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my fate. I felt myself growing weaker
every moment. A lull in the contest gave
me an opportunity to disengage one arm,
and I quickly shut off steam. This slight
advantage gave me renewed energy.
Gathering all my remaining strength, l
forced the mailman against the boiler in
such a position that I could hold him with
one hand while sought some weapon OF
defense.
"a small bar of iron lying on the fire.
mans seat was all could procure. but 1t
proved my salvation. The maniac was
struggling f1ercely to liberate himself from
1 raised the iron bar and dealt him a blow
on the head which completely stunned him.
The struggle was over, but it had cost
many precious moments. The sharp, pierre
ing blast of a whistle in the distance arous-
ed me- Weak and exhausted, l managed
to make my way back to my own engine,
and slowly We began to move backward.
Hardly had got under full Roadway when
the excursion train dashed into view a
short distance behind me.
Il called for brakes, and the engineer OF
the excursion train Immediately shut
down, and a minute later We were all at
standstill. Out came the passengers
with rush to ascertain the cause Of the
stop, and when they were given particulars
by the excited fireman, such a shouting
You never heard. One passenger poured
stiff drink down my throat. and 1 pulled
the nearest siding. A week later this
watch 1 now wear came to me with kind
words from the company and over q hum
bred passengers, and l treasure 1t very
highly. That was the closest shave of my
life"
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LEAVES THAT CRAWL.
One of the Strange Stories of the
Wonders of Australia.
From the New Orleans Picayure

One of the Strange Stories of the
Wonders of Australia.
From the New Orleans Picayure
Among the strange stories told about the
wonderful things to be found in Australia
there is one of crawling leaves. English
sailors first brought an account OF this
phenomenon. They were roaming along
the coast when a sudden breeze shook
down number of leaves. which floated
gently to the ground. The sailors were
surprised at this shower. because it was
not the fall of the year, but midsummer,
and the falling leaves looked fresh and
green. But this was nothing to what fol-
lowed. After short rest these leaves be-
gan crawling along the ground toward the
tree from which they came The sailors
were too much frightened to stop and in
vestigate, and one of the men said, in
relating the adventure, that he expected
every minute to see the trees step out and
dance a hornpipe. Fortunately other tray-
elers were not too much frightened to stop
and examine the matter. 1t was discovered
that these queer leaves are really insects
which live upon the trees and are of the
same color as the foliage They have yery
thin, nat bodies. and wings shaped like
large leaves. When disturbed by a breeze
they fold their legs under their bodies,
and then the leaf-like shape. with stem
bright green in summer, like the foliage
OF the trees at that time but they actually
change like the leaves do to the dull brown
produced by frost. Another peculiarly of
these insects is that when shaken to the
ground they seldom use their WINGS After
lying there few minutes as though they
were really leaves, they crawl TO the tree
ana ascend the trunk, without seeming to
know that they have the power to get Mack
to their quarters in a much easier and
quicker way Y
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The london Graphic. in its recent summing up
of the half dozen successful novels Of the year,
includes Du Mauriers 'Trlby,' Hall Gaines
''Manxman,' Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes
THE Heavenly Twins" and ''Ships that Pass in
the Night Mrs. E. Burke Collins "A Modern
Heathen."
Speaking of this last work Of our distinguished
southern author, the Graphic says:
What Geo. W. Cables writings are to the
Cpeoles of New Orleans. Miss Murfree to the
rough strata Of humanity among the Tennessee
mountains, and Gertrude Atherton to California,
Mrs. T. Burke Collins to the Acadians Of the
Louisiana Pine Lends In her latest work Mrs.
Collins has struck vein in literature. opening
to the novel reading world vision of the real life
of the Aoadians of the backwoods, among the wild,
scarcely known region Of the bayous and swamps OF
Louisiana"
Besides her novels she contributes each week
short stories, sketches, etc, to the prominent
magazines and to great variety of other publica-
tiops.
Although her writing has always been a labor of
love- yet such incessant mental exertion, con
stantly harvesting the. ideas of her brain without
n single idle season or fallow time for rest and
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THEIR FIRST GARMENTS.
Natives In the New Hebrides and Eu
ropean Clothes.

Natives In the New Hebrides and Eu-
ropean Clothes.
From the Missionary Herald.
An incident related by Mrs Patton the
wife of DR.. ]. G. Patton, the well-known
missionary to the New Hebrides, illustra ties
the entire absorption of her husband. the
missi, as the natives call him, in the great
purpose he had in view, so that he entirely
overlooked the comicality Of the scene
which 80 impressed his good wife, Here is
Mrs. Paton's story: THE trial to my risi-
bles I found it hardest to bear was that
which befell me especially on Sabbaths
The first of these days in particular pre-
scented a ludicrous scene in the way of
dress. and 1t was only by a most desperate
effort that could manage to keep a long
face while watching the natives coming
into the church. We had arrived on a
Tuesday; a number of garments had been
distributed among the people, and from
twenty to thirty turned out to worship
looking so delighted with himself in a snow
white vest-absoIutely nothing else! An
other came stalking majestically with a
woman's skirt pinned round his throat and
bottom of it. third had a native bag
done up so as to represent hat, which he
took off with suite the air of q gentleman
as he entered the door. One man had on
nice little jacket I had presented to his
wife; and. indeed, everyone who wore any
clothing at all did so in the absurdest fash
ion. The effort at self-control was fast be-
coming uncomfortable when the worthy
missi Internationally proved the last
straw His face was picture of adoring
thankfulness, and his prophetic soul-un-
conscious of anything grotesque-saw them
already on the way to glory. He whisper
ed: o Maggie, shouldn't we be grateful to
God to see them all coming out of church
so nicely dressed?' He was adding some
thing about Jewels and trophies but
was already halfway out of the church
under cover of a convenient fit of violent
coughing, and just managed to slip round
vulsions. Pray forgive me; I loved them
none the less; but that phrase-so nicely
dressed-was rather more than my woman's
soul could Withstand"
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and when the water is boiling they put in
some of this mutton fat and milk and eat
the whole as a soup. The bricks in which
the tea is made are about ten inches
square, seven inches wide and three inches
thick. They look like chocolate and are
sometimes made in smaller sizes. In adj
dition to this. they eat buttermilk, curds
and whey. They are very fond of intoxi-
eating liquors, and they have beer made
of mares milk upon which they keep them
selves about half drunk. Their mutton is
frozen at the beginning of winter, and the
weather is so cold that 1t will keep until
spring. 1t is said in Thibet that mutton
can be kept for years. The air is very dry
and very cold, and after few days the
flesh becomes so dry that 1t can be powder
ed with the hand and be stored away like
flour. The Thibetans use this mutton with
out cooking, and 1t is said not to need salt.
Nation of Buddhfsts,
The Mongols are more religious than the
Chinese. They may be called almost ma
ton Of Buddhists, though there are a few
Mohammedans among them. They have q
number of temples inside of Picking and
there are about 1900 of these people who
live in the Chinese capital. The biggest
monastery in Peking is owned by the Mon
gols and the Thibetans. It has hundreds Of
priests, and they are the most intolerant
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that reason an American engineer need
never want for work in that country. The
mystery TO me is that the officials, haV-
ing foresight enough to see the advantage
of American engineers, do not ADOPT more
American ideas in the management Oh the
road or the running of trains
u had an experience with Mexican en-
gineer the last summer 1 spent in Mexico
which will always occupy the ror tTo.,
was apparently a firSt-class engineer, but
it seems he had run down drunken MeM-
can lying asleep on the track and the IN
cident had turned his brain. had pulled
in on the side track at a small junction
station, having received orders to await
the arrival of special, which was coming
up behind me ana was t due t IN on
orator rushed from the station and clam
bered into the cab wild with fright. His
face was white as the driven snow, while
he trembled in every limb. At length he
managed to control himself sufficiently to
gasp out the following startling informa-
ton:
Engineer coming north gone mad; un-
coupled from train five miles below and
coming toward us at a terrible rate.
Scarcely had he ceased speaking when
the rumbling of the wild locomotive was
heard approaching, and, upon looking down
the track, 1 saw the black monster scarce
ly mile distant tearing toward us. What
was 1 to do? In the twinkling of an eye
the engine would sweep by, and then no
ed into the special excursion coming up
from the south, which had already left the
telegraph station to which orders could be
sent to warn it.
Race for Life.
THAT was at time when I was young
and quick witted 1 did not pause to
think, but in the briefest possible time 1
told my fireman to uncouple the engine,
and before another word could be spoken
7 ha frs cir fI,11
pressure of steam closely followed by the
ircn monster, whose crazy driver could be
seen leaning out of the cab window ges-
ticuating wildly with demoniacal glee, as
if rejoicing in the wild race.
1.-The good Lord above only knew how it
would end. Just why I started in the van
of that wild engine I could never tell.
acted on one of those sudden impulses that
sometimes come to men in our business
and without one thought Of the conse-
quences. Speeding along with that maniac
in my wake, 1 found time to collect my
scattered senses, and the terrible position
I was in became more apparent Behind
me an iron monster with crazy engineer
at the throttle and before me the excursion
train filled with hundreds of souls and
each approaching the other every second
Upon glancing down at my watch I
saw we would meet the excursion train in
less than half an hour. I shivered in con-
templating the consequences. I must do
something Immediately.
SLOWLY I began to shut of steam; the
terrible speed slackened; the distance be-
tween the two engines decreased gradually,
diminishing until a dull thud, followed by
slight jar, told me we had leone together
1t was but the work Of a moment to clam
Der from my engine into the cab where
the crazy man was.
Tussle With a Madman.
'"There a sight met my gaze that I shall
STANDING will bo-
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HETEROPHEMY,
Use Of Wrong Words and Misplaced
Syllables.


Syllables.
From the Atlantic Monthly.
Heterophemy, the curious disease which
consists in using one word when meaning
to use an entirely different one, gives rise
to many amusing combinations. An old
lady living in a town on the Hudson river
is thus afflicted. She is tall and stately In
appearance. courtly and gracious IN man
ner, and this makes her incongruous sem
fences all the more ridiculous. Strange to
say, she herself is totally unconscious OF
her infirmity. for the family. friends. and
even the servants endeavor to save her
from the modification she would feel.
Not long ago, when she was recovering
from a serious illness, the bishop of the
diocese CHANGED to be making his annual
visitation, and at the suggestion Of the
rector they went together to call upon
Mrs. Drew.
She was delighted to see them. and en-
tertained them with her usual grace and
cordiality. The conversation naturally
touched upon her illness, and her thank
fulness at her recovery. which for time
had been despaired Of
Presently she turned to the bishop say
ing earnestly. My dear bishop. let us have
a little drop"
The startled prelate glanced at the res
ity, cast about in his mind for her prob
able meaning.
Bishop" repeated the old lady seriously.
Tets have a little drop"
Certainly, Mrs. Drew" interposed the
rector, waiting for her to make some move
which might disclose her meaning. But
Mrs. Drew waited expectantly, also.
IF you have not your Wade Mecum with
you, there is prayer book" she said, after
a moment.
The rector, with sigh of relief, turned
to the bishop. Mrs. Drew will be glad to
have you read prayers with her." he said
quietly.
Prayers were read, and then the gentle
men prepared to take leave.
''Your visit has been a pleasure" Mrs.
Drew said warmly. "Now. Mr.. Belknap,
won't you take this little boy home to your
dear wife, with my best lover
For a moment Mr.. Belknap wondered II
she could mean the bishop, but she relieved
his mind by lifting a magnificent bunch OF
roses from vase on the table.
Allied to this is another form OF mis-
speech, to which most Of us are OCCASION
ally subtect-the exchange Of syllables A
certain young lady, who. to her intense
modification, often reverses her vowels
thus, says she is entirely unconscious Of 1t,
even after speaking.
One summer evening she was sauntering
with friend toward the village post office
of the little town where they were staying.
On the way they encountered an acQuatnt-
ance, with a handful of letters.
"Ah. good evening"" she said, In her Pc
culiarly gracious, suave manner. Are
you strailing out for your mole?'
The mystifed young woman made some
inarticulate reply and passed on. As soon
as the friend could recover her gravity. she
gasped. 81 suppose you intended to ask
Miss May If she was strolling out for her
mail?"
The same young lady was relating sad
story of various misfortunes which had
overwhelmed dear friend.
Think" she concluded pathetically, "of
losing husband children, property, and
home at one swell foopr' And q howl OF
laughter rent the roof.
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good party of men around me doubt not
that he would have assaulted me.

good party of men around me doubt not
that he would have assaulted me.
Queer Camels.
There are no camels In the world like
these Monaghan beasts. The camels Of
Africa and India have short hair like that
of a fairly well groomed horse. The
climate is warm, and they need little pro-
lection. These camels of Mongolia are
covered with wool which hangs in great
locks down from all parts Of their bodies.
In some places 1t Is from eight to ten
i,.ches long, and 1t gives Them SO warm
caat that they can stand the rigors of
Siberian winter. For centuries this wool
has gone to waste. 1t was allowed to
drop of of the camels during the summer.
and 1t rotted by the wayside. Within the
past few years, however, 1t has become
an article of commerce, and great bales
of it are shipped to London. saw some
overcoats in China which were made from
it. They looked like Chinchilla coats, but
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cry compound gave me strength, quieted my nerves,
and brought sleep to my pillow. I owe lasting
gratitude to this wonderful medicine, and take
pleasure in adding mil to the long list Of testi-
monials. Yours gratefully,
Mrs. T. BURKE COLLINS
S13 Valence street.
Paine's celery compound is found to best supply
the great need of studous, sedentary people. It's
extensive use by brain workers, both men and
women, suffering from sleeplessness Indigestion,
otter effects of deficient force, shows its
ability to feed tired, emaciated nervous tissues.
Nothing else has ever possessed anything IKE the
power Of Paine's celery compound to restore .
healthy nervous tone to the entire body and to
thoroughly cleanse the blood. School teachers pro-
fessonal men, newspaper men, minister's public
officials, whose daily outlay OF vitality, be-
cause Of hard, trying. anxious work., is excessive.
find renewed strength, not only Of nerves, but,
through their healthy action, Of the entire body in
Paines celery compound. Its use shortly dspels
rheumatic pain, dyspepsia, heart trou-
ble general debility and langucr, and all other OUT
ward signs of grave mischief that comes from dis
ordered nerves and impure blood
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making their surveys of the harbors on the
east coast of Corea, with an idea OF making
enc of them the terminus of the Trans
Siberian road, and the latest inside news
is that the English have offered the Chi
nese large sum Of money in exchange for
the Island Of Formosa. China can hardly
hope to raise money from her own people
without revolution and the consequent
establishment of new government. The
empire, in fact, is tottering. and the people
neither care for the war nor for the gov
eminent. In the words of a leading busi-
ress man Of Shanghai, in a letter which I
have received during the past week, they
consider the trouble with the Japanese the
emperor's pigeon" or business. He has
gotten into 1t, they say. now let him get
out of 1t. There Is no land in the world
where taxes are so low, nor, strange as it
may seem to say SO. where the people have
SO much power, and where the government
is to such a large extent republican. The
Chinese will not be able to pay the indem-
nifty demanded by Japan except by giving
The result is, the outlying provinces of
China will be In the market.
Few people have any idea of the immense
extent of territory which China has out
the whole United States, and it is more
than all Europe. Manchuria, which lies to
the northeast Of China, and on the edge Of
which the Japanese troops have been fight
ing, Is equal to ten states the size of Ohio,
or eight the size of New York. Mongolia,
further to the westward, is about half as
big as the whole United States, and the i'm
mense province of Iii Is about as large as
one-third of our whole territory. Thibet
practically belongs to China, and 1t Is about
twelve times as big as New York state. The
Japanese got into Manchuria when they
fought at the mouth of the Yaloo river,
and they have been marching through the
country and pushing their way up to the
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The Small Boy Didn't Care.

From the Boston Home Journal.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore is a woman re-
Nered alike in her family and neighborhood,
yet her greatness does not always appeal
to certain small boy who belongs to a
family residing in the vicinity. He was
one day found by his sister swinging on the
gate. When she reprimanded him for doing
what had been forbidden, the irreverent
youth remarked:
II don't care for ma, nor pa, nor you, nor
the OK, or the ass, or anything that's any
body's."
'Oh. Willy" exclaimed the shocked little
girl. do you know who wrote those words
Don't care" was his reply. MRS. Liv-
ermore, s'pcse."
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49, - -
of the war between
China and Japan Is
likely to result in @
decided change in the
geography of Asia.
So fer neither Eng
land nor Russia has
made any open claims
as to what they want
Of China, but the
ports of Asia are full
of all sorts of rumors.
1t Is well known that
the Russians are
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HE RECENT TEX
rible railroad acct
dent near the City of
Mexico, in which
nearly a hundred
people. were killed
and as many more
injured, recalls the
fact that that, coun-
try has been the
scene of a railroad
catastrophe. which
exceeded all others
of any country in
loss of life. 1t also
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His Doubt.

From the Chicago Tribune.
st wonder" said The burglar, slipping
the contents of a safe into sack, "f
oughtn't honestly to pay an income tax
on this?"
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capitalize city of Moukden It is by no
means an impossbility that the Japanese
may ask for a slice of Manchurfa, and If so
some wonders in the way of mineral wealth
may be expected through it's development.
The gold mines of Russia undoubtedly run
down to the mountains of Manchuria and
Mongolia. There was quite gold excite
ment in the Manchurian mountains about
four years ago, and both gold and silver
have been found. The country is fertile,
and it surprised me to find that opium
could profitably be raised so far north It
was introduced about thirty years ago, and
the country now produces more than a
million of pounds of opium year. 1t also
produces good tobacco. and it has vast
areas of fine forests. Japan has practically
no timber left, and the country would be of
great value to her. 1t would act as bull
wark between China and Corea, and the
mikado would no longer need to fear that
the emperor might form an alliance with
the King of Corea.
Among the MOng0ls.
The inhabitants of both Manchuria and
Mongolia care but little for China. They
are of a different race, and they would ac-
cept the government of the Japanese quite
as readily as that of Picking. 1 met many
of these men during my stay in Asia. I
first came in contact with them in the
Chinese capital I travelled with them on
my way to the great WALL and 1 saw hun
dreds of them in my journeys through
Siberia. The Mongols have a market in
Peking. 1t is just back of the English lega-
ton, and the houses surrounding u great
square here are owned by them, and
the court Is filled with camels and greasy
Manchurians. All of the trade of Man
churia and Mongolia Is carried on camels.
They bring coal. skins and bean cake from
the north down through the great wall
into China, and carry brick tea and all
kinds of merchandise back. I have seen
500 camels in a single caravan slowly NOV
ing along in single file over the country
I have travelled for miles side by side with
these camels, talking through an inter-
prefer with the copperfaced men and wo-
men who rode them, and have again and
again been threatened by the fiercer of the
leaders as l passed them on my Way
through the country. I was surprised at
the size of the Tartars. They are big men,
many of them six feet in height and their
features are for all the world like those of
our American Indians. Their complexion
Is about the same, and their eyes are less
almond in shape than those of the Chinese.
They have fierce eyes, which look out at
you over high cheekbones and under thick
fur caps. They dress In sheepskin, and
both women and men wear pantaloons, and
the women ride aStride. I remember one
girl who passed me a camel. Her d.
vided skirt was made of SheepSkin with
the fur turned inward, and her fur cap
was pulled well down over her eyes. /
said "Good-day" to her as we passed, and
her old Tartar husband whipped up his
camel and put his hand on his knife as l
came up. looked him in the eye and said,
How do you do?' He answered by mock
ing NE and giving me to understand that
had better keep away. Had 1 not had
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The Mongols and the Manchoos and
Their Curious Customs.
TARTAR CARAVANS AND QUEER CAMEIS
Something About the Ditiest Race
on the Globe.
ALTON OF BUDDHIST rs

Copyrighted. 1895. by Frank G. carpenter)
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Some curiosities in Their Relations
With the Travelling Public.
AMERICAN LABOR APPRECIATED
Train Employees Held Responsible
for Accidents by the People.
RACE WITH "A MANIAC

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
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FOR DYSPEPSIA

DR.. o. L Balbert, Waco, Texas, sayss Il hare
used 1t in dyspepsia with good effect"