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he had plenty of fun in him. and we
cracked jests together. mostly through the
Interpreter, because he had mighty little
English, and my native was still
of color. One thing [ made
out; he could never really have thought
much harm of UNA he could never have
been really frightened, and must just have
made belief from dodginess, and because
he thought Case had a strong pull in the
village and could help him on.
This set me thinking that both he and
were in tightish place. What he had
done was 10 tiy in the face of the whole
village, and the thing might cost him his
authority. More than that, after my talk
with Case on the beach. | thought it might
very well cost me my life. Case had as
good as said he would pot me if ever got
my copra; he would come home TO find
the best business in the village had
changed hands. and the best thing
thought | could do was 10 get in first with
the pottlng.
See here. Una" says |, tell him I'm
sorry made him wait, but | was up look
ing at Cases Tiapolo store in the BUSH -
He want savyy, If you no 'fraid ?"
translated Una.
| laughed out. Not much ~ says I.
Tell him the place is a blooming TOW
shop Tell HIM in England we give these
things 10 the kid 10 play with"
He want soyvy if you hear devil sing?"
she asked next.
"I.ook here said, Il can't do it now
because I've got no banjo strings in stock.
hut the next time the ship comes round
III have one of these same contrap.ions
right here III my verardah, and he can see
for himself how much devil there
is to II. Tel! him, as soon rs can get the
strings, I'll make one for his picaninnies
The name of the concern is Tyrolean
harp; and Won can tell him the name
means IN English that nobody but dam
fools give :. cent for it"
This time he was 50 pleased ne had to
try his English again. You talk true ?'
says he.
"Rather,' said |. Talk all-s-same
Bible. Bring out a Bible here, Una, If
you've got such a thing. and I'll kiss il.
Or, III tel You what's better still" saws
J, taking 4 healer. las him If he's afraid
to 20 mp there himself By day"
Il appeared he wasn't; he could venture
as far as that by day and in company.
That's the ticket, then - said T. Tell
him the mans fraud and the place fool
tomorrow hen see all that's lett
OF it. But tell him this. Una
and mind he understands it: If he
gets talking it's bound 10 come TO Case.
and I'm dead man! I'm playing his
game. tell him. and if he says one word
my blood Will he At his door and oe the
damnation of him here and after"
She told him. and he shook hands with
me up n the hilt. and, says he: No talk.
Go up tomollow. You nv frlend?"
NO, sir, SAYS |. no such foonshness
I've come here to trade. tel him. and not
TO make trends. But, as TO Case, III send
that man 10 glory
SO oil Maea Went, pretty well pleased as
could see.
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e@and set out again 20 find my enemy's
head Office, which | guessed would not be
far away.
The undergrowth was thick in this part !;
I couldn't see before my nose, and must
burst my way through by main force and
ply the knife as went, slieing the cords
OF the iianas and siashing down whole
trees at blow / cali them trees for the
bigness, but in truth they we're Just big
weeds. and sappy TO cut through ike car
rot. From ali this crowd and kind Of
vegetation. was just thinking TO myself,
the place might nave once been cleared,
when / came on my nose over pile Of
stones, and saw in moment il was come
kind of a work of man. The Lord
knows when il was made or when deserted
for this part of the island has lain un6is-
turbed since long before the whites came
a few steps beyond | hit into the path
had been always looking for. 1t was mar
row but well beaten. and saw that Case
had plenty Of disciples. Il seems, indeed
it was, a piece Of fashionable boldness 10
venture up here with the trader, and a
young man scarce reckoned himself grown
TIL he had got his breech tattooed, for one
thing. and seen Cases devils for another.
This is mighty like Kanakas; but if you
look at it another way, it's mighty like
white folks. too.
A bit along the path was brought to
clear stand, and had 10 rub my eyes.
There was a wall in front Of me, the path
passing II by gap; IL was tumble-Gown
and plainly very old, but built of big
stones very well laid: and there il no
native alive today upon that island that
could dream OF such piece of buildingi
Along all the top Of it was line Of queer
figures. idols, or scarecrows, or what not
They had carved and painted faces ugly TO
view, their eyes and teeth were of shell,
their hair and their bright clothes blew in
the wind, and some of them worked with
the Juggling. There are islands up west
where they make these kind of figures till
today; but IL ever they were made in this
island the practice and the very recollec-
ton of 1t are now long forgotten. And the
singular thing was that all these bogies
were as fresh as toys out OF shop.
Then it came in my mind that Case had
let out 10 me the first day. that he was
good forger of island curiosities-a thing
by which so many traders turn an honest
penny. And with that l saw the whole
business, and how this display served the
man double purpose: first of all, to
season his curiosities, and then TO brighten
those that come TO visit him.
But / should tell you (what made the
thing more curious) that all the time the
Tyroiean harps were harping round me in
the trees, and even while looked, a green
and-yellow bird THAT, l suppose, vas
buildingl began 10 tear the hair off the
head of one of the figures.
A little farther on found the best curl
osity of the museum. The first / saw of
it was longish mound of earth with
twist 10 it. Digging off the earth with my
hands, | found underneath tarpauIin
stretched on boards, so that this was
plainly the roof of cellar. 1t stood right
on the top of the hill. and the entrance
was on the far side. between two rocks,
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Then I suppose he made mp his mind ne
mus. get 70 the bottom Of this.
II take you at your word. says ne, ana
turned his back and walked right into the
devils bush.
LET him go. Of course. for had passed
my word. But / watched him as long az
he was in sight, and after he was gone lit
out for cover as lively as you would want
to see, and went the rest of the way home
under the bush, for I didn't trust him six
pence worth. One thing / saw. had
been ass enough 70 give him warning,
and that which / meant TO do | must 90
a. once.
You would think / had had about
enough excitement for one morning, out
there was another turn waiting me. As
soon as got far enough round the cape 70
see my house. / made out there were
strangers there: little farther. and no
doubt about It. There was couple OF
armed sentinels squatting az my door. L
could only suppose the trouble about L ma
must have come 10 head, and the sta
ton been seized. For aught l could
think. Una was taken up already, and
these armed men were waiting 10 do the
like with me.
However. as | came nearer. which did
81 top speed, saw there was third ma
tive sitting on the verandah like guest,
and Una was talking with him like a
hostess. Nearer still | made out II " as
the big young chief, Maea, and that he
was smiling away and smoking. And
what was he smoking? None Of your
European cigarettes mt for a cat, not even
the genuine, big, knock-me-down native az
tlcle that fellow can really put in the time
with If his pipe Is broke-but a cigar
and one OF my Mexicans az that, that l
could swear 20. At sight OF this my heart
started beating, and 1 took a wild hope in
my head that the trouble was over, and
Maea had come round.
Una pointed me ont 20 him as | came
up, and ne met me at the head Of my own
stairs like 4 thorough gentleman.
"Viliyili," said he, which was the best
they could make OF nv name, Il pleased. J"
There is no doubt when an island chief
wants 70 De civil ne can do il. | saw the
way things were from the word 90. There
was no call for Una TO say TO me: He no
'fraid Ese now. come bring copra." | tell
You / shook hands with that kanaka like
as if he was the best white man in Europe
The fact was, Case and he had got after
the same girl, or Maea suspected it, and
concluded to make hay of the trader on
the chance. He had dressed himself up,
got couple of his retainers cleaned and
armed to kind Of make the thing
G case Pas' clear and Of Just h waiting na s
came round to put the whole Of his BUSH
ness my way. He was rich as well as
powerful. suppose that man was worth
5000 nuts per annum. l gave him the
price of the beach and a quarter cent
better. And as for credit, / would have
advanced him the inside of the store
and the fittings besides, / was so pleased
TO see him. 1 must say he bought
like a gentleman; rice and tins and bis
cults enough for week feast, and stuffs
by the bolt. He was agreeable besides !:
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NOT UNDERSTOOD.

We move along our wesry way
Year after wear the seasons RAISING by
Our hearts wondering day BY day
Why life is Lille? And why the saddenet cry.
No, understood.
We Judge our friend by word or lo,k
Hug closer false impressions az the DAYS 90 nv
And thus the lonely heart must book
It's grief and sorrow, and perhaps mus. live
and die
Not understood
Oh. how uany hearts are breaking
FOR lack OF kindness true, An. day BY dsy.
Msny gentle hearts sre aching
For the responsive soul. who shall not saw.
Not understood
On, God that friends might read u . srife
batter.
striving ihe hearts secret 10 see
1adglag our friend Alright, our lives would be
better,
And together. drawn nearer 20 Thee,
And understood
-E9i-GbetA A'lcs Hieks
SEATTLE, July Is. 1872
10 prevent the appearance OF age use Buck
a gram Dye .og TIE " alsksss.
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THEBEACHOF FALESA
Narrative of q south Sea Trader.
yY HoBEET LOUIS srzvErsos.
Copyright, 1877, By Robert Louis Stevenson.
CHATTER IY.-Coutiuu.d.

DEVIL WORK.
Well, this kind Of talk put in the even
ing, which was the best Of it; but Of course
il didn't change my notion, and the next
day with my gun and good knife set off
upon a voyage of discovery. 1 made as
near as / could for the place where / had
seen Case come out; for IL it was true he
had some kind of establishment in the
bush reckoned / should find path. The
beginning Of the desert was marked off by
a wall, TO call il 50, for it was more Of a
long mound of stones. They say it reaches
right across the island, but how they know
IL Is another question, for doubt if any
one has made the journey in a hundred
years, the natives sticking chiefly to the
sea and their little colonies along the
coast; and that part being mortal high
and steep and full Of cliffs up to the west
side OF the wall, the ground has been
cleared, and there are cocoa palms and
mummy-apples and guavas, and lots of
sensitive. Just across the bush begins
outright; high bush at that, trees going
up like the ma.ts Of ships, and ropes Of
Llama hanging down like ships rigging,
and nasty orchids growing in the forks
like funguses. The ground where there
was no underwood looked TO be heap OF
boulders. / saw many green pigeons
which might have shot, only was there
with different idea. A number Of but
terfiies Topped up and down along the
ground like dead leaves; sometimes l
would hear bird calling, sometimes the
wind overhead, and always the sea along
the coast.
But the Gueerness Of the place it's more
difficult to tell of, unless TO one who has
been alone in the high bush himself. The
brightest kind OF day it is always dim
down there. 4 man can see to the
end of nothing; whichever way he looks
the woods shut up, one bough folding with
another like the fingers of your hand; and
whenever he listens he hears always some
thing new-men talking, children laugh
ing. the strokes OF an Ak far away ahead
of him, and sometimes a sort of a quick,
stealthy scurry near at hand that makes
him jump and look to his weapons. It's
all very well for him to tell himself that
he's alone, bar trees and birds; he can't
make out to believe il; whichever way he
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10 prevent the appearance o. age, use Buck.
. CHAM Dye Tor tie aisksss.
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BEICHAn's PILLs cures sick headache
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-11-16
INE LODGE KANSAS, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 16 1892

though II was natures iuuenuIun 10
make the place as unbearable as posi-
bic, water from wells is something un-
known.
Great shafts have been sunk to a
depth of one hundred, two hundred.
three hundred, and even FIVE hundred
feet, but always with the same result
no water. This serious drawback not
v-ithstanding, comparatively numer-
Gus population contrives to live there,
thanks to copious springs which burst
forth from the bottom of the gulf more
than mile from the shore The water
from these springs is obtained in most
curious and novel manner.
'Machadores," whose sole occupation
Is that of furnishing the people of Bah
rim with the life-giving fluid, repair to
that portion of the gulf where the
springs are situated and bring away
with them hundreds of skin bags full of
water each day. The water of the gulf
where the spring bursts forth is nearly
two hundred feet deep, but these
''machadores'' (divers) manage to fill
their goatslsin sacks by diving to the
bottom and holding the mouths of the
bags over the fountain jets; this, too.
without allowi' e the salt water of the
gulf to ni-: wiz Il.
The source q these submarine foun-
tains is thought to be in the hills of Os-
mand, four or i've hundred miles away.
Being situated at the bottom of the
gulf it IS mystery how they were ever
discovered, but the fact remains that
they have been known since the dawn
of history.
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An InteII,ra,t Cat


y motherly-looking cat was calmly
sitting on the curb of Beekman street,
New York, watching the antics of her
four kittens, which were rolling about
at play. Suddenly one of them wan
dered away toward a large paper bag
that was tiuttering III the wind on the
walk. Nosing around the bag he pres
emily espied an opening, into which he
crawled. The attention Of his fellows
was soon directed to the new attraction,
and the four kittens quickly found
+''-rnsAlsse t~s--Al ia til, A-seIia1 DON'T
Gle. The old cat, which kept an eye all
the time on the maneuvers Of her prog
eny, walked toward the bag, looked
within its interior, and seeing her kit
tens at rest, picked up the parcel with
her teeth, and. walking down the street,
disappeared in a hallway with the bag
and her tots inclosed..
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THE DABY SHOW.
Evidently the Judges Dids't Know the
Strearan u q Mothers Pride.

Evidently the Judges Dids't Know the
Streaeln "a e Mothers Pride.
The results are not tscrious-sixty-fou
angry uaot theirs and three disheartened
and weary men who acted as judges
The show was held al Pottstomn, Pa,
according 70 the New York Sun, and
siXty-iive babies fvcre entered to com
pete for Il Kitchen range. TO quote the
dispatch: "One,a child named Schlicter.
won this appropriate toy, and now The
mcehcrs q the si.,t, four other cherubs
are ravis2g at the judges Of the show in
manner SO put ti4e widest tiger TO
shame. Gne Of the judges was held to
be pryjuGiced being the uncle of the
prize bl1T One mother said, in the
words Of the report. that she had been
50 confident Of her baby's winning the
range tllat few days before the ex-
hbiticu sire sold her old kitchen stove.
AfterTagd she was compelled to buy it
back for a dollar norc than she had
sold il for Size spoke through tears. -"
Another lonJ parent ''exhibited an
eieven-mouths'-o old baby that weighed
twenty-siz pounds and had hair four
inches long This baby could pro-
nounee elephant and other difficult
words Of three syllables with ease, and
had i full set of milk teeth. The
Schlicter baby, she claimed, Ntss - =.
comparison with hers a hideous brute;
the net result being that 1.-The three
judges have with one voice sworn never
TO aet in 50 difficult capacity again i"
Experience is surely hard teacher.
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PAGAN TEMPLES IN FRISCO.
Story of the Goddess Now Worshiped in
the Oldest Of Them.

Story of the Goddess Now worshiped in
the Oldest Of Them.
The Oldest josshouse in San Francisco
is the Temple of the Queen of Heaven,
on Waverly street. 1t was erected over
forty years ago, and, according to the
Californian, is the property of the Sam
zap company. The goddess worshiped
at this temple was Chinese young
lady who lived hundreds of years ago.
She was born in the province of Fokien
and was the daughter of a merchant of
the Lum clan. In her girlhood she is
said to have displayed remarkable in
telligence, and was above all renowned
for her prophetic insight. Her father
and four brothers frequently left their
home on trading voyages up and down
the coast. One day while two of her
brothers were at sea she fell into
trance. Her parents thought her dead,
and their lamentations were so loud as
TO awaken her. She told how she had
just been in the midst of a violent
typhcon and had seen her brothers
tossing about on the wild waves
A few days elapsed and the youngest
son returned home, reporting the loss
of his brother at sea and telling how in
the height of the storm lady appeared
in mid-heaven who let down a rope
and towed the ship to a safe anchor
age. He was just relating the sad news
of his brothers death when his sister
came into the room and congratulated
him on his escape. She recounted with
eXactness the events of that fearful
night and told how she was lust
Mastering to her brothers rescue when
she was awakened by her parents
cries Years passed and another calam-
ity befell the family. This time the
fatheFwas drowned at sea. The legend
tells how the devoted daughter, on
hearing the news, hastened to the sea-
shore. She called in vain for her IA
tAers return. Louder and louder came
her walls of sorrow, until, frantic with
grief, she threw herself into the waves
and was drowned
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{ ,npn lllon Of Gems.

1t is 4 singular fact that the most
precious gems are composed of the
most common substances. The diamond
Is the purest form of carbon and is iden-
teal in composition with ordinary char
coal without the impurities of the
latter. The ruby, on the other hand, is
nearly pure alumina, substance found
in profusion in every clay bank The
scientific name for crystallized alumina
Is corundUm, and the gems compre-
hended untler this designation are some
times mora valuable than diamonds of
the same v-cight. The ruby, the sap
phire, the oriental emerald, the oriental
topaz, the oriental amethyst, the orien-
tai aqua marine, the oriental chrysolite,
the hy2 iath and other precious stones
are al aiuGlina. the varieties of color
being caused by inappreciable guam
titles of metallic oxides.
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Ripa;ls Tabulcs one gives relief.
Ripans Tabules cure biliousnass.
Ripans Tabules cure scrofula.
Ripans Tabules cure collie.
Ripans Tabulcs a standard remedy

theirs studied geography still embeI-
lished the text books, Notwithstanding
the fact that they disappeared long be-
fore the buffalo of Kansas, and the ia
miliar pictures of 1.-THE Bellies OF Lima
that ornamented the picture books of
the last generation still remained to
misrepresent a people that received
their fashions from Paris quite as soon
and quite as anxiously as the women of
Boston or New York. The citizens of
Central and South America have been
properly sensitive to our ignorance and
indifference, but they have treated us
with toleration and forbearance that
ought to make us ashamed, and now
that our attention has been diverted in
their direction by self-interest they re-
ceive us with cordiality and hospital
ity that demands a grateful acl1nowl-
edgment
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LAUGHTER AND TEARS.
Legend OF Strange Meeting in MAJ
row Lane.

LeSehd OF "a strange Meeting in q Mar
Lane.
Laughter and Tears met one day in a
shady lane. The sunshine and shades
mingled there, and the breath of uhe
woods was strong in the air, as was a $50
the fragrance Of the clover field near
by. But the kane, says the Detroit Free
Press, was all too morrow to allow both
TO pa7s- for Laughter was boisteroas,
and r0nped about 50 much that he took
mp deal Of room, while Tears seemed
TO be half blind and could scarcely see
her way
She said, in voice like the song of a
night-birtl:
"Hhy don't you let me pass? This is
my path
No, replied Laughter, this lane is
mine, and am in hurry, SO you'd
better climb the fence into the dark
woods, and walk through the dead
leaves"
WHY don't you climb the other
fence" said Tears, softly. ''and run
along through the clover, in the sun
shine? I'm sure you'd like it better"
" ell" rejoined Laughter, please at-
". 10 ei1a don't want to quarrel
with 50 geutte Il maiden. and so, as we
don seem a.5le 10 agree about the path,
a'7r tego eaoCt ond 50 with you?'
lhat would be very pleasant, iu-
ass for a1a lonely"
&tt On together Though
Tie lEei slime and shadow, and
ea h felt better for the company of the
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AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
amazing Popular Ignorance Ia This Coun
try about the South Americans

amazing Popular Ignorance Ia This Coun-
try about the South Americans.
1t is amazing how little we as a peo-
pie know of the history and of the af-
fairs of our nearest neighbors, says the
New England Magazine. With the
events of the old world we are tolerably
familiar from the time the serpent en-
tered Eden to the latest eviction of an
Irish tenant or the latest scandal on
the Riviera, but cloud ~ ignorance
has hung over the southcr.. half OF this
hemisphere, and until rec .tly we have
known bllt little of the rrcsrress or con-
dition Of ffty million of people. whose
aspirations have been similar to our
ovr1 and whose advancement In civili-
zation and commercial prosperity has
beel tEeir pride and their glory 4
5CstIce o1 the supreme court once asked
me svhat las2gslage was spoken in Chill,
and tEitei states senator ia a publ
ssldresS alluded to Gustenaa - CONF.
To- Il Eoa1fl america fEe. recent.
The books r,sed in our Sch I. he'd Ygs
been corrected for more th:.ss, a ursr;ar
Of q century The same slid horses
that reamed, with howirg names and
foaning nostrils. over the pampas of
the Argentine republic when our IA