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The National tribune., 1899-07-20

always under such circumstances, i'm
measurably lazy, besides being very much
athirst. 1t was one of those luminous
nights belonging to low ATTITUDES, and not
difficult to make out their confident though
languid air, that indifference of manner
which overlay the deadly tigerish look, and
would give place to it instantly if cause
arose.
No star beam glinted on the dark blue
barrels awaiting them; our odor could not
travel up wind; both were entirely uncon-
their destination the tigress got ahead Of
her companion and jostled him; at which
he ierked his big head around. snarling
with cleaning fangS; but she only crouched
a little and growed-nothing came of it.
They began 10 drink, tapping water loudly
with their long, rough tongues. and as
those two told off by lot to fire first pulled
trigger. the tiger reared up straight. Strik-
ing wildly. He was a fearful object.
nearly 10 feet high, with gushes of blood
streaming over his white chest and gaSping
ont ha!f-Strangied roarS. A brief space he
stood so, then topping forward fell with his
head and shoulders in the pool. When she
was hit, the tigresS spun round like one of
were too rapid for any one 10 shoot with
accuracy; but at most these gyrations
amidst flying sands could have gone on
only momeatarily. and they gave place TO
long bounds across the open. That, how
ever. made an aim possible. Another ball
struck fairly. and turning what looked like
a somerset, this dying brute pitched into
some depression of the ground, apparently
doubled up.
The tiger was of course dead AS for his
mate, that may or may not have been the
The National tribune., 1899-07-20
WHAT IS THE FEATHER !?

THE FEATHER is a large quarto-
sized magazine devoted eIclusirely TO
po,lltry and pigeons, and contains
from SO to 4S pages each issue. 1t is
printed on the best calendered paper,
and is profusely illustrated with new
and original drawings each issue. A
large, fine supplement in half-tone or
natural colors accompanies each
number. These supplements are
SUITABLE FOR FRAMING, and are
high class works of art.
The best writer's and authorities
are engaged for the coming season
to contribute to its columns, and,
beginning with the AUG UST ISSUE,
,,oyaral new deDartmentS will be eS-
The National tribune., 1899-07-20
COLORED DIAMONDS.
Clear Stones are Rarer Than Generally Supposed.
Self Culture.

A large number of diamonds are white,
though a clear, colorless, transparent stone
is rarer than might be supposed. Besides
white diamonds there are red, blue, green,
yellow, brown, black and pink ones. Heat
often changes the color, and after a while
the acquired hue becomes permanent. Vel
low diamonds perhaps afford the greatest
variety of shades. Some of them surpass
any other gem Of that color. Specimens
of canary-coIored diamonds are quite COM
mon. If the gem has a roSe-colored tint
it is very valuable, while red tints, sur
passing the ruby, and considered the most
beautiful of all precious gems, are exceed
ingly rare. A few varieties are on record;
one weighing 10 karatS was bought by
Emperor Paul, OF Russia, for 100000. A
cinnamon or brown stone is undesirable,
as it is seldom pure. A black diamond is
nearly as scarce as q red one. Blue dia-
mondS rank next to red ones in variety
and beauty. Those of dark blue color,
resembling sapphirss, are handsome gems,
differing only from the sapphire in quality
and the beautiful play Of colors peculiar
l., the diamond. The only real blue stones
are found in the mines of India. Besides
the Bismarck and Hope diamonds there are
only two others in the world that are prop
erly called blue diamonds.
The National tribune., 1899-07-20
lin THE FAR
SOUTHWEST.
Ell Paso-Its Picturesque Streets.
The Amateur BOtanist-MeX=
iCan Music.

Ell Pasoans themselves and the strangers
that come within the city's gates are
always discussing whether the city is more
Western than Southern or more Southern
than Western in its general character
Being both almost as far south and as far
west as it possibly can be, there is excuse
for the question. AT first glance one de,
cides that it is a Western city-the bronZed
men. the continual interest in ranches and
cattle. the talk cf mines and smeHers, the
furious little ironchos and their calm
riders, the coiled ropes over the saddle
horn. the slang, the rush of life-all seem of
the West; but the people are so many of
them Soutllern-Nirginians of the most
Virginian type, having Virginia break
fasts. Virginia history. and the Virginia
accent. All speech is livened up bit by
the breeZinesS Of these highlands, but a
remnant of the trGe Virginia drawl and
reSteSSneSS is there.
Within the houses one thinks of the
South; out Of doors and i'll the streets one
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parts have much that is new and strange
and interesting in them-and though one
may moan and grow homesick for the
fields and flowers and brooks of the North
and East. yet every day begins with a
bright. blue, cool morning, and Pippa's
song comes to mind
Gods in his heaven
The National tribune., 1899-07-20

Constantly on the alert for good
things to offer to our subscribers, we
have made an exclusive arrangement
good for a limited period with the
publishers of THE FEATHER, the
best and most interesting of all the
poultry journals. By this arrange
ment we can give THE FEATHER for
a whole year to every one OF our sub
scribers who renews, and to each one
who is a new subscriber who asks for
it when he sends in his dollar, pro-
vided, of course, he chooses no other
book or publication. Remember, this
splendid illustrated Monthly without
extra cost!
We do not furnish THE FEATHER
at any price except in connection with
a subscription, either new or re-
neWal.
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ltabsled
maintained O interest.
month there will
of all
appreciated by who tits conducted
He guided
now
lint and
oth bird t
heading Chicken Chatter printed interesting personals and pointers
ngsof
OF
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The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
Bread Many Centuries oId.
CFrom the London News.)


Sufferers from indigestion are advised
to eat stale bread; the staler the better,
they are told. There is in the museum
at Naples some bread which ought to
be stale enough for anybody. It was
baked one day in August. 79 A. D., in
one of the curious ovens still to be seen
al Pompeii
More than eighteen centuries, there
fore, have elapsed since it was drawn
"au hot" and indigestible from the
oven. So it may claim to be the Oldest
bread in the world. You may see it in
a glass case on the upper floor of the
museum. There are several loaves of
it. one still bearing the impress of the
bakers name.
In shape and size they resemble the
small cottage loaves of England. but
not in appearance, for they re as black
as charcoal, which, in fact, they closely
resemble. This was not their original
color, but they have become carbOnized
and if eaten would probably remind one
of charcoal biscuits. When new they
may have weighed about a couple of
pounds each, and were raised with
leaVen, as is most of the bread in Orien-
tai countries at the present time.
The popular idea that Pompeii was
strOyed by lava is a fallaciOus one. If
a lava stream had descended upon the
city the bread and everything else in
the place would have been utterly de-
stroyed- POmpeH was really buried
under ashes and fine cinders, called by
day in August, when the great eruption
of Vesuvius took place. showers of fine
ashes fell first upon the doomed city,
then showers Of lapiIH, then more ashes
and more lapilH, until Pompefi was COW
cred over to a depth in places of fifteen
and even twenty feet.
Other cOmestbles besides the bread
were preserved. and may now be seen
in the same room in the museum. There
are various kinds of grain, vegetab bles,
and even pieces of meat. Most interest
ing is dish of walnuts. some cracked,
others whole. Though carbOnized, like
all the other eatables. they have pre-
served their characteristic wrinkles and
lines.
There are figs, too, and pears. the
former rather shriVeled, as one would
expect after all these years, the latter
certainly no longer Juicy But per
haps the most interesting relic in the
room is a honeycomb, every cell of
which can be distinctly made out 1t is
so well preserved that it is hard to re-
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old Graisful and not Have a Lot of
strange nOshuns in thare he'd"
Nav looked Hurt, But she Diden't
say nothing more, and the next Day
the Beer Come. 1t Seemed to DO maW
lots of Good if it only Would OF LASTED
longer, 50 she told paw about it. and He
was madder than a pursOn what gifts
up to Let a Bewtifuu gurl have his seat
and the man standin Behind him sets
Down Before she looks around.
Nav thOt it was the ice man or Sa-
dies 30, and Sadie got mad when NAV
Spoke TO Her about it and Sed she
Wasen't agoin to Live at no place WHARF
people Diden't no How to Behave when
thay was IaI11n to ladies' But nav
TaSed Her wages q DOler a weak, and
promised to make US ware our Stock
ems and understands Longer, so Sadie
Sed she would Give US anuther trile.
Paw sed if he thOt it was the ice man
He would make that gent Think a fire
was Bit under him. But thay cOulden't
ketch him a it.
the Dockter about it, and the DOckter
says:
That's all rite. no How to Stop it,
SO he give nav Some little white
powder to putt in Bottel what was on
the ice.
My grashus," nav says, 'I Don't
want to poison nobuddy and Git in
TT won't kill them the Dockter told
her; ''thayu git over it in a Fu ours
But after that don't think you'll mead
Nav took it and put it in the BotteI
and thay was cOmpny come and She
forgot all about it till purity Late that
mite.
Then all of a sudden paw Looked
Shared and says:
I wunder how it feels when people
Git the pendy Seetus?"
Il Don't no." NAV says, Il never Had
it Yit."
My Hevvuns.' paw Honered, ''I feel
Like if Had Swallered Dunn Dunn
Bullet and it was beginner to Dunn. %
Nav Run out to the ice Box and
Looked in and then She Come Back and
paw Looked Like if He was practasun
to Be the Indy rubber man on the stage
so nav says:
why, paw, ain't you ashamed to act
that way Before yoOr children. I al
ways Like to see peepul Gro old grace
full
Paw unwound Himself long enuff to
look at nav purity sad, then he Dub
bled UP agin and Groned and asst nav
why she Diden't Send fer the DOckter-
"Oh, 1 Don't BleeVe thay are emmy
thing the matter with you" NAV says.
whats the yOOst purtendin that way2
I see thay are anuther BOtteI of Beer
gone. But I Bet the one that Drunk
it'll Be sorry purity soon. The dOckter
give me Sumethin6 to put in it"
Was it poisOn?" paw Honered with
the Swet Hangin all over His forred.
NO" ma Sed, they'll git over it in
q Flu ours I wish I new whether 1t
was the Ice man er not"
Paw he Crawled up Stares, given a
grone every time. He took a Step and
when he was nearly to the top nav
says:
Paw"
''What2'' paw asst.
''Ain't it nice to Gro old GRACEFUL"
Paw Diden't say nothin But give the
Dore Slam what neerly nocked the
plastern off.
Nav told the Dockter yesterday that
the ice man must OF sined the pledge.
GEORGIE.
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great Importance to the people of that
day. It may have been one of their
great temples or it may have been a
community house. 1t is, of course, en-
tirely speculative as to its use, but it's
immense size would indicate that it
was not an ordinary dwelling. In
places parts of the walls are exposed,
just as it was builded by the people
who long ago passed away, leaving only
the remains of their buildings to indi-
cate tOethe present generation that they
have lived. 1t is probable that sys-
tematic and careful search in the vicin-
ity of these ruins and an exploration of
the ground would bring to light many
evidences of the people that would shed
much light on their modes of life and
on their history. We, Of course, had
no time for this work, as we were
taken up entirely by surveying.
Inside Of the walls to the house of
which I have just spoken large pinOn
trees are now growing, which is another
indication of the antiquity of the ruins.
Large cedars, too, are growing within
and all about the ruins. The forest
where we found the big house is dense,
the trees being a large growth, and is
practically inaccessible.
In another locality we found the
homes of the cliff-dwellers. They were
built of stone and perched, eerie like,
on the beetling cliff, hundreds of feet
above the bed of the canyon, and they
can only be reached by means of ropes
reaching down from the top of the al
most vertical Cliffs
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
FOUGHT FIVE BULLDOGS.

Haley CTenn) Cor. St Louis Post
DiSpatch-l
A man by the name Of Walker, who
lives near here, has a pack Of five bull
dogs. While at supper with his family,
a drunken man named Elliott came ON
his porch, and, putting down his bottle
of liquor and coat and hat, began To
jump from the porch continuously The
dogs pretty soon came tearing around
the house. spelling for a fight 50 To-
speak, but not dreaming of fight with
a wild and WOOlly madman. He met
them on all fours, and yelling like an
Indian, jumped from the porch into the
midst of the dogs. se1z1ng some. kick
ing others. and such a whirlagig "
arms and legs was never seen before
Elliott astOnished them with his lion
like agility, and. amid yells, curses and
rawlings, the man and dogs tumbiet
over each other in a mad rage and
scramble making the dogs ashamed OK
themselves, for. as soon as -he dogs
had liberty to do so, they ran into the
cellar. Elliott followed, and in the
pitch dark the howls of the dogs ana
the screams and the noise Of the battle
seemed a cellar with terror and pande-
monium in full blast until the dogs
could get out. One of the dogs has never
been found.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
WorId,e Loneest cable.

TFrOm the Eng1neer1ng MagaZIne-I
Deep-sea and long cable laying are NOT
untrfed experiments the deepest cable
laid is the short stretch from Haiti To-
the Windward Islands in 5000 fathomz-
from Brest TO Cape Cod, BIO sea mile.
which includes the usual allowance Of ID
per cent for slack A short deep cable
in medium depth is not serious prob
lem, nor is a long cablein medium depths
but the combination OF extreme length
depth adds very much to the hazard and
difficulty of any cable undertaking.
Uunless a heavy copper core Is used.
long cables are slow as TO be almosL Z
valueless commercially; but a heavy cop
per wire means heavy insulation and
heavy heathing, resulting in a costly
cable, difficult to lay in deep water ana
troublesome to repair. The standard core
for submarine cables under 1000 miles I'm
length is 107 pounds Of copper per mile
and one can roughly estimate that the
necessary weight of copper increases at
the square Of the length
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
SCHOONER CAPTURED.
Bugs Nearly Drive the Crew to
Suicide.
[From the PhnadeIphia Inquirer.l

IF'rom the Philadelphia Inquirer1
With her decks and hold literally
covered with sWarms of bugs, the crew
sleeping in the rigging to avoid the
vermin, food and drink rendered unfit
for use by the raVageS Of the pest, the
British schooner MOama labored for 30
days during her run from Ozira, South
America, to this port The officers and
crew were a haggard, hOllOw-eyed lot
when they reached port, the supply Of
water and ratiOns was low and the
arrival was indeed timely.
The MOama had a cargo of bones con-
signed to Baugh & Co. s fertilizer plant,
at pier y, South Wharves. The cargo.
$50 tons of decaying bone, was shipped
at Ozira, Argentine Republic, two
months ago. Owing to quarantine re-
stTictiOnS this class of fertilizing ma
teTial is only imported during the fall
and winter months.
Mate Charles Adler tells the story Of
from Ozira," he said, when the first
signs of disturbance appeared among
the cargo. As we neared the tropics
the weather grew unbearably not The
deck seams soon began to widen and
the tar ran from the rigging. The OdOrs
from the hold became nauseating and
many of the crew were unable to eat
for the first few days of the hot spell.
Then the new trouble struck US. Small
bugs crept from the hatchWays, crawl
ed through the open seams of the deck.
There were myriads of them, they came
in multitudes. they covered everything
They swarmed the decks, the cabin, the
fOrecastle. filed the hunks and even
climbed the rigging.
Life was miserable. We couldn't
sleep. To obtain rest the crew made
hammOcks of canvas and lashed them
in the riggin for beds. Vermin swarm
ed through the cabin doors, covered the
ceilings and dropped down upon our
faces a. s we slept. The bugs were worse
than tropical mosquitoes Their bites
We're torture, and after a week every
man aboard was covered with living
sores.
But the worst ravages of the pest
were in the food supplies. In a week
a third of our stores had been rendered
unfit for use. We saved the rest by
packing them in air-tight casks, steel
lined, but the supply barely held out
until we reached port. Soap and even
stove polish were honeycOmbed by the
insects. All the interior woodwork not
protected by varnish was eaten through
by the bugs.
I'VE We're becalmed in the 'dold-
runs just north of the equator. for
over a week It was an experience
which I never care TO repeat"
An Inquirer reporter was shown over
the vessel, and everything bears out
the mates description. There were
many of the insects still alive They
are a brown beetle, about a quarter of
an inch in length, with legs and wings
In its first stage the bug is a hairy
larva, with many legs and a propensity
for boring. In a few days it is fully de-
VelODed and nultiplied bV thousands.
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found an area of some 5000 or 1000
acres in one body that was dotted with
the ruins of a people that doubtless
subsisted by agricultural pursuits sole
". The land was literally covered with
the ruins of some houses. While the
original inhabitants of this vast tract
subsisted by means OF farming, yet no
evidences of irrigation were found, and
the nearest water at present is the La
Plata or MancOs river
IN other localities we found similar
evidences of a prehistoric race and un-
der the same conditions, indicating
that if they did their farming by means
of irrigation all traces have long ago
vanished or else there We're streams
nearer than at present It may be pos
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sible, too. that in the past generations
there was more rain in that section and
arid region.
THE surface is now covered with a
dense growth of sage brush and Of
pinon or cedar trees In parts it is al
most impossible for a. man to make his
way. In surveying a dense forest We
discovered the ruined walls of one
house that originally must have been
several stories high. The walls were
massive, indicating that it was more
than a single story. The stone that has
fallen out OF its place forms a pile over
ten feet in height and is strewn about
everywhere.
This house must have been one of
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
WOMAN'S WILD RIDE.
IF'rom the Philadelphia North Ameri-
Can.1

LFrom the Philadelphia North Ameri-
can-l
Scores of residents of Germantown
avenue, on the hill above Wavne Juno
tlonr on Saturday witnessed the spec
lacle or a woman suspended in the air
rom the handles of a street piano
Wnlle the instrument was rushing down
lhe street car track at high rate of
speed Antonio AnnelH and his wife
OF $40 South Eighth street. were pro-
NidIng people in the lower end of Ger
mantown with brand of music fre-
quently heard when a band advertising
q downtown clothing store came along.
The noise made by the band drowned
the strains of the piano. and so dis
gusted were AnnelH and his wife that
they started for fresh fields pulling the
instrument to the middle of the steeD
street The band made an effort to get
ahead of them. Husband and wife had
won the contest, but, unfortunately the
husband left his wife to pull the piano
Almost Immediately the handles of the
piano shot upward, lifting the woman
into the air Her weight was sufficient
10 keep the instrument or box from
dragging on the street as it dashed
down the hill.
She clung to the handles for fear
that II she were to let go she would be
injured. She beat the band down the
hin, a distance of two squares.
Persons along the street saw the wo-
mans peri1ous predicament, but the
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

alize that the comb is no longer wax,
nor the honey honey.
A piece of the comb seems to have
been cut out, and one can imagine some
young POmpeiian having helped him
self to it and sitting down to eat it.
when he had to jump up and fly for his
life. One can not help wondering what
became of the piece-whether the young
fellow took it with him and ate it as
he ran, or whether he left it on his
plate, intending to return for it when
the eruption was over.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

Rev. P. w. CranneIl. of Corning. New
York who has been called to the pas
torate of the First Baptist church, IS
prominent as a writer for the denomin-
ationaI papers. He has the reputation
of being one of the best sermonizers in
the east
He was graduated from Albany high
school and from Dartmouth college IN
the class of 1885 He was graduated
three years later from the Rochester
Theological seminary. He held a pas
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
Ruins of Clif DwelIers.

CFrom the Denver Republican,
More remains of the clif dwellers
We're found recently in southern Colo
radO by Cecil A Deane. a United States
deputy surveyor. We found he said,
extensive ruins of the cliff dwellers
and of prehistoric peoples and doubt
if ever before they have been visited
It is in a locality where the scientists
and relic hunters never come and IhaVe
no doubt that they Will prove entirely
new to the scientific world IN one To-
ca1ity west of the La Plata river we
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

speed at which the instrument was
pounding its way down hill precluded
every possibility of an attempt at
rescue.
At the foot of the hill the piano swung
abruptly into Berkley street, and Mrs.
Band members picked her I'D. She was
unconscious, and was removed to St.
Luke's hospital She was only slightly
injured.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15

tOrate at BaldwinsviIle n. Y, before
going to Corning. He was recommend
ed to the Topeka church by DR.. O. P
Clifford Of Buffalo. Rev Mr. Crannell
is 81 years of age, is married and has
two daughters. He has signified his
willingness to accept a call to Topeka
and he is expected to take up his new
duties early in January During the
coming year the church hopes to build
a new church building on the site Of the
one now occupied at Ninth and Jack
son streets.
The Topeka state journal., 1899-12-15
how Ma Reformed the Ice Man.

=
A while Ago the Dockter told nav
She OF to Drink Beer to Bid up her
sistum. But NAV sed She diden't bleeve
in Haven them kind of things in the
house Becoz thay mite git foxes in Bad
habuts
Shaw" paw told Her. Don't Git to
Be a Crank. Like to see peepul gro