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The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
The Dwarfs of Maya Fable.

When questioned about the old ruin
ed cities, they reply, ''The dwarfs
built them," and insist that the pixan
or souls Of those dwarfs, always walk
about at night, coming into their
houses, though the doors be shut. In
the daytime they are supposed to dwell
among the ruins. The reputation of
the alux (dwarfs) is not much better
than that enjoyed by the little peo-
ple'' Of Ireland and Scotland, accused
of stealing butter, souring milk, and
changing pretty babies for ugly little
creatures with wrinkled faces. The
alux are said to disturb tired laborers
by shaking their hammOcks. lash
those who slumber too heavily, throw
stones and whistle. They terrify all
who look at them, and steal food;
years old, they can eat more than any
parel is a very wide brimmed straw
hat
Belief in these dwarfish apparitions
is perhaps induced by vague knowl
edge that several centuries ago a race
Of remarkably small people did live in
those parts Edifices built by them
are found on the east coast of Yuca-
tan and On adjacent islands. There
are several temples only nine feet
high and eighteen inches wide. In
some of those houses domestic utensils
have been found very small. Any
traveller may examine the strange
little houses; and doubtless the belief
in the phantom alux is an outgrowth
of tradition concerning the dwarfish
people who constructed them.-Mrs. A.
D. LIE Plongeon in the Popular Science
Monthly.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
What Causes Thunder?

"The generally accepted theory of
the cause Of thunder never satisfied
me-" said a well-known physician. 1T
seems to me that, instead Of being
caused by the vacuum produced by
the electric bolt going through the
atmosphere, it would be more plaus-
ible to attribute it to reverse Of con-
traction-to expansion. I mean that
the facts attending the phenomenon
of thunder are such as to warrant my
putting forth the theory that the cause
of it is the explosion Of the oxygen
produced by the action Of the elec-
tricity upon the air. One Of the argu-
ments in favor Of this theory is the
great amount of ozone to be found in
the atmosphere after thunder storm
Then, if it was conclusion of the air.
rushing into the vacuum that caused
the noise, heat would be produced,
whereas after every peal Of thunder
you will notice a sheet Of raiA falls,
showing that instead Of heat being
produced the atmosphere must get
colder to produce the great cOndensa-
ton. [ can not conceive how eiec-
tricity passing through the atmosphere
could create a vacuum great enough to
make a noise like thunder. This
theory came to me many years ago,
before electricity was so generally
used. Now, the fact Of being able to
transmit electricity through solid
iron without even heating it seems to
Justify my theory regarding the forma-
ton Of a vacuum. ."-Pittsburg DIS
patch.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
TheoIogic Literature of the Day.

Harold Frederic says, in the New
York Times, that the thirty-ninth vol
ume Of Spurgeon's sermons has just
been issued. The complete edition
will consist of fifty-two volumes. The
sale has been enormous, the demand
increasing tremendously since Spur
geons death. The aggregate sales, for
all the volumes added together. is put
and it is said that the single sermon
on "Baptismal Regenera ton has sold
224, 900! When one also considers the
apparently great sale in this country
Of the various editions of the sermons
and addresses Of Phillips Brooks, it
becomes apparent that theology and
religion are no longer utterly depen-
dent on the popularity of the pulpit.
No preacher ever lived to preach to
such a multitude as Spurgeon is re-
ported now to be addressing from the
grave. And the same printing press
that carries the words of these mod
ern preachers to all corners Of the
world, and which must soon carry
them to the ears of those unborn when
SpurgeOn and Brooks were preaching,
carries too the Sermon on the Mount
to countless millions, through count
less years; and the epistles of Paul
become 'open letters" to the world.
It used to be popular, about the time
that Bellamy's Looking Backward"
appeared, to talk Of the coming days
when a man would not have to go to
church to hear sermon, when he
would be able to sit at home with his
feet on the fender, while the telephone
drummed dogma Into his ears. That
time may come indeed; but already
the day has dawned when man can
sit in his library and have his soul
filled and his spirit expanded with
noble words and high truth, and the
eloquence of the worlds greatest
preachers; when he need not wait un-
til Sunday for the strengthening dis
course that he needs; and when, though
he be poor in the worlds goods, he yet
may have at his command a chaplain
who will speak to him in such words
as it is given to few persons to speak
or write
When we talk about the waning
power Of the church, of the lessened
attendance, and of the decreasing in
1uence Of the preacher, it should be
remembered that the church has now
new power, which no man can meas
ure, and which is the same that in
past years has proved very nearly the
greatest power in the world.-Post-
EXPRESS
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
Belgian Marriage Certificates.

In Belgian it is the custom to give cer-
tificates of marriages in the form of
little books with paper covers. These
books, which are often produced in
course Of law proceedings, and are
taken in evidence, are apt to become
dirty and dog's-eard. The burgomas-
ter Of Brussels has, therefore, hit upon
a new plan. Henceforth a charge will
be made for the books, which will be
neatly bound in morocco and gilt
edged. They will be something more
than mere certificate. A summary
of Belgian law on the married state
is given in them for the use of young
couples and among a mass of other
miscellaneous information are direc-
tions for the feeding and care of in
fantS. There are also places for en-
tering the names and birthdays of the
children of the marriage, the author
tiles considerably affording space for
twelve such entries. To poor persons
the books will be issued free of charge
One of the town councillors was in IA
vor Of adding directions for obtaining
a divorce. but it is needless to say his
suggestion was not adopted.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
One nf the Barber'S Secrets.

One of the well-known BARRIERS of
the city remarked the other day to an
Indianapolis Journal man, while rap
idly going over a customers face with
keen edged razor. that few people
gave a thought as to how easy it
seemed to cut a face during the opera
ton of shaving, and yet how compar-
atively seldom such a thing happened.
He said that where the face was kept
wet the danger of cutting was re-
duced to a minimum, as the razor
would slide along in the hands of the
average barber. and do its work all
right. If, however. the face was some
what dry, the chances of slashing a
man We're increased vastly. The Sc
cret of immunity from unpleasant ac-
cidents of this sort is. therefore, to
use plenty of lather and plenty Of
water in going over the face. A dry
shave Is g dangerous undertaking.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21

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HE FOUGHT WITH POE.
Congressman English's Quarrel With the
Author of THE Raven"

Author of ..The Raven
One of the oldest men in the House
of Representatives is Dr. Thomas
Dunn English, who represents the
sixth Tor Essex county, district of
New Jersey, and who will be IS years
of age June %, 1894. Long before he
ever dreamed of becoming Congress
man English. the gentleman from New
Jersey acquired distinction as the au-
thor of Ben Bolt" In addition to his
fame as a poet Mr.. English enjoyed
the notoriety of having been at one
time the chosen friend and boon COM
panion of Edgar Allen Poe, author of
THE Raven" and other poems. How
this friendship terminated can best be
described in the language Of Mr.. Eng
lish
Up to 1S45," said the New Jersey
statesman, Poe and myself were well
nigh inseparable, both at Philadelphia
and New York, where we afterward
removed While in the latter city Poe
became involved in a controversy with
brother Of Mrs. Ellet, a noted novel
| list half a century ago, relative to GER
tain letters which Poe declared the
| lady had written to him. The dispute
became very animated, and one day
| while was discussing certain matters
with caller Poe burst into the room
where we were talking and demanded
the loan of my pistol. When l asked
him what he wanted it for his reply
| was that he intended to shoot the
| brother of the woman whom he had
illuminated. This was my opportun-
| ity and / did not neglect it. In the
plainest language possible l told Poe
that he was acting the part Of black
guard, and slandering and endeavor-
| ing to compromise an honest woman,
and he knew it. Besides said /.
YOU know, Poe, that you have no let
ters from Mrs. Ellet as we'll as l do"
"Blurting out that he did not pro-
pose to be talked TO in such manner
before a stranger, Poe reiterated that
he had very damaging letters from the
lady in question. Then, in heaven S
name, why don't you produce them:
was my query. This did not seem to
be at all pleasant to the author OF
The Raven and he volunteered the
information that | was poklng my
nose into his business too much. One
word led to another, and from words
we came to blows, my right hSt Orna-
menting Poe'S right eye in the most
approved fashion. A series of punches
followed, and before the scrimmage
ended l had forced my unwelcome
visitor down to the floor, and, taking
him by both ears, and sides of his
face. 1 proceeded to ram his face Wig,
orously against the floor OF my apart
ment This encounter stirred up all
the malevolence in Poe's nature; and
when his disfigured countenance was
commented upon few minutes later
he evaded an explanation by saying
that he had run against a working
man who was carelessly carrying j
piece of lumber on his shoulder. Ever
afterward he could not say things toe
mean about me, and this fisticuff end
ed all friendly relations between lis III
to the day Of his death. New York
Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
MEXICAN CAVES AND MUMMlES.
Underground Relics of q Former Civiliza-
tiOn in Chihuahua.

tiOn in Chihuahua.
Moses Thatcher the millionaire
apostle and financier of the Mormon
church, whose home is in Logan, Utah,
is residing for time at 900 Van Ness
avenue. Mr.. Thatcher has been an
apostle Of the Mormon church since
1879, and his life work has been de-
voted to the building up Of the kingdom
Of the latter days. He has spent many
years in exploring the wilds and
beauty lands of Mexico.
In the State of Chihuahua the Sierra
Madre Mountains, Mr.. Thatcher states,
held for him the greatest attractions.
West of the Casas Grandes Valley,
through which flows the Piedras Yer
des, lovely river which connects
with the San Miguel in the upper part
of the valley and forms the Casas
Grandes River, there is an exceedingly
beautiful expanse Of country. It is
interspersed with mountains of moder-
ate size, a branch Of the Sierra Madre
range, and not far from where the
celebrated Sabinal mines are located
on the Corralitos ranch, one Of the
richest regions, pregnant with gold
and silver ore, awaiting the advent c.
the prospector and the iron horse.
Many places I passed through"
said the apostle, strongly reminded
me Of the placer ground in the Sierra
Nevada mountains, at the head of the
American River. The great similarity
of the soil is most pronounced, and all
the indications are almost Identical.
The Mormon colony was the first
to settle in the Sierra Madre range in
! this region. They camped right on the
trail of the dreaded Apaches, and
named one of their settlements Pache-
co, after the noted General, who was
| Secretary Of War. The Mexicans were
astounded at the boldness of these
pioneers, and considered annihilation
inevitable.
In a radius Of 100 miles there is
enough masonry to build two cities
the size of San Francisco, and this
tells the tale of a great civilization
that once tiourished there. / purchas-
ed sitio, or little over 1000 acres
of land, some time ago, and subse-
quently bought UP an adjoining tract
Of $4,000 acres On part of this land
discovered about half dozen caves.
The entrances We're walled up with
cement two and one-half feet thick,
with only postholes and a narrow aper-
ture left sufficiently wide to allow one
person to enter. These caves were
provided with ollas, in which water
and provisions were stored, and were
formed Of long sacaton grass, mixed
with cement, and were usually about
twelve feet high and eight or nine
feet in width. One was in perfect
preservation
The caves were divided into apart
ments, and one of them contained
seventeen rooms. Upon the walls are
still fresh character writings of the
ancient inha bitants, Of the same class
as described in the Mexican Antiqui-
ties by Lord Kingsbury. The caves
on the land referred to will accom-
modate fully 1000 persons, and cele-
brated Belgian scientist not long ago
found more relics in them than he
had in a search of $50 miles else
where.'-San Francisco Examiner.
The Washington bee., 1894-04-21
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Money will be advanced to par
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Ii a husband purchaser dies,
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The above presents an opportu-
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Those who apply first, will have
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catching chickens, but they live prin-
I ,ipally upon fish. When the fish are
driven away by high tide and they
ire starved for few days they will
attack person.
The one that passed through La
ayette would have been captured,
| but the man had to go to his house
| 'or his gun, and the frog made one
leap and was out of reach Of fair
,hot after devouring quite number
Of chickens. The Lafayette Nessen-
ger reports that NJ. NJ. Burrows, Mr.
Manley and his son William were out
| In the bottoms few days later and
discovered one of these frogs near the
river bank. The men, seeing the
danger they were in, Immediately
made an a tempt to get away. Mr..
Manley, being an old man, directed
his course to an empty cotton house
which was near by for refuge. Just
Is he was entering the house the frog
seized his coat tail, leaving him al
most breathless and with nothing but
The shoulders and sleeves of his coat.
A few minutes later Monroe came
lear the house where Mr.. Manley
lad taken refuge, and, seeing the
'rog tussling with the fragments Of
.he coat, and fearing that it had de-
Voured his father and brother, made
L determined attack on the creature,
but was forced to retreat after being
badly hurt.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-06-13

nlII. torches were fmprovised and
the two men crawled into the en-
trance. About ten feet in they found
two or three ledges Of rock, arranged
like short fight Of steps, which led
down into a large chamber. The
light from the torches showed the
room to be nearly square, measuring
ten feet The floor, walls and cell
ings, though formed only Of clay soil,
were as hard as stone or the cement
ed floor Of cellar. A hole in the
wall near one corner Of this chamber
proved to be door opening to low
narrow passageway which led to a
room similar in size and appearance
to the first, except that the ceiling
was Grched.
Another door opened from thi.
chamber into a third chamber, the
largest Of them Il With high vault
ed ceiling formed by an immense
arched roof. From this hall another
gallery led to a smaller inner room
farther in the earth. All four of the
rooms were built in the solid clay,
dry and hard, and devoid of all liv-
ing things. Nothing of much i'm
portance was found, althoueh the
general appearances of the subterrln.
can cavities gave evidence that il
was onCe used by gang of men as a
storehouse or hiding place. The par.
tition walls between the rooms wera
from four to eight feet thick, whil4
the ceilings were from seven to tif-
teen feet high. The rooms were all
perfectly dark, save from the light
of the torches. The cave had no VEN
tilation whatever except that "ord.
cd from the outer opening. When
the rooms were dug, how they were
constructed and what became of the
earth removed from them, can OF
course, be the merest conjecture. 1t
seems. however, that they were u ed
by outlaws at no very remote Ieriod.
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Quick Shooting In Border Days.

"Have you any idea how fast a ma.
could shoot pistol in the border daysT
said J. w. Delany, a Montana ranch
man. "a man who couldn't pull Q
trigger SO fast that you couldn't distin'
guish between the successive shots was
slow. When they emptied their guns it
sounded like one long report. And pull
Why, I've seen men that could kill you
before you could shoot if you had a gun
leveled at them. Fact. Take the time
when Doc Hamilton, the notorious bad
man of Colorado, killed Sheriff Harrity
in Denver. Hamilton had been wanteC
for several killings and was dead shy.
When he turned a corner he'd walk
away round near the edge of the pave
ment. Afraid somebody would get the
drop on him if he turned too sharp, you
know. One day he was in hurry,
however, and ran around q corner and
looked square into Winchester held b!
Harrity.
"'Well, Doc, l got you, says Harrity.
"'You've got too strong hand, Har
rity, aud I can't call you,' saYs Hamil
ton, taking it cool and easy as yoE
please.
"'Yes, full house, Doc; guess you had
oetter travel On in front
"Hamilton was standing with his UNI
brella on his hip, leaning on 1t. He
looked the sheriff square in the eye
Mind you, the rifle wasn't four feet from
him, and leveled straight for his head.
Just as Doc started to move o runaway
horse came down the street. Involun'
tarily Harrity glanced in that direction.
Doc saw his eyes waver for an instant,
pulled his gun-y0u See lie bad his hand
on his hip-and shot Harrity stone dead
before he could pull the trigger of his
rifle. ."-Washington News.
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Singing TO the Herd.

Some cowboys and cattlemen laugh
ingly assured me that they only sing OF
watch to keep themselves awake; other
say they sing, talk loud or make a noise
rIst to let the cattle know they are ap.
preaching so as not TO frighten and
stampede them, but the greater Iunber
hold-as myself had read and been LED
to believe-that the sound of the human
voice, singing, talking or calling ou'
cheerfully, quiets and reassures the ami
mails. However it may be, they all sing
and talk or whistle to them, and anon
my most vivid and picturc-like recollec-
tions is one of a certain night when an
eching head and heavy heart held me
awake, and, slipping from the house in
the little hours, went aim!essly across
the level plain roSaris where big here
was camped.
When within three or four hundred
yards of the bunch I could see, under
the white Texas moonlight, the dark
mass of cattle and occasionally a sill
houette, between mt and the sky, of one
of the guards on his pony, and iQ the in
tense loneliness of the plains night the
singing of the one boylsh voica holding
his untaught, unconscious way throu IN
"a Fountain Filled With Flood" and
the whistIng of his companion on o lit
tie harmonicum, "Home, Sweet Home,
as they came round past me in turn,
were as lovely and touching sounds as J
ever heard.-Kansas City Times.
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Heat md Thirst I'm India.

The handling of a gun after ,lE>
Jun had played upon 1t for an hour or
two was sufficiently warm work when
done in gingerly fashion, and with the
least possible contact with the metal
Of barrel or trigger guard; the sud-
den clutching of barrel suggested
collision with the wrong end of a red
lot poker.
And the thlrstl when once the man
who is out IN that heat yields to the
temptation Of his water, or cold tee,
Or lime juice and water bottle, he Is
thereafter for the rest Of that day q
lost creature, the slave of any fluid
with which he Gao wet his parching
lips and allsy his Unsuitable thirst
EThen would he d-ink kerosene, o.
ink, CT sherry at eighteenpence q
quart, or any other abominatiol that
Possessed, in his view, the indispcus,
nble qualification OF being liquid. So,
too, will the natives-the inahout:
and others-descend from the e,e.
plants and drink greedily from any
fetid pool, though death bo in tbs
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