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Show THE DEItYISlI LEADER OSMAN THE TERROR OF GRESSORS IN AFRICA. CROWS THAWED OUT. Frosrn Hut Revived In thn Hunt of tha Kitchen. A very curious incident of the recent cold weather at Niagara Falls has come to light distancing nil stories regarding the mercury freezing in thermometers and of the hen being frozen stiff on her nest just as she was about to lay her egg, says the New York Journal. This one Is in regard to some crows. The Niagara gorge this winter has been infested with these birds in large numbers. They usually go south, but this winter they decided to hibernate in the gorge, where they fly about, picking up whatever they can, and at night roosting in the pine trees and evergreen. Their uncanny cries are heard at all times, and frequently they Indulge In noisy and fierce fights, and not a few have been killed. It is estimated that there are close to a million of these black fellows up and down the length of the gorge, covering about three to four miles. On the night of the blizzard the cold In the gorge was Intense. The wind swept down there with a fearful force. The severity of the weather may be understood when it is known that the running water over the mighty cataract actually froze, and when morning broke it was discovered that no water was flowing over the Luna island fall, and access to the Cave of the Wind could be had. Down on the ice bridge was witnessed a peculiar eight. Some of the old river men discerned a number of black objects, and on closer inspection with the these objects seemed to be birds. Jack McCloy and John Barlow made a trip down on the bridge and picked up a number of crows, for such the birds had proven to be, and concluded that they had frozen to death. The crows appeared to be lifeless, and the men brought up several frozen crows as proof of how cold it had been that night. Barlow left his crows in a warm place in his kitchen for a short time, and some time later was surprised to hear a lively cawing and fluttering of wings. He went out to the kitchen and there found that the crows had revived and were as lively as ever. Many other black beauties were found under the trees, where Ihey had roosted during the night, and many, no doubt, dropped into the river and were swept down through the rapids to the lower river. AG- Bald to llo a European by Mirth noil Knowa llow to Conduct Defend Wnrfitrn Hyaterj of HU Knrlj Ufa Uanialm l'u revealed. the great leader of the dervishes against whom the British are bow marching up the Nile, is one of those mysterious adventurers BMAN DIGNA, thrown up every few years by wonderful and romantic Africa. All aorta of tales are told of his origin. It is said he was born at Suakiiu, that his grandand father was a Turkish he himself, like his two preceding ancestors, is a dealer in slaves. Another story has it that he was born in France in 1836 and christened at the Cathedral of Ilouen under the name of George. His father was a Joseph Nishet, who failed in business and went to Egypt with his wife and child. He died there and the widow married Osman Dlgna, a slave trader, who gave his name and fortune to the French child. Whichever story is the true one, it is certain that Osman All or Digna (meaning he of the beard) was a powerful and rich merchant in 1832, when the insurrection broke out under Arabl Pasha, and that he espoused the cause slave-deale- r, field-gla- AN OLD OSMAN DIGXA. of the latter. So great was A KANSAS TOWN Osmans ('plain Halm power that the mahdi and his successor were compelled to treat the "French Arab with grat consideration and to defer to his power. Osman is of herculean stature, with eyes of piercing blackness, shaggy eyebrows and an immense beard, lie has lost his left arm in battle, and contents himself with as few as three, wives, who, however, are daughters of the chiefs of the most important and powerful Arab tribes of the Soudan. He is a splendid soldier and expert in the construction of intrenchmcnts and fortifications which arc fully equal to the best products of the British royal engineers. Osman is withal a very interesting person and his engineering skill has long been regarded as the proof of his European intellect. llu SDO ss D0WN FEUl). Elrillng Itlila fiitll on n HOW THE POMEROYS DEFEATED THE M'CILLS. Moving (voranioat lomaroy Iom. III .Kami Hall II m licnclicd bar. '(c-url- Among the many incidents of the olden time that 1 in crest us now, l)r. I. for ('him Thn Aiilod tl( Unwittingly to Ilofoat Tiiolr Historic 1iHit-Ofllr- AN ICY PLUNCE. sturgeon. K,',ER o 'GILL CITY, the of seat county Gresham County, Kansas, is a very small place, but to large enough a feud contain that for deep hate and wild fury passes anyth'! n g ever heard of in the wilds of Kentucky. The feud divides the town into two factions that relent not for day or for night. Whenever a stranger comes to town he 1b immediately enlisted on the one side or the other, and must stand by the faction he has chosen, says a recent dlHjmtch to the New York World. The rival factious center each about a leader who is rich. On the one side is Pomeroy; on the other McGill. The principal street of the town is the line between the two. No Pomeroylte ventures into the territory of the and no McGillite ever crosses over into the Pomeroy regions. This main street is the frequent battleground, and many a fray has raged there, with the town officers divided between the two contending parties. The bitterest pill the Pomeroy faction has had to swallow has been the presence of the postoffice on the McGill side of the main Btreet. It was no small thing, when you come to think of it. that every time a Pomeroy man wished to get his mall he had to cross over the edge of the McGill territories and receive a favor of the McGillitcs, his hated enemies. This was lately aggravated by the fact that tbe lost- es. es dip-ne- ts "SALT. (roued the Atlantic Time. Captain W. H. Hains, commodore of II. 1. Crouar of Ohio. H. P.Crouse, chairman of the republican Btate central committee of Ohio, Is forpmost among the young politicians and journalists of the Buckeye state. He was born in Wayne County, June Klncnru' New Hrldrs. The arch span of the new bridge soon to be built across the Niagnra gorge will be 80 feet long, and the center of the arch will be 170 feet above low water. Tho floor of the bridge will be 4G feet wide, affording room for two H. P. CROUSE, an eight-foin the tracks middle, trolley trustee of the Ohio institution for the on side of these either roadway blind. This office he still holds. trarks and a sidewalk three feet nine inches wide on inch outer side uf the They Keep It I'p. bridge. In the Middle ages every woman The Hriiixh mu:,ii:n an uer-ag- e painted end powdered. We are in- annual installment of Lr.ii, 000 dined to the belief thnt history is re-- 1 j petting Itself. Salem Post. ot ' J rc'-nve- s Vary road 1 I'nld Hip. Fancy a plunge into the East river at 7 oclock one of these morningfi, says the New York World. This plunge, for m:reallon, exhilaration and the sustenance and development of health, is taken each morning by Dr. Achilles Rose of 33G East 15th street from the platform of the bath at the foot of East 65th street. He undresses himself in a frigid bathrooom and then takes a plunge into the IcyT waters. He has done it each winter morning for ten yeara, is a ruddy of health, and Is as "springy' as a young man of 30. A reporter learned that I)r. Rose ("Ice-WatRose, as he is sometimes called) had taken this early morning bath one Monday recently, when the thermometer at 7 a. m. registered 6.4 degrees below zero. The bluffs at the foot of East 65th street were covered with snow and it was bitter cold vision the bath house was reached by the doctor and the reporter. A pocket thermometer showed the temperature to be 12 degrees above zero. Descending the stairs to the platform, Dr. Rose hastened to his bathroom, unlocked the door, and proceeded to strip for bis icy plunge. There was ice on the bathroom floor, over which the doctor spread a piece of brown paper. Frost oozed from the seams In the wail and a frozen cloth lay in a corner. It w as bitter cold, but Dr. Rose disrobed without a shiver. In a few minutes he came out of the bathroom, summer swimming tights bis only garment. Dr. Rose then went to the steps which lead down to the water. They were covered with ice an inch thick. He climbed down the Bteps like a boy he is 5G years old -- and, reaching the bottom, plunged boldly into the river. The tide was running strong, but the doctor swam fifty feet out and back. It was not a long swim, but it was an icy cold one. Passengers on the Norwich line steamer Worcester, wnlch passed as the bold swimmer plunged in the water, cheered. the bathroom, Dr. Rose dried himself, and while doing so poured half the bottle of hot water over I pour on thiB hot water, Ilia feet. said he, "because the feet become intensely cold during the plunge, and need this means to restore the normal circulation. Iast Monday, when the thermometer stood at 6.4 degrees below zero, the pain in my feet caused tyr the cold water was fearful. My hands became bo chilled that had to use hot water on them, too.. "During my first three winters I bathed alone, although half a dozen other men took these plunges at noon. Last winter a Hungarian and a Thur-lnga- n were my companions. The former bathed with me throughout the winter; the latter only until January. The Thuringan, Mr. Krug, had formerly been subject to colds, but he escaped them the last year of his bathing In the winter months. The use of these bulbs. the doctor said, refreshes the muscular system and imparts elasticity and vitality ta it. rn plo-tu- re er 1 TOMEROY CAPTAIN W. H. HAINS. til he had made a record of GOO trips, but an accident caused his temporary retirement and his ambition has therefore been thwerted. Captain Hains was one of the most cautious of the skippers that command the great ocean liners. It is said of him that It was his invariable rule in approaching land in hazy weather, no matter what his temptation might have been to break a record, to atop the ship absolutely and to take up and down" casta of the deep sea lead. He would never rely upon any patent apparatus without repeatedly verifying the results. his thirty-nin- e Throughout years' experience he has added his quota to the fine record for safety and speed now held by the big company of which he was one of the most faithful servants. I near-to-ze- Russell Hawkins tells us of one that happened In Janies river, at the falls of Richmond, in the year 1779, says the Richmond Religious Herald. lie assures us that many of the leading citizens of Richmond at that time were to the fact, and that he had it straight from them. It was concerning Martin Hawkins, an uncle of tha doctor. This uncle was a great hunter and fisherman. In those days James river was well Blocked with shad. In May they came up from the sea, and hundreds of people, fond of the sport, would assemble on the rocks in midstream along the falls, and with would supply themselves with Our hero was at Ills all they wanted. post watching for a catch, when along came an Immense sturgeon, and stopped to rub his sides against the rock, according to the habit of sturgeons, when Mr. Hawkins concluded that if he could only get his hands into the gills of the monster he might suceeed in landing him. Accordingly he crept to the side of the rock, stooped over, and begun rubbing the sides of the fish near the tail, and proceeded quietly toward the head, until at Must the gills were reached. With a sudden thrust the hands were sent home to the very inner jaws of the fish, when it gave a lurch that Jerked the fisherman front the rock. He fell astride the fish's back, but his hands were held as in a vise. For a moment all was surprise and interest, then both fish and rider sank it the deep, roaring waters of the flood. The spectators were aghast with fright. They thought their friend was lost. But. after a few moments, ilsli nml fisherman came to the surface about 100 yards down the river, and remained at the mirface long enough to breathe, then A moment later they rose sank again. again, and then again and again, as the waters bore them away. They passed the Cunard fleet, who has just retired from active service, was one of the oldest and ablest of the world's shipmasters. The old salt had been in the service of the great line of steamers since 1857 and made no fewer than 590 trips across the Atlantic. His last voyage was made in the Campania. It was his one desire to sail the sea un-- He was given his aca29, 18G2. demic education at the Fostoria academy, and after leaving that Institution entered college, but did not graduate. Soon after quitting college be engaged in the newspaper business and went to work for the Findlay Republican, and almost immediately became city editor. In 1888 he became managing editor and he is now one of the two owners of the paper, which is one of the most valuable newspaper plants In northern Ohio outside of Cleveland and Toledo. He has been all his life a warm friend of Major McKinley and Is close in the councils of the great republican. Governor McKinley appointed him Kom ar FACTION STEALS THE POSTOFFICE. master, O. B. Kirkly, was a Fomeroy man. All day long he had to breathe the McGill atmosphere. Only a strong sense of duty kept him from resigning. Otherwise the salary would have been no inducement whatever. He endured this as long as he could, and then began to plot to have the postoffice changed to the Pomeroy side of the street. lie secretly negotiated with the United States government, and by working very stealthily got permision to move the office without any one finding out what he was doing. A week ago yesterday morning, while the McGillitcs slept unguarded, a posse of fifty gathered in the shadows of the buildings on the Pomeroy side of the street. At the signal they swept down upon the postoffice, and, with ropes and rollers, got it across the way. When the first McGillite come forth in the morning he saw the postoffice seated across the way, looking as calm and contented as if the Pomeroy side of the street had always been its home. An hour later the McGillitcs marched across the street, armed and prepared to bring the postofflee back. On its g docufront door was an ment. The McGillitcs read the government order, authorizing the change. They saw that they were beaten. The Iomeroy faction gathered and fell to jeering; Why don't you move it back? But the McGillitcs dared not, because they feared to enlist Uncle Sam on the Pomeroy side. So they gnashed their teeth and melted away. There have been several small riots in the main street since the moving of the but no eerious trouble, as trouble goes in Hill City. Fom-eroyit- j ! es official-lookin- post-offic- e, Halldlng and Loan. It is stated by one who has investigated the subject that the average buildyearly expenses of a ing and loan association of Philadelphia is $350. In moBt cases no salaries are paid except to the secretary, and he receives about $150 per annum. There are over 400 association! In under Mayo's bridge, half a mile frot MIIImI and "lloy lllu.' .lie starting point. When Sir Jno. Malinin was a student People along the shore became ex- a.- the Royal Academy he rejoiced in the cited and gave chase as best they could. friendship of a fellow student by the In the meantime the fish was bein name of Potherd. Potberd among exhausted and the rider had discovered other eccentricities, affected a long it and began to try to steer for a sandblue roat with a catskin collar, which bar, then a little way below them. This be wore on all occasions. Millais was he reached successfully. And here, still struggling with his charcoal, when after a struggle, he dragged his trophj lloy Blue left the academy and Bet ashore on the Chesterfield side of the up as a artist, and the river, or on the side opposite from thu friends thus became separated. Milpoint of starting. Richmond was then lais had achieved fame and painted a small town, and in a little time thU some pictures before strange adventure was known to every he met his old friend again. Walking inhabitant. An ovation followed. The down the streets of Gamden Town one fish, which measured ten feet and day Sir John saw a figure in a long weighed 300 pounds, was served up in a blue cloak trudging along before him.. manner to suit every taste, and the "Surely, said Millais, I know that night that followed this episode was cloak; it must be Potherd. Quickenspent in high glee, and the distining bis step, he railed out: "Hallo! guished adventurer was ever afterwar 1 Pothrd, how are you? "And who known as Martin Hawkins, the sturI am may you be?" said Boy Blue. geon rider. This gentleman died in h's Millais; don't you remember me? Not 73d year at the residence of a friend, little Johnny Millais, surely? said the Daniel Burton, about ten miles west shabby Potherd, surveying the well Richmond. groomed Sir John. "Judging by yout; appearance, Millais, I should aay you WliUky for Sara Heels. had given the arts the What Is In Kansas business Drug store do you do for a living? Paint, much the same as in other prohibigroaned Sir John, thinking what a very tory communities. There is a large conlocal thing fame is after all. sumption of liquor for medicinal purof the examination An drug poses. store returns of Topeka for January A Related "Mmenfir of Kprlng." discloses a prevalence of colds, over There is a longendary and popular" of the affidavits on which chestnut tree in the garden of the liquor was sold being for "the disease Tuileries which about this time Is The drug store records show watched with affectionate interest of cold. by that liquor is furnished for such flimsy all Parisian journalists. What the lereasons as "the disease of ole age, gend la or why the tree is popular very the "loss of an eye, for "use In store." few people know but it is said to have and for cramp in the heel. been planted on March 20, 1680, and Is usually referred to in the newspapers CnlntcntionnL at this season of the year as the fldele In an obituary notice printed In n niessager du printemps. As a matter Kansas City paper of the late depi.ty of cold fact, it 1b at present bb naked as warden of the Missouri state penitenthe statues that surround it and no tiary, wbo bad held the office more than more betokens springtime than an outforty years, appears the undoubtedly break of influenza; but the Journalistic! statement that "Prob- eye Is on it all the same and it will ably no man in Missouri enjoys a wider blossom la the papers if nowhere else. i acquaintance among the public men Paris Messenger. over the entire state - full-fledg- world-renown- ed f go-b- one-ha- lf ed y. |