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Show 1 J J VI s - , V Qrv Back of Bull N BRITAIN'S : Frightful Torture Inflicted i Indians by well-stock- , We were tied to a tree, and the old squaw told us that we would be burned alive later In the day. The girl was the daughter of Col. Munroe, a noted member of Austin's colony. I waa elose enough t speak to her, and I bade her to be of good cheer, telling her that our friend would be sure to rescue us soon. The Indians feasted and drank until nearly sunset, and by that time many of the warriors were furiously drunk and eager for some fiendish work. They roped a monster Mexican bull, and the old squaw said to the girl Whits face heap frald of bull. No like to ride hlmT Usfcad Onto tbs Bull. The savages no sooner heard this remark than they began to yell with delight They ran toward the glrl.and three or four drunken warriors seized and dragged her to the bull. Other Indians cut me loose .from the tree and torced me along by the tide of the terrified girl. They threw us on the back of the bellowing beast, and lashed us securely to bis body. By this time the whole camp was aroused and eager to witness the tortures Sqaws clapped their hands and the drunken warriors howled like incarnate devils. They cut the bull loose with us lashed to his back, and he sprang away bellowing, with blood and foam flying from bis nostrils. The Indians set out after the maddened beast, raining arrows and musket balls at us. The giri swooned with terror, and I abandoned all hope. Fortunately it was late in the evening, and the frightened bull ran so fast that the drunken Indians soon lost sight ol him. When I realized this all my energy and courage returned to me and I determined to make a desperate effort to save my own and the girls life, I called Sallie and was glad to find that she had recovered her senses. Tugging with all my strength at the ropesj managed jo get one hand loose. At this moment a new terror sprang up. The bull had been wounded and be was leaving a trail of blood that had been scented by a pack of wolves. The hungry beasts howled and yelped as if there were a thousand of them, and it was not long before I could hear them gnashing their teeth. "It la Ik Boa Hu Dm la by serving as under to the war office, and he re-n- f Ad at that poet until the Unionism W supplanted by the Radicals in finding himself In the shade of opposition, the member for Guild-f- t birned his attention to matters As the eldest 'military firOfthan a peer, he got into "revolt ut the Idea erf men, on succeed-th- e title, being compelled to the House of Commons for House of Lords. He assisted in a bill to change this state gating q'jiltga, but without success, and he iioathe only one of the three left In the Lower Chamber, rd lelbourne having been called to Upper House on the death of his ifand Mr. Curxon having become s an Irish peer, viceroy of India It A e hand of Mr. Brodrick that -- ffi the cordite mine which blew up Rosebery government la June. 1895. Aiome the queen sent for Lord Salis- - li of VIhouI Mlddlttoa and Pahlto Ufa star IS SO Vaara Old Only Forty-FoCndar Secratary Oaea. ur Sarvad Mr. W. St John Brodrick was one of the "clever young man" of the Con servative party in the "early eighties. Though not, perhaps, s brilliant orator, he is a keen debater, and has more than once shown that he can state a case aa clearly as any of hit colleagues on the Treasury bench. Eldest son of Viscount Midleton, Mr. Brodrick is in his 44th year. He received bis early education at Eton, and later on at Oxford. Like so many other men who have shone In the political world he took a prominent share in the debates of the Union Society, of which he became president- - He also helped to found the Canning club, which has long been the center of the new Toryism of the university. It was his good fortune to step straight from the presidential chair to a teat In the House of Commons, being returned unopposed tor West Surrey at the general election of 1880. Both in and out of Parliament Ur. Brbdrlck was exceedingly industrious and painstaking," and it is affirmed that he was one of the few members who really Mastered the Intricacies of the Irish land bill On the passing of the Redistribution act. Mr. Brodrick waa elected .for the Guildford division of Surrey," and he still represents that Often it has been said (Constituency. that Mr. Brodrick came of age, sat ifor his county, and got married all in one year, but the statement la erroneous True, the two latter events occurred in 1880, but that was nearly three years after he had attained hia majority. In June. 1885, Mr. Gladstone resigned, owing to the memorable defeat on the Budget bill. Ere many months had elapsed the Conservative government were vanquished upon the amendment of Mr. Jesse Colling to the Address, but the home rule of Mr. Gladstone speedily installed Lord Salisbury again In Downing street. Then It was that Mr. Brodrick began "pro-poea- ls w 0 have fallen on the prairie from and the wolvek would have The Minister from Uruguay to devoured us before we could have recame this to Washington country leased ourselves had It not been that the bull bad run back directly over specially with a view to securing an American wife, and he does not hesithe trail the Indiana had made. Anitate to say ao, adding that be is a lomal Instinct led him back to the adinlrer of American women. His great been he had from whch taken, cality father is president of Uruguay, and a of column Into and be ran right who werefBurNilng the Indiana la anxious that bis non shall mal Sallie saw the horsemen and when she good match In the United States. The began to scre&Ai her father, who was minister Is young and handsome, and in command of persuing party, recognized her voice. The bull, being pearly exhausted, was easily captured. "I dont think that I told Sallie that I loved her while we were on the back of that bull, but I did fall In love with her while the arrows were falling about us. Not long after we were married." set-Sje- re old-mai- ds tON. ST. JOHN BRODRICK. accepted office and appealed t Be country. The noble marquis itarfcd bis third administration with ahuge majority, and Mr. Brodrick was appaiprlately appointed to the war olfie, as second in command to Lord Unsdowne, and so successfully did he rferm the duties of the position tisatJ0 surprise wag jyinced UPOa hU. traoifer to the foreign office on the pro motion of Mr. Curzon to India. As lieutenant to lord Salisbury, the aemiser for Guildford has acquitted Win self with complete satisfaction. Inry, who Proprietor, Mr. Moeller, Is due the cred- it of educating a large number of the ptlWA because he not only printed lper for them, but also taught fcow to read It, This wonderful-energetman performs slngle-d- 4 the functions of editor, report-- T prjntef, distributor and The entire paper, 4&esa manager. kith ia printed la Godthaab, la the roquet of his own pen. Some time go he set up a primitive printing and every two week he lerfprms a long Journey on akatea to Ssppse of his Journal. Originally It mtklned Only a few crude illustrate. hut gradually other matter waa ttrsduced until now it contains artl-feslthe affair of the day. This actually taught hia subscriber to RdJhls paper, first introducing words, led sentences, and now articles on ta foplcs of the day. Mr, Moeller la Jape and has lived In Greenland for am years. He takes a deep inter-- t n anything calculated to make Dhtpr the burdens of the natives and oved by all who know him. ' ic The RIsrgMt Fair of Taolu, aiis SENOR CUESTAS. will soon open a houae of his own and entertain lavishly in Washington. JOURNALISM Fink It FAR NORTH. Was All Com and Wtuii IWMMH. Afterward One of the most amusing skippers is the genial visiting Philadelphia commander of the British bark Calcium, one of the fleet of Greenland cry ollte trader, which has just discharged her cargo here and loaded coal for Demerara. A fine specimen of e the real sailor, Capt Smith possesses a fund of knowledge gathered through years of rough experience, the record of which would form the groundwork for an sea novel. For years, this picturesque skipper gained knowledged of the high latitudes that has been of great benefit to him In hia present trade through service aboard one of the old Peter head whalers, a fleejt once famous, but now almost extinct. Capt. Smith has been one of the most successful of the arctic traders, his only mishap being the loss of the British bark Argents, which he commanded In the tall of 1896. This vessel was actually crushed to atoms by the arctic floe Ice. All were rescued after a thrilling experience, and made their way to Frederieksshaab, where they were housed and fed by the Danish governor. Capt Smith has a greater knowledge of Greenland than any other man In the merchant service, zsys the Philadelphia Press. When he can be Induced to tell of the bleak settlements surrounded by the polar Ice his stories are always appreciated and be is sure of a large and greatly-interestaudience. Several days ago. Just before his departure for Demerara, the skipper told a most interesting story of Journalism In Greenland. Journal ism in Greenland., he said, I repre sented by single paper and to 1 report upon the trade and oB!erce of Zanzibar tor last year Ming Consul Kestell Cornish states the the finest tusks on record In East Adda, and probably larger than have T"jret been obtained la any part of th world, came through Zanzibar last The elephant from which they WHjobtalned was shot by an Arab n Kilimanjaro. These tusks, which co!fted of perfect Ivory, without a pade of disease, measured over ten ant 4 halt feet from lop to base, and weihed 224 pounds, and 223 pounds restively, They were sold for The nearest approach in hulk pair were found about ten year agqrfnd weighed 180 pounds each, The Were, however, diseased to tome extel y. old-tim- THEY CUT THE BULL LOOSE WITH US LASHED TO ITS BACK. A Historical Cmbmlla. An Interesting historical relic, namely, the first umbrella of which mention Is made by French writers, has, a Paris correspondent states. Just been sold by auction. It fell out of the royal carriage in the famous flight to Varennea, was picked up by a villager and taken to a newly created mayoralty, where It was kept for years. The umbrella is of great lixe and strength, and resembles the article used In the old coachings days by the outside traveler. The silk Is royal blue, with a border of China rose. The ribs which support whalebone are In gilt bronze, round, and have a corkscrew ornament twining round them. As to the handlj, it would bear without bending the stlft- eet gale. This umbrella Is spoken of in a report on the light of Louis the Louis Sixteenth and his .family. Philippe got Into the babit in Eng , land of walking along with an umbrella, and waa nicknamed Le Rol Parapluie." Remain of Ancient Man. In some grottoes la Algeria French explorers recently discovered stone implements mingled with the remains of extinct animals belonging to quarter-nar-y times. Further explorations Indicate that during the age when the grottoes were inhabited the coast of Algeria had a configuration different from that of y. Among the animals associated with the ancient human Inhabitants of Algeria were the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus and various species of ruminants. to-da- In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always bringe down the house. In the tumult o war both sides applaud a heroic detd.T. - - -- , . W, Hlgglnson. ' ed Cooking ia India. man in India is a good cook. TbeVpmeu cook at home, but In trav the women eve not allowed to themselves. And so th men do the v rk. No Hindu will eat food on whid any mans shadow has fallen. AH Bndut ere great ceremonial legalists. I The Hindus ate of our own Ary s face.' They are not like the Chinese an Japanese, alien from our race. They have all the mental capacity of Europeans, and only need the same feligion and the earn orportun-lt- y to ahlne on an equality with us. Ey lltl Frnektee Waterloo GreandU Henri Houssaye, the French Academician And authority ml Napoleon, has purcbMed tor the Paris Sabre tasche, the Trench military association, the exact spot of ground where the Old Guard made its last stand at Water-lo- b, and upon It M. Gcrome, th sculptor, U to wart a 'K monument I Chi 81 ala far Wood. A cheap and simple stain for wood is made wita permanganate of potass. A solution of R spread upon pear or cherry wood for a few minutes leaves a permanent dark brown color, which, nfr tIr!fuI wb'ng, drying oiling, mnmes a reddish tint upon leg polished. -.v , ' , -- - ' - he ' -- s f J - es WANTS AAECICAN WIFE Now Dafe Receded from is likely that the bull would TIIE GIEYAKS. -- -- OS Th beer is their chief god, beesum of an wild animals In the Island it Is th strongest and most ravenous. Until WORLDS DIRTIEST AND MQST the Russians taught them to use irearms they were in great fear of th PRIMITIVE RACE. . hear and the, whole tribe would often assemble In the I forests and hold They Im Water la Mo Fora, bu BUc "prayer meetings In worship of this Tklr NaUoaal Bvago No Mw of animal. At these meetings the native Tliao or of a God Cm of Flro Be would make as much noise aa possible with the hopes of frightening the aniMolly Learned. mals away. Their efforts were usually successful and they believed that (Special Correspondence.) Now The dirtiest and most primitive race they had appeased their god A of human beings is he world are be- they shoot their objects of worship 1 and eat them. lieved to be the Gllyaka, who compose UvmMtla t'harrtrrtst!c. about one-fift- h of the population Of the The Gllyaks have no vicious habits. island of Saghalln, off the northeastern coast of Russian Siberia. The Of course they do not drink Intoxitribe numbers about 1,000 and are sub- cants, and, as all property la common la no Incentive for theft They ject to the government of the czar. there The Russian explorer, J. P. Mlrolju-bof- f, do not lie, seldom quarrel , among has lived in their country for themselves and do not wage war $n some time for the purpose of studying others. They are faithful In . thejr their characteristics and hia observa- family relations and extend great partions lead him to form a very poor ental care to their children while 'hey are young and helpless. As soon as opinion of them. In outward appearance they resemble the Esquimaux, the boys are able to ahtft for tbsm-elvthey take to hunting and fishhaving a reddish brown akin. Their eyes and hair are of the same hue, or ing and gradually draw away from black. The average bight la about their elders. The girla are aold, somefive feet six Inches in both sexes. time when they are not more than I About 60 per cent of the 8,000 souls or 6 years old, to become wives when now left to the tribe are males. They they have attained their growth. .The bsve no folklore, no legends, no his- Gliyak never U1 treat hi wife, but has tory. They know nothing of the past, the privilege of telling her whenever keep no records of the present and he wishes. He can then buy another care nothing for the future. They have It he haa the purchase price. Hia wife no idea of time, knowing only that a must be a distant relative and If Any a long winter is followed by a short female in the tribe Is not owned by husband, some Gliyak who has ' hot summer. wife, U found and be must purchase WUl Mot Drink Wnton. her, no matter how young or how old The Gllyaks live in the hollows of she may be, . Thu there are no untrees, in caves, or In huts made of or unprotected female among cured skins, and in these places of this race. Outside of hunting peculiar Is abode their abominable nastiness and fishing the Gliyak consider jit a carried to the extreme. They despise disgrace to work and in this respect the use of water in any form, believ- may be seen a characteristic common ing that it la alone good for breeding to some - representatives of - vthat -i-a fish And carrying canoea. They never termed our T highest civilization, wash their hands, faces or the rest of their bodies; nor their clothing, beds, BIQ INSURANCE. kitchen utensils, plates, drinking cups or anything they use. Nor will they Potentates Carry lanMMjkM In Poll etna on Tholr livna drink water. Cod liver oil and melted The late duke of Edinburgh's Ilf wae fat form1 the national beverage and Hm mar read tfaejlPEle tbfibeiterit la liked. The Gllyaks value their tat sum will have to come out of the cofor oil according to age. Aa a matter fers of the Insurance societies. Scarce-l- y A of tact they will not eat or drink anysingle English insurance company thing until It la absolutely and revolt-ingl- y waa without some Interest In Prince tainted. The carcase of any ani- Alfreds life, but the critical ctate of mal that they eat mast undergo a car hi royal htghnees health during the tain , degree of decomposition before past four years had given the oompa-nle- a ample warning that the day of they consider It proper food. They make bowle, platea and spoons out of reckoning . van , approaching. They wood, drinking cups ut of animals will not in consequence be heavily bll heads and bones. Iron and tin kettles by the dukes sudden death,' even though the sum Is on of considerable magnitude, for most of, the firms had secured themselves with guarantee societies. Royalties have even been extensive insurer, says the London Mail Many erf them, while they enjoy practically unlimited Incomes during their llveji, jsrejioabla.to bequeath anything except to tbeir oldest sons. Insurance give them the opportunity of making some provision for their younger sons and daughters. King Humbert of Italy waa no exception to this rule among the royal house and his tragic death will make a heavy call upon aom of the Insurance socle ties, who will pay out considerable A TYPE OF THE GILYAKS, sums to Queen Margherita. London they get from the Russians, but these underwriters are appreciably affect- utensils never come fa contact with d by his death. Our own sovwater; they are never wiped or brushed, ereign has been a smalt gold mine or scooped out If the grime la so thick to-tInsurance companies owing to on them as to interfere with their her majesty's long life. Not only did usefulness, the vessels are thrown the queen- - Insure her own life, but hundreds of leases In the city expire away and others substituted. Tbelr dresA is made from the uncur- with the queen, and the holders, in minor consequence, have all insured her an- -' ed skins of the deer, bear an wild animals. Nothing In the dress or jesty'a Ufa Th Prince of Wales is features of the women distinguish similarly Insured for large sums, but them fro m the men. there are not many large policies on , Kaiser Wilhelm. TUny Ar Qml taoknm. They have but on habit In common with civilized nations and this might Five CollMton to O"nor. It la a rather remarkable fact that not be considered to their credit They smoke continuously. Sleep alone In- three men who now hold commissions terrupts their passionate use of the as collectors of internal revenue were weed. Ilf they are out of tobacco they on Tuesday last candidates for govstuff their pipes with the marrow or ernors of tbeir respective states, says soft parts of different plants and the Washington correspondent of the woods, or with hair, rags or anything Brooklyn Eagle, Two of them were that will burn and give off smoke. elected by big majorities, and the third Men, women and children are alike haa a fighting chance of winning ouL addicted to the habit Aa soon as th Richard Yates of Illinois, son of th hoys or girls are able to bold a pipe war governor of that state. Is now colstem between tbeir teeh, they ere lector of internal revenue for the taught the art This habit has been eighth Illinois district' He got the nomination of the Republican party acquired during the past twenty-fiv- e years, for until itb last quarter of a for governor and carried the state by century they were absolutely Ignorant a tremendous majority. A. B. Whit holds a commission from President of the use of fire. The only event that they seem to McKinley as collector of interna) revremember la th discovery of the use enue for the state of West Virginia. of fire, or rather its Introduction He was the gubernatorial nominee of among them. A sailor belonging to a bis party this fall, and waa elected Russian landing party became lost In without much effort John W, Yerkqs, the woods and built a fire by the eld who Is now disputing with Beckham of his flint and steel The Gllyaks were the right to the governorship of Kencreeping upon the Russian, whom they tucky, Is the collector of Internal revthought a strange animal, when the enue for the eighth Kentucky dissight qf the fire transfixed them. After trict So certain was Yerkes that he awhile they threw down their bows would be elected that he came on to and arrows and approached the sailor Washington a couple of weeks ago with signs that they Intended no and tendered hia resignation from the harm. Tbeir admiration for and their federal service. The president has not interest In the new element was so In- acted on the resignation. And he will tense that they tried to kneel In It and not do so( if Yerkes is defeated In the picked up burning branches to smell contest for governor. Boston Herald. of them; yet five years passed before the use of fire was generally adopted IteM Not Ms tiro to Imrit. t for heating and cooking purposes In There were no hive bees la America Gilyakland. Her we have the almost when first settled by the whites. The unbelievable, yet thoroughly authenti- common brown bee was brought from cated fact, that, in the last quarter of Europe in the 17th century, and within the nineteenth century, the whit esar the last few years superior varieties, ruled over a nation that knew no such aa the Cyprians and Carnlolanz, cooked food and spent th winter In have been imported here, There are dugouts, hibernating under mountains small stinglas bee or another genus of furs, because it had not yet learned In Central and South America which make delicious honey with a peculiar the nse of fir. aromatic flavor. It has been proposed Htfnfn'rf Xa faririhte God, They have neither good nor evil to bring them to the United States, hut anithey would not stand the climate. spirits In their calendar. To such can mals as Impress or frighten them by Though they have no stings they . , their strength or by doing damage to bit quite painfully. their food they are Inclined to extend - The crying of children ta bed Is one some sort of grudging worship, which of kind sheet music. form. an takes interesting sometimes AMONG 4 LANS JOHN BRODRICK DOWNES SUCCESSOR. BT. H (Special Correspondence ) In striking contrast to the exciting experiences he underwent in his younger days is the quiet manner in which Capt- - lie Jackson, whose name la familiar ail through, the southwest, 1 passing the evening of his life. Now he livus on his ranch on the Pecos river, in western Texas, and while a Jolly, sociable companion, under all conditions, is at his best while recalling the incidents of his life on the frontier when the Indians were His entertaining fund of plentiful. reminiscences he is always ready to draw upon and never does he talk to an uninterested audience. One of hia tales is of an exciting event which led to hia marriage. As he tells it, the story la as follows: AttMktd by Isdlui. I was playing the fiddle one night at a dance in a little log cabin on the extreme frontier. There had been rumors of an Indian raid, but the people were fearless, and everybody in the neighborhood was at the dance. Suddenly an arrow whiaxed through the topen door and struck a young girl on the shoulder It was followed by a hhower of arrows and a few shots. Women shrieked, and the men seized their arrows and began to barricade the house. I kept on playing the fiddle as if nothing had happened Thats right, Ike, whispered old Col. Cbrisman. Play as if the devil was after you and 1 will save the 1 women and children. turned loos on The Arkansas Traveler, and I made the old fldd'e roar. While some of the boys were popping away in the dark from the front of the cabin the old colonel managed to slip out the hack way and escape into the woods with the women and children. Then ff laid the fiddle down and got my gun and joined in the defense. The red devils were too many for us, and after killing four of our boyg they set fire to the cabin and succeeded in capturing me as I was trying to cut my way through their lines with my bowle knife. "They bound me hand and foot and tied me on a pony. After raiding the settlement and burning the cabins they started back toward a Li pan vilWhen daylight lage on Devil river. came 1 was congratulating myself that the red men had not captured any of the wives or daughters of the settlers, but in a moment I heard a cry of distress and upon twisting my head around was amazed to see a beautiful young girl whom I well knew lasted to an old squaw who was riding a mustang. The Indians .had found a demijohn of brandy in a cabin, &bd it was net Jong before severed ef the Arar Hors were drunk. They began tofyell ad cavort about on thelf ponies; apparently indifferent to the likelihood tha they might be overtaken at any moment by the enraged settlers. While crossing the San Gabriel prairie they circled around a herd of ssild cattle and roped several of the fat animals. By this time the old chief in command was almost too drunk to ride, and they halted In a grove on the banks of San Gabriel and prepared to have a feast. hi Wreuticeehlp NEW-LOB- fKA , J |