The Kansas Weekly Cyclone from Kansas City, Kansas • 6

LENGTH OF DAYS. Five Hundred Years Old Is Living a out Art! Is life worth livlngP In tho davs of Ion 2 nro Deonle seemed to think it was, if the length! FEMALE BULL-FIGHTERS. A Fair CaetllUh'i Conquests Ovei the Fiercest Torrot, It was my fortune, some time ago, to see Senorita, Hernandez, the most famous bull-lighter in the world. Sa fearfully excltiug was the so-called "sport" that the flvo thousand peopl In the plaza de torros were upon their feet in a state of tho wildest confusion; men yelled themselves hoarse aud women fainted all beoause a slonder young girl had nervo enough to throw herself in the path of a fierce bull and Tbliitanitsri preparation Ui by its ps-ouilir nitrtt and its wonderful ears won tbe coat. dsoo of tbe and la to-dsy tbe most popular blood purlfler and strengthen! a medietas.

1 1 cares scrofula, salt rheum, dyspepsia, beadsohe, kid ney and Uvet complaint, catarrh, rheumatism, etc. fia lure to get Iran i i iitn fir coiipoutfl) nmucTVv was established before we were born. And do you see They threaton mo!" I read out a passage which plainly informed me that if I did not give the information asked, It would be sought elsewhere, and might no be suoh as I would like to see in print "Of course!" said my wifo, complacently. "The publio Insists on knowing about you; and tho men have no choice. It's like the lrime Donne with young men dragging their carriage home from the opera; or a President just elected called out Into the balcony to make a speech:" "It is a very high-handed proceeding," I said, becoming stiff.

"But, Mr. Jones," my wife insisted, "the publio wishes to know." "I won't tell thorn!" I declared, getting hot "It is indelicate in tho highest degree. What can my artiole on political economy have to do with your father's name, or th, the length of pierce him to the heart by a single thrust It was her farewell perform ance. find the strongest and fiercest Hood's Bars. parllia, which Is peoullar to tmnml itieir, torros in the country had been advertised for.

To make the novelty great' druralmi. Sli lis for as. Sood'i Sarsspartlla sold by raured bvt. I. HOOD 4 er, it was announced that Senorita Hernandez would fight upon stilts, armed with only a short sword, aud with noue of the usual defenses and loopholes of escape so that in every case it was victory or death to the brave girl.

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active and wholly untamed, and the horns of each were trimmed and polished till the points were bright as needles and almost as sharp. Never did veteran picador perform more' export work than was coolly executed by this youthful senorita. As the bull, mad with rage, would make his furious charge, oi umo iney aovoteu to uocoming no-qaiuled with its lights and shadows is any criterion. It would seem as though life must have afforded much of enjoyment in the good old days. Sophocles hung on until he was 130 years old, then perished by an accident Attila was 124 when ho died of the oonsequonoo of a revel on tho night of his second marriage.

This is a warning to young mon. Epomcuides was 157 at bis regretted decease. Crowns did not sit so heavily on tho brows of monarchs as they seem latterly to do. Fold, the founder of tho Chinese Enjp're, reigned 115 years, and so did Apnphus of Thebes Egyptian. Tacitus gives 175 years to Tuis-co, a German prince.

Daddpn. an II-lyrian noble, lived for 500 years according to Alexander Cornelius. The art of living seems to be one of the ninny 'lost whoh tho dark ages covered over, and modern civilization In 8 not yet boon able to uncover. It is c( rutin long life was not secured by us mineral poisons as remedies for disease. That is essentially modern practice.

The ancients do'ubtless drew on the laboratory of nature for their medicines, hence the span of their lives was naturally extended. We know that our immediate ancestors found their rued clues in the fields and forests, adjoining their log cabiu homes. These naturtd remedies were efficacious and harmless left no poison in the system. Physicians were rarely called in, and the people lived to rugged and hearty old ago. Is it not worth while to return to their wholesome methods of cure for common ailments? H.

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"If you do not tell them what they wish to know, they will put you down ten years older than you are; and they will say that you were born of poor, but honest parents. They will say that you educated yourself, and hoed potatoes with a Latin grammar strapped to the hoe-handle. They will say that we keep house in two rooms; and that you married one of those smart girls who sparkle (and ache, poor things!) behind the counters of Worth, Nothing Co. How would you like that, sir? How would my family like that? How should I like to figure as as" My wife was sobbing. emt" I cried.

"They have a good deal of impudence. I won't answer a question. And if they print any lies about me, I'll prosecute 'em!" I porsisted in my resolution; and a week after three newspapers were sent me. I lore off the wrappers fiercely. The first one had a column and a half cut out leaving what was probably the heading of an article of that length.

This title read: "Mr. Albert Jones, the author of 'A Study on Political The article was left to my imagination. I opened the next. There it was! ten years older, hoe-handle, two rooms, and all; and the few facts so distorted as to be almost unrecognizable. After I hod stamped round the room a little while, I came back to, my table and opened the third paper.

In the very middle of the first page were two columns of facetious abuse. I and my Political Economy" were held up by this Goliath of the pen as Ma-caulay says Dr. Johnsou held up his subjeot "like a nutmeg-grater." were turned round, and turned over, and smiled at and smiled at and smiled at! Before going to the extent of the law, I wish to make one appeal to the better naturo of such a critic, if he has any. How would he like it himself? Nobody wants to read about his affairs, but suppose that they did. How flesh, caused him to roar with rage and pain.

Thus charge after charge was made by the maddened brute, only to always be evaded by the active girl. She played him, plagued him and tortured him as a cat would a mouse, until at last bleeding, sore and completely exhausted with fatigue and pain, the animal would fight no more. Three wild bulls were worn out in this way by the fair Castilian; and then, wearied as she must have been, came the climax in the fulfillment of her advertisied obligation to kill a bull, with a sword scarcely two feet long, while standing on stilts directly in front of him. The animal selected for this deadly contest was a beautiful specimen of his race, black, agile, savage and wild he was no sooner in the arena than ready for battle. After he had been permitted to make two or three charges, to warm him to his work, the Governor of the district (who presided on the occasion) gave a sigual and the bugle sounded the "death call." Even habitues of the bull ring turned pale, and the silence of the grave reigned throughout the vast ampitheater.

The slight young girl, with stilts securely fastened to her limbs, received the A new thing out is a clock, with ordinary works, that will run for a year without attention. An electric batter concealed In the case winds up the clock from day to day, or week to week, as the need may be. Once In a preat while the battery must bo renewed, but that is all tho cure the clock culls for. Highway Biography. "It you prlclt us, de wo not bleed!" Not long ngo I wrote ao artiole on political eoonomy, and a few days aftor I woke up to Und myself famous.

Chateaubriand has described my feel logs in describing Ida own, the lucoess of "Le Genie du Cristlanlsme" tiad launched him Into the clouds. I was Intoxicated. How fair tho world booamo all at once! Human nature wasn't so bad, ifter alL I forgave my enemies and adored my friends. I sent a chicken to our wHshwoman, and subscribed 'to half a do'zun charities; I gave 10 cents to an orguu-gi'inder; I ate a bad dinner with a smile, and digested it without a groan; I brought home a bouquet to my wife, the first since our honeymoon, and asked her if she had drosses enough; I promised her that I would never smoke another cigar as long as I lived. In fine, I was in a fair way to become a perennial fountain of sweetness and beneficence to nil about me.

Prepared for criticism, I forgave it In anticipation. 1 did more than for give, I excused it; I did more than excuse, I Justified it. Everybody could not be expected to think as I did. Some subjects are faceted like a brilliant-cut diamond, and my critic might very sincerely and properly be describing some phase visible to him, but which I lind not yet studied. 1 became sublime, and consciously so.

To be conscious that one is sublime is (lie height of bliss. During twenty-four hours I floated at this height The second morning three letters nveru handed me. I opened them with smile of profound anticipated contentment. This was the gist of the three, differently expressed, but substantially the same: "You are requested to answer at once the following questions "Where were you born, and when month, year and dayP -Who was your fatherP "Who was your mother? "Were they married or single? "Are you married or single? "If married, what was your wife's maiden name, and her father's Christian nanieP "Have you any children? "If you have, what are their names and agesP 'What have you written for the press? by whom published? and over what signature? "What are you writing now? what do you propose writing in the future? and for whom? "Do your publishers pay you anything? and if ao, how much? "Where were you educated, if at all? What is your income, if yon have any? What is your postoffice address? Do you go out of town summers, or do you board up the front door and live in the back rooms? "How tall are you? What is your complexion, build, and temperament? 'What are your habits while writing? 'Do you write best by day or by might? "Do you write just so much a day, or do you wait for inspiration? Do you use stimulants while writing? "What sort of pen, ink and paper do you useP' This was not all, but it may suffice. I hurried to my wife's chamber with these letters in my hand.

"Be calm, my dear!" I said, the moment 1 got the door open. "It is some mistake. AH will come right Only don't weep for that would unman me!" Mrs. Jones shrieked. is it? What has harpened? Have you eaten that piece of cheese with the 'Bat's farewell'.

on it? Oh! oh! 1 will get some black coffee as soon as possible! I will bring the white of an egg! Betty shall go for the doctor!" I explained as well as I could, holding my wife tightly, with my hand over her month. "It is not poison my dear. It is some police business. Some other man of the name of Jones has probably profited by my reputation to publish an actionable artole about somebody. Here! read for yourself I gave her letters, and she read them, at first with perplexity, then with a sndden illumination.

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