs.
Belthorpc says that he seemed strange
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29
CHAPTER xvIlI.-CoxrrSuEp.

Mrs. IIelthorpe don't forget the
poor" said the woman. gratefully.
They walked on in silence for n few
PAGES and then Michael asked what
had changed Ann Crake from a strong
woman into u cripple.
"Rheumntic fever" %Belthorpe replied.
''She is II good creature and frcts sorely
over her u~selessness."
Michael remembered that Ann Crake
had bcfriended n certain mothcrlcss
boy and mcndcd his tattered clothes
when his drunken father neglected
him. The boy had grown up and got
ON we'll in the world, but it had never
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-07-29

Sometimes even Washington allowed
his passion TO have sway.
When Glovcr's Marblchcad fishermen
and Morgan's Virginia rilemon were
engaged in n rough-and-tunble fight,
Washington leapcd his horse owe the
bars Of the camp-fence, dashed among
the rioters, threw himself off, seized
two brawny rifemen by the throat, and
shaking them ut arms length, subdued
not only them, but the whole band.
II was the victory due To command
Ing strength. presence and manner
The men saw that they must obey. and
they obcyed.