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thest point. 1t is among the most desir-
able land for irrigation in the arid section
of Mexico. corresponding somewhat To our
Salt and ella valleys in Arizona. where ir-
rigation has made Veritabe garden spots
in an otherwise uninha bitable desert. The
Iaauis have lived and farmed here FOR
hundreds of years, having bitches of their
own small scale and attending to
their own business when they were let
alone. The Mexican government has grab
he'd off section of this territory when
ever it felt inclined, has always gotten a
fight on its HANDS very promptly ana mas
always been whipped 10 q standStiH.
This has en- largely due 10 the fact
that tire state troops have been sent to
fight the Indians The Mexican state
troops. a rule world compare with tho
very cheapest. haNseed militia company in
this country. the aforesaid militia COM
pany would compare with the Black
Watch or the Coidstream Guards in the
British service. They are worse clothed.
worse fJl and very much worse armed
than the Yaquis. They have only the
rlerest 'nbauce of organization. and
usually take the field with all their women
and children as camp followers. ! saw one
train load Of these troops during the Cara
revolution on the Texas border There
W re two cars full of soldiers. three of
horses and four Of wCmen ana children.
I he soldiers were AIMED with everything
from a Remington rifle tied together with
strings to Il M3rUini-iIcnry, though how the
latter ever sot into the country Is mys-
terry.
4 Real Enjoyment.
''ro whip an outfit of that sort is cheer
full pastime for the Yaauis. Their coun-
try is a desert out Of sight of the river
The water holes are from ten to 100 miles
apart, the roads nil and TIL surrounding
mountains natural forts for tribe that
have been born and bred in them Tor gen.
elations The Indians usually retired to
the hills cGaXing the Mexican troops along,
and baited them into maze ct volcanic
mountains and dry canons. where thu ba-
salt lodges heat up in the sun like the top
of cook stove, and where a jack rabbit
would lose himself. Then, falling on tho
worn-out militia. they would hushwhack
them to their hearts content. after which
it would be officially reported that the Sovs
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when what does he see sitting on a syca-
more leaf but the identical same little
fairy that told at the supper the story
about the kings daughter. John Conn.
John Conn, says the little fellow, you
hid and listened to our stories the other
night and heard me tell the secret OF the
kings daughter and the well water, and
then ye went and cured the preneess
What did We do that for?' We'll. small
blame 20 me- says John. Il had to hide;
and | couldn't help hearing yer story: and
sure I'd be an unnatural man, cut ana out,
if 1 didn't save the poor princess lie
when l had it in my power to do il 50 aisy
Small blame to ne, l say again, says
John well that's surely true says the
fairy, but that's mighty great saicret,
that about the we'll water, and if it got out
it's | would bc blamed for it, and l would
never hear the last of it nor get any living
afther from the rest Of the fairies and
would be made a miserable devil entirely"
We'll, if that's So says John, the sal
cret's a saicret yet, for man or raortal
didn't hear it from me: and if it's conso-
lation to we l promise We it'll be So
''Thanky very much" says the fairy its
certainly a consolation, and a great one.
and l know | may depend on yer promise
and when you're so mighty kind, john
Here's a napkin for we that We have only to
spread it out and wish for what ye like and
much we like of aitables and drink
ables, and Immediately they will be placed
on it. And here's wishing cap. says he.
''ye have only TO put on yer head and wish
to be any place in the world We like. and
Immediately yen be there. And here's a
purse filled with money. that no matther
how much ye take out of it, it will never
get empty" and. handing over to John the
napkin. the wishing cap and the purse the
fairy disappeared without even waiting to
be thanked. John was feeling just hungry
enough, and he spread out the napkin totry
it. He wished for nice supper for himself,
and, 10 and behold We, all at once there was
the rarest supper, aiting and drinking. ever
h.. 1lt ar,1 .N,,t fIN.
napkin. He ate and drunk heartily, and
then spread himself out under the trees to
sleep. In the morning John got up and
spread his napkin and wished for break
fast, and had the finest of aiting and drink
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hands heartily with John, and said he was
glad to see him home again. John thanked
him, and said his wife, Molly, was telling
him that he had been very good to her. and
he thanked him entirely for this. Then
Lord Flynn said he going to give a
great ball, and to show he had no ill-will
against John, axed himself and his wife to
come to it.
John and Molly attended the ball, and
then axed Lord Flynn and his wife to come
to their house to a ball next night. When
John got home says Molly TO him: John.
do We intend entertaining Lord Flynn and
his wife? Sure, We haven't a proper house
to take them to; nor ye have money
to buy provisions to ENTERTAIN them prop
erly. "Oh, well soon RIGHTLY that" says
John. He took out the purse and covered
the floor with gold and filed up room full
of it. He then ordered his 40o.O90
troocers out of the horn and set them to
work building grand castle. and before
the next night he had the castle up and
all its walls lined with silver and it's floors
of beaten goold and he had a good walk
right from the door of it to Lord Fynn's
castle. And when Lord Flynn and his wife
come they were all in wondherment and
DIDN'T know what to make of it all And
John Conn and Molly welcomed them and
they dressed up in the most gorjus dresses
ana Molly with two diamonds hanging from
her ears the size of turf. Then there was
no end of sarvints in waiting and the
napkin was spread, and John wished for
the grandest supper that ever was, and i'm
medlateiy the grandeSt that ever was seen
afore or since was before them. And when
Lord Flynn got home he sent a messenger
TO the king to tell him of the wonderful
napkin John Conn had, and that it would
be OF great service to the king in times of
war and axed the king to send his sojers
for 1t. So the king sent thirty sojers to
demand the napkin of john but John turn
ed out sixty sojers out of his horn who
feil on the kings sojers and killed them
al but one, who went home and told the
KING. Then the king sent 10000 troopers:
but John turned 5000 troopers out of the
norm and killed all the kings men to one
again. Then the king sent 100000 troopers;
ana John now turned out of the horn his
4n,"co troopers-light dhragoons, heavy
dhragoons, russians, grenadiers and kilties.
and they fell on the kings men, and not
one OF them at all, at all, escaped this time
lhen the king come to parey with John
and he made PAIGE with him. and said it
was Lord Flynn who had told him about
the napkin, and put up to taking it from
John. SO John once again turned out his
troopers-light dhragoons. heavy dhragoons,
russians, grenadiers and kilties-and or
dhered them up to Lord Flynn's to blow
up ms castle and not lave a trace of him
or his on the earth. And this thew did
and Lord Flynn and his wife were killed.
and John Conner as he was ever after
called, Lord Command Molly spent the
remainder of their days in PAIGE but plinty
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ing again. his hearty fill, and then he set
off on his journey once more. Tor'st even
ing John was travelling in a very bare and
barren country. without any people or any
thing growing that man could ate or any
thing flowing that a man could drink And
here. he spread his napkin and had a
beautiful dinner on it, who should come up.
weary and worn, TO MIN but piper, and
John aXed him to sit down and help him
with dinner. Nothing lOath. down the piper
sat for he was almost dead with the hun
ger. and both Of them ate good a dinner
they ate in their lives afore When
they had finished the piper pulled out
horn. and, commencing TO play his pipes
100000 trOopers-light dhragoons heavy
dhragoons, russians, grenadiers and kilties
come troopin' out of the horn, and COM
menced dancing to the music. Then the
piper told John he was under great distress
entirely. because for the last five days,
being in this barren country, he hadn't
bit to put in the mouths of his troopers.
and they were dying with hunger. Then
says John. TN soon relieve them and he
spread his napkin and wished for aiting and
maidiately it was on the napkin, and the
troopers all ate and drunk to their satisfac-
ton. and went in to their horn again.
Well says the piper that Is a wonder
full great napkin entirely. and 1 wouldn't
care if l had 1t instead of my horn of
troopers-for what use are they to me when
l can't feed them
I'm swap with ye the napkin for the
horn. says John.
Done says the piper. and handing over
to John the horn he took the napkin and
found himself in possession of the horn and
the 100000 troopers he axed himself how
was he going to get them fed at all, at ALL
And, says he, IF l only had the napkin
now to feed them I'll be a happy man.
At once he ordhered the troopers out Of
the horn, and they came tumbling out
light dhragoons, heavy dhragoons, hus-
slams, grenadiers and kilties, and away he
thav,, &-l,-
kin from him. And when they brought
John the napkin he ordered them again
into their horn. and said he'd now go for
home. So he put the wishing cap on his
head and wished to be home. And when
he got there and looked about him he
| couldn't know it was the same country at
all. at all. for there in the place where
Hugh Flynns house used to be- was q great
castle, with gardens and lawns and parks
all around 1t. He come up to the door of
his own house, and Molly was the glad KQ-
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man to see him back. And what" says
he to Molly, as the meanin' of that great
castle where Hugh Flynn's cabin used to
be?" "Oh,' says Molly, says she, sure
Hugh Flynn was away, no one knows
where, pushing his fortune, and he come
home with no end of bags Of money with
him, and had up that grand castle and all
them parks and lawns before ye'd have
time to look about ye. He's now very rich
entirely, and, people says, doesn't know
his own wealth" "And, Molly" says John,
was he anyway kind to you when he come
back with so much money, or did he make
We ever a PRESENT. "Kind?" says Molly;
"kind's no name for it. He give me five
shillings the day afther he come home. and
has ordhered me an allowance of half
crown a week ever since" Says John, Il
must set off to see him." "Oh, no, ahasky,
john" says Molly, I'VE couldn't go to see
him in them old clothes, or he'd ordher We
to be shot" But John set off to Hugh
Flynn's castle and when he was come there
he inquired of the servants to see Lord
Flynn But they told him they couldn't
let him into his lordshps presence at all,
at all, in such old clothes as he had on him.
But Lord Flynn heard that John Conn was
at the door wanting to get in to see him.
and he ordhered the servants to let him in
and bring him upstairs to him. He shook
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CHAPTER ~.

John Conn and. Hugh Flynn were neigh
boring farmers that wrought hard on their
wee bits of farms to support themselves and
their wives-but that same was more nor
they could do; so says John Conn to Hugh
Flynn one day, Hugh" says he, what
do ye think if we start off to push our for
tunes. and leaves our wives to look out for
themselves for Il while?" why, l think.
says Hugh says he. cit wouldn't be a bad
iday at all" No sooner sayed than done,
off both of them starts, and away afore
them to push their fortunes. They Travelled
away for the length of day, without meet
ing with anything remarkable, and long
afther night fell on them they We're still
wandherin' on when John sees light away
from him. and Hugh said he, Il thlnk
well dhraw that light. We'll ana GOOD,
on the light they dhrew. ana when tney
come there they found the light was shln-
ing from a great castle, and finding or see
ing no one there they Wandered on
through it from room to room. dumfounder-
ed with all the gorjus grandeur, gooid an
silver. they saw everywhere AT last they
come to great dining room, with a great
dinner entirely, of all sorts of the richest
and grandest and incest eating and drinking
spread out en- the tables. Come. help our
Selves says John, well line our sides,
anyhCw.'' "A good job" says Hugh. and
both of them fell to and made hearty
meal. Then all at once they heard music
and the tramping of feet coming towst
them. We'll have to hide" says John:
and II think it's best says Hugh. So both
of them took and hid themselves under
sofa where they couldn't be seen. Hugh
wasn't right under the sofa when he was
fast asleep by reason of the big dinner he
ate. But John kept wide awake, and peep
ing out through a little hole in the sofa
cloth could see all that was going on. Into
the room came a company of 800 fairies.
little men and women. all grandly dressed
in every color of silks and satins and rib
bons. with forty little pipers playing before
them, and they dancing along behind with
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From the Detroit Free Press
1t was not an unnatural mistake. One
neighbor on Brush street had advertised
for girl to do general housework. An
other had announced in the same way
that she would rent her fine home, fur
nished, during the summer A woman call
ed on the former of these the other morn
ing and rang the front door bell.
Please step round to the side door"
said the mistress, as she met the caller
The latter complied, but with a puzzled
smile. p-e0
came In response to your ADVERTISE
ment, she began, when seated
yes You have references | presumeo"
certainly, If you require them" and the
caller sat her chin little higher Does
your house have all modern conveniences ~
Everything. The kitchen is particularly
well arranged ard the laundry is complete
There Is nothing old or worn, and that
makes II nicer. Where did you work last.
ana what wages have you been getting?'
Work LAST Wages | beg yolr mar
dcn. and the callers eyes looked danger.
Gus. Il don't think your house would suit
me at all. l would like a conservatory
and billiard room''
Goodness gracious! And 1 suppose you'd
want private theater and a roof garden !?
You can't work for me-
Madam, you advertised house IN rent
furnished, and when l come Won insult
me- and she started for the door
tnen there was a hurried exclamation
ana Doth being sensible women they
laughed till so weak that each had to take
TWO cups OF tea as a bracer
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their hands caught. When they come in
the forty pipers played three times round
the dinner table till the rest of the com
pany bowed TO one another and got satiat-
ed, and then the pipers laid aside their pipes
and sat down themselves. After they had
made good dinner the decanthers of all
sorts of WHISTLES and wines and rare
drinks was put on the table. and then the
little man that sat at the head give it out
that every one present would have to sing
a song. crack a joke or tell a good story.
And round the table at once went the sing
ing and the joking and the telling of the
stories. Says of the fairies, III tell
good story" and he begun TO tell how the
kings daughter was lying very i'll, and all
the great doctors of the country was at
tending to her; but ii was all no use. for
sEo was pining away day afther day under
the fairies spells, and there was nothing
could save her except three bottles of water
from the well without. which had the viz
tue of CT ring all diseases. John Conn s
heart jumped when he heard this. ard he
waited patiently till. when day was going
to break. the pipers got up and took their
pipes. and the company got up. and the pip
erS played before them out of the room
and tie fairies danced out after.
Then John Weakened up Hugh and tax
Ing him with him went out and filed the
bottles with water out of the well, never
letting on to Hugh what he meant by it.
and both of them started away for the
kings palace. When they were come there
they knocked. and the servants asked
them what they wanted. and John said
that he had come to try and cure the
kings daughter. The servants. of course
only laughed at John. hut the king hearing
of him ordered him TO be brought up. And
when John was brought up into the prem
cess bed chamber there that place was
filled with great doctors, and when they
heard John was coming to try to cure the
princess they laughed heartily. But the
king said they had their try and made
nothing Of it. and that John Conn might
We'll get his try, for he couldn't have
worse luck than them anyhow. Then John
ordered all the doctors out of the room
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Judicial Cruelty in Hungary.


revolving instance of magisterial cruelty
in the Hungarian village of Mocsa, in the
county of Komorn, has just come to light.
Last November the offices Of the commu-
nifty were broken into and some money was
stolen. Thirteen persons were arrested, and
on their refusal to confess were abomina-
bly, tortured. They were bound hand and
foot aRd beaten with lockwood sticks by the
magistrate and his assistants, who also
lighted methylated spirits under the bare
feet of one prisoner, and then poured the
burning spirit over them. The unhappy
wretch. in order to escape further torture.
said that he had taken the money and
buried it near pond. His prosecutors, on
failing to find 1t, became more enraged
than ever and ran pointed knives under
his finger nails Other prisoners were
starved for days. and, with their hands
tied behind them. were bound to frames
and left there until they tainted. After all
these horrors the actual thief, who was,
still at liberty, gave himself up to the pub
lie prosecutor at Komorn. The criminal
court is now making strict inquiry into
the affair.
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and giving the prencess one bottle of the
water she got great aise entirely then he
gave her another bottle. and she felt a
deal better STILL then he gave her the third
bottle, and she was completely cured
There was great replacement entirely at
this and the king in particular was beside
himself with delight and offered John Conn
the prencess n marriage. But John
wouldn't have ner on no account. for he
said he wouldn't part his wife Molly at
home for all the progresses in the world
no matter how beautiful they might be.
Then the king filled two bags, one with
them to John. When John got outside the
castle he handed the two bags to Hugh
and told him to take them home with him.
and give his (John's) wife the bag of goold
and keep the bag Of silver for himself,
and that he wouldn't 60 home himself till
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THE YAQUI UPRISING
American Capital as Well as Machine
Guns Against Them.
YELLOW METAL IN THEIR COUNTRY
Papago and Seri Tribes of Mexico
CONTESTED
HATE THEIR GOVERNMENT
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
IF the uprising of the Yaqui Indians in
Mexico Is as large an affair as the publish
ed reports make il cut to be. the Mexican
government has a large contract On its
hands, said a Washington man who has
spent some time in the Yaqui country. to
Star reporter the other day.
THE Yaquis will have pretty hard time
of it, too he added. for they are tread
ing the toes of an influential body of
American capitalists in the present out
break, besides having to fight the
thing that has finished off every Er-
dian tribe in this country, the influx of
gold seekers on their domain, to say moth
ing of having to so up against machine
guns and mountain batteries which the
Mexican government is now trying on them
for the first time.
There are two Washington men who
have large mineral interests in Mexico
one of them, of course. being Gov. Shep-
herd. His Batopilas mines are rather too
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From the Chicago Tribune.
Brethren" said the Rev. DR.. Fourthly.
Il am requested to state that the Ladies'
Aid Society will meet in the church par
Tors next Tuesday afternoon at O'Clock.
The object of this meeting. if 1 mistake not.
is to arrange lawn party, or ice cream
festival. or something Of the sort to the
end that the gentlemen may be brought to
contribute their aid in the only way IT
seems possible to make the masculine mem
bers of the congregation come to the as
sistance of the ladies in any movement
but see frowu on the face of the presi-
dent of the society that warns me l have
allowed my mind to wander again We
VIII sing the long-meter doxology and be
dismissed"
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he had Travelled further and see were
there any more adventures. Then both of
them parted, Hugh for home with the bags
of money and John travelling away further
before him. John Travelled on that day till
at night falling he was getting into wood,
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Byrne-Tumber-"I heard a comment IN
at the academy today upon that painting
Of yours, The Harvesters,"
M. neutrality-suspicious.
Byrne-Tumber-'I can't decide. A rus
tic-looking visitor glanced at 1t for a few
tired. standard and Catholic Times,
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Mrs. Stamford Hill hear you are try
ing joint housekeeping with the Lovejoys.
How does 1t work, dear2"
Mrs. Mincing Lane-"Oh, splendidly! We
never have the slightest disagreement"
Mrs. Stamford Hill-"Ah, the Lovejoys
are so sweet and amiable! I'm sure they
would put up with anything rather than
Quarrel."-Punch,
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An Original One.

From the Atlanta Constitution
A sign over negro cabin in Liberty
county reads:
.,
Teaches Folks to Reed an Rite an ::
do figgers in their heads. !:
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An Aid to Vision.

From the Detroit Journal.
II suppose a monocle aids vision"
Yes: it helps people to see through the
man who wears 1t"
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A Thing to he Desired.

Thing to BE Desired.
From Tit-Bits.
Il never lose my temper" cried the little
wife.
mo. DEAR" grumbled hubby; Il wish you
would
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From Arid Waste to Garden.

''The country down On the Yaqui river
forms an immense tract south Of Quay
mas and reaching from the Gulf of Cali
fornia about 200 miles inland at the fur
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AN AERONAUT'S LAST LEAP.
Dropped Three Thousand Feet and
nro1yued In IL Lake

Dropped Three Thousand Feet ana
Drowned In IL Lake.
CORY. Pa. Aug. Frank Reynolds,
of Ripley. Chautauqua county. dropped
5000 feet to his death yesterday. The
Findlays Lake Assembly opened at
Findlay Lake Assembly opened at
Reynolds had been engaged by the as
sembly authorities to make a balloon
ascension and parachute jump. Reyn-
Odds, who was 35 years of age, and had
a wife and child. is said to have been
inexperienced He had made but one
ascension before yesterday, and had
never dropped with a parachute. Prep
arations were made and ut 4;3O yester-
day afternoon Reynolds. stripped for
the jump, appeared ready to ascend.
The wind was blowing in strong from
Lake Erie, eight miles north. The as
sembly grounds are on the northwest
shore of the little lake. The wind
was certain TO drive the balloon over
the lake. 1t promised to be dan
gerous drop for seasoned veteran pnt
Reynolds. the novice. never faltered.
An immense crowd was present.
When the balloon had reached
height which appeared to he fully 1000
feet in the air and directly over Find
lay lake it was seen that the unfor-
tunate young man had dropped with
the parachute. He came down slowly.
The aeronaut's young wife shouted
that Reynolds could not swim. and
would drown. Boats were quickly put
out Reynolds struck the water where
the lake is 90 feet deep. He threw up
his hands and sank like stone. The
nearest boat was yet 200 feet off.