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Show T i IN SOME ether elected by the people. The little republic has aa army si 950 men, who OB OTHXB,1 redskins. Theyr at peace, and want to of the men that they were evidently stay at peace, unless he gets em drunk. skulking In the forest to waylay the In a rickety House, 'aid a gardeu of weeds To akeer me off, in revenge, he shoots trapper on his return. -Amos lips grew closer together and Tkat flourished unhindered to scatter this arrer. He reckons I'll think the WAY are employed only aa policemen. San Marino la the duly country In the world their seeds, But me he's a that prohibits the Introduction of the his eyes flashed omniously. Chlppewas give warning. Where the eobweba excluded the sweet mistook himself. I don't skeer, and honan printing proas. The city of San Marino, against Tyson and light of nsora. I come after back this with a population of 1,700, Is one of the hunt as time. Ill est he examined man, he muttered, A woman sat Idly ia garments forlorn; kina take old him to the redown, In his wants looked rile. varmint holes the The pesky queerest old towns In die world. It has at Chlppee. the rat oaten She wa chief, and arter I've exposed him, I'm venge, eh ? Well, hell get It! goo years. The resultluBdcrgoas no change And the rags, not too clean, that her ro drive him, tarred and feathered of San Marino began In 1631. He will, If you lleten to me, father, going republic little ones wore; , spoke up Hiram, as he advanced from a History Is an useful study. Thel A little bit larger than San Marino In Then smoothed her torn wrapper and from the settlement Ansos dismissed the subject from hi port hole where he had been watching world wa created In sex days. Adam A I peaceful! sighed: population, but six times as large inaiea. ln some war or other the Lord will mind by tossing the arrow contemptu- the moonlit opening. Eve was the first mans by the creation. I u the republic of Andorra. It lies In a provide. What do you mean, lad? An single republlckls better a thow-ously on the ground. He had turned to Tgejr 0f the eastern Pyrenees between I France and That Ive found out by the flash of sand kingsdoms. when his son, a Her husband sat out b the door la the resume his Spain. It become a free r shade, of fourteen, came hurrldly around their rifles were the men are. boy re- - state in 819, It is governed a of I new of the birth When hear c by a With hi head on his chair-baccontentYou have, eh? the corner of the cabin. His face was I r council of of in the twenty-founations, memory eign family members, edly laid, While the briars and weeds did his mead- flushed, his manner excited, and the Yes, father. Right at the edge of the Is certainly to recall the Pennsylvania I elected by the people, snd a syndic, or ows adorn, empty trap he carried In his hand told opening Is a big hickory, blown over in schoolteachers composition. There i I president, chosen for-lifby the coun-n- o And the grass In his field was outstriphis father that some new caue for anxi- the last storm. Across the I say to myself, that the secret I cil. It has an army of 1100 men, and a cotton doubt, top ping his corn. fel( and holds it there. Theres a big underlyingthe formation of so many I one big gun planted in the center of the Of rents (in his trousers) there sure was ety had arisen. 'Well H ram, what Is it? .'Another hole where the roots flung out the dirt, little representative governments is to I republic. The gun carries a ball no lack, twenty And his coat was just readr to fall from beaver eaten his tail off and escaped."! and Tyson and the Indians are lying in be found in the closing senten:e, at once I miles, and Europe trembles at the his back, I Worse than that, father. . so eloquent and so musical "An single thought of its being it." In Andorra, But he calmly observed when these is it?" "What - the as is better towsand of sure a stone Youre that? the republick kingsfacts he decried: , capital, is palace ' In some The traps, every one of them but this Certain, father. Creep out of the There are many republics that ing several hundred years old. Here the wuy or other the Lord will is gone." rear window and get around into the are not mentioned in the school books, I coundlmen meet. The ground floor is provide." Amos nx went down with a crash. timber. Ill guarantee to fix them." and in this article I have brought to-- the stable where the horses are keptand In some way or other," it may be but He never swore, but his invocation to The trappers eyes flashed with admi- gether some of the queerest facts con-- fed by their masters themselves. sure, The The Lord, although patient and long to the slippery elm to crush him to flind- ration of the quick intelligence of the cerning only a few of them. floor above contains the dining-room- , ers if he wasnt getting riled," pre- boy as he discerned Hiram's purpose, but endure, About fifteen miles northeast of Sar- the senate chamber and the public Can scarce be expected to the ceded a hasty grasp of the rifle, a dead he hesitated to give his sanction. man dinia is the smallest of the little repub- school, and the dormitory is on the The risk, lad" he began. Who has not the gumption to do what run for the swamps at the back of the lics that is the smallest in point of third floor. Here are kept the archives Ill take it, father. Leave it to me to house, and an order to the boy to come he.can; of the republic, which no one but a population. Tavolara is an Island five And although He bequeaths us the fruit along. out of the way, if they see me. get mile wide. native can read. They are kept In a of the land, "Worse and worse! he muttered as as a squirrel, Hiram darted miles long and about half a Agile And scatters his bounties on every hand, a population of 35 men, wo- - vault to which there are seven great It I He doesnt put bread ready made on the he gained the muddy bank where he had through the window, gained the swamp kev. which are held bj, .1, children, a dp.U... Mt .Iztttn lMlted trap, the night before, djlo.r reh.d shelf. b, .cbaol-m.MThe of Andorra 1. the Ithrgro.a pTOplro! Ih. republic, mea But even a chicken must scratch for Hiram, when Durban. went, I thought IIforc.L d also the secretary of the I barber himself, hed strayed ; and when, two nights ago, I Once in the belt of timber, he crept and women together, go to the polls and is And I think He Is far better pleased the traps were robbed, I thought it was I cautiously through the underbrush, at elect a president and a congress of tu I wAteillii mayor a farmer; the with folks shaves cusomers ier The Island of Tavolara, was only on Sunday ; Who tackle life bravely and liven It with Injuns. I owe the redskins an apology I last drawing a sigh of relief as he rose I Is tBd citixen a soldier a of the every for believing them mean enough to act I to his fast, directly under the cotton tree part of the kingdom of Sardinia until jokes. kli own expense. when the king presented It to thePubIIc Who rustle and hustle the journey as a white man has. Yonder in the I he had described, Another little republic, of which little Bartoleonl family. From 1836 to 1882 along, is the end of one of the traps, I it was a huge tree, and as he had said the little monarchy was governed by I can he said because so little b known of And fill up the chinks with a laugh and swamp aad U.. .mp. h... ,bea. b.d Idlaa dlreell, a song, bteb.,,. (. P.ul helt. I. bha.a.., It covers four square Than those who so solemnly sit them company, its some white varmint I Only Its weight kept the imprisoned1 died, and I miles, and b tucked 1886 in a it became republic. away between Alx-It- s selves down. who plays us the tricks, and pesky I hickory from swinging back to lu place, I was recognised and Vermus. In Idleness waiting for a robe and i Independence are ,he I crown. "h7, I. bom, aad trailed root, al the W- e- Lmutae And piously chant as they drift with the thl. bee. pHdlt. .11-000- ., lohaUt elUelp over the hanks to the traps, tide: bed kaoara the aad of it. bee. extern, the, eejoped lb. rigbl, It In some way or other the Lord will found any "Pjhooor UtUe withn,odMl PbU. republican dtixeas since the year 1688. rtrT provide. Mi. h Yes, father. 01,1 ,U Maasuet ,nd b free and Independent under "bltants, White or redskin? the of Germany, and has an nrighbore, protection troub"fl,lhf!r hoof. Neither, a horse's body sheltered l"-soldiers. A presldent h" 7 ie tree-betf Old Amos started la wild amasement. by THE RENEGADE'S REVENGE. council of five govern It. In areabGouat,Md The smallest republic Are ye daft, lad? A horse would selected a portion of the soft cotton which b less thah the slxe of I The latest addition to the galaxy of above the roots and began to cutaway I sink to Ms mane la that mud. It has the Tavolara, although population UUe republics b Hawaii. It fs very atlt. Twang I I 1 of souls. has been a There's horse's lioofs there, anyway It republic jouaff jst,as It was born onourMrth-sinc- e jo Hb hands grew pained, stiff aad Amos Darrell, frontiersman and trapand distinction the Fourth of, July. Well hear ifiql, of Idsj-d- he enjoys look for yourself. aa he plied the (Uttering Made. per, turned quickly, dropped the an ho father, sheet It lotcr Mr. Harpers Round Franco beingrecognised by aadEpain.sn The trapper advanced to the bank. Bvr sad 'anon he could hear the low was weildlng In hie brawny arm, and with Its. GousV a of lnTable. mile territory with a spring gained the ready rifle near Sure enough upon the damp, black sur- - hum of conversation among the besieg- B oantain face db-crwas the on j of some outlined new the evidently cabin his place door. Wheeling with the consulting bgoveraed by a of a skilled soldier, his weapon dnet Impress of a horse's feet. Therolplaa ef assault; but he continued his elected who I president, b every five I awept the seme around him simultaai-nusl- y could be no doubt of It, anf as little work briskly, aad as he cut through the years. He b also Alfalfa as a green manure- - hue extra judge, the tree hb heart beat wildly, with the rapid glaace of Ms flash- probability In the frontiersman's nlod assessor. and Goust has no church value. The amount of plant I orlordfaary The' sinews bsgsa to strata, the huge that any horse could have crossed the ing eyes. I bod but in another clergyman, worships gathered by an acre ef alfalfa In bank and left so light an Impression. snapped; broke aad parted, and he Buftioform was visible In the opening more than a mile away. All two yean at the New country WM BW from tered Jersey Experl- hb feet, aa the bodily or the belt of timber beyond, and his perplexedly, stroking hb strag-- 1 "d I ,Fttam, are mental rtages station were performed beardI relieved have sud-equivobat It! la of its bur Imprisoned hickory, he cried, dog, usually perceptible of a redskin or gllng to 411 that contained In ho den 500 Into P of the air aad down Whoever did It pounds wanted to leave a stranger, dosed drowsily on the door-eteare down to no trail, and they've tried to throw theto lto Prmbaae, by the flexible roots, I 'bry in the I nitrate of soda. In phosphoric add to d brtod tbere- th,t contained In 600 pounds of bone- B,Ie7 blame on a poor dumb brute by tying a reumtaf ,u ,oftJ position. 'Something broke loose, muttered Wtck Bnd of Australb and north of New screams of agony superphosphate, and In potash to F1 Amos with a perplexed look, an' It was pair of hoofs over their thbving feet the fa woke nnount contained In 1,300 pounds of Caledonb scene the to hideous eonrepublic of Franceville, solitary No horse walks on two feet and this an-- 1 an arrow, or Ive mistook my calling u,,on of murte of tbe about These amounts of wb " potash. eightyhoj gathered himself up . He lowered his rifle snd turned to sur- imal has. Tyson Id swear to Itl Keep nd fire P,Bnt Its Inhabitants would Mncost fod 550J number the at usual prices ,ped towini. a close watch, Hiram, till I return from Issuing vey the log cabin.' His eyes brightened; I I rom Most whom are of whites the and ne,t1 cries natives. the 40 of 510 hickory, nitrogen is evidently his lips uttered a grim ejaculation of this mail tomorrow night. Well track the taken ron was It once a me told of other that entrPPd in but hb down besiegers this France, colony source, while the mystery, or lose our reputeintelligence, and his brows came toPIan to deafeat their evil mission had 1879 it was declared Independent, and its Pu,h appears to have been obtained bv tlon as frontiersmen in an as ominous he took frown, gether But the affair annoyed him all that day b11 uccessful. people at once adopted a republican con- - th- - long roots of the plant from the a step forward and drew front the door was not until daylight that the trap- - titution. It is governed by a president It and uuppermost in his mind even post, where the feathered shaft still and hii on visited the spot. The and a council of eight elected by the after tbe mail coach arrlved,and he start- - per quivered from the force of the contact, ed e of the frontiersman soon hewed people black and white, men and off f.irMendota with his horse. a long, sharp pointed arrow. root-be- d women. the of the a and waFt He i as startled- when the driver in- tree, Only white males hold office, The critical survey he bestowed on, formed him that some dissatisfaction cernfl once made revealed a crushed, I The president elected recently is R. D the missile evidently conveyed a ready the Chlppewas was reported, and mingled mass of human beings, stunned I Polk, a native of Tennessee, and a rela Solution to his inind of its mysterious among tive of James K. Polk, one of the presi he kept a close lookout along his lonely brued and bleeding. arrival. out the four Chlppewas ent 0 our own republic, route as he thought of Tyson, to whom They dragged he muttered, white Kenegadi-she accredits! the source of the threaten-- whose lives had only been saved by the I In the western part of North Caro Itvered ones at thatl dont trouble. soft, yielding soil under the tree, and lina, is a perfectly organized republic waste their antunilion, and the soiled ing allowed them to depart, limping and independent of both state and national hi But was not feathers show a clumsy hand. I think'I journey disturbed, The feeding of fowls and chicks maimed, sadder and wiser for their con-- governments. It is known as the Qualla see the game, my friends, he con- and he delivered the mail, rested an hour fidence in should not be done In a heedless manner, a renegade's promises and too Reserve, and is the home of about 1000 tinued, with a blinking glance at the or two, and the next evening at dusk, much firewater. and food ued should be the of the Cherokee Indians belonging to given for a timber, and I think you'll i nd that it congratulating himself on his safety, he definite was insensible. His eastern head the Tyson object. Feeding poultry merely had branch. The Reserve has reached the little path through the timis more of a caution than a scare. been tarn and bruised; his body almost an area of 50,000 acres, or 8a because one thinks ber leading to his hut. they must be filled square In two. doubled of the richest miles, land of the up before going to roost is not the idea His horse started suddenly as a shot valley A womans form came to the door at They carried him to the settlement, I state, lying along the OconaLufta and tail. Proper feeding of a flock rehi word. He poised the arrow on his whizzed by his head across the opening. and when a week later he left that I Soco creeks. The president of the little quires good judgment, both as regards finger and held it out for her inspection. He sprang to the threshold just as a secthe flection of food and the section, a cripple for life, they were sat-- 1 republic is elected every four ond bullet pierced kis cap.. times cer lie You see that?" he asked. yeajs. With well trained instinct the horse isfied he would never trouble them receives a salary of I500 a year, but tain kinds should be given, and why Yes, Amos." dashed on and past the hut a Amos fell more, and that his evil schemes revert- - when at Washington on business for the they are more suitable at one season That," and a latent anger flashed inhis own head had made him republic he gets $4 a day extra. He is than another. The feeding of fowls and to the hunters eyes, 'means, ,',Uet out rather than glided through the door ing upen grpwing chickens is necessarily quite V,CUm f the Renffadea called Prirndpi1 chief, and none but a Cherokee different. nut, Amos Darrell,' and the Invites quickly opened by his wife. Re Amos! Safe she cried, thankfully, as of more than thirty-fivyears is eligible signed, your disappointed . friend and Fowls require food for nourishment, she barred the door. We tried to warn to the When he is absent after Abner chieftainship. renegade, Tyson." they have ceased to grow, and any A ISeeeptlio Mound. you, but we didn't care to leave the his duties are preformed by an assistant I dont understand you, husband. Amount beyond the bodily requirements So you keep bees? I do so love the chief, whose salary is $250 a year. The that is It won't take long to explain. Twice cabin. given goes to form fat or eggs. I The looked startled. trapper little things," said a Dallas young lady, chief has a cabinet of three secretaries, Careful a week I carry the mail from the falls to experinenting by intelligent eh? he muttered who was Theres danger, Mendo'.o. The the spending a few days in the lend the congress comprises two dele poultry men lias proved beyond brings e Not the Injuns? mail bag here, and I run it down to the gates from erery too members of the country. that certain foods are required Yes, Amos, the Injuns. settlement. No, we don't keep bees. Reckon you tribe. All sJherokee males of sixteen for egg The task means $20 a production, and that, while there Ia tone hurried she what H explained must and have white men who have Indian are also some foods heard Ia gargling his throat month and a ride back throuh a fine that will help egg had since he left the place. w ives have the the hext room. Texas Sifter. hunting country. Who had the contract Thathappened right to vote. The con production, they have such a had observed fattening very morning'IIirani before me?" stitutio., provides for the maintenance tendency that it becomes to several savages and a white man skulknecessary Two Kind. ofs of a in which both Eng- use them "Tyson." public school, otherwise sparingly; hens near the ; had overheard sufficient of by ing Ive got a personal letter from the lish and Cherokee are taught. The in- will become too fat Right you are Tyson. What turned lay many eggs. him out? Stealing. When I come in, the conversation to indicate that their editor of the Houston Bugle, remarked habitants of the Reserve are Intelligent, The Spanish brr Is are was mission not a and had very active, one, peaceful the editor of the Texas Trombone.laugh-hastene- d fairly well educated, ha swore it was all a plot. He threatand and apparently tak great to in for. cabin the . delight ened me; I sought him out and he was Industrious. ng heartily. aging over their runs, no matter how had barred in the door What Is meak as a lamb. He assaulted me unathere funny about it? In The queer little Italian republic of well They just time they are fed. Their activity almost wares. Since then Ive been shot at to shut out the Intruders, who made a quired the manager. San Marino, with its thirty-thre- e borders on nervousness, and or. this acsquare He culls me an ass, and signs it miles of territory and Its twice mysteriously, and Tyson received wild dash toward the hut four half population of count they cah hardly be overfed. It a warning from my friends, that if he drunken Indians and Abner Tyson. 6500, lies up in the eastern spurs of the is s 'yours fraternally. "Tests Sifter. saying that corn will fatten Asiatics All that day In a state of siege they tried It again ha would be taken out and Apennine mountains. It Is governed like hogs, but the to Leghorns will keep had Gen. Lee's saddle hat just been sold by a grand council of strung up the nearest hickory. Well exchanged harmless shots with the sixty, who are ia prime condition If their food Is and good. Tyson subsides. He giva up savages, and were not a little abrased in almost So has the man who elected for lib, and two presidents, one Chicago. exclusively corn, white society in disgust and joins the when they discerned lu the movements provided a have they f whom b appointed by the council, the bought it. Texas Sifter. good run. lira-wat- er . 1 g, sorer-publi- k e ilr-d- , build-dom- s. 1 1 stall-fee- d "T . ,.c. ..... er ls re-i8- 1 pblpiri lkllt . tbl.ee. foot-tracks- o,.r.h. 1 iita .;.'aT"dWbrbpeV, eld uETta ? 1 t iTSJeTn cZ. ar"Jr fithemen'ta 2jta,t"d tSS V one-thir- d blis-tor- ed - red-lae- V as UTiLFAIOl HilOlIVO, Npd -- be 1 ht p. nltro-deul- dta lht Gr0' I - - . Red-skir- 1 ts I 1 e! I e I 1 ma'l-coac- h perad-ventur- I 1 I law-abidi- f v. |
